SMPlayer - updated with lots of new features!

Enhasa

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Enhasa: 2009-09-22 12:52:49 pm

2008-02-05 09:44:03 pm

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

Download:
http://speeddemosarchive.com/smplayer/smplayer-20090712.zip (8.17 MB uncompressed)
If you run Linux, OS X, or similar, you can get packages from the SMPlayer site or your distribution's repository, or compile from source.

Purpose:
This is an extremely fast and lightweight media player for Windows that plays basically everything and supports -- but in no way requires -- extensive customizations. It is designed to work out of the box with no setup or configuration. Depending on your taste, the interface can be highly minimalist or something fancier as above. Please note: I didn't do that much work at all, so thank the people behind FFmpeg, MPlayer, and SMPlayer.

Usage:
There is no installation and this does not use the registry or steal all your file extensions or require codec packs or whatever. Just unzip the 3 files and click on smplayer -- you can create a shortcut if you like. To play a file, just drag and drop into the window or use the open menu. SMPlayer recognizes segmented files, so you can just open segment 1 and the entire run will be loaded for you. By default, available audio commentary will also be automatically selected.

Basic commands:
Arrow keys navigate: up/down for previous/next file, left/right to seek in the current file. Double click on the window or alt-enter to go in and out of fullscreen -- in fullscreen, there is a nice popup menu at the bottom. To toggle double size on and off, middle click on the main window or hit ctrl-enter. You can set the demuxer/codecs used for the current file in the file info <enter>. You can select audio or subtitle tracks with the corresponding menu, and you can go to audio/load to load an external file, like audio commentary.

[hr]

Additional customization:
You will probably never need to do anything else, but it could be useful for you to mess around with the settings once to see what you like. I picked settings for maximum compatibility, but you can customize things to your own machine or preferences. Most of the stuff is self-explanatory but there are some key points.

- If you want to associate SMPlayer with all sorts of different files, go to "file types" in preferences.
- SMPlayer has support for most formats built in, but if you ever find something you can't play, download this. Unzip these files into your SMPlayer folder.
- If you want even more speed, the biggest "free" things you can set performance-wise are directx (fast), direct3d, or gl (fast) instead of gl2 for the video driver, and number of threads (2 for dual core, 4 for quad, etc) in performance. It may cost you slightly in video quality, but you can turn off postprocessing in general/video for a small boost and always skip the loop filter in performance for a large boost.
- To get higher quality subtitles, select "Use SSA/ASS library" in the subtitles menu. This will make the very next file you load take a long time as it generates a fontconfig folder.

- If you want SMPlayer to reuse the existing window instead of opening up another window when you load a new file, you can set that in options/interface/instances.
- If you want to keep SMPlayer in your tray persistently, hit f4 (or options menu) and now when you close, it will stay there. f3 (or video menu) toggles "always on top." And f5/f6 toggle the toolbars. You can move the playlist around or undock it completely by dragging.
- To take advantage of SMPlayer's file-specific "memory" features, check the box in media settings in general. Go to interface and see if you want to check "remember position and size" and bump up the max files history. Finally, you can open the playlist preferences and have it remember your previous playlists or read all metadata automatically.

- This won't be a problem for SDA videos of course, but if you have a wack vid, it's easy to fix it. For upside-down or rotated vids, go to the video menu. If only the left or right channel has audio, use audio/stereo mode. And if the stereo channels are reversed, audio/filters/reverse stereo.
- If you would prefer the volume to stay roughly consistent from file to file, go to general/audio and check "volume normalization by default."
- You can go to keyboard and mouse to change what the mouse buttons and wheel do. You can change the keyboard shortcuts around to your liking here (perhaps add numpad or special media keyboard usage), or you can load this file for the much simpler SMPlayer defaults. You can revert back to my build defaults with this file. Once this is done, you can go to interface/seeking and set how far a short/medium/long seek or mouse wheel jump goes.
- If you know what you are doing with command line mplayer, you can go to advanced in the preferences and pass in parameters that way.

