RadLight 4 multimedia player (BETA 1) released

[DAvenger]

Welcome to the world of RadLight :D

This is the first 'stable' release after almost 5 months. While still in its BETA stage, it's considered stable enough for daily use.

For those of you who don't know RadLight here's an brief overview of what it is and what it does :

Overview

RadLight 4 is the first TRUE multimedia player that allows you to fully experience all kind of multimedia content such as DivX™, DVD video or MP3 audio at highest quality possible on the PC. RadLight 4 is the only all-in-one multimedia solution on the market to deliver all of this without being a resource hog or being too complicated.

It's not 'entertainment' when things get too slow or overly complicated

In order to achieve the best user experience and the smoothest playback we needed to take on a different aproach when designing the new generation of RadLight. RadLight's unique modular architecture and its performance-driven component management allow us to fully utilize the potential of modern PC's while using only limited amount of memory and CPU power.

It's all about the architecture

The new sophisticated architecture makes RadLight not only very fast and stable but also highly flexible & extensible via third-party plugins and modules. It's really easy to extend RadLight's functionality or to make it look completely different, when necessary (see the Oldskool MOD for RadLight). Developers and power users are going to love it!

Exceptional stability equals happy customers

RadLight 4 introduces the groundbreaking 'application stability management' system with exception error handling and automatic logfile generation. RadLight users don't need to know much about computers. The 'application stability management' system allow us to resolve all problems quickly and without too much unnecessary hassle on your side.

Download 'RadLight 4 BETA 1 (build 1) with Oldskool MOD" (http://www.RadLight.net/download/RadLight4BETA1b1.exe)

Download RadLight using BitTorrent (http://bittorrent.radlight.com/torrents/RadLight4BETA1b1.exe.torrent)

Download "Oldskool v0.1 MOD for RadLight" (http://www.RadLight.net/download/RadLight4Oldskool_0.1.exe)

CHANGELOG (reflects changes vs. the last stable build)

Multi-monitor support improved
Media playback now does autoconfigure on first run
SWF/Flash playback is now supported
Basic VCD support added
SSA/ASS support improved (75% ready)
User interface now handles resolution changes properly
New 'View file info' dialog added
Oldskool v0.1 MOD for RadLight is now part of the installation package
Settings wizard added (autodetects system language and helps you select preferred user interface)
Shell module fixed (may still have some bugs)
Subtitle module improved (override format specific etc.)

Brand new 'Media loader' module (this is the thing responsible for duration, tags etc. loading)
New 'Shell' module
Media playback now does autoconfigure on first run

Windows 2000 now fully supported
Basic multi-monitor config support added (see "Toggle fullscreen monitor" switch)
Subtitle charset auto detect added
Advanced auto-loading now working
Português, Slovenski and Turkish language files added (http://www.RadLight.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=752)
Volume bug fixed
Various user interface improvements
Updated Shutdown and Notify window modules

Native support for VobSub subtitle format (no need for VSFilter)
Native support for MKV (Matroska) and OGM subtitles
Subtitle time correction
Subtitle renderer selection
Subtitle moving, resizing and style selection added
Mouse auto hide
Experimental language files support (fully UNICODE) (http://www.RadLight.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=752)
Includes English, Slovak and Srpski language files
RadLight OSD filter fixed (should not crash anymore)
Subtitle module improved
Support for SHOUTcast .pls files added
SHOUTcast tags & bitrate/sample rate are now displayed
RadLight SHOUTcast DirectShow filter v1.0.0.1 (bugfixes)
Mouse auto hide

RadLight APE DirectShow filter 1.0.0.4
RadLight OptimFROG DirectShow filter 1.0.0.1
Subtitle support (MicroDVD, SubRip, SubViewer 1, SubViewer 2, SubStation Alpha)

Updated all DirectShow filters
Playlist engine fixed
Total duration added
Undo added
Show/Hide column working
Rescan all items added
Playlist remembers its top position after changing active playlist

