2024-11-18 - ffxvid 1.8.9
	* Fixed a bug in the audio metadata when copying
	  the Dolby core audio that added "+ Atmos" to the
	  metadata
	* One-line micro-optimization in the Dolby metadata
	  code

2024-11-11 - ffxvid 1.8.8
	* Do colorspace conversion before scaling

2024-11-08 - ffxvid 1.8.7
	* Support copying the DTS core-only from DTS 96/24 and
	  DTS:X IMAX tracks
	* Updated the AAC profile detection for audio copy

2024-11-06 - ffxvid 1.8.6
	* Fixed a bug in the video_hdr_to_sdr_func() function
	* Replaced the detelecine filter with a combination
	  of the fieldmatch, bwdif and decimate filters
	* Use 0 as default value for the tonemap desat
	  filter option

2024-11-03 - ffxvid 1.8.5
	* Support copying full DTS-X audio or only
	  the DTS core

2024-11-02 - ffxvid 1.8.4
	* Support copying full DTS-HD HRA audio or just
	  the DTS Core in it
	* Support copying full Dolby Atmos audio or just
	  the AC-3/TrueHD Core in it
	  
2024-11-01 - ffxvid 1.8.3
	* Added support for copying only the DTS Core
	  audio or the full DTS-HD MA audio track

2024-10-30 - ffxvid 1.8.2
	* Reduced duplication in the final audio params
	  code variable
	* Use kHz instead of Hz for audio sample rate
	  metadata
	* Slightly increased default value of the noise
	  filter
	* Updated the AUTHORS file (email address)

2024-10-28 - ffxvid 1.8.1
	* Updated the audio copy code to detect Dolby
	  Atmos and use the correct name metadata
	* Renamed a few variables

2024-02-28 - ffxvid 1.8.0
	* Initial support for zimg (z lib) scalers

2024-02-04 - ffxvid 1.7.7
	* Don't exit but warn about MP4Box/Mplayer missing
	  from the user's system
	  
2024-01-07 - ffxvid 1.7.6
	* Improved compatibility with the BSDs
	* Set the setpts + atempo option as default for
	  FPS conversion
	* Set side/wide audio channels as default
	* Support the newly added channels for TrueHD audio
	* Bugfix in the video_noise_func() function
	* Improved FPS detection code

2023-08-17 - ffxvid 1.7.5
	* Fix crop detection for HDR content
	* Set Lanczos as default scaler option

2023-01-23 - ffxvid 1.7.4
	* Support more deinterlacing filters
	
2021-01-22 - ffxvid 1.7.2
	* Remove "a" from the -ac audio option
	* Fix possible negative index in the audio option

2020-12-28 - ffxvid 1.7.1
	* Fix a bug in the $vidtrack variable

2020-12-27 - ffxvid 1.7.0
	* Fixed a long standing bug where audio mapping
	  values were incorrect for audio metadata
	  resulting in incomplete or wrong values

2020-06-21 - ffxvid 1.6.9
	* Fixed a bug that prevents using TrueHD mono audio
	  in the MP4 container

2020-06-16 - ffxvid 1.6.8
	* Support TrueHD audio in the MP4 container

2020-03-23 - ffxvid 1.6.6
	* Add -max_muxing_queue_size switch to workaround
	  possible issues when muxing Atmos/DTS-X audio

2020-03-09 - ffxvid 1.6.5
	* Bugfix: missing if conditional in the crop code

2020-03-05 - ffxvid 1.6.4
	* Go back to FFmpeg for crop detection

2020-02-23 - ffxvid 1.6.3
	* Use MPlayer for crop detection instead of FFmpeg which
	  seems to have issues with 4k/UHD content

2019-12-28 - ffxvid 1.6.2
	* Add support for the noise video filter. Can be beneficial
	  on (very) clean sources by applying some noise to avoid
	  things like color/light banding in the encode

2019-11-11 - ffxvid 1.6.1
	* Added support for the (newer) deblock filter

2019-11-04 - ffxvid 1.6.0
	* Merged two case statements in the metadata code for mkv/mp4/mov
	* Bugfix: Using ADPCM encoding for DTS audio wasn't possible due
	  to wrong variable used in the if conditional
	  
2019-10-29 - ffxvid 1.5.9
	* Removed an unneeded check for audio codec in the conerror_func()
	  function
	* Removed a stale "" in the case statement that checks the channels
	  for AC3
	* Support setting the matrixed stereo type when resampling stereo
	  input
	* Support setting the filter type of the audio resample filter
	* Cosmetics

