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SMPlayer Changelog

What's new in SMPlayer 23.12.0

Dec 27, 2023
  • Implemented support for the new Opensubtitles API.
  • Fix play/pause with mpv 0.37.
  • Fix loading playlists with extension m3u8.
  • Fix video jitter/shudder when clicking on timeline bar.
  • Other small fixes.

New in SMPlayer 23.6.0.0 (Jul 1, 2023)

  • Fix the issue with YouTube playback limited to 720p.
  • Update mpv and mplayer.
  • New option in preferences to keep the playback speed for all videos.
  • Fix the AppImage package.
  • Other bug fixes.

New in SMPlayer 22.7.0.0 (Jul 14, 2022)

  • Better statistic info in the OSD (Shift + I).
  • Bug fixes regarding MPRIS2.
  • MPRIS2 is compiled (but disabled by default) on Windows and Mac OS.

New in SMPlayer 22.2.0.0 (Feb 28, 2022)

  • (Flatpak package) Add support for the AV1 codec.
  • Fix: the playlist is shuffled after adding files if the shuffle button is on.
  • Other small fixes.

New in SMPlayer 21.10.0.0 (Oct 30, 2021)

  • The support for YouTube has been improved by using yt-dlp. Fixes buffering and playback of age-restricted videos.
  • Option to use the AV1 codec with YouTube videos.
  • Improve support for FreeBSD.
  • Auto-rotate videos that have been recorded in vertical mode or upside down.
  • Some bug fixes.
  • (Windows) It's easier to update the YouTube code.

New in SMPlayer 21.1.0.0 (Jan 11, 2021)

  • Initial support for Wayland.
  • Some fixes and improvements in the playlist.
  • Show cache info in the OSD (Shift + I).
  • New skin Mint-Y.

New in SMPlayer 20.6.0.0 (Jun 19, 2020)

  • The internal YouTube code has been removed. Now SMPlayer uses an external application to get the video URLs.
  • The shuffle option in the playlist does shuffle the items of the playlist.

New in SMPlayer 20.4.2.0 (Apr 14, 2020)

  • Possibility to enter the opensubtitles.org credentials, which prevents a login error.
  • Now it's possible to search for shortcuts in Preferences -> Keyboard.
  • Support for mpv 0.32.
  • Fix for YouTube.

New in SMPlayer 19.10.0 (Oct 29, 2019)

  • Fix for YouTube.
  • Fix control when using mpv 0.30.

New in SMPlayer 19.5.0 (May 15, 2019)

  • Fix for YouTube.
  • Fix YouTube live streams (works only with mpv).
  • New actions available for previous subtitle track, previous audio track and previous video track.
  • New command line option -start.

New in SMPlayer 19.1.0 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • Possibility to play 60fps videos from YouTube.
  • Now it's possible to search for subtitles typing the name of the movie or show.
  • Some bug fixes.

New in SMPlayer 18.6.0 (Jun 25, 2018)

  • A new dark theme has been added.
  • On Windows 10 the key shortcuts for play next/previous left a busy mouse cursor on the screen. This is fixed now.
  • There's a new option in Preferences -> Playlist to choose the type of window for the playlist: dockable (as before) or just a normal window.
  • The library used by the web server for the chromecast feature has been updated. It looks like the old one had several vulnerabilities so it's recommended to update.

New in SMPlayer 18.5.0 (May 23, 2018)

  • Now the YouTube live streams work on Windows as well.
  • (Windows) A problem which might prevent SMPlayer to open filenames with unicode characters has been fixed.
  • Fix: the cursor keys should now work in the playlist.
  • Now it's possible to select which multimedia keys should be used as global shortcuts (Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse).
  • (Windows) It seems on some systems the multimedia key events are sent twice, making some keys (like volume mute or play/pause) almost unusable. This version tries to detect it and prevent it.
  • 'opus' has been added to to the list of audio extensions.

New in SMPlayer 18.4.0 (Apr 24, 2018)

  • Bugfix: the time displayed by a tooltip when the mouse is over the seekbar is now much more accurate.
  • There's now an option in Preferences -> Advanced to set the position of the OSD bar.
  • Now it's possible to turn off the use of the system native file dialog in Preferences -> Interface.

New in SMPlayer 18.3.0 (Mar 21, 2018)

  • Possibility to search for subtitles using the hash and filename methods at the same time.
  • Fix a bug which prevented to play some YouTube URLs.

