Version history for AMT – Auto-Movie-Thumbnailer

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Changes for v11 - v12

• – Increased overall speed especially for HD files by using pre-scaling and improving processing functions
• – Use x64 version if possible, as MPlayer x64 is much faster on huge files. Only sub-binaries are x64, AMT itself still is x86.
• – x86 version contains MPlayer codec pack (not available for x64), nevertheless most files should play fine without it
• – Integrated BIC code (crop and rotate) for single cap post-processing
• – A lot of tiny changes and improvements
• – Updated all sub-binaries

Changes for v10 - v11

• – Fixed – Slow processing speed, because for “Custom” header MediaInfo was extracted from every file before “Skip” check
• – Fixed – Frame around single picture not displayed anymore with geometry 3×3, now set to 4×4
• – Updated MPlayer to r38116
• – Updated SQLite to 3.25.1
• – Updated ImageMagick to 6.9.9-51-portable-Q16-x86

Changes for v9.0 - v10

• – Fixed – Errors in Win10 Treeview for network drives
• – Fixed – Errors in autoupdate of treeview
• – Lots of other small bug fixes and style changes
• – Date and version footer now optional
• – Massive changes and enhancements to “Create Single Frame Screenshot Caps” functions incl. cropping
• – Added “Correct Orientation” and “Enforce Rotation to” switches
• – Updated codebase to AutoIt v3.3.14.5
• – Updated MPlayer to r38109
• – Updated MediaInfo Dll to 18.08.1
• – Updated SQLite to 3.25.0
• – Updated ImageMagick-6.9.9-40

Changes for v8.0 - v9.0

• – Fixed – Win10 – Suddenly MPlayer window was visible on PC unlocking, even if AMT was minimized
• – Fixed – WinXP – Treeview “Auto-Refresh” does not work and seems to crash XP, feature disabled for XP now
• – Fixed several bugs in Layout > Fixed amount of screenshots pattern logic
• – In cycle “Processing File” was not reset correctly
• – Added error icon to replace “No directory selected” error msgbox (less intrusive)
• – Lots of other small bug fixes and style changes
• – Updated MPlayer to r37926
• – Updated MediaInfo Dll to 0.7.93
• – Updated SQLite to 3.17.0
• – Updated ImageMagick-6.9.7-1

Changes for v7.0 - v8.0

• – Temporary file type now selectable (default = BMP = lossless)
• – GUI default size increased and GUI now resizeable
• – Added ExifTool support to write IPTC infos to output files
• – Added optional CTRL+ALT+A hotkey to recover from tray
• – Temp file directory can now be relocated after install
• – Updated Treeview functions
• – Fixed command line interface bugs
• – Lots of other small bug fixes and style changes
• – Updated MPlayer to r37569
• – Updated MediaInfo Dll to 0.7.81
• – Updated SQLite to 3.9.2
• – Updated ImageMagick-6.8.8-10
• – Updated exiftool-9.82

Changes for v6.0 - v7.0

• – Added – Quicksave functionality for file folders selection
• – Added – AMT Drag & Drop Interface
• – Added – “Output Directory” options “Dedicated Output File Directory – Create Source Sub-Directory Structure” & “Dedicated Output File Directory – Create Source Full-Directory Structure”
• – Added – Option to export and import all AMT settings, see “Settings” tab
• – Updated – Corrected error in “Add digits to filename” functionality– Added – Quicksave functionality for file folders selection
• – Added – AMT Drag & Drop Interface
• – Added – “Output Directory” options “Dedicated Output File Directory – Create Source Sub-Directory Structure” & “Dedicated Output File Directory – Create Source Full-Directory Structure”
• – Added – Option to export and import all AMT settings, see “Settings” tab
• – Updated – Corrected error in “Add digits to filename” functionality

Changes for v5.0 - v6.0

• - Fixed – Layout > “Prepare variable amount of screenshots” timings and totals were wrong
• - Fixed – Individual frames were not exported correctly (see “Processing Mode”)
• - Fixed – Progress Display Update / reduced flickering for labels and log edit controls
• - Fixed – “Block” creation method to overcome ~32k characters limit of command-line input
• - Added – Added option to use “Fixed Filename” for output / use Prefix OR Suffix to define name, one of both MUST be filled

Changes for v3.0 - v5.0

• - Fixed – Movie length / “Duration” error for some files
• - Fixed – MPlayer does not work with too many threads allocated, added a default limit of 4
• - Fixed – Windows Shutdown arguments wrong, triggered a restart not a shutdown
• - Fixed – On Win8 AMT stops rendering if PC is locked and -vo=direct3d > changed default -vo > now XP, Win8 and Win8.1 use default -vo=directx, Win Vista and Win7 -vo=direct3d (to avoid problems with DWM / Aero)
• - Added – Timestamp customization options (see “Thumbnail Preview – Timestamp Generation”)
• - Added – Option to auto-update Folder Treeview
• - Added – Option for variable / timed-screenshoting / to “Make a screenshot every X seconds”
• - Updated – Folder Treeview > added option to cancel refresh when (slow) network folders are included
• - Updated – Better detection of Video and Audio bitrate (see “BitRate_Nominal/String” & “SamplingRate/String”)
• - Updated – Moved “Shutdown when finished” / “Notify when Cylce finished” to “Progress” tab
• - Updated – Removed “AMT-Previewer.exe” and related functions
• - Lots of small bug fixes and style changes
• - Updated MediaInfo Dll to 0.7.65
• - Updated MPlayer to r36541
• - Updated SQLite to 3.8.2
• 3.0 > 4.0 – 2013, Sep 29
• - Fixed default video driver bug, prevented AMT to work correct on some graphic cards (-vo now defaults to “directx” for XP and “direct3d” for all newer OS)
• - Fixed – “On Error created an empty ScreenCap replacement” and “Fill missing thumbnails with…” switches did not work correctly
• - Updated – Removed Preview and Log screens from “Settings” tab
• - Updated – Increased font size for “group control” labels
• - Updated – Rearranged controls on “Settings” tab
• - Fixed – Removed trailing “\” from $sLogfileLocation, prevented update of log filesize
• - Fixed – “Fill missing thumbnails with blank caps” => “Blank Cap” needs to be resized to match normal thumbnail size (resp. ratio)
• - Updated – Relocated “Reprocess Error Screencaps” back to “Progress” tab
• - Updated – Added icons to some “Settings” buttons
• - Updated – Ran “ZZZ_Calculation_Optimizer_v01.au3″ to remove all calculations in control positioning
• - Updated – Win8 – Changed default font quality from 4 to 5 for a clear output ($s_TNC_Thumbnails_Font_Quality_Default)
• - Updated – Added COM error handler
• - Updated – Added “MPlayer functionality test” to “Settings” tab
• - Updated ImageMagick to 6.8.6-7
• - Updated MediaInfo Dll to 0.7.64
• - Updated MPlayer to r36459
• - Updated SQLite to 3.8.0.2

Changes for v2.1 - v3.0

• - Added optional thumbnail pattern selection by movie duration (instead of the default selection by filesize)
• - Fixed thumbnail pattern definition workflow
• - Added option to pause processing
• - Added more command actions for click on SysTray icon (restore / pause / exit)
• - Made the “Info Header” labels (“Filename:”, “Duration:”…) optional per row
• - Fixed MediaInfo wildcards for filename Prefix & Suffix
• - Fixed several output renaming bugs
• - Plus lots of minor tweaks and bug fixes
• - Updated MediaInfo Dll to 0.7.63
• - Updated MPlayer to r36349
• - Updated SQLite to 3.7.17

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