14 mar 2008 -
MyTheatre v3.38.2
- Added
support for TeVii cards S400,S600,S420
- fix
for SkyStar1/Nexus for handling some streams.
- Note: this
is NOT summary of my work for one year. This is only hot fix
for 3.xx version. Version 4 will be presented later which will include
global changes in MyTheatre such as h.264 support and other features.
14 mar 2007 -
MyTheatre v3.38
- Added
support for Genpix and DVBTech 8PSK boards.
For proper transponder settings please contact Genpix and DVBTech
respectively.
- BroadLogic cards now supported again.
- Added DishPro LNB support. (Choose "DishPro" in LOFSW field of
satellite and correct DishPro LOF1/2 settings)
- some minor fixes.
17 feb 2007
-
MyTheatre v3.37.2
- more Vista
tweaks. Attention! Do not
install MyTheatre into
"Program Files" folder in Vista! Please install MyTheatre into folder
something like "C:\MyTheatre". In this case everything in MyTheatre
will able to work.
- Scheduled
recordings in 3.37 didn't work in some cases.
25 nov 2006
-
MyTheatre v3.37
- Vista
support release
- several
problems with Windows Vista has been fixed.
- Added
Microsoft MPEG2 Audio/video decoders included in vista.
- Due
to incompatibility of Broadlogic/VBox libraries with Windows Vista,
support for broadlogic cards has been removed. Broadlogic users have
to use MyTheatre version 3.36
- some minor fixes
25
may 2006
-
MyTheatre v3.36
-new:
USALS support (hardware settings)
-new:
Ability to choose audiotrack while playback file with multiple
audio.
Shortcut to change audio in
Live, File and DVD mode is common
now.
-new:
remote control of Digiwave 103g now supported too.
-upd:
update Technotrend Budget PCI library. new versions of TT Budget
PCI cards should work now.
-upd:
Generic Mode: when option "Optimize for wide screen" turned on,
subtitles could be displayed
beyond visible area.
-fix:
VMR Mode: Video Width Fit didn't work properly.
-fix:
more checks in Closed Captions routines against stream integrity.
12
apr 2006
-
MyTheatre v3.35.3
-new:
DiSEqC
1.2 support in standard SkyStar-2 driver. Driver v4.4.0
introduces native support for DiSEqC1.2/raw. Users of SS2 rev2.6x
have to start to use driver
v4.4.0 if support for Motor/Positioner
required.
Users of SS2 rev2.3 have to use one of old enhanced
driver because
timings in new driver still aren't good and may cause
problem of
working DiSEqC devices
(switch, motor/positioner).
-new: multiple SS2
device support (starting from driver 4.4.0)
-fix: Spectral
Inversion for Nova WDM driver couldn't be reached.
-fix: one bug
caused sometimes MyTheatre to hang on BDA driver.
-fix: new source
aspect ratios 16:10/5:4 couldn't saved into presets.
24
mar 2006
-
MyTheatre v3.35.1
-fix: v3.35 could hang on some BDA
drivers.
-upd:
updated SDK library for BDA driver of Technotrend Budget-PCI-CI
and Hauppauge Nova-CI to latest
found. May be it will improve CAM
compatibility in its BDA driver.
20
mar 2006
-
MyTheatre v3.35
-new: Added
support for specific features of Technotrend Budget BDA
driver (including Hauppage
Nova-CI) - Common Interface and DiSEqC
1.0/2.0. Please note, DiSEqC 1.2
(motor, positioner) not supported by
this
driver (although there is function for DiSEqC 1.2). For DiSEqC 1.2
use
WDM driver.
-new:
dialog for Nova WDM driver
settings.
It seems, Nova DVB-C requires Spectral
Inversion to be forcely turned
ON.
-new: settings for Modulation and
FEC type in LNB dialog for future
expanding to 8PSK/DVB-S2
modulations. FEC settings is supported by
Hauppauge Nova(WDM driver),
Nexus, and SkyStar-2 drivers.
It's better to leave Modulation and FEC
settings in "Auto" mode.
-upd:
Constellation (QAM) for
Cable cards now is more convenient than
before.
-upd:
added LNB power control for
cards based on Conexant CX2388x
chip. if by some reason other
application turn LNB power off then
MyTheatre could fail to work.
