Changes log 2024
2024/Dec/23 Version 1.5.0
This release contains the first release of Kio subtitling framework v2.
Fixes:
  • System:
    Fixed bug in some functions that reported a false "failed".
2024/Dec/17 Version 1.5.0 Beta 5
This beta contains the first release of Kio subtitling framework v2.
Fixes:
  • Crop:
    Fixed crash when cropping images using the "subtitle area (with paragraph)" mode.
Improvements:
  • Languages:
    Support for alternative names for cultures, changed in the latest Windows 11 update: Chinese, Fula, Māori, Sakha.
  • Utilities:
    New support to modify exporters.
    New "exporter" tab.
    The utility report now also shows the modified exporters.
New features:
  • Utilities:
    New "remove exporters" utility.
    New "set screen size" utility.
    New "apply preset" utility, for projects.
2024/Dec/11 Version 1.5.0 Beta 4
This beta is the first release that does not support Windows 7.
Fixes:
  • Languages:
    Fixed bug in cultures with empty language codes.
  • Typefaces:
    Corrected table name from CVAR to cvar.
  • Typeface viewer:
    Corrected some aesthetic details.
Improvements:
  • Custom formats:
    New warning when a custom format has a duplicated ID (An ID which is already reserved for other formats).
  • Language index:
    New language index detection mode: "tags".
    This mode retrieves the language index resolving tags.
  • Language index:
    New language index detection mode: "markups or tags".
    This mode retrieves the language index using the markups in the text, or resolving tags.
  • Languages:
    Improved language detection in file names.
    ISO 3166-1 codes are now also used for detection.

    • Custom language codes are now also used for detection.
  • Metadata:
    New option to find/replace texts before parsing a file path.
  • Monitor settings:
    New setting to render overlays in stereoscopic.
    New setting to specify the stereoscopic separation for overlays.
    All stereoscopic settings are now preserved (saved).
  • Monitor tool:
    Reorganized controls in the monitor settings window.
  • Monitor tool:
    Improved function to undock the player.
    Double-click the window to toggle full-screen mode.
    New function to send the window to a specific monitor.
  • Newtek NDI:
    New setting to enable/disable overlays.
  • Overlays:
    The "timecode" overlay now supports multi-threading.
  • System:
    Improved way to find available connected monitors.
    Improved way to find available computer screens.
  • Utilities:
    Utility "remove lines (by language index)" now supports.
New features:
  • Monitor settings:
    New option to select the preferred physical monitor to undock the player.
  • Players:
    New stereoscopic anaglyph player.
  • Players:
    New stereoscopic side-by-side player.
  • Spelling:
    New option to consult spelling of words using the Real Academia Española.
2024/Nov/06 Version 1.5.0 Beta 3
New features:
  • Digital Cinema import:
    Font size is now imported using a tag. This is to keep the original font size in digital cinema points.
  • Import formats:
    New "TimedText MXF" format.
    It extracts and imports TimedText subtitles from a MXF container.
  • Tags:
    New "normalization change" tag.
    It reports subtitles that look different after applying a normalization. It helps to find grapheme composition problems.
  • Tags:
    New "paragraph rest (vertical)" tag.
    It sets the rest only for vertical texts.
  • Text:
    New text converter "remove invalid control characters".
    It removes control characters that may affect the rendering of subtitles and are unaccepted in most exported text files.
  • Settings:
    New option in "settings/GUI/GUI" to avoid duplicated messages in progressbars.
    This option has always been enabled by default, but now it is possible to turn it off.
  • Settings:
    New option in "settings/GUI/GUI" to reduce monitor flickering.
    This option reduces artifacts in monitors with VA panels.
  • Overlays:
    New option in the "Digital Cinema overlay to display the font size".
  • Utilities:
    New "set markers text from" utility.
    It copies subtitle text into markers.
2024/Oct/07 Version 1.5.0 Beta 2
This beta contains the first release of Kio subtitling framework v2.
Improvements:
  • Tags:
    The report tag "normalization decomposition order" now allows to select the kind of decomposition.
New features:
  • Tags:
    New "aspect horizontal (DVD)".
    This tag makes the text narrower, which is required for widescreen DVD's.
2024/Sep/05 Version 1.5.0 Beta 1
Fixes:
  • GUI:
    Fixed bug refreshing the GUI for a tag which is inside a matcher.
Improvements:
  • FFmpeg:
    Updated to version 7.0 (2024-Aug-24).
  • FontTools:
    Updated to version 4.51.0.
  • Tags:
    New optionn in the tags panel to group tags by source preset.
  • Tags:
    Tags comparisons now also consider if the tags are enabled.
New features:
  • Kio:
    This release contains part of the new Kio Framework v2.
