Version 16.

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* Fix for YouTube.
* The screenshots work again with older versions of mplayer/mpv.
* Possibility to add bookmarks (menu Browse), which allows to mark your
favorite parts of the video for a quick access.
* New option 'Prevent window to get outside of screen' in
Preferences -> Interface.

Version 15.11
* Fix for YouTube.
* (Experimental) Support for YouTube live streams.
* The thumbnail generator is much faster now.
* New options to seek to the previous or next subtitle (mpv only).
* New option (Preferences -> General) to select the image format for
screenshots (mpv only).
* Fix a crash when changing the GUI.
* New option (Preferences -> Interface) to center the window
automatically.
* Display a tooltip in the time slider with the corresponding time of
the mouse position.
* Now there's an option in the configuration of the find subtitles window
which allows to specify if the language code should be appended to the
subtitle filename.
* (Fix for Windows) The main window will be centered if it's partially
outside of the desktop after an auto resize.
* When adding files to the playlist the first item is moved to its
correct place in the list.
* (Experimental) New action to start/stop capturing the playback stream.
The captured stream will be saved to the folder specified in
the smplayer.ini option "capture_directory" with the name
capture_NNNN.dump.
It only works correctly with mpeg. With other formats the
dumped stream won't play back.
* Disable the extrastereo and karaoke filters when using mpv.

Version 15.9
* Support for the 3D stereo filter.
* We added support for mpv, which is a player based on MPlayer with
new features and bug fixes.
* Now it's possible to select a secondary subtitle track which is
displayed on top of the screen (mpv only).
* New option to set a template for screenshots (mpv only).
* Now it's possible to play videos from streaming sites (besides Youtube)
like DailyMotion, Vimeo, Vevo and many more (mpv only).
* Option to step back one frame (mpv only).
* The Windows installer now allows to choose the playback engine to install:
mplayer or mpv.
* Better support for YouTube (VEVO videos).
* Possibility to set a proxy.
* Allow duplicate items in the playlist.
* New action (assigned by default to key "I") shows the current playback
time, total time and percentage, for 2 seconds on the OSD.
* Add the possibility to use the mouse buttons for "next chapter" and
"previous chapter".
* New option to delete a file in the playlist from the filesystem.
 * Add support for MPRIS2.
* Possibility to compile SMPlayer without mplayer or mpv support.
* The new H2O theme is now the default theme.

Version 14.9.
* Fix for Youtube.
* New option to shut down the computer when playback has finished.
* The themes and skin icons are loaded from resource files (*.rcc).
* New fix for searching subtitles from opensubtitles.org that should
return more results.

Version 14.3.
* Possibility to play (non-protected) blu-ray discs.
* The control for fullscreen mode has been rewritten and improved.
Now it is displayed over the video.
* (Windows) New option in Preferences -> Subtitles to enable or
disable the use of the Windows font directory. Disabling this option
prevents the annoying font scanning.
* Some presets have been added to the audio equalizer.
* Better support for multimedia keys. This can help control SMPlayer with
a remote control.
* The option "Move the window when the video area is dragged" has been fixed.
* (Windows) Now it's possible to open Windows shortcuts (symlinks).
* Better support for Youtube.
* (Windows) Better screensaver disabling.
* Many bugfixes.
* Possibility to compile with Qt 5.

Version 0.8.6.
* SMPlayer can now update its internal Youtube code so it's not necessary
to update smplayer everytime Youtube makes a change.
* A section "Updates" has been added to the preferences dialog, where
it's possible to configure or disable the update checker.
* SMPlayer could still fail to find some subtitles from
opensubtitles.org. Hopefully this is fixed.
* (Windows) The autoload of subtitles with non latin1 filenames has been
fixed.
* The Windows installer gives the possibility to delete most of the
configuration files of smplayer. This can be useful if the configuration
files have been corrupted or smplayer has been misconfigured.
Linux users can use the command "smplayer -delete-config".
* Several other bugfixes. See the Changelog for details.

