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** 12.03.2014 - 1.5.6 **
[New]
- New option to add custom target file sizes.
[Changed]
- Slight UI changes and improvements.
- Updated some of the external libraries.
- Help file update.
** 04.06.2012 - 1.5.5 **
[Changed]
- Improved handling of exceptions caused by invalid subtitle files.
- Improved mp3 encoding parameters.
- The lowest available audio bitrate is now 96 kbps.
- Audio bitrate = 320 kbps is now available only for CBR mode.
- Azid and LAME settings are now saved to the log.
- Help file update.
[Fixed]
- In some circumstances checking for a new version could work incorrectly.
** 06.05.2012 - 1.5.4 **
[New]
- New Spanish translation (thanks to Javier Tapia Torres from Spain).
- New Slovak translation (thanks to Stano Kobella from Slovakia).
[Changed]
- Xvid updated to version 1.3.2 final.
- LAME encoder updated to version 3.99.5
- Source code corrections and improvements.
- Our own Xvid installer replaced by the original installer provided by the Xvid Team.
- Due to implementation of Xvid external installer, codec's remnants cannot be removed now.
- Logo window rebuilt.
- Logo position and available values auto-adjusted to the video resolution.
- Logo times (start and duration) auto-adjusted to the movie's length.
- Help file updates and corrections (thanks to Javier Tapia Torres for help).
[Fixed]
- Logo right alignment problem for HD video resolutions.
- Incorrect detection of video stream size in some circumstances.
- Wrong F1 Help content for some UI items.
- Incorrect detection of some decoding libraries (i.a. ffdshow).
** 12.03.2011 - 1.5.3 **
[New]
- New Portuguese translation (thanks to Joćo Frade from Portugal).
[Changed]
- Xvid updated to version 1.3.0 final.
- Improved compatibility with the new version of the encoder.
- Updated translations.
- Help file update.
** 31.01.2011 - 1.5.2 **
[Changed]
- Added support for non-ANSI fonts in ASS and SSA subtitles.
- Added some new data saved to the log.
- Improved Xvid installer now removes all Xvid remnants.
- New Portuguese translation (thanks to Oscar R. Neto).
- Translation module changes and improvements.
- Temporary subtitles are now saved in the temporary folder after starting a job.
- Removed the font size limit for SSA and ASS subtitles.
- Improved the Resizing module.
- Implemented some additional protections against an invalid final resolution.
- Updated some sections in the Help file.
- Some changes and improvements in generated avs scripts.
[Fixed]
- In some circumstances higher versions of VirtualDubMod were not acceptable.
- Incorrect behaviour of Resizing Tools in case of resolutions exceeding the screen size.
- Cropping and Resizing Tool windows were overlapped by their preview windows.
- The maximum value for logo alpha blending was 225 instead of 255.
- Incorrect ARC player adjustments in case of very large or very small resolutions.
- Wrong crop values for maximally cropped picture.
- Minor bugs in the Help file.
- Incorrect required disk space calculation while adding new jobs to the queue.
- In some cases Queue columns were not correctly adjusted after removing an aborted job.
- Opening the window with the list of translators caused an unexpected language change.
- Errors caused by an invalid resultant resolution after using black borders.
- Inaccurate calculations in module checking the availability of black borders presets.
** 05.05.2010 - 1.5.1 **
[New]
- Added support for VobSub (.sub/.idx) subtitles.
- Added multiple-audio support.
- Introduced new Audio stream list.
- New Swedish translation (thanks to Lennart).
[Changed]
- Added interpretation of some errors to the log.
- VSFilter updated to version 2.39
- Improved intercepting errors and exceptions.
- Help system update.
- Improved Black Borders module.
- Added more details to the log.
- Implemented ADPCM audio support.
- Many source code changes and improvements.
- Improved detection of some audio codecs and displaying their names.
- Added piracy, copyright warnings to log files.
- Improved and speeded up the translation module.
[Fixed]
- Bug appearing while converting 2 audio streams.
- Incorrect frame count for some multi-part AVI files.
- Truncated output files after recompressing some multi-part AVIs.
- Incorrect behaviour of the AVS script editor window.
- Errors when a job failed and an output file already existed.
- Existing target files were deleted in some circumstances.
- Unexpected application errors when more than one job failed.
** 03.10.2009 - 1.5.0 **
[New]
- New option for saving subtitle settings.
- New feature for creating custom subtitle presets.
- Implemented the Help System.
- Option to activate the Adaptive Quantisation algorithm.
- Option for automatic output path generation.
- New button "Program defaults" - resetting all settings to default values.
- New Greek translation (thanks to Dawndeath).
[Changed]
- Many source code changes and improvements.
- AVI files created in DivX Media Format are now accepted by ARC.
- Some graphical cosmetic changes in the GUI.
- Improved the behaviour of "Up", "Down" and "Delete" buttons from the "Queue" tab.
- Changed the name for the temporary directories to "New Movie [AVI ReComp temp]".
- Log file suffix changed from "_AVI ReComp" to "[AVI ReComp]".
- Moved the "Each job resets settings" option to the "Queue" tab.
- Added a small splash screen to appear while loading very large files.
- Xvid updated to version 1.2.2
- Changed the suffix for output names from "_new" to "_arc" which is now not translatable.
- Improved AviSynth and Xvid installers.
- Rebuilt module for displaying desktop notifications.
- Notifications are now disabled when the "Stay on top" option is activated.
- The "Translation Guide" is now moved to the Help file.
- Reorganisation of some files and subdirectories of the installation folder.
[Fixed]
- Removed annoying "MPA File Import Filter" window.
- Incorrect settings reset after using the "Each job resets settings" option.
- Wrong startup position on dual screen monitors.
- Subs remained auto-loaded from previous movies.
- Incorrect temp dirs for jobs with the same name.
- Incorrect behaviour of some application's windows.
- Incorrect translation of some phrases caused VDubMod crash.
- I/O error 123 directly after pressing the "Start" button.
- Conflict between two different source files if one of them was loaded via command line option.
- Recompression and tool preview errors (conflict between source resolution and colour-space).
** 02.05.2009 - 1.4.6 **
[New]
- Subtitle script encoding (for ASS and SSA).
- Option to invoke QPel encoding.
- Checking if the selected translation is complete.
- New black borders configuration tool.
- Added time remaining and % completed indicators for the running job.
- Auto-loading option for subtitles with the same name.
- Added a Volume level adjustment tool to the Audio Conversion Module.
- New Dutch translation (thanks to Kareltje538).
[Changed]
- If movie resolution is greater than screen resolution Preview Player now auto resets to screen resolution.
- Added graphics card info to the log file.
- All occurrences of XviD changed to the official name - Xvid
- The volume level in the Preview Player is now saved/restored.
- Improved total RAM detection (log file).
- Source encoder version is now displayed in the "Data" panel.
- Some User Interface changes and improvements.
- Checking dimensions of loaded logo bitmaps.
- Checking Xvid version before each pass.
- Improved and quicker Preview generation.
- Improved logging module.
- Job settings are now saved and restored on the next start up.
- Distinction between MPEG and H.263 default quantisation matrices.
- Improved alignment in custom matrix table cells.
