source: smplayer/trunk/Changelog@ 103

[b]Version 0.6.9[/b]:

(2010-02-18)
 * New option for smplayer.ini: relative_seeking (section [gui]). If true
   seeking (with the time slider) will be done by using a percentage. If false
   seeking will be done using an absolute time. The default value for this
   option is true.

(2010-02-09)
 * Fix: using now -af channels to select the left or right audio channel, as 
   it seems the -stereo option in mplayer doesn't work as expected.
   Should fix bug #1962349.

(2010-02-02)
 * Added a new action to toggle deinterlacing (assigned to key D). It just 
   runs the mplayer slave command "step_property deinterlace". It toggles 
   deinterlacing on/off. Requires the yadif or kerndeint filters.
   Note: when using this action, the deinterlace menu is not updated.

(2010-02-01)
 * Added an option (Options -> Statusbar) to display the video resolution and
   fps in the statusbar.
 * For consistency, moved the option to show the frame counter to the submenu
   Options -> Statusbar. (Which by the way required to remove the old and ugly
   implementation and create a new one)

(2010-01-28)
 * (Experimental) Now the slider seeks again by percentage instead of time, but
   this time the percentage uses fractions so it should be as accurate as
   before, and makes seeking work better when the length reported by mplayer is
   wrong.

(2010-01-20)
 * Now the command line options -close-at-end and -no-close-at-end don't
   modify the preference's option "close when finished playback".
 * Now the command line options -fullscreen and -no-fullscreen don't
   modify the preference's option "start videos in fullscreen".

(2010-01-15)
 * (Linux) Use pulse as default audio output instead of alsa, as alsa is
   causing problems (at least) in Ubuntu 9.10 when seeking on a video (image
   freezes).

(2010-01-10)
 * Fix: the "unicode" encoding for subtitles works now on Windows.

(2009-12-13)
 * Added the possibility to mark an A-B section. When the A-B section has been
   selected only that section will be played. If the option Play->Repeat is 
   enabled, the A-B section will be repeated.
   A new submenu "A-B section" has been added to the "Play" menu, with the
   following options:
     - set A marker
     - set B marker
     - clear A-B markers
     - repeat
   This is exactly how it works: 
    - the "set A marker" option allows to mark the beginning of the section. 
      If the B marker has previously been set, the file will be restarted so 
      the change can take effect.
    - the "set B marker" option allows to mark the end of the section.
      If the A marker has previously been set, the file will be restarted so 
      the change can take effect.
    - the "clear A-B markers" option deletes the A and B markers and restarts
      the playback so the change can take effect. If the A and B markers 
      weren't set, this option does nothing.
    - if the "repeat" option is enabled, the A-B section will played back once
      and again (If no A-B section is set, the whole file will be repeated). 
      If the "repeat" option is not enabled, when the playback gets to the B 
      marker, the file will be stopped. 

   Notice: as a side effect, when an A-B section has been set, any action which
   requires to restart mplayer, will start the playback at the A marker and not
   at the point it was previously!

(2009-11-26)
 * Added icons for the buttons in the find subtitles window.

(2009-11-19)
 * Added the new option "Save SMPlayer log to file" in Preferences -> Advanced
   -> Logs. If the option is checked, the smplayer logs will be saved to
   to a file named smplayer_log.txt in the smplayer config file (in linux
   $HOME/.config/smplayer/).

(2009-11-06)
 * Pass the text for the slave command osd_show_text in utf8. Should fix
   bug #2854097 (incorrect charset in OSD texts). 
   Fix based on a patch by c0rnholio 
   (https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=913575&aid=2893306&group_id=185512)

(2009-10-26)
 * Added a new option for smplayer.ini: fast_load_sub
   If true (the default) loading an external subtitle will be fast
   because it will be done by using a slave command (which is nice but it
   has the problem that smplayer may restore the wrong subtitle after a
   restart of the video). If false, the subtitle will be loaded by
   restarting mplayer (which is a little bit slower but doesn't have the
   mentioned problem).

