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MPlayer OSX Extended Changelog

What's new in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 16 Test 3

Jan 17, 2018
  • Touch up player window, now using vector graphics for high-dpi screens
  • Fix interface and subtitle text not rendering:
  • Add fallbacks if font or style doesn't exist
  • Last-ditch fallback if font file cannot be found
  • Fix style not updating when changing fonts

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 16 Test 2 (Jan 5, 2018)

  • Fix crash on startup on macOS High Sierra (10.13)
  • Remove Fontconfig, now that libass no longer needs it (no more hanging at startup)
  • Fix window sizing on retina screens
  • Update Sparkle
  • Update PFMoveApplication
  • New MPlayer build from 1. January 2018 (r38010)

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 16 Test 1 (Jan 25, 2016)

  • Fix scrubbing bar not visible on OS X 10.11
  • Fix video not being interpolated correctly on OS X 10.11
  • Fix curosr sometimes staying hidden when exiting fullscreen
  • Define UTIs for supported file types (so that Finder/Spotlight recognize them as movie/audio files)
  • Fix enabling video equalizer preventing playback
  • Fix skipping backwards in playlist from player window
  • Fix all keys beeping when video equalizer is enabled
  • Fix leaks in the font listing code
  • New MPlayer build from 4. December 2015 (r37561)

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 15 (Nov 14, 2013)

  • New:
  • Add option to open files in either new or frontmost window, optionally reusing idle windows when possible.
  • Updated help (big thanks to Bilal Hussain!).
  • Add menu items to play previous/next episode (Bilal Hussain).
  • Add menu item to reset the volume.
  • Improved support for multichannel audio.
  • Updated file type and preferences icons (thanks to Bilal Hussain and Yummygum).
  • Improvements:
  • The App is now code-signed for Mountain Lion and Mavericks.
  • Add proxy icon to window title (Bilal Hussain)
  • Inspector title is now a label - double click to edit.
  • Improved inspector layout (Johan Lundström).
  • Better skip icons in player window (Johan Lundström).
  • Use 00:00:00 for undefined timestamps instead of xx:xx:xx (Johan Lundström).
  • Only show the application name in the title bar if no file is open (Dako).
  • Add fit to screen window sizing option to menu as well (Dako).
  • Auto-detect number of output channels of current audio device, add option to override.
  • Add support for more default MPlayer keybindings.
  • Try to play files even if extension is missing or unknown.
  • Cleaned up file types and type descriptions (Bilal Hussain).
  • Use BT.709 color matrix for HD video (Stefano Pigozzi).
  • Make ontop option a toggle and split off "only while playing", allowing to make a menu command to toggle ontop.
  • Application size down 38% by dropping PPC support, removing unnecessary libraries and only needing one MPlayer binary now that FFmpeg-MT has been merged.
  • Fixes:
  • Fix menu bar not disappearing in Mavericks in some cases.
  • Work around exception when opening the open panel.
  • Fix blank open dialog and fullscreen scrubbing bar flicker.
  • Fix and improve sleep prevention (allow sleep when playing only audio or while paused).
  • Keep window on screen when resizing using the menu commands.
  • Fix video size not matching actual display size of video.
  • Fix blacking windows not having the same window level as the main window.
  • Fix MPlayer and OS X channel layouts not matching for multichannel audio.
  • Fix volume being reset after changing audio tracks.
  • Fix playing VIDEO_TS folders with a dash in their path.
  • Fix audio stream cycling using the '#' key.
  • Fix some preferences items not prompting for playback restart.
  • Fix subtitle scale set in inspector being applied incorrectly (Johan Lundström).
  • New MPlayer build from 10. November 2013 (r36505):
  • FFmpeg-MT has been merged into main FFmpeg! No longer separate binaries for the two.
  • Set up build system from scratch and removed lots of libraries. Now using system libraries where possible, removed features should be covered by ffmpeg.
  • Includes support for 10bit h264.
  • Fix for AC3 and DTS passthrough.