2024/Ago/08 Version 1.4.5
2024/Ago/08 Version 1.4.5 Beta 7
Fixes:
  • System:
    Removed error message when opening a dummy tool.
Improvements:
  • Text analyzer:
    New option to specify font size.
  • Text analyzer:
    New textbox that displays the modified text.
  • Unicode browser:
    New option to specify font size.
New features:
  • Installer:
    New option to flag the installation as virtual machine.
    This option just installs the "virtualization" plug-in.
  • Plug-ins:
    New "experimental" plug-in.
    New "kio api 2" plug-in.
    New "windows 11" plug-in.
    For the moment these plug-ins do nothing.
  • Plug-ins:
    New "virtualization" plug-in.
    This plug-in does nothing, but it is included in the crash reports.
  • Plug-ins:
    Removed "amazon" plug-in.
2024/Jul/30 Version 1.4.5 Beta 6
Fixes:
  • Find tool:
    Fixed bug with the progress bar.
  • System:
    Fixed crash when opening a second instance of the application.
Improvements:
  • Digital cinema import:
    New function to improve conversion of language codes to cultures.
  • Fonts:
    New option in the "font support" tag to select if the text will be checked character by character.

    • This option now also reports which characters are not supported.
  • Fonts:
    Support for larger font sizes, up to 800 pixels.
  • Import:
    New option to select if presets will be auto-applied to projects or tracks.
    Options available in "settings/import/post-process".
  • Metadata:
    Added more metadata match modes: "content type", "client & language & content type".
  • Screen:
    Added some new 8K screen sizes.
  • TimedText import:
    Support to import subscript and superscript.
  • Unicode:
    Support to detect non-spacing marks.
  • Tags:
    New tag "duplicated diacritics" to detect duplicated diacritics and non-spacing marks.
New features:
  • Custom fonts:
    New "custom font (installed font)" tag.
    This tag creates a virtual font from an installed font. But it allows to ignore some font styles (typefaces).
  • Find tool:
    New "text contains (list)" matcher.
    This matcher finds subtitles containing any text in a given list.
  • Find tool:
    New "text contains (simple)" matcher.
    This matcher is a simplified matcher to find text.
  • Screen size:
    Added screen sizes for Imax 1.9 in 2K and 4K.
    Added Imax 1.9 aspect ratio.
  • Utilities:
    New "copy markers text to" utility.
    This utility finds the markers that affect a subtitle, and copies their names/comments into the subtitle.
2024/Jun/01 Version 1.4.5 Beta 5
Improvements:
  • Overlays:
    The "flags" overlay now displays the name of the flag, not the ID.
  • Scene changes:
    New future support to import scene changes in different formats.
  • TimedText import:
    New option in settings/formats to report/ignore imported TimedText conditions.
New features:
  • Report tags:
    New "clip separation duration" tag. It reports clips with separations inside a minimum and maximum duration.
2024/May/31 Version 1.4.5 Beta 4
Improvements:
  • FFmpeg:
    Updated to version 7.0 (2024-May-22).
  • FontTools:
    Updated to version 4.51.0.
New features:
  • Screens:
    Added screen sizes for IMAX 2K and 4K, aspect 1.43.
2024/May/23 Version 1.4.5 Beta 3
Improvements:
  • Players:
    New internal function to turn off players.
  • Language codes:
    Improved conversion of some language codes.
2024/May/20 Version 1.4.5 Beta 2
Fixes:
  • Scene changes:
    Fixed several bugs with scene changes when the reel had a waveform offset.
    Fixed bug navigating between scene changes.
    Fixed bug adding and removing scene changes.
    Fixed bug pasting scene changes.

    • Fixed bug reporting scene changes inside clips.
Improvements:
  • Digital Cinema fonts:
    New "round up size" option in the following tags:

    • "font size + auto line spacing".
    "font size + auto line spacing (by language index)".
    "font size digital cinema (by language index)".
    This option rounds up the value of the font size (removes all decimals).".
  • Reel editor:
    New option to open the new scene change editor.
  • TimedText NBCU export:
    New "auto (80% or 100%)" option, to resize the font to 80% or 100% based on the language's script.
New features:
  • Commands:
    New command to remove all scene changes.
  • Commands:
    New command to save the scene changes.
  • Scene changes:
    New "scene changes editor".
    This new window allows to add, remove and move scene changes.
  • Settings:
    New option in "settings/project/save" to create project backups in a global folder.
    The backup is created automatically when the project is saved.
  • Settings:
    New option in "settings/system/hardware" to indicate that the running system is a virtual machine (for future use).
  • Variables:
    New variable {DateYYYYMMDD}.
