How to use Moraff's Freedom Player
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Basic Idea:
Moraff's Freedom Player is the premium media player. It offers vastly more control over
your media than other players, which are limited to a few buttons that never do what you
want.
However, please note that Moraff's Freedom Player can only do what your computer is
capable of. Your media is played with codecs, which tell it how to play the media. Some
codecs allow changing playback speed, for example, and some don't. Some codecs are
very complex and can be sluggish, some are lightning fast. Jumping around inside a
video works better with some codecs than others. But whatever your computer can do,
Moraff's Freedom Player tries to give it to you.
Most media players are crippled or packed with adware and spyware, anything to collect
money from you or someone else. That's why this player is called the Freedom Player. It
doesn't require payment, you can use all of its features, and there are no ads. You can
contribute to the author, and help prove that when a good software developer trusts
people and gives them his best work for free, they will support his work.
Moraff's Freedom Player is the premium media player. It offers vastly more control over
your media than other players, which are limited to a few buttons that never do what you
want.
However, please note that Moraff's Freedom Player can only do what your computer is
capable of. Your media is played with codecs, which tell it how to play the media. Some
codecs allow changing playback speed, for example, and some don't. Some codecs are
very complex and can be sluggish, some are lightning fast. Jumping around inside a
video works better with some codecs than others. But whatever your computer can do,
Moraff's Freedom Player tries to give it to you.
Most media players are crippled or packed with adware and spyware, anything to collect
money from you or someone else. That's why this player is called the Freedom Player. It
doesn't require payment, you can use all of its features, and there are no ads. You can
contribute to the author, and help prove that when a good software developer trusts
people and gives them his best work for free, they will support his work.
If a typical media player is a kite, Moraff's Freedom Player is a 747! It's true
that it can seem a little overwhelming at first having so much control, but
when you learn to use it all, you'll be ready to fly!
1) Basic idea
2) Playing DVDs
3) Loading files and playing whole folders
4) Slide shows
5) Speed and position controls
6) Look and feel of the player
that it can seem a little overwhelming at first having so much control, but
when you learn to use it all, you'll be ready to fly!
1) Basic idea
2) Playing DVDs
3) Loading files and playing whole folders
4) Slide shows
5) Speed and position controls
6) Look and feel of the player
Playing DVDs:
I know why you really bought your computer! That's why there is a
whole panel for controlling DVDs in the Freedom Player. To play a
DVD from the default DVD drive on the computer, simply press the
left button showing > on top of a DVD disk (next tot he 'ABC' button.
To play a DVD that you copied onto your hard drive, use the open
button on the left panel (a yellow folder with an arrow coming out)
and select any file from inside the DVD's VIDEO_TS folder.
Note that simply inserting a DVD will not currently automatically run
Moraff's Freedom Player. That requires file associations that this
player doesn't yet allow. File associations are the beginning of taking
over your computer. I still remember that your computer is yours and
not mine. So far I am leaving it to all the spy and adware companies
to fight over which one runs every time you click a media file or pop in
a DVD. But you can always ignore them and use your Freedom
Player!
The other buttons allow you to turn on and off subtitles and other
features. Favorites and bookmarks are not yet operational.
Depending on how many people contribute to the development of the
Freedom Player, those features should be along in a couple of
months.
I know why you really bought your computer! That's why there is a
whole panel for controlling DVDs in the Freedom Player. To play a
DVD from the default DVD drive on the computer, simply press the
left button showing > on top of a DVD disk (next tot he 'ABC' button.
To play a DVD that you copied onto your hard drive, use the open
button on the left panel (a yellow folder with an arrow coming out)
and select any file from inside the DVD's VIDEO_TS folder.
Note that simply inserting a DVD will not currently automatically run
Moraff's Freedom Player. That requires file associations that this
player doesn't yet allow. File associations are the beginning of taking
over your computer. I still remember that your computer is yours and
not mine. So far I am leaving it to all the spy and adware companies
to fight over which one runs every time you click a media file or pop in
a DVD. But you can always ignore them and use your Freedom
Player!
The other buttons allow you to turn on and off subtitles and other
features. Favorites and bookmarks are not yet operational.
Depending on how many people contribute to the development of the
Freedom Player, those features should be along in a couple of
months.
Loading Files and Playing Whole Folders:
This part is really confusing, because there are about 10 ways to
load files. But when you get used to them, you'll be glad your favorite
ways are included!
