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9.20

Updated HandBrake core to 1.7.3.


9.19

Added Catalan translation, thanks to david_canovas.
Updated other translations.
Fixed formatting.


10.1 Beta

Updated from Clowd.Squirrel to Velopack installer
Changed installer move to copy, since the .exe is considered a Velopack asset.
Separated the update check and download statuses, and hooked up the download progress UI update.
Updated Velopack version and moved Velopack run to app start to satisfy the validator.

10.0 Beta

Added option to stop showing the encode progress in the Window title. This allows working around a Windows bug where the Alt-Tab switcher flickers on window title updates.
Updated HandBrake core to latest master.


9.18

Fixed issue that caused the main window mini-preview image to disappear.


9.17

First v9 Stable release, that brings all of the v9 Beta work over to the Stable track.

HandBrake core changes:

Added AMD VCN AV1 encoder
Added NVIDIA NVENC AV1 encoder
Added support for SVT-AV1 multi-pass ABR mode
Full list of changes: https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/tag/1.7.0
Enabled NVDec hardware decoding, supported only when using an NVEnc encoder and with the right hardware.

Added an option to remove the cap of 3 simultaneous NVEnc encodes. Only those that have custom NVidia drivers that remove the cap should choose this.

Increased the maximum simultaneous encode setting cap to 16.

Added log window virtualization. This should greatly reduce memory use and prevent hangs when using Extended logging.

Added the option to use a polling folder watcher (Global options ➡️ Advanced ➡️ Watcher mode). This is a slower, less efficient way of detecting files in watched folders, but is a good option if you find the regular watcher is not functioning.

Updated Global Options to immediately apply changes.

Added shortcuts to the Encoding Settings and Picker windows from the Global Options window. It includes desriptions to help people find settings they are looking for.

Added more checks around the file save dialog, retrying without an initial directory or file name when it fails. This fixes a potential crash on an invalid folders.

Added a Picker ability to choose titles based on the width or height.

Changed to delay the allow sleep operation until after the post-encode triggers have had a chance to execute. This should fix an issue where the system would sleep instead of shutting down as configured.

Added option to restart on encode/queue complete.

Removed restriction on setting another subtitle as Default when a track is burned in.

Added "None" option for automatic audio track selection.

Added checkbox in Global Options to quickly enable or disable auto-pause on process.

Added "pause" and "resume" commands to VidCoderCLI.exe.

When editing a queue item, the original preset name is now shown first, "Old preset - Restored from Queue" rather than just showing "Restored from Queue".

A bunch of bug fixes


9.16 Beta

Fixed issue where Deinterlace and Denoise presets would sometimes show as blank when switching encoding profiles.
Fixed empty dropdowns when some video filters are not set.


9.15 Beta

Updated translations for upcoming stable release.


9.14 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to 1.7.2 to prepare for stable release


9.13 Beta

Fixed crash when editing short preset names.


9.12 Beta

Added checkbox in Global Options to quickly enable or disable auto-pause on process.
Added "pause" and "resume" commands to VidCoderCLI.exe.
When editing a queue item, the original preset name is now shown first, "Old preset - Restored from Queue" rather than just showing "Restored from Queue".
Updated HandBrake core.


9.11 Beta

Removed the extra padding frame meant to show padding in the preview window. This is no longer needed as the image previews now have the padding included. This fixes an issue with the aspect ratio of the picture looking wrong in the preview window.
Updated HandBrake core.


8.26

Updated translations.


9.10 Beta

Added "None" option for automatic audio track selection.
Added a log message to General if the Stable -> Beta settings copy does not work.
Speculative fix for hang on dragging the encoding settings window.
Updated HandBrake core.


9.9 Beta

Added option to restart on encode/queue complete.
Removed restriction on setting another subtitle as Default when a track is burned in.
Fixed issue where the VidCoder file watcher auto-start was not disabled when disabling the Watcher.
Updated the preset resize hang fix to be more robust. We now ignore any preset drag move move event that happens shortly after the encoding window resizes.
Updated HandBrake core.


9.8 Beta

Changed to delay the allow sleep operation until after the post-encode triggers have had a chance to execute. This should fix an issue where the system would sleep instead of shutting down as configured.
Fixed issue where the source file removal would use the currently selected picker instead of the picker that was used to queue the job.
Made it significantly more difficult to hang the program when resizing the left side of the Encoding Settings window over another window.
Updated HandBrake core.


9.7 Beta

Added a Picker ability to choose titles based on the width or height.
Fixed an issue where file watcher updates would sometimes get lost and not make it to the main process.
Fixed bug where "pick only titles between X and Y minutes" feature did not respect the configured picker when using the file watcher.
Updated HandBrake core.


9.6 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Added logging for when media playback fails on the Compare window.


9.5 Beta

Added log window virtualization. This should greatly reduce memory use and prevent hangs when using Extended logging.
Added an option to remove the cap of 3 simultaneous NVEnc encodes. Only those that have custom NVidia drivers that remove the cap should choose this.
Increased the maximum simultaneous encode setting cap to 16.
Fixed crash when importing a queue from a file, then opening the compare window when done.
Added more checks around the file save dialog, retrying without an initial directory or file name when it fails. This fixes a potential crash on an invalid folders.


9.4 Beta

Enabled NVDec hardware decoding, supported only when using an NVEnc encoder and with the right hardware.
Fixed Variable framerate radio button sometimes being cut off when the Windows text size is increased.
Updated PipeMethodCalls library to use more efficient message encoding.


9.3 Beta

Updated HandBrake core. Adds AV1 NVEnc and improves HDR passthrough.
Fixed potential crash bug on closing in Portable version.


9.2 Beta

Added additional named pipe communication logging with Extended verbosity. This should help track down a sporadic bug.


9.1 Beta

Added a check to the polling folder watcher to make sure the file is not locked before adding it.


9.0 Beta

First v9 Beta release

Added the option to use a polling folder watcher (Global options ➡️ Advanced ➡️ Watcher mode). This is a slower, less efficient way of detecting files in watched folders, but is a good option if you find the regular watcher is not functioning.
Updated Global Options to immediately apply changes.
Added shortcuts to the Encoding Settings and Picker windows from the Global Options window. It includes desriptions to help people find settings they are looking for.
Changed log format to explicitly state the log source (HB or VC). This fixes an issue where log lines would be improperly colored when loading a previous log.
Added a timestamp to all VidCoder log entries.


8.25

Fixed HandBrake issue where the completion % would jump past 100% for a short while and create errors in the logs.
Fixed issue where the source subtitle name would not be passed through for the last subtitle.
Stopped generation of x264 preset string when other encoders are selected.
Updated translations.


8.24

Fixed an issue where folders moved into or out of a watched folder would not be properly tracked.


8.23

Added additional debug logging for watcher on the main process side.


8.22

Made it possible to check for updates manually when automatic updates are disabled.
Increased maximum resolution allowed for width/height dimensions.
Updated HandBrake core to 1.6.1.
Updated translations.
Fixed an issue where the completed encodes list would have an incorrect elapsed time if it was over 1 day.
Fixed issue where the {source} and {quality} naming placeholders were populating from the current preset rather than the watcher configured preset.


8.21

Fixed Watcher behavior on systems that double-fire on FileSystemWatcher events.
Fixed incorrect preset name in queue for items added by the Watcher.

8.20

Updated translations.


8.19

Updated build script to sign executables in the zip binary distribution.

8.18

First v8 Stable release

Updated HandBrake core to 1.6.0
Added AV1 video encoding with SVT-AV1 (software) and Intel QSV AV1 (hardware)
Added high bit depth and color depth support to various encoders and filters
Added Bwdif deinterlace filter
Many other fixes and library updates
Added the ability to watch a folder for new video files and automatically encode them. (Windows -> Watcher) This is available in both the Installer and Zip modes, but not Portable.
Can run while VidCoder is closed
Tracks the status of all files in the watched folder. Items removed from the queue are marked as cancelled, but can be retried from the Watcher window.
Changed the scan dialog on queuing multiple items into an inline, non-blocking progress bar.
Added "Conservative" crop option.
Now when the Picker chooses audio or subtitle tracks based on language, it checks the track name as well as the language code, to catch tracks that have not been correctly coded.
Added Greek language, thanks to Almis and JIMIS K_21
The CLI now accepts folders when encoding, and will enqueue multiple files from within the folder.
Changed encoder bitrate range calculation to be automatic based on the HandBrake core library. This allows choosing bitrates up to 6144 kbps for E-AC3.
Various other bug fixes


8.17 Beta

Changed Watcher window to allow editing watched folders while the watcher is disabled.
Updated translations.


8.16 Beta

Fixed issue where the output file name and extension for watched encodes was coming from the current encoding settings instead of the one configured with the Watcher.
Fixed potential threading issue in ConfigObservable


8.15 Beta

Added Greek language.
Updated translations to prepare for stable release.
Fixed problem where the output folder for the chosen watched folder was not properly applied.


8.14 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to 1.6.0 to prepare for stable release.
Fixed minor issue with audio track overhead in target size calculation.
Fixed crash when editing an imported queue item from a disc source.


8.13 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Changed to pass in the correct PixelsPerDip value when calculating text size. This should fix some issues with cut off file paths.
Changed the watcher file path to use the PathTextBlock so it can intelligently resize based on the column width.
Updated Picker logic to avoid adding the "search" subtitle entry when there are no subtitles on the source.
Disabled foreign audio search when there are no source subtitles.


8.12 Beta

Added "Conservative" automatic crop option.
Fixed issue where the drag-drop reorder of external subtitle files did not affect the final ordering.
Updated HandBrake core.


8.11 Beta

Fixed issues caused by manually stopping a single encode job.
Updated HandBrake core.


8.10 Beta

Now when the Picker chooses audio or subtitle tracks based on language, it checks the track name as well as the language code, to catch tracks that have not been correctly coded.
Changed message for being unable to delete a source file to a log message rather than a blocking dialog, to avoid blocking the rest of the encode queue.
Fixed crash when watcher is trying to encode with a missing preset.
Fixed potential crash from out-of-bounds subtitle index.
Updated HandBrake core.


8.9 Beta

Fixed potential crash on DVD drive not being available.

8.8 Beta

Fixed issue where the encode would not start when it should.

8.7 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed issue preventing Watcher process from starting.

8.6 Beta

Added more logging for potential failures on starting the watcher service.

8.5 Beta

Changed the scan dialog on queuing multiple items into an inline, non-blocking progress bar.
Added icon for Watcher window

8.4 Beta

Added the ability to watch a folder for new video files and automatically encode them. (Windows -> Watcher) This is available in both the Installer and Zip modes, but not Portable.
Can run while VidCoder is closed
Tracks the status of all files in the watched folder. Items removed from the queue are marked as cancelled, but can be retried from the Watcher window.
Changed icon for encoding settings window to match the encoding settings button on the main window.
Changed all installer registry keys to CurrentUser to avoid a UAC prompt on install/uninstall.

8.3 Beta

The CLI now accepts folders when encoding, and will enqueue multiple files from within the folder.
Changed encoder bitrate range calculation to be automatic based on the HandBrake core library. This allows choosing bitrates up to 6144 kbps for E-AC3.
Added more checks to handle invalid output folders gracefully.

8.2 Beta

Fixed issue with VidCoder.exe being labeled as Version 1.0.

8.1 Beta

Fixed incorrect ControlzEx dll version which was causing a crash on launch.

8.0 Beta

Started up the Beta track for v8.
Added display of the quality target name (RF / QP / CQ) depending on the encoder.
Updated HandBrake core, which brings in support for AV1 encoding and Bwdif deinterlacer.


7.15

Increased maximum number of picture previews to 60.
Added Croatian translation, thanks to Mario Toth.
Added additional guard around playing encode complete sound to address reported crash.


7.14

Fixed potential crash if a drive is missing the RootDirectory property.
Fixed an issue where the portable version would crash if the Temp folder contained a file named Update.exe .
Updated translations.


7.13

Added Vietnamese translation and updated other translations.
Lowered the max number of scans done on one scan instance to 35, as some were reporting problems with 40.


7.12

Picked up fix from Clowd.Squirrel package to allow specifying a specific version of the .NET Framework. Changed to specify 6.0.2 so the right framework version is installed on systems where 6.0.1 is installed. This fixes the hung install issue on those systems.
Updated translations.


7.11

Added checks around uninstaller execution to make sure it only runs for the Squirrel install type and continues when the uninstaller is not present.


7.10

First stable release of v7, using the HandBrake 1.5.1 core. This is a smaller major version update as HandBrake has put out a smaller stable version release.

Changed to use .NET 6.0. The installer should automatically install this, and the portable version should have all necessary files embedded and not need the install.
Switched to Squirrel installer package.
Install is now 1-click and auto-launches without an install wizard.
Auto-updates no longer require a UAC prompt.
Auto-updates now happen silently on next program launch. There is an optional setting to be notified of new versions on startup.
A single click can restart VidCoder with the new version, similar to Chrome or Edge.
Added zip of binary files to GitHub releases, for those who want to install a specific version of VidCoder or customize their install.
Added the option to immediately recycle or delete source files after a successful encode.
Moved source recycle/delete options from Global Options to the Picker window under the Post-encoding section.
Added ability to constrain cropping to a single axis (whatever is cropped the most).
Added ability to set a minimum cropping threshold, to prevent small changes to the picture size.
Changed cropping type selection from radio buttons to a dropdown box.
If immediate source file removal is enabled in the Picker, (Encoded) will no longer be appended when the source path is the same as the destination path. This means that you can set it up to re-encode a file in place instead of creating a copy elsewhere.
Updated to determine if an encoder supports two-pass by calling into the HandBrake core.
Removed pastebin functionality for logs, and replaced with a menu option to report a problem with an completed encode.
Added option in help menu to request a feature.
Updated "report bug" menu item to auto-fill the VidCoder version and install type.
Added tooltip for Chroma Smooth filter.
Fixed video encoding Tune value not updating correctly when switching encoding presets with different containers.
Added app manifest to declare us as per monitor DPI aware, which fixes window maximization in some multi-monitor setups with different DPIs.
Changed beta info update check to happen only when switching to the update tab in options.
Only show the "duplicate" button when an audio/subtitle track is already selected. This should make it less likely that it's mistaken for the button to enable the track.
Changed handbrake temp file cleanup to not use regular expressions. This should stop a mysterious intermittent issue caused by not being able to find System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll.
Fixed issue that caused a delay in cleaning up old HandBrake temp files on exit.
Changed beta info update check to happen only when switching to the update tab in options.
Added fallback logic to pick a valid audio encoder when the one in the encoding profile is not available.
Fixed issue with out-of-order initialization that caused a crash on startup while upgrading presets.


7.10

First stable release of v7, using the HandBrake 1.5.1 core. This is a smaller major version update as HandBrake has put out a smaller stable version release.

