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SPlayer Changelog

What's new in SPlayer 4.9.3

Aug 16, 2020
  • Added the Lossless Streaming feature, casting video to other SPlayer on iOS / iPadOS / tvOS devices.
  • Added the entry link to online Speech-to-Text and Translation Service on Translation panel in Preference.
  • Added What's New panel in Preference.

New in SPlayer 4.9.2 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Added Air Shared function with SPlayer app on iOS / iPadOS / tvOS
  • AI Translation history is now available

New in SPlayer 4.9.1 (Feb 4, 2020)

  • This is a recommended update, which includes improvements of multiple features and functions, and fixes some issues with compatibility and user interface.
  • AI Translation Points expansion pack is now available
  • Added support for opening URL
  • Added support for opening temporary sites on the sidebar
  • Added support for setting the screenshots folder
  • Added support for image-based embedded subtitles (SUB/SUP)
  • Added support for setting the screenshots folder
  • Added dark theme in the Browser Mode
  • Added contributor credits on the About page
  • Improved the color scheme of customized sites
  • Fixed a bug where the window sometimes could not be closed
  • Fixed the language code bug that might lead to wrong Czech translations
  • Fixed a bug where controllers might not hide automatically
  • Fixed a bug where the primary language in the welcome page might be empty
  • Resolved the color space issue when playing HEVC (H.265) videos in H/W decoding mode
  • Resolved a compatibility issue with TrueHD codec audio tracks
  • Resolved some issues that were caused by exiting playing mode
  • Improved and restyled the UI and interaction design

New in SPlayer 4.8.0 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • This is a recommended update, which includes improvements of multiple features and functions, and fixes some issues with compatibility and user interface.
  • Added a new built-in editor for subtitles and timeline with real-time preview
  • Premium users can download online video unlimitedly
  • Added support for H/W decoding for HEVC (H.265) compression standard videos
  • Added a toggle switch for H/W decoding in the preference
  • Added support for downloading online videos
  • Added support for submitting bug reports
  • Added support for amplifying the volume to 500%
  • Added support for exporting local subtitle files after adjusting the delay
  • Video less than 60 seconds will be played in single-loop-mode by default
  • Restyled the design of customized channels in the browser mode
  • Improved the fluency of resuming playback
  • Fixed a bug where the generated thumbnails might have black borders
  • Fixed rare failures where regenerating AI translation was not working correctly

New in SPlayer 4.7.0 (Nov 24, 2019)

  • This is a recommended update, which includes improvements of multiple features and functions, and fixes some issues with compatibility and user interface.
  • Sign in your SPlayer account to get access to more features and functions
  • Upgrade to SPlayer Premium and get an exclusive experience
  • Added support for exporting subtitles and translation results to SRT files
  • Added more languages for Speech-to-Text and AI Translation (Beta): 日本語, 한국어, Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Português, čeština, Русский, Indonesian, العربية, Türkçe, română
  • Added a new home page in the Browser Mode
  • Added support for creating customized sites in the Browser Mode
  • Added support for generating 3×3 and 4×4 video thumbnails
  • Added support for copying site address in the Browser Mode
  • Fixed a bug where the subtitle font settings would be reset after restarting
  • Fixed a bug where the number keypad was not working
  • Fixed a bug where PiP mode is not available on specific sites
  • Fixed a bug wehere the PiP windows was not draggable
  • Restyled and improved some interaction design

New in SPlayer 4.6.1 (Nov 11, 2019)

  • This is a recommended update, which includes improvements of multiple features and functions, and fixes some issues with compatibility and user interface.
  • Added new channels in the Browser Mode, including QQ Sports Live, Lynda, WWDC, IMOOC, NetEase MOOC, etc.
  • Smart Translation now supported Turkish, Dutch and Romania language
  • Added the sidebar in the Playing Mode (Hotkey: C)
  • Added the Float on Top button when Playing in the PIP window (Hotkey: T)
  • Added the new Loop Playlist feature
  • Fixed a bug where some shortcuts might not be working when using specific input methods
  • Fixed a bug where current playback progress would be dropped when switching videos
  • Fixed a bug where the mute icon could be missing

