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SimpleMovieX Changelog

What's new in SimpleMovieX 3.13

Aug 18, 2017
  • NEW Features:
  • Built for MacOS 10.12 Sierra (and compatible back to Mac OS X 10.6)
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed Metadata functionality, in particular Amazon search
  • Using FastSpring store instead of defunct Kagi

New in SimpleMovieX 3.12 (Feb 16, 2013)

  • New:
  • Built for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Improvements:
  • Improved opening speed of large files.
  • Fixed app becoming becoming unresponsive when loading long duration MP3 and AAC files.
  • Adapted to Amazon API changes, otherwise metadata fetching would stop working in Oct'2011
  • Several crasher bug fixes in saving and splitting operations

New in SimpleMovieX 3.11 (Aug 8, 2011)

  • NEW Features:
  • Built for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Improvements:
  • Improved opening speed of large files.
  • Fixed app becoming becoming unresponsive when loading long duration MP3 and AAC files.
  • Adapted to Amazon API changes, otherwise metadata fetching would stop working in Oct'2011
  • Several crasher bug fixes in saving and splitting operations

New in SimpleMovieX 3.10 (Jul 30, 2010)

  • NEW Features:
  • Save to iTunes Library
making necessary arrangements to make movie compatible with selected devices (iPad, iPhone, AppleTV, iPod)
  • MP4 native saving now supports multiple audio tracks, and also Dolby AC3.
  • German localization (thanks Michael!)
  • Merge audio and video by dragging them on blank document
  • Rename the audio tracks and set languages
  • (Experimental) Add to iTunes mutating XVID to MPEG4:
Instead of converting XVID files (very slow), SimpleMovieX makes them playable on AppleTV, iPad, iPhones and iPods by mutating into MPEG4 Video (very fast)
  • Improvements:
  • "Scale segment" now defaults duration to pasteboard duration
  • Artworks from Amazon are now high resolution
  • Copy/Paste metadata now also includes artwork
  • Improved audio waveform (scale now based on 99% distribution, not on peak)
  • Can turn-off "complete" sound
  • Warning if text in metadata exceeds 255 characters (will truncate)
  • FIXED Issues:
  • Crash when opening very short audio files
  • Error -2010 or other related problems after saving, or closing then re-opening modified version of a movie file
  • Check Updates would be reseted to "checked" if upon first use, we uncheck it, then app crashes
  • "Report a bug" when no document open doesn't work
  • After saving audio-only movie with chapters, chapters selector now longer works
  • Waveform is sometimes plain white
  • Cannot find introductory movie
  • Message "Not connect to Internet" would block app if other dialog pops-up at the same time
  • App hangs if the file name contains a non-latin character
  • Spotlight comment broken
  • Fading effect when editing on Search Pane
  • Audio languages not displayed in submenu

New in SimpleMovieX 3.9.2 (Oct 9, 2009)

  • NEW Features:
  • Built for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • FIXED Issues:
  • Art covers from Amazon.com not loading since August 2009. Fixed.
  • Improved stability after saving.

New in SimpleMovieX 3.9.1 (Aug 12, 2009)

  • FIXED Issues:
  • Queries of metadata from Amazon will stop working by August 15, 2009 unless you upgrade to 3.9.1
  • Save As... panel now shows by default the folder of original file.
  • "Long Description" field of metadata was not properly written in save operation. Fixed
  • After using Add commands of Edit menu, some movie characteristics were not consistently displayed. Fixed

New in SimpleMovieX 3.9 (May 6, 2009)

