SVP Manager Changelog

What's new in SVP Manager 4.6.0.263

Nov 16, 2023
  • Improved RIFE/TensortRT support
  • Fixed wrong CPU load monitoring, especially in Windows 11
  • Fixed “Vapoursynth Filter” usage in some video players (e.g. ProgDVB)
  • Run VLC with OpenGL renderer supporting HDR
  • Adjusted for recent mpv (pre-0.37) changes

New in SVP Manager 4.6.0.220 (Oct 10, 2022)

  • Finalizing RIFE integration:
  • Added Avisynth filter (needs Avisynth 3.7.2+)
  • Faster initialization via DirectShow ‘Vapoursynth filter’
  • Added scene threshold adjustment via video profile
  • AI model updated to ver.4.4
  • Simplified adding custom AI models
  • Fixed occasional false “frame rate changed” events with AVSF
  • Added “On screen” profile condition

New in SVP Manager 4.5.0.214 (Sep 9, 2022)

  • Added RIFE v4; removed all RIFE video profile limitations (if RIFE is installed)

New in SVP Manager 4.5.0.213 (Mar 10, 2022)

  • Windows 11 compatibility: completely ignore ffdshow if it’s not installed
  • Windows 11: use ‘fusion’ visual style by default

New in SVP Manager 4.5.0.200-2 (Oct 14, 2020)

  • Added target frame rate control to 'Automatic' profile
  • Fixed some UI elements (e.g. "quality/bitrate" slider in SVPcode) were broken after update to Qt 5.15

New in SVP Manager 4.5.0.200 (Oct 3, 2020)

  • DirectShow: supports 10-bit/16-bit color depth when using Avisynth Filter (AVSF)
  • NVOF: uses SDK v2.0 when available

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.196 (Aug 13, 2020)

  • NVOF: fixed regression in rev.195 leading to broken scene change detection and reduced smoothing quality
  • Avisynth: possibly improved stability and compatibility with newer AVS+ (thanks to pinterf)

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.195 (Jul 11, 2020)

  • Added “Always on top” option
  • Windows: added “Utilities -> Set environment variables” to simplify setting the correct %PATH% for VLC/libmpv
  • Confusing “frc.target.max” value replaced with a dedicated “Ignore HFR sources” video profile
  • Fixed some mess with opening video in mpv with “mpvSockets” script enabled
  • Fixed incorrect SVP index value in some cases
  • Windows: fixed not working opening video through launcher shortcut
  • Minor UI improvements

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.191 (Apr 11, 2020)

  • Added support for SMPlayer >= 19.10.0.9290 (2020-04-06)
  • Added support for multiple mpv windows opened (via mpvSockets script)
  • Fixed wrong SVP window size with screen scale >100%

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.190 (Apr 3, 2020)

  • Supports screen scale changes on-the-fly w/o restarting
  • Drag-n-drop files to open via mpv
  • Read MediaInfo correctly when opening BD as a folder
  • Updated to Qt 5.14

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.184 (Feb 17, 2020)

  • apply ‘deband’ filter by default (turn off with code.simple.deband)
  • + ability to encode video only (w/o audio and subs) in Advanced mode

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.183 (Jan 12, 2020)

  • faster black fields detection
  • Windows: tuned seek detection in DirectShow players

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.182 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • VLC: added support for variable frame rate videos

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.170 (Aug 22, 2019)

  • VLC: support for major updates in VLC plugin ver. 1.0.0.170
  • Use last selected video profile when there're several equally scored profiles available

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.168 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • VLC: HDR detection, DX11 hardware decoder support
  • added 80/144 Hz as a target rates in UI
  • Windows DPI change: don't restart when some code/cast/download jobs are running; keep "SVP disabled" status
  • more weight for the "Video player" profile condition
  • fixed various minor UI issues

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.165 (Jun 9, 2019)

  • Ability to reset manual profile options to predefined values
  • Improved HDR color fix for DirectShow players
  • Artifacts masking improved and it's now on by default
  • Option to launch SVP disabled

