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Changelog 1.7.13 -> 2.7.4

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Changes from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.83-1-g63d24
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.8.2572

Changes/additions:

• Added ability to load a secondary subtitle track from the subtitle menu. This supports only external text-based formats (SRT) and excludes formats that may contain explicit positioning (SSA/PGS/VobSub). The secondary subtitle is rendered at the top of the window. There are some known limitations. For example adjustments such as delay will apply to both tracks. Secondary is also not included in screenshots. Do NOT open issues/requests about this!
• Added ability to auto-copy all rendered subtitle text to the clipboard in real-time. Toggling this on/off can be assigned to a hotkey or one of the custom toolbar buttons.
• New "remote" page in web interface, providing a modern interface for remote control of MPC-HC from any phone (or web browser) in your local network.
• Expanded the API for remote control through window messages from a master process. See MpcApi.h header file.

Fixes:

• A few bug fixes in web interface.
• A few other fixes and small improvements.

Changes from 2.7.4 to 2.8.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.82-5-g77c25
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.7.2560

Changes/additions:

• Settings of SaneAR/VMR-9/EVR-CP/EVR-Sync have been moved and can now be accessed through the button behind the renderer on the Output settings page.
• Cleaned up the Output settings page and updated the tooltips of the video renderers.
• It is now possible to provide default settings through HKLM, which are read whenever creating fresh settings profile in HKCU section of Registry.
• When storing settings in INI file, the history is now split off in a separate file. When the application folder is not writable, the history file is placed in %appdata%\MPC-HC. Also added an advanced option to always use appdata folder.
• Please note that the Registry is still the preferred location for storing the settings. That has better performance than INI file. Settings backup is as easy as pressing a button here: Options > Miscellaneous > Export
• Added an advanced option HistoryExcludeFilter to exclude certain content from getting added to recent file history. It is a simple semi-colon separated list of substrings that is matched against the full path or URL.
• There also is a HistoryExcludeFilterPrivate setting with exact same purpose, which is not exposed through the user interface.
• Added advanced option to automatically prune history entries older than X days. Defaults to 365, and can be disabled by setting to 0.
• Added a new Show History entry to recent file menu. This opens a dialog for managing history entries. Allows you to search. Manually remove entries. Clean invalid entries. Clean old entries. Reset position, etc.
• When opening a selection of files from Explorer, they are now added to playlist in correct alphabetical order.
• Added "sort by date" option in playlist context menu. Note that all sort actions apply once to current list and do not have effect on future playlist changes.
• Added advanced option to sort files by date when skipping to next/previous file in folder.
• Color controls have been moved from options dialog into a new popup dialog. Accessible through the Play menu or hotkey.
• Advanced settings have now been re-ordered and grouped into categories.
• Improved performance when using libass for rendering subtitles.
• Added stack trace to internal (fallback) exception handler.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where subtitle styles changes were not dynamically applied during segment change in segmented Matroska files with ordered chapters.
• Fixed an issue where seekbar preview could show wrong edition with playing a Matroska file with multiple video editions.
• Fixed an issue where video preview was up-side-down in web interface when renderer provided a topdown bitmap.
• Fixed an issue with EVR-CP that caused still images to not render immediately.
• Improved long path support in a few file dialogs, such as "Load subtitles".
• A few other fixes and small improvements.

Changes from 2.7.3 to 2.7.4:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.82-4-gab7ca
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.6.2555

Changes/additions:

• MPC Video Renderer is now the by default renderer on the majority of systems. Previously EVR-CP was the default. MPCVR is a more advanced modern renderer with support for HDR video.
• MPC-HC will detect your GPU(s) (once) after updating to this new version and will adjust the video renderer and hardware decoding settings when it makes sense.
• Added an option to show the playback timer next to the seekbar instead of inside the statusbar. By default it is placed at the right side. There is an advanced option to place it at the left side. Tip: seekbar height can be adjusted in the options. Timer text size is scaled accordingly.
• Added a new customizable viewing preset (hotkey 4). By default this hides the menu and statusbar compared to the normal viewing preset (hotkey 3).
• Added an advanced option to specify the default viewing preset when starting the player. By default it remembers to last used
  viewing mode.
• Added a submenu to playlist context menu for adjusting the playlist location.

Fixes:

• A few crash fixes, bug fixes and small improvements.

Changes from 2.7.2 to 2.7.3:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.82
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.4.2550
• Updated MPC Audio Renderer

Fixes:

• A few crash fixes, bug fixes and small improvements.

Changes from 2.7.1 to 2.7.2:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.81-23-g6fadb
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.2.2540
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 26.05
• Updated MPC Audio Renderer

Fixes:

• Several crash fixes, bug fixes and small improvements.

Changes from 2.7.0 to 2.7.1:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.2.2535

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.6.4 to 2.7.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.81-8-ga9e68
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.1.2531

Changes:

• Improved resizing behavior of window zooming hotkeys.
• Improved playlist performance with huge amount of entries.
• Playlist can be searched (when it has focus) by simply typing text.

Fixes:

• Fixed regression in previous version with setting startpos from command line.
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.6.3 to 2.6.4:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.81-7-g8c4ee

Changes:

• For some users it was unclear that all nodes in the settings tree corresponded to pages, so now there is a leaf node for all pages.
• Added hotkey for toggling "Override all styles".

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.6.2 to 2.6.3:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.81-6-gb54d5

Changes:

• In filter properties, the info of pin connections now shows a bit more details.

Fixes:

• A few fixes for rare crashes.
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.6.1 to 2.6.2:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.81-5-g5aa4b
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 26.01

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.81-3-g5d467

Changes:

• Expanded the debug logging functionality.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where player could get stuck on "Opening" when the graph worker thread malfunctioned. This happened on a few Windows 11 systems when opening files from Windows Search. We were unable to reproduce it, so root cause is unknown, likely an obscure Windows bug.
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.5.6 to 2.6.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.80-14-gb6959
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.19.2490

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.5.5 to 2.5.6:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.18.2480

Changes/improvements:

• Added an option to adjust alignment of the toolbar buttons. It is now possible to align to middle of window.
• When playing a rar archive that contains multiple media files, it is now possible to skip to next/previous file within the archive.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.5.4 to 2.5.5:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.17.2472

Changes/improvements:

• Hiding of capture settings panel is now remembered.
• Automatic subtitle search now only uses OpenSubtitles if you have configured an account for it. Because we have a limited daily download quota, this choice was made to reduce unnecessary downloads.
• Added two new toolbar skins.

