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Ut Video Codec Suite Changelog

What's new in Ut Video Codec Suite 23.1.0

Apr 23, 2023
  • Performance Improvements:
  • Speed up input/output from/to RGB24/RGB32 of internal YUV444/YUV422 variants on AVX-VNNI capable processors.
  • ULxx, UQxx: Speed up decoding on E-cores in hybrid environment.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 23.0.1 (May 3, 2022)

  • VCM codecs opened with ICMODE_QUERY now allows Configure and SetState.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 22.6.0 (Jul 10, 2021)

  • ULxx, UQxx: Speed up decoding of predict gradient and predict left in case of multithreading.
  • UMxx: Speed up decoding in case of multithreading.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 22.5.0 (Jun 13, 2021)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • all: Speed up input/output from/to RGB24/RGB32 of internal YUV444/YUV422 variants on AVX512-VBMI2 capable processors.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 22.4.0 (May 29, 2021)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • UMxx: Speed up encoding on AVX512-VBMI2 capable processors.
  • UMxx: Speed up decoding in case of inter-frame compression.
  • all: Speed up decoding to RGB32/RGBA/YUY2/UYVY on AVX512-VBMI2 capable processors.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 22.3.0 (Apr 26, 2021)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • UMxx: Speed up input/output on AVX512-VBMI2 capable processors.
  • Others:
  • Updated supported environment and recommended environment.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 22.2.0 (Oct 2, 2020)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • UQxx: Speed up encoding / decoding in case of Predict Gradient.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 22.0.0 (Aug 26, 2020)

  • New features:
  • UQxx: Add "Predict Gradient" intra-frame prediction method.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 21.3.1 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • Added tooltips to configuration dialogs.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 21.3.0 (Apr 19, 2020)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • ULxx, UQxx: Speed up encoding a little.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 21.2.1 (Mar 30, 2020)

  • Others:
  • Excluded utv_logc.exe from installer.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 21.2.0 (Mar 16, 2020)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • ULxx, UQxx: Speed up encoding and decoding for high compression ratio video.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 21.1.0 (Mar 6, 2020)

  • New features:
  • UQY2: Add support of P210/P216 input/output.
  • UQY0: Add support of P010/P016 input/output.
  • Performance Improvements:
  • UQY2: Speed up encoding from / decoding to YUV422P16.
  • UQY2: Speed up encoding from / decoding to YUV420P16.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 21.0.0 (Feb 25, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Add a codec whose internal format is YUV420 10bit (FourCC: UQY0).
  • UQY2: Add support of YUV422P16 input/output.
  • Performance Improvements:
  • UQY2: Speed up decoding to v210 a little.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 20.6.1 (Jan 6, 2020)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Indeterminate behavior in case of frame divide count larger than 64.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 20.6.0 (Jan 2, 2020)

  • Performance Improvements
  • UQRG, UQRA: Speed up encoding and decoding.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 20.4.0 (May 3, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Add feature to disable specific codec interface based on process name or completely.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 20.3.0 (Mar 15, 2019)

  • Performance Improvements
  • ULxx: Speed up encoding to / decoding from native packed formats.
  • Others
  • ULxx: "Assume interlace video" is now non-recommended feature.
  • Deleted information in readme about QuickTime components, which are already discontinued practically.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 20.2.0 (Jan 14, 2019)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • ULxx: Speed up encoding on x64.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 20.1.0 (Jul 22, 2018)

  • New features:
  • UMRG: Add suppport of r210 input/output.
  • Bug fixes:
  • all: Wrong behavior in encoder configuration resetting process.
  • UQxx: May crashed if video width is not multiple of 8.
  • UQRG: Alpha value is wrong in b64a output.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 20.0.0 (Apr 15, 2018)

  • New features:
  • UMxx: Add temporal compression.
  • UMxx: Speed up

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 19.1.0 (Apr 15, 2018)

  • New features:
  • UMxx: Add QuickTime encoders.
  • Performance Improvements:
  • UMxx: Speed up
  • Bug fixes:
  • ULxx: Encoders do not return error while being set wrong codec configuration.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 19.0.1 (Dec 29, 2017)

  • New features:
  • Add new codecs which focus on speed (FourCC: UMRA, UMRG, UMY4, UMY2, UMH4, UMH2). Decode only in case of QuickTime components.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 18.2.1 (Jul 16, 2017)

  • UQxx: Default value of frame divide count is now same as number of logical processors.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 18.2.0 (Jul 3, 2017)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • UQxx: Speed up

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 18.1.0 (May 25, 2017)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • ULY0, ULH0: Speed up input from / output to RGB formats and YV16.
  • Bug fixes:
  • ULY4, ULH4, ULY2, ULH2: QuickTime component sets wrong alpha value while decoding to ARGB.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 18.0.0 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • New features:
  • ULxx: Add "Predict Gradient" intra-frame prediction method.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 17.4.0 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • UQY2, UQRG, UQRA: Speed up encoding.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 17.3.0 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • New features:
  • ULY2, ULH2, ULY0, ULH0: Add support of input from / output to YV16.
  • Performance Improvements:
  • ULY4, ULH4, ULY2, ULH2, ULY0, ULH0: Speed up input from / output to native planar formats.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 17.2.0 (Jan 1, 2017)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • Speed up decoding significantly.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 17.1.0 (Nov 13, 2016)

