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- -- Please Read:
-
- * Please press on the Donate button below (or go to: http://order.kagi.com/?47D).
- Even if you don't want to donate, I want you to read the current
- situation the Inmatrix site and this program is currently in.
-
- --- What's new in v4.10:
-
- * I've run some simple tests and from what I can see, the Windows-XP
- region system is identical to the system used in Windows 2000.
-
- * Fix for the CoolDVD region code to work with CoolDVD v2.40
-
- * New buttons to Register/Unregister the PowerDVD DirectShow filters.
-
- * Slight change to the mechanics of the WinDVD reset region function.
-
- * Two Additional Audio Range values for WinDVD, try them out.
-
- * New button on the PowerDVD tab to get the version of the
- PowerDVD DirectShow filters.
-
- * Compatibility fixes to make WinDVD 4.xx settings work.
-
- --- What's new in v4.05:
-
- * Thanks to Chris Day for supplying me with PowerDVD information,
- here are some of the latest PowerDVD tweaks:
-
- * New PowerDVD extra settings dialog which is accessible
- through the PowerDVD tab.
-
- * Recent versions of PowerDVD are starting to implement support
- for decoding of the LFE audio channel and for decoding of
- DTS titles. You can enable both features on the PowerDVD
- extra settings tab. Please note that older versions of
- PowerDVD may not support this feature.
-
- * Also new to recent versions of PowerDVD is individual support
- for audio volume on a per-channel setting. You can now play
- around with this feature by manually setting the volume for
- each channel on the PowerDVD extra setting dialog. Optionally,
- you can clear the value of these settings and thus, you will be
- removing the relevant registry keys and returning PowerDVD to
- it's default handling. Once again, this may only work with
- newer versions of PowerDVD.
-
- * When unchecked The Media Player 6.4 DVD navigation button
- should now disappear properly.
-
- * Updated the WinDVD tab somewhat.
-
- * You can now enable the previous method of WinDVD's region-reset
- by enabling the "Reset Region button resets additional key"
- checkbox.
-
- This may be required by certain versions of WinDVD, but should
- not be used on an upgraded trial version, or it may revert it
- back to it's trial state.
-
- * If it wasn't obvious enough, you shouldn't alter the DVD Genie
- executable and claim it as your own program. I modified the
- license to reflect that.
-
- --- What's new in v4.02b:
-
- * PowerDVD should actually run when pressing the Run button now,
- hopefully this second fix will work on all systems.
-
- --- What's new in v4.02a:
-
- * Fixed a bug in the WinDVD reset skin function.
-
- * The WinDVD reset region now works a bit differently and should
- not clash with updated trial versions of WinDVD. The thing is,
- while the reset will set the counter back to 5 changes remaining,
- the last region setting will remain instead of being cleared.
-
- --- What's new in v4.02:
-
- * The WinDVD 3.0 upgrade and trial versions should now work properly.
-
- * New button on the WinDVD tab to reset the WinDVD skin (in case you
- tried installing an incompatible skin and got WinDVD freaked out).
-
- * Experimental support to add 6-Speaker decoding to the Hollywood-Plus.
- It may work with sound cards that have 6 Analog outputs, but not
- having such a card means I can't really test it.
-
- * Made a fix to the PowerDVD run feature. It should now work with
- PowerDVD v3.0 even on systems where an older version of PowerDVD
- was previously installed.
-
- --- What's new in v4.01:
-
- * Certain versions of WinDVD (2.6x and 3.0) were set to use the Windows
- region code instead of the internal WinDVD code. I've added a new
- setting to restore WinDVD to using it's internal region code (which
- is preferable). You can access this by enabling the
- "Force Internal Region Code" checkbox.
-
- * The WinDVD Filter Register/Unregister buttons now support the WinDVD
- navigation filter (ivinav.ax).
-
- * New WinDVD audio option to enable headphones. Might require WinDVD 2.4+
-
- * The CineMaster Apply button was not being enabled when adjusting some of
- the settings.
-
- --- What's new in v4.00:
-
- * Support for detection of region-locked drives on the new RPC tab.
-
- * Quite a bit of restructuring to the interface, including moving a lot of the
- rarely features into a sub-tab.
-
- * Added a new option to the ATI Player setting that will lock anamorphic titles
- to 16x9 aspect ratio. Thanks to Karnis for the heads-up.
-
- * Made several more fixes to the ATI detect code, the Drive setting
- should now work! (hopefully).
-
- * Added an option to disable the ATI Player from hiding it's video adjustments.
-
- * Added an option to automatically reset the WinDVD region code on the
- Auto-Region tab.
-
- * Support for some of WinDVD's Power Management features. You can now set at
- which power percentage you wish WinDVD to stop playback (kind of hard to test
- this as I don't have a notebook PC).