Fixes:

• Improved long path support for loading external subtitles.
• A few small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.5.3 to 2.5.4:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.80-9-gb2240
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.15.2463
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 25.09

Fixes:

• A few small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.5.2 to 2.5.3:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.80-5-g49ded
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.13.2451

Additions/improvements:

• Added new options to customize the toolbar. Several new (optional) buttons have been added. You can now add/remove/re-order buttons.
• Added a few new toolbar images/skins.
• Old toolbar skins are no longer supported. A few old ones have been converted to new format, but we really need people to make proper new designs.

Fixes:

• A few small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.5.1 to 2.5.2:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.12.2443
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 25.07

Fixes:

• A few small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.80-2-g30060
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.10.2418

Changes/additions/improvements:

• The internal audio decoder now supports decoding AC-4 audio. It should work ok with most streams, but certain streams (with high channel count) are not properly supported yet.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

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Changes from 2.4.3 to 2.5.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.80-1-gb9116
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.9.2400

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-29-gadffe
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.8.2392
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 25.04

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-28-gd35a3
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.7.2387

Changes/improvements:

• Some tweaks to volume normalization algorithm.
• Adjusted clipping behavior for floating point audio when using volume boost. Should fix quality issues in some cases.
• Added warning prompt to boost that informs users about a better solution for the common issue of "voices are too quiet", which is to enable mixing in the audio decoder (and adjust center mix level).
• Improved support of .cue files that contain links to multiple audio files.

Fixes:

• Fixed a dragging issue with the exclusive mode seekbar.
• Several other small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.4.2373
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 25.03
• Updated internal MPC Audio Renderer

Fixes:

• Fixed subs in SaveImage when video renderer gives topdown RGB
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.3.9 to 2.4.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-27-gd98fc
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.3.2363

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Merged play/pause into a single visible button.

Fixes:

• Fixed rare crash on certain PGS subtitles with negative position value.
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.3.8 to 2.3.9:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.9.2318
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.12

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added advanced option to hide the percentage on the volume silder.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.3.7 to 2.3.8:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.8.2314
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.11

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.3.6 to 2.3.7:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.8.2303

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Improved font scaling for text on thumbnail sheet
• Manual subtitle style edits now also work with libass

Fixes:

• Fixed OSD bug in fullscreen that occurred in 2.3.6
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.3.5 to 2.3.6:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-20-g81c56
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.7.2295

Changes/additions/improvements:

• MPCVR has been updated to support the display API changes of Windows 11 24H2, so HDR state is now detected correctly when the new "Auto Color Management" option of Windows is enabled.
• Improved support for MPCVR exclusive fullscreen. The player now uses the exclusive mode seekbar (OSD based) in that situation.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-19-g2bf67
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.6.2282

Changes/additions/improvements:

• The "Default Style" subtitle option has been renamed to "Override Default Style". Hopefully it should be more clear now what it does. It now also only affects the style named "Default" and a second option has been added to override all embedded styles of a subtitle (SSA/ASS format). The setting has also been reset (default = disabled) because too many dumb people change options that they do not understand and then complain that things do not work as expected. Just to be very clear: this option should remain unchecked if you want subtitles to render correctly and as intended by its creator.
• Mouse settings have been moved from Keys options page to a new Mouse options page. Mouse related settings have been reset. Note: when assigning commands, you can click on the three dots (...) at bottom of the dropdown list to select from a full list of all available actions.
• The modern volume slider now scales along with the toolbar buttons.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.5.2275

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added advanced option to skip file delete confirmation prompt.
• Durations are now stored in MPCPL playlist files.
• Added /thumbnails command line parameter to generate a thumbnail sheet. Player automatically closes when done.
• The main control window now has small size when playing fullscreen on a different monitor.
• When opening an URL extracted by yt-dlp, the useragent and referrer are now used by LAV Splitter. This should fix/improve playback of streams that require those parameters.

Fixes:

• A few fixes.

Changes from 2.3.2 to 2.3.3:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.5.2268

Changes/additions/improvements:

• The modern theme volume slider now shows % value
• The options to show audio and video format details in statusbar are now enabled by default
• The file delete function now shows a confirmation prompt on Windows 10/11, because Windows may not show one by itself anymore like it did in the past.

Fixes:

• A few small fixes.

Changes from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-18-ga7212
• Updated MediaInfo to version 24.06
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.4.2263

Changes/additions/improvements:

• The video is now paused/unpaused automatically when dragging the seekbar. Can be turned of in advanced settings for old behavior.
• Now writes MultiSelectModel value in file association ProgIDs. This allows opening a selection of up to 100 files, instead of Windows default limit of 15.

Fixes:

• A few small fixes.

Changes from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-14-g49d8b

Changes/additions/improvements:

• When closing filter graph takes too long, for example due to a deadlock situation in a filter, a prompt is now shown to ask you if you want to terminate the player process or wait longer.

Fixes:

• A non-responding player instance will now no longer block opening a new instance (when re-use same instance option is enabled).
• Fixed issue where /fullscreen command line parameter did not work in combination with FullScreenSeparateControls option.
• Fixed issue that caused DVB subs to be unavailable.
• A few other small fixes.

