Software update: VirtualDub 1.5.8

VirtualDub is still a work in progress, judging by version 1.5.8 that was recently released. It allows you to encode video and sound clips with different settings or to other formats. The changelog looks like this:

Features added

• DirectDraw support is disabled when Terminal Services or Remote Desktop clients are detected to work around a DirectX clipping bug.
• Re-enabled places bar on open and save dialogs.
• Disabled FPU state warning and made the fixup silent. WAY too many drivers are screwing up the FPU unit.
• Edit lists can now be omitted from configuration files without needing to close the source file.

Bug fixed

• Main window is disabled during MPEG-1 scan to prevent crash if main window is closed.
• Previous-key and next-key movement commands were not correct for B-frames in an MPEG-1 file.
• Fixed decoding of MPEG-1 B-frames at the start of GOPs with broken_link set.
• Palette change blocks no longer appear as garbage video streams. In-stream palette changes are still not supported, however.
• biSizeImage was incorrect when using fast recompress in YV12 mode.
• Sequence appends failing on the first file now throw an error rather than a warning.

Regressions fixed

• A race condition in the fast write code occasionally resulted in spurious write errors.
• Fixed swapped 00db/00dc tags in AVI output.
• Fixed display or 8-bit paletted video.
• Program starts under Windows 95 again.

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VirtualDub 1.5.8
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