Vidiot Changelog

What's new in Vidiot 0.3.39.2951

Feb 5, 2024
  • Improved video audio-video preview synchronization. (r2934)
  • Improved keyboard trimming and clip length editing speeds. (r2928)
  • Fixed bug in frame rate adjustment (30p -> 29.97p) which causes the adjustment to be 'forgotten' (leading to erratic panning shots). (r2919)
  • Added popup menu option to playback video clip with system default application. (r2918)
  • Fixed exporting error when the output file contains special characters. (r2917)
  • Fixed crash on input files with special characters in the file name. (r2916)

New in Vidiot 0.3.38.2915 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • Fixed #378: Timescale not updated when scrolling horizontally via the scrollbar. (r2884)
  • Fixed crash when dropping files into the main window when the 'new project wizard' is open. (r2883)
  • Fixed: Last frames of video decoded incorrectly (black). (r2882)
  • Fixed: Video crossfade at end of (h.264) video file shows black input video. (r2882)
  • Updated ffmpeg libraries to version 5.1.2. (r2869)
  • Fixed crash on single frame videos. (r2867)

New in Vidiot 0.3.37.2866 (Oct 17, 2022)

  • Fixed: Exporting hangs if an exception occurs. (r2863)
  • Added option (--export) to trigger exporting from command line. (r2861)
  • Added option to automatically open exported file with default application. (r2855)
  • Added option to export (region between) selected clips only. (r2855)
  • Added option to change audio/video synchronization within a clip. (r2853)
  • Fixed: shift selecting clips sometimes misses certain unlinked clips. (r2852)
  • Added CRF and Preset options for rendering. (r2851)
  • Fixed: First fade in sometimes not shown. (r2850)
  • Fixed: Opening and closing a project (without changes) sometimes leads to 'save' dialog. (r2849)
  • Fixed bug leading to missing timestamps in output. (r2848)
  • Fixed: Occasional audio 'pops' between clips/transitions. (r2843)

New in Vidiot 0.3.36.2841 (Aug 20, 2022)

  • Improved multithreaded decoding/encoding performance. (r2834)
  • Fixed: Thumbnails sometimes only show a part of the video during editing. (r2832)
  • Fixed: Clicking on timescale sometimes selects clips, and doesn't move cursor. (r2830)
  • Added French translation. (r2829)

New in Vidiot 0.3.35.2828 (Dec 13, 2021)

  • Improved (video) track positioning. (r2823)
  • Video track resizing now done by dragging divider at bottom of track, similar to audio tracks. (r2823)
  • Added [#288]: Vertical scrolling now excludes the timescale. (r2821)
  • Improved thumbnail generation performance. (r2820)
  • Added [#368]: Link to Basic Video Editing video tutorial. (r2816)
  • When selecting audio/video stream, language information (if available) is shown. (r2813)
  • Added [#363]: Length buttons customizable. (r2812)
  • Fixed [#365]: No indication of missing audio file. (r2811)
  • Fixed crash when having image with keyframes with different scaling. (r2810)
  • Fixed: After splitting subset of tracks ('A'), wrong clips selected. (r2809)
  • Added option to deselect all clips (CTRL-D). (r2808)
  • Added menu options to (de)select all clips. (r2808)
  • Fixed crash caused by audio positioning algorithm. (r2807)

New in Vidiot 0.3.34.2801 (May 30, 2021)

  • Added Spanish translation. (r2800)

New in Vidiot 0.3.33.2799 (May 9, 2021)

  • Added option to export current video frame to file. (r2794)
  • Added option to freeze video at one specific frame (via popup menu). (r2793)
  • Added menu option to add audio crossfades between all audio clips to main menu. (r2791)
  • Fixed: No progress shown when exporting to an audio-only or a video-only format. (r2790)
  • Fixed: No progress shown in Windows task bar. (r2789)
  • Fixed crash when opening popup menu and a video clip is completely covered by a transition. (r2787)
  • Fixed: Crash when selecting zero files in the 'add files' dialog (for instance, by cancelling). (r2786)

New in Vidiot 0.3.32.2785 (Oct 29, 2020)

  • Fixed [#362]: Audio peaks updating performance improved. (r2780)
  • Fixed [#364]: Length buttons now also enabled if the button length can be set without shifting all clips in all other tracks. (r2779)
  • Fixed: One extra black frame was exported at end of movie. (r2776)
  • Improved exporting speed. (r2775)
  • Unlinking clips now possible for multiple clips at once. (r2775)
  • Added [#284]: Keyboard shortcuts to enlarge/reduce clips. (r2771)
  • Added kerning option to titles. (r2767)
  • Added line spacing option to titles. (r2767)
  • Added underline option to titles. (r2766)
  • Improved [#361]: Better title font with border. (r2765)
  • Renamed "Render" to "Export" and created separate menu. (r2762)
  • Fixed: No filename shown in details view for images. (r2749)
  • [Linux] Added support for dropping files from the file system directly. (r2748)
  • Added menu option to directly add clips to end of timeline. (r2725)
  • Added popup menu option to add clips inside timeline. (r2725)
  • Fixed undo bug: Crash after undo, close timeline, open timeline, undo again. (r2725)
  • Removed project view. (r2725)
  • Improved preview performance. (r2717)
  • Added popup menu option to add crossfades between all clips in an audio track. (r2715)
  • Added auto save option. (r2713)
  • Fixed crash when loading old project file containing timelines with image(s). (r2712)
  • When editing titles the resulting style is used as default for newly added titles. (r2711)
  • Fixed: Undo/redo of editing title style not working. (r2710)
  • Added H265 and MJPEG codecs. (r2706)
  • Fixed crash when creating new video track directly after removing empty tracks. (r2705)

