0.3.0-alpha

Added

• Support for dragging and dropping docked panels.
• Initial concept of Player workspaces allowing the users to switch between Basic, Standard Playback, Review with playlist and scripting workspaces.
• Support for Audio playback on Linux and Windows. Mac audio support is partly added (some bugs need to be fixed and overall experience improvements needed.)
• Recent projects startup window, allowing the users to quickly choose from the last project(s) (upto 5) being worked on.
• Custom media importer with support for Sequence representation (image_name.####.ext 1001-1120) format for image sequences when being browsed through the file browser for VOID.
• Support for command-line arguments like --media, --project to load a media or a project directly when opening the player.
• Support for switching to the basic workspace view with --basic command-line and can be used alongside --media for a quick view over the media.
• Support for playing multiple media in a queue which makes them play one after the other and keeps the timeline range respective to the current media being played.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the frameless titlebar allowed the player to move even when it is in maximized state.
• Fixed the player to clear the current media before accepting the dropped media.

Misc

• Minor UI elements overhaul for the playback controls and timeline to make the buttons more asthetic and improve usability/accessibility.
• Icons appear with slightly better contrast with the backgrounds especially the dark themes.
• Improved color schemes for the player and made the overall theme contrast better.
• In project view, the saved projects can be easily identified with the sidebar color accent.
• Imported media thumbnails are generated on thread, keeping the load process faster and smooth for improved user experience.
• Playlists created within the project are also saved and loaded with the project.
• Switched to OpenGL Pixel Buffer Objects for improved rendering and playback rate.
• Improvements to how the internal FFmpegDecoder provides Data to the PixelReader.
• Improvements to the Media entity construction for slight benefits in terms of performance.
• Internal improvements to the Player architecture for better distinction of widget v/s the core logic.

VOID Alpha - 0.2.0

Added

• Projects are supported in VOID player.
• Projects can be created/saved and loaded back.
• Component serialization and deserialization support through VoidObject with support for ASCII (ether) and Binary (nether) formats.
• Support for Media directories to be imported through UI menu or dragging the directory over the Media View.
• Support for playlists within a Project where media can be organized for quick playback and review.
• Timeline media caching mechanism.
• Support for dragging multiple media directly on to the Viewer which will play them as a sequence or a single media.
• Image Metadata viewer for viewing basic metadata from the various image types.
• Support for scripting in VOID script editor.
• VOID python bindings 'vortex'.
• Material icon font based icons support for the player to allow customization of icon color when switching themes.
• Multiple color scheme support.
• Internal Menu system handling Menus in the VOID Menu bar.
• Extension of Menu system to the python API allowing Menu items to be created from python.

Fixed

• Minor Memory leaks due to Qt objects not initialized with proper parents causing the clean up to ignore when parent is destroyed.
• Dock panel menu pops-up instantly as opposed to a small wait time earlier when the button reverts to its original state.
• Issue with internal FFmpeg reader where seeking was not working as expected when jumping between frame randomly on Movie type media.

Misc

• Internal organisation of the project components to make Undo a UI entity.
• Optimized Movie file import times by removing additional queries to 'avformat_find_stream_info' when reading movie frames and framerate using FFmpeg API.
• Added Project Bridge to deal with Project components.

Initial Release

VOID v0.1.0-alpha

This is the first release of the VOID project!
Version 0.1.0-alpha introduces a base foundation for media playback, image comparison, and annotation, setting a direction for a future review system.

Features

• Media Import & Playback

  • Supports EXR via OpenEXR
  • Supports MOV and MP4 via FFmpeg
  • Reads various image formats (png, tiff, dpx, jpg) via OpenImageIO

• Rendering & Comparison

  • OpenGL Renderer
  • A/B Buffer support
  • Image comparison tools
  • Channel playback: R, G, B, A, RGB, RGBA, ALPHA

• Annotation Tools

  • Brush tool
  • Text annotations

• Color Management

  • OpenColorIO integration

• Playback Enhancements

  • Fullscreen playback
  • Variable framerate support
  • Undo queue system

• UI

  • Basic Docking system UI
  • Dock manager

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This first release lays the foundation for a powerful media review system. Feedback and contributions are welcome!