Matroska plugin

Change Log started October 2010
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Version 3.1 (March 17, 2012)

• Added support for AC-3 low sampling rate extensions (BSID9 and BSID10).

• Added some more details to the File Information Dialog.

Version 3.0 (July 2, 2011)

• Added experimental support for the following Video Codec IDs:
  "V_REAL/RV10"
  "V_REAL/RV20"
  "V_REAL/RV30"
  "V_REAL/RV40"
  "V_THEORA"
  I have tested just one example each of RV20, RV40, and Theora. I have not tested RV10 or RV30.

• Improved recovery in Segments with unknown size and/or garbage.

Version 2.9 (June 18, 2011)

• Added support for the "V_MPEG1" Video Codec ID.

• Added experimental recognition of the following Audio Codec IDs:
  "A_AAC/MPEG2/MAIN"
  "A_AAC/MPEG2/LC"
  "A_AAC/MPEG2/LC/SBR"
  "A_AAC/MPEG2/SSR"
  "A_AAC/MPEG4/MAIN"
  "A_AAC/MPEG4/LTP"
  "A_AAC/MPEG4/SSR"
  Note that I have not tested any of these!

• Added an Extended Open option to force the 'H264' FOURCC instead of 'AVC1' for AVC video.

• Fixed a failure to load MKV files with an "unknown" Element Size.

Version 2.8 (March 27, 2011)

• Added experimental support for MPEG-2 video and Vorbis audio.

• All of the code relating to .mkidx indexing was broken in the previous release. It is fixed now.

• Lots of other minor fixes, too numerous to mention.

Version 2.7 (March 19, 2011)

• Made a breaking change in the ADTS headers for AAC. Note that this change is incompatible with versions of AACACM prior to version 1.5!

• Moved registry storage location to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\fccHandler\Plugins\Matroska

Version 2.6 (March 18, 2011)

• The File Information dialog now displays audio language information if available.

• Hopefully fixed problems with detection of AAC implicit SBR.

Version 2.5 (March 5, 2011)

• Added support for uncompressed PCM audio tracks.

• Added experimental support for HE AAC v2 (SBR and Parametric Stereo).

Version 2.4 (February 26, 2011)

• Unlike v2.3, the initial default of v2.4 is to deliver raw AAC without ADTS headers.

• Finally added support for audio-only Matroska files (*.mka).

• Added some support for Audio elements which lack Channel and/or SampleFrequency fields.

Version 2.3 (February 21, 2011)

• Added an option in the Extended Open Options dialog to allow Direct Stream Copy of raw AAC frames (no ADTS headers).

Version 2.2 (February 20, 2011)

• Raw AAC audio frames are now wrapped with ADTS headers.

Version 2.1 (February 11, 2011)

• Fixed a crash when opening Matroska files with unsupported audio tracks.

Version 2.0 (February 6, 2011)

• The "Save as default" button in the extended options dialog was not really working. That is fixed now.

• Added the ability to open Matroska index (.mkidx) files directly.

Version 1.9 (February 6, 2011)

• Added an experimental feature in the "extended options" dialog which allows you to save an index when you open a Matroska file.

Version 1.8 (December 25, 2010)

• Matroska now shows up in the "Audio from other file" dialog.

Version 1.7 (November 24, 2010)

• Added support for AAC-LC (not SBR) audio format.

• Fixed a bug in the "Stream x of x" label of the File Information dialog.

Version 1.6 (November 20, 2010)

• Added support for AAC-LC SBR audio format.

Version 1.5 (October 31, 2010)

• Major rework of object management to fix a reference counting issue which prevented input files from closing until VirtualDub shuts down.

• Fixed an audio sync problem which happened when starting playback from a random position in VirtualDub.

Version 1.4 (October 24, 2010)

• Added support for multiple audio streams.

• Fixed playback of Windows Media Audio in VirtualDub.

Version 1.3 (October 23, 2010)

• Added support for "Header Stripping" compression algorithm.

• Added support for Direct Stream Copy of Windows Media Audio, although it will not play in VirtualDub for some reason.

Version 1.2 (October 9, 2010)

• Fixed major bugs in Lace parsing and BlockGroup parsing.

• Added support for SimpleBlock and MPEG Layer II audio.

Version 1.1 (October 9, 2010)

• Added support for AVC video and AAC audio. Note that VirtualDub cannot decode AAC audio at this time, however it can be Direct Stream Copied.

Version 1.0 (October 3, 2010)

• First official release of Matroska plugin for VirtualDub 1.8.1+.