Downloads

Changes

• Support Setting Custom Time for Arrow Hotkeys
• Added Web API Support
• Greatly Increased the Number of Subtitles the Player Finds
• Fixed Issue with Not Finding Subtitles for Some Movies
• More Subtitle Languages have Flags in the Subtitle Menu
• Changed Default Torrent Port to 6882 (there were issues with port 6881 on OSX)
• Fixed Issue with Player Notification Visibility

Changes

• Fixed Streaming Youtube-DL Supported URLs
• Fixed Very Old Bug Where It Would Load All Youtube-DL Supported Videos from a URL Instead of the Primary Video
• Added Error Notification if AirPin is Wrong When Authenticating for Airplay Casting

Changes

• Fast Resume Feature for Torrents
• Added Support for Sorting Playlists
• Added Image Placeholders for Plugins
• Deleted Torrent Plugin Category (they were all broken anyway)
• Disable Parsing Torrent Pages (this feature broke some time ago)
• Allow Setting Torrent Port 0 for Random Port
• Notify User Regarding Torrent Starting Errors
• Added New Web API (details)
• Many Chromecast Casting and Discovery Fixes and Improvements
• Many DLNA Casting Fixes and Improvements
• Fixed AppleTV Casting and Discovery (added support for Airplay 2)
• Fixed File Select Menu Text Encoding on Linux
• Fixed Playback of Videos on Linux
• Fixed Bug With Default Torrent Engine Port
• Fixed Player Breaking When Seeking After Torrent Downloaded
• Fixed Fetching Subtitles
• Fixed Adding Multiple Torrents to Playlist
• Fixed Updating Playlist UI When Removing Items
• Fixed Adding Local Files to Playlist
• Various Torrent Related Fixes
• Many Other Minor Fixes and Improvements

Changes

• Critical Fix for Torrent Lists that Caused the Player to Skip Items in Playlists
• Fix Trakt Manual Search
• Fix Torrents From Some Private Trackers
• Fix Going to Torrent Dashboard for Non-Streamable Torrents
• Fix youtube-dl Based Playlists
• Fix Getting Subtitles Automatically
• Fix Fanart Images
• Fix YouTube Channel Plugin Logos
• Fix Loading History of Torrents
• Fix "Cancel" Button Functionality for Loading Torrents
• Fix Trakt Info For Items That Don't Have Images
• Possible Fix for Player not Starting and Showing a White Box Instead
• Added Playing With External Player
• Added Setting External Player Args
• Added Setting to Start in Fullscreen
• Added Setting for "Find Subtitles Limit"
• Added Setting to "Not Track History"
• Added Casting Torrent Through LAN
• Added Torrent Peer ID to Settings
• Added "Browse For Subtitle" Option in Subtitle Menu
• Added "Browse for Subtitle" Option in Context Menu
• Added Playlist Button to Add Files / URLs to Playlist
• Added Playlist Options in Context Menu
• Added Main Menu Messages
• Added Safety Check for Parsing Filenames
• Added New Command-line Arguments
• Changed Use Only Up / Down to Set Volume (instead of Ctrl + Up / Down)
• Removed Entry Effects From Modals
• Various Torrent Related Fixes

Changes

• Complete Rewrite and Redesign of Powder Player v0.98
• Trakt Support

• Casting Support for: Chromecast, Airplay, DLNA (1000s of TVs, Game Stations, some Phones, etc.), Browsers (Phones, Tablets, other PCs), other Players, Friends, etc.

