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Flip4Mac Changelog

What's new in Flip4Mac 3.3.8.1

Oct 18, 2016
  • Fixes and enhancements:
  • Added support for Mac OS X 10.6.8
  • Removed Flip4Mac watermark from playback
  • Flip4Mac Studio export now supports 768 x 576 PAL frame sizes
  • Flip4Mac Studio now has the ability to create custom encoding profiles

New in Flip4Mac 3.3.7 (Oct 5, 2015)

  • Fixes and Enhancements:
  • Added support for Mac OS X 10.10+
  • Added diagnostic analytics
  • Fixed issues with the Web plug-in and Safari.
  • Reintroduced support for Garbage Collection in OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8

New in Flip4Mac 3.3.6 (Jun 24, 2015)

  • Fixed possible crash when opening audio files

New in Flip4Mac 3.3.3.1 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • Fixes and Enhancements:
  • Fixed various issues with licensing
  • Allow for more flexible serial number entry

New in Flip4Mac 3.3.2.18 (Dec 24, 2014)

  • Fixes and Enhancements: Added support for Mac OS X 10.6.8

New in Flip4Mac 3.3.0.9 (May 2, 2014)

  • Removed Flip4Mac watermark from playback.
  • Flip4Mac Studio now has the ability to create custom encoding profiles.
  • Studio export now supports 768 x 576 PAL frame sizes.
  • Fixed a crash when opening Flip Player on OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

New in Flip4Mac 3.2.0.16 (Apr 27, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • New in-app stores purchasing
  • Fixes and Enhancements:
  • Dramatically improved the loading time for ASF files (.wmv, .wma, .wm, .wmp, .asf, etc.).

New in Flip4Mac 3.1.0.24 (Feb 20, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Added support for Retina displays.
  • Added the ability to export to iTunes from Flip Player, including exporting both audio and video, or exporting just the audio portion of a movie.
  • Added iPad mini and iPod Nano scaling presets.
  • Fixes and Enhancements:
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Flip4Mac from playing ASX files with a bad first entry but a valid second entry.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented exports from the Mac App Store version of ScreenFlow due to a sandboxing violation.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause Flip Player to crash if a movie was closed while being loaded for trimming.

New in Flip4Mac 3.0.0.126 Beta (Sep 22, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Introduced the new Flip Player application for playing, editing, and transcoding video and audio. Flip Player supports unique features such as dimming the background, cropping video, and creation of iPhone ringtones. It also supports exporting to Apple and Telestream applications, exporting to Apple devices, and Windows Media. Flip Player replaces the WMV Player application.
  • All software is now signed with a digital certificate from Apple to address security and anti-malware requirements in Gatekeeper.
  • Added support for the application/x-ms-wmp mime type.
  • Added 64-bit Core Audio support for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
  • Fixes:
  • Flip4Mac will now continue playing even if it encounters corrupted audio packets, as long as there are enough valid packets to prevent a perceptible problem with the audio.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Flip4Mac from opening local wvx files.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented MMS stream playback and resulted in a -19160 error.
  • Fixed potential crashes and memory leaks.
  • Fixed various issues with QuickTime X Player 10.2 in Mountain Lion.

New in Flip4Mac 3.0.0.104 Beta 2 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • New Features in this Release:
  • Introduced the new Flip Player application for playing, editing, and transcoding video and audio. Flip Player supports unique features such as dimming the background, cropping video, and creation of iPhone ringtones. It also supports exporting to Apple and Telestream applications, exporting to Apple devices, and Windows Media. Flip Player replaces the WMV Player application.
  • All software is now signed with a digital certificate from Apple to address security and anti-malware requirements in Gatekeeper.
  • Added support for the application/x-ms-wmp mime type.
  • Added 64-bit Core Audio support for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
  • Fixes in this Release:
  • Flip4Mac will now continue playing even if it encounters corrupted audio packets, as long as there are enough valid packets to prevent a perceptible problem with the audio.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Flip4Mac from opening local wvx files.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented MMS stream playback and resulted in a -19160 error.
  • Fixed potential crashes and memory leaks.
  • Fixed various issues with QuickTime X Player 10.2 in Mountain Lion.

New in Flip4Mac 2.4.4.2 (May 26, 2012)

  • Fixes in This Release:
  • The importer now accepts files with a .wm extension.
  • Fixed issue where watermarks would appear incorrectly.

New in Flip4Mac 2.4.2.4 (Mar 27, 2012)

  • Fixed possible crashing and display issues in the browser plugin.
  • Numerous fixes in the licensing engine to deal with closed networks and new installations under Lion.