2019-10-28 - ffxvid 1.5.8
	* Added support for director/cast metadata for MP4/M4V/MOV
	* Added +use_metadata_tags to the $movflags variable for MP4/M4V/MOV
	* Support ADPCM encoding for DTS audio
	* Fixed an issue where asking for director/cast occured multiple
	  times if remuxing to other containers was enabled

2019-10-27 - ffxvid 1.5.7
	* Use 16 bits as bit depth metadata when encoding to TrueHD audio
	* Removed an unneeded if conditional in the audio bit depth code
	* Add director and cast metadata for the MKV container
	* Reorder some code for the output shell file
	* Cosmetics

2019-10-26 - ffxvid 1.5.6
	* Renamed audio variable aid[i] to aidx[i] and moved it outside
	  of the if conditional that decides the audio codec. This
	  removes the same code in three places and now uses the
	  global aidx[i] variable
	* HE-AACv2 only supports 2 channels. Update the audio code
	  to reflect that
	* When running in batch mode, add a warning about automatic
	  audio metadata and offer an option to enable/disable it
	* Added -tmp option to MP4Box to store temp files in the
	  output directory
	* Some minor improvements to the audio options

2019-10-25 - ffxvid 1.5.5
	* Detect audio bit depth and add it to the audio metadata
	* Added detection for DTS Express and DTS-HD HR for audio copy
	* Use -show_entries instead of -show_streams for detecting
	  audio properties with ffprobe. Removes piping to grep and awk
	* Support setting the FLAC bit depth for encoding
	* Minor restructuring and variables renaming in the audio code
	* Updated the man page

2019-10-24 - ffxvid 1.5.4
	* Add constant/non-constant matrix option to the
	  video_csmisc_func() function

2019-10-23 - ffxvid 1.5.3
	* Set default audio codec based on output container format
	* Add colr option for MP4Box to the video_colorspace_func()
	  function and the color primaries code. Only used for MOV
	* Add -color_primaries, -color_trc and -colorspace to the
	  FFmpeg command line options

2019-10-22 - ffxvid 1.5.2
	* Add support for SRT/SSA/AAS subtitles for the MOV container
	* Remove the colorprim lines from the video_colorspace_func()
	  function. They are not used

2019-10-21 - ffxvid 1.5.1
	* Renamed variables $MDATA and $CHPS to $METADATA
	  and $CHAPS
	* Add $METADATA and $CHAPS to the remuxing code

2019-10-21 - ffxvid 1.5.0
	* Add support for verbose logging to a log file
	* Bugfix: -map_metadata and -map_chapters where not set
	  to 0 when the respective options in the config file
	  were set to "y"

2019-10-20 - ffxvid 1.4.9
	* Added support for embedding of SRT/SSA/ASS subtitles
	  in the MP4/M4V containers
	* Moved back to MP4Box for adding cover art to MP4/M4V/MOV.
	  Apparently, after lots of testing, atomicparsley
	  creates files that hang during playback
	* Cosmetics
	* Updated the man page

2019-10-19 - ffxvid 1.4.8
	* Use atomicparsley to add cover art for the mp4/m4v
	  containers. This removes dependence on MP4Box and
	  makes it possible to copy over metadata info in
	  an easy way
	* Add +frag_keyframe to the -movflags option when
	  output is mp4
	* Renamed variable METACOVER to MKVCOVER
	* Updated the man page

2019-10-18 - ffxvid 1.4.7
	* Bugfix: use correct video track for crop
	  preview with MPlayer
	* Bugfix: missing ;; in the additional container
	  formats code
	* Renamed variable SCAN_MULTIPLE_VID_TRACKS to
	  SCAN_MULTI_VID_TRACKS
	* Some reordering in the config file
	* Set Catmull-Rom as default Bicubic/Spline tuning
	* Add LPCM detection for audio copy
	* Support the mp4/m4v containers
	* Add support for cover art for the mp4/m4v/mov
	  containers. Requires MP4Box from GPAC
	* Some code optimization

2019-10-17 - ffxvid 1.4.6
	* Support the WMV container format

2019-10-16 - ffxvid 1.4.5
	* Support the fftdnoiz denoise filter

2019-10-15 - ffxvid 1.4.4
	* Use correct video mapping for crop detection

2019-10-14 - ffxvid 1.4.3
	* Support scanning for multiple video tracks
	  in the input file