  • NEW Features:
  • Built-in Metadata editor, to tag your movies directly inside SimpleMovieX.
  • Delete whole Chapter. (not just the marker, also the footage)
  • Chapter markers at beginning of MP4 and MOV movies are now optional. You can also specify the chapter name in Preferences.
  • Movie loading is faster.
  • FIXED Issues:
  • Saving in AVI format doesn't work fine with Perian codec, version 1.1.3 (but works with version 1.0). Fixed.
  • In multi-language movies, saving in AVI doesn't always saves the selected audio track. Fixed.
  • Cannot move frame by frame, backwards, when on the last frame of a movie. Fixed.
  • Search pane displays only part of the movie, or doesn't refresh correctly. Fixed.
  • When you cut a very short segment of a long MP4 file, saving sometimes fails. Fixed.
  • When you merge movies containing chapters with others without chapters, the video tracks would remain separated, thus preventing native saving in MP4 or AVI formats. Fixed.
  • Merging by droping several movies into a document creates a chapters at time t=0 even if there is already one present. Fixed.
  • Full screen playback now longer displays lateral strips.
  • Use slash / character inside a file name will cause saving to fail. Now this character is no longer accepted, for your own good...
  • Crash when opening a mov file with multiple references inside a same track. Fixed.
  • DV PAL movies are now resized to 768x576, respecting native vertical resolution.
  • Merging by droping several movies could be halted by warning messages. Fixed.
  • The files that SimpleMovieX opens remained locked until the application quits (preventing deletion from Trash, even if document has been closed). Fixed.
  • Using a file name several times for saving during a SimpleMovieX session would cause confusion. Fixed.
  • Saving of MP4 files over 4GB in size, or containing RTP tracks, would fail due to size check error. Fixed.
  • When Cut actions are used while a chapter name is being edited, it gives unexpected result. Fixed.
  • "Add to Movie" and "Add to Selection & Scale" does Paste instead of Add, under certains conditions. Fixed.
  • In Audio Sync pane, the numeric field is only active when you click on it. Sometimes the comma and decimal separator were wrongly interpreted. Fixed.
  • Table with list of movies in batch export window is clipped when saving starts. Fixed.

New in SimpleMovieX 3.9 Beta 2 (Apr 22, 2009)

  • New! Delete whole Chapter. (not just the marker, also the footage)
  • New! Chapter markers at beginning of MP4 and MOV movies are now optional. You can also specify the chapter name in Preferences.
  • New! Movie loading is faster.
  • Important Bugs fixed:
  • Saving in AVI format doesn't work fine with Perian codec, version 1.1.3 (but works with version 1.0). Fixed.
  • In multi-language movies, saving in AVI doesn't always saves the selected audio track. Fixed.
  • Chapters
  • Cannot move frame by frame, backwards, when on the last frame of a movie. Fixed.
  • Search pane displays only part of the movie, or doesn't refresh correctly. Fixed.
  • When you merge movies containing chapters with others without chapters, the video tracks would remain separated, thus preventing native saving in MP4 or AVI formats. Fixed.
  • Merging by droping several movies into a document creates a chapters at time t=0 even if there is already one present. Fixed.
  • Full screen playback now longer displays lateral strips.
  • Use slash / character inside a file name will cause saving to fail. Now this character is no longer accepted, for your own good...
  • Crash when opening a mov file with multiple references inside a same track. Fixed.
  • DV PAL movies are now resized to 768x576, respecting native vertical resolution.
  • Merging by droping several movies could be halted by warning messages. Fixed.
  • The files that SimpleMovieX opens remained locked until the application quits (preventing deletion from Trash, even if document has been closed). Fixed.
  • Using a file name several times for saving during a SimpleMovieX session would cause confusion. Fixed.
  • Saving of MP4 files over 4GB in size, or containing RTP tracks, would fail due to size check error. Fixed.
  • When Cut actions are used while a chapter name is being edited, it gives unexpected result. Fixed.
  • "Add to Movie" and "Add to Selection & Scale" does Paste instead of Add, under certains conditions. Fixed.
  • In Audio Sync pane, the numeric field is only active when you click on it. Sometimes the comma and decimal separator were wrongly interpreted. Fixed.
  • Table with list of movies in batch export window is clipped when saving starts. Fixed.

New in SimpleMovieX 3.8.1 (Dec 9, 2008)

  • Fixed crasher when opening a movie from a location you specified Spotlight should not search (Privacy tab).

New in SimpleMovieX 3.8 (Dec 5, 2008)