-fix:
Philips Sylt Driver
supplied with MyTheatre didn't work with several
last releases of MyTheatre (Att:
to Cinergy 1200 DVB-S users). Users
without DiSEqC may use BDA driver
from Terratec site.
This WDM driver is useful only for
users having DiSEqC switch, motor or
positioner.
-fix:
one minor bug in DVB
subtitles.
07
feb 2006
-
MyTheatre v3.33.8
-hot-fix release.
Some debugging code remained in 3.33.7 which
prevented to see subtitles.
04
feb 2006
-
MyTheatre v3.33.7
-new: added IVR
renderer aspect ratios 16:10 and 5:4.
-new: if opening file lies in folder
video_ts then MyTheatre will
assume this as DVD dump and will switch
to DVD mode to play it.
-fix: sometimes recording could cause
high CPU usage after a while
22
Dec 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.33.5
-fix: if
string of Teletext subtitles begun with national character then this
character hadn't displayed
-fix: lockups in IVR mode (found
in v3.33.3)
-fix:
shutdown in 1 hour if MyTheatre launched in file mode
-upd: ATSC version of
AirStar should work now
21
Nov 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.33.3
-upd: IVR frame synchronization fully rewritten. It should consume now
less CPU power.
-fix: problem with some DirectShow Decoders (see message board).
-fix: other minor bugs.
-This version includes Video/Audio decoders from BlazeVideo for testing
purpose. Leave your opinions about these encoders on message
board.
15
Nov 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.33
-new: Options to tune scanning process (in scanning log window)
-new: full DiSEqC support for Hauppauge WinTV Nova-S SE/SE2/Plus
(BDA Driver)
-new: MTRemote now supports remote controls of Hauppauge
Nova 88x series.
-upd: OSD EPG now shows channel number
-upd: support BDA driver for Twinhan StarBox on USB 1.1 as well.
25
Oct 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.32
-new: ATSC
support (no ATSC EPG supported yet)
-new: DVD subtitles switch shortcut now works in Live mode as well.
-new: Remote Control support for
Twinhan VP7041/42/20/21/45/46
Note: There is BDA driver
for VP7045/46 which provides better RC
support through HID
emulation.
-upd: some tweaks in BDA support.
-upd: some changes in Pinnacle
PCTV support code.
PCTV 400i should work now (not tested).
-fix: OSD EPG didn't display
events of some providers.
-fix: some bugs in decoding of
Closed Captions.
06 Oct 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.31
- new: Closed Captions support.
(Subtitles settings) use VMR7 or VMR9
renderer in order to see CC in generic renderer mode.
- fix: MyTheatre didn't work
with Technisat v4.3.2 driver.
Note for SkyStar-2
users: there is no 4.3.2 enhanced driver yet.
Use 4.3.0 enhanced driver if you want use Motor/Positioner or have
problem with DiSEqC.
- fix: IVR mode ate a lot of CPU on ATI
cards in v3.30 (strange problem
but it was not MyTheatre fault)
- fix: teletext subtitles had too high position on screen.
- new: Options to setup preferred Video and Audio Renderers (seems
DirectShow has no Merit option for rendereres) for playback of
files of
any type. (Autograph settings)
- fix:
folder of Technisat "4.3.00 Enhanced" driver had been wrongly
named as 4.2.30 :)
28 Sep 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.30
- new: DVB Subtitles support!
- new: all features of
Twinhan PCI cards (like raw DiSEqC, CI) now
supported through BDA
driver
- upd: drivers for Technisat and Twinhan cards
have been updated in
full package to latest
known.
- upd: changes in IVR renderer to make more compatible with
HyperThreading and
SMP.
- upd: OSD in Generic mode have
been reworked. Now requires VMR7
or VMR9 renderer.
- upd: Subtitles require IVR mode
or Generic with VMR7 or VMR9 renderer
- upd: Teletext Subtitles
presentation re-worked
- new: ShortCut setting to move
MyTheatre window between monitors.
- new: Option to separate Channel
list visibility in windowed and
fullscreen modes (Display
tab)
- new: Now MyTheatre can
show/accept PID in either HEX or Decimal form.