Changed to use .NET 6.0. The installer should automatically install this, and the portable version should have all necessary files embedded and not need the install.
Switched to Squirrel installer package.
Install is now 1-click and auto-launches without an install wizard.
Auto-updates no longer require a UAC prompt.
Auto-updates now happen silently on next program launch. There is an optional setting to be notified of new versions on startup.
A single click can restart VidCoder with the new version, similar to Chrome or Edge.
Added zip of binary files to GitHub releases, for those who want to install a specific version of VidCoder or customize their install.
Added the option to immediately recycle or delete source files after a successful encode.
Moved source recycle/delete options from Global Options to the Picker window under the Post-encoding section.
Added ability to constrain cropping to a single axis (whatever is cropped the most).
Added ability to set a minimum cropping threshold, to prevent small changes to the picture size.
Changed cropping type selection from radio buttons to a dropdown box.
If immediate source file removal is enabled in the Picker, (Encoded) will no longer be appended when the source path is the same as the destination path. This means that you can set it up to re-encode a file in place instead of creating a copy elsewhere.
Updated to determine if an encoder supports two-pass by calling into the HandBrake core.
Removed pastebin functionality for logs, and replaced with a menu option to report a problem with an completed encode.
Added option in help menu to request a feature.
Updated "report bug" menu item to auto-fill the VidCoder version and install type.
Added tooltip for Chroma Smooth filter.
Fixed video encoding Tune value not updating correctly when switching encoding presets with different containers.
Added app manifest to declare us as per monitor DPI aware, which fixes window maximization in some multi-monitor setups with different DPIs.
Changed beta info update check to happen only when switching to the update tab in options.
Only show the "duplicate" button when an audio/subtitle track is already selected. This should make it less likely that it's mistaken for the button to enable the track.
Changed handbrake temp file cleanup to not use regular expressions. This should stop a mysterious intermittent issue caused by not being able to find System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll.
Fixed issue that caused a delay in cleaning up old HandBrake temp files on exit.
Changed beta info update check to happen only when switching to the update tab in options.
Added fallback logic to pick a valid audio encoder when the one in the encoding profile is not available.
Fixed issue with out-of-order initialization that caused a crash on startup while upgrading presets.

7.9 Beta

Updated translations.
Updated Clowd.Squirrel package.
Changed to using built-in method to detect if we were installed via Squirrel.
Added some protective code around the squirrel installer logic.

7.8 Beta

Added fallback logic to pick a valid audio encoder when the one in the encoding profile is not available.
Changed installer update URL to point to B2


7.7 Beta

Switched to Squirrel installer package.
Install is now 1-click and auto-launches without an install wizard.
Auto-updates no longer require a UAC prompt.
Auto-updates now happen silently on next program launch. There is an optional setting to be notified of new versions on startup.
A single click can restart VidCoder with the new version, similar to Chrome or Edge.
Added zip of binary files to GitHub releases, for those who want to install a specific version of VidCoder or customize their install.


7.3 Beta

Added ability to constrain cropping to a single axis (whatever is cropped the most).
Added ability to set a minimum cropping threshold, to prevent small changes to the picture size.
Changed cropping type selection from radio buttons to a dropdown box.
If immediate source file removal is enabled in the Picker, (Encoded) will no longer be appended when the source path is the same as the destination path. This means that you can set it up to re-encode a file in place instead of creating a copy elsewhere.
Updated to .NET 6.0.
Updated to determine if an encoder supports two-pass by calling into the HandBrake core.


7.2 Beta

Only show the "duplicate" button when an audio/subtitle track is already selected. This should make it less likely that it's mistaken for the button to enable the track.
Changed handbrake temp file cleanup to not use regular expressions. This should stop a mysterious intermittent issue caused by not being able to find System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll.
Fixed issue that caused a delay in cleaning up old HandBrake temp files on exit.
Updated HandBrake core.
Removed presets with unsupported hardware encoders from the built-in presets list.


6.45

Fixed crash when clicking on the "join beta track" link.
Removed presets with unsupported hardware encoders from the built-in presets list.


7.1 Beta

Fixed video encoding Tune value not updating correctly when switching encoding presets with different containers.
Added app manifest to declare us as per monitor DPI aware, which fixes window maximization in some multi-monitor setups with different DPIs.
Updated HandBrake core to a new nightly build.
Ported some bug fixes from the stable release.


6.44

Updated "open bug" link to bring user to template chooser and auto-fill the VidCoder version and install type.
Fixed video encoding Tune value not updating correctly when switching encoding presets with different containers.
Fixed an issue that prevented typing in the custom colorspace setting text box.
Fixed theming for turbo first pass checkbox.
Updated translations.


7.0 Beta

Started the v7 Beta track with new features.
Added the option to immediately recycle or delete source files after a successful encode.
Moved source recycle/delete options from Global Options to the Picker window under the Post-encoding section.
Removed pastebin functionality for logs, and replaced with a menu option to report a problem with an completed encode.
Added option in help menu to request a feature.
Updated "report bug" menu item to auto-fill the VidCoder version and install type.
Added tooltip for Chroma Smooth filter.


6.43

Decoupled "start encoding after scan" option in Picker from the "automatically queue after scanning" option.
The "start encoding after scan" option will now automatically start encoding after queuing multiple files.
Fixed issue where added simultaneous encodes would not show up in the encode details window.
Fixed crash on initialization when notification API is not supported.
Fixed crash on Enqueue Multiple Titles window.


6.42

Fixed crash on switching to Custom mode on the NLMeans filter.
Fixed preview not updating on switching titles in the Queue Multiple Titles window.
Removed a couple of NuGet package references that should already be part of the .NET 5 framework. Hopefully these will help with some missing DLL crashes that have been reported.
Updated crash report text to include version and installer/portable status.
Added error handling for failed post-encode actions.
Updated translations.


6.41

v6 Stable! This brings all of the improvements cooking in the v6 Beta release.

This version upgrades to .NET 5.0, which is a complete platform overhaul. This means many things, good and bad:

We're on the latest version of .NET, which means better performance.
We had to throw out or find replacements for many libraries. I was not able to find an adequate color picker, so you need to type in a 6-digit hex code instead. You should be able to pick a color through a different tool like Paint.NET.
Enabled pre-compilation with ReadyToRun, which should improve the launch time.
The Microsoft Store package refused to build with .NET 5, so it is being retired. Portable and Installer are now the way to go!
The portable version now includes a self-contained runtime, so now it's truly portable and can run even on systems without any .NET runtime installed.
The minimum version of Windows supported is now Windows 10. Windows 7/8 are now "run at your own risk."

Added video compare feature. This allows you to quickly switch between the original and encoded videos to evaluate your encoding quality. Right click on a completed item and select "Compare against original". This works on any encode that starts at the beginning of the video, so you can lower the end range to compare smaller test encodes.
Added ability to edit audio and subtitle track names from the main window. Also updated to automatically preserve audio and subtitle track names from the source video.
Core engine
Added Chroma smooth and Colorspace filters.
Added additional options for deblock filter.
Added 10 and 12 bit video encoders.
Added ability to automatically pause encoding when battery or disk space is low. (Global Options -> Process)
Removed the requirement to set a default output folder. The user's Videos folder is now selected by default.
VidCoder is now single-instanced, due to better support of simultaneous encodes. Launching again will activate the current instance rather than create a new one. This prevents getting into a bad state when minimizing to the system tray.
Look and feel
The app has a fresh new icon, thanks to ArtexJay.
Changed window title bars to use custom UI. This gives Dark mode a more cohesive look.
Updated checkbox and radio template buttons to look better in Dark mode.
Added marker to main window to tell if the current output path is being automatically set by the picker or has been manually overridden. When in manual mode, the marker can be clicked to revert to automatic naming. When in automatic mode, clicking it will open the Picker destination settings.
Simultaneous encodes
Increased simultaneous job maximum to 8.
Implemented limits for hardware use. 3 for NVEnc, 3 for VCE, 1 for MF, dynamic based on core count for QSV, and 1 per DVD/Blu-ray drive source. These apply on top of the globally configured maximum and make sure the encodes do not error out or slow down from overloading the hardware.
Picker improvements
Added the ability to automatically include .srt, .ssa or .ass files with the same name as the source video.
Removed output file location settings from Global config and moved all of them to the Picker. Output location is specified in only one place now.
Added word break settings for cleaning up source titles.
Added shortcut buttons to go to audio and subtitle picker options.
Changed "Foreign Audio Search" to "Foreign audio scan" and added an option in the Picker to separately include it alongside other selection rules for normal subtitles.
Changed audio and subtitle selection mode radio buttons to a more compact drop down.
Added option to ignore files below a certain minimum size when batch queueing.
Added option to pass through video metadata like director, release date and actors.
Moved Rotate filter to before the crop/scale filter. This means that output sizes/cropping are applied after rotation.
Added ability to reflect deinterlace/detelecine/grayscale in picture preview.
Added cropping, output size, audio tracks and subtitle tracks as optional queue columns.
Added option to retry failed jobs. Global Options -> Advanced -> Number of encode retries.
Made CPU throttling and process priority options changes apply to currently encoding jobs.
When increasing Max simultaneous encodes, new jobs will be started right away.
Added new "Recycle" option for "Delete source files when clearing completed items". With this mode, there will be no confirmation dialog, but the source videos will automatically be sent to the Recycle Bin.
Added an option in Global Options -> Advanced to control the order that's used for drag/drop queued files.
When adding an item that's already in the queue, it will prompt to replace the queued job, rather than overwrite with an additional job at the end.
Changed in-progress file names from .mp4.part to .part.mp4 to allow attempts to play partial encodes.
Greatly improved batch scan speed by re-using the worker process.
Binaries are now digitally signed, which should eliminate warning dialogs when installing recently released versions.
Added Arabic translation.
Many bug fixes.


6.40 Beta

Added Colorspace filter.
Broke Chroma Smooth filter out into its own selection so it can be combined with Denoise.
Updated deblock filter UI to expose profiles and custom settings.


6.39 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to version to 1.4.2, to shake out any issues before stable release.


6.38 Beta

Implemented limits on simultaneous encodes for hardware use. 3 for NVEnc, 3 for VCE, 1 for MF, dynamic based on core count for QSV, and 1 per DVD/Blu-ray drive source. These apply on top of the globally configured maximum and make sure the encodes do not error out or slow down from overloading the hardware.


6.37 Beta

Updated translations for v6 to prepare for stable release.
Added code to automatically fix up pickers that were corrupted during the JSON library update.
Added code to kill a VidCoder process that doesn't respond to the BringToForeground request on launch. This will make sure we have a healthy VidCoder process running instead of being stuck on a zombie one.


6.36 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed issue where picker CLI argument was ignored for audio and subtitle track picking.
Fixed not using the configured audio, subtitle and range picker settings when choosing picker with CLI.
Updated DVD folder behavior to always pick the VIDEO_TS folder to work with the new scanning library version.


6.35 Beta

Fixed issue that stalled batch scans after 46 items.
Suppressed warning dialog for unrecognized subtitle file encoding when loading in a batch, to prevent duplicate warning dialogs.


6.34 Beta

Added the ability to automatically include .srt, .ssa or .ass files with the same name as the source video.
Moved Rotate filter to before the crop/scale filter. This means that output sizes/cropping are applied after rotation.
Added ability to reflect deinterlace/detelecine/grayscale in picture preview.
Disabled the non-functional 2-pass encoding option for QuickSync encoders.
Added deprecation warning for Windows 7 / 8.
Updated HandBrake core.


6.33 Beta

Fixed blank job from canceling a batch encode with a single item.


6.32 Beta

Added option to pass through video metadata like director, release date and actors.
Fixed issue where a duplicate queue item would be created instead of replacing an existing queue job when adding items via batch with "Overwrite" enabled.
Changed to use "single" conflict policy when adding a batch of 1 item.
Fix crash on updating CPU priority with finished jobs.
Removed source name from VideoSourceMetadata. This is now calculated dynamically from source type, source path and drive information. This fixes an issue where {source} was not working in post-encode arguments when batch queuing.
Fixed crash when stopping an individual encode when queue is smaller than number of allowed simultaneous encodes.
Changed audio preview refresh to be last, so it has the updated audio settings in place when it runs.
Reactored audio resolution into ResolveAudio function in JsonEncodeFactory and made audio bitrate code plug into it so it knows about passthrough changes.
Replaced Newtonsoft JSON serializer with the faster, built-in System.Text.Json.


6.31 Beta

Added Picker option to ignore files below a certain minimum size when batch queueing.
Brought Title and Time Range picker sections into a single "Video selection" section with the minimum size option.
Made progress bars in the Encode Details window turn yellow when paused.
Fixed issue where the logs on scan batches would stay open, preventing the "clear finished logs" button from working.
Fixed crash after falling back to no hardware safe mode.
Updated HandBrake core.


6.30 Beta

Binaries are now digitally signed, which will hopefully cut down on the number of warning dialogs when installing recently released versions.
Added option to stop just one of multiple jobs that are encoding. Right click the queued job -> Stop.
When increasing Max simultaneous encodes, new jobs will be started right away.


6.29 Beta

Added option to retry failed jobs. Global Options -> Advanced -> Number of encode retries.
Made CPU throttling and process priority options changes apply to currently encoding jobs.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed crash when changing audio bitrate or sample rate on an umodified encoding preset.


6.28 Beta

Fixed stuck encodes on Portable version when .NET 5.0 Runtime is not installed. Needed to publish the worker process separately with self-contained mode enabled. Now the portable version should work completely without any .NET Runtime installed.
Enabled ReadyToRun publish step. The executables are now pre-compiled for faster start times on the installer version.
Fixed an crash on selecting a language in the audio track picker settings.


6.27 Beta

Upgraded to .NET 5.0. This was a big, disruptive upgrade that marks the end of the old .NET Framework, and many support libraries needed to be replaced.
First, the bad news: I did not find a color picker control that works on .NET 5.0 WPF, so the Pad color picker is gone. It is replaced by a text-box where you can type in a 6-digit hex code. You should be able to pick the color through a different tool, though.
Now the good news: .NET 5.0 comes with a "self-contained" application mode that does not require the .NET Runtime to be installed. So now the portable executable is truly portable and needs no framework or runtime install to work.
The installer experience is also better, as the .NET 5.0 Runtime install is much faster than the old .NET Framework install.
Enabled standard notifications on Windows 10 for when the encode queue completes. This was previously only on the Microsoft Store version, but now works for the installer version.


6.26 Beta

Added warning for Microsoft Store version that you need to download the installer for further updates. VidCoder is updating to .NET 5.0 and it does not play nicely with Desktop Bridge (The technology to allow me to put VidCoder on the Microsoft Store). I'll be retiring the Microsoft Store version and focusing on the installer.
Made VidCoder single-instanced: launching again will activate the current instance rather than launch a new one. This will prevent issues with unintentionally launching too many instances when it minimizes to the system tray. Multi-instance behavior is no longer needed with support for simultaneous encodes.
When enqueuing an item with an destination that already exists in the queue, it will remove the old queue job instead of just adding a new one with the same path.
In this situation the conflict resolution dialog will now prompt to "Replace job" instead of "Overwrite".
Foreign audio scan subtitle added by Picker is no longer automatically marked as Default.
Hid the Default checkbox in the "by index" subtitle selection mode because it has no effect and the "default index" box is used instead.