First, you can always just click the standard open file button shown
above (yellow folder with an arrow coming out). But if you want to play
music, you'll probably want to just play a whole folder (see button at
right). This will simply put all the media files in the selected folder
into the playlist panel (left panel). Then you can control the playlist
with the buttons in the playlist panel. You can even save your playlist.
Within the playlist panel you can load playlists, drag and drop files
within the playlist to change their play order.
The recent items button is extremely useful (see button at right).
Moraff's Freedom Player remembers your recently used files and
which folders they came from. So you can listen to one song from a
folder and then go to recent items and play the whole folder.
This part is really confusing, because there are about 10 ways to
load files. But when you get used to them, you'll be glad your favorite
ways are included!
First, you can always just click the standard open file button shown
above (yellow folder with an arrow coming out). But if you want to play
music, you'll probably want to just play a whole folder (see button at
right). This will simply put all the media files in the selected folder
into the playlist panel (left panel). Then you can control the playlist
with the buttons in the playlist panel. You can even save your playlist.
Within the playlist panel you can load playlists, drag and drop files
within the playlist to change their play order.
The recent items button is extremely useful (see button at right).
Moraff's Freedom Player remembers your recently used files and
which folders they came from. So you can listen to one song from a
folder and then go to recent items and play the whole folder.
Slide Shows:
If you listen to a lot of music but not so much video, or if you just want
a world class slide show player, Moraff's Freedom Player has it.
You can play a slide show and choose your background music
independently. Actually Moraff's Freedom Player plays you images
better than nearly all other image viewers, because it resamples
when it fits your images to the window or screen, giving higher quality
results.
You control the slide show from the button shown at the right. This
button is located at the top of the position control panel. This will
allow you to choose the startup folder for the slide show. It will also
allow you to control the speed of the slide show.
There are two more important options. You can include subfolders,
which will allow the slide show to look into all the subfolders and
show all the images in an entire collection. You can also
'Automatically look in next folder for more images'. This unique
feature allows you to start at one point in your collection, and
continue into subsequent folders.
If you listen to a lot of music but not so much video, or if you just want
a world class slide show player, Moraff's Freedom Player has it.
You can play a slide show and choose your background music
independently. Actually Moraff's Freedom Player plays you images
better than nearly all other image viewers, because it resamples
when it fits your images to the window or screen, giving higher quality
results.
You control the slide show from the button shown at the right. This
button is located at the top of the position control panel. This will
allow you to choose the startup folder for the slide show. It will also
allow you to control the speed of the slide show.
There are two more important options. You can include subfolders,
which will allow the slide show to look into all the subfolders and
show all the images in an entire collection. You can also
'Automatically look in next folder for more images'. This unique
feature allows you to start at one point in your collection, and
continue into subsequent folders.
Speed and Position Controls:
The second row of buttons and arrows allow fast rewind,
play backwards, pause, play forward normal speed, play
1.5 speed, play forward double speed. Note that most
media will not play backward.
You can play your media as slow as a turtle or fast as a
fighter jet (see panel at left).
Below the speed control (turtle and jet button) is a group of
buttons for frame stepping (first row) and repeating a few
seconds (second row).
Below that, you can jump forward or backward however
many seconds you click.
The second row of buttons and arrows allow fast rewind,
play backwards, pause, play forward normal speed, play
1.5 speed, play forward double speed. Note that most
media will not play backward.
You can play your media as slow as a turtle or fast as a
fighter jet (see panel at left).
Below the speed control (turtle and jet button) is a group of
buttons for frame stepping (first row) and repeating a few
seconds (second row).
Below that, you can jump forward or backward however
many seconds you click.
Look and Feel of the Player:
The buttons allow you to turn on and off the title bar of the
panels, the panels themselves, and the status bar that tells
you what buttons do.
You can also switch between textures for the control panel,
and select a language.
The button with the scissors and 12345 allows you to
control some more advanced features as well as turning
panels on and off.
You can enable transparency such that when the mouse
moves over the media window, the control panel fades on
or off. This is a very slick feature if you run the media
window full screen with the control window on top.
You can also lock the control window to the media window.
You can also save or load choices, and set them as the
default.
The buttons allow you to turn on and off the title bar of the
panels, the panels themselves, and the status bar that tells
you what buttons do.
You can also switch between textures for the control panel,
and select a language.
The button with the scissors and 12345 allows you to
control some more advanced features as well as turning
panels on and off.
You can enable transparency such that when the mouse
moves over the media window, the control panel fades on
or off. This is a very slick feature if you run the media
window full screen with the control window on top.
You can also lock the control window to the media window.
You can also save or load choices, and set them as the
default.