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.160 (Mar 29, 2019)

  • Windows: preliminary support for full HW acceleration via NVIDIA Optical Flow (Turing GPUs only!)
  • "Adaptive pattern" video profile option
  • Windows: auto-restart Manager when switching display scaling (fixes fonts and UI scaling)
  • Search in "All settings" window
  • Updated to Qt 5.12.2

New in SVP Manager 4.3.0.157 (Dec 17, 2018)

  • Fixed mpv crash on pause
  • "remove every other frame" video profile option

New in SVP Manager 4.2.0.140 (Aug 1, 2018)

  • supports variable frame rate (VFR) sources in mpv
  • fixed MediaInfo for some files

New in SVP Manager 4.2.0.137 (May 7, 2018)

  • one more attempt to fix incorrectly reported source frame rate: "Treat 23.810 as 23.976" option
  • Cast extension (BETA) - 0.9.5.137 - 2018-05-06
  • Code extension - 1.0.0.137 - 2018-05-06
  • force deinterlace when needed

New in SVP Manager 4.2.0.136 (May 4, 2018)

  • + mpv: automatically turn on deinterlace mode if needed
  • = mpv: match SVP settings with the deinterlace mode set by user
  • + "Is variable frame rate" profile condition
  • + attempt to fix incorrectly reported source frame rate: "Treat 23.810 as 23.976" option
  • + empty "outer lighting" for fixing stereo pairs aspect ratio
  • = lowered minimum allowed buffer size for ffdshow (will reduce lag if needed)
  • = fixed heavy stuttering caused by false seek detection in some cases
  • = fixed ffdshow script error when Windows user name contains characters absent from local code page
  • = fixed SVP's "Open file via mpv" may open video in other mpv-based video player running
  • = fixed VLC script error when Windows user name contains characters absent from local code page
  • = fixed GPU acceleration error after hardware upgrades
  • = fixed incorrect frame size alignment after cropping in some cases (may lead to green line at the bottom)
  • = fixed non-zero disk usage in idle state
  • = various small fixes

New in SVP Manager 4.2.0.122 (Oct 20, 2017)

  • Manager:
  • Added SVPcode extension for simple video transcoding
  • Windows: added support for full-resolution BD3D playback via MPC-BE
  • Fixed not working "Width of top coarse level" option
  • Other minor fixes
  • SVPflow:
  • Fixed OSD image blinking
  • Fixed minor (?) error in the motion vectors search algorithm ("cross search")
  • Updated ASM code from x264 (supports AVX-512)

New in SVP Manager 4.1.0.118 (Sep 2, 2017)

  • added alternate profile conditions groups (i.e. <condition 1> OR <condition 2>)
  • added user manuals (in English, Chinese, Japanese and Russian) plus corresponding help buttons
  • all network requests are made using system default network proxy now, turn this off with "-no-proxy" arg
  • Windows: added "Launcher" app for faster opening when SVP is pinned to Windows 7+ taskbar
  • b/w icon when SVP is off
  • Windows: fixed crash on start in rare cases
  • more information messages for run-time errors, more Events log verbosity

New in SVP Manager 4.1.0.114 (Jun 21, 2017)

  • option to force the exact target frame rate value
  • profile priority can now be lower than 'Automatic'
  • fixed 'QBasicTimer' errors on first start
  • fixed incorrect value when cropping to 16:9

New in SVP Manager 4.1.0.111 (Apr 10, 2017)

  • Windows: adjusted memory and threads limits for Avisynth to minimize crashes and stuttering with UHD videos
  • Windows: Avisynth 2.6 32-bit replaced with Avisynth+
  • Windows: fixed not detected source frame rate change in some cases
  • "Processing threads" value can be modified via video profile

New in SVP Manager 4.1.0.110 (Apr 5, 2017)

  • new profile condition: "video player"
  • some UI elements improved
  • keyboard shortcut to toggle frame cropping
  • fixed incorrect memory usage monitoring of 64-bit players
  • removed unneeded high precision timers

