Videonizer

Videonizer changelog

updated to v19.1.0.0

new : Hardware acceleration for H.265 (HEVC) in the "Edit Screenlists" interface.

new : WebM video extension in the "Settings" -> "File types to support" window. The default state is ON.

changed : Audio/Video information module is updated.

fixed : Keyframe navigation for H.265 (HEVC) in the "Edit Screenlists" interface.

fixed : The "Edit Screenlist" feature did not work correctly in some cases (VTM version 24.0.0.0+ is required to get it working).

fixed : AV1 HDR 10-bit support.

updated to v19.0.0.0

new : Support of the latest VTM HDR 10-bit screenlist generation feature.

new : The second text box in the Text Filter window (F3) with 3 new logical operations - AND, OR, AND NOT.
Any combination will work alongside with the "Contains / Starts with" selectors.

new : 5 new "by the Count of" sort orders: for Tags, Artists, Sites, Screenlists and Photos.

new : New sort order: by Date extracted from the File Name. If you want to use it for old Items, please run the "DB Tools" -> "Health check" once to update existing Items.

new : You can change Item's rating while viewing its Screenlist in the Picture Viewer without opening the Info Panel. Just click on the bar on the bottom right to apply your rating.

changed : Faster rating change in the Multimedia View and the Picture Viewer.

changed : The "Pick up known Tags, Artists, Sites" feature has been improved.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : Corrupted video frames in the "Edit Screenlist" window for certain video file types.

updated to v18.0.0.0

new : Hardware accelerated playback of Animations in the embedded Picture Viewer.

fixed : Different drawbacks during playback of Animations in the embedded Picture Viewer.

updated to v17.0.0.2

new : 5x migration speed to new Videonizer 17 database structure.

fixed : Migration to new Videonizer 17 database structure could fail in some rare cases.

updated to v17.0.0.1

new : Videonizer handles cases when the first run of an old DB was interrupted for some reason.

updated to v17.0.0.0

please note : Please make a backup of your Databases before installing this newer version of Videonizer. The first run upgrades the old Database structure. It could take a while depending on the size of your old DB. Please wait for the completion.

new : Massive DB operations have become noticeably faster.

new : You can preview the selected Label Layout right in the "Settings" -> "Multimedia View Settings" window.

new : An optional "Quaternary Sort Order button" in the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. Default: OFF.

new : You can use the Middle mouse button on the Sort Order buttons to re-apply the sort set.

new : New sort order: by Updated time.

new : You can show the "File Date", the "Item's Added Date" and the "Item's Updated Date" Labels in the Multimedia View using three new checkboxes in the "Settings" -> "Multimedia View Settings" window. Default: OFF.

new : You can display the "File Date", the "Item's Added Date" and the "Item's Updated Date" columns in the Classic View using three new checkboxes in the "Settings" -> "Classic View Settings" window. Default: OFF.

new : You can adjust the display format of each of six Date-times individually by clicking on the "Settings" button:

new : The "File Date", the "Item's Added Date" and the "Item's Updated Date" Labels are displayed in the lower section of the Info Panel. The display format is coming from the "Settings" -> "Multimedia View Settings" window.

new : The "Pick up known Tags, Artists and Sites" feature now checks folder names in addition to file names.

new : The "Use neutral (non-erotic) interface images" in the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. Default: ON.

An example:

changed : The "Recently viewed (In this Session)" Sort Order has become the "Recently viewed (For all Time)".

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : Critical memory leak during adding of new Items (was there since Videonizer 10+).

fixed : Significant slowdown of the "Health check" and the "Scan For Screenlists" operations over time.

fixed : Sometimes the Overlay buttons were missing in the Multimedia View when a single Item was filtered out.

updated to v16.0.0.0

new : Full support of VTM-animations in AV1 format (both MP4 and MKV).

new : New sort order: by Bitrate.

You can use the "DB Tools" -> "Health check" to initialize the Bitrate for all existing Items.

new : You can display the Bitrate Label for Items in the Multimedia View.

You can control the appearance in the "Settings" -> "Multimedia View Settings" -> "Show FPS / Bitrate label on the Main Tile". The new checkbox is OFF by default.

new : You can display the FPS and the Bitrate columns in the Classic View using two new checkboxes in the "Settings" -> "Classic View Settings" window. Both checkboxes are OFF by default.

new: The "Use modern Windows Folder Browser as a Classic Folder Browser" in the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. You can still use the old one by turning the setting OFF. The default value is ON.

new : Support of VTM v22.0.0.0+ screenlists.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

updated to v15.2.0.0

new : The "Incremental filenames" is not forced for VTM anymore, because the latest version of VTM (21.0.0.0+) prevents file collisions correctly.

new : Single middle mouse button click on an Item runs the corresponding Video/Audio.

new : The mouse "Back" button closes the embedded Picture Viewer.

changed : No more redundant resorting when you rename or move the file physically in Videonizer.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : Unhandled exception when working with Artists/Sites after physical deletion of Items.

updated to v15.1.0.1

fixed : The "Advanced Filtering" feature could fail under certain circumstances.

updated to v15.1.0.0

new : As you know, when the "Output folder" is set in VTM, screenlist could be overwritten (when files are coming from different folders but have the same file name). That happens when neither the "Incremental filenames", nor the "Preserve folders structure" VTM settings are ON. Such cases are crucial to Videonizer, so from now on it sets the "Incremental filenames" automatically when needed.

new : You can check currently selected Tags, Artists and Sites in tooltip hints (popups) over the buttons in the "Add new Items results" window.

new : The "Run VTM" button is displayed in the "Add new Items results" window when reasonable.

updated to v15.0.0.0

new : You can select Secondary and even Tertiary Sort Order. You can find two new buttons next to the Primary Sort Order button. Use the Right mouse button to set the Sort Order type. Use the Left mouse button to switch between ASC / DESC.

new : You can select which column to display in the Classic view - Sites or Comment. The "Display the Comment column instead of the Sites column" checkbox was added to the Settings -> Classic View Settings window. The default value is OFF. You can still see the comment in the popup hint (tooltip) over the Path / Edit / Delete columns in that case.

new : More intuitive work with Tags, Artists and Sites. You can use the "Tags" (or "Artists" / "Sites") -> "Edit..." in the main context menu even for multiple selection. Do necessary changes and select the apply mode (Merge, Replace or Purge). You have 3 buttons instead of a single OK button.

new : In addition, you can Load the current selection of Tags, Artists, Sites from the bean, and you can Save the current selection to the bean. There are 2 new buttons on the forms to do that anytime.

new : The one decimal place is displayed for file sizes between 1 GB and 50 GB.

new : Support for VTM v20.0.0.0+ screenlists has been added.

changed : Audio/Video information module is updated.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : Magic Screenlist generation could fail under certain rare circumstances.

updated to v14.0.0.0

new : Unleash the power of your multi-core CPU with the new Magic Screenlist Generation feature. It is 4-6 times faster than a single task implementation (depends on your CPU and on the task). Unbelievable? Give it a try.

new : You can find [MAGIC] context menu items right above regular Screenlist Generation menu items.

new : The Magic Screenlist Generation feature spawns one task per CPU thread. The only exception is when you create an H264/H265 animation - maximum 3 simultaneous tasks in that case. The rest of the functionality is the same.

new : The Magic progress bar on the top of the window displays overall progress. The first number is the number of completed tasks (blue on the bar). The second number is the number of spawned tasks (smoke grey on the bar). The third number (of) is the total number of tasks.

new : The regular per-task progress bars display the currently used engine and the progress itself.

new : When it comes to animations, a different bar is displayed. It contains the type of animation (single framed or not), number of sections x section length, multithreading mode, audio mode, animation format and quality icons. The animation progress bar is displayed on the right in that case (in magenta color).

new : You can Pause/Continue or Stop the job at any moment.

new : The [Magic] button in the "Adding files results" window.

new : Faster playback of videos/animations in the Picture Viewer.

new : Icons for image file types (JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF) in the Screenlists section of the Item Editor:

changed : When you loop through pictures for multiple Items, you may want to delete an Item, or a Picture. Previously, the program jumped to the start Item in that case. Now it navigates a step back, which is handier.