Thread title:

[center][url=http://speeddemosarchive.com/smplayer/smplayer.png][img]http://speeddemosarchive.com/smplayer/smplayer_thumb.jpg[/img][/url][/center]

[b]Download:[/b]
[url=http://speeddemosarchive.com/smplayer/smplayer-20090712.zip]http://speeddemosarchive.com/smplayer/smplayer-20090712.zip[/url] (8.17 MB uncompressed)
If you run Linux, OS X, or similar, you can get packages from the SMPlayer site or your distribution's repository, or compile from source.

[b]Purpose:[/b]
This is an extremely fast and lightweight media player for Windows that plays basically everything and supports -- but in no way requires -- extensive customizations. It is designed to work out of the box with no setup or configuration. Depending on your taste, the interface can be highly minimalist or something fancier as above. Please note: I didn't do that much work at all, so thank the people behind [url=http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/]FFmpeg[/url], [url=http://www.mplayerhq.hu/]MPlayer[/url], and [url=http://smplayer.berlios.de/]SMPlayer[/url].

[b]Usage:[/b]
There is no installation and this does not use the registry or steal all your file extensions or require codec packs or whatever. Just unzip the 3 files and click on smplayer -- you can create a shortcut if you like. To play a file, just drag and drop into the window or use the open menu. SMPlayer recognizes segmented files, so you can just open segment 1 and the entire run will be loaded for you. By default, available audio commentary will also be automatically selected.

[b]Basic commands:[/b]
Arrow keys navigate: up/down for previous/next file, left/right to seek in the current file. Double click on the window or alt-enter to go in and out of fullscreen -- in fullscreen, there is a nice popup menu at the bottom. To toggle double size on and off, middle click on the main window or hit ctrl-enter. You can set the demuxer/codecs used for the current file in the file info <enter>. You can select audio or subtitle tracks with the corresponding menu, and you can go to audio/load to load an external file, like audio commentary.

[hr]

[size=8pt][b]Additional customization:[/b]
You will probably never [i]need[/i] to do anything else, but it could be useful for you to mess around with the settings once to see what you like. I picked settings for maximum compatibility, but you can customize things to your own machine or preferences. Most of the stuff is self-explanatory but there are some key points.

- If you want to associate SMPlayer with all sorts of different files, go to "file types" in preferences.
- SMPlayer has support for most formats built in, but if you ever find something you can't play, download [url=http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/windows-all-20071007.zip]this[/url]. Unzip these files into your SMPlayer folder.
- If you want even more speed, the biggest "free" things you can set performance-wise are directx (fast), direct3d, or gl (fast) instead of gl2 for the video driver, and number of threads (2 for dual core, 4 for quad, etc) in performance. It may cost you slightly in video quality, but you can turn off postprocessing in general/video for a small boost and always skip the loop filter in performance for a large boost.
- To get higher quality subtitles, select "Use SSA/ASS library" in the subtitles menu. This will make the very next file you load take a long time as it generates a fontconfig folder.

- If you want SMPlayer to reuse the existing window instead of opening up another window when you load a new file, you can set that in options/interface/instances.
- If you want to keep SMPlayer in your tray persistently, hit f4 (or options menu) and now when you close, it will stay there. f3 (or video menu) toggles "always on top." And f5/f6 toggle the toolbars. You can move the playlist around or undock it completely by dragging.
- To take advantage of SMPlayer's file-specific "memory" features, check the box in media settings in general. Go to interface and see if you want to check "remember position and size" and bump up the max files history. Finally, you can open the playlist preferences and have it remember your previous playlists or read all metadata automatically.

- This won't be a problem for SDA videos of course, but if you have a wack vid, it's easy to fix it. For upside-down or rotated vids, go to the video menu. If only the left or right channel has audio, use audio/stereo mode. And if the stereo channels are reversed, audio/filters/reverse stereo.
- If you would prefer the volume to stay roughly consistent from file to file, go to general/audio and check "volume normalization by default."
- You can go to keyboard and mouse to change what the mouse buttons and wheel do. You can change the keyboard shortcuts around to your liking here (perhaps add numpad or special media keyboard usage), or you can load [url=http://speeddemosarchive.com/smplayer/original.keys]this file[/url] for the much simpler SMPlayer defaults. You can revert back to my build defaults with [url=http://speeddemosarchive.com/smplayer/default.keys]this file[/url]. Once this is done, you can go to interface/seeking and set how far a short/medium/long seek or mouse wheel jump goes.
- If you know what you are doing with command line mplayer, you can go to advanced in the preferences and pass in parameters that way.[/size]

KennyMan666

2008-02-06 12:15:33 am

Precursor

Heh... the complete and utter lack of any interface is part of the reason I love mplayer.