New in SPlayer 4.5.2 (Oct 28, 2019)

  • Added new educational channels Coursera, TED in Browser mode
  • Added new channels Tencent Video, Youku, Twitch in Browser mode
  • Adding, removing and sorting channels is now supported
  • Added an identifier on the launching page when running in Incognito Mode
  • Now you can pin the playlist to the launching page
  • Substantially reduced the size of the installation package
  • Enhanced the compatibility of certain MKV format videos
  • Optimized the display position and font style of the second subtitle
  • Optimized the preference settings of the Incognito Mode
  • Reduced the startup time of the application
  • Improved the interactive design of AI Translation
  • Fixed a bug where the clear playback history option is missing on Windows
  • Fixed the stutter issue while playing some AVI videos
  • Fixed a bug where the window size was displayed improperly when zooming after maximizing
  • Fixed a bug where signing in YouTube account was failed in the Browser Mode
  • Fixed a bug where the login window failed to pop out
  • Fixed a bug where opening a video file directly by double-click might be failed

New in SPlayer 4.4.3 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • The all-new video browser mode, including the support for online streaming videos, picture-in-picture and etc.
  • Substantially improved the speech recognition and translation quality of English and Chinese
  • Supported WebVTT format subtitles converted by youtube-dl
  • Added animation effect when switching the float on top status
  • Added the new channel 'Douyu' in Browser mode
  • Enhanced the time indicator to allow toggling the display of total time and elapsed time
  • Exit SPlayer when closing the only PIP window
  • Added the button for opening local video files in Browser Mode
  • Added multiple button tooltips in Browser Mode
  • Optimized the caching mechanism to increase the performance in Browser Mode
  • Optimized the display of long subtitles by auto wrapping
  • Optimized the compatibility and loading speed of embedded subtitles
  • Increased the speech recognition efficiency of certain videos with center channel audio
  • Improved the function and description of incognito mode
  • Fixed a bug where the timeline of the AI Translation was not correct
  • Fixed the high memory usage issue while switching videos frequently
  • Fixed some compatibility issues of certain AVI and FLV format videos
  • Fixed a bug where items in the folder list were sorted in the wrong sequence
  • Fixed some playback bugs when the Repeat One function was enabled
  • Fixed some minor bugs that might happen in the browser mode
  • Fixed where English results might be automatically removed after generating a Chinese AI translation
  • Fixed a bug where some UI controllers cannot hide automatically in PiP mode
  • Fixed a bug where the application would stay maximized after moving the window
  • Fixed a bug where the maximized window would be unresponsive after being moved
  • Fixed a bug where local subtitles cannot be loaded manually
  • Fixed the compatibility issue of some SRT format subtitles
  • Fixed several bugs in the Browser Mode
  • More bug fixes and performance improvements

New in SPlayer 4.3.1 (Sep 5, 2019)

  • This is a recommended update, which includes improvements of multiple features and functions, and fixes some issues with compatibility and user interface.
  • Added channel sidebar on the launching page
  • Further enhancement of the support for Touch Bar in different scenarios
  • Added shortcuts (Enter) for entering or exiting full-screen
  • Improved translations for the Japanese interface
  • Optimized the trigger area of replay and play next button at the start and end of the progress bar
  • Optimized the capacity of the server when handling a lot of AI Translation requests simultaneously
  • Optimized the font style of the subtitle to make it more legible
  • Optimized the style and content of the notification bubble
  • Optimized the calculation rule of the window size when switching videos
  • Optimized the compatibility of some TS format videos
  • Improved the efficiency and fluency of the thumbnail preview
  • Streamlined the user experience of the Smart Translation
  • Fixed where Simplified Chinese was improperly translated into Traditional Chinese
  • Fixed some compatibility issues with DAT format files
  • Fixed some issues that might lead to wrong Japanese Translations
  • Fixed where videos with special characters in the file name cannot be played properly
  • Fixed where some subtitles cannot be displayed properly
  • Fixed where improperly loading thumbnails and snapshots of previous videos
  • Fixed the stutter issue that could occur when recovering AVI format videos from pausing
  • Fixed where the progressing bar might be unintended trigged while adjusting the volume bar by touchpad
  • Fixed some issues that might cause rare crashes

