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MPEG2Cut 2 Build 5B04

aunque ya se había mencionado la aparición de TT 2.2.1, aquí están los cambios:

An update to TT was released this afternoon. Here is the change list...

Changes new in 2.2.1:
- Stuttering on playback should be resolved over the initial 2.2 release.
- Transport stream playback should not suffer the very long load times when multiple parts are used.
- dvr-ms files now correctly display the time bar length and support FF/RW
- FF/RW is supported on any file type that supports it.
- The File Types tab now has a checkbox next to each type to specify whether post processing is permitted for that type. This should make it easier for those that want to use FFDShow for DVD but not for HD material.
- The file browser now supports directories with just one or two characters in the name.
- The file browser now supports the mouse scroll wheel and Page Up/Down

nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder 1.02-185:

Changes in nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder 1.02-185 :

- Compatibility Fixes for Windows Media Center 2005 Update Rollup 2
- This decoder is optimized to work best with ForceWare Release 80 v81.85 or higher drivers
- Fixed HD MPEG-2 video playback corruption issues on GeForce 6200 with TurboCache™ passively cooled GPUs
- Improved fallback modes for inverse telecine in GeForce GPUs with low memory and with TurboCache

me edito porque repito algo que se dice más arriba, lo siento, lo único que puedo aportar es lo que dicen en los foros de TT:

Y la sorpresa es que incorpora los nvidia pure video decoder 188 (algo más avanzados que los oficiales) según asegura Andrew (el jefe) en los foros del programa.

www.theatertek.com

ProjectX_0.90.2.zip

SkyView 1.5093.0.2631

MPC 6.4.8.6

Media Portal News:

Latest News

05-Novemer-2005



CVS / 0.2.0 news

MediaPortal is now going to use .Net Framework 2.0. We encourage all CVS users to move download the new runtime require here. 64bit users can use this version here.

For people who compile their own builds we suggest you now use Visual C# 2005 Express Edition from now on also.

Some recent code update news...

We have temporarily moved back to DVR-MS for recording but Agree is working very hard on a new Transport Stream filter with a complete demuxing part, timestamping, etc.

ZipperZip's MyTrailers plugin has been added
FF/RWD in tvguide now skips +/- 3 hours
Devo's Web Browser plugin has been added
Support for id3v2.3 tags has been enhance
Smirnuff has also added some cool skinning features - see the animations included in Blue2 & ProjectX - thanks also to Harley

Frodo has added a 'settings' option in the tv->scheduler->edit recording where you can change the settings for the recording selected. The same goes for tv->recorded->edit recording.

DMAN

Kingconan,
¿Has probado el último update del TT?
No se si es mi equipo o mis gustos personales, pero yo lo veo de :laleche
Tanto los DVDs como los clips HDTV, los clips HD ya sean TS o WMV con una fluidez como nunca había visto.
Y encima la "usabilidad" (si es que existe este palabro) ha ganado muchísimos enteros (ya en la 2.2).
Salu2
PD. Los de ATI o sacan algo similar o en HTPC van de segundones para largo, con AVIVO y todo.

javier,

sí que he probado el update y es cierto, resuelve de un plumazo los problemas de tirones que había en el 2.2 con videos HD.
Desgraciadamente estoy pasando por una época sin proyector, aunque espero comprarme uno antes de fin de año (el mitsu HC3000 parece un gran candidato ).
De todas maneras este viernes por la mañana voy a hacer una visita a un propietario de un Toshiba MT500 y nos vamos a cascar la reciente captura de Blade Runner en 1080i grabadita en 2 dvd-r de doble capa (+ de 16 GB). Prometo impresiones y fotos...

Saludos.

speedfan 4.27

4.27 - added full support FINTEK F75387 support
- added full support for PHILIPS SA56004X
- added support for FINTEK F71872F
- properly enabled ICH6 SMBus when needed
- added full support for SiS965 SMBus
- events now play BEEP through the speaker's driver at a lower level
- added full support for ANALOG DEVICES ADT7476
- fixed a bug in the installer that prevented installing under some circumstances
- added support for nVidia GeForce 6800 NV48 and 6610 XL
- DELL support was extended to ICH7 motherboard models

FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2005-11-07

- don't use pf2iw instruction
- levels curves loading from acv files
- "scanline" effect
- fixing presets page
- don't use unsafe floating point to fixed sample conversions
- OSD frame timestamps and duration,
- option to not display OSD, only save to a file
- use SSE math in GCC build
- ffdshow avisynth filter using avisynth C interface
- small makefiles cleanup
...

