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zPlayer is a standalone, intuitive, and fully functional media player. Built to suit my purpose, it is customizable to your taste. zPlayer is powered by winmm.dll, an integral part of Windows. Features No 3rd Party Dependencies: Utilizes only Windows components and standard AutoIt UDFs. Universal Playback: Supports all digital media formats, provided proper codecs are installed. Independent Video Window: Separate video window with a minimal GUI for music. Versatile Loading Options: Load files, folders, or an audio CD for playback. Smart Playlists: Automatically generated playlists, available in sorted and shuffled orders, and saved in the folder. Hidden Playlist: Playlist is hidden by default but available on demand. Context Menus: Options include Play This File, File Properties, Search Internet, Go to This Folder, Move Playlist Item, and Remove from Playlist. Interactive Interface: Double-click any item to play it, search strings in the playlist, and use hotkeys for most functions. Playback Controls: Forward, backward, pause, and change folder. Repeat Functions: A-B repeat, current file repeat, and multiple-file repeat. Volume Control: Increase, decrease, or mute sound volume, synchronized with Windows Volume Mixer. Playback Environment Save: Save playback environment on session termination and resume in the next session. Resume Playback: Option to resume playback from where it was left off, with audio fade-in. Efficient Performance: Very low CPU and memory usage. Technical Information The script runs or compiles in x64 mode. To change this setting, comment out #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=Y. The attached zPlayer.exe was compiled in x64 mode and is not flagged by Windows Defender as malicious. Compiling to x86 may result in false positive flags by Windows Defender. Feedback If you find an error, please download the latest version, as it may already be corrected. Otherwise, I would appreciate it if you could kindly let me know. zPlayer-NoUI.au3 The download section includes zPlayer-NoUI.au3. This is an abbreviated version of zPlayer, which is a music player controlled by hotkeys only, without a GUI. Note: zPlayer is the name I used when I introduced the early version of this player in my blog in 2009 and has nothing to do with the mobile media player of the same name which started marketing in 2015.