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Mpg2Cut2 - Current ALPHA Version:
Latest Revision:-__ 01 APR 2012 _- Build C401

Change Log for this Release :-

- Fix bug when progressive flags do not match.
- New option to limit size of toolbar buttons:
_ Menu - Window - Options - Small Buttons on Big Monitor


Latest Revision:-__ 18 APR 2011 _- Build B418

- AC3 & LPCM header processing improved.
__LPCM zero channels problem fixed.
__AC3 false sync-byte skipped.

- Volume down bug fixed.
__Ensures volume control activated when needed.

- Frame Rate Override now adjusts audio preview rate.

- Command Line selections extended.
__Now allows for 32 FROM-TO pairs in command line.

- Misc minor changes.


Latest Revision:-__ 30 OCT 2010 _- Build AA30

- Volume Control Slider
__The new [V] button brings up a Volume Control window.
__that has 2 sliders and a number of tick boxes.
__The 1st slider is a conventional volume control.
__The 2nd slider is for the audio Limiter.
__The Limiter is useful when ads are much louder than the program.
__Boost settings are handled separately for different types of audio track,
__and will be retained across sessions as an option.
__Misc improvements to Automatic Volume Control option (AVC).

- Space bar toggles Play/Pause.
__Previously this only operated if already playing.
__Now it can be used to start playing as well.
__Note that Pause is different to Stop (Esc key),
__as Stop aligns on an I-frame, suitable for From/To marking,
__but Pause just freezes the decoder mid-stream.

- Small change in terminology.
__"Append File" is now called "Add File".

- New Time option - REL and TOD together.
__New option shows both Relative time and recorded Time Of Day together,
__to avoid the need to change back and forth between REL and TOD.
____Menu - Misc - Time Format - REL & TOD.

- Ability to change Luminance button preset values.
__Adjust sliders for the new setting that you want;
__Click the [@] button;
__Then click the button you want changed to this new setting.

- Moved "Swap U-V" and "Negative" into Luminance dialog.
__Originally these were menu options. Now they are buttons.

- Keyboard shortcuts for Luminance buttons [B], [C] and [D].
__Shift-L (B=Bold); Ctrl-L (D=Default); Shift-Ctrl-L (C).
__Alt-L (toggle the Luminance enable on/off).
__Quicker than bringing up the Luminance dialog to click on a button.

- Adjusted processing of command line parameters.
__There is a problem with the "no-confirm" option, so it is turned off.

- Better navigation when average bitrate much lower than Nominal.
__Large jumps will now be calculated using average bitrate rather than nominal.
__Fastback option now updates during preview.

- Drop Padding option extended.
__Drop Padding will now drop Vob NAV Packs as well.
__The option will also temporarily turn on "Parse All Pkts".
__Dropping will be inhibited if saving to VOB
__or if using Vob Preservation option.

- Selective saving of audio tracks.
__Fixed bugs in the "Save Parts" dialog.
__NOT TESTED MUCH, as I don't have many multi-audio files.

- Transport Stream PID controls cleaned-up.
__When viewing a Transport Stream (TS),
__the Menu - View - PID controls are easier to use.
__Just tick "Current" once you are viewing the PID that you are interested in.
__To go back to seeing all PIDs, tick "All".
__Fixed a bug in display of TS streams.

- Misc minor changes.


Latest Revision:-__ 10 JULY 2009 _- Build 9710

- New Support Forum, New Home Page.
_ New forum on GoogleGroups :- Rocket Jetty
_ The old forum stopped working.

- Output Parsing bug FIXED.
_ (I think !)

- Option to suppress unwanted audio tracks.
_ File - Save Parts.

- Better detection of Mpeg Audio frame headers.
_ Work still in progress.

- Fix calculation of Mpeg Audio frame size.

- Leadtek Overlay Key option.
_ If Leadtek Winfast is running in the background in silent mode,
_ it stops Mpg2Cut2 from using it's own Color Key for the overlay.
_ Turn on the following option to force Mpg2Cut2 to use the Leadtek Color Key.
_ __MENU - VIEW - TECHNICAL - DRIVER CONFLICTS - LEADTEK OVL KEY
_ Side effect is that Menus become transparent.

- VHS less ugly during preview.
_ 2 options are available to help when previewing VHS sourved material.
_ These options do *NOT* alter the output file at all.
_ a) Luminance panel "VHS" option limits oversaturated red.
_ b) MENU - VIEW - SPECIAL FX - VHS Convergence.
_ _ _ _ Allows Color to be shifted slightly, relative to luminance.

- Regressed compiler maintenance.
_ My rebuild of the VC-6 environment under XP stuffed up the optimizer.
_ So I have gone back to Win98 for "Release" compiles,
_ until I figure out what went wrong under XP.
_ I suspect the processor pack or one of the SP packs.

- Misc minor changes.


Latest Revision:-__ 30 MAR 2009 _- Build 9330

- New Support Forum.
_ New forum on EzBoard :- Rocket Jetty
_ The old forum stopped working.

- Output Parsing bug FIXED.
_ (I think !)

- Option to suppress unwanted audio trackss.
_ File - Save Parts.

- Better detection of Mpeg Audio frame heaaders.
_ Work still in progress.

- Fix calculation of Mpeg Audio frame sizee.

