What's New in Avidemux2.6.6

Windows : Fixed mp4 muxerWindows : Patched x264 to use utf8Mov : Fixed PCM/LPCM audio track managementBumped x264 preset to v2 to make sure invalid qmax/qmin presets were not used any longerLanguages support for audio tracks

2.6.5Re-enabled 64bits windows build using octavelibva hardware decodingxvba hardware decoding, ported from xbmc, experimentalOnly lock job database when adding a jobFixed the doubled fps bug on mpeg tsFixed positive and negative audio shift having the same effectWindows : Better drag n drop supportAdded back save/load video filter setDv encodingFast, superfast and ultrafast x264 preset by bernd_bSupport for 10bits h264 decodingMuch improved speed for downmixingUpdated libav*

2.6.4Switched to mxe-octave for win32 build, that fixes most of the crashes on win32Better compatibility with AAC in mpeg TSTranslations re-enabledFixed a bug in x264 which could make encoding abort right at the beginningFixed msharpen when width was not a multiple of 8Added camtasia codec supportFixed VC1 in TS indexingProperly clear things when loading a new videoReport proper audio duration for mpeg PS/TSReport proper audio duration for mpeg PS/TS

2.6.3Fix audio encoding through libavcodec

2.6.2x264 dialog improved (KoolAidMan, steginger)Fix project save/load when locales use , are decimal separatormp4v2: Better management of constant framerate (jfx)Fix editing when cutting on keyframes (jfx)Added "Undo" function (jfx)Better compatibility of h264 in aviUpdated libav* to 1.1.2Fix dropped frames when copyingPartial management of non ascii filename for x264 stat fileBetter A/V sync when creating avi

2.6.1

Various improvements to MP4, FLV and MPEG-PS/TS demuxersImproved handling of input PTS and DTSImproved external audio file supportImproved video seeking in editorFixed numerous memory leaksUpdated FFmpeg libraries (version 1.0.1)Restored several x264 optionsRestored non-blocking drag-and-drop support for Qt interfaceRestored Fade to Black video filter pluginSSA subtitle video filter plugin is available again on MS Windows

2.6.0Avidemux is now time-based instead of frame-based to provide better accuracy when dealing withvariable frame rate sourcesDemuxers, muxers, video decoders, FFmpeg encoders and scripting engines are now pluginsUpdated FFmpeg libraries (version 0.11.1)Improved threading when decoding and encoding videoJob queue functionality has been moved to a separate applicationRemoved VOB to VobSub, VobSub to srt, and TS to srt subtitle toolsRemoved language translationsThe same video renderer is now used when editing and playing video for consistencyAccelerated video decoding on Linux when using NVIDIA GeForce 8 series or later GPUSupport for Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1 video decodingSupport for E-AC3 audio decodingNew AAC audio encoder (avcodec)Increased the maximum number of supported input/output audio tracks from 2 to 4 for applicable videocontainersAudio filters can now be applied to all audio tracks (not just the primary track)AAC LATM/LOAS audio support for the MPEG-TS demuxerMPEG-4 AVC and AAC support for the Flash Video demuxerImproved OpenDML support for the AVI muxerNew MP4 muxer (MP4v2)Removed the Ogg muxerNew Python scripting engine (TinyPy)New ECMAScript scripting engine (QtScript) including debugger and reference guideNew Transform video filters: Resize (swscale), Greyscale, Add Logo, Horizontal FlipNew Colour video filter: Remove PlaneNew Miscellaneous video filter: PrintInfoNew OpenGL video filters for Apple and Linux operating systemsRemoved Transform video filters: Reverse, Resize, Fade, MPlayer ResizeRemoved Interlacing video filters: Deinterlace, Drop, Keep Even Fields, Keep Odd Fields, mcDeinterlace,PAL Field Shift, Pulldown, PAL Smart, Smart Swap Fields, Swap Fields, TDeintRemoved Colour video filters: Blend Removal, Colour Curve Editor, Luma Delta, Luma Only, Chroma U,Chroma VRemoved Noise video filters: Cnr2, Denoise, Forced Postprocessing, Median (5x5), Light Denoiser,TIsophote, Temporal CleanerRemoved Sharpness video filter: SoftenRemoved Subtitle video filters: VobSub, DVB Sub, ASS, SubtitlerRemoved Miscellaneous video filters: Add Framenumber, Mosaic, Whirl

2.5.6Restored AC3 and MP2 encoding (regression introduced 2.5.5)Added support for latest x264 coreUpdated FFmpeg libraries (version 0.9)Drag-and-drop no longer blocks source application for Qt interfaceResolved Windows XP 32-bit stability issues (regression introduced 2.5.5)

Windows 7 taskbar now displays encoding progressImproved crash reporting on Windows especially Win64Compilation fixes for OS X Snow Leopard and LionVarious minor fixes and enhancements

