File Release Notes and Changelog
Release Name: 26
Notes:
Changes: [2008-06-15: REVISION 26 - "Fancy Feast"] [FIXED] mp4box updated build download option now functional. [FIXED] Various fixes by BillRob458 from the forums. Bill is now an official developer on this project and has fixed a "hanging" issue reported in this thread: http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,76.0.html [CHANGED] Some more UI changes around tooltips. [2008-05-24: REVISION 25 - "Squared Away"] [FIXED] Major glitch in which file move operations failed. I'm honestly ashamed that this wasn't tracked down sooner, but it's fairly critical and has since been resolved. [FIXED] Nero AAC Encoder download now properly handles the case where Nero's FTP site is inaccessible. [CHANGED] Moved mp4box build option to Tools tab. [REMOVED] Debug tab from Options dialog. [CHANGED] Moved "Delete Temporary Files" option from Debug menu to Tools menu. [REMOVED] Debug menu no longer required. [ADDED] Added mediainfo component to application. [ADDED] Support for aspect ratio detection and correction. A new message in the logfile will appear with this information. [FIXED] Some log messages now display the proper icon (wait, complete.) [2008-05-19: REVISION 24 - "This Is Debug"] [INFO] This build is being released to help some users track down the source of some of their problems with build 23. It may be more chatty than previous builds and will halt upon file exception errors. [CHANGED] Enabled debugging access for all users, including the option to not have temporary files deleted. Additional logging messages added. [CHANGED] Added Debug tab to options dialog that allows users to update to the April 13, 2008 build of mp4box by Kurtnoise (mirrored from http://kurtnoise.free.fr/mp4tools/) [2008-04-22: REVISION 23 - "This Is Sparta"] [CHANGED] Reverted mp4box back to September 2007 build, which fixes a reported issue with "mp4box.exe has stopped working." This solves the problem reported here: http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,61.0.html [CHANGED] mkvmerge now ignores subtitle tracks when modifying files. This may assist in splitting performance. [CHANGED] mkvmerge now ignores button tracks when extracting files. This may assist in splitting performance. [FIXED] Repaired timecode issue with mkvmerge and cutting off files based on a time. This has been tested and works pretty well. [CHANGED] mp4box now tags the MP4 file itself and avoids using mp4tags for this scenario, which I hope fixes the Xbox 360 display problem. This solves the "output" filename problem reported here: http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,61.0.html [NEW] Debugging information now available for hex edit failures. [CHANGED] mp4box forced to use selected scratch directory for muxing. This may fix a number of miscellaneous issues and improve performance. [FIXED] Time split option now has functional "don't ask again" checkbox. [FIXED] Time split UI now properly detects "don't ask again" state. [FIXED] Cancel button now re-enables MKV Information option. [NEW] Codename added to easily distinguish between builds. [2008-04-21: REVISION 22] [NEW] MP4 output files are now tagged with their filename as the title. This should help display on the Xbox 360 and other players that read metadata (iTunes, etc...) [FIXED] Fixed nasty mp4box bug that caused a process stall at the end of a split conversion process. This should fix an assortment of split issues, specifically the one reported in this thread: http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,36.15.html If you're still having issues with file splits, please report them. [FIXED] Scratch folder now detected properly when one is not explicitly set in the Options dialog. [CHANGED] Added more debugging information when running in the VS2005 IDE. [2008-04-19: REVISION 21] [NEW] Option to directly generate mkvinfo output. This should help in narrowing down a few persistent problems reported by forum users. [FIXED] Change for video/audio tracks listed as identifier zero in the file. Related forum thread: http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,47.0.html [CHANGED] Updated mp4box version to newest build. May resolve issues reported in threads: http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,37.0.html http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,40.0.html http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,41.0.html [NEW] Additional error caught if video does not exist before it is muxed into the container. [CHANGED] Video codecs are now detected properly. However, .avi containers are not hex edited natively. This will be apparent as people try to convert anime and other oddly packaged items. Hopefully my solution will work out for people with stuff under 4.2 (up to 4.1) profile. [NEW] Added preliminary support for truncating files after a certain length to fill feature request from this post: http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,50.msg335.html#msg335 [2008-04-15: REVISION 20] [CHANGED] Allowed users to force the use of the non-SSE Nero AAC encoder after reports on HydrogenAudio that the "default" version had better audio precision. This is now available in the options dialog. [CHANGED] Free file size requirement now changed to 3 times the original file. This will be a better predictor of "failure" conditions