v0.19.1

What's Changed

This update addresses a couple of critical issues and includes localization improvements.

Bug Fixes

• fix: prevent UI freeze when "Add all files in folder to queue" is enabled by @Copilot in #908
• fix: timeline freezes after horizontal scroll wheel seek by @United600 in #912

Localization

• l10n: New Crowdin updates by @github-actions[bot] in #899
• l10n: New Crowdin updates by @github-actions[bot] in #903

Other Improvements

• chore: set line endings for .resw and .md files by @huynhsontung in #905
• chore: remove UTF-8 with BOM, use UTF-8 encoding instead by @huynhsontung in #906

New Contributors

• @github-actions[bot] made their first contribution in #899

Full Changelog: v0.19.0...v0.19.1

v0.19.0

What's Changed

This release introduces new gesture controls for the player, multi-select functionality on the home page, several bug fixes, and architectural improvements.

New Features

• feat: add holding and swipe player gestures by @United600 in #757
• feat: add multi-select support to home page recent list by @United600 in #860

Bug Fixes

• fix: playlist items screen reader name by @United600 in #868
• fix: Revert "feat: add ItemsReorderAnimation to GridViews (#342)" by @huynhsontung in #890
• fix: premature FutureAccessList token cleanup by @huynhsontung in #891

Localization

• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #867

Other Improvements

• refactor: selection logic into shared ViewModel by @United600 in #870
• chore: delete nuget package locks by @huynhsontung in #880
• refactor(core): clean architecture improvements — Coordinators, factories, and service decoupling by @huynhsontung in #885
• refactor(core): introduce MusicLibrary/VideosLibrary containers and restore live progress by @huynhsontung in #886
• ci: add Crowdin action for translation syncing by @huynhsontung in #892

Full Changelog: v0.18.3...v0.19.0

v0.18.3

What's Changed

This release focuses on globalization improvements, new playlist management features, and several bug fixes.

New Features

• feat: add m3u8 playlist import/export actions across playlist pages by @Copilot in #854
• l10n: Implement localized character grouping support by @zuozishi in #850

Bug Fixes

• feat: use escape key to exit fullscreen mode by @huynhsontung in #852
• fix: use escape key to exit compact overlay mode by @United600 in #857
• fix: resolve single-instance activation race condition on quick reopen by @Copilot in #858
• fix: flyout positioning for RTL languages by @United600 in #863

Localization

• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #845
• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #865

User Experience

• style: refactor empty state controls by @United600 in #838

Other Improvements

• refactor: lively wallpaper feature into a standalone project by @United600 in #826
• ci: update actions versions by @huynhsontung in #846

New Contributors

• @zuozishi made their first contribution in #850

Full Changelog: v0.18.2...v0.18.3

v0.18.2

What's Changed

This release fixes network location opening issues, polishes the user experience, and includes routine maintenance improvements.

Bug Fixes

• fix: network location opening issues by @huynhsontung in #839

User Experience

• feat: add ItemsReorderAnimation to GridViews by @United600 in #342
• style: update player page to show window deactivation status by @United600 in #813

Localization

• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #824

Other Improvements

• chore: minor documentation updates for helper classes by @United600 in #832
• chore: fix naming rule and enforce LF line endings for font source files by @United600 in #836
• ci: remove build concurrency requirement by @huynhsontung in #840
• chore: bump NuGet package versions by @huynhsontung in #841
• ci: use microsoft/setup-msbuild@v3 by @huynhsontung in #842

Full Changelog: v0.18.1...v0.18.2

v0.18.1

What's Changed

This release primarily addresses regressions and polishes user experience.

Bug fixes

• fix: album and artist search uses the internal key lead to unexpected matches by @United600 in #816
• fix: add to playlist button chevron position by @United600 in #817
• fix: track picker throws index out of range when updating the selected index by @huynhsontung in #823

Localization

• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #815

User Experience

• style: add content frame reposition animation by @United600 in #819

Other Improvements

• refactor: move dialogs into a separate folder and minor project cleanup by @United600 in #808
• chore: add support for OGM file format by @United600 in #820

Full Changelog: v0.18.0...v0.18.1

v0.18.0

What's Changed

This release is all about playlists and polish. We've introduced powerful new playlist management features, improved privacy controls, and refined the user experience with smoother animations, and under-the-hood optimizations. Plus, we've squashed bugs and streamlined the codebase for future updates.

Warning

This release includes a known regression in the search functionality that may cause crashes in certain scenarios. We're actively working on a fix and appreciate your patience.