2024/May/05 Version 1.4.5 Beta 1
Fixes:
  • EBU export:
    Characters are now normalized (decomposed) only if needed.
Improvements:
  • EBU export:
    New error message when characters cannot be encoded.
New features:
  • Settings:
    New field in "settings/user" to enter a company name.
  • Tags:
    New "paragraph bottom position (pixels)"", "paragraph bottom position (percent)" and "paragraph bottom position (cell)"" tags.
    They set the bottom position of the text.
2024/Apr/19 Version 1.4.4
Fixes:
  • Excel import:
    Fixed bug importing cell values without formatting.
Improvements:
  • Excel export:
    All cells are now formatted as "text".
New features:
  • Color dialog:
    New button in the color dialog to copy the color from the magnifier.
  • Colors:
    New option to display color information as HSB (settings/GUI/GUI).
  • Tags:
    New "color space" tag.
    This tag just sets the kind of color space. It does not make any kind of color/pixel modification.
  • Variables:
    New "{ColorSpace}" variable.
2024/Mar/26 Version 1.4.4 Beta 5
Fixes:
  • Commands:
    Fixed bug in the "set play speed" command. It works now as a shortcut.
  • Installation:
    Fixed problem with some libraries in the x86 version.
    New option to see the changes log.
Improvements:
  • Batch:
    Decoded SCC files now include information about timecode and time overlaps.
  • Colors:
    The color dialog has now two separate lists for color names and favorite colors.
  • Custom flags:
    Modifying custom flags now requires to restart the application (settings/editing/flags).
  • FFmpeg:
    Updated to version 6.1.0 (2024-Mar-09).
  • FontTools:
    Updated to version 4.49.0.
  • Macros:
    New tab "settings/tools" to customize macros.
    New option to specify two macros folders.
    New option to ignore the default macros folder.
    New option to do not create built-in macros.
    New option to hide built-in macros.
    Notice that if you had a macro folder specified, you will have to go to settings and re-assign it.
  • Macros:
    Removed possibility to add a macro to a macro.
  • OCR:
    OCR utilities are available now only in softwares with OCR activated.
  • Players:
    The "MediaPlayer UWP" player now supports playback at variable speed.
New features:
  • Color space conversions:
    New "apply gamma" tag.
    New "remove gamma" tag. It applies an inverse gamma.
    New "sRGB to XYZ" tag. It converts from standard RGB to XYZ.
    New "opRGB to XYZ" tag. It converts from Adobe RGB to XYZ.
  • Commands:
    New command to rename a marker.
  • Tags:
    New buttons in the tags panel to enable/disable all tags.
  • Tags:
    New "color replace subpicture (HSB)" tag. It replaces a color in the subpicture, using HSB tolerances.
2024/Feb/26 Version 1.4.4 Beta 4
Fixes:
  • Clips:
    Fixed bug when creating a new clip and fixing the overlap.
  • Comparer:
    Fixed problem reporting comparisons against empty subtitles. The error message was not shown.
  • Excel:
    Fixed bug importing text lines with formatting. Additional line-breaks could be added.
  • File formats:
    Fixed bug detecting file formats when multi-threading.
  • Keyframe editor:
    Fixed crash when focusing a clip that is not a keyframe.
  • Markups:
    Fixed problem adding color markups to text runs. Now a closing markup is added.
  • Render:
    Fixed bug rendering verticall text grapheme by grapheme. An extra padding was added.
  • Twins:
    Fixed bug matching single clips using twins.
Improvements:
  • Custom formats:
    Support to capture up to 30 fields. Before it was limited to 10.
  • Excel import:
    New support to import cell formatting: italic, bold, underline and strikeout.
  • Flags:
    The custom flags tab (in settings) now displays a list of all active custom flags.
  • Import:
    The "renumber" option in settings/import/default now also renumbers markers, karaoke and stereoscopic.
  • Karaoke overlay:
    The displayed values are now: advance percentage and highlight percentage.
  • Macros editor:
    The macros categories a now hidden if they are empty.
  • Markups:
    Improved detection of text lines with language index markups.
  • Reference text:
    New option in utilities and tags to select "next track" as reference text source.
  • Render:
    Improved measurement of text, graphemes and glyphs.
  • SubStation Alpha import:
    New support to import karaoke.
  • Tags:
    Tag "run draw mode" has been renamed to "run slice mode".
New features:
  • Import:
    New option in settings/import/default to remove karaoke.
  • Karaoke:
    New ball effect that allows to use a custom image.
  • MetaData:
    New option (in settings) to select which kind of metadata to detect.
  • Tags:
    New "karaoke ball image effect" tag.
  • Tags:
    New "run render mode" tag.
