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DVD-Ranger Changelog

What's new in DVD-Ranger 5.2.2.6

Oct 21, 2013
  • New! – Fixed memory handling in CinEx module.
  • New! – Fixed GUI problems.
  • New! – Updated Cloud Uploader.
  • New! – Updated Cloud Uploader settings.
  • New! – Updated help file.

New in DVD-Ranger 5.1.1.3 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • New! – Added CinEx API.
  • New! – Fixed content list. Allows now to work better with subtitles.
  • New! – Added new DVDID query and success logging.
  • New! – Updated activation server.

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.3.2 (Mar 24, 2013)

  • New! – Fixed memory handling in Blu-ray Transcoder.
  • New! – Fixed memory leaks in Blu-ray Converter.
  • New! – Fixed verification function of burned disc.
  • New! – Optimized burning engine.
  • New! – Added Cloud Uploader
  • New! – Updated help file.
  • New! – Some fixed resource issues.

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.2.1 (Mar 24, 2013)

  • New! – This version includes a hotfix for mobile and movie only copies where the title index is very high.

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.2.0 (Feb 20, 2013)

  • New! – This version includes a hotfix for a recurring problem with too many audio devices. It looks as if some software creates a lot of virtual audio devices. This problem has now been solved.

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.1.9 (Feb 19, 2013)

  • Fixed problem while batch processing video files.
  • Added fix for unraachable YouTube videos in YouTube downloader.
  • Updated DVD-Ranger help file
  • Added newest DVD and Blu-ray disks

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.1.8 (Feb 1, 2013)

  • New! – Fixed issue while open .flv and other files from HD.
  • New! – Addd “New Folder” button in folder selection dialog (Wishlist).
  • New! – Added Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Note 10.1 profiles (Whishlist).

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.1.7 (Jan 28, 2013)

  • New! – YouTube download module updated to new YouTube site structure.
  • New! – Updated Heuristics for newest DVD’s and Blu-ray’s.
  • New! – NVidia driver checking optimized.

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.1.6 (Jan 15, 2013)

  • New! – Fix for DirectCopy module and ISO writer.
  • New! – Burn logfile fixed.
  • New! – NVidia driver warning updated.

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.1.5 (Jan 12, 2013)

  • Changes in DVD-Ranger 5.0.1.5:
  • New! – Fixed Blu-ray burn error where on some burners a bad Blu-ray was created.
  • New! – Fixed target folder selection problem where DVD-Ranger reported “Folder exists”
  • New! – Updated language and subtitle selection.
  • New! – Added Direct Copy module to copy already burned DVD or Blu-ray copies faster to another disk or ISO image.
  • New! – Added option to deactivate the free disc size checking.
  • New! – Updated Help file.
  • NEW: DVD-Ranger 5 contains now a first version of the DVD-Ranger Help. This is an HTML Help file that you can start from DVD-Ranger to get information about functions and settings.

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.1.4 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • New! – Fix with no audio in mobile converter

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.1.3 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • New! – Fix for burning problems on different burners and BD-R
  • New! – Fix for preformat BD-R
  • New! – Fix with burning DVD-R on Pioneer
  • New! – New Updater integrated
  • New! – Fixed some UI issues

New in DVD-Ranger 5.0.1.0 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • New! – Clip Info cleaning for a better support of newest BD-Player and PS3
  • New! – Added M2TS padding for better compatibility
  • New! – Optimized movie only structure generation for PS3 and some sort of BD-Player
  • New! – Fixed Memory leaks and optimized memory footprint
  • New! – Removed unneeded content in “Movie Only” copy
  • New! – Added automated language selection for audio languages and subtitles
  • New! – Optimized VC-1 handling
  • New! – Blu-ray cross link (title, audio, subtitle) detection for “Full Remaster” mode
  • New! – Updated burn engine
  • New! – Optimized logging
  • New! – Integrated CinEx interface (For upcoming CinEx Module)

New in DVD-Ranger 4.5.0.4 (Oct 6, 2012)

  • New! – Updated YouTube downloader to new YouTube site structure.
  • New! – Added Direct3D/GDI switch to settings
  • New! – Updated Heuritsics for latest DVD and Blu-ray

New in DVD-Ranger 4.5.0.3 (Sep 28, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger 4.5.0.3 comes with some improvements. While test and develop the DVD-Ranger Cinavia solution, some bugs were found and fixed.
  • New! – Coppy playback on some DVDs after copy DVD-Ranger 4.5.0.3 is a new definition of great entertainment.

