Changes from Version 17 to Version 17.5

Version 17.5 has changed from Version 17 as follows:

New features:

• The LEAD MJ2K Encoder and Decoder have been optimized with a 2X to 8X speed improvement depending on the number of cores of the running machine.

• The LEAD MPEG2 Transport Multiplexer now has the ability to generate KLV data inside a Minimum Metadata Set (MMS) conforming to MISB STD 0902.1 standard.

• You can now add scripting metadata inside Windows Media (WMV, WMA) streams.

• The LEAD ISO Demultiplexer has been changed to play IIS Smooth Streaming files.

• The LEAD ISO Demultiplexer can now play files longer than 8 hours.

• The LEAD ISO Multiplexer can now generate files longer than 8 hours or 4GB.

• You can now create and push IIS Smooth streaming files to an IIS Media Services server using the new LEAD SSF Writer.

• The LEAD MPEG2 Transport RTSP Source now supports G.711 A-Law and u-Law audio.

• The LEAD MPEG2 Transport RTSP Source can now stream for longer periods of time (over 18 hours).

• The LEAD H264 Encoder can now change the compression on the fly, while converting.

• The LEAD H264 Encoder has been optimized with a 25% speed improvement on multi-core computers.

• The LEAD Video Dynamic Rate Control has been optimized and has better performance when you speed up playback by more than 3X.

• There is a new null convert target format, which can be used for fast and efficient parsing of media files.

• The LEAD MPEG2 Program and Transport demultiplexers now support raw AMR audio format files.

• The LEAD Elementary Stream Source and Writer filters provide support for distributing the task of transcoding a single file across multiple computers.

• The LEAD Screen Capture filter now supports screen capture from multiple monitors.

• The LEAD Network Sink and LEAD Network Source filters now support encryption.

New filters:

• LEAD SSF Writer

• LEAD Elementary Stream Source

• LEAD Elementary Stream Writer

New Objects:

• ltmmWMScript Object

New Interfaces:

• IltmmWMScript Interface

New functions:

• IltmmConvert::get_ForceNoRecompressionPreview

• IltmmConvert::put_ForceNoRecompressionPreview

• IltmmWMScript::AddHeaderScript

• IltmmWMScript::CloseScriptStream

• IltmmWMScript::get_EnableScriptStream

• IltmmWMScript::get_HeaderScriptCount

• IltmmWMScript::GetHeaderScript

• IltmmWMScript::put_EnableScriptStream

• IltmmWMScript::RemoveAllHeaderScripts

• IltmmWMScript::RemoveHeaderScript

• IltmmWMScript::WriteScriptStream

• ILMNetSnk::get_UseEncryption

• ILMNetSnk::put_UseEncryption

• IltmmMultiStreamTarget::put_TargetFormat

• IltmmMultiStreamTarget::get_TargetFormat

• IltmmSampleTarget::put_TargetFormat

• IltmmSampleTarget::get_TargetFormat

• IltmmCapture::get_PreferredVideoRenderer

• IltmmCapture::put_PreferredVideoRenderer

• IltmmConvert::get_PreferredVideoRenderer

• IltmmConvert::put_PreferredVideoRenderer

• IltmmPlay::get_PreferredVideoRenderer

• IltmmPlay::put_PreferredVideoRenderer