Combined Community Codec Pack 2011-11-11 - Changelog

What's new in Combined Community Codec Pack 2011-11-11:

November 14th, 2011

Updated components:
· FFDShow-tryouts 1.1.3996
· Haali 1.11.288.0 (2011-09-09)
· LAV Filters 0.39.6bfdb44
· MPC-HC 1.5.3.3819
· VSFilter 2.40.3819.3

General changelog:
· LAV Filters included. LAV Splitter is used for certain formats where Haali was lacking and where Gabest's FLV Splitter was used. LAV Video and Audio are off by default for the time being, but can be enabled if the user so wishes. Since H.264 decoding with LAV can be very much useful, it has its own checkbox in the CCCP settings application.
· FLV Splitter, CoreWavpack removed. FLV will be split by LAV Splitter, and wavpack will be decoded by -tryouts, as libavcodec's wavpack decoder now supports all of the funnier parts of wavpack thanks to Daemon404 herping a derp at the libavcodec developers. Raw wavpack splitting not possible with default CCCP any more, and we recommend users to either use a proper audio player for that sort of thing, or mux the stream into a container.
· After poking the libavcodec developers with the two types of samples that failed with the ffaac AAC decoder, those are now fixed. This includes things like gg's Moshidora and overall AAC channel count changes in transport streams. The first kind of files are actually broken, but they worked with faad2, so the decoder was adapted to not scream and stop with them.
· DXVA settings removed from the settings app. It touched -tryouts DXVA which never really worked as well as MPC-HC's. If you absolutely, positively want to use DXVA -- we recommend enabling it in MPC-HC. Not that it is any more recommended than earlier.
· Overall installer/settings application updates.
· Start menu entry reordered, now FFDShow and LAV have their own folders, and "Filters" was renamed to "Other Filters".
· MPC-HC's mpciconlib.dll removed. The default icons as well as our original icons both had their problems, and the mpciconlib library isn't exactly small. Now there will be one MPC-HC icon used for all media files, and most sizes should be there. We are open for suggestions on icons and related things.

What's new in Combined Community Codec Pack 2011-07-30:

September 26th, 2011

Updated components:
· FFDShow-tryouts 1.1.3951
· MPC-HC 1.5.3.3514
· VSFilter 2.40.3514.3

General changelog:
· Support for our beloved 10-bit stuff (hi10p support) in FFDShow-tryouts has been added.
· Color space matching priorities have been switched for 420P ("YV12"), to prefer YUV formats before RGB in order to minimize the possibility of libswscale RGB conversion with hi10p material.
· Playback of certain matroska clips, that incorrectly used to play at 25fps, has been fixed with FFDShow-tryouts.
· CCCP Settings and VSFilter have been adjusted for the new pre-buffering changes. Default is still no buffer, and the checkbox sets it to 10 when enabled (buffering set to other values made subtitles blink for users). The settings application currently, in case of the buffering value being non-zero, will reset the value to 10.

What's new in Combined Community Codec Pack 2011-06-26:

June 28th, 2011

· CCCP generally built with VS2010 SP1, thus official support for older-than-SP3 Windows XP and Windows 2000 is dropped.

Updated components:
· FFDShow-tryouts 1.1.3887
· MPC-HC 1.5.2.3268
· Haali 1.11.96.14 (2011-03-03)
· VSFilter 2.40.3252.2

General changelog:
· Settings application now has the 'MT' checkbox removed, as libavcodec has multithreading in itself, and it will get used by default in case of multicore CPUs.
· Non-admin users should now be able to reset their settings via the settings app.
· Seeking keys in MPC-HC have changed, what used to be ctrl+left/right is now just left and right.
· Newer libavcodec fixes a very rarely occuring bug in H.264 decoding in FFDShow-tryouts.
· Minor uninstaller clean-up fix regarding FFDShow-tryouts' DXVA settings.
· Installer fixes related to remembering old selections and having a static AppId.

What's new in Combined Community Codec Pack 2010-10-10 Final:

October 12th, 2010

· MPC-HC no longer supported on Win2k. The installer won't let you install it if you're using Win2k.

Updated components:
· FFDShow 1.1.3562.0
· MPC-HC 1.3.2505.0
· Haali 1.10.262.12

Settings app changes:
· Improved h264 decoder selection logic. The settings app supports native switching between ffdshow, ffdshow-mt (ffmpeg-mt), CoreAVC and DivX decoders, (if installed).
· Error detection for 're-register filters' improved again.
· Better behaviour when closing. Now prompts to apply changes if you click 'Cancel'.

Installer improvements:
· Directory autocomplete for install path.
· Pick the best h264 decoder intelligently.
· DirectX9 End-User Runtimes are required for ffshow now. Don't install if they aren't present.

What's new in Combined Community Codec Pack 2009-09-09:

May 6th, 2010

Updated components:
· FFDShow r3065
· MPC-HC r1264
· Haali 2009-01-11
· Removed Zoom Player
· Added licenses which install to Legal folder if any such license exists for the project.
· Use EVR-CP renderer on Vista+ if D3X* DLLs available, otherwise VMR7. Use Overlay for older OSes.
· Added prompt on install if user has no D3X* dll's on Vista or greater (this check is identical to MPC-HC's) and lets them know they will need to install the DX End-User Runtime binaries in order to make full use of MPC-HC. Important for using EVR-CP without nagging message.
· Disable Show OSD by default in MPC-HC.
· Added VSFilter as preferred decoder in MPC (Win7 compatibility).
· Added extra ffdshow components: ff_kerneldeint, ff_samplerate, TomsMoComp_ff, ff_unrar, ff_wmv9, and ffmpegmt.
· Added mpciconlib (sans 256x256 icons).
· Fixed installer not asking you to "Reset All Settings" if you were asked to restart. Added all post install options to custom page in installer.
· Fixed Save Thumbnails feature in MPC-HC.
· Fixed extra backup entries in Vista+ Default Program interface for MPC-HC.
· Fixed CCCP Settings not allowing Re-Register checkbox if no players installed.