Added RadLight Vorbis DirectShow Filter 1.0.0.0
Queue and Play
Playlist customization form added
Tabs actions + hints
Brand new playback module
Dynamic playlist
Brand new playlist component
Aspect ratios (w/touch from outside

Support for multiple audio streams... works even with Matroska and OGM (audiostreams button)
Playlist interface improvements (Queue, ...)
Added "Playlists" category to the Shell module
Shell bug fixes
Tabs fixed

New playlist engine
Playlist inherits onkeydown
Playlist tabs scroll buttons added
Tabs now support Dropping (OLE) later also draging
Labels now support unicode
APE tag unicode bug fixed
Multimoving snapped window added
OptimFROG media loader + DirectShow filter
Extenension info improved
Incremental search bug fixed
Button added to show/hide playlist columns
Media info objects modified to work with Fileinfo form and for editing
Auto sizing/showhide bug fixed
Media info items are better formated now
Customize and autosize menu item added to popup menu in playlist columns popup
Sorting tree bug fixed
Priority for tags changed to better output style
Splash screen added
Playlist file types (m3u)
Playlist popup
Log on/off switch

Unicode hints (internal)
Autosize added to column property
Multimedia keyboard support (Stop, Play/Pause, Next, Prev)
Hint for Tray icon added (ala Expression)
Media info plugins expanded and fixed small bugs
File dropping optimized and improved
Fileinfo form added with tagging feature (MPEG) // not completed yet
Samplerate label si now updated (limited)
Bitrate label is now updated (limited)
Meta data objects totaly rewriten
FLAC file info
TwinVQ file info
ID3Tagv2 frame recogantion expadned
Crossfade disabled on video media
Play button now plays the playlist selected item if nothing opened
Mute bug fixed
Open subtitles stuff removed
Stop after current works fine

Command-line module imporoved
Internal changes in Shell module
File-info plugins extended (now supports AVI duration)

[D-wizzz]

WOW talk about changes.You haven't sit still.
:thanks: i will try it tonight when i'm home from work:D

Deninio:p

[happy_harry]

Seeking in long mkv movies hangs playback (vmr9, xvid, ac3, MPC works just fine). It would be nice if i could select ffdshow for playback, not just auto/xvid/divx. More blur on vobsub subtitles would be nice, too.
(and of course integrated aac/ac3/mpeg4-ffdshow)

[RadScorpion]

The FFDShow problem lies in the filter itself. While the older versions used to have correct registry entries for codec FourCC, the new versions seem to be registered as "wild cards". It's not difficult to correct this, but I'm not the one to do it - it's the job of the author of ffdshow. ... RadLight can't list wild cards in the preferred filter listbox because you'd have all video/audio/etc. filters listed there... and that could not do any good to you ;)

Properly registered DivX Decoder
http://www.radlight.net/radscorpion/divxdec-snap.JPG

Wild Card FFDShow
http://www.radlight.net/radscorpion/ffdshow-snap.JPG

Seeking problem is an issue of Matroska Splitter :(. Let's hope for a better build.

[DAvenger]

Originally posted by happy_harry
More blur on vobsub subtitles would be nice, too.
(and of course integrated aac/ac3/mpeg4-ffdshow)

Yeah, we are working on a better way of subtitle rendering.

As for integrating codecs inside, I don't think that will ever happen. The last thing I want is to have something to do with MPEG-LA or Dolby ;)

[happy_harry]

thx RadScorpion.

[DAvenger]

Anyone knows who's in charge of the new FFDShow builds? The author should fix bug this ASAP.

[happy_harry]

Milan is in charge, of course.

[Leak]

Originally posted by DAvenger
Anyone knows who's in charge of the new FFDShow builds? The author should fix bug this ASAP.

Have you had a look at how many codecs ffdshow supports lately? Maybe they use the wildcard because you can't add that many types to one single DirectShow filter? Or because they want to avoid the constant re-registration changing codec settings would make neccessary?

np: Keishi Urata - Thread And Temptation (Texhnolyze OST Music, Only Music, But Music)

[faxmactor]

I'm glad that Radlight has made a comeback (a worthy comeback, that is) (I managed to try it at my workplace).