Enhasa

2008-02-06 05:16:06 am

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

Well, I just use keyboard shortcuts anyway, but it's nice to have the little WIMP conveniences.

BTW, I don't want to be pedantic but it's funny. I think you mean "utter lack of any ~~interface~~ GUI," because having absolutely no interface would be quite a problem. Tongue

Enhasa

2008-02-11 01:35:30 am

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

I'm not going to be updating all the time but I did compile a new version because there were some minor things in the interface I wanted to tweak. It's slightly smaller (by 0.3 MB) because of a different MPlayer version. I'm probably not going to update this for a while unless something new and important happens with SMPlayer.

- updated to MPlayer rev 25962
- updated to SMPlayer rev 826
- changed some random crap in the interface

Psonar

2008-02-22 08:12:55 am

Long live SF64!

If you're curious about what us hopeless Windows users are using, I use a mixture of VLC, VLC Portable, TCPMP (Core Pocket Media Player), GOM Player, iTunes, winDVD, and yes Windows Media Player.

I attempted to find an mplayer build to try once upon a time, but the lack of any official build and the mess of user-concocted builds on their website turned me away. You're right, it wasn't the most user friendly experience, and I do always hate it when I run up on a website that's based around Unix users, because I feel all left out. With college and work being so Windows-centric, it wouldn't really do me a lot of good to try and learn Unix now.

Anyway, I'm definitely giving your smplayer build a try - it sounds like a wonderful thing and I can't wait to play with the key bindings and settings, which it sounds like it has plenty of.

Thanks for your work in putting this together and using the forum here to bridge the gap between things like mplayer and us Windows users.

nate

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nate: 2008-02-22 04:44:07 pm

2008-02-22 04:43:49 pm

Quote:

With college and work being so Windows-centric, it wouldn't really do me a lot of good to try and learn Unix now.

on the contrary - if everyone else smoked, would it still be pointless for you yourself to quit smoking? unix is great no matter how much you get to use it, and you may find (as i did) that knowing it equals using it, no matter what others are using.

Poesta

2008-02-23 08:12:30 pm

Yarr

If you're comparing using Windows to smoking, you must be anti-Microsoft. Check this out.

nate

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nate: 2008-02-23 09:09:29 pm

2008-02-23 09:09:03 pm

cute page.

i'm anti-anti. only pro-. pro-productivity in this case. i have to be. sda is evidence of the strength of unix.

Enhasa

2008-02-24 02:53:37 am

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

I updated the smplayer.ini in the zip with some "better" default settings. Thanks to Maur and especially BoltR from IRC for giving me feedback, and no thanks to Lord Booga for refusing to download. Tongue

Enhasa

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Enhasa: 2008-02-24 03:13:39 am

2008-02-24 03:08:07 am

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

Quote:

With college and work being so Windows-centric, it wouldn't really do me a lot of good to try and learn Unix now.

My advice depends on what it is you study in college.

If it's something nontechnical like say history, then don't bother. Lots of people use Windows just for word processing, web browsing, and playing games, perfectly happily.

If it's computer science or computer engineering, then you're probably learning it already. Pretty much mandatory.

If it's computing/infosys/management based, I really recommend it since not knowing it would be really hurtful come job hunting time. If it's another technical field (say engineering of any type) then I think you should also learn as well since many people write Unix-specific tools and you should at least be able to use the command line.

Really there are two separate issues here. I guess by Unix you mean a Unix-like shell like bash (aka terminal, command line). I know people who have Ubuntu or OS X who don't know a thing about the command line, and in that case, all they are doing is showing off that they aren't using Windows.

I'm not really making the distinction between Windows and Linux so much as GUI vs CLI (command line). Also, once you learn a shell like bash, you can also leverage this in the Windows world by getting Cygwin. So don't really think of it as learning something you won't use later. It's a different paradigm and how easy it is to learn depends on how much experience you have in something like DOS.

