A simple FFmpeg based player. The player core is made with multiplatformity in mind. UI / video / audio layer is MFC/Win32 specific. Note that D2D mode (the one that is turned on by uncommenting define USE_DIRECT2D_VIEW) has become unstable after related MFC changes. It demonstrated comparatively bad performance on my PC anyway, so it is here basically for demonstration purposes.
Semi transparent, click through full screen mode introduced. It is invokable by holding ctrl+shift while pressing full screen button.
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.
Visual Studio 2015 or 2017
To get a development env running:
Install vcpkg from https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.
.\vcpkg integrate install
Install Boost, FFmpeg:
vcpkg install boost boost:x86-windows
vcpkg install ffmpeg ffmpeg:x86-windows
If libbz2.dll is missing from the player debug directory, then vcpkg/installed/x86-windows/debug/bin/libbz2d.dll file is to be copied into that.
YouTube view support using https://github.com/nficano/pytube.git can be turned on by uncommenting define YOUTUBE_EXPERIMENT in YouTuber.cpp. Python is also needed in this case:
vcpkg install python3
The matching Python version (currently 3.7) has to be installed and added to the PATH environment variable for the accessory DLLs to be accessible.
It is also possible that Boost::Python stuff will have to be enabled:
vcpkg install --featurepackages --recurse boost[python]
You may need to remove pytube stuff from your profile folder for the player application to set up the latest version, for example, by invoking remove_pytube.cmd.
You can also "patch" Python stuff by creating %LOCALAPPDATA%\git-subst.cfg mapping file that contains, for example,
https://github.com/nficano/pytube/archive/master.zip = https://github.com/pytube3/pytube3/archive/master.zip
Sometimes we need to go deeper, visit pytube issues list and apply fixes, for example
Take into account https://www.psiphon3.com
Just in case: "In fact in boost-python, the default behavior is that even when debug boost libraries are created, these libraries are linked to the release pythonX.dll/lib - by intention, according to the docs." pybind/pybind11#1295
If you want YouTube subtitles, please note: microsoft/vcpkg#6499 . For now you can revert to Python 3.6 by running this in the vcpkg folder:
git checkout dfef7b111656e65a7e14078b6aaffa7f0a402308 -- ports/python3
Tiny demos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dySA4yEGdEc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5iW2ZsEzrA
Hint: hold Ctrl+Shift while submitting File Open dialog to choose a separate audio file. It works for the file opening from the Windows Explorer as well.