0.3.2

Friday, September 11, 2020

• Modify other-transcode to use a new ffmpeg Matroksa muxer option so the -disposition option is once again honored when using ffmpeg version 4.3 and later.
• Change the codec ID from the default of hev1 to hvc1 for HEVC video in MP4 output from other-transcode to enable playback in QuickTime on macOS. Via #50.
• Convert added SRT format subtitles to MOV-compatible format in MP4 output from other-transcode. Via #55.

0.3.1

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

• Modify the --preview-crop option in other-transcode to show commands compatible with newer versions of mpv.
• No longer force a NTSC film frame rate for interlaced inputs in PAL MPEG-2 format.
• When using the --dry-run option in other-transcode, issue a warning instead of failing if the output or log files already exist.
• Add a link to another Docker container for Linux in the "README" document. Thanks, @ttyS0!

0.3.0

Thursday, February 27, 2020

• Add a --scan option to other-transcode. This prints media information and then exits, allowing easy identification of track numbers and formats. Via #11.
• Add a --mono-bitrate option to other-transcode. This sets the mono audio bitrate, which is otherwise 50% of the stereo bitrate.
• Raise the maximum bitrates for audio in AAC format to 320 Kbps for stereo and 256 Kbps for mono. The default birates remain the same.
• Add a --all-eac3 option to other-transcode. This uses the Dolby Digital Plus (Enhanced AC-3) format for all transcoded audio. The behavior of the --eac3 option, which uses Dolby Digital Plus for surround audio only, remains the same.
• Add a --keep-ac3-stereo option to other-transcode. This copies stereo and mono audio in AC-3 format even when the original source bitrate is above the output transcoding bitrate.
• Add a --pass-dts option to other-transcode. This enables passthrough of audio in DTS and DTS-ES formats. However, such audio also in surround format will still be transcoded if that audio is output to a stereo-width track.
• Add --rc-maxrate and --rc-bufsize options to other-transcode. These set the ratecontrol maximum rate and/or the buffer size as a multiple of the video bitrate target, but only for certain encoders and ratecontrol systems.
• Add a --x264-mbtree option to other-transcode. This uses macroblock-tree ratecontrol and disables AVBR if in use.
• In order to ensure compatible H.264 levels, limit the number of reference frames when using the x264 encoder with slower presets.
• Remove the deprecated --name option of other-transcode.
• Add a link to a Docker container for Linux in the "README" document. Thanks, @ttyS0!

0.2.0

Monday, January 13, 2020

• Allow all to be used as an argument to the --add-audio and --add-subtitle options of other-transcode, adding all audio tracks or all subtitle tracks. Via #3.
• Add original as a width attribute to the --main-audio and --add-audio options of other-transcode. Unlike stereo and surround, this disables transcoding and always copies the selected track(s). Via #5.
• Add a --copy-video option to other-transcode. This disables transcoding and copies the original video track to the output.
• No longer ignore any image-based subtitles added to MP4 output. Instead, let ffmpeg foolishly add DVD-style subtitles and (currently) fail when adding Blu-ray Disc-style subtitles.
• Deprecate the --name option of other-transcode because it doesn't make sense to name only the first output file from a tool which can take multiple inputs. The option still works for now, but using it issues a warning message. It will be removed in a future release.
• Remove warnings when other options disable the Nvidia video decoder, which could only happen if the --burn-subtitle or --detelecine options were used with the --cuvid option.

0.1.1

Friday, January 3, 2020

• Prevent passing full or partial paths to the --name option of other-transcode.
• Hide the path prefix when naming the program in --help output and in usage errors for both other-transcode and ask-ffmpeg-log.
• In the "README" document:
  • Add warnings to avoid installing within virtual machines and about the possible need to use sudo.
  • Add a link to additional documentation on the wiki for installing ffprobe, ffmpeg, mkvpropedit and mpv on Windows.
  • Also explain how to install those same programs on macOS using Homebrew.
• Update all copyright notices to the year 2020.

0.1.0

Thursday, December 26, 2019

• Initial project version.