DVDx

DVDx 4 CHANGELOG ================ Updated by Starbuck <starbuck@labdv.com> November 20th, 2011 version 4.0.1.0: Merge and split movie files New smart feature: - add movie merge (merge several movie files into one file) New feature (all editions, input files must not have multi-audio or multi-subtitle tracks): - add movie split to volumes (split one file into fixed-size volumes) - add movie split into equal parts (divide one file into several ones) Smart Edition: - increase maximum video bitrate for H.264 HDTV and DivX Plus HD codecs from 4000Kbps to 20000Kbps - set default video bitrate at 6000Kbps for H.264 HDTV and DivX Plus HD codecs - no longer ask for activiation at every start All: - change H.264 HDTV and DivX Plus HD bitrates for medium and high profiles - limit job manager window width (too large with too long fine names) Windows: - updated FFmpeg engines to 32-bit N-34031-ge403a97 and 64-bit - updated MediaInfo to 0.7.51 - upgrade to Qt 4.7.4 libraries Mac OS X: - fix job title display in job manager window (first job title vertical display was shrinked) - upgrade to Qt 4.7.4 libraries Linux (Ubuntu): - back to Qt 4.7.2 libraries for compile platform (Ubuntu 11.10 libmenu issue with Qt 4.7.4) - Ubuntu Unity notes: a) to remove Global Menu: sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt which is revertible: sudo apt-get install appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt b) to run an DVDx 4 with the menu inside the application window and not on the Uniy panel (which is not a regular Gnome Panel!): UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 dvdx4 c) to run an DVDx 4 with the menu in both the Unity panel and the application window, like so: APPMENU_DISPLAY_BOTH=1 dvdx4 Developpers (Open Edition): - introducing new encoder and media analyzer interfaces (much faster and easier to manage) ________________________________________________ version 4.0.0.7: Smart Edition fixes Smart Edition: - fix impossible activation with error Internet not accessible - fix valid email address rejected for activation - fix application error when closing DVDx 4.0 Mac OS X and Linux: - updated MediaInfo 7.48 ________________________________________________ 4.0.0.6: Smart Edition Beta1 public release New features (Smart Edition): - encoder user settings: rezolution, bitrate, audio sampling - one-click 2-pass encoding DivX-Xvid to fit video movies in one 700MB CD - one-click remux video files (correct bad index and bad sync.) - better process monitoring: display remaining encoding timed - better process monitoring: display real-time encoding speed - FFmpeg 64-bit engine All: - corrections to ensure Open and Smart editions compliance - fix min limit for test frames - fix MPEG-2 encoding preview if frame number less than 250 - fix AMRNB audio encoding (mono 8kHz) - enable open file/DVD even if engines not ready but alert user to check engine paths Windows: - updated MediaInfo 7.48 ________________________________________________ version 4.0.0.5: fix bug `Player engine couldn't get DVD title number` All: - change settings id to Open Edition - remove max limit for test frames and test position (for arbitrary slicing) - fix MPlayer font cache update issue - updated MediaInfo 7.45 Windows: - delete useless registry key at installation ________________________________________________ version 4.0.0.4: All: - fixed large file analysed as invalid (MediaInfo time-out) - new H.264 settings for Sony PSP (MP@L3.0, resolution and more) - new H.264 settings for file input (H.264 baseline/main/high profiles) - added On-line FAQ link in Help menu Windows: - fallback to previous MPlayer/MEncoder builds (r33216, VP8 playback not regressed) - new libfaac.dll Mac OS X: - fixed MediaInfo path - fixed dyLib issue (added iconengines plugin in application Frameworks) ________________________________________________ version 4.0.0.3: improve DVD loading and VP8 support All: - add progress-bar while loading file - set large time-out (10s) for MediaInfo and FFprobe (required for large files and when loading DVD) - fix H.264 playback issue with MKV files - fix resampling multi-channel audio with FFmpeg (file input) - correct QuickTime profiles (H.264 and MPEG-4) for file input - remove QuickTime (MOV) and iPOD format for DVD input (do MKV first) Windows: - add player-dvd.exe (Sherpya-SVN-r30369-4.2.5) for subtitle preview - new MPlayer/MEncoder builds (r33488, better VP8 playback support) - new FFMpeg build (git-N-30344) - uninstall silently previous version Linux: - added libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.4_i386.deb available as extra download, libdvdcss2 is required to read encrypted DVD movies - added DVD authentication (may not be needed but not sure) Mac OS X: - fix uncomplete installation bundle - add DVD authentication (no more needed to play DVD before opening in DVDx 4) - new MEncoder build to fix DVD encoding issues (AAC audio, Xvid/DivX and H.264/AVC) - new FFmpeg-dvdx4 build to support AMR-NB audio encoding (3G2/3GP/MOV) - set default player latency started/finished to 5000ms instead of 3000ms - restart after installation to display icon in /Applications ________________________________________________ version 4.0.0.2: first Mac OS X release Features: - added Google/On2's VP8 video codec and WebM (HTML5 video) format for file input Code: - set Linux paths to use ffmpeg-dvdx4 build and MPlayer/Mencoder installed pakages - set Mac OS X engine paths to MacPorts (/opt/local/bin) - cosmetics (reduce size of encoding progess windows) Build: - set Debian package to install MPlayer/MEncoder distro packages if not installed - Qt framework libraries updated to 4.7.3 - all platforms buildable: Windows, Linux and Mac OS X - released binaries for Windows (x86), Linux (i386), Mac OS X (x86_64) Engines: - use MEncoder/MPlayer distro (upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 recommended) - new FFmpeg build on Windows and Linux (r30023) - update FFmpeg on Mac OS X (0.6.2 MacPorts) - update MEncoder/MPlayer on Mac OS X (1.0rc4-4.2.1 MacPorts) - update MediaInfo to 0.7.44 (all platforms) ________________________________________________ version 4.0.0.1: bug fixes & display improvement Features: - reduced AAC bitrate (better quality alignment with MP3 half bitrate) - added AAC HQ profiles with high bitrates to HD movies - added MP3 Low Rates to replace AAC Low Rates on Linux Code: - change preferred audio codecs for 3GP/3G2 formats - add mp3_flv virtual codec for 44.1khz high profile in FLV format - disable AAC audio and 3G2/3GP, iPOD (M4A/M4V) formats on Linux - add source name display in encoding progress widget - apply QProcess::close() method to all Qprocess on stack (avoid segment fault in linux/macx) - use -vframes and -aframes FFmpeg options for encoding preview Build: - main.pro fixed to compile on Linux Engines: - fix (Windows) mixing subtitle display in player (change MPlayer to Sherpya-SVN-r30369-4.2.5) _______________________________________ version 4.0.0.0: initial public release Build: - Windows only