What's new in BS.Player 2.74 Build 1087
Feb 16, 2020
- Improved support for some streams
- Some small bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.74 Build 1085 (Aug 1, 2019)
- Improved support for some streams
- Some small bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.73 Build 1083 (Aug 9, 2018)
- Some small bug fixes
- Updated codecs
- Chapters were not always visible, fixed
New in BS.Player 2.72 Build 1082 (Dec 20, 2017)
- Improved codec support
- Bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.71 Build 1081 (May 11, 2017)
New in BS.Player 2.70 Build 1080 (Nov 10, 2015)
- some small bug fixes and improvements, support for more formats
New in BS.Player 2.68 Build 1077 (Nov 26, 2014)
- fixed problem with 'jumpy' frames in full screen mode on some hardware
- fixed playback of some broken mp3 files
- fixed playback of 24 bit FLAC files
- fixed problem with madVR renderer
- some other small fixes
New in BS.Player 2.67 Build 1076 (Apr 24, 2014)
- added option to blank all screens except playback
- added menu item for online subtitles rating
- some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.66 Build 1075 (Aug 26, 2013)
- fixed memory leak
- fixed error message when adding filters in preferences
- some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.65 Build 1074 (May 17, 2013)
- fixed problem with YouTube links in playlist
- better support for LAV filters
- some other bug fixes and improvements
New in BS.Player 2.64 Build 1072 Beta (Jan 8, 2013)
- Fixed problem with Windows 8 Metro applications
- New renderer for Windows 8 N versions, it's also supported on other versions (Windows XP+)
- Some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.63 Build 1070 (Oct 4, 2012)
- total time in playlist wasn't updated, fixed
- subtitles were 'cut' in some cases, fixed
- YouTube playback fixed
- some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.63 Build 1069 Beta (Aug 31, 2012)
- total time in playlist wasn't updated, fixed
- some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.62.1067B Beta (Apr 24, 2012)
- better online subtitles sorting
- fixed freeze problem with audio streams
- fixed problem with audio balance when loading EQ presets
- workoaround for LAV filters, won't crash anymore
- added support for YouTube url syntax
New in BS.Player 2.62.1066B Beta (Feb 11, 2012)
- fixed freeze problem with audio streams
New in BS.Player 2.60 Build 1064 (Dec 22, 2011)
- SDK: added BSP_OpenFileW, BSP_GetFileNameW for unicode filenames
- in full screen mode mouse pointer is now less sensitive to mouse movement, it won't be shown at very small movement
- also added option to never show mouse pointer in full screen mode
- subtitles wasn't cleared in some cases, fixed
- some other subtitles fixes, also you should use new subtitle parser/renderer
- OSD info was broken with new OSD renderer, fixed
- when adding files to playlist short name was used instead unicode, fixed
- some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.59.1061 Beta (Dec 9, 2011)
New in BS.Player 2.59.1060 Beta (Dec 9, 2011)
- subtitles wasn't cleared in some cases, fixed
- in full screen mode mouse pointer is now less sensitive to mouse movement, it won't be shown at very small movement
- also added option to never show mouse pointer in full screen mode
New in BS.Player 2.59.1059 Beta (Oct 8, 2011)
- SDK: added BSP_OpenFileW, BSP_GetFileNameW for unicode filenames
- OSD info was broken with new OSD renderer, fixed
- when adding files to playlist short name was used instead unicode, fixed
New in BS.Player 2.58.1058 (Sep 8, 2011)
- fixed dvd playback with some DVDs
- fixed file association bug
- fixed display problem with some Unicode file names
- fixed problem with online subtitles, sometimes even if existed it wasn't displayed
- fixed YouTube playback
- when opening some files there were a lot of 1 byte reads, fixed