New in SPlayer 4.2.2 (Aug 23, 2019)

  • Added the display of multiple embedded subtitle language names
  • Optimized the icon size of Play/Pause button and the trigger area
  • Optimized the calculation logic of adjusting to 50% of the window size (CMD + 0)
  • Fixed where the welcome page would be loaded each time when opening the application
  • Fixed where the second subtitle would automatically switch to OFF
  • Fixed rare not responding issues while opening the application
  • Fixed where progress bar would be triggered while sliding pages with Left/Right Arrow in the playlist

New in SPlayer 4.2.0 (Aug 7, 2019)

  • The new multi-language Smart Translation feature with speech recognition
  • Added privacy protection settings, including Intelligent Mode and Incognito Mode
  • Added shortcuts (T) for enabling or disabling float on top when playing
  • Added shortcuts (L) for showing or hiding playlist
  • Added an option for switching subtitles off globally
  • Optimized the animation effect of sliding playlist pages
  • Allow recovering the original size by shortcuts after maximizing the window
  • Fixed where embedded subtitle failed to load
  • Fixed where controllers might get stuck when recovering from playing in the background
  • Fixed black screen problem of certain MP4 videos

New in SPlayer 4.1.19 (Jul 17, 2019)

  • Added new onboarding pages
  • Added menu option for showing crash reports
  • Modified shortcuts (CMD + E) for going back to launching page
  • Fixed rare crashes when opening any video files
  • Fixed rare crashes when using boss key
  • Fixed rare stuck issues when playing MKV videos
  • Fixed where the notification cannot be closed after disabling Smart Translation
  • Fixed rare failures when adjusting subtitle delay
  • Fixed a bug where Smart Translation failed to work when playing videos of the specific format
  • Supported for adjusting primary and secondary subtitle delay separately

New in SPlayer 4.1.16 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Upgraded architecture to bring improvements of stability and reliability
  • Optimized core algorithm of Smart Translation to increase accuracy and success rate
  • Now closing playing window will not go back to launching page
  • Added shortcuts for sliding playlists (Left/Right)
  • Added shortcuts for previous / next video (CMD + Left/Right)
  • Added Escape key on Touch Bar
  • Added shortcuts (CMD + Esc) for going back to launching page
  • Added shortcuts (CMD + Q) for quitting the application directly
  • Optimized panel style when customized window scaling is applied
  • Added an option 'Show All' corresponding with 'Hide Others'
  • Added new play/pause icons
  • Added upper limit for volume bar control sensitivity
  • Fixed a bug where season and episode information was wrong
  • Fixed the conflicts between scroll bar on translation panel and volume bar
  • Fixed that some hotkeys failed to work when using Double Pinyin input method

New in SPlayer 4.1.13 (May 12, 2019)

  • Progress bar control by touchpad is now supported
  • Added shortcuts (CMD+L / Ctrl+L) for rotating 90° clockwise
  • Updated shortcuts for adjusting subtitle delay and volume
  • Optimized loading speed of embedded subtitles
  • Optimized database structure and storage logic
  • Updated Smart Translation descriptions in the preference panel
  • Moved or renamed files would be removed from the playlist
  • Fixed a bug where wrong season and episode information were shown on the playlist
  • Fixed a bug where the application would be stuck and show NaN in the progress bar when playing some videos.
  • Fixed a bug where playback history and thumbnails were not logged correctly
  • Fixed a bug where videos in the playlist would not match any translation result
  • Fixed a bug where the application would be stuck when loading translation results
  • Fixed rare crashes that could occur when playing certain format videos
  • Fixed multiple animation issues of the preferences panel
  • Fixed a bug where Chinese characters cannot be displayed properly on the subtitle list
  • Fixed multiple issues that are caused by database updates
  • Fixed a bug where the windows would be in a wrong position after the rotation
  • Fixed that progress bar displayed improperly after existing full-screen mode
  • Fixed that volume bar displayed improperly when opening files from the playlist
  • Fixed a bug where local subtitles of the same name were not loaded correctly