Edit: BTW, if you are a computer scientist or anyone that writes code, the first thing you absolutely need to learn is how to use a good text editor (emacs, vim, whatever). I am pretty much appalled at the people who are proud that they code in notepad like that is some kind of positive.

[quote]With college and work being so Windows-centric, it wouldn't really do me a lot of good to try and learn Unix now.[/quote]
My advice depends on what it is you study in college.

If it's something nontechnical like say history, then don't bother. Lots of people use Windows just for word processing, web browsing, and playing games, perfectly happily.

If it's computer science or computer engineering, then you're probably learning it already. Pretty much mandatory.

If it's computing/infosys/management based, I really recommend it since not knowing it would be really hurtful come job hunting time. If it's another technical field (say engineering of any type) then I think you should also learn as well since many people write Unix-specific tools and you should at least be able to use the command line.

Really there are two separate issues here. I guess by Unix you mean a Unix-like shell like bash (aka terminal, command line). I know people who have Ubuntu or OS X who don't know a thing about the command line, and in that case, all they are doing is showing off that they aren't using Windows.

I'm not really making the distinction between Windows and Linux so much as GUI vs CLI (command line). Also, once you learn a shell like bash, you can also leverage this in the Windows world by getting Cygwin. So don't really think of it as learning something you won't use later. It's a different paradigm and how easy it is to learn depends on how much experience you have in something like DOS.

Edit: BTW, if you are a computer scientist or anyone that writes code, the first thing you absolutely need to learn is how to use a good text editor (emacs, vim, whatever). I am pretty much appalled at the people who are proud that they code in notepad like that is some kind of positive.

nate

2008-02-24 04:10:40 am

all things are relative, my friend. notepad > netscape gold.

Psonar

2008-02-24 07:55:03 am

Long live SF64!

I knew saying I shouldn't learn unix was a wonderfully loaded statement that would get some interesting feedback...

I'm majoring in Aerospace Engineering and thus far I've done pretty well with programming skills as a strength. Most of the people around me don't want to have to learn any more programming than necessary to get their degree, so I've been the programming dude for every group project I've been in. That and right now I'm working at an engineering company and doing a good bit of programming for them as well.

Most of the programming that I've done has been with Matlab, but has also included MathCAD, Visual Basic (esp. VBA with Excel), LabView, TecPlot, my TI-89 calculator, etc. I'm guessing a lot of those don't sound too familiar because besides Matlab and Visual Basic the others have a more limited scope or audience. So far I've had two jobs at engineering companies, and all I've seen is a very strictly maintained Windows network, complete with an Outlook email system and Internet Explorer for everyone, and I've never heard of anything different from any of my friends, unless they're computer science. But, for mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering, it seems Windows is a workplace standard, and I'm uncertain of how to make a switch to utilizing the power of Unix... right now I'm memorizing keyboard shortcuts like a crazy man to work efficiently in Windows, and I do use the 'Run' prompt (Win+R) with simple commands like notepad, mspaint, and cmd. Also, I know what you mean by the command line paradigm verses Windows because (among other things) Matlab is command line based, and programs written in Matlab that require user input can do so through the command line with input() commands, or with GUIs, which are often preferred by users.

And while I do use Notepad and Wordpad for some tasks, I'm a fan of Notepad++, but don't often get to use it because Matlab and Visual Basic have their own editors that contain very necessary tools for programming in those languages, so I end up just using Notepad++ for HTML or the occasional side-project.

Do you (nate and Enhasa) see Windows users as being inefficient for not using a more command-line based interface? What would you expect someone in my position to do differently? You mentioned Cygwin, which I've yet to research... is it a command line interface for Windows? I'm just very interested in getting your thoughts and bridging some of the gap I feel between myself and "those Linux people." Just to be clear, I'm not asking anyone to defend themselves, or to try and convince me of anything, I'm just wanting to open-mindedly explore the choices of communities other than my own. I've definitely expanded my horizons a lot since coming to SDA.

I knew saying I shouldn't learn unix was a wonderfully loaded statement that would get some interesting feedback...