Changes from 2.2.1 to 2.3.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-9-g56aab
• Updated MediaInfo to version 24.05
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.3.2255
• Updated libass and various other external libs

Changes/additions/improvements:

• MPC Video Renderer is now included in the installer/zip and usable as internal filter.
  It is not yet the default renderer, but will become that in near future (on modern systems).
  You can select it here:
  Options > Playback > Output
  It uses DirectX 11 on Windows 10/11, so for optimal performance and compatibility it is also recommended to change the hardware decoder from DXVA2 to D3D11:
  Options > Internal Filters > Video Decoder > Hardware acceleration
  Note: an external copy of the video renderer gets used first when available, so either uninstall that or update it.
• New OSD implementation. It now also works during audio-only playback. OSD transparancy can be adjusted in advanced options.
• Volume normalize algorithm now no longer regains on short seeks and much less on long seeks. This should prevent unwanted jumps in volume.
• Improved downsampling quality of the images when generating a thumbnail sheet.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements

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Changes from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added hotkey to toggle playlist shuffle option
• Added option to always show time in OSD
• The /fixedsize command line parameter now optionally supports specifying window position

Fixes:

• A few bug fixes and small improvements

Changes from 2.1.7 to 2.2.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.1
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.03

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Now supports decoding H.266/VVC video

Fixes:

• A few bug fixes and small improvements

Changes from 2.1.6 to 2.1.7:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Some improvements for hotkey and global media key handling. This for example fixes a problem caused by a Windows/Chrome/Edge bug where clicking on notifications could send a keypress with value 0 to wrong window, which could trigger hotkey actions in MPC-HC.
• This adds a new option to display audio track details in the statusbar. Note: Statusbar info does not (yet) update when changing audio track through splitter tray icon, only when doing it using player functionality.

Fixes:

• Fixed a crash when using libass and subtitles were (partially) located outside of visible video area.
• A few other small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.1.5 to 2.1.6:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Increased max OSD font size to 50.
• Added FPS column to subtitle search results.
• Better sorting in subtitle search results.
• Opensubtitles login is now verified directly after inputting.
• Copy to clipboard text in About dialog now also includes details about monitors and DPI scaling.
• FullscreenSeparateControls option is now enabled by default.

Fixes:

• Fixed regression in v2.1.5 with parsing SSA subs with start timestamps larger than 1 hour.
• Fixed issue where remember DVD position did not work correctly on some discs.
• Several other small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.1.4 to 2.1.5:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.78-3-g58474
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.01
• Updated all other third party libraries

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Optimized reading of file history.
• Auto-fit zoom option now has a minimum and maximum value.
• External filters now prevent you from adding filters that should not be added there. Such as video renderers, for which the preferred one must be selected elsewhere (Output settings).
• Added and advanced option for remembering audio and subtitle track selection.
• Added and advanced option for remembering external playlist position.
• Subpic buffer size is now automatically set to 0 when using libass. It could give bad performance. Default and recommended setting is 0 even when not using libass.

Fixes:

• Several small GUI theme related fixes.
• Several other small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• There is a new "User Interface" options page where several options have been moved to.
• Removed opensubtitle.org subtitle provider. Its API has been shut down and replaced by opensubtitles.com. Please note that although these two websites have same owners, they use separate login accounts.
• Added advanced option for insertion of deinterlace blend filter when capturing. Previously the filter was always used.
• Reduced minimum default logo/video area size to 16x16 when using the blank logo.
• Some improvements for parsing M3U playlists.
• Automatic skipping to next playlist entry will pause after 5 invalid entries in a row (such as missing files or broken URLs).
• When viewing an image file, it is now possible to jump to next/previous image file in same folder.

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where wrong subtitle track index was saved into history when both embedded and external subs were present.
• Fixed manual subtitle search (from results window) for opensubtitles.com provider.
• Several other small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.78-1-ga1fd7
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 23.11

Changes/additions/improvements:

• The selected audio and subtitle track is now stored in file history.
• Added option to additionally show percentage behind the timer in the statusbar and OSD. Right-click on the statusbar timer for options.
• Improved performance of libass
• Added support for drag&drop of files or urls in plain text format
• Added advanced option PreventDisplaySleep. Disable this if you don't want the player to block screen saver and display sleep mode during video playback.
• Added support for some extra formats to internal filters (ProRes/DNxHD/G726/G729/IMC/VP4/Some MJPEG variants/MagicYUV/Hap/UtVideo/etc)

Fixes:

• Fixed issue with MediaInfo tab not loading in properties
• Fixed subtitle issue when maximum texture size was smaller than video
• Fixed a few small issues with light theme

Changes from 2.1.0 to 2.1.2:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added light version of the modern theme. Modern theme is now enabled by default. (Options > Player > Theme)
• Added advanced option to use MediaInfo to gather file durations when adding files to playlist
• Added support for multi-select in subtitle download dialog
• The "Add containing folder" action for playlist now inserts directly after the selected item
• Added a settings button on output settings page to open video renderer settings for MPCVR and MadVR.

Fixes:

• Fixed issue with libass and adjusting playback rate
• Fixed issue where libass did not work for SRT if file did not use UTF8
• Fixed mimetype related issue that prevented embedded fonts to be loaded for libass with certain files
• Fixed issue where window position/size was not remembered correctly if window had small size

Changes from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.78
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 23.10
• Updated MPC Audio Renderer
• Updated all other third party libraries

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added OpenSubtitles.com subtitle search provider. The existing OpenSubtitles.org provider is scheduled to stop working at the end of 2023. Note: you need a new login for OpenSubtitles.com
• Video preview can now also be placed below the seekbar. See: Options > Tweaks
• The internal subtitle renderer now has an option to use libass for rendering
• Some improvements related to the advanced option for separate fullscreen
• Added right-click actions to some of the toolbar buttons:
  Play = Open File, Stop = Close File, Skip Back = Previous File, Skip Forward = Next File, Frame Step = Frame Step Backwards (seek), Mute = Toggle Next Audio Track
• Support scanning of ATSC channels
• Playlist is now docked to the right side by default. You can drag it to bottom/left/top if you prefer those locations. Or even outside player window.
• Drag&drop/LoadSubtitle/ToggleSubtitle now also work with DirectVobSub and XySubFilter
• HEVC hardware decoding is now disabled by default (on fresh install or settings reset) for Intel Haswell/Broadwell GPUs. These older GPUs have slow partially accelerated decoding and software decoding may be preferred for stability. You can of course still enable it if desired.

Fixes:

• A few DPI scaling fixes for problems that occurred when moving between two screens with different DPI
• Fixed an issue with DVB subtitles not working during live playback
• Fixed an issue changing subtitle default style through styles dialog
• Fixed Pan&Scan movement being wrong for rotated video with MadVR
• Several other small fixes

Changes from 1.9.24 to 2.0.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.77.1-1-g6f78a
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 22.12

Changes/additions/improvements:

• When A-B repeat is active, HOME button now seeks to A position instead of beginning.
• Add support for new LayoutResX/Y ASS subtitle header.
• Correctly apply scaling to blur tag in ASS subtitles.
• Some improvements to the FreeType fallback path for font rendering. Fixes rare issue of missing text with certain complex fonts that fail with GDI.
• Added new advanced option MouseLeftUpDelay. This delays the left click action on the video area in anticipation of a double-click. Can be used to prevent unwanted pausing when toggling fullscreen. Suggested value is 250ms. Disabled by default.

