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Version 1.15

- Added Function "Now supports chapters. Will automatically put in chapter points when creating a BIN/CUE image using VCDImager (much the same as VCDEasy would only it will do it automatically)"
- Fixed Bug "No Longer give error message about the output path being too long"
- Safe Guard " Now checks for a D2V file after ripping with vStrip to make sure that there was no errors ripping the VOB's and that the entire move was ripped"
- Fixed Bug "Won't delete 'Ripped*.*' files if coming from an EVT file, this is incase the encoding process was interrupted, you can still encode from the riped.evt file"
- Fixed Bug "If you selected 'ONLY RIP VOB's' and then changes the location or path of the VOB's it would not load the D2V file in TMPGEnc. DVD2AVI will now create a new D2V file just before encoding"
- Fixed Bug " When encoding to (X)SVCD from a NTSC source, the output would sometimes seem jerky and/or blocky. DVD2AVI will now create the D2V file with 'Forced Film' function turned on and TMPGEnc will encode with '3:2 pulldown when playback'."
- Enhancement "Put in latest version of TMPGEnc (v2.510.49.157-Free)"
- Enhancement "Put in version 0.7.12 of VCD Imager"
- Enhancement "put in version 0.962 of ChapterXtractor"

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Version 1.14e

- Fixed Bug "when encoding to XVCD or XSVCD and output was selected as 'Make Bin/Cue Image', there would be no output."
- Changed "command box no longer shows when scanning the DVD"
- Fixed Bug "Would Freeze/Halt/Stop Responding when you tried to scan a DVD with a DTS audio Track"

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Version 1.14d

- Fixed Bug "if there were heaps of program chains, it would not number them correctly and would sometimes cause a run-time error 13"
- Fixed Bug "no longer uses vstrip.bat, communicates straight with vstrip.exe. this should fix problems with scanning the DVD Disc"

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Version 1.14c

- Fixed Bug "Add -ota( -d auto ) line to Besweet to fix audio sync problem (woops, my bad)"
- Fixed Bug "1.14a would tell you that there was a problem ripping after vStrip process"
- Safe Guard"Changed scanning back to normal, may take a little longer to scan DVD but may solve some errors"

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Version 1.14a

- Fixed Bug "would not work propley or cause run-time error 52 if temp path ended in '\' under win9x"
- Fixed bug "would cause a Run-time error 5 if ifo/vob's were locked when scanning"
- Fixed bug "now updates the VFPlugin reg entrys when run to stop .d2v error in TMPGEnc"
- Safe Gard "will now only run if installed to corect path, if path is incorrect you will get a msg telling you so"
- Safe Gard "now checks that the Program Chain and Audio Track fields are valid before ripping"
- Safe Gard "now does not allow certarn size Temp Folder paths to avoid errors in win9x"

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Version 1.14

- Fixed Bug "Auto shutdown function would not shutdown PC untill msg box was cleared"
- Fixed Bug "Would cause a Run-Time Error 62 if dvd drive was not fully unlocked"
- Fixed Bug "Would cause a 'Division by zero' error if a Program Chain of less than one second was selected"
- Fixed Bug "If an LPCM audio track was selected the movie would contain no audio"
- Fixed Bug "If an MPEG audio track was selected, it would cause errors, or their would be no audio in movie"
- Fixed Bug "Removed DTS audio tracks from the list as no decoder is available for DTS and movie will contain no audio"
- Fixed Bug "BeSweet now rips the audio from the vob file and uses the hex id to identify the correct track, this will avoid any problems with track mapping and audio type"
- Fixed Bug "if you loaded in an evt file, and "Only Rip Vob's" was selected, it would try to rip the vob's again"
- Enhancement "Now uses 'Soften Block Noise' in TMPGEnc for smother encoding quality"
- Enhancement "Vstrip now only rips the streams requested, this will save on HDD space and also speed"
- Enhancement "DVD2AVI is no longer used during ripping process as Vstrip is creating the project file and BeSweet is reading audio from vobs. NOTE: DVD2AVI still need to be in Eazy VCD so it can read the project file in TMPGEnc"
- added function "Will now encode to SVCD"
- added function "Will now encode to XSVCD"

Known Bugs
- The first time you use Eazy VCD and it get's up to the TMPGEnc Encoding stage, TMPGEnc will show you a Splash screen, you must select the "Don't show this dialog again at startup" check box and then click ok. You will never see it again.

