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<p><div style="text-align: center;"><h1>DeVeDe, a video DVD creator</h1></div></p>
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<p><h2>History of versions</h2></p>
<p><b>Version 3.22.0 (2012-05-22)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Allows to choose which coder use for videos and which for menus</li>
<li>Allows to choose to use or not hyperthreading</li>
<li>Set audio bitrate in menus to 192Kbps, and video bitrate to 2500Kbps</li>
<li>Graceful degradation when the locale is unknown (thanks to Mattbe)</li>
<li>Added setup.py as an installation method</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.21.0 (2011-12-30)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug when creating DVDs with more that one page in the menu</li>
<li>Now FFMpeg is the default backend</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.20.0 (2011-12-08)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now copies all the audio tracks to the output when using FFMpeg</li>
<li>Support for changing volume in FFMpeg</li>
<li>Allows to change the margins in a DVD menu</li>
<li>Fixed several dialogs that failed when answering "No"</li>
<li>Support for getting the number of CPUs using the <em>multiprocessing</em> module, useful for *BSD users (thanks to Sean C. Farley)</li>
<li>Fixed when the aspect ratio is NaN (thanks to Henry HebHardt)</li>
<li>New background image (thanks to ArTuP)</li>
<li>Added .m2ts extension as video file type</li>
<li>Fixed french translation</li>
<li>Added turkish translation</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.19.0 (2011-11-26)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Drag&Drop support on KDE</li>
<li>Fixed bug in FFMPEG support</li>>
<li>Now checks that MP3LAME support is available when creating DivX with FFMPEG</li>
<li>Now correctly sets the audio bitrate when creating DivX with FFMPEG</li>
<li>Allows to burn the ISO image directly after creating it (thanks to Eugeni Dodonov)</li>
<li>Updated italian translation</li>
<li>Minor bugfixes</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.18.0 (2011-11-21)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>FFMpeg support</li>
<li>Fixed menu previsualization</li>
<li>Allows to automatically shutdown the computer when the job is done</li>
<li>Always shows icons in buttons</li>
<li>Fixed a bug that prevented returning to main window when aborting</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.17.0 (2011-07-03)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug in MKISOFS, when it shows decimals with a comman instead of a dot</li>
<li>Defines the VIDEO_FORMAT environment variable, needed in current SPUMUX versions</li>
<li>Added bugfix AC3_FIX for current MENCODER versions</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.9 (2010-07-03)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the license in the About dialog</li>
<li>Added hungarian translation</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.8 (2010-04-18)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug which prevented to create VCD, sVCD and CVD</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.7 (2010-04-11)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Video info is updated when changing selection with arrow keys</li>
<li>Allows up to 448Kbps for audio when using AC3</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.6 (2010-03-19)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Buttons in main window now has a border, like all other buttons</li>
<li>Desktop launcher now shows a much more HIG-compliant description</li>
<li>Pressing RETURN key in Title properties and Create disc dialogs has the same effect than the Accept button</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.5 (2010-03-09)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Don't show by default the subtitles in MKV files</li>
<li>Fixed dependencies in .deb package to ensure Debian compatibility</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.4 (2010-02-24)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Adjusts the audio bitrate to the list of legal values supported by Mencoder</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.3 (2010-02-22)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Supports blank spaces in subtitles filenames</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.2 (2010-02-21)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed audio bitrate when using 5.1 sound</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.1 (2010-02-21)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a hang when repacking MPEG files instead of reencoding them</li>
<li>Fixed Galician translation</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.16.0 (2010-01-07)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for two-pass encoding (thanks to Gustavo Sanchez)</li>
<li>Added support for 64bit Windows</li>
<li>Fixed a bug when importing old .devede files</li>
<li>Fixed a bug that prevented to manually choose the aspect ratio</li>
<li>Allows to change the final volume</li>
<li>Now remembers the last output directory used, and the last subtitle language and codepage</li>
<li>Added support for UTF-16 subtitles</li>
<li>Autodetects ASCII, UTF-8 and UTF-16 subtitles</li>
<li>Allows to remove menu</li>
<li>Check if there's a /, | or \ in the file name</li>
<li>Allows to force the subtitles by default</li>
<li>Flush stdout and stderr at end, so it should finally allow to have full debugging info</li>
<li>Several bugfixes for Windows version (thanks to Peter Gill)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.15.2 (2009-11-30)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Improved debugging</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.15.1 (2009-11-29)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug when the program can't write the subtitle's XML file</li>
