Darshan Player 1.2.0

Darshan Player 1.2.0

Already on 1.1.0? You'll be updated automatically — the update downloads in the background and applies the next time you open the player.

New here? Download DarshanPlayer-win-Setup.exe below. No admin rights needed, and no .NET install.

✨ New

• Equalizer — 10 bands, preamp and 8 presets (Bass Boost, Vocal Boost, Rock, Pop, Classical, Dance, Podcast, Flat). Your own tuning is saved. Open it with Ctrl+E.
• Volume levelling evens out loud action and quiet dialogue; audio output switches between stereo, mono, left and right; and an A/V sync slider fixes out-of-sync audio.
• Crop (12 ratios) and deinterlace for old TV recordings. The Fill aspect ratio now actually fills the screen.
• Chapters — jump between chapters with Ctrl+← / Ctrl+→, or pick one from the menu.
• Works like a proper Windows player:
  • Shows up in Open with, and in Settings ▸ Apps ▸ Default apps so you can make it your default (Set as default player… in the menu takes you straight there)
  • Right-click a video → Add to Darshan Player playlist; right-click a folder → Play with Darshan Player
  • Recent files on the taskbar right-click menu
  • Select several videos and open them together: they go into one window, with the first playing and the rest queued
• Your playlist comes back when you reopen the player, and song and video durations show in the list.
• The download icon in the title bar opens this page if you ever want to update by hand.

🐛 Fixed

• Keyboard shortcuts stopped working in fullscreen — including F to leave it.
• The fullscreen control bar sometimes stayed on screen; the playlist button did nothing in fullscreen.
• Opening a folder added the folder itself to the playlist instead of the videos inside it.
• The player could appear as two icons on the taskbar when pinned.
• You're no longer offered "resume" for something you'd already finished watching.

⌨️ Shortcut changes

• Subtitle delay: H / J (−/+100 ms), Ctrl+H to reset
• Cycle aspect ratio: Z

ℹ️ Good to know

• The very first launch after installing can take up to ~20 seconds while Windows scans the new files. After that it opens in about 1–2 seconds.
• This build isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on the first install. Click More info → Run anyway. Automatic updates don't show this warning.
• Nothing is changed in your Windows defaults unless you choose Darshan Player yourself in Settings.

Downloads

File	Use it if…
DarshanPlayer-win-Setup.exe	You want to install it (recommended)
DarshanPlayer-win-Portable.zip	You want to run it from a folder or USB stick without installing
*.nupkg, releases.win.json, assets.win.json	Used by automatic updates — you don't need these

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Verify your download

Darshan Player isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn you on first run
(More info → Run anyway). To confirm you have the genuine file, check its SHA-256:

Get-FileHash DarshanPlayer-win-Setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

File	SHA-256
DarshanPlayer-win-Setup.exe	A19894E97AE7864848AFCCC66A73EBAEE6378F593EF17E4863E4AC6B1B836A9F
DarshanPlayer-win-Portable.zip	EBAB43BED202871D066CDE1D42C595B5523AC9874BFECBC7271A238149C7161E

Updates installed from inside the app are downloaded over HTTPS and verified automatically,
so they never show this warning.