But heck, why do I have to get know that it _does not run_ on win98 _after_ the install process (when trying to run it)?

Heh, keep it real, and add this tiny OS detection to the installer please... (or rather, make it compatible with win9x :P)

[DAvenger]

Originally posted by Leak
Have you had a look at how many codecs ffdshow supports lately? Maybe they use the wildcard because you can't add that many types to one single DirectShow filter? Or because they want to avoid the constant re-registration changing codec settings would make neccessary?

They need to add the DIVX, XVID etc. mediatypes only once. For the rest of the formats it's acceptable to use wildcards.

But heck, why do I have to get know that it _does not run_ on win98 _after_ the install process (when trying to run it)?

Heh, keep it real, and add this tiny OS detection to the installer please... (or rather, make it compatible with win9x :P)

:o OK, I will try to find a NSIS installer function that can do that. Haven't found one yet :(

Unfortunatelly, it is not possible for RadLight to work correctly on anything below Windows 2k because of the numerous bugs in Windows architecture. More info - here (http://www.radlight.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=855) Sorry.

[milan]

The problem in graphedt crashed when list of supported formats exceeded about 120 items. I was deciding what to do with this, because I'm using graphedt very often. I tried to split ffdshow into two filters, one for common FOURCCs (XVID, DIVX,...) and one for the rest, but finally I used a wildcard. Maybe it was a bad decision.

Anyway, I'll add few of most used FOURCCs to supported input types list to solve the problem. Raw video types are already there because similar problem was reported before.

[RadScorpion]

Thanks! I belive many people would appreciate that.

Best,
Igor

[faxmactor]

Originally posted by DAvenger
:o OK, I will try to find a NSIS installer function that can do that. Haven't found one yet :(
Check the NSIS documentation, under Appendix B, there is a pre-built function called "Get Windows version"

I'm sorry to hear that it won't run under w9x. By the way, I'm going to change too, after XP SP2 is out.

[DAvenger]

New build is out. This version introduces some minor bugfixes.


Taskbar bug fixed (VERY important bugfix)
OGM/MP4/RLSF extensions are now listed in Shell (once again ^_^ )
Media loader updated to support SWF files
Media loader bugfixes (sorry, not fully functional yet)
OGM subtitles support fixed (didn't work with some files)
SSA in MKV subtitle bugfixes (let us know it if works better now)
Subtitle rendering function improved
Standalone SSA files are now supported
RadLight 4 BETA 1 build 2 with Oldskool v0.2 (http://RadLight.net/download/unstable/RadLight4BETA1b2.exe)

Oldskool for RadLight v0.2 (standalone) (http://RadLight.net/download/unstable/RadLight4Oldskool_0.2.exe)


Originally posted by faxmactor
Check the NSIS documentation, under Appendix B, there is a pre-built function called "Get Windows version"

I'm sorry to hear that it won't run under w9x. By the way, I'm going to change too, after XP SP2 is out.

Thanks, I will have a closer look at it and make sure it works for the NEXT :p release.

[stax76]

you code Delphi right, so why favor nsis over inno? Inno should be in any case better

[DAvenger]

Originally posted by Dolemite
you code Delphi right, so why favor nsis over inno? Inno should be in any case better

Delphi and C++

What made us switch was NSIS' LZMA compression which at that time, wasn't available in Inno.

[stax76]

I gave it a try, overall it looks promising, I'm stil using Zoom Player, to be fair here is my bug feedback using a 480x576 MPEG2 file and Oldschool skin:

there is a problem with the shell integration, dropping a file on the desktop link start the player but it don't load the file

dropping a file on the opened player works though but it loads the elecard decoder unlike all other players that load the sonic decoder that unlike the elecard decoder actually works. I found a setting called prefered filters in the playback module but it don't work. The bug appears regardless of the method used to open the file.

seek keys don't work, jump small/medium/large feature is missing

it don't start with the proper resoluion

it loads the files slower than other players

[prom3theus]

How about not f'ing up my desktop when I install and intially run the player and it does its little test? I uninstalled immediately.

