Version 0.5.0 of SMPlayer
Release Notes: This release adds support for VCDs. A shortcut editor has been added. The GUI has been rewritten, adding some toolbars, and now icons can also be changed; several icon themes are available. This release can show an icon in the system tray. It has optional support for KDE 3. Some new functions have been added like pan and scan, stay on top, and the ability to set the size of the window. Several new translations have been added: this release is translated into more than 20 languages.
Other releases
Release Notes: The option to find subtitles in opensubtitles.org 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. There are two new options for Audio -> Stereo mode: Mono and Reverse. The problem with mplayer2 and the -fontconfig option has been fixed.
Release Notes: A new option to select the FPS for external subtitles was added. The video equalizer dialog was rewritten. Automatic version update checks can now be performed. Support was added for ISO-8859-16 encoded subtitles. New translations were added. Various bugs were fixed.
Release Notes: Fixed for YouTube playback.
Release Notes: This release adds support for mplayer2. The seeking method can now be selected. Playlist items can now be sorted. A "favorites" menu and a toolbar editor have been added. The subtitles server can now be changed. YouTube URLs can now be directly inserted, and a separate YouTube player "smtube" has been added, with a search, preview, and download interface. Many further improvements and several bugfixes have been made.
Release Notes: An occasional failure to find subtitles in opensubtitles.org was fixed. Selection of the left or right audio channel was fixed. ALSA is no longer the default audio driver on Linux, to avoid freezes on Ubuntu. The ability to mark an A-B section for partial playback was implemented. The video resolution and frames per second can now be displayed in the status bar. Support for VDPAU on Linux was improved.
