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Title: eac3to
Sub Editions: EAC3toGUI
Author/Publisher: madshi
Ease of use: Not Rated
Latest Version: 1.6 (details)
OS Support: Windows 2000 Windows XP Win32 Command Line
License: Freeware
Date Added: May 21, 2007
Last Updated: May 21, 2007
Page Viewed: 12749 times

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Version 2.46
  • Release Date: May 12, 2008
  • MPEG2 muxing now fully supports streams with mixed 23.976 and 29.970 content
  • mixed video/movie MPEG2 streams are now always muxed with 29.970 timestamps
  • if a movie MPEG2 stream goes 29video, processing is automatically restarted
  • MPEG2 pulldown is now automatically removed whenever an MPEG2 stream is read
  • new option "-keepPulldown" can be used to disable MPEG2 pulldown removal
  • corrected default WAV channel masks for 4.0, 6.1 and 7.1
  • added proper channel remaps for libav AC3 decoding of "funny" channel formats
  • added general channel mask support
  • WAV parser reads channel mask from extensible header
  • (E-)AC3 parser sets correct channel mask
Version 2.45
  • Release Date: May 5, 2008
  • Blu-Ray angles are now reported as separate titles
  • duplicate playlists are not listed in the "folder view", anymore
  • reduced TrueHD and RAW/PCM gap/overlap threshold to 7ms
  • reduced (E-)AC3 gap/overlap threshold to 60% of the runtime of one audio frame
  • reduced MP2 gap/overlap threshold to 60% of the runtime of one MP2 frame
  • reduced DTS threshold to 60% of the runtime of one DTS frame, but at least 7ms
  • fixed: Blu-Ray chapter export sometimes wrote incorrect "00:00:00.000" items
  • improved handling of MPEG2 streams (changes from interlaced to progressive)
  • video information now shows "with pulldown flags", if applicable
  • removed "-ignoreDiscon" from help; hint is shown when a discontinuity occurs
  • added "-ignoreEncrypt" option; hint is shown when a source is encrypted
  • new option "-extensible" creates WAV files with a slightly different header
  • fixed some smaller bugs
Version 2.44
  • Release Date: May 1, 2008
  • libav is now automatically used when Nero/Sonic decoders are not working
  • gap/overlap correction of RAW/PCM tracks sometimes aborted
  • rerunning de/remuxing to correct gaps/overlaps ignored RAW/PCM tracks
  • "lossless check failed" messages are surpressed on join points now
Version 2.43
  • Release Date: Apr 28, 2008
  • added automatic Blu-Ray playlist parsing
  • added support for multi part (e.g. seamless branching) Blu-Ray titles
  • audio gap/overlap detection rewrite completed
  • added audio gap/overlap correction functionality
  • added Blu-Ray chapter support
  • log lines are now prefixed with a track identifier
  • RAW/PCM delay is used instead of bitstream delay, if possible
  • fixed: video framecount was missing
Version 2.42
  • Release Date: Apr 24, 2008
  • added support for 16bit DTSWAV files
  • fixed: Blu-Ray TrueHD support was broken
Version 2.41
  • Release Date: Apr 21, 2008
  • added full MP2 (MPEG2 audio) support including decoding + bitstream delay
  • added TS/M2TS runtime detection
  • improved VOB/EVO runtime detection
  • added TrueHD gap/overlap detection
  • audio gap/overlap detection logic rewritten (not complete yet)
  • fixed: log file option didn't work correctly
  • fixed: some DTS tracks in PAL TS broadcasts weren't detected correctly
  • fixed: some E-AC3 tracks in PAL TS broadcasts weren't detected correctly
Version 2.40
  • Release Date: Apr 14, 2008
  • video framecount is now also shown for TS/M2TS demuxing/remuxing
  • "-check" option added to check container for corruption
  • TS/M2TS: discontinuity check sometimes fired false alarms
  • HD DVD subtitle language/description was not always correct
  • title listing is only shown if there are at least 2 titles
  • if there is only one title, the title is automatically selected
  • TS/M2TS audio delay detection was broken
  • improved audio delay detection for broadcasts and badly mastered discs
  • TS/M2TS video demuxing could eventually add some invalid data
  • new option "log=c:\whatever\log.txt" specifies the log file path/name
Version 2.39
  • Release Date: Apr 7, 2008
  • simple audio transcoding was broken
Version 2.38
  • Release Date: Apr 7, 2008
  • fixed file path handling bug
Version 2.37
  • Release Date: Apr 7, 2008
  • added HD DVD chapter support
  • added HD DVD subtitle demuxing support
  • added pre-freeze detection for Haali Matroska Muxer bug
  • invalid characters are removed from file names now
  • log file is copied to destination path (of first destination file)
Version 2.36
  • Release Date: Mar 31, 2008
  • TS/M2TS: discontinuity is only checked for tracks which are de- or remuxed
  • TS/M2TS: "-demux" creates both a "thd" and an "ac3" file for "thd/ac3" tracks
  • TS/M2TS: "eac3to source.m2ts movie.mkv" transcodes "thd/ac3" tracks to FLAC
  • M2TS: track language is displayed (if the file "xxxxx.clpi" is available)
  • TS: track language is displayed (if the source file contains this info)
