History
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HCgui and HCenc 0.26 beta - release date 05-03-2011
- some bugs solved
- calculate PSNR: *FRAMELOG  psnr


HCgui and HCenc 0.25 - release date 20-09-2010
- bug fix release


HCgui and HCenc 0.24 - release date 07-09-2010
- added *1PASS command
- added *INTRAVLC command
- added *MINBRFAC command
- added 4:2:2 input / output
- some issues using Avisynth input are fixed
- better fade detection/handling


HCgui and HCenc 0.23 - release date 29-04-2008
- added adaptive quantization
- added panscan


HCgui and HCenc 0.22.1 beta - release date 15-02-2008
- some bugfixes
- added support for lossless file encodes
- more CLI input


HCgui and HCenc 0.22 - release date 12-11-2007
- multiprocessor support
- improved interlaced encoding
- more CLI input
- and as usual some bug fixes


HCgui and HCenc 0.21 - release date 30-04-2007
- added SSSE3 support
- added some new functions: *LUMGAIN, *SILENT and *SCDFILE
- higher encoding speed for best profile
- as usual some bug fixes


HCgui and HCenc 0.20 - release date 21-02-2007
- support for HD resolutions, up to 1920x1152
- added some new functions: *ZONE and *MASK_SHIFT
- improved autogop function with *AUTOGOP command
- higher encoding speed for SSE2 CPU's
- supports latest DGDecode/DGIndex (fileversion 15 & 16)
- GUI updated
- more built-in matrices
- more parameter input
- as usual some bug fixes


HCgui and HCenc 0.19.0.1 - release date 17-10-2006
bugfixes only:
- *CQ_PFACTOR and *CQ_BFACTOR were broken, fixed
- preview in GUI reset to default (off)


HCgui and HCenc 0.19 - release date 04-10-2006
- supports latest DGDecode/DGIndex (fileversion 13)
- some tweaks to improve fades and reduce blockyness
- more RD optimization (only for best profile)
- improved autogop function
- minor GUI changes
- as usual some bug fixes

  
HCgui and HCenc 0.18 - release date 29-04-2006
- updated encoding engine
- added pulldown 23.976 --> 29.97
- added adaptive matrix
- GUI bug fixes

  
HCgui and HCenc 0.17 - release date 04-02-2006
- more options for CQ encoding
- added gop, frames and chapter command as parameters for HCenc
- create a chapter list based on scene changes
- frame count starts at 0
- GUI bug fixes
- frame serving bug fixed
- memory error bug fixed (I hope)

  
HC and HCbatch beta 0.16 - release date 15-12-2005
- new GUI
- fixed a bug in ME which could cause blocky playback on some HW players
- bug fixes for handling Avisynth scripts
- GOP lengths could be too large, fixed
- added bias and dc precision as parameters for HCbatch

  
HC and HCbatch beta 0.15 - release date 18-06-2005
- better motion estimation
- compressed database
- added *BIAS command to tweak the compression curve
- added *SHUTDOWN command
- as usual some bugs fixed

  
HC and HCbatch beta 0.14 - release date 23-04-2005
- improvement of the encoding engine
- added *CQ_MAXBITRATE command, CQ encodes will now be DVD-compliant
- some other bugs fixed

  
HC and HCbatch beta 0.13 - release date 17-04-2005
- faster encoding
- bitrate control updated
- encoding profiles updated: FAST - NORMAL - BEST
- QLB matrix updated
- added *NOSEQ_ENDCODE command to suppress output of the sequence endcode
- some other minor bugs fixed

  
HCbatch beta 0.12b - not publicly released
- *CQ value wasn't set properly, fixed
- intermediate pass updated

  
HCbatch beta 0.12a - release date 24-03-2005
- fixed an error where the scan flag wasn't set properly
  for interlaced source using argument input
- added *WAIT command to speed up exit after encoding
- some other minor bugs fixed
- 1, 2 and 3 frame clips are now encoded using Constant Quant

  
HCbatch beta 0.12 - release date 19-03-2005
- encoding engine same as GUI version
- runs in a small window, showing statistics 
- can use ini file and parameters

  
HC beta 0.12 - release date 10-03-2005
- for some vertical resolutions the lower 2-3 lines
  sometimes flashes with the wrong color, fixed 
- Avisynth "progressive movie" check deleted

  
HC beta 0.11 - release date 22-02-2005
- GUI updated, many bugs fixed
- preview option added
- TFF/BFF flag added for interlaced encoding
- shows Avisynth script errors
- max. bitrate is written in sequence header instead of 9800
- minor changes in bitrate control for bitrate < 2000 kb/s
- AUTOGOP option didn't work if scene change detection
  was switched off, fixed
- bitrate now in kb/s, m2v file size in Kbytes (1 kbit = 1000 bit)
- MPEG matrix is set as default matrix

  
HC beta 0.10 - release date 07-02-2005
All versions greater than 0.1 will be GUI versions
- first GUI version
- nothing changed in the encoding engine
- some errors in Avisynth error handling fixed
- bitrate now in Kb/s, m2v file size in Kbytes (1 Kbit = 1024 bit)
- experimental support for AMD processors which can do MMX/ISSE
  proper check for this in the next version
  

HC beta 0.01 - release date 29-01-2005
- *BATCH command added


HC beta 0.00 - release date 25-01-2005
- first beta release
- command prompt version
