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Shortcut Keys (for devices with standard keyboard)

🎵 v1.12.17018 Update

Custom button + hotkey
✅ Numpad6: Step Forward One Frame
✅ Numpad4: FT Jump Back ( System mode: -1 frame's time, if not support , maybe -0.042 s (1/24 fps). Other mode: to last key frame. )

Hotkey only
☑️ Numpad3: Jump forward 1 s
☑️ Numpad1: Jump back 1 s

(Since still developing... it may change, and new keys may not be listed. Note: Space should have a little higher priority than other shortcut keys.)

Gesture (Touch Screen / Mouse)

Basic/default gestures for normal state:

And 8 customizable Side Gestures.

Check app's Settings to get more information, and you can adjust control settings and UI.

How to hide hints/info on startup page?

You can find this option in Settings-General.

No audio/video, no codec (decoder) support

This is only a player, it uses system API and FFmpeg (under LGPL) to play/decode, and I cannot modify the decoders.

The FFmpeg DLL used in the player is only about 1/6 of the full version. It can use full version DLL, but the full DLL cannot pass the store certification (since it used some Win32 API which is not allowed for store app).
It's just a player, I can do nothing to codec. App means lite application, has strict limitation. For advanced user, please use desktop software...

Always on top?

UWP app before Win10 Creators Update 1703 has no API to do this. With 1703+ system, use Compact Overlay mode (button on the second line by default, you can add it in UI Customization).

Play video in Background Player

Check options in Settings-UI page.
Before Win10 1607, the Background Player mode is only a system player, it’s another process.
After Win10 1607, app can run in background mode, but some devices may have limitation that may still stop (system limitation).

DLNA support for mobile devices?

The API is supported on PC/Tablet, but only not support on phone.  As UWP should support all platform, I think MSFT will support it soon.
See the MSDN document
"Note  
If your app is a Windows Phone Store app, reading the value of this property raises an exception."

Can not change track?

Audio / subtitle track can be changed in a second line button (sub panel). You can move those buttons to the main panel (UI Customization function). But some codec may be not supported.

Can I turn off touch (gesture) sound / preview image?

Just check Settings-Control page.

Display issue / slow

First, update the video card driver. And if your device has more than one graphic cards (GPU), you can try to change the default card in the graphic card setting application. App has strict limitation, it can not choose default card itself.

Some subtitle effect is not supported?

To get better performance and because of some limitation of UWP , app is not using some text render lib directly. (using DirectX instead.) So, not all the effects (of ssa/ass format) are supported. But it has some additional effects.

Will it add up the time if buy 2 remove ads IAP?

No, it will only take the longer one. If you buy "Remove ads for 30 days" and "Remove ads for 365 days" at the same time, it will remove ads for 365 days. But the price of "Remove ads for 365 days" much cheaper than 12 "Remove ads for 30 days". So just buy the longer one if you need.

How to uninstall store app?

Right click the app tile (or name in app list), then you can find the uninstall button.

Other Instructions

Some functions need newer system version. Be aware that Windows 10 has several versions now (June 2017), the latest is 1703 (Creators Update / RS2 / 15063).

"Playlist" & "History" can remember last position, but need to press the continue-play ("..%") button on the right of the item.

"History" list uses MostRecentlyUsedList (WinRT API) to show recent played files. It may be different from system's recent open list which managed by system automatically.

"Play to" ("Casting") function only use pure system function, it does not support app's subtitle function or other effects (on the target device).

3x3 Popup Menu usage: (long/right) press and HOLD, and move to a menu button then release. It's a one-action popup menu.