-
- * Slightly reduced the resource consumption of DVD Genie. It's impossible to
- cut it down to a really low level due to all the checkboxes and various
- lists, but I did my best to cut it down.
-
- * Fixed the annoying PowerDVD hardware acceleration message.
-
- * Double checked that PowerDVD VR-X support is functioning correctly,
- tested against version 3.0.0324.
-
- * Lots and lots of cosmetic changes.
-
- * Fixed some more small bugs.
-
- --- What's new in v3.86:
-
- * This is mainly a maintenance release for the CineMaster/ATI players.
- The problem with these player is, that they have changed their configuration
- location quite a few times between versions which makes it quite hard
- to maintain backward compatibility.
-
- * Modified the Cinemaster 2.0 engine settings so hopefully they will have
- an effect now.
-
- * New SP/DIF out devices listed on the CineMaster extra settings dialog.
-
- * Trident acceleration is now listed.
-
- * The CineMaster "Erase DEVDB" button will now only erase the
- "Display" and "Sound" DEVDB sub keys and leave the DEVDB key
- itself intact.
-
- * Modified the ATI Drive letter so it should work with all ATI Player versions.
-
- * The WinDVD Audio Filter is now registered/unregistered correctly.
-
- * Removed the Dolby Headphones checkbox as it isn't required (you need specific
- DLLs for it to work).
-
- --- What's new in v3.85:
-
- * Added initial support for CoolDVD from information submitted by Bad Sector.
- This includes setting the region, and a counter reset (automatic when a
- region is set).
-
- * Fixed it so that you can specify an alternate player for all players
- and not only Software Cinemaster.
-
- * Modified the PowerDVD set screen capture directory to work with v3.00.
-
- * Adjusted the PowerDVD code to be more compatible with future versions.
-
- * Added the option to force the PowerDVD hardware acceleration. This
- may be needed under some situations but may cause instability.
-
- * Adjusted the WinDVD version button to locate the WinDVD filters which
- were moved in version 2.3.
-
- * Registering/Unregistering the WinDVD filters should now work
- with version 2.3.
-
- * The word "apply" on the various apply buttons is now dyed red so people
- will actually notice it (thanks Electronic Punk).
-
- * Replaced my installer with SuperPimp from nullsoft. Frankly, you didn't
- really need to install anything in previous version, but hey, I got too
- many emails asking how to install and uninstall, so there ya go.
-
- * DVD Genie now uses UPX to pack the executable for faster loading,
- Get UPX here: http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/upx.html
-
- --- What's new in v3.81:
-
- * Added support for WinDVD v2.3
-
- * Modified the WinDVD region reset button to work with future versions.
-
- * To combat the new region code protection on such disc as "The Patriot"
- and "The Perfect Storm", DVD Genie will default to Region-1 when
- auto-region is enabled. The new protection works by making the disc
- appear to be Region 0 (or rather supporting all regions) and when a
- player complies with that, the disc will refuse to play. If such a
- disc is auto-set with DVD Genie, the region will default to Region #1
- as currently it's the only region that supports this new protection
- scheme. If at some point this silly protection becomes pro-active
- in other regions, I will add a feature to manually select a region
- when such a disc is encountered.
-
- * I have added code to detect Region #7 and Region #8 DVDs, so far they
- can only be detected, no region can be set. I'm not even entirely
- sure the detection code works as I have no access to these regions
- (Region #8 is airlines!).
-
- * Rearranged the Tab order to make a bit more sense.
-
- --- What's new in v3.80:
-
- * Adjusted the Matrox G400 Auto-TV mode code to work with newer versions
- of Matrox's PowerStrip.
-
- * Added support for Dolby Headphones when using WinDVD v2.2 and up.
-
- * Added direct regional support for WinDVD v2.2 (useful for auto-region).
-
- * You can now disable the CineMaster 2000 region warning by pressing
- the ignore button when the message pops up.
-
- * Sub-Windows (WinDVD/CineMaster/Windows) visibility is now remembered
- even after closing DVD Genie.
-
- * Fixed a bug that preventing you from closing a Sub-Window when
- DVD Genie was minimized to the tray.
-
- * Fixed a bug in the auto-insert notification, it wouldn't clear the box
- even though the actual entry was cleared.
-
- * Asus have switched their DVD Player from WinDVD to PowerDVD, so in the
- more recent versions of the AsusDVD Player, use the PowerDVD tab.
-
- * Hopefully after god knows how many versions, the Windows 2000 exception
- glitch should be fixed!
-
- * The Windows region reset key has been removed, It was not really needed
- as you could set any region directly and some people were confused by
- it's usage.
-
- --- What's new in v3.75:
-
- * With the help of a Genie user by the name of "Dan Jackson", I was able
- to write code that recreates the Windows 98 Special Edition internal
- region code. It also resets it's region counter back to 1 change
- remaining. So you can reset the region as many times as required.