("Show/Enter PID in Decimal Form"
in display tab)
- new: support for for Technisat AirStar,
CableStar cards. It hasn't been
checked, i have no these cards.
- upd: SkyStar2 signal quality didn't work in
new driver. Code has been
updated to 4.3 driver
version. Enhanced driver v4.3 for SkyStar2 PCI
(sorry, no USB version, use older driver) included in full package.
- new: option "Use OS cache
to access HardDrive" in Timeshift settings
- new: option "Start in
Fullscreen Mode" (miscellaneous tab)
- new: CI support (103x cards)
for Twinhan PCI BDA driver
- fix: Twinhan 7041/42 (MagicBox)
now works with driver from
VisionDTV v2.604. But
older driver is preffered to use due to much more
stablility.
- fix: Twinhan 7045/46
(AlphaDVB/MagicBox II) issues.
- fix: some minor visual bugs
27 May 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.27
- new: option
for Spectral Inversion in Nexus/SS1 settings
- fix: resource leak in generic
mode OSD.
- fix: bug in BDA support code
caused MyTheatre lockup on start phase.
- greately reduces CPU loading in
IVR modes, especially on
uniprocessor systems.
- better frame sync in IVR mode.
- improved loading manually
modified graphs.
But anyway try avoid manual
modification of graphs!
- fix: exception in activating
hardware mode (Nexus/SS1)
- fix: NTSC has been distorted in
hardware mode (Nexus/SS1).
Note: if you installed driver
from MyTheatre v3.26 then update driver
again, it seems "(KS)"
driver has bug with handling NTSC in hardware
mode. Correct driver has
been included in full package of this version.
- fix: fixes in Broadlogic/VBox
support code.
- upd: DiSEqC now works with VBox
BL2030 cards. According specification,
only 2030B-16 model can
support DiSEqC. Older models may support or
may not.
21 Apr 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.26
- fix: very old issue "Call To OS Function Failed" when desktop locked
- new: option to setup recording gaps before and after required time.
- upd: updated code for VBox 2030 cards, added support
for 2050(DVB-T) (not tested yet)
- upd: updated code for Nova PCI/TT Budget PCI cards
(from 2.18c - newer than SDK??)
- upd: based on latest Nexus/TT Premium SDK (v2.19).
ATTN: users of Nexus v2.3 - read support board!
- new: Subtitle page can be selected by page number as well
(IVR modes only)
- fix: timeshift in file was limited by 4GB (very old bug?)
- fix: IVR Deinterlace (non-DXVA) mode was distorted since v3.25
- fix: DirectShow filter settings was empty for some filters.
- upd: improved loading of Graph Files (XGR) - now filter data is
loading too. (DMO support option no more required)
- some hidden bugs in IVR mode was fixed.
- other minor bugs fixed
10 Mar 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.25.1
- hotfix: all BDA cards recognized as DVB-S (introduced in v3.25)
- hotfix: no video in IVR modes in 16bit color mode (introduced in
v3.25)
- upd: DXVA can be switched off now
- upd: direct show filter properties now display pin properties as well.
- other minor fixes.
09 Mar 2005
-
MyTheatre v3.25
- new: support
DXVA in IVR modes
- upd: force enabled DXVA on VMR7
renderer in generic mode
-
new: AutoGraph - automatic graph creation with requested filters
(General Settings->Autograph)
- fix: prohibit delete favorite
"NONE"
- upd: improved multimonitor
video/direct3d acceleration
- new: IVR HDTV modes
- new: Raw Input Remote Control
support (MCE RC and other HID
input devices)
- "speed up work with
settings.ini" now selectable (Miscellaneous options)
- fix: "settings per user" was
equal to "database per user".
- upd: TimeShift buffer in file bypasses windows
caching mechanism,
and thus not RAM-hungry like before.
23
Dec 2004 -
MyTheatre v3.21
- improved LNB
dialog's interface
- BDA support for DVB-C, DVB-T,
DVB-S(no diseqc support, BDA
architecture
limitation)
- added TwinHan USB DVB-T 7041.