<li>Added Miguel Bouzada to the list of translators</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.15.0 (2009-11-27)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added <i>-loop 1</i> in mplayer commands to avoid problems when the user has a mplayer.config file</li>
<li>Changed shape of the main window to better fit wide screens</li>
<li>Added support for OGG/Vorbis for menu sound</li>
<li>Added new backgrounds</li>
<li>Support for RMVB file extension</li>
<li>Preview button now can hide the icon when global preferences says it</li>
<li>When creating a DivX, if <i>Default resolution</i> is selected, won't touch size, nor aspect ratio, nor add bars</li>
<li>Updated translation to French</li>
<li>Updated translation to Galician</li>
<li>Translation to Tradicional Chinese</li>
<li>Support for filenames with double quotes (thanks to Christian)</li>
<li>Allows to split a film in two disks in SVCD and CVD, not only in VCD</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.14.0 (2009-07-20)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now doesn't add black bars when creating an NTSC disc from an 720x480 file without ASPECT RATIO parameter embedded</li>
<li>Allows to repack a file as MPEG-PS without recompress the streams (useful to work with VOB files)</li>
<li>Allows to swap the field order in interlaced videos</li>
<li>Allows to change the subtitle's font size</li>
<li>Now supports subtitle filenames with XML-reserved characters</li>
<li>Supports all picture types for menu backgrounds (not only PNG)</li>
<li>Now removes previous preview files if they already existed, when using LN</li>
<li>Fixed free disk space calcule in Windows 2000 and the SetPriority function (thanks to Peter Gill)</li>
<li>Adjusted the media sizes to ensure that the ISOs always will fit in the disc</li>
<li>Now doesn't hangs when adding a video file in an unknown format</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.13.1 (2009-05-25)</b></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Save as...</b> option now works.</li>
<li>The Title properties window closes when the user changes the action to do when the title ends. Fixed.</li>
<li>When the <strong>$HOME/.spumux</strong> directory didn't exists, DeVeDe is unable to find the font for subtitles. Fixed.</li>
<li>Added TTF-DEJAVU-CORE package in the DEB dependencies.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.13.0 (2009-05-14)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed the greek translation</li>
<li>Doesn't fail when LANG is not defined</li>
<li>Migration from LibGLADE to GtkBuilder</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.12c (2009-01-27)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Updated french translation</li>
<li>Updated file Changelog.Debian</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.12b (2009-01-26)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed french translation and added italian translation</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.12 (2009-01-25)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Supports pathnames with &, <, >, ' and "</li>
<li>When the user chooses a folder in the menu background, it removes the preview</li>
<li>New disc type chooser window (based on a model from Jonathan Estrella)</li>
<li>When the output path exists, it asks before deleting it</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.11b (2008-08-27)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed some language issues in EL, PL, SK and SV locales.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.11 (2008-08-24)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now recovers the menu options when loading a disc structure</li>
<li>Changed the appearance to make it more eye-candy</li>
<li>Shows the menu's NTSC preview at the right size</li>
<li>Shows right the menu's title tipography</li>
<li>Added compatibility with GenISOimage</li>
<li>Better code to avoid antialiasing when creating the menu entries</li>
<li>Now limits the number of files to 61 to avoid problems with DVDAuthor</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.10 (2008-08-16)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now the user chooses a global format (PAL or NTSC) for videos and menus.</li>
<li>Removed the limit of 12 titles; now can create discs with up to 90 titles and/or 90 files.</li>
<li>Allows to add a title to the menu, and shadows to the menu texts.</li>
<li>Allows to put the menu texts at the right, left or center.</li>
<li>Now shows a preview of the selected picture when choosing the menu background.</li>
<li>Added YADIF deinterlace filter support.</li>
<li>Added contextual help.</li>
<li>New background picture.</li>
<li>Support for resolution of 160x128 pixels in DivX.</li>
<li>Added a preview button in the Menu options window.</li>
<li>Now hides the advanced options in the main window.</li>
<li>Fixed the bug that made the menus to be shown only one second in some players.</li>
<li>Now it always honours the PAL/NTSC menu type.</li>
<li>Now,when creating a PAL disk from a 24fps source, DeVeDe speeds up it instead of adding one frame each 24,
obtaining a more fluid animation.</li>
<li>The silence sound file has been changed from WAV to MP3 to free some disk space.</li>
<li>Fixed a little bug when using HD resolutions for DivX.</li>
<li>Modified code to simplify adding new options to the DVD's menus.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.9 (2008-06-24)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Due to the use of VRC_MINRATE option, sometimes the final disk size was bigger than the predicted. Fixed.</li>
<li>Now remembers the directory from where the user added a movie file.</li>