Fixes:

• Fixed a decoding issue with certain TrueHD audio streams
• Filename was wrong when saving downloaded subtitle when moving to next file in folder/playlist
• Fixed style issue with embedded WebVTT
• Fixed hang in SaveThumbnails on seek failure with an incomplete file
• Fixed issue with seekbar safezone in the case that video area is hidden
• Several other small fixes

Changes from 1.9.23 to 1.9.24:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.77-1-gfd3c1
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 22.09

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Re-added support for nested M3U/PLS inside M3U playlist
• Store device name of selected fullscreen monitor in addition to the display name. This allows selecting the correct monitor in the situation where Windows shuffles display names around.
• Properly handle NONE as value for YCbCr Matrix subtitle header
• Added freetype font rendering path as fallback for characters that fail to render with GDI.
• Support loading subtitles from subfolder "\subs\FILENAME"

Fixes:

• Fixed some issues with AB repeat
• Several other small fixes

Changes from 1.9.22 to 1.9.23:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.76.1-25-g24efe

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Some font related efficiency improvements for rendering the player menu
• Thumbnail sheet now uses a dark background color if dark theme is enabled

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with manual rotation with EVR-CP for videos that already had automatic rotation
• Fixed an issue with parsing background color tags in WebVTT subtitles
• Fixed a regression with YDL preferred video format setting
• Several other small fixes

Changes from 1.9.21.2 to 1.9.22:

Updates:

• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 22.06

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added support for rendering subtitles on DX11 surface. This is utilized by MPC Video Renderer (version 0.6.0 and above) in DX11 mode.
• Added option to automatically save a downloaded subtitle file. When enabled it saves the active subtitle when closing the video file.
• Added advanced option to specify preferred audio format (AAC/Opus) when streaming from Youtube.
• The command line parameter /play without further parameters will now resume last opened file.
• The command line parameter /pns now also supports explicit position and zoom values.
• Added support for rendering WebP image with internal filters.
• Added advanced option to specify image display duration. This setting is only supported by "Generate Still Video" and "MPC Image Source" filters. Generate Still Video seems to use a minimum of 10 seconds, so be aware of that. Image formats rendered by the internal LAV Filters will now have infinite duration (at 1 fps) so they are no longer quickly skipped over in a playlist. Custom duration is not supported by that filter.
• The "Playlist" context menu option on the Formats options page now controls whether the "Add to Playlist" context menu entry is created.
• AB repeat values are now remembered when file is reloaded after resuming from sleep.
• When saving MPCPL playlist file, it now always uses relative paths when logical.

Fixes:

• Fixed regression with moving subs up/down.
• Fixed an issue with WebVTT subtitles when changing playback rate.
• Fixed an issue with FullscreenSeparateControls option when moving to next file.
• A few small bug fixes.

Changes from 1.9.20 to 1.9.21.2:

Updates:

• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 22.03

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added option to keep player controls visible on current monitor when showing fullscreen video on another monitor
  Options > Advanced > FullscreenSeparateControls
  Options > Playback > Fullscreen > Fullscreen Monitor
• AB Repeat markers are now saved in file history (when remember position is enabled)
• Improved positioning of PGS subtitles
• Setting volume through command line now also unmutes
• Reverted change in previous version that would reset remembered file position after reaching 95% of duration

Fixes:

• Fixed issue that could give low resolution subtitle when using fullscreen exclusive mode in MPCVR
• Fixed issue that could give low resolution subtitle when switching from PGS to a text-based subtitle type
• Fixed issue with VMR9 renderer where external subtitles would not adjust to playback rate changes
• A few other minor fixes

Changes from 1.9.19 to 1.9.20:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.76.1

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Rewritten code that deals with file history. It works better with multiple instances now.
• Remembered file position now resets to 0 when playback has reached 95% of file duration when closing the player. We assume that end credits have been reached in that case.
• Remembered file position also resets to 0 when pressing stop button. So close player directly or open other file without pressing stop if you wish to resume later.
• The uninstaller now unregisters file associations
• The last used QuickOpen and SaveImage paths are now remembered individually
• Added support for extended locale names in subtitles menu
• Decimal values are now possible for subtitle font spacing and border width/shadow settings
• Now supports loading chapter metadata from .xchp file. Use text file (UTF-8 encoding). Each line is a chapter defined as HH:MM:SS,ddd timecode, optionally followed by a space and chapter name.

Fixes:

• Fixed issue where PGS subtitles could be partially rendered outside of visible area
• Fixed regression with reading CDText metadata
• Fixed regression regarding auto-hide of toolbar in case of two monitors with vertical placement
• Workaround for Windows 11 bug where the options dialog was not rendered properly for RTL languages
• Workaround for Windows 10/11 bug where subtitle download dialog could become visible when using taskbar window peek
• Several other small bugs

Changes from 1.9.18 to 1.9.19:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.76-2-g642bf

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Windows Vista is no longer supported.
• Added hotkeys to adjust font scale of text based subtitles. Defaults are set to: Ctrl+Add/Substract
• Added hotkeys to move subtitles vertically. Defaults are set to: Ctrl+Shift+Add/Substract
• Added hotkeys to zoom in/out the player window in 32px increments. Unset by default.
• Added BT.2020 support to the RGB color correction of subtitles. This is used if signaled by the subtitle script or video renderer.
• Added advanced option to not open the recording panel automatically when opening a capture device.
• The internal splitter now supports a few more audio and video formats.
• Increased web interface video preview update frequency

Fixes:

• Fixed issue with framestepping that could give lagging behavior with madvr.
• Fixed subtitle issue where opaque border style could be draw even when both border and shadow were zero.
• Fixed subtitle issue with handling of no-break space character.
• Fixed issue with saving the playlist if it contained certain Unicode characters
• A few other small fixes and internal optimizations

Changes from 1.9.17 to 1.9.18:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.75.1-19-g80347

Changes/additions/improvements:

• The seekbar thumb now follows the mouse pointer when dragging and only jumps to final seek position after the drag ends. Previously it would jump to the actual (keyframe) seek points during the drag. This could give a jumpy experience for files with large keyframe gaps or short durations.
• Lowered minimum value for seekbar preview size option from 10% to 5% of screen width.
• Added advanced option to disable/adjust the reload after long pause behavior.
• Seekbar preview is now always disabled when playing from optical media.

