| Date |
News |
| 2/28 |
It looks like I didn't post the CCE Basic link yesterday
so here is it again: CCE
Basic info and download site. MPEG2Cut 1.15 has experimental VOB
and MPEG2 video only cutting support, has AC3 playback, audio track
selection during playback has been implemented and a bigger I/O buffer
is used which should speed things up. |
| 2/27 |
ImgTools
1.00.2 uses NeroAPI 5.5.9.14 - thus requires at least Nero 5.5.9.14
- it has better handling for non empty media, there's a button which
will actualize the write speed upon inserting a new media and more
burning options have been added in the other settings dialog. AVI-Mux
GUI 1.12 fixes some bugs leading to crashes, should no longer create
Open-DML which cannot be played in certain players, DTS muxing should
work now, some more settings have been added and last but not least
there's scripting
functionality. Last but not least there's XMPEG
5.0 alpha2 and something I forgot yesterday. Cinemacraft has not
only released CCE SP 2.67 - which by the way is still in beta status
- but also CCE
Basic. This new CCE version is to replace CCE lite and extend
the featureset of the latter considerably. It has the same user interface
as CCE SP, offers all functionality of CCE lite and additionally it
supports 2 pass CBR and VBR, inverse 3:2 pulldown and ships with a
Premiere Plugin. And the price makes the quality - remember that more
passes = better quality up to a certain threshold - and speed of CCE
affordable for everyone. |
| 2/26 |
DoCCE4U 1.0.0.3 fixes a problem loading
registry entries on W2K and has some additions in the settings dialog.
CCE
SP 2.67 is out. There's a new 1st pass of multipass VBR encoding
mode, a multipass CBR mode, the upper field first option has been
removed but there's a new offset field that seems to be doing pretty
much the same. The new version is also not final despite the version
number increase so use it with moderation. There's also a new tool
adding ECL functionality to the CCE 2.66 version called EclCCE.
It can be found in the CCE
forum. |
| 2/25 |
ImgTool 1.00.1 allows you to change the burning speed
even after inserting a new disc, and it contains minor changes in
the help file. MPEG2Cut 1.14 is now based on DVD2AVI 1.76 which means
it's much faster and uses less CPU time and it should be less buggy.
Preview and playback can also be stopped and restarted using the associated
button now. Menuedit is a tool to delete (as in make inactive) edit
buttons in DVD menus. You can find more info about it in the IfoEdit
forum. |
| 2/24 |
There's a new release of DoItFast4U
which fixes a subtitle problem (1 frame per subtitle). The version
number is still the same, the next version will then feature a full
blown bitrate calculator and possibly full CCE encoding facilities
based on DoCCE4U, the fully automated "take avs, encode in CCE
& apply pulldown where required" tool. ChopperXP
2.3 is a VOB cutting tool with preview facilities. DVDToolbox
is a new program allowing you to strip and split DVDs. It allows you
to pick content you do not want on the final disc, then tells you
how large your disc is going to be and in the end it can perform those
stripping operation or split the DVD onto 2 DVD±Rs if you just
can't get size down enough to fit on a single DVD±R. |
| 2/23 |
Toolame 0.2k
supports unlimited input filesizes, the end of the bitstream is fixed
allowing to concatenate two MP2 files, the VBR mode is now stable,
lower sampling frequency encoding also works with psy model 2 and
some speedups have been made. The latest
BeSweet beta already supports the new TooLame which makes it the
first multipurpose audio encoding tool to use TooLame for MP2 encoding. |
| 2/22 |
VirtualDub 1.5.1 fixes a number of bugs, has an improved
audio filter dialog, has two additional audio filters: split and mix,
in capturing mode it's possible to launch the Windows Volume control
and saving segmented AVIs now attempts to cut before a keyframe in
direct stream copy mode. MPEG2Cut is an MPEG2 cutter based on DVD2AVI.