  • NEW Features:
  • Revamped Search Pane, allowing selection and editing.
  • Export the tiles of the Search Pane in a printable "Contact Sheet"
  • Spotlight comments are now preserved after editing and saving.
  • Merge several movies in one shot by dropping them on a blank document.
  • FIXED Issues:
  • Export in MP4 format now gives the option "Audio Passthrough" like in QuickTime Pro.
  • Some MP4 movies (like those recorded with Samsung NV24) were not displaying video. Fixed.
  • Two MP4 files can be merged and saved natively, but not 3 or more files. Fixed.
  • Fixed a crasher bug when saving split files.
  • Files created by "Batch Export", are displayed with a white thumb in iTunes. Fixed.
  • Improved navigation in MPEG files.
  • Fixed a crasher bug when refreshing the search pane.
  • In some movies, cutting a segment (Edit > Cut) would not do anything. Fixed.
  • Fixed the link to video tutorials.
  • Movies longer than 24 hours do not open. Fixed.
  • SimpleMovieX launches faster, as it checks for a new version without blocking.
  • MP4 saving hangs if the movie had previously chapters, but not at the time of the saving. Fixed.
  • International characters in metadata were not properly displayed. Fixed.
  • SimpleMovieX sometimes created a dummy Copyright medata "BBBB..." after saving/exporting.
  • Fixed crasher bugs in Panther: when hovering the Gallery, when entering chapter names with international characters (Unicode encoding)
  • Just after chapter creation, the keystrokes go to chapter name field, even menu shortcuts like Command-S, giving unpredictiable results. Fixed.

New in SimpleMovieX 3.7.1 (Jul 28, 2008)

  • Fixed launch problem with Panther.
  • Improved usability of Audio sync pane (autorepeat arrow buttons, can input offset with keyboard)

New in SimpleMovieX 3.7 (May 22, 2008)

  • Support for multi-audio movies. Possible to select language, remove unused audio tracks.
  • Metadata is now detected. SimpleMovieX can visualize it and proposes MetaX and iTunes to edit it.
  • Movie Information now reports languages, media source references and metadata.
  • Poster Frame can be set in mov and mp4 files.
  • Unicode encoding is used for Chapter names if required. Perfect compatibility with iTunes.
  • Edition of Chapter markers is much faster now. Editing clips is also significantly faster.
  • Chapter markers can now have the same name (except consecutive ones)
  • Integrated Software Update module, that displays description and let you skip or download update.
  • Safer MP4 saving in place.
  • Incompatibilities between tagging with iTunes or MetaX, and MP4 chaptered files written by SimpleMovieX.
  • MP4 files containing a hidden chapter track are now detected. SimpleMovieX shows the chapter track if you want.
  • Pasteboard Text content was overwritten by "Corrupted Movie" after relaunching SimpleMovieX.
  • After a crash or Force Quit, SimpleMovieX was no longer able to restore edited documents (Autosave)
  • Files without name extension (mov, dv, ...) do not open. (Fix applies to Tiger and Leopard only)
  • Protected and compressed QuickTime movies still cannot open, but now give the appropriate message.
  • Audio resync in AVI files was not always be kept after saving.
  • New keyboard shortcuts for navigation to avoid conflict with Leopard Spaces.
  • Smarter chapterizing flow, with automatic focus switch between timeline, search and chapter pane. Easier to use than to explain.
  • Added "Paste Chapters at current time" to avoid confusion. Regular "Paster Chapters" now always works as expected.
  • Information and Warning dialogs that tend to be repetitive can now be skipped.
  • A warning dialog is shown for MP4 movies with several audio tracks.
  • Non-obstrusive info button added to window if the movie contains special features (multi-audio, metadata, ...)
  • Position of a new document window now returns to default if all windows have been closed.
  • Scan automatically starts when Search Pane opens.
  • Hovering on a movie in Gallery displays its full path.
  • Snapback button disappears when it has been used.

New in SimpleMovieX 3.6.3 (Feb 26, 2008)

  • NEW: Chapter markers can be copied and pasted. A plain text document can be used to add chapters in a movie.
  • After editing, AVI files with Microsoft ADPCM audio could loose audio. Fixed
  • After editing, AVI files with non-integer frames per second (in particular NTSC) can have audio synchronization problems. Fixed
  • Improved support of MP3 audio in edited AVI files, better compatibility with Windows PCs.
  • Audio popping noise every few seconds in some AVI files edited by SimpleMovieX. Fixed.
  • When merging files, in particular MP4 files or in case of duplicate chapter names, the chapter markers coming from the pasted file would be lost. Fixed.
  • Blank chapter marker is created at time 0 when saving MP4 files even if one is already present at time 0. Fixed.
  • Audio could be lost when merging and saving several MP4 files.
  • Audio could be lost when editing MP4 files created by Handbrake.
  • Fixed a corner case where registration code is not accepted.