ffWorks 4.0.0

What's new in this version:

Added:
- Added video Quality Mode (usable for hardware accelerated encoding on Apple Silicon devices
- Added VideoToolBox option 'Prioritize encoding speed'
- Added Videotoolbox option 'H264 Coder'
- Added Videotoolbox option 'Require constant bit rate (macOS 13 or newer)'
- Added preview option 'FFmpeg-Pipe'. This enabled fast realtime previewing using the FFmpeg Pipe protocol to NSView. Choose ffPlay (and install ffPlay) for even faster realtime previewing
- Added 'ffPlay' to preference option 'Preview Player'
- Added 'ffPlay Video Size' preference option
- Added support for H264 in .mxf containers
- Added Production preset AVC-Intra 100 [.mxf]
- Added Production preset XDCAM HD 35 [.mxf]
- Added Production preset XDCAM HD 422 [.mxf]
- Added Production preset HEVC 10bit Lossless [.mov]
- Added on/off switch to enable/disable filters
- Added support for APNG (Animated PNG)
- Added APNG Looping option
- Added option 'Exclude Options'
- Added video option 'Invert aspect ratio'
- Added x264 option 'Frame-packing'
- Added HAP [.mov] and HAP-Q [.mov] presets]
- Added preference option 'Show extended stream info in stream selectors'
- Added ProRes4444XQ preset
- added preference option 'Hide Preview Window border'
- Added presets for TikTok and Whatsapp
- Added several quality options for Cineform HD
- Added subtitles option 'Time offset'
- Added Native AAC option 'AAC Coder' (Two loop searching method, ANMR method and fast search
- Added Native AAC option 'Force M/S stereo coding'
- Added Native AAC option 'Intensity stereo coding'
- Added Native AAC option 'Perceptual noise substitution'
- Added Native AAC option 'Temporal noise shaping'
- Added Native AAC option 'AAC-Main prediction'
- Added scaler dither options 'none', 'arithmetic dither, based using addition' and 'arithmetic dither, based using xor'
- Added 80 new pro LUT files
- Added text color option for Render Timecode video filter
- Added iPhone 15 preset
- Added support for .acv files for the Color Curves video filter
- Added support for DNxHD 10bi
- Added preset DNxHD 10bit [.mov]
- Added option 'Add Cover Art' for MP3 files
- Added option 'Cover Art file path'
- Added option 'Remove Video Rotation Metadata'
- Added preset for EAC3 audio only
- Added SVT-AV1 option'Enable writing of HDR metadata'
- Added SVT-AV1 option 'Bitstream profile'
- Added SVT-AV1 option 'Disable Dynamic GOP'
- Added switch to disable audio and filter filters
- Added new Advanced menu item 'MOV/MP4 options'
- Added support for .avif files
- Added support TrueHD for MPEGTS containers
- Added preference option 'Batch View Color Set'
- Added FPS video filter
- Added Telecine2 video filter
- Added option 'First Field'
- Added option 'Pattern'
- Added Cancel button when importing files
- Added option 'Write zero-length name string in hdlr atoms within mdia and minf atoms'
- Added option 'Skip writing of sidx atom'
- Added option 'Write a global sidx index at the start of the file'
- Added option 'Delay writing the initial moov until the first fragment is cut'
- Added option 'Set the default-base-is-moof flag in tfhd atoms'
- Added option 'Omit the base data offset in tfhd atoms'
- Added option 'Write colr atom even if the color info is unspecified'
- Added option 'Make the initial moov atom empty'
- Added option 'Fragment at video keyframes'
- Added option 'Fragment at every frame'
- Added new Advanced MOVFLAGS Options
- Added button 'Set' for selecting the processed file (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added button 'Set' for selecting the reference file (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'VMAF' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'PSNR' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'SSIM' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'CAMBI' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'PSNR-HVS' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'CIEDE2000' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'VMAF model' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'Metrics Threads' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'Metrics Subsampling' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added button 'Analyse' (Video Quality Metrics)