[Fixed]
- DTS audio muxing error.
- "Start" button enabled after reloading VirtualDubMod.
- Incorrect system directory detection.
- "Add to queue" button disabled if the target file was specified as first.
- Error message when trying to open the last used directory if it no longer exists.
- Xvids "Unrestricted" profile was used instead of "Home" (Xvid 1.2.1).
- Incorrect preview operation on Dual Monitor systems.
- After adding a new job the "Start" button became enabled during active reencoding.
- Corrupted display of unknown quantisation matrix.
- Incorrect position of some coefficients in custom matrix tables.
- Invisible button for custom quantisation matrices.
- Not existing file reported as incorrect.
- Incorrect translation in the "Shortcuts" window.
- In some circumstances previously used/saved subtitle settings were not restored.
- Untranslated tooltips.
- Incorrect PlayResX and PlayResY in ASS subtitle scripts.
- In some circumstances desktop notifications were not displayed.
** 12.01.2009 - 1.4.5 **
[New]
- New audio resampling feature.
- Added Full Screen mode in ARC Player.
- Added a new "Log" tab for displaying the progress of the reencoding.
- Added new Desktop Alert settings (window transparency, duration).
- New option for displaying custom quantisation matrices.
- New module for checking available disc space.
- New "User Data" editor.
- Added new option for displaying VDubMod's windows.
- New Arabic translation (thanks to Ghada).
[Changed]
- Implemented automatic job renaming.
- Improved handling exceptions and errors on aborting jobs.
- Added some installer embellishments.
- Implemented new installers for Xvid and VobSub.
- Improved AviSynth installer.
- Added new info saved to log files (CPU, RAM, screen settings etc).
- Added warnings of editing video larger than the screen size.
- "Delete temporary files" option is now checked by default.
- Better Xvid version detection.
- Improved preview player's context menu.
- Added VobSub installation checkup.
- Added ffdshow installation checkup.
- Added warnings of closing VDubMod from the Task Manager.
- New "About..." window.
- Rearrangement of some GUI elements.
- Added some new icons and implemented some graphical improvements.
- Added some new balloon hints (tooltips).
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.8 RC5.
- XviD updated to version 1.2.1
- Translation guides updated.
- Added special comments to all translation files.
- Many source code improvements.
[Fixed]
- Remaining Desktop Notification after closing the program.
- Crash if VDubMod's location was changed after adding a job to the queue.
- Incorrect versions of third-party tools in the log file if those tools were reinstalled after adding a job to the queue.
- Remaining "Audio 1" and "Audio 2" buttons after adding a job to the queue with reset settings activated.
- Crash if one of the chosen paths exceeded the file system limits.
- Incorrect behaviour of some windows.
** 02.10.2008 - 1.4.4 **
[New]
- New version check option.
- "Donate" and "Beta-testing" buttons.
- New tray menu icons.
- New progress bar for active jobs.
- Additional info in the "Data panel" (QPel, GMC, AR, audio encoding mode).
- New keyboard shortcuts description window.
[Changed]
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.8 RC4.
- Lame updated to version 3.98.2
- Source and temp files protection if a job is stopped with an error.
- Log info corrections and improvements.
- Some command line improvements.
- Desktop alert module rebuilt (now with fade out effect).
- "Move up/down" buttons - enabled only if more than 1 job in the queue.
- Job list improvements and corrections.
- Default mp3 encoding mode changed to VBR.
- Changed names of some temporary file names.
- Black borders not allowed (warning) for AR lower or equal 4:3.
- Some GUI changes and improvements.
- VDubMod is now running in hidden mode.
- Better target size calculation.
- "Data panel" rebuilt (new "General" section).
- The new AVI size now auto-defaults to the size of the source file.
- Removed or replaced some log data (file names, paths) in the interest of preserving users privacy.
- Additional warning if a save to location and/or target size are not specified.
- Improved Unicode support in some places.
[Fixed]
- New source file could be loaded via context menu during setting audio parameters for another movie.
- Some dialog boxes collisions.
- A rarely encountered type of mp3 audio stream could be flagged as unrecognised.
- There was a space in the bitrate value instead of a thousands separator.
- Incorrect behaviour when Stay on top option was enabled.
- In some circumstances a job could be marked as "aborted" even though it was completed.
- Taskbar icon error when using Cropping or Resizing tools.
- Serious bug when recompressing files with size larger than 4 GB.
- Incorrect behaviour of some windows.
- Spelling corrections.
** 01.06.2008 - 1.4.3 **
[New]
- New Thai translation.
[Changed]
- Changed the default process priority from Idle to Normal for a default job.
- Both resizing and cropping previews and tools windows are now dragable and accessible in the same time.
- Maximal allowed width for new AVI is now 1920 and maximal allowed height 1080 px.
- If the user sets the values exceeding 720x576 and clicks the 'Use' button then he gets a warning.
- New Close Button on the Preview Player window.
- Improved the preview generating process.
- Job List was significantly rebuilt.
- Eliminated stealing screen windows' activity by VDubMod.
- Improved detection of AVI file encoders.
- Widened AVS script Editor window.
- It is now impossible to Drag&Drop the file that is already loaded to ARC.
- Many source code changes and improvements.
- Some GUI corrections and adjustments.
- From now on the 'keep ratio' option will keep current aspect ratio (instead of original source AR).
- Improved calculations of admissible target AVI size.
- Considerably improved reading data from AVI files.
[Fixed]
- The recompression was slowed down after enabling the 'Edit avs script' option.
- Cropping preview bug appearing when reopening Cropping Tools after saving some cropping values.
- Disappearing Preview button in Subtitles Settings window after closing the preview.
- AR indicator was not updated after clicking the Restore button in the Resizing Tools window.
- AVI ReComp preview player did not stop at the end of the movie and the Play button was not available.
- Unrestricted XviD profile was used instead of Home when XviD 1.1.3 was installed.
- Sometimes the resizing and cropping previews were displayed in a wrong colour spaces.
- Incorrect resizing arrows' behaviour when trying to reach large resolution values.
- No screenshots in the Russian translation guide.
- Job List items had uneven look on Vista.
- No standard colours in all colour list-boxes in SSA and ASS settings windows.
- Outline/Shadow colour list disabled in SSA settings window.
- Double LanczosResize in the preview avs script after saving crop values and running resizing preview.
- Incorrect black borders sizes in the preview launched from Cropping and Resize Tools windows.
- Incorrect warnings informing about too large logo size when Black Borders option was enabled.
- Possibility of loading a new source via command line switches even if ARC was busy editing other file.
- In some circumstances ARC disabled DirectVobSub auto-loading mode.
- Recompressing files exceeding 1.99 GB resulted in truncated output.
- Incorrect display coordinates in ASS subtitle scripts when Black Borders option was enabled.
** 03.05.2008 - 1.4.2 **
[changed]
- New built-in preview player.
- XviD updated to Koepi's build from 27.04.2008
- Lame encoder updated to version 3.98 beta 8.
- A Windows hint dialogue will now display if you hover your mouse over the desktop shortcut.
- If DivX is detected as the codec, ARC will no longer attempt to detect the version and will just display DivX.
- Cosmetic changes to the font and it's size in the changes section accessed from the About window.