changed : Few cosmetic changes in regular Screenlist Generation window.

changed : Audio/Video information module is updated.

fixed : The file renaming feature (Shift+F6) worked incorrectly when you just tried to change the case of the letters.

special note : Please install the latest version of VTM (19.0.0.0+) to get the Magic Screenlist Generation feature working.

updated to v13.0.0.0

new : You can edit Screenlists (even animated ones) right in Videonizer. To open the interface you can either use the Picture Viewer context menu, or the Item Editor context menu for a Screenlist.

new : You can edit only Screenlists generated by Video Thumbnails Maker version 18.0.0.0 or higher.

new : The "Edit Screenlists" interface is pretty much the same as in VTM. You can update the Screenlist, choose shots, Import/Export pictures, work with animation sections, etc. The current Main Tile position is highlighted with the gray bold frame.

new : The "Main Tile" button in the Item Editor. Hover it to view the current Main Tile. Click to open the Picture Viewer and select a new Main Tile quickly, or edit the Screenlist and then select the Main Tile.

new : The "Reset" button beside the "Main Tile" button in the Item Editor. It discards the manual choice (if it exists), making the Main Tile to be selected automatically.

new : The path to the currently displayed image is shown at the bottom of the Info Panel in the Picture Viewer.

new : You can delete Screenlists and Photos from the disk individually using the Picture Viewer's context menu item "Current File -> Delete physically" (hotkey: T).

new : The display lists of Tags, Artists and Sites are sorted in the Natural Sort Order everywhere.

new : Screenlists are always sorted depending on the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" -> "Natural Sort Order for Screenlist and Photo filenames" setting. When the setting is OFF, filenames are sorted alphabetically.

new : Photos are sorted in the same way, but firstly they are sorted by rating (descending), then by filename.

changed : The "Locate Video" hotkey in the Picture Viewer has been changed from F5 to F3.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : The Info Panel could disappear in the Picture Viewer after certain actions.

special note : Please install the latest version of VTM (18.0.0.0+) to get the Edit Screenlist feature working.

updated to v12.2.0.2

fixed : VTM Options (since VTM version 17.0.0.0) still could not be used in Videonizer correctly in some cases.

updated to v12.2.0.1

changed : The location of the Videos and the Photos filter indicators in the Multimedia view.

fixed : VTM Options file (since VTM version 17.0.0.0) could not be used in Videonizer.

special note : If you use VTM, please install its latest version too.

updated to v12.2.0.0

new : The "Unused" button in Tags, Artists and Sites windows. Allows to delete Tags, Artists and Sites that are not used in Items. Unused Tags are removed from Categories.

new : Support for the latest VTM v17.2.0.0+ added.

changed : The way of connecting to the site has been updated to a more stable version.

updated to v12.1.0.0

new : You can use the "DB Tools" -> "Health check" menu item to check and update Filesize, Duration, Resolution (Video), FPS (Video) and Bitrate (Audio) for all Items.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

updated to v12.0.0.1

fixed : Quickfix to the previous release (incorrect duration for video files).

updated to v12.0.0.0

new : You can add any Video Files (not only VTM-generated animations) to Item Screenlists. Videonizer will use them as Continuous Animations for Items.

new : The "Add Animations" buttons were added to the Screenlists section of the Item Editor. The difference to the original "Add Screenlists" button is only in the default filter string of the file dialog. The new string consists of your "Settings"->"File types to support" values.

new : New file type icons were added to the Screenlists section of the Item Editor. Here is the full list:

new : Video playback was improved to consume much more less memory and support larger files.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

updated to v11.4.0.1

fixed : Quickfix to the previous release (lack of video details for files).

updated to v11.4.0.0

new : Support for the latest VTM v16.1.0.0 added (a must-have for VTM v16.1.0.0+).

changed : The "DB Tools" Rescan features improved.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : Drop down list for the "Quick selection" feature did not update on the fly after adding a new Tag/Artist/Site.

updated to v11.3.0.1

new : Hotkeys to clear Beans: CTRL+ALT+Q (Tags), CTRL+ALT+W (Artists), CTRL+ALT+E (Sites).

fixed : The "Instant Filtering" checkbox did not work correctly in the "Text Filter" window.

fixed : The log button did not work in the Screenlist generation window for the latest version of VTM.

updated to v11.3.0.0

new : The "Quick selection" mode for Tags, Artists and Sites windows. Please find the toggle inside the TextBox. The keyboard ENTER key performs 3 actions at once in this mode: "1) confirm the autocomplete, 2) add the entry to the current selection and 3) prepare the TextBox for a new typing". It is very handy. The default state is OFF.

new : Since the ENTER key is busy when the "Quick selection" mode is ON, you can use CTRL+ENTER (or CTRL+S) to confirm changes and close the window.

new : The global "Instant Filtering" mode. Please find the toggle beside the "Filters" button on the main window. When the mode is ON, the program reapplies Filters immediately after changes to Items. Turn it OFF when you want Items to stay in places after changes. The default state is ON.

new : The "Reapply Filters when the 'Instant Filtering' changes from OFF to ON" setting has been added to the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. The default value is ON.

changed : The program stores all working files outside of the installation directory.

changed : The default installation paths for the 64 and 32-bit versions have become "C:\Program Files" and "C:\Program Files (x86)" respectively.

fixed : Several cases when the current filters were not reapplied after changes to Items.

fixed : Sometimes Windows Mapped Network Drives were not listed in the Folder Browser.

fixed : Possible exception in the Tags window after hitting the Enter button.

fixed : Rescan features could lead to unnecessary resetting of the current view when no artifacts were found.

fixed : Deletion of Artist/Sites could lead to filter malfunctioning under certain circumstances.

fixed : Rare crash after resizing of the main window.

updated to v11.2.0.0

new : The "Show Remote Paths for Network Drives in the Folder Browser" setting has been added to the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. The default value is ON.

new : The embedded Picture Viewer: it is possible to zoom with the number-row's +/- keys in addition to the number-pad's +/- keys.

new : VTX feature support for PotPlayer (32 and 64-bit) has been added.

fixed : The "Rescan for Pictures" and the "Add Picture Folders" did not pick up new files in target folders.

fixed : Slow startup when network drives are not available.

updated to v11.1.0.1

new : The "Use darker selection colors in Tags, Artists and Sites windows" option was added to the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. The default value is OFF.

updated to v11.1.0.0

new : A "Starts with" text search mode. A selector to switch between "Starts with" / "Contains" search modes has been added to the Tags, Artists and Sites windows. It works for Comments as well.

new : The same feature is available in the Text Filter window. It works for Filenames, Folders and Comments.

new : The "Show entire Screenlists instead of Main Tiles (not recommended)" option has been added to the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. The default value is OFF.

changed : Initial directories for Screenlist/Photo dialogs in the Item Editor have been changed to the latest Screenlist/Photo paths added to the Item. The Item path is used for empty lists.

fixed : Possible startup exception for a password protected DB under certain circumstances.

fixed : Inverted Text Filter did not dismiss correctly after entering the Text Filter dialog.

updated to v11.0.0.1

fixed : Startup exception for a password protected DB when starting in a Normal window mode.

fixed : "Date-time added to the database" sorting exception under rare circumstances.

updated to v11.0.0.0

new : The "Advanced Filtering" has been added. Please find the "Advanced" buttons under Tags, Artists and Sites buttons in the main window.

new : You can select any Tags, Artists and Sites and set AND, OR, NOT individually. The default values are taken from the current filter setup. "AND" means the entry SHOULD be present in the search result. "OR" means AT LEAST ONE of all ORs entries should be present in the search result. "NOT" means the entry SHOULD NOT be present in the search result.

new : You can set Logical relations between tables in the "Advanced Filtering" window.

new : You can invert The Advanced Filter by clicking on the indicators using Right Mouse Button.

new : The Advanced Filter is included into the Videonizer Filter file (*.vff). It is stored among other filter values.

new : You can set Custom Titles for Items in the Item Editor.

new : You can either type the "Custom Title" manually, or get it from the Metadata (if present).

new : The "Prefer Custom Titles over Filenames / Paths in the Classic and Multimedia views" option has been added to the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. The default value is ON.

new : The "Remove File Extensions in the Classic and Multimedia views" option has been added to the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. The default value is OFF.

new : A button to sort Artists and Sites by the count of Items is added to Artists and Sites windows.

new : You can resize the program window.

new : The "Restore window position and size when started in windowed mode" option has been added to the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. The default value is ON.

new : The "Natural Sorting Order for Screenlist and Photo filenames" option has been added to the "Settings" -> "Mixed Settings" window. The default value is OFF. It affects the order of appearance for Screenlists and Photos.

changed : "Different Settings" has been renamed to "Mixed Settings" in the Settings window.

changed : Three "Clear Filter" buttons under the Tags, Artists and Sites buttons have become "Advanced".

