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FormatFactory Changelog

What's new in FormatFactory 5.17.0.0

Jan 30, 2024
  • Added showing CPU&GPU usage the task progress bar
  • Fixed a bug in the installation package.
  • Fixed some dependencies in video configuration parameters

New in FormatFactory 5.16.0.0 (Nov 1, 2023)

  • Added support for Multi-Profiles output setting
  • Fixed the bug of volume adjustment
  • Fixed the profiles of AC3 output setting

New in FormatFactory 5.15.0.0 (Aug 9, 2023)

  • Fixed bugs of video clip
  • Adjusted the default subtitle border size
  • Added more output directory options
  • Fixed a bug of installer

New in FormatFactory 5.14.0.0 (Mar 30, 2023)

  • Updated ffmpeg 6.0 contains many new decoders
  • Added av1_qsv av1_amf Hardware encoder
  • Fixed bugs of player
  • Fixed bugs of external subtitles file
  • Adjusted naming rules for file dividing

New in FormatFactory 5.13.0.0 (Nov 29, 2022)

  • Updated Exiv2 picture information library
  • Updated ffmpeg5.1 stable version
  • Changed the naming rules in video joiner & Mux
  • Fixed the bug of add images in video joiner & Mux
  • Added av1_nvenc,h264_mf,h265_mf Hardware encoder
  • Optimized the encoding parameter of h26X_nvenc h26X_qsv h26X_amf
  • Added constant quantization parameter(cq) in h26X_nvenc
  • Optimized the resolution of Low&Medium quality and size

New in FormatFactory 5.12.2.0 (Aug 22, 2022)

  • Updated CD repository to point to gnudb.gnudb.org
  • Adjusted audio and video bitrate of profile
  • Fixed bug with custom profile

New in FormatFactory 5.12.0.0 (Jul 15, 2022)

  • Updated CD repository to point to gnudb.gnudb.org
  • Adjusted audio and video bitrate of profile
  • Fixed bug with custom profile

New in FormatFactory 5.11.0.0 (Apr 29, 2022)

  • Added "Split Music" to separate voice and music
  • Integrate AC3,AAC,MMF,DTS in one function
  • Fixed bugs of Modules Downloader
  • Fixed FormatPlayer's drag-in crash
  • Fixed an issue with aspect distortion in video joiner

New in FormatFactory 5.10.0.0 (Feb 10, 2022)

  • Added the cover save function of audio files
  • Improved QSV file decoding
  • Fixed the bug of keeping the source subtitle stream in MKV
  • Streamlined output setting profiles
  • Added range selection function to AV splitter
  • Added FormatPlayer decoding option

New in FormatFactory 5.8.0.0 (Sep 1, 2021)

  • Added support for pictures in Video Joiner & Mux
  • Added picture sequence support in Video conversion
  • Added a button to delete the source file after successfully converted
  • Added Export Frame function
  • Fixed the Win11 incompatibility problem
  • Fixed the bug of FormatPlayer
  • Fixed the bug , no sound in Mux
  • Fixed the bug , when adding directories

New in FormatFactory 5.7.5.0 (May 22, 2021)

  • Added adjustable number of task threads
  • Added support for older Win7 without OpenGL
  • PDF password supports batch input
  • Fixed bug that saving of window size and position
  • Fixed a bug of Video Joiner&Mux that could not be flipped and rotated

New in FormatFactory 5.7.1.0 (Apr 2, 2021)

  • Added Text->Wav
  • Added Docx->PDF
  • Improved PDF to Docx function
  • Fixed a bug when converting large video files
  • Added key frame interval option in video output setting
  • Fixed the bug of custom profile

New in FormatFactory 5.7.0.0 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • Added Text->Wav
  • Added Docx->PDF
  • Improved PDF to Docx function
  • Fixed a bug when converting large video files
  • Added key frame interval option in video output setting
  • Fixed the bug of custom profile

New in FormatFactory 5.6.5.0 (Feb 11, 2021)

  • Update MP3 Encoder Lame3.99 to 3.100
  • Fixed the bug for adding water mark when hardware acceleration
  • Fixed the bug for Format Player
  • Added color filter in video output settging

New in FormatFactory 5.6.0.0 (Jan 19, 2021)

  • Added function to add video and audio cover
  • Improved subtitle font color configuration
  • Added file sorting function
  • Improved keep aspect cropping in video option
  • Added sample format option in audio output setting
  • Added lossless words before audio lossless configuration

New in FormatFactory 5.5.0.0 (Nov 22, 2020)

  • Improved "Delogo" to support to remove multiple areas watermark.
  • Improved Video/Audio Output Setting GUI
  • Added "Keep All Source Streams" Audio&Subtitle option in output setting
  • Fixed bugs of Fast Clip
  • Update the nvidia Video Codec SDK to ver 10.0.26