Version 0.8.5.
* Due to changes in opensubtitles.org, smplayer couldn't find
subtitles anymore. This has been fixed.
* The interface with support for skins is now the default.
* An option to enter url(s) in the playlist has been added.
* The options to change the size of the main window work now
even if the autoresize is set to never.
* Two new options for Audio -> Stereo mode: Mono and Reverse.
* The option "Move the window when the video area is dragged" is
 now disabled by default because it has some issues that need to
be addressed.
* (Linux) The problem with mplayer2 and the -fontconfig option has been
fixed (sort of).
* New translation: Malay.
* Some configuration options are changed to new defaults after installation
to ease upgrade from old versions.

Version 0.8.4.
* New option to select the fps for external subtitles.
* The video equalizer dialog has been rewritten.
* Now smplayer checks for updates automatically and notifies the user if
a new version is found.
* Support for encoding ISO-8859-16 for subtitles.
* New translations: Thai and Hebrew.
* Some bugfixes.

Version 0.8.3.
* Fix for youtube playback.

Version 0.8.2.
* A skinnable interface has been added. Several skins are included.
* Support for 6.1 and 7.1 audio output.
* A "Privacy" section in the preferences dialog has been added. You can
disable saving the recent files or URLs.
* The main window can be moved by dragging the video area.
* Fix for a freeze that may happen on Windows XP.
* (Windows) The font cache is created before showing the GUI.

Version 0.8.1.
* Fix youtube.

Version 0.8.0.
* A toolbar editor has been added. Now it's possible to select the buttons
and controls that want to appear in the toolbars.
* New video filters: gradfun, blur and sharpen.
* Now it's possible to change the GUI (default, mini, mpc) at runtime,
no restart required.
* sub files from opensubtitles should work again.
* (Youtube) Recognize short urls (like this one: http://y2u.be/F5OcZBVPwOA)
* Better support for chapters in video files.
* Bug fix: remote m3u files work from the favorites menu or command line.
* Internal changes in the single instance option (switch to
QtSingleApplication).

Version 0.7.1.
This version include some bug fixes, some of them important. It's highly
recommended to update.
Fixes:
* SMPlayer took more than 10 seconds to show when running for the very
first time.
* The links to download subtitles from Opensubtitles were wrong.
* SMPlayer crashed in the favorite editor when trying to select a file if
the KDE open dialog was used.
* Some translations were missing in the Windows package.
New:
* By default the screenshots are saved in the user's pictures folder instead
of the SMPlayer's config folder.
* Now it's possible to change the opensubtitles server.
* Youtube: seeking is slow with flv videos, so now flv videos have the
lowest priority.
* Youtube: now it's possible to search and download videos from youtube.
This is provided by an external application (in linux you have to install
an independent package: smtube).

Version 0.7.0.
Most important changes since 0.6.10:
* New favorite menu, where you can add your favorite videos, music, streams,
youtube videos... It's also possible to add submenus.
* Support for youtube. Now you can open urls like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=..... using the Open -> URL dialog or
dragging a link from a browser to the smplayer window.
* Support for mplayer2 (http://www.mplayer2.org). It's a fork of mplayer with
interesting features like precise seeking, ordered chapters in mkv videos and
better pause handling (e.g. seek works while the video is paused).
* New translation: croatian.

Version 0.6.10.
Most important changes since 0.6.9:
* New vdpau configuration dialog, which allow to select the vdpau codecs to use.
* Port for eCS, OS/2 (by Silvan Scherrer).
* New menu to select the closed caption channel (requires mplayer >= r32607).
* Possibility to select the seeking method (absolute or relative).
* Possibility to sort the items of the playlist.

