File Converter v2.0
Changelog
- New: Possibility to create custom command line preset for types converted with FFMPEG (video and audio) (github issue #19 #18 #41 #61 #73 #128 #140 #153 #177 #182 #225 #255 #310 #314 #316 #325).
- New: Possibility to create preset folders in File Converter context menu.
- New: Ability to drag and drop to move conversion presets.
- New: Possibility to export and import conversion presets to share it with other users.
- New: More presets for scale and rotation in File Converter default configuration.
- New: Display conversion progress on the Windows taskbar item.
- New: Display estimated remaining time for each jobs.
- New: Support new image input formats: arw, cr2, dds, dng, jfif, nef, raf, tif and heic (github issue #29 #96 #113 #130).
- New: Support new video input formats: 3gpp, mpg, rm, ts (github issue #23 #59 #101 #318).
- New: Support new audio input formats: m4b, opus (github issue #111 #351).
- New: Icons on context menu elements and conversion preset list actions.
- New: Remove the need to ask administrator privileges to edit File Converter settings (github issue #4 #30 #32).
- New: Highlight in red elements that contains errors in the preset list.
- New: Messages logged from main thread are now displayed in the console standard output.
- New: Add the bookmarks in pdf when converting from word file (thanks to wangweirui).
- New: Possibility to use conversion date in output file path template (github issue #56).
- New: Option to copy files in clipboard after conversion (thanks to hsayed21).
- New: Brazilian Portuguese translation (thanks to Marhc).
- New: Spanish translation (thanks to Chachak).
- New: Italian translation (thanks to Davide).
- New: German translation (thanks to nikotschierske).
- New: Simplified Chinese translation (thanks to Snoopy1866).
- New: Turkish translation (thanks to MayaC0re).
- New: Hindi translation (thanks to vishveshjain).
- New: Arabic translation (thanks to Mahmoud0Sultan).
- New: Traditional Chinese translation (thanks to Sedimentary-Rock).
- New: Greek translation (thanks to CrisBalGreece).
- Change: Portuguese translation improvement (thanks to hugok79).
- Change: Rework extension so it uses the settings file on disk instead of registry settings (github issue #22 #32 #176 #340 #343).
- Change: Some UX improvements.
- Change: Replace Pledgie donation button by Paypal donation button since Pledgie does not exist anymore.
- Change: Correction of spell mistakes in the french translation (thanks to Sylvain Pollet-Villard).
- Change: Change output files timestamp to match original file (github issue #33) (thanks to Diego López Bugna).
- Fixes: Issue where there was a maximum number of files to convert at the same time depending on the length of file paths (github issue #86).
- Fixes: Issue where File Converter version upgrade download was not working due to an issue with https encryption.
- Fixes: Issue where output video was not working correclty on some video players like Quick time (github issue #34) (thanks to Diego López Bugna).
- Fixes: Issue where icons and images were blurry on high dpi device.
- Fixes: Issue where file with 'Error' in there name were generating false negative result (github issue #247).
- Tech: Complete rework of the project architecture to be able to improve it in a long term perspective. The project is now using the MVVM Community Toolkit and is following more closely this design pattern.
- Tech: Update ffmpeg to v6.1.1 and ImageMagick to v13.5.
- Tech: Update SharpShell to v2.7.2.
- Tech: Change ghostscript version from 9.21 to 10.02.1.
- Tech: Update project to Visual Studio 2022 and installer Wix 4.
- Tech: Update project to .NET framework 4.8.
- Tech: Check for .NET framework version in installer and prompt the user if the required version is not installed.
- Tech: Remove sharpshell tools from installer dependencies. The shell extension is now registered by File Converter application (github issue #39 #46).
- Tech: Remove Windows Vista support and 32bit platform support. Use File Converter 1.2.3 if you need these.