  • video gaps/overlaps in the last 5 seconds of the movie are ignored now
Version 2.35
  • Release Date: Mar 25, 2008
  • fixed broken EVO support
Version 2.34
  • Release Date: Mar 25, 2008
  • TS/M2TS: fixed PAT/PMT reading bug
  • TS/M2TS: new "-ignoreDiscon" option makes eac3to ignore discontinuity errors
Version 2.33
  • Release Date: Mar 24, 2008
  • added full TS and M2TS support (file joining not supported yet, though)
  • further improved "-demux" file names
  • help text and HD DVD track listing is now also written to the log
Version 2.32
  • Release Date: Mar 23, 2008
  • added automatic "VPLST000.XPL" and "HVA00001.VTI" parsing
  • "eac3to" or "eac3to ." inside of a HD DVD folder lists all title sets
  • "eac3to someHdDvdMovieFolder" lists all title sets
  • "eac3to someHdDvdMovieFolder whatever.mkv" converts the longest title set
  • "eac3to someHdDvdMovieFolder x) whatever.mkv" converts the selected title set
  • EVO report now contains the EVO display name (if "VPLST000.XPL" is available)
  • added language to EVO audio track listing (if "VPLST000.XPL" is available)
  • added EVO audio track display names (if "VPLST000.XPL" is available)
  • sequence end codes are stripped from VC-1, MPEG2 and h264/AVC
  • put "-stripPulldown" option back in on request
  • option "-demux" now writes to "current directory" instead of source directory
  • option "-demux" now creates files with meaningful names
  • doing "eac3to src.evo dst.mkv" now creates audio files with meaningful names
  • doing "eac3to src.evo dst.mkv" writes the audio files to same path as the MKV
  • after successful (erroneous) processing "success.wav" (error.wav) is played
Version 2.31
  • Release Date: Mar 17, 2008
  • DTSWAV input support added
  • fixed bitstream delaying of 96khz DTS tracks
  • improved DTS runtime calculation
  • fixed DTS audio gap/overlap correction for strange DTS formats
  • fixed E-AC3 audio gap/overlap correction for strange bitrates
  • fixed incorrect MKV "default duration" when using "-24p" or "-30p"
  • fixed incorrect MKV "default duration" when using "-slowdown" or "-speedup"
  • improved support for "open bitrate" DTS files
  • slightly improved automatic (E-)AC3 delaying exactness
  • 2.30: fixed wrong MPEG2 framerate (bug introduced in v2.29)
Version 2.29
  • Release Date: Mar 10, 2008
  • added automatic audio gap/overlap correction for (E-)AC3, DTS and LPCM
  • options "-slowdown" and "-speedup" can now also be used for video muxing
  • added support for muxing of EVO's secondary video track to MKV
  • added "-24p", "-30p" and "-60i" options to overwrite detected h264 framerate
  • fixed some MPEG2 muxing problems
  • temporarily disabled "-stripPulldown" because vc1conv 0.3 is better
Version 2.28
  • Release Date: Mar 6, 2008
  • new "-seekToIFrames" switch makes Basic Instinct (h264) muxing work
Version 2.27
  • Release Date: Mar 5, 2008
  • fixed h264/AVC muxing crash with some movies (due to too high RAM usage)
  • fixed missing frames at the end of the movie when doing h264/AVC muxing
  • fixed non-working "eac3to -test"
Version 2.26
  • Release Date: Mar 3, 2008
  • Haali Splitter replaced with internal splitter for EVO h264/AVC tracks
  • external raw h264/AVC tracks can now be muxed directly to Matroska
  • timestamps for h264/AVC MKV videos don't need to be rewritten, anymore
  • gaps/overlaps in h264/AVC track of EVO files are detected now
  • h264 aspect ratio is detected and written into MKV now
  • Haali Media Splitter is not being used at all, anymore
  • mkvtoolnix is not being used at all, anymore
  • added detection for MPEG2 interlaced -> progressive mode change
  • workaround for eacGui bug
Version 2.25
  • Release Date: Feb 18, 2008
  • fixed MPEG2 muxing for interlaced content
Version 2.24
  • Release Date: Feb 17, 2008
  • Haali Splitter replaced with internal splitter for EVO MPEG2 tracks
  • external raw MPEG2 tracks can now be muxed directly to Matroska
  • timestamps for MPEG2 MKV videos don't need to be rewritten, anymore
  • gaps/overlaps in MPEG2 track of EVO files are detected now
  • VC-1 and MPEG2 aspect ratios are detected and written into MKV now
  • fixed bug with "-down2" option
Version 2.23
  • Release Date: Feb 16, 2008
  • fixed bug which made some DTS tracks appear dirty although they weren't
  • fixed extremely big gap detection with Fantastic Four 2
  • fixed non cleaned up gaps file bug
Version 2.22
  • Release Date: Feb 11, 2008
  • gap/overlap logic changed completely (optional two pass muxing now)
  • "-ignoreGaps" parameter is gone
Version 2.21
  • Release Date: Feb 10, 2008
  • latest libav MLP/TrueHD decoder fixes "lossless check failed" bug
  • latest libav MLP/TrueHD decoder fully decodes 7.1 TrueHD tracks now
  • Matroska muxing speed dramatically improved
  • eac3to now detects and handles E-AC3 7.1 tracks correctly
  • option "-core" extracts 5.1 core from E-AC3 7.1 tracks
  • added support for small DTS files (< 300kb)
Version 2.20
  • Release Date: Jan 28, 2008
  • changed VC-1 muxing method to fix problems with several movies, e.g.