- Added option 'Brightness' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Contrast' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Saturation' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Gamma' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Vibrancy' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Vignette' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Blur/Sharpen' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Noise' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Temperature' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Color Level Red' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Color Level Green' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Color Level Blue' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Shadows' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Rotate' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Black Balance' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'White Balance' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Convert Colorspace' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Apply LUT preset' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added button 'Compare' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added button 'Reset' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added button 'Preview' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added button 'Compare' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added button 'Reset' (Color Adjustment editor)
- Added option 'Mode' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Modulus' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Scale to squarepixels' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Top' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Bottom' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Left' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Right' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Rescale size after cropping' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Set aspect ratio' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Hide Raster' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Raster Size' (Cropping)
- Added button 'Preview' (Cropping)
- Added option 'Apply Scaling' (Overlay)
- Added option 'Loop' (Overlay)
- Added option 'Transparency' (Overlay)
- Added option 'Position' (Overlay)
- Added option 'Offset X' (Overlay)
- Added option 'Offset Y' (Overlay)
- Added option 'Hide Boundaries'. (Overlay)
- Added option 'Hide Raster' (Overlay)
- Added option 'Raster Size' (Overlay)
- Added button 'Preview' (Overlay)
- Added button 'Remove Overlay' (Overlay)
- Added option 'CPU Used' (AV1 AOM)
- Added Audio stream selector (Wizard)
- Added Video stream selector (Wizard)
- Added Subtitle stream selector (Wizard)
- Added option 'Sequential Numbering' when exporting to images
- Added main tool button 'Video Quality Metrics'
- Added batch view button for Video Quality Metrics
- Added VP9 option 'Lossless Mode'
- Added VP9 option 'Number of tile rows to use'
- Added VP9 option 'Number of tile columns to use'
- Added VP9 option 'Enable row based multi-threading'
- Added VP9 option 'Corpus vbr complexity midpoint'
- Added VP9 option 'Enable temporal dependency model'
- Added VP9 option 'Min. reference frame interval'
- Added VPX option 'Sharpness'
- Added VPX option 'Tune'
- Added option 'Use Hardware Accelerated Encoding' (video options)
- Added button 'Advanced' for opening the Advanced Video Hardware Accelerated Encoding options
- Added option 'Use Hardware Accelerated Encoding' (audio options)
- Added button 'Advanced' for opening the Advanced Audio Hardware Accelerated Encoding options
- Added preference option 'Add Metadata Rotation when Rotation is detected'
- Added 'Video Size Width' preference option
- Added ALAC support for MKV containers
- Added video filter 'Normalize'
- Added option 'Frames to use for smoothing'
- Added option 'Independence Ratio'
- Added option 'Strength'
- Added video filter 'Photosensitivity'
- Added option 'Frames to use when filtering'
- Added option 'Detection threshold factor'
- Added option 'Skip Pixels when sampling frames'
- Added Video Noise filter
- Added option 'Set Noise Seed'
- Added option 'Set Noise Strength'
- Added option 'Averaged temporal noise (smoother)'
- Added option 'Mix random noise with a (semi)regular pattern'
- Added option 'Temporal noise (noise pattern changes between frames)'
- Added option 'Uniform noise (gaussian otherwise)'
- Added option 'Exclude options'
- Added Custom Filter option
- Added support for OPUS audio for AV1
- Added support for OGG audio for AV1
- Added remove button for each batch
- Added option 'Chroma sample location'
- Added option 'Copy Data Stream Timecode (if available)'
- Added 'Analyse Loudness' option
- Added Video Stream selector (for containers with multi video streams)
