MKVtools/ AVITools/ MP4Tools 3.2.4

MkvTools
3.2.4 - 1/28/13
Fixed a bug that prevented the "Split" button from being enabled in Snow Leopard
Fixed some permission issues that could effect users on computers with mulitple accounts


MkvTools
3.2.3 - 1/14/12
Fixed a bug that sometimes occurred when multiple audio tracks were selected
Fixed a bug that could cause MKVtools to crash during the muxing step


MkvTools
3.2.2 - 1/2/12
Numerous watch mode fixes


MkvTools
3.2.1 - 12/30/12
Fixed bug that would potentially freeze the application
Improved and expanded watch mode
subfolders are now "watched"
watched files are no longer moved to a processing folder
Numerous fixes to the setting presets
Presets options now includes "None" for the video track
Expanded filtering capabilities for the selections presets


MkvTools
3.2 - 12/8/12
Code has been completely rewritten from applescript to Obj-C so the chance of lingering bugs is high :-).
Improved general responsiveness of application
Fixed bug causing the app to crash when multiple files were queued.
Numerous fixes and improvements to joining.
Joining (2 files max) can now be tested in the non-registered version. Open a file and then use the Add File button to add a file to join.
Added checks for volume permissions and disk space
Resolved registration issue with systems where macports had overwritten "user 501"
Windows can be re-sized.


MkvTools
3.0 - 1/27/12 (changes from MKVtools 2.4.7)
Initial release of the rebranded version of MKVtools which incorporates all MKV related features of the original version and ...
Added the ability to create MKV videos from multiple video formats
Added the ability to join MKV videos
The Quick Tab has been removed to be replaced by ...
Added user definable "presets" to automate which tracks are selected
Added user definable "presets" to automate conversion settings, including the option for letting MKVtools "guess" at the best settings
MKVtools can now be put in a watch mode, where it will monitor a "watch folder" and process any videos added to the folder using the presets
This application will NO LONGER create MP4 or AVI videos, use MP4tools or AVItools for that functionality
New registration system tied to the name of the original user account (admin or standard user) which will allow MKVtools to be registered on multiple and upgraded computers (as long as the computers share original account names).
Improved handling of SSA/ASS subtitles.
Added the capability to mux multiple audio and sub tracks
added toggle all video/audio/sub buttons
can now input mpeg 2 video tracks
dragging and dropping single audio tracks will add it to the current video
Various bug fixes.


MkvTools Beta
3.0.b1 - 12/21/11
Initial release of the rebranded version of MKVtools which incorporates all MKV related features of the original version and ...
Added the ability to create MKV videos from multiple video formats
Added the ability to join MKV videos
The Quick Tab has been removed to be replaced by ...
Added user definable "presets" to automate which tracks are selected
Added user definable "presets" to automate conversion settings, including the option for letting MKVtools "guess" at the best settings
MKVtools can now be put in a watch mode, where it will monitor a "watch folder" and process any videos added to the folder using the presets
This application will NO LONGER create MP4 or AVI videos, use MP4tools or AVItools for that functionality
New registration system tied to the name of the original user account (admin or standard user) which will allow MKVtools to be registered on multiple and upgraded computers (as long as the computers share original account names).
Improved handling of SSA/ASS subtitles.
Added the capability to mux multiple audio and sub tracks
added toggle all video/audio/sub buttons
can now input mpeg 2 video tracks
dragging and dropping single audio tracks will add it to the current video
Various bug fixes.


AVITools
3.1.3 - 11/9/11
Fixed bug that could disable buttons in the Edit Files tab.


AVITools
3.1.2 - 11/6/11
Fixed a bug that prevented processes from starting properly
Adjusted some window sizes to make the app more user friendly on 1280 x 800 displays

MP4Tools
3.1.1 - 11/6/11
Improved handling of the creation of videos with multiple audio tracks
Fixed bug where the added stereo tracks would not be added for batched videos
Can now edit the track titles
Improved checking for muxing errors
Adjusted some window sizes to make the app more user friendly on 1280 x 800 displays
Fixed bug where Play wouldn't work for subtitled videos
Can now edit track titles


AVITools
3.1.1 - 11/2/11
Fixed a bug that might make buttons disabled on launch
Fixed a bug that prevented some videos from playing properly


AVITools / MP4Tools
3.1 - 10/27/11
Disabled the S, V, and A buttons as they should be in the edit tab
The Quick Tab has been removed to be replaced by ...
Added user definable "presets" to automate which tracks are selected
Added user definable "presets" to automate conversion settings, including the option for letting AVItools "guess" at the best settings
AVItools can now be put in a watch mode, where it will monitor a "watch folder" and process any videos added to the folder using the presets


AVITools
3.0.4 - 8/13/11

Reverted back to a more reliabe build of mencoder to fix numerous encoding issues
fixed bug where 2-pass encoding might fail under Mac OS X 10.7.x