Version 0.6.9.
Most important changes since 0.6.8:
* A serious bug has been fixed: sometimes smplayer failed to find subtitles
in opensubtitles.org.
* Implemented the possibility to mark an A-B section, to play a part of the
file only.
* (Linux) smplayer doesn't use alsa as default audio driver anymore. It should
fix freezing problems on Ubuntu.
* Possibility to display the video resolution and frames per second in the
status bar.
* Audio: selection of left or right channel does work now.
* (Linux) Improved support for vdpau.
Version 0.6.8.
Most important changes since 0.6.7:
* Added support for TV (more info in Watching_TV.txt).
* New option to enable a global volume.
* (Linux) Support for vdpau.
* New option to take consecutive screenshots.
* Possibility to add some of the submenus to the toolbars.
* Better support for *.ts files (requires mplayer >= r29381).
* Added the Vietnamese translation.
* Added the Estonian translation.
* (Windows) New options to try to disable the screensaver.

Version 0.6.7.
Most important changes since 0.6.6:
* Added experimental (and uncomplete) support for dvd menus. Requires a mplayer
build compiled with dvdnav support. Please read dvdmenus.txt to know how
to enable it.
* Now loading an external subtitle file doesn't require to restart the mplayer
process (except for idx/sub subtitles).
* (Playlist) When a file is added to the playlist, if it was already in the
list, it's moved to the end of the list.
* Options for mplayer: finally spaces in arguments between quotes are handled
properly.
* Added two options (in the audio and subtitle menus) to allow the user to
enter the audio and subtitle delay (in milliseconds).
* (ASS subtitles) The outline and shadow options now accept values with
decimals.
* (ASS subtitles) Possibility to change the color of the border and shadow.
* Now the default value for the "correct pts" option is auto.
* (Windows) Now the screensaver is allowed to turn on if the file is paused
or it's an audio file.
* (Windows) The direct3d video output is now the default for Windows Vista.

Version 0.6.6.
Most important changes since 0.6.5:
* Added an option to generate a preview (thumbnails) of the video.
* Added a new gui (mpcgui, a media player classic clone) developed by
Matthias Petri.
* Added some auto zoom options, to display the video without black borders.
* Implemented a new (and optional) method to save the file settings.
This method uses an ini file per each played file. It's faster than the old
one.
* Added a new option in Preferences->Video: add black borders on
fullscreen. If this option is enabled, black borders will be added to
the image in fullscreen mode. This allows subtitles to be displayed on
the black borders.
* Increased the resolution of the seekbar. Allows a more accurate seeking.
* Added 3 modes for the stay on top option: always, never and while playing.
* Added a history to the open URL dialog.
* Added new action to cycle through all aspect ratios. Assigned by default to
 key "A".
* It's possible to run some specified actions every time a file is loaded.
* Possibility to set up a proxy for internet connections (used for subtitle
downloading).

Version 0.6.5.
Most important changes since 0.6.4:
* The subtitles when using the SSA/ASS library can now be further
customized. It's possible to select the font, size, colors, bold,
italic, outline, shadow...
* (Linux) Now smplayer tries to follow the XDG Base Directory
Specification for the config files. That means the now the configuration
files will be saved under the directory $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/smplayer (or
$HOME/.config/smplayer if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not defined).
If you want to keep your preferences, copy or move the files from
$HOME/.smplayer to the new location.
* Added some options in Preferences->Interface to configure the floating
control.
* The commandline option -ini-path has been removed and replaced with
-config-path, which specifies the directory where smplayer will store
its data (not only smplayer.ini).

Version 0.6.4.
Most important changes since 0.6.3:
* Now the dialog to find subtitles can also download the subtitle file and
load it in smplayer automatically.
* (Linux) The black screen problem when using Compiz should really be fixed
now.
* Added support for encoding autodetection for subtitle files. Requires a
mplayer compiled with enca support.
* (Linux) Now it's possible to choose the audio device to be used with alsa
(needs the application "aplay").
* (Windows) Now it's possible to choose the audio device to be used with
dsound.
* (Windows) The menu Video->Screen displays now the actual available screens
with their names.
* Added the possibility to add consecutive files (video_01.avi, video_02.avi..)
automatically to the playlist.
* Bugfix: logout is not cancelled by smplayer.
* Now the options in preferences display a tooltip with a help message.
* Now it's possible to change the video track.
* Added the Galician translation.