<li>Fixed the detection of the number of cores in the system.</li>
<li>Adds the menu type (PAL or NTSC) when creating a menuless disk.</li>
<li>Uses transparent pictures for the menus, ensuring that they work fine in more players.</li>
<li>Removed CONVERT dependency (Thanks to Peter Gill).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.8c (2008-05-25)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now are really fixed the translation bugs.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.8b (2008-05-25)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug in the italian translation.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug in the poland translation.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.8 (2008-05-25)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Automatic video bitrate adjust, to ensure that the ISO or BIN/CUE image occupies the maximum size in the disk.</li>
<li>Support for up to 32 subtitles tracks.</li>
<li>Allows to specify the subtitle's language.</li>
<li>Allows to choose the language to use when the original video contains several audio tracks.</li>
<li>Added the L5 deinterlacing filter.</li>
<li>Support for rotating and flipping the video.</li>
<li>Muticore support.</li>
<li>Allows to mix classic and widescreen videos in the same disk.</li>
<li>High Definition support in DivX.</li>
<li>Allows to Drag&Drop subtitles in the <b>properties window</b>, or to load a configuration
file by Dragging&Dropping.</li>
<li>Uses a GOP of 12 frames to ensure maximum compatibility.</li>
<li>Uses the Telecine parameter to improve quality in 24fps films.</li>
<li>Adjusted the maximum bitrate for DivX.</li>
<li>Allows to add extra parameters in <b>-lavcopts</b>, <b>-vf</b> and <b>-lameopts</b>.</li>
<li>Now stores the status of the buttons for delete temporary files and to choose the action to do.</li>
<li>Added an icon to all windows.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug when Mplayer is compiled with <b>--enable-color-console</b>.</li>
<li>Allows to choose the colors and the position of the menus.</li>
<li>More elegant menu system (based on code from Mojoholder)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.7 (2008-04-16)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug when runing in a system configured with Catalan language</li>
<li>Now asks for confirmation when closing the disk type selection window</li>
<li>The final size of the ISO image is now much more accurate</li>
<li>Fixed some Win32 bugs (thanks to Peter Gill)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.6 (2007-12-10)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added a safe margin 5% in the occupied size, to have in mind the size needed by disk structures (like
directories, file info and so on).</li>
<li>Fixed a some bugs in poland translation.</li>
<li>Fixed some windows compatibility bugs.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.5 (2007-12-08)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Improved compatibility by using CGOP and SC_THRESOLD.</li>
<li>Now uses a GOP of 15 frames instead of 18 when creating a NTSC, 24fps disc, as dictates the standard.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug in italian translation which prevented the "Not enought disk space" message to be shown.</li>
<li>Added translation to russian and greek.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.4 (2007-11-21)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Allows to create DVDs with 5.1 sound</li>
<li>Allows to use a GOP of 12 frames to improve compatibility with some broken DVD players</li>
<li>Fixes a bug when creating VCD disks</li>
<li>Fixed a bug which prevented to previsualizate in DIVX mode.</li>
<li>Final code refactorization: finally the code is clean and maintenable.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.3 (2007-11-14)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>The EXPAND parameter in Mencoder now uses always an even offset to avoid some artifacts when the offset was odd.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug when draging&dropping video files.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.2</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug when using extra parameters with Mencoder</li>
<li>Fixed pt_PT translation</li>
<li>Fixed a bug with pl translation</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.1b</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a little bug which prevented version 3.1 to work with Python 2.4</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.1</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed some problems under windows.</li>
<li>Now returns to the main window after creating the disk.</li>
<li>When opening the file selector, it filters the files by type, showing only the videos.</li>
<li>When using the NEW menu option to clean the disk structure and start again, it asks the disk type again.</li>
<li>Now, when loading a disk structure, if the disk type is different than the current selected,
automatically changes to the new type.</li>
<li>Added new translations.</li>
<li>Added new icon (thanks to Jonah Naylor).</li>
<li>Second major code refactorization to improve maintenability.</li>
<li>License changed to GPL version 3.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.01</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added new patches for windows version.</li>
<li>Removed the use of lower priority, because it made the conversion slower.</li>
<li>Fixed a little bug when the final directory contains blank spaces.</li>
<li>Added translation to Catala, and fixed the French one.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 3.0</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Allows to add a menu to the DVD with a list of the titles and a custom background picture.</li>