(2009-10-20)
 * Bugfix: pad the hash for opensubtitles with zeroes. This bug caused that
   sometimes smplayer couldn't find any subtitles for a given file.

(2009-10-03)
 * Applied patch smplayer-3270-mandriva-mplayer-version.patch by Anssi Hannula 
   (http://sourceforge.net/users/anssih/). Makes SMPlayer detect the mplayer 
   version strings in Mandriva.

(2009-09-14)
 * New action "show_filename" (assigned to Shift+I). It displays the filename
   in the OSD.

(2009-09-13)
 * Don't pass to mplayer any audio filter (-af ...) when using -afm hwac3.

(2009-09-09)
 * (Streams) Added support to 'StreamTitle' without 'StreamUrl'

(2009-09-04)
 * Applied patch mousewheel_seekalt_checkbox_r3257.patch by Steven Eastland
   (grassmonk at users.sourceforge.net). It adds the possibility to reverse
   the direction of seeking with the mouse wheel.

(2009-08-31)
 * Added the checkbox "Disable video filters when using vdpau" in Preferences ->
   General -> Video.

(2009-08-30)
 * (Linux) New option for smplayer.ini: disable_video_filters_with_vdpau. If 
    set to true /the default) all video filters will be disabled when using 
    the vdpau vo.

(2009-08-16)
 * All video filters in the Video menu will be shown disabled if using vdpau.

(2009-08-12)
 * Bugfix: some of the items in the the recents menu may be lost.

(2009-07-31)
 * The default cache for local files is 0.
 * New option for smplayer.ini: osd_delay. It specifies the delay in 
   milliseconds to show the OSD (default 2200).

(2009-07-30)
 * If using vdpau, don't pass any video filter to mplayer (instead of passing 
   them and then clear them with -vf-clr)


[b]Version 0.6.8[/b]:

(2009-07-14)
 * Check for new channels first in ~/.mplayer/channels.conf.ter. Use 
   channels.conf if channels.conf.ter is not found.
 * Removed the "Jump..." item from the tv and radio menus. The actions
   are still available.
 * (Playlist) Fix: don't try to a load pls file if the file doesn't exist.
   Prevents QSettings to create subdirectories pointing to that file.
 * Updated the texts of the OSD options.

(2009-07-13)
 * Moved the option "Visualize motion vectors" from menu Options to menu
   Video.

(2009-07-12)
 * Fixed error "302 - Moved temporarily" when connecting to opensubtitles.org.

(2009-07-09)
 * Added the new option "Jump" to the TV and radio menus. It displays a dialog
   which allows the user to enter the number of the channel to open.

(2009-07-07)
 * Applied patch numbered_recent_files.diff by greenest 
   (greenest at users.sourceforge.net). It adds numbers in front of the recent 
   files, and a key accelerator.

(2009-07-06)
 * Save the last TV channel, which will be used when "dvb://" or "tv://" is
   opened.

(2009-07-05)
 * (Linux) vdpau doesn't allow to use any video filter (mplayer would crash)
   so now smplayer will clear the filter list if vdpau is used.
 * New option for smplayer.ini (section [playlist]): automatically_play_next.
   If set to false the playlist won't play the next item when the current one
   finishes.

(2009-07-04)
 * The settings of TV channels are saved on ~/.config/smplayer/smplayer_tv.ini.

(2009-07-02)
 * Added a new section in the preferences dialog: TV and radio.

(2009-06-30)
 * Apply patch play_action_disabled_while_playing.diff by Francesco Cosoleto.
   (cosoleto at users.sourceforge.net). It disables the play action while 
   playing.
 * (Fix) Now the command line option -sub passes the subtitle file to another 
   running instance.

(2009-06-29)
 * Added actions to select the previous and next tv channels, and also for
   previous and next radio. Assigned by default to the keys L and H (for TV) 
   and Shift+L and Shift+H for radio.

(2009-06-28)
 * Changing chapters works again with mplayer > svn r29407 (0-based).
   For DVDs, it only works if cache = 0.
 * Added two options for smplayer.ini (section [tv]): 
   check_channels_conf_on_startup and initial_tv_deinterlace.