New in FormatFactory 5.4.5.0 (Sep 3, 2020)

  • Fixed bugs of ncm decoder
  • Fixed bugs of the time format in the French system
  • Added GPU priority in output setting
  • Added "Add Folder" button in file select UI

New in FormatFactory 5.4.0.0 (Aug 5, 2020)

  • Аddеd ѕuрроrt fоr dіvіdіng bу fіlе ѕіzе
  • Fіхеd thе bug thаt UТF8 fіlе nаmе саuѕеѕ соnvеrѕіоn fаіlurе
  • Fіхеd thе bug оf Сlір UІ
  • Fіхеd thе bug оf lоѕtіng аudіо mеtа dаtа

New in FormatFactory 5.3.0.1 (Jun 23, 2020)

  • Аddеd ѕuрроrt fоr dіvіdіng bу fіlе ѕіzе
  • Fіхеd thе bug thаt UТF8 fіlе nаmе саuѕеѕ соnvеrѕіоn fаіlurе
  • Fіхеd thе bug оf Сlір UІ
  • Fіхеd thе bug оf lоѕtіng аudіо mеtа dаtа

New in FormatFactory 4.10.5.0 (Jan 10, 2020)

  • Added Format Player
  • 2Added Hardware accelerate testing tool "HA Test" in "Utilities"
  • Fixed the bug that subtitles could not be added during cropping
  • Fixed the bug that crop area was outside of screen
  • Fixed the bug of "WebM" encoder
  • Adjusted some profiles of All to GIF

New in FormatFactory 4.10.0.0 (Jan 7, 2020)

  • Added Format Player
  • Added Hardware accelerate testing tool "HA Test" in "Utilities"
  • Fixed the bug that subtitles could not be added during cropping
  • Fixed the bug that crop area was outside of screen
  • Fixed the bug of "WebM" encoder

New in FormatFactory 4.9.0 (Sep 28, 2019)

  • Added "PDF Joiner"
  • Added "Video Downloader"
  • Added "Fast Clip"
  • Added "Divided Into"
  • Added "Fade In" and "Fade Out" in "Output Setting"
  • Fixed the bug of cropping the vertical video file
  • Fixed the bug of "Audio Codec Not Supported"
  • Fixed the Compatibility problems in Win7
  • Fixed the bug of joining the horizontal and vertical video files in "Video joiner"

New in FormatFactory 4.8.0 (Jul 9, 2019)

  • Added "Screen Record"
  • Added "PDF to Pic"
  • Added support for Intel QSV H264,H265 hardware acceleration
  • Fixed bugs of GPU conflict in multi-tasks
  • Adjust "Optimum quality and size" profile to fit 4K video
  • Fixed bugs of MKV subtitle
  • Fixed 'charmap' codec error for "PDF to XXX"

New in FormatFactory 4.7.0 (Jun 2, 2019)

  • Added "PDF to TXT"
  • Added "PDF to Doc"
  • Added "PDF to Excel"
  • Added AMR decoder "SilkV3"
  • Fixed bugs of "All to MPG"

New in FormatFactory 4.6.1 (Apr 26, 2019)

  • Fixed the crash bug of HEIC decoder

New in FormatFactory 4.6.0 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Added profile "Optimum quality and size"
  • Adjusted some profiles of MP4 and MKV
  • Fixed bugs of using "GPU" in multi-tasks
  • Added GPU switch option in video output setting
  • Added Shortcuts for "Deloge" and "Crop"

New in FormatFactory 4.5.5 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Added video "Delogo" in Clip
  • Added video "Speed" option in Output Setting

New in FormatFactory 4.5.0 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Added "FFZip" module to the "Document"
  • Added the Archive compression and decompression function to the right-click menu.
  • Added Language "Tibetan"

New in FormatFactory 4.4.0 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Supported NVIDIA H264&H265 Hardware Acceleration
  • Improved task list, support for previews
  • Updated the codec ffmpeg 4.0,tsMuxer,mkvmerge to latest version
  • Fixed bugs of Video Mux
  • Fixed bugs of Blueray Disc to MKV
  • Not supported WinXP

New in FormatFactory 4.3.0 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Added supports for Apple Heic picture format
  • Added output format "TS,MTS,M2TS" in "Video joiner"
  • Supports modifying task setting for "Video joiner" "Mux" "Audio Joiner" and "Mix"
  • Added "All to OGG" Video file format.