[DAvenger]

Originally posted by prom3theus
How about not f'ing up my desktop when I install and intially run the player and it does its little test? I uninstalled immediately.

Huh? Can you please, explain? A log file or screenshot would be nice too!

Thanks

[prom3theus]

Upon initial run there's some sort of configuration test of the monitor/display settings. This apparently switches to some sort of DOS mode display as best as I can see, and when it returns, which is in much less than a second, the desktop (icons, quicklaunch, etc) has been rearranged to fit a 640x480 screen, which as I understand it is generally what DOS mode things run in, and this happens sometimes with those as well (I mean in general in my experience, not this particular setup I'm in right now, which is vanilla windows 2000, 1024x768).

[DAvenger]

Originally posted by prom3theus
Upon initial run there's some sort of configuration test of the monitor/display settings. This apparently switches to some sort of DOS mode display as best as I can see, and when it returns, which is in much less than a second, the desktop (icons, quicklaunch, etc) has been rearranged to fit a 640x480 screen, which as I understand it is generally what DOS mode things run in, and this happens sometimes with those as well (I mean in general in my experience, not this particular setup I'm in right now, which is vanilla windows 2000, 1024x768).

:eek: :confused:

RadLight certainly does not do that.

[aliumalik]

Excellent Update DAvenger! I do have a few things to say about this release
1) RadLight hangs up fore a second before playing movies while other players like Media Player Classic and Zoom Player work fine. Any bug?
2) While the Old School Mod is good it is just too old. This interface was used for Windows Media Player6 and just isn't applicable anymore. I remember suggesting that you guys switch to a simpler interface instead of the gaudy default interface but this is just too Media Player Classic and Windows Media Player 6.4 style. The only reason I wouldn't switch to RadLight now from Zoom Player is that Zoom Player has a much simpler interface than RadLight. It’s pretty obvious that applications with simpler interfaces are preferred over graphically intensive applications a classic example is iTunes vs. MusicMatch. A simpler interface will serve you much better. Another point about the default interface is it being split into two or three portions. The only application that has had success with this 'bits' interface in my opinion is WinAmp. You guys should go for a bound interface. Hmm that seems to be all about the interface.
3) The name of RadLight is synonymous with spyware. Even though you said that no spyware/ads are going to be added now people all over the internet are unaware of it and have a strong dislike for the name RadLight. You can try places such as Betanews, Neowin, CNet etc and read the reviews. The people there (ad almost everywhere on the internet) are just crazy about spyware. Either you need to get the message across to the people somehow that this version does not contain ads or you need to totally change the name of the application. Whichever you think will gain you more popularity.
4) One last thing. I think you guys are over doing the development of RadLight. Introducing features such as MP3 tagging and other Audio related features is not going to help the cause of RadLight in my opinion. I think only people who regularly listen to music on their PCs use tagging etc and they use much advanced music players for that purpose like WinAmp, Foobar or iTunes. RadLight should just concentrate on being a media player (concentrated around video) while supporting playback of audio files (of course). Tag Reading/writing will only make the program heavier just like Windows Media Player 9 and you and I both know about its reputation.

RadLight is an excellent player. The backend seems very nicely coded as it is efficient and fast with the lowest memory consumption I have ever seen on a player (6 Megs only with Old School as compared to 19 Megs of Zoom Player!). The player’s backend is very nice and it has the potential of being the best media player out there. I didn't mean to be derogatory at any point. Just want it to be a great product so that I can shift to it.
Regards


Boy Long Post!:D

[RadScorpion]

Thanks for a nice review.

1) RadLight hangs up fore a second before playing movies while other players like Media Player Classic and Zoom Player work fine. Any bug? Not really. It's just the way we handle file opening sequence... but you're right. There can be something done about it.