Version 0.6.3.1 (release for Windows only)

This release includes a fix for an important bug in 0.6.3 which affected
the version for Windows: the video window would be black on the first
video played, or always if the user opened the preferences dialog before
playing a video. In those cases "directx," was used as video driver but
the -colorkey option was not passed to mplayer producing the problem.
Windows Vista probably wasn't affected by this bug, as it uses a
different video driver as default.
Version 0.6.3.
Most important changes since 0.6.2 (see the Changelog for the whole list):
* Two fixes for Windows Vista. Now IPv4 is used by default (connection to
networks are faster). And now it really uses "gl:yuv=2:force-pbo:ati-hack"
as the default video output driver. Note: this mode could give problems
with some graphic cards (specially ATI), if you experience any, try the
other gl variants, or just directx.
* (Linux) Added a fix for a black screen problem when using Compiz.
* Added an option to select the number of threads that mplayer will use for
decoding (only works for MPEG-1/2 and some H.264 videos).
* Added the possibility to disable the audio equalizer. Seems to be necessary
to use the S/PDIF output.
* Added some options to increase/decrease the speed by 1% and 4%. This allows
to play 24 fps movies at 25 fps speed and vice versa.
* Fix: sometimes the playlist is not shown. Added a workaround for the problem.
* Added some checks to avoid crashes when selecting subtitle tracks.
* (Windows) Added a new submenu Video->Screen to select the screen which will
display the video when using directx.
* The settings in smplayer.ini have been reorganized in several sections.
(This also means most of your preferences will be lost and you will have to
reconfigure smplayer again).
* Added an option to mirror the video. And now it's also possible to flip and
rotate the subtitles along with the image.
* Added a new shortcut set (sda.keys) which can be loaded in the shortcut
editor in preferences.
* Added two new translations: Arabic and Kurdish.

Version 0.6.2.
Most important changes since 0.6.1:
* Added an audio equalizer (please read Audio_equalizer.txt).
* Added a dialog to search and download subtitles from opensubtitles.org
(See Finding_subtitles.txt).
* The toolbars can be configured. The user can remove, add or change the
order of the buttons. Right now it can only be done by editing manually
the configuration file. A graphical editor will be added in the next
version. See Configuring_the_toolbars.txt.
* The single instance port can now be chosen automatically by the application.
* Possibility to compile a portable version which (by default) won't write
anything outside the smplayer's folder. It won't write either anything
in the Windows registry. See Portable_Edition.txt for details.
* Added the Slovenian translation.

Version 0.6.1.
Most important changes since 0.6.0 final:
* Now compact mode resizes the window, instead of leaving black borders.
* Added an option in Preferences->Interface which allows the user to select
his/her preferred GUI. This way it's easier to use the mini GUI, for those
who prefer a simpler interface with few buttons.
* One more fix for Qt 4.4. The option FAQ in the Help menu didn't work.
* (Windows) Fix: zoom didn't work well (black blocks appeared) if using
directx.
 * Added the Catalan translation.

Version 0.6.0 final.

Most important changes since 0.6.0rc4:
* (Bugfix) Two mplayer processes were run when opening a file. This could
even make Aero in Windows Vista to be disabled.
* Seeking with the time slider works much better.
* Now it's possible to add directories recursively to the playlist.
* Added a preferences dialog for the playlist.
* The right mouse button can be configured.
* (Linux) File managers should now display an option to enqueue files in
the smplayer playlist.
* (Fix) The playlist was shown for a small moment on startup. This caused
problems if using compiz, as the window might not hide.
* Fix for Qt 4.4, the logo didn't show.
* Some translations have been updated (Simplified-Chinese, Italian,
Ukrainian, Dutch, French, Romanian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Japanese,
Spanish and German)
* Now the file Install.txt contains updated info about how to compile and
install smplayer.