-
- * Furthermore, Direct support for changing the Windows 98 Second/Millennium
- Edition region code has been enabled. This makes playback using players
- that rely on the internal windows code much easier to accomplish.
-
- * New option to automatically set the Windows 98 SE / ME region code on the
- "Auto Region" panel.
-
- * Fixed the windows DVD-Run-on-insert feature so that it will not give
- that odd message under Windows Millennium Edition when inserting a disc
- and no program is selected to auto-run.
-
- * MGI SoftDVD MAX region-reset feature has been confirmed to work
- with the latest version (v3.6.0002 with Dolby Headphone support).
- This will only work in combination of the Windows internal region
- code, the Windows code must be set, and the SoftDVD code must be
- reset, then it'll work like a charm.
-
- * Will now detect Windows 2000 region keys, thanks to all the people
- who've sent me sample keys so I can implement this feature.
-
- * Can now export and erase the Windows 2000 region key.
-
- * Removed the ability to edit the region key within DVD Genie.
- This feature was not really practical due to the changes Microsoft
- did to the design of the key since it's original inception in
- Windows 98.
-
- * The DVD Genie configuration entries have been moved to
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER for Windows 2000 compatibility.
-
- * Some of the more important pop-up messages can now be translated.
-
- --- What's new in v3.50:
-
- * Added the ability to control the WinDVD closed caption display
- transparency, both foreground and background. This requires a newer
- version of WinDVD (v2.1 or newer) to be installed and Closed captions
- enabled through the right-click interface.
-
- * Made a fix for the Hollywood-Plus 4-Speaker settings to work with
- the newest drivers. Thanks Einstein.
-
- * DVD Genie will now detect the newer Cinemaster engines and will prompt
- you with additional information. The new versions use both the Cinemaster
- region code, and the Windows region code and thus changing the older
- setting alone would be ineffectual.
-
- * CineMaster 2000 Pulldown Reconstruction key was reversed from previous
- versions, DVD Genie now compensates.
-
- * Support for 4-Speaker sound cards under Cinemaster 2000 enabled.
- See the "Downmix Audio to" function in the "More Options" panel.
- This replaces the "ProLogic" checkbox and may not work on all cards.
-
- * Altered some of the PowerDVD detection code.
-
- * Added support for enabling the DVD Navigation button within
- Media Player 6.4 (and possibly other versions).
-
- * Added another warning message when trying to erase a non-Windows 98
- region key (ones that don't regenerate).
-
- * The message file (message.dat) has been renamed to "english.msg",
- and will now be superseded if a different language message file
- is found with a .msg extension.
-
- * Some other small bug fixes.
-
- --- What's new in v3.43:
-
- * Support for NVIDIA GeForce motion compensation acceleration using the
- latest Cinemaster Engine, Thanks Kasper.
-
- * Support for Matrox Sun-Picture acceleration (hardly does anything)
- using the latest Cinemaster Engine.
-
- * New setting for the newest Cinemaster Engine to sync screen update
- to monitor refresh for smoother panning.
-
- * Made a few more Windows 2000 modification I hope will make DVD Genie
- work better.
-
- --- What's new in v3.42:
-
- * Support for enabling On-Screen display with WinDVD. Not all versions of
- WinDVD may support this feature.
-
- * The ATI Run button now indicates the location it has found the ATI Player
- within the registry. If the location is wrong, find the registry key and
- fix it.
-
- * The WinDVD Run button now indicates the location it has found
- the WinDVD Player within the registry. If the location is wrong, find
- the registry key and fix it.
-
- * DVD Genie will now try to location the AsusDVD player location and thus,
- WinDVD's Run button and Auto-Region functions should work with it.
-
- * Improved translation code now supports all the list items and loading
- should be slightly faster. If you have previously translated the
- DVD Genie interface, make sure to read the new instructions. Older
- language files are of course backward compatible.
-
- --- What's new in v3.40:
-
- * Language support for the user-interface (for most of it). Simply place the
- language file in the same directory as DVD Genie, and DVD Genie will
- automatically locate and load it. Only one language file can be used at
- a time. If no language file is found, the default english language will
- be used.
-
- * DVD Genie can now detect the location of newer version ATI Players for the
- Auto-Run and Execute settings.
-
- * You can now specific the drive which WinDVD uses for DVD Playback.
-
- * Fixed a bug in the on-insert notification code, this may also fix
- an issue with Windows 2000 (hopefully).
-
- --- What's new in v3.33:
-
- * Erasing the PowerDVD's backup region code key was not working under
- Windows 2000/Windows NT since they don't allow you to erase keys that
- contain sub-keys. So now I wrote a recursive algorithm to erase these
- backup keys. This should now make DVD Genie work with PowerDVD v2.55
- under NT/2000 (hopefully).
