Application: CoolPlayer
Category: Music & Video
Description: CoolPlayer is a small, fast, easy to use audio player with support for MP3, OGG and more. CoolPlayer+ is a modification with an improved multi-function skin, improved playlist skin, portablization of settings and more. The excellent default theme is courtesy of our own NeoRame. ( Thanks 
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Download CoolPlayer+ Portable 2.17.1 Pre-Release 2 [0.5MB download / 1.4MB installed]
(MD5: 834396ed0f938f39f14efeff84ef2b03)
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View a screenshot of CoolPlayer+ Portable 2.17.1 Pre-Release 2
Release Notes:
Pre-Release 1 (2008-05-07): Initial release
Pre-Release 2 (2008-05-16): Updated skin with better contrast
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Awesome...some people have waited a LONG time for this one
I think there is not enough contrast between the black and the dark red in the skin. Some of the buttons are rather difficult to see the image on.
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woohooo!!!! its awesome to see this, my first official skin release
btw, the app works fine under winXP admin account... good work
*EDIT*
. let me think 10 years ? .....
i see you hear DUNE the german "Techno"(not really)/Dance Combo?? i heard it ,too. for a loooong time ago
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Yeah, I just made a quick playlist of my random electronica mp3 folder to show the playlist in the screenshot. Haven't listened to it in a while.
Thanks again for your work on the skin
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I did it gladly
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I've just tried it on vista ultimate sp1, and runs pretty well, and leaves nothing obvious behind. the only problem I found was when I shut it down it takes on average between 30 seconds and 1 minute to close.
Please provide more info. Are you playing a song at the time? If so, how long, what type of file, etc? How are you closing it (X on skin or X in tray right-click menu)? Does it matter where you're running it from? What kind of account (admin, limited, guest)?
On XP SP2 I can't recreate this at all. It always closes within a couple seconds even if music is playing and the launcher moves the files back and closes about 1 second later.
UPDATE: Can't reproduce it on Windows Vista (no SP) either. Works as expected.
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Tested on Windows Vista, standard. Runs fine. Tried to duplicate mentioned problem, but worked properly when play *.mp3. I exited from the system tray and by clicking the x on the skin. Process Explorer (portable of course, ;)) showed the program exiting 1-2 seconds after closing, and the wrapper closing about 5 sec after that.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
I have been doing most of my pre-release tests on a slower usb stick, so I tried a fresh install on a different stick and it closed within a couple seconds
Okay, I just checked under an admin account, works properly. Closes in about 5 sec, all tolled. But I forgot to mention I was checking off the desktop.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
It's nice, even if I'm starting to get jealous.
BTW, did you remember to show that you can use WinAmp plugins? Maybe by putting them in Data?
Edit: The Downloady no worky.
Edit2:
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I think that since it loads so fast, having a splash would just slow it down. But then again, if all the other apps have a splash, why not coolplayer?
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is to Make coolplayer+ buff up the title for 100 milliseconds.
Or splash for 100 milliseconds.
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It does not remember the last skin that I used. I mean, if I change from the PA skin to the default, it remembers it, but if I change from the PA to the mini-PA skin, it does not remember it. Can that be changed? Or is it just the way Coolplayer works?
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coolplayer works.
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no looks like an launcher thing, in my old version works fine.
but here i see, the launcher replace the ini...
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This is CoolPlayer itself. It doesn't update the INI to say the last skin it used. We're using the unofficial 217.1 release of CoolPlayer (from their forums) for this which fixes the buffer overflow bugs in handling malicious files. If we bundled 217, we'd be opening people up to hacks. We may actually need to fork CoolPlayer to continue since development of the main app is sporadic and security issues like the vulnerabilities go unpatched for months at a time (1/2 year in this case).
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John I've been working on my own build of CoolPlayer for some time trying to get the latest to compile in mingw maybe I could help out with the fork
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Actually, that would be great since, at the very least, we need to add support for our other supported languages.
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Since Coolplayer+ is a modification of Coolplayer, I'm not sure if I should ask for this here or with the original creators. How about making the keyboard shortcuts a global setting. I love being able to change songs without having to go move my mouse or change windows to do it. Thanks.