• Advanced Casting Features: Subtitles, Subtitle Color, Subtitle Position, Subtitle Size, Force Quality

• Possibility to Change DLNA Finder
• Fixed Magnet Link Association for Cases in Which it Didn't Work Before
• New Torrent Settings: Forced Download, Speed Limit, Default Trackers, Download All Files
• Plugins
• Plugin Shortcuts that allow searching on sites, youtube channels, etc. and playing their feeds by just typing their shortcut followed by an action or search query in the "Use a URL" field (ex: ".yt funny video" searches for "funny video" on youtube, etc)
• Support for Playing Video From Tens of New Websites (youtube-dl is now included)
• Trakt Info Button in Player (showing episode / movie image, episode / movie title, description and imdb rating)
• Episode / Movie Images in Playlist
• Missing in This Release: Removed Auto-updater, Translations, Keeping Aspect Ratio / Crop / Zoom Settings Between Playlist Items
• A Lot of Other Changes

Changes

• Moved Torrent Engine, Subtitle Finder and Subtitle Processing to Different Processes (huge performance boost)
• Translations for: French, Polish, Russian, Romanian and Portuguese (Brazil)
• Reverted to using libVLC 2.2.1 on Windows (last version of Powder used v3.0 which created more issues then it solved)
• Setting for Auto-Delete Media Files: if the player should delete the downloaded media files or not by default
• Setting for Internal Video Subtitles (Never / If only one / Always): if the player should auto-load the internal video subtitles (such as the ones in mkv files) and in what conditions
• New Hotkey: Change Audio Track (key: B)

Changes

• Greatly Improved Download Speed and Seeding
• Show Upload Info in Torrent Dashboard
• Removed Modal Animations
• New Subtitle Settings: Subtitle Size, Subtitle Color, Load Subtitle from Torrent
• New Torrent Settings: Seeding Policy
• New Process Settings: Process Type (Single / Multiple, Linux and Windows only), Zoom Level
• New Button in the Subtitle Menu: More Subtitles (shows all the subtitles from OpenSubtitles, in case the auto-selector did not find the correct one)
• New Button in the History List to Clear History
• Support Dragging and Dropping zip and tar.gz Archives that have Subtitle Files in Them
• Persistent Subtitle and Audio Track Selections (remembers subtitle and audio track choices in playlists)
• New External Player Settings: Scan for Player, Browse for Player, Set Custom Command Line Args
• Fixed Linux and OSX Updaters
• A Lot of Other Small Fixes

Hotfix

Changes

• Fixed Add Torrent button not working
• Fixed using VLC as External Player on Windows
• Fixed Buffer Size setting not being saved
• Fixed Fetching Subtitles for Movies
• Fixed some Visual Issues

Changes

• Fixed Loading of Subtitles
• Added More Options in the Context Menu
• Option to change the buffer size
• Option to specify a listening port for torrents
• Drag and Drop Links (including Magnet Links)
• Drag and Drop Folders
• Improved Cache Bar for Torrents
• Show Only Best Scoring Subtitle for Each Language
• Support for Audio Files and Torrents with Audio Files
• Resume Torrent Download if Previously Interrupted
• Some DLNA Casting Fixes

Changes

• Added Mac and Linux Versions (yey!)
• Added Custom Window Frame
• Fade Out Window Frame when set to Always on Top (Win and Mac only)
• Sticky Window (when the frame fades out close to an upper corner of the screen, the window sticks to the corner of the screen after the frame fades out, Win and Mac only)
• Drag and Drop over Player when Playing (videos will be added to the end of the playlist, subtitles will be loaded)
• Possibility to Use Local Subtitles (either drag and drop or use the button in the subtitle menu)
• Option to Set Default Subtitle Encoding
• Added Additional Torrent Options to Context Menu
• Added "Force Download" Feature - attempts to speed up download (can be used from the player context menu or from Torrent Data options)
• Added "Speed Pulsing" Feature - drastically decreases download speed to only the minimum required to stream in order to save internet bandwidth (can be enabled/disabled from the player context menu or from Torrent Data options)
• Improved Torrent Client Logic and Design
• Ask if App Should Delete Files on Window Close (when torrent has no videos)
• Greatly Improved DLNA Casting (it's still not perfect though)

Changes

• Ability to use VLC instead of Internal Player (can be set from Settings Panel)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Freeze from Download Buffer
• Fixed Aspect Ratio, Crop, Zoom Logic