New in SMPlayer 18.2.2 (Feb 18, 2018)

  • The option Open -> URL can now also load YouTube playlists.
  • New option in Preferences -> Subtitles to select the opacity of the background of the subtitles (available when the "border style" is se to "opaque box").
  • The options to select the preferred number of track for audio and subtitles are back.
  • (mpv) Now the direct3d is the default video output for Windows, since some users reported problems with the gpu output.

New in SMPlayer 18.2.0 (Jan 25, 2018)

  • Now it's possible to use a priority list of preferred languages for the audio and subtitles.
  • Now there's support for YouTube playlists. In the playlist window, click in the Load/save icon, select Load playlist from URL and paste the URL of the YouTube playlist.

New in SMPlayer 18.1.0 (Jan 25, 2018)

  • Fix for YouTube.

New in SMPlayer 17.12.0 (Dec 22, 2017)

  • SMPlayer works again on Windows XP (32 bit packages only).
  • Two new actions to take screenshots with or without subtitles (they only work when using mpv). Assigned by default to Ctrl+Shift+S and Ctrl+Alt+S.
  • New action which displays the filename in the OSD for 2 seconds. Assigned by default to Shift+O.
  • New option osd_bar_pos for smplayer.ini. It specifies the position of the OSD bar (0 = top, 100 = bottom).
  • The support for DVD menus has been removed. It never worked well and also mpv already removed support for it a long time ago.
  • The option to open an informative page after an upgrade has been removed.

New in SMPlayer 17.11.0 (Nov 3, 2017)

  • The video equalizer by software has been fixed.
  • The thumbnail generator is now more precise with short videos.
  • The audio quality of the audio equalizer has been improved.
  • The option "add black borders on fullscreen" has been fixed.
  • The option "AC3/DTS passthrough over S/PDIF" has been fixed.

New in SMPlayer 17.10.2 (Oct 16, 2017)

  • New option in Preferences -> Network to select the preferred quality for streaming sites such as DailyMotion, Vimeo and so on (all those which are handled by youtube-dl).
  • The audio equalizer is now disabled by default on Linux to prevent a no sound problem for users with old versions of mpv.
  • Fix some problems with the letterbox filter (the 'add black borders' option).
  • The HDPI support is now also enabled on the portable package for Windows.
  • Fix: now the time is correctly displayed in the thumbnail generator pictures when SMPlayer is built with Qt 5.

New in SMPlayer 17.10.0 (Oct 1, 2017)

  • The deprecated video and audio filters have been replaced with new ones.
  • The karaoke filter is available again.

New in SMPlayer 17.9.0 (Sep 1, 2017)

  • SMPlayer 17.9 gives the possibility to change the search method for finding subtitles on opensubtitles.org. SMPlayer has always used in the past the “hash” method, now it’s possible to search by filename.
  • This is an explanation of both methods:
  • Hash: SMPlayer calculates a hash key from the video file and uses that hash, along with the file size, to search on opensubtitles. This is the most accurate method because it will return subtitles for your video, even if you rename the video file. On the other hand opensubtitles must have the hash in its database in order this method to work.
  • Filename: SMPlayer will search for subtitles just using the filename. This may return more results than the previous method but some of the subtitles may not be suitable for your video.

New in SMPlayer 17.8.0 (Aug 10, 2017)

  • New audio filter for headphone optimization.

New in SMPlayer 17.6.0 (Jul 5, 2017)

  • Possibility to convert automatically subtitles in srt format to vtt when playing on Chromecast.

New in SMPlayer 17.5.0 (May 31, 2017)

  • Fix for YouTube.

New in SMPlayer 17.4.2 (Apr 24, 2017)

  • New option (menu View -> OSD) to display the times with milliseconds.
  • New fix for the thumbnail generator that works also with older versions of mpv.
  • Bugfix: the position of the video is remembered when it's opened by drag & drop.
  • The Windows installer won't install mpv on Windows XP since mpv is not longer compatible with Windows XP.
  • New option to use the mplayer ffhevcvdpau decoder (Linux only).
  • Avoid some crashes from mpv.

New in SMPlayer 17.4.0 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • The thumbnail generator has been fixed.
  • The H2O theme is now included in the binary.

New in SMPlayer 17.3.0 (Mar 6, 2017)

  • Experimental support for subtitles for Chromecast.
  • Bug fixes.