- moved all menu shortcuts to
shortcut settings (reload Keyboard
template if you upgrade
from previous version)
- fix: Twinhan PCI DVB-C
(non-BDA) didn't work
- improved stability for CI interface of TT
Premiun/Nexus
08 Nov 2004 -
MyTheatre v3.20.02
- upd:
skystar-2 PCI/USB detect. display level for USB version
- fix: command line didn't work
if MyTheatre is running and
command line passed through another copy of MyTheatre (not through
MTStart)
04 Nov
2004 -
MyTheatre v3.20.01
- fix: command line didn't work right in v3.20
- fix: now MyTheatre prevents switch to channel without audio track
02 Nov
2004 -
MyTheatre v3.20. Final release! Changes since v3.19.RC3:
- NEW: Display Teletext Subtitles in generic renderer mode.
- fix:
fixes in MUI (multilanguage interface) - some OSD strings was
initialized before
language file.
- fix: start from 12:00AM in
recording time when system time uses
12 hour scale.
- fix: bug while exit:DVB card
uninitialized before than PID filters deleted.
(was caused problems with cards
which have Hardware PID filters)
- fix: EPG not populated if Compact
selected as "at start" (long awaited
fix which was hard to
catch!)
- fix: Show/Hide by click on tray icon sometimes didn't work.
- fix: check for availability of
disk for timeshift file.
- fix: access violations while
scan presented in recent releases
- fix: access vilolation while
switching from live to file mode and back
- fix: volume control in playback
mode sometimes didn't work
- fix: MyTheatre
"file_to_playback" didn't work
- fix: some little visual fixes
- fix: some fixes in EPG parser
- upd: MTRemote greately has been
rewritten.
- upd: speed up work with
settings.ini
- new: Option in Expert Settings for
workaround for some Guide
channels like Multivision NOOS
(HotBird), Channel 9 Guide (Australia).
- new: support DMO Filters,
optional
(Miscellaneous->Support DMO Filters)
- new: Subtitles on/off in
shortcuts
- new: Direct Shortcut functions call
through PostMessage/SendMessage
regardless assigned key
(SDK)
- new: AC3 audio priority over
MPEG2 audio (Settings->Audio/Volume)
- new: option "Don't update
channel names while scan" (Miscellaneous)
- new: Sort transponders by
polarization/band while scan (probably better
way to scan)
- new: option "Send DiSEqC message as Pol/Band
change while scan"
(Miscellaneous)
- new: "distinguish channels by
NID+SID while scan" (Miscellaneous)
- new: check for Win9X/ME. no
more errors - just mention about refuse to
work under win9X/ME
- new: simple broadcast. use VLC
(www.videolan.org) as player on
client PC.
- new: pressed CTRL while loading
MyTheatre -> disable
graphs/broadcast
- new: pressed ALT while loading
MyTheatre -> OFFLINE mode
- new: "optimize videosize for
wide screen" ON/OFF through shortcut
(shortcut settings)
- new: Added Twinhan USB DVB-S
VP702X
- new: Added TwinHan USB DVB-T
VP7045
- new: display Volume and Channel
Number in generic mode
- new: simple display of
position in timeshift buffer in generic mode as it
changes by shortcut key.
- new: option "Use OSD in generic mode" (IVR/OSD
settings).
Note: for generic renderer
mode i suggest use graphs W2K (Overlay
Mixer2 + Video Renderer) instead WXP (VMR7 Video renderer) if you
want less flickering OSD.
- new: more OSD info in generic renderer mode.
03 Sep 2004 -
MyTheatre v3.19.RC3
- NEW: Display Teletext Subtitles in generic renderer mode.
- NEW: ability capture RAW stream by plugins. New example - plugin
"RawRecord".
- NEW: ability to capture date from output Audio/Video pins by plugins.
- NEW: added support for Tongshi cards.
- NEW: added support for FireSat cards.
- NEW: added support for Hansern cards.
- NEW: list of command-line options (Menu: Help->Command-Line
Switches)
- additional checks and fixes in EPG parser.
- fixes in DVD playback.
- now compatible with non-Admin users.
- UPD: better handling one-band converters. (where only one LOF or
LOF1=LOF2 specified)
- FIX: Subtitles sometimes was skipped.
- FIX: some fixes in interface, more translatable things.
- FIX: access violations in LNB setting when there are no satellites in
list.
additional notifications while importing INI files.
- in hope this will be final version before stable release.
