DescriptionA lot of standalone DVD-players has a problem with playing DivX/Xvid
with a packed bitstream, for that reason, MPEG4Watcher was created.
When I set some files to download in the morning, I want to watch them
when I get home. I don't want to waste a cd/dvd trying to watch it on my
standalone DVD-player just to find out that it contains a packed bitstream.
So now when I get home, the files that needed unpacking sits there waiting
for me, unpacked and ready to go.
MPEG4Watcher sits in the systemtray and periodically checks a folder for DivX/Xvid-files.
When an DivX/XviD is found, MPEG4Watcher checks if the file contains a packed bitstream,
if it does, it gets unpacked to another directory.
This improves the chances that you can watch it on your DVD-player.
MPEG4Watcher can also check Rar or Zip-files and unpack them if they contain a
compatible file.
To use it, simply select a folder to watch, select a folder to unpack to.
Set the timer, minimize it and let it do it's magic.
The files in the source folder will be batch unpacked if needed.
Some players have a problem with the FourCC-tag in DivX/XviD-file, for that
there's the FourCC Changer included in MPEG4Watcher.
No re-encoding is done, it's only the FourCC-identifier that is changed, this
can fool the player into thinking it's a different type of file.
The unpacking is done with code from MPEG4 Modifier which was created
by Moitah and it can be found here
http://www.moitah.net/.
ChangelogVersion 1.2.2 (2008-03-08)
- Fixed a bug that removed the jobs from the list if a folder didn't exist
- Added an option to start the timer when the application starts
- Changed the option to ignore sample-files, now you can enter you're own word to ignore
Version 1.2.1 (2008-02-18)
- Added an option to ignore sample-files
Version 1.2 (2008-01-17)
- When a file has been unpacked from an archive it gets checked for packed bitstream immediately, this is to avoid getting a lot of files waiting to be checked which could result in a massive amount of temporary discspace.
- A warning icon shows up in the systemtray if an error occurs when the application is minimized.
- Added an option to only log the errors.
- Updated to version 0.7.5.7 of MediaInfo.dll
- Minor Bug fixes
Version 1.1.2.1 (2007-10-24)
- Fixed a bug that ignored the timeinterval to check the folder
Version 1.1.2 (2007-10-24)
- Added support to unpack .avi/.divx from Zip-files and then check for packed bitstream, spanned zip-files is not supported.
- Added an option to run a program after the job is done
- Minor bug fixes
Version 1.1.1 (2007-10-19)
- Added an option to move non-packed files to destinationfolder
- Added an option to delete the original file after unpacking
- Added an option to delete the Rar-files after unpacking
- Minor bug fixes
Version 1.1.0 (2007-10-18)
- Added the ability monitor multiple folders
- Added support to unpack .avi/.divx from Rar-files and then check for packed bitstream
- Updated to version 0.7.5.3 of MediaInfo.dll
- Minor bug fixes
Version 1.0.4.1 (2007-09-28)
- Fixed a bug in adding a command to the shell context menu
Version 1.0.4 (2007-09-27)
- Added an option to add a command to the shell context menu which enables you to right-click on a file, .avi/.divx, and unpack directly to the source folder
- Moved the code from MPEG4 Modifier to an external DLL
- Minor bug fixes
Version 1.0.3 (2007-09-22)
- Changed the name to MPEG4Watcher
- Minor bug fixes
Version 1.0.2 (2007-09-20)
- Some files wasn't unpacked properly which should be fixed now
Version 1.0.1 (2007-09-18)
- FourCC Changer was updated with the option to save to a copy instead of the original file
- Added a configuration dialog
- Added the option to disregard the following exception in MPEG4 Modifier code, this is still experimental but could be useful if the AVI has bad frames
* Loading of the file stops if a frame without startcode is found
* Loading of the file stops if more than 3 VOPs in a single frame is found
- Minor bug fixes
Version 1.0.0 (2007-09-17)
Initial release