<li>Allows to save the current disc structure, in order to reutilize it, or continue working in other moment.</li>
<li>Allows to choose up to 448kbit/sec for audio.</li>
<li>Now asks before canceling a job.</li>
<li>A little bigger font size for subtitles.</li>
<li>When creating a DivX file, now it uses .AVI extension.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug with non-UTF8 locales.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug in the "Insuficient free space..." message. Now is shown translated.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug when erasing conflicting files and directories.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug when trying to create a DivX from a file with an original size equal to the final size.</li>
<li>Now, when the conversion fails, it doesn't show a "Success" message.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.13d</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed the german translation</li>
<li>Changed the Mplayer/Mencoder version to the one from Ubuntu Edgy, due to some bugs when creating
PAL videos.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.13c</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Changed the MPlayer/Mencoder files, using version 0.99Pre8.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.13b</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added a MPlayer/Mencoder package for Ubuntu Feisty users.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.13</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added creation of MPEG4/DIVX files.</li>
<li>Added swedish and slovak translations.</li>
<li>Fixed some issues with translations (thanks to Marco de Freitas).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.12</b></p>
<ul>
<li>New and more flexibles install and uninstall scripts (thanks to Patrick Monnerat).</li>
<li>Added french translation.</li>
<li>Fixed some issues with non-UTF8 systems (thanks to Marco de Freitas).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.11</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Allows to specify the codepage for subtitles, allowing to use UTF-8 coded files (or with other codepages).</li>
<li>Allows to put the subtitles a little upper, fine when using the ZOOM option in 16:9 TVs or with old CRT receivers</li>
<li>Now can add subtitles with horizontal resolutions of 480 and 352 pixels without using too big fonts, nor crashing SPUMUX.</li>
<li>When the original video has 24 fps and the destination is a NTSC DVD, DeVeDe will use 24000/1001 fps instead of 30000/1001.</li>
<li>Fixed some little bugs when erasing temporary files.</li>
<li>Fixed some bugs in the main loop that sometimes hanged up the conversion process.</li>
<li>Now shows a kind of progress numbers during subtitle adding and while creating the DVD structure.</li>
<li>Now translates fine all the sentences in the interface.</li>
<li>Now detects if DeVeDe has permissions to write in the destination directory when doing a preview.</li>
<li>Now uses MP2 instead of AC3 to ensure full compatibility.</li>
<li>Now detects again when mencoder or spumux fails and shows an error message.</li>
<li>Now really allows to abort the process while adding subtitles.</li>
<li>Now supplies all the needed data to SPUMUX, so subtitles in NTSC format will be full visible.</li>
<li>Fixed some issues in Windows code (thanks again to Peter Gill).</li>
<li>Added new translations into German and norwegian, and completed the old ones.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.10</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added italian translation</li>
<li>The INSTALL script didn't create the GNOME/KDE menu entry. Fixed.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.9</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now DeVeDe can work under Windows, thanks to Peter Gill (see the <a href="faq.html">FAQ</a> for details).</li>
<li>Fixed some little bugs that prevented to use DeVeDe with some files taken from video capture cards.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug with the Drag&Drop in the main window.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug that prevented DeVeDe to detect errors in the execution of MKISOFS.</li>
<li>Added a warning about VFAT/FAT32 partitions.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.8</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now only allows to create 16:9 DVDs when the final width is 720 pixels, and
don't allow to create 16:9 VCDs, SVCDs or CVDs.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.7</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Support for true DVD subtitles</li>
<li>Can create 16:9 DVDs from widescreen videos</li>
<li>Default MBD changed to 2 (slower but greater quality)</li>
<li>Now installs in /urs/local</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.6</b></p>
<ul>
<li>When the video wasn't subdivided in chapters, the XML file was incorrect and DVDAuthor complained. Fixed.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug when the output directory was no writable.</li>
<li>Added translation for Portugues do Brasil</li>
<li>Added a FAQ.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.5</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed another bug with directories and/or filenames with blank spaces</li>
<li>Added a workaround for a bug found in very old DVD Players, that can't play fast forward between the last
chapter and the end of a file.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.4A</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added translation for Czech</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.4</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Allows to specify that a file is already a DVD-compliant MPEG-PS file, so it won't be recompresed, but