- Increased width of the Changelog window.
- Cosmetic improvement to the ARC startmenu shortcut icon under Vista.
[fixed]
- The string "Thanks to all the translators!" accessed from the About window now appears in all languages.
- Protection against launching AVIReCompShell.exe manually. Especially with no command line parameters.
- More appropriate punctuation for changelog items.
- A problem whereby it was impossible to prevent the creation of the ARC desktop icon.
** 18.04.2008 - 1.4.1 **
[changed]
- Lame encoder updated to version 3.98 beta 7
- Improved serching for third-party libraries in 64-bit systems
- Some changes and improvements in AVI ReComp installer
- Updated translations (Hungarian, Italian and Russian)
- Many source-code changes and improvements
- AVIReComp.exe can no longer be run from locations other than its installation directory
- Improved appearance of some messages and hints
- From now on the default new AVI size is 700 MB
- Icons and images improvements
[fixed]
- Temporary core generated files could not be saved causing resizing, cropping and preview problems (with regard to Vista UAC protection)
- Incorrect Save Dialog opened instead of Open Dialog window when trying to load a new source file (Vista)
- Wrong large file size calculation for XviD and for the log file
- Cropping bug after reopening Cropping Tools and clicking the Restore button
- AVI file association did not work at all under Vista because of Vista UAC restrictions
- Unexpected errors when trying to run cropping or resizing tools and no AviSynth was installed
- Vista uses different fonts and that's why in some places buttons, labels and edits had deformed text
- If no xvid or no avs found in system dirs, message dialogs were invisible and displayed behind the 'waiting' form
- Unexpected errors if New AVI size was set to 0 or not specified
- Codec's name field in Data panel was deformed (Vista)
- The Language List had some strange behaviours under Vista
- Serious uninstaller bug that in certain circumstance could result in data loss
- Update checker rebuilt since it was not working correctly under Vista
- The hint for Desired AVI size was not present in the language file and it is always displayed in English
- Multiple preview available from Cropping and Resizing Tools
- ARC was not able to detect Windows Vista and save appropriate info in log files
** 29.01.2008 - 1.4.0 **
[new]
- new Crop feature
- new interface images
- some new gui hints
- new temporary hints for too long subtitle and logo paths
- new 'Translators' button in About window
- added Aspect Ratio in the Resize Tools window
- new Portuguese translation (thanks to thiih_)
- new Russian translation (thanks to mitinka)
- new Hungarian translation (thanks to Pety)
[changed]
- XviD updated to version 1.1.3
- VDubMod edit adjusted for very long paths
- improved loading files with right-click menu
- improved searching for VDubMod
- many minor gui adjustments and improvements
[fixed]
- corrected TabOrder in the Settings tab
- LanczosResize in avs scripts doubled in some cases
- no Unicode for resizing arrows hints
- remaining hints for very long input/output paths
- wrong AR keeping when resizing
- wrong resizing values - over max allowed width/height
* 18.03.2007 - 1.3.0 **
[new]
- new option - audio converting feature
- new option - editing AviSynth scripts
- multiaudio support
- new warnings - XviD possibilities exceeded
- new hints for very long source and input paths
- new Bulgarian translation (thanks to bashman)
[changed]
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.7
- registry options storage rebuilt
- gui corrections and improvements
- improved checking new versions on startup
- some installer improvements and corrections
- log info improvements
- many source code changes and improvements
- from now video demuxing is performed before audio demuxing
- improved logging on exceptions
- improved audio bitrate averaging algorithm
- improved searching for XviD version
- translation guide updated
- from now tooltips are enabled by default
- improved handling errors and exceptions from VirtualDubMod and saving them to the log file
- VirtualDubMod errors do not break the queue now
- desktop alert is not movable now
- thanks and changelog are now displayed in the internal window
- removed useless question on closing program concerning removing aborted job from a queue
- when VDubMod was running ARC windows became inactive
- improved default ASS and SSA default style
- alert window from previous queue is now closed immediately after the next queue is started
[fixed]
- new AVI size was reseted after choosing a new language
- invalid final file size in a log file when a target size was very large
- some bugs in the log file when no-audio movie was processed
- SSA/ASS style name collision (all style name appearances were converted to 'AVIRC')
* 05.11.2006 - 1.2.3 **
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[changed]
- XviD updated to version 1.1.2
[fixed]
- compatibility with XviD 1.1.2
** 31.10.2006 - 1.2.2 **
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[new]
- new option - process priority changing
- if XviD version is not detected then the 'Version' window becomes red
- new Spanish translation (thanks to Argantes)
[changed]
- some small gui improvements
[fixed]
- problem with &H subtitle color format
- incorrect result when a very large target size was chosen
** 19.08.2006 - 1.2.1 **
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[new]
- new Serbian translation (thanks to goodmood)
- new Slovenian translation (thanks to lojze)
[changed]
- improved DTS audio support
- improved protection agains saving inputs and outputs with the same file names
- some small job list changes
- small gui corrections
[fixed]
- sometimes subtitles settings were not saved properly
- ac3 audio sync issue
- wrong original subtitle file path in a log file
- error when too long file names were used
- no file extension after a recompression
- XviD N-VOPs issue (N-VOP's cause audio desync on many ESS based players)
- some bugs concerning AviSynth and color-spaces issuees
** 29.04.2006 - 1.2.0 **
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[new]
- added a new feature of resampling video frames
- added shortcuts: Ctrl+o (open source file), Ctrl+s(save new AVI), Ctrl+d(add to queue)
- default file name for Save AVI dialog box is now generated
- new French translation (thanks to RaZorbacK)
- new Italian translation (thanks to Chris B from Cryogenic Team)
[changed]
- subtitling algorithms totally rebuilt (ASS and SSA subtitle style detection)
- many source code improvements
- some changes in About window
- added more hints
- improved searching for required tools on startup
- VirtualDubMod updated to build 2542 of version 1.5.10.2 (update recommended)
- Hebrew translation corrections
- some changes and corrections in AVI Data panel
- from now VirtualDubMod does not display input and output video preview (after processing the original settings of VirtualDubMod are restored)
[fixed]
- in some cases the audio type was not detected properly
- in some cases not supported sources were accepted and loaded
- logo settings were saved every time during the preview
- in some cases the message alert window was not displayed on top
- sometimes the output file audio was out of sync
- problems with multi-style ASS and SSA subtitles
- subtitling bug if no style was declared in ASS / SSA subtitle file
- subtitling bug if a declared style was not used in ASS / SSA dialogues
- incorrect subtitle size while adding the black borders
- sometimes the captions of the message-boxes were not translated
- sometimes after a new job was added to a queue and the language was changed some new data appeared in the AVI Data panel
- no audio stream in the final output in case of loading the file via the right-click menu
** 13.03.2006 - 1.1.2 **
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[fixed]
- audio/video/subtitles synchronization problem during the Preview
** 03.03.2006 - 1.1.1 **
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[new]
- new option: Disable B-VOPs
- enabled sound for the preview
- new Czech translation (thx to kinki)
- new translation guide (html)
- an Official AVI ReComp forum available -> www.videopedia.pl/avirecomp/forum
[changed]
- form now every source is loaded as DirectShow source
- changed fonts for a desktop alert window
- from now only versions 1.5.10.1 and higher of VirtualDubMod are acceptable
- all VDubMod jobs have now .jobs extension (.vcf before)
- removed non-english characters protection in the paths names
- slight gui changes
- if VobSub was installed together with ARC and its configuration was not changed by the user a DirectVobSub auto-loading is disabled
- rebuilding of installation directories
- now also the documentation can be translated. It will be loaded automatically in a chosen language
- some improvements in a German translation (thakns to Aux)
[fixed]
- in some cases the exceptions were logged incorrectly
- H264 encoding format was not detected properly
- A 'New version' alert was not displayed in Unicode properly
- remaining 'unknown codec' after changing a language
** 15.01.2006 - 1.1.0 - Unicode version **
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[new]
- new option: removing source files after a successful recompression
- added command line option. Now you can open your AVI files from right-click context menu.