New in SMPlayer 17.2.0 (Feb 3, 2017)

  • Fix for YouTube.
  • The option to delete files from the disk in the playlist is back but it's disabled by default (you can enable it in Preferences -> Playlist -> Misc.
  • On Linux SMPlayer now uses a different web server, included in the packages, to serve files for Chromecast. If you installed the package webfs you can uninstall it now since SMPlayer won't use it anymore.
  • New translation: Norwegian Bokmål.

New in SMPlayer 17.1.0 (Jan 21, 2017)

  • Experimental support to play videos on Chromecast.
  • Support for some of the #EXTVLCOPT options in m3u/m3u8 playlists. This may help to play online streams from playlists intended for VLC.
  • New options in the context menu of the playlist "copy URL to clipboard", "open source folder" and "play on Chromecast".
  • Option to display bitrate information in the status bar.
  • Possibility to display the playback time with milliseconds in the status bar.
  • The option to add black borders on fullscreen is back (preferences -> general -> video).
  • The option to delete files from the disk in the playlist's context menu has been removed.

New in SMPlayer 16.11.0 (Nov 6, 2016)

  • More options in Preferences -> Playlist to better control the behaviour of the playlist, which makes easier to use the playlist for bookmarks.
  • New option 'Show info on OSD' in View -> OSD (Shift + I). It displays info about the current media (resolution, bitrate...) on the OSD.
  • Bug fixes.

New in SMPlayer 16.9.0 (Sep 11, 2016)

  • New option to send the audio to the specified audio device. It can be useful to send the audio to a TV via a HDMI cable or wireless headphones via bluetooth.
  • Some improvements on the playlist. Now it's possible to hide any column (right click to see the options). The search field is also hidden by default, a new search button shows/hides it. This changes are intended to prevent the playlist window to be too wide.
  • Due to bugs and problems with Qt 5, the packages for Ubuntu are now built again with Qt 4 by default.
  • Bug fixes.

New in SMPlayer 16.8.0 (Aug 3, 2016)

  • The playlist has been improved.
  • Bug fixes.

New in SMPlayer 16.7.0 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • Fix for YouTube
  • Some bug fixes mainly for Qt 5.

New in SMPlayer 16.6.0 (Jun 11, 2016)

  • Support for 2 in 1 computers with touch screens:
  • SMPlayer includes now a 'tablet mode', available in the menu Options. When the option is turned on it makes some changes in the interface so that it would be easier to control SMPlayer by touching the screen.
  • the size of windows and fonts are increased
  • sliding vertically in the video changes the volume, sliding horizontally seeks in the video
  • tapping while in fullscreen displays the floating control
  • When the user changes the tablet mode in the Windows 10 action center, SMPlayer will detect it and ask if it should switch to the SMPlayer's tablet mode as well.
  • Send video to an external screen:
  • Now it's possible to send the video to a second screen connected to the computer, while controlling the application in the computer's screen.
  • There's a new option in the menu Video: send video to screen. It shows a submenu with all connected screens.
  • One of the screens is labeled as 'primary screen', which is the computer's screen. If you send the video to another screen the video will be displayed on that screen in fullscreen mode. The SMPlayer interface will remain in the computer's screen where you can control the video (seek, change volume, subtitles, playlist, open another video, etc.) while the video is displayed on the second screen. If you send the video to the primary screen the video will be re-attached to the SMPlayer window.
  • Note this feature requires the desktop to be set as 'extended'.
  • Support for high DPI screens:
  • On high DPI (dots per inch) screens SMPlayer looked very tiny. Now the interface is automatically scaled so it looks correctly. There are also settings in Preferences -> Interface -> High DPI where you can adjust manually the scale factor or turn off this feature.
  • Global shortcuts:
  • Now it's possible to use the media keys (play/pause, stop, volume+/-, etc.) as global shortcuts. That means that those keys will work even when SMPlayer is in the background. You can activate this option in Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse.
  • Settings are remembered for online streams too:
  • This means that, for example, SMPlayer can resume playback or set bookmarks on YouTube videos or other online streams (as long as they are seekable).
  • Other changes in SMPlayer 16.6:
  • New themes: Masalla, Papirus and PapirusDark.
  • Built by default with Qt 5.

