Movica

Beta 6.6 - June 2008
Added a Zoomed-in waveform view during audio file editing

Menu option to unload a file - really needed only for .flv files
Ability to edit mp3 files - edit, split, join
New languages supported (All thanks to contributors listed below)
- Català - Manel de Losada
- Chinese (Traditional) - Eric Chou
- Dutch - Arie Moolhuizen
Updated the translations for the following languages:
- Francais - Jean-Paul Moulin
- German - Wolf Haberbosch
- Italian - Alessio Bitetto
- Japanese - Masaki (freesoftdownload.1-yo.com)
- Portuguese - Danielle Tavares da Silva
- Spanish - Guillermo Revuelta


Beta 6.5 - December 2007
This is an emergency release to fix a bug with editing of MPG files
- Thanks to an anonymous user who reported this problem

'Stay on top' is applicable only when playing media
Prompts to save the selections when exiting the application
Audio cue when edit operation is completed - User requested feature


Beta 6.4 - November 2007

* Compact mode to help multi-taskers edit movies and work at the same time; this is a user requested feature!
* This is almost an emergency release to fix a few problems
- Flash video files seekable in flash players
- Fixed crash when joining some flash movies
* Updated translations in Japanese


Beta 6.3 - October 2007

* Ability to edit wma files e.g. the lossless wma audio files
* Waveform display for audio files to help in editing - thanks to BASS library
* Updated translations in Portuguese as submitted by Danielle Tavares da Silva
* Usability enhancements
- Check for updates is disabled by default
- Busy indicator in status bar when loading files
- Minor bugs and such


Beta 6.2 - September 2007

* Minor changes mark this release
* Fixed the bug with not seeing .flv files in the 'Select files' dialog when joining movies
* Added support for Serbian language, updated translations for Japanese
* The total duration of the selected segments is displayed in the status bar
* Usability enhancements
- Hitting the space bar will play the highlighted selection during editing
- Will prompt you to save Moviclips if you make changes


Beta 6.1 - September 2007

* Ability to now save selections (cutlist) as separte files
* Added a recent opened file list for quick access
* Added Arabic translations, updated the Japanese translations
* All settings will now be saved in config file - allowing for portable configuration
* Usability enhancements
- Added option to turn off recent file history
- Added more text to the language pack


Beta 6.0 - August 2007

* A lot of modifications were made to add two more file formats
* The new formats allow for editing, joining and splitting - as with mpg and wmv
* Some settings are now saved in config files rather than the registry; next version should move all settings out of the registry
* New formats that are now supported
- Flash Video - using the open source tool flvtool
- RealMedia Video - using rmeditor from Real
* Usability enhancements
- The fine-tuning was painfully slow; increased the speed
- Made 'frame-accurate editing' the default mode for wmv files
- Added more text to the language pack
- Some cosmetic changes
- Updated help and FAQ online


Beta 5 - May 2007

* Moved over to .NET Framework 2.0
* Tools Supported
- Import Comskip file (under Tools -> Import Comskip)
- Import SmartSkip file (under Tools -> Import SmartSkip)
* Advanced options enabled
- Disable update check on startup


Beta 4.5 - Apr 2007

* Added some more language files
- Updates Japanese, German, Hungarian as submitted by native speakers
- Added machine translated text for the following languages - Czech
- Added search box to the language translator
- Language tranlator will preserve you changes even when Movica is upgraded
- [Please help me in creating Movica for your language]
* Advanced options enabled
- Keep editor / player on top when playing
* Usability changes
- Some minor ones
- Editing of a selection when only the start position is known


Beta 4.4 - Jan 2007

* Fixed a few problems (and requested features) reported by users
- Added support for non-English languages
- Currently has machine translated text for the following languages - German, Japanese, Italian, French, Portuguese, Korean, Spanish
- Added a translation editing tool to add / modify languages
- Language tranlator will preserve you changes even when Movica is upgraded
- Language tranlator will preserve you changes even when Movica is upgraded
- [Please help me in creating Movica for your language]
* Advanced options enabled
- Ability to edit the language packs
* Usability changes
- Some minor ones


Beta 4.3 - Nov 2006

* Fixed a few problems (and requested features) reported by users
- Volume mute status was not remembered across sessions
- Volume mute lost when volume slider was changed
- The fine tuner did not ensure that the start of end
- Would crash if tabs were changed while playing
- Remembers the window state and selected tab when restarted
- Visual seeking of movie even when movie is paused was added
* Advanced options enabled
- Automatic clearing of the trace window before every edit
- Change video file view in select video dialogs
* Usability changes
- Removed the fine tuner with two sliders
- Added shortcut keys for fine tuner resolution [Alt+Up and Alt+Dn]


Beta 4- Sept 2006

* Ability to save MoviClips - the editing points without editing the file
- Appropriate when multiple edit versions are needed
- Support .avi files for creating MoviClips. Editing is still not supported.
- Not recommended when reducing file size is the main goal
* Advanced options enabled
- Force joining of incompatible mpeg files
- Frame accurate editing of .wmv / .asf files
* Usability changes
- Toolbar for the selected scenes list
- Reorganisation of the pull down menus
- Learning the tool - added text on the screen and tooltips to help the user get upto speed faster
- Removed selection logging as it was difficult to use
* Player Enhancements
- Full Screen playback
- Auto repeat; Playing in a loop
* Double clicking on MoviClip files will play these files
* Other Minor fixes


Beta 3- Aug 2006

This is the first release based largely on feedback recieved. Also the first time where some features do not have shortkeys (the finer adjustment buttons) ; will be addressing this in the next release

* Finer tuning possible on selections
* The fine tuner based on percentage adjustment is still available
* The finer adjustment is based on a configurable time interval
* Ability to split movies based on duration, size and number.
* Detailed information view for movie files
* View information on multiple movie files in the join tab.
* Technically speaking, got the converters running in asynchronous mode. This was needed for the spliting and to prevent some serious problems that Microsoft has kept in the way command line tools can be used.
* Guides published : How to join movies using Movica, How to split movies using Movica


Beta 2- June 2006

This is when I decided to inflict this tool on the rest of humanity. Also wanted to contribute something to the Open Source community. Features:

* Support for mpg / mpeg files
* Joining sections together
* Added buttons and UI elements for some features
* Changed controls to look more like Media Player Classic
* Wrote some documentation, which was earlier just a simple text file
* Guide published : How to edit movies using Movica


Beta 1- November 2005

This was the first release and since it was written entirely for me, I did not bother to put it on sourceforge. It had the following features

* Editing multiple sections of a wmv movie
* Fine tuning based on percentage adjustment
* Shortcut keys support
* Windows media player look and feel