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Release Notes ratDVD v0.78.1444
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Features:
MediaPlayer now supports ratDVD files in the video media library
MediaPlayer now supports direct convert and burn of ratDVD files
Added convert/burn option in navigation menu of standard direct show players
Added "/burn" command line option
Added support for ShowCommand in StartupInfo when started from another process
Added movie name recognition into ISO import plug-in
Added translation support for playback navigation menu
Updated danish translation
Updated codecs for higher performance
Bugfixes:
Fix for Media Player seeking issue
Fix for starting playback quickly after ending playback issue
Fix for stop/restart problem in Media Player
Fix for some Subtitle/Audio display/selection issues in navigation menu during playback
Fix for a problem that a DVD to ratDVD profile could have consequences when converting ratDVD to DVD
Fix for access violation during repeated starting and stopping of preview in converter
Fix for some playback errors
Release Notes ratDVD v0.77.1509
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Language Updates:
Added Japanese translation
Updated Ukaranian translation
Updated Polish translation
Release Notes ratDVD v0.77.xxxx
-------------------------------
Features:
Profiles with prioritized rules to be applied during conversion fron DVD to ratDVD or ratDVD to DVD
- Default quality and bitrate levels seperate for main movie, extras and menus
- Keep, remove and convert of audio tracks based on audio format and lanuage presets, seperate for main movie, extras and menus
- Keep and remove of subtitles based on language presets, seperate for main movie, extras and menus
Default menu language for ratDVD playback can now be set or defaults to system lanaguage instead of defaulting to english
Playback now also works though the ratDVD Plug-In interfaces
New profile command line parameter
Bugfixes:
Fix for italian language
Fix for dutch language
Fix for IDvdInfo2->GetCurrentLocation()
Fix for install sometimes not registering filters making playback impossible
Fix for seeking problems during playback
Fix for strange DVDs with resetted timestamps during playback
Fix for some DVDs with Mastering errors
Release Notes ratDVD v0.76.1408
-------------------------------
Features:
Playback filter set with improved compatibility to the MS DVD Navigator:
-Making it possible to integrate ratDVD playback into media players with support for MS DVD Navigator in just a few lines of code
Extension of Import/Export Plug-In interfaces
New import plug-in to directly support ISO images as input
Bugfixes:
Fix for playback of ratDVD files with asian characters in file name
Fix for correct creation of ratDVD files when filename was specified manually and ratdvd extension was missing
Release Notes ratDVD v0.75.1333 (minor update)
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Bugfix:
Fix for error message after Constant Quality conversion process (ratDVD was OK)
Release Notes ratDVD v0.75.1331
------------------------------
Features:
Detailed analyze of DVD stream data with preview and graph on video and other content streams:
-Enables the display of all streams with exact size data
-Enables automatic destination size estimation when stream selection is changed
-Bitrate graph for video and other(audio, subpicture, navigation) streams
DVD to ratDVD output size estimation/rate control:
-Needed to fit ratDVD files on physical media like CD/DVD for standalone players with direct ratDVD support
-Constant average bitrate implementation
-Tuned to full DVD content
Web Service for optional sharing of analyze results with others:
-Simple http request to http://data.ratdvd.dk
New command line options useful for batch operations:
-Transcoding method to use
-Quality level
-Bitrate
-Use of ratDVD naming scheme
-Forbid retrival of analyse data from ratDVD server
Added Hebrew translation
Added Icelandic translation
New Options dialog
Bugfixes:
Fix for Shellextension that caused Windows Explorer not to display some DVD Covers from tagged ratDVDs in thumbnail mode
Fix to enable creating double layer DVDs from ratDVD
-In case of a very long ratDVD or a ratDVD with many very big included streams it is now possible to recreate the original DVD to a double layer media which can lead to significantly better quality
Fix for a decoding problem that sometimes could happen in case of different quality settings for different cellsets
Fix for problems with registering filters during installation that caused playback problems
