NEWS


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NEWS file for MediaFork <http://mediafork.dynalias.com/>

Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.8.0
 + MediaFork project forked from HandBrake source <http://handbrake.m0k.org/>
 + Updated libraries (meaning better quality, hopefully fewer bugs, and increased speeds)
 + iPod 5.5G support
 + Revamped graphical interface (Mac OS X)
 + Anamorphic encoding with pixel aspect ratio
 + Brighter color reproduction in QuickTime
 + Lists disks by DVD name instead of by drive name (Mac OS X)
 + Titles output movies based on the DVD name (Mac OS X)
 + 32Khz audio output
 + Constant rate factor encoding with x264
 + New preference item to turn deinterlacing on by default (Mac OS X)
 + New preference item to select the default audio language (Mac OS X)
 + Bugfix for reading straight from a DVD

Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1
 + Universal Binary for PPC and Intel
 + Bugfixes for missing subtitles, audio glitches with LPCM tracks and more

Changes between 0.7.0-beta3 and 0.7.0
 + Multithreaded H.264 encoding with x264
 + Added option for H.264 Baseline (suitable for iPods)
 + (Very) experimental queue support
 + Fixes for some DVD titles HandBrake would not recognize
 + Fixes audio gliches when encoding from LPCM tracks

Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0-beta3
 + Chapters selection
 + Custom framerate
 + Subtitle support
 + Check for updates
 + Custom aspect ratio
 + Audio samplerate selection
 + mp4/H.264 output
 + Proper NTSC support
 + AC3 pass-through
 + Progress bar in the dock icon (OS X)
 + 2-pass H.264 encoding
 + Constant quality encoding
 + Grayscale encoding
 + Up-to-date BeOS UI

Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2
 + Support for DVDs with MPEG audio tracks
 + Rewrote the DVD navigation code
 + High quality resampler included
 + Better AVI compliance
 + Updated encoders
 + Internal improvements
 + Bugfixes

Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1
 + Fixed LPCM endianness issue

Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.6.0
 + MP4 and OGM output
 + AAC and Vorbis encoding
 + Experimental H264 encoding
 + LPCM DVDs support
 + Autocrop
 + GTK2 linux interface
 + OS X interface localization

Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.2
 + Bugfixes

Changes between 0.5 and 0.5.1
 + 2-pass XviD encoding
 + Bugfixes

Changes between 0.4 and 0.5
 + Bugfixes, rewrite of large parts of the core
 + XviD encoding (1-pass only)

Changes between 0.3 and 0.4
 + Better multithreading
 + Allow the user to specify a target size instead of bitrate
 + Misc GUI enhancements
 + Use low-priority threads on OS X

Changes between 0.2 and 0.3
 + OSX & Linux ports
 + Allow 2-pass encoding
 + Many internal changes & fixes

Changes between 0.1.1 and 0.2
 + Fixed a major bug that made HandBrake probably crash after ~ 15
   minutes encoded
 + Fixed a few minor memory leaks

Changes between 0.1 and 0.1.1
 + Fixed a stupid bug that prevented to scan volumes correctly if
   FAT/NTFS/etc volumes were mounted

Changes between 0.1-alpha2 and 0.1 :
 + Automatically detect ripped DVDs on BFS volumes
 + Allow picture cropping and resizing
 + Allow dual-audio encoding
 + Created files are quite compliant now (tested with OSX/Quicktime
   and BSPlayer)
 + Better A/V sync with some DVDs

Changes between 0.1-alpha and 0.1-alpha2 :
 + Show length for each title
 + Fixed the screwed-audio bug
 + Many bugfixes...

First version is 0.1-alpha.