New in 2.30 beta 4 |
- NEW: "Display stream format" setting enables the display of basic stream information for a few seconds during video playback. The stream information includes the MPEG and chroma formats, the video resolution, the aspect ratio and the frame rate.
- FIX: Improvements to installation program
- FIX: In trial version, logo and trial overlays would sometimes appear distorted
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New in 2.30 beta 3 |
- NEW: "Enable VMR7 deinterlacing for third-party applications"
setting fixes deinterlacing in TransEdit Preview window. However, because of
potential side-effects on other apps, this setting is disabled by default.
(thanks to Ed Rios)
- FIX: Some non-intra streams displayed a black video output
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New in 2.30 beta 2 |
- FIX: Some non-intra streams displayed a black video output (thanks to Photoman and Chris)
- FIX: Display mode setting implemented in version 2.30b1 was not working properly with EM2V/PIM2 AVI files
- Performance improvements:
- Increased maximum number of supported threads from 4 to 16
- Tweaked processor detection to avoid using CPU features when they decrease performance (please report any significant performance drop from version 2.20, especially on Pentium M (Banias/Dothan), Core Solo/Duo (Yonah) and Pentium 4 (any NetBurst) processors)
- FIX: Number of runtime threads is now dependent on each application's configuration (process affinity)
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New in 2.30 beta 1 |
- NEW: Display mode setting allows undistorted viewing of the left/right image of a side-by-side 3D video
- NEW: Support for Windows 7
- NEW: Added support for non-intra streams (thanks to Photoman)
- NEW: Added support for field pictures
- NEW: Improved support for non-standard MPEG-1 frame rates
- FIX: Improved performance on AMD Geode GX processors
- FIX: Some streams could cause a rare first-chance exception inside the debugger on multi-threaded systems
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New in 2.20 |
NOTE: The DVD input format must be enabled for DVD
playback (this option is disabled by default to avoid potential conflicts
with third-party DVD applications)
- Multiple fixes related to DVD playback:
- FIX: Crash with third-party DVD Navigator filters when "Drop frames to keep audio and video synchronized" setting was enabled
- FIX: DVD still pictures (menus) would not get displayed
- FIX: Possible video corruption when using Overlay Mixer
- FIX: DVBViewer 4.1.0.0 freezes when starting DVD playback
- FIX: MyTheatre 4.00 beta 11 freezes when starting DVD playback
- FIX: VCD/DVD playback with CyberLink DVD Navigator fails the first time but works afterwards
- FIX: Video freezes or remains black with DVD Navigator
- FIX: Picture slideshow VCD/SVCD discs would not play properly
- FIX: Improved frame rate change detection
- NEW: Implemented support for various picture aspect ratios (5:4, 3:2, 8:5, 5:3 and 17:9)
- FIX: Aspect ratio settings other than 'Automatic' would not work properly
- FIX: Aspect ratio setting change now takes effect on-the-fly
- FIX: Improved support for MPEG-1 streams
- NEW: Experimental support for Windows 7 RC1
- Minor performance optimizations
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New in 2.10 |
- NEW: In registered version, maximum number of simultaneous video streams that can be played is now unlimited for all
v2.x user licenses
- NEW: Enabled picture-in-picture (PiP) in third-party applications that
support this feature, for all v2.x user licenses
- NEW: SoftReel now works with ProgDVB
- REGRESSION FIX: Seek while playing, seek while paused, or play after stop was broken in v2.10 beta 1, resulting in choppy video playback
- To allow users to better evaluate the video quality, the bottom watermark in the trial version is now briefly displayed periodically (once every few minutes) instead of being permanently visible
- Improved playback of unencrypted DVDs (but no menus yet)
- Improved support of third-party DVD Navigator filters
- Added DVD input format (MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK) to configuration settings to support Microsoft DVD Navigator (disabled by default to avoid breaking playback of encrypted DVDs)
- FIX: Improved smoothness of video playback
- FIX: In rare cases, loss of A/V sync was slow to recover
- FIX: Start of playback was sometimes slightly jerky
- FIX: Some pictures at start of playback were not being displayed
- FIX: In DVBViewer Pro, Preview and Mosaic views would not work with single-stream licenses
- Improvements for stability and robustness
- Improved compatibility with third-party filters
- Improved handling of non-standard streams
- Renamed input/output pins to "MPEG In" and "Video Out" respectively
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New in 2.10 beta 1 |
- Numerous fixes and improvements for DVB applications (DVBViewer,
DVBDream, MyTheatre)
- Added deinterlacing support (performed by graphics cards) - NOTE: Deinterlacing is CPU-intensive
- FIX: Horizontal bands and artifacts around moving objects in interlaced video when viewed on progressive display screens
(thanks to Chris)
- Added configuration setting to toggle deinterlacing (default is enabled)
- Implemented 3:2 pulldown (telecine) support