- Leadtek Overlay Key option.
_ If Leadtek Winfast is running in the background in silent mode,
_ it stops Mpg2Cut2 from using it's own Color Key for the overlay.
_ Turn on the following option to force Mpg2Cut2 to use the Leadtek Color Key.
_ __MENU - VIEW - TECHNICAL - DRIVER CONFLICTS - LEADTEK OVL KEY
_ Side effect is that Menus become transparent.

- VHS less ugly during preview.
_ 2 options are available to help when previewing VHS sourved material.
_ These options do *NOT* alter the output file at all.
_ a) Luminance panel "VHS" option limits oversaturated red.
_ b) MENU - VIEW - SPECIAL FX - VHS Convergence.
_ _ _ _ Allows Color to be shifted slightly, relative to luminance.

- Regressed compiler maintenance.
_ My rebuild of the VC-6 environment under XP stuffed up the optimizer.
_ So I have gone back to Win98 for "Release" compiles,
_ until I figure out what went wrong under XP.
_ I suspect the processor pack or one of the SP packs.

- Misc minor changes.



- Warning for Panasonic DVD recorders :-
_I still need to do a lot more work for compatibility.
_E.g. Long clips still seem to have problems for some reason.

- Warning for Satellite users :-
_The Time Stamp correction option is NOT compatible with Satellite.


Latest Revision:-__ 31 JAN 2009 _- Build 9131

- New Support Forum.
_ New forum on EzBoard :- Rocket Jetty
_ The old forum stopped working.

Change Log for this Pre-Alpha :-

- Reduced tendency to sleep for a few seconds when closing audio.
_ This was very annoying, but it is now significantly reduced.
_ However, there is still an issue with fast play sound getting too far ahead.

- DISABLED 2 OPTIONS :- DEEP PARSING, PARSE ALL PACKETS.
_ There are bugs, and it makes my brain hurt, so these are now OFF.

- Auto-Split output by Clip.
_ Saves each clip into a separate file in a single action.
_ This is the RECOMMENDED approach, for compatibility with other players.
_ File - Save PARTS - Split - @clip.

- Option to automatically added Clip number to Output File Name.
_ When manually saving each clip as you go along,
_ it will automatically add the clip number to the name of the output file.
_ Menu - Output - Default Extension - Add Clip Number.

- Auto-Preview on BMP snapshot.
_ To avoid being surprised by the effect of the difference in Luminance settings
_ between Overlay and RGB modes, a preview of how the frame looks in RGB mode
_ will be shown, together with the luminance controls to allow adjustment.
_ Closing the Luminance controls commits the BMP .

_ By default, this Auto-Preview action only occurs on the first snap from the file,
_ but this can be changed in the Menu - Output - BMP - Auto-Preview.

_ Expert users can modify the effect of the Luminance preset buttons. INI file :-
_ "LumPresets=gamma1,contrast1,brightness1;gamma2,contrast2,brightness2;".

- CUE mode throttle.
_ The CUE button seemed way too fast on a Pentium 4,
_ so now it will default to being around the same speed as a P3 CUE.
_ If you prefer the faster CUE on a P4, then turn OFF :-
_ MENU - PREVIEW - TIMING METHOD - NOT SO FAST.

- Crop Top and Bot Edges.
_ Some videos have annoying dots on the top or bottom edge,
_ can now be hidden from view.
_ Menu - View - Cropping- Crop Top and Bot Edges.

- Option to invert view (Vertical Flip).
_ Menu - View - Special FX - Invert. [Shift-I]

- Playback volume handling changes.
_ Volume limiting option for quieter preview of loud files.
_ Reduces the playback ceiling to roughly 70% of maximum.
_ Volume boost and ceiling values can be overridden in the INI file.
_ Auto reset of Audio track number if selected track not found.
_ Hysteresis on Automatic Volume Control.

- New action - Split Selection.
_ The portion of the current selection up to the current view becomes a clip,
_ the selection is updated to exclude that section,
_ so that the new From point is set to the current view position,

- Post-Process command line can now be much longer.

- Batch command line can specify multiple input file names.
_ There is a slight bug - the picture does not show until you navigate.
_ EG: Mpg2Cut2 "File1.mpg" "File2.mpg" "File3.mpg"

- Toolbar options.
_ Toolbar Buttons and Scrollbar can now be toggled separately.
_ F12 = Scrollbar Only_ _ Alt-F12 = Buttons Only _ _ F11 = Both.
_ Toggling and External players are now under the Window heading.

- Settings can be saved for Zoom and Aspect Ratio override.

- Allow for Packless Program Streams.

- Tidy up of RGB mode and Fast 420 yuy2 chroma deinterlacer.

- Fixed bug in LPCM decode where packet split across block.

- Smarter alignment of leading audio packets.
_ Try to avoid false syncword bit patterns.

- Experimental option to unmux audio in PES format.
_ Allows retention of timing info in PES hdr. Still experimental.

- Correctly report Mpeg Audio Extensions.
_ Mpeg 2.5 and Low Sampling Frequency extensions will now report correctly.

- Slow-1 now adjusts for difference between silent FPS and sound FPS.
_ Use when viewing silent film that was telecined too fast. (Keyboard shortcut = 's')

- Allow for bug in ATI driver.
_ Some ATI drivers sometimes give sloping video on first display. To fix :-
_ MENU - VIEW - TECHNICAL - Overlay Notification - ATI sloping.

- Manual allowance for Monitor Aspect ratio problems.
_ A new INI file line wth the keyword "N3" has been created.
_ The first value on that line is a percentage amount to adjust for Monitor issues.
_ EG. If the image on the monitor is 5% too wide,
_ then set "N3=-5" to reduce the image width by 5%.
_ Leave the other parameters on that line unchanged. Reserved for future use.