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Avi File Issues
• Fixed a Bug Related to Some Torrent Files (some videos weren't starting)
• Fixed a Bug with the Subtitle Menu (sometimes the new subtitles wore overlapping the old ones)

Changes

• Improved Initial Peer Discovery

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Bugs Related to Non-Video Torrents

Changes

• Added Support for Multiple Torrents in one Playlist
• Added "Scan Server" Button to Playlist (scans a meta server in an attempt to predict what other similar torrents you might want in your playlist and adds them)
• Added "Add URL" Button to Playlist
• Added Default Trackers (greatly improves the download speed for the history items)
• Further Improved File Sorting and Name Parsing (better library feature, better file ordering in the playlist)
• Removed "Screenshot" from Context Menu (screenshots can still be made with hotkey: shift + s)
• DLNA - Support for Playlists
• DLNA - When Streaming through DLNA the Player Controls now Control the DLNA Client (play, pause, next, previous, seek)
• DLNA - Disallow Monitor Sleep when Casting

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Starting App from Magnet Links (this was a bug only in v0.50)
• Fixed Close App Issue (sometimes the app would not close efficiently because of an error in the code)
• Fixed Removing Torrent Data (in some rare cases the app would not delete the video file that you last watched)

Changes

• Added UPNP/DLNA Streaming (streaming to TVs that have a LAN connection)
• Subtitle Auto-Reordering
• New Announcement: "No Peers Found"
• Added Screenshot Feature (in context menu and hotkey: shift + s)
• Better Prebuffering Announcement (percentage is more relevant)
• Improved File Sorting and Name Parsing (better library feature, better file ordering in the playlist)
• Improved History Feature (now supports 20 maximum history items instead of 6)
• Improved Updater (updater starts in a different window)
• Improved Speedometer (does not show "0.0 Mb/s" as often)
• Updated to WebChimera Plugin v0.2.8

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Youtube Related Bugs
• Fixed an Error with Some Subtitles
• Fixed Time During Buffering State
• Changed Initial Player Position to the Mouse Position (fixes window appearing between screens when more then one display is connected)
• Fixed Buffering Announcement (was not showing "Buffering 0%")
• Added Check for Unsupported Media Types

Changes

• Fixed Reconnecting to Peers
• Pre-download Next Video (for torrents with multiple videos)
• Faster Player Loading Time
• Faster Seek in Playback
• Hide UI Faster when Mouse Not Moving (Fullscreen)
• Fixed Some Minor Code and Visual Errors

Changes

• Better Smaller Size Player (also enabled a more simplistic right click context menu)
• History Tab #23
• Fixed Subtitles

Changes

• Decreased Minimum Player Size (toolbar converts to a more simplistic version when the player is too small)
• Changed Default Settings (maximum peers: 200, click to pause: windowed + fullscreen)
• Added Left/Right as Seek Hotkeys #4
• Added Window Resize Hotkeys #5
• Fixed some minor bugs

Changes

• Updated to WebChimera Player v1.18
• Fixed Some Important Bugs
• Optimized Code

First Official Release - Windows 32bit - Updated to NW.js v0.12.1, WebChimera Plugin v0.2.7, WebChimera Player v1.17, Peerflix v0.29.2 - Added Mouse Scroll Support for Player Menus - "Use a URL" now supports Paste with Right Click - Added Loading Animation - Added Confirmation Message on Window Close (only for non-streamable torrents) - Show Progress of Torrent Download in Tray Icon (only for non-streamable torrents) - Player now Remembers the User's Last Volume Selection - Added Player Settings Menu - Added Update Check - Fixed Video Resize Bug - Fix for File Selection - Moved Reg Files to AppData Folder (because of permission issues in "Program Files" folder) - A lot of Code Improvements and Minor Bug Fixes - New Website: http://powder.media/

Beta Version - Windows 32bit - Updated to WebChimera Plugin v0.2.5 - Fixed Some Subtitle Issues - Fixed Sync between Player and Peerflix - Fixed "Prebuffering 50%" Bug - Constrain Window to Screen on Video Resize