I'm majoring in Aerospace Engineering and thus far I've done pretty well with programming skills as a strength.  Most of the people around me don't want to have to learn any more programming than necessary to get their degree, so I've been the programming dude for every group project I've been in.  That and right now I'm working at an engineering company and doing a good bit of programming for them as well.

Most of the programming that I've done has been with Matlab, but has also included MathCAD, Visual Basic (esp. VBA with Excel), LabView, TecPlot, my TI-89 calculator, etc.  I'm guessing a lot of those don't sound too familiar because besides Matlab and Visual Basic the others have a more limited scope or audience.  So far I've had two jobs at engineering companies, and all I've seen is a very strictly maintained Windows network, complete with an Outlook email system and Internet Explorer for everyone, and I've never heard of anything different from any of my friends, unless they're computer science.  But, for mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering, it seems Windows is a workplace standard, and I'm uncertain of how to make a switch to utilizing the power of Unix... right now I'm memorizing keyboard shortcuts like a crazy man to work efficiently in Windows, and I do use the 'Run' prompt (Win+R) with simple commands like notepad, mspaint, and cmd.  Also, I know what you mean by the command line paradigm verses Windows because (among other things) Matlab is command line based, and programs written in Matlab that require user input can do so through the command line with input() commands, or with GUIs, which are often preferred by users.

And while I do use Notepad and Wordpad for some tasks, I'm a fan of Notepad++, but don't often get to use it because Matlab and Visual Basic have their own editors that contain very necessary tools for programming in those languages, so I end up just using Notepad++ for HTML or the occasional side-project.

Do you (nate and Enhasa) see Windows users as being inefficient for not using a more command-line based interface?  What would you expect someone in my position to do differently?  You mentioned Cygwin, which I've yet to research... is it a command line interface for Windows?  I'm just very interested in getting your thoughts and bridging some of the gap I feel between myself and "those Linux people."  Just to be clear, I'm not asking anyone to defend themselves, or to try and convince me of anything, I'm just wanting to open-mindedly explore the choices of communities other than my own.  I've definitely expanded my horizons a lot since coming to SDA.

Enhasa

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Enhasa: 2008-02-24 09:51:36 am

2008-02-24 09:45:13 am

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

Well I have a dual boot but honestly I'm in Windows almost all the time since my comp is too crappy for wine and I like to play games, lol. Wink

I ssh into linux/solaris machines to work all the time though.

If you're writing stuff with IDE's like Matlab or VisualBasic, best to use the IDE's like you said. Also, if you've had two jobs, and they use Windows, you're really fine with that. The corporate world likes to use Windows and the academic world likes to use Unix. When in Rome...

Then again, it's not very hard to learn the basic shell commands so you can just do that by yourself, if you are interested, even if you don't really need it. And yeah, Cygwin is probably enough to start out.

Quote:

Do you (nate and Enhasa) see Windows users as being inefficient for not using a more command-line based interface?

It depends very much on the job. Windows users are often very inefficient because they don't realize they can automate repetitive tasks they do, such as batch renaming of all the files in a directory. They will happily do it all manually since that is what they are used to.

OTOH, there are certainly many situations where a GUI is more efficient. If I didn't think so myself, I would be using command line mplayer as opposed to smplayer. Wink

Try editing playlists with CLI as opposed to a GUI and you will get what I mean.

Well I have a dual boot but honestly I'm in Windows almost all the time since my comp is too crappy for wine and I like to play games, lol. ;) I ssh into linux/solaris machines to work all the time though.

If you're writing stuff with IDE's like Matlab or VisualBasic, best to use the IDE's like you said. Also, if you've had two jobs, and they use Windows, you're really fine with that. The corporate world likes to use Windows and the academic world likes to use Unix. When in Rome...

Then again, it's not very hard to learn the basic shell commands so you can just do that by yourself, if you are interested, even if you don't really need it. And yeah, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin]Cygwin[/url] is probably enough to start out.

[quote]Do you (nate and Enhasa) see Windows users as being inefficient for not using a more command-line based interface?[/quote]
It depends very much on the job. Windows users are often very inefficient because they don't realize they can automate repetitive tasks they do, such as batch renaming of all the files in a directory. They will happily do it all manually since that is what they are used to.

