- manono for great ideas and writing a wonderful tutorial for AutoGK
- Swede, al2k and btothec2 for web hosting
- Doom9 for great support of video community at www.doom9.org
- authors of the tools I'm using within this application
- and the rest of Doom9's forums for testing and suggestions
VERSION HISTORY
1.60
- added hidden file option ".adjustsubs" that resize _bottom_ subs so that they are not squashed and in place properly (option works only for burnt-in subs)
- added support for launching AutoGK Assistant (the same way as Hidden Options Tool via CTRL-F9)
- info window contains all shortcuts used in AutoGK
- added missing FDecimate.dll and new KernelDeInt to the installer
- fixed bug when "all" subs were selected but only first ones were processed (for external subs)
1.57 beta
- better support of TS sources (better overhead calculations, more precise comp test and credits support)
- fixed small bugs/typos in the log file
- added support for bringing 60/50 fps sources down to 24/25/30 fps via FDecimate and ".fps" hidden file (see hidden_options.txt)
- threshold detection for small hybrid sources is now working
1.55 beta
- maximum width setting can now be larger than source width
- DVD/File mode setting is now persistent across several runs of AutoGK
- KernelDeInt is updated to version 1.5.1
- timeout of 45 min during indexing step is only happening if encoding is not the last one in the queue
1.54 beta
- log file is cleaned up and most of VDubMod scripts logged there can only be viewed when enabled via ".debug" hidden file
- audio stream comments removed in file mode
- muxing options of AC3 audio tracks for ESS-based standalones players changed
- slightly tuned resizing parameters for highly compressible sources
- added PID detection for TS which do not have PAT/PMT via bbSummary (I modified bbInfo 1.9)
- some bugs fixed in handling of second audio in file mode
- 60fps progressive sources are now either kelp at original frame rate or restored to 24fps if 3:2:3:2 dupe pattern found
- added one more optional line to ".autocrop" hidden file to specify starting frame for autocrop operation (useful if beginning logo or into has different AR)
- bundled with Avisynth 2.5.5 (works ONLY with it)
- bundled with XviD 1.0.2
1.53 beta
- hidden options are displayed in the log
- files that are being processed are displayed in the log
- file mode can work with 24fps sources
- added hidden file ".audio_id" to override audio stream in file mode (see hidden_option.txt)
- TS sources are handled more properly when opening in AutoGK
1.52 beta
- half-D1 DVDs are supported again
- support for win95/98/ME is back again (broken in 1.50)
- added support for Win2003 and Longhorn
- included better uninstaller with updates of AutoGK
1.51 beta
- resizing algorithm for >1CD rips is improved to allow higher resolutions
- quality parameters slightly tuned
- fixed bug: analysis step was run on the full source in 1.50
1.50 beta
- added support for DivX 5.2 (only H263 quantanization type)
- fixed bug when subtitle selection was not preserved for consequent sources
- soft matrix for XviD is now Jawor's 1CD matrix (so resizing algorithm was adjusted)
- comp test and analysis step have now lower limit of 2000 frames for better accuracy on short sources
- added hidden option file ".sharpmatrix" to enforce usage of sharp matrix for 1CD (or less) rips
- demuxing timeout is increased to 40 min
- added hidden option file (in AutoGK dir, not input folder) ".itu" which forces ITU resize method like in GK
- fixed bug when non-english characters in output path resulted in "error opening AVI file" exception
1.48 beta
- disappearing arrows in job list/log window bug fixed
- fixed bug in job list hints
- shutdown windows option is not executed if job list is not empty
1.47 beta
- fixed bug: sharp matrix was not used for 1CD or less rips no matter what comp test result was
1.46 beta
- preview is working for NTSC sources more than just one time
- fixed bug when "No Audio/Subs" option was not preserved on source reload (and therefore two audio/sub streams were processed)
- BeSweet updated to version 1.5b29
1.45 beta
- added hints into job list to show settings for each job