where files are not properly tagged or moved. Applies to scratch folder if selected. [FIXED] Some minor progress bar updates and UI text changes. [2008-04-13: REVISION 19] [FIXED] Control placement in UI after main window is resized. [CHANGED] File merge process now reverted back to build 15 behaviour. This may improve compatibility for certain video files, by forcing the first track to work as video and the second track as audio. [FIXED] Added support files for MKV utilities back into the package. [CHANGED] In debugging mode, when "delete temporary files" is deselected, the split MKV files are now kept intact and not removed upon processing completion. [NEW] Added slider for Nero AAC encoder quality. [NEW] Added placement option for 2-pass Nero AAC encoding, not enabled yet. [2008-04-11: REVISION 18] [NEW] Multi-track selection support for MKV files containing more than one language. There are two options available with this mode: * Default language: Selecting a default language tells the track selection dialog to show the that language as the default option. * "Don't ask me again" intelligent selection: If a default language is set, the first available track in that language will be chosen for audio. No dialog will be displayed in this mode - essentially, XenonMKV uses your preferences, followed by the stream preferences, followed by the track order to select which tracks to encode. What does this boil down to? * If you want full control over multi-language files, simply set a default language. The dialog will prompt for each file with more than one track. * If you'd rather have quicker processing and not have to confirm things, set a default language and then choose the "don't ask me again" mode. [FIXED] Multi-part split files inherit the language/video track settings of the first file in the set. (This never appeared in a release version, but I spent enough time fixing it that it was worth a mention.) [FIXED] Bug with FPS desynchronization experienced on some Vorbis streams. [FIXED] More temporary files deleted along the way, requiring less available disk space during processing. [CHANGED] Codec information message in strings. [REMOVED] Took dtsdec and some unnecessary DLL files out from the package. I'm trying to trim down the amount of space required and will make a final call on what stays and what goes in a few revisions. Efficiency ahoy! (I know not everyone wants a 60MB app to do video conversions. :)) [REMOVED] Removed eac3to from package, since it required Nero 7 or another external DTS decoder to function properly, and Azid/Valdec seems to be working well for all my content. [2008-04-07: REVISION 17] [CHANGED] The Nero AAC encoder now directly outputs to a MP4 file, and MP4Box adds the parsed video track again. This improves efficiency slightly. [FIXED] Scratch folder save issues should now be completely resolved. Temp files will now go where they're supposed to. [FIXED] Split files are now deleted during post processing properly. Thanks to Dangelus from the forum for testing and re-reporting this condition. [FIXED] Temporary files are now deleted immediately to require less available disk space during processing. [CHANGED] Entry points for i18n work in About dialog now added and functional. [NEW] More descriptive messages if an I/O operation fails on the video stream. [2008-04-06: REVISION 16] [CHANGED] DTS encoding is now handled by valdec, one of the AC3Filter tools. This utility seems to have much better results for audio synchronization, although it's certainly not perfect - one of my test files still suffers from desync issues. You will likely need AC3Filter to take advantage of this component. Additionally, there will likely be need for a gain control, which will be a user-selectable option in an upcoming version. [NEW] Added warning for DTS files that demonstrate a high tendency to lose synchronization. If you see this message in your logfile, please check the original source for quality. If you'd like, report the file name to me by email or on the forums so that I can get additional examples of this bug. [FIXED] Scratch folder issues: temporary files now deleted and scratch folder detected properly again without using a "temp" subfolder. Text in options panel now clarifies this condition. Thanks to Dangelus from the forum for the bug reports. [CHANGED] Nero AAC encoder quality changed from 0.2 (which sounded like 128k) to 0.5, which should make for a marked improvement. This may be changed to a user-definable setting in future, as higher quality files necessitate more frequent splitting (for example, a 4.5GB file will no longer likely fit in 4GB once processing is complete.) [FIXED] changelog.txt now added to all builds. [NEW] Added preview button to user interface with associated i18n tooltip. [NEW] Added debug option to keep temporary files after processing. You need to be running the application in the VS2005 debugger for the Debug menu to appear. [CHANGED] The log now supports small images in preparation for the UI overhaul. [CHANGED] The UI now has more entry points for i18n work. Still remaining are the options dialog and the about dialogs. [CHANGED] UI strings now load from memory, rather than disk. [NEW] Added language selection control in Options panel. [FIXED] Race condition where certain processes were aborted but Nero AAC continued to work in the background, ignoring