@UserInterface. This is just a matter of taste. Some people prefer simple interface and other like the skinned one. I personally don't like any of the current 2 UI modules :) and I'm gonna write a very special one - it could be released in the next major release so stay tuned if you want to switch from the ZoomPlayer. The point of RL architecture is to allow you to switch any UI you like and still use all the advantages of other modules.

3) The name of RadLight is synonymous with spyware.
Yepp. That's correct. But the name is not gonna change. RadLight is RadLight. Howgh. Btw. there have been quite many positive reviews even on the NeoWin forum as well as on hydrogen audio - so I don't think it's gonna be a problem.

4) One last thing. I think you guys are over doing the development of RadLight. Not really. There are 3 coders in our crew. While I'm in charge of directshow, playback and similar stuff the other 2 guys can mess with other features. ... proper Tag support was one of the major requests on the HydrogenAudio forum. RadLight is not supposed to be only video player but a MEDIA player. That includes DVD, TV, Streamed Media..... (quite a long todolist :) )

Tag Reading/writing will only make the program heavier just like Windows Media Player 9 and you and I both know about its reputation. :) :).. how about this : Install only those modules you want and keep your player lite :). In the next release a feature should be available to setup & compile the whole player into one EXE-file that does not need any installation... as lite as it gets.

Best,
Igor

[aliumalik]

Had quite a few suggestions regarding the interface and I am really starting to like this player's performance so I decided to compile my suggestions in a pic. Take a look and tell me what you think
http://www.ahost.2webh.com/recom.gif

[RadScorpion]

Thanks. Your picture basically matches the requests our user have posted on our board so there's a big chance of having them used as we're going to do some major UI upgrades during the next week (hopefully). It indeed makes more sense than the current UI layout.

Best,
Igor

[aliumalik]

Thanks for considering them. I also registered at your forums :D One BIG request from me is using a pop-up slider like in WinDVD to increase/decrease playback speed and also a pop-up slider for sound.

[gizmotech]

Just a few little bug reports.

First off, When using the sliders for navigation the file will never resume playback. It doesn't matter which slider is used (OSD/Control) however neither one will resume the playback after sliding. Playback controls for pause/play are useless. Stop will stop the video and play will start new playback at that point.

Second, I've noticed strange drop outs during srt/vobsub playback. Switching streams will return the subs to normal playback, however they do just randomly drop out every now and then.

Question, I'm wondering where you would consider the development stage of the subtitle renderer? Currently I have a file here which can lock up the player interface w/ a basic SRT, and an SSA file which will not even play.

Is the SSA implementation that you are going for going to be full SSA/ASS including transform effects or just basic subtitle display?

If you want either of these files for testing, just let me know (pm) and I can provide them. So far the default SRT/Vobsub rendering works well enough for me (better then vsfilter does) however it does have some random glitches.

As you can see I'm slightly more focused on this one element... Everything else worked well enough for me, and it was nice to see full MKV track_name support.

Gizmo.

EDIT:
OGM support seems completely broken. No stream switching appears to be available within the media player, and vsfilter will not engage (most likely due to the black listing).

[RadScorpion]

First off, When using the sliders for navigation the file will never resume playback. It doesn't matter which slider is used (OSD/Control) however neither one will resume the playback after sliding. Playback controls for pause/play are useless. Stop will stop the video and play will start new playback at that point. I suppose this happens with Matroska files, right? There is some glitch inside the Matroska splitter that makes streams freeze - this is not a player issue. I hope to write a new one, but I need some time as there have been quite many bugs reported.

Second, I've noticed strange drop outs during srt/vobsub playback. Switching streams will return the subs to normal playback, however they do just randomly drop out every now and then.

Question, I'm wondering where you would consider the development stage of the subtitle renderer? Currently I have a file here which can lock up the player interface w/ a basic SRT, and an SSA file which will not even play. The subtitle system has been rewritten in the Beta version. I don't think this problem has anything to do with subtitle file itself. I've located one serious problem in the subtitle module and hopefully fixed it.