- status of combobox for language/subs selection is preserved after new job load (only index not actual language)
- updated doc about hidden options
- added support for multi-program transport streams (pop-up dialog is shown to choose correct program)
1.44 beta
- preview is working for transport streams now
- fixed "audio not found" error for TS sources again
- added support for second audio for TS sources
- added support for ".deint" hidden file (should be input dir) to force deinterlacing of hybrid material
- added support for ".kerneldeint" hidden file (in home dir of AutoGK) which specifies threshold for deinterlacing (1-255, default 10)
1.43 beta
- job list now has automatic horizontal scrollbar
- input file must exist in file mode
- output file name is completed automatically in file mode
- fixed "audio not found" error for transport streams
- if TS has a proper PMT/PAT tables then audio streams of the first program displayed in the GUI
1.42 beta
- added shorcuts for all the buttons:
-- CTRL-O - open input dir dialog
-- CTRL-S - open save file dialog
-- CTRL-E - advanced options window
-- CTRL-P - preview
-- CTRL-A - add to the queue
-- CTRL-R - start encoding
-- CTRL-X - abort encoding
-- CTRL-Up - move job up
-- CTRL-Down - move job down
-- CTRL-D - delete job from the queue
- sharp matrix used for under 700Mb target sizes more frequently
- GUI rearranged a bit
- fixed bug with no audio found in file mode
- if audio file doesn't have delay in its name it still can be processed now
1.41 beta
- DGMPGDec updated to version 1.0.12
- Double click on the tray icon is no longer affects other icons
- added support for overriding autocrop parameters via ".autocrop" file:
first line is a threshold 0-255 (AutoGK uses 34 by default)
second line is number of frames to examine (AutoGK uses 10 by default)
- input file path for transport streams can contain spaces now
- maximum width setting is respected in quality-based mode
- fixed bug in selection of subtitle streams
- added explicit selector for DVD/file input (CTRL-F12 is no longer functional)
1.35 beta
- DGMPGDec updated to version 1.0.11
- added support for 60/50fps sources
- hybrid sources with threshold 0.0 are considered to be FILM
- added preliminary support for transport streams:
-- *.ts, *.tp, *.tsp, *.m2p are considered to be TS
-- ".tstream" in input folder can specify video (first line) and audio (second line) PIDs
-- if not found then DGTable is used to parse PAT/PMT tables and first video and audio streams are picked up
-- if tables are not present then default 11/14 PIDs are used
-- only MPA and AC3 audio is supported (use no audio option in case other types are in TS)
- added check for successful audio encoding
- added option to set maximum width
- heavily rewritten resolution-chooser algorithm and fixed a couple of bugs there
- bundled with XviD 1.0.1
1.30 beta
- DUE TO MISUSE OF AUTOGK WITH UNSUPPORTED RIPPING TOOLS, IT'S NO LONGER ABLE TO PARSE IFO FILES, SO ONLY DVDDECRYPTER IN IFO MODE CAN BE USED FROM NOW ON
- AutoGK works now with DGMPGDec 1.0.9
- removed test for alternative field order for PAL sources
- video type and AR is taken from D2V file now
- added support for direct opening of MPEG2 files (VOB/M2V/MPG/MPEG). Enabled by CTRL-F12
- fixed problem of cutting off last few seconds of video during splitting
- installer fixes AVI file association to prevent "Error opening AVI" after comp test
- added option to rip all subtitle streams (only when using external subs)
- message "WinRar is not found" is no longer displayed when internal subs are used
- improved parsing of stream info file
- comp test limit is reduced to 65% for XviD 1.0 (resulting in higher resolution output)
- added more debug info into logs
- indexing/demuxing step has now timeout of 30 min after which job will be aborted to allow the queue to proceed
- subtitle splitting step has now timeout of 5 min after which job will proceed anyway
- bitrate for mono encoding is now always half of the bitrate set on advanced options window
- resizing algorithm changed heavily to accommodate upcoming support for different input sources (ITU standard is no longer applied)