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: baby ain't mine." -- Adam Holguin
Cool! But, eh, tbh. I'm not a big fan of using non-official skins for apps.
Thanks though!
have you seen the original (right click->Skin->Default) ???
btw..@ john:
the app not remember when you change the skin but it remember when you set the skin of default.....
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ah ok
now you know why john wants a new theme? LOL
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I see that all your themes are dark red.
You even promised to launch a new version last month...
We need it.
Well will you release the next version of the PAM? I've been checking the forum almost daily since beta 4 in hope of the new version. It's been almost a year since the last update to PAM.
Please make a new version. I don't care how ****** it is. }:) I just want it. Even an alpha would be good. Just to see some progress being done. I'm sure a lot of users agree with me.
Pretty please... with a cherry on top!
Artificial intelligence stands no chance against natural stupidity!
The new theming is, but the site logo hasn't been fixed up to it yet.
The next version of PAM is awaited by everybody, and XRXCA, Maggotb0y, and SmithTech are working on it now. Maybe Geek.Menu will satisfy you for now?
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A pre-release from John T. Haller, long time no see. (Lol, electronica - don't seem like an electronica guy : ))
NeoRame, that skin looks seriously awesome. Gives a huge facelift to CoolPlayer.
John, the only thing I caught was in the source, the ;Website: is for KeePass which digitxp caught. I think this'll be really popular, nice work.
one thing: the new skin does not have a way to change equalizer options; the only way i can do it is if i change to the default skin to make changes then i switch back. i noticed when i'm on the default skin and click the button on the main app to switch between themes, then it opens up NeoRame's skin with the equalizer options shown but there's no way to get to it other than that way.
the EQ works fine for me. have you use the buttons???? or have you change the ini´s???
here are the buttons:
http://ptc.kain-planet.de/uploads/EQ.png
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the equalizer window does not show by default. ok, now i see that the equalizer is on another skin ini. i have to go to options and change the skin from CoolPlayer+Portable.ini to CoolPlayer+Portable_EQ.ini every time i start the program. it would be easier if it was the default or if there was a button to switch between themes like there is on the default theme
Just click the skin switch button to alternate. It's between the minimize and close buttons. You can switch between normal, eq and shade mode of the included skin.
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I tried it at work on windows xp sp2 as a limited user, and it worked without problem and leaves nothing behind.
ok i have test it on another machine.
on win 2k limited account works fine, too.
regards
NeoRame
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weird in that it didn't bring up the download window. It kept saying it was waiting to download in the status bar, then went to 'done'. I had to click manually at the top right link to get it to come up.
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Sounds like you saved the file with right-click... this file is on SourceForge like all of the other apps here, so you need to left-click always.
left click on the link at the top of this page, takes me to sourceforge which has that big "Downloading ..." in the midst of all the adds, little icons spinning up top as it trys to connect to something in listed my status bar.
Then is just says "Done" in the status bar.
So then I click on the 'if you have problems downloading' link and it take me to a second page saying "This is a portableapps download" or something similar, and also the little window with the actual file and options of save file or cancel shows. I save file, then it works.
It just happened to me again just now. I think it may be related to the fact that my harddrive is spinning, fan is going super strong and I've lots of random hd access lights flashing.
Normally, the little save file/cancel window comes up right away. I'm guessing it timed itself out on my computer.
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Any chance you're using IE? If you're using IE, it prevents page redirects to downloads. So you'll always have to click the "if you have problems" or "direct download" links.
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I was in ffp. But I just tried it again just now, and it worked out fine, it took me to the "SourceForge.net: You are downloading PortableApps.com Porta..." page and w/ the small window that comes up that has me save/cancel.
The times that it didn't, explorer was running like 50% resources even though there was no other window open.
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A couple people mentioned that it was odd it didn't have a splash (since our other apps do). I'm not opposed to adding one in but it seems to start quite quickly and is distinguishable from the regular CoolPlayer due to my name change to CoolPlayer+. Thoughts?
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When I was testing it on my slower drive it did take at least 30 seconds to start, and for instances like that it might be nice to have a splash.
I have an ancient 128MB USB 1.1 drive and it still starts up in a few seconds.