New in SVP Manager 4.1.0.105 (Mar 4, 2017)

  • can render video in 10 bit color depth (mpv and VLC only)

New in SVP Manager 4.1.0.101 (Jan 19, 2017)

  • fixed possible incorrect source frame rate detection while playing streams in mpv/Plex

New in SVP Manager 4.1.0.100 (Dec 31, 2016)

  • fixed buffer overload when using SVPlight, especially for 4K
  • can talk to multiple mpv pipes simultaneously (comma-separated list in main.main.setup.mpv_pipe)
  • more buffered frames by default in ffdshow
  • minor UI improvements and fixes
  • updated to Qt 5.7.1

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.96 (Nov 18, 2016)

  • option to use outer lighting in full screen mode only
  • fixed crash on Manager start
  • fixed crash in "hard reset on seek" mode
  • Pro users can now use single license from different user accounts
  • fixed incorrect font sizes in Windows 10 in some cases
  • minor UI improvements and fixes

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.93 (Sep 16, 2016)

  • Windows: added preliminary support for direct Avisynth and Vapoursynth interfaces in Daum PotPlayer
  • fixed Pro license reset on every start in some cases
  • added support for rv32 codec in VLC (for the capture and stream function)
  • minor UI improvements and fixes

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.91 (Aug 23, 2016)

  • fixed incorrect MediaInfo extraction in some cases, especially clip duration value
  • Polish updated / added for extensions

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.90 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • open videos in the same mpv instance
  • added option to ignore short (less than 15 secs) clips
  • minor fixes

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.85 (Jul 18, 2016)

  • profile condition for the stream's host name
  • deactivate hot keys when no video is playing
  • updated to Qt 5.6.1

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.81 (Jul 18, 2016)

  • updated installer, "DirectShow 32-bit core" installation is not mandatory now
  • fixed mpv crash while playing audio files with embedded cover art
  • added option to completely disable SVP for the selected video profile

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.80 (May 26, 2016)

  • improved VLC support
  • Linux: no registration or license key needed anymore
  • better user control over video profiles
  • added black bars detection mode selection
  • fixed MediaInfo isn't extracted correctly for some files
  • fixed unnecessary resetting of the frame crop fine tuning
  • other minor fixes

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.76 (May 3, 2016)

  • added support for the VLC player (BETA)
  • minor fixes and UI improvements

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.73 (Mar 23, 2016)

  • Win: works with updated mpv-0.16-1 (mpv IPC for Windows via named pipes)

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.72 (Mar 19, 2016)

  • Win: mpv+Vapoursynth 64-bit supported (PRO version only)
  • added HiDPI icons
  • removed unnecessary script resetting in some cases
  • updated to Qt 5.6.0

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.70 (Mar 4, 2016)

  • Win: 64-bit players are now allowed in the public version

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.66 (Feb 23, 2016)

  • SVP logo in the Control panel now shows main menu
  • "Reset to defaults" option
  • "1.5m" mode now works the same way as in SVP 3
  • MT mode = 1 for SVPflow functions

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.60 (Jan 29, 2016)

  • fixed stuttering with some "magic" number of threads
  • fixed "communication error" issue

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.56 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • fixed wrong appearance on High DPI screens
  • fixed wrong black bars detection in some cases
  • faster initialization, should not hang BD drives now
  • remote control via HTTP API

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.54 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • added PAR/DAR detection for video streams
  • fixed error getting frame size for video streams
  • fixed inability to completely disable keyboard shortcuts
  • removed excessive script resets for some VFR videos

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.53 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • fixed crash on start when updates are available
  • adjustable frame width alignment

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.52 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • video player blacklisting feature
  • experimental BD-3D (MVC) support (Pro version)

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.51 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • experimental BD-3D (MVC) support (Dev.build only)
  • fixed hangs and crashes is some cases
  • scrollable performance graphs
  • fixed black bars detection in some cases
  • fixed corrupted OSD in small resolutions

