What's new in Ace Media Player 2.8.398
May 11, 2012
- Subtitle Configurations;
- Default Video Rendering is now YUV;
- Remember application data into ini file;
- A lot file extensions available;smoother media file seeking;
- Better appearance;
- Media engine completely rewritten;
- Supports hundred of media formats
New in Ace Media Player 2.8.350 (Apr 21, 2012)
- added: default video rendering is now in YUV format
- added: default directshow rendering engine is now WMR7
- added: full screen toolbar auto appear/hide determined by mouse movement
- added: subtitle rendering in YUV format
- improved: ensure focus item is visible at application startup
- improved: ensure extremely large video files won't freeze the application UI
- bug fixed: in some rare cases video picture flips upside down
- bug fixed: drag & drop won't work in some situations
- bug fixed: audio/video out of sync at playback startup in some situations
- bug fixed: internal subtitle channels could not be selected the second time once 'no subtitle' menu had been selected
New in Ace Media Player 2.8.320 (Apr 21, 2012)
- added: remember loop mode into application ini file
- added: remember aspect ratio into application ini file
- added: remember window resizing mode into application ini file
- added: remember last playlist loading path into application ini file
- added: remember last file loading path into application ini file
- added: remember last subtitle loading path into application ini file
- added: remember last playing file into application ini file
- improved: does not require access to Windows Registry anymore, and all configurations are saved in an ini file
- improved: always enables subtitle menu so that user can load external subtitle files
- improved: search subtitle files also in last subtitle loading path
- improved: ensure focus item is visible after sorting playlist
- bug fixed: solved a memory leak associated with the media engine
- bug fixed: sometimes media engine does not stop while playback is completed
- bug fixed: cannot save current playlist
New in Ace Media Player 2.8.273 (Feb 20, 2012)
- improved: smoother media file seeking
- improved: media file title aligns vertically on-center with any supported operating system
New in Ace Media Player 2.8.235 (Feb 20, 2012)
- better visibility for window title
- better visibility for progress text
- added: online manual
- added: tooltip for playlist items
- added: tooltip for controls
- added: changing window size without changing playlist width(hold Ctrl key while splitting window)
- added: play with Windows "Open With..." context menu
- bug fixed: double clicking on playlist item will lost focus
- bug fixed: pressing Enter to select playlist item will lost focus
New in Ace Media Player 2.8.218 (Feb 20, 2012)
- added: media info dialog box
- added: mouse operated wheel to change volume
- added: minimize button
- added: auto-adjust playlist columns width with scrollbar show/hide present
- improved: reduced file size
- bug fixed: pressing next button in full-screen window made the playlist display incorrectly
- bug fixed: ensure focus item in the playlist is always visible
- bug fixed: position bar does not update timely while dragging the position
- bug fixed: dragging sizer to the right border should toggle direction arrow
- bug fixed: dragging sizer to the right border should reset the default playlist width
New in Ace Media Player 2.8.192 (Feb 20, 2012)
- added: prevents screensaver and power saver from launching while media is playing
- added: application auto-upgrade system
- added: resize for split screen & playlist window
- added: remember path for last loaded playlist
- added: remember path for last loaded media file
- added: menu item stays on top
- added: drag & drop media files using Windows Explorer
- bug fixed: clear screen after media is stopped
- bug fixed: cursor not hidden while context menu appears in full screen mode
- bug fixed: seek function unavailable in video-only media clips
New in Ace Media Player 2.7 (Feb 20, 2012)
- improved video decoding quality
- improved audio decoding quality
- more intuitive subtitle menu item structure
- supports multiple dubbing (audio stream) selection
- supports load/save/new playlist
- supports sorting of media files by various methods
- added: aspect ratio menu items
- added: crash reporting system
- added: application log system
- added: right-clicking context menu
- rectified: eliminated previous buggy sync code
- bug fixed: flicker when toggle to full screen
- bug fixed: wrong cursor on full screen mode borders
- bug fixed: sync issues with some wmv files
- bug fixed: subtitle resizing according to the video size
- bug fixed: subtitle memory leak
New in Ace Media Player 2.6 (Feb 20, 2012)
- supports ASS and SRT subtitle formats
- supports mkv build-in subtitle
- auto-detecting and loading external subtitle files
- Win7 compatibility concerns. Save/load application data file under win7 Application Data Folder
- full screen mode with on-demand control bar
- full screen mode mouse auto-hide
- bug fixed: Video/Audio out of sync while playing some specific media files
- bug fixed: mosaic decoded picture while playing some specific media files
- bug fixed: handle audio-only and video-only media file more efficiently
New in Ace Media Player 2.5 (Feb 20, 2012)
- media engine completely rewritten, based from FFmpeg
- now supports hundred of media formats
- reconstructed UI layout, more compact and visually appealing
- streamlined menu layout
- window size remains unchanged while loading different media files
- bug fixed: open media does not open all files selected
- bug fixed: can't add files under WinXP
New in Ace Media Player 2.2 (Feb 20, 2012)
- media engine upgraded using DirectShow, compatible with WMP 9.0, loads asf/wmv files more quickly
- now Ace DivX Player can play with a single exe file, which may be put on your movie CD to play movies anytime, anywhere
- limit multi-instance of Ace Media Player to single instance
- added: real-time seeking using the slider bar
- added: ability to automatically arrange window's location when outside of the desktop
- bug fixed: double-clicking on a video window would cause the video window to go to the wrong location
- bug fixed: when video window in shade mode, double-clicking on it would display a black empty window