6.25 Beta

Changed "Foreign Audio Search" to "Foreign audio scan" and added an option in the Picker to separately include it alongside other selection rules for normal subtitles.
Changed audio and subtitle selection mode radio buttons to a more compact drop down.
Added tooltip info for all audio and subtitle selection modes.


6.24 Beta

Added option to automatically name audio and subtitle tracks with the Picker.
Enabled auto-pause on low disk space as a default setting with a threshold of 1GB. This prevents you from running out of space which can cause other system problems and result in a confusing error message.
Added status messages for auto-pause and resume.
Made status messages display only when the user is active.
When an encoding preset is chosen in the Picker, we now display a dialog message when the user tries to change the encoding preset elsewhere and it is blocked. This makes it more clear why you can't switch presets.
Fixed dark mode styling for the preset combo box in the Picker window.


6.23 Beta

Fixed problem not passing through subtitle track names.
Fixed potential crash on selecting output path.
Made sure we set ForcedOnly to false for subtitle source types that don't support the "forced" flag.


6.22 Beta

Added word break settings for cleaning up source titles.
Added option to switch word break character to space, underscore or dot.
Added option to change what characters are recognized for word breaks.
Made source title cleanup apply to all sources instead of just discs.
Added instant preview for source title cleanup in the Picker window.

6.21 Beta

Added an option in Global Options -> Advanced to control the order that's used for drag/drop queued files.
Added proper screen reader labeling for number boxes and dropdowns in Global Options.


6.20 Beta

Changed drag and drop queue order to always be alphabetical, rather than selection order.
Fixed issue where failing to set the Encoded date on an output file would also cause the create/modify date change to fail as well. This fixes "Preserve created/modified date" functionality for .mkv files.
Added Chroma smooth denoise filter.
Fixed custom filters that had been broken by a HandBrake API change.


6.19 Beta

Greatly improved batch scan speed by re-using the worker process. Thanks to abdusco for pointing this out.
Fixed items getting re-arranged when moving to top or bottom of queue.
Fixed crash when entering a cropping value that's too high.
Fixed wording on picker tooltip
Updated HandBrake core.


6.18 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed leak in worker process communication logic.
Fixed issue with window appearing over task bar when maximized.


6.17 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed null reference crash from preview image.
Added Logitech WindowChrome overflow workaround to more windows.


6.16 Beta

Added ability to unmute the Compare window video.
Changed spacebar to play/pause video on Compare window. Added Ctrl hotkey to swap between original and encoded.
Changed labels on Video Encoding tab to Sentence case to match the rest of the UI.


6.15 Beta

Fixed issue with file conflict dialog appearing when changing encoding settings.


6.14 Beta

Added video compare feature. This allows you to quickly switch between the original and encoded videos to evaluate your encoding quality. Right click on a completed item and select "Compare against original". This works on any encode that starts at the beginning of the video, so you can lower the end range to compare smaller test encodes.
Fixed issue with main UI not applying output file conflict resolution.
Fixed subtitle column reading 0/0 when subtitles are on source but not selected.


6.13 Beta

Removed output file location settings from Global config and moved all of them to the Picker. Output location is specified in only one place now.
Added marker to main window to tell if the current output path is being automatically set by the picker or has been manually overridden. When in manual mode, the marker can be clicked to revert to automatic naming. When in automatic mode, clicking it will open the Picker destination settings.
Re-styled destination UI on main window to provide bigger hit targets and less button chrome.
Changed wording to "Destination" in Picker to be consistent with main UI.
Made picker help text always display for Default picker, replaced by button bar when an edit is made.
Updated picker help text to be the same height as the button bar, meaning the UI will no longer move when the first edit is made.
Changed auto-created picker name from "Picker 1", "Picker 2" to "Custom", "Custom 2".
Added cropping, output size, audio tracks and subtitle tracks as optional queue columns.
Increased height for the preset dropdown menu.
Fixed bug that caused custom presets to appear in the wrong location when created.
Fixed crash bug when first editing the custom file name format.
Fixed an issue where a progress bar was not shown on the queue item for the last item in the queue.


6.12 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Moved Window.TaskbarItemInfo initialization to the .xaml.cs file so it can be surrounded by a try/catch. Setting this throws an exception for some users.
Added code to work around crash caused by Logitech mouse software interacting with WPF WindowChrome.
Fixed issue that prevented typing in decimal numbers for users in locales with "," as the decimal separator.


6.11 Beta

Added logging for deleting source files for completed items. This will break down why a file was not deleted.
Fixed crash when access to the image cache folder is denied.
Trim the "extra options" string to prevent errors.
Removed explicit rate for Same as Source CFR.


5.21

Fixed crash when access to the image cache folder is denied.
Trimmed the "extra options" string to prevent errors.


5.20

Updated HandBrake core to 1.3.3


6.10 Beta

Added new "Recycle" option for "Delete source files when clearing completed items". With this mode, there will be no confirmation dialog, but the source videos will automatically be sent to the Recycle Bin.
Increased simultaneous encoding job maximum to 8.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to pick 0 for this value.
Removed seek bar timestamp, as it was often inaccurate.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed picker audio/subtitle "by index" mode not updating immediately.


6.9 Beta

Added ability to edit subtitle and audio track names from the main window.
Added ability to preserve subtitle track names from the source video.
Added timestamp on seek bar for file sources, to allow easier comparing with source.
Updated "Preserve Create/Modify Time on Files" option to also preserve the "Media Created" extended property.
Removed the requirement to set a default output folder. The user's Videos folder is now selected by default.
Cleaned up leading zero on hours in title dropdown.
Improved encode failure error logging.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed formatting issues for video durations over 24 hours.
Fixed missing x264 log info.
Fixed start/end chapters starting out blank when switching to Chapter range select mode after editing a queue item.
Fixed "Open App Data Folder" command for Microsoft Store version when a normal app data folder already exists.
Fixed screen reader behavior for subtitle lists on main window.


6.8 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Applied fix from HandBrake for static preview crashes.
Updated translations.


5.19

Applied fix from HandBrake for static preview crashes.


5.18

Updated HandBrake core to 1.3.2.
Updated translations.
Fixed issue with title selection on Pickers.


6.7 Beta

Updated icon to one authored by ArtexJay.
Added checkbox and radio button control template override to give it predictable coloring in dark mode and with custom OS themes.
Updated HandBrake core.
Changed in-progress file names from .mp4.part to .part.mp4 to allow attempts to play partial encodes.
Reduced Grayscale checkbox hit area to match text and reduce accidental clicks.
Updated Fluent Ribbon to fix issue with underscores getting removed from the "open disc" menu items.
Fixed issue with title selection on Pickers.


6.6 Beta

Prevented starting disc scans or drag and drop scans while another source is scanning. This resolves crashes caused by simultaneous scans.
Fixed hang on canceling a scan.

5.17

Prevented starting disc scans or drag and drop scans while another source is scanning. This resolves crashes caused by simultaneous scans.
Fixed hang on canceling a scan.


6.5 Beta

Made the selected window more obvious by changing the title bar background color and window border color on selection.
Added Arabic translation. Enabled right-to-left layout for languages that use it.


5.16

Fixed more issues with anamorphic, padding and rotation.
Fixed possible crash when preview window is open and padding is enabled.
Fixed issue with preview window not updating properly when switching encoding presets.
Updated translations.


6.4 Beta

Fixed more issues with anamorphic, padding and rotation.
Fixed possible crash when preview window is open and padding is enabled.
Fixed issue with preview window not updating properly when switching encoding presets.
Updated HandBrake core.


6.3 Beta

Fixed some bad interaction between padding, rotation and anamorphic.
Removed the "exception is automatically reported" text for Windows Store version as the built-in crash analytics don't seem to be working.
Added custom TextBox control template so Dark mode can work correctly on Windows 7.


5.15

Fixed some bad interaction between padding, rotation and anamorphic.
Fixed a startup error when the toast notification service is unavailable.
Fixed missing resource in Options.


6.2 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Reverted ManagementEventWatcher change as it caused shutdown after encode complete to stop working.
Fixed a startup error when the toast notification service is unavailable.


5.14

Updated HandBrake core to 1.3.1.
Updated translations.


6.1 Beta

Changed window title bars to use custom UI. This makes dark mode look much better.
Added ability to automatically pause encoding when battery or disk space is low. (Global Options -> Process)
Added shortcut buttons to go to audio and subtitle picker options.
Added desktop shortcut option to installer.
Fixed app hang when Windows ManagementEventWatcher call hangs.


6.0 Beta

First v6 Beta release. A few minor fixes to start with.
Changed to take container/subtitle type compatibility into account when choosing multiple subtitles via the picker.
Added support for preserving an audio track's name during encoding. We now show the name in the track list in the main window.
Removed the advanced option to edit the audio track name; now it is always visible.
Removed some unused resources.
Fixed the (none) placeholder text not appearing when max width/height is not set.
Fixed missing DRC label.
Fixed a problem where the pause and stop buttons could get disabled at the end of an queue with simultaneous encodes.
Fixed crash on trying to apply current preset to queue when the only items in queue are encoding.


5.13

Releasing v5 to Stable!
Updated HandBrake core to 1.3.0. This brings many new features, including:
Support for encoding to WebM container format
Support for reading Ultra HD Blu-ray discs (without copy protection)
Updated Intel Quick Sync Video to use Direct3D 11 API
Overhauled log system
Each scan and encode has its own separate log, and general app messages are put into the General log.
Logs for past scan and encode events are visible on the Log window.
Added button to upload the log to Pastebin and copy a link to it.
Added option to copy logs to a custom directory.
Removed in-memory log copy which should reduce VidCoder memory consumption.
Added support for importing SSA/ASS subtitles.
Improved behavior for dragging imported subtitle files: It pops up a non-blocking status message rather than opening a dialog.
Removed Advanced tab. It had not been updated in years, is missing a ton of options, bad defaults, inaccurate tooltips and no protection from invalid settings. The recommended way to alter these settings is now through the More Settings box and referring to up-to-date documentation on the settings: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MeGUI/x264_Settings
The full x264 parameter list is now displayed side-by-side with the "More Settings" box to let you know exactly what you're getting.
Added option to keep failed and stopped output video files. Global options -> Advanced -> Keep files from failed or stopped encodes .
Updated to disable move/remove/edit context menu items for jobs on the queue that are currently encoding.
Picker changes:
Added ability to automatically select chapter ranges.
Added ability to drag/drop rearrange them.
New picker will always open beside the picker it was based off of, rather than the end of the list.
Added shortcut buttons to source panel to change audio and video encoding settings.
Added keyboard tips to the ribbon when pressing Alt.
Added F5 keyboard shortcut to Encode or Resume.
Added context menu option to remove all items from the queue.
Added options to clear succeeded or clear failed from the completed items list.
Changed "Delete" menu option on queue to "Remove from queue" to make it less ambiguous.
Replaced worker process communication with a new .NET Core compatible library.
And many bug fixes and other small improvement.


5.12 Beta

Updated subtitle file picker to support *.ass files.


5.11 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed crash on encountering files with unknown length (GIF).
Updated to disable move/remove/edit context menu items for jobs on the queue that are currently encoding.'


5.10 Beta

Added ability to drag/drop rearrange pickers.
Changed new picker to always open beside the picker it was based off of.
Added option to cancel the encode complete action (sleep/shutdown) when there are errors in the completed items list.
Fixed crash that could happen while parsing corrupt window placement data.
Fixed issue that could freeze VidCoder while switching pickers with associated presets.
Fixed issue with audio/subtitle summary being incorrect after opening a completed item.


4.36

Fixed crash that could happen while parsing corrupt window placement data.
Fixed issue that could freeze VidCoder while switching pickers with associated presets.
Fixed issue with audio/subtitle summary being incorrect after opening a completed item.
Fixed Queue Multiple Titles not respecting the "output to source directory if possible" config setting.
Additional check for 0 length titles
Added logging and fallback behavior for issues with initial directory when opening a file.
Updated translations.


5.9 Beta

Added ability to import SSA subtitles.
Added ability to automatically select chapter ranges with the Picker.
Updated HandBrake core.
When an encoding preset is chosen by a picker, we now correctly disable changing the encoding preset from the ribbon.
If "Keep failed files" is enabled, it is now possible to right click on a completed item and open the containing folder to see the failed file.
Changed to allow decimals in the target size field.
Fixed preset getting marked as modified when switching to a preset with a different container.
Fixed long launch time caused by hanging registry watch setup for the Windows theme.
Fixed Queue Multiple Titles not respecting the "output to source directory if possible" config setting.
Fixed crash due to negative padding. Changed to log an error with sizing details when this happens.


5.8 Beta

Fixed WEBM container support.
Added a "Clear finished" button to the log window to clear away logs for finished scans and encodes.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fix crash on drag and drop multiple videos
Fixed crash on closing a secondary instance of VidCoder.
Fixed crash on non-positive widths.
Changed to refer to System.Net.Http by NuGet and include DLL. This should fix a crash on some systems.
Fixed missing encode logging regression.
Fixed hang while trying to exit or close the preview window with an encode running.
Changed to give a better error when encountering zero or negative length files.
Fixed CLI to remove timeout for connecting to the main process. This prevents multiple encodes from getting started from one command.
Added logging and fallback behavior for issues with initial directory when opening a file.


4.35

Fixed some items staying selected in queue after selecting a lot and clicking on a different item.
Fixed Turbo First Pass option not showing up for 10 and 12 bit encoders.
Fixed keyboard shorcuts not working immediately after clicking on the "Global options" ribbon button and closing the dialog.
Updated translations.


5.7 Beta

Replaced WCF named pipe worker process communication with a new .NET Core compatible library.
Fixed crash on batch scan.
Fixed some items staying selected in queue after selecting a lot and clicking on a different item.
Fixed Turbo First Pass option not showing up for 10 and 12 bit encoders.
Updated HandBrake core.


5.6 Beta

Behavior changed for dragging in an SRT subtitle. Instead of popping up a dialog box, it gives a status message and scrolls the main window the the added subtitle.
Fixed keyboard shorcuts not working immediately after clicking on the "Global options" ribbon button and closing the dialog.
Changed "global options" hotkey to Ctrl+G.
Added keyboard tips to the ribbon when pressing Alt.
Added F5 keyboard shortcut to Encode or Resume.
Added context menu option to remove all items from the queue.
Added options to clear succeeded or clear failed from the completed items list.
Changed "Delete" menu option on queue to "Remove from queue" to make it less ambiguous.
Updated HandBrake core.


4.34

Fixed video settings getting stuck in less-capable "Advanced" mode on non-x264 encoders. If stuck in this mode you can change your video encoder to something else then change it back to fix it.