VLC (VideoLAN Client) 0.8.4 test 2a

Changes in VLC (VideoLAN Client) 0.8.4 test 2a :

• Core support:
* Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
* New OSD system
• Video output:
* Fixed problems with OpenGL output
* New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
* Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
• Input:
* Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
* IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
* IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
* GnomeVFS input module
* Support for RTP packet reordering
* Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
• Decoders:
* Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
* Musepack decoder using libmpdec
* QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
• Services discovery:
* UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
* Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
• Video filters:
* RSS feed overlay
• Audio filters:
* Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel Mixer and Dolby Surround
• Stream output:
* New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
* Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
* Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
• Interfaces:
* wxWidgets
- Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
- All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
- VLC update checker
- Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
- Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
* Skins2
- Tree playlist
* HTTP
- New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
- Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in the names of files
- Include macro to include other files
- CGI 1.0 support
• ActiveX plugin:
* Should now work outside IE as well
• Windows port:
* Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
• Translations:
The following languages were added:
* Korean
* Romanian
* Simplified Chinese

FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2005-11-09

Changes in FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2005-11-09 :

- remember virtualdub plugins folder
- user request: dolby+LFE mixer modes
- x64 target in vs 2005 solution
- autoupdate version for GCC builds
- updated libavcodec
- updated Japanese language files
- disable some ratecontrol asserts
- build baseclasses as one unit by GCC
- remove another use of unsafe float to int conversion
...

WinDVD Platinum 7 Release 5
Changes in WinDVD Platinum 7.0 :

• Superior Audio & Video Technology

Audio Center
WinDVD 7 provides users with a mixture of unprecedented audio effects that creates dynamic and breathtaking audio environment.
• InterVideo Hall Effect
Sydney, Chicago, Broadway theatre — get the privilege without a ticket!
• High-Definition Audio
• Home Theater Speaker Control

Video Center
Utilizing advanced motion video technology, WinDVD 7 produces exceptional detailed and high quality video playback presentation.
• TrimensionDNM Advanced
smoother video quality in low resource demand
• Universal Player
supports Real Player files, Quick Time files, Windows Media files, DivX 5.2 Pro, HD Audio, MPEG-4 AVC H.264 Main Profile, 3GPP/3GPP2, & WMV-HD files.

• Media Sharing

WinDVD 7 supports all DVD/video/audio in any format to provide users with less frustration in media compatibility so users are left with just enjoying their movie playback.
• UPnP player (plays video from Universal Plug & Play CE device)
• Share video content on mobile device
• Share video content with iPod, PDA, PMP, mobile phone

• Digital TV Content Support

Designed for the sophisticated users who have recorded Digital TV/Radio program files.
• Navigate MPEG2-TS (MPEG2 Transport Stream) content
• Playback MPEG2-TS content
• MPEG2/4 AAC content playback

• Entertaining Features

Movie enthusiasts have several options to make their movie experience fun and entertaining.
• QuickClip2
• Music Visualization
• Mobile Technology

Como con el Zp+FFdshow+Avisynth no consigo evitar los golpes (AMD 64 3000 Venice, 6600GT, 1Gb Ram) he probado el TeatherTek y me he quedado :amor de la calidad de imagen y lo fluido que va, además de lo facil que es usarlo.

Solo le falta un poco de nitidez del Avisynth (no he podido probarlo con FFdshow porque al ponerlo de segundo postprocesado el TT peta) pero en conjunto me gusta tanto que estoy planteandome comprar la 2.2. Un par de preguntillas para los expertos del TT:

- ¿Alguno lo usais con mando a distancia? ¿Es posible prescindir completamente del raton con la 2.2 :alloro ?
- Bman, ¿has conseguido que el TT reconozca el LCD de la Silverstone LC03V?

Un saludo.

