Shira Player version 3.0
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In this version multi-projector plugin merged with main installer.
The plugin no longer requires a license. Shira Player license holders will be able to use this multi-projector plugin.
Other developments,
- Add "sidereal day" option to the "Flow rate" on Date-Time form.
- Added "Show Only Sun" option that hide planets except Sun.
- Added checkbox (Subortinates) for subordinate compass direction indicators.
- Added "Show Asterisms" checkbox below "Contellation Lines" button show/hide extra asterisms lines.
- Bug fixed about showing Star labels
- Bug fixed "Show Only Sun" feature occurs problem while FlyBy mode.
- Bug fixed some crash issues on fulldome player.
- Also changed compiler from Mingw to Visual Studio. Thus, handled exceptions, easily.
Warning : Please uninstall old version before install 3.0.
Old Shira Player settings will be preserved. So you can uninstall older versions without worry.
Shira Player version 2.8
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Now, Shira Player has Subtitle feature.
Users can create a subtitle file in SubRip Text (*.srt) format for fulldome show in some language. The Subtitle feature supports Japanse, Chinese, Russian and other european language fonts present.
You can change font size, color, word count for each line and can save them.
Information can be found below link about SubRip files..
https://www.speechpad.com/captions/srt
https://fileinfo.com/extension/srt
Shira Player version 2.6
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In this version developments are below
- Increased count of shown nebulas, galaxies and other deep space object images and updated texures with high resolution ones. Now added about 300 object images with space coordinates.
Sample screenshots below are showing differences between old and new textures.
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- Added Colored-Hevelius constellation image library.
Shira Player version 2.7
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At this new version has been boosted rendering performance about at least twice as much. Now frame per second (FPS) can not be below 30 for stellarium sky and projector output is much more smooth.
Added new scripts to favorite list
- Analemma:
- Arctic Season:
- Solar Eclipse:
Shira Player version 2.5
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Shira Player 2.5 has been released.
In this version new Altitude feature is added. Atmosphere and landscape up to 10000 meters altitude are simulated with simple controls. So users can experience how the sky from Everest mountain is viewed on planetarium dome.
Everest Summit image. Photo: AFP