5.5 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Added logging for scan JSON.
Fixed crash on scanning sources with very high audio sample rates.
Added note to DVDNav checkbox that it's needed to see multiple angles.


4.33

Updated HandBrake core to 1.2.1 stable.
Fixed crash on scanning sources with very high audio sample rates.
Updated translations.


5.4 Beta

Changed full encoder parameter list from a tooltip to an always visible text box.
Fixed external subtitles not showing up after drag and drop.
Fixed subtitle choices not restoring from queue properly.
Added more logging for failed FileInfo call on encode completion.
Fixed wording for update download finished message when updates are installed on launch.
Fixed multiple simultaneous encode feature to immediately start a newly queued job if needed.
Fixed behavior when VidCoder is updated at launch. It no longer runs as Administrator, which allows drag and drop.
Marked program as requiring .NET Framework 4.7.1 to give a better error message for the portable version.


4.32

Fixed external subtitles not showing up after drag and drop.
Fixed subtitle choices not restoring from queue properly.
Added more logging for failed FileInfo call on encode completion.
Fixed multiple simultaneous encode feature to immediately start a newly queued job if needed.
Fixed behavior when VidCoder is updated at launch. It no longer runs as Administrator, which allows drag and drop.


5.3 Beta

Fixed full x264 options string getting cut off when too long.
Added required .NET framework version back to app.config to give better error message for portable version.


4.31

Fixed "Foreign audio search" showing up on sources with no subtitles.
Marked program as requiring .NET Framework 4.7.1 to give a better error message for the portable version.


5.2 Beta

Added option to keep failed and stopped output video files. Global options -> Advanced -> Keep files from failed or stopped encodes .
Updated HandBrake core to latest nightly.
Changed to display final encoding parameters directly under the "more settings" box.
Fixed issue where the final parameters list would not update after switching presets.
Fixed issue with original subtitle getting deselected when duplicating a subtitle.
Fixed "Foreign audio search" showing up on sources with no subtitles.


4.30

Fixed issue with original subtitle getting deselected when duplicating a subtitle.
Updated translations.


5.1 Beta

Added shortcut buttons to source panel to change audio and video encoding settings.
Removed Advanced tab. It had not been updated in years, is missing a ton of options, bad defaults, inaccurate tooltips and no protection from invalid settings. The recommended way to alter these settings is now through the More Options box and referring to up-to-date documentation on the settings: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MeGUI/x264_Settings


4.29

Fixed drag and drop reorder not affecting output for subtitles and audio tracks.
Fixed Foreign Audio Search choice not appearing when it's not brought in by a Picker.
Changed "total" count for audio and subtitle tracks in summary to always reflect the source track count and not count duplicated output tracks.


5.0 Beta

Started v5 Betas.

Overhauled log system
Each scan and encode has its own separate log, and general app messages are put into the General log.
Logs for past scan and encode events are visible on the Log window.
Added button to upload the log to Pastebin and copy a link to it.
Added option to copy logs to a custom directory.
Removed in-memory log copy which should reduce VidCoder memory consumption.
Note that log functionality will be reduced if worker process encoding is turned off, due to limitations in how we get log messages from the HandBrake core.
Fixed Foreign Audio Search choice not appearing when it's not brought in by a Picker.
Changed "total" count for audio and subtitle tracks in summary to always reflect the source track count and not count duplicated output tracks.


4.28

This release includes everything from the v4 Betas:

Consolidated main window controls and menus into a Ribbon menu. Makes the interface cleaner and easier to use.
Overhauled source view into an "accordion" style:
Each section is expandable to show more detail, with sections auto-expanding as space allows.
Video expands to show a screenshot and source details.
Audio and subtitles expand to show all source tracks, without the need to dig into menus or open additional dialogs.
Section headers give a clear summary of which tracks are selected to appear in the output.
Updated HandBrake Core to 1.2.0 Stable. Among the changes this brings:
Added support for AMD VCE and Nvidia NVENC hardware-accelerated encoders.
Switched decoding library from Libav to FFmpeg, which fixes many previously unreadable sources.
Updated presets to use Stereo rather to avoid issues with DPL2 mixdown.
Added support for E-AC3 in MP4 container.
Added Speex audio decoder.
Added TIFF/LZMA video decoder.
Picker enhancements:
Added option to change capitalization format for titles from "Every Word" to "First word"
Added ability to select a time range.
Added ability to choose audio and subtitle tracks by index.
Added Dark theme. This is applied automatically based on the Windows 10 setting, or can be set manually.
Made VidCoder much easier to access with screen readers and keyboard.
Made VidCoder work correctly in High Contrast mode.
Added ability to execute multiple simultaneous encodes. Go to Global Options -> Process -> Maximum simultaneous encode jobs. This can be useful on a machine with many CPU cores.
Added "Encode complete" Windows notifications for the Store version.
Added option to stop encoding, close VidCoder, sleep, hibernate or shut down after currently encoding jobs complete.
Added options to apply current encoding settings to some or all queue items.
Added a right click option to completed items to retry failed items.
Changed to use .part suffix while encoding the video. When done, it deletes failed partial files and renames completed files to the final name. This should reduce the amount of junk left behind from failed encodes.
Fixed many bugs


4.27 Beta

Updated translations.
Standardized on "folder" name rather than directory.
Added additional context for some strings.
Fixed issue with opening and copying log files from the Completed tab.


4.26 Beta

Updated Fluent Ribbon library to fix issues with screen readers.
Updated translations for upcoming v4 stable release.


4.25 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to 1.2.0 Stable.
Fixed crash on trying to open a non-existent log file.
Added scan log files for batch scan operations.
Added screen reader label for check for updates combo box.


4.24 Beta

Added option to prompt for updates on launching rather than on exit.
Added more diagnostic information to narrow down a reported crash.
Updated Reactive UI to v9.
Added missing DLLs to installer.
Fixed issue where output file name would not update after restoring from queue with time range picker.
Fixed inline warnings coloring in Dark theme.
Fixed external subtitles coloring in Dark theme.
Used path control for SRT subtitle path for smarter ellipsis placement.
Fixed issue where "default" subtitle checkboxes could be disabled when they should not be on first load.
Fixed issue where double clicking on a file in a picker dialog could toggle a subtitle or audio selection.
Changed to clear out the old SRT subtitle list on a new scan to avoid cross-contamination of subtitles.


4.23 Beta

Added option to stop encoding, close VidCoder, sleep, hibernate or shut down after currently encoding jobs complete.
Fixed Move To Top not working correctly when multiple simultaneous encodes are running.
Removed two-pass options on NVEnc and VCE encoders as they are not supported.
Fixed the wrong preset name showing when first opening the encoding settings window.
Fixed unset preset when switching to NVEnc or VCE encoders.
Made the disabled state on turbo first pass more apparent on Dark theme.


4.22-beta

Added Picker feature to choose audio and subtitle tracks by index.
Added ability to select a time range on a Picker.
Added option to change capitalization format for titles from "Every Word" to "First word"
Prevented direct drag and drop queue column reorder since the new ordering would not be preserved.
Fixed issue where queue items could create multiple "completed" entries when the output directory cannot be created.
Made sure TLS1.2 protocol is enabled when making the request to get the update installer.
Updated HandBrake core.


4.21 Beta

Fixed Advanced Video tab Dark theme support.
Fixed crash that could occur when switching away from a modified preset with the ribbon preset picker.
Added "VidCoderApplication" to app-level log file names to allow picking them out with a search.


4.20 Beta

Added context menu option on queue to open source file directory.
Updated dark theme ribbon text to white.
Fixed issue where log file would not scroll to end on new entries in some cases.
Fixed behavior when queuing multiple files via drag/drop while a previous batch is scanning. It now properly adds the the scan queue rather than opening a paralell scan window.
Added fallback to av_aac for when presets are using fdk_aac but the current build of hb.dll doesn't support it.
Fixed issue where displayed custom cropping and actual cropping could be different.
Changed update download log message to output entire stack trace rather than just the exception message.
Updater now discards a downloaded update if a newer version is available.
When source audio bitrate is not known, we now display "unknown" instead of "0"


4.19 Beta

Added setting to manually change app theme.
Added button on encoding settings to apply the current settings to the queue.
Added option to apply current encoding settings to selected queue items.
Removed modal dialog asking if user wants to apply changes to queue.
Fixed crash on SRT subtitle.
Fixed inaccurate progress when adding a queue item while encoding.


4.18 Beta

Fixed null reference exception on start.
Changed "delete source files" confirmation prompt to be a Yes/No/Cancel to allow checking up on all the files that are going to be deleted.
Changed "clear single queue item" behavior to only happen if the job's source is still loaded.
Reset the "when done" to original state after executing the sleep/hibernate, to avoid accidental triggering on subsequent encodes.
Fixed padding color swatch (again).


4.17 Beta

Added Dark theme. This is automatically applied when the Dark app mode is selected in Windows 10
Fixed appearance in High Contrast mode.
Fixed padding color swatch always showing as black.
Fixed post-encode arguments being pulled from currently loaded source rather than the finished job. This also fixes a crash that could occur because of this.
Fixed broken drag/drop of queue items.
Fixed null reference exception when output directory could not be created.
Picked up some keyboard navigation bug fixes with new version of Fluent Ribbon library.


4.16 Beta

Replaced ReactiveList with DynamicData. This should make batch job operations faster.
Added screen reader text to encode queue and finished items list.
Added screen reader label to "when done" combo box.
Added status to the end of completed log file name.


4.15 Beta

Updated VidCoder to be much more friendly to screen readers.
Updated installer to give better error message when installing .NET Framework fails.


4.14 Beta

Disabled "play" and "open in containing folder" options for failed files.
Increased hit target size of completed queue items button.
Fixed "resume encoding on restart" functionality.
Made source panel more friendly to screen readers.
Added space and enter shortcuts for toggling audio or subtitle tracks.
Fixed a few keyboard navigation issues.
Added more error logging for remote operation failure on the encode process.
Fixed crash on choosing "open containing folder" on completed item when the folder or file is no longer there.
Fixed handling for queue items from older versions.
Fixed the "Restored from queue" temporary preset not getting added to the preset tree and getting removed on opening the encoding settings window.
Refactored total queue work tracking code. Added diagnostic log dump if an invalid percentage is detected.
Removed old .NET framework targeting element in app config, which should fix a framework detection issue in some versions of Windows.


3.16

Updated HandBrake core to 1.1.2.
Updated translations.


4.13 Beta

Added a right click option to completed items to retry failed items.
Changed to use .part suffix while encoding the video. When done, it deletes failed partial files and renames completed files to the final name. This should reduce the amount of "junk" left behind from failed encodes.
When unable to create the output directory the error now shows up in the encode log rather than as a pop-up dialog.
Added handling for when output path turns out the same as the source path when batch encoding.
Fixed progress bar disappearing when there are a lot of queue items.


4.12 Beta

Updated styling for the load source panel.
Increased number of recent files to 4.
Added button to clear recent files.
Added source name to the scanning text.
Added bitrate and sample rate to source audio track detail view.
Included preset name in log file.
Replaced the WPF extended toolkit color picker with the GPL-compatible ColorPickerWPF.
Updated HandBrake core.


4.11 Beta

Fixed the preview window sometimes showing the wrong view mode on opening.
Fixed overflow on sources with high PAR numbers that was causing preview generation to fail.
Removed XML format support and upgrade code for old database formats. Users of 1.x will need to run v3.15 to upgrade. This gets rid of an uneeded DLL file from the installer.


4.10 Beta

Fixed audio tracks not being selected after bringing queue item back for editing.
Fixed various crashes.


4.9 Beta

Fixed a crash on scanning certain files.
Fixed crash on start for some users.
Updated IoC library to the faster DryIoc.


4.8 Beta

Fixed progress bar disappearing when the window was small and the queue was large.
Changed queue and source pane to take proportional area when resizing.
Added possible workaround for startup hang issue.
Updated NuGet packages.


4.7 Beta

Streamlined the source section headers.
Made the summary text bold and large font
Eliminated the prefix labels in favor of icons
Hide chapter marker UI when there is only one chapter.
Added special case for drag and drop. Dragging to queue always adds to the queue and never opens the source.
Fixed Default vs Custom chapter markers summary not being correct.
Updated CPU throttling label to accurately label the control, which was controlling not the throttling amount, but the number of allowed cores.
Fixed CPU throttling display percentage not showing up.
Fixed crash on "Update Now" button.


4.6 Beta

Fixed crash on opening with existing queued jobs.
Fixed dialog issue that was preventing saving new presets and pickers.


4.5 Beta

Changed source view to a new "accordion" style control that shows all tracks from the source in the same scrollable panel. This allows editing subtitles inline rather than needing to open a dialog. It also lets you see all tracks on source at a glance without needing to dig into dropdowns and dialogs. When opening a source, the accordion will auto-expand according to the room it has, showing you as much data as it can without creating a scrollbar.
Added collapsable "Video details" section with mini-preview and resolution/PAR/encoding stats
Centered the scanning UI inside source pane.
Changed main window to take up more screen height on larger monitors.
Moved discs into the main "open stuff" category, added "Open" verb to beginning to have them line up with the others.
Updated HandBrake core. HandBrake has added NVEnc hardware encoder, which I have not gotten to work even on their UI. Your mileage may vary.


3.15

Updated HandBrake core to 1.1.1.


4.4 Beta

Added ability to execute multiple simultaneous encodes. Go to Global Options -> Process -> Maximum simultaneous encode jobs. This can be useful on a machine with many CPU cores.
Updated Handbrake core.


4.3 Beta

Removed dependency on Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications. This should fix a crash issue introduced in 4.1 Beta.
Fixed source text alignment.


4.2 Beta

Fixed startup crash for non-English languages.


4.1 Beta

Added support for encode complete Windows notification in the Store version. Notifications for the installer version would be available pending support from Inno Setup.
Added ability to drag .srt files to the main window to add them to the subtitle list.
Changed ribbon group ordering.
Added label to "tools" group
Made close source button hit target bigger.
Fixed hang on negative picture dimensions.
Removed FastMember dependency.
Removed dependency on HardCodet.NotifyIcon.Wpf


4.0 Beta

Consolidated main controls and menus into a ribbon interface in the main window.


3.14

This release includes everything from the v3 betas:

Overhauled presets
Added 60 new built-in presets
Presets can now be organized in a tree structure
Built-in presets are read from the HandBrake core so will be updated more often
Updated HandBrake encoding core to 1.1.0. This gives us shiny new features:
Added 10-bit H.265/HEVC encoding support for Kaby Lake and newer CPUs
Added new Unsharp and kernel-based Laplacian LapSharp sharpening filters
Added support for mobile device orientation via auto-rotation container flag
Added x265 10 and 12-bit encoders
Moved container options to their own tab on the Encoding Settings window.
Added A/V sync option to Container tab.
Post-encode actions now support more replacement tokens, thanks to milanjaros.
Added mousewheel and keyboard support for changing the static preview.
Changed QSV decoding option to be available for all encoders.
When browsing for a new output location, the file name is now populated with the current suggested file name.
Many bug fixes


3.13 Beta

Added Indonesian translation.
Updated translations.
Fixed missing translations in Store version.
Fixed sporadic crash with preset save dialog appearing at the wrong time.


