Macenstein

Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Get it while it’s hot!

Flip4Mac has posted a new universal beta build (#V2.1.0.29) of its popular Windows Media QuickTime plug-in for download, and this time even people NOT in the beta program are allowed to partake of the WMV goodness. There is a catch however. The link will only work for 24 hours, after that it turns back into a pumpkin, so get yours quick!

New in this version:
• Added universal binary support for Intel Macs
• Added playback optimizations for Intel Macs
• Added significant export optimizations for PowerPC Macs
• Added multi language audio support in player
• Added overlay when importing WMV content in trial mode
• Added support for web authors to disable “save as” feature in embedded stream
• Improved support for MMS servers and live streams
• Fixed DCT Blocking issue (progressive deterioration with increasing distance from previous keyframe)
• Fixed encode errors when the audio bit rate is set higher than the video bit rate.

Not yet added (planned for final release)
• Fix 2-pass VBR green shift issue
• Updated User Guide