Update old Changelog and Release_notes.txt

Author: smplayer-dev

old-docs/Changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,966 @@
+Version 21.1:
+
+(2020-11-28)
+ * Try to prevent a crash when using the actions play next/prev very fast.
+
+(2020-11-27)
+ * (Playlist) Fix position number after adding files.
+ * Hide the shuffle column by default.
+
+(2020-11-18)
+ * Pass the option gpu-context when using wayland.
+ 
+(2020-11-09)
+ * Add mpsub to the extension list.
+ 
+(2020-10-26)
+ * (Find subtitles) Add filters for Spanish and Portuguese languages.
+
+(2020-10-22)
+ * Add cache in seconds and cache speed to the OSD info.
+
+(2020-10-21)
+ * Add option to display the remaining time in the status bar.
+
+(2020-10-07)
+ * Add the packages youtube-dl and python-is-python3 to the "recommends"
+   section in the deb package.
+
+(2020-09-14)
+ * Try to prevent the video outside the GUI when using Wayland.
+ * The shuffle button in the playlist window can be turned on/off.
+
+
+Version 20.6:
+
+(2020-05-19)
+ * New option in the help menu to help install youtube-dl.
+
+(2020-05-18)
+ * The internal youtube code has been removed and now smplayer just
+   uses youtube-dl to get the video urls.
+
+(2020-04-18)
+ * The shuffle option in the playlist does shuffle the items.
+
+(2020-04-15)
+ * Set a white background in the qr code label.
+
+
+Version 20.4.2:
+
+(2020-04-12)
+ * Fix youtube titles.
+
+(2020-04-10)
+ * Fix youtube.
+ * Don't use Qt script.
+
+
+Version 20.4.0:
+
+(2020-04-05)
+ * Possibility to enter the opensubtitles credentials.
+
+(2020-03-31)
+ * Use IPC with mpv.
+
+(2020-02-07)
+ * Fix for mpv 0.32.
+
+(2019-12-15)
+ * Possibility to search for shortcuts in the shortcut editor.
+ * Bug fix: the "previous subtitle" action didn't have a name.
+
+
+Version 19.10.2:
+
+(2019-11-05)
+ * (Linux) Try to prevent the player window to be larger than the desktop
+   after a resize.
+
+(2019-11-04)
+ * Fix compiling the web server on 32 bit with gcc 9.2.0.
+
+
+Version 19.10:
+
+(2019-10-26)
+ * Fix the control problem with mpv 0.30.
+ * Set minimum icon size for toolbars to 8 pixels.
+
+(2019-09-19)
+ * Allow negative margins for subtitles (mplayer only).
+ * (Chromecast) Set overwrite_vtt to true and sub_position to 95.
+
+(2019-09-13)
+ * Fix youtube.
+
+(2019-07-08)
+ * New audio extensions: mp2, mpc, wv, shn.
+
+
+Version 19.5:
+
+(2019-05-10)
+ * Fix for YouTube.
+
+(2019-03-18)
+ * Try to prevent to play invalid YouTube streams.
+
+(2019-03-11)
+ * Fix YouTube live streams (it seems to work only with mpv).
+
+(2019-02-25)
+ * Add actions for previous subtitle track, previous audio track
+   and previous video track.
+
+(2019-02-23)
+ * Add command line option -start.
+
+
+Version 19.1:
+
+(2019-01-27)
+ * Fix pause in mpris2.
+
+(2019-01-26)
+ * Possibility to play YouTube videos at 60 fps.
+
+(2019-01-08)
+ * Don't load the external audio file if it doesn't exist.
+
+(2018-11-22)
+ * Possibility to search for subtitles by title name.
+
+
+Version 18.10:
+
+(2018-10-09)
+ * Fixed the YouTube age restricted videos.
+
+(2018-10-07)
+ * Experimental code which can decrypt the YouTube signatures without
+   running javascript code.
+
+(2018-10-01)
+ * Add the option "Use adaptive streams" in Preferences -> Network.
+
+(2018-09-30)
+ * The internal code for YouTube now supports DASH streams, which provide
+   videos with better resolutions.
+
+
+Version 18.9:
+
+(2018-09-08)
+  * Fix Youtube.
+
+(2018-09-05)
+ * Display an icon in the system tray when the SMPlayer web server is running.
+
+(2018-09-03)
+ * Add option Play -> Cast to -> Smartphone/tablet. It displays a QR code
+   that you can scan to play the video on your device.