- Experimental Audio read-ahead option.
_ Experimental feature preparatory to possible lip sync during preview, eventually.

- Misc minor changes.

- Warning for Panasonic DVD recorders :-
_I still need to do a lot more work for compatibility.
_E.g. Long clips still seem to have problems for some reason.

- Warning for Satellite users :-
_The Time Stamp correction option is NOT compatible with Satellite.


Latest Revision:-__ 1 July 2007 _- Build 7701
- Tidy up of RGB mode display.

- Attempt to fix blank video overlay in Windows Vista.
_ To use the new fix, turn OFF the old "Never Use Overlay" in the View menu.
_ If the new fixdoes not work for you, then turn the old method back on.

_ Since I do not actually have Windows Vista, this is not very well tested.
_ Thanks to Avery Lee for coming up with the automatic fix technique.

- Finer alignment of leading audio packets.
_ Previously PTS matching was limited to the nearest existing audio PTS,
_ which was rather crude. Now it will calculate to the nearest audio frame.

- Fast audio preview extended to higher speeds.

- Demuxing will now recognize DD+ style audio.
_ The program cannot play DDPLUS audio,
_ but it can demux the DD+ audio from Mpeg2 based EVO files.
_ NO support for mpeg-4 / H264 based files.

- Optional removal of Padding packets.
_ Normally for use with Non-VOB variable bitrate Program Streams,
_ can be used more extensively by turning off VOB preservation and
_ by unlocking the System Header in the output options.

- Allow for clip shorter than audio delay.

- Misc minor changes.

- Warning for Panasonic DVD recorders :-
_I still need to do a lot more work for compatibility.
_E.g. Long clips still seem to have problems for some reason.

- Warning for Satellite users :-
_The Time Stamp correction option is NOT compatible with Satellite.


Latest Revision:-__ 19 June 2007 _- Build 7619
- Attempt to fix blank video overlay in Windows Vista.
_ To use the new fix, turn OFF the old "Never Use Overlay" in the View menu.
_ If the new fixdoes not work for you, then turn the old method back on.

_ Since I do not actually have Windows Vista, this is not very well tested.
_ Thanks to Avery Lee for coming up with the automatic fix technique.

- Finer alignment of leading audio packets.
_ Previously PTS matching was limited to the nearest existing audio PTS,
_ which was rather crude. Now it will calculate to the nearest audio frame.

- Fast audio preview extended to higher speeds.

- Demuxing will now recognize DD+ style audio.
_ The program cannot play DDPLUS audio,
_ but it can demux the DD+ audio from Mpeg2 based EVO files.
_ NO support for mpeg-4 / H264 based files.

- Optional removal of Padding packets.
_ Normally for use with Non-VOB variable bitrate Program Streams,
_ can be used more extensively by turning off VOB preservation and
_ by unlocking the System Header in the output options.

- Allow for clip shorter than audio delay.

- Misc minor changes.

- Warning for Panasonic DVD recorders :-
_I still need to do a lot more work for compatibility.
_E.g. Long clips still seem to have problems for some reason.

- Warning for Satellite users :-
_The Time Stamp correction option is NOT compatible with Satellite.


Latest Revision:-__ 18 Mar 2008 _- Build 7318

- Fixed bug in Mpeg-1 Audio packet PTS output parsing.
_ There are still some issues when input file has Sequence Errors.
_ But I figure that is an unusual situation.
- Fixed bug in VOB preservation option.
- Experimental support for files with SEQ HDR only at start.
_ If first selected GOP has no SEQ, copies first SEQ from preamble.
- Better support for Athlon Thunderbird.
_ Previously made bad decisions about hardware capability,
_ Pleading to crash in audio decoder dll.
- Audio Decoder override setting saved across sessions.
- More buttons on tool bar.
_ Perhaps too many? _ Buttons, buttons, who's got the buttons ?
- Mouse Wheel Scroll Support.
_ Scroll amount can be adjusted to taste via the Menu.
- Color adjustment when viewing.
_ Blue, Red (UV) sliders on Luminance adjustment panel.
_ This is an extension of previous "yuk" toggle for green skin.
- Maximize / Restore Window - behaviour cleaned up.
_ Cosmetic improvement.
- Manual Aspect Ratio selections extended.
_ More settings to allow for wider range of overrides.
- Output folder options extended.
- Very crude Experimental support for preview of Multi-Angle.
_ Enable through Menu - View - Multi-Angle.
_ This setting is NOT saved across sessions, as still very experimental.
- Misc minor changes.

- Warning for Panasonic DVD recorders ::-
_I still need to do a lot more work for compatibility.
_E.g. Long clips still seem to have problems for some reason.