2019-10-13 - ffxvid 1.4.2
	* Use readlink -e and realpath -e where needed
	* Cosmetics

2019-10-11 - ffxvid 1.4.1
	* Support hardcoding external or embedded subtitles.
	  Requires libass support in FFmpeg
	* Fixed a typo in the subtitles code

2019-09-25 - ffxvid 1.4.0
	* Revert using audindex[i] var for audio metadata
	  detection

2019-09-25 - ffxvid 1.3.9
	* Use the audindex[i] variable for audio metadata
	  during audio copy
	* Don't use audio metadata when using audio copy
	  and running in batch mode
	* Updated default audio bitrates for some codecs
	  
2019-09-22 - ffxvid 1.3.8
	* For audio stream copy, in case ffprobe reports
	  channels layout as unknown, try to guess the
	  amount of channels based on channel detection
	  and use that as metadata
	* Set Mobius transform as default for HDR to SDR
	* Updated the man page

2019-09-21 - ffxvid 1.3.7
	* Add side channel info to the audio metadata

2019-09-19 - ffxvid 1.3.6
	* Support encoding to WMAv1 and WMAv2 audio
	* Update high bit depth pixel formats options
	* Add WMAv1 and WMAv2 audio detection metadata
	  when doing audio copy

2019-09-18 - ffxvid 1.3.5
	* Improvements to the audio copy metadata

2019-09-13 - ffxvid 1.3.4
	* Add audio channel metadata when using audio copy

2019-09-05 - ffxvid 1.3.3
	* Code optimization in the audio sample rate metadata

2019-08-29 - ffxvid 1.3.2
	* Use a comma instead of a dash for the audio sample
	  rate metadata

2019-08-21 - ffxvid 1.3.1
	* Add audio sample rate to the audio metadata

2019-07-23 - ffxvid 1.3.0
	* Added support for crop preview using MPlayer when
	  autocrop is enabled in the config file. This was
	  ported over from my h264enc script
	  
2019-06-14 - ffxvid 1.2.9
	* Added support for the bm3d denoise filter
	
2018-02-26 - ffxvid 1.2.8
	* Set the eq saturation default value to 1.0 (same as filter default)
	* Add the colorspace and colormatrix filters when doing an HDR
	  to SDR conversion
	* Lower tonemap desat strength to 2.8
	* Support white point adaptation for HDR to SDR
	* Moved the colorspace filter after the scale one
	* Moved the pixel format filter near the end of the filter chain
	
2018-02-20 - ffxvid 1.2.7
	* Fixed an issue where in some cases write-testing the output
	  directory will fail due usage of readlink -f instead of
	  readlink -m
	* Update transfer chars to support latest changes to zimg from git
	  
2018-01-09 - ffxvid 1.2.6
	* Moved the eq filter to almost the end of the video filter chain
	  as it can lead to banding in certain cases in case the filter
	  is in front of most other ones
	* If the eq filter is used, also insert the format one after it
	  if a pixel format has been chosen
	* Fixed a possible devision by 0 that may occur when one copies
	  audio and the bitrate for metadata is reported as N/A by ffprobe
	
2018-01-04 - ffxvid 1.2.5
	* Don't hardcode the desaturation strength of the tonemap filter
	  but let is be an option
	* Removed the matrix and primaries options in the zscale filter
	  as it leads to over-saturation of colors
	* Support tweaking the tonemap algorithms for HDR to SDR conversion
	* Support applying color saturation correction when doing an HDR
	  to SDR conversion
	* Added bt2020-12 to the list of transfers when doing color
	  characteristics copy
	* Added HDR_to_SDR_instructions.txt file to the package
	  
2018-01-01 - ffxvid 1.2.4
	* Reworked the video_chars_func() function and added reporting
	  of video bit depth
	* Initial support for audio codec metadata when doing audio
	  copy
	* Increased default E-AC-3 audio bitrate from 768 to 960 kbps
	* Set dialnorm for AC-3/E-AC-3 to its FFmpeg default (-31)
	* Use a desat value of 2.5 for the tonemap filter when doing HDR
	  to SDR conversions
	* Don't use pix_fmts in the format filter. It is not really needed
	* Removed 12-bit options from the video_pixfmt_func() function
	* Cosmetics
	  
2017-12-27 - ffxvid 1.2.3
	* Renamed array variable CHARS to VCHARS in the
	  video_chars_func() function
	* Report pixel format in the video_chars_func() function
	* Use -v quiet instead of -v error log level for ffprobe
	* Cosmetics
	  
