Changes from 2.7.4 to 2.8.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.82-5-g77c25
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.7.2560

Changes/additions:

• Settings of SaneAR/VMR-9/EVR-CP/EVR-Sync have been moved and can now be accessed through the button behind the renderer on the Output settings page.
• Cleaned up the Output settings page and updated the tooltips of the video renderers.
• It is now possible to provide default settings through HKLM, which are read whenever creating fresh settings profile in HKCU section of Registry.
• When storing settings in INI file, the history is now split off in a separate file. When the application folder is not writable, the history file is placed in %appdata%\MPC-HC. Also added an advanced option to always use appdata folder.
• Please note that the Registry is still the preferred location for storing the settings. That has better performance than INI file. Settings backup is as easy as pressing a button here: Options > Miscellaneous > Export
• Added an advanced option HistoryExcludeFilter to exclude certain content from getting added to recent file history. It is a simple semi-colon separated list of substrings that is matched against the full path or URL.
• There also is a HistoryExcludeFilterPrivate setting with exact same purpose, which is not exposed through the user interface.
• Added advanced option to automatically prune history entries older than X days. Defaults to 365, and can be disabled by setting to 0.
• Added a new Show History entry to recent file menu. This opens a dialog for managing history entries. Allows you to search. Manually remove entries. Clean invalid entries. Clean old entries. Reset position, etc.
• When opening a selection of files from Explorer, they are now added to playlist in correct alphabetical order.
• Added "sort by date" option in playlist context menu. Note that all sort actions apply once to current list and do not have effect on future playlist changes.
• Added advanced option to sort files by date when skipping to next/previous file in folder.
• Color controls have been moved from options dialog into a new popup dialog. Accessible through the Play menu or hotkey.
• Advanced settings have now been re-ordered and grouped into categories.
• Improved performance when using libass for rendering subtitles.
• Added stack trace to internal (fallback) exception handler.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where subtitle styles changes were not dynamically applied during segment change in segmented Matroska files with ordered chapters.
• Fixed an issue where seekbar preview could show wrong edition with playing a Matroska file with multiple video editions.
• Fixed an issue where video preview was up-side-down in web interface when renderer provided a topdown bitmap.
• Fixed an issue with EVR-CP that caused still images to not render immediately.
• Improved long path support in a few file dialogs, such as "Load subtitles".
• A few other fixes and small improvements.