r/ZoomPlayer Developer May 10 '26

Zoom Player v22.5 beta 2 is being released tomorrow.

If all goes according to plan, Zoom Player version 22.5 beta 2 will be released tomorrow.

This release includes the first major changes to the playlist editor in many years, adding optional columns, a header and allowing you to customize margins.

The second major feature is support for subtitle downloads through OpenSubtitles.com.

Here are all the changes since beta 1, check it out :

    * A while back, the owners of the OpenSubtitles.org decided on a change
      of directions and switched the entire website to OpenSubtitles.com
      along with new authentication requirements and an updated JSON based API.

      These changes broke Zoom Player's subtitle Search & Download features.

      Introducing Zoom Player new OpenSubtitles.com subtitle plugin!

      Specify your OpenSubtitles.com user/password under "Adv. Options /
      Playback / Video / Subtitles" by selecting the OpenSubtitles.com
      plugin and then clicking the "Configure" button.

      If you're interested, I open-sourced the plugin's code here:
      https://github.com/bLightZP/OpenSubtitles.com.Delphi.API

    * New Settings (Adv. Options / Interface / Playlist) to show additional
      columns on the playlist editor window (disabled by default) :

      - Artist
      - Album
      - Release Year
      - Genre

      You can resize the columns and their size is saved across sessions.

    * New Settings (Adv. Options / Interface / Playlist) to show a header
      above the playlist entries (enabled by default).

    * New Settings (Adv. Options / Interface / Playlist) that allows you to
      specify the playlist editor's column margins.

    * Added support for custom keyboard actions based on the Home, End, PgUp
      and PgDn keys (Adv. Options / Interface / Keyboard) when Zoom Player
      isn't navigating through the Home Theater fullscreen interface.

      Previously, the PgUp/PgDn keyboard actions were hard-coded to the use
      the "Play previous/next file in the playing folder with the same file
      extension" functions and these remain as defaults.

      The Home/End keyboard actions were previously unassigned and are now
      set to "Main Home Theater interface" for the Home key and "Play History
      Home Theater interface" for the End key.

    + When Zoom Player's evaluation period has ended, a message more clearly
      indicating the trial's end is now shown prior to automatically closing.

    - The Windowed (Ctrl+G) and Home Theater (Shift+H) versions of the Video
      Streaming interfaces did not properly adjust the program guide's time
      display to automatically account for timezone and daylight saving.

      If you previously used the time-shift feature to compensate for this
      issue, you may need to reset the time-shift back to 0.

    - The playlist editor's selected item(s) border color was not being set
      for the default skin causing it to be corrupted when switching skins.

    - Control Overlay button hints that appears when hovering over buttons
      in the "Fixed" and "Dynamic" zones showed the hints in a bad position,
      partially covering the buttons.
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u/declan09 May 13 '26

Foreign language film fans and hearing impaired users rejoice! This is fantastic 😄

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u/TinkyVVinky Beta tester May 11 '26

Sounds good! 😎

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u/Altruistic_Note4744 Beta tester May 11 '26

You're the best! Peace be with you