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : Adding folders did not work properly under certain circumstances.

fixed : Picture files (screenlists and photos) were unsorted in Items in the vast majority of cases.

fixed : The Picture Viewer did not show the last picture in a set when the browsing was started not from that picture.

fixed : The filename label jumped a few pixels up after the animation finishes in the Multimedia view.

fixed : Tags were misplaced after renaming under certain circumstances.

fixed : Incorrect sorting of Categories by the Tag count after changing in Tags.

fixed : Incorrect Text Filter appearance after loading a filter from the file.

updated to v10.1.0.0

new : Adding files to Videonizer has become even faster. Now it is a real pleasure to add folders ;)

new : Aliases for Tags and Artists are introduced. You can add as many Aliases as you want. Aliases are taken into account in the "Pickup known Tags, Artists and Sites" feature. Also, Aliases for Tags and Artists are included into the XML Import/Export feature.

new : You can use the "Move to Folder" (hotkey: M) and the "Delete Physically" (hotkey: L) features right in the Picture Viewer. New context menu items are available.

new : Additional info is displayed at the bottom of the "Move to Folder" and the "Delete Physically" windows. It contains either the path for a single selected Item or the quantity for the multiple selection.

new : "Remember my choice" option has been added to "Move to Folder" and "Delete Physically" windows. It allows you to override the automatically guessed file options. The default value is OFF.

new : A dialog window appears when Videonizer can't move or delete a file.

new : You can control the 3 seconds animation afterplay in the "Settings" -> "Multimedia View Settings" -> "Animation Settings" window.

changed : Clear Tags, Clear Artists and Clear Sites in the main context menu work twice faster.

changed : Videonizer does not consider a new file as a duplicate when the competitor entry does not exist on the disk.

fixed : Tags column in the Artists window was updated incorrectly under certain circumstances.

fixed : Tags and Artists in the Sites window were updated incorrectly under certain circumstances.

fixed : The Info Panel for the "Global View" buttons (Screenlists and Photos) worked with wrong Items when it was started not from the first Item.

fixed : The "Count of Photos" column in the Classic View was not updated correctly for Photo Items.

fixed : The Delete key in the Picture Viewer did not work (the Info Panel was opened instead).

fixed : The "Add Folders recursively" feature could skip folders under certain circumstances.

fixed : Undo entry was not created when Sites were deleted.

updated to v10.0.0.2

new : Since Tags, Artists and Sites forms are used for 3 different purposes, it is handy to use 3 different Color Schemes in those forms. Blue - for Filtering, Red - for Beans, Purple - for Assignment. The new feature is enabled by default. You can turn it OFF in The "Settings"->"Other Settings" window.

fixed : Exceptions while using the Text Filter (a .NET 4.8 fault).

updated to v10.0.0.0

please note: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8+ is required to run the application.

new : Animations in the Multimedia View have become much more responsive. The playback starts immediately.

new : Adding files to Videonizer has become 10x faster.

new : Database loading speed has become 2x faster for larger databases.

new : Audio Items are introduced. You can add audio files and scan folders for audios.

new : You can do all the stuff to Audio Items (Filter for Audio Items, Playback them, Create Playlists, Rescan for Audios, Export/Import Audio Items and so on). The only difference to Video Items is that Audio Bitrate is displayed instead of Resolution for Audio Items.

new : You can select an Album Cover in the main context menu (is great for Audio Items).

new : Also, there is a button "Add Album Cover" in the Addition Results window for Audio Items.

new : You can select Preferable Audio Player in the Settings window.

new : Category Nameplates are introduced for the Classic View. Nameplates are assigned to Items indirectly through Categories to which the Item belongs. The appearance is based on the Category style.

new : You can turn ON/OFF Nameplates in the Settings -> Classic View Settings window. It is enabled by default.

new : You can turn ON/OFF particular Audio Extensions in the Settings -> File types to support window.

new : You can view the Info Panel anytime in the Picture Viewer using the new button (Hotkey: ~).

new : You can change Item's Rating right in the Picture Viewer using the Info Panel. Click on the Rating picture or use Rating hotkeys (0-5, Num0-Num5, Backspace). A note for the Item Editor: the Info Panel affects the Rating in the Item Editor, so that change can be cancelled later.

new : You can change Tags, Artists and Sites for Items right in the Picture Viewer using the Info Panel. You can also use regular Hotkeys for Tags, Artists and Sites (Z, X, C). A note for the Item Editor: the Info Panel affects Tags, Artists and Sites in the Item Editor, so that changes can be cancelled later.

new : You can view Screenlists for all selected Items using the main context menu (hotkey: S).

new : You can view Photos for all selected Items using the main context menu (hotkey: P).

new : You can see the number of Items tagged by the current Tag in its tooltip in the Tags window.

new : The "In Items" column is added to Artists and Sites windows. It displays the number of Items with the current entry assigned.

changed : Comment windows have become much larger and with the vertical scrollbar.

changed : Statistics section has been changed in the Hall of Fame window.

changed : The "Work with Duplicates" window size has been increased and its Export format has been changed.

changed : Some settings were moved from the "Settings" window to the new "Other Settings" section.

changed : The XML Import Items feature now appears with the progress indication and the cancellation ability.

changed : Actors were renamed to Artists. If you want an option to have Actors back - please ask on the forum.

changed : Artists window has become much more responsive.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : An issue with Double quotes in Names for Categories, Tags, Artists and Sites.

fixed : An issue with Double quotes in Comments for Items, Categories, Tags, Artists, Sites, Photos and Hotkeys.

fixed : Tags with ampersands were not displayed correctly.

fixed : Operations with massive selection of Items in the Classic View could led to several seconds freezes under certain circumstances.

fixed : Initial selection of Tags, Artists and Sites after Drag&Drop operation was processed incorrectly.

fixed : Drag&Drop operation did not create an Undo/Redo entry.

fixed : Undo/Redo operations changed the sorting order in Tags, Artists, Sites windows in a cycle.

fixed : Changes in "Extensions" window did not apply until restart of the application.

fixed : Import Items did not import non-existing video files correctly treating them as a Photo Item.

updated to v9.3.0.0

new : You can filter Items without any Tags, Actors or Sites easily using the new "NONE" buttons. Please note: NONE for Tags switches the default AND to OR. Please do not forget to switch it back when needed.

new : Scan Folders are added. Please find the "DB Tools" -> "Edit Scan Folders" menu item to open the list of Scan Folders.

new : You can use "Rescan for Videos and Pictures", "Rescan for Videos" and "Rescan for Pictures" menu items to rescan all enabled Scan Folders.

new : You can Enable / Disable a Scan Folder using its ON / OFF button.

new : "Add Scan Folders automatically" button fills the list automatically using the current DB paths.

new : Three "Rescan" buttons on the right side of the form act just the same as the menu items. Two checkboxes below provide quick access to the corresponding buttons in the Folder Browser.

changed : "Open containing Folder" now selects the file in Windows Explorer.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

updated to v9.2.0.0

new : You can assign Tags, Actors and Sites to all added Items right in the result window.

new : Custom Hotkeys are implemented. To Enable / Disable the Custom Hotkey Mode please find a new "ON / OFF" button in the bottom left corner of the main window. It is visible only in the fully functional (EDIT) mode of Videonizer, but works in both (Hotkey: Space).

new : The button beside the toggle is the "Custom Hotkeys List" button (Hotkeys: H, F5). Use it to work with the list of currently assigned Custom Hotkeys, and to add a new Custom Hotkey. Once a Hotkey is defined, Videonizer triggers it instead of an original one when the Custom Hotkeys Mode is ON.

