20.09

• Dolby ED2: full featured support (presentations, presentation targets, beds, objects)
• MKV: support of Dolby Vision metadata
• MXF: detection of Dolby E hidden in PCM tracks having more than 2 channels
• WAV: detection of Dolby E hidden in PCM tracks having more than 2 channels
• CineForm: display of color space (including Bayer), bit depth
• WAV: more precise sample count
• SMPTE ST 337: catch of streams starting later than usual (probing increased from 4 to 16 PCM "frames")
• PNG: detection of additional alpha plane in color space
• MXF: detection of additional alpha plane in color space
• AVI: detection of additional alpha plane in color space
• MPEG Audio: was wrongly flagging Xing info tag as CBR
• VorbisTag: does not skip DISCID
• Miscellaneous bug/crash fixes

20.08

• MPEG-H 3D Audio full featured support (group presets, switch groups, groups, signal groups)
• MP4/MOV: support of more metadata locations
• JSON and XML outputs: authorize "complete" output
• MPEG-4: support of TrueHD
• WM: show legacy value of performer if not same as modern one
• WAV: trace of adtl (Associated Data List) chunk
• URL encoding detection fix for URL having a query part (issue with e.g. pre-signed AWS S3 URLs)
• Don't try to seek to the end (false positive range related error with HTTP)
• DPX: don't load the whole file in RAM
• Opus: fix wrong channel mapping
• Miscellaneous other bug fixes

20.03

• AC-4 full featured support (presentations, groups, substreams)
• MPEG-H 3D Audio basic support
• MPEG-TS: audio preselection descriptor support
• Dolby Vision v2 detection
• MPEG-4: support of colr/nclx (color information) box
  x URL encoding option fixes, permitting to use URL encoded or non URL encoded links
• AAC: fix SBR frequency when in ADIF
• DPX: fix ColorimetricSpecification and TransferCharacteristic were inverted
• Several crash and memory leaks fixes

19.09

• AC-4: basic detection, raw, in MP4 or TS
• AC-3/E-AC-3: display time code of the first frame
• Don't show anymore by default "encoded" bit rates and stream sizes
• MOV: Decode more language codes
• x MXF: some metadata were missing
• x AC-3: AC-3 actually has no bit depth, removing the default 16 value
• x AC-3/E-AC-3: fix bitrate info (so duration) with streams having a time code
• x AC-3: parse more frames also when in MP4, in order to better detect JOC (Atmos)
• x MP4: do not show audio bit depth if it is the "default" 16 (value is not trustable enough)
• x ProRes RAW: we know only width and height
• x SubRip: bad handling of files having a quote character

19.07

• Mac App Store version: File comparison (InApp purchase)
• Dolby E: readout of Dolby E program description
• MXF: Detection of Dolby Vision
• MP4: support of Spatial Audio Metadata
• DV: color space is explicit
• DV: audio format settings
• Matroska: PCM bit rate
• MOV, MXF: Time code frame rate
• DV: DVCAM commercial name for locked audio and PAL 4:2:0
• MXF: Time code track name
  x USAC: frame rate was missing in case of non standard sampling rate
  x USAC: fix infinite loop with some LATM streams
  x WAV: MP3 delay should be added to BWF time reference
  x TTML: fix wrong output with standalone files
  x N19/STL: fix crash with some uncommon framerates
  x VC-3: fix sub sampling with some v2 files
  x DV: Time code frame number was wrong (divided by 2) for 50/60 fps content

