Audio Converter Version History

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1.0  6/6/2003

• [New]Support audio file input from Windows Media Audio (WMA), MP3, and WAV files.
• [New]Support video file input from most AVI, Windows Media Video (WMV and ASF), and MPEG-1 files.
• [New]Support output to Windows Media Audio (WMA) format with bitrate settings.
• [New]Support output to MP3 format, at 22.10 kHz and below.
• [New]Support output to WAV format.
• [New]Requires Windows XP Home, XP Pro, or Windows 2000.
• [New]Requires DirectX 8.0 and above.
• [New]Requires Windows Media Format 9.
• [New]$19.95.

1.1  6/20/2003

• [New]Added AVI (Audio only) output support, with settings for different audio codec.
• [New]Added display column for source audio sample rate, channel, and resolution
• [New]Better progress dialog with overall bar and detail bar.
• [New]Added support for 16khz and 24kHz MP3 output.
• [New]Added QuickTime file input support (requires Apple QuickTime).
• [New]Added support for UNIX audio file (.au or .snd files) input.
• [New]Added support for MacOS AIFF audio file input.
• [New]Provided tool tip to show the full path name for the file list.
• [Change]Changed program icon.
• [Change]Changed the layout of the controls.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a bug that when a conversion is canceled and the user clicks on the "Convert" again, the first few files are not processed.

2.0  9/17/2003

• [New]Newly designed user interface, with resizable window.
• [New]Ability to select and remove multiple files at once.
• [New]Support OGG Vorbis files as input if the OGG Vorbis DirectShow filters are installed.
• [New]Enable playback within the application.
• [New]Provided download link for system and third party components.
• [Change]Limit conversion to 2 minutes for each file in trial version. Removed 30-day trial period.
• [Change]For WMA output, provide profile choices instead of bitrate choices.
• [Change]Changed the layout of the controls.
• [Change]Added DVD and VCD files as input choice.
• [Change]Store the licensing information for all users on the PC instead of only the current user.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem opening certain WMV/WMA files under DX8.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem to find MP3 encoder on some upgraded PCs.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problems opening some QuickTime files.

2.1  11/6/2003

• [New]Supports Dolby Digital (AC-3) file input.
• [New]Supports VOB file with AC-3 audio input.
• [New]Added help file, which is also available as HTML pages on the web site.
• [New]Added tooltips to some of the buttons.
• [New]Sleeper code against pirated keys.
• [New]Added some error messages.
• [New]Added menu button to test driver other River Past software.
• [Change]Index output WMA files.
• [Change]Internal anti-piracy change.
• [Change]Internal anti-piracy change.
• [Change]Better looking progress dialog.
• [Change]Changed default settings to WAV, stereo, 44.1kHz, 16 bit.
• [Bug Fix]Removed error message which reports "Video Scaler not found" when accepting some QuickTime files.
• [Bug Fix]Handles QuickTime and MPEG-4 VBR audio correctly.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a buffer problem which results the inability to read QuickTime audio.
• [Bug Fix]Removed some error messages if some video codec are not installed.
• [Bug Fix]Added back the tool tips for the conversion list, previously available in 1.1 but lost in 2.0 to 2.0.3.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem converting QuickTime files which contains non-standard audio sample rate.
• [Bug Fix]Changed one error message, when it should prompt the user to install the latest DirectX instead of WMF9.
• [Bug Fix]Modified the Readme file.

2.5  11/25/2003

• [New]New company logo.
• [New]Supports type 1 AVI-DV files.
• [New]Shows a progress dialog when adding input files.
• [Change]Moved the registration information to the CURRENT_USER registry.

3.0  1/16/2004

• [New]Loads compatible audio compressors dynamically.
• [New]Supports a list of compatible audio compressors in WAV files.
• [New]Supports DivX audio compressor for WAV and AVI output.
• [New]Supports converting from SD2 (Sound Designer 2) audio.
• [New]Supports extracting from DV (Digital Video) and 3GPP/3GPP2 (Mobile Phone Video).
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with extracting audio from some QuickTime MOV files created by iMovie.
• [Change]Brought the code base to 2.5.1. No functionality changes.

3.1  3/8/2004

• [New]XP theme compliant user interface.
• [New]New protection against software piracy.
• [New]File path validation.
• [New]Added option to decode MPEG audio by channel.
• [New]Now compatible with LAME MP3 ACM.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a timecode problem when converting from Quick MOV whose audio track has a non-zero offset.

3.5  3/26/2004

• [New]Support customized Windows Media profiles in additional to system profiles.
• [New]Shipped with WMA9 profiles.
• [Change]Add workaround for Some MP4 files which contains wrong audio sample timecode.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem decoding MP4 AAC audio which has large sample size
• [Change]Removed restrictions on LAME ACM settings, given the latest LAME ACM is much more stable.

4.0  4/26/2004

• [New]Support RealAudio(RA/RAM) file input.
• [New]Support RealMedia(RM/RAM) file input.
• [New]Support DV file input.
• [New]Now can extract audio from MPG file from Sony DVD camcorders.
• [Change]Put back restrictions on LAME ACM settings, given the finding that the last LAME ACM is still not completely reliable.
• [New]Security measures. River Past DirectShow components can only be used by River Past software.

