= AviUtl English ExtraPack 1.8 Changelog [Win7] =
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2014-09-13 by Maverick Tse

== Updated components ==
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  * Animated GIF Export (Fixed memory leak, added transparency support, support i18n file name)
  * SVG Renderer (support i18n file name)
  * Advanced editing (expanded dialog and button width)
  * D&D file support (added support for subtitles, changed GIF to Video Object by default)

== Additions ==
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  * ImageMagick Feature Plugins(ColorLevels, Sigmodial Contrast/Decontrast/Unsharp mask)
  * AFDither plugin
  * CSRI Subtitle Reader (For direct reading of SRT/SSA/ASS) 
  * Calligraphy and HandPainting Lua FX scripts

== Minor Change==
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Moved all VC2012/2013 redist DLLs into AviUtl root folder.

= AviUtl English ExtraPack 1.7 Changelog [Win7] =
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2014-08-04 by Maverick Tse

== Updated components ==
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  * L-Smash
  * L-Smash File Reader
  * x264
  * x265GuiEx (Muxing HEVC into MP4 now enabled, bug fixes)
  * AdvQSVEnc (Various workaround and fixes)
  * MKVMerge
  * MotionTracking MK-I, mtDeSub (bug fixes)
  * x265 8bpp (Snowfag build 2014-08-04)
  
== Replaced components ==
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  * LibAV with FFmpeg (base+libOpus)

== Additions ==
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  * LUA Effect scripts by Satsuki. NUMEROUS effects, suggest to explore on your own slowly;
(The effects starting with "TA-" are specially for TEXT object, and mostly need the "1 char 1 obj" option enabled)
  * Various scripts previously published individually: BreaskShake, Puzzle.
  * Other scripts: Planar3D(Adding true depth to 2D object by duplication along Z-axis)
  * qaac audio encoder (using Apple's AAC encoder that come with iTune/QuickTime/Safari)
  * Animated GIF Export Plugin

***Notice on AAC Encoder ***
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Nero AAC Codec seems no longer available on Nero's English site,
but still available on Taiwan and Japan's sites.
Due to uncertainty around this encoder, the qaac encoder is introduced.
To use this encoder, you need to first install iTune or QuickTime.
Then in the Encoder GUIs, choose the qaac encoder option.

*** A Note on File format support ***
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- Avoid old WMV and any VariableFrameRate video. Be warned!
- Avoid feeding in an AVI with codec other than HuffYUV, Lagarith, UtVideo or Uncompressed/RGB(A)
- AviUtl is NOT a robust transcoder, it is an editor. Do your transcoding with other specialized applications is recommended.
- if something cannot even play with Windows Media Player on your PC, do not expect AviUtl can read it!

= AviUtl English ExtraPack 1.6 Changelog [Win7] =
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2014-05-29 by Maverick Tse

== Updated components ==
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  * L-Smash (Updated libav)
  * L-Smash Works File Reader to rev726 (fixed some memory leaks)
  * x265GUIEx v3.21->v3.29 (support recent versions of x265, recompiled with VS2013)
  * Adv. QSVEnc (Supports additional QuickSync features on newer Intel CPUs with IntelMediaSDK2014)
  * MKVMerge (can mux HEVC video)
  * MotionTracking MK-I (bug fix and recompiled with OpenCV2.4.9 and VS2013)
  * x265 binaries (ICC builds, all 64bit)
  * x264 binaries (kmod, 8bpp version is 32bit, 10bpp version is 64bit)

== Replaced components ==
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  * FFMPEG with self-built LibAV (avconv.exe)

== Additions ==
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  * Scalable Vector Graphics support (See sample project for demo)
[http://mavericktse.mooo.com/wordpress/archives/1669]

  * Robust(but slow) subtitle remover plugin: mtDeSub
[http://mavericktse.mooo.com/wordpress/archives/1708]
(Be warned, this plugin is HEAVY!)

  * Two new rewritten language plugins 
(You can switch back to the old one from the File>Setting>Language menu)
[They just differ by font-face, Gothic vs. Lucida Sans; both compiled using mingw-w64; Sourcecode now hosted on
GoogleCode: https://code.google.com/p/aviutl-base-i18n/]

  * Alert sound(s) on encode completion (File>Settings>System)

  * FAW AAC I/O plugin (for loseless AAC editing. TURN OFF SPEAKER BEFORE USE)
[http://mavericktse.mooo.com/wordpress/archives/1598]

== Regression ==
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The x265GUI may produce weird progress status when encoding with x264,
but that does not affect actual encoding

== Others ==
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  * Re-organized folder structure and removed redundant files

  * Plugin SDK in English comments now on Google Code

  * When encoding to HEVC, please mux to MKV instead of MP4. The default mp4 muxer cannot mux HEVC into mp4.


