Syncplay 1.4.0 (RC4)
Pre-release
Pre-release
RC3 of Syncplay 1.4.0 brings a number of tweaks, bug fixes, and compatibility improvements and RC4 adds one minor VLC bugfix. This should be considered the latest 'stable' release of Syncplay.
Download links:
- Windows installer: http://syncplay.pl/Syncplay_1.4.0_RC4_Setup.exe
- Windows portable: http://syncplay.pl/Syncplay-v1.4.0-RC4-Portable.zip
- Linux Tarball: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/archive/v1.4.0-RC4.tar.gz
- Source code repository: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay
Syncplay is not properly supported on Mac as none of the core Syncplay developers have a Mac. If you know any good OS X Python developers then please ask them to help resolve our outstanding OS X issues.
Only change in RC4 (compared to RC3):
- Better handle VLC position reporting imprecision for all AVI files and for MKV files that have an incorrect or low framerate (VLC tickets #17658 and #17126). There may still be some issues with these files, but far fewer.
Notable bug fixes in RC3 (compared to RC2):
- Updated Russian translation (by Corwin)
- Add "edit playlist" option and "add X as trusted domain" playlist menu options to playlist context menu
- Increase folder timeout thresholds and reduce false-positives of folder timeout
- Use "store and run" as default GuiConfig button unless --no-store switch specified
- Improved shared playlist support (e.g. address bugs which caused files to switch unexpectedly or not advance properly, or erroneously set people as not ready when advancing)
- Added support for Support for DESTDIR and PREFIX in Makefile (#114 by Hummer12007, fixing #110 by diogocp)
- Fixed issues with VLC support and added VLC3 support (inc. #108 and PR #109 by Pilotat)
- Fix issues with mpv dropping old 'length' property; needed for mpv >=0.23.0 compatibility (PR #120 by wiiaboo)
- (mpv) remove remove scaletempo filter command line switch and more selectively disable verbosity (#106 by wiiaboo)
- Prevent import error message from being displayed when GUI is disabled on systems without PySide (#117 by Hummer12007)
- Prevent media player from re-opening same file on double-click from Syncplay UI, which caused rewind on some players
- Fix double join message when entering a room with no file on servers with isolated rooms enabled (#123 reported by Corwin, fixed by Uriziel)
- Improved support for Unicode URLs (issue reported by lyk)
- Move to NSIS3 for improved security (resolves #121 by Armada651)
- Fix issue with icons being misaligned in elements made taller due to text scaling
…the full Syncplay 1.4.0 changelog is available at: http://syncplay.pl/changelog/