Split out audio and video bitrate from overall

Simplify bitrate analysis for determination if lower bitrate is needed

Fix audio transcoding flow

Transcode the default audio stream, (the first audio if no audio stream is set)
The new stream is always stream zero and marked as the default
Added audio disposition flags when adding audio codec
Split Video Options into 3 pages
New Dialog to allow users to experiment with quality targets
Show HDR information for media

Ability to create multiple videos per source file

The transcoding functionality can now generate multiple versions of the single source file

• As before, it can create a new file based on container, audio codec, video codec, or missing aac 5.1 codec, adding subtitles
• Now, if its high resolution, it can create a HD version of the file as well
• If its a high bitrate file, it can create a lower bitrate version as well

The options for video transcoding have changed.

• You can not set quality bitrate based on the resolution (4k, HD, sub-HD)
• You can chose the quality goal as either lossless, CFR or average bitrate

Use HW Acceleration during BIF/GIF thumbnail extraction

• Use HW Acceleration during BIF/GIF thumbnail extraction
• Fix for bug in calculating aspect ratio when tag was not "AspectRatio" in the meta data
• Fixes for stay awake functionality
• Dont add AAC if the video has no audio
• Fix for bug when there was no transcoding needed

Use ffmpeg for all transcoding and merging of subtitle files

Previous ffmpeg was used for transcoding and mkvmerge for merging of mkv and subtitle files. Now, ffmpeg is used for both

Number of improvements

• ffmpeg, ffprobe, mkvmerge and mkvpropedit are now shipped with the packaging (I have to update the licensing)
• ETA is now reported for transcoding
• Make MKV page is renamed to Transcode Media
• Removed "allowed codecs" in audio transcode settings.

• You now set the target audio codec and optionally set to only transcode if container/format is necessary

• Added ability to targer non-hevc (disables hardware options)
• Formats/codecs etc are now preloaded based on shipped ffmpeg

Speed up loading, Added transcode option

When looking for files to transcode, improve the caching
For video and audio, added option to only transcode when the format needs changing as well

Support for transcoding when Making a MKV

Full Changelog: v1.25...v1.26

v1.25

First public release

Date computations for tv shows is based on the show first air date

Full Changelog: v0.23...v0.24