I would like to announce a new release of TinyAVI.

After my last release I got a lot of feedback from some users, and based on this I made some improvements which would not be possible otherwise. Thank you guys!

Changelog (0.2.2 compared to 0.2.0):
* Use by default -vf-clr to avoid any influence from user config files.
* Use -frames 500 with -ss 0, 150, 300, 600, instead of -endpos 10:0. This is both faster and more reliable.
* Perform the deinterlacing as the very first filter. Some filters may change the image and kerndeint, if inserted after them, can not detect interlaced video.
* Finetuned default denoise filter: hqdn3d=2:1:4.
* Added the "sharpen" option, which enables -vf unsharp=l:3x3:1
* Added the volume normalization option, on by default
* Interface improved to include new options
* Added a "Remove" button to remove videos from queue
* Use the -nouse-filedir-conf switch for mplayer to avoid .conf files to influence mplayer test run.
* Implemented the "Advanced" mode for geeks. All non-advanced stuff is hidden in default mode now, which makes the program very simple and easy to use. To enable, add "Advanced=True" to the "TinyAVI" section in ~/.config/tinyavi-gui.conf
* Advanced mode: added two entry fields where you can enter the values for the -V and -A options (additional audio and video filters).
* Added the notion of "Max width / height" to the profiles. This is the max physical resolution of the device screen. This is used to make the video a bit larger than suggested width/height if it uses the same number of pixels (e.g. W*H) like the suggested size.
* Added the "Extension" field to presets. This sets the default extension (the value of the %(ext)s macro) for the output file.
* Redone the Nokia N8x0 presets to more sane values. There are two presets now: for the GStreamer engine and for the MPlayer engine. My measurements shows that the later outperforms GStreamer by a factor of ~1.5 speaking of resolution and bitrate, so it's highly recommended.
* Added autodetection for number of CPUs.
* Added short selectors for every preset, for usage with the -t switch of tavi.
* If mencoder returns non-zero exit status, do so in tavi.
* Use yadif instead of kerndeint, which is alot better.

I hope you like the new version, which is a really great advance compared to 0.2.0.

Screenshot of the normal running mode, with the Settings tab open (normally it's closed):



With the Geek Mode on (enabled by setting Advanced=True in config file):



Almost forgot The program can be downloaded from the respective download page on BerliOS:

http://developer.berlios.de/project/...?group_id=9512