- Warning for Satellite users :-
_The Time Stamp correction option is NOT compatible with Satellite


Latest Revision:-__ 17 SEPT 2006 _- Build 6917

- Toolbar Extended.
_ Extra ugly buttons for Preview/Playback.
_ Scrollbar moved below the main toolbar.
- Keyboard command "V" = Volume Boost.
_ Previously the "A" command did both this and track cycling,
_ but now the 2 actions are separated.
- Optimized Deep Parsing.
_ People with fast CPUs may not notice much difference,
_ unless you also have an even faster I/O sub-system.
_ Overhead of Deep Parsing & Parse All Packets is now quite small.
_ Hand optimized the byte level scanning to reduce CPU load.
_ Reads are now aligned to end on 32k boundary.
- Cleaner handling of Satellite / unaligned Mpeg streams.
- Experimental interface for use by IgCutter.
_ Option to pass FROM and TO selection points via parameter.
_ Various limitations apply in this basic implementation.
_ For more info, see Mpg2Cut2.TXT.
- Command line parameter option "//PLAY".
_ Selected file/s will be played upon opening.
_ The associated action "Play_Mpg2Cut2" can be set up using:
_ _ _ menu - Misc - Associate With File Types.
- Better handling of read error during copy.
_ This is to allow partial extraction of data from a faulty disk.
_ If the "OK" button is clicked after a read error,
_ the program will try to resume after seeking forward to
_ the next 32k boundary, or further if contiguous errors found.
_ The process is slow, because of I/O sub-system retry attempts.
_ Note that the presence of read errors is a very bad sign,
_ especially if reading from a hard disk ! 8-(
- Better handling of extra long pack siizes from TwinHan DTV.
_ Only impacted the "Include TO frame" option.
- Tool Tips can be disabled.
- Prevent single frame mode from triggeering frame dropper.
_ Bug suppressed some frames while single stepping.
- Miscellaneous small changes.

- Warning for Panasonic DVD recorders ::-
_I still need to do a lot more work for compatibility.
_E.g. Long clips still seem to have problems for some reason.

- Warning for Satellite users :-
_The Time Stamp correction option is NOT compatible with Satellite.


Last Revision:-__ 02 JUNE 2006 _- Build 6602

- Video Header Correction.
_ DTV files with corrupt Width, Height or Chroma format,
_ can be corrected during output using a new Parsing option:-
_ _ _ _ _ "Fix Errors In Headers"
_ "Deep Parsing" is recommended when fixing errors.

- No disabling of menu items and buttons.
_ Rather than disabling some actions during preview,
_ those actions will now stop playback before proceeding.

- Better validation of potential Audio header during preview.
_ Should reduce false triggering of Mpeg audio preview.

- BMP snapshot no longer advances frame.
- Miscellaneous API Changes.
_ Hopefully a reduced chance of deadlocks.

- Slightly improved PTS matching for Panasonic DVD recordings.
_ Panasonic Timestamp reset can be overridden,
_ using "Adjust Time Stamps" in menu - Output - Parse options.
_ Only works with single clip for output, NOT multiple clips.
_ Needs a lot more work.


Last Revision:-__ 26 April 2006 _- Build 6426

- Slightly improved PTS matching.
_ Panasonic Timestamp reset can be overridden,
_ using "Adjust Time Stamps" in menu - Output - Parse options.
_ Only works with single clip for output, NOT multiple clips.
_ Needs a lot more work.


Last Revision:-__ 12 April 2006 _- Build 6412

- Fixed incorrect description in "Force Aspect" message.
_ The message contained the wrong description of the new Aspect Ratio.

- Drag'n'Drop Folder of mpg files.
_ To load a whole bunch of flies at once.
_ Courtesy of "WeWantWideScreen".

- Menu command to invoke external players.
_ Currently supports Media Player Classic and PowerDVD,
_ Windows Media Player, Creative Play Centre & VideoLanC
_ Courtesy of "WeWantWideScreen".

- Allow Deep Parsing without Parsing All Packets.
_ You can more safely TURN OFF "Parse All Packets" to run a bit faster.
_ Previously, Deep Parsing would force parsing of All Packets for safety.
_ Now, they are quite independent settings,
_ allowing faster output when no need for All Packets to be parsed.

_ Note: You will STILL need BOTH "Parse All Packets" & "Deep Parsing",
_ IF you need to fix header bitrates throughout a file, not just the start.

- RGB mode preview - performance improvement.
_ When the video card overlay is not available,
_ a quick and dirty decode to RGB will be the default,
_ rather than the slow, more exact RGB decode.
_ The preview will look a bit uglier, but it's faster.
_ If I figure out what the calculations are being performed
_ in the $%@# undocumented assembler code,
_ then I might improve the fast decode further.
_ Or - someone can just tell me...

- Demux option to allow audio only extraction.
- Mpeg-1 demux now supported.
_ This does NOT include time stamp matching.
_ If an Mpeg-1 video stream is wrapped in Mpeg-2 packets,
_ then it shall be listed as "Mpeg1+2".

- Fixed bug in Clip List Reload.
_ Still occasionally crashes though.
_ Just relaunch program if crash occurs.

- Toolbar font more readable on high-res displays.
_ So old folks can see what is what.

- Scroll bar can now interrupt playing.
_ Previously Scroll bar was ignored while playing.
_ Still a bit crude, needs more work.

- Option to always avoid using Overlay.
_ Allows for situation where overlay driver is not compatible.
_ Menu - View - Technical - Never Use Overlay.

- Marginally better support for Transport Streams.
_ Seems OK viewing Australian TS streams,
_ but not with most European streams.

- Some small bug fixes.
_ Audio boost now retreats in smaller steps, but more quickly.
_ Backward GOP and Forward File tweaked a little bit...

- Some API changes


Last Revision:-__ 5 April 2006 _- Build 6405

- Allow Deep Parsing without Parsing All Packets.
_ You can more safely TURN OFF "Parse All Packets" to run a bit faster.
_ Previously, Deep Parsing would force parsing of All Packets for safety.
_ Now, they are quite independent settings,
_ allowing faster output when no need for All Packets to be parsed.

