VideoMach > Version History
Version History
VideoMachThis shows you how often VideoMach was updated with us over the past few months. Whenever available, we also include additional information for each update (new features, changes etc.).
version 5.1.0 - posted on Sep 22, 2008
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version 5.0.1 - posted on Aug 17, 2008
- No further details available
version 5.0.1 - posted on Aug 17, 2008
- suport for WMV/WMA writing
support for OGV
added real-time preview for video filters
added audio-video linking
many improvements and fixes
version 4.0.4 - posted on Apr 14, 2007
- No further details available
version 4.0.3 - posted on Mar 28, 2007
- No further details available
version 4.0.2 - posted on Mar 07, 2007
- No further details available
version 4.0.1 - posted on Feb 20, 2007
- Added: New visual controls for fresher look of the user interface
Added: Support for 10-bit and 14-bit CINE subformats
Added: Support for FRAPS decoder
Added: Pixel coordinates and color are now displayed in the zoom window of the preview panel (useful for finding the White Balance color)
Added: `/Minimize` command-line parameter
Added: Option to copy contents of the log to clipboard
Added: Two different versions of the program depending on the license
Added: Warning when video and audio lengths don t match (with 1 second tolerance)
Changed: You can now open project files in both ways, through Project=>Open and File=>Open
Changed: Extended free upgrade period
Changed: Program asks for confirmation when removing a file or video effect (can be turned off)
Fixed: Problems with uncompressed AVI files larger than a gigabyte
Fixed: Problems with some DV AVI subformats
Fixed: Adding video effects sometimes caused errors
Fixed: Sorting in AVI codec selection dialog
Fixed: Program exception when closing Edit In/Out Points dialog during playing
Fixed: In/out points for video effects were sometimes negative
Fixed: Problem with saving output after loading damaged sessions or last used codec information
version 3.5.2 - posted on Mar 21, 2006
- Changed: Program is installed for all users on a single machine
Changed: Registration for one user on a single machine works for other user account as well, except for the Guest account that must be registered independently
Fixed: Blur filter was missing from the list
Fixed: In some rare cases vertical resolution of uncompressed AVI files was interpreted wrongly
Fixed: Output Settings window was resetting dithering options
Fixed: Output file was unfinished in some cases
Added: Easily configurable Play With command useful when you want to test a file in several different players
Added: After conversion is over a dialog is displayed where you can view file info, play the file with default or custom player or open the folder that contains the output file
Added: Support for print resolution (DPI) in File Info and Output Settings dialog
Added: MPEG multiplexing progress indicator
Changed: Last used video and audio codec is now remembered between sessions
Changed: File Information window can now display information for external files that are not yet open in VideoMach
Changed: New dialog for editing Local File Associations accessible via the Tools menu
Changed: Produced Files Information dialog can be switched off either in Options or in the Output Settings dialog
Changed: It s enough to register VideoMach once per machine instead for each user separately
Changed: In Video Overlay function the transparency value is initially set to `solid` for non-32-bit overlays
Changed: Video Overlay now accepts negative coordinates
Fixed: Importing files from a file list in most cases didn t work
Fixed: Some values in the video effect parameter windows were wrongly displayed
Fixed: Wrong length of audio stream decoded via DirectShow interface with some codecs
Fixed: Some AVI encoding capable codecs were wrongly detected as decoder only
Fixed: Problems with locked input and output files after an error occured or after aborting conversion
Fixed: Uncompressed (DIB) 8-bit and 15-bit AVI files were reported as 24-bit
Fixed: Sometimes after color reduction output files were not saved
Fixed: Reduction to 8-bit color palette was producing odd colors in some cases
Fixed: No error were reported when saving MPEGs on disks without enough free space
Fixed: When output file name is specified sometimes the output format isn t recognized
Fixed: Edit In/Out Points for video filters didn t work correctly
Fixed: Access violation error on some XP systems
Fixed: A block of memory allocated but not released in Count Colors tool
Fixed: Crash to Windows when loading codec data for some codecs
Fixed: Time-position for in/out points was sometimes wrong
Fixed: Error if overlay coordinates are negative
Fixed: Crash when reading MPEG parameters from project files
version 3.4.1 - posted on Sep 05, 2005
- No further details available
version 3.4.0 - posted on Jun 26, 2005
- Added: JPEG-2000 file format and codestream support
Added: Matrix command-line parameters (see Help => Contents => Command-line parameters)
Added: Ability to change direction for each input file, you can combine forward and backward saving
Changed: Dialog `Speed and Direction` inherits `Frame rate and Duration`, adds file direction
Changed: Better support for file formats like AVI, WMV, MOV, VOB, etc. through DirectShow interface
Fixed: Some 8-bit RLE BMP images were unreadable due to strange scan line packaging
Fixed: Crash when mistakenly reading audio track from AVI files with no audio
Fixed: Nonstandard TIFF with alpha channel (32-bit) on output
Fixed: In very rare cases an exception occured when opening GIFs
Fixed: Fatal memory manager error occured in some extremely rare cases
Fixed: Bug in matrix creation, output frame rate was lower than specified
version 3.2.0 - posted on Nov 15, 2004
- Added: New HAV format, file size up to milion TB (terabytes)
VideoMach can read the old format but writes only the new one
Changed: File information for multiple files now displays the summary
Changed: Both preview panels are now refreshed as you drag the preview slider
Changed: It s easier to manually enter values in video filter dialogs
Changed: When all input files are audio-only the output mode is automatically set to audio-only
Fixed: Correctly inherits the license key from the previous version
Fixed: Problems with setting audio format for PCM AVI / WAV audio codecs
Fixed: AVI Windows Media Audio V2 codec now works
Fixed: Wrong frame order for some AVI files encoded with Indeo codec
Fixed: Internal media player didn t show correct duration when audio was longer than audio
Fixed: Division by zero exception in some rare cases
version 3.1.7 - posted on Oct 25, 2004
- Added: Simple way to delete recent files and folders
Added: Command in the file context menu to play a file in Internal
Player regardless of current file associations
Changed: When opening an image sequence you can now enter or confirm its frame rate (can be turned off)
Changed: Internal Player respects the input frame rate when playing files from the video list
Fixed: `Division by zero` exception when inserting silence
Fixed: Preview display had invalid size in the Edit In/Out Points dialog
version 3.1.6 - posted on Oct 10, 2004
- Added: Volume control in internal media player
Changed: If VideoMach is minimized during processing it is automatically restored on finish
Fixed: in the Add Text dialog the Y coordinate was always equal to X
Fixed: Bug in MPEG data rate setting which results in too large output MPEG files
Fixed: Problem with automatic playing and loss of audio in internal media player
Fixed: Unused preferences of previous versions of VideoMach are now correctly removed from system registry
version 3.1.5 - posted on Sep 29, 2004
- Added: Newly created files are now added to the Recent Files List
Added: Save progress window displays the current and projected output file size
Changed: Fade In / Fade Out now displays no dialog, it s range is defined by in/out points
Fixed: Aspect ratio code written into MPEG-1 streams was wrong
Fixed: Scanning for true number of frames in MPEG files in some cases ended prematurely
Fixed: Codec data rate wasn t saved when exiting the Codec Settings dialog
Fixed: When reading projects some AVI parameters weren t loaded
Fixed: Minor problems with editing in/out points
Fixed: Double-clicking the file in video or audio list had no effect
Fixed: Exceptions when reading WAV files in old format
