QPxTool Changelog

What's new in QPxTool 0.7.1

May 18, 2010
  • added qscand and qpxtool man pages, just description now (Thomas Maguin)
  • some fixes in Makefiles created by 'configure'
  • extended BENQ CD ERCC test
  • added POE info to BENQ DVD ERRC test
  • fixed ERRC speeds in BENQ plugin
  • DVD FE/TE test in Lite-On plugin implemented (speed graph is not valid)
  • fixed starting address in generic 'C2P' plugin
  • added blacklist in Lite-On plugin: HL-DT-ST devices and TEAC CD-W552E
  • fixed displaying saved SilentMode tray speeds
  • fixed some typos
  • readdvd: disabling read cache if possible
  • fixed DVD ERRC algo for drives based on MediaTek chipsets (Lite-On, TSST)
  • fixed write transfer rate test on DVD+RW
  • fixed info about last block in read transfer rate test
  • internal write transfer rate implementation
  • CD-R(W) (SAO & TAO write modes supported, TAO is used by default)
  • DVD-R(W), sequential write only (only single layer media tested)
  • DVD+R(W) (only single layer media tested)
  • DVD-RAM
  • gui:
  • added German translation (Thomas Maguin)
  • some interface changes
  • some fixes in print preview
  • Plextor MQCK results shows correctly now
  • independent Jitter/Asymmetry scaling
  • does not loose media info then selecting plugin
  • fixed displaying saved SilentMode speed limits
  • fixed bugs with lrelease (thanks to Carsten Lohrke)
  • media info autoupdating (gui depends on libqpxtransport now)
  • reports autosaving
  • autostart tests on inserted media
  • default tests for blank and written media setting
  • ejecting media after tests finished

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 RC4 (May 18, 2010)

  • libqpxyamaha: additional checks for raw files
  • implemented results saving/loading functions
  • some fixes in printpreview
  • changed printpreview rendering mode for QT 4.4+ (much faster)

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 RC3 (May 18, 2010)

  • libqpxyamaha: additional checks for raw files
  • implemented results saving/loading functions
  • some fixes in printpreview
  • changed printpreview rendering mode for QT 4.4+ (much faster)

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 RC2 (May 18, 2010)

  • NEC scan plugin: fixed returning drive to normal operation after test finished
  • probing implemented in all plugins
  • spec file: libs package splitted from main, paths fixed
  • qscan: added spare area info for DVD-RAM media
  • fixed write transfer rate could not start on DVD+R on non-PLEXTOR drives
  • fixed reading DVD+R capacities on ASUS DRW-2014

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 RC1 (May 18, 2010)

  • fixed some bugs with big-endian CPU's (tested on SPARC)

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 pre6 (May 18, 2010)

  • spec file: qpxtool separated to 3 packages: main, devel, gui
  • man pages: device names section is for all supported platorms now
  • added test speeds reporting by plugins
  • libqpxtransport: bus scaning code reworked
  • gui: fixed test capabilities updating when selecting plugin

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 pre5 (May 18, 2010)

  • works under FreeBSD again (tested in 7.2)
  • mans path changed to man1 (except pxfw one)
  • added some path options to configure script
  • some MacOSX fixes in configure script
  • some code cleanup
  • fixes in transport code
  • some minor bugfixes
  • gui:
  • added color presets
  • added qscan plugin selection
  • optimized print preview

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 pre4 (May 18, 2010)

  • added parameters to configure script
  • successfully builds on OpenBSD (needs GNU Make) all features work with libpng qt4 installed
  • some fixes for 64-bit machines

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 pre3 (May 18, 2010)

  • added configure script
  • successfully builds on NetBSD (needs GNU Make), cli only
  • some fixes in results printing/saving
  • readdvd: output image file option '-i' changed to more obvisious '-o'

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 pre2 (May 18, 2010)

  • another fixes in error correction results
  • TA graph added to printed/saved results

New in QPxTool 0.7.0 pre1 (May 18, 2010)

  • fixed average values in error correction results
  • fixed build on x86-64 systems

New in QPxTool 0.6.1 (May 18, 2010)

  • win32 (mingw32) and experimental MacOS X support
  • qpxtool GUI completely rewritten using Qt4 (GUI is just frontend now)
  • deadreader renamed to readdvd
  • merged pxcontrol and pioquiet (named cdvdcontrol now)
  • added qscan: console quality scan tool
  • added qscand: network wrapper for qscan
  • added f1tattoo: DiscT@2 tool for Yamaha CRW-F1
  • qpxtool (gui)
  • simultaneous scan on multiple drives
  • logarythmic/linear scale for error correction graph
  • user defined graph colors
  • results printing
  • readdvd
  • multithread reading using multiple drives
  • CSS-protected DVD's reading
  • cdvdcontrol
  • added DVD+R(W) testwrite control
  • added MQCK support
  • pxfw
  • supports Premium-2
  • fixed eeprom reading on Premium and PX-712
  • fixed Premium checksum calc error