5.0  7/1/2004

• [New]Extract audio from OGM files.
• [New]Extract audio from Matroska files.
• [New]Convert from Audible.com .aa files.
• [New]New user interface.
• [New]Option to save converted files to the same directory as the input.
• [New]Option to overwrite existing file or record to a renamed file.
• [New]OGG Vorbis output support.
• [New]Able to use Elecard and MainConcept MPEG-2 splitter and audio decoder.
• [Change]Cleaned up some Windows Media Profiles.
• [Change]Changed error message if unable to convert.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a crashing bug with some AIF files.

5.1  8/27/2004

• [New]Now allow the user to specify the video and audio codec, video size, frame rate, quality, audio sample rate, channel and bitrate when converting to WMA.
• [New]Now supports the upcoming MPEG-4 Booster Pack.
• [New]Now supports lame_enc.dll (extra download required).
• [New]Now can extract G.726 audio from ASF files.

5.2  11/9/2004

• [New]Support MOV Booster Pack to output QuickTime MOV audio.
• [New]Added "Cam 3D" to the "Try" menu.
• [New]Now can convert from Flac (Free lossless audio codec) audio files.
• [New]Now can convert from TTA (The True Audio encoder) audio files.
• [New]Now can convert from MPC (MusePack, or MPEG Plus) audio files.
• [New]Now can convert form APE (Monkey Audio) audio files.
• [New]Now can convert from OFR (OptimFROG) audio files.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem loading new audio codecs.

5.3  12/9/2004

• [Change]Use XML file for data storage instead of INI, eliminate problem caused by data corruption.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a small memory leak when lame_enc.dll is used.

6.0  4/25/2005

• [Change]New Architecture.
• [Change]Faster startup.
• [Change]Allows the user to choose which codec to load when new codecs are found.
• [New]Added MKA output format.
• [New]AIF (AIFF/AIFC) output format option.
• [New]Supports Windows Media Audio 9 Professional codec for WMA output.
• [New]New option to let the software decide the best settings for each individual input files.
• [Change]Redesigned UI.
• [New]Released Audio Converter Pro.
• [New](Audio Converter Pro) Set start time and/or end time.
• [New](Audio Converter Pro) Select stream from a file with multiple audio streams.
• [New](Audio Converter Pro) Able to remux certain files without re-encoding.

6.5  7/14/2005

• [New]Support MPEG-4 Booster Pack for M4A output.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with removing multiple selected files from the conversion list.
• [Bug Fix](Audio Converter Pro) Fixed a problem with setting start and end time with some files.

6.6  10/11/2005

• [New]Support RealMedia Booster Pack for RA output.
• [New]Detailed online explanation when the user enters a wrong key.
• [Change]Requires MPEG-4 Booster Pack 1.1 for M4A output.
• [Change]New user interface for M4A and RA output.
• [Change]Able to convert from 6 channel audio.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with OGG output.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with AIF and audio in MOV file if the audio is encoded with 24-bit integer.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a startup problem with 6.5 when earlier versions of QuickTime (prior to 6.5) is installed.

6.7  10/20/2005

• [Change]MPEG-4 Audio output requires MPEG-4 Booster Pack 1.7 when QuickTime 7 is installed.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a freeze problem when converting from 3GP, AIFF, DV, MOV, M4A or MP4 to AIFF, or M4A.

6.8  11/17/2005

• [Bug Fix]Fixed a freeze problem with QuickTime MOV or MP4input. The problem was introduced in 6.7.1.

6.9.  12/23/2005

• [New]Support Radlight OGG filters.
• [Bug Fix]Streamlined audio sample time stamps, to fix potential problems with lame_enc.dll when the source file contains invalid time stamps.

6.10  1/5/2006

• [New]Added the "Regulate Timecode" option to audio settings.
• [Change]Rewritten MOV Booster Pack for better reliability.
• [Change]Rewritten MPEG-4 Booster Pack for better reliability.
• [Change]Rewritten RealMedia Booster Pack for better reliability.

6.11  2/24/2006

• [Bug Fix]Fix a problem with AAC audio..

7.0  9/18/2006

• [New]Support converting chapters from DVD directly.
• [New]Support QuickTime 7 files with 5.1 audio.
• [Bug Fix]Changed lame_enc.dll support so samples with bad timecode won't be dropped.

7.2  1/12/2007

• [Change]Improved compatibility with third party codecs.
• [Change]Compatible with Windows Vista.

7.4  5/24/2007

• [New]Support MP3, WMV and MOV tags.

7.5  8/30/2007

• [Bug Fix]Fixed an installer problem which caused the installation to fail on some Vista computers.

7.6  10/15/2007

• [New]Support MPEG-4 iTunes tags.

7.7  4/3/2008

7.6.9  3/19/2008

7.7.1  4/11/2008

7.7.2  5/27/2008

7.7.3  6/19/2008

7.7.4  6/24/2008

7.7.5  7/2/2008

7.7.6  7/10/2008

7.7.7  7/17/2008

7.7.8  7/18/2008

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