New in FormatFactory 4.2.0 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Added function "Add Author Titles" in "Video Joiner"
  • Added function "visual watermark editing" in "Output Setting"
  • Improved the UI of video cropping and set range in "Option"
  • Adjust the "Black" and "White" skin
  • Fixed some of issues about "Mix", "Mux", Audio and Video Joiner
  • Update the "MediaInfo library" to the latest version
  • Fixed some issues about ID3v2 tag information
  • Fixed issue with rotation angle in video files

New in FormatFactory 4.1.0 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Added "Size Limit" option in video conversion
  • Added new feature "Audio Mix" in utility
  • Added support for keeping the original audio stream in utility "Mux"
  • Update MediaInfo to latest version

New in FormatFactory 4.0.5 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Added QSV File decode
  • Fixed the bug of crop
  • Fixed the bug of VFlip and HFlip

New in FormatFactory 4.0.0 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Added HEVC(H265) codec in MP4,MKV
  • Improved the algorithm of default bitrate
  • AVC,HEVC,DIVX support codec CRF mode
  • Updated some codecs and decodecs to latest version

New in FormatFactory 3.7.0.1 (Sep 9, 2015)

  • Supports new picture format "WebP".
  • Fixed streaks issues when MTS, M2TS file conversion.
  • Improved GUI compatibility in 4K screen.

New in FormatFactory 3.6.0 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • Added file size comparison function after convertion
  • Fixed bugs of previous version

New in FormatFactory 3.5.0 (Nov 25, 2014)

  • Added BT update module
  • Remove the bottom banner
  • Fixed some bugs of GUI

New in FormatFactory 3.3.5 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Added save task list to file and load from file.
  • Added supporting of bik game video file.

New in FormatFactory 3.3.4 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • Fixed a problem "All to 3GP"
  • Added JPG Quality option
  • Added some profiles of "All to ICO"

New in FormatFactory 3.3.1 (Feb 6, 2014)

  • Fixed wrong IDV3 tag.
  • Fixed problem about "Error while decoding frame!".
  • Added supporting of DTS wave.
  • Updated some codecs.

New in FormatFactory 3.2.0 (Oct 14, 2013)

  • Improved "High quality" profiles of audio , now supports auto-calc equal bitrate
  • Added APE audio file encoder
  • Fixed some bugs of multi-threads
  • "All to MKV" supports inside srt subtitle
  • Fixed problems of runtime error on WinXP
  • Updated some inside codecs

New in FormatFactory 3.1.1 (Oct 14, 2013)

  • Improved interface to better support Pad
  • Add batch rename function
  • Corrected the problems that function rotation, mirroring are not saved to the "custom"

New in FormatFactory 3.00 (Oct 20, 2012)

  • Adjust GUI to support Win8 pad
  • Adjust some profiles of video
  • Fixed a bug of default bitrate and resolution algorithm
  • Fixed a bug of subtitle
  • Fixed problems of MP4 muxer

New in FormatFactory 2.95 (Apr 12, 2012)

  • Default option doesn't use multi-Threads to convert.

New in FormatFactory 2.90 (Apr 12, 2012)

  • Update ffdshow,Haali codecs to latest version.
  • Fixed some bugs of codecs installation
  • Fixed some bugs of "MUX"
  • Add install and uninstall system context mmenu features to advanced option.

New in FormatFactory 2.80 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • Video Files support multi-thread conversion
  • Picture Files support multi-thread conversion
  • Added output folder selection on accept file dialog.
  • Fixed aspect problem of "All to GIF"

New in FormatFactory 2.70 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Added right button menu item to invoke Format Factory.Now you can use it to convert and view info of media files.
  • Fixed the profiles of iPad,PSP that fail to be played.
  • Fixed bugs in Mux.
  • Update codecs to MediaInfo 0.7.44,ffdshow rev3882,Haali 1.11.96.14

New in FormatFactory 2.60 (Nov 10, 2010)

  • Improve "Mux",Now supports multiple video and audio files.
  • Fixed the compatibility issue MP4 files.
  • Improve "Drag and Drop" , now supports drag folder object into user interface

New in FormatFactory 2.50 (Aug 19, 2010)

  • Improve DVD Rip,Now supports DVD to RMVB.
  • Fix an issue with "All tom RMVB" about split video.
  • Fix an issue about conflict with Vista,Windows7 Areo effect.
  • Added RMVB output type in video joiner.
  • Improve video size calculation , you can input "auto" instead of width or height.

New in FormatFactory 2.45 (Jul 15, 2010)

  • Fix a problem that AVC MP4 can't be played correctly in version 2.40
  • Added the option whether install FormatFactory inside codecs to system.

New in FormatFactory 2.40 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Fix the problem of Apple's MP4 time is twice as long as the original.
  • Improve the configuration of "All to Picture",now it can be saved as "All to Custom".
  • Added several profiles of some latest devices.
  • Fix a bug that fail to clip video when adding watermark.

