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- HC and HCbatch beta 0.14 - release date 23-04-2005
- - improvement of the encoding engine
- - added *CQ_MAXBITRATE command, CQ encodes will now be DVD-compliant
- - some other bugs fixed
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- HC and HCbatch beta 0.13 - release date 17-04-2005
- - faster encoding
- - bitrate control updated
- - encoding profiles updated: FAST - NORMAL - BEST
- - QLB matrix updated
- - added *NOSEQ_ENDCODE command to suppress output of the sequence endcode
- - some other minor bugs fixed
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- HCbatch beta 0.12b - not publicly released
- - *CQ value wasn't set properly, fixed
- - intermediate pass updated
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- HCbatch beta 0.12a - release date 24-03-2005
- - fixed an error where the scan flag wasn't set properly
- for interlaced source using argument input
- - added *WAIT command to speed up exit after encoding
- - some other minor bugs fixed
- - 1, 2 and 3 frame clips are now encoded using Constant Quant
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- HCbatch beta 0.12 - release date 19-03-2005
- - encoding engine same as GUI version
- - runs in a small window, showing statistics
- - can use ini file and parameters
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- HC beta 0.12 - release date 10-03-2005
- - for some vertical resolutions the lower 2-3 lines
- sometimes flashes with the wrong color, fixed
- - Avisynth "progressive movie" check deleted
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- HC beta 0.11 - release date 22-02-2005
- - GUI updated, many bugs fixed
- - preview option added
- - TFF/BFF flag added for interlaced encoding
- - shows Avisynth script errors
- - max. bitrate is written in sequence header instead of 9800
- - minor changes in bitrate control for bitrate < 2000 kb/s
- - AUTOGOP option didn't work if scene change detection
- was switched off, fixed
- - bitrate now in kb/s, m2v file size in Kbytes (1 kbit = 1000 bit)
- - MPEG matrix is set as default matrix
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- HC beta 0.10 - release date 07-02-2005
- All versions greater than 0.1 will be GUI versions
- - first GUI version
- - nothing changed in the encoding engine
- - some errors in Avisynth error handling fixed
- - bitrate now in Kb/s, m2v file size in Kbytes (1 Kbit = 1024 bit)
- - experimental support for AMD processors which can do MMX/ISSE
- proper check for this in the next version
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- HC beta 0.01 - release date 29-01-2005
- - *BATCH command added
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- HC beta 0.00 - release date 25-01-2005
- - first beta release
- - command prompt version
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- Known bugs
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- - none ATM AFAIK but I'm pretty sure that will change...
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- ToDo list
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- - GUI should be smaller...
- - support for Hyperthreading/multiple processor PC's
- - *nix version
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