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.49 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • fixed broken "auto" mode for FullHD videos in CPU-only mode
  • better support for VFR videos

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.48 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • option to turn off keyboard shortcuts
  • "SVP 4" renamed to "SVP 4 Pro"
  • finalized licensing stuff

New in SVP Manager 4.0.0.47 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • attempt to fix cyclic seek detection issue
  • better look with high contrast themes

New in SVP Manager 4 Build 25 Technical Preview (Aug 21, 2015)

  • What's new in SVP 4:
  • Completely new user interface with dozen of improvements,
  • Faster and more reliable than SVP 3,
  • Black fields detection and lighting in continuous mode,
  • Upcoming Linux and Mac OS version, as well as VLC plugin,
  • And more!

New in SVP Manager 3.1.7 (Jul 16, 2015)

  • Updated SVPflow core libraries (up to 40% performance increase);
  • Fixed error with 'avsFPS.txt' file;
  • Fixed other small issues, various UI improvements;
  • Added Avisynth+ support;
  • Updated components: MPC-HC 1.7.9, ffdShow rev.4533, ReClock 1.8.8.5, madVR 0.88.15, SVPtube 1.2.5a.

New in SVP Manager 3.1.6 (Apr 11, 2014)

  • Added black borders auto detection and cropping
  • Quality improvement - intermediate frames are calculated in linear light
  • Improved 3D stereo formats detection using tags in file names
  • Added option to drop every other frame
  • SVP can be installed in limited accounts
  • Lots of small bugs fixed
  • Deleted components: Matroska Haali splitter, external LAV Filters (replaced with LAV Filters bundled in MPC-HC)
  • Updated components: MPC-HC 1.7.3 with internal LAV Filters, ffdShow rev.4530, ReClock 1.8.8.3, madVR 0.87.9, SVPtube 1.1.5

New in SVP Manager 3.1.5 (Aug 7, 2013)

  • Minor quality improvement - SVP switches to 13th SVP-shader on "bad" frames depending on scene quality detection parameters;
  • Added applications blacklist (see BlackListApps in "Hidden settings");
  • Added hotkeys for switching 3D stereo modes;Fixed incorrect active screen detection in XBMC;
  • Fixed GPU processing slowdown for some non-standard frame sizes on AMD cards;
  • Lots of small bugs fixed;
  • "SVP Lite" package renamed to "SVP Core";
  • Updated components: MPC-HC 1.6.8.7417, ffdShow rev.4515, Haali Media Splitter 1.13.138.14, ReClock 1.8.8.0, madVR 0.86.8, LAV Filters 0.58.1.

New in SVP Manager 3.1.4 (Mar 19, 2013)

  • Improved scene changes detection;
  • Improved outer lighting quality;
  • Fixed access rights issue;
  • Fixed several ffdshow instances issue;
  • No more app bundles in Program Files folder;
  • Lots of small bugs fixed;
  • Updated components: ffdShow rev.4500, madVR 0.85.8, LAV Filters 0.55.3

New in SVP Manager 3.1.3 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • 3D stereo pairs support;
  • Ability to choose GPU on multi-GPU hardware configurations;
  • Optimized memory usage;
  • Added compatibility with Intel's Ivy Bridge GPUs (HD2500 & HD4000);
  • New frame lighting ("Ambilight") mode;
  • Selection from 10 predefined profiles sets from "Video profiles" menu;
  • Improved compatibility with ProgDVB;
  • Lots of small bugs fixed;
  • Updated components: MPC-HC 1.6.5.6366, ffdShow rev.4496, madVR 0.85.7, LAV Filters 0.54.1, SVPtube 1.0.4.