-
- --- What's new in v3.32:
-
- * I am not sure if this does anything, but to the request of Zibri, the
- PowerDVD region changing code has been modified slightly. This may
- mean PowerDVD 2.55 region changing will now work on systems that
- it hasn't worked on earlier (especially under Windows 2000).
-
- * Slightly modified the Zooming code, it may now work with more
- applications, thanks Dave.
-
- * Due to popular badgering, I have included a Re-Install button on the
- Extra tab.
-
- * I have no idea why people would need it, but I have included an uninstall
- button on the Extra tab.
-
- * Fixed a bug in the zoom listing code.
-
- * Notice windows 2000/NT users, you must use DVD Genie on the same user
- you installed the DVD player on, otherwise windows will not allow
- DVD Genie to change the region code.
-
- --- What's new in v3.31:
-
- * I have tried to make DVD Genie as "Registry Compliant" as it can with
- regards to NT based operating systems. All calls use the bare minimum
- requirements under the NT registry security settings. Hopefully, this
- will make DVD Genie function better under Windows 2000.
-
- * The Matrox G400 Auto PAL/NTSC setting should be functioning again
- under Windows 9x, sorry about the mishap last version.
-
- --- What's new in v3.30:
-
- * It seems that the Interlaced WinDVD NVIDIA mode is in fact a TNT fix-up
- mode. When enabled WinDVD speeds up on TNT/TNT2 cards to more or less
- the same speed as PowerDVD, which is to say, a lot faster ... Highly
- recommended for TNT based cards. Please note, that it may only be faster
- on Interlaced 29.97fps movies, and may introduce interlaced output otherwise.
-
- * New Force BOB/Weave mode for WinDVD.
-
- * New WinDVD audio amplification mode.
-
- * In an attempt to stop DVD Genie from GPFing when using Matrox cards under
- NT based operating systems, I am disabling the Matrox Auto-TV Mode support
- when running under NT.
-
- * DVD Genie will give notification if the Cinemaster edlog.dat file exists
- in the windows directory. See more information on this file in the on-line
- documentation.
-
- * Two new video tweaks for the Hollywood-Plus card for you to play with.
-
- * I believe I solved the reason why the ATI Player wouldn't always run when
- the Run ATI button was pressed or when the Auto-Region was enabled.
-
- --- What's new in v3.29:
-
- * New "Extra Features" tab with options to Add/Remove shortcuts for DVD Genie
- on the desktop, start menu and windows-startup.
-
- * New option to minimize DVD Genie to the system tray when
- the minimize button is clicked.
-
- * When DVD Genie loads up as a tray icon (using the /minimize command
- line parameter if anyone was wondering) it no longer flashes the menu.
-
- * Can now import registry files with spaces in their name.
-
- * Some of the Zoom buttons have been iconified to save GUI space.
-
- * New Zoom feature, you can now grab a windows position into the
- current settings.
-
- * Fixed a bug with registering/unregistering of the WinDVD filters,
- hopefully it should work on all systems now.
-
- * The capture directory path entry was fixed to work with PowerDVD v2.5x
-
- * I've placed a sort of Easter Egg feature, it's actually in plain sight,
- but I didn't quite write down anywhere what it does, see if you can figure
- it out.
-
- * Several small bugs fixed.
-
- --- What's new in v3.28:
-
- * DVD Genie now contains an installation program. Once run, it will
- prompt you if you would like to Install or Upgrade a previous installation.
-
- * DVD Genie will now close if another DVD Genie application is running, even
- if it's minimized to the system tray.
-
- * Due to WinDVD's latest tendencies to clash with the Microsoft MPEG-1
- video and MP3 codecs, I have added the option to unregister WinDVD's
- DirectShow AUDIO/VIDEO filters. This shouldn't effect WinDVD's own
- playback, only external programs relying on these filters.
-
- * I have also included an option to register the filters in the case
- you may need them back for some sort of program compatibility.
-
- * Added the option to limit the Cinemaster Apply button to only set the
- region code (ignoring all other options).
-
- * Added the option to limit the WinDVD Apply button to only set the
- region code (ignoring all other options).
-
- * Fixed several small bugs in the Cinemaster "more options" form.
-
- * Fixed several G400 issues. This may fix the NT4 crash with DVD Genie
- for Matrox owners. However the crash may have something to do with
- NT4 locking the registry entries DVD Genie is trying to access and
- somehow causing it to crash.
-
- --- What's new in v3.24:
-
- * Due to size constraints, there is now a new extra settings dialog for
- WinDVD.
-
- * Several WinDVD 2000 tweaks added, including GeForce motion compensation
- support, disabling/enabling the display quality settings from within WinDVD
- and more.
-
- * Automatic TV mode (NTSC/PAL) selection for the Matrox G400 card according
- to a DVD Disc's region code, with fully selectable NTSC/PAL modes for each
- region.
- This may actually work for other Matrox cards, but don't count on it.
