Hi everyone, version 21.5 has been released, here are the highlights:

• 18 new functions added to the control overlay button options
• Faster IPTV database caching with a simpler refresh option
• Support more IPTV archive (catchup) streaming and Grouping formats
• Visual enhancements to the IPTV Player window and EPG Grid
• Modern UI error dialog and please wait windows
• "Tab" Home Theater navigation feature
• PLEX/Emby/Jellyfin same media multi-source streaming option
• Quality of life enhancements
• Bug fixes

Changes since the release of version 21.4:

v21.5 :
  * 18 new functions added to the control overlay button options:
  
    01. Play previous video in the same folder as the playing video
    02. Play next video in the same folder as the playing video
    03. Play previous media with the same file extension in the same folder
    04. Play next media with the same file extension in the same folder
    05. Fast Play by user specified value
    06. Delete currently playing media
    07. Increase play rate by user specified value
    08. Decrease play rate by user specified value
    09. DirectShow-Zoom Pan Left
    10. DirectShow-Zoom Pan Right
    11. DirectShow-Zoom Pan Up
    12. DirectShow-Zoom Pan Down
    13. Audio Synchronize ahead by user specified value
    14. Audio Synchronize back by user specified value
    15. Subtitle Synchronize ahead by user specified value
    16. Subtitle Synchronize back by user specified value
    17. Increase Volume by user specified value
    18. Decrease Volume by user specified value
    
    Since the available buttons now stands at 88, I've added a filtering
    option to make it easier to find the button you're looking for.
  * Color Control support is now available when using MPC-VR as the
    video renderer.
  * Added a new JSON post-processing cache mechanism when using the IPTV
    Player API. The practical application is that Zoom Player opens the IPTV
    window faster when closing and reopening Zoom Player several times in the
    same IPTV database update period (by default, once per day).
  * The IPTV play window has been visually enhanced with gradient shading of
    the playlist and EPG sections. Of course, I made the gradient colors fully
    customizable through the IPTV Window's "Customize" menu option.
  * The IPTV EPG Grid view has been visually enhanced with gradient shading of
    Streams and Programs. Of course, I made the gradient colors fully
    customizable through the EPG Grid's "Customize" menu option.
  * Added support for IPTV stream grouping based on the "#EXTGRP" tag in
    M3U/M3U8 playlist.
  * Added support for two more types of IPTV archive (catchup) streaming modes.
  * New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Mouse / Settings) that determines
    whether the mouse cursor hides automatically when the player window is
    maximized. Enabled by default.
  * New Settings (Adv. Options / Interface / Control Overlay) to pick the color
    and opacity of timeline highlighting features (e.g. AB Repeat).
  * The "exInterface" extended function has been enhanced with new parameters:
    15 = Show Control Overlay
    16 = Hide Control Overlay
    17 = Show Color Control Overlay
    18 = Hide Color Control Overlay
    19 = Show IPTV stream selection window
    20 = Hide IPTV stream selection window
    21 = Show Media Server browser window
    22 = Hide Media Server browser window
  * Zoom Player's error dialog is no longer skinned and has been rewritten
    to use a modern overlay style. Should be easier to read, especially when
    compared to the skinned version on bright skins (e.g. Alba).
  * Zoom Player's "Please wait" dialog is no longer skinned and has been
    rewritten to use an modern overlay style.
  * New "Tab" (nvTab) navigation function. 
    The Tab button can now be used to:
    1. Switch the main home theater interface between home theater interface
       selection and system functions.
    2. Switch the media library home theater interface to function mode
       and back to the media list.
    3. Switch the file browsing home theater interface to function mode
       and back to the file list.
    4. Switch the play list home theater interface to function mode
       and back to the media list.
    5. Switch the play history home theater interface to function mode
       and back to the media list.
    6. Switch the favorites home theater interface to function mode
       and back to the media list.
    7. Switch the streaming audio home theater interface to function mode
       and back to the media list.
    8. Switch the active button on the error dialog window.
    If you are using a custom keyboard layout, you may want to add this line
    to your key file:
    nvAddKey(None,9,nvTab)
  * I modified the media library's meta-data editor to show the last play date
    for TV and Movie category folders. And now next to the date, I show how many
    years and days have passed since the last play date.
  * Added "Switch to Modern UI" and "Switch to Classic UI" right-click menu
    options under the "Controls" sub-menu.
    
