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Index:

  1. Playlists menu
  2. Videos menu
  3. Media Player
  4. Extra

Playlists menu

Playlists Menu

This menu allows users to create and visualize all the playlists, and to open a playlist, you can simply do a left-click on it.

How to create a playlist

  1. Click Main menu > New Playlist or use the CtrlN shortcut.
  2. In the general tab, fill the playlist name.
  3. In the sources tab, use the add button to select a directory containing videos.
  4. In the bottom of the window click the add button to save the playlist.

Remarks:

  • All paths (and playlist names) containing the pipe | character will be excluded.
  • The paths shall not contain partially downloaded files that do not have the *.part extension. This is crucial because such files will disrupt the hashing system used to recognize files.

Keyboard shortcuts

  • CtrlN Create a new playlist.
  • CtrlO Open a video.
  • CtrlF Filter playlists by name.
  • CtrlM Hide or Display missing playlists.
  • CtrlH Hide or Display hidden playlists.

Videos menu

Videos Menu

The videos menu allows to visualize all the content of a playlist, and to manage its settings.

Actions

  • Play a video with a double left-click.
  • Open a video's menu with a right-click.
  • Modify the columns to display by doing a right-click in the videos-list header.
  • Resize the player by grabbing the separator with and moving it up or down.

Remark: It is not possible to remove videos while the playlist is loading, or it is discovering new videos.

Keyboard shortcuts

  • Backspace Go back to the playlists' menu.
  • CtrlS Open the settings menu.
  • CtrlH Hide or Show ignored videos.
  • CtrlR Rename the selected video.
  • CtrlO Open the directory of the selected video.
  • CtrlV Fill the selected video's progress (mark them as viewed).
  • CtrlU Reset the selected video's progress (mark them as un-viewed).
  • CtrlI Ignore the selected videos.
  • CtrlJ Un-ignore the selected videos.
  • CtrlD Delete the selected videos.
  • CtrlL Move the selected videos one row down.
  • CtrlT Move the selected videos one row up.

Media Player

Media Player

Actions

  • Change the volume with the mouse wheel.
  • Toggle Play/Pause with a left-click, but only in fullscreen.

Keyboard shortcuts

  • F11 to set fullscreen.
  • Fullscreen only:
    • Esc Quit fullscreen mode.
    • Up/Down Increase or Decrease the volume.
    • Spacebar or Enter Play or Pause the current video.

Remarks:

  • If a video has a *.srt file with the same name and same location, it will be used as the default subtitle.
  • The player controls only work if a video is loaded.

Extra

The location of the configuration files is the following:

  • GNU-Linux

    • Configuration file: ~/.config/phantom-player.ini
    • Playlist files & icons: ~/.local/share/phantom-player/

  • Windows

    • Configuration file: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\PhantomPlayer\phantom-player.ini
    • Playlist files & icons: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\PhantomPlayer\Playlists\

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