-
- * Added the option to close DVD Genie after automatically setting a region
- and running the selected player.
-
- * Made a fix to the Auto-Insert notification, some programs when uninstalling
- would corrupt this.
-
- * Made a fix for the Auto-Insert identification code, once again, certain
- programs were corrupting the default setting.
-
- * DVD Genie will automatically run a selected player only when the /AUTO
- command line parameter is given, or when DVD Genie is auto-run on insert
- option is enabled.
- This was done to prevent DVD Genie from automatically closing itself on
- a normal run when the auto-close option is enabled.
-
- * New button in the cinemaster extended options menu. The "Erase DEVDB"
- button is used to erase the DEVDB cinemaster registry section.
-
- * Hopefully fixed a bug that caused DVD drives not to be detected correctly
- when used for Auto-Region selection.
-
- * If DVD Genie is run twice, the older copy will be automatically closed
- to prevent conflicts.
-
- * Posted a warning message on the Voodoo 3 Cinemaster preset.
-
- --- What's new in v3.20:
-
- * This version contains a major advancement.
- Automatic region setting and player execution.
-
- * This includes an option to automatically set DVD Genie as the program
- that loads on a DVD Insert.
-
- * The option to automatically set the region code of a selected DVD
- player based on the newly inserted DVD disc.
-
- * An option to automatically run this selected player.
-
- * An option to minimize DVD Genie to the system tray after
- running the player.
-
- * And finally an option to run an alternative player (this is required
- for the Software Cinemaster player which doesn't keep a path to
- it's location).
-
- * All in all, this is a big automation process that makes your DVD
- viewing faster and easier than ever.
-
- * Included an option to only set the CineMaster option to the most recent
- version of the engine found. You will have to delete the old entries
- manually.
-
- --- What's new in v3.10:
-
- * Regional support for WinDVD v2.00 (WinDVD 2000).
-
- * I was told by a user that the WinDVD region reset doesn't work with
- version 2.0. This is false, i just tested it, and it works. Make sure
- you read the on-line documentation to understand it's usage.
-
- * New CineMaster presets for SP/DIF Audio cards.
-
- * Several new card-specific CineMaster tweaks.
-
- * Modified some of the CineMaster registry entries to fit the
- newest engine i could find (v2.0.36.6158).
-
- * Modified the 3dfx Voodoo3 preset with a fix for the Surface Flip Mode.
-
- * Modified the Matrox G400 preset to support a new switch, I am assuming it
- has something to do with the special duel-head mode used by CineMaster
- to display the DVD image to a separate device.
-
- --- What's new in v3.02:
-
- * New "Win-Info" button on the zooming tab. This button gives information
- about the currently selected window.
-
- * Window sizes are now shown next to the window names automatically.
-
- * The method used to change a window size was altered, now a window is
- identified by it's handle rather than it's name. This was especially
- important for the ATI player as the correct window was not always scaled.
-
- * The ATI Tab now contains a "Reset Panel Location" button. When pressed it
- will reset the location of the ATI Playback panel to the top left position
- on the screen. The ATI Player must be closed when doing this, otherwise
- there won't be any effect.
-
- * New "Run" button on the ATI tab.
-
- * Additional Audio support for WinDVD.
-
- * Cleaned up the hollywood+ audio code, if it doesn't work, disabling
- it should clean it up correctly and you won't require a reinstall.
-
- --- What's new in v3.00:
-
- * "DVD Region Selector" was renamed to "DVD Genie". I felt
- that the program no longer only features region changing, but
- also quite a bit of program tweaking in general, so i think
- name change was in order.
-
- Big thanks go to the guys at #PCDVD for helping with the
- name selection, and AGRO21 in particular for the final
- decision.
-
- * Due to a request, i have split the Zoom centering code into two
- parts, now you can select to center the X or the Y axis (or both).
-
- * Support for PowerDVD v2.50 beta.
- Check out the review at <www.inmatrix.com>
-
- * Due to the fact that PowerDVD v2.50 beta identifies itself
- as both v2.10 and v2.50, i changed the PowerDVD identification
- code. This may mean that future versions of PowerDVD may
- automatically be supported, or not.
-
- * Certain versions of PowerDVD require different settings
- which can't be predetermined. To that account, I have
- created an "Alternate Region Setting" checkbox for trying
- a different method to set the region code. Only one method
- should work correctly. So if the normal setting doesn't work,
- try enabling this checkbox.
-
- --- What's new in v2.57:
-
- * The zooming feature now can now remember three presets.
-
- * Instead of automatically centering the zoom window,
- you can now specify an X and Y screen offset
- (including negative values).
-
- * I tried adjusting the Hollywood-Plus audio code to
- continue functioning with the new 1.8 driver.
-
- * Clarified the Hollywood-Plus message box.
- Some people got confused by that.