Fixes:

• Fixed issue with parsing subtitles that have wrong line endings (CR only).
• Fixed issue where an online subtitle file wasn't parsed completely due to a filesize limitation in the code.
• A few other small fixes and internal optimizations.

Changes from 1.9.16 to 1.9.17:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.75.1-10-g75744

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added support for System Media Transport Controls in Windows 8.1/10/11. This displays playback controls for the player when adjusting volume in Windows. You can enable this functionality through: Options > Advanced > UseSMTC
• Some improvements to SaneAR Audio Renderer: It now automatically falls back to shared mode when exclusive mode is enabled but unsupported. Exclusive mode option no longer needs to be enabled for bitstreaming, instead it is used implicitly when bitstreaming.
• Generating a thumbnail sheet is now faster. It now seeks to keyframes as much as possible.
• Added an advanced option to disable automatic pause when locking the screen in Windows.
• You can now use "off" as a value in the subtitle track preference setting. It may follow language codes that you do prefer to use. In that case it will disable subtitles only if no preceding language code has matched.
• Some visual improvements to playlist numbering and title editing.
• Some improvements for subtitle selection and language name display for the rare situation where a language does not have a LCID.
• Some optimizations to the filter graph builder. This should speed up file loading in some situations.
• The player now reloads the video file when resumed after hibernate or very long pause (> 30 min). This is done as a workaround for driver bugs. It will remember playback position and track selection.
• DVB improvement: It now stores the symbol rate for scanned channels.
• Added support for wildcards in filenames in M3U playlists.

Fixes:

• Fixed subtitles being early by a few frames with VMR9 renderer.
• Fixed a subtitle parsing issue for files that contained 4-byte UTF-8 characters (such as emojis). Those are handled properly now.
• Fixed an issue with drag&drop of a folder onto the playlist window.
• Several other small fixes

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Changes from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.75.1-4-gfaff6
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to v21.09

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added advanced option to specify location of Youtube-DL executable.
• Added support for yt-dlp.exe (fork of Youtube-DL).
• Added advanced option to display video fourcc and resolution in status bar.
• Added advanced option to display A-B repeat marker values in status bar.
• When saving a favorite you can now also store the AB-repeat markers
• Adjusting subtitle delay now also works with the external VSFilter/XySubFilter subtitle renderers.
• Enabled processing of play/pause command when no media is loaded, but playlist is not empty. This now also allows resuming playback by pressing spacebar or clicking on the video area.
• Clicking mouse middle button on the systray icon now toggles play/pause.
• When the global after playback event is set to "play next file in folder", the player will now close the current file when no next file is available. This allow the screensaver to activate.
• Added a second WASAPI based internal audio renderer. The existing internal renderer has been renamed to SaneAR (its original name). Don't ask what the difference is between the two. There is little difference in behavior and functionality.

Fixes:

• Fix for running DVB scan not working in stopped state.
• Several other small fixes.

Changes from 1.9.14 to 1.9.15:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Seekbar video preview now supports video rotation.
• Manual subtitle search now also works for online streams.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that could cause a long delay when opening the File menu with certain optical drives.
• Fixed an issue in the audio stream switcher that could result in a player hang on seek or track change. This happened only when an external audio track was loaded, in combination with the internal audio renderer and madVR.
• Fixed parsing of subtitle files that contain a duplicate UTF BOM in their file header.
• A few other small fixes.

Changes from 1.9.13 to 1.9.14:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.75.1

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Some optimizations in the filter graph builder. Should give a small reduction in file loading time in some situations.
• Added a small safezone above and below the seekbar where (accidental) mouse clicks/drags are ignored.
• Improved backwards framestep for DVDs. It now seeks back ~500ms to ensure it shows a different frame. The DVD Navigator unfortunately does not offer better accuracy.
• Improved region code handling for DVDs
• Added support for loading external fonts for SSA/ASS subtitles. The player check for "fonts" subfolder in location of video file.

Fixes:

• Fixed regression that broke loading of audio dub through command line parameter

Changes from 1.9.12 to 1.9.13:

Fixes:

• Fixed bug that could result in very low quality subtitles in certain situations. [regression in 1.9.12]
• Fixed video display issue when moving the player to a larger resolution monitor. [regression in 1.9.12]
• Fixed "launch in fullscreen" option not working when D3D fullscreen exclusive mode was enabled.
• Fixed issue where a chosen audio dub was not loaded when opening a video through the File menu.
• Fixed a rare player freeze when manually loading subtitles. Could happen on very old systems if subpicture texture allocation failed.

Changes from 1.9.11 to 1.9.12:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Changed default setting for subtitle texture resolution. This change only affects playback on screens with 4K resolution. In that case subtitles are now rendered at 1080p resolution (and then scaled to final size). This improves performance on such systems. You can of course change the setting to 4k if you prefer slightly sharper subtitles.
• Some improvements related to the youtube-dl support.
• Added support for downloading subtitles for streams extracted by youtube-dl. You can specify desired subtitle language(s) here: Options > Advanced
• Strips html tags when found in SRT subtitles.
• Added prompt when enabling OpenSubtitle option, mentioning than an account is required on their website.
• Removed SubDB subtitle provider. Their site has been offline for a long time.
• Removed obsolete RealMedia and QuickTime decoding frameworks. These frameworks were only available in 32-bit builds, and they were not used by default. For a long time already, these type of files are played using the superior internal DirectShow codecs. So nothing really changes and you can still play everything!