    • Unforgiven
    • Phantom of the Opera
    • Million Dollar Baby
    • Fantastic Four 2
  • fps value is now also added to MKV header when muxing raw VC-1 stream
  • added new "-skip" option to skip corruption in the beginning of an EVO file
  • added extra handling which fixes some EVO authoring bugs
Version 2.18
  • Release Date: Jan 26, 2008
  • fixed bug which stopped eac3to v2.15-17 from working on some PCs
  • fixed h264 bitstream parsing bug (Sum of all Fears)
  • fps value is added to MKV header now
  • relaxed VC-1 gap detection once more
  • TrueHD decoding to stdout fixed (always output as 24 bit now)
Version 2.17
  • Release Date: Jan 23, 2008
  • fixed VC-1 pulldown removal
  • VC-1 pulldown removal must now be activated by the new option "-stripPulldown"
  • improved VC-1 gap/overlap detection
  • new option "-ignoreGaps" disables VC-1 gap/overlap detection
  • libav E-AC3 decoder background decoding removed again
Version 2.15
  • Release Date: Jan 21, 2008
  • Haali Splitter replaced with internal splitter for EVO VC-1 tracks
  • external raw VC-1 tracks can now be muxed directly to Matroska
  • timestamps for VC-1 MKV videos don't need to be rewritten, anymore
  • some problematic VC-1 movies should mux fine to MKV now (e.g. POTO USA)
  • gaps/overlaps in VC-1 track of EVO files are detected and displayed now
  • pulldown can be removed from external raw VC-1 tracks now
  • pulldown is automatically removed when demuxing EVO VC-1 tracks now
  • updated to the latest revision of the libav E-AC3 decoder
  • some minor changes and bugfixes
Version 2.14
  • Release Date: Jan 5, 2008
  • libav TrueHD decoder "end of stream" bug should be fixed now
  • fixed libav DTS decoder - subwoofer channel is properly decoded now, too
  • patched libav DTS decoder to output full 24 bit
  • updated to the latest revision of the libav E-AC3 decoder
  • when decoding E-AC3 with Nero, libav decoding is also executed at the sa
Version 2.13
  • Release Date: Dec 31, 2007
  • added option to downmix multi channel audio to stereo
  • added support for VC-1 custom aspect ratios
  • added stdout output support
Version 2.12
  • Release Date: Dec 25, 2007
  • video resolution, framerate and mode (progressive/interlaced) are displayed
  • rewriting timestamps should now always write the correct framerate
  • after a full EVO/VOB processing the number of video frames is shown
  • EVO 16 bit and 24 bit LPCM demuxing supported now (need samples for 20 bit)
  • (E-)AC3 bitstream can be delayed now (similar to delaycut)
  • DTS bitstream can be delayed now (similar to delaycut)
  • DTS-HD High-Res and Master Audio bitstream can be delayed now
  • when demuxing bitstream audio tracks from EVO delay is automatically applied
  • some little bugs fixed
Version 2.11
  • Release Date: Dec 22, 2007
  • libav E-AC3 decoding is without DRC now
  • libav AC3 decoding added (without DRC)
  • libav E-AC3 and AC3 decoding hacked to return full 24 bit
  • fixed: delay was not applied to lossless audio tracks
  • fixed crash when parsing PCM files without doing any conversion
  • TrueHD dialnorm was displayed incorrectly
  • changed 23.976 to 24/1.001
  • fixed some more minor bugs
Version 2.10
  • Release Date: Dec 19, 2007
  • fixed crash which occurred when doing "EVO/VOB -> Surcode DTS encoding"
  • "eac3to source.evo movie.mkv" syntax replaces "-auto" option
  • "eac3to 1.evo+2.evo movie.evo" syntax supported now for simple EVO/VOB joining
Version 2.09
  • Release Date: Dec 19, 2007
  • EVO demuxing added with proper delays for all audio tracks
  • EVO file joining/rebuilding added
  • automated EVO video remuxing (Matroska) added
  • automated rewriting of Matroska timestamps to 24p via mkvtoolnix added
  • multiple operations on the source file can now be run at the same time
  • switch "-test" tests all external DirectShow filters and tools
  • latest ffmpeg/libav TrueHD and E-AC3 decoder patches included
  • latest libAften build included