Fix for a problem converting ratDVDs with multiple dots in file name
Release Notes ratDVD v0.7.1239:
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Language fixes and additions (Chinese Simplified, Finnish)
Fixed some bugs in Content Based Filename Creation
Set Content Based Filename Creation to default
Better search pre-selection for tagging
Removed log file from .ratDVD files (log is only written to temp folder)
Release Notes ratDVD v0.7.1235:
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New Features:
Added Direct burning capability *1
Added ISO creation engine *1
Added MCE (Windows Media Center Edition 2005) support
*ratDVD files are listed as video files
*full control with mouse and remote control
Codec quality/speed optimizations
Added advanced codec options
*Ignore scaler
*Use alternate quantization model
*MV Search Path
*P Bonus
Multi-Language support
*ar - Arabic
*ca - Catalan
*cz - Czech
*de - German
*dk - Danish
*en - English
*es - Spanish
*fr - French
*gr - Greek
*hu - Hungarian
*it - Italian
*nl - Dutch
*pl - Polish
*pt - Portuguese
*pt_BR - Portuguese (Brazil)
*ro - Romanian
*ru - Russian
*sr - Serbian
*sk - Slovak
*th - Thai
*tr - Turkish
*uk - Ukranian
ratDVD naming scheme
*Automatic content based naming extension
Tag editing while adding tagging
Shut down after convert
Setting for conversion task priority
Custom sounds
*For successful completions
*For failed completions
Remote Control Support with WM_Input interface
*Allows usage of WM_Input compatible remote controls (like the Microsoft Media center remote control) to control ratDVD playback.
New default quality set to 105
New maximum quality to 120
Source import plug-in architecture
*Allows extensions for different source material (e.g. ISO Images, all kind of optical media, etc.)
Destination export plug-in architecture
*Allows extensions for all kind of different output targets (e.g. ISO Images, or transcoding to other formats, etc.)
Custom action at end of successful conversion process
*Allows a higher degree of automation (e.g. automatic batch conversions, transfers in ratDVD archives, etc.)
Bug fixes:
Playback fixes:
*Chapter change after seek was sometime not correct
*Wrong time display in Media Player
*Acceptance of only known video render filters solves problems with some codec packs/ffdshow
*Fix for illegal NAV pack positions that sometimes happens in DVD Shrink created discs
*Fix for wrong subtitle display on some movies
*Wrapping of navigation component as COM module – can now be used from all programs system wide
*Fix for wrong audio/subtitle switching at next chapter after seek
*Fix for changing aspect ratio change with VMR9 (Video Mixing Renderer)
*Fix for graph stopping in certain situations
Support for >4GB images
Fix for “list index out of bounds” conversion issue for some movies
Known Issues:
Seek bar in Media Player
*No reset at new title start
*Does not reflect complete length with some movies
Resume ratDVD function in MCE2005 starts movie from the beginning
*1 – Nero needs to be installed for ISO creation / DVD burning functionality
Release Notes ratDVD v0.6.1122:
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Minor bugfix regarding playback for issue introduced in v0.6.1119 concerning players other than Media Player
Release Notes ratDVD 0.6.1119:
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Repackaging for license compliance
Release Notes ratDVD 0.6.1117:
------------------------------
New Features:
Tagging with IMDB support
Shellextension to display ratDVDs with DVD cover in Windows Explorer
Windows 2000 support
AC-3 SP/DIF support (see settings tool)
Implemented warning for corrupted input material from DVD
Some optimizations regarding speed
Bug Fixes:
Delete only created destination folder when canceling conversion to DVD
Convert to DVD creates separate folder in which the VIDEO_TS is stored.
VIDEO_TS title search pointers corrected
Fix for DVDs created with DVDlab(Pro)
Fix for “list index out of bounds” when removing specific titles on some DVDs
Fix for pink blocks occurring on specific chapter changes on some discs when reconverting to DVD
Fix for displaying three/five black/white images during playback on some computers
Fix for subtitle handling in .ratDVD playback (subtitles were disyplayed too often)
Flickering in progress dialog when converting stills or very short titles
Known issues:
To enable the tagging function in explorer on Windows 2000 you need to install the GDI+ library from Microsoft prior installing ratDVD
Time display of the seek bar in Media Player is not set to the correct movie length. Seeking works correct.