- a new Hebrew translation (made by Pasha Kagan)
- a new German translation (by Auxiliaris)
- Unicode support.
[changed]
- GUI significantly rebuilt
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.6a
- XviD updated to version 1.1.0 final
- changed a desktop alert information
- improved logging on exceptions
- improved protection against possible errors
- many source-code improvements
- many changes in translation template (it is now much easier for the translator to understand the meaning of some parts)
- some new installer improvements
- improved checking for a new version on startup
- improved preventing the second instance of the application from starting
- now all log entries are available only in English
- from now only full stable version will be released. The installer will always contain all required tools
- improved searching for VDubMod and XviD on various Windows versions.
[fixed]
- the installers of AviSynth, XviD or VobSub were not removed from Windows Temp directory after installation
- two words were not translated properly while changing a language
- after aborting a single job in a queue the buttons (Up, Down, Delete) didn't work as they should
- there were no hints available for two disabled buttons
- a splash screen (Please, wait...) was not displayed correctly when XviD or AviSynth was not found
- errors during recompressing AVIs without audio stream
- some spelling mistakes in Polish translation.
**05.09.2005 1.0.0 new stable**
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[new]
- a new feature of batch encoding is added (now you can add your jobs to the queue)
- a new panel with detailed informations about loaded AVI file
- a new feature of adding logo bitmap to the movie
- a new 'Preview' button in SSA/ASS settings window
- a new 'About...' item in tray popup menu
[changed]
- GUI is significantly rebuilt
- big changes in the source code
- improved the translation algorithms. From now ARC displays the list of languages in the default OS language used by the user
- updated 'How to make the translation' guide
- from now the initial directories for subtitles and logo (.bmp) are saved for the next session
- changed English translation (thx David J Hughes for help)
- changed the algorithms for adjusting subtitles properties. From now the original subtitle file is not changed. So you can use the same file with different settings for different movies
- changed the names of the directories for temporary files
- longer time for displaying hints
- VirtualDubMod updated to version 1.5.10.2
- improved searching for default source and target directories
[fixed]
- some XviD settings remained from the last compression
- little gui bug (deactivating subtitles didn't disable 'subtitles-settings' button)
- another gui bug (unproper size of VDubMod status window when this tool was not found)
- after setting a path to VDubMod a version of this tool was not displayed at all
- after accepting an invitation to download a new version the users of version 0.1.5 were directed to not existing website in our DHT service
- a possibility of choosing a different file than VirtualDubMod.exe from the history list
- VDubMod status 'Not found' was not retranslated properly
- some words in subtitles-settings window were not translated as they should
- two or more welcome and warnings windows were displayed when starting recompression. It occurred when OS didn't contain some registry entries or VDubMod was never used before.
- a bug when VirtualDubMod couldn't read some temporary files. This bug is fixed in new version of VDubMod (a possible issue with Symantec Corporate AntiVirus 10) .
**04.08.2005 - 0.1.5 stable**
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[new]
- added some new warnings when the quality of the video is suspected to be very poor
- added checking for new versions on startup
- from now VobSub is required (the installer contains VobSub now)
- added some new informations to log file
- now you can drag and drop your AVI files onto the source window
- added warning protecting target file against being overwritten during next work
- added warning when 'stop' button is pressed
[changed]
- many improvements in the source code
- gui changes
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.6 Beta4
- VSFilter updated to version 2.36
- updated translation template
- I decided to decrease the process priority for two main encoding passes
- updated Polish and English FAQ (visit AVI ReComp website !)
- improved getting info about VirtualDubMod product version
[fixed]
- bug when the user was able to open several copies of AVI ReComp
- two little bugs in 1pass and 2pass jobs for VirtualDubMod
- bug when in some cases the source and/or target paths were saved incorrectly in job file
- bug when all temporary files were deleted if after finished job the preview was started
- bug when borders couldn't be added to source with AR lower than 1,333
- some bugs in the installer
**19.07.2005 - beta update 0.1.4**
[changed]
- gui corrections
[fixed]
- bug when the target file size was smaller than audio size. Now AVI ReComp will show the warning in such cases
- bug when chosen font name was always the same after opening the subtitle-settings window
- preview window was not closed when quiting the main program
- small bug when the word 'version' wasn't translated properly in the main window after changing the translation language
- AVI ReComp always crashed when non-english characters were used in the source or target path. Now the program rebukes and shows the warning in such cases
- bug when AVI size info was read only from AVI file. Some movies contains wrong size info
- bug when in some cases MicroDVD, TMPlayer or SRT subtitles were not in sync with the movie
- bug when incorrect (SubtitleTool's) SSA subs could be loaded to AVI ReComp.
*14.07.2005 - beta update 0.1.3**
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[new]
- added new feature: adjusting subtitles settings (only for SSA and ASS subs)
[changed]
- many slight gui improvements
- now the homepage link leads to AVI ReComp description directly
- updated translation template
**07.07.2005 - beta update 0.1.2**
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[new]
- added new option: now you can add black borders to your movie
- added new option: now you can force AVI ReComp to delete all temporary files
- now clicking on the message of desktop alert you can get access to your destination folder
- added 'Turbo mode' option. This option forces XviD to use Turbo function
[changed]
- now trellis is off during XviD encoding
- many improvements in the source code
- prepared new translation template
- some changes in desktop alert window
- gui changes
- improved reaching the target AVI size
[fixed]
- bug when the user could change the target AVI size after "start" button was pressed
- bug in displaying AVI ReComp logo icon on Application Control Panel when classic Windows style was used. From now a different picture is used
- bug when user changed the interface language between two jobs then the desktop alert was displayed incorrectly
**04.07.2005 - beta update 0.1.1**
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[new]
- added logging engine (now you can find *_AVI ReComp.log file in your destination directory). Log window will be added in future.
- added Changelog and Thanks informations
- added checking if AviSynth is installed (when "start" button is pressed)
- now all interface settings are restored after AVI ReComp restarts
[changed]
- many improvements in the source code
- prepared new translation template
- improved searching for VirtaualDubmod on lunching the program
- improved searching for XviD version
- small gui changes
[fixed]
- bug when XviD codec and/or AviSynth were installed but not found by AVI ReComp.
- bug when uninstaller didn't delete some registry keys
- bug when after aborting job and starting new job the font size of desktop alert was unproper.
