v2.5 beta

 

 
Date Version Build Notes
       
29 July 2004 v2.5b8 040729 Fixed crash on "open with" and crash on exit problems introduced with the Unicode changes of 040728
040728 Fixed bug which caused some wild MPEG durations & frame counts.
Fixed audio codec status export field, which always said "not needed".
Eliminated restrictions on manually entered codec merit values.
Added wide-char/Unicode support for filename strings - filenames with Unicode should load OK now ("File > Load" only, no drag 'n drop yet).
040725 Fixed some junk characters displayed in new SAR and DAR fields
040724 Added "pixel aspect ratio" and "display aspect ratio" fields.
Fixed export bug where undefined fields show data from previous file.
Fixed unreadable text/background color combinations when used with "high contrast" color schemes. Now detects that & adjusts automatically.
       
 
Date Version Build Notes
28 July 04 v2.5b8    
040728 Fixed bug which caused some wild MPEG durations & frame counts.
Fixed audio codec status export value (always said "not needed").
Eliminated restrictions on manually entered codec merit values.
Added wide-char/Unicode support for filename strngs; filenames with Unicode should load OK now ("File > Load" only, no drag 'n drop yet).
040725 Fixed some junk characters displayed in new SAR and DAR fields
040724 Added "pixel aspect ratio" and "display aspect ratio" fields.
Fixed export bug where undefined fields show data from previous file.
Fixed unreadable text/background color combinations when used with "high contrast" color schemes. Now detects that & adjusts automatically.
 
Date Version Notes
     
25 July 04 v2.5b8 Added "pixel aspect ratio" and "display aspect ratio" fields.
Fixed export bug where undefined fields show data from previous file.
Fixed unreadable text/background color combinations when used with "high contrast" color schemes. Now detects that & adjusts automatically.
(Build 040725 fixes fixes some junk characters displayed in 040724)
19 July 04 v2.5b7 Overhauled the "export" feature.
- Items exportable individually (independent of display grouping).
- Spreadsheet friendly - no extraneous text on numeric fields.
- See add'l notes on sample file ExportFormat.txt, included.
Added in-place light green "cell tips" for text that doesn't fit.
Changed the word "stream" to "container" when describing the outer, multiplexed "delivery" format.
Fixed bug which caused AC3 audio to always display as "split".
Added support for identifying raw AAC audio streams (ADIF or ADTS).
Miscellaneous improvements in rendering algorithms.
Fixed divide by zero crash when started minimized.
12 July 04 v2.5b6 Build 040712: MPEG-4 functions (Qpel, GMC, B-VOP) now work with XVID.
Fixed AVI interleave & preload display problems. Now works with VBR MP3 and AC3 audio, and with VDubMod style 'single chunk' preloads. Also shows whether the audio frames are 'aligned' or 'split' on interleaves.
MPEG files now display approx total frames (calculated val), not "0"
Switched to HH:MM:SS time display & removed some extended chars.
10 July 04 v2.5b5 Restored "VBR" and "CBR" designations in audio info.
Fixed incorrect bitrate displayed for VBR MP3 AVI's.
Fixed incorrect "missing" length value displayed for truncated AVI's.
Fixed monitor window not reverting to "stream" after drag and drop.
Fixed "gray rectangle over monitor window" problems - again!
Fixed a few more resize issues; also adjusted tooltip positioning.
8 July 04 v2.5b4 Build 040708: Fixed gray rectangle on monitor window problem
Fixed GUI artifacts resulting from resizing the app.
Also some rendering related & other misc fixes.
4 July 04 v2.5b3 Fixed serious resource leak which caused app to crash on W9x.
Fixed handling of large (4GB+) & multi-section AVI's.
Restored display of total #of frames.
Now identifies (but doesn't yet demux) ISO MP4 stream format (e.g. 3ivx, Nero, QT)
3 July 04 v2.5b2 Fixed significant display issues which occurred when used on systems with other than 32-bit color.
1 July 04 v2.5b1 Fixed monitor window size and position problems.
30 June 04 v2.5b0 Initial release. Updated to parse VOB format MPEG - (handles PCM, AC3 and DTS audio embedded in substreams)