Version 8.5 (15 December 2011 released)

  • added allow use VMR 7 or VMR9 Renderer, some computer cannot use VMR9 Renderer, so use VMR7 Renderer feature is useful.
  • added AVCHD decoder support .mts, .m2t extension.
  • added digital signed for ocx and exectuable of installer files.
  • added c# 2010 and vb.net 2010 samples and fixed cannot run on 64 bit OS issue.
  • added UseVMR9 property.


    • Version 8.2 (5 June 2011 released)

  • added support playback streaming MP4, MOV video from URL, get the buffered percentage, file size, available data, download rate information. (need purchased streaming MP4, MOV plug-in)
  • added support get the Video/Audio Information, e.g. Video bitrate, Audio bitrate, Audio Channels, Audio Sample Rate, Frame rate, Video Width, Video Height, Container Name, Video Codec Name, Audio Codec Name, Number of video stream and audio stream information.
  • Fixed playback some F4V video, it seem have slow motion issue.
  • added AudioBitrate, AudioChannels, AudioSampleRate, AudioStreamCount, AudioStreamFormat, MediaContainerName, VideoBitrate, VideoStreamCount, VideoStreamFormat properties.
  • added StreamingAutoPlayAfterBuffered, StreamingGetDownloadedSize, StreamingGetFileSize, StreamingLoadFromURL, StreamingPause, StreamingPlay, StreamingSetPos, StreamingStop methods.
  • added OnStreamingBuffered, OnStreamingErrorMsg, OnStreamingStatus events.


    • Version 8.0 (18 Dec 2010 released)

  • added support select specific decoder or filter some decoder  (A user might install several decoders that are capable of decoding a particular file), you may add specific decoder to blacklist or whitelist. In past, the user may not playback some media file when multiple decoders are available, because windows uses the Intelligent Connect algorithm to select the decoder.
  • Support list all filters for current graph.
  • Support list all third party decoder available for particular file. This information is useful when some media file cannot playback correctly.
  • added allow unload the video, clear the screen.
  • added DecoderAdd2BlackList, DecoderAdd2WhiteList, DecoderClearBlackList, DecoderClearWhiteList, GetCurGraphFilterName, GetThirdPartyDecoderCount, GetThirdPartyDecoderName, GetDecoderFilterType methods.
  • added unloadfile method.
  • added DecoderFilterType, UseDecoderFilter properties.

    • Version 7.5 (2 Aug 2010 released)

  • fixed playback m4v file cannot hearing the audio issue.
  • updated f4v, flv decoder, fixed cannot playback some f4v, flv files issue.
  • added allow select audio stream when playback multi-language or karaoke vob or mpeg2 file.
  • added allow list all streams for vob or mpeg2 file.
  • added allow use microsoft wmv parser, it may solved cannot playback some wmv file issue.
  • added UseMsWMVParser property.
  • added VOBGetStreamCount, VOBGetStreamName, VOBSelectStream methods.
  • updated samples.

    • Version 7.0 (23 May 2010 released)
  • fixed load mp3 file, it cannot return correct duration issue.
  • improved playback CDG file, cannot hear the audio issue when installed third party karaoke CDG filter.

    • Version 6.8 (28 Oct 2009 released)

  • Added allow add F4V decoder plug-in, allow playback F4V (for flash player 9.5[plus] ) file.
  • fixed some mov files(H.264 codec, 4800Hz sample rate) cannot playback and audio sync issue. Now support HD mov, support 6-channel audio mov file.
  • redesign ChangePitch, ChangeTempo methods, now it is very stable, fixed crash issue with some video file.

    • Version 6.6 (8 Sep 2009 released)

  • Added allow add AVCHD decoder plug-in, allow playback AVCHD (m2ts, ts) file.
  • Fast AVCHD decoder, support Real-time, high resolution AVCHD 1920x1080 video playback.

    • Version 6.5 (2 April 2009 released)

  • Added allow show Full screen mode, now it can using keyboard key or mouse button to close the full screen.
  • Added ShowFullScreen, IsFullScreen methods.
  • Added ClearFullScreenKey, ClearFullScreenMouseButton, ClearFullScreenType properties.
  • Added MouseEnter, MouseLeave events.

    Version 6.0
  • Added allow add flv decoder plug-in, allow playback flv file.
  • Added LoadFromByteArray, LoadFromMemory methods. allow load the video from memory.
  • Added SetVideoWin2AspectRatio, SetVideoWin2Owner, SetVideoWin2PopUp, SetVideoWin2Show , SetVideoWin2Style, SetVideoWin2Caption, SetVideoWin2Pos methods.
  • Allow display secondary video window. You may playback two video window in same time. Display pic in pic effect, adjust floating popup window's position.
  • Changed the default audio render to Default DirectSound Device. Because another audio render may affect the audio sync issue.

    Version 5.5
  • Support allow add mpeg2 decoder plug-in for playback vob, mpeg2 file.
    Version 5.0
  • Added allow select different audio renderer/audio device when playback.
  • Added DrawImageFromByteArray and ShowBitmapByteArrayOnDrawText methods.
  • Added StartTime and EndTime properties, it allow playback for specific time range.
    Version 4.6
  • fixed some wmv, asf cannot playback.
    Version 4.5
  • improved mp4, m4v, mov, 3gp decoder supported quick time player 7.2 (old version will cannot hearing audio if user installed quick time player 7.2 or above )
  • improved mp4, m4v, mov, 3gp decoder fully supported on vista.
  • improved crash issue when change audio pitch, tempo.
  • added mp4, mov, 3gp, m4v files support change audio tempo.
    Version 4.0
  • added support amr audio format.
  • WMV, ASF, WMA file support change playback rate.
  • added Video Color Adjustment, contrast, brightness, invert color, saturate, hue, lightness.
    Version 3.5
  • added support 3gp with amr audio, mp4, mov, m4v with aac audio.
    Version 3.0
  • added allow video mixing feature, include user define alpha channel, the layer of video.
  • added change the audio pitch to male, female, child voices.
  • added change the audio tempo to speed up or slow down the song.
  • added Fast Snapshot to BMP,JPG, GIF, TIF, PNG from video files. (DIVX, AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, MOV, WMV, ASF, 3GP)
  • fixed video refresh issue.
    Version 2.5
  • added allow change playback rate when playback video.
  • added ReleasePictureBox method.
  • added SetMPEG1AudioChannel method .
    Version 2.0
  • added support playback mov, 3gp, mp4 video files