Dark Avenger has added code to allow wave output for the first MPA
stream and fixed some bugs in the original release. |
| 2/21 |
DVDx 2.2 contains 4:3 corrections in the GUI, improved
monitoring, incorrect timing due to NTSC input has been fixed, there's
a new codec management for AVI output, AVI output settings are now
saved and there have been improvements in the 2 pass encoding area.
Last but not least there's a new rate control for the internal MPEG
encoder to better prevent VBV underflows and overflows. There's also
a small update to DVD2One,
it uses a new registration system since Outlook couldn't handle the
registration emails sent out. |
| 2/19 |
DVD2One
1.0.1 is out. It fixes some bugs, adds the ability to select a
destination size (so your menus, etc can also be placed on the disc),
supports a DVD burning program called CopyToDVD (though there's nothing
wrong with using the program that shipped with your DVD burner) and
the program has been translated into many languages. |
| 2/18 |
DVD2SVCD
1.1.2 build1 fixes a number of bugs and introduces support for
Canopus Procoder. |
| 2/17 |
DoItFast4U 1.0.9 automatically processes
subtitles (forced and regular) and Closed Captions, creates a folder
containing all unused VTS files (and the menus for each VTS you're
processing), the progressive stream detection for both PAL and NTSC
has been improved, subs can now be ripped directly off the DVD (though
ISO mode is still the preferred way of handling things), all apps
are now installed in the program directory and the routines waiting
for an application to finish have been improved. VirtualDub 1.5.0
loads and unloads filters on the fly, has better crash diagnostics,
basic audio filter support, increased audio and video timing accuracy
and contains a lot of bugfixes. A separate P4 release is also available. |
| 2/16 |
IfoUpdate 0.69 fixes a bug which lead to incorrect dummy PGC identification
and another one in moving certain tables from the original IFO.
MakeItEasy 0.16 changes VOB IDs used to flag padding. The error
in VTS sets having a VOB ID greater than 70 is now gone.
Doom9.nl, the
official Dutch Doom9 mirror is still looking for translators. Don't
hesitate to volunteer ;) The same also goes for the upcoming Traditional
Chinese mirror.
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| 2/15 |
OggMux 0.9.4.2 add support for audio delay, should fix the automatization
support and Chinese audio and subtitle language selections have
been added. Pinnacle
InstantCopy 7.0 is a DVD transcoding utility allowing you to
create full DVD backups with little manual interaction. It's not
quite as fast as DVD2One but according to mb1
(German only so far) and c't it offers better quality despite
keeping all the extras on a DVD.
We had another complete email blackout and have now moved all email
accounts to another server. It could be that some emails got lost
in the transfer though :(
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| 2/13 |
YATS 1.2 is out. It fixes a major bug
when loading parameters from a .vcf script, has an improved fade detection
and contains some minor optimizations to various diamond related functions.
I have also added the much requested MakeItEasy 0.15 which contains
some small bugfixes. |
| 2/12 |
All email accounts have been restored, please accept
our apologies for the downtime. |
| 2/11 |
eXtreme
Movie Manager 1.2 is out. It has a new export engine, pressing
the save/exit button in edit mode will only close the window if
the movie name has been filled in, XviD and LaserDisc media types
have been added, the cover manager has been improved and there are
various bugfixes.
On the hardware front AMD has finally released the Barton
processor at speed ratings up to 3000+.
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| 2/10 |
After 3 days of work it's finally been done. I've completely rewritten
the Full DVD Backup guide.
It now uses all the latest tools (DIF4U, etc) explains every step
in the backup of the chosen movie including transcoding every extra,
forced subs, etc. And while I was messing with Scenarist again I've
written a small tips &
tricks article. Oh, and the encoding part has also been changed
and now features a derivation of the RoBa method. The new guide
is based on DoItFast4U 1.0.8
which has a revamped interface, right click explorer menus, can
correctly demux subtitles from VOB IDs now, has a menu for common
functions, shows subtitle and CC in VTS attributes, has the ability
to autocreate folders for all VTSes with one mouseclick and fixes
a variety of bugs. ReStream 0.8.7 can reset GOP timestamps, change
Seq.Disp.Extensions, the default path of the matrices has been changed
along with font sizes and font scaling.