  • libav TrueHD decoder is now the default decoder for TrueHD/MLP
  • support for libav DTS decoding added
  • fixed a whole lot of bugs (and might have added a few new ones)
Version 2.08
  • Release Date: Dec 3, 2007
  • fixed: bitdepth reducer sometimes crashed when being fed a PCM file
  • fixed: FLAC encoder sometimes crashed when delay was applied
  • fixed: some TrueHD files were dithered/processed by Nero when they shouldn't
  • fixed: Surcode 1.0.29 encoding automation
  • fixed: source file was deleted when source and dest file names were identical
  • eac3to output is now always written to "log.txt"
  • when a crash occurs, "log.txt" is added to the bug report
  • improved help text + hints slightly
  • undocumented switch "-check16bit" added
  • undocumented switch "-mono" added
Version 2.05
  • Release Date: Nov 24, 2007
  • added support for libav/ffmpeg decoding of TrueHD/MLP and E-AC3
  • added "-libav" switch to force libav decoding
Version 2.04
  • Release Date: Nov 24, 2007
  • don't need dtsac3source.ax, anymore
  • don't need Nero Splitter, anymore
  • don't need Sonic HD Demuxer, anymore
  • replaced hacked DirectShow feeding with a cleaner approach
  • added support for DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 tracks (only 5.1 decoding)
  • little performance boost for PAL speedup/down on DualCore CPUs
  • fixed some bugs
Version 2.03
  • Release Date: Nov 24, 2007
  • don't need dtsac3source.ax, anymore
  • don't need Nero Splitter, anymore
  • don't need Sonic HD Demuxer, anymore
  • replaced hacked DirectShow feeding with a cleaner approach
  • added support for DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 tracks (only 5.1 decoding)
  • little performance boost for PAL speedup/down on DualCore CPUs
  • fixed some bugs
Version 2.02
  • Release Date: Nov 21, 2007
  • fixed: automatic registering of the dtsac3source filter crashed
Version 2.01
  • Release Date: Nov 19, 2007
  • new "-debug" switch added
  • fixed: automatic registering of the dtsac3source filter crashed
  • fixed: AC3 encoding sometimes crashed when being fed 24 bit audio data
  • fixed: AC3 encoded files were invalid when being fed 24 bit audio data
  • eac3toGUI didn't work with eac3to v2.0
  • "eac3to source.ac3 dest.ac3 -slowdown" didn't do anything useful
  • when a crash occurs, the bug report is automatically copied to clipboard now
  • some minor cosmetic improvements
Version 2.0
  • Release Date: Nov 18, 2007
  • can show information about audio files
  • can decode and encode various audio formats
  • can remove dialog normalization from AC3, E-AC3, DTS and TrueHD tracks
  • can extract AC3 stream from Blu-Ray TrueHD/AC3 tracks
  • can extract TrueHD stream from Blu-Ray TrueHD/AC3 tracks
  • can extract DTS core from DTS-HD tracks
  • can remove DTS zero padding and repair outdated DTS-ES headers
  • can apply positive or negative delay to decoded audio data
  • can reduce bitdepth of decoded audio data by using TPDF dithering
  • can resample decoded audio data (using "r8brain")
  • can apply/reverse PAL speedup on decoded audio data (using "r8brain")
Version 1.23
  • Release Date: Oct 5, 2007
  • bugfix: sometimes TrueHD decoding resulted in incorrect sampling rate
Version 1.12
  • Release Date: Aug 6, 2007
  • The tools "flac.exe", "aften.exe" and "sox.exe" are now distributed in the eac3to zip to make your life a bit easier.
  • Correct channel mapping for 7.1 LPCM tracks is default now.
  • The new option "-down6" allows downconverting of 7.1 tracks to 5.1 (this option is activated by default for AC3 and DTS encoding).
  • I'm shipping a modded "flac.exe" with eac3to now, which has no problems with 2GB file output, anymore!! As a result the flac encoding by eac3to should now be more or less perfect.
  • Fixed a number of bugs.
Version 1.8
  • Release Date: Jun 6, 2007
  • now has a GUI and it supports PCM input.
Version 1.6
  • Release Date: May 21, 2007
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