Version history for AviSynth

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Changes for v2.5.8 - v2.6.0

• Identical to AviSynth_150419.exe release candidate 3.
• Additions
• =========
• * TCPDeliver, 2.6 plugin, support all pixel types. (Wilbert)
• * AviSource: added multiple video and audio track support.
• * Add IScriptEnvironment::GetVarDef() nothrow version of GetVar().
• * Partial 2.6 update of Avisynth_C interface.
• * Add current dwAvail{Phys, Virtual} to out of memory error message.
• * Add #ifndef KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_{PCM IEEE_FLOAT} for newer SDK's.
• * DirectShowSource support negotiation of non-standard MediaSubTypes "I420", "NV12", "YV24" and "YV16".
• * AviSource and DirectShowSource support '+' prefix on pixel_type to handle bad padded planar data.
• * Added Eval(clip, string name, string) alias for oop processing of argument.
• * DirectShowSource support non-standard pixel types "YV24" and "YV16".
• * Info: Audio only clip now creates its own canvas video.
• * AviSource: Include packed/padded processing and -ve biHeight logic for compressed input.
• * Add Script Functions :- BitLRotate, BitRRotate, BitChange, BitClear, BitSet, BitTest and their asm aliases.
• * Add WeaveRows (blit cost) and WeaveColumns (slow) frame combining filters.
• * Add AudioDuration() [as float seconds], IsY8(), IsYV411() & PixelType() [as a string] script functions.
• * Add Echo and Preroll filters.
• * Add IScriptEnvironment::GetAVSLinkage() and DLLExport AVS_linkage for host usage of avisynth.dll.
• * DirectShowSource, 2.6 plugin, support pixel types "AYUV" as YV24, "Y41P" and "Y411" as YV411.
• * AviSource: Add Full and Auto pseudo pixel_types. Full is all supported. Auto is YV12, YUY2, RGB32, RGB24 & Y8.
• * Add "AudioLengthS" [as a string], "Ord" & "FillStr" script functions.
• * Add AudioTrim(clip, float, float) audio priority trimming, args in fractional seconds.
• * Add Trim(M, Length=N[, Pad=False]) and Trim(M, End=N[, Pad=False]) function overloads for explicit Trimming. Length=0 means zero frame clip. End=0 means end at frame 0.
• * Add SeparateRows (zero cost) and SeparateColumns (slow) frame slashing filters.
• * Add Script Functions :- Acos, Asin, Atan, Atan2, Cosh, Sinh, Tanh, Fmod, Log10, BitLShift, BitRShiftS, BitRShiftU and Hex.
• * Add "ConditionalSelect","csc+[show]b" runtime filter.
• * Add dither option to Levels, RGBAdjust & Tweak.
• * Add BitAnd(), BitNot(), BitOr() & BitXor() script functions.
• * Add StrCmp() & StrCmpI() script functions.
• * Add YV24 support for Limiter show option.
• * Add "Global OPT_dwChannelMask={int}"
• * Add 0x0063F speaker mask for 7.1 WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE.
• * Add .dll DelayLoad exception texts to crash message formatter.
• * ImageWriter, add support for printf formating of filename string, default is ("%06d.%s", n, ext);
• * Add avs_get_error(AVS_ScriptEnvironment*); to avisynth_c interface.
• * Catch and save AvisynthError text in more avisynth_c entry points, for kemuri-_9.
• * Add ScriptName(), ScriptFile(), ScriptDir() functions (WarpEnterprises).
• * Add SkewRows filter.
• * Histogram, Levels mode, Improve colour of chroma legends.
• * ConditionalFilter, teach about string results.
• * Add some more "Add/Remove Software" registry keys to the Installer (XhmikosR).
• * AviSource: Support both packed and DWORD padded raw planar input like with DSS.
