Video Thumbnails Maker full changelog

new : WebP animation creation speed has become 3x times faster than before. Please make sure the "Multi-Threading" checkbox is ON in the VTM animation Settings.
changed : The program stores all working files outside of the installation directory. These are log files and 4 folders: Logs, Options, Settings and Internet.
changed : The default installation paths for the 64 and 32-bit versions have become "C:Program Files" and "C:Program Files (x86)" respectively.
fixed : Sometimes Windows Mapped Network Drives were not listed in the Folder Browser.
fixed : Redundant vertical scrollbar in Codec-Independent Choose Shots Manually interface.
fixed : Few English grammar and spelling corrections.

Special note: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8+ is required to run the application.
New: Ultimate and Crystal engines have become 10% faster.
New: Environment -> Appearance: The "Horizontal scrolling for long paths in the Main Window".
New: The main context menu: "Open Result containing Folder" menu item.
New: Use "Home" and "End" hotkeys in the Main window to jump to the very beginning and to the very end of the list. "Shift+Home" and "Shft+End" do the same but with the selection.
Changed: Faster addition of files to the program, faster selection and deletion of items.
Changed: Environment: The "Appearance" button is introduced. The "Restore last window position after restart" was moved there.
Changed: Environment: The maximum Timeout value for screenlists has been increased to 60 mins. For animations - to 120 mins.
Fixed: Jerky OGV (Theora) animations for the 64-bit version of the application.
Fixed: Redundant scrollbars in Choose Shots Manually interfaces.

new: You can create Screenlists for remote video files without downloading them (you can add HTTP URLs to the program).
new: You can also add URLs via "Import list of files to process" button in the upper right corner of the main window. The default output folder for URLs is the "Internet" folder in the VTM's installation directory. You can redirect the output to your own folder as usual.

· Fixed: VTT file was not generated when Timestamp option was set OFF in Options window.
· Audio/Video information module is updated.

· New Crystal engine. Uses its own embedded (built-in) codec system. That means it does not use your system codecs as Engine 1, 2 and Extreme engine do. Eats everything. Average speed. Crystal engine is free!
· Startup window with language and engine choice is appeared when a user runs the program for the first time.
· Current using engine indication is added to the main window.
· quot;Use Crystal engine automatically if Engine 1, 2 or Extreme engine failsquot;
· option is added to Environment window.
· Preview mode in Options window has been improved for light background colors.
· Basic presets has been changed.

· Small bug is fixed.
· Audio/video information module is updated.

· Quickfix: wrong path for output files bug is fixed.
· Please note: Activation system has been changed in version 4.0.0.0. Instead of text Activation Key you will need a binary Activation Key file to be placed in the program's folder (just like in the Videonizer program). Each customer will receive a email with the personal quot;activationKey.vkfquot; file within a month. Please be patient. Don't worry. If you need the file faster - please contact me by email.

· Video Thumbnails Maker is integrated with Videonizer program
· Youtube link is added to the registration window. The video demonstrates the integration of Video Thumbnails Maker and Videonizer.
· A quick-link to the registration window is added to the main screen of the program (a small button with 'i' letter near the status label).
· Timestamp font in Preset#1 is changed from Calibri to Georgia (old typo). An option to install Calibri font is changed to Georia font in the installer too.
· A few cosmetic changes.

[M] More precise memory cleaning for completed video files.
[M] [MD5] tag is added to the quot;Commentquot; option. It allows you to add MD5 hash string to the picture (is calculated for the first kilobyte of video-file).
[M] Support for F4V files extension is added.
[M] New preset format. Old presets are not compatible with new version of application. The program still uses registry to keep current options. If you are interested in keeping your old presets - you can use this feature to quot;transferquot; your old presets to new version of the program.
[M] A few cosmetic changes.
[M] Technical Audio/video information module is updated significantly.