VirtualDub

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 1.8.0.29393

Notes:


Changes:
Build 29393 (1.8.0, experimental): [February 24, 2008]
   [breaking changes]
   * The old support for reading "striped AVIs" has been removed. 

   [features added]
   * Alternate audio streams in an AVI file can now be chosen.
   * Added fallback audio decoders for mu-law, A-law, MP2, and MP3 formats.
   * Video files with audio tracks can also be used for replacing existing
     audio.
   * MP3 files without a WAV header can now be used as input.
   * Added support for writing AVI files with VBR audio.
   * The default frame rate for loaded image sequences can now be changed in
     Preferences.
   * The time knob can be dragged during a preview.
   * Mark-in and mark-out commands now work during preview.
   * Added new "time stretch" audio filter.
   * Increased precision of ratios for audio stretch filters.
   * Added "zone plate" test video mode.
   * Changes to the input color format are now reflected in the preview panes.
   * Added support for non-standard 15fps MPEG-1 video streams.
   * VBR warning for AVI audio streams can now be toggled in Preferences.
   * Filters: Can now be toggled on and off in the filter list.
   * Filters: Fast YCbCr cropping is now supported.
   * Filters: Flip vertically, grayscale, and resize now support direct planar
     YCbCr processing.
   * Filters: Added "convert format" video filter.
   * Filters: Redesigned color popup; hold down SHIFT. Now works after
     stretching video window.
   * Script: Implemented string+int, string+long, and string+double.
   * Plugins: Input driver plugins can now delegate video decompression to
     VirtualDub.
   * Capture: Added /capfilealloc switch to preallocate capture files from the
     command line.
   * Hex editor: Now supports Unicode filenames. 

   [bugs fixed]
   * Cmdline: Ctrl+C/Break when a render is running also aborts a running
     script.
   * If a particular input driver is forced when opening a video, that driver
     is remembered in a job.
   * Video filter dialog didn't update the indicated frame sizes properly when
     deleting a filter.
   * Fixed slight delay when a rendering job stops.
   * Optimized AVI frame index code to avoid extreme delay when starting a direct
     stream mode operation on an AVI file with only one key frame.
   * Progress bar is now lies less when reindexing large AVI files.
   * Fixed issue in AVI aggressive recovery algorithm that could cause valid
     chunks to be missed.
   * Selection was not properly saved in .vcf files, causing it to be invalid on
     load if edits had occurred.
   * Fixed crash when dragging curve points with no video loaded.
   * Video/audio error mode dialogs weren't properly disabling options not
     supported for the current input file.
   * Capture: Video filter list now reflects active capture format.
   * D3D: Fixed slowdown when bicubic mode is enabled.