MKVToolNix v6.0.0 released

Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:29:45 +0100

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Hey,

I've released MKVToolNix 6.0.0. It packs quite a punch: several new
features, a couple of bugfixes. The new features include a reader for
the FlashVideo file format (.flv -- yes, for those YouTube videos),
splitting by frame/field numbers, splitting by chapter numbers,
splitting into parts by frame/field numbers, reading VobSubs from MP4
files and the ability to save additional command line options as
default options in mmg.

Then there's a major change regarding one of the most controversial
features in MKVToolNix: header removal compression has been turned off
by default in both mkvmerge and mmg.

The list of fixed bugs is even longer than the one for new features,
so please look at the ChangeLog below for the details.

There are three things to note for package maintainers: the source
code archive is now compressed with xz instead of bzip2 (file name
ends in ...tar.xz); Boost's "variant" library is now required;
MKVToolNix still requires its bundled versions of libEBML and
libMatroska because new versions of them haven't been released yet
(just like in 5.9.0).

Here are the usual links...

...to the home page:
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/

...to the source code:
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/sources/mkvtoolnix-6.0.0.tar.xz

...to the Windows installer and 7zip archive:
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/mkvtoolnix-unicode-6.0.0-setup.exe
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/mkvtoolnix-unicode-6.0.0.7z

All of the Linux binaries that I provide have already been built and
are available.

Here's the ChangeLog since v5.9.0:

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2013-01-20 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* Released v6.0.0.

2013-01-14 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge: new feature: Implemented splitting by parts based on
frame/field numbers ("--split parts-frames:" in
mkvmerge). Implements #819.

2013-01-13 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge: bug fix: Re-writing the track headers after they'd
grown a lot (to more than the EBML void size located after them
allowed for) led to an integer underflow. Then mkvmerge tried to
write a void element the size of that integer (e.g. nearly 4 GB on
32bit platforms). Fixes #822 and #828.

2013-01-12 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge: bug fix in the MP4 reader: Fixed language code
conversion from what is used in MP4 to the ISO 639-2 codes used in
Matroska (e.g. convert from "deu" to "ger").

* Source distribution: source code archives (tarballs) will be
compressed with xz instead of bzip2 from now on. The file name's
extension will therefore change from ".tar.bz2" to ".tar.xz". The
download URL changes accordingly.

2013-01-11 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge: new feature: Implemented reading VobSubs from MP4
files if they're stored in the Nero Digital way (track sub-type
'mp4s', ESDS object type identifier 0xe0). Implements #821 and the
second half of #815.

2013-01-08 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mmg: new feature: Command line options can be saved as default
for new jobs by clicking a check box in the "add command line
options" dialog.

2013-01-02 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mmg: bug fix: Fixed a crash in the chapter editor if the root
was selected and the user used the "Set values" button.

2013-01-01 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge, mmg: removal: The 'header removal compression' method
is not turned on by default anymore. This affects the following
track types: AC3, AVC/h.264, Dirac, DTS, MP3. The setting in mmg
that turned it off by default has been removed.

2012-12-31 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge: new feature: Added experimental support for the Opus
audio codec. Parts of an implementation of #779.

2012-12-28 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge: bug fix: "text"-type tracks in MP4 files are only
treated as chapters if their track ID is listed on a "chap" atom
inside a "tref" track reference atom. Fixes #815.

2012-12-27 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge, mmg: new feature: Implemented splitting by chapter
numbers. Implements #504 and #814.

2012-12-25 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge: enhancement: Removed several warnings from the MPEG-2
video parser code about open GOPs, missing references. Those were
too confusing for most users, even after being given additional
information via email and FAQs.

* mkvextract: new feature: Implemented extraction of ALAC into
Core Audio Format files (CAF). Implements #786.

2012-12-23 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge, mmg: new feature: Implemented splitting by frame/field
numbers. Implements #771.

* mmg: bug fix: Fixed consistency checks when appending files and
at least one track is disabled.

* mkvmerge: new feature: Implemented a reader for the
Flash Video format (.flv). Implements #735.

2012-12-22 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* Build system: Boost's "variant" library is now required.

2012-12-17 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge: bug fix: ISO 639-2 language handling: The deprecated
language codes "scr", "scc" and "mol" are replaced by their
respective successors "hrv", "srp" and "rum". Fixes #803.

* mkvmerge: bug fix: Matroska reader: Fixed finding the "segment
info" element if it is located behind the clusters.

2012-12-16 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvmerge: bug fix: MP3 parser code: Fixed skipping ID3 tags so
that the header directly behind the ID3 tag is recognized
properly. Fixes #747.

* mkvmerge: bug fix: MP4 reader: Fixed handling of edit lists if
the edit list is used to adjust the track's timecodes by a fixed
amount (either positive or negative). Fixes #780.

2012-12-10 Moritz Bunkus <[email protected]>

* mkvpropedit: bug fix: Giving a non-existent file name in tags
mode will result in a proper error message. Fixes #806.
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Have fun.

Kind regards,
mosu
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