New in DVD-Ranger 4.5.0.2 (Sep 25, 2012)

  • New! – Chapter support for recompressed Blu-ray
  • New! – Fixed missing audio language in movie only Blu-ray
  • New! – Fixed audio language naming in movie only Blu-ray
  • New! – Fixed looping in movie only Blu-ray
  • New! – Fixed Mpeg2 HD fix for Blu-ray
  • New! – Optimized half frame compression on Blu-ray

New in DVD-Ranger 4.4.0.3 (Sep 17, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger Core! – Fixed Blu-ray copy on some computers where DVD-Ranger crashed just after starting the copying.
  • DVD-Ranger Core! – Fixed DVD bug “Disc is encrypted”.
  • DVD-Ranger Burner! – Fixed Blu-ray writing on some devices (Pioneer and others). This will fix the “Burn done with error” bug.

New in DVD-Ranger 4.4.0.2 (Sep 7, 2012)

  • Fix for PTS less players like iTunes or QuickTime Pro

New in DVD-Ranger 4.3.0.4 (Aug 13, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Added 3D Blu-ray copy, rip & convert
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Optimized Blu-ray reader.

New in DVD-Ranger 4.3.0.3 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Added 3D Blu-ray copy
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Added decoding support for various file formats
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Added support for NTSC/PAL DV Video
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Added better read error management for Blu-ray
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Added aspect ratio detector
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – VC-1 software decoding bug fixed
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Added YUV 4:1:1 colorspace decoding support

New in DVD-Ranger 4.3.0.1 (Aug 1, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger 4.3 with top technology updates and improvements:
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – NEW ATI and Intel Decoding support. Up to 3 times speedup on ATI and Intel graphic cards.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Read Fragmented Blu-ray and DVD disks
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed Aspect Ratio for video files
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Updated burning engine for BD and DVD disk burning and authoring

New in DVD-Ranger 4.2.0.6 (Jul 4, 2012)

  • The DVD-Ranger team has again refined our product, and version 4.2.0.6 ensures that you have the necessary platform to convert and copy all of your favorite Blu-rays and DVDs. As technology continues to adapt to the changing advances in consumer interests, minor tweaks are required to keep your rendering suite up to date

New in DVD-Ranger 4.2.0.4 (Jun 11, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger Player – Added playback Blu-ray title and DVD title from disk, ISO and folder
  • DVD-Ranger Player – Downmix to Stereo option
  • DVD-Ranger Player – Subtitle rendering on Blu-ray and DVD playback
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed MKV encoding
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Added Segmenter to split files while encoding
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed reading of bad DVDFab ISO images

New in DVD-Ranger 4.2.0.3 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger FSLayer – Optimized Blu-ray reading
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed Framerate bug with Apple profiles
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Updated CUDA decoding and UltraTech HW Booster Technology

New in DVD-Ranger 4.1.0.5 (May 2, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fix for copy to mobile failure
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Source file detection optimized
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Improved video quality
  • DVD-Ranger – Screensaver disabler added
  • DVD-Ranger – Fixed updater

New in DVD-Ranger 4.1.0.4 (Apr 25, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Queue bitrate and Blu-ray fix
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Audio language index fix
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Custom profile fix
  • DVD-Ranger – Updater reactivated
  • DVD-Ranger – DNLA settings added
  • DVD-Ranger – Settings remembering optimized

New in DVD-Ranger 4.1.0.3 (Apr 20, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Framerate fix
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Unsync fix
  • DVD-Ranger – Extended bitrate settings
  • DVD-Ranger – Optimized profiles

New in DVD-Ranger 4.1.0.2 (Apr 20, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Blu-ray Authoring added (FREE! for all DVD-Ranger 4 Users)
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Blu-ray to Blu-ray copy (re-author) added
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Added AVCHD capabilities
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Blu-ray sub to VobSub converter
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Unsync and framerate (tearing) fix
  • DVD-Ranger – Added bitrate calculator
  • DVD-Ranger – Updated burning engine

