ffxvid for Linux/BSD

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.5.4

* Add constant/non-constant matrix option to the video_csmisc_func() function

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.5.8

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

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.6.1

* Added support for the (newer) deblock filter

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.6.3

* Use MPlayer for crop detection instead of FFmpeg which seems to have issues with 4k/UHD content

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.6.4

* Go back to FFmpeg for crop detection

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.6.5

* Bugfix: missing if conditional in the crop code

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.6.6

* Add -max_muxing_queue_size switch to workaround possible issues when muxing Atmos/DTS-X audio

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.6.8

* Support TrueHD audio in the MP4 container

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.6.9

* Fixed a bug that prevents using TrueHD mono audio in the MP4 container

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.7.0

* Fixed a long standing bug where audio mapping values were incorrect for audio metadata resulting in incomplete or wrong values

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.7.1

* Fix a bug in the $vidtrack variable

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.7.2

* Remove "a" from the -ac audio option
* Fix possible negative index in the audio option

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ChangeLlog for ffxvid 1.7.3

* Replace the yadif deinterlacer with bwdif. It's faster and provides higher quality

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.7.4

* Support more deinterlacing filters

[Blue_MiSfit]

I've never used this app, but I'll say thank you for folks who do! I appreciate your efforts :)

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I've never used this app, but I'll say thank you for folks who do! I appreciate your efforts :)

Thanks. It's just a Bash shell script I write mainly for myself as I spend many hours working in the terminal on Linux so I need something CLI/terminal-based for encoding too...

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.7.5

* Fix crop detection for HDR content
* Set Lanczos as default scaler option

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.7.7

* Don't exit but warn about MP4Box/Mplayer missing from the user's system

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.0

* Initial support for zimg (z lib) scalers

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.1

* Updated the audio copy code to detect Dolby Atmos and use the correct name metadata
* Renamed a few variables

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ChangeLog for 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)

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.3

* Added support for copying only the DTS Core audio or the full DTS-HD MA audio track

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.5

* Support copying full DTS-X audio or only the DTS core

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.8

* Do colorspace conversion before scaling

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ChangeLog for 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

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.10

* Added support for disabling automatic metadata such as video title, audio codec names, etc through the config file

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.11

* Fixed a syntax error in the video_deinterlace_func() function. Reported by Christian Marillat

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.12

* Increased default noise value from 4 to 5
* Fix wrong default option for tonemap algo
* Delete side data when doing HDR -> SDR conversion
* Updated the AUTHORS, README and man page files

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.13

* Support setting the default zimg scaler in the config file
* Use Natural Bicubic Spline FFmpeg scaler as default in-script scaler and Spline36 scaler as default for zimg
* Minor improvements to the scaling code
* Updated the README and man page files

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.14

* Add support for Spline64 zimg zscale filter. Requires latest FFmpeg from git

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.15

* Bugfix in the zscale scale filter for Lanczos3/4

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.8.16

* Use more accurate crop detection by using rounding of 4 instead of the default 16

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.9.0

* Set Spline64 as default zimg scaler
* Remove dependency on MPlayer and use ffplay instead for crop previews
* Updated the man page

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ChangeLog for ffxvid 1.9.1

* Add support for encoding 7.1 channels E-AC-3 audio. Requires latest FFmpeg from git