Whirligig Media Player · published · build 24172427
Hi Everyone
Well I've been working hard again on another release. As I've mentioned before, a lot of the features you'll see here were requested by others, including Jellyfin support and Gamut adjustment. I of course throw stuff in myself for things I'd like to see :) So have a look over what's new and try out the latest beta to access them whirligig_v5.7940.
Jellyfin support - Whirligig now has full Jellyfin media server integration alongside the existing Plex support: log in to your server, browse your libraries, stream directly, or download and play locally.
Fisheye output for planetariums - the multi-monitor support now includes fisheye distortion, so planetariums with a fisheye lens projector can output a correctly distorted image and take full advantage of their dome setup.
Colour gamut controls - new colour adjustment options alongside the existing saturation, brightness, contrast and gamma image settings.
Settings presets menu - save your settings as presets and switch between them easily. I've added three default options if you want to switch back and forth between those. You can save your settings just like the presets so if you like your settings in a certain way save them for later :)
Rotation and tilt speed settings - new menu options to adjust view rotation and tilt speed to your liking.
This beta includes a round of stability work focused on video playback: memory and resource leaks when stopping or switching videos have been fixed, along with several hangs and stuck states during media teardown, and a couple of exceptions that could occur during startup and shutdown. Plex handling has also been tidied up, with downloads reworked and made more reliable, and there are smaller fixes to mouse cursor visibility, and the anaglyph 3D mode.
Both video playback engines (AVPro Video and VLC) have been updated to their latest versions, bringing improved playback reliability and format compatibility, alongside general under-the-hood maintenance to remote control handling, logging, and file path handling. As always, this is a beta build - if you run into any issues, please report them in the community discussions so they can be fixed before the full release. Thanks for testing, and enjoy!
Thanks again for your support over the years. Please message your suggestions and I'll do my best to integrate them into the next version. If you've previously sent me a suggestion and it's still not made it in, give me a nudge and I'll have another look. If you've enjoyed using Whirligig give it a review and if you want to try Whirligig on another platform such as Meta standalone email me for a code [email protected] I hope everyone out there is keeping cool during this heatwave (I'm in the UK and melting), until next time. Happy watching
Phil