New DVDx 2.20 release is out!

[Jim@labDV.com]

We've published the new DVDx 2.20 release, likely the latest big 2.x release before upcoming DVDx 4.

We"ve made a lot of code improvement (fix memory leaks), and improved MPEG-2 encoding (new China CVD and DVD profiles), WMV encoding (fix crashes), GUI fixes, SIMD (SSE2) optimizations, new audio Lame MP3 encoder, Microsoft VC9 compilation, debug builds, added sponsored Ask toolbar, uninstall instructions.

What's new in 2.20

Code improvement:
- fix 698 memory leaks due to multilang error strings which weren't
unallocated and 10 others due to skin objects, 12 others due to
heap allocations (new), 62 others due to DVD IFO data structure.
And 100s of strings in debug console.

MPEG-2 encoding:
- added 2 new profiles: CVD (China Video Disc) and DVD (default
DVD-LP, 6000Kbps) both with audio 48kHz which must be set in
Input Settings dialog.
- set CVD/DVD GOP to 18 frames for NTSC (15 for PAL), so compliant
with DVD authoring applications.

WMV encoding:
- fix crashes due to pointer bugs in handling IWM inyterfaces.

GUI:
- fixed bug in About dialog box which caused DVDx to crash in
Debug/DebugP4 and unpredictable effects in all versions
(Release/Release_RipperFree/NoOptim)

SIMD (SSE2) optimizations:
- replaced MOVQ xmm,m64 (rejected by VC9 compiler) with
MOVQ xmm,qword ptr m64 and MOVQ m64,xmm with
MOVQ qword ptr m64,xmm

Audio MP3 encoder:
- nLame.dll 3.98.2 (Intel 10.1 compile)
- libmmd.dll 10.1 (Intel 10.1 compile)

Compilation:
- moved to complete Microsoft Platform (no more Intel compiler
required) with Visual Studio 2008 Professional and Microsoft C++
Compiler VC9, and WMFSDK is from Platform SDK 6.0A
- set Microsoft VC9 compiler speed optimization flags

Debug builds:
- thanks to the new compilation platform, both Debug and DebugP4
configurations can be build again (all available in Ultra Edition
installer).
- removed useless configurations: DebugP4 and NoOptim.

Setup:
- added sponsored Ask bar with required EULA and uninstall
instructions in the application (uninstall icon in DVDx start
program menu).

User's documentation:
- added uninstall instructions in the FAQ.WMV encoding:

Download:

DVDx standard version "ripper free" (and sources) available from Source Forge:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=72208&package_id=71998
from VideoHelp:
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/DVDx

DVDx Ultra Edition (and all versions and sources) available from labDV.com for VIP members only.
http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/download.php



Jim

[hardy]

I'll give it a try. Thanks for the update.

[G)-(OST]

So will I, even though I am happy with what I am using, I like trying other tools out, just to see the differences, good luck with your tool.

[DereX888]

What's new in 2.20
MPEG-2 encoding:
- added 2 new profiles: CVD (China Video Disc)

Years ago I would've praise you for that...