Fixes:

• Fixed issue where recent file list could get cleared when opening a file with a very long path.
• Several other small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 1.9.10 to 1.9.11:

Updates:

• LAV Filters version 0.75-2-gddef5
• MediaInfo DLL version 21.03

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added basic support for embedded WebVTT subtitles
• Seek preview window now uses same aspect ratio as the video
• After long pause (> 10 min) or hibernation, the player now performs a seek to current position before resuming. This re-initializes the video decoder, and hopefully solves a hang/crash on certain systems (with buggy graphics driver).
• Some improvements for the youtube-dl functionality. It now also supports DASH manifest URLs.

Fixes:

• Fixed subtitle regression that could cause subtitles to be skipped in certain situations when multiple lines were visible
• Fixed issue with seeking to nearest keyframe
• Fixed issue where the seek preview window broke the "always on top" functionality
• A few other small fixes

Changes from 1.9.9 to 1.9.10:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Some optimizations for the seek preview functionality
• Seek preview now gets hidden when dragging the seekbar
• Renamed "System Default" video renderer to "Video Mixing Renderer 7". This to prevent people from thinking this ancient renderer is the preferred one. Also changed order of the available renderers to put the recommended ones at the top.
• The player now tries to parse JSON output from youtube-dl even when that has encountered an error. This fixes loading of youtube playlists that contain deleted videos.
• Added a timeout in LAV Splitter code to prevent the player from freezing in case of certain network connection errors during playback of online streams
• Added support for text color tags in WebVTT subtitles
• Subtitle render buffer is now disabled by default. It doesn't provide any noticeable performance benefit for most users.
• A few other small changes

Fixes:

• Fixed subtitle text encoding bug that caused wrong characters to be displayed (regression in 1.9.9)
• Fixed issue that caused wrong keyframe to be show in seek preview window. Now a seek will go to the same frame as shown in the preview.
• Fixed issue in sub picture buffer implementation that could result in reduced rendering performance for animated subtitles in certain cases
• A few other small fixes

Changes from 1.9.8 to 1.9.9:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to 0.74.1-92-g88da5

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added video preview functionality to the seekbar
  You can enable this in: Options > Tweaks
  For performance reasons, preview is only shown in case of local file playback. It is disabled for online streams and spinning discs.
  Preview is currently also only enabled for files that have keyframes for fast seeking.
  To avoid interference with the main video playback, preview does not use hardware accelerated decoding.
  Don't enable preview if you have a slow computer that already struggles with normal video playback.
• Added menu entries and hotkeys for toggling shaders on/off
• Added support for CUE sheets
• Increased default value for number of recent files that is remembered from 20 to 40
• Reduced minimum allow playback rate from 0.125x to 0.05x
• Some seeking improvements. Unprocessed seeks can no longer queue up when seeking is slow.
• The internal audio renderer can now fallback to default audio device if it fails to initialize the output device that is selected in the options

Fixes:

• Fixed some issues with parsing M3U playlists
• Fixed issue with opening online .asx playlist
• Fixed GDI resource leak in dark theme
• Fixed hang with MPC Video Renderer if max subpic texture size was set to VIDEO
• Fixed automatic metadata based rotation with MPC Video Renderer
• Several crash fixes
• Several other small fixes and improvements

Changes from 1.9.7 to 1.9.8:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to 0.74.1-75-gb1db4
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to 20.09

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Duplicate hotkeys are now highlighted
• Added support for using Ctrl/Alt/Shift modifiers for mouse actions
• Added new default mouse action for seeking through video: Ctrl + Mouse wheel
• You can customize hotkeys and mouse actions here: Options > Player > Keys
• Improved parsing of (local) M3U playlist files
• Streaming HLS M3U playlists are handled directly by LAV Splitter
• Added new menu entry for changing playback speed: Menu > Play > Playback rate
• Subtitle search on OpenSubtitles now also searches by file name if no match was found for file hash
• Improved DVD region code bypass
• "Launch files in fullscreen" option now only engages fullscreen for video files
• Improved display of URLs in titlebar
• Very long entries in recent file list are now shortened for better menu display
• Added advanced options for displaying the current audio and subtitle language in statusbar
• Improved support for external WebVTT subtitles

Fixes:

• Fixed DVD playback speed and menu issues with internal audio renderer
• Fixed issue where file could still be in use after closing it
• Fixed subtitle search on Podnapisi for Portuguese Brazil language (language code "pob")
• Fixed rare issue with subtitle queue that could cause flickering/blinking subtitles
• Fixed potential crash when taking screenshots with subtitles included
• Fixed issue where clicking on seekbar could trigger two identical seek actions
• A few other small fixes and improvements

Changes from 1.9.6 to 1.9.7:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to 0.74.1-64-g5162c

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Improved drag&drop to better handle subtitle files

Fixes:

• Fixed seeking in WebM files that only have audio cue points and no video cue points
• Fixed wrong parsing of timestamps in certain WebVTT subtitle files
• Several other small (crash) fixes

Changes from 1.9.5 to 1.9.6:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to 0.74.1-60-g9842e

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Assigned Delete as a default key binding for "Move to recycle bin" action
• Added advanced option to configure how often the time in the status bar is updated. Changed default from 40 to 100ms.

Fixes:

• Fixed stability issue when seeking using a remote control app
• Improved loading speed of webvtt subtitle files
• Fixed issue with certain DVD menu transitions when using internal audio renderer
• A few other small fixes

Changes from 1.9.4 to 1.9.5:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added advanced option to disable crash reporter
• Added support for D3D11 shaders when using MPC Video Renderer

Fixes:

• Fixed several (rare) crashes found with the crash reporter

Changes from 1.9.3 to 1.9.4:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added support for shaders, rotation, and statistics overlay for MPC Video Renderer
• Round down displayed time instead of rounding to nearest second
• Some changes to the player menu so that certain items are only enabled when relevant
• Enabled use of DrDump crash reporter

Fixes:

• Fixed regression in previous version that could break jump to next/previous file
• Fixed handling of 8-bit PCM in internal audio renderer

Changes from 1.9.2 to 1.9.3:

Updates:

• Updated MediaInfo DLL to v20.03

Changes/additions/improvements:

• When changing the video playback rate, external subtitles will now appear at correct time with matching rate. With embedded subtitles that already worked before.
• Improved responsiveness in seeking when dragging seekbar thumb
• Skip to next/previous file now also works after closing a file or when current file fails to play
• Screenshots are now taken at display aspect ratio
• Added option to include subtitles in screenshots
• Added workaround for AMD driver bug to make VP9 hardware acceleration work on compatible AMD GPUs
• Added support for AAC-ADTS audio format in DVB streams

