mkv2vob Changelog

What's new in mkv2vob 2.4.9

Apr 19, 2012
  • Fixed error when transcoding to x264

New in mkv2vob 2.4.7 (Dec 8, 2009)

  • Fixed crash with 2ch DTS audio.
  • Fixed DTS to AC3/PCM conversion not working in AVCHD modes.
  • Fixed problem where VORBIS commentary audio track might be selected instead of AC3/DTS.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.6 (Jul 1, 2009)

  • Fixed some AC3 tracks playing faster then they should (Chipmunk bug).
  • Fixed DTS-AC3 conversion in XviD transcodes not working.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.6 Beta 1 (Jun 30, 2009)

  • Fixed some AC3 tracks playing faster then they should (Chipmunk bug).
  • Fixed DTS-AC3 conversion in XviD transcodes not working.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.5.1 (May 10, 2009)

  • Recompiled loader.exe due to deleted by some anti-virus scanners.
  • No changes to functionality, it is identical to 2.4.5.
  • It will still say 2.4.5 in the title bar.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.5 (Feb 20, 2009)

  • Added DTS can now be transcoded to AC3 in AVCHD mode (if you want to reduce filesize).
  • Fixed "unsupported" or "out of memory" error on ps3 with some split files.
  • Fixed old ac3 encoder which causes stuttering still used when downsampling/fixing ac3.
  • Fixed DVD-5 split sometimes a few bytes too large.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.5 Beta 1 (Feb 18, 2009)

  • Added DTS can now be transcoded to AC3 in AVCHD mode (if you want to reduce filesize).
  • Fixed "unsupported" or "out of memory" error on ps3 with some split files.
  • Fixed old ac3 encoder which causes stuttering still used when downsampling/fixing ac3.
  • Fixed DVD-5 split sometimes a few bytes too large.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.4 Beta 2 (Feb 16, 2009)

  • Added DTS can now be played from file without transcoding to AC3 (Disc/Streaming). *
  • Fixed DivX not recognized as valid.
  • Fixed Drag and Drop not recognize ts files.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.4 Beta 1 (Feb 12, 2009)

  • Fixed AC3 skipping/stutter on some decoders.
  • Fixed Drag and Droping a folder with "delete folder" checked may delete wrong folder.
  • Fixed Drag and Drop not recognize rar files.
  • Fixed "Error Transcoding Video" on MKV missing bitrate flag.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.3 (Feb 5, 2009)

  • Added support for SSA subtitles.
  • Added ability to browse network folders.
  • Added Drag and Drop support (both files and directories).
  • Added XviD transcodes are now XBOX 360 compatible with full 5.1 AC3 playback.
  • Added support for video with variable frame rate (it will be transcoded to CFR).
  • Added AVCHD 720p with height above 584 can now be converted without transcoding.
  • Added support for audio which is not 48Khz in AVCHD mode (eg. MP3).
  • Added "Use 448kbps AC3" will now downconvert 640kbps AC3.
  • Added detect if temp/dest folder is writable to avoid strange errors if its not.
  • Added detect and abort if temp folder is on a FAT32 formatted drive.
  • Added abort if "transcode: never" is selected and video would be unplayable.
  • Added display reason video is being transcoded. *
  • Added assume subtitles in mkv without a language flag is your preferred lanaguage.
  • Fixed runtime error in AVCHD mode if subtitles contain bad time codes.
  • Fixed error converting some DTS-ES tracks to AC3/PCM.
  • Fixed unable to choose a temp/dest directory in the root of an empty drive.
  • Fixed subtitles incorrectly displayed on DBCS windows (eg. traditional chinese).
  • Fixed error transcoding or very large output on non-english windows.
  • Fixed muxing failed on MAC when used in vmware.
  • Fixed audio lanaguage preference not working with vorbis/mp3.
  • Fixed parse error with some H.264 mkv's which were not encoded with x264.
  • Fixed PCM conversions which are larger then 4GB not working.
  • Fixed tsmuxer crash/partial output in AVCHD when subtitles contains long line.
  • Fixed no subtitles visible in AVCHD when first subtitle starts at 00:00:00
  • Fixed "Skip Already Converted" not detecting AVCHD conversions.
  • Fixed mencoder crash at end of some files.
  • Fixed detect if tsmuxer crashes for any reason during AVCHD muxing.
  • * Transcoding reason display:
  • REF = Too many reference frames (Not Level 4.1)
  • VFR = Variable Frame Rate
  • SUB = Subtitles
  • RES = Bad AVCHD resolution
  • CFG = You set transcode to Always

New in mkv2vob 2.4.2 (Jan 22, 2009)

  • Added support for MPEG/L3 (MP3) audio.
  • Added "Use 448kbps AC3" option, for decoders that require it, 640kbps is the default.
  • Added "Use Old File Format" option (uses M2TS container like the old versions).
  • Restored "Output File Extension" option.
  • Fixed MKV file deleted + parse error if source is in a subfolder of the destination.
  • Fixed loader.exe deleted by some anti-virus scanners (false detection, there was no virus).
  • Fixed AVCHD mode transcoded all 720p files even if its not needed.
  • Fixed freeze/crash/error when output directory is a FAT32 file system.
  • Fixed check boxes in config tab looked strange on some windows themes.
  • Fixed progress bar not working in second stage of PCM transcoding.
  • Note: If you get green bar in AVCHD, press "Top Menu" on your remote.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.1 (Jan 20, 2009)

  • Fixed Audio/Video transcoding fails on CPU's with more then 6 cores.
  • Fixed AVCHD mode results in Muxing Failed under some conditions.
  • Due to the PS3 downscales 720p which is not exactly 1280x720 in AVCHD mode to 480p, such videos are now transcoded and black bars added.
  • The green bar removal patch appears to work fine with odd resolution 1080p video so no transcoding needed.