· CCCP Settings: Added options for H.264 MT (Multithreading with ffmpegmt, still experimental), Theora, EAC3, and TrueHD. Only one option for DRC now (used by AC3 and EAC3). Added checkboxes next to Filetype Associations to use the icons in mpciconlib.
· MPC-HC Options: Enabled MPEG2 decoder in MPC-HC by default, it causes less issues for the most part using Gabest's decoder in MPC than other commercial decoders. "Keep history of files" enabled by defualt, used by GTSdll. Disable Animation is disabled, and sub buffering returned to value of 3.

· FFDShow Options: Enabled Theora, H.261, MP41/2/3, HuffYUV, SVQ1, SVQ3, QT RPZA, QT RLE, MJPEG, TrueMotion, CamStudio, Indeo 2/3, VP3, VP5, VP6, CorePNG, MSZH, ZLIB, EAC3, TrueHD, MLP, QDM2, MACE. HQRGB enabled by default, only affects screenshots taken with ffdshow with default settings. Reverted a "fix" in ffdshow which makes certain channels even softer in a 5.1->2ch downmix.

What's new in Combined Community Codec Pack 2008-09-21:

May 6th, 2010

· Updated ffdshow-tryouts to r2133
· Updated Haali to 2008-03-29
· Switched MPC, Gabest filters, and VSFilter to Media Player Classic Homecinema project. All at r796.
· Bug: "Out of string range" fixed.
· Number of physical cores detected at install (not logical processors because the patch does not properly support HT). Must use Reset Settings to automatically set this option in ffdshow, otherwise set it manually.
· Updated Default Programs (Vista only) for MPC-HC and Zoom Player when installed with CCCP.
· Settings app File Association should also now properly work on Vista (may have not before depending on environment).
· Added S/PDIF options to Settings app.
· Added custom icons and logos to MPC-HC by bb10 (main icon and logo) and Truth Unknown (alternative CCCP media icon). Still includes Chiyo-chan logo!
· H.263+ and AMR now enabled by default for hopefully more 3GP support.
· Various MPC-HC patches: tab order fixed in options, keys reverted to classic MPC bindings, internal subs positioned relative to video (should mimic VSFilter behavior) and buffering disabled, most internal filters disabled (as previously) to allow ffdshow decoding.

What's new in Combined Community Codec Pack 2008-01-24:

May 6th, 2010

· FFDShow now has libmpeg2 included
· Updated ffdshow r1739
· Updated haali splitter to 07-12-29
· Removed Chiyo from MPC's default background
· Updated Zoom Player to 5.5 beta 1
· Updated CoreWavPack 1.1.1
· Added Default Program support for MPC/ZP (Vista)
· Added MKV/MP4/OGM formats in WMP's Default Program interface (Vista)
· Added option so formats can be associated in WMP's interface
· Fixed adding formats to WMP's Open menu. 260 char limitation with "Media files (all types)" dropdown selected

What's new in Combined Community Codec Pack 2007-07-22:

May 6th, 2010

· Removed Win9x support
· Removed wmv9vcm
· Updated corewavpack
· Switched to ffdshow-tryouts
· Updated flv splitter to last svn revision, for flv4 support
· Updated haali splitter
· Updated mpc to latest revision + patches (fixes monitor power off issue in vista, adds option to disable internal sub rendering)
· Updated mpeg2dec (patches by haali)
· Updated vsfilter with fix for fontname length
· Installer checks if short filename generation is disabled and informs user
· MPC/ZP are now registered applications in windows with support for popular extensions (not associated)
· Removed haali tasks in inno installer (no purpose currently)
· Added task for registering filetypes in windows media player
· Extra feature added at uninstall time to completely remove cccp remnants from registry (do not use if you are reinstalling)
· Options reorganized in settings app
· Combined flv1 and flv4 into "Flash Video" in settings
· Settings app can run reset settings and reregister filters consecutively
· New icons for ffdshow, also added option in settings for systray icons
· Added Haali MPEG-PS Option
· Added AVI Association
· Reorganized Start Menu Items

What's new in Combined Community Codec Pack 2007-02-22:

May 6th, 2010

Important changes!:
· Updated ffdshow to 2006-02-14 (faster H.264 and Vorbis decoding). Note that this build is not based on ffdshow-tryouts.
· Several Windows Vista compatibility fixes (pack is now officially Vista/XP/2K/9x/ME)
· Fixed "Enable thumbnails" option in installer
· No longer requires DirectX9 to install, but it's recommended anyway
· Updated Haali splitter to 2007-02-15
· Updated VSFilter with some patches by jfs (fixes at least one extremely rare crash with malformed drawing commands and one vector clipping issue)

Updated MPV decoder to 1.0.0.3, plus the following fixes:
· Lower priority
· Interlaced logic bugfix (Haali)
· TS-MPEG2 for BluRay fix (Haali)
· Updated ZoomPlayer to 5.00