PotPlayer Newsroom
Release notes, engine changes and measured results from every build we ship. Newest first.
PotPlayer 1.7.22851 released: libass subtitles and built-in HLS/DASH handling
The April build moves ASS rendering onto libass and handles HLS/DASH streams with an internal module, cutting subtitle start-up to 172 ms and stream switching by 34 percent.
PotPlayer 8K playback benchmark: what GPU decoding actually buys you
We ran the same 8K60 HEVC file through three decode paths in PotPlayer. Hardware decoding cut CPU load from 78 to 12 percent and dropped frames to three in nine thousand.
PotPlayer adds APV decoding: next-generation video support arrives
Build 260114 teaches PotPlayer to decode APV, the professional intra-frame codec, at up to 8K 4:2:2 10-bit with GPU assistance.
PotPlayer live TV: IPTV playlists, channel zapping and instant recording
An m3u8 playlist turns PotPlayer into a television. We measured zapping at 1.28 seconds, recording overhead at 3 percent CPU, and a two-hour session that stayed at 312 MB.
PotPlayer adds real-time AI subtitles with the Whisper engine
Build 250909 turns any audio track into subtitles while the video plays. We measured 1.2 seconds of latency and 92.4 percent accuracy on clean English speech.
PotPlayer sharpens HDR tone mapping control for SDR displays
Build 250625 lets you choose the tone mapping curve instead of accepting the default, which is the difference between grey mush and a readable dark scene on an SDR panel.
Ready to stop fighting your player?
Download the current 1.7.22851 build, open the file that has been sitting in your downloads folder for a month, and see what it was supposed to look like.