Video Perspective Version History

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1.0  7/22/2003

• [New]Support video file input from most AVI, Windows Media Video (WMV and ASF), DIVX, MPEG-4, and MPEG-1 files.
• [New]Support output to AVI format, with customized video codec and audio coded settings.
• [New]Support output to Windows Media Video (WMV) format, with customized bitrate settings.
• [New]Retrieve input aspect ratio from the original video file, or input by the user.
• [New]User gives the output aspect ratio.
• [New](AVI Output only)Option to output video using Letterbox, in which black strips are added to form the output video.
• [New](AVI Output only)Option to output video using Pan & Scan, in which the original video is sliced to fit in the output video.
• [New]Requires Windows XP Home, XP Pro, Windows 2000, Windows ME, or Windows 98SE.
• [New]Requires DirectX 8.0 and above.
• [New]Requires Windows Media Format 9.
• [New]30 day free trial period.
• [New]$19.95.

1.1  9/17/2003

• [New]Support QuickTime files as input.
• [New]Added Quality slider for video codec.
• [New]Provided download link for system and third party components.
• [New]Added the ability to output video with the original video's size and/or frame rate.
• [Change]Add watermark in trial version. Removed 30-day trial period.
• [Change]Changed the layout of some controls.
• [Change]Store the licensing information for all users on the PC instead of only the current user.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem some AVI files becomes upside down when converted.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem opening certain WMV files under DX8.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem to find MP3 encoder on some upgraded PCs.
• [Change]$24.95

2.1  11/21/2003

• [New]Supports type 1 AVI-DV files.
• [New]Added tooltips to some of the buttons.
• [New]Sleeper code against pirated keys.
• [New]Added some error messages.
• [New]DV Encoder support.
• [New]Added menu button to test driver other River Past software.
• [Change]Index output WMA files.
• [Change]Better looking progress dialog.
• [Change]Changed default audio settings to uncompressed, stereo, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem which caused frames to be skipped when input is a QuickTime movie.
• [Change]Internal anti-piracy change.
• [Change]Improved playback speed for 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.
• [New]Added help file, which is also available as HTML pages on the web site.
• [Bug Fix]Removed some error messages if some video codec is not installed.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem converting QuickTime files which contains non-standard audio sample rate.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem introduced in 2.0.2 - QuickTime files were converted upside down.
• [Bug Fix]Changed one error message, when it should prompt the user to install the latest DirectX instead of WMF9.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a nasty memory leak when enlarging some videos.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem when converting to different frame rate.

1.5  11/25/2003

• [New]New company logo.
• [Change]Moved the registration information to the CURRENT_USER registry

2.0  1/16/2004

• [New]Loads compatible video compressors and audio compressors dynamically.
• [New]Supports DivX/Xvid video compressors.
• [New]Supports DivX audio compressor.
• [New]Supports DV, 3GPP/3GPP2 video as input.
• [New]Supports animated GIF and Autodesk Flic animation as input.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with some QuickTime MOV files created by iMovie.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with reading WMV files encoded with MPEG-4 codec.

3.0  3/8/2004

• [New]New user interface layout.
• [New]XP theme compliant user interface.
• [New]Step Bacward and Step Forward button.
• [New]Preview slider.
• [New]Able to adjust aspect ratio when output to WMV.
• [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 sync bug using 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 when decoding MP4 files with AAC audio which has large sample.
• [Change]Minor layout change in the interface.
• [Change]Removed restrictions on LAME ACM settings, given the latest LAME ACM is much more stable.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem where the video quality setting was not applied properly.

4.0  4/16/2004

• [New]Support RealAudio(RA/RAM) file input.
• [New]Support RealMedia(RM/RAM) file input.
• [New]Added DivX file output as a file type.
• [New]Added XviD file output as a file type.
• [New]Added DV file output.
• [New]Support DV file input.
• [New]Security measures. River Past DirectShow components can only be used by River Past software.
• [Change]Put back restrictions on LAME ACM settings, given the finding that the last LAME ACM is still not completely reliable.

5.0  7/1/2004

• [New]Convert from OGM files.
• [New]Convert from Matroska files.
• [New]Convert to OGM files.
• [New]Convert to Matroska files.
• [New]Option to overwrite existing file or record to a renamed file.
• [New]Able to use Elecard and MainConcept MPEG-2 splitter video decoder, and audio decoder.
• [Change]Changed some Windows Media profiles.
• [Change]Cleaned up some Windows Media Profiles.
• [Change]Changed error message if unable to convert.
• [Bug Fix]Convert from Windows Media Screen files.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a wrong error message when adding VOB files if the AC-3 filter is not installed.

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 recording to WMV.
• [New]Now supports the upcoming MPEG-4 Booster Pack.
• [New]Now supports lame_enc.dll (extra download required).
• [New]Output to image sequence (bmp, gif, or jpg files) if Image Sequence Booster Pack is installed.
• [New]Output to animated GIF if Animated GIF Booster Pack is installed.
• [New]Now can convert ASF files with G.726 audio.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem which caused the software to crash when exiting, if the advanced settings for certain video codec is used.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a memory leak related to Pulse Regulator.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a bug which disabled MKV and OGM output.

