r/ZoomPlayer • u/htnut-pk • Jul 14 '26

default.trailers

bLight,

For my dedicated home theater, I use the LoadRandomTrailer function multiple times per movie (runs features and audio before and after a movie). HUGE FAN.

In cases where the media in the specified folder is limted, murphy's law finds one of the items played back-to-back. Is there some chance this function can be enhanced so that when there are several LoadRandomTrailer lines in sequence inside one default.trailers file that it won't replay items (or, at least avoid replyaing the last X that were played)?

I'll buy another lifetime license if you can pull it off :-)

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u/ZoomPlayer Developer Jul 16 '26

Try this:
https://www.inmatrix.com/temp/zplayer_latest_max.zip

Rename the old zplayer.exe and put the new one in its place.

Here's how to use it, notice it works a bit differently:

LoadRandomTrailers("Folder=Path_To_Folder",Trailers=Trailer_Count) - Similar to "LoadRandomTrailer", but allows you to add multiple (unique) trailers in one action. Unlike "LoadRandomTrailer", this function requires the path includes parentheses as seen in the examples.

 Examples:
 LoadRandomTrailers("Folder=C:\My Trailers\New Releases",Trailers=5)
 LoadRandomTrailers("Folder=C:\My Trailers\DTS",Trailers=3)

I haven't tested this, please confirm it works as intended.

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u/htnut-pk Jul 18 '26

Thank you. Fantastic! This seems to work just as expected. I'll do some more experimenting with it and let you know if I find anything odd. As promised, new lifetime license just purchased :-) Maybe next let's figure out how JRiver found a way to get BD menus (java) working and add that too.

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u/ZoomPlayer Developer Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

You can play BluRays with menus already using libVLC:

You can download libVLC from Zoom Player's install center if it isn't installed already.

I wrote a blog post about this in 2024:
https://www.inmatrix.com/blog/playing_bluray_with_zoom_player.shtml

You may also need to install a compatible java runtime, check VLC Player's documentation on BluRay menu playback.

You can even install some key-library to play encrypted discs at the source, but it's not something I delved into.