• * Add IScriptEnvironment::ApplyMessage()
• * Add ImageSourceAnim (Wilbert)
• * Support user upgrade to 178 DevIL.dll (They need to manage CRT dependancies).
• * ImageSource: palette and compressed bmp images load correctly now (issue 894702) [need 178 DevIL.dll]
• * ImageSource: support for other formats like: gif, exr, jp2, psd, hdr [need 178 DevIL.dll]
• * Add YV24 mode to ColorBars.
• * Add ColorBarsHD based on arib_std_b28.
• * C-api usability enhancements from kemuri9 [Work in progress!]
• * Add Undefined(), AudioLengthLo(), AudioLengthHi(), IsYV16() & IsYV24() script functions
• * Allow newlines (and hence comments) before '{' -- Gavino
• * Added IScriptEnvironment::DeleteScriptEnvironment()
• * Added Histogram, population clamp % factor for "Levels" mode,
• * Histogram, revert "Stereo" mode to YV12, Add "StereoY8" mode,
• * AviSource: Support fourcc "GREY" as Y8
• * Added support for argument passing and EAX return value to SoftwireHelper.
• * Added "Global OPT_VDubPlanarHack=True" to flip YV24 and YV16 chroma planes for old VDub's.
• * Added "Global OPT_AVIPadScanlines=True" option for DWORD aligned planar padding
• * Added Matrix="AVERAGE" mode.
• * Added ContinuedDenominator/ContinuedNumerator(f[]i[limit]i) script functions.
• * Tweak: fix MaskPointResizing + put back Dividee ISSE code (use sse=true).
• * Added ChromaInPlacement, ChromaOutPlacement and ChromaResample options to planar colour conversions.
• * Added MaskHS.
• * Source tweaks to get ready for VC8.
• * Add Y8 for DevIL, planarize EBMP.
• * Planar support for many filters.
• * Added Info() time indicator on audio length and video (current frame & total). (2.5.8)
• * Added UtoY8 and VtoY8.
• * Added more info to Info(). (2.5.8)
• * ColorYUV: Added all adjustment parameters as conditional variables "coloryuv_SETTING". Enable by setting conditional=true.
• * ConditionalReader: Added support for type String.
• * ConditionalReader: Added offset keyword to offset all frame numbers after the keyword.
• * Added SincResize() with optional taps parameter (default is 4).
• * Added Custom band setting to SuperEQ to allow all 16 bands to be set from script. Usage: SuperEQ(clip,band1, band2, band3....) values are dB in float.
• * Added fast 0-1-0 kernel for YV24 to ConvertBacktoYUY2().
• * Added core formats: YV24, YV16, Y8, YV411.
• Bugfixes
• ========
• * Fixed missing I420 in DirectShowSource pixel type error message.
• * Fixed VideoInfo::Is property to reference image_type (not pixel_type).
• * Fixed YV16->YUY2 always ran both mmx and C code.
• * Fixed YV12 Blur C code skiping left column.
• * Fixed Conditional functions with Y8 referencing non-existant chroma.
• * Fixed frame range clamping in ComparePlane (ultim).
• * Fixed posible leak with realloc in ConditionalReader (ultim).
• * Fixed posible double free in text-overlay (ultim).
• * Fixed RGB32 to Y8 pixel right shift from 4th pixel on (Robert Martens).
• * Fixed Overlay YV24 Image444 leak.
• * Fixed AVISource "AUTO" and "FULL" handling.
• * Fixed ImageSource handling of missing ebmp files.
• * Fixed DirectShowSource incorrect byte order for unpacking of pixel type "AYUV".
• * Fixed HexValue parsing values greater than 7FFFFFFF, now as unsigned hex.
• * Fixed ConditionalReader memory overrun parsing bools.
• * Fixed ResampleAudio NOP test to compare vi.num_audio_samples, not sample rate.
• * Fixed YV24 -> RGB24 overrun cleanup for widths%16 == 5.