2017-12-26 - ffxvid 1.2.2
	* Initial support for HDR to SDR conversions. Requires
	  FFmpeg to be compiled with the zimg library as it
	  needs the zscale filter
	  https://github.com/sekrit-twc/zimg
	  
2017-10-22 - ffxvid 1.2.1
	* Support dialog level normalization for AC3/EAC3 audio
	
2017-09-29 - ffxvid 1.2.0
	* Support setting the output video aspect ratio
	
2017-08-23 - ffxvid 1.1.9
	* Support full chroma input for the software scaler
	
2017-07-20 - ffxvid 1.1.8
	* Bugfix: use realpath instead of readlink for the OUTPUT
	  var when running in batch mode. Fixes the issue where
	  readlink will follow the full path in case the input
	  is a symlink which may result of encoding files we
	  were not asked to
	* Don't print cropped resolution during runtime
	  if batch mode is selected
	* Remove check for realpath. It is now required and not
	  optional

2017-06-14 - ffxvid 1.1.7
	* Make software scaler tweaking optional
	* Added support for the unsharp filter for sharpen/blur
	* Use a colon symbol as separation for input/output color range
	  in the video_colorspace_func() function as to be consistent
	  with the other options. Also set the default to tv:tv
	
2017-06-13 - ffxvid 1.1.6
	* Bugfix in the video_colorspace_func() function. Wrong value
	  used for the ispace option of the filter. Must be bt2020ncl
	  instead of just bt2020
	  
2017-06-10 - ffxvid 1.1.5
	* Replace numbers in array variable char of the video_chars_func()
	  function with the ones from the for loop
	* Pipe the ffprobe string to tail -1 to work around issues
	  with some problematic files
	* Some small improvements to the video_colorspace_func() function
	  
2017-06-09 - ffxvid 1.1.4
	* New function, video_chars_func(), to detect and display video
	  characteristics like color range/space/transfer/primaries
	* Detect and display video resolution if video scaling is enabled
	* Detect and display pixel format
	
2017-06-08 - ffxvid 1.1.3
	* Report software scaler set in the config file
	* Merge the bicubic and spline scaler tuning code
	* Mention for the Lanczos scaler that the scaler
	  tuning value is the filter length and not sharpness

2017-06-05 - ffxvid 1.1.2
	* Remove redundant software scaler warning and exit in
	  the sws_func() function for the config file
	* Added support for the experimental software scaler
	* Added support for software scaler tuning where applicable
	* Removed additional encoder info on max audio channels support
	  
2017-06-04 - ffxvid 1.1.1
	* Match software scaler options in config file with the
	  ones inside the script. $SCALER in config file now
	  takes a value between 0 and 9
	* Do some basic checking of scaler option when it's set
	  in the config file
	  
2017-06-01 - ffxvid 1.1.0
	* Simplify the scale variable a bit
	* Support SMPTE170M colorspace conversion
	
2017-05-16 - ffxvid 1.0.9
	* Added support for FFmpeg's internal Opus audio encoder
	
2017-05-14 - ffxvid 1.0.8
	* Bugfix in the software scale code. Use an if conditional
	  to check for an y/n answer
	  
2017-05-13 - ffxvid 1.0.7
	* Support accurate rounding for the software scalers
	* Support full chroma interpolation for the software scalers
	* Use the flags option of the scale option instead of -sws_flags
	  to set scaler and its options
	* Bugfix: software scaler code missing
	
2017-04-03 - ffxvid 1.0.6
	* Support setting the input/output color range
	
2017-03-18 - ffxvid 1.0.5
	* Update audio compression level values
	* Update colorspace entry for NTSC video
	* Fixed bug in the video_colorspace_func() values
	
2017-02-22 - ffxvid 1.0.4
	* Support high FPS -> low FPS conversions
	* Bugfix: missing options in FPS conversion menu
	
2017-02-19 - ffxvid 1.0.3
	* Enable Variance AQ by default
	* Correct a few things in man page
	* Update the preset.txt file
	
2017-02-18 - ffxvid 1.0.2
	* Switch to using libxvid instead of mpeg4 encoder
	* Set appropriate threads amount for encoding
	* Update default encoding options
	
2017-02-17 - ffxvid 1.0.1
	* Update default encoding options

2017-02-17 - ffxvid 1.0.0
	* Initial public release