(2009-06-27)
 * The tv and radio submenus can be added to the toolbars (tv_menu and 
   radio_menu).

(2009-06-25)
 * New menus Open->TV and Open->Radio. The items for those menus are taken from
   ~/.mplayer/channels.conf. The services with video and audio pid are added
   to the TV menu, those with audio pid are added to the radio menu. The
   rest are discarded. The file channels.conf is rescanned on every startup
   and will add new channels to the menus. 
   Note: the file channels.conf is not read at all on Windows (mplayer lacks 
   dvb support on Windows).
 * The list of channels can be edited.

(2009-06-23)
 * Initial support for TV (dvb:// and tv://):
    - You can open dvb channels through commandline (smplayer 
      dvb://CHANNEL_NAME). It may also work with tv:// but it's untested.
    - There's an option under Preferences->Performance to set the cache for TV.
    - The view info and properties dialog recognizes dvb:// and tv:// and
      display a TV icon for them. 

(2009-06-21)
 * Added the new menu Program under the Browse menu. It allows to change
   the program track for ts files. Known issue: when a program changes, the 
   video and audio track will probably change too but the video and audio menus
   doesn't show that change.
 * The OSD is not shown until 3 seconds after the video started to play. This
   avoid a lot of messages being printed on the OSD at startup.

(2009-06-12)
 * Applied (with a few changes) the patch wheelfunctionpatch4.txt by
   Stivo (helifan at users.sourceforge.net).
   It adds the possibility to change the function of the mouse wheel with
   a mouse click.

(2009-06-02)
 * (Windows) smplayer should recognize now Windows 7, if using Qt 4.5.1 
   (untested).
 * (Windows, portable version) The default screenshot directory is 
   ./screenshots, and the default additional option for mplayer is 
   -nofontconfig. This way it's not necessary to supply a customized 
   smplayer.ini in the portable package.
 * Recognize the multithreaded mplayer build from kovensky (checks for 
   'MPlayer GIT*'). It assumes it's version 1.0rc3.

(2009-05-24)
 * Bugfix: now the color tags from the mplayer output are really removed
   (linux only).

(2009-05-21)
 * Two new options for the command line have been added: -pos and -size. Both 
   options expect two arguments. -pos specifies the coordinates (x, y) where 
   the main window will be displayed, -size specifies the size (width, height).
   If any of the values is invalid, the option will be silently ignored.

(2009-05-18)
 * New option in the subtitle menu: "subtitle visibility". If the option
   is checked (default) subtitles are visible, otherwise the subtitles won't
   appear in the screen. This is a global option.
 * In the subtitle initialization function, try to find the external subtitle
   using its filename, and not assuming that it's always the last one. 
   It should make the -sub command line option to work as expected.

(2009-05-11)
 * Added the Estonian translation, by olav mägi <[email protected]>
 * The option "Audio/video auto synchronization" has been moved from 
   Preferences -> Performance to Preferences -> General -> Audio.
 * Added the new option "A-V sync correction" in Preferences -> General -> 
   Audio (for the mplayer option -mc).

(2009-05-05)
 * New option for smplayer.ini: row_spacing (in the [playlist] section). It
   specifies the spacing between rows in the playlist. If the value is -1
   the row height is not changed.

(2009-05-04)
 * Added an option in Preferences -> Advanced -> Logs to make the mplayer logs
   more verbose (passes -v to mplayer).

(2009-05-01)
 * Applied patch coreavc.patch by Shurygin Egor <[email protected]>
   It adds a checkbox in performance settings to switch coreavc usage.
   When checked passes to mplayer "-vc coreavc," unless vdpau video driver is
   used and any other video codec has been set explicitly.

(2009-04-30)
 * Bugfix: hide the mouse cursor when it's over the black borders.

(2009-04-29)
 * (Windows) New options for smplayer.ini: turn_screensaver_off (false by
   default) and avoid_screensaver (true by default). The option
   disable_screensaver won't be used on windows anymore.
   turn_screensaver_off disables the screensaver from the control panel,
   while avoid_screensaver prevents the screensaver to appear when windows
   requests for it in an event.
 * Added checkboxes in preferences->general->video to allow to configure
   the avoid_screensaver and turn_screensaver_off options.

