Documentation of the GreenForce-Player

Index
Introduction 
Terms and conditions
Install the GFP
Play a media file
Use the playlists
Coverflow
Protect a media file
Options
Acknowledgements
Contact

Introduction

GreenForce-Player is an portable alternative media player, with many additional functions. One of these functions is to protect media files. You can save your audio and video files with a password and protect them against screenshots. An other very interesting function is the coverflow. Last but not least, there is a cache system that is used to reduce usage of your hard disc. This software has been developed for Windows. It was tested with Windows XP, Vista and 7. GFP is easy to use and therefore ideal for beginners. However, there are also advanced functions for professional usage.

Terms and conditions

This program is provided "As it is". The author is not responsible for any damage (or damages) caused by GreenForce-Player or caused by the use of the GreenForce-Player. This is except for damages which cannot be excluded because of law. You are warned that you use this software at your own risk. No warranties are implied or given by the author or any other representative. All components are copyrighted by the author. You are not allowed to reverse engineer the whole or parts of the software. You are also not allowed to modify or patch executables and other files of this software.

You are allowed to use this software in noncommercial and commercial products. If the software is used within commercial products a mention of the author and a donate would be desirable but is not necessary.

Install the GreenForce-Player

The GreenForce-Player does not need an installation. It requires only the GreenForce-Player.exe. Therefore it is ideal for use on a portable media like an USB stick. The file extension ".gfp" will be registered automatically at the first start of the application. There is also an Installer available which will create additional entries in the program menu and on the desktop.

Play a media file

You can load media files with the menu item "Load" or you can use the Drag and Drop function. It is also possible to use playlists where you can load media files from. The video/audio will play automatically. The supported audio and video formats depend on installed codecs of the operating system. There is a build in support for .ogg and .flac files.

Use the playlists

To use a playlist choose the menu item "Playlist" in the menu "Media". There are the following commands in the toolbar: Create a playlist Delete a playlist Import a complete playlist Export a complete playlist Play the selected file of the active playlist add a file to the active playlist add a complete folder to the activ e playlist add a URL to the playlist remove a file from the playlist

Coverflow

Protect a media file

To protect a media file with a password choose the menu item “Protect media” in the menu “DRM”. You must set the password, source file (the media file which should be protected) and the destination file. For the password you can set a tip/hint to help you to remember your password. You can also set tags and a cover (.bmp, .jpg, .jp2, .png, .tga and .tiff) for your protected media file. If you want to protect the media against snapshots you can use the option “Disallow snapshots”. Choose “active” for a weak protection or “extended” for an advanced protection. But keep in mind that this will be no 100% solution to protect the content.

Options

To change the options of the player choose the menu item "Options" in the menu "File". Language Here you can select the language of the player. Loglevel The loglevel has three different options: "None" Nothing will be logged. "Error"  Errors will be logged. "Debug" Debug info and errors will be logged, use this option to report a bug. Only show in systray when minimized This options influence that the player isn't in your taskbar if its minimized. You can control it over the systray. Automatic updates If this option is selected the player checks at every program start the latest version. If there are updates it will install it automatically. Single instance This means the player can be opened only once at one time. If you load another media file it will use the existing instance of the player.

Video renderer If you have problems with the presentation of videos you can test another renderer. Audio renderer If you have problems with the audio of the player, you can test another audio renderer. Size of RAM cache This is the maximal size(in MB) of all media files that will cached in the RAM. Size of RAM cache per file This is the maximal size(in MB) of a file for the RAM cache. Do not use to huge values here because this will result in longer loading times. We recommend to use values between 10 and 30 MB. Snapshot path Here you can select the path where the snapshots will be saved. Snapshot format Here you can choose the format of the snapshots (jpeg, png, jpeg2000) Background color These is the color of the Video background. Theme You can choose a iconset for the main window of the player. (Default, Green, Classic, Dark)

Acknowledgements

Contact

Address:
Michael Moebius
Karl-Rehm Str. 5
88326 Aulendorf
Germany

E-Mail:
Support@GFP.RRSoftware.de