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Changes from Version 17 to Version 17.5

Version 17.5 has changed from Version 17 as follows:

New Features

The LEAD MJ2K Encoder and Decoder have been optimized with a 2X to 8X speed improvement depending on the number of cores of the running machine.
The LEAD MPEG2 Transport Multiplexer now has the ability to generate KLV data inside a Minimum Metadata Set (MMS) conforming to MISB STD 0902.1 standard.
You can now add scripting metadata inside Windows Media (WMV, WMA) streams.
The LEAD ISO Demultiplexer has been changed to play IIS Smooth Streaming files.
The LEAD ISO Demultiplexer can now play files longer than 8 hours.
The LEAD ISO Multiplexer can now generate files longer than 8 hours or 4GB.
You can now create and push IIS Smooth streaming files to an IIS Media Services server using the new LEAD SSF Writer.
The LEAD MPEG2 Transport RTSP Source now supports G.711 A-Law and u-Law audio.
The LEAD MPEG2 Transport RTSP Source can now stream for longer periods of time (over 18 hours).
The LEAD H264 Encoder can now change the compression on the fly, while converting.
The LEAD H264 Encoder has been optimized with a 25% speed improvement on multi-core computers.
The LEAD Video Dynamic Rate Control has been optimized and has better performance when you speed up playback by more than 3X.
There is a new null convert target format, which can be used for fast and efficient parsing of media files.
The LEAD MPEG2 Program and Transport demultiplexers now support raw AMR audio format files.
The LEAD Elementary Stream Source and Writer filters provide support for distributing the task of transcoding a single file across multiple computers.
The LEAD Screen Capture filter now supports screen capture from multiple monitors.
The LEAD Network Sink and LEAD Network Source filters now support encryption.