SkyView 1.5093.0.2650

info. actualizada para reproducir archivos h.264 (como los trailers .mov de apple) en ZP (parece que el autor escucha a los foreros) :alloro

en cuanto consiga una reproducción fluida en ZP sin FFDShow (con FFDshow hace falta mucha máquina) cuelgo aquí la configuración:

H.264, also known as MPEG4 AVC (or Advanced Video Coding), is one of the best video compression standards in existence today.

While still under the MPEG4 specification, it has nothing to do with the MPEG4 used in XVID/DIVX. It is a more advanced format requiring a much stronger CPU to decode. This format is relatively new and encoders/decoders may not support the full standard at this point, or offer true compatibility between encoders (which can create playback problems later on), which is one of the reason the format hasn't taken off more.

As the format is somewhat new, playing H.264 clips may be a bit of a hassle. Currently, using a recent versions of ffdshow is the best open-source choice for this format. Additional decoders may be found in the Nero Suite or with the Elecard Decoder Pack (The H.264 decoder may not be included in all of Elecard's or Nero's installation packages).

It has been chosen by apple for use in their HDTV video clips within the QuickTime v7 environment and may be used in the HD-DVD standard for video compression. You can play the Apple QuickTime-HD (480p/720p/1080p) Trailers without the use of QuickTime by installing the latest versions of ffdshow and the Haali Media Splitter.

la nueva release de Windvd actualiza los codecs:

ivivideo 7.0.27.130
iviaudio 7.0.27.130
iviH264 2.2.4.2

Theatertek 2.2.1, como se había comentado, tiene filtros más actualizados que los oficiales de Nvidia:

nvideo y nvaudio 4020.188.0.0

Codecs cirerita 1.20 requetealpha )

unas cuantas novedades:

-ivivideo 7.0.27.130
-iviaudio 7.0.27.130
-iviH264 2.2.4.2
-nvideo y nvaudio 4020.188.0.0 (de hecho, todo el pack completo de filtros Purevideo .188)

también he actualizado los de moonlight, pero son muchas versiones y no tengo ganas de enumerarlas aquí

también he incluido un archivo llamado MediaAutoGraph.rar
cuando actualizamos o reinstalamos ZP, podemos guardar nuestra configuración en un archivo .reg, pero las combinaciones de filtros para medios se pierde :>: la única manera de conservarlos es copiando manualmente la carpeta MediaAutoGraph. He incluido la mía; si se descomprime y se sobreescribe a la que hay en c://Archivos de programa/Zoomplayer/MediaAutoGraph, al abrir ZP de nuevo se tendrá MI configuración personalizada para medios. A mí me es muy pero que muy útil cuando instalo filtros en casa de alguien; configurar los filtros en ZP es la parte más tediosa, y así lo hacemos en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. Con el tiempo se quedará obsoleta, pero mientras tanto sirve perfectamente.

Codecs cirerita 1.25 status: semi-alpha :agradecido

cambios (los cambios no salen en el paquete de instalación):

-Codecs Moonlight y Elecard fundidos en un sólo grupo y actualizados.

-Interfaz mejorada: se puede desmarcar y marcar todos los filtros con un simple click de ratón; por defecto, cuando hay dos versiones de un mismo filtro (ac3, etc), sólo marco la que creo mejor y dejo sin marcar la otra (alpha o beta). de este modo, se evita instalar 2 veces lo mismo.

-Nuevo apartado para MediaAutoGraph (esto sólo sirve para usuarios de ZP):
hay 2 versiones; la primera copia el archivo .rar en el directorio donde instalemos los codecs. Se descomprime y se sobreescriben MANUALMENTE los archivos que hay en la carpeta Zoom Player/Mediautograph.
la otra descomprime y copia los archivos al vuelo AUTOMÁTICAMENTE. ojo, los copia a la ruta que Zoomplayer usa por defecto (Archivos de Programa/Zoom Player/Mediautograph). Si al instalar Zoomplayer hemos cambiado la ruta, entonces es mejor elegir la primera opción (descomprimir y copiar manualmente los archivos).

-sigue sin haber un readme. lo que escribo aquí debería bastar. eso sí, aconsejo leer lo que pone en la ventana de instalación, sobre todo el apartado final referente a los bugs conocidos.

