V-MPlayer
Description:	Modern Mediaplayer with Hollywood-GUI
Download:	v-mplayer.lha       (TIPS: Use the right click menu if your browser takes you back here all the time)
Size:	15Mb
Version:	1.0
Date:	13 Jun 2026
Author:	Maijestro
Submitter:	Maijestro
Requirements:	AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition, Hollywood runtime, curl or wget
Category:	video/media
License:	GPL
Distribute:	yes
Min OS Version:	4.1
FileID:	13862
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V-MPlayer v1.0 for AmigaOS 4.1
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V-MPlayer is a modern media player for AmigaOS 4.1, written in Hollywood.
It uses a custom-compiled MPlayer binary as its playback engine, enhanced
with ARexx support and hardware-accelerated video output via VA-API.

Tested on X5000 with RX580 graphics card.

Note for QEMU and Pegasos 2 users: change the video output setting in
the MPlayer configuration from vo=vaapi to vo=comp or vo=sdl.


FEATURES
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Supported formats:
Audio: MP3, FLAC, OGG, AAC, WAV, AIFF, MOD, IT, XM, S3M and more
Video: MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, MPEG, FLV, WebM and more
Radio: HTTP and HTTPS streams (MP3, AAC, OGG, Shoutcast, Icecast)


Main window:
The main window provides a clean interface with playlist management,
visualizers, volume control and a progress bar with seek support.
Buttons: Open, Stop, Previous, Play/Pause, Next.


Media tab:
Full playlist management with add file, add folder and clear options.
The playlist is saved automatically and restored on next start.
Filenames with special characters are cleaned automatically on import.


Radio tab:
Built-in internet radio player with station list and search function.
Mark stations as favourites with the star button. Favourites are saved
and shown automatically when no search is active. A Fav button lets
you return to your favourites list after a search. Double-click a
station to play it immediately. The media tab shows the station name
with a LIVE indicator and blinking dot when a radio stream is playing.


Visualizer modes (click to cycle):
OSC  - Oscilloscope, shows the raw audio waveform
BAR  - Spectrum bars, 20-band frequency display
MIR  - Mirror spectrum, symmetric bar display
MTX  - Matrix rain, speed reacts to bass level
OFF  - No visualizer, shows filename and progress bar instead

The last selected visualizer mode is remembered between sessions.


Viz tab:
Full-screen 20-band equalizer with peak hold indicators.
Reacts to real-time PCM audio data from MPlayer.
All bands go silent when paused or muted.


Settings tab:
Choose interface language: Deutsch, English, Francais.
Choose button style: Standard, Square, Round.
All settings are saved automatically.


Miniplayer:
A compact 320x75 pixel floating window with full playback control.
The main window hides but playback continues.
Shows LIVE indicator with blinking dot for radio streams.
Includes PL button to open the playlist and Max button to restore
the main window.


ARexx control:
V-MPlayer supports ARexx control via port MPLAYER.1.
Commands include PAUSE, QUIT, VOLUME VALUE x ABS, SEEK, LOADFILE,
MUTE, GET_TIME_POS and GET_TIME_LENGTH.

Example:
C:RX "address MPLAYER.1 PAUSE"
C:RX "address MPLAYER.1 VOLUME VALUE 80 ABS"


Saved settings (stored in ENVARC:):
vmplayer_playlist.txt   - Playlist
vmplayer_favorites.txt  - Radio favourites
vmplayer_viz.txt        - Last visualizer mode
vmplayer_lang.txt       - Language setting
vmplayer_btnstyle.txt   - Button style setting


REQUIREMENTS
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AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition
Hollywood runtime
Minimum 128 MB RAM recommended
AHI audio system
For hardware video acceleration: VA-API compatible graphics card
Curl or wget from os4depot

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=network/misc/curl.lha

INSTALLATION
------------
Copy the V-MPlayer drawer to any location on your system.
Start V-MPlayer by double-clicking the icon or from Shell


If you enjoy V-MPlayer and would like to support further development,
donations are welcome via PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/Maijestro


Author: Maijestro
Version: 1.0
Date: June 2026
License: GPL