### ALShow v1.8 ###

1. Added: Unicode support

2. Added: Support SWF format files

3. Added: Display copyright

4. Added: Icon for FLV file

5. Improved: File icon for Windows Vista

6. Improved: Updated FFmpeg Codec

7. Fixed: Not synchronizing with some MP4 files

8. Fixed: Screen size not showing properly when playing MP4 file

9. Fixed: Malfunction in Favorites menu

10. Fixed: Bookmarks tooltip not displaying properly

11. Fixed: ALShow terminating problem when file name is long

12. Fixed: Screen ratio setting not functioning properly

13. Fixed: Not able to play when dragging both movie file and caption file

14. Fixed: Problems related to mouse dragging

15. Fixed: Some errors in FLV files

16. Changed: File extension connecting process

### ALShow v1.7 ###

1. Added: MPEG Video, Audio filter

2. Added: Support for M4V file format.

3. Added: Support for FLV file format.

4. Improved: Support for MP4 audio codec

5. Improved: Better playback support for DVDs.

6. Fixed: Some SRT caption files caused an error when dragged to screen.

7. Fixed: Playing some video files with caption caused ALShow to crash occasionally.

8. Fixed: ALShow is not responding when playing H.264 files.

9. Fixed: When prompted to play the next song, the first file in the folder was played instead.

10. Fixed: Could not play AVI file with more than 2GB.

11. Fixed: Could not play MMS file.

12. Fixed: Failed to render MP4, TP file format.

13. Fixed: ALShow did not properly display the screen size.

14. Fixed: Could not play video that uses WMV3 codec if file is still downloading.

15. Fixed: ALShow crashes on exit when uploading to ALShow codec center.

16. Fixed: ALShow crashes on exit when playback is stopped after deleting playback history.

17. Fixed: ALShow crashes on exit when saving the caption sync.

18. Fixed: ALShow now can select the source filter when playing streaming videos.

19. Fixed: With Vista, WMV video played in black screen.

20. Fixed: With Vista, ALShow could not automatically reclaim file association.

21. Fixed: With Vista, ALShow flashed when playing files.

### ALShow v1.62 ###

1. Added: MP4 source filter

2. Added: Support for SRT caption files

3. Fixed: Problems with Fast Forward and Rewind (Shift + Left / Right) not behaving properly

4. Fixed: On some specific PCs the CD-ROM would open when ALShow played

5. Fixed: When adjusting the picture (brightness, contrast, etc.) playback would skip forward

6. Fixed: Errors when skipping forward/backward by x seconds

7. Fixed: New OGG file format support added and source filter fixed

### ALShow v1.6 ###

1. Added: Video filter upgrades

        - Faster rendering with CPU optimizations

          - H.264, x264 playback support

          - H.263, S263 playback support

          - VSSH, DAVC, AVC1 playback support

2. Added: Language selection support for VobSub captions

3. Added: CVID video format support

4. Added: TP file format support

5. Added: Language selection for ALShow

6. Improved: MPEG formats now have better playback support

7. Fixed: Video capture now prompts users for video files with no video content (i.e. only audio content)

8. Fixed: Audio capture now prompts users for video files with no audio content (i.e. only video content)

9. Fixed: All language captions were displayed by default for multilingual caption files and required manual setting after each restart

10. Improved: Better support for ASX files with http media and ASX files with malformed headers

11. Fixed: ALShow did not properly connect to the ALShow codec center for installing MKV codecs

12. Fixed: Could not change caption locations onscreen when rendering captions in image mode

13. Fixed: Could not seek through captions (Home, End keys) when captions were renedered in image mode

14. Fixed: Errors adding, changing, deleting in the favorites list when not logged in through an administrator account

15. Fixed: Under Preferences > Playback unchecking  "Stop repeating segments after x times." did not allow for infinite playback loops

16. Fixed: Under the File menu, Favorites > Organize Favorites, deleting items caused an error

17. Fixed: Changing the volume on the keyboard did not adjust volume properly

18. Fixed: Changing skins on Windows 98 sometimes caused ALShow to crash

19. Improved: Better support for ASF formats

20. Fixed: Connected to codec center when playing CDXA videos even when proper codec was installed

### ALShow v1.5 beta1 ###

1. Added: Option to increase screen size to 200%

2. Improved: Playback speed adjustments

3. Fixed: Skin occasionally appeared darkened

4. Fixed: Some MOV files caused an error

5. Fixed: Pressing ESC during MP3 playback did not stop sound

6. Fixed: Video capture did not always properly capture video

7. Fixed: Resetting preferences erroneously created a default ALShow capture folder if none was defined

8. Improved: Changing skins in the preferences is now instantaneous

9. Improved: Can now change caption sizes for TV output

10. Fixed: ALShow did not resize properly if caption display mode was changed during movie playback

11. Fixed: Adding captions while playing a movie caused captions to always appear in TV Out mode

If you've identified a bug or have an idea on how we can improve ALShow, please visit our home page and send us some feedback. You can reach us through our support desk at www.altools.com.