_ Note: You will STILL need BOTH "Parse All Packets" & "Deep Parsing",
_ IF you need to fix header bitrates throughout a file, not just the start.

- RGB mode preview - performance improvement.
_ When the video card overlay is not available,
_ a quick and dirty decode to RGB will be the default,
_ rather than the slow, more exact RGB decode.
_ The preview will look a bit uglier, but it's faster.
_ If I figure out what the calculations are being performed
_ in the $%@# undocumented assembler code,
_ then I might improve the fast decode further.
_ Or - someone can just tell me...

- Demux option to allow audio only extraction.
- Mpeg-1 demux now supported.
_ This does NOT include time stamp matching.
_ If an Mpeg-1 video stream is wrapped in Mpeg-2 packets,
_ then it shall be listed as "Mpeg1+2".

- Menu command to invoke external players.
_ Currently supports Media Player Classic and PowerDVD,
_ Courtesy of "WeWantWideScreen".
_ Others may be supported later if I figure out why they crash.

- Fixed bug in Clip List Reload.
_ Still occasionally crashes though.
_ Just relaunch program if crash occurs.

- Toolbar font more readable on high-res displays.
_ So old folks can see what is what.

- Scroll bar can now interrupt playing.
_ Previously Scroll bar was ignored while playing.
_ Still a bit crude, needs more work.

- Option to always avoid using Overlay.
_ Allows for situation where overlay driver is not compatible.
_ Menu - View - Technical - Never Use Overlay.

- Marginally better support for Transport Streams.
_ Seems OK with Australian TS streams,
_ but not with a sample French WinDTV stream.

- Some small bug fixes.
_ Audio boost now retreats in smaller steps, but more quickly.
_ Backward GOP and Forward File tweaked a little bit...

- Some API changes


Last Revision:-__ 13 Feb 2006 _- Build 6213

- Further fixes for bug in Default System Header.
_ Mainly impacted DTV / SAT files with no System Header,
_ since mid-January 2006.
_ Program should now correct any such file during save, including Unmux.
- Fixed bug in Recycle action.
_ Was causing "insufficient storage" message.
- Faster Snapshot.
_ Converted BiCubic Floating Point calculations to Integer.
- New option for Default Output Folder handling.
_ Now allows 3 different options instead of 2.
_ See TXT file for documentation.
- Fixed Mpeg-1 Elementary Stream parsing crash.
- Upgrade to API for Plug-Ins.


Last Revision:-__ 06 Feb 2006 _- Build 6206

- Upgrade to API for Plug-Ins..
_ API version 020502.


Last Revision:-__ 05 Feb 2006 _- Build 6205

- Fixed bug in Default System Header.
_ Mainly impacted DTV / SAT files with no System Header.
- Align leading Video packet.
_ First video packet will be aligned on SEQ header.
- 3rd Party Plug-In.
_ See separate download link below.
- Fixed bug that stopped packet alignment from triggering.
_ May have been an issue with some utilities.
- Preferences Dialog.
_ Supplied by WeWantWideScreen.
- CDXA RIFF wrapped files partially supported.
_ Strips RIFF wrapper from CDXA mpeg files.
- Audio output - selectable file extension.
- Output priority 3-way radio button.
_ Instead of single "Slow" check box.
- If Recycle attempt fails, then will use ordinary delete.
- Cleaned up reload of Edit List a little.
_ Better handling when saved selection had not yet been added.
_ Still a bit buggy.
- File-Append name filter defaults to same file extension.
_ To help prevent mixing the streams between PS and ES.
_ Because mixing the streams is bad.
- File-Close-Current.
_ To exclude the current file from the list of input files.
- File-Close-Others.
_ To retain the current file, but exclude all others from the list.
- Plug-in API extended to File-Close actions.
- Adjusted audio preview buffering slightly.
- Overlay interface changed.
_ A somewhat speculative technical change.
_ Now uses DWORD access instead of BYTE level.


Last Revision:-__ 30 Jan 2006 _- Build 6130

- 3rd Party Plug-In.
_ See separate download link below.
- Fixed bug that stopped packet alignment from triggering.
_ May have been an issue with some utilities.
- Preferences Dialog.
_ Supplied by WeWantWideScreen.
- CDXA RIFF wrapped files partially supported.
_ Strips RIFF wrapper from CDXA mpeg files.
- Audio output - selectable file extension.
- Output priority 3-way radio button.
_ Instead of single "Slow" check box.
- If Recycle attempt fails, then will use ordinary delete.
- Cleaned up reload of Edit List a little.
_ Better handling when saved selection had not yet been added.
_ Still a bit buggy.
- File-Append name filter defaults to same file extension.
_ To help prevent mixing the streams between PS and ES.
_ Because mixing the streams is bad.
- File-Close-Current.
_ To exclude the current file from the list of input files.
- File-Close-Others.
_ To retain the current file, but exclude all others from the list.
- Plug-in API extended to File-Close actions.
- Adjusted audio preview buffering slightly.
- Overlay interface changed.
_ A somewhat speculative technical change.
_ Now uses DWORD access instead of BYTE level.