- Added Analyse window
- New Color Adjustment editor
- New Overlay editor
- New Cropping editor
- New Video Quality Metrics feature
- New FFmpeg Manager
- New batch import Wizard
- Hardware accelerated encoding is now easier to enable for AVC, HEVC and ProRes (via Video options or Advanced options
- Improved hardware accelerated encoding on Apple Silicon systems
- Rewrote ImageToMovie feature
- You can now batch convert Images-to-Movie
- You can now add audio when converting Images-to-Movie
- You can now add unlimited Overlay filters
- Much faster importing files (up to 50% faster)
- Drop zones now have 6 targets
- Improved/Optimised compiling command-lines
- Improved custom de/encoding options
- Larger custom de/encoding text fields
- Now checks if there is an audio stream or audio passthru is enabled when adding audio filters
- Thumbnails now have the correct aspect ratio
- Improved setting the video buffer size
- Improved encoding to MPEG-PS containers
- Extended the text field (Draw Text video filter)
- Improved showing the destination information in the batch view
- Improved audio Channel Mapping filter
- Improved FFmpeg option search engine
- Now by default encodes DVVIDEO to MOV container instead of DV container (you can always change this in the General/Container Extension option)
- Now sets the Pixelformat correctly when enabling HEVC hardware accelerated encoding with Profile MAIN10
- Now auto enables copying Apple metadata when encoding to MP4 and MOV containers (disable this in the Advanced/MOV-MP4 options)
- Now auto fills the width and height values in the ZScale filter
- Now correctly does not add -s and -aspect options when using the ZScale video filter
- Improved 'Render real Timecode' (now also reads metadata timecode)
- Fixed issue setting the Max Muxing Queue Size value
- AAC option 'AAC-Main prediction' is now disabled by default
- Improved handling complex filters
- Improved handling ProRes profiles
- Does not add the -ss option when it is set to 0
- Now checks if video size is valid when encoding to HAP
- Now auto sets the languages when adding subtitles
- Fixed issue copy/paste settings when the video color curve filter is used
- Better handling pre- and suffix file naming
- Changed icon set for preview button (more logical)
- Selecting x264 profile “High10’ now also set the pixelformat correctly
- Cleaned up unneeded FFmpeg options when not needed
- SVT-AV1 options are now moved to svtav1-params
- Thumbnails are now created after scanning files (read: faster importing files)
- Improved creating Thumbnails files (when enabled in the preferences)
- Moved 'Write Moov Atom at start of file (Optimize video for streaming)' from General options to Advanced options
- Moved 'Write a separate Moov Atom for each track' from General options to Advanced options
- Moved 'Add RTP hinting tracks to the output file' from General options to Advanced options
- Moved 'Disable Nero chapter markers (chpl atom)' from General options to Advanced options
- It is now possible to add all available audio, subtitles and video streams using the wizard
- Improved creating thumbnails
- Improved quality when exporting to .jpg images
- It is now possible to copy all subtitles with the Passthru Wizard
- Adapted VPX option arnr-maxframes for the latest FFmpeg versions
- Adapted VPX option arnr-strength for the latest FFmpeg versions
- Adapted VPX option arnr-type for the latest FFmpeg versions
- Better switching between video Bitrate, Quality and CRF mode
- Moved preset selector to right pane. Note: it is still possible to change presets in the batch view
- Audio and Video options can now be opened at the same time
- SVT-AV1 is now the default AV1 encoder
- Improved importing FFmpeg files
- Improved Droplet creator
- Now also handles Data streams
- Now checks if bitrate mode is enabled when selecting 2pass encoding
- Improved auto cropping
- Improved FFmpeg error handling
- Improved color handling
- Improved audio passthru wizard
- Removed restriction to use both soft subtitles and hardburn subtitles
- The Subtitles wizard now also recognise mov_text subtitles
- Rearranged the video and audio menus
- Now accepts .dtshd files
- Now uses correct syntax for profiles when using hardware accelerated encoding
- Now gives a warning when trying to add subtitles when no video stream is available
- Now automatically enabled 'Moov at start' when setting video codec to AV1
- Removed NSVisualEffectView from commandline editor for better readability
- Fixed issue saving audio streams to separate audio files