3.12 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to 1.1.0 Stable.
Updated translations.


3.11 Beta

Changed wording on exception crash dialog for appx mode to let the user know the crash has been reported already.
Fixed crash when unable to get file attributes when fetching the path list.
Fixed crash that could happen on exiting with encode starting.
Fixed possible crash when copying over the stable app folder to the beta.
Fixed crash that could occur on scan via folder drag/drop.


3.10 Beta

Fixed error when using dropdown to change preset when there are unsaved changes.


3.9 Beta

Portable version should now correctly store the app data beside the executable file when the system %temp% folder has been changed.
Updated HandBrake core.


3.8 Beta

Post-encode actions now support more replacement tokens, thanks to milanjaros!
Fixed issue where selected but not currently visible queue job would not be affected by select all -> delete.
Fixed bug where an incorrect video bitrate was shown after switching from constant quality to bitrate mode.
Updated HandBrake core.


2.63

Fixed possible scan issue where the feature title is not available in the list of titles.
Fixed bug causing denoise tune to not apply.
Fixed crash that could occur when searching for backup database.
Fixed issue where job count becomes incorrect after editing a queue item.
Fixed issue with switching to MP4 container with non-supported encoder selected.
Fixed potential culture issues with string interpolation.
Updated translations.


3.7 Beta

Fixed an issue that caused VidCoder to fail to load on Windows 7 machines.


3.6 Beta

Changed preset combo drop down to use the preset tree view.
Added menu option to open the App Data folder that holds the VidCoder database file.
Added mousewheel and keyboard support for changing the static preview.
We now hide the "Custom" preset folder until a custom preset is saved.
Fixed keyboard navigation for preset tree and preset combo drop down.
Fixed issue where job count becomes incorrect after editing a queue item.
Fixed crash that could occur when searching for backup database.


3.5 Beta

Fixed crash on re-opening encoding settings window.


3.4 Beta

Added ability to store presets in a folder structure, visible on the encoding settings window.
Built-in presets are now populated from HandBrake library, which means we have dozens more up-to-date, useful presets.
Fixed crash when output file is missing after encode complete.
Fixed CPU throtting not working for x265 encodes. They had been overwriting the process CPU affinity when the encode started.
Updated HandBrake core.


3.3 Beta

Added sharpen filter.
Added tooltips to filters.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed bug causing denoise tune to not apply.


3.2 Beta

Changed QSV decoding option to be available for all encoders.
Added file size column to the completed encodes list.
Removed OpenCL scaling algorithm choice. It is no longer implemented in HandBrake.
Allow setting "None" for the fallback on auto passthrough, which causes the track to be dropped.
Changed so that if multiple queue items are selected clicking the remove button on any of them will remove all of them.
Removed subtitle scan tracks for previews, as it is not worth scanning the whole title for a few second clip.
Preview now show deinterlaced when deinterlacing is enabled in encoding settings.
Added prefix "Encoding Preset" to the encoding settings window to make consistent with the Picker window.
Added a tooltip to explain Sizing Mode.
Changed to say VidCoder Beta on the title bar for Beta releases.
Fixed some names in the Picker window to be more accurate.
Fixed possible scan issue where the feature title is not available in the list of titles.
Fixed some localizable string interpolation bugs.


3.1 Beta

Moved container options to their own tab.
Added A/V sync option to Container tab.
Fixed issue where the wrong encoder could be saved when switching to MP4 while an unsupported encoder like VP8 is selected.


3.0 Beta

Updated to latest HB nightly.
Fixed issues with handling new video encoders on Video tab.
Updated to target 4.6.2, and updated installer.
Removed 32-bit (again). We are no longer getting 32-bit hb.dll builds from HandBrake.
Merged master to beta.


2.62

Fixed encoding settings not showing up for some video encoders.


2.61

Fixed QSV decoding not working for x265.
Fixed default preset behavior on x265 encoders.


2.60

Fixed issue where a manually entered destination could get clobbered if switching to another window while focus is still on destination box.
Fixed issue where we did not add audio frame overhead in audio size calculation when "Same as Source" sample rate was picked, which caused incorrect video size calculation.
Fixed crash when switching to a picker with a renamed encoding preset.
Fixed potential crash when closing the app and stopping an encode.
Updated translations.
Next up: Starting the Beta releases for v3


2.59

Fixed issue where shutdown on complete action does not work when computer is locked.
Updated translations.


2.58

Fixed auto-population of Custom denoise preset so that a string generated for hqdn3d won't stay around for NL-Means (or vice-versa).
Updated translations.


2.57

Fixed encode details and progress behavior when removing multiple queue items at once.
Fixed issue with estimating audio size using presets where the copy mask had not been explicitly set.


2.56

Fixed crash after canceling app close while encoding.
Updated video bitrate calculation to take audio fallback into account.
Video bitrate previews are now updated when audio settings are changed.


2.55

Fixed Passthrough crash (probably for real this time).


2.54

Fixed crash when getting default bitrate for fallback.


2.53

Fixed bitrate when fallback encoder is used on auto passthrough. It should now always use the default bitrate.
Fixed UriFormatException when loading cached previews with SettingsDirectory set to "."
Updated translations
Removed fontconfig files that are no longer needed


2.52

Updated SQLite backend to pick up fix that caused VidCoder to crash when using a non-standard negative value specifier in Windows.
Updated translations.


2.51

Updated HandBrake core to 1.0.7 to fix some encoding bugs.


2.50

Updated HandBrake core to 1.0.3, which fixes a handful of scan/encode bugs


2.49

Fixed database upgrade issue for SourceType that could affect users who upgrade with a saved queue.
Updated translations.


2.48

Updated HandBrake core to 1.0.2. This fixes the frame range controls when choosing a segment in the middle of the video.


2.47

Fixed issue with database upgrades from v1.5 to v2.


2.46

Brought back 32-bit builds.
Fixed issue where the "starting update download" status message was not shown.
Updated System.Data.SQLite and moved it to a NuGet package.


2.45

Added Bosnian translation, thanks to sunshineon.
Fixed drag/drop scan to not lock the source window while scan is ongoing.
Fixed issue where window states got unnecessarily saved on every startup.


2.44

Fixed 90 degree rotation being squashed.
Fixed DVD folder detection in batch jobs to recognize when a VIDEO_TS folder is selected directly but is not named VIDEO_TS.
Fixed naming of audio tracks.


2.43

The first v2 stable release, this contains changes made in 40+ beta releases and is built on HandBrake 1.0.1.

Added pickers! Pickers let you automatically choose titles, audio, subtitles and destination, as well as automatically queue or start encodes when a source is loaded. While encoding presets customize how a file is encoded, pickers control what is included in the file and where it goes. This also includes an overhaul of the existing audio and subtitle selection feature; it allows specifying multiple languages and has more flexibility in setting the default subtitle.
Overhauled sizing UI.
Added padding support
Streamlined UI: No longer can specify both Width and Max Width, simply a checkbox to allow Anamorphic support, Custom Anamorphic gone in favor of Manual sizing
Moved rotation to Sizing tab
Renamed tabs Picture -> Sizing, Video -> Video Encoding
Removed Pixel Aspect Ratio information in input/output preview boxes if PAR is 1:1.
Sections within Sizing tab now wrap dynamically, supporting more window sizes.
Added a collapsible left panel to the Encoding Preset window, to switch presets quickly.
Added a built-in video player to the preview window. This can be disabled in Options -> General.
Added CPU throttling option. This can limit the number of processor cores available to VidCoder for encoding.
Added ability to pick which codecs are included with auto-passthrough and which are re-encoded.
Moved audio fallback encoder to outside of the audio encoding, since it affects all encodings.
All internal storage for presets, pickers, queues and window placements changed from XML to JSON. Saved presets and queues are now stored as .vjpreset and .vjqueue JSON files which are associated with VidCoder.
Updated .NET Framework to 4.6 and added the ability to download and install the framework as part of the VidCoder install. Hopefully this means faster start times on x64 due to the new RyuJit engine.
Scan progress now shows up on the taskbar icon.
Queue import/export are now exposed on the CLI.
Added ability to hibernate when completing an encode.
Added option to close VidCoder after the encode queue completes with no errors.
Added ability to send completed file to another program.
Swapped to a simpler versioning scheme with two numbers.
Removed deprecated x86 version. If you're using that on an x64 OS it will auto-upgrade you to the supported x64 version.
Removed DXVA hardware decoding; it was most often slower and caused problems.
Added a warning when there are a lot of titles with a similar duration. This helps identify discs authored with a bunch of phony titles and chapters mixed up.
Changed the way the portable version locates the database file. It will now favor using the database file beside the portable executable rather than the one in %appdata%.
Preview encode progress bar now correctly reflects total progress and does not reset when doing a subtitle scan or a 2-pass encode.
Made log output to the window appear drastically faster.
Changed log window to only scroll to the bottom on new logs if we were already at the bottom, so it doesn't pop you out if you scrolled away to look at something earlier in the log.
File drag/drop now works on any window.
We now back up database files when upgrading them and offer to restore them if the current database has a version that's too high. This allows you to downgrade back to an earlier version and keep your old presets.
Added handling for a simple path argument directly on VidCoder.exe. This means you can drag a video onto its shortcut to launch VidCoder and open that file.
Added automatic character set detection when adding SRT files. Gives a warning when the detection fails or doesn't match up with an available encoding.
Added automatic cleanup of temporary handbrake files for times where the encoder or app crashed without graceful cleanup.
The "Custom folder for previews" setting now also overrides the directory used for HandBrake's static previews.
Updated to handle new HandBrake filter format, with named parameters. Added tooltips to the boxes to list the possible parameter names and to list the defaults when first opening.
Updated to keep source video chapter names if they are present.
Moved batch scans to the worker process to better protect against scan crashes when loading a large number of files.
New translations
Georgian, thanks to Gela Mekoshkishvili.
Dutch, thanks to CSalat and Arco Keijzer.
Korean, thanks to sheppaul.
Updated translations for other languages thanks to the 90+ translators at our Crowdin site
... and a bunch of bug fixes.
Also, the new HandBrake core brought in a lot of goodies:

VP9 video encoding via libvpx
Intel QuickSync Video H.265/HEVC encoder (Requires Skylake or newer CPU)
Ultra HD / 4K color pass through (support for BT.2020)
High bit depth encoding support via external shared libraries (video pipeline is still 8-bit 4:2:0)
x264 10-bit
x265 10-bit and 12-bit
Opus audio encoding/decoding via libopu
Passthrough now supports E-AC-3, FLAC, and TrueHD audio formats


1.5.35

Preparation for the 2.0 release.

Changed uninstaller to save user data automatically when run silently (rather than prompt for it). This will make the x86 -> x64 upgrade go smoothly.
Changed to check latest.json instead of latest.xml. This will make sure we hit this version before upgrading and gets rid of XML in another place.


2.42 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to 1.0.1.
Fixed encode failure on presets with a hidden QSV decoding flag.


2.41 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to 1.0.0 .
Removed x86 builds and libraries.


2.40 Beta

Prepared for removal of x86 version and stable release
Changed to use JSON file for latest version information
Updated uninstaller to suppress the prompt to delete user data when run in silent mode (and automatically preserve user data)
Updated x64 installer to remove old x86 app silently
Added warning to users of 32-bit OS that updates will no longer work.
Updated translations.


2.39 Beta

Moved batch scans to the worker process to better protect against scan crashes when loading a large number of files.
Added "Forced only" subtitles option to Pickers.
Fixed the "Update not applied" dialog box getting opening erroneously on updates.
Updated HandBrake core.


2.38 Beta

Added option in file menu to enqueue a folder of video files.
Added error checking to the result of the disc folder picker. If it's not recognized as a disc folder, it will be queued as a folder of video files.
Updated icon of DVD/Blu-ray Folder source icon to include a disc.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed issue where the wrong output size could be chosen when using an anamorphic input and non-anamorphic output with max width and height.


2.37 Beta

Fixed error that could occur when using "Save as" on a Picker.


2.36 Beta

Added tooltips to the custom filter settings boxes that list the possible keys.
Custom filter settings boxes now auto-populate with default settings.
Gave more room for the custom filters boxes and improved line breaking for multi-line boxes, since key names are now required.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed crash when changing scaling mode with video loaded.
Fixed encoding failure on videos with non-square PAR and Anamorphic disabled.


2.35 Beta

Overhauled sizing UI:
Added padding support
Streamlined UI: No longer can specify both Width and Max Width, simply a checkbox to allow Anamorphic support, Custom Anamorphic gone in favor of Manual sizing
Moved rotation to Sizing tab
Renamed tabs Picture -> Sizing, Video -> Video Encoding
Removed Pixel Aspect Ratio information in input/output preview boxes if PAR is 1:1.
Sections within Sizing tab now wrap dynamically, supporting more window sizes.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed issue where fallback encoder wasn't respected in some cases for auto-passthrough.
Updated installer to download .NET Framework 4.6.2 when it is not installed already.
Updated handling of invalid filter settings to drop the filter and log an informative error message instead of failing the encode.


2.34 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to fix crashing issue on some encodes.


2.33 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to bring in new Opus audio codec.
Fixed crash from UnauthorizedAcessException when trying to delete a DVD folder.
Fixed crash when trying to play a missing video file.
Fixed issue where "Open Containing Folder" didn't work on paths over 120 characters long.
Fixed custom denoise box not appearing.
Updated Spanish and Russian translations.


2.32 Beta

Updated HandBrake core. This should fix QSV encoding.
Added error handling for a missing custom video player.
Added protection for crash when messagebox owner window can't be found.
Removed extra logging of JSON encode object and got rid of empty lines there.


2.31 Beta

Fixed install detection for VLC and MPC-HC.
Updated HandBrake core.
Made picker changes to output directory and naming format apply immdiately.
Fixed crash when the remote process can't find the specified title to encode.
Added proper assembly title and icon to the worker process.
Fixed issue that could prevent a new picker from being created when editing the "None" picker.


2.30 Beta

Updated to keep source video chapter names if they are present.
Changed the user preset JSON serialization to happen on a background thread so changing encoding settings is faster.
Changed log window to only scroll to the bottom on new logs if we were already at the bottom, so it doesn't pop you out if you scrolled away to look at something earlier in the log.
Updated translations.
Updated HandBrake core.
Updated version string to only display Major.Minor.
Added logging to the target size calculation and refactored loggers to work better in the worker process.


2.29 Beta

Added handling for a simple path argument directly on VidCoder.exe. This means you can drag a video onto its shortcut to launch VidCoder and open that file.
Improved message when downloading .NET framework bootstrapper fails.
Stopped obsolete properties from getting written to saved and exported presets.
Updated HandBrake core.


