What's new in Video Peek 1.41
Aug 26, 2022
- New feature: It’s now possible to order files in the same folder by date, name or size by clicking the file number indicator in the status bar (in between the previous and next buttons)
- Tag system improvement: Smart tags now work as “suggested” tags and can be added to the video by clicking on them. Clicking on an added tag will remove it
- Smart tags algorithm improved to suggest names better
- Improved Peek Player’s live preview responsiveness
- Improved ease of error reporting with a refined log system
- He GIF Maker control bar is now more user-friendly by not requiring dragging
- Bugfix: The “&” was not being displayed in the status bar for filenames that contain it
- Bugfix: The file counter was not updated after moving a video to another folder
- Bugfix: videos with a 1:1 or square aspect ratio were causing errors
- Bugfix: elements will resize properly when Video Peek is started maximized or a video is loaded via drag-and-drop while maximized
- Bugfix: Peek Player’s option to use a fixed window size was not working properly
- Bugfix: Some settings were not being saved when closing Video Peek by pressing ESC
- Several other bugfixes
New in Video Peek 1.4 (May 14, 2022)
- Performance – Engine – Hardware acceleration implemented. Speed improvements will be significant on most computers;
- Performance – RAM memory usage up to 50% less than the previous release (excluding Peek Player);
- Performance – A cache system was implemented and videos previously opened videos will now load faster;
- Engine – Improved black border detection;
- Engine – Added support for .TS files;
- Tagging – Auto-suggest will now remember more previously used tags;
- Interface – Adjusting the “skip ending” setting will refresh automatically to better demonstrate the result;
- Interface – When hovering a moment, the expanded preview will now respect the video’s original aspect ratio. Especially useful for better visualizing vertical videos;
- Interface – Peek Player – Implemented a “preferences” dialogue for better control and customization;
- Usability – Peek Player – Added hotkeys to take snapshots and enter and exit fullscreen: “S” and “F11” respectively;
- Usability – Peek Player – It is now possible to take snapshots by clicking the toolbar shortcut or pressing the corresponding hotkey and having the images saved automatically, without a prompt;
- Usability – Thumbnail Exporter – Added a setting to automatically determine the number of thumbnails based on the video length. Useful for when exporting batch thumbnails with the recursive setting;
- New Feature: Segment Zoom tool – Select two moments and see a detailed breakdown between them;
- Bugfix – Improved license authentication system fixes intermittent license deactivations that happened on a small subset of machines;
- Bugfix – Peek Player – When saving a snapshot from PeekPlayer, other images in the directory were not showing;
- Bugfix – Fixed representation of resolution label (SD, HD, FHD, 4K…) for vertical videos;
- Bugfix – Further moments would not buffer in the background after an auto-depth switch;
- Several other bug fixes.
New in Video Peek 1.3 (May 10, 2021)
- New feature: Tag System with manual video tagging and Smart Tags
- The Tag system can be customized or turned off via the Preferences Dialog -> Tags
- Maximum depth level increased to better accommodate long videos
- GIF Maker interface improved to make it easier to adjust starting time and duration
- Added play/pause quick access to the Windows taskbar for Peek Player
- Implemented additional file operations: move and copy a video file from inside Video Peek
- The Peek Player seek bar has been revamped with a taller design for easier seeking
- When hovering over Peek Player’s seek bar, the preview thumbnail is now live/animated
- Added full screen mode to Video Peek
- Fixed tiny gaps that would show between moments at certain window dimensions
- Better interface responsiveness when loading each moment and hovering over them
- Video orientation is now represented with an icon alongside the resolution in the status bar
- In addition to black frames, white frames will also be skipped whenever possible
- Added option to disable background video processing in the General settings tab
- Improved the responsiveness of the seek bar preview thumbnail on Peek Player
- Memory compression enabled for systems with low virtual memory available
- Fixed a bug where files with uppercase extensions would not load when drag-and-dropping
- Improved the handling of hover loop preview for heavy videos
- Bugfixes and other general improvements
New in Video Peek 1.2 (Apr 1, 2021)
- New feature: GIF Maker tool
- New feature: Quickly save moments as static images or animated GIFs from the
- context menu
- New feature: Play on internal or external video players through the context menu
- New feature: Save snapshots from Peek Player
- New feature: Delete files directly from Video Peek by pressing the DEL key
- Improvement: Click any information on the Media Information screen to copy it to
- the clipboard
- Improvement: Added option to export thumbnails to individual files
- Improvement: Thumbnail Exporter timestamp rendering method
- Bugfixes and other smaller additions