OTOH, there are certainly many situations where a GUI is more efficient. If I didn't think so myself, I would be using command line mplayer as opposed to smplayer. ;) Try editing playlists with CLI as opposed to a GUI and you will get what I mean.

BDA

2008-04-17 04:36:28 am

Let's fight to computer!

[20:30] <bsidwell> Enhasa, I'll use it if and only if you can promise me it has the compability of MPC and the speed of VLC.
[20:30] <bsidwell> And that if it doesn't I get to kick you in the balls if we ever meet IRL.

I'm holding you to this even though you technically never agreed.

rock1644

2008-04-21 12:42:10 am

yes, a man carrying a gimp

This looks pretty good. What formats can it play?

Enhasa

2008-04-21 01:56:29 am

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

It's a frontend for MPlayer, so the answer is: it can do anything MPlayer can do. Which is: play basically everything, more than any other player (including VLC).

rock1644

2008-04-21 04:18:38 am

yes, a man carrying a gimp

Quote:

It's a frontend for MPlayer, so the answer is: it can do anything MPlayer can do. Which is: play basically everything, more than any other player (including VLC).

Great, I was wondering if there was a player like that but I hadn't had the chance to look for one.

Enhasa

2008-05-23 10:09:50 pm

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

New version, there's a lot of minor but noticable changes, but I don't feel like remembering all of them.

You can keep your old smplayer.ini file and use it just fine, but I changed a bunch of settings so I recommend using the new one. Maybe backup your old one or compare it with the new one.

I'm looking into maybe making some changes later and compiling a new version. Don't know how long it's going to take or if I'm even going to follow through. Might be within two weeks, might take the rest of the summer. I guess I'll probably try for some small changes within two weeks first.

Kryal

2008-05-25 03:15:33 am

from red to blue

Quote:

New version, there's a lot of minor but noticable changes, but I don't feel like remembering all of them.

You can keep your old smplayer.ini file and use it just fine, but I changed a bunch of settings so I recommend using the new one. Maybe backup your old one or compare it with the new one.

I'm looking into maybe making some changes later and compiling a new version. Don't know how long it's going to take or if I'm even going to follow through. Might be within two weeks, might take the rest of the summer. I guess I'll probably try for some small changes within two weeks first.

I want the new one to nick my file extensions.

Citan

2008-06-15 04:43:59 pm

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Just wanted to thank you guys for introducing me to SMPlayer. I've been searching for something exactly like this for months. Smiley

marioguy

2008-07-01 03:47:21 pm

Demon of the Sea

I usually use Winamp, but now this site only uses the mp4 format which I thought was a stupid idea. I like the ability to watch the Pokémon speedrun at 8x speed, but I didn't like it when I lost control and I couldn't pause or do anything, and I had to restart the computer. It just kept on going and going.

JDHyatt

2008-07-08 04:54:47 pm

I'm the guy who complains yet never submits XD

There is an X in the top right you could of used XD

marioguy

2008-07-11 04:17:46 pm

Demon of the Sea

I was in full screen, and none of my keys were working. I could move my mouse, but clicking did nothing. Why can't we just go back to avi?

Ugi

2008-07-15 05:30:04 am

Interloper.

lol @ above guy

Thanks Enhasa... this is quite convenient :).

And btw I'm a vi toting mathematician.

Enhasa

2008-09-16 01:04:39 pm

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

I didn't say what the changes were the last couple of times because this is annoying, but this time the changes are large and there's a ton of improvement, so I am. Of course I probably will forget some things, but this is a major version change.

The goal for this version was to make everything as compatible and consistent as possible.

