Videomass 5.0.13

What's New in This Release

• Update english user guide documentation (pdf docs) and related references.
• [YouTube Downloader] audio/video qualities #305 #307
• Added shutdown system and auto-exit the application #306 .
• Includes portable version for MS-Windows (64 bit)

Improvements

• [YouTube Downloader] Improved playlists/channels check before start download.

Bug Fixes

• [YouTube Downloader] Fix --playlist-items using executable.
• [AV Conversions] Fixed wrong deinterlace command option using w3fdif filter.

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Installation on Linux

• Third-party repositories
• PyPy Package

Installation on MacOS

• PyPy Package

Installation on MS Windows

• Instructions page

Videomass 5.0.12

Changelog

What's New in This Release

• Ability to edit command arguments "on-the-fly" in the queue dialog.
• [A/V Conversions] Added opus output format option to Audio Target Media.
• [File drop List] Added context menu by right mouse clicking.
• [YouTube Downloader] Added proxy setup #246.
• [YouTube Downloader] Added authentication + Video password setup.
• [YouTube Downloader] Now it has its own setup dialog, a new convenient window for YouTube Downloader options.
• Most options in the preferences dialogs no longer require restarting the application, except for toggling yt_dlp, application language, and look-and-feel options.
• [YouTube Downloader] Added Geo-restriction options. This feature geo verification proxy, geo bypass, geo bypass country, geo bypass ip block.
• [YouTube Downloader] Added cookies options and some convenient automations about cookies.
• [YouTube Downloader] Login passwords and video password will not be stored anywhere. The user will be forced to re-enter his credentials every time he restarts the application.
• [FFprobe] Added "UnicodeDecodeError" to the exceptions list in the ffprobe module to ensure that files that cannot be encoded with utf-8 unicode are handled by the application.
• Added the ability to change the encoding for files that contain metadata with non-UTF-8 encoded characters. The function is found in the Preferences dialog (Advanced tab).
• [YouTube Downloader] Added ability to use the yt-dlp executable only for download not for get format code and statistics. This feature would allow you to interrupt the process from any point of the download #300 .
• [YouTube Downloader] Added Medium High precompiled video and Medium Low precompiled vieo.
• [YouTube Downloader] Added the ability to run/rerun downloads directly in the Downloader Message Monitoring panel.

Improvements

• Improved description strings on menu bar.
• [Presets Manager] Improved profile settings dialog layout.
• Made some cosmetic improvements.
• [Presets Manager] Improved dialog layout when warning about supported formats.
• Added destination path display for any confirmation dialog before running batch processes.
• Improved closing of ffmpeg by clicking the stop button to close FFmpeg gracefully programmatically by writing "q" to the subprocess's stdin pipe simulating the user pressing the "q" key.
• Improved the pop-up dialog box for temporary messages.

Other changes

• Text on toolbar buttons will now always be shown below their respective icons.
• Show log messages window is been moved to menu bar -> Help.
• Removed "Clear" icon on the toolbars because it was obsolete. Now to remove items there are keyboard shortcuts, options in the Edit menus plus mouse right-click context menus.
• Preferences dialog has been moved to the Edit menu.
• Removed menu for setting destination folders and restoring default destination folder.
• Changing the destination folders in the file list and URL list panels will now make the destination paths the new default paths without the need to open preferences dialog.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed "FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2]" traceback at the end of the process, raised if the "Trash the source files" checkbox had been checked to delete the same file more than once.
• [Presets Manager] Fixed bug in supported formats check. If the warning about supported formats was triggered, the program silently prevented the conversion processes from starting.
• Fixed errors and inconsistencies on initialize trash directory path name.
• [YouTube Downloader] Fixed Best precompiled video issue to truly get the best precompiled video.
• [YouTube Downloader] Fixed Worst precompiled video issue to truly get the worst precompiled video.
• [YouTube Downloader] Fixed option mapping issue to pass to YdlExtractInfo thread to get data for format code and Statistics.

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Installation on Linux

• Third-party repositories
• PyPy Package

Installation on MacOS

• PyPy Package

Installation on MS Windows

• PyPy Package

Videomass 5.0.11

Fixes

• This release fixes an issue of the previous version v5.0.10 (see #288)

What's New in This Release

• Added a queue management available for both Presets Manager and A/V Conversions.
• Ability to enter additional pre-input arguments for hardware acceleration using the Presets Manager.
• Improved GUI for H.264/H.265 video encoders.
• Improved GUI for VP9 video encoder.
• Added new GUI for SVT-AV1 video encoder.
• Added new UI for AOM-AV1 video encoder.
• Added GUI for XVID MPEG-4 part 2 (xvidcore) video encoder.
• Added One-passes Loudnorm (EBU R128) audio normalization.
• Improved High-quality two-pass Loudnorm normalization (EBU R128). No more limitations by enabling or not two-pass encoding or using the stabilizer filter.
• The "Stabilize" video filter can also now be applied to both single-pass and double-pass encoding.
• "Make Duo" feature on "Stabilize" video filter is now only available for preview, not for producing the final video.
• Removed Vp8 (libvpx) video encoder from A/V Conversions.
• Removed libtheora video encoder from A/V Conversions.
• Fixed various bugs.
• Update presets to v0.23.