+
+(2018-08-31)
+ * Add truehd to the audio-spdif option.
+
+(2018-08-29)
+ * (Chromecast) Change the default value for the position of the subtitles
+   to -1 (default position).
+
+
+Version 18.6:
+
+(2018-06-18)
+ * List all video tracks in the View Information dialog.
+
+(2018-06-13)
+ * Fix the "busy" cursor when using the functions play previous/next
+   on Windows 10.
+
+(2018-06-05)
+ * Add an option in the playlist preferences to select if the playlist is
+   dockable inside the main window (old behaviour) or just a normal
+   window (new).
+
+(2018-05-27)
+ * Update the mongoose code which is used by the web server for the chromecast
+   feature. The old one failed to compiled with newer versions of gcc and
+   it seems it had several vulnerabilities.
+ * Add option use_player_shortcuts_in_playlist for smplayer.ini.
+
+
+Version 18.5:
+
+(2018-05-20)
+ * Add "opus" to the list of audio extensions and "part" to the list of
+   video extensions.
+
+(2018-05-19)
+ * The cursor keys work now in the playlist (as long as the playlist
+   is in a window and not docked).
+
+(2018-05-17)
+ * Fix compiling with Qt 5.11.
+
+(2018-05-15)
+ * Now it's possible to select which multimedia keys should be used as
+   global shortcuts.
+
+(2018-05-01)
+ * (Windows) It seems on some systems the multimedia key events are sent
+   twice by Qt, making some keys (like volume mute or play/pause) unusable.
+   Added code to try to detect this and ignore the second event.
+
+(2018-04-30)
+ * (Windows) Use the Windows GetCommandLine function to get the command line
+   arguments because it seems the Qt arguments function is not reliable to
+   get unicode characters.
+
+
+Version 18.4:
+
+(2018-04-22)
+ * Report errors in the status bar if the option to display a dialog for
+   errors is disabled.
+ * Set the option report_player_crashes to false by default on Windows.
+
+(2018-04-21)
+ * Remove the default shortcut key for the subtitle visibility action,
+   since it usually causes problems when the user accidentally presses it.
+
+(2018-04-08)
+ * Add an option in Preferences -> Advanced to set the OSD bar position.
+
+(2018-04-03)
+ * Fix accuracy of the tooltip in the timeslider.
+
+(2018-03-30)
+ * Add the option 'Use the system native file dialog' in
+   Preferences -> Interface.
+
+
+Version 18.3:
+
+(2018-03-16)
+ * (mpv) Prevent to show subtitles in the images created by the thumbnail
+   generator.
+
+(2018-03-03)
+ * Possibility to search for subtitles using the hash and filename methods
+   at the same time.
+
+(2018-02-23)
+ * Fix a bug which prevented to play some YouTube URLs.
+
+
+Version 18.2.2:
+
+(2018-02-15)
+ * The option Open -> URL can now also load YouTube playlists.
+
+(2018-02-08)
+ * Prevent the skins to be added to the themes combobox if the user folder
+   and the config folder are the same (happens in the portable version).
+ * Disable the screenshot actions if the screenshot folder is set to an
+   empty string.
+
+(2018-02-05)
+ * Add an option in Preferences -> Subtitles to select the opacity of the
+   background of the subtitles.
+
+(2018-02-02)
+ * The options to select the preferred number of track for audio and subtitles
+   are back.
+
+(2018-02-01)
+ * (mpv) Use direct3d as default video output since some users are having
+   troubles with the gpu output.
+
+
+Version 18.2:
+
+(2018-01-21)
+ * Add option osd_show_filename_duration for smplayer.ini which specifies
+   the time (in milliseconds) that the filename would be displayed on screen.
+
+(2018-01-16)
+ * Add 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.
+
+(2018-01-15)
+ * (mpv) Don't use --video-stereo-mode since it's deprecated.
+ * Add option emulate_mplayer_ab_section for smplayer.ini.
+
+(2018-01-03 - 2018-01-16)
+ * The initialization of the audio and subtitle tracks has been simplified
+   and now it's possible to use a priority list of languages (it uses the
+   mplayer/mpv alang and slang options).
+
+
+Version 18.1:
+
+(2018-01-09)
+ * Fix Youtube.
+
+(2017-12-27)
+ * Prevent to display the OSD in fullscreen during initialization of playback.