New in Vidiot 0.3.32.2712 Preview (Sep 10, 2020)

  • Fixed crash when loading old project file containing timelines with image(s). (r2712)
  • When editing titles the resulting style is used as default for newly added titles. (r2711)
  • Fixed: Undo/redo of editing title style not working. (r2710)
  • Added H265 and MJPEG codecs. (r2706)
  • Fixed crash when creating new video track directly after removing empty tracks. (r2705)

New in Vidiot 0.3.31.2703 (Sep 4, 2020)

  • Added [#359]: Added yes/no dialog when canceling rendering to avoid accidental aborting. (r2702)
  • Fixed: Save dialog not shown when editing the same property twice and saving between edits. (r2698)
  • Added subtitle creation. (r2689)
  • Fixed: No audio at all if input file starts with corrupt packets. (r2611)
  • Fixed: Crash when changing used audio/video stream of input file. (r2609)
  • Fixed: losing previous selection when changing audio/video stream. (r2609)
  • Fixed: No audio and/or video shown if input file reports duration '0' incorrectly. (r2608)
  • Fixed crash if dropped folder contains '$'. (r2594)
  • Added 15fps frame rate. (r2593)
  • Better playback for higher resolution videos. (r2590)
  • Show icon in preview window if video playback can't keep up with audio. (r2590)

New in Vidiot 0.3.30.2581 (Jan 23, 2020)

  • Fixed: Wrong length calculated for some input files. (r2578)
  • Fixed: Rendering generates one (possibly black) frame more than provided by the input. (r2578)
  • Increased maximum volume to 1000% (r2577)
  • Improved playback responsiveness. (r2573)

New in Vidiot 0.3.29.2572 (Jan 23, 2020)

  • Enabled zooming via keyboard during drag operations. (r2571)
  • Fixed crash when opening popup menu after reading a saved project. (r2570)
  • Fixed crash when opening save file created with old version. (r2569)

New in Vidiot 0.3.28.2568 (Oct 18, 2019)

  • Added support for multiple audio/video streams (via popup menu). (r2563)
  • Default render settings no longer stored 'per project' but used for all new sequences. (r2550)
  • Fixed positioning/length errors when using 'adjust frame rate'. (r2548)
  • Improved editing responsiveness. (r2545)
  • Trimming a clip no longer can cause the removal of a transition. (r2542)
  • Thumbnails and audio peaks shown again during dragging. (r2541)
  • Added View menu option to maximize video track height in timeline. (r2540)
  • Enabled 'split clip at cursor and trim until end' during playback. (r2539)
  • Fixed: Playback directly after edits (cuts) shows black video. (r2537)
  • Fixed timeline redrawing issue in case the last clip of a track is a transition. (r2535)
  • Fixed crash during drag and drop operation. (r2534)
  • Zoom keys now also work during playback. (r2532)
  • Fixed: Width of 'change frame rate' dialog too small in Dutch. (r2531)
  • Fixed [#357]: Crash when changing frame rate of clips to almost (but not completely) the same frame rate. (r2530)

New in Vidiot 0.3.27.2529 (Aug 26, 2019)

  • Fixed erratic clips (short flashback) after transition. (r2528)
  • Fixed changing speed of video clips. (r2528)
  • Fixed: Sequence menu options not properly enabled when opening a save file with intervals. (r2523)
  • Fixed: Length in player not updated when editing. (r2522)
  • Fixed crash when zooming in maximally on a five hour audio file and enlarging the audio peaks height. (r2521)
  • Key bindings for timeline actions are now customizable. (r2515)
  • Fixed ridiculously wide file open dialog on Linux. (r2509)
  • Added option to remove blank area left by dragging clips. (r2507)
  • Fixed [#352]: 'Start empty project' chosen when dropping a file from explorer. (r2492)
  • Fixed [#355]: Changing language does not work anymore. (r2491)
  • Added option to set default shifting behavior when trimming. (r2487)
  • Fixed [#353]: Drag only one clip of the two clips involved in a transition. Abort drag. Transition is lost. (r2484)
  • Added option to toggle default shifting behavior for drag and drop operations. (r2483)
  • Added keyboard shortcuts ('l' and 'u') for linking and unlinking clips. (r2482)
  • Keys for changing mouse operation behavior (E.g. shift for drag-and-drop and/or trimming) do not have to be held anymore. Pressing once toggles the associated behavior. (r2471)
  • Fixed crash when rendering selected intervals for an empty timeline. (r2465)

New in Vidiot 0.3.26.2464 (Feb 27, 2019)

  • Fixed: crash when video file is removed from disk. (r2460)
  • Fixed crash when generating (image) video data can't keep up with frame rate. (r2458)
  • Created Snap for installing on Linux (r2436)

New in Vidiot 0.3.25.2428 (Oct 10, 2018)

  • Fixed [#350]: Still images with keyframes are positioned wrong. (r2424)
  • Fixed: When changing speed between 0.5 and 2.0, audio pitch is maintained. (r2415)
  • Add option (Change FrameRateto adjust frame rate interpolation. (r2412)
  • Fixed [#349]: Crash when first/last clip in track is a fade-in/fade-out, and then dragging the transition and the faded clip. (r2408)

New in Vidiot 0.3.24.2399 (May 30, 2018)

