File Converter v2.0.2

Changelog

• New: Hebrew translation (thanks to AshiVered).
• Fixes: Issue where installer was not working due to registry key not updated correctly during install (issue #382).
• Fixes: Update chinese translations (thanks to jie65535).
• Fixes: Issue where tempo/pitch conversion settings were not considered as default settings resulting is some issues during backward compatibility check.

File Converter v2.0.1

Changelog

• New: Tempo and pitch conversion presets in default settings (github issue #18).
• New: Russian translation (thanks to dragomano).
• Fixes: Issue where File Converter was not appearing in Windows explorer after a successful install (issue #389).
• Fixes: Issue where newly supported input types (ts, heic, ...) were not used in presets (github issue #388).
• Fixes: Issue where standard output was not activated when started from command line.

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.

File Converter v1.2.3

Changelog

• Fixed: Issue where the scale was not working for image conversions depending on the application current language.
• Tech: Include office library dependencies in package config (now you don't need to install office to build the project).
• Tech: Upgrade Ghostscript to version 9.21.
• Tech: Update ImageMagick to version 7.0.5.

File Converter v1.2.2

Change Log

• New: Portuguese translation (thanks to Khidreal).
• Fixed: Issue where scale was corrupted when switching application language (github issue #5).
• Fixed: Issue where file metadata were not copied when converting to aac format (github issue #15).
• Tech: Update to ffmpeg 3.2.2 version.
• Tech: Improve security using https instead of http for upgrade system and links (thanks to TheAresjej).

File Converter v1.2.1

Change Log

• Fixed: Issue where audio file tags were not copied in a format readable by Windows.
• Fixed: Issue where the default language was set to french (github issue #6).
• Fixed: Issue where the size of a pdf generated from images was not consistent.
• Change: Small improvements of File Converter application and installer interface thanks to TheAresjej (github issues #7 and #8).

File Converter v1.2

Change Log

• New: Possibility to convert Word documents (docx, odt and doc) to pdf and images (this feature is only available if you have Microsoft Word installed).
• New: Possibility to convert Excel documents (xlsx, ods and xls) to pdf and images (this feature is only available if you have Microsoft Excel installed).
• New: Possibility to convert PowerPoint documents (pptx, odp and ppt) to pdf and images (this feature is only available if you have Microsoft PowerPoint installed).
• New: Possibility to convert images and documents to webp format.
• New: Support new image input format: webp.
• New: Add the possibility to cancel image, CDA extraction and gif conversions.
• Fixed: Issue where multiple conversion jobs were created for the same file resulting in an error message.
• Tech: Improve application performances on startup.
• Tech: Improve diagnostics.

File Converter v1.1

Change Log

• New: Localization system. File Converter can now be translated in multiple languages. The default language is the same than your OS language (if available).
• New: Add the possibility to choose the application language in the application settings.
• New: Add french localization.
• New: Possibility to convert a Pdf file into image files (one image per page).
• New: Possibility to convert an image into a Pdf file.
• New: Possibility to encode videos using theora video codec and Ogg vorbis audio codec in a ogv container.
• New: Possibility to change the number of channels of an audio file (stereo -> mono, 5.1 -> stereo, ...).
• New: Improve the application upgrade UI. If you quit the application during the upgrade downloading, you will now see the download progress.
• New: File converter is now available for Windows 32 bits systems (download the x86 installer).
• New: Add an application option to choose the maximum number of simultaneous conversions.
• Change: Improve the application help start page (when you launch File Converter directly from the executable) with an animated picture.
• Change: Improve the output type dropdown visualization (splitting it by categories).
• Fixed: Issue where it was impossible to rotate an image for the output types: jpg and png.

File Converter v1.0

Change Log

• New: File Converter is now certified by Microsoft Authenticode.
• New: Add an about section that contains information on the software development (change log, documentation link, report issue link).
• New: Split conversion preset settings and application settings to improve ergonomy.
• New: Add help shortcut in the conversion preset edition interface that links directly to the corresponding documentation page.
• New: Add shortcuts in start menu.
• New: Create a donation campaign on Pledgie and linked it in the about section.
• Fixed: Issue with Avast antivirus where File Converter and Windows explorer was frozen when the user tried to use File Converter.
• Fixed: Issue where it was impossible to convert files from a network path.

File Converter v0.7

Change Log

• New: Possibility to encode videos using VP9 video codec and Ogg vorbis audio codec in a webm container.
• New: Possibility to convert videos and images to gif.
• New: Possibility to convert gif files to videos.
• New: Possibility to remove audio from video files (mkv, mp4, avi and webm output file formats).
• New: Add feedback to indicate that the application will automatically terminate (after conversions) (github issue #1).
• New: Support new video input formats: ogv and mpeg.
• New: Support new audio input format: oga.
• New: Possibility to cancel some conversion jobs (gif/cda and image conversion jobs are not cancelable for now).
• Fixed: Issue where video can't be compressed using H.264 codec (mp4 or mkv presets) when its size (width or height) is not divisible by 2 (append a lot when the user tries to scale a video) (github issue #2).
• Fixed: Issue where "Clamp to power of 2 size" option didn't work well with images that already have a power of 2 size.
• Fixed: Issue where conversion progress was not updated correctly (for converters based on ffmpeg).
• Fixed: Issue where converting a video into the ogg format did not extract audio in an ogg file correctly.
• Fixed: Issue where simultaneous read on the same CD drive was performed when files from differents conversions come from the same drive (other than cda extraction preset).
• Fixed: Issue where the path generator was unable to create a valid path if the input file was at the root of a drive.
• Tech: Annotate the conversion presets to know if there are default preset or user preset in order to improve the upgrade process.