(2009-04-24)
 * Deleted the option "Change volume just before playing" (Preferences -> 
   General -> Audio). That option had sense when a patch was required for the
   -volume option, but not now.
   Now it will just use -volume if using mplayer >= SVN r27872.
 * Deleted the option "Change volume on every file" (Preferences -> 
   General -> Audio). It did more or less the same now it does the "Global
   volume" option.
 * Deleted the "Default volume" slider in (Preferences -> General -> Audio).
   With time it lost its original meaning. It's still possible to configure 
   the default volume in smplayer.ini.

(2009-04-23)
 * Started to implement the possibility to customize the options for the
   audio/video filters passed to mplayer (in the section [filter_options] 
   in smplayer.ini).
   Currently 3 filters can be customized: noise, volnorm and deblock.
   BTW, the volnorm filter has changed its default value from 2 to 1.

(2009-04-20)
 * (Experimental) Added the new option "Global volume" (Preferences -> General
   -> Audio). If the option is checked, the volume and mute are global
   options. If not checked, the volume and mute options are independent for
   each file.
   Known issues: the default value is 50, it doesn't honor the "default volume"
   setting. On the other hand, the option "change volume before playing" is
   honored even if that option is shown disabled when the "global volume" is
   checked.

(2009-04-18)
 * Added the Vietnamese translation, by Lê Xuân Thảo <[email protected]>.
 * Display the current playback speed in the status bar when it changes.
 * Added support for the mplayer tags DVDNAV_TITLE_IS_MENU and 
   DVDNAV_TITLE_IS_MOVIE added in mplayer svn r29156. 
   It just simply stops sending the set_mouse_pos slave command if not in a 
   dvd menu.

(2009-04-16)
 * (Bugfix) Don't stop the file if already stopped when closing smplayer
   to prevent that the current position would reset to 0.

(2009-04-15)
 * Added two aspect ratios: 3:2 and 14:10.
 * The next_aspect action changes the aspect ratio in the right order.

(2009-04-07)
 * Added an option in preferences to turn on/off the screenshot feature.
   So no need now to clear the screenshot path to disable it.

(2009-04-06)
 * Pass to mplayer "-vc ffh264vdpau,ffmpeg12vdpau,ffwmv3vdpau,ffvc1vdpau," if
   using vdpau as video driver and not other video codec has been set.
   (Untested)

(2009-04-02)
 * Now the mouse cursor is hidden only when playing.

(2009-04-01)
 * (Fix) The preferences dialog sets the default video driver to "direct3d,"
   if using Windows Vista.

(2009-03-26)
 * Added ogv to the list of extensions (for video).

(2009-03-25)
 * (Linux) Using -input nodefault-bindings:conf=/dev/null to disable the 
   mplayer keys if using mplayer >= SVN r29058.

(2009-03-23)
 * (Experimental) Now some of the submenus can be added to the toolbars
   (actions names: speed_menu, videotrack_menu, screen_menu, videosize_menu, 
   panscan_menu, aspect_menu, deinterlace_menu, videofilter_menu, rotate_menu, 
   ontop_menu, audiotrack_menu, audiofilter_menu, audiochannels_menu, 
   stereomode_menu, subtitlestrack_menu, titles_menu, chapters_menu, 
   angles_menu, osd_menu).

(2009-03-22)
 * Added an icon for the next_aspect action. Contributed by TT 
   (http://smplayer.berlios.de/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1104).

(2009-03-20)
 * The subtitle and audio delay actions keep now the file paused. They also
   display the current value in the status bar.

(2009-03-19)
 * Added some icons for: Help -> Tips, Video -> Preview, Video -> Start/stop
   taking screenshots, Subtitles -> Find subtitles on opensubtitles.org and
   updated the Qt logo (taken from the Qt sources).

