November 29, 2006
8.0
Replay A/V 8 is released today! This is a major improvement over version 7. Here are the highlights:
- resizable window
- fully integrated with Replay Converter
- improved URL finder: more supported network cards and also finds downloaded videos from the browser cache
- YouTube, Google Video and customizations for other video download sites
- TV Tuner card and Webcam support
- custom MP3 tags
- new UI
- over 60 enhancements
Here are the details:
- added SWF filter to URL finder
- max URL size now 4096 bytes
- increased size of Sirius/XM password field to 32 bytes
- uses Replay Converter for conversions
- now checks for existing file before starting conversions
- improved ASF file fixing
- Burn/Copy dialog now contains conversion options
- Burn/Copy dialog now has delete option, radio buttons
- Added Custom MP3 Tagging option - with time and date codes!
- left click a show opens action menu by default (option in settings)
- action menu contains icons
- can drag items in show list to move them
- new resizeable UI
- list box rows have alternating colors
- added Media Pak functionality
- audio recordings now show status in item display - no more top countdown timer
- fixed problem with errant no sound warning when starting to manually record audio
- Quick Record now adds an entry to the shows list - makes recordings easier to find and manage
- added a top menu
- removed a lot of buttons
- no more status message area
- renamed Burn/Copy to Convert/Transfer
- made Basic tab for show properties as simple as possible
- nicer log viewer - can now pick the log date to view, copy the log filename, or delete log files
- URL Finder/Stream Capture works with USB,ADSL, dial-up connections now
- added undo last show delete menu function
- URL Finder looks in cache for FLV files (solves problems with people unable to capture FLV files)
- URL Finder adds names of files to cached display
- URL Finder now horizontally scrolls for long URLs
- program icon in task bar changes to red when recording
- slick new recording wizard
- pop-up menu now has icons
- added TV Tuner Card and WebCam capture
- URL Finder now has clipboard copy button
- makes an automatic backup of the recording schedule file
- added option to fix unseekable ASF files in Convert/Transfer dialog
- upon starting Replay A/V, if unfinished conversion jobs are found, user has the option to continue them or delete them. This replaces the need to edit the registry in case a conversion job gets stuck.
- tuner window now has name of tuned show in caption bar
- tuner now shows TV stations in properly sized window
- displays warning message on duplicate show names - prevents some conversion errors
- fixed bug with some Podcasts not writing to proper folders. Usually with many simultaneous downloads.
- streaming aac files (icyx:// protocol) now saved properly as .aac files
- XM and Sirius recordings now use larger tuner window
- added Preview option to URL Finder
- URL Finder remembers show/hide cache setting during the current session
- more audio/mp3 content types now recognized in URL finder
- Players no longer close when Quick Record ends
- tuner now always remains visible
- closing while recording now finishes processing files
- installer now has a "Launch" checkbox upon completion
- Quick Record no longer keeps tags from previous operation
- Update and some other Web pages now appear maximized
- QuickTime videos with no content-type now appear OK in URL Finder
- fixed crash when attempting to record long URLs
- WDBO now closes properly after recording (special case)
- sound card driver setup happens only after a sound recording is selected
- new option for Canadian Sirius users to log in and tune
- Now captures URLS of Live365 stations properly
- changed how USB devices are unhooked after syncing
- "pls" content-types are recordable now (i.e.e http://www.1.fm/trance.pls)
- manual conversions now run in the background
- veoh.com videos now appear in the cache locator
- Update All Podcasts no longer has long delay before we see stuff happening.
- default "connection time" is 12 seconds, not 30
- default Stream Capture Time Out is 300, not 180
Posted by Bill Dettering at November 29, 2006 11:38 AM