AVItools Changelog

What's new in AVItools 3.7.0

Apr 12, 2018
  • Fixed a number of bugs introduced with High Sierra
  • Code was updated to Swift 3

New in AVItools 3.6.3 (Nov 18, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented joining files
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when a large number of files were edited
  • Some minor GUI changes with the Edit Files tab functionality
  • Added a Debug Mode option in preferences to turn on logging to the console app

New in AVItools 3.6.2 (Sep 9, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented conversions when "Keep Log Files" was unchecked in preferences

New in AVItools 3.6.1 (Sep 9, 2016)

  • Update ffmpeg to version 3
  • Numerous minor bug fixes
  • Added more logging for the file opening process to help track down a bug effecting the opening of files for some users

New in AVItools 3.6.0 (Sep 9, 2016)

  • Updated to Swift 2
  • Keep an eye out for minor random bugs
  • Added a "Send Bug Report" option in the help menu
  • Turned off compiler optimizations that would cause random crashing
  • Added a pseudo store window to streamline the registration process
  • Can now double click in the jobs queue to go to the output file
  • Made various bug fixes with the "Q" popup
  • Fixed various bugs with adding multiple files to the jobs queue

New in AVItools 3.4.3 (Dec 12, 2015)

  • Deleted a stray button matrix in the subtitle filter popup.
  • Fixed a bug that could change the username when updating on systems with macports installed.
  • Restored creation of default track titles.

New in AVItools 3.4.2 (Dec 12, 2015)

  • Fixed some issues with registration status and usernames.
  • Fixed bugs that would cause crashes when some text fields were empty.
  • Fixed bug that could cause subtitles imported from SUBtools to be ignored when processed.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashing with some EyeTV files.

New in AVItools 3.4.1 (Oct 25, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug that caused crashing on start up for some users

New in AVItools 3.4.0 (Oct 25, 2015)

  • System requirements are now 10.9.x or higher.
  • The preferences has changed so you will need to re-enter your registration code and other preferences.
  • Most of the code updated to Swift
  • Preference panel reorganized
  • Fixed and improved handling of files with problem tracks
  • Can now open eye tv packages
  • Developer ID signing added to make gatekeeper happy

New in AVItools 3.3.5 (Dec 16, 2014)

  • Fixed an initial set of Yosemite related bugs
  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashes when editing jobs from the queue
  • Fixed bug where log files of identical processes get appended instead of rewritten

New in AVItools 3.3.4 (Aug 29, 2014)

  • Code converted to ARC
  • Fixed a variety of bugs in the presets panel
  • Fixed a bug that could cause strange behavior in finder when writing to the log file
  • Fixed a bug that prevented some subtitles from being sent to SUBtools

New in AVItools 3.3.3 (Jun 4, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that could freeze processes as "Queued" on systems earlier than 10.9.x

New in AVItools 3.3.2 (Apr 25, 2014)

  • Fixed bug that could cause some 2-pass conversions to fail
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the app to crash during track extractions

New in AVItools 3.3.1 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that could make the convert button be ignored after a group of files had been added to the job queue
  • Fixed a bug that disabled the "Play" button
  • Fixed a Watch Mode bug that would prevent some files from being added to the queue

New in AVItools 3.3 (Feb 24, 2014)

  • Can now send subtitles to SUBtools (must be v1.0.b6 or higher) and back for quick editing and formatting fixes
  • Added a "Q" button to allow the user to view and manipulate individual files when a group of files are opened
  • Users can now specify in preferences whether or not to use Dolby Pro Logic II when surround sound is down mixed to 2-channels
  • Fixed a bug that made the app appear to lock up while the fontconfig cache was being initialized
  • Improved handling of .ts files
  • Multiple bug fixes to track identification which should reduce issues when opening files
  • Fxed a bug that showed "XX" as the username in the registration window
  • Fxed a bug that could prevent the app from being registered.
  • fixed bug that caused errors when passing through h264 video tracks
  • Threading related bug fixes that could cause freezes.
  • Numerous Mavericks bug fixes