New in SVP Manager 3.1.2 (Jun 16, 2012)

  • Improved motion interpolation stability (crashes on seek, MVs random errors, etc) (-Vit-, flagger);
  • Added compatibility with latest GPUs and Avisynth 2.6;
  • Fixed lots of SVP Manager errors (interface type changing, etc);
  • SVPtube 1.0.2 (improved links detection, proper 3D handling);
  • Updated components: MPC-HC 1.6.2.4902, ffdShow rev.4453, Haali Media Splitter 1.11.288.0, LAV Filters 0.50.5.

New in SVP Manager 3.1.1 (Jun 16, 2012)

  • Added new setting Motion vectors interpolation mode: bilinear/bucubic - available with enabled GPU-acceleration;
  • Fixed FlowLib [code 0x3FFFB] error at NVIDIA video adapters
  • Fixed memory leaks when English language is used in SVP-manager

New in SVP Manager 3.1 (Jun 16, 2012)

  • Major quality enhancements, the settings list is completely different from SVP 3.0.x;
  • Default settings are depends on actual hardware speed determined by Installer;
  • Stable Ambilight-like black bars lighting that can be adjusted in real-time;
  • More powerful frame crop function;
  • LAV video decoder with HW acceleration is now used by default;
  • Rewritten English translation;
  • Added check for update function;
  • Full version includes SVPtube tool that helps to watch YouTube videos with SVP;
  • Tons of small bugs fixed;
  • New versions of components: MPC-HC 1.6.0.4014, ffdShow rev.4342, Haali Media Splitter 1.11.96.14, ReClock 1.8.7.9, Visual C++ Redistributable 2008 SP1 MFC, madVR 0.82.5.

New in SVP Manager 3.0.7 (Jun 16, 2012)

  • It's NOT a "new version" but a small patch to ver.3.0.6;
  • Added compatibility with AMD Catalyst 12.1 drivers;
  • latest plugins from MVTools2-2.5.11.9-SVP

New in SVP Manager 3.0.6 (Jun 16, 2012)

  • Added compatibility with updated AMD Catalyst 11.12 drivers;
  • Corrected detection of variable framerate;
  • Fixed small bugs;
  • New versions of components: ffdShow rev.4194, madVR 0.80.

New in SVP Manager 3.0.5 (Jun 16, 2012)

  • Speed improvements - up to 10% faster than 3.0.4;
  • SVP-manager stability improved significantly;
  • Log file translated into English;
  • Fixed small bugs;
  • New versions of components: ffdShow rev.3996, madVR 0.77, MVTools 2.5.11.3 (modified).

New in SVP Manager 3.0.4 (Jun 16, 2012)

  • SVP Manager won't crash any more with EInvalidOp error (reported by fooladi, Fenyx, combine666);
  • Fixed issue with non-latin Windows usernames (reported by dzid_);
  • Added compatibility with latest AMD Catalyst 11.8 drivers;
  • Emergency frame doubling setting added to menu;
  • Hidden settings file translated into English (asked by BipBip);
  • Updated versions of components: MPC-HC 1.5.2.3456, ffdShow rev.3978, Haali Media Splitter 1.11.288.0, madVR 0.74, MVTools 2.5.11.2 (modified).

New in SVP Manager 3.0.3 (Jun 25, 2011)

  • SVP now can handle videos with variable framerate. Emergency framedoubling mode is used;
  • Pixel aspect ratio (SAR) is now used for stretch and crop operations and for black borders lighting;
  • Fixed installation password bug ;
  • Updated English translations;
  • Fixed minor bugs
  • Deleted gradfun2db plugin because of unstable work;
  • Updated components: ReClock 1.8.7.7 and madVR 0.65.

New in SVP Manager 3.0.2 (Jun 25, 2011)

  • Speed improvements - up to 45% faster than 3.0.1
  • Fixed blurring bug on GPU
  • Fixed small bugs

New in SVP Manager 3.0.1 (Apr 16, 2011)

  • Fixed small bugs (reported by Ghostlamer, YlangYlang, miha2154, 19w85, DAAO, Fenyx);
  • Updated English translation (thanks to SubJunk and travolter);
  • ffdShow rev.3760 is recommended now.