DVBPortal 1.6

buen programa para satélite basado en skyavc.ax (el de Skyview). incluye plug-in para MCE.

novedades:
Selection of preferred audio track added.
Fixes for MCE2005 plug-in. Support for MCE Extenders added.
Database structure changed. Sorting of favorite channels added.
Pre-scanned database added with TVMovie favorite channel lineup.

Catalyst 5.11

Issues resolved:
ATI drivers are already optimized for your product from the initial installation. Installing a new driver is only recommended if you are experiencing issues with your ATI product, including those mentioned below:

- 3DMark05: Running the application under Windows XP MCE with CrossFire enabled no longer results in a warning message being displayed when closing the application
- Battlefield 2: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon® 9200/9250 series no longer results in the operating system failing to respond
- Call of Duty: Starting a single player game at any skill level no longer results in the operating system failing to respond when using an ATI Xpress™ 200 series product
- City of Heroes: Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition no longer results in display corruption being notice when attempting to task-switch between the game and the desktop
- Doom3 Resurrection of Evil: Playing the game under Windows XP MCE with CrossFire enabled and Catalyst® A.I. disabled no longer results in scissor mode corruption being noticed
- Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil: Playing the game under Windows XP MCE with CrossFire enabled no longer results in ghosting effect being noticed
- FarCry: Installing the 1.32 patch for the game followed by changing the lighting quality no longer result in corruption being noticed when reaching a certain point in the game
- F.E.A.R.: Playing the game under Windows XP using an ATI Radeon X1800 no longer results in poor performance being noticed
- Max Payne 2: Playing the game under Windows XP with CrossFire™ enabled no longer results in a loss of sync being noticed
- Neverwinter Nights: Installing the 1.66 patch along with Shadows of Undertide and Hordes add-ons no longer results in features of the game being missing when using an ATI Radeon® 9600 SE
- Quake 4: The fire effect no longer becomes corrupt after using GLSL
- Serious Sam: Two directdraw samples are no longer displayed as a blank screen
- Windows Movie Maker: Inputting the video source from the S-Video connector, and using the application to capture from source, no longer results in the Windows 2000 operating system failing to respond once the capture is complete
- Wurm Online: The water reflection displayed within the game is now rendered properly
- Connecting a CRT and a TV no longer results in the TV not being automatically detected under Windows XP MCE when using an ATI Radeon® 9550/9600/9650 series
- Catalyst® Control Center: All the menu items in the Deinterlacing aspect page of the Catalyst® Control Center are now displayed when selecting Simplified Chinese as the supported language
- Catalyst® Control Center: Enabling East Asian language support no longer results in the Apply, Discard and Defaults buttons being invisible
- Vertical striping corruption is no longer noticed when running the Windows XP MCE TV when using an ATI All-in-Wonder™ X600 series
- Connecting a DVD player to the ATI All-in-Wonder™ X600 no longer results in the left and right audio channels being reversed when using the Windows XP MCE operating system
- Enabling CrossFire support on a system using three display device no longer results in corruption remaining on the secondary or third display devices when disabling the displays
- Water reflection textures are now displayed correctly when running ViewMarseille.bat found in the Use Debug Version of Direct3D
- Connecting an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® X800 CrossFire™ Edition no longer results in the HDTV being detected as a CRT monitor when the smart dongle switches are set to off
- The extended desktop display profile is now retained after switching between different user account in systems using an ATI Xpress™ 200 series and running the Windows XP operating system
- Using WinDVD to playback a DVD title while having the Catalyst® Control Center running, no longer results in the playback of the DVD pausing momentarily
- Vertical striping corruption is no longer noticed when running the Windows XP MCE TV when using an ATI All-in-Wonder X300/X600 series
- Connecting a DVD player to the VIVO connector no longer results in the video preview window failing to provide a preview when attempting to capture
- Connecting an HDTV as the only display device using the component video connector on an ATI Radeon X1300 no longer results in the display image shrinking when making changes to either AA or AF found in the 3D aspect page of the Catalyst® Control Center
- Creating a *.avi file under Windows XP MCE when using an ATI Radeon X800 series no longer results in the color of the captured file appearing corrupt during playback
- Connecting a display device to the DVI connector on systems containing an ATI Xpress™ 200 series no longer results in the display device failing to respond when attempting to resume from an S3 state
- Attempting to play a DVD using the ATI DVD player under Windows XP MCE with an Apple Cinema display device connected no longer results in a blank playback window