  • Performance Improvements
  • ULY4,ULH4: Speed up encoding from RGB formats.
  • ULY4,ULH4: Speed up decoding to RGB formats.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 17.0.0 (Sep 3, 2016)

  • New features:
  • Add codecs whose internal formats are YUV444 8bit (FourCC: ULY4, ULH4). Not very fast in case of RGB input/output.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 16.1.0 (May 4, 2016)

  • New features:
  • QuickTime version are now compatible with Adobe software.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 16.0.0 (Apr 23, 2016)

  • New features:
  • Add codecs whose internal formats are RGB 10bit and RGBA 10bit. (FourCC: UQRG, UQRA). Very slow.
  • Bug fixes:
  • DMO codecs suggested output formats for some unsupported input formats.
  • VCM/DMO codecs did not suggest raw formats that should be supported.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 15.5.0 (Mar 19, 2016)

  • New features:
  • Windows: Priority of worker threads can be now modified
  • Bug fixes:
  • VCM codecs suggested output formats for some unsupported input formats

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 15.4.0 (Jan 9, 2016)

  • Performance Improvements: improved efficienty of QuickTime components

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 15.3.0 (Sep 23, 2015)

  • Removed MFT Codec.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 15.2.0 (Apr 27, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Added diagnostic log console.
  • Bug fixes:
  • ULRA, ULRG: RGBA/RGB32 output from decoder is broken if encoded with "Optimize for compression ratio" and "Assume interlace video".

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 15.0.2 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • Changed composition of package a little to take countermeasure against false-positive of anti-virus software.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 15.0.1 (Jan 9, 2015)

  • For some reasons, rebuilt and re-packaged.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 15.0.0 (Jan 5, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Add QuickTime components (both encode/decode) for Windows
  • ULY2, ULH2, ULY0, ULH0: Add support of YUV422 input/output on QuickTime components
  • UQY2: Add QuickTime components

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 14.2.1 (Sep 29, 2014)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Configuration of codecs is not properly saved even if "Save configuration globally by codec itself" checkbox in "Global Configuration" is cheked

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 14.2.0 (Jun 11, 2014)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • UQY2: Add support for multithreading.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 14.1.1 (May 26, 2014)

  • UQY2: Restriction of video width is relaxed.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 14.0.0 (May 26, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Add a codec whose internal format is YUV422 10bit. (FourCC: UQY2). Very slow.
  • Others:
  • Changed codec names.
  • Changed minimum requirement OS: Windows Vista or later.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 13.0.1 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Others:
  • Fix packaging.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 13.0.0 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Add codecs that use BT.709-based colorspace conversion coefficient. (FourCC: ULH2, ULH0)
  • Others:
  • Changed codec names.
  • Changed recommended CPU: Nehalem or later.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 12.2.1 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Bug fixes:
  • ULY0: Colorspace conversion routine from/to interlace YUV422 is probably wrong.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 12.2.0 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • Speed up decoding video that were encoded with "Optimize for decoding speed" option. About 5-10% faster.
  • (x64) Speed up decoding video that were encoded with "Optimize for compression ratio" option. About 1% faster.
  • ULY2: (x64) Speed up encoding from RGB colorspace About 2% faster.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 12.1.0 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • ULRG,ULRA,ULY2: Speed up encoding from native colorspace if AVX instructions are available. About 10% faster in case of x86, and about 12% faster in case of x64.
  • ULRG,ULRA,ULY2: Speed up decoding video that were encoded with "Optimize for compression ratio" option to native colorspace if AVX instructions are available. About 5% faster in case of both x86 and x64.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 7.1.1 (Apr 9, 2010)

  • Register DLL file with full path name.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 7.1.0 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • Performance Improvements:
  • Fix significant performance decrease in Athlon/Phenom-series processors.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 7.0.4 (Feb 24, 2010)

  • Changed the way to register codecs again.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 7.0.3 (Feb 24, 2010)

  • Changed the way to register codecs.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 7.0.2 (Nov 23, 2009)

  • x86 version installer is now unable to be installed to x64 Windows.
  • Modified some text.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 7.0.1 (Nov 6, 2009)

  • Bug fixes
  • x64 version installer does not register DLLs properly on some OS environment.
  • Others
  • Shorten display names of codecs.

New in Ut Video Codec Suite 7.0.0 (Nov 6, 2009)

  • New features
  • Add x64 version. Both x64 version DLL and x86 version DLL are included in x64 version installer.
  • Others
  • DLL is now installed under System32/SysWOW64 directory instead of Program Files directory.