new : You can assign any combination of Tags, Actors and Sites to your Custom Hotkey. Here is the list of Keys available: F1-F12, 0-9, A-Z. Custom Hotkeys are database-specific.

new : To use your Custom Hotkey, please make sure the Custom Hotkey Mode is ON and press your Custom Hotkey. A dialog will appear. You can check and modify values there (if needed) and press the Custom Hotkey for the second time to confirm the Dialog. Values will be applied to all selected Items.

new : Custom Hotkeys work in the Classic View, in the Multimedia Views, in the Item Editor and in the Picture Viewer.

new : PURGE, REPLACE and MERGE modes for Custom Hotkeys work exactly as for Beans. The default mode is MERGE. You can use Ctrl or Alt when pressing your Custom Hotkey to modify the Apply Mode to PURGE or REPLACE on the fly. Or change it later in the Custom Hotkey Confirmation Dialog.

new : A notification window appears when your Custom Hotkey actually modified at least one Item.

new : The same notification window appears also for regular Bean operations (when your Bean of Tags / Actors / Sites was applied and actually modified at least one Item).

new : You can Enable / Disable that notification windows in the "Settings" -> "Notification Windows" section.

new : "Copy to the Bean of Tags / Actors / Sites" menu items were added to the main context menu.

changed : The meaning of the "New / Persistent Item" column has been changed. From now on the "New Item" indicates that the Item have no any Tags, Actors or Sites explicitly assigned by you. Automatically pick-upped Tags, Actors or Sites do not change the state to "Persistent". Filtering by this column shows you good candidates to work with.

changed : All notification settings were moved to the new "Notification Windows" section in the Settings.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : Actor Avatars could be corrupted after hovering over the "Paste from Clipboard" button under certain circumstances.

updated to v9.1.0.0

please note: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5+ is required to run the application.

new : The "Display Full Paths for Items" setting is added to the "Classic View Settings". The setting is OFF by default.

Please note: the "Alphabetical (Path)" kind of sorting works great with the new feature.

new : Videonizer can use PTX files (Picture Thumbnail Sheets produced by Pictures Thumbnails Maker) as a source for Slideshow animations. Just add a PTX file to Item's Screenlists or Photos (recommended). You can enable/disable PTX Slideshow for Items in the "Classic" and the "Multimedia View Settings" separately. The delay between frames is shared between VTX and PTX.

new : Limited support for PTX features is added to the embedded picture viewer. That means you can browse PTX files and use the "Set this Tile as Main Tile" feature, but not edit PTX in Videonizer as you can do in the external VTM or PTM Viewer.

new : PTX extension is added to the "Settings" -> "File types to support".

new : "Cleanup current DB" dialog is added. You can select to Delete non-existing Video Items in spite of existing Screenlists / Photos. You can also set to Delete Screenlists / Photos physically for such Items.

new : "Files" -> "Rename Video" menu item is added to the main context menu. Hotkey: Shift+F6.

new : Rating icons are used everywhere in context menus. As well as Hotkeys: 0, 1-5, Num0, Num1-Num5, Backspace to speed up the setting action.

new : Hotkeys in Item Editor: F5 - Refresh Item, CTRL+C - Copy Path, F2, Shift+F6 - Rename Video, M - Move Files.

changed : VTX and PTX file types are added to Screenlists/Photos File Browser (when these extensions are enabled in the "Settings" -> "File types to support").

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : "Reset Main Tile" feature did not work for cases when the Main Tile from an animated screenlist was selected not from the animated part, but from the static one.

updated to v9.0.0.0

new: 32 and 64-bit versions of Videonizer are available. The 64-bit version has no 32-bit memory limitations. The 64-bit version is the option of choice when possible.

new : Page changing in Multimedia View has become 1.5-2x faster.

new : The fourth set of Rating icons is added. You can select any in Settings.

new : Multimedia View: "Continuous Pages for Mouse" and "Continuous Pages for Keyboard" for automatic page changing when reaching the top/bottom part of the page using Mouse/Keyboard.

new : You can Select / Dismiss the startup Filter in the context menu for the "Filters" button. You can use different startup filters for different databases.

new : Hotkeys in Multimedia View (ALT is mainly for the Pages):
ALT + Left|Right - navigate one page Back/Forth.
ALT + PageUp|PageDown - the same.
ALT + Home|End - jump to the very First/Last item on the First/Last page and select it.
ALT + SHIFT + Home|End - the same but with the selection of items in-between.
ALT + Up|Down - small scroll Up/Down.

new : Hotkeys in Multimedia View:
CTRL + PageUp|PageDown - move the "cursor" (currently selected item) few rows Up/Down when the current page has a selection, otherwise work as PageUp/PageDown.
SHIFT + PageUp|PageDown - extend the current selection few rows Up/Down when the current page has a selection.

changed : Videonizer 9 starts approximately one second faster than the previous versions.

changed : Multimedia View: PageUp|PageDown keys jump exactly one page Up/Down to make the appearance stable (that means the containers stay at their own places when possible).

changed : The "Clear current Filter" button disappears when no filters are enabled.

changed : Classic view: Info and Preview panel does not block keyboard input anymore.

changed : A lot of cosmetic changes.

fixed : Empty frame was displayed instead of the manually selected Main tile when it was selected from the static part of an animated screenlist (and the Cache was cleared or not enabled).

fixed : "Start the video at the timestamp" feature could not work for screenlists which videos were moved using "Files" -> "Move to Folder" feature.

fixed : Wrong keyboard navigation at the end of not completely built pages.

fixed : CTRL + Left|Right did not work correctly when the number of pages was greater than 15.

fixed : Screenlist generation window could fail to open under certain rare circumstances.

updated to v8.2.0.1

new : You can select to trigger or not to trigger the animations in Multimedia View when navigating with the arrow keys ("Settings" > "Multimedia View Settings" > "Animation Settings").

changed : Multimedia View scrolls when you navigate off the screen with the arrow keys.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : Updating of the Count of Views leaded to wrong label sizes for Tiles in Multimedia View.

updated to v8.2.0.0

new : Comments are added to Tags.

new : You can search in Tags comments. Click on the button left to the search textbox in Tags windows to change the search mode.

new : Warnings are displayed when adding/changing names for Tags, Categories, Actors and Sites to prevent duplicates.

new : You can disable Rating confirmation dialog box in Settings.

new : You can select select Name/Comment filter behavior in Settings.

new : Double click to edit a Category in Tags window.

changed : Few pretty cosmetic changes and fixes.

changed : Better support for 125% scaling in Windows.

fixed : Tag deletion crashed the application.

fixed : Mouse wheel scolling did not work on Windows 7 and 8 (but worked on Windows 10) in Tags, Actors and Sites windows.

updated to v8.1.0.0

new : Avatar Size selector is added to Actors window. Small, Medium and Landscape are available.

Here is an example of Medium Avatars in action:

new : Ability to search by Item comment is added. An indicator button is added to the left side of the search textbox. Click on the button loops through search options (Filename/Folder/Comment).

new : You can search in Actors and Sites comments. Click on the button left to the search textbox in Actors and Sites windows to change the search mode.

new : Adding files to Videonizer now comes with a progress indication.

new : "The Report" and "Generate Screenlists" buttons are added to "Adding files results" window. They allow you to view statistics and generate screenlists for recently added files.

new : "Refresh Item" and "Copy path" buttons are added to Item editor window.