Last Revision:-__ 22 Jan 2006 _- Build 6122

- Cleaned up reload of Edit List.
_ Better handling when saved selection had not yet been added.
_ Still a bit buggie.
- File-Append name filter defaults to same file extension.
_ To help prevent mixing the streams between PS and ES.
_ Because mixing the streams is bad.
- File-Close-Current.
_ To exclude the current file from the list of input files.
- File-Close-Others.
_ To retain the current file, but exclude all others from the list.
- Plug-in API extended to File-Close actions.
- Adjusted audio preview buffering slightly.
- Overlay interface changed.
_ A somewhat speculative technical change.
_ Now uses DWORD access instead of BYTE level.


Last Revision:-__ 17 Jan 2006 _- Build 6117

- Fixed bug in Output Throttle.
_ Was resetting to low priority, causing output to be slow.
- Default System Header now more generic.
_ When the input file has NO Sys header, the program adds a dummy.
_ This is now a more generic style, and MAY improve compatibilty.
_ This is controlled by Output menu option "Default System Header".
- Recycle Bin used as default for file deletion, where possible.
_ Large files still get immediate delete, due to size restrictions.
_ You can turn it off if you do not like it.
- Command to associate with Mpeg files in Windows Explorer.
_ Menu-Misc-Associate. Supplied by "WeWantWideScreen".
- Audio Delay calculation locked to GOP PTS.
_ This should give more consistent information.
- Audio Packet Trimming now independent of PTS Matching.
- Auto-selection logic cleaned up a bit.
_ This should help when appending files.
- Fixed bug in Trackbar selection display.
_ Was causing confusion due to occasional incorrect display.
- Fixed one of the bugs in Time-Of-Day (TOD) co-ordinates.
_ A little more work still needed on this.
- Cleaned up Plug-In interfaces.


Last Revision:-__ 30 Dec 2005 _- Build 5C30

- Fixed bug in Trackbar selection display.
_ Was causing confusion due to occasional incorrect display.
- Fixed one of the bugs in Time-Of-Day (TOD) co-ordinates.
_ A little more work still needed on this.


Last Revision:-__ 27 Dec 2005 _- Build 5C27

- Fixed one of the bugs in Time-Of-Day (TOD) co-ordinates.


Last Revision:-__ 09 Dec 2005 _- Build 5C09

- Auto-Save on Edit Decision List.
_ Automatically saves clip in-out points as you go along.
- Aspect Ratio honoured on BMP snapshots.
_ FIXED BUG that produced black or streaky snapshots.
_ BMP Format can be controlled in menu - Output - BMP Format.
_ Option for BMP snapshot to Clipboard by typing "C" or Ctrl-C.
- Luminance correction independent setting for BMP/RGB.
- Time display can be set to show Time Of Day.
_ Useful for DTV files, to locate an event that occured at a specific time.
- Optionally retain original File Date/Time on output.
_ Useful for DTV files, to know the original recording date/time.
_ Especially recommended if Time display set to TOD (see above).
- Suppress dialog on file name passed from Windows Explorer.
_ This option makes for faster start-up, so it is now the default.
- Super-CUE modes = Very, Very, Fast Fwd.
__Shift-[*] on NumPad.
__3 speeds equating to auto-repeat of the 3 GOP skipping amounts.
- Stop CUE on change of Mpeg Aspect Ratio.
__Not a very elegant stop though.
- Cycle Audio track selection on playback, using "A" key.
__Quickly swap between different language streams in preview.
- LPCM audio - partial support.
- Output Save speed tailorable via INI file.
_ Separate settings for Slow, Normal and High Priority .
- Better detection of "Overlay Unavailable" in Win2k.
- Allow removal of file from input list even if clip list begun.
_ Clip list automatically adjusted to remove corresponding references.
- EDL file name saved between sessions.
_ File Delete will also delete the current EDL file.
- Font colour can be set via INI file.
- Mpeg Profile and Level shown on Stats window.
- Changed approach to audio playback timing.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and small changes.


Last Revision:-__ 30 Nov 2005 _- Build 5B30

- Aspect Ratio honoured on BMP snapshots.
_ Still a bit buggy - may produce a black snapshot.
_ Can be turned off in menu - Output - BMP Format.
_ Option for BMP snapshot to Clipboard by typing "C" or Ctrl-C.
- Time display can be set to show Time Of Day.
_ Useful for DTV files, to locate an event that occured at a specific time.
- Optionally retain original File Date/Time on output.
_ Useful for DTV files, to know the original recording date/time.
_ Especially recommended if Time display set to TOD (see above).
- Suppress dialog on file name passed from Windows Explorer.
_ This option makes for faster start-up, so it is now the default.
- Super-CUE modes = Very, Very, Fast Fwd.
__Shift-[*] on NumPad.
__3 speeds equating to auto-repeat of the 3 GOP skipping amounts.
- Stop CUE on change of Mpeg Aspect Ratio.
__Not a very elegant stop though.
- Cycle Audio track selection on playback, using "A" key.
__Quickly swap between different language streams in preview.
- LPCM audio - partial support.
- Output Save speed tailorable via INI file.
_ Separate settings for Slow, Normal and High Priority .
- Better detection of "Overlay Unavailable" in Win2k.
- Allow removal of file from input list even if clip list begun.
_ Clip list automatically adjusted to remove corresponding references.
- EDL file name saved between sessions.
_ File Delete will also delete the current EDL file.
- Font colour can be set via INI file.
- Mpeg Profile and Level shown on Stats window.
- Changed approach to audio playback timing.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and small changes.