[New]
- New option to add custom target file sizes.
[Changed]
- Slight UI changes and improvements.
- Updated some of the external libraries.
- Help file update.
** 04.06.2012 - 1.5.5 **
[Changed]
- Improved handling of exceptions caused by invalid subtitle files.
- Improved mp3 encoding parameters.
- The lowest available audio bitrate is now 96 kbps.
- Audio bitrate = 320 kbps is now available only for CBR mode.
- Azid and LAME settings are now saved to the log.
- Help file update.
[Fixed]
- In some circumstances checking for a new version could work incorrectly.
** 06.05.2012 - 1.5.4 **
[New]
- New Spanish translation (thanks to Javier Tapia Torres from Spain).
- New Slovak translation (thanks to Stano Kobella from Slovakia).
[Changed]
- Xvid updated to version 1.3.2 final.
- LAME encoder updated to version 3.99.5
- Source code corrections and improvements.
- Our own Xvid installer replaced by the original installer provided by the Xvid Team.
- Due to implementation of Xvid external installer, codec's remnants cannot be removed now.
- Logo window rebuilt.
- Logo position and available values auto-adjusted to the video resolution.
- Logo times (start and duration) auto-adjusted to the movie's length.
- Help file updates and corrections (thanks to Javier Tapia Torres for help).
[Fixed]
- Logo right alignment problem for HD video resolutions.
- Incorrect detection of video stream size in some circumstances.
- Wrong F1 Help content for some UI items.
- Incorrect detection of some decoding libraries (i.a. ffdshow).
** 12.03.2011 - 1.5.3 **
[New]
- New Portuguese translation (thanks to Joćo Frade from Portugal).
[Changed]
- Xvid updated to version 1.3.0 final.
- Improved compatibility with the new version of the encoder.
- Updated translations.
- Help file update.
** 31.01.2011 - 1.5.2 **
[Changed]
- Added support for non-ANSI fonts in ASS and SSA subtitles.
- Added some new data saved to the log.
- Improved Xvid installer now removes all Xvid remnants.
- New Portuguese translation (thanks to Oscar R. Neto).
- Translation module changes and improvements.
- Temporary subtitles are now saved in the temporary folder after starting a job.
- Removed the font size limit for SSA and ASS subtitles.
- Improved the Resizing module.
- Implemented some additional protections against an invalid final resolution.
- Updated some sections in the Help file.
- Some changes and improvements in generated avs scripts.
[Fixed]
- In some circumstances higher versions of VirtualDubMod were not acceptable.
- Incorrect behaviour of Resizing Tools in case of resolutions exceeding the screen size.
- Cropping and Resizing Tool windows were overlapped by their preview windows.
- The maximum value for logo alpha blending was 225 instead of 255.
- Incorrect ARC player adjustments in case of very large or very small resolutions.
- Wrong crop values for maximally cropped picture.
- Minor bugs in the Help file.
- Incorrect required disk space calculation while adding new jobs to the queue.
- In some cases Queue columns were not correctly adjusted after removing an aborted job.
- Opening the window with the list of translators caused an unexpected language change.
- Errors caused by an invalid resultant resolution after using black borders.
- Inaccurate calculations in module checking the availability of black borders presets.
** 05.05.2010 - 1.5.1 **
[New]
- Added support for VobSub (.sub/.idx) subtitles.
- Added multiple-audio support.
- Introduced new Audio stream list.
- New Swedish translation (thanks to Lennart).
[Changed]
- Added interpretation of some errors to the log.
- VSFilter updated to version 2.39
- Improved intercepting errors and exceptions.
- Help system update.
- Improved Black Borders module.
- Added more details to the log.
- Implemented ADPCM audio support.
- Many source code changes and improvements.
- Improved detection of some audio codecs and displaying their names.
- Added piracy, copyright warnings to log files.
- Improved and speeded up the translation module.
[Fixed]
- Bug appearing while converting 2 audio streams.
- Incorrect frame count for some multi-part AVI files.
- Truncated output files after recompressing some multi-part AVIs.
- Incorrect behaviour of the AVS script editor window.
- Errors when a job failed and an output file already existed.
- Existing target files were deleted in some circumstances.
- Unexpected application errors when more than one job failed.
** 03.10.2009 - 1.5.0 **
[New]
- New option for saving subtitle settings.
- New feature for creating custom subtitle presets.
- Implemented the Help System.
- Option to activate the Adaptive Quantisation algorithm.
- Option for automatic output path generation.
- New button "Program defaults" - resetting all settings to default values.
- New Greek translation (thanks to Dawndeath).
[Changed]
- Many source code changes and improvements.
- AVI files created in DivX Media Format are now accepted by ARC.
- Some graphical cosmetic changes in the GUI.
- Improved the behaviour of "Up", "Down" and "Delete" buttons from the "Queue" tab.
- Changed the name for the temporary directories to "New Movie [AVI ReComp temp]".
- Log file suffix changed from "_AVI ReComp" to "[AVI ReComp]".
- Moved the "Each job resets settings" option to the "Queue" tab.
- Added a small splash screen to appear while loading very large files.
- Xvid updated to version 1.2.2
- Changed the suffix for output names from "_new" to "_arc" which is now not translatable.
- Improved AviSynth and Xvid installers.
- Rebuilt module for displaying desktop notifications.
- Notifications are now disabled when the "Stay on top" option is activated.
- The "Translation Guide" is now moved to the Help file.
- Reorganisation of some files and subdirectories of the installation folder.
[Fixed]
- Removed annoying "MPA File Import Filter" window.
- Incorrect settings reset after using the "Each job resets settings" option.
- Wrong startup position on dual screen monitors.
- Subs remained auto-loaded from previous movies.
- Incorrect temp dirs for jobs with the same name.
- Incorrect behaviour of some application's windows.
- Incorrect translation of some phrases caused VDubMod crash.
- I/O error 123 directly after pressing the "Start" button.
- Conflict between two different source files if one of them was loaded via command line option.
- Recompression and tool preview errors (conflict between source resolution and colour-space).
** 02.05.2009 - 1.4.6 **
[New]
- Subtitle script encoding (for ASS and SSA).
- Option to invoke QPel encoding.
- Checking if the selected translation is complete.
- New black borders configuration tool.
- Added time remaining and % completed indicators for the running job.
- Auto-loading option for subtitles with the same name.
- Added a Volume level adjustment tool to the Audio Conversion Module.
- New Dutch translation (thanks to Kareltje538).
[Changed]
- If movie resolution is greater than screen resolution Preview Player now auto resets to screen resolution.
- Added graphics card info to the log file.
- All occurrences of XviD changed to the official name - Xvid
- The volume level in the Preview Player is now saved/restored.
- Improved total RAM detection (log file).
- Source encoder version is now displayed in the "Data" panel.
- Some User Interface changes and improvements.
- Checking dimensions of loaded logo bitmaps.
- Checking Xvid version before each pass.
- Improved and quicker Preview generation.
- Improved logging module.
- Job settings are now saved and restored on the next start up.
- Distinction between MPEG and H.263 default quantisation matrices.
- Improved alignment in custom matrix table cells.
[Fixed]
- DTS audio muxing error.