Is the SSA implementation that you are going for going to be full SSA/ASS including transform effects or just basic subtitle display? Yes. We want to have full SSA support.

OGM support seems completely broken. No stream switching appears to be available within the media player, and vsfilter will not engage (most likely due to the black listing). Shame on me!!. I've compiled a wrong build - the OGM support is indeed messed up :(. VSFilter is not used because of RadLight Subtitle Dumper that connects to subtitle pins instead. But this can be tuned. I'll write a guide with some nice pictures about setting up the playback module soon.

Best,
Igor

[aliumalik]

Hmm I just notcied that RadLight doesn't play partially-downloaded/downloading files unlike BSPlayer and ZoomPlayer. Is this not supportesd yet or a bug?
Thanks

[RadScorpion]

This is not a bug. RadLight indeed can't play corrupted AVI files due to the current AVI Splitter filter. This feature is on the todo list but I can't tell you when it's gonna be implemented.

[DAvenger]

Originally posted by aliumalik
Hmm I just notcied that RadLight doesn't play partially-downloaded/downloading files unlike BSPlayer and ZoomPlayer. Is this not supportesd yet or a bug?
Thanks

Well, you can register Gabest's AVI splitter and setup RadLight to work with it - I believe it should work then (this is probably the reason why BSPlayer and ZoomPlayer work)

[DAvenger]

Thanks for your (looong :p) post!

While the Old School Mod is good it is just too old. This interface was used for Windows Media Player6 and just isn't applicable anymore.

It is just ONE of MANY possible looks with the "RadLight inside (tm)" :D I think the WMP interface is great and apparently most MPC users would agree with me ;) They are used to the old WMP look but need more features so we try offer them a good alternative without need to get used to a different GUI.

Either you need to get the message across to the people somehow that this version does not contain ads or you need to totally change the name of the application.

The name's not going to change, ever. There's no need. We have a strong userbase of users from all around the world who would get confused. With a new name it would be like starting from scratch (i.e impossible)

I think that RadLight's quality will eventually get the message across. Of course, any help with this is more than appreciated :)

I think only people who regularly listen to music on their PCs use tagging etc and they use much advanced music players for that purpose like WinAmp, Foobar or iTunes.

"All-in-one, but only if you want to" is our motto :) I believe that now, with absolutely no shame I can tell that there is no feature that would make Winamp better than RadLight. In fact, our playlist is far more advanced and faster. Ripping/encoding (in fact the only interesting features of foobar) are going to be added really soon.

One word : modules ;)

I didn't mean to be derogatory at any point. Just want it to be a great product so that I can shift to it.

You're welcome. Great post!

[DAvenger]

If you want either of these files for testing, just let me know (pm) and I can provide them.

Will do. ;)

Is the SSA implementation that you are going for going to be full SSA/ASS including transform effects or just basic subtitle display?

Full, so that Liisachan and other anime fansubbers can ditch VSFilter :p

Thanks for posting

[iwod]

To my understanding, one advantage of Radlight is the fact that it will never really get bloated because of its Modules, which you can even strip it in and out. ( Correct me if i am wrong )

So in theory you could strip it down to a Media Player only like MPC, or add in to something like Winamp 5. ( Right ? )

Why the name oldskool? It has to be the worst name ever!
And I don't have theme turned on. It seems the Button at the bottom looks funny.

Does Radlight support Real / Quicktime Filter?

Minimizing Oldskool will only makes it skink......... rrr. don't know how to explain but it is not normal minize that should have happen.

Since you said Radlight is so mudular is it possible to change the Config Screen? I personally think it is too complicated and would rather have a MPC style where options head lies left of the config screen.

Just did a little Test, Radlight usues slightly more memory when minize compare to MPC. But uses less Max Mem. However it also uses more CPU usage as well. ( 5 -10% ) May be i have got the filter set up properly yet.

