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Metal Player Changelog

What's new in Metal Player 4.1.4.0

Jul 4, 2014
  • New: Added song announcer. Irene will verbally announce next song or the song that has just finished.
  • New: Volume decreasing when Irene is speaking.
  • Fix: Out of memory error when loading invalid album picture.
  • Fix: Freeze fixed when downloading a subtitle.
  • Update: Default radio list.

New in Metal Player 4.1.3.0 (Jun 9, 2014)

  • Fix: File wasn’t opened when using Play URL dialog.
  • Fix: “Unable to cast object” when opening playlist files that contains stream URL’s.
  • Update: Sqlite updated to 1.0.92.0.

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.9 (May 8, 2014)

  • Fix: Index out of range when searching in playlist.
  • Fix: FileInfo form – Album art is loaded from web if it’s not found in file meta data.
  • Fix: Object reference not set to instance of an object when search in a empty playlist.

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.8 (May 5, 2014)

  • New: Control buttons in toolbar thumbnail.
  • Fix: Error fixed when saving video aspect ratio (Invalid format of the input string).
  • Fix: Index out of range when playing next / previous file in playlist.
  • Fix: Error fixed when closing PlayURL form.
  • Changes: Removed confirmation dialog when deleting files

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.7 (Apr 9, 2014)

  • New: Keyboard shortcuts are now configurable
  • New: Added new ciphers for Youtube playback
  • New: Added “Edit” link in Youtube playlists
  • Fix: Fixed concurent tasks issue when adding new items in playlist
  • Fix: Solved some Youtube playback issues that caused the interface to stop responding
  • Update: LAVFilters updated to 0.61.1

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.6 (Mar 17, 2014)

  • New: Switch to time remaining or time elapsed when clicking the time label.
  • Fix: Subtitles error – Expected DTD markup was not found.
  • Fix: Youtube playback – Add a missing video info.
  • Fix: Many other small bugs.

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.5 (Feb 25, 2014)

  • New: Option to save playback state when closing, and resume on the next startup.
  • New: Option to display elapsed or remaining time.
  • New: Menu to allow deleting entries from History and Most played.
  • New: Added functionality to drag and drop pls and m3u files in radio list.
  • Fix: Memory leaks when playing multiple files recursively that doesn’t exists or have been moved.
  • Fix: Fixed time span for files longer than an hour.
  • Fix: Playback didn’t start when the application was started from Windows explorer.

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.4 (Feb 17, 2014)

  • New: Added context menu in main forms.
  • New: Play pls or m3u files from Play Url dialog.
  • Fix: Reflection error: “Ambigous match found” when adding a new radio URL.
  • Fix: Wrong index selection in playlists.
  • Fix: Click event doesn’t get fired if menu have children menus.
  • Fix: Many bugs fixed in theme engine.
  • Changes: “Modern” and “Abbadon” themes have been removed from the setup. Can be installed separately from our website.

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.3 (Feb 10, 2014)

  • New: Added support to control Metal Player via command line.
  • New: Show in System Tray when minimizing.
  • New: Separate button for Open and Play.
  • New: Error logging (with options to send anonymous usage information).
  • Fix: Two instances of Metal Player.
  • Fix: Rolling the mouse wheel moves the volume slider, but the volume doesn’t change.
  • Fix: Load default theme if user has an old theme that is not supported with the current version.
  • Fix: Many other small bugs fixed.

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.2 (Feb 3, 2014)

  • New: Theme added – Tenegro.
  • New: Automatic updates in background when the player is closed, without user notification (optional, default is off).
  • Fix: Freeze fixed on playback error.
  • Fix: Visualization frame didn’t updated his size when the form was resized.
  • Fix: Added Keyboard handler for some dialog forms.
  • Fix: Object reference not set to instance of an object – on VideoMask_Resize.
  • Optimization: Startup time improved.

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.1 (Jan 27, 2014)

  • New: Added possibility to change aspect ratio (16:9 and 4:3)
  • New: Added support for HP10 video files (HEVC/H.265). It can support 8K UHD and resolutions up to 8192×4320.
  • New: 40 radio stations included in default list.
  • Fix: Added .NET version checking before installing or upgrading.
  • Fix: Artist image grabber fixed.
  • Optimization: Video resizing.
  • Update: Language Simplified Chinese updated.
  • Update: Target framework was changed to .NET 4.0 (4.5 required for better performance – using ProfileOptimization).
  • Update: System.Data.SqlLite has been upgraded to .NET 4.0
  • Update: Bass libraries have been updated to 2.4.10.3

New in Metal Player 4.1.2.0 (Jan 17, 2014)

  • New: Added functionality to add a Youtube link into playlist.
  • New: Import Youtube playlist.
  • New: File association improved, users now have ability to choose individual files types to associate with Metal Player.
  • New: Users can see what’s new before updating.
  • New: Added “Reset settings” button in settings form.
  • New: Added new dialog form that displays current file name above Taskbar.
  • New: Sound effects – chorus and echo.
  • New: Added version history in “About” window.
  • New: Display what filters and codecs are used to playback the current file.
  • New: Detailed error if playback fails – display file header and other file information.
  • New: Included Graph Studio (Right click in video window > Graph Studio) which permit building and changing filter
  • graphs for DirectShow.
  • Fix: Adding radio songs in History.
  • Fix: Some finalizer was deadlocked waiting for the main thread to become available.
  • Fix: Bug fixed when renaming the playlist – refresh caused to load the first list found, instead of selected playlist.
  • Optimization: Memory leak in Graphic equalizer.
  • Update: Updated some radio links that doesn’t worked anymore.
  • Update: Updated LAV Filters to latest version (0.6.0).
  • Changes: Dropped support for OMA, GSM, VOC, AMR and RA files.
  • Changes: Playlists have new file extensions – old playlists (.xml files) are no longer supported.