09 Aug
2004 - Official forum is
on-line! New address of Official forum:
board.mytheatre.ru
30 Jul 2004
- Official forum currently down. New
domain and host was bought right
before present forum gone. We hope phpbbhost.info will up soon and
we will transfer database to new location.
Sorry for inconvenience
23 Jul 2004
- MyTheatre v3.19.RC2
- NEW: Hauppauge DEC3000 and Technotrend MicroPlus support (not all
functions supported due to SDK limitation)
- NEW: "Make Visible on Primary Monitor" option in system and main
menu if main window jump outside visible area for some reason.
- FIX: TwinHan VisionPlus DVB-T/C now works!
- FIX: access violation in EPG manager while navigating.
- FIX: record by scheduler sometimes didn't finish with close.
- FIX: Record radio channels on SkyStar-1 with Hardware mode
- FIX: more fixes in Subtitles.
- other minor fixes
06 Jun 2004 -
MyTheatre v3.19.RC1
- NEW: Current time marks in OSD EPG.
- FIX: TwinHan support code (DVB-C/T)
- FIX: BroadLogic support code fix (tested on BL 2030-01 now)
- UPD: in Shortcut tab: jump to function if used button is pressed.
- UPD: File being recorded not more locked.
- UPD: Audio A/B shortcut
- UPD: Better handling of subtitles if there are more than 5 languages.
- UPD: Better handling of subtitles for non-standard channels.
- UPD: Narrowed display area for subtitles.
- UPD: write Channel lock status into settings.ini (for plugins)
- UPD: Added choice for full screen monitor - "current";
- UPD: TRANSPONDER_WILLBE_CHANGED event now has parameter SatID
(for plugins)
- FIX: some cosmetic foxes..
21 May 2004 -
MyTheatre v3.19.Beta8
- NEW: Re-designed Remote Control support and Shortcuts settings.
Some notes for new shortcuts/RC settings will be available soon on
Official Support Forum
- NEW: All Remote Controls (except on-board) moved to MTRemote.
- NEW: Plugins now can request Remote Control management.
- NEW: Native support for ATI Remote Wonder, Pinnacle and RealMagic
Remote Controls. These RCs no more require plugins.
- NEW: Utility LngConv available on forum. Useful for update language
files.
- UPD: Subtitles on some channels didn't work.
- UPD: Default clean/compact settings for EPG now more failsafe.
- other minor fixes.
09 May 2004 -
MyTheatre v3.19.Beta7
- NEW: Subtitles (Teletext version). Only in IVR mode now.
(Gen. Settings->Subtitles, OSD Menu ->Channel Options
->Subtitles)
- NEW: Shortcut to open scheduler
- NEW: If there are several channels with the same number then MT
switch them sequentially.
- NEW: Support of Twinlong DVB-S USB.
- FIX: More stream checks for consistency. This will reduce exception
on
channels with weak signal and with broken stream.
- FIX: Scheduled watch may was cause of switch channel while recording.
- FIX: IVR volume level wasn't show when some application changed
volume of sound card.
29 Apr
2004 - MyTheatre v3.19.Beta6
- FIX: MyTheatre didn't exit if started from scheduler.
- FIX: Gray bar in Hardware NTSC Mode.
- FIX: Scan routines was rewritten. I hope it will work better now.
- FIX: Right click on channels tree didn't select required channel.
- UPD: Optimization in PID filters.
- UPD: Speed-up of stream parser.
- UPD: Optimizations in DirectShow DVBCore source filter.
- UPD: Optimizations in channels switching.
- UPD: Menu Shortcuts for background/foreground modes.
- NEW: Clock in EPG window.
- NEW: Setup of affinity mask for Multi-Processor PCs (Expert tab)
- NEW: PID statistic for current transponder. Note: this feature doesn't
work for SkyStar-1. Probably, more things coming here..
- NEW: Ability un-skin and get control of main window (for plugins)
- NEW: More options for DiSEqC (Expert tab)
13 Apr
2004 - MyTheatre v3.19.Beta4
- NEW: Ability of disable all plugins (Expert Options) without
delete Plugins folder
- NEW: Automatic delete one-time scheduled events which are in past.