[DAvenger]

To my understanding, one advantage of Radlight is the fact that it will never really get bloated because of its Modules, which you can even strip it in and out. ( Correct me if i am wrong )

Something like that :D

Why the name oldskool? It has to be the worst name ever!

I selected this name because it really tells you a lot about the idea behind this UI mod. Also, it does not confuse users like MPC does (many people think it's a Microsoft product) ;)

Does Radlight support Real / Quicktime Filter?

Yes, but you would have to use a wildcard (on the Media playback property page/Preferred filters) to make it work. Better support coming soon.

Minimizing Oldskool will only makes it skink......... rrr. don't know how to explain but it is not normal minize that should have happen.

Ah. Thanks

Since you said Radlight is so mudular is it possible to change the Config Screen? I personally think it is too complicated and would rather have a MPC style where options head lies left of the config screen.

Not directly :( You could do that as a separate module ... weird but certainly possible.

Just did a little Test, Radlight usues slightly more memory when minize compare to MPC. But uses less Max Mem. However it also uses more CPU usage as well. ( 5 -10% ) May be i have got the filter set up properly yet.

I can't get MPC to play on less than 98% CPU on my PC with any setup variation. Well, don't really know what to say ;)

[gizmotech]

Can we see a new build soon?

I want to continue testing it, verify ogm is working correclty, and I was hoping maybe the mkv support is running a bit more smoothly (I've got SSA files I'm hoping to see run on radlight ssa renderer and the files don't run at all yet)

As well, have you been in contact w/ toff concerning the splitter? He has recently done some work to correct the gabest 1.0.2.1 filter, relating to stream order/playback order among other things, and if you can track down where in the splitter your error is comming from he might be able to identify it before his version is released in the new mkv packs.

Gizmo

[iwod]

Since MPC development is much slow down Radlight seems to be a upcoming replacement product which is power as well as promising.

Although i must admit still a lot of work to be done. But so far it is looking bright.

Any new build soon ? :D

[DAvenger]

Can we see a new build soon?

I just came back from two weeks in Portugal so I need to check on a lot of things. We should be up and running really soon.

I want to continue testing it, verify ogm is working correclty, and I was hoping maybe the mkv support is running a bit more smoothly (I've got SSA files I'm hoping to see run on radlight ssa renderer and the files don't run at all yet)

OGM bug is fixed (i think) and SSAs are being worked on. That some files don't work at all is "OK" - we know why and how to fix that.

Although i must admit still a lot of work to be done. But so far it is looking bright.

Thanks ;)

[gizmotech]

Could you also verify, prior to release, that the next build is also compatible w/ the "Alternative MKV Splitter" works correctly? ATM it appears that when you try to switch streams (either w/ radlight or w/ the splitter itself) that the application freezes and no longer resumes playback.

On the plus side, it looks like seeking in the files w/ the new splitter works correctly.

Gizmo.

[DAvenger]

Originally posted by gizmotech
Could you also verify, prior to release, that the next build is also compatible w/ the "Alternative MKV Splitter" works correctly? ATM it appears that when you try to switch streams (either w/ radlight or w/ the splitter itself) that the application freezes and no longer resumes playback.

On the plus side, it looks like seeking in the files w/ the new splitter works correctly.

Gizmo.

Of course. As soon as we get the new user interface in a releaseable state there's going to be one or two test releases which will also address the new matroska stuff and then (hopefully) a new major version - BETA 2 ...

[DAvenger]

Hey,

It has been a very long time since the last public release of RadLight. :rolleyes:

Well, many RadLight forum regulars have asked us to release our work in progress and you know me, I just can't say no :D

So ;) here's the latest Nightly build (01/29/05) (http://www.radlight.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1124)

Known issues :


the subtitle module has been removed due to instability (will be back in BETA 2)
you will have to manually remove the old settings.ini (Application data/RadLight/...) and create your own moduleset
the player may have problems playing back some MP4/AVC files - we're working on this


We try to release a new build every night - you can get them from the BETA releases forum (http://www.radlight.net/forum/index.php?showforum=2)

Best,
Martin