New in AVItools 3.3 Beta 4 (Feb 15, 2014)

  • Added a "Q" button to allow the user to view and manipulate individual files when a group of files are opened
  • Fixed bug that made the app appear to lock up while the fontconfig cache was being initialized
  • Improved handling of .ts files
  • Multiple bug fixes to track identification which should reduce issues when opening files

New in AVItools 3.3 Beta 3 (Jan 11, 2014)

  • User can now specify in preferences whether or not to use Dolby Pro Logic II when surround sound is down mixed to 2-channels

New in AVItools 3.3 Beta 2 (Jan 8, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that showed "XX" as the username in the registration window
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent the app from being registered

New in AVItools 3.3 Beta 1 (Jan 7, 2014)

  • Can now send subtitles to SUBtools (must be v1.0.b6 or higher)
  • Multiple Mavericks bug fixes

New in AVItools 3.2.3 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the "Split" button from being enabled in Snow Leopard
  • Fixed some permission issues that could effect users on computers with mulitple accounts

New in AVItools 3.2.2 (Jan 21, 2013)

  • Numerous watch mode fixes.

New in AVItools 3.2.1 (Dec 29, 2012)

  • Fixed potential bug that would freeze the application when video needed to be scaled
  • Presets options now includes "None" for the video track
  • Expanded filtering capabilities for the selections presets
  • Improved and expanded watch mode
  • Subfolders are now "watched"
  • Watched files are no longer moved to a processing folder

New in AVItools 3.1.3 (Nov 10, 2011)

  • Fixed bug that could disable buttons in the Edit Files tab.

New in AVItools 3.1.2 (Nov 7, 2011)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented processes from starting properly
  • Adjusted some window sizes to make the app more user friendly on 1280 x 800 displays

New in AVItools 3.1.1 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • Fixed a bug that might make buttons disabled on launch
  • Fixed a bug that prevented some videos from playing properly

New in AVItools 3.1 (Oct 28, 2011)

  • Disabled the S, V, and A buttons as they should be in the edit tab
  • The Quick Tab has been removed to be replaced by ...
  • Added user definable "presets" to automate which tracks are selected
  • Added user definable "presets" to automate conversion settings, including the option for letting AVItools "guess" at the best settings
  • AVItools can now be put in a watch mode, where it will monitor a "watch folder" and process any videos added to the folder using the presets

New in AVItools 3.0.3 (Aug 16, 2011)

  • Reverted back to a more reliabe build of mencoder to fix numerous encoding issues
  • Fixed bug where 2-pass encoding might fail under Mac OS X 10.7.x

New in AVItools 3.0.2 (Jul 20, 2011)

  • New version of mencoder and mplayer
  • Fixed issue where AVItools might not recognize filenames containing unicode characters
  • Imrpoved burning of unicode subtitles
  • Fixed issue where job progress might not be cleared when a job is deleted
  • Fixed issue where the queue drawer would temporarily hang up
  • Added the capability of detecting and turning of Header Removal Compression in MKV videos
  • will now accept mpeg2 video tracks
  • Slight change to the registration system which might change your registration code if you had multiple user accounts (e-mail me for a fix)

New in AVItools 3.0.1 (May 19, 2011)

  • Fixed issue where the user entered bitrate would be ignored
  • Fixed issue where subtitles would not be extracted
  • Fixed issue where the username might be truncated

New in AVItools 3.0 (Mar 30, 2011)

  • Initial release of AVItools which incorporates all AVI related features of MKVtools and ...
  • New registration system tied to the system username which will allow AVItools to be registered on multiple and upgraded computers (as long as the computers share usernames).
  • Split AVI videos into segments of a specified file size or by start/end time.
  • Join AVI videos.
  • Extract the selected tracks from AVI videos as individual video and/or audio files.
  • Various bug fixes.