Version History
Here you can find the changelog of Vimu Media Player for TV since it was posted on our website on 2014-06-13.
The latest version is 10.70 and it was updated on soft112.com on 26 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 10.70
posted on 2024-04-22
- Initial support for DV for AV1.
- Option for removing HDR+ from DV stream.
- Global option for audio sync delay.
- Stremio initial seek fix.
- Localized directories sorting.
- Optimizations for subtitles.
version 10.55
posted on 2024-02-13
- DV profile conversion.
- Small fixes and improvements.
version 10.40
posted on 2023-10-30
- Initial NFO metadata files support.
- Improved subtitle rendering performance.
- Fixed issues with connected BT audio in some cases.
- Fixed issues with old AVI file on some devices.
- Allow 23.98 AFR mode for 24 fps content.
- Correctly display connected USB flash drive name in some cases.
- Correctly update resolution info when HLS changes bandwidth variant.
version 10.25
posted on 2023-09-01
- Deletion of files from filesystems (disabled by default).
- Option for HQ subtitles mode (disabled by default).
- UI fixes for audio and subtitle selection.
- Improved ExoPlayer HLS audio and subtitle selection.
- ExoPlayer2 is now used by default for HLS.
version 10.10
posted on 2023-06-29
- Added French translation.
- Correct AFR for 50i/60i.
- Improvements for MP4 playback.
- Cache buffer up to 1Gb.
- Fixed issues with subtitles after seeking.
- Fixed HDR playback in some cases.
- Fixed no sound issue after episode switching in some cases.
version 10.00
posted on 2023-04-19
- Vimu Engine update.
- Detection of media container, bitrate and Atmos audio.
- Improvements with SMB2, SmartHome control, subtitle timings, end time display, HDR detection.
- Playback of vertical videos.
- Support for software MPEG2 decoding with deinterlacing on ShieldTV.
- Support for dff audio.
version 9.40
posted on 2022-11-06
- Added setup of text subtitles vertical position.
- Updated Ukrainian translation.
- Increased clock size.
- Fixed issues with subtitles in European languages.
- Fixed issues with some PGS subtitles.
- Fixed issues with playback using Engine v.1.
version 9.15
posted on 2022-05-10
- MDNS SMB discovery.
- File sizes are now displayed in single column layout.
- Fixed issues with launching large videos from external file manager app.
- Improved performance of MP4 playback that has many audio and subtitle tracks.
- Various small improvements.
version 9.12
posted on 2022-01-21
Updated local storage access for Android 11. Allow in app's permission settings.
version 9.10
posted on 2021-12-31
Fixed issues and stability improvements.
version 9.11
posted on 2021-12-31
- Added indication of HDR for video tracks.
- Fixes for WebDAV shares
- Fixed setup of default audio language
- Added Hungarian translation
- Fixed pass of DTS 96khz.
version 9.08
posted on 2021-12-01
- Support back.jpg and background.jpg for folders background decoration.
- Added option for disabling of Dolby Vision decoder.
- Added option for Daydream on pause.
- Fixed saving exist position to third-party apps.
- Fixed unexpected DRC in AC3 converter.
- Fixed unexpected small zooming of picture.
- Fixed issues with auto frame rate in some cases.
version 9.06
posted on 2021-11-02
- New pass-through mode "Auto+" for some devices with incorrect pass detection (like TCL TV).
- Added grey color for subtitles.
- Added more audio formats to Surround to AC3 converter.
- Reduced timeout for seek auto commit mode.
- Hide Speed line in player when not used.
- Improvements and fixes in UI.
version 9.00
posted on 2021-10-26
- New logo in new color scheme.
- On-fly surround sound to AC3 transcoding.
- Dynamic Range Compression option.
- Central channel volume boost with downmix option.
- MP4 demuxer performance improved.
- Selection of audio and subtitle tracks is kept between episodes of the same Series.
- Seeking without OK confirmation option.
- Improved file browser performance.
- Various Vimu Engine updates.
version 8.95
posted on 2021-05-02
- Resuming video with the same audio and subtitle track selected previously.
- Added "-thumb" and "-poster" postfixes for possible cover names.
- Increased minimum buffer to for playback start to 3,5 sec.
- Fixed H264 and H265 seeking on some devices with incorrect streams.
- Fixed: initially selected audio track was not the first one in some cases.
- Fixed: resolution adaptation enabled by default.