To Do List
- add support for ripping to DVD
- add support for subs and chapters

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Version 1.12

- added function "Shutdown PC When Done"
- added function "Delete Temp FIles, or Do NOT delete Temp files"
- added function "Rip to vob's without encoding"
- added function "abilty to encode from vob files on your HDD, you need to Rip with Eazy VCD though"
- Fixed Bug "the path in the pif files was incorect and would cause errors in a pre NT os"
- Fixed Bug "Sometimes vStrip would only rip a portion of the movie"
- Fixed Bug "When scaning a DVD that contaned an Audio Track maped to an 0x8'ALPHA' varable it would cause a run time error of type 13"
- Enhancement "Optimised the scanning of the DVD to be a LOT quicker"

Known Bugs
- May get a Run Time error of type 62 in Windows98 when scanning DVD Disc.
- The first time you use Eazy VCD and it get's up to the TMPGEnc Encoding stage, TMPGEnc will show you a Splash screen, you must select the "Don't show this dialog again at startup" check box and then click ok. You will never see it again.

To Do List
- add support for ripping to SVCD
- add support for ripping to XSVCD
- add support for ripping to DVD
- fix bugs in windows98/ME

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Version 1.10

- Added suport for XVCD
- Tidied up the GUI a bit
- Added Tool Tip Text to all fields on the GUI, just leave the mouse cursor over the name of the field for a few seconds and a decription of that field will pop up.
- Updated help file
- Added latest version of TMPGEnc (version 2.58.44.152-Free)
- Added latest version of BeSweet (version 1.4)

To Do List
- Enable to rip vob's to hard drive for conversion later.
- Enable conversion from vob's on hard drive.
- Enable selection of mutiple program chains for encodeing.

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Version 1.09
- Fixed incompatabilty problem with window 95, 98 and ME.
- Fixed problem where TMPGEnc would not encode if you had a ' in the folder path.

To Do List
- Enable to rip vob's to hard drive for conversion later.
- Enable conversion from vob's on hard drive.
- Enable selection of mutiple program chains for encodeing.
- Support for XVCD.

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Version 1.08

- Fixed problem where if your temp directory path had a space (" ") in it, it would not rip, it would just keep telling you to play the DVD for a few seconds and try again or would cause an error.
- Now supports automatic file (MPEG) splitting.
- Now supports output to Bin/Cue files (vcd 2.0).
- No longer encodes to mp2 with BeSweet (Had to change to make file split work).
- Fixed problem where the audio combo box data was not mapping to the correct audio track.
- TMPGEnc will now close when finished encoding the batch job.
- Eazy VCD now saves the current settings when closed, and loads them when started.
- Resized GUI to fit on 640x480 display.
- Fixed problem where vStrip would not be able to find a key on some DVD discs and would just seem to hang.
- Added a "Scan DVD" button to re scan the DVD, that way you don't have to restart the program when you put another DVD in.
- The "Output File Name" now defaults to the name of the DVD disc.
- You can now minimize the Eazy VCD window.

To Do List
- Enable to rip vob's to hard drive for conversion later.
- Enable conversion from vob's on hard drive.
- Enable selection of mutiple program chains for encodeing.

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Version 1.07

- fixed problem where would give you a Run Time error when scanning if the DVD had more that 10 program chains.
- fixed problem where after installing Eazy VCD it would not read the .d2v files in TMPGEnc.

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Version 1.06

- Fixed problem with BeSweet not normalising, now it is working great.
- Now using BeSweet to encode audio to mp2 (cos BeSweet does a better job)
- TMPGEnc no longer encodes the audio, it just muxes the mp2 file from BeSweet.
- Now using vStrip and not SmartRipper as vStrip does a better job.
- Ripping different Program Chains is now supported. (longest chain is selected by default)
- Now shows the audio language and info in the Audio Track box. (first track is selected by default)
- Video Format is now selected automatically, but you can override.
- Aspect Ratio is now selected automatically, but you can override.
- No longer have to select DVD drive. The DVD drive is now selected automatically.
- Fixed problem where Eazy VCD would run in the background when closed.
- Installer no longer installs an ASPI Layer.
- Added even more error trapping.
- Made the GUI look a bit better.

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Version 1.01

- added Audio Track selection
- now frame serves with DVD2AVI
- no longer uses MPEG2 plug-in so video encoding speed has increased and it better quality
- removed need for DOS batch files
- wrote BatchCreator into the exe for smother running
- now rips to standard vob file size so you can use on a FAT/FAt32 Drive
- Can now use spaces in file name and path
- Put in more error handlers
- Installer now installs an ASPI Layer

Known Bugs
- If you close Eazy VCD before it has finished, it will still run in the background
- the first time you use Eazy VCD and it get's up to the TMPGEnc Encoding stage, TMPGEnc will show you a Splash screen, you must select the "Don't show this dialog again at startup" check box and then click ok. You will never see it again.

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Version 1.0

- first release, lots of bugs