- some languages didn't get properly set at install time, fixed
- new subtitle renderer should now handle RTL languages properly
- added alternate AC3/DTS decoder
- frame step now also works with EVR renderer
- added some plugin events for playlist handling
- added support for madVR - Video renderer
- Taskbar Progress Bar is now 'normal' for streams
- edit bookmark window is now non-modal
- online subtitle result window also non-modal
- some other bug fixes and security enhancements
New in BS.Player 2.58.1055 Beta (Aug 23, 2011)
- Google changed YouTube api, fixed YouTube playback
- fixed freezing bug introduced in build 1054, when registering file associations
New in BS.Player 2.58.1054 Beta (Jul 30, 2011)
- frame step now also works with EVR renderer
- added some plugin events for playlist handling
- added support for madVR - Video renderer
- Taskbar Progress Bar is now 'normal' for streams
- fixed file association bug
- new subtitle renderer should now handle RTL languages properly
New in BS.Player 2.58.1053 Beta (May 27, 2011)
- fixed display problem with some Unicode file names
- when opening some files there were a lot of 1 byte reads, fixed
- some languages didn't get properly set at install time, fixed
- fixed dvd playback with some DVDs
- edit bookmark window is now non-modal
- online subtitle result window also non-modal
- some other bug fixes and security enhancements
New in BS.Player 2.57.1051 (Dec 9, 2010)
- Fixed problem, if subtitles were under video with EVR renderer (subtitles didn't properly hide)
New in BS.Player 2.57.1048 (Dec 1, 2010)
- new osd mode
- added option to set subtitles off by default, subtitles are still loaded but not shown
- added option to ignore SSA styles
- added option to set background color for full screen mode
- unicode file names were in some cases displayed with short name, fixed
- added support for some Windows 7 features
- fixed wrong language checking with online subtitles
- with online subtitles only default language will now be requested
- fixed always on top bug when returning from full screen mode when sepearate taskbar buttons were enabled
- text inside {} in SSA subtitles will now be ignored
- changed/fixed mkv default audio stream handling
- all online subtitle providers will now be checked at the same time in separate threads
New in BS.Player 2.56.1043 (Nov 29, 2010)
- fixed and improved YouTube playback
New in BS.Player 2.55.1042 (Jul 23, 2010)
- with some files there was no audio, fixed
- rared subtitles will now be loaded only if subtitle file name is the same as movie name
- fixed problem with playlist and moving items
- if mouse button was set for some actions it didn't work, fixed
- fixed problem with 'Always add all files in current directory to playlist' option when 'Sort files' was enabled
- sometimes DXVA was not used with EVR renderer, fixed
- some other bug fixes
- added subtitle upload support for opensubtitles.org and getsubtitles.com
- subtitles background color alpha can now be set
New in BS.Player 2.52.1032 (Apr 19, 2010)
- fixed YouTube playback
- added option to sort files after they are added (for 'Always add all files in current directory to playlist' option)
New in BS.Player 2.52.1031 (Mar 30, 2010)
- changed VobSub loading rules, only files with same name as movie file will now be loaded
- subtitle editor fixes
New in BS.Player 2.52.1030 (Mar 30, 2010)
- sometimes rared vobsub subtitles were not loaded, fixed
- fixed subtitle editor bugs with new subtitle parser/renderer
- fixed problem with frame capture with EVR and JPG file format
- fixed bug with adding external audio files with MKV files
- fixed text display in full screen skin with UTF8 language files
- fixed proxy configuration in codec manager
- fixed 'stealing focus' bug if 'Auto hide main window' option was set
- fixed problem with local codec system, dll was loaded from system installed folder, instead local (ffdsow, libavcodec)
