video2x/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[6.4.0] - 2025-01-24

Added

• Multi-versioning to critical functions to enhance performance in generic architecture builds.
• RIFE models v4.25 and v4.26 (#1304).
• Support for processing videos without PTS information (#1278).
• The feature to copy input streams' metadata to the output streams (#1282).
• (Video2X Qt6) German translation (#1279).
• (Video2X Qt6) Option to remove finished tasks from the queue.
• (Video2X Qt6) Option to specify actions after processing is complete.
• (Video2X Qt6) Support for adding and removing tasks during processing (#1281).
• (Video2X Qt6) The feature to automatically set codec to PNG for images (#1204).
• (Video2X Qt6) The preferences dialog.

Changed

• Improve the CMake optimization flags and option names.
• (Video2X Qt6) Embed translation files in the executable to avoid missing resources (#1250).
• (Video2X Qt6) Redesign the main window UI to improve usability.

Fixed

• A bug that causes the wrong encoder to be selected.
• (Video2X Qt6) Incorrect font used for the Japanese translation (#1276).

[6.3.1] - 2024-12-21

Fixed

• The issue of decreasing PTS precision with increasing video duration (#1269).
• (Video2X Qt6) Errors restoring Real-CUGAN configs in the Edit Task dialog.
• (Video2X Qt6) The incorrect comparison of version numbers.

[6.3.0] - 2024-12-20

Added

• A logger manager to provide unified logging across the application.
• Support for Real-CUGAN ncnn Vulkan (#1198).
• (Video2X Qt6) A check to ensure the required VC++ Redistributable version is installed.
• (Video2X Qt6) A configuration manager to save user preferences like the last selected language.
• (Video2X Qt6) A new logging widget to display logs in the UI.
• (Video2X Qt6) Custom options crf=20 and preset=slow to the default encoder options.
• (Video2X Qt6) French translation.
• (Video2X Qt6) The ability to check for available updates and prompt the user to update.
• (Video2X Qt6) Tooltips for processor and encoder options.

Changed

• Improve optimization flags and add namespaces for better code organization.
• (Video2X Qt6) Add processor names to processed videos instead of .processed.
• (Video2X Qt6) The output video suffix from auto-generated to .mkv.

Fixed

• Make the encoder always use the calculated PTS with corrected math.
• (Video2X Qt6) The issue where task configs are being restored incorrectly in the UI.

[6.2.0] - 2024-12-11

Added

• Automatic selection of the most suitable pixel format for the output video.
• Frame interpolation processing mode.
• More AVCodecContext options.
• Support for RIFE ncnn Vulkan.
• Support for specifying arbitrary AVOptions for the encoder (#1232).
• (Video2X Qt6) Visual C++ Redistributable version check to the installer.

Changed

• Improve CLI argument validation.
• Improve error handling and error messages.
• Improve the CLI help message structure and clarity.
• (Video2X Qt6) Improve the UI with a complete redesign.

Removed

• The C API for easier maintenance and development.

Fixed

• Timestamp errors processing frames with PTS equal to 0 (#1222).

[6.1.1] - 2024-11-07

Added

• Time remaining, and processing speed to the status bar.

Fixed

• Stream mapping for cases where the video stream is not the first stream in the input file (#1217).
• The encoder using the wrong color space for the output video.

[6.1.0] - 2024-11-04

Added

• A better timer that gets paused when the processing is paused.
• Detection for the validity of the provided GPU ID.
• The --listgpus option to list available Vulkan GPU devices.
• Vulkan device selection for libplacebo.
• (Video2X Qt6) Status bar and processing statistics.

Changed

• Automatically detect if options colorspace and range are supported by the buffer filter.
• Resource file missing error messages.
• Rewritten the CLI with C++.

Fixed

• Wide character string paths support on Windows systems without UTF-8 support enabled (#1201).

[6.0.0] - 2024-10-29

Added

• The initial release of the 6.0.0 version of Video2X.