stored "as is" into the disc (usefull when you capture video from a TV capturer of other sources).</li>
<li>Alows to deinterlace the video.</li>
<li>Allows to choose the MacroBlock algorithm and use Trellis, to enhace the final picture quality.</li>
<li>Allows to choose the directory for the temporary file used during preview, and remembers it.</li>
<li>Before creating a new disc it erases the files with conflicting names in the destination directory.</li>
<li>Allows to cancel the process during the creation of the BIN/CUE image of a VCD, SVCD or CVD.</li>
<li>Added a VRC_MINRATE parameter when creating VCDs, SVCDs and CVDs, to ensure full compatibility.</li>
<li>Changed the video bitrate for VCDs from 1150 to 1152, and the minimum video bitrate for SVCDs and CVD
from 500 to 600.</li>
<li>Ensures that the progress bar while converting a file is refreshed at least each two senconds.</li>
<li>First major code refactorization to enhace the maintenability.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.3</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Removed the use of B-frames (which was added in version 2.1) because it produces problems with some
DVD players.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.2</b></p>
<ul>
<li>In some very inusual cases mencoder could trigger a bug with an undeclared variable. Fixed.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.1</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Optimized some loops. Now DeVeDe is about 30% faster during video conversion.</li>
<li>Now checks that you have enought free disk space.</li>
<li>Allows to maintain the temporary files instead of deleting them.</li>
<li>Fixed a little bug with the erasing of temporary files.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 2.0</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now can create VideoCD, SuperVideoCD and China VideoDisks.</li>
<li>Allows the user to override the default resolution and use the one he wants.</li>
<li>Allows to pass custom commands to Mencoder, allowing to render subtitles, cut the file in chunks, select
an audio stream when the file has two or more...</li>
<li>Allows to change the order of the files and titles.</li>
<li>Changed the position of some elements, making the interface a little more intuitive.</li>
<li>The advanced features have been grouped, so novices will see only the
most important options while advanced users can have access to a lot of extra functions with just a single
click.</li>
<li>Fixed a litle bug when a video header tells that it has an aspect ratio of 0 or 1.</li>
<li>Installation more compliant with FreeDesktop and Debian normatives.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 1.6</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for resolutions 352x480 (in NTSC) and 352x576 (in PAL).</li>
<li>Fully support for movies with aspect ratios different than 4:3 (now, with 16:9 movies it adds the right black bars to ensure that a circle IS a circle).</li>
<li>Fixed a bug with audio/video sync when converting a PAL video to NTSC or vice-versa.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 1.5</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now works with video files without audio track.</li>
<li>Transforms blank spaces in the generic filename to underscores (in previous versions, DeVeDe failed if a blank space was inserted).</li>
<li>Fixed the translation to Galego.</li>
<li>Added an uninstall script.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 1.4</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added Drag&Drop support.</li>
<li>Translatable strings (currently supports english, spanish and galego).</li>
<li>Set a default video rate based on the final resolution.</li>
<li>Shows the elapsed time used to create de DVD.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 1.3</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Added fully support for <b>PAL/SECAM</b> and <b>NTSC</b>. Now the user can choose the kind of disc to create.</li>
<li>Added support for more resolutions (352x288/352x240), so DVDs made from low-resolution videos will have better quality.</li>
<li>Now DeVeDe scales the video or resamples the audio if needed, so the conversion is a litle faster (not much faster, but faster anyway).</li>
<li>Some minor bugfixes.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 1.2</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Now DeVeDe REALLY creates a NTSC DVD when the framerate is 30fps (that was the original intention, but due to a litle bug it didn't work before).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 1.1</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Allows to adjust the audio delay, to ensure perfect audio/video sync.</li>
<li>Added a <b>Preview</b> button, to check the video quality and the audio sync without converting all the files.</li>
<li>Now DeVeDe reduces a litle its priority when launched, allowing to continue working with the computer without speed penalties.</li>
<li>Now checks if you have write permissions at the destination directory.</li>
<li>Fixed the install script; now doesn't supposes that <b>install</b> is at <b>/usr/bin</b>.</li>
<li>Interface much more compliant with the Gnome HIG.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 1.02b</b></p>
<ul><li>Due to the hurry to fix an error, I packed an incorrect version in the .tar.bz2. Fixed here.</li></ul>
<p><b>Version 1.02</b></p>
<ul><li>With some specific files DeVeDe failed. Fixed in this version.</li>
<li>Now DeVeDe can be installed in the home directory.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 1.01</b></p>
<ul><li>Fixed a little problem with MPlayer and pipes</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Version 1.0</b></p>
<ul><li>First public version</li></ul>
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