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Bottom controls in Quicklook Player

Enable keyboard control in the Quicklook Player

Enable keyboard control in the Quicklook Player

Oct. 18, 2020

The location of the player controls in the Quicklook player can be changed to Top or Bottom in the Organizer Preferences.

Enable keyboard control in the Quicklook Player

Enable keyboard control in the Quicklook Player

Enable keyboard control in the Quicklook Player

Oct. 17, 2020

There's a new option in the Organizer Preferences that enables keyboard controls in the Quicklook Player.


Press the spacebar in the Thumbnail to show/hide the Quicklook Player.

To close the Quicklook player with this option checked, press the Escape key.

Folder drag-and-drop opens the folder

Enable keyboard control in the Quicklook Player

Folder drag-and-drop opens the folder

Oct. 14, 2020

Drag-and-drop a folder from Finder will open the folder.

Additionally, Canon MXF file format is supported now.

Folder list updates

Enter key opens the player in a new window

Folder drag-and-drop opens the folder

Oct. 9, 2020

Favorites of detachable volumes are preserved and the folder expansion icons are not shown if there is no subdirectory.

Enter key opens the player in a new window

Enter key opens the player in a new window

Enter key opens the player in a new window

Oct. 9, 2020

In addition to the spacebar that opened the Quicklook player, the enter key will open the player in a separate window.

Video info in Details View

Always show player controls in Quicklook

Always show player controls in Quicklook

Oct. 8, 2020

Details view and list view will now show the information about the video. The last number is the number of times you played the video.

Always show player controls in Quicklook

Always show player controls in Quicklook

Always show player controls in Quicklook

Oct. 5, 2020

An option to always show the player controls in the Quicklook player. Please check the option in the Preferences.

Multiple Search Keywords

Always show player controls in Quicklook

Multiple Search Keywords

Oct. 1, 2020

The search field supports multiple keywords now. Type multiple keywords with a comma between each keyword.

Playback speed control

Pause player if the window is not in focus

Multiple Search Keywords

Sept. 27, 2020

You can now change the playback speed with comma, period, and slash keys. (<, >, /)

Pause player if the window is not in focus

Pause player if the window is not in focus

Pause player if the window is not in focus

Sept. 25, 2020

There is a new option to pause the player automatically while the window is not in focus. Check it out in the Player Preferences.

Player Controls View

Pause player if the window is not in focus

Pause player if the window is not in focus

Sept. 25, 2020

The Player menu now has "Player Controls" menu that shows the control keys for the Player. It will support customization in the future.

Remember video volumes, start from the first bookmark

Remember video volumes, start from the first bookmark

Remember video volumes, start from the first bookmark

Sept. 25, 2020

Hermit Crab can remember the video volume of each video you set. It can also start the playback from the beginning, the first bookmark, or  the last played position.

Thumbnail Auto-update to Most Played Spot

Remember video volumes, start from the first bookmark

Remember video volumes, start from the first bookmark

Sept. 24, 2020

Thumbnails and animated thumbnails can be automatically updated to the most-played spot. Please check this new option in Preferences.

Volume Slider in Player

Remember video volumes, start from the first bookmark

Zoom Slider in Thumbnail View

Sept. 23, 2020

The volume control has changed to a slider as users requested. You can change the volume with mouse wheel-scroll, too.

Zoom Slider in Thumbnail View

File Info Display on File Open

Zoom Slider in Thumbnail View

Sept. 21, 2020

The long-waited zoom slider has been added to Hermit Crab. You can change the number of thumbnails displayed by moving the slider in the toolbar.

Tag Removal From Recent Tags

File Info Display on File Open

File Info Display on File Open

Sept. 20, 2020

You can remove tags that you no longer needed from the recent tag list using the context menu of each tag.

File Info Display on File Open

File Info Display on File Open

File Info Display on File Open

Sept. 20, 2020

The Snowfall video player shows the file info when opening a video file to play. It shows the rating, tags, and the note at the upper right corner if they are available.

Safari Browser Extension

Show all items in the subdirectories

Safari Browser Extension

Sept. 18, 2020Hermit Crab now offers a browser-extension for Safari as well as Chrome. You can import the video on the page using the button next to the URL or use the context when you right-click over the video link.

Chrome Browser Extension

Show all items in the subdirectories

Safari Browser Extension

Sept. 17, 2020

Hermit Crab now offers a browser-extension for Chrome. You can import the video on the page using the button next to the URL or use the context when you right-click over the video link.

Show all items in the subdirectories

Show all items in the subdirectories

Resize player window menu and player preferences panel.

Sept. 15, 2020

Many people requested a feature to show video files in the subdirectories. Here it is! Please check out the small tree icon on the right of the directory.

Resize player window menu and player preferences panel.

Resize player window menu and player preferences panel.

Resize player window menu and player preferences panel.

Sept. 14, 2020

We've added a menu to resize the player window under the Player menu. You can also change the initial player window size in the Preferences.

Local container disk usage view

Resize player window menu and player preferences panel.

Animated thumbnails on mouse-over only

Sept. 14, 2020

A new view to see the disk usage of local containers has been added. Please check out the usage indicator bar right below the Local Containers group.

Animated thumbnails on mouse-over only

Resize player window menu and player preferences panel.

Animated thumbnails on mouse-over only

Sept. 13, 2020

We've added an option to show the animated thumbnails when the mouse cursor is over a video only. You can find it in the Preferences.

More Video Formats for Local Encrypted Container

More Video Formats for Local Encrypted Container

More Video Formats for Local Encrypted Container

Sept. 12, 2020

Now local encrypted containers support more video formats such as mkv, ogg, avi, ogg, and webm.

macOS "Big Sur" support

More Video Formats for Local Encrypted Container

More Video Formats for Local Encrypted Container

Sept. 11, 2020

Hermit Crab now supports macOS "Big Sur". macOS Big Sur is currently in beta and expected to be released at the end of the year.

Copy and Paste

More Video Formats for Local Encrypted Container

Local Encrypted Container

Sept. 10, 2020

You can copy/cut and paste your videos in the organizer. Use the mouse context menu (right-click) or keyboard shortcuts (Cmd+C/X/V). You can copy-and-paste between Hermit Crab and Finder as well.

Local Encrypted Container

Local Encrypted Container

Local Encrypted Container

Sept. 9, 2020

You can create encrypted containers to store your video files. They are still stored on your disk.

More Video Formats

Local Encrypted Container

More Video Formats

Sept. 8, 2020

Hermit Crab now supports more video formats such as mkv and mts.

Note-taking

Local Encrypted Container

More Video Formats

Sept. 6, 2020

You can take a note while wathcing a video. Check out the new note button on the control bar.

https://youtu.be/o_4miKdwoRw

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