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ReelBean Changelog

What's new in ReelBean 5.9

Jan 3, 2012
  • Increased the range of the bass and treble sliders in the audio controls panel.

New in ReelBean 5.8 (Dec 6, 2011)

  • Minor GUI updates to the player window.

New in ReelBean 5.7 (Nov 1, 2011)

  • Further optimizations for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

New in ReelBean 5.6 (Sep 6, 2011)

  • Minor corrections for compatibility with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

New in ReelBean 5.5 (Jul 5, 2011)

  • Increased the size of the volume slider head to make it easier to grab and drag.

New in ReelBean 5.4 (May 3, 2011)

  • Correction to one of the DVD control sliders.

New in ReelBean 5.3 Build 158 (Apr 6, 2011)

  • Made the info and chapters windows into HUD panels.

New in ReelBean 5.2 Build 157 (Mar 1, 2011)

  • Updated the appearance of the Chapters panel.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in ReelBean 5.1 Build 156 (Feb 1, 2011)

  • Updated the Empty Caches menu item under the application menu.

New in ReelBean 5.06 Build 155 (Jan 4, 2011)

  • Increased the size of the movie track properties window.

New in ReelBean 5.05 Build 154 (Dec 20, 2010)

  • Minor improvement in handling media data segments for the Add Audio Track to movie feature.

New in ReelBean 5.04 Build 153 (Dec 3, 2010)

  • Increased the width of the volume, transparency and size sliders in the DVD controller panel, to improve ease of use.

New in ReelBean 5.03 Build 152 (Nov 2, 2010)

  • Increased width of volume slider to improve ease of use, and adjusted cue slider to compensate.

New in ReelBean 5.02 Build 151 (Oct 1, 2010)

  • Increased the size of the playback time and remaining time display fields, for improved visibility.

New in ReelBean 5.01 Build 150 (Sep 2, 2010)

  • Minor fix for parsing movie metadata.

New in ReelBean 5.0 Build 149 (Aug 3, 2010)

  • Various improvements to video and audio algorithms.
  • Corrected color of text for labels in the Movie Track Properties window to make them easier to read.
  • Increased the size of the Extract Video and Extract Selected Track buttons.
  • Corrected the visibility of the time data in the DVD controller panel.
  • Minor update to the MPEG-4 export settings dialog.
  • Removed some unnecessary console logging.

New in ReelBean 4.96 Build 146 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Improved the time and remaining time display.

New in ReelBean 4.95 Build 145 (Jun 8, 2010)

  • Improved text style in the scenes drawer.
  • Added more data validation when extracting a single track (audio or video) into a new file.

New in ReelBean 4.9 Build 144 (May 11, 2010)

  • Reduced the memory size of the program by over 20% by removing unused resources.
  • Altered the style of the volume slider head.

New in ReelBean 4.8 Build 143 (Apr 13, 2010)

  • Added the iPad format to the export conversion list.
  • Small correction to the Movie menu.

New in ReelBean 4.7 Build 141 (Mar 16, 2010)

  • Redesigned the audio recording feature, and provided a new interface for it.

New in ReelBean 4.6 Build 140 (Feb 16, 2010)

  • Updated the DVD controller panel.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in ReelBean 4.53 Build 139 (Jan 19, 2010)

  • Made the Record Audio feature available in the free version (previously it was only available in the licensed version.)
  • Fixed a bug that previously required manual resizing of the window when opening WMV files.

New in ReelBean 4.52 Build 137 (Dec 21, 2009)

  • Fixed minor bug when handling WMV exports.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in ReelBean 4.51 Build 136 (Dec 8, 2009)

  • Updated the Track Extraction window.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in ReelBean 4.5 Build 135 (Nov 10, 2009)

  • The Annotations window can now be manually resized.
  • Removed unused item (Close) from the File menu.

New in ReelBean 4.4 Build 134 (Oct 14, 2009)

  • Added the Save Frame button to the toolbar.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in ReelBean 4.31 Build 132 (Aug 19, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug in the software update mechanism.
  • Memory usage improvements.

New in ReelBean 4.3 Build 131 (Jul 22, 2009)

  • Added dialog windows for the Join Movie and Split Movie features.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in ReelBean 4.21 Build 130 (Jun 25, 2009)

  • Minor bug fixes.
  • Added a divider in the annotations window to help distinguish columns.

New in ReelBean 4.2 Build 129 (May 27, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause ReelBean's update mechanism to freeze, depending on app startup timing.
  • Adjusted the preferences toolbar to have the standard size buttons and text.
  • Corrected the height of some preference panel views.