New in Metal Player 4.1.1.5 (Jan 9, 2014)

  • Fix: Settings form does not open in some themes due to some changes in previous version.
  • Optimization: Tabs are loaded faster in History form.
  • Optimization: Flicker fixed in History form.

New in Metal Player 4.1.1.0 (Jan 7, 2014)

  • New: Added support for YouTube links (File > Play URL)
  • Fix: Bug fixed when upgrading to a new version.
  • Fix: Set owner form when the player is minimized (not all forms were minimized).
  • Fix: Moving forms together.
  • Fix: File counter fixed in History module.
  • Optimization: Automatic song picker algorithm.

New in Metal Player 4.1.0.7 (Dec 23, 2013)

  • New: Files are added more faster in playlist (using drag and drop or Add file / Add folder dialog)
  • Fix: Error when getting meta data from files – occurred when the list was cleared and the background process
  • that get the data didn’t finished his job.
  • Fix: Error fixed when deleting multiple files from playlist.
  • Fix: Update row number after deleting items.
  • Fix: Concurrency issue between two threads.

New in Metal Player 4.1.0.6 (Dec 17, 2013)

  • New: Added new language: Russian.
  • Update: Simplified Chinese updated.
  • Fix: SQL bug fixed (in history module).
  • Fix: Filename was not saved correctly in history table.
  • Fix: Error when adding files in playlist that has meta data ending with NULL terminator.
  • Fix: Show all “Most played files” even if those don’t have meta data.

New in Metal Player 4.1.0.5 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • New: Option to disable equalizer.
  • New: Added new language: Simplified Chinese (thanks to Popeyes~XU).
  • New: Option to repeat the list, or to play next (if available).
  • Update: All other languages are updated.
  • Fix: Few minor bug fixes.

New in Metal Player 4.1.0.4 (Dec 12, 2013)

  • New: Allows selecting multiple files in OpenFileDialog.
  • New: Allows adding radio channels with extensions pls or m3u (playlists) without downloading the file first.
  • New: Added support for Portuguese subtitles.
  • Fix: Default playlist and default radio list will not be overwritten on upgrade. (available with the next update).
  • Fix: History and musical preferences will not be overwritten on upgrade (available with the next update).

New in Metal Player 4.1.0.3 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • New: New theme included: “Modern light”.
  • Fix: Skin engine improved.
  • Fix: Crash fixed after saving settings.
  • Fix: Other critical bugs fixed.

New in Metal Player 4.1.0.2 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • New: Added support for Hebrew subtitles.
  • New: Added Help section for using personal assistant.
  • Fix: Crash when loading subtitles form (when using DarkMatter theme).

New in Metal Player 4.1.0.1 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • New: “Recent played” and “Most played” views are automatically updated.
  • New: Display the personal assistant status.
  • New: User have to say personal assistant name before any command. This will help Irene to ignore unknown commands, noise, or just background music. This applies only for the commands given by voice.
  • Fix: History grid sorting
  • Fix: Major bugs fixes with personal assistant.

New in Metal Player 4.1 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • New: Human profiler: analyzes your actions and your preferences regarding songs, albums, bands or genres.
  • New: Intelligent Playback (Feature available in 3.x versions). The player can select a song for you based on your preferences: bands, songs, albums or even genres.
  • New: Conversational Agent – allows user to communicate with the player trough text and voice. User can chat with the player, or can give commands.
  • New: Allows to select and delete multiple files in playlist.
  • New: Settings will not replaced / overwritten on update (available with next update).
  • New: Exit from fullscreen when hit Escape.
  • New: New theme included in package: “DarkMatter”.
  • New: Show most played songs.
  • New: Playback history.
  • Update: DirectVobSub updated to version 2.41.5626
  • Update: “Playlist” tab renamed to “Local”.
  • Fix: Flicker fixed on video resize.
  • Fix: Skip to next file if it does not exist anymore.
  • Fix: Error when downloading subtitles that have “Rating” field null.
  • Fix: Player crash when playing radio.
  • Fix: Bug fixed when deleting radio category.
  • Fix: Bug fixed when creating new list.
  • Fix: Automatically scroll the list to the selected item.
  • Fix: Other minor fixes and layout adjustments.