- NEW: in OSD: switch between EPG and Scheduled events (second press
"Show OSD EPG" shortcut)
- NEW: Configurable amount of lines in OSD EPG (IVR/OSD settings)
- NEW: filter type: FT_TS_MULTIPID_FILTER (for PID Grabber, plugins)
- NEW: Ability of disabling HW PID filters on SkyStar-2 (Sky2PC) cards.
- FIX: there was bug introduced in v3.19: corrupt MPEG2 file
after 5 minutes of recording.
- FIX: Alt-0 was cause of losing focus.
- FIX: Scroll bar in EPG window.
- FIX: Exception while open LNB settings
- UPD: Don't re-switch channel from scheduled events if already on
this channel.
- FIX: /LNBOff switch didn't work
- FIX: Settings of DVB cards didn't apply in previous 3.19 betas.
- UPD: More friendly installer for updates.
- other fixes..
08 Apr
2004 - MyTheatre v3.19.Beta2
- NEW: Fast Playback from TimeShift Buffer in Live Mode
(TimeShift and Shortcut>Live Mode Settings)
- NEW: Ability Add event for Watch Event (contrary to Record) into
Scheduler
- NEW: Display scheduled events in OSD EPG (both watch and record)
- NEW: Ability add and remove events to/from scheduler from OSD EPG.
- NEW: Display channel number upon switch channel/view info
- NEW: IVR Mode now starts earlier and allow see startup progress on TV.
- NEW: More Real-Time fixes in MPEG2 while recording -> more
compatibility with other applications for edit/burn MPEG2 files.
- FIX: 3.19Beta1 produced lockups and 100% CPU loading
while recording.
- FIX: some inner info which prevented use some plugins.
- FIX: v3.19beta1 sometimes refused switch to full screen
- FIX: "Clear Favorite List" didn't work
- fixes, fixes.. but don't forget - this is still beta!
30 Mar
2004 - MyTheatre v3.19.Beta1
- Completely rewritten MPEG2 recording part. CD and DVD sector
alignment allow burn
without reformat file. Much better timestamps.
Fix big "fake" bitrates on most
channels
which prevented use file in DVD
mastering.
- NEW: Info about Stream format in Generic and IVR modes.
Look at shortcuts -> Live view
- Localization/Multilanguage
Interface. Look in
Language subdir
for template. Gen.Settings->Interface.
- FIX: Delay for record from scheduler didn't work
- FIX: hung up on PCTVSat and Sky2PC with standard driver.
- FIX: HDTV->SDTV on some MPEG2 decoders produced small picture
in corner.
- FIX: Seems MS Jet DB engine has a bug which produces huge EPG.MDB
file in several minutes.
- NEW: BroadLogic DVB-S 2030/2035 cards support
- NEW: NetCast DVB cards support (tested on PCI DVB-S version)
- This is a beta version because many vital changes in DVBCore and
MyTheatre. Use 3.12 version if beta doesn't work for you.
03 Mar 2004 - MyTheatre v3.12
- NEW: Delete channels (physically). Select channels then click
by right mouse button
- NEW: Free Memory against Timeshift buffer in File play and DVD modes
- NEW: Expert option "Use Timeshift Settings for Scheduled Recordings"
- NEW: Hot-Keys for Zoom and other options (Shortcuts->QuickKeys)
- NEW: Getting Started for newbie! (thanks to Gringo!)
- NEW: extended support of DVB-C/DVB-T
(for DVB-C create satellite with 400 degree
for DVB-T create satellite with 500 degree)
- NEW: Lock channels against Children
(Actions->Lock Channels. Channel Options -> Lock. Type code as
channel number)
- NEW: Preferred Languages for EPG
- NEW: Non-Linear 4:3<->16:9 transform in IVR mode
(OSD menu: Video Setup->Advanced->SmartFit)
- UPD: Better CI support for TwinHan cards (General
Settings->Hardware)
- FIX: command-line option /DVD didn't work
- FIX: restore Video in IVR mode after switch user
- FIX: small fixes in EPG
- FIX: Some fixes in Skin Engine
- other small fixes
22 Feb 2004 - MyTheatre v3.11
- Stable enough for final version.
- FIX: Additional improvement unloading code.
- NEW: Expert option: delay before start record from scheduled task.
- NEW: Expert option: timeouts for update EPG to adjust CPU loading.
- other small fixes