New in SMPlayer 16.4.0 (Mar 29, 2016)

  • The Windows installer now includes mpv as well.
  • Now it's easier to switch between mplayer and mpv (Preferences -> General, select either mplayer or mpv as multimedia engine).
  • The extrastereo filter works again when using mpv.
  • Possibility to use the VLC shortcuts. (Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse, click the load button, select vlc.keys)
  • Possibility to enable mouse gestures (when the mouse is dragged up or down in the video window the volume changes. If dragged left or right it changes the time position). You can enable this option in Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse -> Mouse -> Drag function: seek and volume.
  • A fix for saving bookmarks.
  • The option for streaming sites in Preferences -> Network is different now, and allows these values: Disabled: support for video sites is turned off Auto: enables the internal support for YouTube and uses mpv + youtube-dl for the rest of sites YouTube: only the internal support for YouTube will be used mpv + youtube-dl: uses mpv + youtube-dl for all sites
  • An animated icon has been added in the status bar to indicate when the player is buffering.
  • A new layout is used to display the media information (Options -> View info and properties).

New in SMPlayer 16.1.0 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • Fix for YouTube.
  • The screenshots work again with older versions of mplayer/mpv.
  • Possibility to add bookmarks (menu Browse), which allows to mark your favorite parts of the video for a quick access.
  • New option 'Prevent window to get outside of screen' in Preferences -> Interface.

New in SMPlayer 15.11.0 (Nov 30, 2015)

  • Fix for YouTube.
  • (Experimental) Support for YouTube live streams.
  • The thumbnail generator is much faster now.
  • New options to seek to the previous or next subtitle (mpv only).
  • New option to select the image format for the screenshots (mpv only).
  • Fix a crash when changing the GUI.
  • New option that allows to center the window automatically.
  • A tooltip is now displayed in the time slider with the corresponding time of the mouse position.
  • Find subtitles) New option to specify if the language code should be appended to the subtitle filename.
  • (Windows) The main window will be centered if it's partially outside of the desktop after an auto resize.
  • When adding files to the playlist the first item is moved to its correct place in the list.
  • (Experimental) New action to start/stop capturing the playback stream. The captured stream will be saved to the folder specified in the smplayer.ini option capture_directory with the name capture_NNNN.dump. It only works correctly with mpeg. With other formats the dumped stream won't play back.
  • Disable the extrastereo and karaoke filters when using mpv.

New in SMPlayer 15.9.0 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • Support for the 3D stereo filter.
  • We added support for mpv, which is a player based on MPlayer with new features and bug fixes.
  • Now it's possible to select a secondary subtitle track which is displayed on top of the screen (mpv only).
  • New option to set a template for screenshots (mpv only).
  • Now it's possible to play videos from streaming sites (besides Youtube) like DailyMotion, Vimeo, Vevo and many more (mpv only).
  • Option to step back one frame (mpv only).
  • The Windows installer now allows to choose the playback engine to install: mplayer or mpv.
  • Better support for YouTube (VEVO videos).
  • Possibility to set a proxy.
  • Allow duplicate items in the playlist.
  • New action (assigned by default to key "I") shows the current playback time, total time and percentage, for 2 seconds on the OSD.
  • Add the possibility to use the mouse buttons for "next chapter" and "previous chapter".
  • New option to delete a file in the playlist from the filesystem.
  • Add support for MPRIS2.
  • Possibility to compile SMPlayer without mplayer or mpv support.
  • The new H2O theme is now the default theme.

New in SMPlayer 14.9.0.6672 (Aug 17, 2015)

  • We added support for mpv, which is a player based on mplayer with new features and bug fixes.
  • Now it's possible to select a secondary subtitle track which is displayed on top of the screen (mpv only).
  • New option to set a template for screenshots (mpv only).
  • Now it's possible to play videos from streaming sites (besides Youtube) like DailyMotion, Vimeo, Vevo and many more (mpv only).
  • Option to step back one frame (mpv only).
  • The Windows installer now allows to choose the playback engine to install: mplayer or mpv.
  • Fix for Youtube.
  • Possibility to set a proxy.

New in SMPlayer 14.9.0 (Sep 8, 2014)

  • Fix for Youtube.
  • New option to shut down the computer when playback has finished.
  • The themes and skin icons are loaded from resource files (*.rcc).
  • New fix for searching subtitles from opensubtitles.org that should return more results.