Fixes:

• Fixed regression that broke parsing of .pls playlist files
• Fixed regression with auto-zoom dropdown box value
• Fixed regression with RAR source filter on archives with a single file inside
• Fixed bug that caused artist and title text to be displayed incorrectly on audio CDs
• Fixed a few other small bugs

Notes:

• Subtitle search/download using OpenSubtitles now requires a login. You can create a free account on opensubtitles.org website. After that, you can configure it here: MPC-HC options > Subtitles > Misc > Right-click on OpenSubtitles > Setup

Changes from 1.9.1 to 1.9.2:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.74.1-34-g1ceac

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added A-B Repeat functionality. You can set the timeline markers with [ and ] keys.
• Added a 25% zoom shortcut and menu entry
• Added support for reading title information (EXTM3U) from m3u playlist files.
• Added mousewheel tilt left/right support for shortcut settings (Options > Player > Keys)
• Added basic support for external WebVTT subtitles (.vtt). Only simple text formatting is supported. Advanced tags are ignored.
• Significantly improved performance of adding (many) files to the playlist.
• Changed logic of "Auto Fit (larger only)". Previously it would resize if the video was too large to fit on the screen. Now it always resizes when the video is larger then the specified auto fit factor percentage of the screen size.

Fixes:

• Fixed a few small GUI regressions related to dark theme
• Fixed a few rare crashes
• Fixed coverart not always loading for files with their own external coverart image file
• Improved compatibility of internal audio renderer with DTV playback
• When player is minimized it now stays minimized when adding files to playlist from Explorer

Changes from 1.9.0 to 1.9.1:

Changes/additions/improvements:

• ICC color profile is now also applied on coverart
• Added LumaSharpen and Sepia shaders
• Added a shortcut for toggling default subtitle style (see Options > Player > Keys)
• Improved the visual appearance of the volume control in dark theme
• Improved the visual appearance of the transition to full screen (on Windows 8+)

Fixes:

• Fixed slow loading of huge playlist (regression in 1.9.0)
• Fixed autoplay issue with madVR on secondary screen (regression in 1.9.0)
• Fixed large text in option window due to text scaling of Windows 10 (regression in 1.9.0)
• Fixed issue where subtitles could be rendered at a too low resolution after video resize (regression in 1.9.0)
• Fixed a small memory leak with PNG coverart
• Fixed rendering of certain SSA subs that use opaque boxes as background for translated texts
• youtube-dl processing is now skipped when an URL points directly to a media file

Changes from 1.8.8 to 1.9.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.74.1-31-ge94f9

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added a dark theme option for the GUI. You can enable it through: Menu > View > Dark theme
• The dark theme also has a more modern looking seekbar. You can adjust seekbar height in: Options > Advanced
• Added option for vertical alignment of the video. This for example allows you to have a black bar only below the video.
• Custom toolbar button file is now loaded using these filenames: toolbar.[png/bmp/svg] (normal theme / grayscale buttons), toolbar_dark.[png/bmp/svg] (dark theme / grayscale), color_toolbar.[png/bmp/svg] (normal theme / colored buttons), color_toolbar_dark.[png/bmp/svg] (dark theme / colored buttons)
• Added support for playing contents of uncompressed RAR5 archives. Previously only RAR4 was supported.
• Added manual search functionality to the subtitle download results window.
• Improved positioning of PGS subtitles
• Some optimizations for subtitle texture size. This should improve performance on systems with multiple screens. And also reduce GPU memory usage.
• Added column sorting and a search/filter option to the keybindings options page.
• The supported languages of the OpenSubtitles/SubDB subtitle providers are now hardcoded, so the player no longer needs to connect to the Internet each time the subtitle options page is viewed.
• Reloading a stream with CTRL+E will now call youtube-dl again to get a fresh URL.
• Added basic support for MPC Video Renderer (https://github.com/Aleksoid1978/VideoRenderer). What currently works with this new renderer is: Hardware decoding, Subtitles, and Pan&Scan. What not yet works is: OSD, Rotation, and Shaders. That will be added in a future update.

Fixes:

• Crash when detaching a (cloned) monitor during playback.
• D3D exclusive not working anymore when transitioning to fullscreen a second time.
• Restored window size was sometimes wrong due to DPI settings
• Workaround for Intel driver bug where Brightness and Hue values of -100 are unsupported.

Changes from 1.8.7 to 1.8.8:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.74.1-24-g50b3a
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to v19.09

Fixes:

• Security fixes in PGS subtitle parser

Changes from 1.8.6 to 1.8.7:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.74.1-20-gc76c1
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to v19.04

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added option for looping folder when playing next/previous file
• Added option for specifying the preferred video format when selecting a stream from Youtube-DL results
• Global Media Keys option is now disabled by default on Windows 10, because Windows sends a Play/Pause event in certain cases (e.g. when notifications appear).
• A few other minor changes

Fixes:

• DVD region code bypass didn't always work

Changes from 1.8.5 to 1.8.6:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.74.1

Fixes:

• Potential crash when removing shader cache files

Changes from 1.8.4 to 1.8.5:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.74

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Option to specify command line parameters to use when downloading with youtube-dl (File > Save a Copy). Does not apply to streaming.
• CoverArt improvements. Prefer image with same filename. Reduced chance of false positive matches.
• Increased max Pan&Scan zoom factor to 5x.

Fixes:

• Crash in null renderer. Also support more mediatypes.
• Ellipsis character was trimmed off from beginning or end of subtitles.
• Ignore auto-zoom setting when remember window size is enabled.
• Remember correct playlist position on a non-primary screen from extended Desktop.
• Don't use YDL when an URL points to a file.

Changes from 1.8.3 to 1.8.4:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.73.1
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to v18.12

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Several Youtube-DL related improvements
• Menu > File > "Save a copy" now also works for online streams
• Increased maximum image size for "Save Thumbnails" to 3840. Max columns is now 16 and max rows is now 40.