+
+(2017-12-26)
+ * Use video/x-ogm+ogg in smplayer.desktop.
+
+
+Version 17.12:
+
+(2017-12-18)
+ * New action which displays the filename in the OSD for 2 seconds. Assigned
+   by default to Shift+O.
+ * Disable the internal/own handling of stereo3d when using mpv.
+
+(2017-12-10)
+ * The option to record a stream has been temporary removed.
+   It's currently broken.
+
+(2017-12-07)
+ * New option osd_bar_pos for smplayer.ini. It specifies the position of
+   the OSD bar (0 = top, 100 = bottom).
+
+(2017-12-03)
+ * Two new actions to take screenshots with or without subtitles (they only
+   work with mpv). Assigned by default to Ctrl+Shift+S and Ctrl+Alt+S.
+
+(2017-11-30)
+ * The support for DVD menus has been removed. It never worked well and also
+   mpv already removed support for it a long time ago.
+
+(2017-11-23)
+ * The option to open an informative page after an upgrade has been removed.
+
+
+Version 17.11.2:
+
+(2017-11-15)
+ * Allow wordwrap in the title in the thumbnail generator.
+
+(2017-11-13)
+ * Fix seek in MPRIS2 (fix function SetPosition).
+
+(2017-11-12)
+ * Prevent SMPlayer to cancel logout in KDE. (Bug #843)
+
+(2017-11-11)
+ * Fix a crash that may happen on KDE when the global menus
+   are activated. (Bug #839)
+
+
+Version 17.11:
+
+(2017-10-30)
+ * Cosmetic changes in the thumbnail generator.
+
+(2017-10-27)
+ * Add more precision in the thumbnail generator.
+
+(2017-10-25)
+ * (mpv) Improve the firequalizer filter.
+
+(2017-10-22)
+ * (mpv) Fix the option "AC3/DTS passthrough".
+
+(2017-10-21)
+ * Fix the option "add black borders on fullscreen".
+
+(2017-10-20)
+ * (mpv) Fix the software video equalizer.
+
+
+Version 17.10.2:
+
+(2017-10-14)
+ * Bug fix: display the time in the thumbnail generator pictures when SMPlayer
+   is compiled with Qt 5.
+
+(2017-10-13)
+ * (Windows) Enable HDPI support in the portable version.
+
+(2017-10-12)
+ * Fix subtitles not disappearing when using the letterbox filter with mplayer.
+
+(2017-10-03)
+ * Add an option in Preferences -> Network to select the preferred quality
+   to be used with streaming sites handled by youtube-dl.
+
+(2017-10-02)
+ * Use mplayer on Windows Vista, since it seems mpv is not longer compatible
+   with that version.
+
+(2017-10-01)
+ * (Linux) Don't use the audio equalizer by default.
+ * (Windows) Fix letterbox with vertical videos.
+
+
+Version 17.10:
+
+(2017-09-22)
+ * (mpv) Use firequalizer.
+
+(2017-09-21)
+ * (mpv) Use lavfi for stereo3d.
+
+(2017-09-18)
+ * (mpv) Use lavfi for rotate, yadif and pan.
+ * (mpv) Don't restart the process when changing the stereo mode option.
+
+(2017-09-16)
+ * (mpv) Use lavfi for hqdn3d, kerndeint, phase, noise, blur, sharpen,
+   lb, l5, deblock, dering, postprocessing, extrastereo, earwax and volnorm.
+ * Enable the karaoke filter with mpv.
+
+(2017-09-15)
+ * (mpv) Use lavfi for flip and mirror.
+
+(2017-09-14)
+ * (mpv) Use the pad filter instead of expand.
+
+
+Version 17.9:
+
+(2017-08-23)
+ * Increase the time to kill the external player process to try to 
+   avoid a crash message.
+
+(2017-08-21)
+ * Possibility to search for subtitles using the filename as query.
+
+(2017-08-12)
+ * Fix OSD when using mpv 0.26.
+
+
+Version 17.8:
+
+(2017-07-22)
+ * Add a "default" option for the audio channels menu.
+
+(2017-07-13)
+ * Add the earwax audio filter.
+
+
+Version 17.7:
+
+(2017-06-16)
+ * (Playlist) Fix a crash when trying to delete selected items but there's none
+   selected.
+
+(2017-06-09)
+ * Add subtitles configuration options in preferences -> network -> chromecast.
+
+
+Version 17.6:
+
+(2017-05-23)
+ * (Add bookmark) Set focus on the name field.