- FIX: Various playback problems (A/V sync, choppy video, video played too fast or too slow, stuttering audio) with some streams (including VOB files)
- Microsoft MPEG-2 Demultiplexer is now supported (connection no longer fails)
- FIX: Improves playback of captured DVB files
- Improved video timing locking and accuracy
- FIX: Intermittent black flash in DVBDream
- FIX: A/V sync could drift over a long period of time in DVB applications
- Added support for changes to the stream format (such as resolution):
- FIX: In MyTheatre, audio plays but video remains black
- FIX: Changing channels in DVB applications was not functioning properly
- FIX: Video corruption (upside-down picture, wrong colors, slanted video, video wrapped around from bottom to top of window, video scaled incorrectly, video in top-left corner of
window, duplicated image, etc)
- FIX: Frame rate changes caused various playback problems (A/V sync, choppy video, video played too fast or too slow, temporary video freeze)
- FIX: DVBDream crash when tuning some HD channels
- FIX: Access violation with some channels in MyTheatre
- FIX: Improved handling of non-standard streams
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New in 2.01 |
- CRITICAL FIX: On multi-processor systems (includes processors with Hyper-Threading Technology, processors with 2 or more cores, or multi-socket systems), a buffer overflow condition can occur with some MPEG streams, causing stack corruption and unexpected termination of the application
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New in 2.00 final |
- FIX: Disabled "Use Overlay Mixer" setting in Windows Vista (playback would fail in Windows Media Player)
- FIX: SoftReel license would immediately expire in a user account
without Administrator privileges
- FIX: A new installation of SoftReel would immediately expire if a prior version was not uninstalled properly
- REGRESSION FIX (introduced in 2.00 beta 5): On Windows Me/98/95, playback could not resume after stopping
- SoftReel setting "Use advanced video display (Overlay Mixer)" has been renamed to
"Use Overlay Mixer"
- Various improvements to install program
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New in 2.00 beta 6 |
- FIX: Improved image quality of interlaced frame pictures
- Improved performance and stability on multi-processor systems
- Enhanced robustness to corrupted streams
- Improved compliance with MPEG-2 video standard
- Eased debugging for developers by eliminating first-chance exception messages during playback
- FIX: Rare memory access violations with some streams
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New in 2.00 beta 5 |
- Optimized for multi-processors (includes Hyper-Threading Technology,
dual-core and quad-core processors), up to 4 cores total
- FIX: In applications that use IAMMultiMediaStream, video played in a
separate ActiveMovie window instead of the client window
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New in 2.00 beta 4 |
- Increased maximum resolution to 1920x1152 to support DVB streams
- Implemented playback of MPEG-2 4:4:4 video streams
- New input media types (MPEG-1 packet, MPEG-2 PES and MPEG-2 pack)
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New in 2.00 beta 3 |
- FIX: Video display corruption with JVC Everio camcorder files
- New setting to select playback aspect ratio (useful when the wrong
aspect ratio is encoded in a stream)
- Redesigned Settings property page UI
- Additional performance optimizations
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New in 2.00 beta 2 |
- FIX: Processor-specific performance regression introduced in beta 1
- Implemented additional MMX/SSE performance optimizations for YUV output formats
- Enabled optimizations for processors without SSE support (up to 20% faster)
- Added support for any resolution with an even width (previously, the width had to be a multiple of 16)
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New in 2.00 beta 1 |
- MPEG-2 high-definition (HD) support (resolutions up to 1920x1080)
- Support for all 18 ATSC formats (SDTV, EDTV, HDTV)
- Up to 3 times faster performance than version 1.x
- New MMX, SSE and SSE2 optimizations
- Reduced CPU usage
- Smoother video playback
- Real-time playback of 1920x1080 HD streams
- Support for 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio
- Support for any resolution with an even height (previously, the
height had to be a multiple of 16)
- Improved handling of corrupted MPEG-2 streams
- Improved decoder stability
- Improved seeking
- Improved support for a wide range of CPUs (Intel, AMD, VIA,
Transmeta)
- MPEG-1 video decoding support
- Experimental Windows Vista support
- Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) compatible
- Simple one-click installation
- Improved install/uninstall
- Settings are now configurable per user
- New configuration settings:
- MPEG-1 video input
- RGB output formats (RGB32, RGB24, RGB565, RGB555)
- NV12 output format
- Display frames with errors
- Numerous fixes and improvements, including:
- FIX: Unable to playback after seeking in some files
- FIX: Various cases of bad/corrupted blocks
- FIX: Potential deadlock with corrupted streams
- FIX: Video was sometimes slanted when using RGB output formats
- FIX: Standard user accounts can now modify configuration
settings
- FIX: End of playback issues
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