New in SPlayer 4.1.9 (Apr 27, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug where progress bar was not shown on the playlist
  • Fixed a bug where volume bar was not shown when opening a video

New in SPlayer 4.1.8 (Apr 22, 2019)

  • History playlists will be displayed on the Landing View Page
  • Added preference for enabling reverse scrolling
  • Added preference for setting SPlayer as the default video player
  • Supported has been included to upload secondary subtitle
  • Fixed the issue that subtitle delay option in menu sometimes doesn't work
  • Information on the About Page has been updated
  • Optimized the Landing View Page style
  • Fixed the issue with only displaying part of the local subtitle name
  • Fixed black screen issue while playing some AVI format videos

New in SPlayer 4.1.7 (Apr 12, 2019)

  • Snapshot is now supported
  • Window size of newly opened video will be adjusted based on your former choice
  • Added snapshot shortcut on the shortcuts list page
  • Fixed the issue that shortcut for playing in original video size doesn't work
  • Fixed the issue with displaying wrong Finder language when adding files

New in SPlayer 4.1.6 (Apr 7, 2019)

  • Added the link to shortcuts list page in the help menu
  • Modified "step forward/back 60s" shortcuts from combined keys to "arrow up/down"
  • Fixed the issue that videos cannot be opened from the playing history on the landing view
  • Fixed issue with wrong subtitle position after rotating the video
  • Fixed issue with loading previous second subtitle when opening a new video
  • Optimized font spacing among Kana, Kanji and English typeface
  • Optimized the default subtitle style "Anime Style"
  • Optimized Arabic UI to align all the text to right
  • Fixed display issue with Arabic playlist name in the playing view
  • Fixed display issue with control panel animation

New in SPlayer 4.1.5 (Mar 31, 2019)

  • New UI & UX design of the secondary subtitle feature
  • Updated snapshots and feature previews for all platforms
  • Added Korean, Spanish and Arabic User Interface
  • Added the rotate function, you can activate it from the menu
  • New responsive control panel on playing view
  • Reduced volume bar adjusting velocity when using a mouse, to avoid excessive adjusting.
  • Supported to Identify and avoid loading duplicate local subtitles
  • Added error messages when local subtitle is not found
  • Updated locale file storage format to JSON
  • Fixed the issue that the black background disappears when adjusting playback speed, which makes the tag obscure
  • Fixed the issue with double images when playing some AVI files
  • Fixed the issue that dragging playlist thumbnails sometimes doesn't work

New in SPlayer 4.1.4 (Mar 25, 2019)

  • You can now add, remove and edit items in the playlist
  • Added toggle for enabling secondary subtitle, and supported secondary subtitle display
  • Added support and thumbnail icons for DAT file formats
  • Supported removal of local subtitle from the subtitle list
  • Close the video and return to landing view with "ctrl+w" and quit the player with "ctrl+q"
  • Optimize font kerning for Kana (Japanese)
  • Fixed issue with TS format videos leading to progress bar error
  • Fixed black screen issue when playing some RMVB format videos
  • Fixed repeated display of the same subtitle in the subtitle list
  • Fixed the issue that loop function doesn't work
  • Updated descriptions in the preference panel
  • Fixed the issue that close button cannot close the window immediately
  • Added hotkey for 50% windows size

New in SPlayer 4.1.2 (Mar 12, 2019)