- field order, aspect ratio and resolution is now taken during encoding from D2V file
- maximum width is increased to 1920
- max quality and target quality modes are using source input width and not predefined width of 720/704
1.25
- updated DVD2AVIdg to version 1.3.0 Final (which should solve issues with small cut off of movie endings)
- updated decomb.dll to version 5.2.1
- AutoGK and OS versions are now put in the logs
- updated documentation
1.24 beta
- updated DVD2AVIdg to version 1.3.0 RC3
- AutoGK detects MMX, SSE and SSE2 CPUs and chooses correct iDCT for DVD2AVIdg
- if CPU is not MMX-enabled - AutoGK won't start
- tray icon is restored after Explorer crash on win2000/XP
- updated BeSweet to version 1.5b28
- auto-resize is now mod 16
- XviD 1.0 final bundled
1.23 beta
- added support for half D1 DVDs
- update DVD2AVIdg to version 1.3.0 beta 6
- fix settings of fixed size of 1024
- fixed size increment is now 16 instead of 32
- some new icons
1.22 beta
- maximum fixed resolution is increased to 1024
- number of frames is detected correctly with new DVD2AVIdg
- language tracks info is added as comments to the video AVI stream (to use with MMSwitch)
1.21 beta
- fixed handling of pure FILM sources (bug introduced in 1.20)
1.20 beta
- updated BeSweet to version 1.5b27
- updated DVD2AVIdg to version 1.2.0 RC7 (testing required)
- input AR less than 1.4 is considered 4:3 material and that output AR is forced
1.19 beta
- fixed runtime 216 error for HT CPUs on startup
- forced subs are correctly displayed in the preview when selected
- changed normalized parameter of BeSweet to hybridgain again
- CTRL-F9 now launches Hidden Options tool if it resides in the same dir as AutoGK (plus current path is propagated to it - requires version 0.6+)
1.18 beta
- credits option for pure FILM sources is picked up properly
- fixed BeSweet 1.5b26 included
1.17 beta
- CTRL-F10 shortcut is no longer global and should not interfere with any other application (but rather works only on AutoGK active window)
- resolution settings are adjusted for XviD 1.0 RC4 comp test
- AC3 muxing setting are now 96ms/96ms
1.16 beta
- fixed bug when pure FILM movies cannot be processed (introduced in 1.14)
- overhead for second audio stream is calculated properly in auto mode
- when old XviD is detected during setup, warning is displayed and new XviD is not installed
1.14 beta
- field operations (ivtc, deinterlace) are performed before crop now to avoid colour problems
- new logo and icon for AutoGK
- added hidden_options.txt file which describes all hidden options
- added XviD 1.0 RC4 and BeSweet 1.5b26 to the installer as we're getting closer to stable release
1.12 beta
- fixed oversize when using credits option for XviD
- added quality percentage(20-100) and greyscale(TRUE,FALSE - capital letters) options to .credits file (should be second and third line in that file, just frame number doesn't work anymore)
- added "no audio" option to the list of audio tracks
- more info displayed in the logs about hidden options used (also log file is cleaned up a bit)
1.10 beta
- added support for mono audio tracks: if its describe as '1ch' in stream info file then AutoGK automatically does mono mp3 conversion or you can use usual ".mono" file to force it
- links to the new website updated
- advanced settings are restored on startup even if advanced window wasn't shown yet (bug introduced in 1.08)
1.09 beta
- changed the size of DVDRs related predefined sizes
- added support for cartoon mode for XviD 1.0 (via file ".cartoon" in input dir)
- added support for end credits for XviD 1.0 (via file ".credits" in input directory containing just a frame number in it)
1.08 beta
- added support for ".ivtc" control file in input dir to force normal IVTC on hybrid-detected material
- location of autogk.ini file has changed from install dir to windows dir (so default advanced settings are lost on update from previous versions)
- added 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/6 of DVDR as predefined sizes
1.07 beta
- fixed problem with encoding/muxing of second audio in some cases
- another attempt to solve HT issues (please report if it works or not)