2.5.5Improved FLV, MKV and MOV/MP4 reading capabilitiesAdded support for latest x264 coreUpdated FFmpeg librariesGCC 4.6 supportWin64 supportVarious minor fixes and enhancements

2.5.4Added support for VP8 video decodingImproved decoding of VC-1 video in the MPEG-TS containerFixed decoding of UYVY videoSupport for DIB video that requires flippingSupport for additional DV fourCCs (DVSD, CDVC, cdvc)Added support for latest x264 core and updated Qt interfaceUpdated FFmpeg librariesAdded support for compressed headers, MPEG-2 audio and VP8 video in MKV containerNew AvsFilter for Linux (written by Fahr)New OpenGL video renderer for the Qt interface (SDL has been deprecated)New Plugin Manager for the Qt interfaceRestored most of the internationalisation support that existed in 2.4Compatibility improvements to auto wizardsImprovements to Unicode support for JavaScript files on MS WindowsGCC 4.5 supportVarious minor fixes and enhancements

2.5.3Added support for I420 video decodingH.263 video encoder now supports more profilesmpeg2enc video encoder no longer drops the last few frames and now works on Win32 with SIMDinstructions enabledThe majority of video encoders are now pluginsImproved partial filter supportUpdated FFmpeg librariesUpdated libassAvsproxy now supports audioAll auto wizards are now scripted and available in both interfacesVarious minor fixes and enhancements

2.5.2Re-enabled Vorbis decoder (regression introduced 2.5.0)Improved channel mapping of multichannel DTS & Vorbis audioFixed decoding of 5.1 channel Vorbis audio in MKV filesUpdated FFmpeg librariesAdded support for latest x264 core and updated Qt interfaceAdded support for H264 video, VP6A video and AAC audio in FLV containerAdded support for SEDG and WMVA four CCsVarious fixes related to Xvid settingsFixed Xvid stat files remaining locked after encoding (regression introduced 2.5.0)Improved MKV demuxer

New Colour Curve Editor plugin for Qt interfaceFixed partial filter support (regression introduced 2.5.0)Fixed FluxSmooth filter plugin (regression introduced 2.5.0)Fixed saving of filter parameters for Rotate and Equaliser plugins (regression introduced 2.5.0)Added extra bitrate settings for LAME audio encoderEnabled JACK audio device plugin (regression introduced 2.5.0)Various GUI fixes for GTK+ and Qt interfaceFixed command-line interface support for various video filtersChanged "save-jpg" parameter of command-line interface to honour "begin" parameterFixed saving of crash file when Avidemux unexpectedly quits (regression introduced in 2.5.0)Fixed GUI quirks when using Copy mode and AVI un/packingFurther improvements to Unicode support for filenames on MS WindowsVarious minor fixes and enhancements

2.5.1Re-enabled several video and audio encoders (regression introduced in 2.5.0)Updated FFmpeg librariesMore video encoders are now pluginsDV video encoder now supports more profilesFixed loading and saving issues with LAME, x264 and Xvid options (regression introduced in 2.5.0)Removed support for libamrnb and replaced with opencore-amrnbRemoved support for libdca and replaced with libavcodec's DCA decoderAMR-WB audio decoding support using opencore-amrwbFraps video decoding supportLowpass-5 mode added to libavcodec deinterlacer filter pluginFixed formatting of parameters for various filters on 64-bit platformsUpdated libassFixed sizing of the bitrate control on various video encoder configure windows (regression introduced in2.5.0)Improved filter dialog for GTK+ interfaceNew navigation icons for GTK+ interfaceFixed the behaviour of several GTK+ open/save dialogs (regression introduced in 2.5.0)asharp filter's Block Adaptive mode can now be disabled using the Qt interfaceRe-enabled the colour chooser dialog using the Qt interface (regression introduced in 2.5.0)GCC 4.4 supportFixed issues with CMake build scripts when using multiple make jobs (regression introduced in 2.5.0)

2.5.0Audio Codecs, Audio Devices and Video Filters are now pluginsx264 and Xvid encoders are now also plugins with an updated Qt interfaceAuto wizards are now scripted and easier to extendUpdated FFmpeg librariesVarious minor fixes and enhancements

2.4.4Fixed crash when opening some MOV files (regression introduced in 2.4.3)Improved support for H.264 in MPEG-TS and M2TS containersImproved support for H.264 in MP4 container (including constant frame rate fix)Fixed bug where muxers could drop the first few B-frames (most containers were affected)Fixed FAAC support so bitrate is correctly honouredThe same settings are now used for the first and second pass of an x264 encodeImproved JPEG file supportImproved PNG decoding (now uses libavcodec rather than a custom wrapper around libpng)Improved BMP/DIB decoding (now uses libavcodec rather than using own decoder)Improved colourspace handling for raw video, bitmaps and DIBsFixed Previous Black Frame functionality

