Changelog

2006-06-24 [1.2-pre2.35]

• all-new translation system that uses external files
  • translators can now write translation files and test them directly
  • default translations are still compiled into the executable using a compact packed-string representation → saves 107k of uncompressed file size (19k compressed) and is still more flexible :)
• fixed Unicode display in the stream information window

2006-06-22 [1.2-pre1.34]

• First release of the 1.2-pre series. From now on, I will add MPUI 1.2's new features one at a time and create unstable releases more frequently.
• using Unicode for the user interface now → no more charset hassles!

2006-06-22 [1.1.10.33]

• shuffle mode is truly random now
• updated Ukrainian and Japanese translation, added Dutch translation

2006-06-12 [1.1.9.31]

• fixed mute disabling itself after volume changes
• added .flv to autoplay detection
• enabling previous/next buttons after errors now
• updated Japanese, Belarusian and Russian translations
• added Arabic translation (but couldn't test it, sorry)
• shipping with the brand-new MPlayer 1.0-pre8 now :)

2006-04-25 [1.1.8.30]

• fixed software volume mode (the MPlayer guys made -softvol-max work as documented :)
• updated Simplified Chinese, Polish and Ukrainian translations
• added Traditional Chinese, Portuguese, Danish, Japanese and Slovak translations
• added code to set up the UI properly if compiled with Delphi versions newer than 6.0

2006-03-30 [1.1.7.29]

• fixed mispositioned Save Playlist button
• added Romanian translation
• replaced GetWindowsDirectory() by GetEnvironmentVariable("windir") – one user had trouble with the former, so let's hope the latter one works for all
• window is now always restored when switching normal/fullscreen/compact mode (this fixes issues when switching to fullscreen while the window is maximized)

2006-03-23 [1.1.6.28]

• added Korean translation
• fixed mis-positioned shuffle/repeat checkboxes
• added option to save playlists
• fixed icon order in video pop-up menu
• added cache fill indicator (but eats up CPU cycles like hell ... this is due to MPlayer's strange behavior, I'm afraid)
• AutoPlay now plays multiple files and playlists
• (hopefully) repaired DVD playback (it collided with the recursive directory search feature, argh!)
• mapped Alt+4...Alt+8 keys to popup the main menus
• MPUI logo is now hidden between files (when multiple files are played)

2006-03-18 [1.1.5.27]

• replaced the main menu by a toolbar that only looks like a menu. This resolves a bunch of issues all at the same time:
  • partially white menu bar in XP's Themed (»Teletubbie«) Mode is gone
  • most shortcuts line up correctly in the menus
  • keys like T, F or O are no longer mistaken as shortcuts
  • Alt+$x and Ctrl+$x shortcuts work in compact mode
• playlists and directories can now be specified at the command line
• all arguments of the command line will be concatenated into a single argument string. This helps a bit with broken file associations (MPUI.exe %1 instead of MPUI.exe "%1"), but not for file names with two or more successive blanks.
  Fix your associations, folks. That's not (yet) my job.
• fixed the -softvol option (I misinterpreted the MPlayer manpage)
• made the info button functional
• fixed typo in options window
• command box in log window works again
• added support for multimedia control keys (Play/Pause, Stop, Previous Track, Next Track) on modern keyboards
• added Bulgarian, Chinese, Italian and Esperanto translation
• suppressing repeated lines in the log window
• disabling power management while playing now
• added "-compact" command-line switch to start up in compact mode
• ShoutCast/Icecast streamed title tags are now shown in the Info window
• issuing a warning on Win9x systems now
• added Alt+Enter as an alias for »toggle fullscreen mode«
• 'S' key makes screenshots now (shot0001.png in the work directory where MPUI was started)
• 'L' key toggles playlist window now
• the Pause button now acts as a single-step button
• Shuffle and Repeat playback modes

2006-02-18 [1.1.4.23]

• screensaver is now disabled in fullscreen mode
• fixed stupid bug that caused some systems to start up with Belarusian language (effectively showing nothing but question marks in the UI)
• added »higher priority« option. This is activated by default, so be warned that you'll run into trouble with some graphics cards if you use a »off-the-shelf« MPlayer version instead of the one that comes with MPUI
• added –softvol option, enables playback with volume settings way above 100%
• whole directories can now be added to the playlist; however, the UI will be unresponsive while adding the directories (this will be fixed soon)
• added fullscreen controls: simple move the mouse to the bottom of the screen
• added right-click popup menu
• not using ShowCursor() any longer (like in <1.1.2) because the cursor would be invisible in the popup menu in fullscreen mode
• added »compact mode« (without caption, menu bar and navigation). Note that some keyboard shortcuts (Alt+n for example) don't work in this mode.
• fixed position of some (but not all) keyboard shortcut hints in the menus; I hope there are no side effects since this involved a change in the shortcut handling system, too
• changed »always on top« shortcut from Ctrl+T to just T
• »always on top« mode should no longer interfere with fullscreen mode
• the technical/internal captions for untranslated controls were changed into terse, but clear english ones
• compiled with Delphi 6 again, because D2005, despite having XP style support, got the menus totally wrong: checked items were indistinguishable from unchecked ones
• added the Ukrainian translation I got some time ago, but never integrated

