MakeInstantPlayer is a tool for converting your Videos to self-running executable files. This small utility lets you add your personalized splash screen and/ or homepage url to your favourite videos.
MakeInstantPlayer's also has a very easy to use graphical interface with only the realy necessary options included. The process is fully automated, all you have to do is point MakeInstantPlayer to a video file and a splash screen (if needed) and it will do the rest.
Also important is that MakeInstantPlayer uses Mplayer with a graphical frontend as it's core media player which directly translates into a powerful multi-format player.

By default MPlayer uses the Overlay (DirectX) renderer for video output on Microsoft Windows. On Windows XP the Overlay renderer works flawlessly. But then came Windows Vista. And along with Vista came Aero. Aero isn t compatible with the Overlay renderer, so using the Overlay renderer on Vista MAY cause problems! So if you intend to run your Instant Player on a Vista machine, it is recommended to NOT use the Overlay renderer. Problems can be avoided by using the OpenGL renderer (-vo gl) or the Direct3D renderer (-vo direct3d) instead. Please note that this information applies to the upcoming Windows 7 as well!

Options:
1. Source File:
The media file that will be converted into a self-running executable.Note that this can be any kind of media file playable in MPlayer, such as AVI, MPEG, MKV or MP4 files.

2. Output File:
The executable file that is going to be created. Will be overwritten if already in existence!

3. Homepage:
The URL of your homepage. The specified URL needs to start either with "" or "https://". If you specify an URL, the user will be redirected to that URL when the player exits.

4. Splash File:
The image file that will be displayed on the screen while your Instant Player is starting up. Supported image types are BMP, GIF and JPEG. The image dimensions shouldn t exceed the size of a typical screen.

5. Icon File:
The icon file that will be used for the executable file. This must be a valid ICO file.

6. Fullscreen:
If checked, your Instant Player will start up in fullscreen mode. Hence the video will fill the entie screen. Note that this can NOT be used in combination with "compact" mode.

7. Compact:
If checked, your Instant Player will start up in compact mode. Hence the window s titlebar will be hidden. Note that this can NOT be used in combination with "fullscreen" mode.

8. Auto Quit
If checked, your Instant Player will terminate immediately after the video playback has stopped.

9. Stay On Top
If checked, your Instant Player will stay on top of other windows that are active on the user s machine.

10. Loop
If checked, your Instant Player will replay the media over and over again, until the user stopps playback.

11. Include Codecs
If checked, your Instant Player will include the "Binary Codecs" for MPlayer. Note that this is usually NOT required. Also this will significantly increase the size of your Instant Player! Only some proprietary video formats require these Codecs, formats that should be avoided anyway.

12. Parameters:
Here you can specify additional parameters that will be passed to MPlayer. This is intended for advanced users. Furthermore you can specify MPlayer s video renderer here (see the "Vista" chapter for details). Note that your parameters will NOT be checked, so wrong parameters may result in serious playback problems! Please see the MPlayer documentation for a complete list of all the available parameters.

13. Language:
Here you can specify the user interface language of your Instant Player

Commandline Usage:
The following commandline options can be used with all Instant Player executables:
MyPlayer.exe [/?] [/NOSPLASH] [/NOGUI[=]] [/NOHOME] [/EXTRACT[=]]

Please be aware: These option do NOT apply to MakeInstantPlayer itself, only to the executables it creates!
/?
Display an about dialog containing version information and a list of all commandline arguments.

/NOSPLASH
Do NOT display the splash screen on startup. This way the Instant Player will start up much faster.

/NOGUI[=]
Don t run the graphical user interface (MPUI). Call MPlayer.exe directly instead. If specified, the additional commandline arguments will be passed to MPlayer on startup. This option is intended for advanced users only!

/NOHOME
Do NOT open the hompage in the user s web-browser after the playback has terminated.

/EXTRACT[=]
Extract the media file from the Instant Player executable, so it can be opened in an external player. By default the media file will be extracted to the folder where the Instant Player executable is located. If specified, the media file will be extracted to the directory.
Please note that the Instant Player will NOT play back the media file when the /EXTRACT argument is used!

Note that NSIS uses a pretty unorthodox way of dealing with whitespaces in commandline arguments!

Examples:
1. InstantPlayer.exe /NOSPLASH
Skip the splash screen
2. InstantPlayer.exe /NOGUI
Don t use graphical user interface
3. InstantPlayer.exe /NOGUI=-fs
Don t use graphical user interface, invoke fullscreen
4. InstantPlayer.exe "/NOGUI=-vo gl:yuv=2
Don t use graphical user interface, use OpenGL renderer
5. InstantPlayer.exe /NOHOME
Don t visit the homepage after playback has ended
6. InstantPlayer.exe /NOSPLASH /NOGUI /NOHOME
Skip spash screen, don t use GUI and don t visit homepage
7. InstantPlayer.exe /EXTRACT
Extract media file to Instant Player s directory
8. InstantPlayer.exe /EXTRACT=C:Temp
Extract media file to the "C:Temp" directory
9. InstantPlayer.exe "/EXTRACT=C:My Documents"
Extract media file to the "C:My Documents" directory

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this video player software.