Beta Version - Windows 32bit - Some Important Bugs Fixed - Added Support for Playlist Item Swap - Fixed Aspect Ratio, Crop & Zoom - Click to Pause in Windowed Mode is now a choice (can be set in player options, default is only Fullscreen) - Intelligent Library Feature #20 - Added "Add Video" Button in Playlist

Beta Version - Windows 32bit - fixed some visual errors - fixed #10 - better OpenSubtitles support - better .avi stream support

Beta Version - Windows 32bit - a lot of bug fixes - player now resizes to first video's aspect ratio - added torrent settings

Beta Version - Windows 32bit

Fixed #7, #12, #15, #16

Beta Version - Windows 32bit

Changes

• Fixed Critical Bug That Broke Support for Newer Chrome Releases
• Fixed OSX Build
• Fixed Showing Download Percentage in Newer Chrome Releases
• Fixed Deleting Torrent Data for Paused Torrents
• Fixed Race Condition When Loading User Settings
• Fixed Finding Open Port for Torrent Peer Port
• Fixed UI Issue where Web Player Would not be Full Width After Minimizing
• Greatly Improved Finding Subtitles for Newer Content
• New Setting: Select Subtitle Languages
• New Setting: Subtitle Limit per Language
• New Setting: Auto-Download Subtitles
• Set Default Peer Port to 6884
• Secured Master Only Settings

Changes

• Fast Resume for Torrents
• Fix Moving Window
• "Restart" Option in Tray Menu
• Added Command Line Arguments
• User Defined Commands When Torrent Finished
• Fixed Seeking in Web Player in Android Chrome
• Fixed Increment Uploaded on Torrent Resume
• Don't Handle "Torrent Already Added" as Error
• Added QR Code Modal and Copy Link Options for Easier Connectivity
• Allow Changing Embed Player Loading Modal Text
• Added Safety Check on Closing Loading Modal
• Support for AceStream
• Support Audio Files in Torrents
• Handle Torrent Deletion Better
• Support for SopCast
• Fixed Supporting Links from Jackett
• Support Local Files
• Support for youtube-dl
• Added Deb Installer
• Increased Minimum Active Torrent Time to 4 hours (from 1 hour)
• Use Default Desktop File on Linux If Available
• Fixed Linux Desktop File Path
• Fixed Getting Server Link at App Start
• Don't Show Download Percentage for Live Streams and Youtube-dl
• Added "Donate" Button in Footer
• Added Update Notification
• Use HTTPS When Checking for Updates
• Only Load Page in App Window When It's Visible
• Use Torrent Engine in Own Process
• Separated Config from Other Data (helps against data loss on unexpected shutdowns)
• Use Subtitle Finder in Own Process
• Hide Window and Destroy Tray on Quit
• Close AceStream Message Dialog When Playlist is Generated
• Prevent data loss by doing hourly backups
• Restart torrent on http request
• Fix History Object before Responding to API Requests
• Clearer Error Messages for History
• Added General Timeout to AceStream
• Fixed Remove Torrent Logic
• Fixed User Login

First Version

Features

• Streaming to your Preferred Video Player (by generating M3U playlists)
• Streaming to your Browser (works on all Devices and all Browsers)
• Find Subtitles for every Video File in Torrents (either automatically in the Web Player, or by using the "Find Subtitles" button in the torrent file settings to find / download subtitles)
• Supports Embedding in Websites (user needs to approve website)
• Supports Allowing User Registration (default is 0 users)
• Advanced Web Player (playlist, searches for subtitles automatically, add local subtitle file, quality selection, playback speed, aspect ratio, crop, zoom, subtitle delay, audio delay, hotkeys)
• Searching for Torrents with Jackett
• Supports SSL (users can activate Self Signed Certificates)
• Supports Secondary Torrent Client (you can set a secondary torrent client that will be used if the torrent does not include any video files)
• Advanced Torrent and Web Server Settings
• Managing Multiple Torrents