+ * Save bookmarks just after edit.
+
+(2017-05-16)
+ * Add an option in preferences -> network -> chromecast to convert automatically
+   SRT subtitles to VTT.
+
+(2017-05-11)
+ * Possibility to pass options to the acompressor filter (in smplayer.ini).
+
+
+Version 17.5:
+
+(2017-05-03)
+ * Fix when dragging a URL to the main window.
+
+(2017-05-03)
+ * Fix youtube.
+
+
+Version 17.4.2:
+
+(2017-04-22)
+ * Add play_next and play_prev to the list of actions for the mouse buttons.
+
+(2017-04-21)
+ * Bugfix: remember the position of the video when it's opened by
+   drag & drop.
+
+(2017-04-17)
+ * Fix the audio normalization filter when using mpv > 0.24.
+
+(2017-04-16)
+ * Fix for the thumbnail generator when using old versions of mpv.
+
+(2017-04-14)
+ * Disallow mpv installation on XP.
+ * Add option for ffhevcvdpau.
+
+(2017-04-09)
+ * Add option View -> OSD -> Show times with milliseconds (requires mpv >= 0.21).
+
+(2017-04-06)
+ * (mpv) Be sure the suboptions for vo and ao aren't used.
+
+
+Version 17.4:
+
+(2017-03-16)
+ * The H2O icon theme is now included in the smplayer binary and is the default
+   theme. The old theme is still available with the name "classic".
+
+(2017-03-11)
+ * The thumbnail generator works now with recent versions of mpv.
+
+
+Version 17.3:
+
+(2017-02-26)
+ * (mpv) Add more options for hardware decoding.
+
+(2017-02-20)
+ * (Playlist) Try to use numberofentries if NumberOfEntries returns 0 when
+   loading pls files.
+
+(2017-02-14)
+ * (Windows) Try to run youtube-dl when mpv fails to use it to check if
+   the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable is needed.
+
+(2017-02-07)
+ * Fix some of the subtitles' options when using mpv.
+
+
+Version 17.2:
+
+(2017-01-31)
+ * Fix youtube.
+
+(2017-01-30)
+ * Use 'simple_web_server' on Linux as well instead of webfs.
+ * Move some of the options in Preferences -> Playlist to the 'Misc' tab.
+
+(2017-01-28)
+ * Add vtt to the list of extensions for subtitles.
+
+(2017-01-24)
+ * Add the option 'Enable the option to delete files from disk' in
+   Preferences -> Playlist.
+
+(2017-01-22)
+ * Add translation for Norwegian Bokmål.
+
+
+Version 17.1:
+
+(2017-01-05)
+ * (Playlist) Add an option in context menu to open the current item on chromecast.
+
+(2017-01-02)
+ * Remove the option to delete files from the playlist.
+
+(2016-12-30)
+ * (mpv) Add support for the wasapi devices.
+
+(2016-12-26)
+ * Add the option "Play on Chromecast" in the Play menu.
+
+(2016-12-20)
+ * Add an option to display the current time with milliseconds in the status bar.
+
+(2016-12-17)
+ * Add an option to display the bitrate info in the status bar.
+
+(2016-11-30)
+ * (Playlist) Add option to open the source folder of the video in the context menu.
+
+(2016-11-29)
+ * (Playlist) Add a "copy URL to clipboard" option in the context menu.
+
+(2016-11-28)
+ * Parse the option #EXTVLCOPT:http-referrer and #EXTVLCOPT:http-user-agent from m3u
+   playlists. This may allow you to play playlists intended for VLC.
+
+(2016-11-21)
+ * The option to add black borders in fullscreen is back.
+
+
+Version 16.11:
+
+(2016-10-20)
+ * Pass the alpha component of the subtitles' colors to mpv.
+
+(2016-10-11)
+ * New option 'Show info on OSD' in View -> OSD (key shortcut Shift + I).
+   It displays info about the current media (resolution, bitrate...) on the
+   OSD.
+ * (Playlist) If a playlist file is dropped to the playlist window, load it.
+
+(2016-10-01)
+ * Remove the option to add black borders on fullscreen.
+ * New option 'Add black borders for subtitles by default' in
+   Preferences -> General.
+
+(2016-09-29)
+ * Add option 'Case sensitive search' in Preferences -> Playlist.
+
+(2016-09-26)
+ * Add the option 'Auto sort' in Preferences -> Playlist.
