Software » Video Players » Media Player Classic Qute Theater 26.07

v26.07

What's Changed
Key highlights:
Improved performances for: opening a video, changing video, showing the seek bar and the video preview.
The control buttons are smaller to leave more space for the content.
The options are simplified and we've added a search box to filter them.
The Wayland mode is now enabled by default for new installations, it works with the AppImage and is improved.
Dark mode now works on GNOME-based desktops.
Many other features and improvements could be listed here, many thanks to the new contributors!
Features
Add move subtitles vertically feature by @tbertels in #687
Support changing status time format by click, add remaining and percentage modes by @tbertels in #794 #817
Add support for AVIF screenshots, prettify JPEG encoding settings and add avif to accepted file extensions by @tbertels in #800
settingswindow: Add "Mono" audio channel layout preset by @tbertels in #836
Add "Use dark colors" option by @tbertels in #857
Add auto deinterlacing by @tbertels in #871
Add support to enqueue files from file manager by @tbertels in #872 #904 #930
drawnslider: Jump to start of current chapter on middle-click in progress bar by @Thoxy67 in #941 #976
settings: add Replay Gain controls to Audio renderer page by @Thoxy67 in #944
widgets: add status time hover tooltip and double-click goto by @Thoxy67 & @tbertels in #945 #968 #971
Show hardware decoding state in a main window playback status tooltip by @tbertels in #965
Support adjusting audio delay and simplify setting audio, video and subtitles tracks menus by @tbertels in #966
Add a feature to loop over to first/last file when using 'use next/prev file in folder when only one file in playlist' by @wufik0 in #972
Improvements
Trigger Play from stopped state when clicking on mpvWidget by @tbertels in #683 #845
mainwindow: Make Play / Pause action trigger Play button by @tbertels in #684
manager: Remove file title from tracks titles by @tbertels in #686
Simplify title bar setting by @tbertels in #709
playlistwindow: select tab on right click, move Clear command to tab menu and add Rename command by @tbertels in #738
settingswindow: Let pipewire set its own buffer and reduce pulse buffer by @tbertels in #744
Improve Playlist window and add "Remove Selected Item" command to Playlist menu by @tbertels in #749
mainwindow: Remember "Disable aspect ratio" menu toggle by @tbertels in #753
actioneditor: Ask confirmation if new keybind will overwrite existing one by @tbertels in #774
Use Wayland mode by default, enable the option only on Wayland, differentiate between X11 and XWayland by @tbertels in #775 #864
mainwindow: Only show Step and subtitles buttons for videos by @tbertels in #786 #808
Use latest Qt LTS for the CI and the AppImage by @tbertels in #788
ci: Add Wayland mode support to AppImage by @tbertels in #790
Add support for transparency to all color settings by @tbertels in #795
actioneditor: Add descriptive names for Previous & Next (Skip Backward & Forward) by @tbertels in #798
Improve "Interface" settings page by @tbertels in #807
drawnslider: Make seek bar, volume handles border and chapters brighter for dark themes by @tbertels in #809
Show message when ambiguous shortcut is used by @tbertels in #812
Improve language override by @tbertels in #813 #827 #958
Windows: Don't create start menu folder and show version in Windows Uninstall app by @tbertels in #833
Add Bink Video format to supported file types by @tbertels in #834
Reduce the size of buttons by @tbertels in #839 #954
Set default Volume Increase/Decrease shortcuts to Up/Down by @tbertels in #847
Simplify subtitles settings and remove redundant options by @tbertels in #849
Show screen make and model in Fullscreen settings screen selector by @tbertels in #859
mainwindow: Only show app name in window title when no file is loaded by @tbertels in #862
mainwindow: Move SubtitlesDelay actions to submenu by @tbertels in #868
manager: Show track language script when non standard by @tbertels in #874
settingswindow: Use default mpv OSD font size by @tbertels in #879
Make "Previous" seek to beginning of current chapter if not beyond 5 seconds by @tbertels in #883 #925
settingswindow: Use mpv defaults for enabled hardware codecs; add AV1 and VP8 by @tbertels in #888 #889
Use custom slider widget for audio balance and color controls settings by @tbertels in #893
Bring window to front when opening a video for immediate playback by @tbertels in #895
Display buffering state and progress in status bar on buffer underrun by @tbertels in #898
Add m4b (MPEG-4 Audiobook) to supported file extensions by @tbertels in #902
videopreview: Request yt-dlp formats meeting minimum preview height by @tbertels in #914
Enable subtitles / unmute when user selects a subtitles / audio track by @tbertels in #926 #939
Rename "Library" to "Playlists Backup" by @tbertels in #934
Don't play first frame when resuming position by @tbertels in #940 #948
drawnslider: cache background image, only redraw on state change by @Thoxy67 in #942
drawnstatus: skip repaint when displayed time hasn't changed by @Thoxy67 in #943
settingswindow: add searchable settings input by @Thoxy67 in #946
Speed up video transitions and prevent previous-frame flashing by @tbertels in #957
Migrate video horizontal flip to filterlist and make it a toggle by @tbertels in #959
mainwindow: Add 16:9 Aspect ratio command by @tbertels in #960
playlistwindow: Remove Close Tab button at the bottom by @tbertels in #962
playlistwindow: Remove "Save As..." command from context menu by @tbertels in #978
Speed up video preview generation by @tbertels in #979