  • Updated camera support, including Canon 6dMkII, M6; FujiFilm X-H1, X-E3, X-A3, X-A5, X-10; Nikon D850, D7500; , Olympus TG-5; Panasonic G80, GX85, G80, G85, G9; Pentax KP; Sony A7RIII, RX100V, RX10IV. (Possibly others that haven't been verified.)
  • Updated lens identification for Canon, Nikon, Sony/Minolta, Pentax, Leica/Panasonic, and Olympus.
  • Improved extraction of focus distance and white balance metadata for several Canon models
  • Extract focus distance for Olya* Added Italian translation. (r2394)
  • Fixed crash when scaling of a clip is set to a small value. (r2392)
  • Fixed [#346]: Crash when deleting two non-adjacent images (without filled audio tracks). (r2391)
  • Fixed crash if memory allocation fails during video generation. (r2385)
  • 64-bit Windows version. (r2383)
  • Fixed crash when starting a drag with fade-in or fade-out selected, but leaving the faded clip unselected. (r2379)
  • Zooming is centered around the cursor. (r2378)
  • Added option to inhibit (optionally) system sleep during rendering. (r2377)
  • Added option to shutdown the system after rendering. (r2377)
  • Added [#313]: Add support for animated gif/png WITH transparency. (r2376)
  • Fixed [#341]: Progress bar not shown in title bar icon (Windows 10). (r2374)mpus cameras

New in Vidiot 0.3.23.2372 (Feb 27, 2018)

  • Added option to generate only part of the timeline (marked regions). (r2368)
  • Fixed: Audio peaks updated when editing audio details. (r2364)
  • Fixed: When generating transitions, the key frame settings for the adjacent clips is sometimes lost. (r2363)
  • Added option to change audio balance of clips. (r2362)
  • Fixed: Project properties shows wrong number of audio channels. (r2361)
  • Fixed [#329]: When closing then reopening the timeline, the interval is in the undo history. (r2359)

New in Vidiot 0.3.22.2358 (Feb 27, 2018)

  • Fixed crash when using 'split selected clip at cursor position (a)' and there's no clip at the cursor position. (r2356)

New in Vidiot 0.3.21.2355 (Feb 27, 2018)

  • Fixed [#328]: Audio peaks are not stored in save files. (r2352)
  • Fixed [#331]: Zooming in completely with very large clips (>10 minutes) causes artifacts in the timeline. (r2349)
  • Added [#301]: Add support for audio-only/video-only output. (r2337)
  • Added VP9 output codec support. (r2336)
  • Fixed animation when shift-deleting clips/deleting intervals. (r2335)
  • Added [#296]: When shift-deleting ensure that cursor and preview remain at same frame. (r2335)
  • Added [#250]: Added Menu option to link unlinked clips. (r2334)
  • Added German help texts (with help from Google translate ;-) (r2333)
  • Added [#324]: Cut at cursor position for selected clip only (via 'a') (r2332)
  • Added auto-updating on Windows. (r2331)

New in Vidiot 0.3.20.2330 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Added setting of meta data tags to generated output. (r2308)
  • Fixed [#260]: When adjusting properties with cursor on last frame of clip no
  • preview is shown. (r2307)
  • Fixed [#309]: Create still image in timeline of 2 frames. Cannot enlarge.
  • r2305)
  • Increased maximum zoom level to facilitate editing . (r2305)
  • Fixed crash when dragging a clip of a length of 1/2 frames into the timeline.
  • r2304)
  • Added render output type compatible with Android. (r2303)
  • Fixed [#298]: Select new folder page in new project wizard doesn't show
  • selected folder. (r2302)
  • Fixed [#316]: Render second timeline does not work. (r2301)
  • Fixed [#320]: Video exported from musical.ly is black. (r2300)
  • Fixed [#306]: No bounding box shown if current frame is completely empty.
  • r2299)
  • Fixed [#327]: Crash when using 'save as' to overwrite a .vid file that cannot
  • be written. (r2298)
  • Fixed [#325]: Improved (background) colours of tracks. (r2297)
  • Fixed view updating during shift trimming (the entire left side of the view is
  • now moved) (r2297)
  • Fixed crash when using 'separate at cuts' when rendering a project with
  • multiple tracks of different lengths. (r2296)
  • Added support for horizontally flipping of video (via button alongside
  • rotation tools). (r2295)
  • Fixed [#326]: Cannot handle files for which the path contains $ directly after
  • the path separator. (r2294)
  • Fixed crash when image file cannot be read. (r2293)
  • Fixed cropping/alignment bug for some images. (r2292)
  • Fixed bug causing rightmost pixels of entire video to be read 'black'. (r2292)
  • Fixed crash when adding a clip with video AND audio with a video length of 1
  • frame. (r2291)
  • Fixed [#330]: Prevent overwriting of an input file (do not allow as output
  • file). (r2290)
  • Fixed crash when updating audio peaks. (r2287)
  • Fixed crash during Revert. (r2284)
  • Updated ffmpeg version to 3.2.4. (r2252)
  • Fixed: Linux install now works on Ubuntu 17.04. (r2243)
  • Fixed [#322]: Crash when no project is open: drop a file for which the length
  • must be read by scanning through all frames (can't read length from file meta
  • data). (r2239)