- when 'Always add all files in current directory to playlist' was checked and file with unregistered extension was dragged to player, it was ignored, fixed
- fixed crash in subtitle editor
- some other bug fixes
- unhidden option to save downloaded subtitles
- added option to define subtitle font sizes for different resolutions
- added shortcut for 16:10 aspect ratio
- some improvements to local codec system
New in BS.Player 2.52.1028 (Mar 23, 2010)
- FIXES:
- sometimes rared vobsub subtitles were not loaded
- fixed subtitle editor bugs with new subtitle parser/renderer
- problem with frame capture with EVR and JPG file format
- bug with adding external audio files with MKV files
- text display in full screen skin with UTF8 language files
- proxy configuration in codec manager
- 'stealing focus' bug if 'Auto hide main window' option was set
- problem with local codec system, dll was loaded from system installed folder, instead local (ffdsow, libavcodec)
- when 'Always add all files in current directory to playlist' was checked and file with unregistered extension was dragged to player, it was ignored, fixed
- crash in subtitle editor
- some other bug fixes
- ADDITIONS:
- option to save downloaded subtitles
- option to define subtitle font sizes for different resolutions
- shortcut for 16:10 aspect ratio
- some improvements to local codec system
New in BS.Player 2.52.1025 (Mar 22, 2010)
- sometimes rared vobsub subtitles were not loaded, fixed
- fixed subtitle editor bugs with new subtitle parser/renderer
- fixed problem with frame capture with EVR and JPG file format
New in BS.Player 2.52.1024 (Mar 22, 2010)
- fixed bug with adding external audio files with MKV files
- fixed text display in full screen skin with UTF8 language files
- fixed proxy configuration in codec manager
- fixed 'stealing focus' bug if 'Auto hide main window' option was set
- fixed problem with local codec system, dll was loaded from system installed folder, instead local (ffdsow, libavcodec)
- when 'Always add all files in current directory to playlist' was checked and file with unregistered extension was dragged to player, it was ignored, fixed
- unhidden option to save downloaded subtitles
- added option to define subtitle font sizes for different resolutions
- some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.52.1023 (Mar 22, 2010)
- added shortcut for 16:10 aspect ratio
- some improvements to local codec system
- some bug fixes
- fixed crash in subtitle editor
New in BS.Player 2.51.1022 (Mar 22, 2010)
- fixed broken online subtitles support
- fixed DVD seeking after subtitle change
New in BS.Player 2.51.1020 (Mar 22, 2010)
- fixed problem with subtitles embedded in mkv files with new parser/renderer
- EVR aspect ratio fixes
- fixed problem with EVR in full screen mode, some areas was not completely black
- under Vista and Windows 7 some decoders couldn't be added in 'Filter management', fixed
- local codec system fixes (codec reinstall required)
- possibly fixed problem with monitor powering down on laptops
- some other bug fixes
- added option to disable embedded subtitles
- custom extension can now be added in Vista and Windows 7 (UAC prompt will be displayed)
- added another online subtitle provider
New in BS.Player 2.50.1017 (Mar 22, 2010)
- another YouTube fix
- fixed problem with EVR in full screen mode
New in BS.Player 2.50.1016 (Mar 22, 2010)
- EVR aspect ratio fixes
- fixed subttile position with new subtitle parser/renderer
- fixed YouTube playback
- some ML fixes
- output audio device was not saved in some cases, fixed
- new subtitle renderer: fixes/improvements
- added option to show playback time in msec
- for online subtitles it's now possible to specify more than one language, so if subtitle in first language is not found, second is used and then third etc..
- added more options what to do when playback is finished, shutdown, hibernate, reboot...
