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NOTE: AVCHD USB mode is broken (always Muxing Failed error).
Audio/Video transcoding does not work if you have more then 6 CPU cores.
These will be fixed within the day.


V2.4.0 20/Jan/2009
Added AVCHD: Disc output mode (note: AVCHD is same as Blu-Ray so you can burn to BD-R too).
Added AVCHD: USB output mode (AVCHD on a usb drive).
Added AVCHD: USB output mode automatic splitting and playback for FAT32 without movie interruption.
Added AVCHD: DTS + Subtitles support without transcoding.
Added AVCHD: Automatically import chapter information from MKV.
Added AVCHD: Patch TSmuxeR AVCHD output to remove green bar without re-encoding.
Added AVCHD: Patch TSmuxeR AVCHD output to make subtitles play automatically.
Added AVCHD: Patch TSmuxeR AVCHD output to fix wrong m2ts file size indicator (causes freezing on splits).
Added x264 High Quality transcoding mode (almost lossless, file size is about 3x original),
Added option to convert incompatible audio to PCM instead of AC3 (requires HDMI audio decoder).
Added support for ASS subtitles.
Added Stop/Pause button.
Added detection of bad manual installation (cause of mkv parse error, please use the installer).
Added option to disable automatic update.
Added use standard Win32 API to run tools, should help with running in emulator on MAC/Linux.
Added support for DTS-ES audio.
Added support for VORBIS audio.
Added support for multi-core XviD encoding.
Improved x264 transcoding speed on multi-core processors.
Improved x264 transcoding speed by optimizing settings.
Fixed VirtualDubMod error when transcoding codec is set to XviD but no transcoding was required.
Fixed wrong audio codec muxed in XviD when the source mkv did not have an AC3 track.
Fixed progress bar not working in XviD muxing stage when no splitting required.
Fixed some letters missing in some subtitle languages.
Fixed Arabic subtitles not displayed correctly.
Fixed Unexpected Operation error on some files with AAC audio.
Fixed too big/small MPEG2 transcoded files.
Fixed file splitting was undersized by 2.34% (note: a little undersizing is normal).
Fixed "Installation ended prematurely" error with installer on some systems.
Fixed transcoded audio unplayable or with dropouts/clicks on some decoders.
Fixed various other minor bugs.
Removed file extension option, it is now set automatically (rename it manually if you want).
NOTE: PS3 Firmware 2.53 or higher is required, earlier version you will get no audio.

Wow thanks, using it now, sounds great. the avchd options is a brilliant idea!


Just used it, so there is no way to specify AVCHD media type? i just created a AVCHD with a sample file and file size of the dir came to over 10gig which isn't too helpful really. What would really make this feature useful is if it could automatically 'shrink' or put it onto a dual layer disc. Should i move this to suggestions? currently without having a bluray writer this option is of not much use as far as i can see, great addition though, thanks.

Could you explain what you mean by, "Removed file extension option, it is now set automatically (rename it manually if you want)."

(01-20-2009 07:31 AM)david_129 Wrote: [ -> ]Wow thanks, using it now, sounds great. the avchd options is a brilliant idea!


Just used it, so there is no way to specify AVCHD media type? i just created a AVCHD with a sample file and file size of the dir came to over 10gig which isn't too helpful really. What would really make this feature useful is if it could automatically 'shrink' or put it onto a dual layer disc. Should i move this to suggestions? currently without having a bluray writer this option is of not much use as far as i can see, great addition though, thanks.

Theres no way to split, unless you split the mkv first and run them both through mkv2vob.
Buy a 16gig memory stick, they are like $20.

(01-20-2009 08:17 AM)lsixecho Wrote: [ -> ]Could you explain what you mean by, "Removed file extension option, it is now set automatically (rename it manually if you want)."

The extension is set to mpg, except when xvid transcoding occurs, then its set to avi.

It was removed due to mpg works best with all streaming apps.

People choosing bad settings like avi for non xvid files, mp4 etc... was causing playback errors.

Hi !

I just reported a problem I have on core i7 with new version (in bug section).

Regards,
Cybertof.

(01-20-2009 07:31 AM)david_129 Wrote: [ -> ]currently without having a bluray writer this option is of not much use as far as i can see, great addition though, thanks.

you don't need a blu-ray writer. you can create an AVCHD disc with a normal DVD (4.7GB) or dual layer DVD (8GB). The main purpose for this (for me, anyway) is being able to mux in multiple audio streams (DTS included) and have selectable subtitles.

3r1c - so how are you getting around not having to re-encode to 1920x1080 or 1280x720?

Also, congrats on getting this out.

I think he knows that, he says the output is 10GB so too much for a dual layer DVD.

I get around it by modifying the playlist to play a short 1 second clip of full black at full resolution before the movie.

well he says he can't see this feature being not much use.. but maybe he should've said the feature is not much use to him.

and there's a special way you have to burn the folder structure, right? UDF 2.5? there should be a wiki to keep track of these little details.

edit: oh wait, you have a popup window with that info. nm.

(01-20-2009 08:54 AM)3r1c Wrote: [ -> ]I get around it by modifying the playlist to play a short 1 second clip of full black at full resolution before the movie.

haha that is so great. i'm going to try it now.

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edit: OK I'm trying to make an AVCHD and don't want to mess this up.

Do I need to check "Always Encode Subtitles" if I just want to select subs that are in the mkv?

Hold mouse over options to get a description.
Short answer: It wont hurt to enable it.