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+# Release history:
+
+**v2.1.5212**
+04/09/2014
+
+9155 - Fix file association in Windows 8
+9251 - Support audio stream switching when a source/splitter filter implementes IAMStreamSelect
+9252 - Support subtitles if a source/splitter stream provides an appropriate stream
+9265 - Properly report present audio streams when a source/splitter filter implementes IAMStreamSelect
+
+**v2.0.4960**
+07/31/2013
+
+8918 - Can't play DVD when LAV filters are installed
+
+**v2.0.4771**
+01/23/2013
+
+5520 - WPF re-implementation of the player (+ a bunch of rethinking and refactoring of the core)
+4852 - Drag and Drop support
+4855 - More aspect ratio's
+
+**v1.2.3902**
+09/07/2010
+
+4856 - Ability to take screenshots (new feature).
+5519 - Refactor the core and extract presentation independent logic.
+4851 - If video cannot be rendered the whole file is not played.
+4905 - About dialog doesn't scale properly.
+4452 - Cursor keeps showing up in fullscreen mode even if mouse does not move
++ a few minor fixes.
+
+**v1.1.3776**
+05/04/2010
+
+- mainly a rebuild under Ms-PL license, no functional changes compared to v1.1.3658
+
+**v1.1.3658**
+01/06/2010
+
+- added a possibility to choose a desired video renderer when playing DVD
+- fixed aspect ratio issues when playing DVD
+- added support for Vista/7 file association mechanism (Default Programs)
+
+**v1.0.3632**
+12/11/2009
+
+- added support for EVR
+- fixed VMR/VMR9 issues under Vista in windowed mode (proper configuration)
+- fixed VMR/VMR9 aspect ratio issues
+- improved automatic graph building
+- run on 64bit as well as on 32bit systems
+
+**v0.9**
+08/20/2009
+
+- first time publicly available
+
+
+# Developer info
+
+[Overall design (applies to v1.x)](http://www.dzimchuk.net/blog/post/PVP-on-the-way-to-WPF.aspx)
+
+[Assembly signing](http://www.dzimchuk.net/blog/post/Assembly-signing-in-an-open-source-project.aspx)
+

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+**Project Description**
+Power Video Player is a slim feature-rich video/dvd player that meets everyday needs in video playback on PC with a bunch of advanced features on board.
+
+It's written in C# as a WPF application and employs a fair bit of DirectShow, COM Interop and PInvoke programming. Older versions (1.x) were Windows Forms applications and are also available.
+
+![Power Video Player](Home_pvp3d.png)
+
+**Features:**
+- Convenient UI
+- Plays almost all multimedia formats (requires appropriate codecs to be present on the client system)
+- Full DVD Support (MPEG-2 and AC3 decoders should be installed on the client system)  
+- Video control: Video size, aspect ratio
+- Playback speed control
+- Windowed and fullscreen playback
+- Displays detailed information about each video and audio stream
+- Reports the format that could not be rendered because of the missing codec(s)
+- Customizable keyboard and mouse actions  
+- Multilingual interface: English, Russian  
+- Skinnable (only one default skin is shipped now)
+- Supports various video renderers: Legacy Video Renderer, VMR/VMR9, EVR
+- Allows to take screenshots of the currently played video
+- Drag and Drop support
+- Subtitles support (requires DirectVobSub aka VSFilter)

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