New in ReelBean 4.1 Build 128 (Apr 29, 2009)

  • Minor fix in the Movie Track Properties window.
  • Displays a dialog window when the Toggle Scenes feature is not available.

New in ReelBean 4.0 Build 127 (Mar 31, 2009)

  • The Video Controls panel sliders (Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue) now work for MPEG1-Muxed movies, in addition to all the previous formats.
  • Double-clicking in the export table now selects a format and starts an export operation.
  • The Movie Info panel is no longer a HUD panel, it now has a gradient black background to make the text easier to read.
  • Reduced the row height in the export panel to allow more options to be visible without scrolling.
  • Increased the default player window width when playing music files.
  • Added the Toggle Scenes item to the Window menu.
  • Reduced the height of the preferences panel toolbar, for consistency with the main window.
  • Increased the width of the playhead slider.
  • Reduced the text size in the columns in the Movie Track Properties window.
  • Updated the Open Movie toolbar button.
  • Updated the Registration Panel.
  • Updated the Help menu text.
  • Updated the gradient view in the player.
  • Several minor bug fixes.

New in ReelBean 3.93 Build 124 (Mar 4, 2009)

  • Displays an informational warning if the Show Chapters menu option is selected for a movie file that does not contain a chapter track.
  • Altered the style of the Help menu item, for a more attractive presentation of the help text window.

New in ReelBean 3.92 Build 123 (Feb 4, 2009)

  • Added support for Core Audio Format (CAF) files.

New in ReelBean 3.91 Build 122 (Jan 14, 2009)

  • Improved the workflow of the Apple TV export option.

New in ReelBean 3.9 Build 121 (Dec 17, 2008)

  • The following ReelBean windows now retain their previous screen positions when they are next reopened:
  • Movie Info window.
  • Movie Track Properties window.
  • Annotations window.
  • Preferences window.
  • Export Progress window.
  • Video controls window.
  • Audio controls window.
  • Video Recording window.
  • Audio Recording window.
  • About Panel window.
  • DVD window.
  • DVD controls window.
  • Reduced the toolbar height (toolbar button icons are scaled smaller.)

New in ReelBean 3.85 Build 120 (Nov 19, 2008)

  • Added fast-forward and fast-reverse to the player (replacing the functionality of the single frame forward and reverse buttons. The single frame forward/reverse functionality is still available using the left and right arrow keys.)
  • Improved the iPhone exporting workflow.

New in ReelBean 3.84 Build 119 (Oct 22, 2008)

  • Updated the workflow of the video recording feature to match that of the audio recording feature, i.e. you can now specify a location for the recording to be saved to instead of it always being saved to the desktop.
  • Updated the recording clock in the video recording window to match the look of the one in the audio recording window.
  • Improved the autosaving of the window position when ReelBean exits, for use when the app is next restarted.
  • Improved the efficiency of Movie Track Properties window.

New in ReelBean 3.83 Build 118 (Sep 24, 2008)

  • Automatically open the main toolbar at startup.
  • Minor bug fixes to correct alignment of a couple of GUI elements.

New in ReelBean 3.82 Build 117 (Aug 27, 2008)

  • Improved the font size in the chapter table.
  • The vertical and horizontal scrollers in the chapter table are now automatically hidden when not needed.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in ReelBean 3.81 Build 116 (Jul 30, 2008)

  • Updated the audio recording interface.
  • When an audio recording has been made the location of the saved file can now be specified, instead of always being saved to the desktop.

New in ReelBean 3.8 Build 115 (Jul 2, 2008)

  • Updated the appearance of the export and scenes drawers.
  • Added some missing tooltips.

New in ReelBean 3.7 Build 114 (Jun 4, 2008)

  • The movie info panel now displays more detailed track format data for video and sound tracks.

New in ReelBean 3.6 Build 113 (May 7, 2008)

  • Updated the playback cue slider appearance.
  • When the movie track window is displayed it is now made the key window, improving the initial appearance.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in ReelBean 3.5 Build 111 (Apr 9, 2008)

  • Altered the compression format used when doing video recording.
  • H.264 is now used (previously it was an uncompressed format.)

New in ReelBean 3.4 Build 111 (Mar 12, 2008)

  • Added two options to the Skip submenu (under the Movie menu) to skip backwards in increments of 10 seconds and 5 minutes.
  • The export drawer is now automatically closed after an export session has been started.

New in ReelBean 3.3 Build 110 (Feb 14, 2008)

  • Added the Video Record option to the Edit menu to allow video recording from either a built-in camera (e.g. in a laptop) or from an externally attached video camera.