2.28 Beta

Updated to handle new HandBrake filter format. This should fix many filter-related issues in 2.27 including slow encoding and broken cropping/scaling.
We now back up database files when upgrading them and offer to restore them if the current database has a version that's too high. This allows you to downgrade back to an earlier version and keep your old presets.
List of possible presets and tunes is now read dynamically from the HandBrake core
Updated HandBrake core


2.27 Beta

Updated HandBrake core. This removes the FDK AAC encoders, which can no longer be included due to GPL license compatibility concerns.
The "Custom folder for previews" setting now also overrides the directory used for HandBrake's static previews.
Added fractional display for output PAR value.
Changed automation service listener to lazy startup to save 500ms on startup time.
Updated translations.
Fixed bug preventing custom name format in picker from applying to batched files.
Fixed rare crash with drag/drop.


2.26 Beta

Added translations for Beta.
Changed the way some sentences are constructed to be more friendly to translation.
Changed stop on exit behavior to keep the queue item, rather than clear it.
Made tooltip for CPU throttling appear on entire control rather than just label.


2.25 Beta

Added automatic character set detection when adding SRT files. Gives a warning when the detection fails or doesn't match up with an available encoding.
Added automatic cleanup of temporary handbrake files for times where the encoder or app crashed without graceful cleanup.
Added Georgian translation, thanks to Gela Mekoshkishvili.
Added Dutch translation, thanks to CSalat and Arco Keijzer.
Fixed issue where preset associated with picker would not change if the pickers window is not opened when the new picker is chosen.


2.24 Beta

Updated HandBrake core; this should fix foreign audio search hanging on files with no subtitles.
Fixed problem where the preview would fail to update when changing cropping values if the picture was set to a fixed size.
Added protection against crash due to not being able to open the logger file.


2.23 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to fix hang issue with foreign audio search subtitles.


2.22 Beta

Fixed problem where audio could fail to pass through on old presets.


2.21 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed crash when exiting with a stuck encode.


2.20 Beta

Added ability to pick which codecs are included with auto-passthrough and which are re-encoded.
Moved audio fallback encoder to outside of the audio encoding, since it affects all encodings.
Added option to close VidCoder after the encode queue completes with no errors.
Added a warning when there are a lot of titles with a similar duration. This helps identify discs authored with a bunch of phony titles and chapters mixed up.
Fixed issue preventing the name override picker from applying to scanned source and to the Queue Multiple Titles window when its override is unchecked.


2.19 Beta

Fixed issue where stable databases with audio or subtitle pickers would fail to upgrade.


2.18 Beta

Got rid of the fractions of seconds displayed for the time range end when it is at the end of the video. It will still include up to the very end as long as the displayed time is within one second of the true end time.
Fixed crash that occurred on upgrade of old XML pickers.


2.17 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to fix 2-pass hang.
Fixed issue where TrueHD and EAC would not pass through with the Any scope.
Fixed Custom denoise box not appearing.


2.16 Beta

Overhauled audio and subtitle selection. Allows specifying multiple languages and more flexibility in setting the default subtitle.
Now when choosing a preset in a picker, the preset is chosen in the main UI and locked. This keeps the UI in sync with the output and avoids confusion about what the feature is doing.
Fixed an issue where the * would not disappear from the picker button after reverting a picker.
Fixed bitrate being too high for previews when using Target Size.


2.15 Beta

Refactored file drag/drop logic so it works on any window, not just the main and preview ones.

Fixed crash on clicking level dropdown. Disabled the level compatibility checking for now as that method is now missing from HandBrake due to their upcoming 10 bit support.

Fixed extra % showing up in main window title when encoding.
Fixed chapter .csv import button.


2.14 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed Advanced tab crash.
Fixed crash related to a renamed H.264 native method.


2.13 Beta

Updated HandBrake core.
Added Turkish.
Fixed several crashes.

1.5.34

Added Georgian translation, thanks to Gela Mekoshkishvili.
Added Dutch translation, thanks to CSalat and Arco Keijzer.


1.5.33

Added Turkish translation files missing in previous release.


1.5.32

Updated HandBrake core to 0.10.2
Added Turkish translation, thanks to exthemax and secgin.
Updated other translations.
Updated links to point to vidcoder.net and new GitHub page


2.12 Beta

Added ability to send completed file to another program.
Updated in-app links to new GitHub site.


2.11 Beta

Added a built-in video player to the preview window. This can be disabled in Options -> General.
Fixed issue where we missed upgrade actions on older files during the JSON conversion, which could corrupt them. Added code to clean up null container names.
Fixed cropping values not updating when switching presets.
Fixed issues with output directory, name format and encoder when switching pickers.


2.10 Beta

Fixed Options window being unable to close when "Remember previously used files and folders" was checked.
Fixed audio output preview not updating when window was opened after scan.
Fixed preset expand/collapse button stopping working after closing and re-opening encoding settings window.


2.9 Beta

Fixed crash on doing a second scan when a subtitle is selected.
Added checks to prevent crash on switching containers with passthrough selected.
Fixed missing audio output previews and erroneously marking a preset as modified.


2.8 Beta

Fixed issue with video encoder changes not getting shown correctly.
Fixed issue preventing Extra settings on video panel from being saved.
Fixed crash that could occur on a second scan.


2.7 Beta

Changed default worker process priority to Below Normal.
Made all container options visible by moving UI over, shortening container display strings and slightly increasing the default window size.
Fixed crash on trying to set a network share as the initial directory for the pick files dialog.
Fixed crash on scanning second source or closing video source.
Fixed some odd behavior that caused modifications while switching presets.
Fixed crashes with previews < 100 pixels.
Fixed cropping values not persiting.
Fixed bug where the default clone instead of fast deep clone was used across the app.
Added missing System.Reactive.Windows.Threading.dll to installer to fix non-closing dialogs.
Fixed auto-set of width when Keep Display Aspect is checked.
Fixed Display width setting for custom anamorphic. Due to API changes and code complexity this will no longer work with "Keep Display Aspect".


2.6 Beta

Giant refactoring release.
All internal storage for presets, pickers, queues and window placements changed from XML to JSON. Saved presets and queues are now stored as .vjpreset and .vjqueue JSON files which are associated with VidCoder.
Updated .NET Framework to 4.6 and added the ability to download and install the framework as part of the VidCoder install. Hopefully this means faster start times on x64 due to the new RyuJit engine.
Changed from MVVM Light to Reactive UI, refactoring every ViewModel, and changing every message to instead rely on Observables. Hopefully in the long run this means fewer bugs with things not updating when they should.
Overhauled window manager to have a simpler interface and dynamically open windows based on available area, instead of having prescribed spots for them.
Added script to copy translated resource files and add them to the project in a Translations subfolder to keep the root Resource folder clean.
Ran all views through XAML Styler to clean them up.
Queue import/export are now exposed on the CLI.
Fixed two pass encoding not working with Target Size.
Improved behavior of VidCoder window when importing a queue or preset.


2.5 Beta

Made log output to the window appear drastically faster.
Added JSON encode object to the log.
Fixed audio sample rate (broken in JSON conversion).


2.4 Beta

Added CPU throttling option. This can limit the number of processor cores available to VidCoder for encoding.
Changed the way the portable version locates the database file. It will now favor using the database file beside the portable executable rather than the one in %appdata%.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 7252, which resolves an issue where we would always scan twice before encoding.
Removed old config code and config migration code. Had reports that it was unintentionally firing for a user.
Fixed behavior for >10 picture previews.
Fixed issue where custom detelecine and denoise filters values would apply even if another option was selected.
Fixed crash on opening audio tab with certain passthrough encoders.
Fixed blank entries on the passthrough scope dropdown.


2.3 Beta

Scan progress now shows up on the taskbar icon.
Added ability to hibernate when completing an encode.
Preview encode progress bar now correctly reflects total progress and does not reset when doing a subtitle scan or a 2-pass encode.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 7170.
Fixed a bunch of things broken in the JSON API conversion
Fixed bitrate, quality and compression picking for audio tracks.
Fixed automatic subtitle selection.
Fixed reported crash on encode progress update.
Fixed DXVA decoding.
Fixed crash when batch-encoding with an audio picker.
Fixed odd progress reporting for encodes with foreign audio search.
Fixed the "fast decode" checkbox not getting persisted.
Fixed the encoding preset for QSV not getting persisted.
Fixed crash on stable -> beta upgrade when there are no sub-directories in the stable app folder.


2.2 Beta

Updated HandBrake SVN to 7149, which uses the new JSON API. This changes the way every encode setting is sent to the HandBrake core, so please kick the tires on this one!


2.1 Beta

Fixed handling of old NlMeans denoise, resolving a launch crash for some users.


2.0 Beta

The Beta train continues! I've switched to a different versioning scheme: The major number increases for each stable HandBrake version and the minor number increases for each Beta release and bugfix release.

Added pickers! Pickers let you automatically choose titles, audio, subtitles and destination, as well as automatically queue or start encodes when a source is loaded. While encoding presets customize how a file is encoded, pickers control what is included in the file and where it goes. Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see added to the Picker window.
Added a collapsible left panel to the Encoding Preset window, to switch presets quickly.
Changed window placement to open new windows dynamically in open areas rather than in preset locations.


1.5.31

Fixed up old presets generated in 1.5.28 that were corrupted by a HandBrake enum change. Removed references to HandBrake enum files from the preset structure to prevent future preset issues like this.
Fixed crash issue with VidCoderCLI and presets with chapters markers.
Fixed custom denoise not getting passed through to the encoder.
Fixed SRT files with non-ASCII characters causing encodes to fail.


1.5.30

Re-enabled Turbo First Pass for x265 encodes. (Working this time)
Fixed missing Russian, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese language files.
Fixed NL-Means denoiser.


1.5.29

Fixed issue where x265 preset and profile would not be set if switching from x264 with the Advanced tab open.
Removed Turbo First Pass option for x265 since the arguments for it are unsupported and cause encodes to fail.
Fixed issue where presets could get a bad tune list and fail on x265 encodes.
Cleared out Advanced options string when switching from x264 to x265 since the encoder arguments aren't always compatible.
Updated translations.


1.5.28

Intel QuickSync video: a hardware-based H.264 encoder for Intel CPUs.
H.265 encoding with x265.
VP8 using libvpx.
libav and FDK AAC encoders. libfaac has been removed due to license issues.
NLMeans denoise filter for higher-quality denoising.
OpenCL hardware-assisted BiCubic scaling.
Burn-in for SRT subtitles.
Added Encode Details window. Exposes elapsed time, ETA, current and average FPS, running file size, current pass and pass progress.
Added Rip DVD and Rip Blu-ray AutoPlay actions for Windows: now you can have VidCoder start up and scan a disc when you insert it.
Added rotation and reflection filters.
Reworked Basic vs Advanced x264 to be more correct.
Added option to mark an automatically picked subtitle as Default or Burn-in.
Reworked audio passthrough: added ability to set a fallback encoder or pass through if the input track format matches the output format.
Added option to preserve Created and Last Modified times when converting files. In Options -> Advanced.
Added option to preserve the source folder structure when batch-encoding video files.
Enabled right-click actions (edit, delete, move to top, move to bottom) on queued items during an encode.
Added warning dialog with 30-second delay for the automatic shutdown on encode complete.
Removed single-instance restriction.
Support for up to 8K resolutions.


1.5.27 Beta

Updated to HandBrake SVN 6509.
Updated translation files.
Fixed encodes failing when using the default preview folder.


1.5.26 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6501
Updated installer to display the update success message. This allows us to run the installer in silent mode without launching the program afterwards, and to avoid the splash screen showing up before the update success message.


1.5.25 Beta

Added ability to customize the preview folder location. (Options -> File Naming -> Custom folder for previews)
Removed the single-instance restriction. Command-line and auto-play actions will apply to the first instance of VidCoder opened.
Added Russian and Brazilian Portugese translations.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6430.
Updated translation strings.
Fixed the update check hanging when the update info can't be retrieved.
Fixed a crash on closing the logger.


1.5.24 Beta

Added NL-Means denoiser.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6254.
Added extra error handling to DVD player code to avoid a crash when the player was moved.


1.5.23 Beta

Added first translations for 1.5. Includes new languages Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese Simplified and Czech. Many of these translations are still incomplete: you can help out on Crowdin.
Added an option to pass through an input track if it matches the output codec.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6209.
Fixed crash on AAC passthrough.
Fixed x264 settings getting set incorrectly when reverting from a preset with the Advanced tab.
Fixed occasional crash when calculating remaining time.
Fixed drag and drop problems when scrolled down in a long list of queue items.
Fixed problem where auto-pause failed to work with jobs started from restored queue items.


1.5.22 Beta

Added ability to burn SRT subtitles.
Updated to HandBrake SVN 6169.
Added checks to prevent VidCoder from running with a database version newer than it expects.
Tooltips in the Advanced Video panel now trigger on the field labels as well as the fields themselves.
Fixed updating preset/profile/tune/level settings on changing video encoder. This should resolve some problems with QSV encoding.
Fixed tunes and profiles getting set to blank when switching between x264 and x265.
Fixed commas causing chapter names to get dropped.


1.5.21 Beta

Fixed issues with preset upgrades and presets erroneously getting marked as modified.


1.5.20 Beta

Added rotation and reflection filters.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6160.


1.5.19 Beta

Preset/profile/tune/level choices are now pulled dynamically from HandBrake. This should fix QSV encoding.
x265 encoding is now working on x64. It fails on x86 due to a HandBrake issue.
Added a dialog box prompting you to apply encoding profile changes to the queue if you've switched settings before encoding. This should help avoid situations where a user's changes don't get applied to the encoded items.
Added a warning dialog with 30-second delay for the automatic shutdown on encode complete.
Added the ability to override the output directory from the Queue Multiple Titles dialog.
Removed the "encode completed with errors" warning as seemed to just be causing confusion.
Enabled right-click actions (edit, delete, move to top, move to bottom) on queued items during an encode.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6141.
Fixed video quality granularity for MPEG2, MPEG4, Theora QSV encoding.
Updated version checking to properly give a "not supported" warning on Server 2003.


1.5.18 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6123.
Fixed crash on 2-pass encodings in x64.


1.5.17 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6061. This should fix crashes on scanning some Blu-rays.


1.5.16 Beta

Added new option. Options -> File Naming -> Preserve folder structure in batch encodes
DRC compatibility is now detected from the HandBrake library and is grayed out when used on a source that does not support it. (Currently non-AC3 sources)
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 6008.


1.5.15 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5953. This should fix the intermittent "encode failed" false positives.
Fixed issue with some SSA subtitles failing to burn in.
Fixed problem with codec and passthrough selectors getting messed up when switching containers.


1.5.14 Beta

Fixed crashes for profiles using an old muxer. These profiles have been upgraded to use the new avformat muxers.


1.5.13 Beta

Encodes that complete with errors are no longer marked as "Failed" but with a new warning state.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5908.
Updated WPF NotifyIcon library.
Fixed crash on selecting a title in the Add Multiple Titles dialog.