(2009-03-18)
 * (Videopreview) Ctrl+H toggles displaying the info about the video.
 * Don't use "set_property switch_video" when using the nsv demuxer. It makes
   mplayer stop displaying the video after a few seconds.
 * Added a new option: Video -> Start/stop taking screenshots (of each frame)
   assigned by default to "Shift+D" (the icon for this action: screenshots.png)
   When this option is selected, a screenshot will be taken (and saved in
   png format to the screenshot folder) for each frame. Select the option
   again to stop taking screenshots. 

(2009-03-16)
 * (Windows) Now by default the combos in Preferences -> Drives will show all
   drives, not only CD/DVD devices, as it has been reported that checking
   for those devices can be slow if there are network drives. Now there's
   a button "Scan for CD/DVD devices" to force the detection of CD/DVD devices.

(2009-03-12)
 * Deleted the obsolete translations from smplayer_gl.ts (caused lrelease
   to fail with Qt 4.5.0).

(2009-03-11)
 * Fixed some build problems that could make the installation fail, trying to 
   recompile everything again with qt3 because QMAKE can be undefined during 
   make install.


[b]Version 0.6.7[/b]:

(2009-03-06)
 * The media type icons (type_audio.png, type_dvd.png, type_url.png, 
   type_video.png, type_cdda.png, type_unknown.png and type_vcd.png) which 
   appear in the info window can now be overridden by the icon themes.

(2009-03-05)
 * (Playlist) Try to figure out if a file is local (when the file is added
   to the playlist) not using QFile::exists, as it seems it can be slow
   with remote files. It might fix bug #2586395, although I can't test.

(2009-02-19)
 * Using software volume by default.

(2009-02-17)
 * Using multiple ini files to store the file settings by default now.

(2009-02-15)
 * Added preliminary support for the upcoming mplayer 1.0rc3.

(2009-02-09)
 * (ASS subtitles) The outline and shadow options now accept values with
   decimals.

(2009-02-04)
 * Now the default value for the "correct pts" option is auto.

(2009-01-31)
 * (Videopreview) Added a new option to remember the last folder used for
   saving the preview image. If not checked, it will suggest the same
   folder of the video to save the image.
 * New action toggle_stay_on_top, which toggles between "stay on top always" 
   and "stay on top never". If "stay on top while playing" is enabled, this
   action does nothing.

(2009-01-29)
 * Added two options (in the audio and subtitle menus) to allow the user to 
   enter the audio and subtitle delay (in milliseconds).

(2009-01-28)
 * Added names for the rest of dvdnav actions.
 * The dvdnav_mouse action is assigned to the left mouse button by default.
 * Added all dvdnav actions to the list of actions that can be selected with
   the mouse buttons.

(2009-01-27)
 * Fix: now spaces in arguments for mplayer (in Preferences->Advanced and 
   Options->View info and properties) are respected if they are between
   quotes. Now for instance this will work as expected:
     -heartbeat-cmd "gnome-screensaver-command -p &"
 * Fix: the playlist is not allowed to be docked in fullscreen mode.

(2009-01-26)
 * (Playlist) When a file is added to the playlist, if it was already in
   the list, it's moved to the end of the list.

(2009-01-24)
 * (Videopreview) Add jpg to the "extract frame as" combobox only if the
   jpg format is available for reading.
 * The direct3d video output is now the default for Windows Vista (untested).

(2009-01-18)
 * The dvdnav actions are now only enabled when playing a dvd (using dvdnav).

(2009-01-17)
 * Now the mplayer process is not restarted when loading an external subtitle
   file (using the sub_load slave command), except for idx/sub subtitles. 

(2009-01-15)
 * (Windows) Now the screensaver is allowed to turn on if the file is
    paused or it's an audio file.
 * The "it's a playlist" option in the Open URL dialog is automatically
   checked if the url ends with ".ram", ".asx" or ".m3u" (and unchecked if
   it ends with another extension).

(2009-01-14)
 * New option for the config file: user_forced_ass_style under the 
   [subtitles] section. If the value is not an empty string, it will be
   passed to mplayer for the -ass-force-style option, overriding the string
   generated automatically by smplayer.
 * Added a "Customize" button in the SSA/ASS section in preferences to
   allow the user to customize the SSA/ASS style which will be passed to
   mplayer with the -ass-force-style option.

