Q DVD Author -> Version History

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Index:

• Version 2.3.1-011 (Dec 29, 2019)
• Version 2.3.1 (Apr 5, 2013)
• Version 2.2.2 (Oct 3, 2011)
• Version 2.2.1 (Oct 2, 2011)
• Version 2.2.0 (Sep 27, 2011)
• Version 2.1.0 (Jan 10, 2010)
• Version 2.0.0 (Oct 12, 2009)
• Version 1.11.1 (Aug 17, 2009)
• Version 1.11.0 (Aug 7, 2009)
• Version 1.10.0 (Jul 4, 2009)
• Version 1.9.0 (Jun 11, 2009)
• Version 1.8.0 (May 4, 2009)
• Version 1.7.0 (Jan 18, 2009)
• Version 1.6.1 (Dec 14, 2008)
• Version 1.6.0 (Dec 1, 2008)
• Version 1.5.0 (Aug 3, 2008)
• Version 1.2.0 (May 13, 2008)
• Version 1.1.0 (Mar 31, 2008)
• Version 1.0 Final (Jan 14, 2008)
• Version 1.0 RC3 (Nov 23, 2007)

• Release Date: Dec 29, 2019
• Download(s):
  qdvdauthor-2.3.1-011.tar.gz
• RELEASE 2.3.1-009
  • The new version of qdvdauthor is running on qt5.
  • It began as an attempt to compile qdvdauthor with qt4 and cmake.
  • It is tested only with linux.

• Release Date: Apr 5, 2013
• Download(s):
  qdvdauthor-2.3.1.tar.gz

• Release Date: Oct 3, 2011
• Download(s):
  qdvdauthor-2.2.2.tar.gz
• Fixed floating point crash for AC3 codec in ffmpeg

• Release Date: Oct 2, 2011
• Download(s):
  qdvdauthor-2.2.1.tar.gz
• Fixed ffmpeg compiling issues due to changed ffmpeg API.

• Release Date: Sep 27, 2011
• Download(s):
  qdvdauthor-2.2.0.tar.gz
• BUGFIX: Fixed issues with UINT_64
• BUGFIX: Fixed issues compiling ffmpeg

• Release Date: Jan 10, 2010
• Download(s):
  qdvdauthor-2.1.0.tar.gz
• BUGFIX: Slideshow creation, Fixed audio transcoding for slideshow vids if the audio format is SAMPLE_FMT_U8.
• BUGFIX: configure script, had issues using the -j switch ( instead of the --cores )
• BUGFIX: Slideshow ialog, Some audio files caused the [Edit] dialog not to return to the calling function.
• BUGFIX: suppress "Not JPEG: /tmp/01.png" message.
• BUGFIX: Slideshow creation, properly init audio-output-sample_fmt.
• BUGFIX: Clone ButtonObjects would not clone the modifiers.
• BUGFIX: Configurator, Fixed the graphical configurator tool.
• BUGFIX: Crashing bug for ButtonObjects with shadows and overlay objects.
• BUGFIX: Fixed StructureItem when creating a ButtonObect.
• BUGFIX: Crashing bug when changing colors on MaskObjects after using the button-dialog.
• BUGFIX: Fixed rendering of MaskObjects on Images with OverlayObjects.
• Added possibility to modify multiple objects in the TemplateWizard ( required for the ReflectionPond template )
• BUGFIX: Crashing bug when using MovieObjects.
• Added context menu items to a ButtonObject whose main object contains a ShadowObject or an OverlayObject.
• BUGFIX: HDRCreme does no longer work.

• Release Date: Oct 12, 2009
• Download(s):
  qdvdauthor-2.0.0.tar.gz
• Please refer to the changelog for a full list of changes

• Release Date: Aug 17, 2009
• Download(s):
  qdvdauthor-1.11.1.tar.gz
• BUGFIX: QRender: Fixed ffmpeg version information for new API calls so qrender will compile on all versions of ffmpeg.

