Xvid 1.3.0-rc1 available

BY: ISIBAAR

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 library 

• 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

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