What's new in iVideo 7.0.1 Build 1125
Nov 28, 2014
- Fixed issues with inline editing in list view.
- Fixed a bug with adding online videos using https.
- Fixed a crash involving the transitions between playlists and videos.
- Fixed a few minor visual glitches.
- Other bug fixes.
New in iVideo 6.0 Build 1038 (May 23, 2013)
- Added Smart Libraries, which simplify and combine the "Library Rules" and "Add New Videos" features.
- Added special categories to each library for browsing by Date, Author, Album, Genre, Tags, Updates, Duplicates, and Missing files.
- Added support for DVD Video (VOB), Ogg Theora, AVCHD, and WebM.
- Added a new flexible tagging system, which replaces the old keyword pane.
- Added support for videos with chapters and alternate sound tracks.
- Added a Preview option when converting videos, which converts 3 seconds of the video instead of the entire thing.
- Added support for videos that can't be opened with QuickTime (VLC will be opened instead).
- iVideo now uses the Spotlight indexes to find new videos, which should be much faster for some setups.
- Added display names for videos.
- Added small previews to list view.
- Added smooth scrolling on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
- Added a "Send Feedback" option to the iVideo menu.
- Added "Last Played" and "Tags" columns to the list view.
- Added "contains" and "does not contain" for the Location rule in smart playlists.
- Added a Location option to the search bar.
- Added more Playback Speeds.
- Added the option to keep the iVideo Library folder when removing a library.
- Updated the user interface, this time to adopt the standard "Mountain Lion" appearance.
- Videos with names like "video9", "video10", etc. are now sorted by number correctly.
- Converted videos are now added back to the library.
- QuickLook now works correctly on OS X 10.7 and newer.
- Videos that lack thumbnails now show their names on the previews even when the names are normally hidden.
- Thumbnails now expand to fill up the entire thumbnails area, using a nifty transition.
- Track numbers are prepended to the display names for videos when adding them to your library.
- Fixed iVideo's ability to keep track of files as they are renamed or moved. Smart playlists also automatically update when folders are renamed or moved.
- Improved the Add Online Videos feature, including support for display names and tags.
- Folders can now be selected in the Playlist rule for smart playlists.
- Merged the back/rewind and next/fast-forward buttons.
- The batch renamer now inserts spaces automatically, and has more fields.
- The Name column in list view can now be rearranged like any other column.
- Removed the Controls menu.
- Removed the Full Screen and Sharing sections in the Preferences.
- Removed the web page creation feature.
- Removed the ability to share videos with an arbitrary IP address.
- Fixed a serious memory leak involving WindowServer.
- Many other bug fixes and improvements.
New in iVideo 4.1.2 (Apr 27, 2009)
- Fixed a few bugs with importing.
New in iVideo 4.1.1 (Apr 19, 2009)
- Importing has been tweaked to work better with WMV and MKV files (which take a long time to import).
- Added the ability to skip certain files in the import window.
- The Find my Movies feature now ignores duplicates correctly.
- New versions of iVideo will renew expired trials for up to 5 days instead of continuing to say that the trial has expired.
- Made a few improvements to the documentation.
- Other minor enhancements.
New in iVideo 4.1 (Apr 9, 2009)
- The demo for iVideo uses a time limit of 15 days instead of limiting the number of movies you can add per library.
- Importing is now handled by a separate helper app, which means a bad movie file can no longer cause iVideo to crash.
- Added "Open with Finder" back to iVideo. This feature opens your files with the app they would normally open with when double-clicking on them from the Finder.
- You can now choose which file formats (like MPEG or DV) you want to allow in your movie libraries. Check the Library pane of the Preferences for this feature.
- Added basic YouTube integration: copy and paste a YouTube link into the "Add Online Movie" window and you can watch the YouTube video directly in iVideo.
- When dragging files from iVideo to the Finder, the files are now copied instead of moved.
- iVideo will now load the creation date of newly-added files from the metadata if it exists.
- The "Find my Movies" feature is faster and may find more files in some cases.
- If the current library is set to move files, iVideo will correctly refuse to import files that are already in a different library.
- When dragging a folder onto the iVideo window, iVideo will ignore non-movie files instead of attempting to open them and flagging them as errors.
- The Setup Assistant will check your Movies folder for movies first before running a system-wide search for more files.
- When copying a movie library to a different drive, iVideo will now display a dialog showing the current progress and the estimated time remaining.
- Fixed a crashing bug when deleting a library while the last library in the Preferences is selected.
- Fixed a weird display glitch when importing files by dragging them onto the app icon while iVideo is not currently running.
- Fixed a minor bug where you were not allowed to edit the addresses for online movies.
- Fixed a bug with dragging .asx files onto the main window.
- Two-digit dates now use the range 1950-2049 (instead of 1990-2089), which makes it possible to organize old movies from the 1950s.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in iVideo 4.0.3 (Mar 12, 2009)
- Added support for Matroska (.mkv) and ASF files.
- DV files no longer appear distorted.
- iVideo will now load a description from a movie's meta data if it exists.
- Fixed a crashing problem when dragging certain folders onto the iVideo window.
- Fixed the "Add to Library" dialog so that it only accepts movie files again.
- The "Show recent imports" option in the Preferences is now remembered correctly the next time you launch iVideo.
- Corrected a few more typos in the documentation.
- You can drag and drop Flash video files onto the iVideo icon to import them now.
- When opening a movie in a different program when gallery view is set, the play count will be correctly updated.
- A few other minor fixes.
New in iVideo 4.0.2 (Mar 3, 2009)
- Added support for Flash Video (.flv) files.
- Fixed a bug that could cause iVideo to crash when switching between libraries.
- After watching a movie, the play count is now correctly updated when in gallery view.
- You can now use the smart playlist rule "keyword is not" and leave the field blank to find movies that have any keyword set.
- Other minor bug fixes and enhancements.
New in iVideo 4.0.1 (Feb 23, 2009)
- For smart playlists, you can now use the rule "keyword is" and leave the field blank to find movies that don't have keywords.
- Licenses from iVideo 3 are now correctly accepted.
- The "switch to movie" menu now works when switching to movies that aren't part of the current playlist.
- The error log, which doesn't do anything anymore since it has been replaced by the error reporter, has been removed.
- Increased the maximum file size allowed for databases sent via the crash reporter.
- Fixed a few typos in the documentation.
New in iVideo 4.0 (Feb 16, 2009)
- iVideo is finally compiled as a Universal Binary.
- Updated interface which looks consistent across all versions of Mac OS X.
- Greatly improved the following features: list view, gallery view, smart playlists, switching between movies during playback, the batch exporter, opening files using other media players, the batch renamer, drag and drop, searching, audio playback, network sharing, multiple library support, opening files from the Finder, automatically finding files, the Setup Assistant, and software update.
- Added album, artist, and genre fields for movies, as well as the play count and playback position.
- Web pages are now created directly in the source list with a fully visual layout.
- The batch exporter now allows you to create custom presets to save specific settings for later use.
- Each playlist can now have their own view settings.
- iVideo now offers partial support for protected QuickTime files, like those purchased on the iTunes Store.
- The text-based error log was replaced with a graphical error reporter.
- Added a Controls menu to the menu bar, and the dock menu offers basic playback controls.
- You can now switch between multiple movie libraries using a menu instead of having to go to the Preferences window.