Xamp Files

WHAT IT IS

This is Xamp, the next generation of a high secure, skinnable and platform independent media player which based on the Doppio media framework. Parts of the GUI code of the Xamp player is loosely based on a former given up version of the open source project named jlGui (Java Sound API Player) on http://www.javazoom.net/jlgui/archives.html Xamp was developed to be a real media player supporting various pluggable video and audio formats and is primarily intended to run as a native executable but can also run as a Java player version working with Java 1.1 VM or above.

In this folder are also test suite files (e.g. ISO 11172-4), so that everyone can verify claimed features of the media decoders compared to other media decoders in common media players.

Urgent hint

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What is new in version 2.19

• Bugfixes: Audio-video synchronisation of Theora, Testsuite of Theora, fixes Java 1.8 build > 100 error.
• URLBrowser default link was not workable any more due to the way Sourgeforge is hosting the files.
• Users are encouraged to give more feedback. Bugs are really fast solvable.

What is new in version 2.18

• Bugfixes: Audio-video synchronisation. Fix of a randomly occuring video display stopped error.

What is new in version 2.17

• Bugfixes: VideoImage border painting fix again.
• Bugfixes: Audio-video synchronisation.

What is new in version 2.16

• Bugfixes: VideoImage border painting fix, MP3 cover image in png format fix, MP3 free format fix, better Theora video test suite support.
• Features: Better audio-video synchronisation.

What is new in version 2.15

• Skin files (ending: .wsz) are shown in file browser without needing the "all files" option.

What is new in version 2.14

• More performance during processing videos, fixed some bugs in the unofficial .NET J# version.

Features

Xamp supports currently decoding (playback) with following features:

• playing media from local files
• progressive downloading media from internet sources
• rewinding with picture preview
• represents metadata stored in a database of a media
• spectrum analysing with time and frequency representation
• equalizing
• fullscreen
• selectable video scaling algorithm
• drag and drop files and folders
• M3U and PLZ playlist support
• WSZ skin support

Media format support

• Ogg Sceleton (Metadata)
• Ogg Comment (Metadata)
• ID3 (Metadata)
• Ogg Vorbis (Audio)
• Wave (ULAW, ALAW)(Audio)
• Snd (ULAW, ALAW)(Audio)
• AU (ULAW, ALAW)(Audio)
• Ogg Theora (Video + Audio)
• MP1, MP2, MP3 (Audio)
• MP3 Freeformat (Audio)
• Mpeg1 (Video + Audio)
• Mpeg2 (Video + Audio)

Usage

Gui usage is much like Winamp:

• Start the player
• Drag drop media file(s) or folder(s) with files
• Alternatively use the file browser or internet browser (Eject - left and right mouse click)
• Inside the internet browser a demo file is preselected
• Press F-Key (full screen)
• Press F1-Key for retrieving media informations
• Use left arrow and/or right arrow to control rewinding and the space to resume/suspend
• Switch the focus from or to the video screen with the TAB-key
• The Border of the video screen enlightens, if the video screen got the focus
• The bubble help explains the keyboard controlled usage

If the graphic system is not powerful enough for scaled video display, you can use the Q(uality)-Key if the video screen got the focus.

Command line usage

-j true - switches off jpeg picture decoding of image tags.

         You can increase the security of the player against trojan media sources, 
         so that the only decoder written in C/C++ instead of Java is switched off.

-p true - switches on video seeking image preview.

         You can increase the video/audio seek performance with the fast seeking option!

-s true - switches on streaming mode in case of internet connection.

         You can increase the performance with the streaming option, but you cant't then seek and loop any more!

-v true - switches on verbose mode.

         Prints all available informations about the played media to the standart output!

-a small (large) - switches on the aspect ratio preserving with the options small or large.

-c Mpeg2 Mpeg4 Ogg - activates and loads ljmf plug-ins with the names Mpeg2, Mpeg4, and Ogg.