New in DVD-Ranger 3.7.0.9 (Feb 2, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Updated LibDVDCss for newest DVDs.
  • IMPORTANT – Updated software activation for upcoming DVD-Ranger 4.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.7.0.8 (Jan 17, 2012)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Modifications have been made to the Linkscanner to ensure that it operates efficiently and without interruption
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Updates to the Movie Selection for Mobile Mode
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Improved Heuristics
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Enhancements to our Overlap Detection tool

New in DVD-Ranger 3.7.0.7 (Dec 22, 2011)

  • In the new release, users can expect upgrades in:
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed Heuristics for new DVD’s, include Smurfs, 30 Mins or Less, Pirates of the Caribbean Reseller & Rental, Cars 2 Reseller & Rental, Harry Potter 7.2, Zookeeper, Bad Teacher, Conan, Super 8 and many more.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.7.0.6 (Nov 24, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed Heuristics for new DVD’s, include Cars 2 Reseller & Rental, Harry Potter 7.2, Zookeeper, Bad Teacher, Pirates of the Caribbean, Conan, Super 8 and many more.
  • DVD-Ranger LibDVDCss Update – This upgrade ensure that blocks and picture flaws when copying or converting media.
  • DVD-Ranger Updater – Fixed version check information and added full automated Updater to DVD-Ranger.
  • DVD-Ranger DeCSS Reset – Added function to delete all old DeCSS keys.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.7.0.2 (Oct 22, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed Heuristics for new DVD’s.
  • DVD-Ranger LibDVDCss Update – This upgrade ensure that blocks and picture flaws when copying or converting media.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.7.0.1 (Sep 27, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed Heuristics for new DVD’s.
  • DVD-Ranger UI – Updated User Interface.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.6.1.8 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • With 3.6.1.7, there was a debugging symbol in the software which was causing DVD-Ranger to crash on some computers during launch. With 3.6.1.8, this has been fixed and we addressed a couple other small issues that were impacting a small percentage of customers with 3.6.1.7.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.6.1.7 (Aug 20, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed Heuristics for new DVD’s such as Sourcecode, Priest and Rango.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed access to LibDVDcss updates.
  • DVD-Ranger UI – Updated User Interface.
  • DVD-Ranger UI – New Languages Added! Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
  • DVD-Ranger UI – New Installer interface.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.6.1.6 (Jul 12, 2011)

  • With the promise of unparalleled copying results and a friendly user experience, DVD Ranger 3.6.1.6 has features that accelerate the burning process while at the same time providing a series of customizing opportunities.
  • Version 3.6.1.6 is a general update with many little fixes to improve the quality of the software.
  • Important fixes inside the copy process, disc authoring and burnings.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.6.1.4 (Jul 1, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Fixed Unsync in some Mpeg4 profiles.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Updated Heuristics to work with the newest DVDs.
  • DVD-Ranger UI – Updated Win7 TaskBar Messages.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.5.1.2 (May 16, 2011)

  • With the promise of unparallel copying result and a friendly user experience, DVD Ranger 3.5.1.2 has features that accelerate the burning process while providing a series of customizing opportunities.
  • Creating a memorable burning with the new version, with the addition of features, developed over three generations, such as the ones mentioned below:
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Re-added Ac3 pass-through with AVI, MKV and MP4.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine – Changed OpenGL startup code. No atilogxx.dll problems anymore.
  • DVD-Ranger – Optimized memory handling

New in DVD-Ranger 3.4.5.8 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Re-added Ac3 pass-through with AVI, MKV and MP4.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Changed OpenGL startup code. No atilogxx.dll problems anymore.
  • DVD-Ranger - Optimized memory handling

