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@@ -1,5 +1,134 @@ NEWS file for HandBrake <http://handbrake.fr/> +Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4: + +Core: + +* New build system, allowing 64-bit binaries (around 10% faster) +* Soft subtitles and Closed Captions: + - DVD Closed Captions + - ATSC Closed Captions + - SRT subtitle import + - Text soft subtitles in MP4 and MKV output + - Bitmap soft subtitles in MKV output +* Better support for DVD inputs: + - Uses libdvdnav + - DVD angles support + - Workaround for libdvdread malloc bomb on invalid PGC entry + - DVD drive region detection support in Linux + - Handles DVD programs with more than 16 streams + - No longer tries to detect and discard duplicate titles when scanning + - Libdvdnav patched to perform read error recovery + - Libdvdread patched to allow raw device access in Windows + - Handles poorly mastered DVDs that had the menus ripped out of them +* Better support for non-DVD inputs: + - Preserves MP4 metadata + - TrueHD + - DTS-HD demuxing + - 8 bit audio + - Better handling of transport streams where audio starts first + - Better handling of transport streams that have been spliced together, leading to duplicate timestamps + - Better VC-1 frame detection + - Fixes bug that was causing one sec. of audio to be dropped on many ffmpeg files + - Looks harder for aspect ratio info from DV sources + - No longer truncates the last (dummy) chapter + - Allows specifying field parity for detelecine and decomb +* Better AV sync +* Support for sources with no audio +* DTS passthrough for MKV +* x264 bumped from r1169 to r1347, which means speed optimizations, new default settings (see r2742 commit comment), the magic of macroblock tree rate control (mbtree), a new CRF curve (meaning you will get different, generally lower bitrates at the same RF, with similar quality metrics), and weighted P-Frames (disabled by default for Baseline encodes and the AppleTV preset). +* Better sample interleaving +* Better, optional deinterlacer for decomb (EEDI2) +* New mode structure for the decomb filter +* Variable verbose logging levels +* Fixed timing for first two frames coming out of filters +* Libtheora bumped to 1.1.0 +* Improvements to our theora implementation (2 pass encoding + soft target rate control) +* Caters to Theora's insistence on content having mod16 framing dimensions specified +* Flushes LAME encoder's final packets +* Fixed interjob framerate calculation +* Fixed pthreads regression in cygwin +* Tweaks for packaging tools +* Solaris 10 build support + +All interfaces: + +* Live video preview +* New subtitle tab +* New filters and picture settings inspector +* Custom anamorphic mode +* Updated Sparkle +* Custom number of preview images +* Quality slider now works off actual rate factor/quantizer values instead of percentages +* Partially updated advanced x264 tab +* New built-in presets +* Use libdvdnav by default on DVD sources +* Removed Constant QP encoding option for x264 (use CRF) +* Various bug fixes and UI tweaks +* x264 turbo 1st pass mode now uses subme=2 not subme=1 + +Mac: + +* Core Audio AAC encoding +* H.264 video source decoding crash fixed +* Queue displays varying row heights based on encode settings +* Fixed EyeTV package scanning +* 64bit / 32 bit VLC detection +* Preset import/export + +Windows: + +* New audio tab +* AAC audio source decoding bug fixed +* Tray minimization is now optional +* Queue can now be started from main window +* Growl for Windows notification support +* General UI improvements +* Preset import +* Preferred language control for audio dubs and subtitles +* Fixed file extensions resetting to m4v when enabling chapter markers in mkv +* Faster updating of GUI elements from CLI data +* Cleanup / Improved some of the programs options. (Growl, use m4v, drive detection) +* Numerous fixes in the Picture Settings Panel and CLI Query Handling code. +* Bug Fixes and Usability improvements. + +Linux: + +* General UI improvements +* Inhibits sleep mode while encoding +* Single title scan +* Chapter duration display +* Notifications when encodes complete +* Tray minimization +* Full screen preview +* Preset import/export +* Preferred language control for audio dubs and subtitles +* Preferences rearrangement +* Preference to auto-apply .m4v extension +* New system tray icon behavior +* Preference for what to do when encode completes +* Preference for how often to delete activity logs +* Preference to disable automatic scanning +* New Gnome session manager support +* Improved "auto" audio selection +* Use .m4v as the default extension for the MPEG-4 container +* Use .m4v when soft subs are enabled +* Alternate angle encoding fix +* Only strips drive letters for Windows builds +* Show correct audio format info when it's been sanitized for incompatibilities +* Preserve chapter list modifications made to queued jobs +* Fixed error when navigating chapter titles with the keyboard +* Bug Fixes. + +CLI: + +* Options to handle new subtitle, anamorphic, and preview features +* --srt-file, --srt-codeset, --srt-offset, --srt-lang, --srt-default +* --native-dub option lets users request dubbing instead of subs when the audio isn't in their native language +* Allow encoding sources with no audio without explicitly stating -a none +* Update checker on MinGW built exe should now work correctly. +* Matches GUIs' default verbosity level of 1 + Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3: 0.9.3 Snapshot 5 -> 0.9.3 Final |