New in Vidiot 0.3.19.2238 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Show time estimate when rendering. (r2235)
  • Fixed [#290]: No feedback when creating initial long project. (r2229)
  • Fixed [#277]: Long delay during 'create new project'. (r2229)
  • Fixed [#312]: Render dialog does not show file extension if output filename is very long. (r2228)
  • Enabled shifting clips to make room when pasting (shift-paste). (r2227)
  • Cropping fixed for scaled video. (r2225)
  • Alignment fixed for rotated video with custom alignment, when cropping. (r2225)
  • Fixed [#259]: Keyframe indicators are not shown during drag and drop. (r2224)
  • Fixed [#275]: 'Fit all' and 'alignment left center' doesn't work properly for portait shot video. (r2223)
  • Automated scaling (Fit all and fit to fill) and alignment fixed in case rotation is applied to the video. (r2223)
  • When two adjacent keyframes use the same automated scaling and/or positioning, all frames inbetween will also use that same automated scaling and/or positioning. (r2223)
  • Note: To avoid changing the output of existing save files, the automated scaling and/or alignment for those files are changed to 'custom'. (r2223)
  • Fixed [#287]: After spliting a video-only the wrong clip is selected in the audio track. (r2222)
  • Added buttons for (-)90 degrees rotation. (r2221)
  • Default playback speed can be set via options dialog. (r2220)
  • Default height of new tracks can be changed. (r2219)
  • Save files are compressed (zipped). (r2218)
  • Changed default folder of output file in case a new project is created 'from a folder'. (r2210)
  • Fixed crash when triggering Undo after closing Timeline. (r2183)
  • Undo history is now 'per timeline'. (r2183)
  • Fixed crash caused by upscaling to a very large image (memory issues) -
  • Example: cropping a lot in combination with 'fit to fill'. (r2175)
  • Fixed crash when selecting unsupported output format extension in render dialog. (r2173)
  • Added support for mpeg 1 output. (r2173)
  • When changing track heights, moving the mouse 'outside' the timeline does not cause a 'revert' back to the original height. (r2172)

New in Vidiot 0.3.18.2170 (Jul 7, 2016)

  • Fixed [#280]: View menu not updated when loading a workspace layout. (r2166)
  • Fixed [#281]: Crash when adding file with loud audio (maximum) to timeline. (r2165)

New in Vidiot 0.3.17.2164 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • Added cropping controls. (r2157)
  • Improved audio peaks. (r2153)
  • Added support for changing speed of audio clips. (r2147)
  • Fixed [#274]: Crash after opening unreadable project. (r2145)
  • Fixed error causing the wrong thumbnail to be shown. (r2141)
  • Fixed crash for files with audio files with varying channel layouts. (r2140)
  • Avoid opening file streams with codecs not supported by avcodec (avoid crash
  • on non-implemented decoder). (r2139)
  • Fixed crash when clicking on a media file in the project view and pressing
  • Right Arrow key. (r2135)
  • Fixed crashes occurring after dragging clips from file system or project view
  • into timeline with multiple tracks with selected clips. (r2134)
  • Fixed: If lengthy video file (more than twice the visible timeline length) is
  • dragged from project view or from file explorer, the dragged file is not
  • visible. (r2132)
  • Fixed crashes when triggering Undo/Redo during DND and Trim operations.
  • r2130)
  • Fixed crash during trimming (audio peaks preview issue) (r2126)
  • Fixed crash during rendering (avcodec locking issue). (r2126)
  • Added Help menu option for submitting bug report/feature request. (r2124)
  • Added 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 default scaling methods. (r2123)
  • Added alignment options for Top left, Top Center, Top Right, etc. positions.
  • r2123)
  • Fixed: When project was closed, and then application was closed 'load last
  • project on startup' caused the project to be opened again upon startup. (r2122)

New in Vidiot 0.3.16.2121 (Apr 15, 2016)

  • Added image gradient transition. (r2116)
  • Control-A selects all clips. (r2111)
  • Fixed reading video files for which not all frames contain pts data. (r2107)
  • Fixed audio decoding bug causing noise (if decoding does not start at the
  • first packet of the file). (r2106)
  • Fixed audio-video synchronization for files in which the audio and video
  • streams have different start positions. (r2092)
  • Fixed audio-video synchronization for playback from a non zero position for
  • files for which the default seeking algorithm results in the wrong position
  • always beginning of audio stream). (r2092)
  • Properly set output file name and path when creating a project with only one
  • media file (by drag and drop or via the wizard). (r2091)
  • Added support for media files for which the length can only be determined by
  • reading through the entire file. (r2081)
  • Fixed bug causing the last video frame of some media files to be discarded.
  • r2081)
  • Fixed crash for audio files requiring multiple buffer sizes. (r2066)
  • Fixed audio repositioning problem (playback starts at wrong position) in case
  • audio codec uses non zero start timestamp. (r2065)
  • Updated ffmpeg to avcodec version 57 (20160301-git-1c7e2cf). (r2062)
  • Fixed playback error for audio files with missing position data. (r2061)
  • Fixed crash with some media files (containing planar audio data with
  • occasional missing data). (r2060)
  • Fixed crash caused by decoding certain video files (video decode result
  • smaller than to be decoded packet size). (r2053)

New in Vidiot 0.3.15.2052 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • Fixed [#269]: Length in details view not adjusted when changing speed. (r2044)
  • Fixed [#268]: Select file dialog only shows audio file types by default. (r2043)
  • Fixed crash on decoding .ts file (error in logging) (r2038)
  • Fixed crash on decoding ssif file (video stream width and/or height 0). (r2038)
  • Fixed crash when triggering 'undo' and/or 'redo' while playback is active. (r2029)
  • Fixed crash when moving mouse pointer outside timeline during trimming.
  • Added Barn Doors transition. (r2025)
  • Added Push transition. (r2024)
  • Added Slide transition. (r2024)
  • Fixed bug in video scaling that sometimes resulted in one or two black lines
  • besides a video clip. (r2024)
  • Added Wipe Image transition. (r2014)
  • Removed menu items for creating transitions other than crossfade. (r2013)
  • Transition type can be changed directly after creating. (r2013)
  • Transition is selected directly after creation to facilitate changing the
  • type. (r2009)
  • Preview of transition can be shown during editing. (r2006)
  • Fixed crash when using Fade to color transition. (r2003)
  • Added Straight Wipe transition. (r2002)
  • Added Arc Wipe transition. (r2002)
  • Added Circle Wipe transition. (r2002)
  • Added Clock Wipe Transition. (r2002)
  • Added Double Clock Wipe transition. (r2002)
  • NOTE: Any 'Bands' transitions in saved projects are replaced with Straight
  • Wipe transitions with the default parameters (1 band). (r2002)
  • After pressing 's' to split clips, the clip parts directly before the split
  • are selected. (r1998)
  • Fixed [#264]: History list often contains non existent projects. Non-existent
  • files are now removed from the history upon startup. (r1997)
  • Added [#263]: Add reset button (to normal speed) to playback speed slider
  • popup window. (r1996)
  • Fixed hangup in generating debug/crash report. (r1994)