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a cheap (not ancient) 1 GB flash drive. CoolPlayer Portable (not coolplayer+ portable) takes about a minute to start up, let alone play a file.
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Wow, that must be a horrible drive to use. Perhaps a quick splash would be in order.
Do the splashes for most apps here come up quickly on that drive?
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but they end up taking the screen for about 4-5 seconds, unless if I'm on my PC, then is takes 2-3 seconds.
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I just tried it with the drive that was taking a while to shut down, and I guess it takes about 15 to 20 seconds to start up, which isn't too bad in the grand scheme of things.
I really don't care. However, the PA.com splash is something that is part of your portable apps. Toucan is a complete program by it self made specially for PortableApps.com and yet IT has a splash. Time wise, on the average computer with an average drive, we end up loosing one or two seconds so it's not a big loss.
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would be to execute it before the splash shows. That way it's fast, and the splash doesn't get in the way.
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If its fast enough I think it isnt a problem if there is no splash. Its distinguishable enough due to the name and theme change.
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everything else has a splash. I say keep it for consistency.
that's like M$ saying, "since this thing is clearly closed source because of the markings and the license, let's make it OSS"
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what?
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Thanks. I was tempted to question that, but I thought maybe I was missing something.
please check your mail, i have found some graphic issues in the skin and have fixed.
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NeoRame
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I really love this one!
Its fast and small.
But:
Till now I often used Mplayer cause it starts faster than VLC but I will replace it with CoolPlayer+ once its official.
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Most of these will be in a later release as we're not yet forking it ourselves. It's just some simple resource hacks and additions for now.
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even the skinswitch-bug?
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That's in the CoolPlayer code.
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"it adds a ini file to the "rightclick"-skin-menu."
this is not really a bug in the options you can set how many skins Coolplayer keep in mind (by default we have set it on 3), and now comes the really bug:
in this new version it wont work in my old version it works fine...
and now to the contrast :-), which button are to dark??? so i can change it
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I think the 7 control buttons are too dark. Maybe change the black to white like the logo?
And about the inis: What does the 3 mean you mentioned? If I click the switch-button 10 times I get 12 lines in the ini-change-window: the 2 which are there at the beginning and an extra one for every time I clicked.
EDIT
And does anyone know what the eject button is for? Shouldnt it bt "open"?
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It's open... just like all the other earlier media players like Winamp and XMMS.
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wait i write it in the german forum
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The skin has been updated to improve contrast. And a few other minor things were fixed.
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is it me or is every single one of sourceforge's download mirrors down... :/
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Propogation is really slow today.
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Download impossible. Get an:
Not Found
The requested URL /sourceforge/portableapps/CoolPlayerp_Portable_2.17.2_PRERELEASE2.paf.exe was not found on this server.
on every server I tried.
Sourceforge is broken beyond belief at the moment, hopefully is will sort itself out in the next few hours/days.
The new repeat and shuffle "buttos" are nice. The only thing is that the volume triangle isnt visible very good. But thats not too important I think.
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I reuploaded this which should hopefully fix the download issue. SourceForge was having some issues yesterday after upgrading their uploads and download system. I think it may be ironed out now. It'll take an hour or so for the new upload to become available.
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Still no chance to download. I think sourceforge is completely down. Tried to download some other files from there, none of it works.
other downloads work now (i have downloaded the last releases) but the CP+ download works not
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Can anyone post a working mirror (temporary) please. The Sourceforge link is broken over two days now (is there any chance, it'll work once again?). Thanx.
John, since SF seems to still not be working correctly, I can post a mirror for you if you want. I'll wait for your response to post it.
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actually i think the link may just be wrong. i was able to download it when i navigated to it on the PortableApps sourceforge page
that was a great idea.
for all peoples use this link for download:
http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=151265&use_mirro...
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The link has a ".2" instead of a ".1" in it. To use the original link which will use a mirror closer to you (and not be tied to the OSDN one), use this:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/portableapps/CoolPlayerp_Portable_2.17....
(John: Delete this post once the original link is fixed.)
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Thanks, I fixed it.
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download is working again. Thanks a lot.
please check your mails, i have send an update to you
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