No UI Music Player

[CYCho]

These are the hotkeys that control this no-UI music player:

Ctrl+Alt+c      Change folder
Ctrl+Alt+f      Open/Close file properties window
Ctrl+Alt+h      Open/Close help message window
Ctrl+Alt+l      Open/Close playlist
Ctrl+Alt+m      Mute/Unmute audio volume
Ctrl+Alt+p      Pause/Resume playback
Ctrl+Alt+r      Repeat mode On/Off
Ctrl+Alt+s      Shuffle/Sort playlist
Ctrl+Alt+Left   Play previous file
Ctrl+Alt+Right  Play next file
Ctrl+Alt+Up     Increase volume
Ctrl+Alt+Down   Decrease volume
Ctrl+Alt+End    Exit program

I spend many hours in front of a computer doing something. It has been my habit to play music in the background.  As I'm not an audiophile with discerning ears, my zPlayer has been enough for my listening needs. Come to think of it, even though zPlayer has substantial UIs, I rarely use them once I load a folder of my liking except when changing the folder.

So I came up with this No UI Music Player. It basically runs with no UI. However, the user can bring up a playlist window or a file properties window once in a while if they feel the urge to see something on the screen, If these windows are kept open, their contents are updated as necessary.

In the playlist window, the user can search the playlist for strings like "beeth 9" to go to Beethoven's Symphony 9, for example, and double-click it to play it.

In the file properties window, the user can see the essential file information such as file type, bitrate and total length. The current playback position is updated in 0:00:00 format every second. The properties window also shows whether repeat mode is on or off.

I hope this can be of use to someone.

The latest version can be downloaded here.

 

Edited December 8, 2024 by CYCho

[CYCho]

What if you want to terminate the program, but you don't remember the hotkey combinations? The ultimate help would be the Tray menu. The latest version(zPlayer-NoUI_1002.zip), which can be downloaded here, has 2 Tray menu items: Help and Exit.

Edited November 25, 2024 by CYCho

[CYCho]

There was an error when the user double-clicked an item in the playlist while file properties window was not open. The fixed version (zPlayer-NoUI_1003.zip) can be downloaded here.

[CYCho]

zPlayer.ico file, which had to be downloaded together with the main script, is now included in zPlayer-NoUI.au3 as a Base64 string. zPlayer-NoUI.au3, when run uncompiled, will  create the icon file if it does not exist in the script directory. zPlayer-NoUI_1004.zip can be downloaded here.