19.04

• USAC: DRC effect types, Sample peak level, True peak level, Program loudness
• HDR: SMPTE ST 2094 App 4 (including HDR10+) support
• HDR: move HDR10, Dolby Vision and SL-HDR meta to specific generic "HDR Format" lines
• Matroska: SMPTE ST 2086 (HDR10) support
• Matroska: FieldOrder support
• HEIF image format support
• AV1: support of AV1 in MP4, HEIF, IVF
• MOV: Add a lot more countries to AppleStoreCountry field internal list
• MXF: Fix memory leak when fully parsing big file with acquisition metadata
• HEVC: more HEVC profiles (Multiview, Scalable, Screen Content...)
• AAC: better handling of corrupted streams
• AAC: better handling of unknown channel layouts
• AVC in MP4: better support of corrupted streams
  x B1101, AVI: fix crash with some invalid streams
  x B1101, SMPTE ST 337: fix crash with some invalid streams
  x Matroska: chapters timestamp were not display if chapters have no name
  x MXF: Fix false positive truncated file detection when there is no Random Index Pack
  x AAC: channel layout typos (Rls instead of Lrs, Lr instead of Rb)
  x ProRes: correctly show color space if alpha plane is present
  x MPEG Audio: some VBR files use "Info" Xing header, so we ignore the difference between "Info" and "Xing"
  x I943, MPEG-4: wrong display aspect ratio in some corner cases (32-bit release only)
  x I1096, OGG: assign METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE tag to cover

18.12

• Android version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.mediaarea.mediainfo
• DCP: support of multi-reel packages
• EBUCore: added some FFV1 related metadata
• JPEG: better info display of CYMK files
• Provide source of the color related metadata (container or stream) (hidden by default)
• MXF: display more information when wrapper/essence values are detected as not same
• MXF: ProRes profiles
• MPEG-4: ProRes RAW support
• MPEG-TS: add support of parsing some ETSI TS 103-433 messages
• MPEG-2 Video: variable GOP detection fix
• MPEG-7 export: some fields were missing due to the removal of some legacy fields
• ADTS: Fix display of channel count for 8-channel streams
• ID3v2: fix some date related issues
• I298, ID3v2: fix wrong read of recording date in some cases
• I1032, PBCore2: fix essenceFrameSize with non Video tracks
• I1096, JPEG: fix crash with one file
• Several other crash and memory leak fixes

18.08.1

• Fix XML/MPEG-7/PBCore2 output discarding non ANSI characters

18.08

• Dolby Atmos (in E-AC-3 or TrueHD): support of bed channel count/configuration + objects count + complexity index
• AC-3/DTS/AAC: display of info about legacy decoders behavior removed
• AC-3/DTS/AAC: some changes in how format is displayed
• AC-3/DTS/AAC: better split between technical names and commercial names
• AAC: support of profile information from MP4_IOD_Tag AudioProfileLevelIndication
• USAC (xHE-AAC) support
• Audio channel layout: using a new terminology, better suited for 3D Audio, see https://mediaarea.net/AudioChannelLayout
• DSD (DSF & DSDIFF) support
• DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) commercial name
• Dolby Vision: use new form for profile (numbers instead of acronyms)
• New format "Directory" when image sequence + audio file is detected (1 directory style for the moment)
• PBCore2 export update, thanks to WGBH
• MPEG-7 export update
• NISO export update
• AV1: support of AOmedia AV1 based on 1.0.0 specifications
• ATRAC9 detection
• Versionned RPMs
• HEVC: better support of buggy SEI
• ADTS: CodecID
• Support of injection of external metadata
• HTTPS: support of AWS extension "x-amz-*" in HTTPS headers, permitting to manage temporary credentials (AssumeRole)
• MPEG-4, #1005: Obey edit list in QuickTime Timecode track
• MIXML: hide fields which were hidden in normal output
• Hybrid AC-3/E-AC-3 (in Blu-rays): bit rate info was wrong
• Lot of bug fixes, see full log for more info

18.05

• PBCore 2.1 export update, sponsored by WGBH as part of the NEH-funded PBCore Development and Preservation Project
• TIFF: more IFDs are supported (density, software...)
• NISO Z39.87 output
• Mastering Display Color Primaries: was always showing BT.709 instead of real value, when present
• Attachments: do not provide anymore attachments content in XML by default, fixes