2006-02-09 [1.1.3.19]

• now using a Windows XP Common Controls Manifest for styled controls in XP's »Teletubbie Mode«
• built with Delphi 2005 PE now, no more graphical glitches in »Teletubbie Mode« (however, development continues to be Delphi6-based, because I can't stand that Microsoftish IDE of newer Delphi versions)
• added two undocumented command-line options: –fs enters fullscreen mode directly after starting video playback, –autoquit quits MPUI after playback of the last file finished
• removed single-click pause functionality; it conflicted with the double-click fullscreen mode toggle
• OpenURL dialog uses the current clipboard contents as the default URL now
• »Cache fill:« status is now reduced to 1 line
• Aspect Ratio display in the Clip Info window is now more readable (e.g. »4:3« instead of »1.333:1«)
• added error reporting if CreateProcess() fails
• slightly improved playlist and info window handling, including some docking
• mouse wheel volume control is now synchronized with the volume slider
• the MPlayer build delivered with the 4MB .zip file package is now a minimal, no-frills, custom-built one and includes the vo_directx 100% CPU usage fix

2006-02-03 [1.1.2.18]

• added clip information window (however, almost all translations are missing for this window)
• fixed duration display (MPlayer now uses floating-point times, and I wasn't prepared for that)
• Mute button is now disabled if the clip has no audio
• double-click on the video now enables full-screen mode,
  single-click toggles pause
• disabling fullscreen mode mouse cursor with ShowCursor() now, I hope that works more reliably than the previous method (SomeWidget.Cursor:=-1;)
• fixed input box in MPlayer log window (didn't resize with the rest of window)

2006-01-30 [1.1.1.17]

• did not fix high CPU consumption bug, and did not increase priority level – I didn't find a solution for the former one, which effectively makes the latter a no-go
• added .m3u support
• added volume control
• fixed broken MPlayer version display in About dialog

2005-12-27 [1.1.0.16]

• added simplistic icons
• fixed some charset issues, but there seem to be a bunch of others left :(
• changed the seekbar style

2005-11-15 [1.1.0.15] (pre-release)

• always-on-top mode wasn't restored when leaving fullscreen mode. fixed.

2005-10-30 [1.1.0.14] (pre-release)

• added multi-select in the playlist »add file« dialog

2005-10-24 [1.1.0.13] (pre-release)

• reintroduced fsAlwaysOnTop for child dialogs
• current file name is now displayed in the title bar

2005-10-23 [1.1.0.12] (pre-release)

• complete playlist support
• integrated a bunch of translations
• re-designed user interface
• added status bar with precise timing information; however, the seek bar still operates with the old, accustomed percentages, thus avoiding problems with some media files (paradigm: displaying wrong times is acceptable, but breaking seeks is not)

2005-04-25 [1.0.9.11]

• (unfinishd) playlist support
• DirectSound device selector in options dialog -> MPlayer 1.0-pre7 is now required

2005-04-24 [1.0.9.9]

• some fixes in Polish translation
• MPlayer 1.0-pre7 is out with a fixed DirectSound driver, so DirectSound is the default audio output device now
• native fullscreen mode
• preliminary support for on-the-fly audio track changing with key 191 (but be warned, MPlayer is very unstable!)
• the log window can be used to send MPlayer arbitrary command lines
• speed control via Ctrl+NumpadMultiply and Ctrl+NumpadDivide

2005-04-18 [1.0.4.8]

• (partly working) Polish translation by Pawel Wieczorek

2005-04-08 [1.0.3.7]

• French translation by François Gagné

2005-04-06 [1.0.2.4]

• fixed pause bug again (i.e. should now work in fullscreen mode, too)
• fixed OSD unpause bug
• using MPlayer's -nokeepaspect option to avoid MPlayer-specific bug with non-4:3 displays

2005-04-05 [1.0.1.3]

• fixed minor playback window size calculation bug
• fixed pause bug
• made default language selectable

2005-03-14 [1.0.0.2]

• first public release