- "Start" button enabled after reloading VirtualDubMod.
- Incorrect system directory detection.
- "Add to queue" button disabled if the target file was specified as first.
- Error message when trying to open the last used directory if it no longer exists.
- Xvids "Unrestricted" profile was used instead of "Home" (Xvid 1.2.1).
- Incorrect preview operation on Dual Monitor systems.
- After adding a new job the "Start" button became enabled during active reencoding.
- Corrupted display of unknown quantisation matrix.
- Incorrect position of some coefficients in custom matrix tables.
- Invisible button for custom quantisation matrices.
- Not existing file reported as incorrect.
- Incorrect translation in the "Shortcuts" window.
- In some circumstances previously used/saved subtitle settings were not restored.
- Untranslated tooltips.
- Incorrect PlayResX and PlayResY in ASS subtitle scripts.
- In some circumstances desktop notifications were not displayed.
** 12.01.2009 - 1.4.5 **
[New]
- New audio resampling feature.
- Added Full Screen mode in ARC Player.
- Added a new "Log" tab for displaying the progress of the reencoding.
- Added new Desktop Alert settings (window transparency, duration).
- New option for displaying custom quantisation matrices.
- New module for checking available disc space.
- New "User Data" editor.
- Added new option for displaying VDubMod's windows.
- New Arabic translation (thanks to Ghada).
[Changed]
- Implemented automatic job renaming.
- Improved handling exceptions and errors on aborting jobs.
- Added some installer embellishments.
- Implemented new installers for Xvid and VobSub.
- Improved AviSynth installer.
- Added new info saved to log files (CPU, RAM, screen settings etc).
- Added warnings of editing video larger than the screen size.
- "Delete temporary files" option is now checked by default.
- Better Xvid version detection.
- Improved preview player's context menu.
- Added VobSub installation checkup.
- Added ffdshow installation checkup.
- Added warnings of closing VDubMod from the Task Manager.
- New "About..." window.
- Rearrangement of some GUI elements.
- Added some new icons and implemented some graphical improvements.
- Added some new balloon hints (tooltips).
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.8 RC5.
- XviD updated to version 1.2.1
- Translation guides updated.
- Added special comments to all translation files.
- Many source code improvements.
[Fixed]
- Remaining Desktop Notification after closing the program.
- Crash if VDubMod's location was changed after adding a job to the queue.
- Incorrect versions of third-party tools in the log file if those tools were reinstalled after adding a job to the queue.
- Remaining "Audio 1" and "Audio 2" buttons after adding a job to the queue with reset settings activated.
- Crash if one of the chosen paths exceeded the file system limits.
- Incorrect behaviour of some windows.
** 02.10.2008 - 1.4.4 **
[New]
- New version check option.
- "Donate" and "Beta-testing" buttons.
- New tray menu icons.
- New progress bar for active jobs.
- Additional info in the "Data panel" (QPel, GMC, AR, audio encoding mode).
- New keyboard shortcuts description window.
[Changed]
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.8 RC4.
- Lame updated to version 3.98.2
- Source and temp files protection if a job is stopped with an error.
- Log info corrections and improvements.
- Some command line improvements.
- Desktop alert module rebuilt (now with fade out effect).
- "Move up/down" buttons - enabled only if more than 1 job in the queue.
- Job list improvements and corrections.
- Default mp3 encoding mode changed to VBR.
- Changed names of some temporary file names.
- Black borders not allowed (warning) for AR lower or equal 4:3.
- Some GUI changes and improvements.
- VDubMod is now running in hidden mode.
- Better target size calculation.
- "Data panel" rebuilt (new "General" section).
- The new AVI size now auto-defaults to the size of the source file.
- Removed or replaced some log data (file names, paths) in the interest of preserving users privacy.
- Additional warning if a save to location and/or target size are not specified.
- Improved Unicode support in some places.
[Fixed]
- New source file could be loaded via context menu during setting audio parameters for another movie.
- Some dialog boxes collisions.
- A rarely encountered type of mp3 audio stream could be flagged as unrecognised.
- There was a space in the bitrate value instead of a thousands separator.
- Incorrect behaviour when Stay on top option was enabled.
- In some circumstances a job could be marked as "aborted" even though it was completed.
- Taskbar icon error when using Cropping or Resizing tools.
- Serious bug when recompressing files with size larger than 4 GB.
- Incorrect behaviour of some windows.
- Spelling corrections.
** 01.06.2008 - 1.4.3 **
[New]
- New Thai translation.
[Changed]
- Changed the default process priority from Idle to Normal for a default job.
- Both resizing and cropping previews and tools windows are now dragable and accessible in the same time.
- Maximal allowed width for new AVI is now 1920 and maximal allowed height 1080 px.
- If the user sets the values exceeding 720x576 and clicks the 'Use' button then he gets a warning.
- New Close Button on the Preview Player window.
- Improved the preview generating process.
- Job List was significantly rebuilt.
- Eliminated stealing screen windows' activity by VDubMod.
- Improved detection of AVI file encoders.
- Widened AVS script Editor window.
- It is now impossible to Drag&Drop the file that is already loaded to ARC.
- Many source code changes and improvements.
- Some GUI corrections and adjustments.
- From now on the 'keep ratio' option will keep current aspect ratio (instead of original source AR).
- Improved calculations of admissible target AVI size.
- Considerably improved reading data from AVI files.
[Fixed]
- The recompression was slowed down after enabling the 'Edit avs script' option.
- Cropping preview bug appearing when reopening Cropping Tools after saving some cropping values.
- Disappearing Preview button in Subtitles Settings window after closing the preview.
- AR indicator was not updated after clicking the Restore button in the Resizing Tools window.
- AVI ReComp preview player did not stop at the end of the movie and the Play button was not available.
- Unrestricted XviD profile was used instead of Home when XviD 1.1.3 was installed.
- Sometimes the resizing and cropping previews were displayed in a wrong colour spaces.
- Incorrect resizing arrows' behaviour when trying to reach large resolution values.
- No screenshots in the Russian translation guide.
- Job List items had uneven look on Vista.
- No standard colours in all colour list-boxes in SSA and ASS settings windows.
- Outline/Shadow colour list disabled in SSA settings window.
- Double LanczosResize in the preview avs script after saving crop values and running resizing preview.
- Incorrect black borders sizes in the preview launched from Cropping and Resize Tools windows.
- Incorrect warnings informing about too large logo size when Black Borders option was enabled.
- Possibility of loading a new source via command line switches even if ARC was busy editing other file.
- In some circumstances ARC disabled DirectVobSub auto-loading mode.
- Recompressing files exceeding 1.99 GB resulted in truncated output.
- Incorrect display coordinates in ASS subtitle scripts when Black Borders option was enabled.
** 03.05.2008 - 1.4.2 **
[changed]
- New built-in preview player.
- XviD updated to Koepi's build from 27.04.2008
- Lame encoder updated to version 3.98 beta 8.
- A Windows hint dialogue will now display if you hover your mouse over the desktop shortcut.
- If DivX is detected as the codec, ARC will no longer attempt to detect the version and will just display DivX.
- Cosmetic changes to the font and it's size in the changes section accessed from the About window.
- Increased width of the Changelog window.