-
- * Also, check out the new Daily News site at:
- http://news.inmatrix.com
-
- --- What's new in v2.55:
-
- * Fixed a bug in the CineMaster version,
- identification. While not causing a problem,
- CineMaster 98 would get recognized as Cinemaster 99d.
- This however didn't cause any functional issues.
-
- * A new CineMaster SP/DIF tweak, allowing to select
- the type of SP/DIF output. I am not sure what it
- does as Ravisent doesn't keep any public documentation.
-
- * Support for WinDVD v1.2.99.
-
- * New "Reset Region" button for WinDVD. This will
- reset the WinDVD region to Region #1 and 5 changes
- and should support all WinDVD versions.
-
- * Support to Enable/Disable the WinDVD LFE support.
-
- * Support to Modify the WinDVD quality setting.
-
- * When setting the Windows 98 autorun on insert
- setting, if the registry does not exist, it is created.
-
- * I verified it, and the zoom feature does not work
- with WinDVD, the issue is that WinDVD doesn't allow
- the window size to be larger than the screen's width.
- This disables the Zoom function.
-
- * With the new Hollywood-Plus v1.8 beta driver released
- i am unsure if the 4-Speaker support will continue
- to work with it.
-
- --- What's new in v2.50:
-
- * VERY IMPORTANT, Read the player notes if
- you are about to use Region Selector with
- Software Cinemaster 99.
-
- * Improved CineMaster 99 support, will now detect
- Cinemaster 99 even if Cinemaster 98 was previously
- installed.
-
- * Region support was tested to be working with
- Cinemaster 99.
-
- * The "Divicore" version of Cinemaster 99 although
- older and quickly renamed should also be detected
- now.
-
- * A new tag appears on the Cinemaster page detailing
- which Cinemaster was detected.
-
- * Additional CineMaster settings in the extended
- CineMaster menu.
-
- * A CineMaster Preset button to automatically adjust
- to a specific card.
-
- * CineMaster 99 support for S3 and ATI Mobility
- hardware acceleration.
-
- * Besides the Cinemaster support, Region Selector
- now allows you to zoom in on any window. This
- is helpful if you like to zoom in on widescreen
- movies to hide the widescreen black strips at the
- cost of cropping the movie sides.
-
- * Modified the PowerDVD detection code to detect
- new version 2.00.xxxx versions.
-
- * New WinDVD Run button.
-
- * New VaroDVD Run button.
-
- --- What's new in v2.10:
-
- * Experimental Support for Software CineMaster 99.
- It make cause weird stuff, you may want to backup
- the Ravisent registry entry.
-
- * Support for PowerDVD v2.00.0715d (2.00.0906).
-
- * New "Run" button for PowerDVD.
-
- * You can now change the ATI Player DVD Drive setting
- to accommodate drive changes (or in case it wasn't
- detected correctly).
-
- * Changed the Win98SE key detection code to be more
- inclusive. Once again, the Win98SE code doesn't
- regenerate when erased, be VERY CAREFUL.
-
- --- What's new in v2.00:
-
- * VaroDVD v1.34 support, thanks to "CHATO".
-
- * The Win98SE registry key is now identified,
- however, changing it is not as "stable" as the older
- Win98 key, erasing it will not regenerate the key
- as in previous windows version, alter it at your
- own risk.
-
- * Support enabling the DirectShow navigation
- for WinDVD (required for DVD-ROM titles).
-
- --- What's new in v1.97:
-
- * Included support for the newer versions of WinDVD,
- should work with the most recent versions. Select
- either "Older" or "Newer" to switch between the
- various WinDVD versions.
-
- --- What's new in v1.96:
-
- * One day after version 1.95 was released, cyberlink
- released v2.00 of the PowerDVD player.
- This version is a fix to make Region Selector work
- with version 2.00 of PowerDVD.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.95:
-
- * Support for Audio Tweaking for the Hollywood Plus card.
- Some of this stuff is experimental since i don't actually
- have a sound card with 4 channel output to verify this works.
- Hollywood Plus Driver v1.70 or newer required.
-
- * Since the AsusDVD is based on the WinDVD engine, using
- the WinDVD setting should allow setting any region with
- the AsusDVD front end (this has was verified by at least
- one user).
-
- * Small tweaks to the GUI.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.93:
-
- * Divicore have released a new version of Software CineMaster,
- they have changed the Sound Blaster Live S/PDIF setting,
- this version allows you to select this new setting.
-
- --- What's new in v1.92:
-
- * Support for PowerDVD v1.6 evaluation.
- From version to version Cyberlink seems to make it easier
- for their region setting to be bypassed, keep up the good work!
-
- * Included selection for the PowerDVD screen capture directory
- from within Region Selector.
-
- * Made a few small tweaks to the user interface.