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As usual, for a detailed list of changes see the source CHANGELOG

Installation on Linux

• Third-party repositories
• PyPy Package

Installation on MacOS

• PyPy Package

Installation on MS Windows

• PyPy Package

Videomass 5.0.10

What's New in This Release

• Added a queue management available for both Presets Manager and A/V Conversions.
• Ability to enter additional pre-input arguments for hardware acceleration using the Presets Manager.
• Improved GUI for H.264/H.265 video encoders.
• Improved GUI for VP9 video encoder.
• Added new GUI for SVT-AV1 video encoder.
• Added new UI for AOM-AV1 video encoder.
• Added GUI for XVID MPEG-4 part 2 (xvidcore) video encoder.
• Added One-passes Loudnorm (EBU R128) audio normalization.
• Improved High-quality two-pass Loudnorm normalization (EBU R128). No more limitations by enabling or not two-pass encoding or using the stabilizer filter.
• The "Stabilize" video filter can also now be applied to both single-pass and double-pass encoding.
• "Make Duo" feature on "Stabilize" video filter is now only available for preview, not for producing the final video.
• Removed Vp8 (libvpx) video encoder from A/V Conversions.
• Removed libtheora video encoder from A/V Conversions.
• Fixed various bugs.
• Update presets to v0.23.

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As usual, for a detailed list of changes see the source CHANGELOG

Installation on Linux

• Third-party repositories
• PyPy Package

Installation on MacOS

• PyPy Package

Installation on MS Windows

• PyPy Package

Videomass 5.0.6

What's Changed

• fix ValueError passing N/A string by @jeanslack in #261
• column width storing by @jeanslack in #262
• Fix seeking by @jeanslack in #264
• fix compatibility to wxPython>=4.1.1 by @jeanslack in #263
• fix slideshow prog bar + improves by @jeanslack in #265
• improve resize filter by @jeanslack in #266
• release 5.0.5-0 by @jeanslack in #268
• release 5.0.5-1 by @jeanslack in #269
• release 5.0.6-0 by @jeanslack in #270

Full Changelog: v5.0.4...v5.0.6

As usual, for a detailed list of changes see the source CHANGELOG

Installation on Linux

• Third-party repositories
• PyPy Package

Installation on MacOS

• PyPy Package

Installation on MS Windows

• PyPy Package

Videomass 5.0.4

What's Changed

• Fix security issues and bugs by @jeanslack in #258

Full Changelog: v5.0.3...v5.0.4

As usual, for a detailed list of changes see the source CHANGELOG

Installation on Linux

• Third-party repositories
• PyPy Package

Installation on MacOS

• PyPy Package

Installation on MS Windows

• PyPy Package

Videomass 5.0.3

What's Changed

• Write auto subs by @jeanslack in #241
• improve YouTube_Downloader UI layout by @jeanslack in #242
• fix button spaces by @jeanslack in #243
• subtitles_editor.py: Fixed space button by @jeanslack in #244
• add french translation + fixes by @jeanslack in #249
• add spanish translations by @jeanslack in #251
• updated French translation by @jeanslack in #254
• Release by @jeanslack in #256
• updated Russian translation by @jeanslack

Full Changelog: v5.0.2...v5.0.3

As usual, for a detailed list of changes see the source CHANGELOG

Installation on Linux

• Third-party repositories
• PyPy Package

Installation on MacOS

• PyPy Package

Installation on MS Windows

• PyPy Package

Videomass 5.0.2

What's Changed

• factorization & improvements by @jeanslack in #228
• bug fixes and improvements by @jeanslack in #229
• remove flickers on Timeline Editor statusbar by @jeanslack in #230
• fix wx compatibility by @jeanslack in #231
• fix transpose layout by @jeanslack in #232
• update man page and argparser by @jeanslack in #233
• Refactoring by @jeanslack in #234
• Problem with single quotes on filenames by @jeanslack in #237
• fix AppImage_build.sh to new Python AppImage version by @jeanslack in #239

Full Changelog: v5.0.1...v5.0.2

As usual, for a detailed list of changes see the source CHANGELOG

Videomass 5.0.1

Major Changes

• External Downloader Support thanks to @samarthshrivas in #222
• Improved display of rejected files and URLs with a dialog that pops up when files or URLs aren't imported correctly. This allows you to have a clear overview of rejected files and URLs with their associated error messages, see #224 and pull @jeanslack in #226.
• New dialog for file overwrite confirmation and missing file notification.
• Improved all confirmation dialogs.

New Contributors

• @samarthshrivas made their first contribution in #222

Compare changes: v5.0.0...v5.0.1
For the complete list of changes see CHANGELOG

Videomass 5.0.0

What's Changed

• first fixes v4.0.11 by @jeanslack in #213
• close or exit the window by @jeanslack in #214
• Trashdir by @jeanslack in #216
• Redesigned Timeline editor by @jeanslack in #219

Full Changelog: v4.0.10...v5.0.0

Major Changes

• More definitive interface improvements.
• [YouTube Downloader] Drag URLs panel now uses a list control to drag and drop URLs. The ability to paste from the clipboard is also included. This will make it easier to sort the URLs to avoid possible errors.
• [YouTube Downloader] Ability to close or exit the window. If you choose to close the window, it will be hidden and your work will not be lost.
• New Edit menu includes "Remove selected..." and "Paste" items.
• A new Timeline Editor has been completely redesigned. This is a floating window with various tune-ups features for time trimming which can be activated from the View menu or by keyboard shortcut CTRL+T .
• [A/V Conversions] Improved crop filter dialog, now you can also set the crop area by right clicking and moving the mouse on the image.

For the complete list of changes see CHANGELOG