New in Vidiot 0.3.14.1990 (Jan 9, 2016)

  • Fixed crash on systems with specific 'decimal separator' setting. (r1984)
  • Fixed crash when rendering empty sequence. (r1981)
  • Added support for audio key frames. (r1978)
  • Project pane titles are now also properly translated. (r1967)
  • Changing a program option that requires a restart results in a dialog that enables automatically doing so. (r1966)
  • Added Russian translation. (r1965)
  • Fixed crash due to inaccessible file properties (leading to invalid time assert) (r1964)
  • Fixed crash after reporting failure to initialize audio playback. (r1963)
  • Added support for video key frames. (r1940)
  • Fixed [#253]: When the clips used for a transition are selected (but the transition is not), cut/copy/paste now include the transition as well. (r1910)
  • Fixed [#251]: 's' (split at cursor) does not work during playback. (r1909)
  • Fixed [#252]: Details not updated after moving a clip. (r1908)
  • Fixed [#242]: Crash during DND. (r1907)
  • Fised [#256]: Automatically added tracks (during dragging) are not removed when moving the mouse pointer outside the timeline. (r1906)
  • Fixed redrawing issue when aborting a drag operation. (r1906)
  • Fixed [#255]: When dragging video-only/audio-only and moving the cursor below all audio tracks/above all video an additional audio track is created. (r1905)
  • Added support for reading of files with more than 2 audio channels (note output still limited to at most two channels) (r1903)
  • Fixed crash when resizing window during playback. (r1902)
  • Fixed crash after seeking fails. (r1901)
  • Fixed crash when selecting Delete without any selection in the Project View
  • r1900)
  • Include (stripped) PDB with binaries for stack traces. (r1899)
  • Fixed crash in decoding of audio data. (r1898)

New in Vidiot 0.3.13.1897 (Nov 25, 2015)

  • German translation (well... done by a Dutch guy....) (r1891)
  • Dutch translation (r1890)
  • After using b/e to trim the trimmed clip is selected. (r1889)
  • Added menu option for reverting back to last saved state. (r1886)
  • Added support for translations. (r1882)
  • Fixed [#243]: Crash when closing multiple Vidiot windows simultaneously.
  • (r1872)
  • Fixed [#246]: Automated scrolling during playback only works for a short time.
  • (r1871)
  • v' key (reposition cursor) works during playback. (r1871)
  • Fixed [#249]: Crash when rendering AAC. (r1870)

New in Vidiot 0.3.12.1865 (Oct 12, 2015)

  • Added option to enable/disable automatic track creation during drag and drop.
  • Added: Change speed of video clips.
  • Fixed: Preview not updated when undoing/​redoing.
  • Fixed: After trimming the preview is not replaced with the view of the timeline at the cursor position.
  • Fixed: When closing a pane, the view menu is not updated accordingly.
  • Fixed: Crash when reducing the timeline size to zero.
  • Improved Undo handling for editing clip details.
  • Fixed bug where no scrollbar is generated when adding an audio track.
  • Clip length change in Details View can also be triggered with keys '1' - '9' when editing in the timeline.
  • Clip lengths in Details View customizable.
  • Added: Trimming of only the audio (or video) part of a clip is now possible (by pressing 'u' during the trim operation).

New in Vidiot 0.3.11.1839 (Aug 26, 2015)

  • Selecting clips with Alt pressed now selects clips in all tracks.
  • Fixed crash after left-clicking on an empty region and then pressing a button in the details view.
  • Fixed crash when using copy/paste in the Project View.
  • Added: When dragging clips, a new track is created (if required) during dragging.
  • Upgraded ffmpeg libraries to version 2015-08-20 git-db91e0e.
  • Fixed crash for determining timestamps for certain (video) file types.
  • Fixed: Autofolders don't work after opening a project.
  • Fixed: Crash when starting a drag with a first motion that is 'outside' any track.
  • Fixed crash when generating debug report (causing Vidiot to disappear without debug report or causing the debug report generation to hang).

New in Vidiot 0.3.10.1828 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Timeline popup not shown when no menu entries are enabled. (r1827)
  • Fixed [#229]: Can't set video bit rate beyond 10000000. (r1826)
  • Improved decoding for initial video frames for files where video codec has a
  • delay (typically, h264). (r1825)
  • Improved audio-video-sync for files where video codec has a delay (typically,
  • h264). (r1825)
  • Update wxWidgets version to Git (10-8-2015) (r1824)
  • Added [#225]: CTRL-W closes project. (r1823)
  • Fixed crash when dropping a very large video file into the timeline (from the
  • project view or directly from the os). (r1822)
  • Fixed crash during editing (0-sized bitmap was created). (r1822)

New in Vidiot 0.3.9.1821 (Aug 10, 2015)

  • Fixed [#218]: Crash when opening certain .mpg files. (r1821)
  • Added "ogv" to list of known file extensions. (r1821)

New in Vidiot 0.3.8.1820 (Aug 4, 2015)

  • Fixed crash for files in which the audio data is slightly shorter than the video data. (r1819)

New in Vidiot 0.3.7.1817 (Aug 4, 2015)