Interface:

- Most noticable is that the interface has changed some again, mostly button removal. This should be the last time I make any interface changes, barring really minor stuff you won't notice. Basically I thought it was weird how the visible buttons were modal (when the window was small, some buttons disappeared). People might think that's wack or even a bug, so I wanted to make everything fit even in a small window. So I left in the only buttons I actually click on, taking out frame step, back and forward, and full screen. Frame step is not something you want to click repeatedly; I always use <o>. I use <up> and <down> always instead of clicking back and forward. But often I realized I wanted to go to another file in the playlist, and it's easier to just open the playlist rather than back/forward through it all. Full-screen button isn't necessary now because you can double click the main window. (Also now it's easy to get out of full-screen by double clicking; some people were confused because they didn't know there is a popup at the bottom of full-screen.) The best part of this is that since you can see all the buttons even in a small window now, you can always get to the file info and playlist now with one click, whereas they just disappeared before. There are some other interface changes such as moving the Browse menu to Play but those are less noticable.
- Default mouse mappings are changed. I made double click go in and out of full-screen to match other programs and to prevent poor dudes like marioguy from being confused. (He could have clicked on the full-screen button, hit alt-enter, escape, etc so it wasn't a crisis before, but now you'd really have to be dense to get stuck in full-screen.) Middle click (instead of double click) does the double size toggling. Playlist, you can always click the button now, so it's not mapped to middle click anymore.

Bugfixes:

- Most importantly, got rid of several bugs at once. Subtitles like for Rondo of Blood should be selected now first try, instead of crashing, lol. Track switching is really really nice now. Try it with whatever format like CannibalK9's any% Vice City (mp4) or sternn's Devil May Cry (mkv). Biggest thing to me, is now the video isn't opened once to read the info, which means that videos don't essentially start up twice anymore. It actually wasn't even noticable before with statid videos, but for non SDA stuff (especially lots of small files in a playlist), it was driving me nuts. Official SMPlayer still does the track switching and twice loading stupidly btw, so ask me if you're compiling from source and want to know how to handle that.
- Turning off "change volume on every file" actually works now. Not that I recommend doing that anyway. If you don't like the volume slider being controlled by hardware, turn on the software volume control (there will be a slight delay when you change the volume).

New Features:

- Audio equalizer
- Find subtitles online
- I know there's more but I can't remember them

Default Settings Changes: (this is why I would recommend to use the new ini file)

- Biggest one is default video driver. Now it's gl2, which I have never seen have a problem with any video. Try directx or gl:yuv=2:force-pbo:ati-hack if you want speed; this makes a pretty big difference. They should work on >99% of files, and probably 100% of SDA ones. directx turns off Vista Aero. gl:yuv=2:force-pbo:ati-hack might not work perfectly if your video card is extremely old like my GeForce2MX, lol. (as you can tell I can't play modern PC games)
- Forget if this was in the last one, but loop filter is now skipped on large resolution (HQ/IQ/etc) videos.
- Same with fast track switching = no. Don't be fooled by the name, this is a setting I definitely wouldn't change. Big thanks to bsidwell for being an animu who watches mkv and alerting me to the fact that no is better.

Things You Might Not Have Known About: (they are in the first post but that's a lot of text)

- Look at the links in the first post at least.
- There is a popup at the bottom in full-screen. There are also some playlist preferences; the button is on the playlist bar.
- SMPlayer can fix messed-up videos on playback. Let's say you're watching a rotated 19xx replay or some upside-down wmv vid. Rotate it back in video/rotate or flip image. Audio/filters are all useful. Use reverse stereo on a vid with the left and right channels backwards. Most commonly, if the sound is only left or right channel, you can fix that by going to audio/stereo mode. This is unbelievably useful since sound only coming out of one side when you're wearing headphones is highly irritating.
- The file info button is also very useful. You can change settings there and they only apply to that vid. If you have some of the memory features set, you only have to do that once and it will be saved for each individual file.
- For high quality subtitles (many animus' biggest reason for prefering MPlayer to VLC), select "use SSA/ASS" in the subtitles menu. This will make the very next file take a long time to load and create an ugly fontconfig folder, but this only happens once.
- You can have SMPlayer take over your filetypes in the preferences.

I didn't say what the changes were the last couple of times because this is annoying, but this time the changes are large and there's a ton of improvement, so I am. Of course I probably will forget some things, but this is a major version change.

The goal for this version was to make everything as compatible and consistent as possible.

