DivX v5.04 released

18 April 2003 9:28 by Petteri "dRD" Pyyny | 4 comments

• Changed:
  • The new RC doesn't use Q=1 frames anymore
  • No stuffing used, bitrate can be too low in some extreme cases.
  • Strategy planning for rate control is much faster now
  • Better tracking of the planned RC strategy creating more consistent quality.
• Fixed:
  • K6-2 CPU related crash resolved.
  • Not able to change Bitrate Modulation through CLI field.
  • During 1 pass quality-based, Quantizer can now be set to 1 with CLI
  • Multiple error windows no longer open upon entering wrong bitrate modulation option.
  • 'Max Keyframe Interval' no longer accepts negative values
  • Multiple error windows no longer open upon entering wrong CLI option.
  • In the Quick Config CLI field, 'Enable Resize' was taking invalid options
  • Fixed CLI inconsistencies when "Restore codec's default" is pressed.
  • Max bitrate and encoding bit rate(average) was displayed same.
  • Fixed hitting tab in the CLI field to enable 'Use Bidirectional Encoding'
  • Fixed: remove -w in the Quick Config CLI field, 'Update Log file' option is not getting deselected.
  • When 'Psychovisual Enhancements' value is set to 4, in the Quick Config CLI field, mismatch in slider and label options.
  • 1 Pass and Nth Pass undersized file should be fixed
  • Certain dark sequences would produce a long period of frames using a Quantizer of 31.
  • Psychovisual Enhancement field sometimes displayed "Custom" instead of Light when unselected
  • "Do not prompt with errors and warnings" would select itself when random characters were entered in the CLI after the "-key" option
  • When "-d 3" option was entered in the CLI field, "Source interlace" became blank.
  • Max bitrate would not update at times.
  • DirectShow decoder postprocessing slider became disabled with ATI radeon 9700 Graphics card
  • DirectShow decoder would "fast forward" when seeking backwards. This could cause synch issues when re-encoding DivX Files using the DivX Decoder Filter.
  • Various cosmetic fixes in the Encoder GUI
    • Do not prompt Error unchecked as default fixed.
    • Light Psychovisual enabled itself automatically when exiting the CLI field.
    • Max bitrate reset itself to x10 the average when going in the "profile" tab
  • MPEG-4 "type Indicator" correctly set according to selected encoding parameters
  • No more green first frame at very high bitrates.
  • Decoder updates the display to the appropriate frame when seeking
  • Decoder remembers the postprocessing settings
  • Fixed some memory leaks related to Psychovisual and Nth Pass™ mode
  • Nth Pass RC is tweaked to minimize the usage of high quantizer
  • Nth Pass doesn't create an empty frames at the beginning of the clip
  • Brightness/Saturation sliders now working correctly.