MPC-QT 26.01

Key highlights:
Pre-defined audio and video filters: Extra Stereo, Compressor and Crossfeed for audio, and Deinterlace for video.
Fast seeking is used by default when hardware decoding isn't available
Support for many video modifications: zoom, switch to 4:3 aspect ratio, free video resize, video move, rotate and horizontal flip.
Move File to Trash feature which lets you sift through videos or music and remove unwanted ones by pressing a key.
You can now set custom mpv options in Options > Tweaks.
The AppImage version now includes auto update information.

Features
Implement Player Title bar settings by @tbertels in #507 #708
Frame Timings -> Input Cache Stats by @cmdrkotori in #505 #508 #512
Add pre-defined audio and video filters support by @tbertels in #514 #712
Add support for custom mpv options by @tbertels in #519 #536 #635
Add 'Move File to Trash' feature by @zakius in #523
mainwindow: Add a crossfeed audio filter for headphones by @tbertels in #535
Support changing the video zoom level by @tbertels in #539
Implement gapless playback, read content of archives and playlists containing one file by @tbertels in #541
settingswindow: Implement more subtitle options by @tbertels in #601
Add a setting to choose whether to remember Quick Playlist content by @tbertels in #605
Add option to append opened files to Quick Playlist by @tbertels in #607
settingswindow: Implement subtitles black background box by @tbertels in #636
mainwindow: Add 4:3 Aspect ratio command by @tbertels in #638
Support resizing the video by @tbertels in #641 #658
Support moving the video by @flandriai in #649
Add Rotate and horizontal flip feature by @flandriai in #657

Improvements
Show in About if running under Wayland or XWayland/X11 by @tbertels in #479
Use clipboard content when opening Network Stream dialog by @tbertels in #485
Set application name by @tbertels in #496
Render tinyicon in status bar correctly with screen scaling by @tbertels in #506
mainwindow: Rename Previous and Next Subtitle commands by @tbertels in #510
Improve Player Title bar settings by @tbertels in #511
desktop: Add keywords by @tbertels in #513 #733
mainwindow: Remove numbering from recent files entries by @tbertels in #522
settingswindow: Close Options window on Escape key press by @tbertels in #524
Remember streams position and show them in Recent files by @tbertels in #527
mainwindow: Regroup File menu screenshot commands in a submenu by @tbertels in #528
manager: Show stream titles in the playlist by @tbertels in #529
settingswindow: Only enable the Apply button when something can be applied by @tbertels in #532
Allow importing .txt plaintext playlists, rename the Import/Export Playlist File windows by @tbertels in #542
Use Escape key for both "Escape Fullscreen" and "Finish Searching" by @tbertels in #543
Show the app in "Open With" dialog when right-clicking on a folder by @tbertels in #544
mpris: Update mimetypes and desktopentry by @tbertels in #545
Add "More Files" entry in Recent Files to show up to 50 recents in total by @tbertels in #546
propertieswindow: Make the text from the QLabels selectable by @tbertels in #547
Display the current aspect ratio name in the aspect ratio submenu by @tbertels in #548
Use a custom widget for the seekbar tooltip by @tbertels in #552
Don't disable mute and volume controls with no file loaded by @tbertels in #561 #622
cmake: allow override CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY by @Andarwinux in #563
Use more descriptive actions names in Keys editor and shorter names in submenus by @tbertels in #569
mainwindow: Limit the width of the recent files menu by @tbertels in #571
playlistwindow: Add an "Add Folder" command by @tbertels in #576
helpers: Add module file formats by @tbertels in #579
settingswindow: Enable hr-seek-framedrop by default for faster seeking by @tbertels in #580
Show more information in the Properties window by @tbertels in #581
Make Interface options more user-friendly by @tbertels in #584
Use fast seek (by default) when hardware decoding is unavailable by @tbertels in #585
settingswindow: Regroup and fix subtitles shadow settings by @tbertels in #586
settingswindow: Remove "Format" page from Options by @tbertels in #587
videopreview: Request minimum file size for yt-dlp by @tbertels in #590
Improve video presets workflow and remove debanding from "Highest" preset by @tbertels in #598
Don't percent-encode filename for screenshot name and use stream title for streams by @tbertels in #602
playlistwindow: Make the "Quick Playlist" name fully translatable by @tbertels in #603
Only load playlists backup when needed to avoid slowing down app startup by @tbertels in #613
Better processing and sorting of [new] playlist items by @BowDown097 in #615
Polish Settings window by @tbertels in #616 #713 #739
settingswindow: Add QuickJS support for yt-dlp and enable auto EJS update by @tbertels in #626 #714
settingswindow: Increase maximum values for normal and large playback steps by @tbertels in #629
Use digit grouping for big numbers and make the % symbol translatable everywhere by @tbertels in #630
settingswindow: Implement Screenshot directory browse button by @tbertels in #639
settingswindow: Allow editing audioSpdifCodecs and add a tooltip by @tbertels in #660
mainwindow: Rename Edit menu to Playlist by @tbertels in #661
main: Log package type by @tbertels in #665
win-icon: Add all possible sizes by @tbertels in #666
platform: Capitalize name and use short name by default (Windows metadata) by @tbertels in #667
Show ffmpeg version in About and log by @tbertels in #668
mainwindow: Use current file folder for Quick Open by @tbertels in #670
Always use palette detection for fallback theme icons and implement newer method by @tbertels in #722 #735
Add German and Norwegian translations, update translations. Thanks to the translators!