[b]Interface:[/b]

- Most noticable is that the interface has changed some again, mostly button removal. This should be the last time I make any interface changes, barring really minor stuff you won't notice. Basically I thought it was weird how the visible buttons were modal (when the window was small, some buttons disappeared). People might think that's wack or even a bug, so I wanted to make everything fit even in a small window. So I left in the only buttons I actually click on, taking out frame step, back and forward, and full screen. Frame step is not something you want to click repeatedly; I always use <o>. I use <up> and <down> always instead of clicking back and forward. But often I realized I wanted to go to another file in the playlist, and it's easier to just open the playlist rather than back/forward through it all. Full-screen button isn't necessary now because you can double click the main window. (Also now it's easy to get out of full-screen by double clicking; some people were confused because they didn't know there is a popup at the bottom of full-screen.) [b]The best part of this is that since you can see all the buttons even in a small window now, you can always get to the file info and playlist now with one click, whereas they just disappeared before.[/b] There are some other interface changes such as moving the Browse menu to Play but those are less noticable.
- Default mouse mappings are changed. I made double click go in and out of full-screen to match other programs and to prevent poor dudes like marioguy from being confused. (He could have clicked on the full-screen button, hit alt-enter, escape, etc so it wasn't a crisis before, but now you'd really have to be dense to get stuck in full-screen.) Middle click (instead of double click) does the double size toggling. Playlist, you can always click the button now, so it's not mapped to middle click anymore.

[b]Bugfixes:[/b]

- Most importantly, got rid of several bugs at once. Subtitles like for Rondo of Blood should be selected now first try, instead of crashing, lol. Track switching is really really nice now. Try it with whatever format like CannibalK9's any% Vice City (mp4) or sternn's Devil May Cry (mkv). Biggest thing to me, is now the video isn't opened once to read the info, which means that videos don't essentially start up twice anymore. It actually wasn't even noticable before with statid videos, but for non SDA stuff (especially lots of small files in a playlist), it was driving me nuts. Official SMPlayer still does the track switching and twice loading stupidly btw, so ask me if you're compiling from source and want to know how to handle that.
- Turning off "change volume on every file" actually works now. Not that I recommend doing that anyway. If you don't like the volume slider being controlled by hardware, turn on the software volume control (there will be a slight delay when you change the volume).

[b]New Features:[/b]

- Audio equalizer
- Find subtitles online
- I know there's more but I can't remember them

[b]Default Settings Changes:[/b] (this is why I would recommend to use the new ini file)

- Biggest one is default video driver. Now it's gl2, which I have never seen have a problem with any video. Try directx or gl:yuv=2:force-pbo:ati-hack if you want speed; this makes a pretty big difference. They should work on >99% of files, and probably 100% of SDA ones. directx turns off Vista Aero. gl:yuv=2:force-pbo:ati-hack might not work perfectly if your video card is extremely old like my GeForce2MX, lol. (as you can tell I can't play modern PC games)
- Forget if this was in the last one, but loop filter is now skipped on large resolution (HQ/IQ/etc) videos.
- Same with fast track switching = no. Don't be fooled by the name, this is a setting I definitely wouldn't change. Big thanks to bsidwell for being an animu who watches mkv and alerting me to the fact that no is better.

[b]Things You Might Not Have Known About:[/b] (they are in the first post but that's a lot of text)

- Look at the links in the first post at least.
- There is a popup at the bottom in full-screen. There are also some playlist preferences; the button is on the playlist bar.
- SMPlayer can fix messed-up videos on playback. Let's say you're watching a rotated 19xx replay or some upside-down wmv vid. Rotate it back in video/rotate or flip image. Audio/filters are all useful. Use reverse stereo on a vid with the left and right channels backwards. Most commonly, if the sound is only left or right channel, you can fix that by going to audio/stereo mode. This is unbelievably useful since sound only coming out of one side when you're wearing headphones is highly irritating.
- The file info button is also very useful. You can change settings there and they only apply to that vid. If you have some of the memory features set, you only have to do that once and it will be saved for each individual file.
- For high quality subtitles (many animus' biggest reason for prefering MPlayer to VLC), select "use SSA/ASS" in the subtitles menu. This will make the very next file take a long time to load and create an ugly fontconfig folder, but this only happens once.
- You can have SMPlayer take over your filetypes in the preferences.