need player for demo clips - freeware, flexible and smooth transitions

[sybariten]

Hi,
looking for suggestions on what player to use for an expo - i need to show a list of around 10-20 demo clips off a TV. The list needs to restart so the clips go on and on forever.

The clips are computer rendered/animated. They are from 10 seconds to a few minutes, and between every clip there's a short "filler" with a black text on white background, also a video clip, but just a few seconds long.

I could just go with VLC, the only problem is that it gets minimized between every clip, so the impression is a bit "jerky". I would prefer something that does relatively smooth transitions from file A to file B.

Will be playing from Windows XP.

I think i would prefer some kind of mplayer solution - which of the GUIs would you reccommend?

I dont mind "scripting" this from some text file, if necessary. Especially since some of these clips are "fake anamorph". They are produced as 4:3 but basicly needs to be played with an explicit 16:9 force. Then again some of the clips are 4:3. And some are "real" 16:9.

A bunch of codecs as it seems, everything seems to be manageable by VLC though.

[jagabo]

MPCHC and KMPlayer both have play lists and auto repeat.

[sybariten]

Thanks for the advice.
Does anyone know a good way to script mplayer (or some other player) in a way that you can define how individual files will be played? Aspect ratio settings and such.

Also, regarding the transitions, what is the most "smooth" player in your opinion? I want the jump from one file to another to be as subtle as possible.