Video Quality, Customization & Stability Improvements
This release focuses on video quality, visual customization, player refinement, and overall stability.
Key improvements include enhanced HDR and Dolby Vision playback, new themes, refined player animations, improved interface design, and performance optimizations.
✨ Features Added
- Added a Netflix-style theme with a refined Netflix-inspired interface and signature red accent.
- Added a Monochromatic theme for a minimal, distraction-free appearance.
- Added a Windows Default Accent style that follows the system accent color.
- Added a new glassmorphic play/pause indicator with smooth entrance and exit animations.
- Added a Keyboard Shortcuts popup with a Fluent-designed interface, acrylic styling, card-based rows, and keycap badges.
- Increased the Play Next page size for improved visibility and usability.
- Added smoother miniplayer transitions and updated Fluent controls and icons.
- Added improved HDR and Dolby Vision tone-mapping for better brightness, contrast, and highlight detail.
- Added dynamic HDR detection to automatically adapt to Windows HDR state changes.
- Improved full-range RGB output and video scaling for more accurate and detailed image reproduction.
🗑️ Features Removed
- Removed the need to manually install Futura PT Medium, as required fonts are now bundled with Odeon.
🐛 Bugs Removed
- Fixed HDR and Dolby Vision brightness, exposure, and color issues.
- Fixed incorrect color handling during video rendering and Windows DWM composition.
- Fixed HDR state synchronization when toggling Windows HDR.
- Fixed video scaling-related color and gradient issues.
- Fixed miniplayer resizing and transition issues.
- Fixed UI flickering and playback interruptions during player mode changes.
- Fixed play/pause indicator animations failing to trigger or re-trigger reliably.
⚡ Optimizations
- Optimized HDR/Dolby Vision processing and D3D11 color-space handling.
- Improved video scaling, rendering quality, and color accuracy.
- Optimized player animations using native Windows transitions.
- Reduced unnecessary compositor and UI animation overhead.
- Improved theme, media track, and null-safety handling.
- Performed additional under-the-hood optimizations across the player and UI.
- Improved overall performance, responsiveness, and stability.
Author & Maintainer: Joel Biju ([@9ixe](https://github.com/9ixe))
License: GNU General Public License v3.0