Release Notes

Major Changes

• Advanced MPV Configuration Options
  Introduced comprehensive MPV player configuration settings for enhanced control over playback performance and hardware compatibility.
  • Hardware decoding options: Disabled, MediaCodec, MediaCodec (Copy)
  • Video output selection: gpu, gpu-next
  • Audio output options: AudioTrack, OpenSL ES, AAudio
  • Settings accessible when MPV is selected as the video engine
  • Updated default configuration: MediaCodec (Copy) for hardware decoding, gpu-next for video output
• Audio and Subtitle Language Preferences
  Implemented automatic track selection based on user-configured language preferences.
  • Configure preferred audio and subtitle languages in Player settings
  • Language selection dialogue with search functionality
  • Cross-engine compatibility (ExoPlayer and MPV)
  • Subtitle track selector displays codec format (SRT, ASS, PGS) for improved identification
  • Settings apply automatically at playback initialisation

Minor Updates

• Settings UI Refinements
  • Implemented smooth animations for conditional settings visibility
  • Improved visual feedback when toggling between player configurations
  • Enhanced user experience for MPV options and subtitle styling controls

What's Changed

• Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #43

Full Changelog: v0.5.3-beta...v0.5.4-beta