Last Revision:-__ 4 Nov 2005 _- Build 5B04

- LPCM audio - partial support.
- Stop CUE on change of Mpeg Aspect Ratio.
__Not a very elegant stop though.
- Super-CUE mode = Very, Very, Very, Fast Fwd.
__Shift-[*] on NumPad. Fast search for Aspect Ratio Change.
- Cycle Audio track selection on playback, using "A" key.
__Quickly swap between different language streams in preview.
- Output Save speed tailorable via INI file.
_ Separate settings for Slow, Normal and High Priority .
- Font colour can be set via INI file.
- Better detection of "Overlay Unavailable" in Win2k.
- Remove File from list allowed when clip list already begun.
- Miscellaneous small changes.
- 175k Zip file :-


Last Revision:-__ 21 Oct 2005 _- Build 5A21

- CUE mode no longer interferes with backward stepping.
- Audio alignment of non-mpeg audio packet at start of clip.


Last Revision:-__ 18 Oct 2005 _- Build 5A18

- Audio alignment of non-mpeg audio packet at start.


Last Revision:-__ 17 Oct 2005 _- Build 5A17

- Cue/FastFwd toggle mode to reduce RSI - numeric pad [*] .
__Instead of holding down the Fast Fwd arrow continuously,
__single press the [*] key on the numeric key pad to enter Cue mode.
__Press again to return to normal speed, or press any arrow to stop.
__KNOWN BUG : CUE INTERFERES WITH BACKWARD GOP STEPPING.

- Extended Fast Play.
- Do not allow overwrite of any current input file.
- Output folder retained while working on same input file. Win2K+
- F1 key displays the Mpg2Cut2 documentation
__ Hot Keys now shown at the start of the document.
- Fix minor bugs


Last Revision:-__ 20 Sep 2005 _- Build 5920
- New frame stepping method supplied by Tulebox.
- Detect corrupted curr_frame[2] pointer.
- Stop divide by zero error on end of file redisplay.


Last Revision:-__ 2 Sep 2005 _- Build 5902
- Page-Up and Page-Down keys for scrolling.
- Flag first GOP of clip as "Broken Link".
- Fixed VOB bug - sometimes dropped first Vob Nav Pack.
- "Slow" option is now even slower.
- Frame Rate override in View menu.
- Allow for Video PTS sequence error during audio matching.
_ _Except for Australian Ch.7.


Last Revision:-__ 20 Aug 2005 _- Build 5820
- Flag first GOP of clip as "Broken Link".
- Fixed VOB bug - sometimes dropped first Vob Nav Pack.
- "Slow" option is now even slower.
- Frame Rate override in View menu.
- Allow for Video PTS sequence error during audio matching.
_ _Except for Australian Ch.7.


Last Revision:-__ 2 Aug 2005 _- Build 5802
- Flag first GOP of clip as "Broken Link".
- Fixed bug - sometimes dropped first Vob Nav Pack.
- Allow for Video PTS sequence error during audio matching.
- Experimental option - Time Stamp Adjustment.


Last Revision:-__ 12 July 2005 _- Build 5712
- Experimental Mpeg-1 support.
__ Viewing works for the most part.
__ Cutting is binary mode ONLY. NO output parsing.
__ Single selection ONLY.
__ MONO audio will not decode properly (pre-existing bug).
__ Do NOT intermix different Mpeg formats in the one session.
__ Warning message to alert user that this format is NOT really supported.
- Audio sync during preview improved in "Lock to Audio" option.
- "Fast Preview" is more aggresive, to allow for slower CPUs,
__ and now has an intermediate setting.
- Show nominal Mux rate and chroma format on stats panel.
- Try to show last decoded frame at EOF. Sometimes works.
- BMP folder default setting corrected.
- Edit list reload also restores current location.
- Drag and Drop now supports EDL files.
- Trap crash when frame pointer lost.
- Fast 4:2:0 decode now has faster Luminance adjustment,
_ and can be used for 4:2:2 too.
- Slightly better handling for Transport Streams,
__ but don't expect a proper picture or sound on unsupported files. __
__ Video PID selection is via menu. No Audio-PID selection yet.
- The obsolete Block level location option has been removed.


Last Revision:-__ 08 July 2005 _- Build 5708
- Audio sync during preview improved in "Lock to Audio" option.
- "Fast Preview" is more aggresive, to allow for slower CPUs.
- Show nominal Mux rate and chroma format on stats panel.
- Try to show last decoded frame at EOF. Sometimes works.
- BMP folder default setting corrected.
- Edit list reload also restores current location.
- Drag and Drop now supports EDL files.
- Trap crash when frame pointer lost.
- Fast 4:2:0 decode now has faster Luminance adjustment,
_ and can be used for 4:2:2 too.
- Slightly better handling for unsupported Mpeg formats,
__ but don't expect a proper picture or sound on unsupported files. __PID selection is via menu.
- The obsolete Block level location option has been removed.


Last Revision:-__ 02 July 2005 _- Build 5702
- Edit list reload also restores current location to view.
- Drag and Drop now supports EDL files.
- Trap crash when frame pointer lost.
- Fast 4:2:0 decode now has faster Luminance adjustment,
_ and can be used for 4:2:2 too.
- Slightly better support for non conforming streams.


Last Revision:-__ 22 June 2005 _- Build 5622
- Creation date info on File Names List.
- Karaoke function and Audio Anti-Phase error correction.
___ Very basic at this stage. See documentation.
- Fast Preview (Shift-F9).
- Toolbar Toggle (F11).
- Warn if Transport Stream detected.
- Some minor bug fixes.
- Documentation on using with Adobe.
- Sample REG file now includes ".EDL" file type entries.