3.0.2 - 7/19/11

New version of mencoder and mplayer
Fixed issue where AVItools might not recognize filenames containing unicode characters
Imrpoved burning of unicode subtitles
Fixed issue where job progress might not be cleared when a job is deleted
Fixed issue where the queue drawer would temporarily hang up
Added the capability of detecting and turning of Header Removal Compression in MKV videos
will now accept mpeg2 video tracks
Slight change to the registration system which might change your registration code if you had multiple user accounts (e-mail me for a fix)

3.0.1 - 4/19/11

Fixed issue where the user entered bitrate would be ignored
Fixed issue where subtitles would not be extracted
Fixed issue where the username might be truncated

3.0 - 3/23/11 (changes from MKVtools 2.4.4)

Initial release of AVItools which incorporates all AVI related features of MKVtools and ...
New registration system tied to the system username which will allow AVItools to be registered on multiple and upgraded computers (as long as the computers share usernames).
Split AVI videos into segments of a specified file size or by start/end time.
Join AVI videos.
Extract the selected tracks from AVI videos as individual video and/or audio files.
Various bug fixes.

MP4Tools
3.0.3 - 8/19/11

Improved chance of passed thru h264 video working with iPhones and iPads
Added ability to edit the language of tracks

3.0.2 - 8/12/11

Reverted back to a more reliabe build of mencoder to fix numerous encoding issues
fixed bug where 2-pass encoding might fail under Mac OS X 10.7.x
Fixed an issue where the queue drawer might appear to have locked up when dragging a number of files to MP4tools.

3.0.1 - 7/19/11

Fixed issue where MP4tools might not recognize filenames containing unicode characters
fixed bug where header removal compression warning would be repeatedly displayed

3.0 - 6/30/11 (changes from MKVtools 2.4.4)

Initial release of MP4tools which incorporates all MP4 related features of MKVtools and ...
New registration system tied to the name of the original user account (admin or standard user) which will allow MP4tools to be registered on multiple and upgraded computers (as long as the computers share original account names).
Improved conversion of AVI to MP4.
Improved handling of SSA/ASS subtitles.
Added the capability to mux multiple audio and sub tracks
Updated mencoder and mplayer
added toggle all video/audio/sub buttons
can now input mpeg 2 video tracks
dragging and dropping single audio tracks will add it to the current video
Beta Users: There was a slight change to the registration system that might cause your username to change. E-mail if this happened to you.
Various bug fixes.


2.4.4 - 12/14/10

* Improved processing of vorbis audio tracks.
* Enabled processing of flac audio tracks.
* Enabled processing of Wavpack audio tracks.
* Improved conversion of avi videos.
* Fixed a bug where audio would not be converted to 2-Ch. for xbox.
* Various bug fixes.


2.4.3 - 11/15/10

* Fixed error that sometimes occured when opening the preferences window.
* Improved processing of hard subtitles.
* Improved processing of soft subtitles for iPhone/iPod, iPad and Apple TV.
o SSA/ASS subtitles will now be converted to a format that can me muxed into .m4v videos.
* Files destined for iTunes are given an .m4v extension.
* Fixed potential errors when deleting tracks from MP4 files.
* Fixed potential errors when deleting tracks from MKV files.
* Various minor bug fixes


2.4.2 - 10/18/10

* New binaries for mencoder, mplayer, and mkvextract. Let me know if they're working OK.
* Should be able to extract (but not burn) pgs subtitle tracks into .sup files
* MKVtools now recognizes and can re-encode videos with VC-1 video track often found in makeMKV videos.
* Splitting by time interval is again an option.


2.4.1 - 10/11/10

* Multiple audio tracks should now be identifiable on Apple devices.
* New version of mp4box should do a better job of muxing files larger that 4GB.


2.4 - 10/5/10
* Major changes to the user interface.
* Improved handling of non-mkv videos.
* MKVtools will recognize MKV videos that have been created with header removal compression, which can cause problems with conversion and hardware/software playback. MKVtools can create a copy of these videos with this header compression removed.
* Can now add tracks from external files (e.g., subtitle files, audio tracks, ...) to the file to be processed.
* Can now extract and delete tracks from mp4 files.
* AVI videos can now be scaled.
* Users have the option to create mp4 files with dual audio (e.g., 5.1 track for apple TV and stereo for iphone)
* When able, MKVtools will now launch multiple threads.
* Fixed numerous bugs with the mp4 editing capabilities of MKVtools.
* Improved tool tips and codec warnings.
* Numerous under the hood bug fixes and a general streamlining of code.
* tsMuxer control is gone. Sorry. It may return in future versions.
* Improved the downmixing of 5.1 DTS audio.
* Fixed issues with the editing of mp4 pixel aspect ratios.
* Improved adjustments of AVC profile levels.
* Fixed localization issues to led to "xxx is not a number" errors.


2.3.1 (7/13/10)
* Subtitles from external files should now be displayed properly.