  * Zoom Player's TCP/IP has been extended with a new "0300" message that
    returns the current skin mode. The skin mode is a 32bit value with each
    bit indicating whether a skin group section is active.
  * Zoom Player's TCP/IP has been extended with a new "0310" message that
    returns the current Media mode skin file.
  * Zoom Player's TCP/IP has been extended with a new "0320" message that
    returns the current DVD mode skin file.
  * Zoom Player's TCP/IP has been extended with a new "0330" message that
    returns the current Audio mode skin file.
  + The AB Repeat feature's active range is now visible on the control overlay
    timeline area.
  + The "Refresh" button on the IPTV player window can now be used to force
    a refresh of the IPTV playlist/EPG databases for either the selected
    playlist entry or All playlist entries without having to open the
    advanced options dialog.
  + Playing media from a media server (PLEX / Emby / Jellyfin) that includes
    multiple versions of the same media will now add all versions to the
    playlist, allowing you to switch between versions using the "next track"
    feature.
  + The Media Server Browser now remembers the list's "Top Index" when
    closing and re-opening the browser window, restoring the exact 
    scroll bar position of the selected item within the list.
  + Opening the "Chapter Editor / Go to" dialog using the "G" keyboard shortcut
    now opens with the "Go to" entry box active and available for immediate
    input. Opening the same dialog with the Shift+"C" keyboard shortcut opens
    the dialog with the Chapter name entry box active.
  + Dragging the Color Control Overlay's color bars now shows the active value
    as you drag the mouse cursor over a color bar.
  + Switching between Modern and Classic user interface modes now tries to
    remember the currently active skin in Classic mode.
  + Zoom Player's function picker dialog now uses a filtering feature
    instead of search as it makes it much easier to find functions. The
    function picker is used in several places throughout Zoom Player's
    user interface, including the keyboard layout editor and picking
    custom mouse button functions.
  + When using multiple attempts to connect to a streaming server, the
    "Please Wait" window now shows a "Connecting (2/3)" type messages
    to provide better feedback on the current connection status.
  + You can no longer show the control overlay by mouse movement when the
    "Please Wait" window is visible.
  - Fixed an issue where the playlist editor and equalizer windows could pop
    to the front of other applications when a new media is loaded and
    Zoom Player is in the running in the background.
  - When specifying a custom font that is incompatible (e.g. vertical text
    font starting with the "@" character) with overlay interfaces or was
    uninstalled later on, the overlay interfaces did not show any text.
    Now in such cases, the Arial font is used as a fallback.
  - There were some cases when trying to use the media library category editor
    to add a YouTube channel where channel URLs using "@[username]" were not
    identified correctly and other channels were added instead.    
  - When using Zoom Player's trial version, the time viewing limit only counts
    actual play time and will no longer bug you to upgrade when you're just
    setting up.
  - When using Zoom Player's trial version and the time viewing limit expires
    Zoom Player did not close itself properly.
  - Using the media library category editor failed to add a YouTube channel
    where the channel's URL contained extra information after the channel's
    identifier (e.g. "<a href="https://youtube.com/@zptechnology?si=LsHK4XZ6ngCgLcXE">https://youtube.com/@zptechnology?si=LsHK4XZ6ngCgLcXE</a>").
  - In the advanced options dialog, the ability to set custom functions for
    the keyboard's "Space" and "Arrow" functions (left/right/up/down) was
    broken with the custom entry fields remaining disabled.
  - Switching to audio mode when using MPC-VR as the video renderer did not
    hide the video window causing cosmetic issues with the audio mode skin.
  - There was a slight lag updating the timeline's current position when
    loading a media with a previously saved position.
  - Favorites added from the media server's media library plugin are now
    playable. If you previously added favorites from a media library
    category using the media server plugin, you will have to add them again.
  - Trying to play a media from either an Emby or Jellyfin server failed
    if the media had multiple versions (encodings).
  - The "Show/Hide the Home Theater's Web Browser interface" feature was
    broken, triggering an empty screen or crash.
  - The advanced options dialog's playlist Customization page was accidentally
    labeled as "Playlist".
  - Resetting the control overlay's default style did not reset the opacity
    level of the timeline chapter marks to its correct 50% default value.
  - The were cases where the error dialog could appear behind other,
    open windows.
  - Fixed a glitch when Zoom Player's window is positioned in between two
    different monitors, the OSD action pop-up message could have appeared
    in the wrong position and even flicker a bit.