New in DVD-Ranger 3.4.5.7 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Temporary removed Ac3 pass-through in case of bugs with AVI.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.4.5.6 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Fixed IFO parsing error.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Added pass-through original AC3 audio to HD movies
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Added HTC (HTC Aria) to mobile profiles.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - WMV encoding is now more failsafe.
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Fixed intermittent freezing bug for users behind a firewall.
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Fixed problem with empty mobile files after copy.
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Fixed FourCC setting bug.
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Fixed volume bug in mobile.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.4.5.3 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Added "Performance" settings. Select your choice: Fast (Low Quality) or Slower (High Quality). Available as global settings and project settings.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Changed some internal code in case of some XP SP3 crashes. Hope this will solve the problem.
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Fixed bad Spanish language problem. Perdón por el error!
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Updated DVD recording component in case of some crashes reported by the users.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.4.3.3 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Added a fix for Fast Forward/Backward problems on some players.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - ILVU handling optimized.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Plugged some leaks.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Can use all available CPU cores.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Updated heuristics for new DVDs.
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Added Queue for autmated jobs. This is BETA. Please test and report if problems occour.
  • DVD-Ranger UI - GUI Lifting.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.3.1.3 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Added GPU acceleration to DVD-Ranger for CUDA capable graphics cards
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Improved resizer
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Up to 20% faster mobile encodings on multicore processors
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - General bugfixes and new DVDs added
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Some GUI changes (Menu, Burning, Settings)
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Fixed "DVD-Player" button logic

New in DVD-Ranger 3.2.1.8 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Added new DVDs to the heuristics
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Fixed some parsing errors
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Optimized some workflows
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Fixed "DVD-Player" button logic
  • DVD-Ranger Support - Optimized DVD-Ranger Error Reporting Tool

New in DVD-Ranger 3.2.1.5 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - New DVDs added
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Improved DVD loading
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Native Unicode support in order to work with all character sets.
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Faster switching between projects
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Extended settings
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Customize mobile profiles
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Modifiable audio volume levels
  • DVD-Ranger UI - Zoom output video in order to eliminate black letterbox bars

New in DVD-Ranger 3.1.6.5 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Added Xvid compression fix. Now DVD-Ranger can create DivX(R) video compatible files.

New in DVD-Ranger 3.1.6.0 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger UI - TV button activated.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Added Xvid compression. Now DVD-Ranger can create DivX(R) video compatible files.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Toy Story 3 fix

New in DVD-Ranger 3.1.5.0 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger UI - Complete overhaul of the UI for improved usability.
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Some bugfixes
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - New DVDs added to the heuristics.
  • DVD-Ranger core enigne - Highly improved MPEG-4 encoding quality

New in DVD-Ranger 3.1.2.0 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Fix for Mpeg4/Mobile transcoding (cropped video)
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Optimized DVD2HD profiles
  • DVD-Ranger core engine - Fix for Autoremove DTS. Please note, this is a copy setting and will remove the DTS while copy, it is not a UI function. It will not remove the DTS from the contentlist.
  • DVD-Ranger - Better third partie decrypter integration.
  • DVD-Ranger - Installer changed
  • DVD-Ranger - Toolbar removed

New in DVD-Ranger 3.0.1.2 (Jun 28, 2010)

  • Complete new copy engine to support newest DVDs. Optimized UI, updated "Quality Craft Transcoder", increased quality, and DVD information service.
  • Fixed a few bugs.

New in DVD-Ranger 2.9.4 (May 31, 2010)

  • Complete new copy engine to support newest DVDs.
  • Increased the quality to the industrie leading, Quality Craft Transcoder.
  • New DVD information service.

New in DVD-Ranger 2.9.1 (Apr 3, 2010)

  • Added newest DVD releases, Windows 7 fixes, new high speed Mobile converter, DVD2HD.

New in DVD-Ranger 2.9.0 (Mar 19, 2010)

  • Added newest DVD releases, Windows 7 fixes, new high speed Mobile converter, DVD2HD.

New in DVD-Ranger 2.8.6 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • New Artwork added.

New in DVD-Ranger 2.8.4 (Jan 21, 2010)

  • Added newest DVD releases
  • Windows 7 fixes
  • Burnengine fixes

New in DVD-Ranger 2.7.9 (Oct 19, 2009)

  • Windows 7 improvements

New in DVD-Ranger 2.7.7 (Aug 25, 2009)

  • Added newest DVD releases
  • PS3 Single File XMB
  • Movie Only Menu
  • New Updater
  • Updated Heuristics

New in DVD-Ranger 2.7.4.1 (Jul 2, 2009)

  • HotFix Manager,
  • Physxtech,
  • Updated Mobile,
  • Improved UI,
  • some minor bugfixes