(2009-01-12)
 * (Fix) When opening an iso file, start to play from the dvd menu instead
   of title 1.
 * Added a new option to select the shadow color for ass subtitles.

(2009-01-11)
 * Now it's possible to play a dvd with menus from command line 
   (smplayer dvdnav://) or by selecting "dvdnav://" from the recents menu.
   It'll even work if the option "Enable DVD menus" is not checked.
 * Now the highlighted option in the DVD menu changes when the mouse is
   moved.

(2009-01-10)
 * Fixed the initialization of the Angles menu when using dvdnav.
 * Added to the Browse menu the options 'DVD menu' and 'DVD previous menu'.

(2009-01-09)
 * Now the length of the title is updated when playing a dvd using dvdnav.

(2009-01-08)
 * (Linux) Added the option "Enable DVD menus" in Preferences->Drives. If 
   this option is checked, when you select "DVD from drive" or "DVD from 
   folder" under the Open menu, the DVD will be played using dvdnav (including 
   menus).
   Note: this is experimental, there are still a lot of things to be fixed.
   Use at own your own risk.

(2009-01-05)
 * Added an option in Preferences->Subtitles to apply the ass style defined by
   the user to ass subtitles (overriding the style defined in the ass file).

(2009-01-04)
 * Now the dvd names follow the same scheme as mplayer: 
   dvd://title/device (where device can also be a folder or iso file).
   Internally it tries to avoid the use of the string "dvd:" so it could
   be easy to add support for dvdnav:

(2008-12-31)
 * Now the correct pts option can have a value of "auto". In this case
   neither -correct-pts nor -nocorrect-pts are passed to mplayer, the demuxer
   will decide. Should fix bug #2479566.
 * The proxy settings have been moved to a config dialog inside the find
   subtitles window.


[b]Version 0.6.6[/b]:

(2008-12-28)
 * (Linux) Now the options in the dvd menus can be selected with the mouse.
   To do so, select "Activate option in DVD menus" for the left mouse button
   in Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse.
 * Implemented a different way to select the initial audio track (or restore
   the old one after a restart). 
 * (Experimental) New code to show/hide the mouse cursor in the video window.

(2008-12-27)
 * (Linux) Added some actions to control the dvdnav buttons.

(2008-12-26)
 * The language filter in the find subtitles dialog is now saved to the ini 
   file.
 * New option for smplayer.ini: include_lang_on_filename (section 
   [findsubtitles]). If set to true (the default) the language code is 
   appended to the subtitle filename (e.g. video.avi => video_es.srt).
   Otherwise the language code is not appended (video.avi => video.srt).

(2008-12-24)
 * Implemented a different way to select the initial subtitle track (or restore
   the old one after a restart). Still needs some testing.

(2008-12-23)
 * Now smplayer tries to update the subtitle tracks if they change during
   playback. This makes subtitles work if using dvdnav, and seems to fix
   a problem when selecting the initial track 
   (see http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2422574&group_id=185512&atid=913573)
   This is the kind of changes that can break something or produce an 
   unexpected behaviour...

(2008-12-20)
 * Applied with a few changes the patch customStyleAction.patch by
   matt <[email protected]>. It adds a few more functions for the widgetactions,
   like to set a custom style.
 * Added a new gui (mpcgui, a media player classic clone) developed by 
   Matthias Petri <[email protected]>

(2008-12-19)
 * Applied (with a few changes) a patch by matt <[email protected]>.
   This patch adds 3 modes for the stay on top option: always, never and 
   while playing.

(2008-12-12)
 * Added a new option Video->Preview. This option creates a preview 
   (thumbnails) of the selected video. There are options to choose the
   number of columns, rows, maximum width of the generated image...
   Finally the preview can be saved (as jpg or png).
   Note: the video preview is not finished yet.

