ffmpegX 0.0.9g released

[major]

May 2, 2004 - ffmpegX 0.0.9g
http://homepage.mac.com/major4

What's new:

- All DVD presets, including DVD hi-bitrate and DVD lo-bitrate now support AC3 5.1 sound encoding.
- "Decode with Quicktime" option now also decodes MPG audio tracks.
- mp2 encoding for VCD/SVCD/DVD presets is now super-fast.
- Improved "fast SVCD" encoding.
- Added manual "letterbox" settings for ffmpeg engine (Filters tab), enabling addition of black padding areas at Top/Bottom/Left/Right (values in pixels). To correctly use this feature, you should first reduce the image size depending on the source aspect ratio, then add black areas to match to playback aspect ratio. (Note: When "Decode with Quicktime" is used, auto-letterboxing is always enabled and will overrid the manual settings.
- Updated to ffmpeg CVS of Apr 30, 2004.

[ykz]

- Added manual "letterbox" settings for ffmpeg engine

thank you very much!!

[Dave Null]

Hope i'm gonna received my activation key soon...

Here what i get when i try to mail to your box:

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[major]

Sorry, my Junk-Box was causing the issue. Try forwarding your email again.

[ykz]

- Added manual "letterbox" settings for ffmpeg engine (Filters tab), enabling addition of black padding areas at Top/Bottom/Left/Right (values in pixels). To correctly use this feature, you should first reduce the image size depending on the source aspect ratio, then add black areas to match to playback aspect ratio.

ok, let's see if i understand this, probably i'm getting too old...

i take a pal-dvd which is 16/9 anamorphic (1:2.35), i use the fastSVCD preset, change the video size to 16/9 (480x272 px.) than, to arrive at a 4/3 ratio, i add 44 px. of black padding on top and bottom?

thanks a lot!

[major]

Not exactly, as SVCD-NTSC has a square image. For SVCD from a 2.35:1 source like a 640x272 DivX, you should add 104 black pixels top & 104 bottom for NTSC, or 128 pixels for PAL. For SVCD from DVD-NTSC you should add 60 pixels. For SVCD from DVD-PAL you should add 72 pixels.

[ykz]

Not exactly, as SVCD-NTSC has a square image. For SVCD from a 2.35:1 source like a 640x272 DivX, you should add 104 black pixels top & 104 bottom for NTSC, or 128 pixels for PAL. For SVCD from DVD-NTSC you should add 60 pixels. For SVCD from DVD-PAL you should add 72 pixels.

thanks major, i got it!

another thing i have noted is that fastSVCD in its standard configuration is incompatible with my standalone DVD player. demuxing, muxing as xsvcd and authoring as xsvcd with MMT solves the stuttering video issue. i haven't tried yet doing the xsvcd step in ffmpegX...

a last thing: the mpeg2-video produced by ffmpeg is -imho- simply fantastic, thanks for including this in your app!

[Toche]

Major,

With this version, i can't change the default language. The check boxes for languages are "grey". So it use my system language (french).

Did i made something wrong?

Thanks,
Toche

[major]

No, it is my fault. I will fix it. Thank you for reporting.