1.2.0
Goodbye omxplayer
It has been fun using Omxplayer, but as VLC now supports hardware decoding for x264 it is time to switch.
Also, I was happy to learn that HEVC support is on its way to raspberry pi 4.
Features
- Replace omxplayer by vlc
- Make the project compatible with all platforms (not yet tested)
- Add Stream data to the video model
- Add subtitle download functionality to the media downloader.
- Remove FFmpeg dependency as subtitles are not extracted anymore
Improvements
- Better code coverage
- Faster video availability (no more sub extracting)
Bug fixes
- Fix sound control
- Fix file descriptor leakage (omxplayer-wrapper removed)
- Fix controls not working when dbus connection failed