+ * Fix when the additional options for mpv contain quotes.
+
+(2016-09-23)
+ * Add the option 'Start playback after loading a playlist' in
+   Preferences -> Playlist.
+
+(2016-09-22)
+ * Add an option in Preferences -> Interface to play the next file
+   automatically or not.
+
+(2016-09-18)
+ * (Playlist) Add a 'save as' button.
+
+(2016-09-16)
+ * Store the playlist filename and display "*" in the title when the
+   playlist is modified and not saved.
+
+(2016-09-15)
+ * (Playlist) Add a popup menu with the load/save options.
+
+
+Version 16.9:
+
+(2016-09-02)
+ * Get the list of the pulseaudio output devices using the
+   pulseaudio library (libpulse-dev is now a build dependency).
+
+(2016-09-01)
+ * Set the default font with the stylesheet.
+
+(2016-08-29)
+ * (Playlist) Scroll to current item after clearing the search field.
+
+(2016-08-28)
+ *  Build the deb package by default with Qt 4 since Qt 5 still
+    has many problems.
+
+(2016-08-26)
+ * Fix alsa:device with mpv.
+ * (Windows) Use the directx libraries to get info about the sound
+   and display devices instead of running dxlist.exe.
+
+(2016-08-25)
+ * Add a submenu in the audio menu to send the audio to a device.
+
+(2016-08-15)
+ * (Playlist) Add actions to hide the columns.
+ * (Playlist) Add a button to show/hide the search field.
+
+(2016-08-14)
+ * Don't disable the screenshot's actions and don't check if the
+   screenshot path is a directory.
+ * (Experimental) Don't use starting_time (affects seeking in ts files).
+ * (Playlist) Disable wordwrap.
+ * If maximized show normal before hiding the panel.
+
+(2016-08-11)
+ * Display 'Development version' in the about dialog when using a
+   development version.
+
+
+Version 16.8:
+
+(2016-07-23)
+ * Ignore the buffering state in checkStayOnTop.
+
+(2016-07-20)
+ * Don't try to resize the main window when it's maximized.
+
+(2016-07-19)
+ * (Playlist) Display an animation when loading.
+
+(2016-07-18)
+ * Possibility to download playlists from internet.
+
+(2016-07-16)
+ * The playlist settings are now saved to its own ini file (playlist.ini).
+
+(2016-07-14)
+ * Use the mpv ab-loop options.
+
+(2016-07-11)
+ * Don't use softvol and softvol-max with mpv 0.18.1.
+
+(2016-07-10)
+ * Possibility to search (filter) in  the playlist.
+
+(2016-07-08)
+ * Lots of internal changes in the playlist.
+
+
+Version 16.7:
+
+(2016-06-29)
+ * The find subtitles window has a close button in the title bar.
+
+(2016-06-23)
+ * Fix youtube.
+
+(2016-06-22)
+ * (mpv) Don't pass the URL to youtube-dl if it contains a multimedia extension.
+
+(2016-06-21)
+ * The names in the playlist are not replaced with the title from metadata.
+
+(2016-06-19)
+ * Save the hdpi config in the smplayer config dir.
+
+(2016-06-17)
+ * Selecting the 'default' style in preferences selects the system's
+   default style, instead of Fusion.
+
+(2016-06-15)
+ * Bugfix: (Qt 5) the playlist can be resized when docked to the main window.
+ * Don't change the style's palette on linux.
+
+(2016-06-14)
+ * (mpv) Update the current position in the seek bar on pause.
+ * In Qt 5 on linux accelerators in the numeric keypad don't work due
+   to a bug in Qt 5. Added a workaround.
+
+
+Version 16.6:
+
+(2016-06-05)
+ * Add option "remember settings for streams" in Preferences -> General.
+
+(2016-05-27)
+ * Use the mplayer/mpv default video and audio output.
+
+(2016-05-25)
+ * Disable the global shortcuts when opening the preferences dialog.
+
+(2016-05-23)
+ * Add an option to display the format info in the status bar.
+
+(2016-05-17)
+ * Add a quick access menu.
+
+(2016-05-15)
+ * Don't use a border in the style of the tooltip. For some reason the
+   text is cut off with it.
+
+(2016-05-13)
+ * Add options in Preferences -> Interface to configure the high DPI
+   support.
+
+(2016-05-12)
+ * Possibility to display the section area in the preferences dialog in
+   icon mode.