Bug fixes
drawnslider: Prevent clang-tidy warning about integer division in a floating point context by @tbertels in #478
mpvwidget: Fix typo in log message by @tbertels in #489
settings: Disable tooltip location setting widget by default by @tbertels in #509
Disable mpv native clipboard support by @tbertels in #521
settingswindow: Use WIDGET_LOOKUP in restoreColorControls by @tbertels in #537
settingswindow: Don't disable tooltip location setting when video preview is enabled by @tbertels in #551
mainwindow: Fix Skip and Step buttons icons when using System theme by @tbertels in #555
settingswindow: Clear keysSearchField on window close by @tbertels in #557
images: Rename "media-skip-" and "go-" buttons icons by @tbertels in #560
main: Add Qt core strings translations on Windows by @tbertels in #574
settingswindow: Make yt-dlp max height optional by @tbertels in #594
nsis: fix " to correctly uninstall associations by @decipher3114 in #596
Empty recent files list as soon as "Keep history" setting is disabled and sync "Remember file position" with it by @tbertels in #604
Fix most important things suggested by SonarQube linter by @tbertels in #614
ci: shove libcrypto down msys2 release's throat by @cmdrkotori in #620
ci: Remove sdl2 mpv option for AppImage by @tbertels in #621
actioneditor: Use translated version of key sequences in key editor by @tbertels in #623
http: Fix Qt 6.10 QFILE_MAYBE_NODISCARD warning by @tbertels in #625
Disable Apply button once clicked and simplify settings live preview by @tbertels in #633
settingswindow: Align widgets in Tweaks page and add restart required note to Video preview by @tbertels in #637
settingswindow: Don't add the current directory to external audio search by @tbertels in #648
Avoid translations collision for Volume commands by @tbertels in #663
main: Store lock file in mpc-qt settings folder by @tbertels in #672
propertieswindow: Fix fields heights in Clip tab and reduce minimum window size by @tbertels in #676
desktop: Don't advertise SMB support to KDE by @tbertels in #700
helpers: Save key shortcuts in English by @tbertels in #701
manager: Sort files numerically when playing next/previous file in folder by @tbertels in #705
settings: Use toggled signal instead of checkStateChanged for QCheckBox by @tbertels in #720
dаta: Fix .desktop location in AppStream file by @tbertels in #730
dаta: Small metainfo fixes by @yakushabb in #732

Other changes
win-icon: Provide a pre-converted mpc-qt.ico by @tbertels in #673
Make Boost optional to build by @tbertels in #675
Implement and fix browse buttons in settings and use standard log file extension by @tbertels in #678
main: Log uncaught exceptions by @tbertels in #680
Disable window Auto zoom by default and rename its header to Window by @tbertels in #688
Reorganize the repository by @tbertels in #697
Add metadata to Windows installer and fix some Windows build-related minor things by @tbertels in #704
settingswindow: Enable Alpha channel with HDR compute peak by @tbertels in #710
mainwindow: Silence qt log warning about on_actionPlayVolumeMute_toggled by @tbertels in #711 #715
Use constexpr for Logger prefix names and add ui creation logging by @tbertels in #718
tooltip: Remove unused aspectRatioSet variable by @tbertels in #719
ci: Use release versions of ffmpeg, libass, libplacebo and mpv for AppImage by @tbertels in #723
Show AppImage and Flatpak dev builds as such in "About This Program" by @tbertels in #729
Improve CI builds by @tbertels in #737