Qt interface has been significantly upgraded and now fully functional (compared with its GTK counterpart)Saving of video is now prevented if the A marker is greater than the B markerImprovements made to ECMAscript including a new GetFilePath() function for the DirectorySearch classand fixes to the exec() functionAdded support for AAC audio to the command line interfaceQt interface is now the default interface for MS Windowsx264 and Xvid stat files with Unicode characters are now handled on MS WindowsThe application log file is no longer buffered on MS Windows to ensure sequential loggingAdded support for ppc64 to the CMake build scriptsUpdated the following translations: Catalan, Czech, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish

2.4.3Improved support for MP4 files including support for 64-bit filesSupport for Y800 codeclibavcodec is now the default MPEG-2 decoder (instead of mpeg2dec)Fixed memory leak when indexing DVR-MS filesFixed calculation of width and height for High Profile H.264 video in TS filesFixed dropping of frames using x264 2-pass encoding (regression introduced in 2.4.2)Restored missing code pages to the Subtitler filter (regression introduced in 2.4.2)Fixed crashing on MS Windows when opening multiple instances of Avidemux (regression introduced in2.4.2)Remove unneeded delay when using x264 with mkv or mp4

2.4.2Improved input and output of audio streams in MKV filesSupport for MJPEG-A in MOV/MP4 filesFixed saving header information of AVI files with PCM/LPCM audioFixed opening FLV files that don't contain audioFixed corruption when decoding MP4 filesFixed crashing when using MPEG-4 ASP (lavc) and two pass average bitrate modeFlush the x264 encoder upon completion so the last few frames aren't droppedFixed incorrect colour conversion of 24/32 bit BMP and DIB filesRe-enabled AMR-NB decoder (regression introduced in 2.4.0)Support for additional VP6 fourCCsXvid custom matrices are now activated correctlyFixed caching issue with Qt4 interface which would corrupt translated stringsFixed zooming when using SDL (regression introduced in 2.4.1)Windows are now centred correctly on multi-monitor setupsUse alternate button ordering for GTK+ interface when GNOME HIG isn't appropriate, e.g. MS Windowsand KDEVarious additions to the Qt4 interface including a new calculator tool, drag and drop support, improvedjoblist support and an about windowSRT subtitle support for Arabic, Baltic, Greek, Hebrew and TurkishFixed iPod profile where audio encoding options weren't always set correctlyFixed Film to PAL audio filter so frames are removed and added correctlyBatch importing of image files is no longer restricted by the file handle limit set by the C runtimeVideo filter for outputting the frame numberPulseAudio support (Linux only)GCC 4.3 supportUpdated the following translations: Czech, French, German, Greek, Italian, SpanishFixed drag and drop support on MS WindowsImproved Unicode support for filenames on MS WindowsPrevent source files from being overwritten accidentally by the user on MS WindowsMS Windows logging and settings are now stored under the Application Data folder instead of the UserProfile folderNative file dialogs are now used for the Qt4 interface on Mac

Various minor fixes and enhancements

2.4.1Support for x264's new Hadamard Exhaustive Search method of motion estimationDecoder for Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile (WVC1)Re-enabled H.263 decoder (regression introduced in 2.4.0)Avoid corruption when encoding from MP4/MOV/3GP filesFixed loss of audio when saving large OpenDML AVI filesFixed various colour conversion issues with RGB codecs including BMP, Huffyuv, JPEG and PNGUpdated the following translations: Catalan, French, German, Italian, Russian and SpanishMS Windows logging is now stored in an Avidemux folder under the user's profile. This allows Avidemux tooperate under a non-administrator account.MS Windows CLI version now outputs to consoleQuartz version for MacBetter SDL support for Mac Quartz and Qt4 versions (SDL windows are now embedded and acceleration isenabled for Qt4)Various video decoding fixes for PowerPC-based MacsFixed freezing when opening files on Mac

2.4.0Input and output support for MKV and FLV containersRewrote MP4/MOV/3GP readerSupport for Nellymoser codecDV video output supportMPEG-TS support including H.264 Elementary StreamOCR support for MPEG-TS subtitlesVideo bitstream unpacker (improved compatibility)Capability to pack video bitstreamsYadif filter (ported from Avisynth)Video filters can be loaded as external plug-ins (sample plug-in included)Three interfaces now offered: command line, GTK+ and Qt4 (Qt4 is still incomplete)Several key dialogs have been revamped (GTK+ user interface only)Preview system refactoredPriority control added for encoding and video playback (MS Windows only)Jog Shuttle control (GTK+ user interface only)Support for Jog Shuttle hardware (Linux & GTK+ only)iPod and PlayStation Portable profilesGlyph EditorImproved Bitrate HistogramJACK support (Linux only)DirectX support (MS Windows only)Avisynth Proxy GUI (MS Windows only)Improved crash recovery - session settings are saved and reloaded upon application startVarious minor bug fixes