Added the ability to change the character the taglib results use when returning multiple values for the same tag which can be configured via the second tab on the Advanced preferences page
Changed the post-release update handling to now support (but is not recommended) a never mode in response to a user complaining about the OS requirements for a start menu shortcut to be created so this handling can then show the buttons on the OS toast indicating a post-release update is available (I don't like having to create a shortcut but bitching at me about it just isn't the right place to do it)
Fixed a regression which prevented some files (mainly seen with MP3) from being played or having their file information correctly reported via the Alt+3 dialog
Fixed an internal regression related to the post-release updates handling (the main version checks is also potentially affected) with a server side workaround able to be used along with this client side fix
Fixed an on loading issue which could prevent files handled by in_mp4 from not handling seek events correctly during playback being triggered during loading
Fixed the handle of an already closed thread being attempted again when in_cdda is doing it's close handling (triggered an appverifier crash during closing)
Fixed more problems with the notsodirect output plug-in which is the most likely reason for the build stability issues (especially under the 24568 release)
Fixed the publisher tag for MP4 files not being read which is a regression from the taglib1 to taglib2 migration
Fixed some of the command-line actions incorrectly triggering the install path override handling which could then cause it to crash during process loading
Fixed a memory handling issue found via appverifier when releasing memory which for some allocations were incorrectly clearing more memory than it should
Fixed the seekbar & a few other slider elements for some classic skins not being shown as expected due to not correctly determining if 32-bit bitmap files have valid alpha channel data or not
Fixed a timing conflicting during initial process loading vs playback being triggered for metadata requests made to in_mp4 which seemed to be more likely to occur if proxied via the in_url plug-in (e.g. for already locally cached youtube videos)
Fixed a deadlock which could occur between the interaction of the jtfe play trigger vs how in_wave deals with playback changes not terminating it's existing playback thread quickly enough vs message pumps
Fixed using enter in the jtfe window's search control triggering multiple internal messages which could related to the fix above cause the currently playing input plug-in to misbehave to the new play call
Fixed a crash due to a mishandling of the setup of the internal video window tooltip string
Fixed the likely cause for some of the random crashes due to an nde string field optimisation which at least under appverifier isn't reliably working so have reverted to an old implementation which makes some aspects a bit slower but that's better than it crashing (if you're fed up with the stability issues try sitting on this side of the screen)
Fixed the tooltip for the main playlist & video windows under a classic skin being updated when the window moves instead of only when it's being resized
Fixed the possible reason for some playback actions crashing when notsodirect is the active output plug-in possibly related to the skip silence handling
Fixed an issue with mislabelled webm files (e.g. using the opus file extension) not playing or having waveform previews generated as expected for them
Fixed the possible reason for some setups experiencing a deadlock when using notsodirect when a volume change occurs (e.g. on starting playback of a new item)
Removed the pucaw supporting dll to avoid core loading failures if the dll is being blocked by the OS (as has happened for some) plus the reason for it being separate has been resolved as part of moving to a newer compiler so we also got a small saving on the install due to having one less dll
Remove the "Position/Frequency (floating point)" option from the notsoyasapi preferences as the integer option is the one that works & is the default anyway (the removed option would break the main vis)
Updated libdiscid (discid.dll) to 0.7.0 (8 Jul 2026)
Updated libjpeg-turbo (image.w5s) to 3.2.0 (30 Jun 2026)
Updated minizip-ng (zlib.dll) to 4.2.2 (30 Jun 2026)
Updated Monkey's Audio (in_ape.dll) to 13.18 (1 Jul 2026)
Updated unrar (unrar.dll) to 7.2.7 (27 Jun 2026)
Updated vgmstream (in_vgmstream.dll) to the latest Git commit from 9 Jul 2026