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Last year for KVCD.net - by Phil 08/31/2011 @ 15:59

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:59:00 +0200

The site is living its last year. On August 15th 2012, it will be over (not the world, just the site ).
Members of the forum can have more informations here.

If you have interest in saving something from here, do it now

CQMatic and CalcuMatic now Open Source! - by Kwag 12/09/2006 @ 08:50

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:50:00 +0100

Hello everyone,

It's my pleasure to announce the availability of CQMatic and CalcuMatic as Open Source software
As I don't have time (at this moment) to maintain and expand the programs, I decided to release them to the world so anyone may enhance and expand them.
You need "PureBasic" version 3.x to compile. Visit http://www.purebasic.com for more information.
The license model I chose, is the new and standard "3-clause" BSD style: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license
This basically permits it's use in any commercial or private programs, and the only requirements is that the copyright notice is maintained on the sources that are released, and any binary release must also attach the notice to any documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
You can read the license text on the program sources.
IP (Intelectual Property) code is not required to be released by any developer who would like to modify the sources and create new versions, unlike the GPL !!*viral*!! effect, which forces every programmer to release every drop of code they create.
So, here you have it

CQMatic Sources: http://www.kvcd.net/downloads/CQMatic-1.4.08_src.zip
CalcuMatic Sources : http://www.kvcd.net/downloads/CalcuMatic-1.1.16_src.zip

Have fun, and excuse some of the sloppy code
Remember that these programs were basically "cooked" overnight, so functionality was selected before code dressing, so feel free to "Dress-it-up" if you like

-kwag

KDVD Compatibility Checking Disks - by Phil 09/11/2006 @ 10:19

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:19:00 +0200

You will find new version of KDVD sample discs here :

KDVD samples - NTSC

KDVD samples - PAL

These discs allow you to verify the compatibility of your standalone player with following DVD compliant and non DVD compliant materials (the samples permit also to verify the overscan values of your display for each resolution) :

NTSC
352x240
352x480
480x480
528x480
544x480
704x480
704x480 - long GOP (24)
720x480
528x480 - 16:9
544x480 - 16:9
704x480 - 16:9
720x480 - 16:9

PAL
352x288
352x576
480x576
528x576
544x576
704x576
704x576 - long GOP (24)
720x576
528x576 - 16:9
544x576 - 16:9
704x576 - 16:9
720x576 - 16:9

The samples were encoded with TMPGEnc using a MIN bitrate of 64Kbps and a MAX bitrate of 4,500Kbps. It was encoded in CQ mode at a value of 85 and using KVCD's "Notch" matrix.

DVB-S - by Karl 05/24/2006 @ 09:52

Wed, 24 May 2006 09:52:00 +0200

Want a cheap and superb satellite TV receiver?

Get hold of "dvbdream" (free!) and get a cheap Twinhan DVB-S card (~$75.00) and enjoy satellite television (and you can also record to HDD and later compress to KVCD/KDVD ;) )

http://www.dvbdream.org/

-Karl

GeexBox - by Karl 05/24/2006 @ 09:41

Wed, 24 May 2006 09:41:00 +0200

Want a media player (Music, Video) that looks like a set-top-box, runs on an old Pentium or a PowerPC, and it's only about 6MB in size?

Then go grab GeekBox :)

http://www.geexbox.org/en/index.html

-Karl

Media Converter update - by Karl 05/24/2006 @ 09:37

Wed, 24 May 2006 09:37:00 +0200

Media Converter has been updated to 0.3.9 build 1862

1. fixed audio delay option no effect bug
2. added playback with MPUI (get latest Full Pack to get MPUI.exe)
3. fixed WMA encoding breakage
4. improved Time tab
 
It just keeps getting better :)
 
-Karl

Excelent Media Converter - by Karl 03/11/2006 @ 23:02

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:02:00 +0100

http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

Supported Inputs:

MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AAC+/Parametric Stereo, AMR NB/WB, MusePack, WMA, RealAudio
FLAC, WavPack, Monkey's Audio (APE, APL), OptimFrog, WMA Lossless, WAV
H.264, Xvid, DivX 4/5, MPEG 1/2/4, H.263, 3ivx, Windows Media Video 7/8/9 DV video
AVI, MPEG/VOB, Matroska, MP4, RealMedia, ASF/WMV, Quicktime MOV, OGM
CD, VCD, DVD, CUE Sheets

Supported Outputs:

MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AAC+/Parametric Stereo, AMR NB/WB, MusePack, WMA
FLAC, WavPack, Monkey's Audio (APE, APL), OptimFrog, WMA Lossless, WAV
H.264, Xvid, DivX 4/5, MPEG 1/2/4, H.263, Flash Video, etc.
AVI, MPEG/VOB, Matroska, MP4, PMP (PSP Media Player Format)

Happy New Year 2006! - by Karl 12/31/2005 @ 19:53

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:53:00 +0100

We wish you all a VERY happy new year 2006 :)
May all your dreams come true, and first of all, I hope the new year brings you good health and joy.
Best wishes to all from KVCD.Net!

New version of DVDREasy released! - by Karl 11/13/2005 @ 20:34

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:34:00 +0100

Thanks to DVDREasy for the new update.

Changes 0.7.1:
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- Correct "run time error 5" that sometimes occurred when a second audio was chosen
- DGMPEGDEC (DGINDEX.EXE and DGDECODE.DLL) will be use instead of DVD2AVI
- Add the possibility to use custom AVISYNTH script for CCE and HC
- HC binary update to 0.15 beta
- Code Optimization

Discussions in the forum area here: http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=90

KVCD MPEG files that test the overscan blocks on your television - by Karl 10/28/2005 @ 19:40

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:40:00 +0200

Thanks to Shibblet for making these KVCD test MPEG files.

When played on your TV set, you will see what is the actual overscan boundaries of your picture tube.

Excelent for calibration and determining the actual visible area of the picture.

NTSC and PAL files are available on the "downloads" link here: http://www.kvcd.net/portal/download.php?lng=en

Discussion on the forum here: http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16256

-Karl