[XviD-devel] Xvid 1.3.0-rc1 is available!

[Michael Militzer]

Hello!

This is Xvid 1.3.0-rc1 release candidate.

This is the first release candidate of the Xvid 1.3 series. It is API  
compatible with the previous 1.2.2 stable release.

Changes since 1.2.2:

* xvidcore
  - Added PSNR-HVS-M quality-metric plugin
  - Variance masking as new adaptive quantization option
  - MT decoder deblocking filter
  - Improved encoder multi-threading allowing more threads and better scaling
  - Decoder threads API extension
  - PSNR-HVS-M as optional D-metric for R-D optimizations
  - Noexec-stack security patch also for x86_64 asm code
  - Added new slice coding feature
  - App-level encoder multi-threading support (xvid_encraw)
  - Signalling of FourCC to decoder for better bug detection
  - Changed semantics of frame_drop ratio API option
  - Improved decoder robustness on resync markers in BVOPs

* VFW frontend
  - Increased allowed max bitrate
  - New 'HD 1080' preset
  - Added new MPEG4 simple profile levels
  - VHQ metric GUI option
  - Independent slice coding widget
  - Selectable adaptive quantization method
  - Fix for handle leak problem
  - Minor GUI cosmetics

* DShow/MFT frontend
  - Tray icon to access filter properties
  - Added MFT API support
  - Shared cpu_flags/num_threads settings with VfW


The files are available in the download section of Xvid.org:
http://www.xvid.org/downloads.html

-- The "Xvid Team"