-
- --- What's new in v1.91:
-
- * Fixed a rare windows bug where the working directory given to
- Region Selector was not the directory in which it existed thus
- causing certain files not to be found. Region Selector now looks
- for all it's files within the same directory it is being run from.
-
- * The 'Ensoniq' SPDIF CineMaster tag was renamed to 'Ensoniq / SB Live'.
- For information regarding the use of the SB Live's SPDIF digital audio
- output using Software CineMaster look at: www.inmatrix.com
-
- --- What's new in v1.90:
-
- * Included support for the Jammin' DVD II decoder kit.
- I have absolutely no idea what decoder it uses, but i implemented
- the information given to me to the best of my knowledge without
- the actual hardware to test it's functionability.
-
- * The CineMaster DownSample mode setting was not being saved, fixed.
-
- --- What's new in v1.81:
-
- * I somewhat botched the SoftDVD support, the code didn't identify SoftDVD
- correctly and didn't allow you to reset the region.
-
- It's a bit hard testing these things since I can't even use the player to
- test if it works (I don't have the specific hardware the player requires).
-
- Support should now be fully functioning for the Diamond SoftDVD v2.125_9.01.
-
- * I think I fixed the triple buffering setting in CineMaster. It's somewhat
- confusing, since the documentation lists it as 'TripleBuffering' while
- the ATI Player writes it as 'TrippleBuffering'.
-
- --- What's new in v1.80:
-
- * DVD Infomatrix has moved to a new host due
- to technical difficulties with the previous
- host.
- The new location is: <www.kesher-computers.co.il/dvd>
- Also reachable from within Region Selector's
- information page.
-
- * Experimental support for SoftDVD v2.125_9.01.
- This is the version shipped with the MX300 and
- Monster Fusion cards.
-
- As this version of SoftDVD requires special
- hardware which i do not have at this time,
- i will require confirmation to know if this
- work, please mail me at: <yaron@inmatrix.com>
-
- --- What's new in v1.75:
-
- * Region Selector now supports the ENTIRE CineMaster
- control panel settings making the CineMaster control
- panel obsolete.
-
- * Even more undocumented CineMaster settings, including
- page setting for various Display Adaptors, and a higher
- quality page mode requiring a 400mhz or faster CPU.
- Try it out!.
-
- * The CineMaster text file was reformatted for easier
- reading (Thanks HDClown).
-
- --- What's new in v1.74:
-
- * Support for all the decoding mode settings (Lots!).
-
- * Support for even more undocumented CineMaster settings.
-
- * Changed the CineMaster undocumented interface a bit to
- be more user friendly.
-
- * I am including the CineMaster registry information text
- file, some of these settings are a bit too complex to
- describe in a simple user interface. You may want to
- take a look see as it contains recommendations for
- several display adaptors.
-
- * Some of the CineMaster settings may require the
- latest CineMaster engine (v1.0.29) or specialized
- hardware and possibly specialized versions of the
- engine itself.
-
- --- What's new in v1.73:
-
- * The undocumented CineMaster
- settings have been moved
- to their own sub-page.
- Press on the undocumented
- button to access these settings.
-
- * I was asked to add the
- 'enforce flip sync' option.
- This option may improve
- playback quality with Non-ATI
- cards.
-
- * Included the undocumented
- UseLFE support for CineMaster
- (activates rear-channel decoding
- i believe).
-
- * Included the undocumented
- AC3 SPDIF out support. Im not
- sure on which sound card this
- actually works.
-
- * Support for WinDVD v1.2
- (nothing changed really, just
- checked that it works).
-
- --- What's new in v1.72:
-
- * Tested to be working with the
- ATI DVD Player v3.1.
-
- * Support for the new iDCT mode
- in the CineMaster panel
- (only for ATI Rage 128 cards).
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.71:
-
- * Support for PowerDVD v1.50.
-
- * Possible fix for PowerDVD v1.30
- not being detected on some machines.
-
- * Updated readme.txt file with
- correct links, doh.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.70:
-
- * Support for WinDVD v1.00,
- change the region as many times as
- you'd like.
-
- * Small cosmetic changes made.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.62:
-
- * The ATI DVD Player v3.00 is supported by
- DVD Region Selector, make sure to read
- the player notes area for more information.
-
- * The CineMaster Sound Mode selection didn't have
- a default setting.
-
- * Clicking on the title (highlighted player name)
- will give a list of supported versions.
-
- * Few small glitches fixed.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.61:
-
- * On popular request, i included the undocumented
- CineMaster Sound Mode setting.
- Play around with it, see if it improves your
- sound quality.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.60:
-
- * Support for PowerDVD v1.30. This is a bit
- tricky, and you may want to read the PowerDVD
- information on the player notes area.
-
- * A new "V"ersion button has been included on
- the CineMaster page. This will extract the
- version numbers from the CineMaster decoding
- engine and from the CineMaster control panel.