• Release Date: Aug 7, 2009
• QRender: replaced deprecated function ffmpeg calls.
• Added support for Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V.
• Added support for Del.
• Added support for cursor keys in the DVDMenu.
• Added "--omit-qdvdauthor" to he configure script. This way qrender and qdvdauthor can be built separately.
• Display message in DialogOverlay if mask - directory does not exist or is empty.
• Added OverlayObject class.
• - Handle drawContents
• - Handle setting slider when MouseMove
• - Handle Color
• - Handle Transparency
• - Handle Reset
• - Implement NoOverlay - button
• - Handle AnimationAttributes
• - Check functionality
• - Change cursor shape according to Zoom, Move, or shear
• - Implement StructureItem attributes
• - Handle Init static variables ( Colors only )/usr/bin/qrender
• - Handle Init existing OverlayObject setting values
• - Add "Add Mask" Context menu for ImageOjects and MovieObjects.
• - OverlayObject::clone ()
• - Implement reading/writing to/from project file
• Add picture frames as masks.
• Add version info file to libraries
• Add menu item to check for latest resource versions
• - When Q is started for the first time, run the check.
• - Display if libraries etc are cmpletely missing
• Masks: add 1 single heart mask
• Masks: add a plain rectangle with frame
• Add slideshow aspect ratio 16:9.
• Rework the Undo-stack dialog.
• - Move the action to the very left side
• - Implement the multiple undo functionality
• - Update the UndoStack dynamically if the dialog is opened.
• BUGFIX: ButtonTransition: Video parameters for ButtonTransitions in the dvdauthor.xml file.
• BUGFIX: ButtonTransition: scale start image to have same size as end image.
• BUGFIX: ShadowObject rendering is wrong for images with OverlayObjects.
• BUGFIX: DialogMovie: MenuBackgrounds: TransitionsFeature: The duration of the transitions is lost.
• BUGFIX: qrender crashes if no AlphaMasks are present in SystemDir.
• BUGFIX: TextShaddows no longer working.
• BUGFIX: Videos are not removed fromt he video list after a slideshow is rendered.
• BUGFIX: Slideshow does not detect 16:9 or 4:3 when returning
• BUGFIX: When closing the app QDVDAuthor crashes on the StructureItem
• BUGFIX: Delete a MovieObject and press Ctrl-Z will crash QDVDAuthor.
• BUGFIX: ButtonDialog: The list of avail bttons needs to be that of the target DVD Menu.
• BUGFIX: Crashes for undo a deleted button.
• BUGFIX: Can not undo 'add Shadow'
• BUGFIX: Can not undo 'edit Shadow'
• BUGFIX: Can not undo 'delete Shadow'
• BUGFIX: Can not undo 'add OverlayObject'
• BUGFIX: Can not undo 'edit OverlayObject'
• BUGFIX: Can not undo 'delete OverlayObject'
• BUGFIX: Can not undo when creating a new object.
• BUGFIX: Fixed unicode issue in libjhead.
• BUGFIX: QDVDAuthor crashed when closing DialogFiles while creating thumbnails.
• BUGFIX: QDVDAuthor crashed when trying to create a slideshow without audio files.
• BUGFIX: QRender crashed when trying to create a slideshow without images.
• BUGFIX: libjhead did not like umlauts
• BUGFIX: QDVDAuthor could not handle ` in directory names.
• BUGFIX: Previewer resizing issue in full-screen mode.
• BUGFIX: QRender could not handle 11025Hz sample rate audio/video files.
• Added file dialogoverlay.h
• Added file dialogoverlay.cpp
• Added file uidialogoverlay.ui

• Release Date: Jul 4, 2009
• Added ButtonTransitions
• Added transition between menus and SubMenus
• Added transition between menus and VMGMenu
• Added transition between menus and Videos.
• Added simple Drag'n Drop support for videos to the SourceToolbar from anywhere.
• Added icons to the structure elements
• Combine Structure Toolbar and Sources toolbar into one.
• Added capability to store temp images of a render animated menu as jpegs instead of a pngs

• Release Date: Jun 11, 2009
• Improved Subtitles to handle / / / / /
• Added auto detection of multiple audio / subtitle steams for video sources
• Added RegionDialog to select DVD region code.
• Added Slideshow default parameters to DialogSetup.
• Added Zcech translation thanks to Pavel F.
• DVDLayout: Implement context menu for DVDLayout objects.
• DVDLayout: Add cursor keys handling, to move containers.
• BUGFIX: Fixed DVD size calculations to be a better prediction.
• BUGFIX: DVDMenu Menu item does not show up translated. Need to re-create the DVDMenu to have propper language.
• BUGFIX: Language setting is not restored when re-starting QDVDAuthor.
• BUGFIX: After slideshow is rendered update the image in DVDLayout.
• BUGFIX: Initial thumb size in DVLayout is sometimes messed up, only showing the header.
• BUGFIX: QRender stops with more than 3 slideshows to render. Why ?
• BUGFIX: If the video length is adjusted it does not change the length in the AllSources tab. + DVDLayout does add more then 5 videos in one row instead of organizing it in multiple rows
• Added re-render to context menu for slideshows

