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A standalone lightweight auxiliary CLI video player for BlackVideo.
...Open the build\ folder, then type cmd directly in the address bar and press Enter — this opens a terminal already in that folder.
Alternatively: open Command Prompt anywhere and use cd with the copied path:
cd "C:\path\to\blackvideo-mini-player\build"
Step 3. Run the player:
blackvideo-player.exe "C:\Users\You\Videos\movie.mp4"
Method 2 — Right-Click (Recommended)
Step 1. Unzip blackvideo-mini-player-v2.3.0.win.zip
Step 2. Right-click tools\context_menu\install_context_menu.bat → Run as administrator
That's it. Now:
Right-click any video file in Explorer
Click Open with BlackVideo Player
The video plays immediately
To remove the right-click entry:
tools\context_menu\uninstall_context_menu.bat
mkthumb is a unix tool (console based) used to generate image thumbnails in an automatic way. For each file specified, it creates a new file which contains the thumbnail image. Parameters such as the thumbnail size and path location can be specified.