Episode Player

Episode Player is an easy-to-use software application whose purpose is to keep track of played video clips. It comes in handy for users who want to watch a TV series and remember the last viewed episode.

Simple interface and options

The installation procedure is a fast and simple job that shouldn't give you any trouble. As far as the interface is concerned, Episode Player adopts a normal-looking window with a simplistic structure.
You can indicate a directory which contains the TV series, as Episode Player automatically opens all video files and lists them in the main window. Supported file types include AVI, M4V, MKV, MP4, MPG and WMV.

Open and play video clips

Unfortunately, you cannot open episodes from different folders, so make sure that all of them are in the same location. Once you select a video, the program shows another list with installed media players, so all you have to do is pick a preferred player to open the episode with it.
It's possible to edit command-line parameters for players, as well as to change the play order in the list. As soon as a video starts playing, the software application grays it out in the list to indicate the fact that it has been played. Meanwhile, the upcoming episode in the play list is emphasized with Bold.
After all the videos in the list have been played, there's nothing else to do but exit the program or open a new directory with videos. Unfortunately, Episode Player doesn't let you remove clips from the list.

Evaluation and conclusion

We haven't come across any stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that the tool didn't hang, crash or prompt error messages. As we expected, it left a small footprint on system resources, using low CPU and RAM.
Although it's not equipped with richer options and customization preferences, Episode Player delivers a simple and effective method to keeping track of played episodes within a TV series, or any other types of video files.