(2008-12-07)
 * (Experimental) Increased the resolution of the seekbar. Previously
   a step of the seekbar (in a 90 minute movie) was equal to 54 seconds.
   Now it's equal to 5.4 seconds. As there's usually an I-frame about 10
   seconds (and mplayer always jumps to an I-frame) I think that's enough.

(2008-12-06)
 * Bug #2399200: the downloaded subtitle filename was wrong if the video 
   filename contained a dot in the name (example: video.hdtv.avi created a 
   video_es.srt file instead of video.hdtv_es.avi). This is now fixed.

(2008-12-03)
 * Now the logs in the mplayer/smplayer log windows update in realtime.
 * The "MPlayer language" tab in the Advanced section in preferences has
   been removed. It's not necessary anymore, although if you've got a 
   mplayer which prints the output texts in a non-english language you'll need
   at least MPlayer SVN r28066.
 * Added two new options: "Auto zoom for 16:9" and "Auto zoom for 2.35:1".
   Those options zoom the image assuming the aspect ratio of the video image
   is the one specified in the option, even if that's not the actual aspect
   ratio. Useful for videos which include black borders (letterbox) in the 
   image, where the normal "Auto zoom" option will fail.

(2008-11-30)
 * New option for smplayer.ini: actions_to_run ([advanced] section).
   Specifies a list of actions (separated by spaces) which will be run every
   time a file is loaded. For instance "actions_to_run=auto_zoom compact true"
   will run the auto_zoom action and set the gui to compact mode. If the
   commandline option -actions is used too, the actions from commandline
   will be added to the end of the list.
   There's a limitation: the actions will be run only when a file is opened 
   and not when the mplayer process is restarted (e.g. you select an option in 
   the menus which requires to restart mplayer, like a video or audio filter).
   Note that allowing to run the actions after a restart of mplayer could
   lead to infinite recursion if any of the actions in the list needs to 
   restart mplayer.
 * Added a field in Preferences->Advanced to enter the list of actions to
   be run every time a file is opened.

(2008-11-27)
 * Added an option in Preferences->General to change the method to store
   the file settings.
 * (Experimental) Added the new option Video->Pan&scan->Auto zoom. It 
   calculates the zoom factor so you can't see any black borders.

(2008-11-26)
 * Implemented a new (and optional) method to save the file settings.
   This method uses an ini file per each played file (instead of using only 
   one big ini file for all of them).

   The files are saved under the subdirectory "file_settings" in the config
   directory (usually $HOME/.config/smplayer/). As filename it uses a hash,
   and it's stored on a subdirectory starting with the first letter of the
   filename. 

   For example:
   $HOME/.config/smplayer/file_settings/d/dd017f9d6706a75f.ini
   $HOME/.config/smplayer/file_settings/9/95e963e59826699d.ini

 * Added a new option for smplayer.ini: file_settings_method.
   This option allows to select the method to be used for the file settings.
   Possible values: normal and hash.

   normal = uses one file (smplayer_files.ini) to store the file settings of
   all played files. This is cleaner as you only have one file for all files'
   settings but it could be slow if there are info for many many files in it.

   hash = uses one ini file per each played file. This could be much faster if 
   you have info for many files, but you'll end up with many ini files and 
   subdirectories.

(2008-11-24)
 * Added a new option in Preferences->Video: add black borders on fullscreen.
   If this option is enabled, black borders will be added to the image in 
   fullscreen mode. This allows subtitles to be displayed on the black borders.

(2008-11-23)
 * Added a history to the open URL dialog. Based on a patch by Francesco 
   Cosoleto.
   Not finished yet. Missing options to clear the history or set the maximum
   number of items.
 * Added a new option for smplayer.ini: urls\max_items (section [history]).
   It specifies the maximum number of items for the open URL history.
   By default, 10. Set it to 0 to disable the history.

(2008-11-20)
 * The "Recents" code has been reorganized. Also the list of recent files
   is now saved in a different place in smplayer.ini, in section [history].

(2008-11-19)
 * When using SSA/ASS, use the same font for OSD. Otherwise the OSD
   might not be visible.