- Fixed local playback of file with "+" in the name.
version 8.90
posted on 2021-02-21
- Support AV1 video on compatible devices.
- Improved DV support detection for different devices.
- Improved TrueHD pass-through compatibility.
- Fixed external storage access on Android 10.
- Various bug fixes.
version 8-8-8
posted on 2021-02-09
- Dolby Vision playback for MKV (for compatible devices).
- Exif rotation support for photos.
- Folders are now marked with icon in list mode.
- Fixed TrueHD pass-through.
- Fixed incorrect audio track description.
- Improved performance of text-based subtitles.
version 8.80
posted on 2021-01-13
- Updated ExoPlayer2 engine.
- Optimized SMBv2 streaming.
- Fixed playback of some audio files.
- Improved pass-through supported formats detection for engine v.2.
- Fixes in UI.
version 8.75
posted on 2020-12-23
- Improved pass-through format check.
- Added support for multichannel PCM.
- Added Turkish translation.
version N/A
posted on 2020-12-05
- Added subtitle color setting.
- Added resolution adaptation function for HD/UHD.
- Improved detection of covers from separate image files.
- API now returns duration of played video to calling app.
- MPEG-DASH URLs are always launched in ExoPlayer.
- ExoPlayer was updated.
version N/A
posted on 2020-08-15
- Fixed issues with SMB2.
- Fixed issues with some types of subtitles.
- Fixed issues on Android 5.
- Added native x86 support.
- Updated engine.
- Improved stability.
version N/A
posted on 2020-08-06
- Dolby Vision (single layer, mp4) support for selected devices.
- Improved SMB2 and NFS support.
- Playback speed control (for non-passthrough)
- Engine v.2 is used by default.
- Improvements in Engine core.
version N/A
posted on 2020-02-02
- Improvements in API for third-party apps.
- Multiple crash fixes.
version N/A
posted on 2020-01-19
- Fixed launching from 3rd-party apps.
- Fixed HTTPS streams playback.
- Improvements and fixes in Vimu Engine.
- Improvements in WebDAV support (added SSL).
version N/A
posted on 2019-11-30
- More media types from 3rd-party apps are now handled.
- Default Vimu engine was changed back to v.1
- Fixed issues with PGS subtitles.
- Improved display quality of bitmap subtitles (PGS, DVBSUB, DVDSUB).
version N/A
posted on 2019-10-21
- Vimu Engine v.2 is now used by default.
- Fixed audio track selection for Engine v.2.
- Fixed display of content names when "Play All" from DLNA.
version N/A
posted on 2019-10-02
- Updated engine, support arm64.
- Optimised application size.
- Option for exiting playback with double Back press.
- Fixed buffering progress display for Engine v.2 and ExoPlayer.
- Fixed preferred language setting on Engine v.2.
- Fixed engine crash with some media files.
- Fixed launching local media from other apps.
- More detailed messages on playback error.
- Profile for MiTV 4S (ru)
version 10,000+
posted on 2019-08-06
- Fixed HEVC playback in MPEGTS.
- Fixed audio gain correction feature.
- Fixed playback of HLS/DASH over HTTP in Exoplayer mode for Android 9.
- Fixed display content name from file metadata when using Play all button.
- Fixed crashes in various situations.
version 10,000+
posted on 2019-07-21
- Added OPUS audio support.
- Fixed pause in ExoPlayer 2 HLS/DASH.
- Add setting for text subtitles size.
version Varies with device
posted on 2019-06-16
- Experimental Vimu Engine 2 (ExoPlayer 2 based).
- TrueHD pass-through support on Nvidia Shield (Vimu Engine 2).
- Added Ukrainian translation.
- Option to remember last position by filename (instead of full URL).
- Add HTTP headers ("headers") extra to player API.
- Fix end of media detection for ExoPlayer 2 mode.
version N/A
posted on 2018-02-12
- Added seeking by chapter.
- Added ability to change settings during playback.
- Added video-to-texture mode.
- Correctly detect covers embedded in MKV files.
- Support IEC61937 and RAW PCM pass-through modes for AC3 and DTS.
- Support DTS core extraction from DTS-HD.
- Fixed preferred audio lang selection.
version N/A
posted on 2016-12-22
- New aspect ratio modes for different content sources.,- Auto reconnect to HTTP streams on connection drop.,- Small UI improvements.
version 1.05
posted on 2013-03-02
Several fixes and updates