"Refresh Item" performs the following actions:
1) Picks up known Tags, Actors and Sites (when enabled in Settings);
2) Removes non-existing Screenlists and Photos;
3) Reloads Size, Duration, Resolution and FPS (for Video Items);
4) Autolinks existing Screenlists (for Video Items).

new : You can edit Tags, Actors and Sites without opening the Item Editor. Tags, Actors and Sites sections are added to the main context menu for a single selected Item. If the list is not empty, the main menu item is highlighted with yellow. Hotkeys: Z - Tags, X - Actors, C - Sites.

new : Hotkeys 1-5, 0, Num1-Num5, Num0, Backspace for settings Rating for Items.

new : Ctrl+C Hotkey to copy path. It also works in Item Editor window.

new : You can select the location of OK button in Tags, Actors and Sites windows in Settings.

new : F1 button is added to the bottom left part of Multimedia View.

changed : The size of Tags, Actors and Sites windows is increased.

changed : Tags, Actors and Sites windows respect OK and Cancel results.

changed : "View filtered" Screenlists and Photos "Eye" buttons start showing the selected Item's pictures in the global list of pictures instead of showing pictures from the very beginning.

changed : Enter and Ctrl+S hotkeys equal to OK throughout the application. Alt+E equals to Edit when possible.

changed : A lot of pretty cosmetic changes and fixes.

fixed : Videonizer tried to add video files twice for nested folders when recursive search was enabled in the Folder browser.

fixed : "Generate square avatar" buttons did not disappear after clearing all avatars in "Add an Actor" window.

fixed : Application crash when adding a new Tag with non-empty list of Categories, and the Tag name already exists.

fixed : Incorrect editing of lists of Tag categories.

updated to v8.0.0.2

changed : Selection of Categories in Tags window is reworked in a "Classic View" style. CTRL+Click to add a single category to existing selection, SHIFT+Click to add a group.

changed : Text enter focus in Tags, Actors and Sites windows stays in place after clicking outside of textboxes.

updated to v8.0.0.1

changed : Text enter focus is placed to Filter textboxes automatically on form shown event for Tags, Actors and Sites windows.

fixed : Application crash when assigning new Tags or Actors for Items under certain circumstances.

fixed : Wrong scaling for WebP animation preview in Classic View.

updated to v8.0.0.0

new : XL and 4K Tile Sizes are added to Multimedia View along with a new Interface Mode selector.

new : "Cache Settings" button is added to "Multimedia View Settings" window.

new : "Cache Settings" for XL and 4K Tile Sizes.

new : You can select "Aspect Ratio for Tile Containers" in Multimedia View Settings window. "3:2" is handy for DVD covers and custom Main Tiles.

new : Categories are added. You can create new Categories and then assign Tags to them. You can use automatically generated 32x32 icons for Categories, or use your own icons.

new : Category selection grid is added to Tag creation window.

new : Control panels are added to Categories, Tags, Actors and Sites windows. Each control panel can contain: 1) Show All / Selected items button; 2) Sort items Alphabetically (ASC/DESC/AS IS) button; 3) Sort by Count button (for Categories); 4) Text Filter; 5) Clear All Filters button.

new : You can Add / Remove selected Tags to selected Categories using right mouse button context menu in Tags window. Just select required entities on the left and right parts of the window.

new : You can "Clear Tags in Selected Categories" using right mouse button context menu in Tags window.

new : When you click on a Category in Tags window, a filter for Tags is applied automatically. "Tags from selected categories are shown" label and a button indicator are displayed at the top of window. You can clear the filter by clicking on the label or by clicking on the indicator. Or, you can click on the "Clear Filter" button on the right.

new : Powerful Page Navigation controls for Multimedia View.

new : "Center Page Navigation Buttons" setting in Multimedia View Settings. By default, Page Navigation Buttons are aligned to the right side of the main window.

new : 3 new Main context menu items - "Find Items with the same Tags / Actors / Sites".

new : Control Panels for Bean operations (Purge, Replace, Merge).

new : "Create new Item for each folder" feature is added to "Add Picture Folders" browser.

changed : The layouts of Tags, Actors, Sites windows are reworked.

changed : Previously used Tags, Actors, Sites selection windows in Item Editor are replaced to new fully functional Tags, Actors, Sites windows.

changed : Import / Export features in Tags window now include Categories in XML format. CSV still works only for Tags.

changed : Hotkeys are switched for "Replace Bean" and "Merge Bean" operations.

changed : A lot of cosmetic changes, bigger icons, wider windows, control titles, arrangement.

fixed : Rating controls responded incorrectly in some cases.

fixed : "Delete selected" context menu item did not work for Actors and Sites in some cases.

fixed : Rare application crash when switching between VIEW and EDIT modes.

fixed : Tech info was printed in Undo/Redo items for some actions.

updated to v7.1.0.0

new : Powerful text search with Find Next (F3) / Find Previous (Shift+F3) features is added.

new : CTRL+F to open the text search.

new : Top 4 Features under "DB Tools" section now come with a progress bar indicator and a cancellation possibility.

new : "Open containing folder" feature is added to the main context menu.

new : Import Errors count and details are shown in "Import Items" statistic window.

changed : Icons for missing categories in "Import Items" window are changed to avoid confusion.

changed : The speed of 4 batch operations has increased a lot in Multimedia Views:
1) Set Rating; 2) Generate Screenlists for Items; 3) Reset Count of Views; 4) Reset Main Tile.

changed : Redundant "End of Line" symbol is removed from the very end of "Copy path" feature.

fixed : Tag editor was not refreshed under certain circumstances.

fixed : Import of Items in XML format.

updated to v7.0.0.0

Please clear the Cache in Settings to get new features work correctly.

new : Splash screen.

new : Videonizer can also use video thumbnail sheets to animate Items as Slideshows. You can choose between Continuous and Slideshow types of animation for Classic and Multimedia Views separately. The delay between frames is specified in ms.

new : "Continuous Animations" filter. Allows you to filter Items with Continuous Animations present (MP4, WebM, WebP, OGV). You can invert the filter as usual (using right mouse button click).

new : Translation to French is added.

new : New 5-way selectors for Labels allow you to choose Top, Left, Bottom, Right, Center location in a single click.

new : New "Duration" Label is added to "Multimedia View Settings" window.

new : New "Count of Views" Label is added to "Multimedia View Settings" window.

Few examples of possible layouts:

new : "Info Panel" header is completely reworked.

new : Rating appearance section is added to Multimedia View Settings. You can turn ON or turn OFF Rating for Items. You can also "Place Rating over the Main Tile" and select one of 9 available locations using new 9-way selector.

new : You can reset "Main Tile" for Items, the option is added to the main context menu.

new : "Copy path" feature is added to the main context menu.

new : "Recently Viewed (In this session)" is added to Sort Orders menu.

new : "by Extension" is added to Sort Orders menu.

new : You can paste Pictures from Clipboard when working with Actor Avatars.

new : "Import Items" and "Export Items" are added to "DB Tools" menu. XML format is used.

new : Import and Export Items features are customizable. Here is an example of Import options.

new : "Gamble" button is added. Click to navigate to the next randomly selected Item.

new : Click on "Selected / Total on this page / Total" label to navigate to the first selected Item.

changed : Item selection is preserved when switching from Multimedia to Classic View and vice versa.

changed : Navigation to the top of the list, or to the first selected item, or to the current scroll position has been improved for sorting, filtering, deleting, mode changing and page jumping.

changed : Videonizer does not ask to Clear the Cache when changing Label appearance in "Multimedia View Settings" anymore.

changed : Different Icons for Photo and Video Items in Item Editor. You cannot turn Photo Item to Video Item anymore.

changed : "No Rating" appearance has changed.

changed : A more contrast Item selection color is used for Multimedia View in VIEW mode and when the Rating is placed other the Main Tiles.

changed : A lot of minor cosmetic changes.

fixed : Video duration was detected incorrectly for certain video files.

fixed : Jerky updating of GUI elements when switching from EDIT to VIEW mode and vice versa. The same is for changing of the main window size from maximized to normal and restoring back to maximized.

fixed : Possible crash after deleting of the last filtered Item.

fixed : A bunch of minor fixes (Scroll for overlay buttons, Main Tile selection when caching is off, Freezes after certain actions, Wrong language after DB switching, etc.).

updated to v6.0.0.1

new : You can reset "Count of Views" for Items, the option is added to the main context menu.

new : Actor Avatars are improved. You can use pictures with any aspect ratios and the appearance will be fine. As well as Square Avatar generation.

new : You can customize Quick Preview for the Classic View. For instance, you can enable showing of Info Panel. You can find new "Classic View Settings" button in Settings window (hotkey F2).

changed : First run behavior: new database file is created in "My Documents" instead of the program's folder.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : FPS, Resolution and Size labels were rendered incorrectly (wrong size and font) on some environments.

