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FFCoder Changelog

What's new in FFCoder 0.99.0.0 Beta

Feb 1, 2010
  • [fixed] Problems with matrix editor and font settings
  • [fixed] Slider labels in Theora’s codec config window were wrongly placed
  • [fixed] Encoding fails with x264’s b-pyramid option due to changes in x264’s CLI
  • [fixed] FFmpeg encoding fails with files containing an audio track before the video track
  • [fixed] Getting the correct stream order from MedaInfo
  • [added] Thumbnail preview for video files
  • [added] Options for processing audio and video using Avisynth before encoding
  • [added] New option in preferences window for enabling/disabling all avisynth options
  • [added] New option in preferences window for selecting the source filters to use for opening audio/video files in Avisynth
  • [added] Right-click option to preview the Avisynth script before encoding
  • [added] Wavi will be used for piping audio from AVS files to encoders like LAME, OggEnc, etc (instead of using ffmpeg). As a result, encoding the audio from AVS files will be much faster now (almost twice as fast) but progress info will not be available during encoding.
  • [added] Media Player Classic for playing AVS files
  • [changed] Support for mencoder’s and ffmpeg2theora’s video filters have been dropped. They won’t be needed any longer since Avisynth’s filters can be used with any encoder.
  • [changed] New layput for main window.
  • [changed] A large number of minor cosmetic changes
  • [updated] x264 to r1416
  • [updated] ffmpeg to r21566
  • [updated] MediaInfo to v0.7.25

New in FFCoder 0.98.0.0 Beta (Nov 15, 2009)

  • [added] Audio and Video streams can now be copied without re-encoding in Automatic mode
  • [fixed] Localization problems: Encoding would fail if the user’s system used regional settings in which comma is used as decimal separator
  • [fixed] Frame rate and frame size options not working for x264 codec
  • [fixed] Progress % in progress window was not accurate if only a part of the input file was selected for encoding
  • [updated] MediaInfo to v0.7.25

New in FFCoder 0.97.0.0 Beta (Nov 9, 2009)

  • [fixed] PCM codec selection not saved correctly in preset file
  • [fixed] “Copy to Clipboard” button on Log window not working
  • [fixed] Size of files above 1 GB wrongly displayed in input file list
  • [fixed] Audio sampling rate wrongly displayed on mouse tooltip for files in input list
  • [fixed] FFmpeg: “SBR not implemented error” with input files containing AAC audio
  • [fixed] In-built player: Check if format is supported before trying to play the file
  • [added] New Automatic mode (needs more testing)
  • [added] MKVMerge (will be used for creating MKV files in Automatic mode)
  • [added] MP4Box (will be used for creating mp4, 3gp and 3g2 files in Automatic mode)
  • [added] 5 new encoders: FLAC, MusePack, OptimFROG, Monkey’s Audio, Speex
  • [added] Help documentation
  • [added] Logo for different codecs
  • [improved] Dump audio track as MKA or WAV file
  • [improved] Dump video track as HuffYUV, AVI or MKV file
  • [improved] Use ffmpeg for decoding (piping) only if input format is unsupported, filters are being used or if partial encoding is selected
  • [improved] AVS files are now supported as input for all available encoders
  • [improved] New config window for audio and video filters
  • [improved] Only compatible codecs will be shown for each file format
  • [improved] More options in the GUI options window
  • [improved] Remember source folder between sessions
  • [improved] Increased max video bitrate to 10 Gbps for all codecs
  • [improved] Encoder log highlighting
  • [improved] Progress window for tools
  • [improved] FFmpeg: Copy initial non-key frames for better A-V sync
  • [improved] Files containing multiple A-V tracks will be analyzed more quickly when you add it to the list
  • [removed] FFmpeg: Theora video codec. Bitrate control doesn’t work, video produced is very poor quality.
  • [removed] FFmpeg: Libvorbis audio codec. Bitrate control doesn’t work.
  • [removed] Raw PCM output format. Use WAV/AIFF for encoding PCM audio
  • [removed] Right-click option for dumping audio track as raw file
  • [removed] Right-click option for loading audio track from separate file
  • [updated] FFmpeg to r20467
  • [updated] FFmpeg2theora to v0.25
  • [updated] x264 to r1318
  • [updated] MediaInfo to v0.7.24

New in FFCoder 0.96.0.0 Update Beta (Sep 29, 2009)

  • [added] Main window: “Add Folder” option in File menu. You can also drag and drop folders on the main window. The directory structure will be recreated in output folder.
  • [added] Progress window: Set process priority
  • [added] Presets for creating VCD/SVCD/DVD compatible files
  • [added] Config window for mencoder’s mpeg muxer
  • [fixed] Player: Control window hangs if display window is closed
  • [changed] MEncoder’s harddup filter will always be added to filter chain (for better A-V sync)