New Features

• feat: playlist management support by @huynhsontung in #514
• feat: add settings privacy section by @United600 in #700
• feat: add Open With context menu for media files by @Copilot in #754
• feat: hide redundant caption for videos when it only adds file extension by @Copilot in #782
• feat: add success notifications for playlist create, rename, and delete by @Copilot in #798
• feat: add current play queue to a new or existing playlist by @huynhsontung in #803
• feat: handle Open with command on cached library item by @huynhsontung in #810

Bug Fixes

• fix: Delay playlist parsing until LibVLC is initialized by @Copilot in #745
• fix: subtitle auto-loading regression from PR #676 by @Copilot in #746
• fix: combobox popup position by @United600 in #752
• fix: RTL repeat glyph directionality by @United600 in #769
• fix: forward frame stepping position sync by @United600 in #795
• fix: media returned without media info when restoring from cache by @huynhsontung in #805

Localization

• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #726
• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #811
• fix(l10n): minor grammar fix for some privacy-related strings by @huynhsontung in #812

User Experience

• style: add titlebar control by @United600 in #784
• style: adjust player page animation offsets and transitions by @United600 in #796
• style: minor playlist dialogs tweaks by @United600 in #800
• style: improve playlist button design in the play queue selection bar by @United600 in #804
• style: fix playlist page header text overlap by @United600 in #809

Other Improvements

• chore: migrates Newtonsoft.Json to System.Text.Json by @United600 in #669
• chore: minor clean up to NavigationView by @United600 in #723
• chore: update keyboard accelerator helper constants documentation by @United600 in #737
• chore: add lottie generation script by @United600 in #776
• chore: add powershell script to generate custom icons fonts by @United600 in #779
• chore: bump C# language version and copyright year by @United600 in #785
• chore: replace command bar extension with control by @United600 in #797
• refactor: player controls playback and subtitle keyboard accelerator events by @United600 in #724
• refactor: move all behaviors to a new Behaviors namespace and folder by @United600 in #731
• refactor: player page keyboard accelerator events by @United600 in #733
• refactor: LibVlcService into stateless IPlayerService with PlayerContext by @Copilot in #755
• refactor: decouple casting from VLC via stateless CastService and CastContext by @Copilot in #760
• refactor: make LibraryService stateless via LibraryContext and LibraryController by @Copilot in #761
• refactor: ResourceNameToResourceString converter by @United600 in #762
• refactor: add playback rate message by @United600 in #775
• refactor: NavigationViewEx property change logic and simplify control by @United600 in #780
• refactor: ThicknessFilterKinds location and improves converter XML documentation by @United600 in #781
• refactor: replace view-layer error forwarding with typed failure messages from ViewModels by @Copilot in #794
• refactor: language model and remove layout direction converter by @United600 in #801
• refactor: control visibility logic for open popups by @United600 in #802
• ci: Add automated Winget package submission workflow by @Copilot in #747
• ci: Change release type from 'published' to 'released' by @drshtmstry in #750
• ci(copilot): Update Copilot setup to use Windows host by @huynhsontung in #789