fixed : "DB Tools" -> "Scan for Screenlists in a Folder" feature was not working properly under certain circumstances.

fixed : Videonizer crashed when working with read-only databases or databases from Windows protected folders (UAC). From now on, a warning message is displayed while opening such databases.

updated to v6.0.0.0

new : Playback for VTM-created MP4 and OGV animations is added. VTM version 14 is able to create screenlist animations in 3 new formats - MP4 (H.264 and H.265) and OGV (Theora).

new : You can use VTM-created MP4 and OGV animations to animate items in Multimedia view.

new : 4 new sort orders: 1) by Folder name (then by Filename); 2) Most viewed (by the number of views); 3) by Rating; 4) by FPS (by Framerate). Please note: FPS value is filled only for newly added items. Or you can edit existing Items one by one to initialize FPS for those items.

new : You can Save current Filter and Load saved filters using new "Filter" button in the main window.

new : Multimedia View: you can add 2 new labels to Items with video - FPS and Size. You can select the appearance in Multimedia view Settings. Please note: FPS value is filled only for newly added items. Or you can edit existing Items one by one to initialize FPS for those items. You may also need to clear DB cache (in Settings) to make FPS label appear in Multimedia View.

new : Multimedia View: new "Space in between Resolution, FPS and Size labels" setting:

You can create layouts like this any many others:

new : Multimedia View: the Count of Views (for all Items) and FPS (for Items with video) are added to Item's Info panel. Please note: FPS value is filled only for newly added items. Or you can edit existing Items one by one to initialize FPS for those items.

new : File type icons are added to the list of screenlists in Item editor form. It allows to distinguish file types easily.

new : "MP4 animations created in VTM", "OGV (Theora) animations created in VTM" and "OGV" checkboxes are added to Settings -> "File types to support"

new : Playback of all types of animation is improved (it has become faster with less memory consumed).

changed : New indicators with actual VTM settings are added to screenlist generation form.

changed : Video files (animations) produced by VTM can not be added to Videonizer as main Items (there is no sense in doing that). Such files are intended to be added as Screenlists.

changed : "Rating appearance" setting was moved to Multimedia View Settings window.

changed : Few more cosmetic changes.

fixed : Animation quality was always set to Normal when creating animated screenlists from Videonizer.

fixed : Multimedia view: animations stopped to work until restart of the program for items which screenlists were moved to another location.

fixed : Multimedia view: wrong video was started when using overlay video launch button for multiple selection.

updated to v5.1.0.1

fixed : Paths with ampersand symbol did not show correctly.

fixed : Few minor cosmetic fixes.

updated to v5.1.0.0

new : Work with Duplicates is improved a lot. For example, you can choose - use Duplicates in Videonizer and delete original files or just delete Duplicates.

new : 2 new features for Multimedia View: "Draw external border for Items" and "Vertical alignment for Title and Rating"

new : You can enable Resolution label for Items and select its appearance in Multimedia View Settings:

new : The third set of Rating stars is added. You can select any in Settings.

new : Rating appearance for selected items in Multimedia view has become much more attractive. Please compare:

changed : Cosmetic changes to "Info Panel" (Multimedia View).

changed : Better word wrapping for Multimedia View titles.

changed : Audio/Video information module is updated.

fixed : Rating filter indicator showed incorrect state under certain circumstances.

updated to v5.0.0.1

new : "Set Attribute" item is added to the main context menu. It allows to change "New Item" state to "Persistent" and vice versa (batch or not).

new : "Tags" window is reworked. It has become bigger and the filtering packs sorted items to the top of the window.

changed : "Item editor" window has become bigger with some cosmetic changes.

changed : "Sites" window has become bigger with some cosmetic changes.

fixed : Minor GUI bugfix (scrolling focus in Item editor, "Filter: Clear All" corrupted layout, repeating symbols when renaming filtered Tags).

updated to v5.0.0.0

new : You can switch between VIEW and EDIT modes. VIEW mode shows more items, the interface is simplier, double left mouse button click on an item opens a screenlist (if present) to choose a scene to start from. Otherwise it runs the video (for video items) from the very beginning or starts a slideshow (for picture items). Use TAB hotkey to switch between modes. Also you can use "VIEW mode" / "EDIT mode" button on the main window.

new : Avatars for Actors. You can select Landscape, Portrait and Square avatars for each Actor. Selected picture is scaled to the necessary size automatically. The orientation (Landscape / Portrait / Square) is also detected automatically.

new : Avatars are used in Multimedia Views while displaying the Info Panel for an Item. Multiple Avatars are arranged automatically. Also smaller Square avatars are used in the list of Actors form.

new : You can generate Square Avatar once Landscape or Portrait is selected in Actors form.

new : "Multimedia View Settings" button in added to Settings window. You can enable/disable Item animation there. You can Enable/Disable Overlay buttons for items. You can use Bigger or Smaller Overlay buttons for Big Tiles multimedia view. You can tune the appearance of the Info Panel.

new : WebP animation playback is improved a lot.

new : Spanish translation is added (thanks to Javier de Caso).

new : VTX feature support for KMPlayer 64-bit is added.

changed : Import/Export of the list of Actors in XML format supports Avatars.

changed : Mouse scroll step has become a bit smaller in Multimedia views. Hold CTRL, ALT or SHIFT to scroll 3x faster.

changed : "Cache thumbnails" and "Select current animation frame" settings were moved from "Settings" window to "Multimedia View Settings" window.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : Videonizer failed to playback WebP animations (the program just freezed or crashed) when Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) was not installed on the PC.

fixed : Videonizer failed to animate an item on mouse hover when Main Tile for the item was selected from a non-animated source.

fixed : Videonizer failed to start on Finnish Windows locale.

updated to v4.1.0.4

new : The Folder browser has been improved. The Address bar, which is located at the top of the Folder browser, displays the path of the currently selected folder. You can paste your path to go to a different folder.

new : You can use CTRL+Left Mouse Button click to select multiple folders in the Folder browser.

updated to v4.1.0.3

changed : Video information module is updated.

fixed : The issue with potentially corrupted WebM/GIF animation files after pressing Stop button in Screenlist Generation window was not solved completely in the previous release. A change in VTM is required as well. Please use VTM version 12.1.0.1 or higher to prevent the existing animation file of being overwritten in case of job cancellation.

updated to v4.1.0.2

new : Support for VTM 12 new features (Advanced Timeline Control) is added.

changed : Screenlist Generation form is redesigned a bit.

fixed : Aborting of animated screenlist generation in Videonizer could lead to a corrupted animation file beeing added to an item under certain circumstances.

updated to v4.1.0.1

new : "--- Extension's associated ---" value is added to drop-down list in the Settings window (Preferred Video Player section). It allows to open video files by default system player, depends on the current extension of video file.

new : Animation creation speed through VTM is increased a bit.

changed : Audio/Video information module is updated.

updated to v4.1.0.0

From now on you can manage files physically right in Videonizer.

new : You can move/delete files/screenlists/photos simultaneously or separately. VTX links are updated automatically only for selected Items.

new : A context menu item for file operations is added to the main context menu. It is colored blue. Hotkey for moving files - M.

new : A button to rename video file and a button to move files are added to Item's editor window. They are colored blue. VTX links are updated automatically.

new : A dialog window is shown in case of file collisions.

new : You can cancel moving or deleting of files by clicking on Cancel button anytime (Hotkey - Esc).

new : "Notify me about stopping the software to hide folders" switch is added to Settings window.

updated to v4.0.0.3

new : "Pick up known Tags, Actors and Sites" feature is added to "DB Tools" menu. Videonizer analyzes filenames and add known attributes to items automatically.

new : "Pick up known Tags, Actors and Sites automatically" ON/OFF selector is added to Settings window.

new : Indicators for new animation features in Video Thumbnails Maker 11 are added to Screenlist Generation form. They are: Single frame animation/Animation within a Thumbnail sheet, Animation quality, Continuous GIF animation/GIF slideshow and others.

changed : "DB Tools" buttons are moved to "DB Tools" drop-down menu button.

changed : GIF format is added to search for screenlists features, also GIF files are picked up in Screenlists Generation form.

fixed : Annoying scrolling of linear view to the end of the list after adding of new files.

special note: Screenlist Generation features in Videonizer 4.0.0.3 require Video Thumbnails Maker version 11.0.0.0 or higher to be installed on your PC.

updated to v4.0.0.2

new : "Random" sorting algorithm is added to the list of sorting algorithms.

new : Arrow key navigation and selection is added to multimedia view (you can use combinations like Shift+Arrow, Shift+Home/End to select items).

new : "Jump to" window popups when you click on a "..." navigation button (is available when page count is greater than 10).

new : "Instant filtering" switch is added to text filtering window.

changed : Better support for 125% scaling in Windows.

fixed : Videonizer failed to run on some cofigurations.

updated to v4.0.0.1

fixed : Previous version failed to open encrypted databases.

fixed : Size of animated thumbnails in multimedia view could be 1 pixel inaccurate.

updated to v4.0.0.0

VIDEONIZER 4 is a brilliant piece of engineering.

