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Version 18.5:

 * (Windows) A problem which might prevent SMPlayer to open filenames with
   unicode characters has been fixed.
 * Fix: the cursor keys should now work in the playlist.
 * Now it's possible to select which multimedia keys should be used as
   global shortcuts (Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse).
 * (Windows) It seems on some systems the multimedia key events are sent
   twice, making some keys (like volume mute or play/pause) almost unusable.
   This version tries to detect it and prevent it.
 * "opus" has been added to to the list of audio extensions.


Version 18.4:

 * Bugfix: the time displayed by a tooltip when the mouse is over the seekbar
   is now much more accurate.
 * There's now an option in Preferences -> Advanced to set the position of
   the OSD bar.
 * Now it's possible to turn off the use of the system native file dialog in
   Preferences -> Interface.


Version 18.3:

 * Possibility to search for subtitles using the hash and filename methods
   at the same time.
 * Fix a bug which prevented to play some YouTube URLs.


Version 18.2.2:

 * The option Open -> URL can now also load YouTube playlists.
 * New option in Preferences -> Subtitles to select the opacity of the
   background of the subtitles (available when the "border style" is set
   to "opaque box").
 * The options to select the preferred number of track for audio and subtitles
   are back.
 * (mpv) Now the direct3d is the default video output for Windows, since some
   users reported problems with the gpu output.


Version 18.2:

 * Now it's possible to use a priority list of preferred languages for the
   audio and subtitles.
 * Now there's support for YouTube playlists. In the playlist window, click
   in the Load/save icon, select "Load playlist from URL" and paste the URL of
   the YouTube playlist.


Version 18.1:

 * Fix for YouTube.


Version 17.12:

 * Two new actions to take screenshots with or without subtitles (they only
   work when using mpv). Assigned by default to Ctrl+Shift+S and Ctrl+Alt+S.
 * New action which displays the filename in the OSD for 2 seconds. Assigned
   by default to Shift+O.
 * New option osd_bar_pos for smplayer.ini. It specifies the position of
   the OSD bar (0 = top, 100 = bottom).
 * The support for DVD menus has been removed. It never worked well and also
   mpv already removed support for it a long time ago.
 * The option to open an informative page after an upgrade has been removed.


Version 17.11.2:

 * A crash that may happen on KDE when the global menus
   are activated has been fixed.
 * Fix: SMPlayer won't cancel logout in KDE.
 * The seek function in the MPRIS2 code has been fixed.


Version 17.11

 * The video equalizer by software has been fixed.
 * The thumbnail generator is now more precise with short videos.
 * The audio quality of the audio equalizer has been improved.
 * The option "add black borders on fullscreen" has been fixed.
 * The option "AC3/DTS passthrough over S/PDIF" has been fixed.


Version 17.10.2

 * New option in Preferences -> Network to select the preferred quality
   for streaming sites such as DailyMotion, Vimeo and so on (all those
   which are handled by youtube-dl).
 * The audio equalizer is now disabled by default on Linux to prevent a
   no sound problem for users with old versions of mpv.
 * Fix some problems with the letterbox filter (the 'add black borders' option).
 * The HDPI support is now also enabled on the portable package for Windows.
 * Fix subtitles not disappearing when using the letterbox filter with mplayer.
 * Fix: now the time is correctly displayed in the thumbnail generator
   pictures when SMPlayer is built with Qt 5.


Version 17.10

 * Replace the deprecated video and audio filters in mpv with new ones.
 * The karaoke filter is available again.


Version 17.9

 * Now it's possible to the search for subtitles using the filename instead of
   a hash.
 * Fix for the OSD when using SMPlayer with mpv 0.26.


Version 17.8

 * New audio filter for headphone optimization.


Version 17.7

 * Add some options to configure the conversion of srt subtitles to vtt for
   Chromecast (Preferences -> Network -> Chromecast), like the position of the
   subtitles on screen.
 * Fix a crash that may happen in the playlist when trying to delete selected
   items.


Version 17.6

 * Possibility to convert automatically subtitles in srt format to vtt
   when playing on Chromecast.


Version 17.5

 * Fix for YouTube.


Version 17.4.2

 * New option (menu View -> OSD) to display the times with milliseconds.
 * New fix for the thumbnail generator that works also with older
   versions of mpv.
 * Bugfix: the position of the video is remembered when it's opened by
   drag & drop.
 * The Windows installer won't install mpv on Windows XP since mpv is not
   longer compatible with Windows XP.
 * New option to use the mplayer ffhevcvdpau decoder (Linux only).
 * Avoid some crashes from mpv.


Version 17.4
 * The thumbnail generator has been fixed.


Version 17.3
 * Add experimental support for subtitles for Chromecast.
 * Bug fixes.


