Samuri's *UN*Official SlyPlayer(tm) Thread

[SamuriHL]

SlySoft has announced that they will be creating a freeware player. There is no current release date on this, so, questions about "when" will be moved to another thread. Feel free to add feature requests to this thread. Any off topic posts, including my own , will be moved. The previous SlyPlayer thread can be found here and has been closed. Here's a list of the features requested so far. Note that these are only REQUESTED which does NOT mean they will be added! SlySoft alone gets to make the final call on features to be implemented.

Feature Request List:
Support for all Blu Ray and HDDVD formats (video and Audio) [DTS HD, DD True-HD, DD+, VC1, MPEG2, h264, etc] 
Playback of Java BDs
Support for .MKV, .AVI, .MOV, .mP4, .h264, .AVC, .FLAC containers
Bitstreaming
DVD Upscaling
Bit perfect LPCM streaming unmolested; auto selecting
No downsampling of audio streams
Ability to correct timing differences and sync issues in audio streams
DXVA, DXVA 2.0 and CUDA support (Video hardware acceleration) for BR and HDVDDV
DXVA, DXVA 2.0 and CUDA support for other file container formats like MKV and h264
Audio setup section allowing testing for each speaker in a 5.1/6.1/7.1 configuration
Automatic channel detection (2.0/5/1/7/1) to send to receiver
Easy playback and selection on Episodic discs
Support for 1080p/24 output
Integration into Windows Media Center, including playback through WMC
Support for WMC remotes & keyboard shortcuts
Support for hotkeys, preferrably user definable for almost all functions (valuable to those using remotes like the Harmony)
Integration with My Movies and other DVD cataloguing programs
Support for WMC extenders
Support for Virtual machines like Fusion and Parallels for the Mac
Remember last playback position on DVDs
Remember last playback position of BRs and HDDVDs
Aspect ratio manipulation
Standalone Mac (apple) version
Standalone Linux version
"Finely-graduated" zoom function (similar to whats in MPC-HC/Zoomplayer)
TCP control so the player can be controlled by external programs
Color management (ie ability to support for 3D LUT files)
Support for Windows Home Server
Post-processing support (ie FFDSHOW capabilities)
Ability to change the position of the subtitles related to the video (DVD, BR, and HDVDVD)
Ability to load external subtitles
Support and use of DirectShow filters
Variable aspect control (allows for shifting of a widescreen image to the top (or bottom) of 16:9 frame)
Support for x/y stretch functions for incorrectly mastered discs
Support for VST plugin "Convolver" 
Option to add audio/video filters (advanced option maybe)
Ability to downmix different audio formats to AC3 (DD)
Support/Integration into XMBC
Support for external soundcards like XONAR and Auzentech
Gamma correction controls
Channel expansion (for all audio with less channels than your output)
Ability to NOT deinterlace DVD sources
Ability to switch the video refresh to match the movie its playing
Ability to set default Audio streams in preference (DTS-MA then TrueHd then LPCM then DD+, then DTS/AC3...etc...)
Ability to do Dolby Headphone
Ability to autoplay upon inserting a disc
Ability to autoplay and change the resolution to desired format upon inserting a disc; then change back to native resolution upon program exit
Ability to be callable from command line
Aspect ratio adjustments, presets, and any other adjustments done on a Per-disk level
Split screen mode to compare current settings with new settings (ala PDVD 9)
Cinema user interface option (large fonts/icons,etc)
Ability to move control playback ribbon to any location on the screen
Plugins/add-ons architecture (using DLLs, or WM_messages) to allow integration with automation/IR-control utilities
Frame advance when paused feature
Screen grab feature

[Webslinger]

I can't see the Dolby (headphone) stuff happening. Dolby requires licensing fees, and this is a freeware product.

[SamuriHL]

A lot of those were already nixed by SlySoft. Those are simply there to show what's already been requested.

[andy o]

I think it was me who requested DH. Not a big deal since I don't buy a sound card now that doesn't have it, but it could be like foobar2000 does, they use the Cyberlink DH dll.

[HK_sends]

Originally Posted by SamuriHL

A lot of those were already nixed by SlySoft. Those are simply there to show what's already been requested.

Hi, everybody! SamuriHL, since several of the suggestions were nixed by Slysoft, would it be possible to annotate in some way (i.e. asterisk, or notation) the ones that won't be addressed?

-HK sends

[SamuriHL]

Yea, we'll get to that.

[sej7278]

Originally Posted by HK_sends

Hi, everybody! SamuriHL, since several of the suggestions were nixed by Slysoft, would it be possible to annotate in some way (i.e. asterisk, or notation) the ones that won't be addressed?

i bet i can guess

* Standalone Mac (apple) version
* Standalone Linux version

If its going to be freeware, why not just donate some coding time to the mplayer or videolan projects - we all know you've got some love for mencoder/ffmpeg rather than re-inventing the wheel.

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

Originally Posted by sej7278

If its going to be freeware, why not just donate some coding time to the mplayer or videolan projects - we all know you've got some love for mencoder/ffmpeg rather than re-inventing the wheel.

I can think of one huge reason why this would not be a good idea: bureaucracy.

As it is, Slysoft is beholden only to themselves and they are in complete control: their deadlines, their wants, their needs. Donating code to another project involves a bureaucratic quagmire. Personally, I do not want to see that happen.

[liels]

Originally Posted by DrinkLyeAndDie

I can think of one huge reason why this would not be a good idea: bureaucracy.

As it is, Slysoft is beholden only to themselves and they are in complete control: their deadlines, their wants, their needs. Donating code to another project involves a bureaucratic quagmire. Personally, I do not want to see that happen.

I use mplayer all the time for certain things. I _love_ mplayer and _admire_ the skill of their core team (these guys really know their math and their assembler, and are more security conscious than 99% of the coders out there), their focus has never been on the great user interface experience (they state that as a different skill set IIRC).

Obvious to anyone using SS products, the user interface experience is fantastic, as well as at least good enough on whatever blackmagic needs to happen at the ugly bit/data struture level. Note they are definitely aware of mplayer/ffmpeg as they use it for clonedvd mobile!

So I think the best HTPC user experience would be a standalone SS player. Now, if it was open source and had an LGPL compatible license I'm confident in time aspects of it would get into mplayer.

Note that for a long time mplayer has been able to demux and decode decrypted HD discs. I think it is the only current option for native OSX/Linux playback, in fact.

[liels]

I saw on the list

Ability to downmix different audio formats to AC3 (DD)

... while I want that, I'd want the

Ability do downmix different audio formats to DTS

also (just to be explicit)

Ability to bitstream downmixed/native AC3/DTS to S/PDIF.

EIEIO.