Preview in RGB mode not always correct with certain movies and graphics cards
Playback of ratDVD files does not work in MS Media Center because user input is not hooked
-------------------------------
Features:
MediaPlayer now supports ratDVD files in the video media library
MediaPlayer now supports direct convert and burn of ratDVD files
Added convert/burn option in navigation menu of standard direct show players
Added "/burn" command line option
Added support for ShowCommand in StartupInfo when started from another process
Added movie name recognition into ISO import plug-in
Added translation support for playback navigation menu
Updated danish translation
Updated codecs for higher performance
Bugfixes:
Fix for Media Player seeking issue
Fix for starting playback quickly after ending playback issue
Fix for stop/restart problem in Media Player
Fix for some Subtitle/Audio display/selection issues in navigation menu during playback
Fix for a problem that a DVD to ratDVD profile could have consequences when converting ratDVD to DVD
Fix for access violation during repeated starting and stopping of preview in converter
Fix for some playback errors
Release Notes ratDVD v0.77.1509
-------------------------------
Language Updates:
Added Japanese translation
Updated Ukaranian translation
Updated Polish translation
Release Notes ratDVD v0.77.xxxx
-------------------------------
Features:
Profiles with prioritized rules to be applied during conversion fron DVD to ratDVD or ratDVD to DVD
- Default quality and bitrate levels seperate for main movie, extras and menus
- Keep, remove and convert of audio tracks based on audio format and lanuage presets, seperate for main movie, extras and menus
- Keep and remove of subtitles based on language presets, seperate for main movie, extras and menus
Default menu language for ratDVD playback can now be set or defaults to system lanaguage instead of defaulting to english
Playback now also works though the ratDVD Plug-In interfaces
New profile command line parameter
Bugfixes:
Fix for italian language
Fix for dutch language
Fix for IDvdInfo2->GetCurrentLocation()
Fix for install sometimes not registering filters making playback impossible
Fix for seeking problems during playback
Fix for strange DVDs with resetted timestamps during playback
Fix for some DVDs with Mastering errors
Release Notes ratDVD v0.76.1408
-------------------------------
Features:
Playback filter set with improved compatibility to the MS DVD Navigator:
-Making it possible to integrate ratDVD playback into media players with support for MS DVD Navigator in just a few lines of code
Extension of Import/Export Plug-In interfaces
New import plug-in to directly support ISO images as input
Bugfixes:
Fix for playback of ratDVD files with asian characters in file name
Fix for correct creation of ratDVD files when filename was specified manually and ratdvd extension was missing
Release Notes ratDVD v0.75.1333 (minor update)
------------------------------
Bugfix:
Fix for error message after Constant Quality conversion process (ratDVD was OK)
Release Notes ratDVD v0.75.1331
------------------------------
Features:
Detailed analyze of DVD stream data with preview and graph on video and other content streams:
-Enables the display of all streams with exact size data
-Enables automatic destination size estimation when stream selection is changed
-Bitrate graph for video and other(audio, subpicture, navigation) streams
DVD to ratDVD output size estimation/rate control:
-Needed to fit ratDVD files on physical media like CD/DVD for standalone players with direct ratDVD support
-Constant average bitrate implementation
-Tuned to full DVD content
Web Service for optional sharing of analyze results with others:
-Simple http request to http://data.ratdvd.dk
New command line options useful for batch operations:
-Transcoding method to use
-Quality level
-Bitrate
-Use of ratDVD naming scheme
-Forbid retrival of analyse data from ratDVD server
Added Hebrew translation
Added Icelandic translation
New Options dialog
Bugfixes:
Fix for Shellextension that caused Windows Explorer not to display some DVD Covers from tagged ratDVDs in thumbnail mode
Fix to enable creating double layer DVDs from ratDVD
-In case of a very long ratDVD or a ratDVD with many very big included streams it is now possible to recreate the original DVD to a double layer media which can lead to significantly better quality
Fix for a decoding problem that sometimes could happen in case of different quality settings for different cellsets
Fix for problems with registering filters during installation that caused playback problems