the exit command. [2008-04-04: REVISION 15] [FIXED] Odd issue with options dialog where settings were not saving. This problem may not have appeared in a release version, but it's been fixed anyways. [FIXED] Minor progress bar issue where certain tools could cause an exception. Progress bar handling is much more lenient now. [FIXED] Whitelist detection added for A_VORBIS files. (Thanks to noelthemole for reporting this issue on the forum.) [REMOVED] Removed dcadec and states, as it wasn't working as expected. [NEW] FFmpeg state and utility added for DTS support (yay!). Known issue: DTS audio is *not* normalized, so what you hear in the original MKV file is what you'll get on the Xbox 360. These files may require a bump in volume compared to their AC3 counterparts. I've also had an audio desynchronization issue near the end of a test file. Please let me know if you experience this problem. [NEW] Added French translation of some user interface components to i18n folder. (Huge thanks to s3mp for these translations!) There's no option at present to change languages, but you can either rename "french.xml" to "english.xml", or open XenonMKV.exe.config in a text editor and change english.xml to french.xml. I'll add the user interface option when it's possible to have all the user interface components available without random English text. [2008-04-03: REVISION 14] [FIXED] Exception when installing MP4 output registry patch for Windows Media Player. (Thanks to ssboisen: http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,24.msg155.html#msg155) [FIXED] More lenient detection for AAC audio files. (Thanks to noelthemole for reporting: http://mkv.jakebillo.com/forum/index.php/topic,25.msg160.html#msg160) [NEW] Added FFmpeg to tools directory, which will likely be used in a future build for DTS audio support. It's not active yet though. [2008-03-30: REVISION 13] [FIXED] Exception when browsing for output folder. [2008-03-30: REVISION 12] [NEW] Added option for "scratch folder", to improve organization and performance on systems with multiple hard disks. [NEW] Abort/cancel button to terminate process. [NEW] XenonMKV now remembers the output folder on each launch. [CHANGED] Temporary file cleanup now runs after program completion as well as before. [NEW] Externalized parts of user interface to \i18n\english.xml. Potential support for alternate localizations is now an achievable target. [2008-03-26: REVISION 11] [NEW] Options panel now enabled: * Customizable split for MKV files (default, no split, threshold) * Azid normalization option * Batch rename option [CHANGED] Upgraded mplayer to recent SVN revision, might improve file compatibility [NEW] Debug mode enabled for testing: you'll need the source version and must run the application under a debugger [NEW] Added dcadec module for groundwork for DTS (no full DTS support yet, though) [2008-03-22: REVISION 10] [CHANGED] XenonMKV now uses Azid by default to decode AC3 audio into a WAV file format. [NEW] An options dialog is now available to set the Azid decoder settings; at present, users can choose between +0dB normalization or none (quicker). [CHANGED] Slight code cleanup and reorganization. [2008-03-22: REVISION 9] [NEW] Support for registry patches to enable MP4 and other oddball file types to work in Windows Media Player 11, from http://a8t8.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2518DD508BB713E8!156.entry?wa=wsignin1.0 [FIXED] XenonMKV now properly detects the Nero AAC encoder type and uses the appropriate executable. (Thanks Dangelus) [FIXED] Added fallback routine for audio parsing where mplayer wouldn't create a file at all. If mplayer fails to work properly, eac3to is used instead. (Thanks martyn_hull56) [2008-03-20: REVISION 8] [CHANGED] XenonMKV now detects the Nero AAC encoder type on startup, supporting AMD Athlon 64 chips and other CPU's without SSE functionality. The without-SSE Nero AAC encoder is also downloaded in the event the program is moved to a different system. [NEW] Support for splitting files into <4GB chunks now available. [NEW] Appropriate credit for Warning icon now in About page. [NEW] Backend interfaces installed for tray icon and Options dialogs. These are not active yet but should be soon. [2008-03-18: REVISION 7] [REMOVED] Removed Nero AAC Encoder from default package, since it is licensed software. The application will now automatically download neroAacEnc_SSE.exe and integrate it. [CHANGED] Some UI changes and new links to this site. [NEW] GPL and README files included in source version. Will be included in the next build's compiled version. [2008-03-17: REVISION 6] [NEW] Added eac3to conversion tool, which uses Nero or another AC3 decoder if present on the system and mplayer fails to process the file properly. [CHANGED] Now compliant with the GNU General Public License. The source is also available for your perusal. [NEW] Manifest included for User Account Control purposes under Vista. [2008-03-08: REVISION 5] [NEW] Added release notes file to server, which employs TextMate-style formatting. [CHANGED] Error messages: now more descriptive for internal tasks. [NEW] Added direct support for A_DTS and A_MP3 audio codec types. Whether these audio types are properly detected and converted to PCM WAV, though, is undetermined. [NEW] Added always-visible status message for the detected type of audio codec.