New in Metal Player 4.0.4.3 (Oct 29, 2013)

  • New: Play selected when press “Enter” in playlist.
  • New: Added possibility to queue a song from “Search” window.
  • Fix: Bug fixed when opening FileInfo form.
  • Fix: Playlist sorting after switching or creating a new playlist.
  • Fix: Bug fixed after a playlist is deleted.
  • Optimizations: Memory leaks.

New in Metal Player 4.0.4.2 (Oct 11, 2013)

  • New: New formats supported: oga, oma, opus, mka, dv, mts, mxf, ts, wm, rmvb, mpv2, aiff, f4v and voc
  • New: Added new languages: French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Hungarian
  • New: Added possibility to report errors
  • Update: Resource files updated for English, Deutsch and Romanian
  • Fix: Player crashed when loading a second instance
  • Fix: Bug fixed when restarting player after the language is selected

New in Metal Player 4.0.4.1 (Oct 3, 2013)

  • New: Single instance – when you open files from Windows explorer will play in the current instance.
  • Changes: Layout adjustments – top menu has been re-worked (for Default theme).
  • Fixed: Many bugs fixed.
  • Fixed: Crash when loading player
  • Fixed: Playlist scrollbar index issue
  • Fixed: Error when loading file information

New in Metal Player 4.0.3.5 (Oct 3, 2013)

  • New: New formats supported: aac, mp1, gsm, aif, ra, au, m1v, m4v and ogv.
  • New: New protocols supported: FTP, MMS and MMH.
  • New: Added functionality to control the program remotely (from another computer or from a mobile phone).
  • New: Playlist can be sorted by file name, artist, title, album, or genre.
  • New: Invalid entries (files that have been moved or deleted) can be removed from playlist with a single click.
  • New: Users can search in playlist by metadata: genre, album, title or artist.
  • Fixed: File index was displayed wrong after removing a file from the playlist.

New in Metal Player 4.0.3.4 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • New: Option to shut down computer after playing.
  • New: Added form that displays available hot keys.
  • New: Allow opening files that are not supported (or have a wrong extension).
  • New: Default settings are restored in case the configuration files are damaged or missing.
  • Fix: “Parameter is not valid” when loading AlbumArt from metadata.
  • Fix: Disable keyboard shortcuts in input controls.

New in Metal Player 4.0.3.3 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • Optimisation: Metal Player starts faster.
  • Optimisation: Memory leaks when playing video with subtitles enabled.

New in Metal Player 4.0.3.2 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • New: Added option to disable subtitles.
  • Update: Internationalisation files was updated (EN, DE and RO).

New in Metal Player 4.0.3.1 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • New: Support for WebM files (VP8 video and Vorbis audio streams).
  • Fixed: Updates are not detected – intermediate caching causes to doesn’t notify the user when a new update is available.
  • Fixed: Major bug fixed with automatic update – the update was not installed in correct location.
  • Fixed: Album art was not shown if a file was opened before to open “AlbumArt” panel.ping to next playlist and that list was empty

New in Metal Player 4.0.3.0 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • New: Automated updater – notify user when a new version is available.
  • New: Options to disable internal filters and splitters.
  • Fixed: Taglib throw exception when playing mid files.
  • Fixed: Null exeption when jumping to next playlist and that list was empty

New in Metal Player 4.0.2.2 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • New: Added “Now Playing” that shows the album image of the current media file.
  • New: Automatically downloads the album image if is not available.
  • Fixed: Disable progress bar if no media file is running.

New in Metal Player 4.0.2.1 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • New: Show more details like codec information, bit rate, stream size, audio format, video format.
  • New: Possibility to edit and save ID3Tags.
  • New: Added audio balance option for audio.
  • New: Keep video aspect ratio both for x and y axis.
  • New: Added support for new files and containers: flac, ape, rm, swf, ac3, evo and Blu-Ray.
  • New: Added support for video streaming.
  • New: Added the “Anti Manea” feature (this feature was available also in Metal Player 2.x and 3.x)
  • Fixed: Bug when the user disconnect the second monitor and the player was on that display.
  • Fixed: Index out of range when changing from audio to video style.
  • Fixed: Access to path is denied: system volume information, when adding entire drive to playlist.
  • Fixed: File association on 64 bit machines.
  • Fixed: Null exception occurs when changing the volume after Stop button is pressed. This error occurs only when played a video.
  • Fixed: Memory leaks. Graph builder is not disposed properly, and caused to DirectShow filters to remain in memory.
  • Fixed: The playback is stucked with the current list, and didn’t jump to next playlist; and the option to play all lists is selected.

New in Metal Player 4.0.1.0 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • Optimization: Changed the accessibility of P/Invoke so that it is no longer visible from outside its assembly.
  • Optimization: Moved P/Invoke methods to NativeMethods class.
  • Optimization: Multiple code optimizations.

New in Metal Player 3.0.6.6 (Sep 9, 2011)

  • Improved user interface: now is more user-friendly, and the skin has been reworked.
  • Support for more multimedia formats and containers
  • New features included, including radio station playback and media library.
  • CDA filter included
  • AVI splitter included
  • Mpeg splitter
  • Radio streaming (mp3, ogg, wma, aac)
  • OGG splitter
  • Matroska splitter (used to playback mkv files)
  • RealMedia splitter