1.05 beta
- second audio can be set explicitly to a given type in non-auto modes
- autosplit works correctly with two audio streams
- added support for XviD 1.0 which is automatically detected
1.0
- updated documentation
0.98 beta
- program doesn't hang anymore if no codecs are installed
- removed contact email. DO NOT CONTACT ME BY EMAIL ABOUT ISSUES WITH AUTOGK, USE THE FORUM INSTEAD
- added check for previous version, so that update cannot be run without AutoGK installed already
0.96 beta
- second subtitle is properly displayed in the logs
- advanced audio settings are working properly again
0.95 beta
- fixed bug "divided by zero" after analysis step in rare cases
- audio bitrate is always 128kbps for MP3 in Auto Mode
- added support for ESS-based standalone DivX players (if selected during install then MPEG/H.263 matrixes are used instead of custom ones)
- slightly tuned resizing algorithm
- added support for second subtitle stream (only when using external subs) CTRL-F10 hotkey as usual
- changed handling of errors during audio demuxing/transcoding (no more errors about audio being 4Gb in size)
- small internal enhancement of analysis step
- new decomb 5.1.1 included (thanks sh0dan) which solved green picture problems
0.92 beta
- fixed bug when DVD2AVI was started two times in a row for indexing
- second audio is now always MP3 in Auto Mode
- new VDubMod is no longer packaged with update (please reinstall 0.8, then update with 0.92)
- changed normalization audio option from hybrid gain to post gain
0.90 beta
- min bitrate for VBR (ABR) is now 80kbps to avoid crashes in BeSweet
- added support for second audio, but it's hidden by default (press CTRL-F10 to enable it)
- added Delimiter(0,255,0,255) after decomb's filters to avoid green colour rips
0.89 beta
- fixed bug when audio could get out of synch after split
- added 2Gb predefined size
0.88 beta
- several minor job queue bugs fixed
- added icons for job queue buttons
- improved hybrid source handling again
- quality based mode sizing for XviD fixed
0.86 alpha
- fixed transparency of the main window for XP themes
0.85 alpha
- added support for DVDDecrypter 3.1.8 and higher
- added automatic PGC and Angle selection for subs from name of input files (use corresponding options from DVDDecrypter)
- fixed detection of WinRar installation dir
- audio MP3 encoding options changed (ABR and boosting)
- added job queue
- improved handling of hybrid sources (thanks for the tips, bilu)
- undot filter is not used if non SSE-enabled CPU is detected
0.8
- fixed problem when external subs are selected, but no sub stream is chosen
- tray menu improved
- updated tutorial
- maximum width of "minimal width" mode is now 640 instead of 720
- added possibility of custom subs settings picked up from "subs.settings" in input directory. It should have two lines like this:
0 - first is angle (0 if none)
2 - second is PGC
if file is not found then no angles and PGC 1 is assumed
0.77 beta
- make AutoGK work with VDubMod 1.5.10.1 (although its not included in the installer and its usage not recommended yet)
- added tray icon when minimized
- improved autocrop & smartcrop
- xvid quality based mode improved
- chroma optimizer option is on for XviD by default
- new transparent logo in info window
0.75 beta
- fixed problem with preview and external subtitles
- added auto split of subs
- no more crashes while parsing of input folder - proper error message is displayed instead
0.74 beta
- max mp3 bitrate increased to 320kbps
- quality based mode for XviD now gives proper output size
- quality based mode now uses b-frames for both XviD and DivX
- added support for up to 32 subs stream
- added support for external subs (no splitting yet): <movie>.idx and <movie>.rar are created in the output dir only if WinRAR is installed on the system, otherwise internal subtitles will be used
0.72 beta
- added quality based encoding (single pass)
- added support for forced subtitles
- fixed output directory locking while application is running
- added more info in the log file
- added balloon hints to main window
0.70 beta
- fixed avisynth crop error for non-standard video sources