Version 17.2

 * Fix for YouTube.
 * The option to delete files from the disk in the playlist is back but
   it's disabled by default (you can enable it in Preferences -> Playlist
   -> Misc.
 * On Linux SMPlayer now uses a different web server, included in the
   packages, to serve files for Chromecast. If you installed the package
   webfs you can uninstall it now since SMPlayer won't use it anymore.
 * New translation: Norwegian Bokmål.


Version 17.1

 * Experimental support to play videos on Chromecast.
 * Support for some of the #EXTVLCOPT options in m3u/m3u8 playlists.
   This may help to play online streams from playlists intended for VLC.
 * New options in the context menu of the playlist: "copy URL to clipboard",
   "open source folder" and "play on Chromecast".
 * Option to display bitrate information in the status bar.
 * Possibility to display the playback time with milliseconds in the status bar.
 * The option to add black borders on fullscreen is back
   (preferences -> general -> video).
 * The option to delete files from the disk in the playlist's context menu
   has been removed.


Version 16.11

 * More options in Preferences -> Playlist to better control the
   behaviour of the playlist. Changing some of the options makes
   easier to use the playlist for bookmarks.
 * New option 'Show info on OSD' in View -> OSD (shortcut Shift + I).
   It displays info about the current media (resolution, bitrate...) on the
   OSD.
 * Bug fixes.


Version 16.9

 * New option to send the audio to the specified audio device.
   It can be useful to send the audio to a TV via a HDMI cable
   or wireless headphones via bluetooth.
 * Some improvements on the playlist. Now it's possible to hide
   any column (right click to see the options). The search field
   is also hidden by default, a new search button shows/hides it.
   This changes are intended to prevent the playlist window to
   be too wide.
 * Due to bugs and problems with Qt 5, the packages for Ubuntu are
   now built again with Qt 4 by default.
 * Bug fixes.


Version 16.8

 * The playlist has been improved. Now it's possible to sort by any
   column. There's a new column, with the path of the file (or URL)
   (this allows you to sort the list by folder).
   Now it's possible to search (actually filter) in the playlist.
   And finally there's a new option to load a playlist from internet.
   As example, you can enter this URL: http://smplayer.info/onlinetv.php
   It will download a playlist with some online TV streams.
 * Bug fixes.


Version 16.7

 * Fix for YouTube.
 * Some bug fixes mainly for Qt 5.


Version 16.6

 * Support for 2 in 1 computers with touch screens.
   SMPlayer includes now a 'tablet mode', available in the menu Options.
   When the option is turned on it makes some changes in the interface
   so that it would be easier to control SMPlayer by touching the
   screen.
   When the user changes the tablet mode in the Windows 10 action
   center, SMPlayer will detect it and ask if it should switch to the
   SMPlayer's tablet mode as well.
 * Option to send video to an external screen.
   Now it's possible to send the video to a second screen connected to
   the computer, while controlling the application in the computer's
   screen.
 * Support for high DPI screens.
   On high DPI (dots per inch) screens SMPlayer looked very tiny. Now
   the interface is automatically scaled so it looks correctly. There
   are also settings in Preferences -> Interface -> High DPI where you
   can adjust manually the scale factor or turn off this feature.
 * Global shortcuts.
   Now it's possible to use the media keys (play/pause, stop, volume+/-,
   etc.) as global shortcuts. That means that those keys will work even
   when SMPlayer is in the background. You can activate this option in
   Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse.
 * Settings are remembered for online streams too.
   This means that, for example, SMPlayer can resume playback or set
   bookmarks on YouTube videos or other online streams (as long as they
   are seekable).
 * SMPlayer is now built with Qt 5 by default.


Version 16.4

 * The Windows installer now includes mpv as well.
 * Now it's easier to switch between mplayer and mpv (Preferences -> General,
   select either mplayer or mpv as multimedia engine).
 * The extrastereo filter works again when using mpv.
 * Possibility to use the VLC shortcuts. (Preferences -> Keyboard and
   mouse, click the load button, select vlc.keys)
 * Possibility to enable mouse gestures (when the mouse is dragged up or down
   in the video window the volume changes. If dragged left or right it
   changes the time position).
   You can enable this option in Preferences -> Keyboard and
   mouse -> Mouse -> Drag function: seek and volume.
 * A fix for saving bookmarks.
 * The option for streaming sites in Preferences -> Network is
   different now, and allows these values:
     Disabled: support for video sites is turned off
     Auto: enables the internal support for YouTube and uses mpv + youtube-dl
     for the rest of sites
     YouTube: only the internal support for YouTube will be used
     mpv + youtube-dl: uses mpv + youtube-dl for all sites
 * An animated icon has been added in the status bar to indicate when the player
   is buffering.
 * A new layout is used to display the media information (Options -> View info and
   properties).


Version 16.1

 * 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.