Fixes:

• Fixed slow seeking in certain MP4 files
• Fixed playback of UHD Bluray with internal source filter

Changes from 1.8.2 to 1.8.3:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.73

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Improved cover art selection when a file contains multiple embedded covers
• Added advanced option for controlling usage of Youtube-DL
• Excluded certain URLs from being processed by Youtube-DL (for example direct file links and URLs without domain)

Fixes:

• Fixed crash when accessing info page of web interface

Changes from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.72-13-g449f8

Fixes:

• Previous version of LAV Filters caused freeze when opening DVD and crash with certain files
• Correct millisecond value in SaveImage filename
• YDL links were added to recent file list even if keep history was disabled

Changes from 1.7.18 to 1.8.1:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.72-12-g14744
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to v18.08.1

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added support for decoding AOMedia AV1 video
• Added WMA to internal filters list
• Allow using externally installed LAV Filters as internal filters when our own LAV Filters folder doesn't exist.
• Added advanced option "AllowInaccurateFastseek", which is enabled by default. When enabled fast seek (to keyframe) is allowed to be very inaccurate (max difference 20 seconds) in files with huge keyframe intervals. When disabled the allowed inaccuracy is much lower, when deciding between a fast and normal seek. For example 30% of jump size.
• If a playlist entry points to an URL, then display the title/label in player title bar instead of the URL.
• Limit max video height returned by Youtube-DL to 1440 by default. Higher resolutions may not play smoothly due to bandwidth throttling by Youtube.
• This value can be customized in: Options > Advanced > YDLMaxHeight

Fixes:

• Fixed crash when opening generic URLs. Was a regression since addition of Youtube-DL support in previous version.

Changes from 1.7.17 to 1.7.18:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.72-3-gb951d
• Updated Little CMS to lcms2.9rc1-36-gc2a1cd9
• Updated RapidJSON to v1.1.0-401-g129d19ba
• Updated ResizableLib to v1.5.1
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to v18.08

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Dragging the seekbar is now much more responsive.
• Further improved the behavior of fast seek (to keyframe).
• For example when using any of the jump hotkeys (such as RightArrow), the maximum inaccuracy is now 30% of jump size.
• Add multiple monitor support for ICC color management.
• Changed default subtitle font to Tahoma. This should fix a problem that causes certain Unicode characters to be displayed as squares.
• Support for parsing URLs with youtube-dl.exe to directly stream audio and video from Youtube and many other websites.
• It is recommended to put youtube-dl.exe in the MPC-HC directory or in the Windows directory (or any other directory that is in %PATH%).

Fixes:

• Fixed hiding of playlist when launching in fullscreen.

Changes from 1.7.16 to 1.7.17:

Updates:

• LAV Filters 0.72
• MediaInfo DLL 18.05

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Use millisecond prevision in SaveImage filename

Fixes:

• The "Ignore System Channel Mixer" audio renderer option was not saved

Changes from 1.7.15 to 1.7.16:

Updates:

• LAV Filters 0.71-25
• MediaInfo DLL 18.03.1

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Limit inaccuracy of fast seek to 20 seconds. This also fixes seeking in files that have invalid keyframe timestamps.

Changes from 1.7.14 to 1.7.15:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.71

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Skip seeks if duration is unknown
• Support playback of UHD Blu-ray discs. With same limitations as regular Blu-ray. No menus, and disc must be decrypted (using external tool).
• Added compatibility warning when attempting to enable "Full Floating Point Processing" renderer option
• Tweaked video renderer presets

Changes from 1.7.13.112 to 1.7.14

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.70.2-88
• Updated MediaInfoLib to v17.12

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Removed DrDump crash reporter
• Added support for newly added settings of LAV Filters
• Now uses external MediaInfo DLL
• Different resource FileDescription for x64 build. This name is used in the Open With list of Windows Explorer. This helps distinguish x64 from x86 build in that list.
• Render subtitles relative to the window by default. ASS/SSA are still rendered relative to video by default, because those sometimes need accurate positioning. This behavior can be adjusted in the options. This patch just changes the default value of that setting.
• Added command line switches for accessing settings of internal LAV Filters: /configlavsplitter /configlavaudio /configlavvideo

Fixes:

• Fix /open and /close command line handling
• Simplify code for setting renderer merits
• Fix explorer context menu option state display

Changes from 1.7.13 to 1.7.13.112

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to v0.70.2-71
• Updated Little CMS to v2.9 (d8a36d0)
• Updated MediaInfoLib to v0.7.98
• Updated nanosvg to 9a74da4
• Updated rapidjson to v1.1.0
• Updated RARFileSource to 55b2513
• Updated Sanear to v0.3 (e1bebc9)
• Updated tinyxml2 to v5.0.1
• Updated Unrar to v5.5.7
• Updated ZenLib to v0.4.36

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added fallback exception handler for when DrDump Crash Reporter is unavailable
• Automatic encoding option for saving playlists. Uses UTF-8 encoding when applicable
• Sanear: Added "Ignore system channel mixer" option
• Split internal MPEG source filter option into a PS and TS variant
• SSA/ASS subtitles: Add cache for alpha mask
• Added command line parameter for setting the viewing preset: /viewpreset with values 1 (minimal) 2 (compact) 3 (normal)
• Added command line parameter for launching with muted audio: /mute
• Added command line parameter for launching with specific volume: /volume [value]
• Windows XP is no longer supported
• Now compiled with Vidual Studio 2017 and Windows 8.1 SDK

Fixes:

• Disabled hooking of NtQueryInformationProcess. This was not needed and caused compatibility issues with a few security software products.
• Fixed text subtitle rendering in Avisynth
• Prevent crash for ASS subtitles with invalid (too high) blur values
• VSFilter: Fixed DVB/PGS subtitle resizing on x64 build
• Subtitle downloader dialog could be opened on disabled monitor
• Text subtitles: Faster subtitle drawing: Implemented more vectorized SSE2 version and add AVX2 drawing code. Vectorized all draw operations. Multiple times faster with certain SSA/ASS subtitles.
• Fixed DPI scaling of non-client areas in main window
• Fix hash calculation for files with Unicode paths. This fixes search on
  OpenSubtitles for such files

Older changelogs

Version 1.7.13 was the last stable release of the original project, and 1.7.13.112 the last nightly development build.

Full changelog of the original project:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mpc-hc/mpc-hc/refs/heads/develop/docs/Changelog_old.txt

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