Light Alloy versions

Media player designed to help you play most of the popular multimedia formats
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What's new

v4.8.8 [Aug 19, 2014]
Frontend:
- Decreased playlist's splitter width.
- Player no more unload file when its done, if there is nothing to do next.
- Fixed a few player crashes when working in restricted environment (no administrator rights, for example).
- Double click on player's caption to maximize player didn't work.
- Fixed slowdowns in audio mode when switching from fullscreen to windowed mode in case of visible OSD.
Video Engine:
- MPEG: improved seek for MPEG-TS H.264.
- WASAPI: added ability, in case of using "bit-exact output", to query a list of supported formats immediately without querying the device, and to attempt to create output format exact as input format. This is useful for sound devices which support only a restricted range of support output/input formats.
- MKV: load embedded fonts even if subtitles were not available.
- MPEG: optimized Blu-ray loading.
- Screenshot creation routines were optimized.
- Updated codecs.
- MKV: fixed slow seek on some files.
- WASAPI: fixed stuttering and distortion when changing input format.
- OGG: fixed Theora header parsing.

v4.4.873 [Sep 3, 2008]
New additions include 3gp video support, Winamp general plugins support, user interface changes, Win 7 support and playback speed control.

v4.10.2 [Mar 1, 2008]
Support for changing window size by Win key + directional keys.
If you need to play a file with unknown extension, but you don't want to change a setting that allows it globally for all files, now you can easily drag'n'drop such file (but only one!) and player will try to play it.
Playlist's the "+" button popup menu: added "Add files with only known extensions" option to be quickly accessed without need to go into Preferences->Playlist.
Display in player caption current scheduler power off time, if any.
Added hidden setting: Core.HighPriority (allows you to set High Priority for Light Alloy process)
Added hidden setting: OnDone.UnLoadLastFile (allows you to always unload last, or just alone, played file in playlist instead of default action - displaying last frame)
Do not try to play anything if add/dragndrop to playlist/videopanel is failed (for example, in case of broken CUE playlist is given)
Extended Open Dialog:
+ ability to open favorites by hotkey Ctrl+F.
+ favorites: highlight item in list if you already in this folder.
+ favorites: enumerate list.
+ favorites: ability to quickly open item in favorites list by 1-9 keys on keyboard.
= optimized Add Folder
- favorites: fixed issue with Enter hotkey on selected item (produced file playback instead of just Go to Favorite folder)
- fixed some issues with navigation (for example, the "View->Appearance: corrected title/description for "Add chapters from files on timeline and to playlist as bookmarks" option, and option below it also got corrected title.
Preferences->View->Appearance: "Add chapters from files on timeline and to playlist as bookmarks" didn't worked correctly - it suppose to hide marks on timeline if disabled, but it didn't.
Preferences->Events: an option "on playback end - switch to windowed mode" worked incorrectly.
Preferences->File Types: fixed issues in association process under Windows 10.
Player appeared on taskbar in some cases, even if "only in tray" is set.
Next OSD after Info Line OSD wasn't erased correctly for MadVR
Player windowed size/position wasn't remembered in all cases, especially in cases like when "On Start - Switch to Fullscreen" was set.
Fixed crash with malformed CUE playlist.
Fixed a few issues with remembering panels state modes.
Fixed a few issues with On Top and child forms.
Fixed a few issues with maximized window state.
Fixed issues with window position when it became behind taskbar (if it was at top or at left) when hotkeys Alt+3/4 (Scale Change) were used
A few cosmetic fixes.

v4.1 [Apr 17, 2012]
Ability to play broken AVI files (or partially downloaded)
Automatic detection of the codec needed
Customizable keyboard and mouse actions
AVISynth filters support

v3.3.0.5792 [Mar 22, 2008]
DVD playback bugfixes
Interface enchancements

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