- added support for UTF8 language files, also BS.Player UI is now more Unicode compatible
- total time is now displayed in playlist
- it's now possible to put subtitles under picture with EVR renderer
- 'Remember movie settings' option will now also remember full screen mode
New in BS.Player 2.43.1008 (Mar 22, 2010)
- fixed broken playback for some media files on some systems
- fixed crash in advanced filter properties
- skins: added actions to open ML in specified section
- some other bug fixes in changes
New in BS.Player 2.42.1007 (Mar 22, 2010)
- mouse cursor was hidden when subtitle download dialog was shown in full screen mode, fixed
- right clicking on video window on secondary monitor would show menu on primary, fixed
- if action is assigned to right mouse button, menu won't be shown anymore
- added option for load external audio
- added option to choose seek behavior
- local codec install now also works on Windows 7
New in BS.Player 2.41.1003 (Mar 22, 2010)
- changed seek behaviour
- new subtitle parser/renderer, improved subtitle support, more SSA/ASS features supported also HTML tags are now supported
- added shortcut (Q) for 'Enqueue selection' in ML
- if audio file with the same name as video is present it will be automatically loaded
- fixed problems with some Vorbis radio streams
- fixed YouTube playback
- in ML 'Remove non-existant entries' would also remove radios, fixed
- fixed problem with cycle audio stream option in AVI files
- double clicking one the same file second time didn't reopen it, fixed
New in BS.Player 2.40.996 (Mar 22, 2010)
- added option to specify minimum movie duration for downloading subtitles
- downloaded subtitles are now cached
- added option to only re-enable Aero when player is closed (Windows 7)
- added support for MPL2 subtitle format
- subtitles will now be saved with correct decimal separator
- audio stream cycling didn't work with some mkv files, fixed
- sometimes Auto 'Pan scan' wasn't properly remebered, fixed
- fixed problem, when local subtitles were available, but player still asked for download
- fixed title display problem with some radio stations
- fixed freezing problem with some RAR files
- fixed problem with not remebering color controls settings under Vista
- in some cases file couldn't be opened again, when it was automatically added to playlist, fixed
New in BS.Player 2.36.990 (Mar 22, 2010)
- added support for online subtitle database, automatic search and download
- improved compatibility with Windows 7
- fixed problem when system installed FFDshow was uninstalled
- fixed problem with command line arguments
- some other bug fixes in changes
New in BS.Player 2.35.985 (Mar 22, 2010)
- added A-B repeat mode
- media files in RAR archives along with subtitles and other files will now be properly detected and played, also subtitles in those archives will now be automatically loaded
- added possibility to assign multimedia key to every action
- improved ID3 tag editor in ML
- player will now ask if you want to continue playing from last postion if 'remember movie position' option is enabled
- explorer context menus can now be disabled
- all files specified at command line will now be played and not just the first one
- added default shortcuts for inc/dec font size (Ctr+Num + / Ctr+Num -)
- 'play' action will now reset playback rate to normal
- fixed Vobsub positioning problem
- fixed crash when DEP was enabled under XP SP2+ and Vista
- sometimes added file extension was ignored in 'Open directory' function, fixed
- fixed problem with frame capture file name format, random id was appended if there was no '%A'
- fixed 'Extend picture to' option, sometimes wrong aspect ratio was used
- sometimes files that were dragged to player were added twice, fixed
- some other bug fixes in changes
New in BS.Player 2.34.980 (Mar 22, 2010)
- improved Youtube playback, also it's now possible to seek within stream
- improved radio refresh speed in ML
- key definitions set for windowed mode are now automatically assigned to full screen mode
- added support for global multimedia keys
- added proxy settings to codec manager
- added support for HD YouTube videos
- fixed aspect ratio problem with EVR renderer
- fixed custom subtitle position with EVR renderer
- movie settings (position) were not remebered in some cases, fixed
- in some cases chapters were not properly detected in MKV files, fixed
- fixed problem with ML on secondary monitors
- some other bug fixes and changes
New in BS.Player 2.33.977 (Mar 22, 2010)
- fixed broken FLV streaming support
- sometimes mkv/vobsub subtitles couldn't be disabled, fixed
- 'Draw subtitles to overlay surface' option now also works with EVR renderer under Vista, so subtitles will not be resized with video, if option is disabled
- added support for YouTube videos, play and save
- added option to generate and save thumbnails