New in SMPlayer 14.3.0 (Apr 2, 2014)

  • The control for fullscreen mode has been rewritten and improved. Now it is displayed over the video.
  • (Windows) New option in Preferences -> Subtitles to enable or disable the use of the Windows font directory. Disabling this option prevents the annoying font scanning.
  • Some presets have been added to the audio equalizer.
  • (Experimental) Possibility to play (non-protected) blu-ray discs.
  • Better support for multimedia keys. This can help control SMPlayer with a remote control.
  • New option in the playlist preferences for adding automatically other files in the folder to the playlist.
  • The option "Move the window when the video area is dragged" has been fixed.
  • (Windows) Now it's possible to open Windows shortcuts (symlinks).
  • Better support for Youtube.
  • (Windows) Better screensaver disabling.
  • Many bugfixes.
  • Possibility to compile with Qt 5.

New in SMPlayer 0.8.6 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • SMPlayer can now update its internal Youtube code from internet so it's not necessary to update smplayer everytime Youtube makes a change.
  • A section "Updates" has been added to the preferences dialog, where it's possible to configure or disable the update checker.
  • SMPlayer could still fail to find some subtitles from opensubtitles.org. Hopefully this is fixed.
  • (Windows) The autoload of subtitles with non latin1 filenames has been fixed.
  • The Windows installer gives the possibility to delete most of the configuration files of smplayer. This can be useful if the configuration files have been corrupted or smplayer has been misconfigured. Linux users can use the command "smplayer -delete-config".
  • Several other bugfixes.

New in SMPlayer 0.8.5 (May 10, 2013)

  • Due to changes in opensubtitles.org, smplayer couldn't find subtitles anymore. This has been fixed.
  • The interface with support for skins is now the default.
  • An option to enter url(s) in the playlist has been added.
  • The options to change the size of the main window work now even if the autoresize is set to never.
  • Two new options for Audio -> Stereo mode: Mono and Reverse.
  • The option "Move the window when the video area is dragged" is now disabled by default because it has some issues that need to be addressed.
  • New translation: Malay.
  • Some configuration options are changed to new defaults after installation to ease upgrade from old versions.

New in SMPlayer 0.8.4 (Mar 24, 2013)

  • New option to select the fps for external subtitles.
  • The video equalizer dialog has been rewritten.
  • Now smplayer checks for updates automatically and notifies the user if a new version is found.
  • Support for encoding ISO-8859-16 for subtitles.
  • New translations: Thai and Hebrew.
  • Some bugfixes.

New in SMPlayer 0.8.3 (Dec 22, 2012)

  • Fix for Youtube playback.

New in SMPlayer 0.8.2 (Nov 21, 2012)

  • A skinnable interface has been added. Several skins are included.
  • Support for 6.1 and 7.1 audio output.
  • A "Privacy" section in the preferences dialog has been added. You can disable saving the recent files or URLs.
  • The main window can be moved by dragging the video area.
  • Fix for a freeze that may happen on Windows XP.

New in SMPlayer 0.8.1 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • Fix YouTube.

New in SMPlayer 0.8.0 (Apr 6, 2012)

  • A toolbar editor has been added. Now it's possible to select the buttons and controls that want to appear in the toolbars.
  • New video filters: gradfun, blur and sharpen.
  • Now it's possible to change the GUI (default, mini, mpc) at runtime, no restart required.
  • sub files from opensubtitles should work again.
  • (Youtube) Recognize short urls (like this one: http://y2u.be/F5OcZBVPwOA) Better support for chapters in video files.
  • Bug fix: remote m3u files work from the favorites menu or command line. Internal changes in the single instance option (switch to QtSingleApplication).

New in SMPlayer 0.7.1 (Mar 3, 2012)

  • Fixes:
  • SMPlayer took more than 10 seconds to show when running for the very first time.
  • The links to download subtitles from Opensubtitles were wrong.
  • SMPlayer crashed in the favorite editor when trying to select a file if the KDE open dialog was used.
  • Some translations were missing in the Windows package.
  • New:
  • By default the screenshots are saved in the user's pictures folder instead of the SMPlayer's config folder.
  • Now it's possible to change the opensubtitles server.
  • Youtube: seeking is slow with flv videos, so now flv videos have the lowest priority.
  • Youtube: now it's possible to search and download videos from youtube. This is provided by an external application (in linux you have to install an independent package: smtube).

New in SMPlayer 0.7.0 (Jan 31, 2012)

  • New favorite menu, where you can add your favorite videos, music, streams, Youtube videos... It's also possible to add submenus.
  • Support for Youtube. Now you can open urls like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=..... using the Open -> URL dialog or dragging a link from a browser to the smplayer window.
  • Support for mplayer2. It's a fork of mplayer with interesting features like precise seeking, ordered chapters in mkv videos and better pause handling (e.g. seek works while the video is paused).
  • New translation: croatian.