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 15 Beta 3 (Nov 6, 2013)

  • Auto-detect number of output channels of current device, add option to override.
  • Fix menu bar not disappearing in Mavericks in some cases.
  • Fix video size not matching actual display size of video.
  • Fix MPlayer and OS X channel layouts not matching for multichannel audio.
  • Fix blacking windows not having the same window level as the main window.
  • Fix playing VIDEO_TS folders with a dash in their path.
  • Work around exception when opening the open panel.
  • Fix display name being blank
  • New MPlayer build from 3. November 2013 (r36500)

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Rev 14 (Jan 9, 2011)

  • Major Changes:
  • Redesigned fullscreen controls by Steven La. Thanks!
  • Add audio output device selection to preferences.
  • New no-distraction fullscreen option (blocks menu, dock, task switcher, growl, etc).
  • Improvements:
  • Improve visibility of scrub bar badge.
  • Add option to enable equalizers by default and save defaults for the video equalizer.
  • Add tab-key to cycle timestamp display modes (shows controls first in fullscreen).
  • Remember timestamp display mode (separately for player/playlist).
  • Improved Spaces compatibility.
  • Fixes:
  • Fix MPE not opening any new files if all player windows have been closed.
  • Fix Fontconfig having to always rebuild its caches when using 32bit and 64bit clients.
  • Fix loosing audio when plugging/unplugging headphones.
  • Fix on top while playing when a movie is starting.
  • Fix MPE not launching when the screenshot save location doesn't exist.
  • Fix a bug that would toggle out of fullscreen when playing from the playlist.
  • Fix issues with files that contain problematic metadata.
  • Fix menu key binding interfering with text input.

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Rev 13 (Feb 1, 2010)

  • Major changes:
  • Redesigned preferences window
  • MPlayer binary bundles
  • Interactive audio and video equalizers
  • New inspector window
  • Redesigned player window (by Nick Saia)
  • Support for multiple player instances
  • Smaller changes:
  • Custom screenshot save location
  • OSD level and subtitle scale now apply immediately
  • Better custom aspect ratio support
  • Audio equalizer presets
  • Per-file settings in the inspector including audio and subtitle delay
  • Added and fixed framestep function
  • Added loop option
  • Faster adding of files to the playlist
  • Added recent files menu
  • Fix old Apple Remote on Snow Leopard and add support for new one
  • Added support for selecting vob subtitles
  • Clicking on timestamps will cycle the displayed time mode
  • Improved support for VIDEO_TS folders
  • Improved detection of initial streams
  • Fixes:
  • Many playlist fixes
  • Fix garbled MPEG1/2 playback
  • Fix video view related crashed
  • The player window is hidden if it's on the same screen that is used for fullscreen
  • Removed in this release:
  • Video output selection (internal is the only option now)
  • ASS subtitles are always enabled
  • Skip loopfilter and fast options have been merged
  • The MPlayer config file in ~/.mplayer will now longer be loaded

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 12 (Oct 19, 2009)

  • Highlights:
  • Compatible with OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
  • GUI and MPlayer are now 64bit compatible (~20-50% faster)
  • Changes:
  • Chapter support no longer limited to MKV
  • Refine the behavior of the Apple Remote's combined skip/seek buttons
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fix two Snow Leopard issues
  • Fix additional parameters being ignored in some cases (especially -vf-add/-af-add)
  • Fix loading of subtitles with an apostrophe in their path
  • Fix player window from appearing in fullscreen when using on top while playing
  • Don't set the -monitoraspect MPlayer option (use Additional Parameters if needed)
  • Fix fullscreen controls disappearing when being dragged
  • New MPlayer and MPlayer-MT build from 18. October 2009 (r29777)

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 11 (Jun 28, 2009)

