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ReduxEncoder … The NEW NAME for FilmRedux.

In an effort to distinguish this project from the other FilmRedux clones I have decided  on a new name for it and that is ReduxEncoder, download links are live now, its got a new icon to match its name.

No other major changes yet, the same things still work and the things that didn’t work, still dont! but every effort is being made to get more of the feature set completed, The support binaries are finally in the application bundle so a separate download of those shouldn’t be needed.

A Manual Download of this version is required , the sparkle update mechanism that is used is unable to process updates correctly when an applications title has changed, (that is sparkle’s problem not mine !) once ReduxEncoder is installed updates will function in the usual way. Permanent download link in the footer of the blog.

Currently NOT COMPATIBLE with SNOW LEOPARD but do check back for an update…

Converting a video file to a burnable dvd image is now working. Currently single files only will be processed and turned into a dvd image.  No other options in the dvd setting window have any effect yet but work continues on getting that whole section finished.  Also a couple of toolbar changes, some metadata settings, a tidy up of the included binaries, removal of a framework that wasn’t needed.

The code for the video preview window is now operational and correctly plays video and audio for quicktime compatible files only. currently I have set it at 640 x 360. I may make this user resizable or  perhaps  match the values entered in the advanced settings panel.

Things are moving along nicely, the latest svn of mencoder is now bundled and will be up shortly.

The code for converting files to wmv format is now ready and is included in build 1.0.3.8.

Two pass encoding of files to Apple-device formats now works correctly, previous version were trying to read the wrong log file and then not doing the second pass correctly, this issue has now been addressed.  thank you to all those who noticed and let me know.

I thought i would add conversion to mkv files into filmredux, the functions have been added and a tab view for the options, working on the code now. Found a nice icon for the files.

The avi code has advanced a bit this week and is now mostly complete, cropping scaling and bitrate changes are now functioning.

AVI code is now in the application at a very basic level and conversion of files to standard avi’s is now possible. The code needs some fine tuning to get all the advanced options in place. update is now available to download for 10.5 only!

This build of Filmredux now includes the universal mencoder, this should fix conversions for those of you on ppc & intel who were getting strange logs with base64 encoded text. The libx264 library is linked to this so a new support pack is up and will be downloaded by filmredux if needed. This build requires Mac OS 10.5 and is universal for ppc or intel.