• * Fixed RGB24 AddBorders with right=0.
• * Fixed conditional_functions error message names (Wilbert).
• * Fixed Audio cache ac_expected_next regression.
• * Fixed ImageSource deal with add 1 to IL_NUM_IMAGES bug (Wilbert)
• * Fixed Overlay YV24 V plane conversion.
• * Fixed Overlay YV24 mode with shared input clip, needed a MakeWritable.
• * Fixed ImageReader upside down TIFF in 178 DevIL. (Wilbert)
• * Fixed string+string bug when total length is 4096*K-1.
• * Fixed SincResize misuse of "int abs(int)" (Gavino). Fix Lanczos and Blackman sinc use of float == 0.0, use small limit "> 0.000001".
• * Fixed Classic mode legend drawing for planar right limit and yuy2 centre line.
• * Fixed possible MT race. Use "env->ManageCache(MC_IncVFBRefcount, ...)" in ProtectVFB.
• * Fixed SwapYToUV output image size bug for 3 clip case.
• * Fixed Crop limit tests for RGB.
• * Fixed Overlay yellow tint on rec601 RGB import conversion.
• * Fixed YtoUV() output image size bug for 3 clip case.
• * Fixed ConvertToPlanar chroma alignment.
• * Fixed Levels (RGB) change use of PixelClip(x) to min(max(x, 0), 255).
• * Fixed SwapYtoUV yuy2 crash (StainlessS).
• * Fixed Overlay saturate UV in add and subtract mode.
• * Fixed Info.h range protect display characters (StainlessS).
• * Fixed AviSource packed planar import chroma offsets.
• * Fixed AviSource NULL GetWritePtr() failure due to premature setting of last_frame.
• * Fixed Mask rounding in greyscale calcs (Wilbert), minor refactor.
• * Fixed SelectRangeEvery audio snafu (Gavino).
• * Fixed LoadPlugin, SaveString of result string.
• * Fixed LoadPlugin, use _vsnprintf.
• * Fixed LoadVirtualdubPlugin, don't add vdub filter to chain on load failure.
• * Fixed rounding in RGB HResize (JoshyD) (affects all resizers)
• * Fixed error message name in the filter VerticalReduceBy2
• * Fixed SeparateFields() with variable parity input clip (Wilbert)
• * Fixed AviSource, cannot cast__int64* to long*, it does not work!
• * Fixed ConditionalReader: Don't allow out of range "Range" to overwrite edge values
• * Fixed MonoToStereo with stereo sources.
• * Fixed MergeChannels with only 1 input clip.
• * Fixed AviSource support for negative height DIB format AVI's.
• * Fixed Audio cache crashes.
• * Fixed resize with YV411, missing code.
• * Fixed ConditionalReader rounding with integer interpolation.
• * Fixed Softwire SSE2 bugs.
• * Fixed SSSE3 CPU detection.
• * Fixed SSSE3, SSE4.1 & SSE4.2 detection.
• * Fixed Fastwire encoding of instructions that are >2 opcodes (SSSE3+4).
• * Fixed _RPT5() macro for debug builds
• Optimizations
• =============
• * Cache auto increase span on sparse misses.
• * Cache prevent inactive instances returning VFB early and spoiling active instances hit rate (LaTo).
• * ConvertToPlanarGeneric explicit add Cache before chroma rescaler.
• * Overlay minor refactor YV12 -> 444 chroma
• * Speedup ConvertToMono(), minor refactor MixAudio().
• * Change StackVertical/Horizontal to interative instead of recursive, 2^N performace increase for 3 and more clips, i.e. 1 blit total instead of blit(blit(blit(...
• * RGBtoY8 Dynamic ASM code, support for RGB24.
• * YV24backtoYUY2 Dynamic ASM code.
• * UtoY8, VtoY8 abuse subframe, zero cost.
• * YV24<->RGB Add SSE2 and SSSE3 code paths, get rid of wide_enough.
• * ConvertToYUY2 Add SSE2, MMX restore full speed on platforms with poor ooox.
• * ConvertAudio, manage tem...