- output resolution and AR is printed in the logs now
0.69 beta
- tmp dir renames to agk_tmp to avoid confusion
- max custom size increased to 10,000 Mb
- AutoGK can be run without admin rights on NT-based systems
0.68 beta
- fixed problem with output size > 2Gb
- improved help icon
- improved readability of the log file (formatting mainly)
- new VDubMod splitting problem fixed
- XviD codec startup error fixed (if XviD is not installed)
0.66 beta
- reduced bitrate for DivX to remove slight oversize
- implemented check for installed codecs on startup
- long movies are handled more properly
- new start & abort buttons
- new NSIS installer
0.65 beta
- added DivX 5.1.1 Pro support
- preview no longer require analysis
- audio encoding and sub indexing is done after analysis step
- fixed bug with saving/restoring of advanced settings (note name of the ini in root AutoGK folder changed)
- Max key frames interval is now always 10 sec and depends on output framerate
0.5
- fixed bug when aborting preview operation
- hybrid detection parameters slightly adjusted
- scroll arrows of the log window are always visible now
- double usage of softer resizer fixed
- fixed crash on exit while encoding
- first pass AVI is not saved anymore (to save some space)
- updated tutorial
0.49 beta
- autosplit only works if you select 2 or 3 CDs as target size now
- icons update
- minor cosmetic changes
0.48 beta
- fixed crash when source had more than 16 audio/subs streams
- muxing of audio is now done during second/single pass to save some space
- PAL sources with swapped field order can now be recognized (and appropriate option is selected in d2v file)
- new input folder selector
- implemented a check for input folder validity
- new icons
- updated tutorial
0.45 beta
- more information in shown logs (settings, duration and speed)
- ivtc/intrelace/hybrid detection changed again
- parsing of stream info file now relies on stream description, so that all types of audio/video/subtitles can be recognized
- fixed bug with advanced setting picked up wrongly on startup
- Neutral Bicubic is now used as softer resizer
- resizing algorithm refined with respect of keeping sharp resizer as long as possible
- d2v file is created with SSEMMX iDCT instead of FPU (encoding should be a bit faster)
- autosplit is improved (should not create more overhead while splitting)
- updated tutorial
- some minor bug fixes
0.4 beta
- added a tutorial help file
- first installer version
- fixed shutdown bug after preview
- history and license files are created, usage.txt is removed
- added third-party tools links
0.37 alpha
- added shutdown when done option
- added support for unknown languages in stream info file
- changed detection and handling for hybrid sources
0.35 alpha
- improved parsing of stream info file
- audio and subs are now handled in a more generic way (should be much less errors like "audio not found")
- extended subs information now displayed from stream info file
- fixed problem with preview and subs
- improved telecining/interlacing detection
- new type of source can be recognized: hybrid (both mostly FILM and NTSC)
- for pure FILM sources analysis pass is no longer run
- small internal fixes
0.33 alpha
- fixes oversize problem in some cases
0.32 alpha
- audio bitrate increment is now 16kbps
- video length is displayed in info when working with IFO files
- preview works again
- program asks to abort encoding when closing
- rough check for free size on output drive is implemented
0.31 alpha
- GREATLY improved compressibility test accuracy
- threshold for detecting interlaced frames was increased
- final quality is reported now after first pass
0.3 alpha
- "Bitrate 0" problem fixed
- symbols "[]" are not allowed in the input and output paths
- output can be a root directory now
- IFO mode can now correctly pick longest chain and use it all the way through (if it's the only chain in vobset though)
- "tmp" dir is cleared now on job start
- final video is split if its more than one CD (more than 702 Mb)
- Default deinterlacer is now KernelDeInt
- 4:3 input sources are kept with proper 4:3 aspect ratio (most of the time)
