Kinoma media player

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by notrock

Never mind I take it back. I just can't deal with the card scan. Save your money

I agree. If I had realized how annoying that "feature" was, & that there was no way for the user to turn it off, I never would have bought it.

Kinoma has the 100% best youtube playback I have ever seen (it is as good or better than my quad core/SLI video tower setup), but their complete rufusal to allow the user to configure it the way they want after paying a pretty steep price for it is infuriating.

It also annoys me a lot that when you install it, it steals ALL the file associations in your system without asking permission. I had to install Resco Explorer so that I could reset the file associations back to how they are supposed to be. There is no way in hell I am going to wait for Kinoma to open & scan every time I click on a simple jpeg image from the file explorer............

~John

[notrock]

Also I can't seem to find a way to go to the home sceen without having to press back a few times and no full screen support for my videos. They should have labeled this a concept release. Please don't mess this up Kinoma, by not listening to the users.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by notrock

Also I can't seem to find a way to go to the home sceen without having to press back a few times and no full screen support for my videos.

You're right, those are two more problems.

I have to switch my Titan to landscape mode BEFORE starting up Kinoma to watch a movie as there is no way to do it after the program starts (& even doing that doesn't make it full screen) . Once it's running you can't minimize it (it takes over the system COMPLETELY).

Of course I always forget to do that & then I have to completely exit the program & start over. Like you said, even that's not easy to do as there is no way to easily get back to the start screen (there is no easy way to completely shut down the app for that matter).

I feel this program is 100% totally aimed at noob users. This is fine & dandy except it needs an "advanced" option screen where more computer literate users can configure it to their liking & not be forced to completely accept the default settings.

It is really ironic that it forces you to use it as the default video player (unless you know how to edit file asociations) but then gives "unsupported video format" errors on certain files that play just fine in WMP.........

~John

[mishamag]

I'd like Kinoma to pay me $30 and send me a free copy of this player when it's ready for public consumption. Why the *()&(#$$&*#*& should I spend 2 hours trying to figure-out how to change the file associations that it commandeered. I don't think I've installed a desktop application that takes over associations like this POS did since I last used Windows 3.0. Ya dumb it down for the masses, but please give us a warning about what it's about to do.

BTW, If I ever see that scanning bar again i may just throw my damn phone in the nearest river.

Seriously Charles, this thing is flawed as is your marketing push and not so camouflaged beta testing at serious PPC sites. Just say it's beta and people I'm sure would be more than willing to spend their time helping you out for free.

[DaRedLight]

I need someone's help. I installed this Kinoma...and got all my media files high - jacked! (Taliban Style!) lol! Now all my music media and some of my video media is no longer recognizeable. Windows Media Player will no longer play the file from the "File Explorer" folder. I actually have to launch the Player, select the folder, then play the file! WTF?! Even after uninstalling this chaotic "Kill - noma"! My files are left raped! Is there any way to reverse and retore the associations to the files, without reinstalling 6gbs of audio and video?

[notrock]

Originally Posted by DaRedLight

I need someone's help. I installed this Kinoma...and got all my media files high - jacked! (Taliban Style!) lol! Now all my music media and some of my video media is no longer recognizeable. Windows Media Player will no longer play the file from the "File Explorer" folder. I actually have to launch the Player, select the folder, then play the file! WTF?! Even after uninstalling this chaotic "Kill - noma"! My files are left raped! Is there any way to reverse and retore the associations to the files, without reinstalling 6gbs of audio and video?

Ha welcome to the kinoma is great idea, but terribly executed club.. The best way to repair the damage kinoma has done, is to download a real media player, lets say TCMP and go into settings and re associate your media with that program. This weekend I will try to make a repair cab file. Until then uninstall kinoma and send them some hate mail.


Here are the registry entries kinoma meddled with

 REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3]
@="kp5mp3file"
"Content Type"="audio/mp3"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3-drm]
@="kp5mp3file"
"Content Type"="audio/mp3"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5mp3file]
@="mp3 file"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5mp3file\Shell\DRMOpen\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5mp3file\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5mp3file\Shell\Save\Save Location]
@="\\My Documents"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5mp3file\ShellEx\EventSoundHandlers\{245F94CF-DD9C-46F9-B4C8-D2B14A877893}]
@="XME EventSound Player"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg]
@="kp5jpgimage"
"Content Type"="image/jpeg"
"PerceivedType"="image"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpeg]
@="kp5jpgimage"
"Content Type"="image/jpeg"
"PerceivedType"="image"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5jpgimage]
@="JPEG image"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5jpgimage\Shell\DRMOpen\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5jpgimage\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5jpgimage\Shell\Save\Save Location]
@="\\My Pictures"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png]
@="kp5pngimage"
"Content Type"="image/png"
"PerceivedType"="image"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5pngimage]
@="PNG image"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5pngimage\Shell\DRMOpen\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5pngimage\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5pngimage\Shell\Save\Save Location]
@="\\My Pictures"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aa]
@="kp5aafile"
"Content Type"="audio/audible"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5aafile]
@="Audible file"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5aafile\Shell\DRMOpen\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5aafile\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5aafile\Shell\Save\Save Location]
@="\\My Documents"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4a]
@="kp5m4afile"
"Content Type"="audio/mp4"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5m4afile]
@="MP4 audio"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5m4afile\Shell\DRMOpen\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5m4afile\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5m4afile\Shell\Save\Save Location]
@="\\My Documents"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp4]
@="kp5mp4file"
"Content Type"="video/mp4"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5mp4file]
@="MP4 video"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5mp4file\Shell\DRMOpen\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5mp4file\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"%InstallDir%\\kp5.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5mp4file\Shell\Save\Save Location]
@="\\My Documents"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.flv]
@="kp5flvfile"
"Content Type"="video/flv"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kp5flvfile]
@="FLV video"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000

This would be a pain to do by hand..
Kinoma YOU SUCK!

[jmorton10]

Resco file browser will restore all those hijacked file associations (I installed it just for that reason, although it is a great program anyway)

In Resco, you can get a "file/open with" option just like in any newer version of Windows. It has that same checkbox for "always use this app to open this type of file" also.

~John

[Lylej2k]

Holy crap, i didn't even notice the file association hijack til i was reading this last night. that's made for in instant uninstall, and thank got for resco explorer fixin it all!

[notrock]

Kinoma screwed me again! Today I called to cancel Real Broadband Essentials. Well I was on hold for 20mins. With what sounded like 24kbps hold music blasting in my ear, that kept skipping and sort of sound like it was rebuffering...

[The Doctor]

I'm still loving it. I called to cancel my Real Super Pass and yes it took 25 Min to get through, but he said it's canceled. I really like this player for something different!