New in FormatFactory 2.30 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Fixed compatibility issues of codecs on Windows 7 UAC.
  • Fixed bug of watermark.
  • Added "Cancel" Button on several places that needed waiting.
  • Added "Language select page" in menu.
  • Added several new language files.

New in FormatFactory 2.20 (Nov 26, 2009)

  • Added MIDI to MP3,WMA,and others.
  • Added more media muxing output types.
  • Added "Custom" output type to "Video Joiner".
  • Adjust Bitrate of "High quality and size" profile.
  • Improve the accuracy of media file splitting

New in FormatFactory 2.15 (Oct 22, 2009)

  • Fixed some problems of "Fail to decode"
  • Fixed some decoder conflict
  • Fixed some problems of MKV convertion
  • Added some codecs to support more media file types

New in FormatFactory 2.10 (Aug 18, 2009)

  • Added "All to Custom"
  • Added "Watermark", support png,bmp,jpg
  • Added "Mux"
  • Added "Video Crop"
  • Fixed AV sync of some wmv files.
  • Fixed problem of ffdshow filter installation

New in FormatFactory 2.00 (Jul 9, 2009)

  • Added "All to RMVB"
  • Added "Audio Joiner"
  • Added "AviSynth" to support AVS script and SSA effect.
  • Fixed bugs of missing MP3,WMA tag info.
  • Fixed bugs of MOV convertion.
  • Fixed problem of selecting MKV audio stream.
  • Added new 2 language files.
  • Fixed error H264 level of IPod,Zune Mobile Device.

New in FormatFactory 1.90 (Jun 3, 2009)

  • Added "All to GIF".

New in FormatFactory 1.85 (Apr 24, 2009)

  • Added Volume control in video setting.
  • Added Audio stream index control in video setting.
  • Adjust Video aspect ratio calculating.
  • Fixed Fail to shut off PC after conversion.
  • Fixed show "FFMpeg.dll missing" when audio conversion.
  • Fixed Fail to get CD info from FreeDB.org.
  • Added 2 language files to support up to 47 kinds of languages.
  • Added some profiles of HTC Mobile devices.
  • Added "All to WavPack"

New in FormatFactory 1.80 (Mar 23, 2009)

  • Added "All to MKV"
  • Added H264,DIVX,XVID codec advanced configuration
  • Added supporting of H264,DIVX,XVID 2 pass encoding
  • Added Video,Audio file's split and preview function
  • Generate THM files automatically after PSP MP4 converted
  • Fixed WMA encoding problem
  • Added several language files to support up to 45 kinds of languages
  • Fixed some problems of video merging
  • Improved DVD Ripper function
  • Added aspect ratio of the video file configuration settings

New in FormatFactory 1.70 (Jan 23, 2009)

  • Fixed bug: Audio out of sync.
  • Fixed bug: Fail to resample 5.1 channels to stereo
  • Fixed bug: correct XVID codec's FourCC.
  • Added new function: "Video Merger".
  • Added new function: "All to FLAC".
  • Added Lithuanian , Basque language files
  • Added subtitle font preview.

New in FormatFactory 1.65 (Dec 8, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: "codec exception" when decode wma stream.
  • Fixed bug: some error of rmvb decoder.
  • Fixed bug: a error about when video aspect conversion.
  • Added Albanian , Galician Language files.

New in FormatFactory 1.61 (Nov 24, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: a error about fail to run FormatFactory.
  • Fixed bug: Xvid is very slow.
  • Fixed bug: some dup frames cause conversion dead loop.
  • Fixed bug: some movie files use PCM8 have no sound after conversion.
  • Added AMR_WB audio codec of 3GP

New in FormatFactory 1.60 (Nov 14, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: a green line appear in the output video files.
  • Fixed bug: audio conversion errors.
  • Fixed bug: "All to MPG" can't be played by Window Media Player.
  • Fixed bug: Convert video files with SRT subtitle
  • Added "All to MOV"
  • Added "Serbian-Latin" , "Croatian" , "Norwegian" Language
  • Adjust default bitrate of All to MP4/AVi.

New in FormatFactory 1.31 (Jul 8, 2008)

  • Add new language files: Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Romanian, Turkish

New in FormatFactory 1.30 (Jul 3, 2008)

  • Add Portuguese , Spanish language files.
  • "DVD to Video File" supports more video types, "3GP,WMV,SWF".
  • Add 4 new converting Methods.

New in FormatFactory 1.20 (Jun 15, 2008)

  • Fix bug of 3GP's audio AMR decode

New in FormatFactory 1.25 (Jun 23, 2008)

  • Add Russian, Traditional Chinese language supporting