VideoMorph-1.5rc

We're happy to announce a new pre-release version of VideoMorph video converter.

• Remove the add files progress bar. Fixed
• Handle invalid videos. Fixed
• Format with black. Done
• Refactor Probe to FFprobe and fix some issues. Fixed
• Update tests. Fixed
• Update Converter to take a Path object. Fixed
• Use pathlib to handle paths. Done
• Change the way to check if FFmpeg is available. Fixed
• Use f-strings and some type hints. Done
• Update the test so they run on Windows. Fixed
• Update User Manual. Done
• Update README.md. Done

VideoMorph-v1.4

We are happy to announce version 1.4, stay tuned for more updates soon.

Changes in this new version:

• Add new presets to MP4 profile. New
• Add support for OGV format. New
• Problems with MOV presets. Fixed
• Add formatting support for video properties like size and duration. New
• Prevent ImportError related to os.cpu_count() deprecation in future version of Python. Fixed
• Add support for MTS format as input videos. New
• File extension error in MOV profile. Fixed
• Add system tray icon and system notification when video conversion is finished. New
• Add a context menu with several options to the system tray icon. New
• Simplify the internal process of updating the UI (videomorph.update_ui()). Done
• Add VideoMorph's Manifest to define work-flow guidelines for the project. New
• Update tests. Add some new test and improve test coverage. Done
• Add Continuous Integration with TravisCI. Done
• Add coverage to GitHub repo. Done
• Add sound notification on Linux and Windows. New
• Add new presets for MOV processing. New
• Add new presets for VCD processing. New
• Add new presets for MP3 processing. New
• Problem with customized/default profiles. Customized override defaults. Fixed
• Problem with the activation of video info option. Fixed
• Problem with library path on Windows when library is not really installed or available. Fixed
• Add a Dialog to show information about videos. New
• Add option to open VideoMorph Web Page under "Help" menu. New

VideoMorph-v1.3.1

This is a minor release fixing some bugs only. Stay tuned for more updates soon...

• Problem with Ubuntu 18.04 and distutils.errors import. Fixed
• Drag & drop issue about rejecting valid filename extensions in UPPERCASE or mixing LOWERCASE and UPPERCASE not matching pre-defined list. Fixed
• Drag and Drop doesn't work on Windows Platform. Fixed

VideoMorph-v1.3

We are happy to announce our 3rd major release, stay tuned for more updates soon.

• Add User's Manual. New
• Problem with the UI updating when the user plays a video. Fixed
• Problem with video file duration. Fixed
• Enable Convert action and update Progress column when user selects some option in Other Options New
• Hide cmd.exe window on Windows systems when running ffprobe. New
• Play output video on Windows platforms when converting. New
• Problem with updating the interface when converter is running and the user plays a video. Fixed
• VideoMorph runs on Windows. New
• Update README.md with new installation details. Done
• Add an Option to shutdown machine when finishing conversion process. New
• Update setup.py to work with distutils or setuptools in GNU/Linux or on Windows. Done
• Update app icon to a file with ICO format for Windows compatibility. Done
• Remove support for avconv to concentrate in ffmpeg features. Done
• Use library paths to process videos directly instead of using utils.which. Fixed
• Problem with file names that contains periods. The output file name was cut. Fixed
• Add a path separator os.path.pathsep to utils.which for portability. Done
• Remove file action activated when user double click on a video file to reproduce it. Fixed
• Open video file on Windows and Linux platform. Done
• Open ffmpeg documentation site with user browser on Windows. Fixed
• Problem with stopping conversion process for all files on Windows platform. Fixed
• Partially converted video not delete when user closes the app. Fixed
• Problem with conversion stopping on Windows. Fixed
• Use os.path join to build paths for portability. Done
• Set library and probe depending on the platform (GNU/Linux or Windows). Done
• Centralize the Version handling, adding a VERSION file for better maintainability. Done
• Set paths to be used dynamically in GNU/Linux and Windows systems. Fixed
• Problem: App did not save configuration state if the user closes it when no conversion task is running. Fixed
• Adding platformdeps.py module to handle the system path with platform independence. Done
• Problem reading from changelo.gz. Fixed