VideoDrive for Snow Leopard Release Notes

Update: re-enabled Growl notifications for Growl 1.2 and Snow Leopard 10.6.2
Update: added new Growl notification for the import of each individual video title. This can be turned on and off in the Growl Preferences panel.
Update: if VideoDrive wants to create a video file at a location where a file with the same name already exists, it will now append the suffix "2" to the file name and continues importing instead of aborting the import process.
Update: renamed some options in the Preferences panel and clarified their function in the tooltips.
Bug Fix: fixed an incompatibility with certain WMV files.
Bug Fix: WMV en MKV videos are no longer processed by QuickTime X on Snow Leopard. Instead QuickTime 7 is used.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue where imported videos are created in the iTunes media folder instead of the requested target folder.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue where VideoDrive waits indefinitely for QuickTime X to finish converting a video.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue where canceling the import process would halt indefinitely while converting videos using QuickTime X.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue where canceling the import process would move the original video file to trash when import method 5 is selected.

Update: Improved error messaging when importing videos.
Update: Unified this version for MacOSX Snow Leopard and Leopard.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue where the error message of a failed video import would incorrectly indicate a problem related to QuickTime.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue with QuickTime X in combination with requeuing videos (available on the Queue tab of Preferences).
Bug Fix: fixed an issue with the video import waiting forever after clicking the cancel button.

Update: Clarified an error message when converting videos fails when the Quicktime codecs are corrupted or conflicting versions are installed.
Update: When importing a video with import method 4 fails, VideoDrive will no longer attempt to import the video twice.
Important Bug Fix: fixed a user-reported issue when the merging titles option is not selected. This issue appeared in version 1.13 and has been fixed in this hot-fix release.

Update: QuickTime Player X compatibility. A new option in Advanced Preferences allows to use QuickTime Player X instead of QuickTime Player 7 for conversions. Note that QuickTime 7 still needs to be present on Snow Leopard.
Update: workaround for QuickTime bug where a video will not be converted properly when the display and/or the system try to sleep. This will fix the issue where VideoDrive fails conversion when processing multiple videos with import methods 5, 6, 7 or 8.
Update: stability improvements for import method 4. In specific cases, a non-descriptive error dialog would pop up causing the video not to be imported properly.
Update: improved behaviour when pressing the cancel button during video imports.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue where VideoDrive would return an incorrect error message when QuickTime 7 did not process a video.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue where VideoDrive assigns metadata to the wrong video in case two videos in your library have the same properties.

Version 1.12.2
Bug Fix: fixed a time-out issue when moving big video files.

Update: re-enabled online search of movie and TV show genres
Bug Fix: VideoDrive would not return any artwork when looking online for videos already in iTunes, in the specific case when one wants to search for artwork but not for missing information (metadata).
Bug Fix: fixed a small graphical glitch with icons being shown on top of each other in the online metadata window.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue resulting in an incorrect season number and/or episode number being assigned to a video.

Update: new algorithm to search for online metadata. This will dramatically increase the accuracy of the metadata found online.
Update: enhanced the algorithm to clean polluted file names. This will enhance the accuracy of the metadata found online.
Update: improved error handling when queued videos are deleted while VideoDrive is not running.
Update: fixed plot and tagline metadata missing for some videos after searching online.
Update: taglines are no longer truncated when too long.
Update: re-enabled downloading of online metadata.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue causing VideoDrive to hang after canceling a video import.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue where HTML code would appear in the episode name of some TV Shows.
Bug Fix: fixed a rare issue causing VideoDrive to assign a season number to a movie.
Bug Fix: fixed an reliability issue with import method 5.
Bug Fix: fixed an issue where the converted video could not be found in the iTunes library when using import methods 5 until 8. This QuickTime issue caused the import failure of all following videos. If this issue still occurs, try disabling Display Sleep in System Preferences (Energy settings).

Version 1.11.3
Update: re-enabled downloading of online metadata. Update: full support for 64bit Snow Leopard. Update: updated some explanations. Bug Fix: fixed an reliability issue with import method 5. Bug Fix: fixed an issue where the converted video could not be found in the iTunes library when using import methods 5 until 8. This QuickTime issue caused the import failure of all following videos.

Version 1.11.2
Update: restored compability with Elgato.264 and Elgato.264 HD under Snow Leopard

Version 1.11.1
Update: hot folders can now be enabled/disabled from within VideoDrive Preferences under Snow Leopard. Update: artwork is now properly saved in iTunes under Snow Leopard. Update: disabled the chaptering option under Snow Leopard.