2.3(7/6/10)
* MKVtools now accepts any type of video file that mencoder can process (avi, mp4, ... but not VIDEO_TS folders). So you can, for example, now burn srt subtitles into an avi file.
* MKVtools is now intel-only and will probably not work on systems before 10.5. Sorry!
* Lots of rewritten code so lots of potential places for bugs :-).
* MKVtools can be used to control tsMuxer to create .m2ts videos for imroved PS3 playback
o Need to download tsMuxer from the beta page and select the install tsMuxer option from MKVtools' help menu
* Fixed a bug that might cause stuttering on large mp4 files.
* 5.1 DTS and 5.1 AAC audio is now converted to 5.1 AC3 audio for Apple TV and DivX certified DVD players.
* Downmixing of 5.1 DTS audio to stereo is improved.
* 5.1 AC3 and 5.1 DTS audio is now converted to 5.1 AAC audio for PS3
* Can now "burn" external subtitle files into the output.
o the subtitle file must have the same name and be in the same location as the video file.
* Improved presets in a "Quick Conversion" box with one button conversions. MKVtools will guess at the best settings for the selected hardware output.
* Enabled "tool tips" for contextual help
* New version of mp4box should fix a variety of issues.
* New preferences window and options.


2.2.6 (3/15/10)
* Fixed a bug that prevented subtitles from "burning" in some mp4 videos.


2.2.5 (3/6/10)
* Fixed a bug that sometimes caused muxing to fail with mpeg4 encoding.
* Fixed various other issues with encoding using the mpeg4 codec.
* Improved the changing of AVC profile levels for playback on PS3/xbox 360/ Apple TV
* Fixed an error where unwanted subtitles would be burned into some videos.
* Improved the progress reporting of jobs.


2.2.4 (11/23/09)
* Fixed an bug that prevented the extraction of tracks in certain situations.


2.2.3 (11/22/09)
* Hacked together a fix for audio problems with mkv files containing vorbis audio.
* Resolved issues on systems using commas for decimal separators (i.e., 23.456,78 vs. 23,456.78) which caused the application to always ask for video duration and FPS.
* Upgraded to a newer version of mplayer


2.2.1 (9/1/09)
* Added Snow Leopard compatibility


2.2 (7/18/09)
* Hacked together a newer version of mencoder for faster encoding.
* Can now process DTS audio.
* (Intel only) Eliminated the 2GB limit for mp4 file creation (there may still be a 4GB limit)
* AC3 audio can now be passed through to mp4 files. Note that only limited players can handle these files. The extension is changed to .m4v which tricks quicktime and itunes into playing the files (w/ perian installed).
* Updated the components of MKVtoolnix (mkvextract and mkvmerge) to version 2.3
* Alerts should now timeout so that batch jobs will continue
* Improved the handling of profile levels
* Various bug fixes


2.1 (8/18/08)
* Includes conversion presets for Apple TV, PS3, and Xbox 360
* Added a pass through option for video tracks when converting to .mp4
* Added the capability to change the avc level of passed thru h264 videos to 4.1 which may trick your device into playing the video without the need to re-encode
* Added the capability delete the tracks from.mkv files
* Added the capability split .mkv files
* Added the capability join, mux, and change the pixel aspect ratio of .mp4 files
* Can now select multiple audio tracks when converting to .mp4 files.
* Improved error checking and warnings for codec incompatibilities


2.0
* Name changed to MKVtools
* Added the capability to convert to .mp4 files
* Includes a preset for simple conversion to iPod/iPhone playback
* Includes a preset for conversion to Apple TV (still in beta so need feedback)
* Processing speeds should be dramatically increased with better use of multi-core processors
* Provides warnings for incompatible codec combinations
* Does a better job of handling multiple files dragged to the processor window


1.2
(2/2/08)
Improved handling of H.264/AC3 videos
Added compatibility with Mac Os X 10.4


1.1
(1/14/08)
Now compatible with Leopard.
Mplayer is now universal binary.


1.0.2
(8/23/07)
Updated Mkvextract to v.2.0.0
The help menu now include links to help page on this site.


1.0.1
(5/5/07)
Fixed a bug that caused MoKgVm2DVD to prematurely stop the conversion process.


1.0
(4/26/07) Initial stable (hopefully) release with added subtitle control.


.5.070311
(3/11/07) Fixed a bug with the log files option from the last version.


.5.070310
(3/10/07) Added help menu option to keep log files.


.5.070307
(3/7/07) Initial beta release.

* Convert a variety of video file formats like mkv, avi, mp4 and ogm to either avi files or mp4 files.
* Convert various surround sound audio to 5.1 AAC or 5.1 AC3.
* Intuitively select desired video, audio and/or subtitle tracks to process, with the ability to verify the selections using video preview.
* Use presets for one step encoding for playback on a variety of hardware
* Burn selected subtitle track (i.e., hard subtitles) into the video, though this requires that the video track must be re-encoded.
* Control the font, size and positioning of the embedded subtitles.
* Split .mkv videos into sections of a specified file size or by start/end time.
* Delete tracks from .mkv files.
* Join, mux and change the pixel aspect ratio of .mp4 videos.
* Extract the selected tracks as individual video, audio and/or subtitle files.
* Add jobs to a queue either individually or in batches via drag and drop so you can process multiple files overnight (registered copies only)