- Cosmetic improvement to the ARC startmenu shortcut icon under Vista.
[fixed]
- The string "Thanks to all the translators!" accessed from the About window now appears in all languages.
- Protection against launching AVIReCompShell.exe manually. Especially with no command line parameters.
- More appropriate punctuation for changelog items.
- A problem whereby it was impossible to prevent the creation of the ARC desktop icon.
** 18.04.2008 - 1.4.1 **
[changed]
- Lame encoder updated to version 3.98 beta 7
- Improved serching for third-party libraries in 64-bit systems
- Some changes and improvements in AVI ReComp installer
- Updated translations (Hungarian, Italian and Russian)
- Many source-code changes and improvements
- AVIReComp.exe can no longer be run from locations other than its installation directory
- Improved appearance of some messages and hints
- From now on the default new AVI size is 700 MB
- Icons and images improvements
[fixed]
- Temporary core generated files could not be saved causing resizing, cropping and preview problems (with regard to Vista UAC protection)
- Incorrect Save Dialog opened instead of Open Dialog window when trying to load a new source file (Vista)
- Wrong large file size calculation for XviD and for the log file
- Cropping bug after reopening Cropping Tools and clicking the Restore button
- AVI file association did not work at all under Vista because of Vista UAC restrictions
- Unexpected errors when trying to run cropping or resizing tools and no AviSynth was installed
- Vista uses different fonts and that's why in some places buttons, labels and edits had deformed text
- If no xvid or no avs found in system dirs, message dialogs were invisible and displayed behind the 'waiting' form
- Unexpected errors if New AVI size was set to 0 or not specified
- Codec's name field in Data panel was deformed (Vista)
- The Language List had some strange behaviours under Vista
- Serious uninstaller bug that in certain circumstance could result in data loss
- Update checker rebuilt since it was not working correctly under Vista
- The hint for Desired AVI size was not present in the language file and it is always displayed in English
- Multiple preview available from Cropping and Resizing Tools
- ARC was not able to detect Windows Vista and save appropriate info in log files
** 29.01.2008 - 1.4.0 **
[new]
- new Crop feature
- new interface images
- some new gui hints
- new temporary hints for too long subtitle and logo paths
- new 'Translators' button in About window
- added Aspect Ratio in the Resize Tools window
- new Portuguese translation (thanks to thiih_)
- new Russian translation (thanks to mitinka)
- new Hungarian translation (thanks to Pety)
[changed]
- XviD updated to version 1.1.3
- VDubMod edit adjusted for very long paths
- improved loading files with right-click menu
- improved searching for VDubMod
- many minor gui adjustments and improvements
[fixed]
- corrected TabOrder in the Settings tab
- LanczosResize in avs scripts doubled in some cases
- no Unicode for resizing arrows hints
- remaining hints for very long input/output paths
- wrong AR keeping when resizing
- wrong resizing values - over max allowed width/height
* 18.03.2007 - 1.3.0 **
[new]
- new option - audio converting feature
- new option - editing AviSynth scripts
- multiaudio support
- new warnings - XviD possibilities exceeded
- new hints for very long source and input paths
- new Bulgarian translation (thanks to bashman)
[changed]
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.7
- registry options storage rebuilt
- gui corrections and improvements
- improved checking new versions on startup
- some installer improvements and corrections
- log info improvements
- many source code changes and improvements
- from now video demuxing is performed before audio demuxing
- improved logging on exceptions
- improved audio bitrate averaging algorithm
- improved searching for XviD version
- translation guide updated
- from now tooltips are enabled by default
- improved handling errors and exceptions from VirtualDubMod and saving them to the log file
- VirtualDubMod errors do not break the queue now
- desktop alert is not movable now
- thanks and changelog are now displayed in the internal window
- removed useless question on closing program concerning removing aborted job from a queue
- when VDubMod was running ARC windows became inactive
- improved default ASS and SSA default style
- alert window from previous queue is now closed immediately after the next queue is started
[fixed]
- new AVI size was reseted after choosing a new language
- invalid final file size in a log file when a target size was very large
- some bugs in the log file when no-audio movie was processed
- SSA/ASS style name collision (all style name appearances were converted to 'AVIRC')
* 05.11.2006 - 1.2.3 **
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[changed]
- XviD updated to version 1.1.2
[fixed]
- compatibility with XviD 1.1.2
** 31.10.2006 - 1.2.2 **
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[new]
- new option - process priority changing
- if XviD version is not detected then the 'Version' window becomes red
- new Spanish translation (thanks to Argantes)
[changed]
- some small gui improvements
[fixed]
- problem with &H subtitle color format
- incorrect result when a very large target size was chosen
** 19.08.2006 - 1.2.1 **
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[new]
- new Serbian translation (thanks to goodmood)
- new Slovenian translation (thanks to lojze)
[changed]
- improved DTS audio support
- improved protection agains saving inputs and outputs with the same file names
- some small job list changes
- small gui corrections
[fixed]
- sometimes subtitles settings were not saved properly
- ac3 audio sync issue
- wrong original subtitle file path in a log file
- error when too long file names were used
- no file extension after a recompression
- XviD N-VOPs issue (N-VOP's cause audio desync on many ESS based players)
- some bugs concerning AviSynth and color-spaces issuees
** 29.04.2006 - 1.2.0 **
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[new]
- added a new feature of resampling video frames
- added shortcuts: Ctrl+o (open source file), Ctrl+s(save new AVI), Ctrl+d(add to queue)
- default file name for Save AVI dialog box is now generated
- new French translation (thanks to RaZorbacK)
- new Italian translation (thanks to Chris B from Cryogenic Team)
[changed]
- subtitling algorithms totally rebuilt (ASS and SSA subtitle style detection)
- many source code improvements
- some changes in About window
- added more hints
- improved searching for required tools on startup
- VirtualDubMod updated to build 2542 of version 1.5.10.2 (update recommended)
- Hebrew translation corrections
- some changes and corrections in AVI Data panel
- from now VirtualDubMod does not display input and output video preview (after processing the original settings of VirtualDubMod are restored)
[fixed]
- in some cases the audio type was not detected properly
- in some cases not supported sources were accepted and loaded
- logo settings were saved every time during the preview
- in some cases the message alert window was not displayed on top
- sometimes the output file audio was out of sync
- problems with multi-style ASS and SSA subtitles
- subtitling bug if no style was declared in ASS / SSA subtitle file
- subtitling bug if a declared style was not used in ASS / SSA dialogues
- incorrect subtitle size while adding the black borders
- sometimes the captions of the message-boxes were not translated
- sometimes after a new job was added to a queue and the language was changed some new data appeared in the AVI Data panel
- no audio stream in the final output in case of loading the file via the right-click menu
** 13.03.2006 - 1.1.2 **
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[fixed]
- audio/video/subtitles synchronization problem during the Preview
** 03.03.2006 - 1.1.1 **
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[new]
- new option: Disable B-VOPs
- enabled sound for the preview
- new Czech translation (thx to kinki)
- new translation guide (html)
- an Official AVI ReComp forum available -> www.videopedia.pl/avirecomp/forum
[changed]
- form now every source is loaded as DirectShow source
- changed fonts for a desktop alert window
- from now only versions 1.5.10.1 and higher of VirtualDubMod are acceptable
- all VDubMod jobs have now .jobs extension (.vcf before)
- removed non-english characters protection in the paths names
- slight gui changes
- if VobSub was installed together with ARC and its configuration was not changed by the user a DirectVobSub auto-loading is disabled
- rebuilding of installation directories
- now also the documentation can be translated. It will be loaded automatically in a chosen language
- some improvements in a German translation (thakns to Aux)
[fixed]
- in some cases the exceptions were logged incorrectly
- H264 encoding format was not detected properly
- A 'New version' alert was not displayed in Unicode properly
- remaining 'unknown codec' after changing a language
** 15.01.2006 - 1.1.0 - Unicode version **
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[new]
- new option: removing source files after a successful recompression
- added command line option. Now you can open your AVI files from right-click context menu.
