Version history for The FilmMachine

Changes for v1.6.2 (Update) - v1.6.3 (update)

This version is released because of problems with DVDAuthor running on Cygwin and because DVDAuthor released version 0.7.0 with a few nice features. You must at least have The FilmMachine version 1.6.1 installed on you computer.
Updated DVDAuthor and Spumux to version 0.7.0 which also solves problems with cygwin.
Now using the color and outline subtitle features of the new Spumux version 0.7.0.
Fixed a few other bugs.

Changes for v1.6.1 - v1.6.2 (Update)

This version is released because of problems with DVDAuthor on Windows 7 and an updated HC Encoder. You must have The FilmMachine version 1.6.1 installed on you computer.
Updated DVDAuthor and Spumux to version 0.6.18 which also solves problems on Windows 7.
Updated HC Encoder to version 0.25.

Changes for v1.6 - v1.6.1

Implemented support for Surcode DVD DTS encoder version 1.0.29.
Implemented support for 1x, 2x and 2,4x burning of DVD’s to be compatible with most dvd-players.
Implemented the “Luminance Gain” feature for HCEncoder.
Implemented the “Close All Gops” feature for HCEncoder.

Changes for v1.6.0.14 Beta - v1.6

Changes for v1.6.0.13 Beta - v1.6.0.14 Beta

Fixed GOP settings in CCE and Procoder to comply with the DVD Standard (thanks to fullEffect).
Now standard the “Close all Gops” option is checked.

Changes for v1.6.0.12 Beta - v1.6.0.13 Beta

Implemented a new build of DVDAuthor, Spumux and Mplex. Now cygwin dll’s are not needed anymore.
Changed some commandline settings of Mplex, DVDAuthor and Spumux.
MP3 decoder filter not needed anymore, now using ffdshow for MP3 decoding.
Fixed the problem with opening MKV files.
Audio delay is now rounded to the correct milliseconds.
Implemented the latest version of Bass_fx.dll (version 2.4.1.0).
Implemented the latest version of Bass.dll (version 2.4.1.1).
Implemented the latest version of Avisynth (version 2.58 RC3).
Fixed a few other bugs.

Changes for v1.6.0.11 Beta - v1.6.0.12 Beta

Changes for v1.6.0.10 Beta - v1.6.0.11 Beta

Fixed a bug in encoding audio. Sometimes 6 channel audio would be fed as stereo which gave strange results.

Changes for v1.6.0.9 Beta - v1.6.0.10 Beta

Downgraded MediaInfo.dll to version 0.7.4.5 because version 0.7.7.0 didn’t detect the audio delay.

Changes for v1.6.0.7 Beta - v1.6.0.9 Beta

Updated MediaInfo.dll to version 0.7.7.0.
Replaced BeSweet.dll with Bass.dll for audio editing/conversion.
Removed conversion to (S)VCD.
Implemented installation of RealAlternative 1.75 for RMVB support to the installer.
Adjusted the calculated videobitrate so they will fit on the selected DVD5 or DVD9.
Removed Nero burning and implemented ISO creation and burning with ImgBurn.
Added support for 23 and 24 fps files.
Added DTS Encoding with Surcode DVD Pro DTS (version 1.0.23 and up).
Fixed a bug when audio extraction was executed with AC3 audio when the audiobitrate was higher than the maximum DVD AC3 audio bitrate of 448 kbps.
Fixed a few other bugs.

Changes for v1.6.0.6 Beta - v1.6.0.7 Beta

Fixed DVD burning with Nero when you have Nero 8 installed.
Changed maximum average bitrate to 9800 minus the audiobitrate.
Replaced the internal shrinking engine with Rejig (fixed a bug by doing so).
Implemented support for Grass Valley (Canopus) Procoder 3.
Implemented libaften.dll instead of aften.exe and updated it to the latest SVN release (thanks to Madshi).
Implemented the latest version of HcEncoder (version 0.22) with multiprocessor support.
Now ISO filename is the same as the ISO title.
Fixed bad sound when source movie has 3 or 4 channels.
Enabled the 5.1 upmix feature for other audio sources also.
Fixed speedup sound when 5.1 audio was converted to stereo.
Fixed a bug mixing up subtitle framerates.
Adjusted video bitrate calculation when DVD has 2 audio streams.
Fixed the "ERR: SRC moves backwards" error in DvdAuthor. DvdAuthor now only gives a warning.
Fixed a few other bugs.

Changes for v1.6.0.4 Beta - v1.6.0.6 Beta

Fixed the high CPU usage bug on multicore systems (thanks to j_ gs).
Fixed a bug when audiobitrate was set to default again when you changed it manually.
New experimental UpMix 2.0 AC3 to 5.1 AC3 through AC3Filter.
Updated the ffdshow codec to compile date 01 July 2007 Beta 3 by clsid.
Fixed the loud output when an AC3 source file was encoded through BeSweet and Aften.
Implemented the Aften MMX version instead of the Aften SSE2 version.

Changes for v1.6.0.3 Beta - v1.6.0.4 Beta

Changes for v1.5.3 - v1.6.0.3 Beta

Now you can choose between implace and normal Pulldown.
Added “Don’t care” option on the Option form when it doesn’t matter if the movie is PAL or NTSC.
Better Vista support.
Fixed errors of cygwin on Windows Vista 64 bit.
Fixed the format of chapters in the dvdauthor xml file so regional pc settings are ignored.
Optional AC3Filter installation by The FilmMachine (a version of AC3Filter must be installed for TFM to work).
AC3Filter settings before audio conversion are being restored with the old values.
Added the GB2312 Simplified Chinese to the selectable subtitle charactersets.
Updated Aften to version 0.0.7
Updated MediaInfo.dll to version 0.7.4.5.
Updated DVDAuthor/Spumux to version 0.6.14.
Updated the ffdshow codec to compile date 22 March 2007 Beta 2a by clsid.
Updated the Haali MediaSplitter to the latest version.
Updated the AC3 filter to version 1.45b.
Updated Avisynth to version 2.57.
Implemented NeroCOM instead of the NeroAPI translation (easier for future versions of Nero).
Implemented the latest version of HcEncoder (version 0.21)
Implemented the latest version of QuEnc (version 0.72)