Windows Platform Specific Changlog.

Changes Since Snapshot 2 - SVN2773

New Features

None

Minor Improvements / Changes

- Updated Growl to 2.0.0.20 from 2.0.0.19 - Added 2 new options. "Growl when queue completes" and "Growl when encode completes" - Added 1 new option. "Disable Resolution Calculation for "None" and "Custom" modes."

Fixed

- Fix several issues with Picture Settings panel related to aspect ration and resolution calculation.
- Fix issue where file extension could be mp4 when chapters is enabled. Problem in the autoname function.
- Fix a regex error in the appcast reader and make it more robust to errors.
- Fix issue with the destination File box double appending the file extension
- Fix issue changing file format causing the audio encoder dropdown to be set to ""
- Fixed an issue with autoName function and format dropdown with regards to AC3 in the audio list. Also, CC or SRT

Backend / Not important changes

- Filters dropdowns re-arranged and updated for consistancy (Off, Custom ...)

Changes since Snapshot 1 - SVN2592

New Features

- Added support for Growl for Windows.
- Import MacGUI presets.
- External SRT supported added.
- Added new options: preferred language, "Dub Foreign language audio" and "Use Foreign language audio and Subtitles"
- Import Chapter Markers from csv file

Minor Improvements / Changes

- Some UI layout changes / improvements
- Remove M4v from format dropdown and add new option "Use iPod/iTunes friendly (.m4v) file extension for MP4

Fixed

- Picture Settings now works correctly (including Custom Anamorphic).
- Error message when cancelling an encode within 2 seconds of it starting.
- Quality slider resetting to 0 and other settings lost when a title change occurs.
- Fixes some scaling / quality issues with QuickTime preview. - Possible fix for QT not working on 64bit systems.
- Chaning the x264 Quality granularity no longer requires a restart to work correctly
- Chapter Markers tab now resets far less often. It should retain chapter names after being disabled / re-enabled

Changes since 0.9.3

Major Changes

- Video Preview window using QuickTime or VLC. (5 to 60 second preview clips)
- Re-designed audio tab. Now uses a List and allows for >4 audio channels.
- Improved Picture Settings tab (Uses Numeric Controls and includes Modulus based increments and resolution calculation)
- Minimise to system tray is now optional with the ability to turn off balloon tip notifications.
- Picture settings can now be stored in presets. (Optional setting)
- Built-in Presets now automatically update when a change is detected.
- Preset XML data files are now stored in the users application data folder which allows for each system account user can have their own presets.
- Users can "update" their own presets. (Rather than delete & re-create)
- Improved control over how logs are stored. Logs are now kept in the Application data folder for each user.
- The Main window and the Queue "Start/Stop" buttons are now linked. Start on the main window starts the Queue. They are no longer separate.

Minor Improvements / Changes

- Resizable queue Window
- Scanning a source no longer uses a separate popup window. Scanning simply disables the main window, and displays the status much like the MacGUI
- Queue recovery now uses an XML file.
- Improvements in the Main Window.

* Source text box no longer editable. Prevents users changing the source without a rescan.
* Minor changes in the Destination Browse dialog to improve usability.
* Design improvements. Removed smaller fonts where possible. Fixed a few design inconsistencies.
* Warn before stopping a job. Cleanly exits the CLI.
* Selecting a preset which is already selected, will reset all settings to that preset.
* Option to hide query editor tab.
* File overwrite alert for destination files

- "Open Individual log file directory" option added to right click menu for Activity log window.
- Faster reloading of the activity log window log files.
- Ability to "Re-Add" the currently encoding job back onto the end of the queue (Allows cancellation of job for future encoding)
- Removed RAM limitation on start-up. Seems next to no-one is trying to run this on Windows 95 anymore.
- CLI status can now be displayed in-GUI instead of the CLI readout. (Experimental)
- Misc Typo's

Fixed

- Source and Destination fields unpopulated on queue in certain conditions.
- Several bugs in the way x264 widgets are handled with custom x264 strings.
- Fixed a null pointer exception after scan if all presets had been deleted.
- Fixed a few issues with the Chapter Markers tab
- Fixed HandBrake GUI would Hang if the CLI stopped responding during start-up. Automatically recovers after 10 second time limit.
- Universal input. (AAC Decoding in Mp4 files, Some WMV files)
- Many other fixes