CHANGELOG.md

Node-MPV Changelog

• 2.0.0
  • The 1.*.* API is no longer valid
  • Added a start() and quit() method. MPV is not started automatically on initialization. start() has to be called
  • Every method returns a Promise to is resolved if it worked and rejected if it didn't
  • Added a proper error message object to tell you what went wrong
  • The statuschange event was renamed to status and now fires for properties independently
  • load(), append(), loadPlaylist(), prev() and next() are a lot more robust and check if the file or stream could be played or not
  • Added the possibility to hook into a running instance of mpv
  • start() can also take mpv arguments
  • Support any protocol that mpv supports
  • mute(), unmute() and toggleMute() are now one function mute() that can take a boolean as an argument
  • loop() can now also toggle the mute state by not passing an argument
  • loopPlaylist() and clearLoopPlaylist() were combined into loopPlaylist(), which works exactly as loop()
  • Removed the IDs from observeProperty(). It's all handled in the background now
  • Added a lot of Information Methods
  • goto() was renamed to jump()
  • Removed deprecated methods from Version1, namely loadFile() and loadStream()
  • Removed lodash as a dependency
  • Removed Promise as a dependency
  • Removed cuid as a dependency

Version 1

• 1.5.0

  • Changed loop() such that it loops foreveer if no argument is passed. Passing inf still works
  • Added a loopPlaylist() function, that works exactly as loop(), but for playlists
  • Added a clearLoop() method, that stops looping the current trac
  • Added a clearLoopPlaylist() method, that stops looping the playlist

• 1.4.3

  • Another fix to determine the ipc command for self compiled versions of mpv
  • Fixed multiple options for load and append not working

• 1.4.2

  • Fixed the verison number check to determine the ipc command for mpv 0.28.0 and later

• 1.4.1

  • Changed selectSubtitle() to selectSubtitles()
  • Documentation type fixes in the subitle section (Thanks to @p1100i)

• 1.4.0

  • Added a new method commandJSON()
  • Added an options parameter to the load() and append() methods to pass additional options to mpv
  • Added a method displayASS() to make using ass-formatted subtitles easier. (Thanks to @AxelTerizaki)

• 1.3.1

  • Fixes next() and prev(). The mode was not propagated to mpv and instead of strong it is actually *force

• 1.3.0

  • Added seek event
  • Deprecated loadFile() and loadStream() which are replaced by `load()``

• 1.2.1

  • Some bugfixes for Windows (Thanks to @vankasteelj)

• 1.2.0

  • Added a quit function. (Thanks to @KeyserSoze1 for the intial help)
  • Deprecated getProperty(property, id). The promise version should be used instead

• 1.1.2

  • Accidentally committed way more than desired. This fixes the mess

• 1.1.1

  • Added a default socket for Windows. The OS is detected automatically (Thanks to @danickfort)
  • 1.1.0 was unpublished and skipped due to a bug

• 1.0.3

  • made the module use strict compliant (Thanks to @jeffnappi)

• 1.0.2

  • Documentation fix

• 1.0.1

  • Fixed the bug, that MPV Player won't be restarted correctly when it crashed a second time (Thanks to @SkyZH)

• 1.0.0

  • getProperty is able to return a promise, making its use a lot more comfortable (Thanks to @iamale)

Pre 1.0.0

• 0.13.0

  • API Chnage: mute's behaviour was changed to set the player to mute
  • unmute method added to unmute the player
  • toggleMute method added to toggle between mute and unmute (former mute's behaviour')

• 0.12.2

  • Fixed the version check when the user provides his/her own binary (Thanks to @SkyZH)

• 0.12.1

  • Fixed the loop method (Thanks to @f00a04b4f13eec8a254e44cd529d4c88)

• 0.12.0

  • The user can provide the path to a mpv binary in case mpv player is not in the PATH (Thanks to @iamale)

• 0.11.0

  • The code to determine the correct ipc command is now more robust
  • Added option to pass the ipc command by hand (Thanks to @wendelb)

• 0.10.0

  • The command line argument for the IPC socket has changed in mpv version 0.17.0. The module didn't work for older Versions of mpv. This is fixed now

• 0.9.6

  • The interval, how often the timeposition event occurs can now be set to any value

• 0.9.5

  • Fixed Meteor support

• 0.9.4

  • Fixed EventListener leak bug

• 0.9.3

  • Added append functionality for playlists

• 0.9.1

  • Loop function implemented and property added to the default observed values
  • MultiplyProperty added offer more free interaction with mpv
  • Added a function to adjust the playback speed

• 0.9.0

  • Playlist support added

• 0.8.2

  • Added function to set the brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma and hue
  • Added functions to zoom and rotate the video

• 0.8.1

  • Major code reorganisation
  • util is no longer required
  • fullscreen() was renamed to toggleFullscreen()
  • fullscreen() enters fullscreen mode, leaveFullscreen() leaves it
  • unpause() renamed to resume()
  • unpaused event renamed to resumed
  • start event renamed to started

• 0.8.0

  • Added support for various video related commands
  • Subtitle support

• 0.7.4

  • Custom command line arguments can now be provided to mpv
  • As of this version lodash 4.0.0 or higher is required
  • Minor fixes

• 0.7.3

  • Added audio_only option
  • Videos are now officially supported, but the API is still missing

• 0.7.2

  • Options object as paramter for the constructor
  • debug and verbose flags can be set
  • an arbitrary socket` can be specified

• 0.7.0

  • Added events

• 0.6.0

  • Allowed for free commands
  • Free setProperty and getProperty methods

• 0.5.0

  • Observing arbitrary properties

• 0.4.0

  • Various control methods

• 0.3.0

  • First API version

• 0.2.0

  • Implemented communication interface via a local socket to talk to mpv