Introduction

For this new version, major improvments are:
  • Accelerated rendering of video (reduced the time needed to compile videos by up to 25%)
  • Can compile with Qt 4 and Qt 5 (depending on what is available in the system)
  • 64-bit Windows version and support for Windows 8
  • Adding dynamic text variables (calculated texts can be used in the slides)
  • Generate thumbnails at 600×800 corresponding to rendered videos (very useful for differentiating videos when using Jukebox and MediaCenter application)
  • Generate .nfo file for XBMC (very useful for those who use XBMC because it allows the videos to have a poster and a sheet into XBMC)
  • Adding models (predefined elements used as the basis for creating thumbnails or slides)
  • Adding an export project function (saves the project and all the files used by the project in a subdirectory)
  • Support of ffmpeg 2.0
  • Integrating Wiki directly into the application for offline reading
  • Cliparts managment
    • Alias ​​in the multimedia file browser (A clipart entry is displayed in the directory tree)
    • Portability clipart from one PC to another and an Operating System with another (Cliparts from the clipart directory are treated as library items and do not need to be copied into the project resources )

Details of changes of behavior and new features

Main window

  • Place the Exit button to the right of all tabs in the menu
  • Modify the "Add title" buttun of the main window for it give choice between Empty slide au Predefined title slide
  • Modify the timeline for Predefined title slide appears with a green frame and a Predefined title icon

Option dialog

  • Adds an option to disable tooltips
  • Adds a select short dates format option
  • Adds a select thumbnail model to apply by default to new project
  • Adds an option to check or not thumbnail generation when generations of videos
  • Adds an option to enhance id3v2 compatibility. Defaultly, this option is not set. If this option is not set, Title, Album and Author field of ffDiaporama projects are limited to 200 characters instead of 30 characters.
  • Adds an option to defaultly activate production of a .nfo file for XBMC when render video
  • Adds an option to offer to the user to open the download Web page when a new version is available

Slide edit dialog

  • Replace "Start new chapter" check box with a new button "Chapter" in the button bar
  • Add a button in Slide edit dialog to save the slide as a model

Edit project properties dialog

  • Adds an option to select the model of thumbnail and add a button to customize the thumbnail
  • Replace Year property with a long date (limited to 200 characters) and an event date fields.
  • Add a button to customize thumbnail without create a new thumbnail model
  • Add a button to export thumbnail (as default, use the name "folder.jpg" and propose the same folder as projcet)
  • Modify text edit zone for custom long date from 1 line to multi-line

Render video dialog

  • Adds an option to enable the generation of the thumbnail
  • Adds an option to enable the generation of a .nfo file for XBMC when render video

Edit text dialog

  • Adds a button showing the list of available text variables
  • Added a first set of variable like <%variable%> usable with text

Multimedia file browser

  • Adds Alias ​​"clipart" which appears as the first "disk" in the directory tree and points to a new clipart folder under ffdiaporama and syringe this folder with some elements

Various

  • Adds support to QT5 (involves the partial inclusion of qimageblitz library in the source code of ffDiaporama)
  • Changes the About box … to display the information as text and include contributors in the text
  • Enhanced video playback in preview mode (ignore unneeded frame)
  • Creates a new dialog box containing an image composer to create models of thumbnails project
  • Removed value that are default value in .ffd file (reduce file size)
  • Add a new dialog box "Chapter properties"
  • Do not reduce thumbnails quality for huge folder on Window-x64
  • Create a new dialog for Add/Edit a Predefined title slide
  • Modify the Edit slide action for when it's a Predefined title slide it was the Predefined title slide edit dialog open instead of Edit slide dialog
  • The first slide no longer mandatory starting a chapter (if the first slide is not the beginning of a chapter, a virtual chapter No. 0 is created when rendering)
  • Add a tab in about dialog when ffDiaporama-Openclipart extension is installed
  • Done new starter for windows 32 and 64 version
  • Reduce video bit rate for default multimdedia hard drive or gateway mp4 export for 720p (5000 instead of 6000) and for 1080p (6000 instead of 8000)
  • Use new ffmpeg 2.0 functions for filter processing: remove deprecated warning
  • When removing file in multimedia explorer, if file have joined files (thumbnail and/or xbmc nfo), aslo offer to remove these joined files
  • Consider the XBMC -poster.jpg images as thumbnails
  • Add a function to export project (export the project and all files that compose it in a folder)
  • Add support of .mod videos (Panasonic camcorder) and use them like they was .mts video
  • Adds support for the mouse wheel to change the current slide in the timeline
 

Bug fixes

  • Fixed Exiv2 issues with Windows and QT5
  • Fixed issues in Project properties dialog : fix tab order
  • Fixed memory issues for Windows/64 bits and QT 5 (Allow up to 2Gb of cache memory instead of only 512Kb)
  • Fixed sound error reading video with ffmpeg 1.2 under Windows and QT5
  • Fixed sound error reading video with QT 5 under Windows when playback in video dialog
  • Fixed display path for Windows in some displays (logs and checkconfig dialog)
  • Fixed a bug in slide dialog (Add file button stay down when it was pressed)
  • Disable distribute horizontaly and verticaly actions when number of selected object <3
  • Fixed font name for default text style so font name is now correctly display in text dialog under Windows
  • Fixed a mistake in .ffd file format (slot tree was under transition tree)
  • Fix bug of no contextual menu when right click on table blocks [edit slide dialog]
  • Fix bug on undo action (regression introduce when adding .ffd file compression)
  • Use personnal folder instead of / as default folder under Linux
  • Fix compilation errors with ffmpeg 2.0
  • Update display of thumbnails in thumbnails selection combobox in project and option dialogs
  • Fix error of variable name for day (PDY instead of PDD, CDY instead of CDD and TDY instead of TDD)
  • Force display of month and day variables to 2 digits
  • Fix a bug in save of custom thumbnail (in project file)
  • Take care of modifications done on first tab when switching to second tab in project option
  • Fix error of sync sound with video (after seek)
  • Fix memory leak with ffmpeg 2.0 when using deinterlace filter (yadif)
  • Change type (i16->fltp) for using aac codec with ffmpeg 2.0
  • Fix a bug of deduplication of recent files under Windows (when using Project save as, the file was duplicated in recent files list)
  • Fix a bug of trying to read at empty drive under Windows
  • Fix a bug of bad computing of relatif filepath for music