New version highlights:

new : Multimedia view (with big, medium and small thumbnails).

Introduction of Multimedia view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxaVaQDrHBA

new : Animated thumbnails.

new : You can set main thumbnails for items in multimedia view.

new : Advanced filtering.

new : Pagination.

new : Undo/Redo.

new : Deeper integration with Video Thumbnails Maker (VTM).

Some more details:

new : All kinds of VTM animated screenlists are used by Videonizer to animate thumbnails on mouse hover.

new : You can set any regular picture or select any tile form a screenlist as a main thumbnail for an item.

new : You can even set current animated frame as a main thumbnail.

new : You can invert filters by using right mouse button.

new : You can alternate Rating filter by using right mouse buttton (<=, =, >=).

new : You can generate animated and non-animated screenlists right in Videonizer (Video Thumbnails Maker is required to be installed), even in a batch.

new : Hotkeys in multimedia view: CTRL+Left/Right (Next/Previous page); PageUp/PageDown (scrolls the view up/down).

new : 2 new buttons on the main window allow you to view all filtered photos/screenlists.

changed : Tilde (~) preview in Classic lineral view.

changed : Video information module is updated.

fixed : Various minor bigfixes.

special note: Screenlist Generation features in Videonizer 4 require Video Thumbnails Maker version 10.0.0.5 or higher to be installed on your PC.

updated to v3.0.0.4

new : Playback for WebP animations is added. VTM version 9.1 is able to produce screenlists in new animation format - WebP. Learn more about WebP in the video below.

WebP demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3smiOjvKnao

new : "Natural sort order of items in the main view" button is added to the Settings window. Natural sort order is an ordering of strings in alphabetical order, except that multi-digit numbers are ordered as a single character.

new : Import/Export of Tags/Actors/Sites in CSV format is added. Use Export feature to become familiar with the format. Single input line with values separared by commas is supported too.

changed : Video information module is updated.

fixed : Videonizer's "Generate and add Screenslists" feature used to stop responding after proccesing certain amount of files in a batch.

updated to v3.0.0.3

new : Support for APGN animations is added. VTM version 9 is able to produce two completely different fypes of animation: WebM and APNG. You can learn more about animated video thumbnail sheets in the video below.

VIDEO THUMBNAILS MAKER: Animated video thumbnail sheets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcoFIrqtVtM

changed : Video information module is updated.

updated to v3.0.0.2

changed : Colored "File types to support" (ON - navy, OFF - red).

changed : Video information module is updated.

fixed : Duration of video files was not showed properly for particular video formats.

updated to v3.0.0.1

new : Support for Windows 10 is added.

new : "Save playlist..." context menu option is added. You can store all/selected/filtered items. M3U, ASX, PLS playlist formats are supported.

new : You can jump to a picture number directly in embedded picture viewer. Click on the current picture counter in the right bottom corner of the screen to open "Go to" interface.

changed : Video information module is updated.

updated to v3.0.0.0

new : Generate thumbnail sheets IN A BATCH right in Videonizer. Select any quantity of items, open a context menu and locate "Screenlists" section. Video Thumbnails Maker (VTM) version 8.0.0.0 or higher is required to be installed on your PC. Thumbnail sheets will be generated and added to Videonizer items automatically. You can cancel the job at any time. You can select any VTM Options and VTM Settings in Videonizer Settings window (F2 hotkey). Interaction between VTM and Videonizer is demonstrated below:

Quick screenlists in Videonizer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDfrhFcZqBo

new : Preview system has been reworked. From now on previews are displayed in the center of the form and the size of preview picture depends on the window size. The larger the window, the larger the preview. Another innovation is related to picture selection algorithm. Since VTM version 8.0.0.0 is able to produce GIF animations without any other output, Videonizer version 3.0.0.0 allows you to add GIF animations to item's screenlists. So when you hold SHIFT, or Tilde button over datagrid name column, a preview picture is appeared and according to the new algorithm, Videonizer takes the first GIF file from the item's screenlists collection. If no GIFs were found, Videonizer takes the first screenlist. Another preview-related improvement - changing between previews has become faster.

new : "Screenlists" section is added to right mouse button (RMB) context menu, it allows you to generate thumbnail sheets in a batch for selected Items, or for Items without screenlists only, clear screenlists, clear only GIFs, physically delete screenlists from the disk.

new : "Photos" section is added to RMB context menu, it allows you to clear photos for selected Items, or physically delete photos from the disk.

new : "Preferred Video Player" selection is added to Settings window. Once a player is selected, it will be used everywhere in the program as a default player (on the main form and in the picture viewer for vtx files - you can start the video at a selected position in a double-click, without any questions).

new : Purge operation is added to operations with Beans. Hold down CTRL button to change Bean applying mode to Purge. ("Apply ..." caption will change to "Purge ..."); you can also use context menu items to work with Beans.

new : Embedded picture viewer has become MUCH MORE faster. You may notice it by cycling through item pictures.

new : New Folder Browser dialog is used everywhere in the program. It allows you to select multiple folders, when it's allowed. Also you can toggle "Add SubFolders recursively" feature ON and OFF right on the dialog form. "Switch to classic Browser" button allows you to select a single folder in the old-fashioned way (this also gives you networking capabilities, if necessary).

new : Support of animated GIF pictures is added. You can add GIFs to item's screenlists and photos.

new : Press Esc button to cancel time-consuming process of adding folders to the program.

new : "FAQ" and "Tutorials" buttons are added to Hall of Fame window.

changed : Embedded picture viewer has become MUCH MORE faster. You may notice that by cycling through pictures in a folder.

changed : Screenlist generation for a single item is reworked in the same way as it is done for batch processing. The feature is available in item's editor form.

changed : Genres were renamed to Tags.

changed : Hotkeys for operations with Beans were changed to Q, W, E (with or w/o SHIFT, ALT, CTRL modifiers). The most left "Q" is for Tags, "W" is for Actors and the most right "E" is for Sites.

changed : Few cosmetic changes.

fixed : There were rare false-positive reports from some anti-virus software.

fixed : Rare unexpected "Add photos" / "Add screenlists" dialog pop-up is suppressed in item's editor window.

fixed : The program did not check startup password properly under certain circumstances.

fixed : Preview image did not disappear after mouse click on the main window.

special note: Videonizer Screenlist Generation features require Video Thumbnails Maker version 8.0.0.0 or higher to be installed on your PC.

updated to v2.8.0.2

new : Drag&Drop feature is added. You can drag and drop files and folders to the main list of the program

changed : filtering is added to "Add Video Files" operation. You can choose file types to filter in the Settings window (F2 hotkey), "File types to support" button. From now on that setting is used everywhere in the program (while adding files, folders, drag and drop operations)

changed : MXF file format is replaced with M2TS file format

fixed : "Full Auto" feature (for generating thumbnail sheets in background) is updated in order to support the latest versions of Video Thumbnails Maker

fixed : an error occured when opening a context menu for a video item, which file extension was not checked in "File types to support" section at startup of the program

updated to v2.8.0.1

new : Videonizer's internal picture viewer has become handier to use. Now you can drag an image by clicking outside its border (as well as by clicking on the image itself), double click anywhere to open a context menu, use arrow keys to scroll the image

changed : progress animation

updated to v2.8.0.0

new : support for 125% Windows scaling is added

new : "Scan for Screenlists" button is added to the main window. Detailed description can be found in tooltip hint for the button

new : "Scan for Screenlists in a Folder" button is added to the main window. Detailed description can be found in tooltip hint for the button

new : text filter indicator is added to main window

new : section titles are added to item's editor

new : "Caps Lock" key toggles auto-preview mode for screenlists and photos (ON/OFF), "Caps Lock" state indicator is added to the main window

new : database is compressed on application exit

changed : the size of screenlist/photo preview is increased a bit

changed : few cosmetic changes

fixed : user filters did not refresh automatically after cleaning up the database

fixed : possible crash at startup on Windows Server 2008 under certain circumstances (and, perhaps, on similar operation systems)

updated to v2.6.0.0

new : Videonizer's internal picture viewer is updated to support new VTX feature, coming from Video Thumbnails Maker. You can start the video from the moment from which the thumbnail shot has been taken.
Right click on a Tile to get its context menu opened. There you can find the list of installed video players at your system. Click on any title to run the desired scene.