  • When a debug report is generated, email client is opened for sending the
  • report. (r1813)
  • Fixed crash when using mp3 files containing cover image(s). (r1812)
  • Fixed crash when using mp3 files with an incomplete last packet. (r1812)
  • Added [#216]: Feature request: Fade to white. (r1805)
  • Fixed crash when dropping file(s) onto window without opened project. (r1803)
  • Fixed [#212]: Bottom timeline part not properly redrawn. (r1800)
  • Fixed [#210]:Crash when changing clip volume during playback. (r1799)
  • Fixed [#209]: Crash when enlarging unlinked audio clip beyond the file length. (r1798)
  • Fixed [#211]: No vertical timeline scrollbar when audio-video divider has been
  • moved down. (r1797)
  • Added [#198]: Show audio peaks in timeline. (r1787)
  • Fixed [#208]: Wrong feedback during trimming when trim is started on a
  • audioclip. (r1787)
  • Added keyboard shortcut 'c' for removing empty space under mouse pointer. (r1777)
  • Fixed [#203]: m2v video files are not opened. (r1775)

New in Vidiot 0.3.6.1773 (May 4, 2015)

  • [Windows] Render progress is shown in the task bar button. (r1768)
  • Make portable versions (not requiring install) (r1764)
  • Right mouse button scrolling also works vertically. (r1759)
  • Fixed [#195]: When scrolling vertically the timescale is not redrawn properly
  • r1758)
  • Dropping a project file from the file system now opens that Project. (r1749)
  • Fixed [#193]: Crash when modifying project tree via drag and drop. (r1749)
  • Playback speed is stored in saved project. (r1748)
  • Fixed [#174]: Faster playback with correct audio pitch does not work. (r1747)
  • Fixed [#166]: First playback after trim (or shift-delete) shows only black
  • video sometimes. (r1743)
  • Fixed [#182]: Editing via 'b' shows flickering ui. (r1740)
  • Pressing 'v' positions the scrollbars such that the cursor is at 1/4th of the
  • timeline (was: centered). (r1734)

New in Vidiot 0.3.5.1723 (Apr 2, 2015)

  • Fixed [#184]: Crash when rendering h264 video.
  • Fixed [#173]: When shift-begin trimming, clips 'shifted in' are 'empty'.
  • Fixed [#175]: When dragging transitions, the area under the transitions is black.
  • Fixed [#177]: Can't extend clip via trimming if both the clip and its link have a fade out or fade in transition.
  • Fixed [#176]: Crossfade to next/from previous enabled in popup menu but not possible.
  • Fixed [#164]: Clip with transitions snaps incorrectly during trimming.
  • Fixed [#165]: Last clip trims awkwardly at end (only with shift seems possible)
  • Removed command line /e switch (filename is now enough)
  • Fixed [#170]: When indexing folder/files the text line indicating how much was found is not wrapped around when too long.

New in Vidiot 0.3.4.1682 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • Added rendering support for H265 (r1678)
  • Upgrade ffmpeg to 20141228-git-750b10f version. (r1677)
  • Fixed playback for video files starting with a 'partial/incorrect' frame. (r1677)
  • Fixed [#160]: Sometimes small audio 'pop' after a audio transition. (r1676)
  • Improved audio seeking to seek to accurate sample when making cuts/transitions/etc. (r1676)

New in Vidiot 0.3.3.1674 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • Fixed [#157]: Select two clips, deselect one, no details view shown. (r1673)
  • Fixed [#161]: Crash when opening project for which a png/tiff image (in timeline) has been removed from disk. (r1672)
  • Fixed [#162]: Last progress in status bar not removed after folder indexing done. (r1671)

New in Vidiot 0.3.2.1670 (Dec 17, 2014)

  • Fixed [#159]: Audio/​Video sync lost after rendering. (r1651)
  • Fixed [#158]: Playback of last clip in timeline stutters. (r1648)

New in Vidiot 0.3.1.1647 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Fixed [#155]: Crash caused by creating audio cross fade at end of clip for which the file meta data has not yet been read. (r1647)
  • Added "Cut", "Copy", and "Paste here" options to the timeline popup menu. (r1645)
  • Fixed [152]: Position offset used for centering rotated image is not saved. (r1639)
  • Fixed [32]: Make it possible to duplicate a clip in the timeline. (r1639)
  • Added support for Cut, Copy, and Paste into the timeline. (r1639)
  • Added support for pasting files from the filesystem directly into the timeline. (r1639)
  • Added support for pasting files copied from the project view directly into the timeline. (r1639)
  • Added [#150]: Allow dropping files from the file system directly into the timeline. (r1637)
  • Enable Cut, Copy, and Paste main menu options when the Project View has focus. (r1637)
  • Allow pasting files selected in the file explorer directly into the project view. (r1637)
  • Added [#138]: Pressing 'c' centers timeline on cursor pointer. (r1630)
  • Fixed crash when pressing 'c' (create transition) with the mouse on an empty area. (r1629)
  • Fixed crash when pressing 'c' on a clip adjacent to an empty area. (r1629)
  • Removed 'c' key option (replaced with 'p' and 'n') for creating transitions. (r1629)
  • Fixed [#148]: Crash when importing very small image/?video. (r1628)
  • Fixed [#151]: Crash when dropping file that is longer than the timeline. (r1627)
  • Fixed [#149]: Holding mouse down on a selected clip deselects the clip. That makes dragging the current selection difficult. (r1626)
  • Made starting a drag with multiple selected clips easier. (r1626)
  • When trimming a clip selection changes to only that clip. (r1626)
  • Updated icons in Project View and Options Dialog (r1625)
  • Added [#145]: Alpha channel support for images (facilitate titles) (r1623)
  • Fixed [#147]: When dragging video-only or audio-only clip to timeline, the missing data is replaced with empty clip (which obscures clips in the other tracks). (r1622)
  • Fixed [#144]: Title not reset when closing project. (r1621)
  • Compile with Visual Studio 2013 (r1614)
  • Updated wxWidgets to revision 77985 (r1614)
  • Updated Boost to 1.56.0 (r1614)
  • Updated Portaudio to revision 1933 (r1614)
  • Updated Soundtouch to revision 201 (r1614)