- a new Hebrew translation (made by Pasha Kagan)
- a new German translation (by Auxiliaris)
- Unicode support.
[changed]
- GUI significantly rebuilt
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.6a
- XviD updated to version 1.1.0 final
- changed a desktop alert information
- improved logging on exceptions
- improved protection against possible errors
- many source-code improvements
- many changes in translation template (it is now much easier for the translator to understand the meaning of some parts)
- some new installer improvements
- improved checking for a new version on startup
- improved preventing the second instance of the application from starting
- now all log entries are available only in English
- from now only full stable version will be released. The installer will always contain all required tools
- improved searching for VDubMod and XviD on various Windows versions.
[fixed]
- the installers of AviSynth, XviD or VobSub were not removed from Windows Temp directory after installation
- two words were not translated properly while changing a language
- after aborting a single job in a queue the buttons (Up, Down, Delete) didn't work as they should
- there were no hints available for two disabled buttons
- a splash screen (Please, wait...) was not displayed correctly when XviD or AviSynth was not found
- errors during recompressing AVIs without audio stream
- some spelling mistakes in Polish translation.
**05.09.2005 1.0.0 new stable**
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[new]
- a new feature of batch encoding is added (now you can add your jobs to the queue)
- a new panel with detailed informations about loaded AVI file
- a new feature of adding logo bitmap to the movie
- a new 'Preview' button in SSA/ASS settings window
- a new 'About...' item in tray popup menu
[changed]
- GUI is significantly rebuilt
- big changes in the source code
- improved the translation algorithms. From now ARC displays the list of languages in the default OS language used by the user
- updated 'How to make the translation' guide
- from now the initial directories for subtitles and logo (.bmp) are saved for the next session
- changed English translation (thx David J Hughes for help)
- changed the algorithms for adjusting subtitles properties. From now the original subtitle file is not changed. So you can use the same file with different settings for different movies
- changed the names of the directories for temporary files
- longer time for displaying hints
- VirtualDubMod updated to version 1.5.10.2
- improved searching for default source and target directories
[fixed]
- some XviD settings remained from the last compression
- little gui bug (deactivating subtitles didn't disable 'subtitles-settings' button)
- another gui bug (unproper size of VDubMod status window when this tool was not found)
- after setting a path to VDubMod a version of this tool was not displayed at all
- after accepting an invitation to download a new version the users of version 0.1.5 were directed to not existing website in our DHT service
- a possibility of choosing a different file than VirtualDubMod.exe from the history list
- VDubMod status 'Not found' was not retranslated properly
- some words in subtitles-settings window were not translated as they should
- two or more welcome and warnings windows were displayed when starting recompression. It occurred when OS didn't contain some registry entries or VDubMod was never used before.
- a bug when VirtualDubMod couldn't read some temporary files. This bug is fixed in new version of VDubMod (a possible issue with Symantec Corporate AntiVirus 10) .
**04.08.2005 - 0.1.5 stable**
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[new]
- added some new warnings when the quality of the video is suspected to be very poor
- added checking for new versions on startup
- from now VobSub is required (the installer contains VobSub now)
- added some new informations to log file
- now you can drag and drop your AVI files onto the source window
- added warning protecting target file against being overwritten during next work
- added warning when 'stop' button is pressed
[changed]
- many improvements in the source code
- gui changes
- AviSynth updated to version 2.5.6 Beta4
- VSFilter updated to version 2.36
- updated translation template
- I decided to decrease the process priority for two main encoding passes
- updated Polish and English FAQ (visit AVI ReComp website !)
- improved getting info about VirtualDubMod product version
[fixed]
- bug when the user was able to open several copies of AVI ReComp
- two little bugs in 1pass and 2pass jobs for VirtualDubMod
- bug when in some cases the source and/or target paths were saved incorrectly in job file
- bug when all temporary files were deleted if after finished job the preview was started
- bug when borders couldn't be added to source with AR lower than 1,333
- some bugs in the installer
**19.07.2005 - beta update 0.1.4**
[changed]
- gui corrections
[fixed]
- bug when the target file size was smaller than audio size. Now AVI ReComp will show the warning in such cases
- bug when chosen font name was always the same after opening the subtitle-settings window
- preview window was not closed when quiting the main program
- small bug when the word 'version' wasn't translated properly in the main window after changing the translation language
- AVI ReComp always crashed when non-english characters were used in the source or target path. Now the program rebukes and shows the warning in such cases
- bug when AVI size info was read only from AVI file. Some movies contains wrong size info
- bug when in some cases MicroDVD, TMPlayer or SRT subtitles were not in sync with the movie
- bug when incorrect (SubtitleTool's) SSA subs could be loaded to AVI ReComp.
*14.07.2005 - beta update 0.1.3**
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[new]
- added new feature: adjusting subtitles settings (only for SSA and ASS subs)
[changed]
- many slight gui improvements
- now the homepage link leads to AVI ReComp description directly
- updated translation template
**07.07.2005 - beta update 0.1.2**
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[new]
- added new option: now you can add black borders to your movie
- added new option: now you can force AVI ReComp to delete all temporary files
- now clicking on the message of desktop alert you can get access to your destination folder
- added 'Turbo mode' option. This option forces XviD to use Turbo function
[changed]
- now trellis is off during XviD encoding
- many improvements in the source code
- prepared new translation template
- some changes in desktop alert window
- gui changes
- improved reaching the target AVI size
[fixed]
- bug when the user could change the target AVI size after "start" button was pressed
- bug in displaying AVI ReComp logo icon on Application Control Panel when classic Windows style was used. From now a different picture is used
- bug when user changed the interface language between two jobs then the desktop alert was displayed incorrectly
**04.07.2005 - beta update 0.1.1**
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[new]
- added logging engine (now you can find *_AVI ReComp.log file in your destination directory). Log window will be added in future.
- added Changelog and Thanks informations
- added checking if AviSynth is installed (when "start" button is pressed)
- now all interface settings are restored after AVI ReComp restarts
[changed]
- many improvements in the source code
- prepared new translation template
- improved searching for VirtaualDubmod on lunching the program
- improved searching for XviD version
- small gui changes
[fixed]
- bug when XviD codec and/or AviSynth were installed but not found by AVI ReComp.
- bug when uninstaller didn't delete some registry keys
- bug when after aborting job and starting new job the font size of desktop alert was unproper.