ffmpegX -> Version History

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

Index:

• Version 0.0.9y-Lion R2 (Aug 4, 2011)
• Version 0.0.9y-L (Jul 31, 2011)
• Version 0.0.9y (Jan 28, 2008)
• Version 0.0.9x r2 (Oct 3, 2006)
• Version 0.0.9x (Sep 25, 2006)
• Version 0.0.9w r5 (Jul 3, 2006)
• Version 0.0.9w (Apr 29, 2006)
• Version 0.0.9v (Feb 12, 2006)

• Release Date: Aug 4, 2011
• bugfix in DVD authoring with soft subtitles
• bugfix in bitrate calculator with ffmpeg engine

• Release Date: Jul 31, 2011
• OSX 10.7 "Lion" compatibility

• Release Date: Jan 28, 2008
• Fixes for Leopard compatibility
• Added iPhone preset
• Added metadata in FLV encoding (to enable progress indicators in Flash video playback).

• Release Date: Oct 3, 2006
• iPod H.264 w640" preset is now compatible with iTunes for W

• Release Date: Sep 25, 2006
• Added "iPod H.264 w640" preset to support new high-resolution 640x480 h.264 in updated 5G iPods.
• With this new version you are not required to download a new version of the binaries, unless you install ffmpegX for the first time. Please read the download and installation instructions by clicking here.

• Release Date: Jul 3, 2006
• PSP H.264 preset now supports PSP 2.71 firmware.
• Enabled 'gain' volume control for PSP H.264 preset.
• ffmpegX Progress is now Universal.
• With this new version you are not required to download a new version of the binaries, unless you install ffmpegX for the first time. Please read the download and installation instructions by clicking here.

• Release Date: Apr 29, 2006
• Universal version (application and all encoding components with full support of SSE/MMX optimizations on Intel machines and Altivec on PPC machines).
  Performances on Intel iMac (encoding from a VOB file, no crop) as follows :
  • mencoder DivX 640x272: 100 fps (a movie is encoded in less than 30 minutes)
  • ffmpeg DVD 720x480: 96 fps ( " " less than 30 minutes)
  • ffmpeg divx 640x272: 60 fps (" " about 45 minutes)
  • ffmpeg xvid 640x272: 47 fps (" " about 1 hour)
  • x264 h264 640x272: 40 fps (" " about 1 hour)
  • mpeg2enc DVD 720x480: 25 fps (" " real time)
  Please note that ffmpeg cropping code is currently not well optimized. Using crop will lead to slower performances than the above figures.
• Support of the latest version of all encoding components including further optimizations also for PowerPC Macs.
• Added .FLV Flash Video preset for encoding video suitable for internet streaming (eg. use in blogs). You may find here a tutorial about using Flash Video on your website.
• Enabled mencoder "Audio gain" option in the Intel version.
• Fixed threads issue with DivX 3 mencoder preset.

• Release Date: Feb 12, 2006
• Added "PSP h.264" preset for encoding to MP4 H.264 in the special format used by the Sony PSP, for achieving extreme compression rates (about 200MB for one feature movie) and high quality encodings for the PSP. The preset uses x264 engine.
• Added "Add PSP atoms" in the x264 Options, to process the MP4 container with the special data required by the PSP to play H.264.
• Added "PSP name" in the x264 Options, appearing only when "Add PSP atoms" is also enabled, to add the PSP name displayed in the PSP movies list.
• Added support for PSP firmware 2.60 H.264 framerates (15, 24, NTSC, NTSC FILM and 30 fps). Firmware 2.00 will play 15, NTSC and 30fps only.
• Added support of two-pass encoding for x264 engine.
• Renamed target format "MP4 H.264" into "h.264 mencoder"
• Added target format "h.264 x264" for general purpose h.264 encoding with x264 engine.
• Fixed aspect ratio issue when cropping in ffmpeg engine.