New in Vidiot 0.2.10.1613 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Fixed [#141]: Crash after creating audio cross fade (with unlinked video clip in video track) (r1612)
  • Fixed [#142]: Crash after shift-trimming clip (for which audio video lengths are different) (r1612)
  • Fixed [#143]: Crash when creating cross fade via 'c' for a clip that already has a transition. (r1611)
  • Fixed [#139]: Crash when changing clip length via length button, if audio clip has two adjacent crossfades. (r1610)
  • Fixed [#137]: Changing volume slider has no effect when changing the volume for a second clip. (r1609)

New in Vidiot 0.2.9.1608 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Added [#127]: Make menu option to directly open media file from the Project menu. (r1606)
  • Fixed [#136]: Crash after adding folder on disk which is a drive root (C:, D;, etc.). (r1605)
  • Removed recursion for updating folders sync with disk. (r1605)
  • Added wizard for creating new project. (r1603)
  • Fixed [#125]: If a .vid file is dropped onto the Vidiot window it is opened as media, not as project. (r1603)
  • Fixed crash during playback of file with mp2 audio. (r1593)
  • File paths in the project are now stored relative to the project's save folder. Moving project and files together now possible. (r1591)
  • Added [#131]: In the player show the total length of the sequence also. (r1590)
  • Fixed [#126]: Crash when dropping clip at the beginning of the timeline (when cursor is positioned near the end of the drop) (r1589)
  • Fixed [#133]: Crash when trimming near transition which is completely on one side of the cut between two clips. (r1588)
  • Fixed [#132]: Crash when deleting and trimming clips. (r1584)

New in Vidiot 0.2.8.1583 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Fixed [#128]: ProjectView icon for sequences equals the icon for media files. (r1581)
  • Fixed [#129]: When dropping only one file from the file system, no timeline is
  • created. (r1579)
  • Fixed [#120]: Improve frame interpolation (when adjusting video frame rate). (r1575)
  • Fixed [#78]: Audio-Video sync sometimes slightly off. (r1575)
  • Fixed [#122]: Bypass Soundtouch if not required. (r1574)
  • Fixed crash (incorrect assert) for MSMPEG4-2 avi file. (r1558)
  • Fixed [#124]: Hangup when clicking on an external URL in the about box. (r1557)

New in Vidiot 0.2.7.1556 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Fixed playback issue for preview window. (r1555)
  • Fixed [#118]: Shift drag does not work when drag originates from project view. (r1460)
  • Fixed [#119]: View not updated correctly when shift dragging beyond the length of the timeline. (r1459)
  • Fixed [#113]: Initial project start should be easier. (r1458)
  • Added support for drag and drop from the file system. (r1458)
  • Fixed [#117]: Avoid creating project with wrong default framerate (project properties opened immediately after project creation) (r1456)
  • Added dialog for changing project properties. (r1455)

New in Vidiot 0.2.6.1453 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Changed default framerate to 24p (r1451)
  • Fixed crash when simultaneously zooming/scrolling and opening the popup Menu (r1449)
  • Fixed [#107]: Thumbnails not always drawn (r1449)
  • Fixed [#115]: Make right-mouse scrolling as fast as using the scrollbar (r1448)
  • Right mouse scrolling works always, even when dragging/changing dividers/etc. (r1448)
  • Added [#106]: Right mouse button scrolling works during playback. (r1447)
  • When creating crossfades avoid trimming clips if there's not enough room on only one side. (r1446)
  • Fixed [#116]: Crossfade becomes fade-in/fade-out when trimming on one edge to the minimum size. (r1445)
  • Fixed [#109]: Make length buttons work also when the clip is part of a transition (r1445)
  • Added [103]: Add 1/?4s to fixed lengths (for transitions) and make more length buttons enabled by allowing a dual trim (both left side and right side) upon press of the button. (r1444)
  • Added [#104]: Add 2/1 zoom level (add one zoom level) (r1443)
  • Fixed [#110]: When shift-trimming a lot of clips are selected (r1442)
  • Added [#101]: Create keyboard shortcut ('V') to center the cursor. (r1441)
  • Fixed [#100]: Hint text for length buttons wrong (r1440)
  • Fixed [105]: Crash during playback with multiple audio tracks. (r1439)
  • Fixed [#116] : Popup menu in Project view shows illegal items if a sequence is selected. Selecting these items results in crash. (r1438)
  • Improved responsiveness of drawing thumbnails (rendered in separate thread) (r1432)
  • Fixed crash when changing zoom while dragging clips (r1430)
  • Fixed [#7]: Thumbnails not updated when zoooming in/out. (r1421)
  • Fixed [#92]: Crash when pressing space. (r1421)
  • Initial loading time of project improved. (r1421)
  • Fixed [#91]: Playback directly after end trim (via 'e') gives black video (r1417)
  • Fixed [#90]: Black flash (in timeline) when using 'b' to begin trim (r1416)