New in SMPlayer 0.6.10 (Dec 29, 2011)

  • New vdpau configuration dialog, which allow to select the vdpau codecs to use.
  • Port for OS/2 (by Silvan Scherrer).
  • New menu to select the closed caption channel (requires mplayer >= r32607).
  • Possibility to select the seeking method (absolute or relative).
  • Possibility to sort the items of the playlist.

New in SMPlayer 0.6.9 (Mar 2, 2010)

  • A serious bug has been fixed: sometimes smplayer failed to find subtitles in opensubtitles.org.
  • Implemented the possibility to mark an A-B section, to play a part of the file only.
  • (Linux) smplayer doesn't use alsa as default audio driver anymore. It should fix freezing problems on Ubuntu.
  • Possibility to display the video resolution and frames per second in the status bar.
  • Audio: selection of left or right channel does work now.
  • (Linux) Improved support for vdpau.

New in SMPlayer 0.6.8 (Jul 24, 2009)

  • Added support for TV (more info in Watching_TV.txt).
  • New option to enable a global volume.
  • (Linux) Support for vdpau.
  • New option to take consecutive screenshots.
  • Possibility to add some of the submenus to the toolbars.
  • Better support for *.ts files (requires mplayer >= r29381).
  • Added the Vietnamese translation.
  • Added the Estonian translation.
  • (Windows) New options to try to disable the screensaver.

New in SMPlayer 0.6.7 (Mar 12, 2009)

  • Added experimental (and uncomplete) support for dvd menus. Requires a mplayer build compiled with dvdnav support. Please read dvdmenus.txt to know how to enable it.
  • Now loading an external subtitle file doesn't require to restart the mplayer process (except for idx/sub subtitles).
  • (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.
  • Options for mplayer: finally spaces in arguments between quotes are handled properly.
  • Added two options (in the audio and subtitle menus) to allow the user to enter the audio and subtitle delay (in milliseconds).
  • (ASS subtitles) The outline and shadow options now accept values with decimals.
  • (ASS subtitles) Possibility to change the color of the border and shadow.
  • Now the default value for the "correct pts" option is auto.
  • (Windows) Now the screensaver is allowed to turn on if the file is paused or it's an audio file.
  • (Windows) The direct3d video output is now the default for Windows Vista.

New in SMPlayer 0.6.5.1 (Nov 15, 2008)

  • Again, just after the release of 0.6.5 some problems have been detected. (It seems very few people test the svn versions)
  • - the portable version didn't compile
  • - mplayer could fail in the first run, complaining about an unknown -no-correct-pts option. This only happens if using a recent version of mplayer (r26842 or above).
  • Because of that, a version 0.6.5.1, with fixes for those two problems, has been released.

New in SMPlayer 0.6.4 (Oct 24, 2008)

  • Now smplayer will pop up a warning if the mplayer version is old. This popup will appear only once, although there'll be a reminder in the status line. A mplayer is considered old if it's older than svn r25158 (that includes 1.0rc2)

New in SMPlayer 0.5.0 (May 31, 2007)

  • New GUI. Now there are toolbars, the control at the bottom is different (and it changes if the window is made smaller), the icons can be changed (several icon themes are available). In fullscreen mode the floating control that appears when you move the mouse to the bottom of the screen is new too and this time the video doesn't resize when it shows.
  • Configurable key shortcuts. A shortcut editor has been added, it's located at "Preferences->Mouse & keyboard". Please read Configurable_shortcuts.txt.
  • Support for VCD. Now you can also play VCD discs. (This feature doesn't work on Windows, as currently MPlayer on Windows has no support for VCD yet)
  • System tray icon. Now it's possible to leave SMPlayer running in the system tray.
  • Added some new functions, like pan&scan, stay on top, set the size of the window...
  • Improved support for subtitles. For instance, now you can load a idx/sub file and you'll be able to select among all languages that the file provides. You can have a mkv file with embedded subtitles, load an idx/sub file (or srt, sub...) and all subtitles will be available.
  • New translations. SMPlayer 0.5.0 is translated (totally or partially) to the following languages: Bulgarian, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Simplified-Chinese and Traditional Chinese. By the way, now it's possible to change the language at run-time.