Version 0.6.0rc4.
Most important changes since 0.6.0rc3:
* (Bugfix) Now DVDs start to play at chapter #1, instead of chapter #2,
if using mplayer 1.0rc2 or older.
* (Fix) A delay could happen on startup if there were non local files in
the recent's menu.
* (Bugfix) When using the command line options -send-action or -actions,
some actions like aspect_4:3 didn't work.
* Initial support for edl files. If a file with the same name of the file
to play but with extension .edl (or .EDL) exists, then smplayer will load
it automatically. An edl file allows to skip or mute parts of the video.
* Possibility to automatically get info (length and name) about the files
added to the playlist. This option is enabled by defaul on linux and
disabled on windows (it's slow in this OS).
* Added in Preferences->General->Video an option to select the default
deinterlacer.
* Added support for the mouse's buttons XButton1 and XButton2.
* Some new options have been added to the list of available actions for
mouse buttons.
* Possibility to merge the 6 seeking buttons in the GUI into only two.
It would only show the "rewind 10 secs" and "forward 10 secs" buttons.
Keeping them pressed for a moment would popup menu with the rest of the
buttons. This option is DISABLED by default and currently it can only be
enabled at compile time changing the MINI_ARROW_BUTTONS define in
src/guiconfig.h before compiling.

Version 0.6.0rc3.
Most important changes since 0.6.0rc2:
* (Windows) Enqueuing multiple files in smplayer should work ok now even
if smplayer is not running.
 * Added new menu Video->Rotate, with options to rotate the image.
* Added new option Play->Jump to, which will show a dialog where you can
enter the position (time) to jump.
* Added two new options in the Subtitles menu: "Enable closed caption" and
"Forced subtitles only".
* The software equalizer should work now with gl, gl2 and directx:noaccel.
* Some multimedia keys should be recognized now in the shortcut editor.
* Added help for all options in the preferences dialog.
* New error dialog which will be shown if mplayer crashes, fails to start
or finishes unexpectedly.
* SMPlayer will try to use xv (or directx in windows) as default.
* Added two new translations: Macedonian and Basque.

Version 0.6.0rc2.
This version includes some bugfixes.
Most important changes since 0.6.0rc1:
* Fix for relative paths to the mplayer binary. The problem could cause that
smplayer couldn't play anything if a directory or file named "mplayer"
existed in the home directory.
* The option Play -> Repeat has been improved.
* The selection of chapters in mkv files didn't work well if using a recent
mplayer from svn. This has been fixed now.
* (Windows) Bugfix: the buttons to select the font color in
Preferences->Subtitles->SSA/ASS didn't show the color.
* (Windows) Now the screensaver should be disabled even if protected by
password (tested on Windows XP).
* (Windows) Bugfix: don't try to convert to 8.3 short names files that
don't exist. That could cause that URLs were corrupted.

Version 0.6.0rc1.
Most important changes since 0.5.62:
* Added support for pls playlist files.
* Better accuracy on subtitle selection. Fixes problems with mp4 embedded
subtitles. Requires mplayer svn r25158 or above.
* Now the screensaver and powersave on Windows are really turned off, even on
Windows Vista.
* The cache setting is independent for each type of media.
* Added an option which allows to fix the problem of loud volume on startup
(requires a patched mplayer).
* (Windows) The file associations code has been improved. Now it should work
better in Windows Vista as well as other versions of Windows.
* New option Video->Add black borders, which replaces the letterbox options
in Video->Aspect ratio.
* (Windows) Work-around for a mplayer bug: now filenames with characters
outside the local codepage can be opened, by passing to mplayer the short
version of the filename. This can be enabled in Preferences->Advanced.
* Now the H.264 loop filter can be disabled for High Definition videos only
(720p and above).
* Possibility to update the video while dragging the time slider.
* New icons for the default theme.
* SSA/ASS subtitles can also be resized during playback. Requires at least
mplayer r25843.
* Now it's possible to zoom out the video image.
* New Help->About dialog.
* New option Help->FAQ which will show the FAQ.
* Bugfix: the colorkey is passed properly to mplayer.
* Added the Finnish and the Korean translations.