New in Vidiot 0.2.5.1415 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Fixed crash when adding a non-existent file (again) via Undo/Redo. (r1409)
  • Fixed crash when rendering sequence with empty video (r1408)
  • Fixed [#75]: Busy loop after pressing space. (r1407)
  • When video preview can't keep up with audio, video no longer stops updating; frames are skipped. (r1407)
  • Added menu options for showing/hiding panes
  • Project/Details/Preview/Timelines). (r1407)
  • Upgrade ffmpeg libraries version to 20140105-git-70937d9 (r1404)
  • Improved seeking in H.264 files (r1404)
  • Fixed [#85]: Crash when dragging a file from an autofolder into another non-auto) folder (r1400)
  • Added [#62]: Add support for rotating video in composition. (r1394)
  • When changing 'show bounding box' the preview is updated immediately. (r1391)
  • Bounding box shown during trim operation. (r1389)
  • Fixed [#61]: Proper alpha support for scaled clips (better transitioning/multi layering) (r1388)
  • Added [#80]: Add mechanism to change audio clip volume (r1383)
  • Fixed [#83]: Crash during playback of h.264 28fps mp4 file (r1381)
  • Fixed [#74]: Hangup when repositioning cursor in large file (r1381)
  • Changed time calculations to using 64 bit integers (some - h.264 - files cause integer overflows resulting in crashes when opening) (r1379)
  • Added [#76]: 'b' and 's' work during playback (r1378)
  • Fixed [#79]: Crash when dropping clip adjacent to a transition. (r1377)
  • Fixed [#82]: Shift End Trim not allowed when a clip in another track is touching the end point. (r1376)
  • Fixed [#77]: Wrong cursor during playback (r1372)
  • Fixed [#81]: Crash when scrubbing over a bands transitions for which all the underlying video files are unavailable. (r1371)
  • Fixed crash during animated delete (shift delete press) when system is slow (r1346)

New in Vidiot 0.2.4.1340 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Fixed [#53]: Hangup (busy looping caused by too large allocation for EmptyChunk) when repositioning cursor (r1338)
  • Added [#67]: Add keyboard shortcuts ('b' and 'e') for trimming the clip under the cursor between the begin/end and the cursor position (r1337)
  • Fixed [#71]: Crash when changing clip via length button. (r1336)
  • After pressing a length button in the details view, focus is given back to the timeline such that subsequent keypresses work without having to click on the timeline first. (r1335)
  • Fixed [#66]: Add option to separate clips in a 'generated sequence' when the file name prefix (r1333)
  • Fixed [#65]: Clip details only shows length for the selected clip, not for the link. (r1332)
  • Fixed [#60]: Crash when closing project while folder indexing still running in the background (r1331)
  • Fixed [#73]: Text in status bar wrong when saving project with a different name (r1330)
  • Fixed [#58]: Shift delete of a 'unlinked' video/audio clip causes video-audio mismatch (r1329)
  • Fixed [#57]: After doing a shift begin trim, the cursor is moved to another position. (r1327)
  • Fixed [#51]: Project is not modified (save option enabled) when the audio video track divider is moved (r1325)

New in Vidiot 0.2.3.1322 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Add [#56]: Add project name to title bar (r1320)
  • Fixed stack overflow error when (r1315)
  • saving/loading a large project (r1315)

New in Vidiot 0.2.2.1313 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Number of backed up save files can be limited (default: 10). Oldest backup files are moved to the recycle bin. (r1312)
  • Before overwriting an existing save file, this file is backed up first. This avoids unrecoverable files when saving fails. (r1311)

New in Vidiot 0.2.1.1310 Alpha (Oct 17, 2013)

  • Changed default project size to 1280x720 (r1308)
  • Added [#36]: Store cursor position and scroll position when saving (r1304)
  • Upgraded to use Visual Studio 2012, wxWidgets 3.0.0/r74976, Boost 1.54.0, Portaudio v19/r1910, and Soundtouch 1.7.1/r173 (r1300)
  • Changed save/load format to xml (not compatible with previous save files) (r1297)
  • Added [#24]: Make sliding bands transition (r1291)
  • Fixed [#33]: Drag and drop between tracks of different height looks awkward (r1284)
  • Fixed [#44]: Crash if a project is opened for which a file is missing that is part of a transition (r1283)
  • Fixed [#46]: Can't change video bitrate beyond 4000000 (r1281)
  • Fixed [#45]: Project is not modified (save option enabled) when render settings change (r1280)
  • Added option to move unused (in the project) video files to the recycle bin (r1279)
  • Fixed [#43]: Crash during Drag and drop of clip over a transition (r1278)
  • Added [#39]: Make fixed lengths buttons (details view) work for transitions also (r1277)
  • Added [#37]: Make keyboard shortcut for (temporarily) disabling snapping (during drag and drop and trimming) (r1276)
  • Added [#31]: Make unlink audio and video popup menu option (r1275)
  • Fixed [#34]: When shift trimming, the cursor is moved 'along' when moving the mouse. That makes 'snap to cursor' useless. (r1274)
  • Fixed [#42]: Delete and trim selected can mess up timeline (r1273)
  • Fixed [#38]: Cross fade to next menu option visible when the 'next' clip cannot be extended at the beginning (r1272)
  • Fixed crash when trimming a clip that is directly adjacent to a clip with length 0 (part of a transition) (r1271)
  • Fixed [#41]: Right click directly below a transition: the transition becomes selected, not the 'logical clip' (r1270)
  • Fixed [#35]: Crash when opening popup menu by right clicking 'below' a transition. (r1269)
  • Fixed [#40]: Crash during playback/rendering of a sequence with many cross-fades (r1268)

New in Vidiot 0.1.1234 Alpha (Aug 26, 2013)

  • Fixed [#6]: Audio and video clip lengths now 64 bits (r1231)
  • Fixed [#9]: Creating a sequence for a 'auto' folder a second time creates a sequence with exactly the same name (r1230)
  • Thumbnails corrected for clips that do not start at a file's beginning. (r1228)

New in Vidiot 0.1.1223 Revision 1227 Alpha (Aug 26, 2013)

  • Initial version
  • Fixed [#4]: UI Hangup during playback (r1222)