Replay A/V 8 is released today! This is a major improvement over version 7. Here are the highlights:
– resizable window
– fully integrated with Replay Converter
– improved URL finder: more supported network cards and also finds downloaded videos from the browser cache
– YouTube, Google Video and customizations for other video download sites
– TV Tuner card and Webcam support
– custom MP3 tags
– new UI
– over 60 enhancements
Here are the details:
– added SWF filter to URL finder
– max URL size now 4096 bytes
– increased size of Sirius/XM password field to 32 bytes
– uses Replay Converter for conversions
– now checks for existing file before starting conversions
– improved ASF file fixing
– Burn/Copy dialog now contains conversion options
– Burn/Copy dialog now has delete option, radio buttons
– Added Custom MP3 Tagging option – with time and date codes!
– left click a show opens action menu by default (option in settings)
– action menu contains icons
– can drag items in show list to move them
– new resizeable UI
– list box rows have alternating colors
– added Media Pak functionality
– audio recordings now show status in item display – no more top countdown timer
– fixed problem with errant no sound warning when starting to manually record audio
– Quick Record now adds an entry to the shows list – makes recordings easier to find and manage
– added a top menu
– removed a lot of buttons
– no more status message area
– renamed Burn/Copy to Convert/Transfer
– made Basic tab for show properties as simple as possible
– nicer log viewer – can now pick the log date to view, copy the log filename, or delete log files
– URL Finder/Stream Capture works with USB,ADSL, dial-up connections now
– added undo last show delete menu function
– URL Finder looks in cache for FLV files (solves problems with people unable to capture FLV files)
– URL Finder adds names of files to cached display
– URL Finder now horizontally scrolls for long URLs
– program icon in task bar changes to red when recording
– slick new recording wizard
– pop-up menu now has icons
– added TV Tuner Card and WebCam capture
– URL Finder now has clipboard copy button
– makes an automatic backup of the recording schedule file
– added option to fix unseekable ASF files in Convert/Transfer dialog
– upon starting Replay A/V, if unfinished conversion jobs are found, user has the option to continue them or delete them. This replaces the need to edit the registry in case a conversion job gets stuck.
– tuner window now has name of tuned show in caption bar
– tuner now shows TV stations in properly sized window
– displays warning message on duplicate show names – prevents some conversion errors
– fixed bug with some Podcasts not writing to proper folders. Usually with many simultaneous downloads.
– streaming aac files (icyx:// protocol) now saved properly as .aac files
– XM and Sirius recordings now use larger tuner window
– added Preview option to URL Finder
– URL Finder remembers show/hide cache setting during the current session
– more audio/mp3 content types now recognized in URL finder
– Players no longer close when Quick Record ends
– tuner now always remains visible
– closing while recording now finishes processing files
– installer now has a “Launch” checkbox upon completion
– Quick Record no longer keeps tags from previous operation
– Update and some other Web pages now appear maximized
– QuickTime videos with no content-type now appear OK in URL Finder
– fixed crash when attempting to record long URLs
– WDBO now closes properly after recording (special case)
– sound card driver setup happens only after a sound recording is selected
– new option for Canadian Sirius users to log in and tune
– Now captures URLS of Live365 stations properly
– changed how USB devices are unhooked after syncing
– “pls” content-types are recordable now (i.e.e http://www.1.fm/trance.pls)
– manual conversions now run in the background
– veoh.com videos now appear in the cache locator
– Update All Podcasts no longer has long delay before we see stuff happening.
– default “connection time” is 12 seconds, not 30
– default Stream Capture Time Out is 300, not 180