Currently all @doom9.org email accounts are down (meaning feedback,
submission and error hotline amongst others). Emails sent within
the last 48 or 72h might be lost for good (the issue is still being
worked on). Please apologize for any inconvenience this may case
and I'll make another announcement once everything is back online.
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| 2/9 |
IfoUpdate 0.67 fixes an error in the adjusted mode table
updates which could cause navigational problems, adds angle indications
to the graphic view, fixes an IFO file path update problem and adds
an additional output file to the adjusted mode for IfoEdit authoring.
MakeItEasy 0.14 allows you to use DVD2One to create DVD backups that
contain extras and menus. For usage instructions check the DVD2One
forum. |
| 2/8 |
Eyes'Only has written a guide on how to convert
Close Captioning to Scenarist subtitles. |
| 2/7 |
PX3 is back with mpeg2avi 0.1.6a. It's bit faster, less buggy but
otherwise there's no much new. More info in the mpeg2avi
forum.
Hats off to Dell. They've decided to stop
installing floppy disk drives on their computers starting next
month. Instead they'll ship their computers with an USB memory stick.
5 years after Apple made the same move we might finally get rid
of floppies for good. In fact I ordered a Dell business model in
December and the floppy drive was already optional. Personally I
have eliminated floppy drives from my computer collection more than
2 years ago and have yet to regret it.
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| 2/5 |
ReDVD
is a program that helps you create full DVD backups and automates
a large part of the otherwise tedious procedure. It's still under
heavy development and so far incapable of handling complicated discs
(multiangles et al). jdobbs, author of IfoUpdate is about to release
a tool called MakeItEasy
which enables you to create full DVD backups using DVD2One. |
| 2/4 |
DVDx 2.1 contains improved skinning capabilities, 2 pass
encoding has been added, YUV2 output for XviD is working now as is
DivX 5.03 output, the internal MPEG encoder has a faster motion search,
quantizers are more accurate and the picture quality has been improved.
DVDs with non consecutive cells can now be handled by the decoder,
audio frequency detection has been added, 48Khz support has been added
for Premiere plugins, along with support for CCE 2.66 and last but
not least the P4 and non P4 binaries have been merged. DivX5Enc
1.11 supports DivX5.03 whereas DivXEnc
1.10 is still DivX 5.02 based and adds 1-pass quality mode, size
prediction based on encoding a part of the movie, keyboard shortcuts
and average quantizers can be calculated from the logfile. Both versions
require VirtualDubMod installed. |
| 2/3 |
DoItFast4U 1.7.0.2
fixes an issue with importing .Avs files into CCE. If you were having
problems in this area make sure you get the update. It also separates
the close function from the save as default function, so you can close
without overwriting your default settings now. SubRip 1.15 supports
the original DVD color palette, 2 textcolor subtitles are supported,
color tags for the Ogg Vorbis Subtitle mixer can be enabled in srt
output, commandline support for graphical output has been added along
with an automatic text color detection and text color change detection
and there are a couple more
improvements. |
| 2/2 |
Marc's ReMPEG
Scale Factor-Calculator (RSC) is a tool to calculate the ReMPEG
scalefactor for people using ReMPEG2 to transcode their movies and
reassemble them using IfoEdit. IfoUpdate 0.65 keeps track of the path
of the original, newly authored and backup file, a disable warnings
option has been added which suppresses the warning messages before
modifying an IFO file, CLI support has been added, an option to save
chapters by VOB ID has been added to the save chapter files dialog
and the current size and position of the program can now be saved. |
| 2/1 |
DoItFast4U 1.0.7.1 removes popups from HDD mode.
Sony has released firmware
1.0g for the DRU-500a drive. The new firmware is supposed to
improve reading efficiency. As the page is in Japanese here's a
direct
link to the new firmware.
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