1.4.25

Added Chinese Simplified translation, thanks to china591 and jxtp.
Added Italian translation, thanks to Shambhala76.


1.5.12 Beta

Added an option to preserve Created and Last Modified times when converting files. In Options -> Advanced.
Added an option to mark an automatically selected subtitle track as "Default".
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5878.
Fixed auto passthrough not applying just after switching to it.
Fixed bug where preset/profile/tune could disappear when reverting a preset.


1.5.11 Beta

Added Encode Details window. Exposes elapsed time, ETA, current and average FPS, running file size, current pass and pass progress. Open it by going to Windows -> Encode Details while an encode is running.
Subtitle dialog now disables the "Burn In" checkbox when it's either unavailable or it's the only option. It also disables the "Forced Only" when the subtitle type doesn't support the "Forced" flag.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5872.
Fixed crash in the preview window when a source file is deleted after scanning.


1.5.10 Beta

Broke out all the encoder-specific passthrough options into their own dropdown. This should make what they do a bit more clear and clean up the codec list a bit.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5855.


1.5.9 Beta

Added Rip DVD and Rip Blu-ray AutoPlay actions for Windows: now you can have VidCoder start up and scan a disc when you insert it. Go to Start -> AutoPlay to set it up.
Added error message for Windows XP users rather than letting it crash.
Removed "quality" preset from list for QSV as it currently doesn't offer much improvement.
Changed installer to ignore version number when copying files over. Should reduce the chances of a bug from me forgetting to increment a version number.


1.5.8 Beta

Added hardware acceleration options: Bicubic OpenCL scaling algorithm, QSV decoding/encoding and DXVA decoding.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5834.
Updated VidCoder setup icon.
Fixed crash when choosing the mp4v2 container on x86 and opening on x64.

Warning: the hardware acceleration features require specific hardware or file types to work correctly:
QSV: Need an Intel processor that supports Quick Sync Video encoding, with a monitor hooked up to the Intel HD Graphics output and the latest drivers.
DXVA decoding: Only supports certain file types and codecs, such as H.264, VC1, WMV3 and MPEG 4 in an AVI container.
OpenCL: The Bicubic scaling only works properly if you have an AMD graphics card. Otherwise it crashes.


1.5.7 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to SVN 4819.
About dialog now pulls down HandBrake version from the DLL.
Added a confirmation dialog to Stop if the encode has been going on for more than 5 minutes.
Fixed handling of unicode characters for input and output filenames. We now encode to UTF-8 before passing to HandBrake.
Fixed a crash in the queue multiple titles dialog.
Added code to rescue tool windows which get placed outside of the visible screen area.


1.5.6 Beta

Added access to new avformat muxers. Container choices are now pulled dynamically from the HandBrake API. Note that the mp4v2 muxer does not work in 32-bit mode, and the avformat MP4 muxer does not yet support vobsub subtitles.
Changed shutdown to use InitiateSystemShutdownEx so it can work even when you're remoting to another computer.
Added elapsed encode time to log.
Moved encode details popup to above the progress bar so it doesn't flicker when it's at the bottom of the screen.
Fixed problem with the MP4/DTS error not refreshing when changing containers.


1.5.5 Beta

Added command-line interface. Will enqueue a file and start encoding it. Syntax: VidCoderCLI.exe encode -s <source> -d <destination> -p <preset>
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5714.
Fixed encoder-specific passthroughs not working.


1.4.24

Added German translation, thanks to felix.bau42, MOSMarauder and Oetzy.
Added Chinese Traditional translation, thanks to sec2 and ken670128.


1.5.4 Beta

Added German translation.
Added ability to import and export queues via XML files.
Added a selectable fallback encoder for auto-passthrough. If the codec can't be passed through it will be re-encoded.
The advanced x264 settings are now populated with settings from the previously selected preset/profile/tune/level when switching to the advanced tab.
After selecting "advanced" settings we now switch to the tab automatically.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5678.
Fixed crash in number box.
Added missing strings to resource files.
Fixed blu-ray title names getting cut off in the Queue Multiple Titles dialog.


New in 1.4.23

Added French translation.
Fixed non-x264 video encoders not sticking in video tab.


1.5.3 Beta

Added option to pick basic x264 settings or advanced x264 settings. Advanced tab is hidden until it's enabled.
Added option to burn in subtitles that are automatically picked by language.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5641.
Fixed issue with chosen non-x264 encoders not staying chosen.
Fixed crash if upgrading to the beta with a non-x264 encoder.


1.5.1 Beta

Added French translation.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5614.
Fixed crash in locales with , as the decimal marker.
Fixed a few warnings for compression level and quality on audio encodings.


1.5.0 Beta

The betas have started up again!

If you were previously on the beta track you will need to install this to get back on it. That's because you can now run both the Beta and Stable version of VidCoder side-by-side!

Note that the OpenCL and Intel QuickSync changes being tested by HandBrake are not in the betas yet. They will appear when HandBrake integrates them into the main branch.

Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5590. This adds a new FDK AAC encoder. The FAAC encoder has been removed and now avcodec's encoder is the default.
Available sample rates and framerates are now read dynamically from libhb.


1.4.22

Added Xbox 360 preset, thanks to Relhak.
Added Spanish translation, thanks to fantasmanegro.
Added Basque translation, thanks to azpidatziak.
Fixed behavior of custom anamorphic auto display width and max width/height.
Fixed double-logging on local encodes.
Fixed remote encoder not using libdvdnav even when enabled, which had caused some problems with multi-angle DVDs.


1.4.21

Fixed frames range option not working correctly.
Fixed the status message blocking clicks when not visible.


1.4.20

Updated HandBrake core to 0.9.9
Blu-ray subtitle (PGS) support
Additional framerates: 30, 50, 59.94, 60
Additional sample rates: 8, 11.025, 12 and 16 kHz
Additional higher bitrates for audio
Same as Source Constant Framerate
24-bit FLAC encoding
Added Windows Phone 8 and Apple TV 3 presets
Introduced process isolation for encodes. Now if HandBrake crashes, VidCoder will keep running and continue processing the queue.
Added view modes to the Preview window. Now you can see the image in 1:1 or in "Corners" mode to show a close-up of cropping results.
Overhauled the Options dialog
Better, more organized interface
Resizable
More options
Dedicated Updates panel with more information and the ability to check for an update manually
Big update to video range UI
There's now a bar you can click to set the start and end: left click to set the start and right click to set the end.
"Start Seconds" and "End Seconds" have been replaced with editable duration fields with the format 0:00:00 . Should no longer require math to actually set. :)
Replaced Chapters queue column with Range queue column and made it work for all modes.
Greatly improved x264 options
Preset is now a slider
Can now set H.264 Level (incompatible levels for source are grayed out)
Added "extra options" text box to Video tab to remove the need to use the Advanced tab
Added "Fast Decode" checkbox to support multiple tunes
Added a portable version. This packages up VidCoder as an .exe file that does not need to be installed. Be aware that it's not completely portable as you still need .NET 4 Client Profile on the computer for Windows versions earlier than 8.
Moved options storage to SQLite rather than the standard .NET user config. This means less chance for config settings to get corrupted.
Laid groundwork for the next beta to install side-by-side with the stable version.
Fixed non-centered text, bad coloring and inconsistent button looks in Windows 8.
Added Hungarian translation, thanks to Brechler Zsolt. You can pick your preferred language in Options -> General. If you want to see VidCoder in your language, help out on VidCoder's Crowdin page.
Updated WPF text rendering to use the better Display mode.
Added a menu option and button to close the current video source and get the initial "pick source" UI back.
When doing batch file encodes, VidCoder now picks the default title to encode rather than just the first one every time (useful for ISOs).
Disc folders can now be batch-added with drag and drop in the same way that ISOs can be.
Added the ability to set a custom completion sound.
Added an option to set a custom video player.
Added ability to set the priority of the worker process.
Individual encode jobs now log to a separate file as well as the main consolidated file.
Added the option to copy the encode job log to the same output folder as the encoded video.
Added preset name as optional queue column.
Mixdowns that are not supported by the current source are now grayed out.
Custom formatting now works on batch file encodes.
Fixes for many bugs, including batch encoding, sizing behavior and many more


1.4.19 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5415.
Changed setup file icon to the VidCoder icon.
Added some error checking around the possibility of the EncodingProfile getting set to null.
Fixed "Stop" and "Pause" functionality for non-worker process encoding.
Fixed bug where the automatic deletion option would fail if the source had just been closed.


1.4.18 Beta

Added option to use in-process encoding (for a fallback until the last issues with the worker process are resolved).
Added extra logging to the encode worker handoff.
If we're unable to connect to the worker process we now kill it, reducing the chances of leaving a zombie process encoding away without the GUI knowing about it.
MP4 muxing errors (like the output file getting too big) are now shown as errors in the log and cause encodes to be marked as Failed.
Updated the Delete Source Files feature to work on disc folders as well as individual files.
Added the ability to automatically resume the queue when restarting VidCoder.


1.4.17 Beta

Fixed burned subtitles getting cut off by cropping.
Fixed crash on completion if sound alert is enabled and the user is running VidCoder.exe from a different directory.
Changed worker logging to use a temp file to reduce the chance of locking the SQLite file.
When applying an update, we now let the process exit naturally rather than calling Environment.Exit. (This is an attempt to fix a crash on updating)


1.4.16 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5358. This fixes an issue with the scan progress going backward sometimes.
Added ability to tell VidCoder to look in a different directory for the .sqlite settings file. To do this you need to edit VidCoder.exe.config and VidCoderWorker.exe.config and follow the directions.
Fixed install detection and DVD playback for MPC-HC (Registry key was moved).
Increased worker process timeout to 20 seconds.


1.4.15 Beta

Added a portable version! This packages up VidCoder as an .exe file that does not need to be installed. Be aware that it's not completely portable as you still need .NET 4 Client Profile on the computer for Windows versions earlier than 8.
"Open in containing folder" now selects the file as well.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5312.
We now have finer-grained scan progress (not just title-level).
Fixed behavior of switching off of modified, built-in preset. You can no longer do a phantom save on it.
Changed how VidCoder responds to the worker process failing to respond to a ping. It now needs a bit of extra evidence that the worker process has died before stopping the encode.


1.4.14 Beta

Added ability to duplicate a subtitle track (useful if you want to include regular subtitles and forced only subtitles).
Added preset name as optional queue column.
Updated HandBrake core to svn 5245.
Individual encode jobs now log to a separate file as well as the main consolidated file.
Added the option to copy the encode job log to the same output folder as the encoded video.
Added a button to open the log folder to the Options dialog.
Increased cost estimation of the foriegn audio search pass.
Made column sizes for source subtitles consistent whether or not they're selected.
Improved logging for worker process failures.
Fixed crash on restoring queue items with multiple chapters.
Fixed output size calculation not updating when modulus was changed.


1.4.13 Beta

Big update to video range UI
There's now a bar you can click to set the start and end: left click to set the start and right click to set the end.
"Start Seconds" and "End Seconds" have been replaced with editable duration fields with the format 0:00:00 . Should no longer require math to actually set. :)
Replaced Chapters queue column with Range queue column and made it work for all modes.
Fixed logging for non-chapter ranges.
Increased precision for title and chapter durations.
Added an option to set a custom video player.
Added ability to set the priority of the worker process.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5184. This adds 24-bit FLAC encoding.
Disabled 4:4:4 x264 profile as the Auto profile should cover this.
Changed number box to go back to (auto) when at minimum and pressing down.
Advanced UI now allows setting motion estimation range under Hexagon and Diamond modes.
Fixed a pipe naming issue that caused failures to contact the encoding process.
Fixed blurring on a few icons.
Fixed display of audio quality in queue when using Auto bitrate.
Fixed buggy deblock setting on Windows Phone 7 preset that was causing encodes to only use ~30% CPU.


1.4.12 Beta

Overhauled the Options dialog: Made it cleaner and better organized.
Added an Updates tab with more detailed status and the ability to manually check for updates.
Added a menu option and button to close the current video source and get the initial "pick source" UI back.
Disc folders can now be batch-added with drag and drop in the same way that ISOs can be.
Added a menu item under Help to get to the Updates section of Options.
Added a hotkey for Options (F4).
Updated Android presets to bring them in line with HB presets.
Removed checkbox for Zero Latency tune as it does not help on these encodes.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5125.
Made changes to help diagnose reported encode proxy issues:
Increased worker ping timeout.
Added exception logging on ping timeouts.
Increased worker process priority. The worker threads themselves already have lower priority.
Fixed memory leak from scan instances.
Fixed issue where only lowercase extensions would be recognized when queuing up folders of files.
Fixed typo in AppleTV preset.
Fixed some common string resources not showing up for Hungarian.


1.4.11 Beta

Added Hungarian translation, thanks to Brechler Zsolt.
Update HandBrake core to SVN 5098. This update should fix crashes on some files.
Updated the enqueue split button to fit in better with the active Windows theme.


1.4.10 Beta

Added progress percent to the title bar/task bar icon.
Added MPLS information to Blu-ray titles.
Fixed the following display issues in Windows 8:
Uncentered text in textbox controls
Disabled controls not having gray text making them hard to identify as disabled
Drop-down menus having hard-to distinguish white on light-blue text
Added more logging to proxy disconnect issues and increased timeout on initial call to help prevent timeouts.
Fixed encoding window showing the built-in preset key rather than the preset name.


1.4.9 Beta

Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5079.
Fixed crashes when encoding DVDs with title gaps.


1.4.8 Beta

Fixed encode failures when including chapter markers (Regression in 1.4.7).


1.4.7 Beta

Added view modes to the Preview window. Now you can see the image in 1:1 or in "Corners" mode to show a close-up of cropping results.
Added the ability to set a custom completion sound.
Gave the encoding settings command bar a more distinctive background color and extended it to the whole width of the window. Added the preview button to the command bar.
Rearranged UI in Video tab and added back the section headers.
Added the "Most" choice for the advanced x264 analysis option.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5071.
Fixed excessive hard disk activity when quickly changing encoding settings by moving a slider or holding down a number box button.
Fixed cropping output not updating when switching cropping modes (regression in 1.4.6).


1.4.6 Beta

Brought back the x264 advanced options panel due to popular demand. Thank you for all the feedback.
x264 Preset/Profile/Tune/Level has been moved back to the Video tab, along with a copy of the "extra options" string.
Added Fast Decode and Zero Latency checkboxes to support multiple Tunes.
Added cropping option "None".
Audio bitrates that are incompatible with the encoder (such as MP3 > 320 kbps) are no longer preset on the list.
Fixed crash on opening VidCoder after de-selecting "remember locations".
Fixed problem with some H.264 levels getting incorrectly grayed out.
Fixed problem where preview picture dimensions could "drift" when in Strict or Loose Anamorphic mode.
Fixed "Video Codec" label in the audio tab.
Renamed ffmpeg to Libav in encoder names to better reflect the library they're coming from, and improved capitalization of encoder libraries.


