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Changes from Version 14.5 to Version 15

Version 15.0 has changed from Version 14.5 as follows:

New Features

DVD conversion, DVD burning, and menu support for DVD authoring.
MPEG-2 Transport file streaming (send and receive).
New Theora video CODEC that offers high quality, patent-free compression.
New AMR audio CODEC that supports ISO (create 3GPP), OGG, AVI, WAV, and Video Streaming (Video Conferencing).
New supported formats for Capture, Convert, and Play:
- 3GPP files that will play on mobile phones
- AAC audio (encode)
- Flash Video (FLV)
- H264 video
- ISO
- JPEG type B streams found in QuickTime videos
- LPCM
- MPEG-2 DICOM.
- MPEG-2 Transport multiplexer
- MP3
- MPEG-4 video
- PSP thumbnail still image format
- Private data and KLV
- User-Defined Protocol (UDP) Sink filter, which supports UDP and TCP streaming for MPEG2 transport files
- New Filters
- New Demos
- New Functions

Feature Enhancements

Ability to retrieve a pointer to (and show the dialog for) a target format object (multiplexer, sink, compressor, etc.)

Filters, Codecs, and Multiplexer /Demultiplexers

Vista support for all filters
Enhancements to many filters, with improved error reporting for all filters and codecs.
Filters now store their settings in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. (The DirectShow kernel has been changed to work even if the user is not an administrator and cannot write to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.)
Evaluation mechanism provides notice if a filter must be purchased and activated, and allows you to unlock purchased filters using an unlock key.
Filter Caching: Preload and reuse filters, instead of creating them each time they are needed.
Enhanced deinterlace filter: Auto deinterlace, segment deinterlace, pattern deinterlace, ROI, Protected area.
ISO demux modified to support more audio formats.
H263 encoder can now create 3GPP files that will play on mobile phones.
H263 encoder can now generate Sorenson video stored in FLV files.
H263 decoder can now play Sorenson video stored in FLV files
Updated H264 encoder and decoder
MPEG2 Program Program Multiplexer accepts new compressions:
- MPEG4 video
- H264 video
- AAC audio (encode)
- LPCM
- MP3
- Private data and KLV
Updated MPEG4 encoder and decoder
Updated MPEG2 encoder and decoder now support interlaced video.
The MPEG2 encoder is faster and supports multi-threading.
The MCMP/MJPEG encoder has better support for YUY2 and UYVY input data.
UDP source can now read from TCP streams as well as UDP streams
Still Image filters can now be unlocked through the LEAD DirectShow Kernel Object to use any file format supported by LEADTOOLS Raster toolkit.

Capture

Retrieves the estimated capturing output size for a specific duration of time.
Supports Hauppauge capture cards with non-standard MPEG-2 capture pins.

Convert

More flexible conversion: Preview, Pause and Run during conversions.
Take still images from the convert object.
Retrieve the estimated conversion output size.
Log the conversion process to a file.

Play

MCMP codec now plays JPEG type B streams found in QuickTime videos.

New Filters

Demo Programs

This release adds or updates the following demos:

DVD Authoring (VB.NET)
DVD Burner (C++ and VB)
Video Overlay (C++ and VB)
Draw On Video (C#.NET)
Video Conferencing (C# .NET)
Capture (V .NET)
TV viewer demo no longer changes the video size for MPEG2 streaming capture devices
Concatenate Same Size (V .NET)
Convert (VB.NET)
Player (VB.NET). Includes streaming with TCP or UDP.
Generate Avi (C#.NET)
MPEG-2 Transport (C++. VB, VB.NET, CS.NET). Includes streaming with TCP or UDP.
Restreamer (C++) Includes streaming with TCP or UDP.