Below are the "Messages for the Day" for November 2002 :
Message for 29 November 2002 :
A new version of Knotonīs API DivX Player has been release today. Knotonīs API DivX Player focuses on the simple and straight forward task of playing DivX movies without all those fancy features you probably won't need (hence only the 80 KB file size).
I've also added a new software called DivX Mpeg-X Calculater. This software does bit-rate calculations, but more importantly, it outputs the required DivX 4/5 CLI commands (that you can type into the DivX codec setup section) to make sure the movie you encode comes out at a perfect size. You can even save the settings you used as a file, and share your settings with others.
In late updates, a new version of abcAVI Tags Editor (edits AVI tags, and some other AVI attributes) has been released with a couple of small updates. There is also a new version of the subtitle translating tool, Subtitles Translator.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 15th of December, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 26 November 2002 :
For today, there are new version of the MPEG4ip toolset and player, both compiled and ready for use. MPEG4ip is an open-source initiative to develop a set of MPEG-4 tools and a MPEG-4 player. Both Nic and Koepi have released new compiled binaries of XviD.
I've also updated the articles section by dividing the different language articles into separate pages, since the old articles page was getting too large.
In a late update, a new version of the DVD to AVI conversion GUI (uses MPEG2AVI, VirtualDub and AC3 Decode) DVD to AVI GUI has been released. The update adds the option to choose between 1 and 2 pass encoding.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 15th of December, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 22 November 2002 :
Two updates for two subtitle tools today. First up is a new version of the SUB/SRT subtitle editor/player, SubMaker. A new version of VobSub is also available. Koepi has also checked-out and compiled the latest unstable build of the XviD codec.
In a late update, I've added a new bit-rate and resolution calculator that has been coded in Microsoft Excel.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 15th of December, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 19 November 2002 :
There's a new version of the DivX/CD launcher tool, DivXLauncher, has been released today - the main change is the addition of an external AVI Info tool - there are also some bug fixes. There is also a new version of the MPEG2AVI PX3 GUI/Encoder tool, Advanced DivX Creator - it mainly fixes a couple of issues, in particular, the AC3 extraction ones.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 15th of December, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 17 November 2002 :
As promised, this week's Trailer of the Week will be a re-release of an old trailer, as voted by you. I have made available the trailer for Neon Genesis Evangelion. This week's trailers hasn't been encoded by DivX Digest, and has been submitted to us by allentron.
In a late update, a new version of the MicroDVD subtitles tool, SubtitlesK5ky, has been released.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 15th of December, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 15 November 2002 :
A new version of the multimedia player and subtitle editing tool, UBW Player is now available.
I've also added a new SUB subtitle repair tool called Biggus SubTextFixer - it also allows you to remove hearing repaired text from subtitles.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 17th of November, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 12 November 2002 :
KingSub 0.95 has been released - KingSub is a subtitle tool that fixes the reverse order problem with Hebrew subtitles, as well as other subtitle functions. A new build of the ad-ware supported/commercial multimedia player, RadLight Player, is available as well. A new binary build of XviD from Koepi, fresh from CVS, is also available.
In some late updates, a new major version of ACE Mega CoDecS Pack has been released. A new version of the RealVideo9 encoding tool, AutoRV9 is available as well. There is also a new version of the DivX 5.x encoding tool, DivX 5 Enc.
I've added another RealVideo9 encoding tool/GUI as well, called GUImliRV9.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 17th of November, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 10 November 2002 :
A new version of the subtitle creator/editor/converter, Subtitle Workshop - it supports many subtitle formats. Please refer to the software download page for a list of changes.
Remember that there's not new or re-release trailer this week - trailers are now released for two weeks at a time (used to be just one week, which wasn't long enough for some people to download it all). There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 17th of November, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
And for those who like stories about copy protected "CDs" (ie. CDs that can't be played back on computers - if you can't play it, you can't copy it, right?), here's an email that shows the true thinking of these record companies.
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 8 November 2002 :
A new version of ChapterXtractor is available. ChapterXtrator is a tool that can extract chapter information from your DVDs and use this information to make MicroDVD INI files. There is also a new version of Ecuador's DVD-2-DivX Rip-Pack for Beginners, which is a collection of software that is required for Ecuador's DVD-2-DivX guide, which has also been updated. A new binary build of XviD from Koepi, fresh from CVS, is also available.
I've added a new software called AVI Splitter, which can help you extract out segments from AVI/DivX files.
In a late update, a new version of the shareware multimedia player, NewPlay, is available.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 17th of November, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 5 November 2002 :
Only a single software update today for the subtitle ripping tool, SubRip. As usual, the changelog contains a list of all changes.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 17th of November, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 3 November 2002 :
For this week's Trailer of the Week, I have made available the DivX 3.11 the teaser trailer for Solaris. This week's trailer hasn't been encoded by DivX Digest, and has been submitted to us by BiMb ThE hiMb. And taking another suggestion from BiMb ThE hiMB, trailers from now on will be made available for two weeks, instead of one, to give more time to download them. I'm also now allowing the use of download accelerators such as GoZilla, GetRight, Download Accelerator and FlashGet.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 17th of November, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!
Posted by DVDGuy
Message for 1 November 2002 :
Quite a few updates today. First up, going by alphabetical order, is a new version of the AVI analyzer tool, AVICodec. It is followed by a new version of the DVD to DivX encoding tool, DVD-Ripp. A new version of Ecuador's AVI Bitrate calculator has been released, although unlike the title suggests, this software does much more than just bit-rate calculations, including aspect ratio calculation, PCM WAV normalizer and a DivX 5 Pro GAIN spyware disabler. Next up is SubRescue, which is a tool that you can use to "rescue" or repair your subtitle file.
Last up is a new software called WMRecorder, which is a software that will let you record/save Windows Media streams to your hard-drive.
There will be a re-release of an old trailer again on the 17th of November, and you can vote for the trailer you want now!!