New in Flip4Mac 2.4.1.4 (Jan 18, 2012)

  • New Features in this Release:
  • Added a progress indicator while waiting for streams to buffer in web browsers.
  • Fixes in This Release:
  • Fixes an export scaling issue that causes video quality issues with source frame sizes not divisible by four.
  • Fixes a problem exporting Silverlight templates.
  • Fixes numerous problems in the Web browser plug-in that prevented streaming and playback of various sites and other problems with clicking and scrolling while in the plug-in.
  • Adds support for Windows Media scripting. Note that scripting only works with Web browsers running in 32-bit mode. You may need to select "Open in 32-bit mode" in Finder's Info pane for Safari or Firefox for scripting to work.
  • Fixes a warning dialog issue with DRM protected content.

New in Flip4Mac 2.4.0.11 (Sep 22, 2011)

  • Includes a new Flip4Mac WMV Plugin that supports Safari 4 & 5, Firefox 3 & 4, and Google Chrome 6+. This also replaces the old "webplugin", which has been removed.
  • This release is compatible with Mac OS X versions 10.5 (Leopard) or later.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a problem playing ASX media that references non-existent network-based media. Fixed a rare problem in playing movies served by HTTP servers. Fixed a problem playing media having reference URL(s) that included spaces or other URL-encoded characters.

New in Flip4Mac 2.3.8.1 (Feb 19, 2011)

  • Fixed crash when playing mms streams from some sites.
  • Fixed an audio bug when exporting from Final Cut Express that was causing it to hang and add extra audio to the clip.
  • Fixed parsing on some .asx sites that could cause a hang or crash.

New in Flip4Mac 2.3.4.1 (Jun 25, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented opening fiiles in MacOS 10.4 (Tiger).

New in Flip4Mac 2.3.3.3 (Jun 8, 2010)

  • Local multi-stream files will now use the fastest stream available
  • Fixed problem where the last frame was being skipped playing
  • Updated Silverlight templates used for export
  • Fixed bug with some .asx sites returning a -19421 error

New in Flip4Mac 2.3.2.6 (Mar 25, 2010)

  • Fixed problems playing back files and streams with MP3 content.
  • Corrected problems launching QuickTime Player under Snow Leopard.
  • Fixed possible deadlock while purchasing a license.

New in Flip4Mac 2.3.1.2 (Dec 12, 2009)

  • Fixes an audio bug when exporting from Final Cut Pro that was causing it to hang.
  • Other fixes when exporting MP3 and mult-channel audio.
  • Allows third-party applications to fully import a wmv clip from their application when QTMovieOpenAsyncOKAttribute=NO.

New in Flip4Mac 2.3.0.11 Beta (Sep 17, 2009)

  • Added support for Mac OSX Snow Leopard.
  • Audio encoding and decoding is now handled by CoreAudio.
  • Components now support multi-threaded applications.
  • Added 64-bit support to the WebKit plugin and the Flip4Mac WMV Preference Pane.
  • Opening WMV files from the Finder now finds the latest version of QuickTime Player.
  • Local files now import in the background by default. This can be changed on a per-application basis in Flip4Mac WMV Preferences > Player > Advanced.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Flip4Mac 2.3.0.7 Beta (Aug 11, 2009)

  • Local files now import in the background by default. This can be changed on a per-application basis in Flip4Mac WMV Preferences > Player > Advanced.
  • Audio encoding and decoding is now handled by CoreAudio.
  • Components now support multi-threaded applications.
  • Added 64-bit support to the WebKit plugin and the Flip4Mac WMV Preference Pane.
  • Opening WMV files from the Finder now finds the latest version of QuickTime Player.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Flip4Mac 2.2.3.7 (Jun 10, 2009)

  • Fixed hang when exporting files with a high Quality setting.
  • Added warning when attempting to open a DRM protected file.
  • Improvements to wording and tool tips in Preference Pane.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Flip4Mac 2.2.1.7 Beta (Aug 1, 2008)

  • Improved WMV playback in Safari
  • Improved Safari and Camino compatibility
  • Fixed miscellaneous crashes
  • Fixed security issues reported by Drew Yao of Apple Product Security
  • Improved output results when using DV .mov source in Studio and Silverlight
  • Fixed Flip4Mac Studio �Parameter out of range� issue
  • Fixed transition rendering issue when using Flip4Mac 2.2 with Final Cut Express

New in Flip4Mac 2.2.0.49R (May 20, 2008)

  • A 100% CPU issue that seems specific to QT 7.4.x and Safari. Version 2.2.0.49R fixes the Safari CPU issue.