BriskPlayer

Welcome to BriskPlayer

A Blazing fast media player forked from CoolPlayer and written in C

BriskPlayer

Features

GNU General Public License
Freeform Skins
Simple User Interface
Advanced Playlist editor
Internet streaming
File Renamer
Fast mp3->wav converter
FFMpeg Codec support
Winamp input plugins support
Smallest executable programmed in blazing fast ‘C’
Continuous play
8 band convolution equalizer
Translation Engine using gettext
id3 support made possible using taglib
Modernized codebase fork of the CoolPlayer media player

Skin was created and is copyright NeoRame and released under the terms GPL with my own modifications to fit the name of the fork.

If you like to see your language in briskplayer, then use this POT File to begin translating!

Downloads

PortableApps.com Format: Download
sha256: e7acba8392fc818721d8a5c030bba35d147c849c36fe6d10ef001fe9d3286d90
32bit Standalone: Download
sha256: c94fae1d30b7ba62a4c98a2f93afc85638e1b758e3becdc23fe5f8f9046d32fc
64bit Standalone: Download
sha256: 9c1a1ae659bdfe8a55deeac5e59d16caa174993a67d0867ee7dc57773ff1a817
Local: https://github.com/BriskPlayer/BriskPlayer/releases/download/3.0.3/locale.zip
sha256: 88d56a1f9ac63d276879aa99d1f192b7ab06bc62127a49ea41f74ec555e2e8fb

The Musings and projects of Zach Bacon

chore(release): prepare 3.0.3 release May 3, 2026
chore(release): prepare 3.0.3 release - Bump version to 3.0.3 in CMakeLists.txt and vcpkg.json - Add Version 303, 302, and 301 entries to res/changes.txt - Remove VS_FF_PATCHED from release FILEFLAGS in briskplayer.rc (Release now emits 0x0L; Debug retains VS_FF_DEBUG) - Update LegalCopyright year to 2025-2026 in briskplayer.rc Signed-off-by: Zach Bacon
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fix: resolve pre-release bugs in network streaming and string handling May 3, 2026
fix: resolve pre-release bugs in network streaming and string handling - CPI_Stream_Internet: fix use-after-free in EP_FillerThread — move CP_TRACE2 log before free(pcActualURL)/free(pcHeaders) in the error path of InternetOpenUrl failure - CPI_Stream_Internet: add null checks after CALLOC_TYPE in DownloadPlaylistContent; crash on OOM was previously guaranteed - CPI_Player_Engine: enforce 10 MB size cap in DownloadPlaylistToTempFile write loop, […]
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OS Requirements raised May 2, 2026
OS Requirements raised A lot of the newer stuff like WIC, WASAPI and taskbar stuff basically makes it so that we need to raise the requirements to Windows 7 Signed-off-by: Zach Bacon
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perf: optimise playlist, paint, and string hot paths May 2, 2026
perf: optimise playlist, paint, and string hot paths CPI_Playlist.c - Replace O(n²) linear path scan in CPL_AddSingleFile_pt2 with an embedded 512-bucket FNV-1a hash table (CPs_PathHashTable) for O(1) duplicate detection; hash is maintained by add, remove, and empty ops - Rewrite CPL_RemoveDuplicates as a single O(n) pass using a local hash set instead of the previous […]
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fix: remember built-in skin variant (Normal/EQ/Shade) across sessions April 29, 2026
fix: remember built-in skin variant (Normal/EQ/Shade) across sessions The builtin_skin_variant was never persisted, so switching to the EQ or Shade built-in skin was lost on restart. Save the variant to the [Skin] section of the INI as BuiltinVariant, restore it on load with bounds checking, and use it at startup to select the correct built-in […]
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refactor: code cleanup, and Discord RPC improvements April 29, 2026
refactor: code cleanup, and Discord RPC improvements Code cleanup: - Add CPI_OutputModule_InitDefaults() helper and apply to all 5 output backends (Wave, DirectSound, WASAPI, FAudio, File) to eliminate boilerplate field assignments - Add CP_InStream_Init() helper and apply to LocalFile and Internet stream setup - Move GetFilePointer macro from CPI_Stream_LocalFile.c to globals.h - Standardize codec allocation to […]
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Minor Adjustments and fixes April 29, 2026
Minor Adjustments and fixes Fixed a bug introduced by previous changes in playlist where it wouldn't properly save and load playlists on exit and running again Fixed dialog element positions in the options menu Signed-off-by: Zach Bacon
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Merge branch 'main' of github.com:BriskPlayer/BriskPlayer April 21, 2026
Merge branch 'main' of github.com:BriskPlayer/BriskPlayer
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feat: code hardening, static libc++, and EQ preset menu April 21, 2026
feat: code hardening, static libc++, and EQ preset menu - Fix thread handle leak in CPI_Player__Create(): call CloseHandle() and free() on the engine struct when WaitForSingleObject times out instead of returning with the handle open. - Fix float/LPARAM type punning in CPI_Player__OpenFile() and CPI_Player__SetNextFile(): introduce CPs_OpenFileParams heap struct to carry both the filename and ReplayGain […]
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fix(cmake): ensure static winpthread linkage April 21, 2026
fix(cmake): ensure static winpthread linkage Resolve runtime dependency on libwinpthread-1.dll in static MinGW-w64 builds by improving how winpthread is linked. Resolve libwinpthread.a via compiler-reported path first, then fallback search paths Keep explicit static libstdc++ linking Link static winpthread after libstdc++ so pthread symbols resolve correctly from the static archive Add clear status/warning messages during configure […]
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