5.2  11/9/2004

• [New]Support MOV Booster Pack to output QuickTime MOV audio.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem when converting to WMV, the "use original size" and "use original frame rate" do not function.
• [Bug Fix]Able to check the input video size and make sure it aligns to the block size of the output codec.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem loading new audio codecs.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem when lame_enc.dll is used for audio compressor for AVI file, its sample rate and bitrate get reset by the AVI multiplexer when conversion starts.

5.3  11/29/2004

• [New]Added support for FLC Booster Pack.
• [New]Added "MPEG-4 Video" as a codec option for MOV Booster Pack.
• [Change]Use XML file for data storage instead of INI, eliminate problem caused by data corruption.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a compatibility problem with MOV Booster Pack which doesn't apply the audio sample rate settings.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a small memory leak when lame_enc.dll is used.
• [New]Support capture frame to BMP or JPG files.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a compatibility issue with Animated GIF Booster Pack if the input file has compressed audio.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a export dialog problem with Image Sequence Booster Pack.

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.
• [Change]Redesigned UI.
• [New]New option to let the software decide the best audio settings automatically.
• [New]Audio volume control.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem where lame_enc.dll's bitrate setting doesn't stick.
• [Bug Fix]ASF/WMV files will be converted with the alternative methods if the standard method doesn't work.

6.1  5/19/2005

• [New]Added ability to control bitrate for some QuickTime video codecs.
• [New]Added ability to control bitrate for some Windows Media video codecs.

6.2  6/23/2005

• [Change]Now compatible with MOV Booster Pack 1.3. Allow user to change additional settings in QuickTime video dialog.

6.5  7/14/2005

• [New]Support MPEG-4 Booster Pack for MP4 output.
• [New]With MOV Booster Pack, allow user to set additional QuickTime video settings with the "More..." button.
• [New]With MOV Booster Pack, allow user to select QuickTime codec which are not in the codec list by using the "More..." button.
• [Change]Trial version limits recording to 2 minutes in additional to the watermark.

6.6  10/11/2005

• [New]Support RealMedia Booster Pack for RM output.
• [New]Detailed online explanation when the user enters a wrong key.
• [Change]Requires 3GP Booster Pack 1.1 for 3GP/3GP2 output, MPEG-4 Booster Pack 1.1 for MP4 output.
• [Change]New user interface for 3GP, 3GP2, MPEG-4 and RealMedia output.
• [Change]3GP2 is now a separate output format.
• [Change]Warning about "MPEG Layer-3" audio codec used in video conversion. Prompt user to download "lame_enc.dll" instead.
• [Change]Able to convert video with 6-channel audio.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with OGM output.
• [Bug Fix]More reliable 3GP, 3GP2, and MP4 output in general.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a crashing problem with 3GP, MOV, MP4 to MOV conversion when the conversion finishes.
• [Bug Fix]"Automatic" audio setting did not give the optimal settings for WMV output.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a crash problem if multiple QuickTime MOV files are converted.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with 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.
• [New]Support 3GP Booster Pack for 3GPP/3GPP2 output.

6.7  10/20/2005

• [Change]MPEG-4 output requires MPEG-4 Booster Pack 1.2 when QuickTime 7 is installed.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a freeze problem when converting from 3GP, DV, MOV, MP4 to 3GP, DV, FLC or MP4.

6.8  11/17/2005

• [Change]Handles timescode problems from the input source better.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a freeze problem with QuickTime MOV or MP4input. The problem was introduced in 6.7.1.

6.9  12/15/2005

• [New](Animated GIF Booster Pack) Now the quality setting is available. The number of color in the GIF is determined by the quality setting.
• [New](Image Sequence Booster Pack) Now the quality setting is available. The number of color in the GIF is determined by the quality setting.
• [Change](Animated GIF Booster Pack) Significantly improved the quality of GIF encoding.
• [Change](Image Sequence Booster Pack) Significantly improved the quality of GIF encoding.
• [Bug Fix](Image Sequence Booster Pack) The quality setting for JPG was not applied.
• [Bug Fix]Fix a problem with some codecs' advanced settings are not applied
• [Bug Fix]Fix a problem when adding some MKV and OGM files when certain versions of DirectVobSub is installed.
• [Bug Fix](MPEG-4 Booster Pack) Fixed an AV sync problem

6.10  1/5/2006

• [New]Support Radlight OGG filters.
• [New]Added "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 3GP Booster Pack for better reliability.
• [Change]Rewritten RealMedia Booster Pack for better reliability.
• [Bug Fix](MPEG-4 Booster Pack, 3GP Booster Pack) Fixed a audio/video sync problem when the source file's audio track starts with an offset.

6.11  2/21/2006

• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with subtitle overlay.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with AAC audio.

7.0  9/18/2006

• [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 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.
• [Change]Better preview window with deinterlacing.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem when converting WMV to MOV, MP4 or 3GP. Sometimes the conversion stops in the middle.

7.6.9  3/19/2008

7.7  4/3/2008

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

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