  • New icon.
  • Fullscreen improvements:
  • Option to black out other screens while in fullscreen
  • Don't hide player window to allow using it on a second screen
  • Check that fullscreen controls are never placed off-screen
  • Don't hide menu bar except when going fullscreen on main screen
  • Interface improvements:
  • Enable volume changing and seeking with the scroll wheel
  • Allow player window to be dragged by clicking on the video
  • Additional option for on-top while playing only
  • Allow overriding pre-defined file types (drop-down in open dialog, hold command while dragging file on window)
  • Add encoding selection to open subtitle dialog
  • Update cache slider range to 256MB and allow higher values to be entered in the text box
  • Switch to new MPlayer build style with shared libraries (saves 17MB or 36%)
  • Add log rotation to avoid MPlayerOSX.log getting unreasonably huge
  • Add BS2B audio filter (to simulate speakers through headphones for a more natural listening experience)
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a crash when going to fullscreen
  • Fix occasional volume "leak" at the start of a movie
  • Fix a problem with preferences window not closing
  • On-top now doesn't place the window above menus
  • Fix a memory leak in the video output (patch by mpx-trax AT the-color-black.net)
  • Fix MPlayer being marked as unresponsive and spindump on Leopard eating CPU time
  • Video no longer stops when a menu is opened for a longer time
  • New MPlayer and MPlayer-MT build from 22. June 2009 (r29378)

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 10 (Apr 19, 2009)

  • Much improved scrubbing bar.
  • Fix font selection.
  • Fix video size options in preferences.
  • Add NSV and FLV to file types.
  • Fix skipping buttons on player window and on fullscreen controls.
  • Fix crash when opening a file after another one was already opened.
  • Fix a memory leak in MPlayer when used with the internal video output.
  • Fix playback with more than 8 cores.
  • Some performance and size optimiziations.
  • New MPlayer and MPlayer-MT build from 18. April 2009 (r29185)

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 9 (Apr 8, 2009)

  • Support for multithreaded decoding (FFmpeg-MT - still experimental).
  • Custom aspect ratio from preferences selectable in aspect ratio menu.
  • Option to disable animated transitions of the interface.
  • Add missing file types (flac, m2ts).
  • Support opening URLs from other applications (like a Browser).
  • Subtitles can now be dragged onto the player or opened in the finder to load them while a movie is playing.
  • Save fullscreen controls position relative to screen.
  • Support opening multiple files at once in the Finder or by dragging onto the icon.
  • Updated deinterlace options.
  • Option to skip loop filters (H264).
  • Add option to update to prereleases through Sparkle.
  • Various bug fixes.
  • Dropped support for PPC without altivec.
  • New MPlayer and MPlayer-MT build from 07. April 2008 (r29150).

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 8 (Jan 9, 2009)

  • Fullscreen controls.
  • Automatic updates with Sparkle.
  • Font and font style selection with Fontconfig.
  • Automatic detection of subtitle encoding for supported languages.
  • Improved and expanded font, subtitles and osd options.
  • Options for AC3 and DTS pass-through.
  • Internal video output support for multiple gui instances.
  • Better Fontconfig cache warning.
  • Fix going back to fullscreen on Tiger.
  • Fix some memory related issues.
  • Other small fixes.
  • Includes MPlayer build r28284 from 9. January 2009.

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 7 (Oct 21, 2008)

  • Fixed internal video output on Tiger
  • Fixed internal video output with too little shared memory
  • Fixed aspect ratio preferences
  • Improved fullscreen transition for internal video output
  • Support for the Apple Remote
  • Various other small bug fixes
  • Updated mplayer binary to r27807 from 20. Oct 2008

New in MPlayer OSX Extended Revision 6 (Aug 25, 2008)

  • Threaded integrated video display (gui no longer blocks video)
  • MKV chapter selection
  • Fullscreen device selection
  • Easier application of preferences changes
  • Size and color selection for subtitles
  • Subtitle encoding selection fixed
  • Various other small bug fixes