File Converter v0.7

Change Log

• New: Possibility to encode videos using VP9 video codec and Ogg vorbis audio codec in a webm container.
• New: Possibility to convert videos and images to gif.
• New: Possibility to convert gif files to videos.
• New: Possibility to remove audio from video files (mkv, mp4, avi and webm output file formats).
• New: Add feedback to indicate that the application will automatically terminate (after conversions) (github issue #1).
• New: Support new video input formats: ogv and mpeg.
• New: Support new audio input format: oga.
• New: Possibility to cancel some conversion jobs (gif/cda and image conversion jobs are not cancelable for now).
• Fixed: Issue where video can't be compressed using H.264 codec (mp4 or mkv presets) when its size (width or height) is not divisible by 2 (append a lot when the user tries to scale a video) (github issue #2).
• Fixed: Issue where "Clamp to power of 2 size" option didn't work well with images that already have a power of 2 size.
• Fixed: Issue where conversion progress was not updated correctly (for converters based on ffmpeg).
• Fixed: Issue where converting a video into the ogg format did not extract audio in an ogg file correctly.
• Fixed: Issue where simultaneous read on the same CD drive was performed when files from differents conversions come from the same drive (other than cda extraction preset).
• Fixed: Issue where the path generator was unable to create a valid path if the input file was at the root of a drive.
• Tech: Annotate the conversion presets to know if there are default preset or user preset in order to improve the upgrade process.

File Converter v0.6

Change Log

• New: Possibility to encode videos using H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec in a mp4 container (more portable than mkv).
• New: Support new image input file formats: psd, tga, svg and exr.
• New: Support new video input file format: m4v.
• New: Possibility to rotate images and videos.
• New: Remove restriction on image size to convert to ico file format (it is now possible to convert all images to ico).
• New: Add "Clamp to power of 2 size" option in image conversion.
• New: Support input images encoded in 16 bits or 32 bits per color channel.
• Fixed: Issue where the installer detects the utilisation of the extension dll in explorer, ask the user to restart it and fail to do it.
• Fixed: Issue where it is impossible to delete a conversion preset defined in default settings.
• Fixed: Issue where the Windows context menu does not contain user preset after an application upgrade.
• Fixed: Issue where some registry keys remain after file converter uninstallation.
• Fixed: Issue where aac bitrate was not saved.
• Fixed: Issue where settings serialization version was not updated.
• Change: Allow the user to scale images until 1600% size (useful to scale pixel art images).

File Converter v0.5

Change Log

• New: Software update system. The application now checks if a new version of File Converter is available.
• New: Possibility to scale images and videos.
• New: Possibility to encode videos (avi output file format) using Xvid video codec and Mp3 audio codec.
• New: Support new video input file formats: 3gp, webm and wmv.
• New: Add a help window to explain how file converter works when you launch it without using the context menu.
• Fixed: Problem to convert images when accentuated characters were present in their path.
• Tech: Update ffmpeg version (aac encoding is not anymore experimental).

File Converter v0.4

Change Log

• New: Possibility to encode videos (mkv output file format) using H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec.
• New: Possibility to extract Audio CD content.
• New: Possibility to encode audio in aac format.
• New: Possibility to encode images (png, jpg and ico formats).
• New: Support new audio input file format: aac
• New: Support new video input file formats: bik, flv, mov, mkv
• New: Support new image input file formats: bmp, tiff, png, jpg and ico.
• New: Multi-thread conversion (file converter will now start multiple conversions at the time depending on your number of cores).
• New: Copy the currently selected preset when clicking on the add preset button.
• New: Add "My Documents", "My Music", "My Videos" and "My Pictures" folder to output file name generator.
• New: Possibility to choose if the application quit after succeeded conversions.
• Fixed: Reordering presets does not update the registry.
• Fixed: Merge default settings with user settings to prevent errors when upgrading the application.
• Tech: Handle incorrect user settings case.
• Tech: Improve diagnostics system (compatibility with logs from multiple threads, dump files in AppData folder and error messages).
• Tech: Update ffmpeg version.

File Converter v0.3

File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert one or several file(s) from one format to another using the context menu in windows explorer.
This program uses ffmpeg as file conversion software.

You can convert files from formats Aiff, Ape, Avi, Flac, M4a, Mp3, Mp4, Ogg, Wav, Wma to formats Mp3, Ogg, Wav, Flac.

Note: If your source file is a video, the conversion to an audio format will extract the audio part of the video.

_Remove any previous installation of the application before installing the newer version._

This application is under GPL version 3 licence.

Change Log

• New: Possibility to extract audio from videos.
• New: Support new input file formats: aiff, m4a, avi, mp4.
• New: Quality settings for Mp3 (Encoding mode vbr/cbr and bitrate).
• New: Quality settings for Ogg (Bitrate).
• New: Quality settings for Wav (bits per sample: 8, 16, 24 or 32).
• New: Add output file path template system.
• New: Add button to move up or down a preset.
• New: Add input files post conversion action (No action, move in archive folder or delete).
• New: Add categories on input file extensions.
• Fixed: Lose focus of main window don't terminate the application.
• Fixed: The application icon now have a correct resolution at any size.
• Tech: Add error codes on error messages.

File Converter v0.2

File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert one or several file(s) from one format to another using the context menu in windows explorer.
This program uses ffmpeg as file conversion tool.

You can convert files from formats Ape, Mp3, Ogg, Wav, Flac, Wma to formats Mp3, Ogg, Wav, Flac

Remove any previous installation of the application before installing the newer version.

Change log

• New: Add decode support for file format Ape
• New: Add notion of conversion preset (in order to customize the conversion possibilities).
• New: Add settings window to edit conversion presets.
• New: Add application icon.
• New: Customize application installer.
• New: Add diagnostic window to read the application logs.

First preview version with minimal features.

This first version of the application sets up the core technical features (context menu extension, wix installer, file conversion).
You can convert files from formats Mp3, Ogg, Wav, Flac, Wma to formats Mp3, Ogg, Wav, Flac.