Kaleider 5.8 is primarily focused on updating the audio and video features of Kaleider, including the 'movie' animations that can be played in the main window to serve as source images for effects.  Various other fixes and improvements.  Further details follow:

• Audio and Video =>  The Kaleider Audio Player and Video Player had previously used the Microsoft DirectShow API to play Audio and Video files.  DirectShow used filters to render the various media codecs that Audios and Videos are encoded with.  But if the necessary filter for a codec was not installed on the computer, the file could not be played.  Kaleider 5.8 will first try to play Audio and Video files by using the more recent Microsoft Media Foundation API, which can process most of the common media codecs without the need for filters.  Then, if for some reason a file cannot be played by the Media Foundation, the program will automatically try to play the Audio or Video using DirectShow.  If a file still fails to play, it might be helpful to download and install a free codec package like K-Lite, which can sometimes provide the missing codecs.
  

  This also applies for Videos that are played in the main Kaleider window, and upon which effects can be rendered.  Initially, the Media Foundation is used to load a Video file, but if that fails DirectShow will automatically be used to attempt to render the Video.  While a Video (or other moving source) is playing in the main window, appropriate Movie Controls are shown in the upper right corner of the Kaleider screen.
  

• Image Sequence Player =>  Several fixes and minor improvements have also been made to the Image Sequence Player.  A slider has been added to allow quickly scanning through the Frames to different positions within the Image Sequence.
  

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