Last Revision:-__ 06 June 2005 _- Build 5606
- Save and reload Edit Decision List.
___ Very basic at this stage. See documentation.
- Try to trap Multi-Monitor crash.
- Non-Overlay maximized display bug fixed.
- User selected folder for BMP output.
- Post-Process option to invoke external program after save.
- Drag-and-Drop File response configurable in Menu.
- Creation Date of input file shown on rename window.
- Release video overlay when not required.
- M = Mute audio.
- Documentation now includes introductory usage info.
- Allow for over-range values from MPAlib decoder.
- Warning when Disk I/O performance is poor.


Last Revision:-__ 01 June 2005 _- Build 5601
- Try to trap Multi-Monitor crash.
- Non-Overlay maximized display bug fixed.
- User selected folder for BMP output. Bug fixed.
- Post-Process option to invoke external program after save.
- Drag-and-Drop File response configurable in Menu.
- Creation Date of input file shown on rename window.
- Release video overlay when not required.
- M = Mute audio.
- Documentation now includes introductory usage info.
- Allow for over-range values from MPAlib decoder.
- Warning when Disk I/O performance is poor.


Last Revision:-__ 28 May 2005 _- Build 5528
- User selected folder for BMP output.
- Post-Process option to invoke external program after save.
- Drag-and-Drop File response configurable in Menu.
- Creation Date of input file shown on rename window.
- Release video overlay when not required.
- M = Mute audio.
- Documentation now includes introductory usage info.
- Allow for over-range values from MPAlib decoder.
- Warning when Disk I/O performance is poor.


Last Revision:-__ 19 May 2005 _- Build 5519
- Post-Process option to invoke external program after save.
- Drag-and-Drop File response configurable in Menu.
- Creation Date of input file shown on rename window.
- Release video overlay when not required.
- M = Mute audio.
- Documentation now includes introductory usage info.
- Allow for over-range values from MPAlib decoder.
- Warning when Disk I/O performance is poor.


Last Revision:-__ 16 May 2005 _- Build 5516
- Post-Process option to invoke external program after save.
- Drag-and-Drop File response configurable in Menu.
- Creation Date of input file shown on rename window.
- Release video overlay when not required.
- M = Mute audio.
- Documentation now includes introductory usage info.
- Allow for over-range values from MPAlib decoder.


Last Revision:-__ 3 May 2005 _- Build 5503
- Post-Process option to invoke external program after save.
- Drag-and-Drop File response configurable in Menu.
- Creation Date of input file shown on rename window.
- Release video overlay when not required.
- M = Mute audio.
- Documentation now includes introductory usage info.


Last Revision:-__ 29 April 2005 _- Build 5429
- Post-Process option to invoke external program after save.
- Drag-and-Drop File Response configurable in Menu.
- Creation Date of input file shown on rename window.
- Release video Overlay when not required.
- M = Mute Audio.
- Documentation now includes introductory usage info.


Last Revision:-__ 25 April 2005 _- Build 5425
- Post-Process option to invoke external program after save.
- Drag-and-Drop File Response configurable in Menu.
- Creation Date of input file shown on rename window.


Last Revision:-__ 21 April 2005 _- Build 5421
- Drag-and-Drop File Response configurable in Menu.
- Creation Date of input file shown on rename window.


Last Revision:-__ 12 April 2005 _- Build 5412
- File Rename command and Tidy Name options.
- Fixed bug in 4:2:2 display.
- Override Aspect Ratio on View and Output.
___ Allow fixing of streams that contain incorrect aspect ratio.
- Zoom setting improved for low-res videos. Tidier too.
- Unmux command outputs to separate Elementary Streams.
- Deep Parsing option for header fixing to search entire file.
- Fix crash on exit under Windows 2000,
___ and on EOF in some environments.
- Fixed bug in single GOP skip (Back or Forward) on DTV.
- Navigation Jump sizes can be changed in INI file.
___ AFTER the new version is run at least once, "JumpSpan" line appears in INI file.
- Allow for cropped SCR (missing high order bit) when sorting.
- Miscellaneous minor adjustments.
- Output Parsing still under development.
___ Experimental Features - NOT READY YET ! This is NOT an Easter Egg.


*Last Revision:-__ 07 March 2005 _- Build 5307
- Multi-clip Preview now works for VOB files too.
- Slow-Motion Preview option.
- Fiddling with the frame skipping parameters.
- Alt-F8 = Preview the END of the Selection only
- Fixed crash during Multi-clip Preview.
- Miscellaneous minor adjustments.
- Experimental - Mpeg Audio - align first packet to syncword.


PREVIOUS Revision: 13 December 2004 _- Build 4C13
- PTS matching extended.
__Allows for sparse PTS on some Video streams.
- Misc. Performance Improvements.
__Pentium 4 SSE2 IDCT module from a more recent version of DVD2AVI.
__Extended frame dropping options for HD preview on slow CPU.
__Fast 4:2:0 menu option moved into more obvious position
- Mux style info in stats panel.
__Interleave span between video/audio swaps.
__PTS Span - how many video frames with same Presentation TimeStamp.
- More documentation.
- Menu Heading added for Preview controls
- "Include To-Frame" option extended to Elementary Streams.
- Time Stamp wrap around provision when sorting files by SCR