- improved chapters support (default key CTRL+C), external program for generatign thumbnails is not required anymore, chapter thumbnails are now auto generated
- added better support for multimedia keys
- some other bug fixes and changes
New in BS.Player 2.32.975 (Mar 22, 2010)
- sometimes added file extension was ignored in ML, fixed
- sometimes codec download was required even if codec was installed system wide, fixed
- TV, Radio buttons, did not open right section in ML, fixed
- fixed broken mms stream playback
- added support for http authentication, for shoutcast and icecast streams
- mp3/ogg streams can now be played directly from http, without downloading them first
- '-hide' command line option now works also if first parameter is not specified
- some other bug fixes and changes
New in BS.Player 2.31.973 (Mar 22, 2010)
- locally installed codecs have now priority over system installed
- fixed playback rate problem with DVDs
- fixed problem with shortcuts when playlist was open
- some capture improvements
- improved multimonitor handling
- sometimes volume was reset to 0, fixed
- fixed problem with EQ skin
- some other bug fixes and changes
New in BS.Player 2.30.968 (Mar 22, 2010)
- added codec manager to automatically find and install missing codecs
- added option to enqueue files by default
- preferences window will now be always on top
- redesigned Media Library
- fixed potential crash when parsing avi indexes
- improved audio streaming support
- improved startup time
- fixed broken manual subtitle time correction
- capture frame to JPG format didn't work with VMR and EVR renderer (BMP was used instead), fixed
- fixed some problems with CD audio playback, CD TEXT and CDDB
- a lot of other fixes and changes
New in BS.Player 2.28.963 (Mar 22, 2010)
- two subtitles can now be displayed simultaneously
- added option to seek to nearest keyframe (for AVI and MKV files)
- added native support for APE file format (Monkey's Audio)
- added native support for FLAC file format
- some ML and PL improvements
- DVD subtitles under VISTA with EVR didn't work, fixed
- fixed problems with some rar archives (when file name was NAME.partNNN.rar), it will now be played properly
- fixed problem with EVR renderer on Vista, when Aero was disabled picture was not filtered (pixelated)
- on windows Vista after Preferences window was closed all custom programs returned to default (Web browser, email client...), fixed
- fixed crash when opening old-style playlist if Media library was open
- some embedded ASS subtitles were not properly detected, fixed
New in BS.Player 2.27.958 (Mar 22, 2010)
- sometimes player would hang trying to load invalid subtitles, fixed
- when 'Always on top' option was active, main window would be shown after full screen skin was hidden, fixed
- fixed broken subtitles support in FREE version with EVR renderer under Vista
- fixed problem with frame capture when format string didn't include %A
- fixed problem with cut subtitles
- fixed problem with 'old style' playlist
- video window position won't be reset any more if left off screen (except if whole video window is off screen)
- recent items (history) won't be deleted any more after installing new version
- some media library fixes
- added menu items for repeat modes
- added option to set how many recent (history) items to keep
- some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.26.956 (Mar 22, 2010)
- fixed broken CD-TEXT support
- fixed problems with 'Enqueue', after enqueue playlist was reset to first item
- sometimes media library didn't add custom extensions, fixed
- Matroska files (MKV) can now also be played from uncompressed rar archives
- improved Vista and EVR support
- some other bug fixes and changes
New in BS.Player 2.25.955 (Mar 22, 2010)
- fixed resize bug
- double rared Vobsubs will now be loaded when playing content from rar files
- player will now automatically unrar content from compressed rar files and play it
- some other changes
New in BS.Player 2.24.954 (Mar 22, 2010)
- Fixed problem with subtitles being cut off, when 'Resize OSD and subtitle font automatically' option was enabled
- Fixed crash with full screen skin when 'Close file when ‘Stop’ button is pressed' option was enabled and 'Stop' button was clicked
- Screen saver and low power modes will now be properly disabled under Windows Vista
- Network buffer now also works with Matroska files and Haali media splitter
- Embedded subtitles in Matroska files, can now be disabled/enabled
- Some CDDB bug fixes
- Some playlist improvement
- Some other bug fixes and improvements
New in BS.Player 2.23.953 (Mar 22, 2010)
- fixed broken 'Load subtitles' function
- In some cases 'Save subtitle' option in subtitle editor was disabled, fixed
- Some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.22.952 (Mar 22, 2010)
- Added support for unicode subtitles
- Improved subtitle editor
- Added audio stream time correction option
- Added support for "One window only" skins