Changes for v2.5.7 - v2.5.8

• Additions:
• Added Czech doc translation.
• Added Polish doc translation by Slim, Krismen & Co.
• Added Japanese doc translation by niiyan.
• Added Installer standalone unpack option.
• Added Blankclip audio channels= and sample_type= arguments.
• ConvertAudio(cii) available to plugins via env->Invoke().
• Added font aspect, rotation and alpha to text routines.
• Added /* xxx */ block comments.
• Added [* [* xxx *] *] nestable block comments.
• SetMemoryMax(0) now just returns Memory Max value.
• Added planar YV12 color format to Compare().
• ColorKeyMask: Allow independant tolerance levels for each channel.
• Added Tweak Hue/Saturation range limiting.
• Added AudioLevels and Color2 modes to Histogram.
• Added WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE audio output.
• Added ShowTime() script verb, like ShowSMPTE() but with milliseconds.
• Added BlackmanResize() and Spline64Resize().
• Modified DeleteFrame()/DuplicateFrame() to process multiple arguments.
• Added Min()/Max() script functions.
• Bugfixes:
• Fixed Compare() graph pixel values exceeding YUV limits.
• Fixed AddBorders() args negative value clamping.
• Added workaround for HuffYUV, Xvid reading past end of input buffer.
• Fixed current_frame value in nested runtime script invocations (Gavino).
• Fixed Dissolve overlap arg range checking (gzarkadas).
• Fixed OpenDMLSource() multithreading race problem (QuaddiMM).
• Fixed unsaved variableName string in ConditionalReader.
• Fixed Parser FunctionTable::TypeMatch() missing compulsory arguments. Dissolve bug (Various).
• Fixed DirectShowSource() Flush task interlock race.
• Fixed DirectShowSource() QueryId() use CoTaskMemAlloc for returned value (Dean Pavlekovic).
• Fixed DirectShowSource() use GraphBuilder object for media control (Avery Lee).
• Fixed DirectShowSource() remove PulseEvent calls (Avery Lee).
• Fixed DirectShowSource() QueryAccept() modifying VideoInfo in running script (Haali).
• Fixed Blankclip clip= argument parsing.
• Fixed trashed GPF report, i.e reading 0x0 at 0x0 exception reporting.
• Fixed and refactored Overlay RGB<->YUV conversion routines.
• Fixed ImageReader incompletely inited videoInfo.
• Fixed Layer RGB32 100% alpha implementation, use level=257 (new default).
• Fixed avisynth_c.h avs_is_parity_known().
• Fixed C++ ConvertAudio::Saturate_int32() rounding.
• Fixed WriteFile(), Now remembers absolute path to file.
• Fixed Info() frame pitch, reports pitch of input frame.
• Fixed Invert() right edge memory overrun/corruption.
• Fixed Histogram() Classic mode pixel values exceeding YUV limits.
• Fixed Histogram() chroma plane initialization to 128.
• Fixed Conditional reader/writer illegally saving pointer to IScriptEnvironment.
• Fixed YV12 Blur()/Sharpen() right edge pixel corruption with non-writable input frames.
• Fixed MMX Blur()/Sharpen() code to full 8 bit precision.
• Fixed IsAudioFloat()/IsAudioInt() script functions.
• Fixed Cache memory oversubscription of SetMemoryMax() limit.
• Optimizations:
• DirectShowSource() convertfps=true add 0.5ms rounding to expected sample
• - time. Improves performance with millisecond based DS spliters.
• DirectShowSource() FPS detection as last attempt try getting the duration of 1st frame.
• DirectShowSource() convertfps=true rely only on sample start time values.
• Cache: Trap returned NULL PVideoFrames, i.e. Don't crash, Winge about it!.
• Refactor horizontal planar resizer, no width restrictions or 2 byte overwrite.
• Provide a simple and fast text writing primatives, see info.h
• Make audio cache actually functional.
• Tweak speed improvements.
• Subtract speed improvements.
• Tuneup Overlay() ISSE Convert444ChromaToYV12 and also provide MMX version.
• PokeCache interface implemented.
• Cache and Memory management enhancements.
• Changes:
• Initial Default Memory Max value clamped to 512MB.
• Initial Default Memory Max value still quarter of Free
• - memory. Minimum 16Mb. As per 2.5.7.
• Test VFB data buffer for NULL malloc's, if so then Throw!
• Installer Start menu shortcut names translated.
• Test for UTF-8 and Unicode BOM prefixes and issue a useful warning.
• Removed useless current_sample from runtime script environment.
• Added critical section to CAVIFileSynth class.
• Enable Installer multi language support.
• FunctionTable::Lookup() now considers named arguments in making its selection.
• ImageWriter supports negative values as -count for End argument.
• ChangeFPS() use floor instead of round in source frame number calculation.
• Update usage of correct (updated) Rec.709 coefficients.
• Add TCPDeliver.map and DirectShowSource.map to releases.
• Convert to 2.6 Dynamic Assembled rgb to yuy2 code.
• Avisynth_c.h boolean functions return 1 for true instead of arbitrary non-zero.
• Internal RGB2YUV() now copies Alpha top byte through.
• CoUninitialize() done immediately for S_FALSE CoInitialize() returns.
• Pfc, Softwire and SoundTouch updated and added as dependency projects.
• UPX updated to version 2.03 (2006-11-07).
• AVISource/WavSource map WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE back to equivalent WAVEFORMATEX.
• DirectShowSource() now recognises incorrect WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE audio and accepts it.
• DirectShowSource() now attempts to use partial graph from failing RenderFile call.
• DirectShowSource() now detects and handles non 32 bit aligned picture lines from dud codecs.
• Crop(align=true) tests actual alignment in each GetFrame call.
• Relax YV12 resizer width restriction, now mod 2 was mod 4.
• .AVSI failures during env->CreateScriptEnvironment() are now available to the GetError() interface.
• SetCacheHints(CACHE_RANGE, n) will now surrender frames to satisfy SetMemoryMax().
• CoInitialize()/CoUninitialize() now done as part of ScriptEnvironment creation/deletion.
• Much code from 2.6 base included. Typically IsYV12() changed to IsPlanar().

Changes for v2.5.7 RC3 (311206) - v2.5.7

• This Release is the same as 2.5.7-RC3 [311206]
• It has just been repackaged for the Russian Documentation.

Changes for v2.5.7 RC2 (241206) - v2.5.7 RC3 (311206)

Changes for v2.5.7 alpha 3 (220406) - v2.5.7 RC2 (241206)

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