-
- * A note in the information tab about how to
- get DVD Express to work multi-region in
- combination with the Xing DVD Player.
-
- * Small fixes.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.53:
-
- * DVD Region Selector now automatically remembers
- the last tab you were last on.
-
- * Several of the DVD Players will automatically
- overwrite the Win98 "Auto-run on DVD Title insert"
- setting without even prompting you. In order
- to combat this foul behavior, i have included
- two new buttons on the Win98 tab. The "Store"
- button, and the "Restore" button. What they do
- is remember the current Win98 auto-run setting
- and when needed they can restore to your "stored"
- setting.
-
- * Another small button included on the Win98 page
- is the Clear Auto-run button. This will clear
- the auto-run setting in case you don't want a
- DVD Player to automatically run when you insert
- a DVD Title.
-
- * Some explanations on the information page
- (information tab) why various software-only DVD
- players are not supported by DVD Region Selector.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.52:
-
- * Small fixes.
-
- * New information section that contains information
- on how to set the Xing and the Windows 98 DVD
- players under Windows 98. Make sure you read it
- carefully.
-
- * All the information area is now available as external
- files as well.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.51:
-
- * Bug fix in Windows 98 code, should hopefully load
- without errors now on all machines.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.50:
-
- * Windows 98 DVD Region support. This is quite complex
- and was created for the advanced user.
- Region Selector will TRY to find the correct Windows 98
- region registry entry. You will then be able to change
- it by clicking on the boxes and pressing [Enter] after
- altering their values (Pressing [Esc] will cancel).
- You can also Import, Export and Erase these registry
- entries (export will export the key into a standard
- Windows 98 registry file).
- In theory, erasing the registry key will reset the
- Windows 98 region change counter. This wasn't
- tested extensively, and it is HIGHLY advisable to
- export the key before making any changes (for backup
- purposes).
- Once again, USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
-
- * Another nice Windows 98 feature introduced in this
- version is support for the Windows 98 DVD Auto-Insert
- notification.
- With this option you can select which DVD player will
- be automatically loaded when a DVD Title is inserted
- into the drive.
- Some DVD players will override this feature when
- installed (Xing for example), but you can easily
- reset it using this program.
- One thing to note is, that you must have Auto-Insert
- notification enabled for your DVD drive. You can
- verify this by:
- 1. Right-clicking "My Computer".
- 2. Selecting "Properties".
- 3. Clicking the "Device Manager" tab.
- 4. Opening the CD-ROM area.
- 5. Double-Clicking on your DVD Drive.
- 6. Clicking the "Settings" tab.
- 7. Making sure "Auto-Insert" is checked.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.41:
-
- * Small bug fixes and new link to message board.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.40:
-
- * Included support for the Xing DVD Player v2.01beta.
- This works exactly the same as the CineMaster region change
- scheme. Change the region as many times as needed.
- For some reason Xing stated that under Windows 98 the region
- code is extracted automatically from the operating system
- and then can't be changed. I found this to be false, at
- least with this beta version. I had absolutely no problem
- changing the region code under Windows 98.
-
- * Included a bit small header that gives a bit more details
- of which program version is supported (appears above the
- region selection interface).
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.30:
-
- * Integrated some of the CineMaster control panel directly into the
- program. I only integrated what i thought was important.
- This should allow for easy and quick changing of CineMaster
- properties without ever having to enter the CineMaster control
- panel. This may also help people that for some reason the
- control panel never showed up.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.21:
-
- * A more orderly information page.
-
- * I figured out the CineMaster algorithm used in generating the
- Region code. So, you now have an option to "reset" the counter
- when you "apply" the new region. If you do not select the "reset"
- option. The region will change to the new setting, but the change
- counter will remain at it's present value.
-
- * Forgot to mention this in v1.20, check out the new DVD discussion
- board forum. You can find the link above.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.20:
-
- * There might be some problems with my web page. My host is
- upgrading some hardware and the page may be unavailable for
- a while.
-
- * As you can see, the user interface is much simpler now.
-
- * I have unified the CineMaster and ATI Player region setting into
- one setting.
-
- * Since you can change the regions directly from this program, there
- is no need to have a reset button. However, setting the region to
- region 1 does exactly that (resets the counter and sets it to region
- 1). All other regions will reset the region counter to 1 instead of 0
- (which doesn't really matter since we simply ignore the counter
- now that we can change the regions as many times as we like).
-
- * PowerDVD support is still primitive as i have not yet received
- my DVD Rom drive. Hopefully a direct support for region
- selection under PowerDVD will be included in a future version.
-
-
- --- What's new in v1.10:
-
- * Implemented support for resetting the PowerDVD v1.22 zone
- counter.
-
- * Resetting the CineMaster 0.9 decoding engine should now work!
- (hopefully).
-
- * Changing the settings of programs you do not have installed
- should not be possible now.
-
-
- --- End.
-