1.4.5 Beta

Removed the old Advanced user interface and moved x264 preset/profile/tune there instead. The functionality is still available through editing the options string.
Added ability to specify the H.264 level.
Added ability to choose VidCoder's interface language. If you are interested in translating, we can get VidCoder in your language!
Updated WPF text rendering to use the better Display mode.
Updated HandBrake core to SVN 5045.
Removed logic that forced the .m4v extension in certain cases.
Increased max width of preset combo box.
Changed VidCoder to be a single-instance program. Attempting to open it again will show the main window.
Moved options storage to SQLite rather than the standard .NET user config. This means less chance for config settings to get corrupted.
When doing batch file encodes, VidCoder now picks the default title to encode rather than just the first one every time (useful for ISOs).
Fixed RF 0 showing (none) in number box.
Fixed reported crash on closing.
Fixed main UI not updating when output folder was picked in options.
Fixed crash when you have two SRT subtitle tracks and mark one as default.

1.4.4 Beta

Fixed inability to create new presets with "Save As".


1.3.4

Added option to join the Beta track.

The Beta track is a new, opt-in release track that will feature HandBrake nightly builds and all the new features that come with them as well as new VidCoder features. It won't be quite as stable: crashes and glitches will be more likely. However you'll get all the latest and greatest stuff and can help me squash bugs before they make it to a wider audience.

To opt in, go to Options and click the "Join the Beta track" checkbox.


1.3.3

Added ability to drag a folder full of videos onto the window to queue them all.
Added Windows Phone 7 preset.
Upgraded HandBrake core to 0.9.8 release.
Overhauled automatic audio and subtitle selection. (Tools -> Options -> Audio / Subtitles)
Added "Play Source" button to preview window.
Added chapter start time to each entry in the chapter naming dialog.
Added size of preview file to log output.
Added some crash protection against HandBrake returning a negative pixel aspect ratio.
Fixed DVDs not playing with VLC 2.0.
Fixed possible crash when auto-pausing during an on-demand scan.
Fixed intermittent crash when opening options dialog.


1.3.2

Added option for the minimum title length to scan.
Added support to enable or disable LibDVDNav.
Added option to prompt to delete source files after clearing successful completed items.
Added option to disable remembering recent files and folders.
Tweaked number box to only select all on a quick click.


1.3.1

Updated HandBrake core to 0.9.6 release (svn 4472).
Removed erroneous "None" container choice.
Change some logic and help text to stop assuming you have to pick the VIDEO_TS folder for a DVD scan. This should make previewing DVD titles on the Queue Multiple Titles window possible when you've picked the root DVD directory.


1.3.0

Enhancements to Queue Multiple Titles dialog:
Instant static previews
Ability to play individual DVD source titles with VLC or MPC-HC
Ability to override the naming format for the batch
Gave each audio encoding a background gradient to make different encodings stand apart.
Updated to HandBrake svn 4445.
Fixed multi-angle support not working (was missing a call to enable libdvdnav).
Fixed reported crash for sources that scan and find no titles.
Fixed issue with audio previews not updating when opening a window with a passthrough audio encoding.
Fixed a problem where the auto-updater would prompt you to apply an update you already had if you had installed it manually.


1.2.6

Fixed crash on encode complete when "keep scans after encode complete" was unchecked. (regression in 1.2.5)


1.2.5

Added option to eject a disc after encoding.
Added option to play a sound on encode completion.
Changed Add to Queue to a split button with a choice to add multiple titles to the queue.
Enqueuing and encoding are now available before picking an encode directory. Attempting to enqueue for the first time will prompt to set the encode directory.
Fixed some number formatting bugs in the Advanced panel that occurred in some locales.
Fixed all queue items being highlighted instead of just the one currently processing.


1.2.4

Added optional Duration column to queue.
Updated to HandBrake SVN 4368. This should fix some encoding crashes.
Updated "Audio Bitrate" column to "Audio Quality" column due to introduction of constant quality audio encoding.
When switching to custom cropping, the values will start out the same as what they were with automatic cropping. This should make tweaking the automatic values easier.
Fixed Move to Top, Move to Bottom and Delete queue item context menus not working.
Fixed crash on editing queue item from different source.
Fixed ranges not being reset properly when a new title is selected.
Fixed range preview not updating on title changing.
Fixed crashes due to having an outdated fallback audio encoder in a profile.
Fixed a few minor problems around UI updates due to NotifyPropertyChanged typos by switching to expression-based notifications.


1.2.2

Updated Handbrake core to svn 4344.
Fixed the 6-channel discrete mixdown option not appearing for AAC encoders.
Added handling for possible exceptions when copying to the clipboard, added retries and message when it fails.
Fixed issue with audio bitrate UI not appearing sometimes when switching audio encoders.
Added extra checks to protect against reported crashes.
Added code to upgrade encoding profiles on old queued items


1.2.1

Fixed a couple regressions: video encoder was blank in queue and crashes with the High Profile preset when opening the Settings window.
Fixed problem with auto-update introduced in 1.2.0. If you have 1.2.0 you will need to update manually to get this.


1.2.0

Updated to HandBrake svn 4311. Refactored to read in list of encoders from HandBrake itself. Added ffaac, FLAC audio and ffmpeg2 video.
Reworked audio encoding UI: removed grid and gave each encoding more vertical space. Added audio quality targeting and compression.
Added status messages. Added messages for a few events (encode start/stop, playing a preview clip, update available, update download finished).
Made source and destination path UI elements smarter about what parts they cut out when they don't have enough space. Parts in the middle are cut out first and the file name is left until last.
Added {titleduration} as a choice for auto-naming.
Changed second/frames range to update automatically while typing.
Changed preview window background to have better contrast against black.
Added an option to disable keeping scan files around after encode completion. This can free up space when encoding many items in a row.
Fixed crash when holding down up/down buttons on number controls.
Fixed problem with DVD insert/eject events not being registered.


1.1.1

Fixed regression that prevented new user presets from being created via Save As.


1.1.0

Added x264 profile/preset/tune options in Video tab.
Added option to send completed jobs back for editing. (Right click a completed item -> Edit)
Add pop-up info box for the video range selection. This will show the selected time range: the start, end and duration and a graphical representation.
Updated HandBrake svn to 4265.
Added "None" to Mixdown choices.
Added version and publisher metadata to the installer.
Updated passthrough to use HandBrake's built-in auto-passthrough.
Fixed DVD capitalization cleanup function to only apply if the source name is all caps.
Fixed completed items changing to bold when encodes are in progress.
Fixed bug with the watermark text appearing while editing a number box.


1.0.4

Fixed Queue Multiple Titles menu choice not appearing when applicable.
Added a cleanup option when a corrupt user.config file is encountered.
Added an option to delete user settings/presets on uninstall. This should make recovering from corrupted data a bit more straightforward.


1.0.3

Fixed preview button on encoding window not working.
Fixed output to source directory not working for batch encodes.
Fixed startup crash on restoring queued items. (introduced last version)


1.0.2

Added option to put encoded files in their source directory.
Added options for how to resolve file conflicts: Overwrite, automatically rename or prompt.
Added leading zeros to time output when auto-naming files to let them sort correctly.
Added File->Exit .
Added inline warning for DTS audio in MP4 container.

Fixed problem where the first click on another UI element while editing the destination would not register.
Fixed problem where entered text in the destination field might get clobbered when a scan finishes.
Fixed problem where blu-ray folders wouldn't get the right {source} for auto-naming.
Fixed File -> Open options being available when scanning.
Fixed crash on batch encoding videos with no audio track.
Fixed problem where numbers could get copied from one preset to another when switching between them.


1.0.1

Added the ability to bring back a queued item for editing (Right click -> Edit).
Added an option to minimize to the system notification area rather than the task bar.
Added Android encoding presets.
Added context menu options to queue items to move them to the top or bottom of the queue.
Changed encode destination box to look more like an editable text box.
Support for subme=11 in the advanced options GUI.

Fixed a problem where a deblock filter could get added to the encode when deblock was disabled. This should fix issues with normal encodes only using 1 CPU core.


1.0.0 Stable

VidCoder is now out of beta! Thanks everybody for the bug reports and feature suggestions. Nothing exactly special about this release but I feel that it's a mature enough project to go to 1.0. :)

Added splash screen
Updated to HandBrake svn 4167: This adds AAC and MP3 passthrough as well as DTS and DTS-HD passthrough for MP4.

Fixed an encode failure that could happen on audio passthrough.


0.9.3

Added option to Sleep, Log off or Shut down after the encode queue completes.
Added support for DTS-HD passthrough. Note that Target Size/Size estimation will not work correctly for this as the underlying libraries do not report the bitrate correctly.
Added Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) support
Added shortcuts to re-open recent sources
Updated Normal preset x264 settings to be faster. (mirroring HandBrake update)
Moved encode progress bar and ETA down to the bottom of the window.
Updating to HandBrake SVN 4103.

The XmlSerializers used are now pre-compiled. This means things should be a little faster on startup and this should eliminate some crashes related to compiling them.
Changed update metadata storage to use the sqlite DB. This along with some extra checks to ensure the installer file exists should eliminate some reported crashes around auto-update.
Stopped reporting early completions as failures. Too many false positives.
Prevent a crash when getting the system DPI fails.
Removed code that reads an old version of the encode queue. Should prevent crashes that have been reported.
Fixed buggy "(Empty)" drive option appearing in the source list.
Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to pause a restored queue item before the on-demand scan had completed. The pause button is now disabled until it can have effect.
Fixed some controls getting partially cut off in the Picture tab at minimum window width.


0.9.2

Updated to HandBrake 4024svn. This fixes problems with mpeg2 sources: corrupted previews, incorrect progress indicators and encodes that incorrectly report as failed.
Fixed a problem that prevented target sizes above 2048 MB.


0.9.1

Added color coding to the Log window. Errors are highlighted in red, HandBrake logs are in black and VidCoder logs are in dark blue.
Moved enqueue button to the right with the other control buttons.
Added logic to report failures when errors are logged during the encode or when the encode finishes prematurely.
Added Copy button to Log window.
Adjusted audio track selection box to always show the full track name.
Changed encode job progress bar to also be colored yellow when the encode is paused.
Added multi-select to drag and drop on all lists (queue, customize queue columns).

Updated to HandBrake 4011svn. This may fix some crashes on mpeg2 sources.


0.9.0

New startup UI for one-click scanning of discs or opening a file/folder.
New seek bar on the preview window to make switching previews easier (you can click anywhere on the bar).
Added gradient backgrounds to the main window to visually group the sections.
Added Open Video File and Open Video Folder options to the File menu.
Moved preview button to be in line with the other control buttons.

Fixed settings getting in a weird state if they were saved without an output folder being chosen.
Fixed preview image not getting updated for the first change made after saving a preset.
Fixed potential overlap of file names when batch encoding by fixing the auto-numbering system.
Fixed crash on batch encoding files with no audio.
Fixed issue with psy-rd not registering above 1.0.
Fixed video encoder getting null value when switching from MKV to MP4 with Theora selected


0.8.4

Added automatic preview of encoding bitrate when Target Size is chosen, and file size estimation when Average Bitrate is chosen. Also moved bitrate calculation to VidCoder as it will be removed from HandBrake soon.
Added button to clear completed queue items.

Increased size of number box controls in the queue multiple titles dialog to compensate for up and down buttons getting added.
Fixed bug with range specification which was causing the end of the range to be used as a duration.
Encodes that fail to produce an output file but report success are now reported correctly as failed.
Changed preview to use calculated bitrate for the full encode when using Target Size.


0.8.3

Added new feature from HandBrake: Audio Gain. You can now adjust the volume up or down when encoding a track.
Updated to HandBrake version 3935svn.
Changed user preset storage and queue persistence to use SQLite database instead of XML files. Should eliminate the chance a crash could wipe out user data.
Added ability to export a preset to an XML file, since user presets can no longer be found in the %appdata%VidCoder directory.
Added up and down buttons to number controls.
Added individual job ETA to queue progress tooltip.
Changed "video file" icon to look a bit more like a traditional windows file icon.

Fixed turbo first pass not working.
Fixed crash when trying to play a non-existent video file from the completed items tab.


0.8.2

* Updated auto-naming to handle seconds and frames ranges as well. Deprecated the {chapters} token for auto-naming in favor of {range}.
* Allowing file drag to preview window and enabling main window shortcut keys to work no matter what window is focused.
* Added option in config to enable giving custom names to audio tracks. (Note that these names will only show up certain players like iTunes or on the iPod. Players that support custom track names normally may not show them.)
* Added tooltips on the Enqueue and Encode buttons explaining if they're disabled due to no chosen output folder.
* On the Queue Multiple Titles dialog, if "select range" is enabled, the range will now update after the range has changed. Also clicking on the number box will select all text within it.

* Adding missing trellis=0 to the Apple Universal preset.
* Fixed issue that could cause different custom cropping values to be lost when encoding multiple items in a queue.
* Fixed issue with non-anamorphic calculations with cropping and Keep Aspect Ratio.
* Fixed crash that could occur on opening the Destination Browse dialog with manually entered relative paths.
* Fixed Queue Multiple Titles option not showing up after choosing an output direct


0.8.1

* Adds ability to choose an arbitrary range (in seconds or frames) to encode.
* Adds ability to override the title number in the output file name when enqueing multiple titles.
* Updated presets: Added iPhone 4, Apple TV 2, fixed some existing presets that should have had weightp=0 or trellis=0 on them.
* Added {parent} option to auto-name format. Use {parent:2} to refer to a folder 2 levels above the input file.
* Added {title:2} option to auto-name format. Adds leading zeroes to reach the specified length.
* Update to HandBrake SVN 3735: the 0.9.5 release version.
* Adds minimum size to preview window.

* Fixes crash on batch encoding files.
* Fixes a possible null reference crash.
* Fixed crash that could occur when custom output file format was chosen.
* Fixed radio button markers disappearing from default/custom file format choice.
* Fixed problems with inline track name preview not showing up on audio stream selection in the encoder window.


0.8.0

* Added x64 version.
* Made the audio output preview more detailed and accurate. If the chosen encoder or mixdown is incompatible with the source, the fallback that will be used is displayed.
* Added "Auto" to the audio mixdown choices.
* Reworked non-anamorphic size calculation to work better with non-standard pixel aspect ratios and cropping.
* Reworked Custom anamorphic to be more intuitive and allow display width to be set automatically (Thanks, Statick).
* Allowing higher bitrates for 6-channel surround when using AAC.
* Changed wording on empty width and height fields from (not set) to (auto) to be more clear.
* Combined AC3 and DTS passthrough options so that one choice can work as a passthrough for either format.
* Changed built-in presets to use Auto sample rate rather than 48 kHz.
* Updated the "Encode" icon look

* Fixed crash that could occur when refreshing the preview image while encoding a preview clip.
* Disabled deinterlacing on static previews to help prevent a crash.




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