• Release Date: May 4, 2009
• Added DVDLayout tab, to display current DVD layout structure.
• Add Button to enable / disable DVDLayout, Subtitles, and XML - tab.
• Implement Pan in DVDLayout
• Added a ComboBox to change between Orthogonal, and Linear router.
• Added print capabilities to DVDLayout.
• Added PrintPreview - dialog
• Added comment to Nodes in exportdvdauthor.cpp ( titleset and titles )
• Subtitle positioning in DV generated timestamps ( Fix color, and style too )
• CommandQueueDialog: Issue with resolvConvert. Wrong values set for subsequest commands.
• Summer2004: The last menu did not go to any videos. Seemed like all buttons were pointing to lala land.
• Fixed local_ffmpeg.sh script to conform with the latest ffmpeg build system.
• QRender: See if we can get video and audio in a slideshow with vids into synch.
• Slideshow information being lost between FewClickWizard and main app.
• Slideshow information being lost between DialogImages and main app.
• Fix all dependency issues with SYSTEM_PATH vs INSTALL_PATH
• Check for QPixmap handling in background thread. This can cause crashes.
• when adding audio to the menu, a dialog could ask me, to set the menu duration automatically to the audio length.
• MovieDialog: Add ( Loop[x] ) after ( Pause after movie is finished )
• BUGFIX: Fixed PREFIX issue with libraries.
• BUGFIX: UTF-8 support in dvdauthor, and spumux xml files.
• BUGFIX: DialogAlign does no longer function propperly.
• BUGFIX: QRender: Can't get ogg to work as background audio.
• BUGFIX: When looking at Subtitles in the XML tab before the subtitles were renderd.
• BUGFIX: When loading a project, "Main Menu VMGM" is not the active tab
• BUGFIX: For multiple subtitles per SourceFileEntry, the numbering sequence gets out-of-synch
• BUGFIX: DialogMovie: Geometry - tab for DVDMenu. Change Size will always warn about the background size even if correct.
• BUGFIX: VisibleRegion to init file.
• BUGFIX: Crashing bug, when cancel ButtonDialog for objects with shadow.
• BUGFIX: Crashing bug, ahen deleting Button right after it has been dragged over from the AllSources tab.
• BUGFIX: After changing the Project path, the temp path is not changed in the objects, which causes build failures.
• BUGFIX: ExportDVDAuthor: Movie shows up multiple times if pointed to from different menus.
• BUGFIX: Assigning multiple SourceFileInfos to Subtitle[0].
• BUGFIX: ./configure -c : The option of install is not functional.

• Release Date: Jan 18, 2009
• It fixes some bugs, adds the ChapterDialog to SourceFileEntries and adds AlhaTransitions to the SlideshowDialog.

• Release Date: Dec 14, 2008
• Added --system-path to confiure script
• Added Sytem Path to configurator.
• Prepare and present NOVALUG presentation.
• BUGFIX: QRender. Newer version of ffmpeg changed which caused QRender to core-dump.
• BUGFIX: remove ffmpeg link in the qrender directory.

• Release Date: Dec 1, 2008
• The focus for this release has been the major improvements to the Slideshow parts and propper handling of VIDs as part of the slideshows.
• The FewClickWizards functionality is now complete and overall slideshow generation is now fully integrated in QDVDAuthor.
• Simplified build process through command line, and GUI.
• Added Audio Support for Slideshows
• Added Support for short VIDs to Slideshows
• Added Previewer to DialogFiles, so that you can now preview videos from within the Dialog instead of opening an external player.
• Added ffmpeg to all possible creation steps
• Improved SubtitlesGui.
• Many bugfixes.

• Release Date: Aug 3, 2008
• Added DialogImages.
• Added Previewer to DialogImages.
• Added libjhead source to project.
• Added image cache handling.
• Added QRender to handle slideshow rendering through ffmpeg as a separate process.
• Remove DialogSlideshow from the QDVDAuthor executable.
• Added new context menu items for ButtonObjects ( To Text, To Frame, To Image, To Movie ).
• Fixed and enhanced SimpleDVD, and ComplexDVD plugins.
• Many more bugfixes and smaller improvcements all around.

• Release Date: May 13, 2008
• Added the FewClickWizard dialog
• Added plugin system for DVD creation.
• Added plugin : SimpleDVD. If you want to create your own plugin you should look at this code
• Added plugin : ComplexDVD. This plugin will pull random background images off the internet.
• Added support for ECC ( Error Correction Code ) through DVDisaster.
• Added support for transparent images.
• Added support for utf8 char video files.

• Release Date: Mar 31, 2008
• Fixed broken QSlideshow Dialog
• Updated to dvd-slideshow 0.8.0
• Implemented micro button functionality.
• Improved the CommandQueueDialog to put all Subtitle creation into one Group
• Lots of bug fixes.

• Release Date: Jan 14, 2008
• Implemented a new caching system for thumbnails.
• Implemented a new dialog to organize, sort, rate and group videos.
• Implemented a star rating system.
• Implemented a system for Virtual Folders.
• Added capability to import chapter markers from a text file.
• Fixed issues with the resizing of docking windows.
• Fixed the DVD Structure such that changes no longer reset the tree.
• Fixed issues with the created dvdauthor.xml file.
• and of course a whole lot of bug fixes.

• Release Date: Nov 23, 2007
• Improved the dvdauthor.xml generation.
• Added capability to [Play Multiple] files with one button.
• Added SemiTransarent colors to the masks.
• Added MaskObjects and integrated it with the ButtonLibrary.
• Added support to manually assign a menu or video to a titleset.
• Improved color assignments of the masks in the ButtonDialog.
• ThumbnailDialog creates now MovieObjects with the right length/offset.
• Fixed rendering of multiple MovieObjects per DVDMenu.
• many more ... and of course a whole lot of bug fixes.