Version 0.7.5
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Improved playback for faster frame rates.
Video and audio can now be previewed during open.
Quantisation of frames has been made smoother - recording looks much better now.
Added ability to switch to another clip whilst opening.
Fixed a bug where backups would only save to selection end (backported to 0.7.1-2)
Fixed an audio bug when opening files with mplayer as the audio player.
Allow recording of performances even in clips with no audio.
Freeze smogrify API (in progress).
Fixed a problem with merge (frame-in-frame).
Added new effects 'jumble frames' and 'tunnel'.
Video length is now calculated properly after fps changes are recorded.
Eliminated extremely long backup/restore times for larger files.
Fixed an overflow issue in the player code.
Added a basic timeline.
Option to maintain aspect when opening directories of images.
Added a preference to disable fast key repeat on playback.
Fixed 'export audio' so that it doesn't append silence at the end.
Added an option 'trim audio from beginning to play start'
Made encoders be plugins.
Added a 'continuous loop' option.
Fixed external window so it _really_ doesn't crash.
Made some updates to work with mplayer1.0pre1








Version 0.7.1
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Implemented encoding with ffmpeg - 4 new output formats, including divx !
Added three new options to the audio menu 'export selected audio', 'append audio' 
and 'trim audio to selection'.
Cut/copy/insert/delete/paste now all work with sound as well as video.
Improved visibility of the playback cursors.
Added a function to resample video at a new framerate.
Added a function to resample audio at new rate/channels/sample size.
Audio is now auto-resampled between clips.
Added a preference to auto-resample video between clips ("insert_resample").
Fixed a bug where frames merged before a selection would sometimes 'jump'.
File size is now updated properly after backup/restore.
Subdirectories no longer prevent image directories from loading.
Fixed a freeze when the temp. directory does not end in '/'.
Added preview when opening file selection. Improved the responsiveness of file 
preview.
Audio files can now be loaded without video.
Added 'sticky' mode for playing in a separate window.
Improved 'colorize' effect and 'dream' effect.
Improved stability and performance.
LiVES should now respect 'configure --prefix' when looking for themes, etc.





Version 0.6.5
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Mainly a bugfix and stability release.
Fixed some menu bugs. Underscores in recent files are now handled correctly.
Fixed the crash in audio preview.
Fixed the problem with file names getting lost after saving.
Fixed a bug in loading of WAV files.
Fixed a bug with selection start and end after merge.
Fixed some minor audio issues for Save Selection

One new feature: midi synch - if this is checked, then a midi start
will be sent when playback starts, and a midi stop when playback
stops. By default, /dev/midi is used, this can be changed by editing
the files '/usr/bin/midistart' and '/usr/bin/midistop'






Version 0.6.0
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Added lossless backup/restore function.
Implemented basic events and recording of performances.
Reordering of frames is now possible after recording.
Made preview frame invisible again on blank background (regression).
Allow video to play backwards (using ctrl-down during playback).
Added a 'reverse direction' key, (ctrl-space during playback).
Fixed the bugs in external capture. It no longer crashes !
Fixed a bug to do with file extensions becoming corrupted.
Optimised the player code, playback is now much smoother.
Allow transparent to white; fixed frame-in-frame transparency.
Fixed some bugs to do with merging, and undoing pre-inserted frames.
Tidied up the undo/redo system - it should now work properly now even after switching clips.
Allow use of 'themes' to change the look of the app (3 builtin themes are available).
Added xmms random play feature. Added 'Recent Files' to the Files menu.
Many improvements to the GUI; numerous other stability and performance fixes.







Version 0.5.5
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Merge now supports two types of variable transparency.
Added support for opening file selections, and opening remote locations.
Added previews on file open operations.
It is now possible to save individual frames to disk (right click on the frame).
A possible bug with blank file save names was fixed.
Updated the colorize effect to work with the latest imagemagick (5.5.4)
Added an option to load files without sound.
Numerous small fixes/cleanups.







Version 0.5.0
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Added basic merge function.
Allow single images or directories of images to be opened.
(Just open an image or a directory as you would a video file.)
Fixed a bug where the config file would not be updated for users 
of older versions. Ooops...
Fixed a bug to prevent a crash with video streams.
Added flip and wave effects.






Version 0.4.5
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The internal player can now play in a separate window.
Mouse pointer is hidden in the playback window.
Improved selection menu.
Timer bars are now clickable/draggable.
Audio tracks can be loaded from CD (requires cdda2wav).
Ctrl keys during pb.
LiVES can now capture the output of (almost) any other window.







Version 0.4.0
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Added (experimental) internal player.
New features of the internal player include:
- more accurate A/V sync
- variable speed playback
- tracking of playback position
- instant switch to fullscreen/double
- looping of selections
- smooth looping, even in fullscreen mode

Added 'normalize' effect
Many minor bugfixes





Version 0.3.5
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Play video double size.
Implemented preferences.
Added solarize function, improved rotation and colorization.
Improved 'insert' to allow multiple insertion/insert to end of audio.
Added 'random zoom' effect.
Save without sound.
Allow pause/preview during effect processing.
Added basic timer bars.
Allowed LiVES to handle more types of video.
Upgrade to mogrify 5.4.8 (older versions should still work).




Version 0.3.0
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Upgraded to use mplayer 0.9.0rc1
Implemented cut/delete/close/paste functions.
Show clipboard info/play clipboard.
Fixed some bugs with spin buttons.
Fixed a regression where video without sound would not stop properly.
Added 'resize' function, and autoresize of inserted frames.
Prevent flicker during playback.
Fixed a problem with saving audio.
Added 'strobe' effect (via 'negate')
Added 'change playback speed' option.



Version 0.2.5
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Vastly improved audio/visual sync.
Allowed multiple files to be opened.
Implemented copy/insert.
Added experimental 'black background' option.
Auto detection of sound players.
Turned off debugging output.
Numerous small bug fixes.


Version 0.2
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Fix major A/V sync error.
Show an error dialog when save fails.
Show preview in main window.
Added Help|About.
Fixed scrolling in info area.
Implemented cancel during file load.
Added 'undo'/'redo' functions.
Improved load speed.


Version 0.1.5
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Added basic audio sync
Fixed memory leaks
Implemented progress bars
Made smogrify run in background mode, allowed lives-exe to run in bg
Added first frame and last frame controls.
Added file info window.
Change main window title when file is loaded.



Version 0.1
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First public release