Elecard Converter Studio -> Version History

This is the version history page for Elecard Converter Studio, showing the last 20 software updates. You can return to the main page for this software by clicking here.

Index:

• Version 3.6 (Dec 20, 2013)
• Version 3.4 (Nov 19, 2011)
• Version 3.3 (Sep 24, 2009)
• Version 3.2 (Jun 5, 2009)
• Version 3.0 (Jul 15, 2008)
• Version 2.1 (Feb 15, 2008)
• Version 1.2.57 (Sep 18, 2007)
• Version 1.0 (Dec 16, 2006)

• Release Date: Dec 20, 2013
• HEVC/H.265 video encoding added as an alpha version
• HEVC video decoding
• HLS video encoding and chunking added

• Release Date: Nov 19, 2011
• New features:
  • MultiSource mode is implemented in console
  • Ability to switch off tracks in the console mode
  • Ability to add tracks in the console mode
  • In the Watch Folder Mode, files with similar names are detected and opened as a single file (MultiSource)
  • TS multiplexer is automatically adjusted to provide maximum similarity of the output file properties to the input file characteristics
  • Ability to add profile name to the file name (Watch Folder Mode)
  • New audio mixing algorithm
  • Ability to change font for SRT subtitles
  • Win7 compatibility
  • Addition of the program identifier to the file name during the encoding of elementary streams
  • Folder structure saving in the WatchFolder mode encoding
  • Indication of the instant video bitrate in the Statistics window
  • Additional console run parameter - /debug - turns on the program debug logging
  • Additional console run parameter - /simple_log - disables the statistical data logging during the encoding process
  • Automatic setting of languge descriptors during the DVD encoding process
  • Ability to set the ststistics refresh frequency
  • Convertation of SRT subtitle from file into DVB stream
  • Additional scaling algorithm (Lanczos)
  • Additional scaling preset (480õ272)
  • Memory dump saving, if the program abend occurs
  • StreamCopy mode for DVB subtitles
  • Ability of teletext convertation into DVB stream
  • Visualization of the indexation process is improved
• Changes:
  • Profiles are updated
  • No limitations for picture crop size
  • New format of output information file, amount of information is increased significantly
  • Tracks in opened files are PID-sorted
  • If video or audio track is not supported, it is indicated near the track
  • StereoDownmix mode is removed from the audio settings
  • Visualization of the encoding service status is removed from the Features Viewer window
  • Font of list captions (GUI)
  • Code optimization that provides fast procession of files containing a lot of tracks
  • Warning message, if video or audio format is not supported
  • Additional AVC encoder settings (VideoFormat)
  • Improved DVD open algorithm that provides detection of the DVD subtitles
• Fixed bugs:
  • Audio is not detected in the AES3 302m files
  • 'Rename files' option does not work
  • Order of language descriptors is fixed
  • Two-pass mode does not work, is the file rewriting is disabled
  • Wrong format of the BatchList file
  • Output PIDs in the multiplexer settings are not saved
  • PadSkippedFrames mode does not work with the new MPEG-2 encoder
  • Incorrect indication of information during the DV25 encoding
  • Ability to set arbitrary values for framerate and picture size during the DV25 encoding
  • Profiles for some files with teletext are not applied
  • LATM AAC format is not indicated
  • Multiplexer sets equal track PIDs
  • MOV files are not opened
  • Parameter examples are not displayed in the console mode
  • All of the previously switched off tracks are switched on, if profile is saved
  • Loss of some tracks in the tasks containing audio in the LATM AAC format
  • Loss of the multiplexer language settings after the audio track switching on/off
  • Unnecessary task information on the Input Info tab after the task closing
  • Abend of the program protected with the HASP dongle
  • Abend of the program, if a task is saved to the task list
  • Abend of the program, if DVB subtitles are processed
  • Work of the consol application in the WatchFolder mode
  • Multiplexer settings (PID) in the task are not saved correctly

• Release Date: Sep 24, 2009
• Lossless transcoding of MPEG-2 streams during the logo overlay process
• Insertion of advertisements during the transcoding process (CodecWorks)
• Event creation for a cluster node (CodecWorks)
• Ability to add two identical sources into one channel (CodecWorks)
• Insertion of subtitles using DirectVobSub
• Dialog for profile synchronization between manager and cluster node

• Release Date: Jun 5, 2009
• New stylish GUI
• Better picture quality thanks to Elecard ClearWork filter and NVIDIA CUDA technology
• MPEG-1 System Stream support
• PCM multiplexing into Program Stream

• Release Date: Jul 15, 2008

• Release Date: Feb 15, 2008
• Support of advertisement insertion
• Partial transcoding
• Batch list filter
• Ability to set the output file size
• Ability of input files indexing
• Profiles grouping into divisions
• Displaying of the recommended encoding settings

• Release Date: Sep 18, 2007
• New features:
  • 3:2 Pulldown AVC/H.264 encoding
  • Multilanguage GUI
  • MPEG-2TS multiplexer advanced settings
  • Multiprogram MPEG-2 TS streams creation
• Fixed bugs:
  • Max bitrate for iPod compatible streams (1500kbps)
  • Support of Russian letters in path of opened files
  • Two-steps encoding in the CQ mode is disabled
  • Profile saving bugs in Multi-source mode
  • Repeated start of the Batch Folder
  • Sound playback during the sessions switch (for Windows Vista only)
  • Hang on Windows Vista.
  • Crashes during the work with the ApplicationVerifier program
  • Incorrect output filenames, when files with profile are added and output folder is specified by user

• Release Date: Dec 16, 2006