+
+(2016-05-10)
+ * Add an option to set the cache to auto in Preferences -> Performance.
+ * Don't change the playlist to floating state when entering fullscreen,
+   if using Qt5 on linux. Seems to fix a problem when using Compiz.
+
+(2016-05-09)
+ * Increase the height of the audio equalizer.
+ * Set the OSD to Seek as default.
+ * Set the drag function to MoveWindow as default.
+
+(2016-05-08)
+ * Change the default values for outline and shadow of the ASS style.
+ * Use mpv as default if available.
+ * Remove the border of the tooltips. Otherwise, for some reason, the
+   text is not shown complete.
+
+(2016-05-06)
+ * Use the style 'fusion' as default with Qt 5.
+
+(2016-05-05)
+ * Improve drag & drop on the main window. Now it allows to drop several
+   folders and files.
+
+(2016-05-02)
+ * (Windows) Use the 'normal' priority by default.
+ * Possibility to use the media keys as global shortcurts (option in
+   Prefences -> Keyboard).
+
+(2016-04-28)
+ * Don't use the language toolbar.
+ * Add the audio and subtitle track menus to the toolbar and increase the
+   default size of the toolbar icons.
+
+(2016-04-27)
+ * Add close buttons to the audio and video equalizers.
+
+(2016-04-26)
+ * Disable the secondary subtitles and frame step back when using mplayer,
+   and the karaoke filter when using mpv.
+
+(2016-04-24)
+ * Don't use a dockable playlist on linux with Qt 5 because the
+   dockable one causes trouble when compiz is enabled.
+
+(2016-04-23)
+ * Ask the user if SMPlayer should change the tablet mode if the
+   system (Windows 10) has changed to tablet mode.
+
+(2016-04-22)
+ * New option 'Send video to screen' in the video menu.
+   This option allows to display the video (in fullscreen) on a
+   second screen while controlling the player in the computer's
+   screen.
+ * Add an option to show information about the connected screens
+   (menu View).
+
+(2016-04-17)
+ * Hide some options from menus in tablet mode.
+ * Now it's possible to add the recents menu to a toolbar.
+
+(2016-04-16)
+ * Add a tablet mode (menu Options).
+   When enabled, it changes some elements of the GUI so that's easy
+   to use it on a touch screen.
+
+(2016-04-15)
+ * (Videopreview) Fix show duration with Qt 5.
+ * Move the OSD menu to the view menu.
+
+(2016-04-14)
+ * Add new menu 'view'.
+
+(2016-04-12)
+ * Fixes for Qt 5.
+
+(2016-04-10)
+ * Better support for touch screens.
+
+(2016-04-06)
+ * Support for high DPI (requires Qt 5.4 or greater).
+
+(2016-04-04)
+ * Settings for streams can also be remembered.
+
+(2016-04-01)
+ * The mpcgui works now with Qt 5 as well.
+
+
+Version 16.4:
+
+(2016-03-25)
+ * Add translations for Amharic and Persian (unfinished).
+
+(2016-03-25)
+ * A new layout is used to display the media information (Options -> View
+  info and properties).
+
+(2016-03-16)
+ * Update the system tray icon when changing themes.
+
+(2016-03-15)
+ * Possibility to compile without mplayer2 support.
+   (Support for mplayer2 will be removed soon).
+
+(2016-03-14)
+ * Add an animated icon for buffering.
+
+(2016-03-07)
+ * The option to support streaming sites in Preferences -> Network is
+   different now, and allows these values:
+     Disabled: support for video sites is turned off
+     Auto: enables internal support for YouTube and uses mpv + youtube-dl
+           for the rest of the sites
+     YouTube: only the internal support for YouTube will be used
+     mpv + youtube-dl: uses mpv + youtube-dl for all sites
+
+(2016-03-04)
+ * A fix for saving bookmarks.
+ * (Linux) Look for the smtube executable in the system path.
+
+(2016-02-26)
+ * New smplayer.spec (works for Fedora and openSUSE).
+
+(2016-02-20)
+ * The option "Move the window when the video area is dragged" in
+   Preferences -> Interface has been removed.
+ * New option in Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse to specify the
+   function to use when the mouse is dragged.
+
+(2016-02-19)
+ * Possibility to compile SMPlayer without the mini GUI and the default GUI.
+
+(2016-02-12)
+ * (Experimental) Mouse gestures. When the mouse is dragged up or down in the
+   video window it changes the volume. If dragged left or right it changes
+   the time position.