(2008-11-18)
 * Added the possibility to select the type of proxy to be used: Http or
   Socks5. (More info: http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qnetworkproxy.html)

(2008-11-17)
 * Added a new option in Preferences->Subtitle: Freetype support. Disabling
   that option could make smplayer work with a mplayer compiled without
   freetype support. But subtitles may not work at all!

(2008-11-16)
 * The mini gui can now also remember the position and size of the window.
 * (Linux) Now all devices which match with dvd*, cdrom*, cdrw*, sr* 
   and cdrecorder* are added to the comboboxes in Preferences->Drives.

(2008-11-15)
 * Added a new action to select the next aspect ratio. Assigned by default to
   key "A". Unfortunately this change breaks compatibility and the aspect
   ratio setting for all your played videos will be lost.
 * Display the text for the statusbar in the OSD if in fullscreen mode (and
   not paused).
 * Added a new option for smplayer.ini: initial_stereo_mode. It sets the
   stereo mode which will be used as default. 
   Possible values: 0 (stereo), 1 (left) and 2 (right).

(2008-11-14)
 * Added the new section Advanced->Proxy in preferences to configure the 
   proxy.

(2008-11-13)
 * Added some options in smplayer.ini (section [proxy]) to configure a proxy 
   for internet connections. Untested.


[b]Version 0.6.5.1[/b]:

(2008-11-12)
 * Don't pass to mplayer the option -no-correct-pts or -nocorrect-pts if
   the mplayer version is still unknown. Prevents mplayer to fail on the first
   run, complaining about an unknown -no-correct-pts if using a recent version 
   of mplayer (r26842 or above).


[b]Version 0.6.5[/b]:

(2008-11-11)
 * (Linux) Now smplayer tries to follow the XDG Base Directory Specification
   (http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html)
   for the config files. So now smplayer will save its config files under
   the directory $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/smplayer or $HOME/.config/smplayer if
   $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not defined.
   If you want to keep your preferences, copy the files in $HOME/.smplayer to
   $HOME/.config/smplayer

(2008-11-07)
 * Added a new option "Floating control" in Preferences->Interface. It allows
   to configure the floating control (width, margin...).

(2008-11-06)
 * (Experimental) Added the possibility to select the adaptor for xv. Requires
   at least MPlayer SVN r26762 (from 2008-05-13).

(2008-11-05)
 * Added support for another patch: 
   http://smplayer.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/smplayer/mplayer-builds/patches/id_exit.diff
   This patch allows the playlist to work properly even if the output messages 
   of mplayer are not in English.
 * New option for smplayer.ini: bypass_window_manager (section 
   [floating_control]). If set to true (the default), the floating control 
   widget will bypass the window manager (seems necessary for some window
   managers). You can try to set it to false if you have problems with the
   floating control.

(2008-11-04)
 * On startup the previous position of the main (default) window is checked
   if it's valid for the current screen. If it's not, then the window is
   moved to 0x0.
 * The same for the playlist (if it's not docked).

(2008-11-01)
 * Cleanup and reorganization of the config path code. 
   The commandline option -ini-path has been removed and replaced with
   -config-path, which specifies the directory where smplayer will store
   its data (not only smplayer.ini).
 * Now to know if a file has no video, instead of looking for the line 
   "Video: no video" (it's not reliable as it's a string that can be translated),
   it will check the video codec, if it's empty, there's no video.

(2008-10-30)
 * The reorganization of the subtitles section in preferences is finished.
 * The mplayer devs have added the -volume option in svn r27872, so now the
   hack to try to detect a patched mplayer have been removed. Now smplayer
   will simply use the -volume option if mplayer is r27872 or newer.

(2008-10-28)
 * The subtitles for srt, sub... formats when using the SSA/ASS library, 
   can now be more customized. It's possible to select the font, size,
   colors, bold, italic, outline, shadow... 
   Not finished yet.

(2008-10-27)
 * Added the new option "Correct pts" in Preferences->Advanced. Disabled by
   default because it causes some problems with mkv files.
 * The dialog to jump to a specified time allows now to enter the seconds
   too.