Codecs cirerita 1.30

cambios:

-añadido decodificador Divx 6.0.0.1697
-interfaz mejorada: codecs agrupados
-posibilidad de instalar por separada cada codec OpenSource

creo que voy a descansar un rarito

Codecs cirerita 1.35

cambios:
-NeroDigital actualizado a 4.2.1 (no se instala por defecto por posibles incomptabilidades con Haali Splitter). El tema está abierto y por resolver. Véase aquí: http://forum.inmatrix.com/index.php?showtopic=3691

-MediaAutoGraph actualizado

-Actualización y agrupación de codecs OpenSource

-Nueva entrada: "Zp Preferencias"--> Entrada del registro (creada directamente con ZP) que configura de un plumazo la reproducción de DVD, los archivos musicales reproducibles, etc. Muy útil, pero, claro, son mis preferencias así que, por defecto, no se instala.

¿yo no iba a descansar?

Forceware 81.94 WHQL

En la web de descarga de drivers de Nvidia ya aparece esta nueva versión de controladores para las tarjetas gráficas de Nvidia, llegamos a la versión 81.94 que está disponible tanto en versión de 32 bits como de 64 bits en nuestra sección de drivers.

Lo primero que podemos destacar es que tanto ATi como Nvidia están sacando puntualmente los drivers para Windows 32 y 64 a la vez y por lo tanto podríamos considerar este tema como normalizado, a falta de los drivers de otros componentes que aún no han llegado a este punto.

Por otro lado hemos modificado los ficheros de descarga a petición de nuestros lectores, que pedían que enlazaramos a la versión internacional de estos drivers y no a la versión inglesa, así lo hemos hecho, invirtiendo los enlaces y manteniendo 1 en inglés y 4 en múltiples lenguajes.

Desde el punto de vista de esta entrega de drivers añaden el soporte para las nuevas GeForce 7800 GTX de 512 Mb presentadas ayer y de las GeForce 6800 GS presentadas el lunes de la semana anterior. También mejoran muchos aspectos del SLI, el soporte para procesadores Dual core y mejoras de rendimiento y compatibilidad en el Quake4 y Call of Duty 2. El listado completo en pdf está en este enlace.

DAEMON Tools 4.00

excelente noticia, hacía mucho que se esperaba esta versión )

changes:
Complete redesign from scratch
- Support of 4 virtual drives
- ONLY X32-supported now. X64 will follow
- Complete new emulation architecture
- Drivername randomly generated on each machine (not finished yet)
- Drive-vendor and versionnumber randomly generated
- DCP (DaemonCodeProtect) to make analyses harder and increase development time for malicious anti-DT tools
- Digital signature verification of applications who are trusted to access DT in secure mode
- AutoInsertNotification fully implemented (can be turned on/off at ControlPanel)
- Dropped: MS-Installer, DT now use modificated NullsoftInstaller
- Dropped: analog sound support (as Windows 2000 and above do not need this feature)
- supports all popular copyprotections
This version is an "in between" step to fix latest issues not only with protections but also many other issues and installation-problems. We work hard to release soon next update!

DAEMON Tools 4.00

excelente noticia, hacía mucho que se esperaba esta versión )

changes:
Complete redesign from scratch
- Support of 4 virtual drives
- ONLY X32-supported now. X64 will follow
- Complete new emulation architecture
- Drivername randomly generated on each machine (not finished yet)
- Drive-vendor and versionnumber randomly generated
- DCP (DaemonCodeProtect) to make analyses harder and increase development time for malicious anti-DT tools
- Digital signature verification of applications who are trusted to access DT in secure mode
- AutoInsertNotification fully implemented (can be turned on/off at ControlPanel)
- Dropped: MS-Installer, DT now use modificated NullsoftInstaller
- Dropped: analog sound support (as Windows 2000 and above do not need this feature)
- supports all popular copyprotections
This version is an "in between" step to fix latest issues not only with protections but also many other issues and installation-problems. We work hard to release soon next update!