YouTube VTX Feature demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzAap35yd34

changed : few cosmetic changes

special note: the list of supported video players for VTX Feature can be found at forum topic
https://www.suu-design.com/forum/viewtopic_players_supported.php

updated to v2.4.0.8

new : merge option is added to Bean operations; that means you can add bean's Genres / Actors / Sites to your items without replacing existing content; hold down ALT button to change Bean applying mode to Merge ("Apply ..." caption will change to "Merge ..."); also you can use context menus to work with Beans

new : Alt+G / Alt+A / Alt+S hotkeys to add current bean's Genres / Actors / Sites to selected items

changed : few cosmetic changes

fixed : CTRL+Enter combination did not start a single selected video; also CTRL+Enter shortcut did not display in a single selection context menu

updated to v2.4.0.7

new : statistic window is shown after completion of "Clean up current DB" procedure

new : if a video file, pointed by VTX picture file, does not exists - the program tries to load the video from the folder where VTX file is situated

fixed : an undesired alert popup window during "Clean up current DB" procedure is suppressed

updated to v2.4.0.6

new : "Filter by Resolution" sort button is added

new : "Filter by Duration" sort button is added

changed : speed up of adding new video-files to a database

changed : significantly speed up of applying a Bean (Genres, Actors or Sites)

changed : double approval from user is required to start the process of cleaning up of current database

fixed : few cosmetic fixes

updated to v2.4.0.5

new : "Clean up current DB" button is added. This operation cleans up non-existing items, photos and screenlists in your database

new : filter (search) by folder name is added

new : full support for VTX file format is added

changed : "Full Auto" feature for generating screenlist in background for an item has become FREE (Video Thumbnails Maker version 6+ is required to be installed)

fixed : rare unexpected "add photo dialog" pop-up is suppressed

updated to v2.4.0.4

sort button is added to Actors and Sites lists; three types of sorting are available: alphabetically ascending, alphabetically descending and "in order of appearance"; press the button to cycle through the options; your choice remains alive until the program is shut down

few cosmetic changes

audio/video information module is updated

updated to v2.4.0.3

"CTRL+ENTER" over a group of items sends a playlist to "the first external video-player" (that means to the first player in the list of available players for the first selected item of the list)

if you want to choose a particular player to open a group of items - use right mouse button to call a context menu and choose a video-player to play the playlist

Minimize/Restore bug for small notebook screens is fixed

updated to v2.4.0.2

new "File Name" filter allows you to filter the list of files on the fly (case-insensitive)

"CTRL+ENTER" hotkey is added to open selected file with your system default video-player (as an alternative to middle mouse button)

updated to v2.4.0.1

"Delete physically" option is added to the items context menu

a "middle mouse button" click on an item will open corresponding video-file with your system default video-player

video information module is updated

database info section is redesigned

updated to v2.3.0.9

support for small screens is added

updated to v2.3.0.8

quickfix: an unsuppressed warning occured on some configurations during startup

updated to v2.3.0.7

full-screen size support is added (click on the "maximize" box near the "close window" box)

new "5-stars" rating system

the main window size choice is stored and used during startup

few cosmetic changes

updated to v2.3.0.6

fixed: an error occured in the Settings window when choosing a file type to support or not to support

updated to v2.3.0.5

new "File types to support" button is added to the Settings window; allows you to customize Videonizer's extensions filters

a bug is fixed when deleted screenlists and photos still remained in the database physically

updated to v2.3.0.4

the size of all windows is increased

active window border is highlighted with lavender color; also lavender color is used to highlight buttons and grids

new "duration" column is added to the grid of items; the field is filled automatically for every video-item you update or add to the database

"Insert" hotkey is added to the Genres, Actors, Sites windows to open addition interface

new filter buttons, few cosmetic changes, tooltips

updated to v2.3.0.2

non-operable "Open With..." context menu item is fixed

the dynamic list of video-players to play a video-file from the list is build more accurate

updated to v2.3.0.1

new "resolution" column is added to the grid of items; the field is filled automatically for every video-item you update or add to the database

"hall of fame" window is redesigned completely

a single click on genres, actors, sites, screenlists or photos area in the item's editor window equals to a click on the corresponding "add" button

restoration of initial directory for dialogs is fixed in the item's editor window

the size of the main window is increased

few cosmetic changes, tooltips

updated to v2.1.0.9

strategy to prevent adding duplicate video-files is improved

several buttons in the main window are rearranged

updated to v2.1.0.8

Videonizer is now compatible with UAC (User Account Control under Vista/Win7)

updated to v2.1.0.7

"Check for updates" feature is added. Press "Check for updates" button to find an update automatically (internet connection is required). If a newer version is found, Videonizer downloads it automatically and makes a suggestion to install

windows 7 "bad tooltips" bugs are fixed

tooltip with the current database path is added. Hold the mouse over "DB name" area to popup it

cursor appearance is changed to "Hand" over active controls everywhere

few cosmetic changes

updated to v2.1.0.6

context menu speed is increased significantly for large/medium databases

SHIFT + END hotkey is added. Use it to select items from the last selected row to the end of the list

SHIFT+ HOME hotkey is added. Use it to select items from the first selected row to the first row of the list

"G" hotkey is added to edit Genres Bean, "SHIFT + G" hotkey is added to apply Genres Bean to selected items

"A" hotkey is added to edit Actors Bean, "SHIFT + A" hotkey is added to apply Actors Bean to selected items

"S" hotkey is added to edit Sites Bean, "SHIFT + S" hotkey is added to apply Sites Bean to selected items

if you can not open a DB for some reason during startup - Videonizer makes a suggestion to create a new DB for you. Thus you will be able to start the program

fixed a bug when scrollbar becomes black after adding new video files to the list

default rating apearance is changed to stars

deutsch translation is completed

few cosmetic changes

updated to v2.1.0.5

Videonizer is integrated with Video Thumbnails Maker; "Full Auto" button is added to the item's editor; pressing the button creates a screenlist in background, using current Video Thumbnails Maker settings, and adds the screenlist to the item automatically; works only for activated Video Thumbnails Maker version 3.0.0.6 or higher

EMPTY / FILLED indicators are added to beans (also works in context menus)

ASC / DESC indicators are added to sorting buttons

sorting bugs are fixed

design improvements

updated to v1.2.0.4

three sort-orders for items are added: 1) alphabetical; 2) file's date-time;3) date-time added to the database;
corresponding buttons are added to the main window

Videonizer restores your sort-order choice at startup

some cosmetic changes

updated to v1.2.0.3

"Autolink screenlists" feature is added.
Every time you add a video to the program it will search a screenlist in the same folder as videofile and add that screenlist to the video automatically. The image should have the same name as the videofile plus an image extension (.jpg/.png/...)

"Autolink screenlists" ON/OFF setting is added to the Settings window.

Rare registration bug is fixed

updated to v1.2.0.2

"Set Rating" option is added to the pictures context menu (right mouse button)

icon is added to the items/pictures context menu (right mouse button)

alphabetic sorting is added for items, actors and sites descriptions

updated to v1.2.0.0

"Set Rating" option is added to the items context menu (right mouse button)

"Add Genre", "Add Actor", "Add Site" buttons are rearranged

some visual enhancements

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