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Encode360 v2.0 beta3a Posted by XanTium | December 17 21:41 EST

Dan released a new version of Encode360(info) - an application which will convert virtually any video format to high quality WMV's which can be played by the X-Box 360 or the Microsoft Zune device: [QUOTE] Finally, Beta 3 is now available! This has turned into a fairly hefty project for me and one of the reasons it's taken quite a while to get it out the door. I'm extremely pleased to say though, that it's been worth the wait. I've spent a huge amount of time developing this app for you good people. If you feel it's made you a better person, improved your sex life, or just plain made you happier, please donate something to keep the project going. Here's the full changelog since beta 2: Added: - Total UI Overhaul. Too many changes to list - Pre-Processing Scriptlets - expand Encode360 with community developed pre-processing scripts. See the new PPS forum for details - Video Postview (shows what the encoded file will be like, i.e. Shows subtitles, cropping etc) - Monitoring and automatic processing/encoding of files in a particular folder - TS Filetype support - MOV Filetype Support - Full support for Zune (bitrate recommendations from Microsoft) - 2 Pass Encoding - CBR, Peak based VBR and Bitrate based VBR Modes - Predefined bitrates for best streaming quality on CBR & Peak VBR modes - Automatic Content Analysis and Video Optimisation for Standard, Interlace, Deinterlace and Inverse Telecine - UI culture independance. Should now work regardless of your regional settings - Proper About Box featuring a Donation button! (hint hint) Changed: - AC3Filter now gets configured to bypass audio AS IS, instead of setting to 1, 2, or 5.1 chanels. This saves us a lot of problems, and because we're bypassing the audio mixer, it should also re-encode at the same volume as the input file - Audio quality is now limited to conform to WMA codec standards - Files are removed from the encode list as they are successfully encoded - You can no longer accidentally close the UI if encoding is in progress - Stopping an encode no longer gives a Cancelled error - Improved FFMpeg parsing - Better status messages - Better definitions on logging Fixed: - Selecting Zune as output resolution while using a Bitrate mode resulted in a "SelectedIndex" error (beta3a) - Using the /Auto commandline switch with Monitor mode resulted in a "No files selected" error (beta3a) - Minimise to System Tray didn't minimise the PostView and Advanced Settings windows if they were open (beta3a) - Not auto-scaling outputted the file at a weird resolution - If the video bitrate can't be discovered with FFMpeg, you can still continue - Stopping an encode and then doing a batch encode afterwards was fail after the first file - x64 FFDShow wasn't being recognised correctly [/QUOTE] Official Site: http://www.dcunningham.net Downloads + Instructions: here