  • Added Japanese UI
  • Able to switch UI language in preferences
  • Smart translation now supports 11 more languages (Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Russian, Indonesian, Arabic, Hindi)
  • Improved playback performance for H.265/4K videos
  • Touch Bar on Mac and control playback and display timecode now
  • Added subtitle manual uploading
  • Added thumbnail icons for more video format
  • Added translation results for traditional Chinese
  • Added multiple hotkeys
  • Added more ways to adjust the volume
  • Improved playback speed controller, provided more adjust options
  • Improved subtitle delay function, added reset button
  • Improved always on top function

New in SPlayer 1.2.6 (Mar 2, 2016)

  • Fixed: unable to start program that caused by Apple's CA certificate expiration
  • Previewing screens with Quick Look in finder
  • Improve startup speed and responsiveness
  • Support system share service, share screenshot via social network

New in SPlayer 1.2.5 (Jun 4, 2015)

  • fixed: menu bar won't hide when toggle full-screen on secondary screen
  • previewing screens with Quick Look in finder.
  • improve start-up speed and responsiveness
  • support system share service, share screenshot via social network

New in SPlayer 1.2.4 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • previewing screens with Quick Look in finder.
  • fixed some of the full-screen mode problems： hang and white screen
  • support Yosemite（OS X 10.10）
  • complete new designed icon (Yosemite style)
  • improve start-up speed and responsiveness
  • support system share service, share screenshot via social network

New in SPlayer 1.2.3 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • fixed some of the fullscreen mode problems： hang and white screen
  • support Yosemite（OS X 10.10）
  • complete new designed icon (Yosemite style)
  • improve startup speed and responsiveness
  • showing thumbnail of .mkv files in finder etc.
  • support system share service, share screenshot via social network

New in SPlayer 1.2.2 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • showing thumbnail of .mkv files in finder etc.
  • fixed some of the fullscreen mode problems
  • support Yosemite（OS X 10.10）
  • complete new designed icon (Yosemite style)
  • improve startup speed and responsiveness
  • support system share service, share screenshot via social network

New in SPlayer 1.2.1 (Oct 28, 2014)

  • fixed: escape from full-screen mode will not break the playback and hang the app now
  • support Yosemite（OS X 10.10）
  • complete new designed icon (Yosemite style)
  • improve start-up speed and responsiveness
  • support system share service, share screenshot via social network

New in SPlayer 1.1.9 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • support Yosemite（OS X 10.10）
  • complete new designed icon (Yosemite style)
  • improve startup speed and responsiveness
  • support system share service, share screenshot via social network

New in SPlayer 1.1.8 (Nov 6, 2013)

  • Fully support OS X from 10.7 to 10.9
  • fix the playback glitch in some cases
  • fix unable to close the windows in some cases

New in SPlayer 1.1.7 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • restore support of OS X 10.7

New in SPlayer 1.1.6 (Aug 30, 2013)

  • Dropping support of Mac OS X 10.7 and below
  • Now working under Mac OS X Maverick 10.9
  • add: able to display secondary subtitle

New in SPlayer 1.1.4 (Jul 26, 2011)

  • Able to set as default media player by one click in preference panel.

New in SPlayer 1.1.3 (Jun 14, 2011)

  • Sharing screen shot to Sina, Tencent or Twitter with your friends
  • Change the default screenshot saved location to ~/Pictures/SPlayerX
  • Change default background color back to pure black
  • Smoother social sharing experience
  • Fix: some cases that files can not be able to opened by drag and drop

New in SPlayer 1.1.2 (May 13, 2011)

  • able to change and checkout the hot-keys of audio delay, subtitle delay, playback speed via menu
  • launch playback much faster for files on local filesystem
  • showing progress indicator when opening files
  • smooth title view

New in SPlayer 1.0.3 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Able to choose which subtitle language to match.

New in SPlayer 1.0.1 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • simplify settings panel
  • avoid blocking of subtitle texts when showing control bar
  • smooth border of close/min/zoom button
  • optimize few settings to improve network file playback performance