- Improved random playback, previous items are now remembered
- It's now possible to define media type for every extension, which is also used in media library
- ID3 tags can now be edited
- Fixed borderless window resize
- Fixed problem with .m3u, .pls, playlist loading, first item wasn't loaded
- Some vobsub fixes
- Some other bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.21.950 (Mar 22, 2010)
- Added support for YUV mixing mode for VMR7 and VMR9 renderers
- Added 'Time/Length(%)' OSD option
- It's now possible to assign different icons for associated extensions, also custom icons are supported
- Folders can now also be dragged to playlist
- Added option to close file when 'Stop' button is pressed
- Improved overlay handling under Vista OS, Aero will be now temporarily disabled when overlay mode is selected
- Font smoothing now also works with 'Draw subtitles to Overlay surface' option checked
- Feature to automatically resize Subtitle and OSD fonts is now option
- Some fixes for capture devices (mainly cameras)
- Some other changes and bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.20.948 (Mar 22, 2010)
- Subtitles are now supported in DVD mode (any subtitle can be loaded just as with normal video files)
- New subtitle module for VMR7, VMR9 and EVR video renderer
- Subtile (and OSD) font is now automatically resized with different resolutions
- On Vista skins are now in user home folder
- DVD won't be automatically resumed anymore, so you can start from begining
- Some Vista compatibility fixes
- Some other changes and bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.16.945 (Mar 22, 2010)
- Movies with more parts will be now automatically added to playlist, also when second(third...) part is open (for ex. Movie.CD2.avi -> Movie.CD3.avi...)
- Added basic support for EVR (Enhanced Video Renderer) available on Windows Vista
- Added options to set alpha blending for main and video window (works on Windows 2000+, but fully supported only on Windows Vista)
- Playlist and Media library can now be skinned
- some other changes and bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.13.942 (Mar 22, 2010)
- some fixes with VobSub subtitles
- sometimes when multiple files were selected they would play one by one instead being added to playlist, fixed
- removed unnecessary shell extension
- balance is now visible on non-skinned eq window
- added option to choose settings folder
- some other bug fixes and improvements
New in BS.Player 2.12.941 (Mar 22, 2010)
- all configuration files will now be saved in common folder, by default configuration files are in Application Data folder (C:/Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/BSplayer),
- if you wish to have all files in BSplayer installation folder then just copy/create file BSplayer.xml there and all configuration files will be saved in installation folder
- added 'Jump to file' option
- added experimental support for IPTV (multicast MPEG2 TS streams (udp://@x.x.x.x:PORT))
- fixed problems with some rar archives
- if movie is playing it won't be interrupted anymore when CD/DVD is inserted
- taskbar button will stay hidden if minimized to tray
- some other bug fixes and changes
New in BS.Player 2.11.940 (Mar 22, 2010)
- updated 'Show movie time' OSD function, now it can show time, date, movie name...
- updated SDK, EV_KEY_PRESS event can now be used in plugins
- improved capturing, capture can now be paused and resumed without stopping
- VobSub subtitles can now be resized
- some Vobsub fixes with HDTV content
- fixed broken 'multiple instances' option
- some other internal changes and bug fixes
New in BS.Player 2.10.939 (Mar 22, 2010)
- some podcast fixes
- fixed bug with task bar (was sometimes visible in full screen)
- embedded vobsub subtitles are now properly disabled, also fixed crash when vobsub subtitles were disabled
- mouse cursor now changes when over DVD menu
- all characters are now allowed for file extensions
- explorer shell items are now properly translated when language is changed
- play multiple items from explorer should work now
- when borderless window option was selected, window was always at 0x0, fixed
- fixed problem with playlist, it was not properly saved
- length for vbr mp3 files is now properly reported
- seeking with external vbr mp3 files is now working
- minimize button on default skin, will now minimize all windows
- drag & drop now works for Unicode files
- directory won't be in use anymore when file is closed
- EQ balance is now remembered
- fixed skin bug, 'Title' font couldn't be set
- some other bug fixes
- DVD subtitles can now be switched on/off
- tv,radio,podcast items can now be edited
- added option to optimize library database
- added option to delete unused genre, artist, album items
- it's now possible to play files from uncompressed rar archives
- added support for drag & drop whole directory (all items in directory are added to playlist)