Fix for a problem converting ratDVDs with multiple dots in file name
Release Notes ratDVD v0.7.1239:
------------------------------
Language fixes and additions (Chinese Simplified, Finnish)
Fixed some bugs in Content Based Filename Creation
Set Content Based Filename Creation to default
Better search pre-selection for tagging
Removed log file from .ratDVD files (log is only written to temp folder)
Release Notes ratDVD v0.7.1235:
------------------------------
New Features:
Added Direct burning capability *1
Added ISO creation engine *1
Added MCE (Windows Media Center Edition 2005) support
*ratDVD files are listed as video files
*full control with mouse and remote control
Codec quality/speed optimizations
Added advanced codec options
*Ignore scaler
*Use alternate quantization model
*MV Search Path
*P Bonus
Multi-Language support
*ar - Arabic
*ca - Catalan
*cz - Czech
*de - German
*dk - Danish
*en - English
*es - Spanish
*fr - French
*gr - Greek
*hu - Hungarian
*it - Italian
*nl - Dutch
*pl - Polish
*pt - Portuguese
*pt_BR - Portuguese (Brazil)
*ro - Romanian
*ru - Russian
*sr - Serbian
*sk - Slovak
*th - Thai
*tr - Turkish
*uk - Ukranian
ratDVD naming scheme
*Automatic content based naming extension
Tag editing while adding tagging
Shut down after convert
Setting for conversion task priority
Custom sounds
*For successful completions
*For failed completions
Remote Control Support with WM_Input interface
*Allows usage of WM_Input compatible remote controls (like the Microsoft Media center remote control) to control ratDVD playback.
New default quality set to 105
New maximum quality to 120
Source import plug-in architecture
*Allows extensions for different source material (e.g. ISO Images, all kind of optical media, etc.)
Destination export plug-in architecture
*Allows extensions for all kind of different output targets (e.g. ISO Images, or transcoding to other formats, etc.)
Custom action at end of successful conversion process
*Allows a higher degree of automation (e.g. automatic batch conversions, transfers in ratDVD archives, etc.)
Bug fixes:
Playback fixes:
*Chapter change after seek was sometime not correct
*Wrong time display in Media Player
*Acceptance of only known video render filters solves problems with some codec packs/ffdshow
*Fix for illegal NAV pack positions that sometimes happens in DVD Shrink created discs
*Fix for wrong subtitle display on some movies
*Wrapping of navigation component as COM module – can now be used from all programs system wide
*Fix for wrong audio/subtitle switching at next chapter after seek
*Fix for changing aspect ratio change with VMR9 (Video Mixing Renderer)
*Fix for graph stopping in certain situations
Support for >4GB images
Fix for “list index out of bounds” conversion issue for some movies
Known Issues:
Seek bar in Media Player
*No reset at new title start
*Does not reflect complete length with some movies
Resume ratDVD function in MCE2005 starts movie from the beginning
*1 – Nero needs to be installed for ISO creation / DVD burning functionality
Release Notes ratDVD v0.6.1122:
------------------------------
Minor bugfix regarding playback for issue introduced in v0.6.1119 concerning players other than Media Player
Release Notes ratDVD 0.6.1119:
------------------------------
Repackaging for license compliance
Release Notes ratDVD 0.6.1117:
------------------------------
New Features:
Tagging with IMDB support
Shellextension to display ratDVDs with DVD cover in Windows Explorer
Windows 2000 support
AC-3 SP/DIF support (see settings tool)
Implemented warning for corrupted input material from DVD
Some optimizations regarding speed
Bug Fixes:
Delete only created destination folder when canceling conversion to DVD
Convert to DVD creates separate folder in which the VIDEO_TS is stored.
VIDEO_TS title search pointers corrected
Fix for DVDs created with DVDlab(Pro)
Fix for “list index out of bounds” when removing specific titles on some DVDs
Fix for pink blocks occurring on specific chapter changes on some discs when reconverting to DVD
Fix for displaying three/five black/white images during playback on some computers
Fix for subtitle handling in .ratDVD playback (subtitles were disyplayed too often)
Flickering in progress dialog when converting stills or very short titles
Known issues:
To enable the tagging function in explorer on Windows 2000 you need to install the GDI+ library from Microsoft prior installing ratDVD
Time display of the seek bar in Media Player is not set to the correct movie length. Seeking works correct.
Preview in RGB mode not always correct with certain movies and graphics cards
Playback of ratDVD files does not work in MS Media Center because user input is not hooked