settingswindow: Default auto window size to video size by @tbertels in #980
videopreview: Add fallback formats and QuickJS support for yt-dlp by @tbertels in #986
main: Switch to matching playlist when opening file from recents by @tbertels in #987
Don't draw logo when launched with a file by @tbertels in #991
Bug fixes
main: Save only the path part of screenshot location by @tbertels in #756
Don't percent-encode filename or path for thumbnails by @tbertels in #763
mainwindow: Don't add subtitles "Move" menu to root of Play menu by @tbertels in #767
mainwindow: Uncheck "Repeat" menu action when disabling loop by @tbertels in #768
Fix restoring audio and video tracks from Recents by @tbertels in #769 #781
main: Set a shorter stale time for the lock file by @tbertels in #772
Change key shortcut for "Move File to Recycle Bin" and rename it to "Remove File" for the Flatpak build by @tbertels in #782
mainwindow: Add missing Move Subtitles menu by @tbertels in #784
manager: Reset filename on stop by @tbertels in #785
videopreview: Don't open file if empty by @tbertels in #789
Don't try to load non-existing subtitles files by @tbertels in #791
manager: Don't store current tracks selection if auto selected by @tbertels in #796 #875
mainwindow: Empty Quick Playlist when opening file with Quick Open File by @tbertels in #799
Fix cursor hiding issues in fullscreen by @tbertels in #801
Fix hide cursor in fullscreen at bottomArea edge and remove duplicate workaround code by @tbertels in #802
helpers: Fix custom icons path and add missing extension by @tbertels in #804
Adding StartupWMClass to the .desktop file by @Kyuyrii in #806
Update icons and colors on system theme or palette change by @tbertels in #810
Fix tracks auto language selection by @tbertels in #811
screensaver: Add missing interactive argument by @tbertels in #816
Add missing .ico files by @tbertels in #832
mainwindow: Only trigger window move after mouse move by @tbertels in #841
Improve window size saving by @tbertels in #842 #899
mainwindow: Don't start window move while in fullscreen by @tbertels in #844
helpers: Guard against malformed input in date/time parsers by @tbertels in #851
main: Fix restoring original style after disabling Fusion one by @tbertels in #856
settingswindow: Only show custom icons controls when needed + various fixes by @tbertels in #858
Stop playing and unload file when currently playing playlist is closed by @tbertels in #866
Fix visual glitches and animation when exiting from fullscreen in Wayland mode by @tbertels in #876 #938 #894
Don't start window move until the mouse has moved enough by @tbertels in #877
settingswindow: Use dark colors if a dark colors system theme is detected by @tbertels in #880
drawnslider: Fix background image height calculation by @tbertels in #903
Fix memory leaks in mainwindow by @tbertels in #908
Work around black screen bug during fullscreen transitions on Windows by @tbertels in #911
Fix for hiDPI pixel artifact on hardware decoding by @BenDo85 in #917
Always use .log extension for log file and translate the file type by @tbertels in #932
main: Move temporary screenshot file to destination asynchronously by @tbertels in #937
mainwindow: arm AB loop when B is set at current playback position by @Thoxy67 in #950
helpers: Don't sort items by URL when filtering them by @tbertels in #963
ci: Show version in flatpak dev builds by @tbertels in #974
logger: Always enable logging with --log-to-console by @tbertels in #977
Fix gapless playback-related issues, prevent mpv error when clearing filters by @tbertels in #985
mpvwidget: Add Windows long path support by @tbertels in #988 #1001
settingswindow: Enable "Position ASS subs relative to video frame" by default by @tbertels in #989
settingswindow: Use mpv default subtitles shadow color by @tbertels in #990
mpvwidget: Fix clearing filters by @tbertels in #999
Other changes
mainwindow: Don't manually delete playlistWindow_ by @tbertels in #679
Fix C++23 deprecation warnings by @tbertels in #682
data: Use SPDX format for project_license in Appstream metainfo file by @tbertels in #757
main: Move log messages where they belong by @tbertels in #828
settingswindow: Set default subtitles color to white and border size to 2 by @tberte...

Improvements over mpc-hc
Multiple playlists: When you're watching shows on your backlog, load every show into separate playlists and still keep track of the last played file for each playlist. Finally you can eliminate the need to keep track of your progress in a spreadsheet, all while never leaving the comfort of your favorite media player.

Quick queuing: Out-of-order playback in the same style of xmms/qmmp. Got some compilation albums in a playlist, but want to hear only some rock tracks for a while? Now you can, without obliterating your playlist.

Playlist searching: Multi-threaded playlist searching, in the same style as other media players. Find the tracks you want, when you want them.

Screenshot templates: Take screenshots with a custom, sleek and stylized filename. Only include the information that you want.

Looped playback: Selectively show part of video/music tracks. Amazing, isn't it?

Custom metadata: Display custom metadata in the playlist window. Want to show the artist as well as the title, down to even the encoder used? Nothing is stopping you.

Upcoming features
Native filter-chain support: Comprehensive integration of mpv/ffmpeg's filter interface/library, right inside your media player.

Encoding support like VirtualDub: Churn out memes faster. No need to open a video editor when your media player can do your job for you.

Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements: In-app custom styling support.