+
+(2016-02-09)
+ * Add vlc.keys.
+
+(2016-02-02)
+ * Allow to read the shortcut's file using spaces as separators.
+
+(2016-01-19)
+ * Add a combobox in preferences -> general to choose mplayer or mpv.
+
+(2016-01-17)
+ * Include mpv in the Windows installer.
+
+(2016-01-16)
+ * Add a function to save XSPF files.
+ * (mpv) Add the extrastereo filter.
+
+(2016-01-15)
+ * Remove the fast_audio_change option since it's obsolete.
+
+
+Version 16.1:
+
+(2016-01-07)
+ * (mpv) Allow screenshots to work with hardware acceleration enabled.
+
+(2016-01-06)
+ * Add a shortcut for the add_bookmark action.
+ * Add icons for the bookmarks actions.
+
+(2015-12-29)
+ * (Qt5) Try to fix a problem when exiting from fullscreen and the option
+   to stay on top is set to "while playing".
+
+(2015-12-23)
+ * (Experimental) Simplify changing style and stylesheet.
+
+(2015-12-22)
+ * (Screenshots) Keep compatibility with older versions of mplayer.
+
+(2015-12-18)
+ * Fix for Youtube.
+
+(2015-12-16)
+ * (mpv) If the option --screenshot-directory is not available change
+   the working directory so that screenshots work.
+
+(2015-12-14)
+ * Add option 'Prevent window to get outside of screen' in
+   Preferences -> Interface.
+
+(2015-12-12)
+ * Update stayontop after entering and exiting the fullscreen mode.
+
+(2015-12-04)
+ * Don't auto center the window if there's no video.
+ * (mpv) Fix playback with -v
+
+(2015-12-03)
+ * Add the option 'Pass the -playlist option to MPlayer' to
+   Preferences -> Advanced.
+
+(2015-11-29)
+ * Simplify the code for previous and next chapter.
+ * Enable bookmarks.
 Version 18.5:
 
 (2018-05-20)

old-docs/Release_notes.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,380 @@
+Version 21.1:
+
+ * Initial support for Wayland.
+ * Some fixes and improvements in the playlist.
+ * Show cache info in the OSD (Shift + I).
+
+
+Version 20.6:
+
+ * The internal YouTube code has been removed. Now SMPlayer uses
+   an external application to get the video URLs.
+ * The shuffle option in the playlist does shuffle the items of
+   the playlist.
+
+
+Version 20.4.2:
+
+ * Fix for YouTube.
+
+
+Version 20.4.0:
+
+ * Possibility to enter the opensubtitles.org credentials,
+   in order to prevent a login error.
+ * Now it's possible to search for shortcuts in Preferences -> Keyboard.
+ * Support for mpv 0.32.
+
+
+Version 19.10.2:
+
+ * Fix compiling the web server on 32 bit with gcc 9.2.0.
+
+
+Version 19.10:
+
+ * Fix for YouTube.
+ * Fix control when using mpv 0.30.
+
+
+Version 19.5:
+
+ * Fix for YouTube.
+ * Fix YouTube live streams (works only with mpv).
+ * New actions available for previous subtitle track, previous audio track
+   and previous video track.
+ * New command line option -start.
+
+
+Version 19.1:
+
+ * Possibility to play 60fps videos from YouTube.
+ * Now it's possible to search for subtitles typing the name of the
+   movie or show.
+ * Some bug fixes.
+
+
+Version 18.10:
+
+ * The internal code for YouTube now supports resolutions up to 4K. The
+   support for age restricted videos has been fixed.
+
+
+Version 18.9:
+
+ * Fix for YouTube.
+ * (Experimental) New option in the Play menu: Cast to -> Smartphone/tablet.
+   It displays a QR code that you can scan to play the video on your device.
+
+
+Version 18.6:
+
+ * On Windows 10 the key shortcuts for play next/previous left a "busy" mouse
+   cursor on the screen. This is fixed now.
+ * There's a new option in Preferences -> Playlist to choose the type of
+   window for the playlist: dockable (as before) or just a normal window.
+ * The library used by the web server for the chromecast feature has been
+   updated. It looks like the old one had several vulnerabilities so it's
+   recommended to update.
+
+
+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.
 Version 18.4:
 
  * Bugfix: the time displayed by a tooltip when the mouse is over the seekbar