New in mkv2vob 2.4.0 (Jan 20, 2009)

  • Added AVCHD: Disc output mode (note: AVCHD is same as Blu-Ray so you can burn to BD-R too).
  • Added AVCHD: USB output mode (AVCHD on a usb drive).
  • Added AVCHD: USB output mode automatic splitting and playback for FAT32 without movie interruption.
  • Added AVCHD: DTS + Subtitles support without transcoding.
  • Added AVCHD: Automatically import chapter information from MKV.
  • Added AVCHD: Patch TSmuxeR AVCHD output to remove green bar without re-encoding.
  • Added AVCHD: Patch TSmuxeR AVCHD output to make subtitles play automatically.
  • Added AVCHD: Patch TSmuxeR AVCHD output to fix wrong m2ts file size indicator (causes freezing on splits).
  • Added x264 High Quality transcoding mode (almost lossless, file size is about 3x original),
  • Added option to convert incompatible audio to PCM instead of AC3 (requires HDMI audio decoder).
  • Added support for ASS subtitles.
  • Added Stop/Pause button.
  • Added detection of bad manual installation (cause of mkv parse error, please use the installer).
  • Added option to disable automatic update.
  • Added use standard Win32 API to run tools, should help with running in emulator on MAC/Linux.
  • Added support for DTS-ES audio.
  • Added support for VORBIS audio.
  • Added support for multi-core XviD encoding.
  • Improved x264 transcoding speed on multi-core processors.
  • Improved x264 transcoding speed by optimizing settings.
  • Fixed VirtualDubMod error when transcoding codec is set to XviD but no transcoding was required.
  • Fixed wrong audio codec muxed in XviD when the source mkv did not have an AC3 track.
  • Fixed progress bar not working in XviD muxing stage when no splitting required.
  • Fixed some letters missing in some subtitle languages.
  • Fixed Arabic subtitles not displayed correctly.
  • Fixed Unexpected Operation error on some files with AAC audio.
  • Fixed too big/small MPEG2 transcoded files.
  • Fixed file splitting was undersized by 2.34% (note: a little undersizing is normal).
  • Fixed "Installation ended prematurely" error with installer on some systems.
  • Fixed transcoded audio unplayable or with dropouts/clicks on some decoders.
  • Fixed various other minor bugs.
  • Removed file extension option, it is now set automatically (rename it manually if you want).

New in mkv2vob 2.3.2 (Jan 5, 2009)

  • Fixed wrong subtitles when using SRT file.
  • Improved Automatic Level 4.1 detection

New in mkv2vob 2.3.1 (Dec 28, 2008)

  • Fixed Overflow in DTS/AAC conversion.

New in mkv2vob 2.2.2 (Apr 10, 2008)

  • Fixed sometimes xvid output not playable on ps3.
  • Fixed low quality x264 transcoding if source bitrate > 10mbps.
  • Other minor fixes.
  • Updated tsmuxer to 1.7.3(b)

New in mkv2vob 2.1.1 (Apr 7, 2008)

  • Sorry in last version it was working fine then before uploading i updated tsmuxer to latest version which caused problems.
  • Fixed crash on .ts files (due to tsmuxer changed the format of the "stream info" line).
  • Downgraded tsmuxer to 1.6.3(b) due to bugs in latest version causing it to completely not work on some files.

New in mkv2vob 2.1.0.5 (Mar 11, 2008)

  • Added XviD and x264 transcoding options.
  • Fixed wrong center/right channel order in AAC conversion.
  • Fixed some subtitle letters in latin character set incorrectly rendered (French, Spanish, etc...).
  • Fixed incorrect rendering of Chinese and Arabic characters.
  • Fixed out of sync on files mixed with NTSC video and PAL audio (untested, someone send me a sample if it doesnt work).
  • Work around tsmuxer bug with comma in file or directory name (causes Muxing Failed error).
  • Various other small code changes I forgot.

New in mkv2vob 2.0.5 (Feb 29, 2008)

  • Updated tsmuxer to 1.3.6
  • Fixed Overscan Compensation not working.
  • Fixed SRT files not in UTF-8 special characters replaced with underscore.
  • Fixed Greek character encoding for subtitles.

New in mkv2vob 1.5.3 (Feb 4, 2008)

  • Improved MPEG2 Transcoding, should fix freeze at the start and out of sync.
  • Updated tsmuxer to latest version