New Contributors

• @drshtmstry made their first contribution in #750

Full Changelog: v0.17.0...v0.18.0

v0.17.0

What's Changed

• chore: update wack runner by @huynhsontung in #650
• chore: rename thickness converter filter property by @United600 in #627
• chore: Change default auto-resize setting from Always to Never by @Copilot in #652
• chore: update editorconfig with new naming rules by @United600 in #653
• chore: rename and move ProgressBar style by @United600 in #648
• fix: InfoBar shadow artifact by @United600 in #655
• chore: refactor window activated event by @United600 in #642
• style: add ListView style and improve the extension by @United600 in #624
• chore: update nuget packages and platform versions by @huynhsontung in #675
• style: convert CriticalErrorGrid to a UserControl by @United600 in #645
• chore: refactor volume control glyph and pointer wheel event by @United600 in #646
• chore: refactor selection handling in PlaylistView by @United600 in #644
• fix: date formatting used when saving snapshot files by @United600 in #668
• chore: add attribution to ResourceNameToResourceStringConverter by @United600 in #674
• chore: refactor LanguageLayoutDirection converter by @United600 in #679
• docs: Add streamlined project documentation and contributing guide by @Copilot in #659
• chore: centralize project settings in Directory.Build.props by @United600 in #683
• fix: thickness converter possible null reference return by @United600 in #678
• refactor: break up and refactor play queue components for clearer separation by @huynhsontung in #676
• chore: consolidate NavigationView keyboard and gamepad handling by @United600 in #665
• chore: refactor and add localization to Accelerator Service by @United600 in #680
• feat: customize delay before the controls automatically hide by @United600 in #670
• fix: app theme combobox popup position by @United600 in #693
• feat: allow drop items into the middle of the play queue by @huynhsontung in #695
• feat: improve screen reader support by @United600 in #684
• fix: play button flicker when skipping items in play queue by @huynhsontung in #696
• chore: improve controls setting text clarity and consistency by @United600 in #699
• refactor: simplify playlist queueing from view models by @huynhsontung in #701
• fix: various compiler warnings by @huynhsontung in #702
• fix: rapid current item changing that break UI transitions by @huynhsontung in #697
• fix: crash by VLC CLI help text not splitting properly on SettingsPage by @huynhsontung in #709
• fix: UI not interactable when launching from explorer by @huynhsontung in #715
• feat: add FolderViewPage items screen reader support by @United600 in #710
• fix: protobuf read throws StackOverflow by @huynhsontung in #714
• fix: player controls not appearing when the access key (Alt) is pressed by @United600 in #708
• refactor: main page view model gamepad key handling logic by @United600 in #707
• refactor: play queue selection logic and checkbox tooltip by @United600 in #712
• chore: refactor and improve search suggestions by @United600 in #703
• chore: refactor timing offset properties by @United600 in #649
• feat: add Copilot instructions for C# and XAML development by @huynhsontung in #716
• fix: player occasionally use the wrong content state when playing media by @huynhsontung in #720
• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #628
• Add "Add to queue" option to media context menus by @Copilot in #721
• refactor: adjust the scope of Playlist object in MediaListViewModel by @huynhsontung in #725
• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #722

New Contributors

• @Copilot made their first contribution in #652

Full Changelog: v0.16.0...v0.17.0

v0.16.0

What's Changed

• fix: app hang when restoring media playback position by @huynhsontung in #609
• feat: implement video scaling options by @huynhsontung in #610
• feat: add video track selection by @United600 in #605
• style: add super sampling and SMTC setting icons by @United600 in #595
• chore: refactor and improve globalization handling by @United600 in #614
• chore: minor coding conventions editorconfig update by @United600 in #615
• feat: add option to hide chapter name by @huynhsontung in #593
• chore: minor improvements to the ThicknessFilterConverter by @United600 in #616
• chore: fix warning and minor improvements by @United600 in #617
• chore: refactor PlaylistView selection handling by @United600 in #619
• feat: add option to change the app's display language by @huynhsontung in #623
• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #598
• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #625

Full Changelog: v0.15.1...v0.16.0

v0.15.1

What's Changed

• fix: Sentry error reporting for unhandled exceptions by @huynhsontung in #587
• chore: refactor and add comments to thickness converter by @United600 in #584
• feat: migrate to ReswPlus Source Generator by @huynhsontung in #588
• style: update system caption button colors by @United600 in #562
• style: add new icons for a few settings by @United600 in #581
• fix: handle total chapters duration different from media duration by @huynhsontung in #592
• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #578

Full Changelog: v0.15.0...v0.15.1

v0.15.0

What's Changed

• docs: update hero images by @United600 in #543
• style: improve command bar style and resources by @United600 in #533
• chore: minor settings page improvements by @United600 in #537
• fix: command bar extension class access by @United600 in #547
• feat: enrich Sentry error reporting by @huynhsontung in #553
• style: minor UI fixes and optimizations by @United600 in #546
• feat: add customizable application theme by @SKure27 in #542
• refactor: unify video and music cache by @huynhsontung in #545
• fix: unexpected lively player load due to Storyboard animation by @huynhsontung in #558
• chore: update and format editor config file by @United600 in #560
• style: add theme mode setting glyph by @United600 in #559
• style: improve split button design and interaction by @United600 in #550
• feat: improve app theme change by @huynhsontung in #561
• chore: minor editorconfig update by @United600 in #563
• feat: improve and add new shortcuts by @United600 in #556
• chore: minor improvement to thickness converter by @United600 in #568
• style: critical error panel redesign by @United600 in #544
• feat: add option to always resume from the last position by @huynhsontung in #530
• style: minor UI improvements by @United600 in #575
• feat: drag and drop anywhere to play by @huynhsontung in #576
• l10n: Crowdin updates by @huynhsontung in #536

New Contributors

• @SKure27 made their first contribution in #542

Full Changelog: v0.14.5...v0.15.0