    This tag force the text run to be drawn grapheme by grapheme, instead of the whole text run in one go.

    • The "grapheme by grapheme" mode is always enabled when using character spacing.
  • Utilities:
    New "copy comments from" utility.
  • Utilities:
    New utility "remove lines (by language index)".
2024/Feb/02 Version 1.4.4 Beta 3
Fixes:
  • Report:
    Fixed bug detecting the Ogham spacing.
Improvements:
  • FFmpeg:
    Updated to version 6.1.0 (2024-Jan-27).
  • FontTools:
    Updated to version 4.47.2.
  • Macros:
    Small visual improvements in the macros editor.
  • Macros editor:
    New panel to enter metadata.
  • Macros editor:
    Now when a new macro is created, it is automatically registered, and selected in the editor.
  • Providers manager:
    Presets and macros now display metadata information.
New features:
  • Command:
    New "go to error" command. It allows to navigate the list of errors in the report tool.
  • Metadata:
    Macros now support metadata.
2024/Jan/28 Version 1.4.4 Beta 2
Fixes:
  • Languages:
    Removed empty language codes.
  • Render:
    Fixed bug applying character spacing to the last character of a line.
  • Tools:
    Fixed visual bug in the timeline. Editable subtitles showed an empty subpicture path.
Improvements:
  • FFmpeg:
    New option to turn off hardware acceleration for videos higher than 4K.
  • List tool:
    New option to show the subpicture paths with full path or only the file name.
  • Metadata:
    The clients editor now reports collisions with language codes.
  • Overlays:
    New support to draw overlays in stereoscopic.
    In the monitor tool, the overlays have a new checkbox to enable stereoscopic (if the overlay supports stereoscopic).
    When drawing overlays using a tag, the tag has .
  • System:
    New option to show debug errors only once.
  • Timeline tool:
    New option to show the subpicture paths with full path or only the file name.
2024/Jan/12 Version 1.4.4 Beta 1
Fixes:
  • Colors:
    Fixed bug rounding the hue channel.
  • Tools:
    Several fields now allow to enter zero as clip index.
Improvements:
  • Commands:
    New option in the "add new clip" command to fix any overlap with the next clip.
  • GUI:
    The color picker window now also shows HSB values.
  • FFmpeg:
    Updated to version 6.1.
  • FontTools:
    Updated to version 4.46.0.
  • MetaData:
    The client field now accepts names/codes of non-registered clients.
  • OCR:
    New options in the OCR utility to apply horizontal/vertical alignment to the resulting text.
  • Overlays:
    The "digital cinema" overlay now supports subpictures' anchors.
  • Tags:
    The "antialias" tags now support overlays.
    The "composition quality" tags now support overlays.
    The "pixel offset quality" tags now support overlays.
  • Tags:
    New option in the "add subtitle" tag to select the twin mode.
  • Timeline tool:
    New option to display the reference text.
  • Tools:
    Improved displaying of clips in the list and timeline tools.
    Clips are created faster, and they are more customizable.
  • Utilities:
    The "remove first" utility works now with several tracks.
  • Tags:
    Tags can be sorted now by source preset ID.
New features:
  • Crop:
    New "subtitle area (with paragraphs)" option for image cropping.
    The existing option "subtitle area" crops only text lines and subpictures.
    New new "(with paragraphs)" option inclused the paragraphs' area, which may be larger that the area of all text lines combined.
  • Formats:
    New "CapCut" import-only format.
    CapCut is a nice video editor that can convert audio into text.

    • This CapCut format can import the detected words.
    The file you need to import is usually named "draft_content.json".
  • Overlay tags:
    New option to select the layer (draw the overlay behind or in front of he subtitle).
  • Overlay tags:
    New support to control the quality of overlays (antialias, pixel offset, composition quality).
  • Plug-ins:
    New "stereoscopic" plug-in.
    This plug-in will contain most of the existing stereoscopic functions.
    It is installed by default.
  • Settings:
    New control to edit the list of clients.
  • Settings:
    New options in "settings/project/elements" to select the default size for tracks.
  • Stereoscopic:
    Some overlays can now be rendered in stereoscopic (side-by-side or top/bottom).
  • System:
    New options in the configuration file to remove features.
  • Tags:
    New "merge overlapping subtitle" tag.
    This tag combines the subtitle text with the lines of any overlapping subtitle, so they appear as a single subtitle.
  • Tags:
    New "merge subtitle lines" tag.
    This tag combines the subtitle text with the lines of the previous/next subtitle, so they appear as a single subtitle.
  • Tags:
    New tag to specify the stereoscopic layout for overlays.
  • Tags:
    New tag to specify the stereoscopic separation of overlays.
  • Timeline:
    New option to change the font size.
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