Videobox Player Changelog

What's new in Videobox Player 0.6.2

Feb 22, 2010
  • Made compatibility fixes to make VB work with SlimServer 6.2.0
  • Rough picture viewing added (just add a picture directory to the playlist)

New in Videobox Player 0.6.0 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Added Wake On LAN option (-w argument) to VB Remote, press red Add button to trigger; eg: vb-remote.exe -w 00:08:74:a8:f2:f7 172.22.22.13
  • Changed Videobox.pm to send WOL packet only when Add is pressed (from init mode)
  • Hidden media entries made visible become hidden again when the next client shuts down
  • Videobox.pm sends out a server_init packet on startup that clears any orphaned
  • clients that may still have an active session on vb-player.
  • Bug fixed in VB-Remote that corrects occasional repaint problems.
  • On Screen Display (OSD) added, only works in Fullscreen mode at least 800x600 resolution
  • Pressing 'now playing' repeatedly will cycle OSD modes Auto -> On -> Off ->

New in Videobox Player 0.5.2 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Player shutdown option added to the Settings menu (Add to activate)
  • System shutdown option added to the Settings menu (Add to activate/abort)
  • Wake On LAN option added to Slimserver plugin (Videobox.pm)
  • VOB file extension added to supported file extensions (play DVD's!)

New in Videobox Player 0.5.1 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Clearing playlist & bookmark has been made to behave more like the
  • Slimserver. Press 'Add' on the 'Now Playing' or 'Bookmarks' entry in
  • the root menu to clear either the playlist or the bookmark list.
  • In fullscreen mode the cursor is now made hidden by moving it off
  • screen.
  • When fullscreen is pressed with the Player iconized (minimized), the
  • the player will uniconize first. When pressing fullscreen again the Player
  • will exit fullscreen mode and iconize again. This allows you to run the
  • Player in the background and let it take over the screen when you need it.
  • Changed delay for fullscreen accelerator (in vb-player.pl) to work around
  • duplicate events. (Wx::ActiveX bug)
  • Added the Streams directory (with a number of live video streams) to the
  • main distribution.