QMPlay2 25.01.19 + x64

store maximized state when closing from full screen,
pass 'yt-dlp' URL argument as 'referer',
improve still image stream detection,
allow for local stream recording,
show left panel in compact view,
fix YouTube live streams,
other minor fixes,

What's new in QMPlay2 Build 24.05.23
May 24, 2024
Changes in QMPlay2 24.04.02:
don't try to split title/artist on internet radio stations,
fix "blend" and "discard" deinterlacing filters on Vulkan,
remove "USE_LINK_TIME_OPTIMIZATION" CMake parameter,
don't automatically clear "stop after" on playlist,
allow to change more colors for custom appearance,
add "negative" video filter (Vulkan and OpenGL),
don't show "windows11" style on older Windows,
allow to choose desired video stream quality,
allow to load playlists from YouTube link,
move downloader path to general settings,
fix screen saver inhibition on Windows,
require CMake 3.16, C++17, and Ninja,
use native file dialogs on Android,
download only best video stream,
add recording for live streams,
add removing files from disk,
add paste and play function,
drop Qt older than 5.15.2,
downloader improvements,
display AVIF images,
remove VDPAU,
other minor fixes,

Improve restoring playback position feature and make it enabled by default,
Remove possibility to move files from playlist using middle mouse button,
Minor RadioBrowser improvement for some server errors,
Fix executing FFmpeg process in downloader on Qt6,
Fix opening multiple files in QMPlay2 on Windows,
Set accurate seeking enabled but default,
Minor Vulkan fixes for old hardware,
Set Ctrl+Q as default close key,
Full Qt6 support on Windows,
Other minor fixes,

Changes in QMPlay2 23.10.22

fix loading of Vulkan library in some Linux distributions,
add Mesa 23.3.0 interlaced video workaround for VA-API,
(re)store compact view on application launch,
unescape HTML content in subtitles,
yt-dlp fixes,

Windows

QMPlay2-Win64-*.exe is designed for 64-bit Windows - it is recommended,
QMPlay2-Win32-*.exe is designed for 32-bit Windows,
uses kode54 version of Game-Music-Emu,
install VC Redist for yt-dlp,

Windows XP

download nojs - updates and MediaBrowser are not available,
download offline - updates and most network services are not available, CDDB is disabled by default at first run,

Wayland Vulkan crash fix for Qt <= 6.4,
RadioBrowser improvements and fixes,
ALSA crash fix on early pause,
Tray menu fixes,
Qt6 for macOS,

Changes in QMPlay2 23.06.17:

improve video playback if it's far too slow (display only key frames),
change network buffering options from packets to seconds,
more HWAccel stabilizations (mostly VTB and VA-API),
demux/download only selected streams (if possible),
add more info into audio and video streams menu,
choose best quality for HLS and DASH streams,
add separate live streams buffering option,
generally improve live streams playback,
audio equalizer optimizations,
improve bitrate information,
fix YouTube live streams,
other minor changes,

Windows

QMPlay2-Win64-*.exe is designed for 64-bit Windows - it is recommended,
QMPlay2-Win32-*.exe is designed for 32-bit Windows,
for portable version for Windows create empty file portable (without file extension) near the QMPlay2.exe file,
uses kode54 version of Game-Music-Emu,
install VC Redist for yt-dlp,

Windows XP

download nojs - updates and MediaBrowser are not available,
download offline - updates and most network services are not available, CDDB is disabled by default at first run,

- display 10 bit RGB images as 10 bit using Vulkan if possible,
- load external subtitles that are in sub-directories,
- add file name and time into screenshot file name,
- more precission for playback speed control,
- don't display "Deep color" using Vulkan,
- improve bitmap subtitles aspect ratio,
- add WebP as screenshots file format,
- PipeWire mono and 4 chnannels fix,
- VA-API fixes for AMD Radeon GPUs,
- remove makeitpersonal.co lyrics,
- add FPS Doubler video filter,
- "Always on top" improvement,
- Qt6 support for Linux,
- Wayland Vulkan fixes,
- YouTube fixes,
- other minor fixes and improvements,

Changes in QMPlay2 23.02.05:

add Turkish translation (mobilturka, sabriunal),
fix CUVID + Vulkan on modern Nvidia hardware,
fix aspect ratio specified in MKV container,
unlocked last column in MediaBrowser,
add YUVJ420P and YUV420P10 for VTB,
add YUV420P10 for VA-API + OpenGL,
fix PipeWire channel downmixing,
add AV1 codec for D3D11VA,
other minor fixes,

- allow to use CPU Vulkan implementation by "QMPLAY2_ALLOW_VULKAN_CPU" environment variable,
- allow to skip "yt-dlp" updates (configuration file only),
- export "My Radio Stations" to PLS or M3U playlists,
- add "My Radio Stations" to system tray menu,
- fix subtitles synchronization with video,
- fix language detextion for some locales,
- fix various subtitles scaling issues,
- fix AV1 aspect ratio in some cases,
- other minoir subtitles fixes,
- other minor fixes,