v0.3.3

Highlights

• ld-analyse Advanced View Modes (Field/Split in 2:1 and 1:1) happycube#905
• HiFi-Decode improvements (noise processing and normalisation, better flac support)
• Code Notes
• MacOS fixes

What's Changed

• fix ctrl-c behavior by @eshaz in #185
• open flac files directly by @itewreed in #186
• adding .ldf and .hifi suffix for direct read into soundfile by @itewreed in #188
• hifi-decode: Head Switching Filtering, IF to Audio resampling improvement by @eshaz in #187
• hifi-decode: fix guess biases by @eshaz in #189
• hifi-decoder: Use SharedMemory for better multi processing, Fix 8mm, Fix Windows CTRL-C by @eshaz in #191
• upstream merge by @oyvindln in #194
• hifi-decode: Performance enhancements, Fix head switching interpolation by @eshaz in #195
• describe sync.pyx pulse logic by @eshaz in #190
• hifi-decode: fix OSX shared memory length, make intel deps optional by @eshaz in #197
• hifi-decode: Normalize option, fix Hifi GUI by @eshaz in #198

Full Changelog: 0.3.2...v0.3.3

0.3.2

Notes

HiFi Decode is now closer then ever to hardware decoders and baseband output, if not better in cases.

This is a refresh update, there has been no ld/tbc tools changes.

What's Changed

• FLAC v1.5.0 with multi-threading added
• HiFi-Decode Filters and Expander fixes by @eshaz in #181
• Fix frequencies in hifi decode noise reduction filters by @eshaz in #182
• HiFi-Decode: Better resampling, Spectral Noise Reduction, Multi processing by @eshaz in #183
• New SD Proxy generation script (YT Compatible) added by @harrypm

vhs-decode 0.3.1

Notes

• Refreshment final 2024 release.
• TBC-Video-Export updated to v0.1.5

What's Changed in vhs-decode

• PAL-M usage fixed by @Inky1003 #174
• Sync code improvements across tape formats by @eshaz
• SuperBeta initial implementation 🎉
• Tape Speed option for correct processing profiles of LP/ELP/VP across formats.

Change Log Summary

• Fix line number rounding by @eshaz in #170
• [workaround] Alias "PAL-M" to "MPAL" in get_format_parameters by @Inky1003 in #174
• fix: skip fallback vsync when no sync pulses are found by @eshaz in #175
• Sync / Field order fixes by @eshaz in #176
• Remove old fallback vsync call by @eshaz in #177
• Cython Performance Optimizations by @eshaz in #178

Full Changelog: 0.3.0...0.3.1

vhs-decode release 0.3.0

notes

• TBC-Video-Export updated
• ffmpeg build update
• update python library dependencies
• updates to latest version of ld-decode and tools, including enhancements to ld-disc-stacker and fixes to video width in ld-analyse

What's Changed in vhs-decode

• minor rf filter tweaks for VHS
• improved chroma filtering for most formats
• minor bug fixes to hifi-decode ui/cli
• add -ire0-adjust parameter for auto level adjustments

Full Changelog: 0.2.7...0.3.0

vhs-decode release 0.2.7

What's Changed

• updates to latest version of ld-decode
• fix cvbs-decode not working
• fix broken filtering for PAL SVHS
• fix --dp demodblock with qt6 enabled (and make it work properly without warning otherwise as well)

Full Changelog: 0.2.6...0.2.7

vhs-decode windows bundle release 0.2.6

notes

• TBC-Video-Export updated
• ffmpeg build updated
• update python library dependencies
• updates to latest version of ld-decode

What's Changed

• tweak filters for vhs (reduce excessive ringing on NTSC), hi8 and u-matic
• rework filtering for SVHS
• some fixes to dropout detection
• fix chroma offset on vhs
• change default output sample rate of hifi-decode to 48 khz
• add preliminary support for decoding 405-line 50 hz format (betamax)

Full Changelog: 0.2.5...0.2.6

vhs-decode windows bundle release 0.2.5 + linux tools appimage

Notes

• TBC-Video-Export updated to v0.1.0b11
• TBC-Video-Export appimage added
• MacOS Tools Builds Added

What's Changed

• update to python 3.12

• update python library dependencies

• weak filters for video8, betamax ntsc and u-matic

• fix hifi-decode not working in .exe

• updates to hifi-decode, incl gui and audio preview

• update bundled tbc-video-export to latest version

• Adds hifi-decode UI, audio mode selection and native ld-ldf-reader input by @VideoMem in #125

Full Changelog: 0.2.4...0.2.5

vhs-decode windows bundle release 0.2.4

Tools appimage will be added later

Changes:

Scripts:

• FLAC Added
• s16-to-flac.bat Added (compresses .s16 to .flac)
• ld-unpack.bat (unpacks .lds to .s16)
• tbc-process-vbi.bat
• tbc-dropout-correct.bat

Tools:

• Hopefully fixes json writing issue
• update dependencies
• tbc-video-export updated to v0.1.0b5
• tbc-video-export appimage release 🎉

vhs-decode:

• updates to deemphasis for 8mm and beta
• updates to hifi-decode
• update dependencies

vhs-decode windows bundle release 0.2.3

Notes

• Updated windows full bundle and windows decode.exe build
• Tools part have not changed since last release - see last release for full info/details and linux tools appimage
• HiFi-Decode still requires raw 8-bit or 16-bit data, .lds & ldf files will not read.

Changes

• HiFi-Decode now working
• ld-unpack.bat - unpacks 10-bit packed .lds to 16-bit singed .s16
• TBC-Video-Export now on version 0.1.04b (overhualed into a full tool, fixed chroma decoder cvbs opts, field-order)

VHS-decode tools, windows bundle release, linux tools appimage 0.2.2

NOTE

READ THE README FOR BASIC USE!

decode-suite-full has all the tools and dependencys in one folder ready to go self contained for running on windows.

Updates

• HiFi-Decode Added
• TBC-Video-Export updated to use correct values
• TBC-Video-Export updated to support CVBS/LaserDisc TBC Files
• Linux tools appimage Added

Usage (windows)

lds-compress.bat / lds-compress-nvidia-gpu.bat compression scripts to work for CPU and GPU based FLAC compression (FlaLDF) for 10-bit packed DdD captures (.lds) via drag and drop after captures are made for DomesDay Duplicator users.

Run vhs-decode/ld-decode/cvbs-decode/hifi-decode by using e.g decode.exe vhs followed by standard commands via a CMD window.

Run tbc-video-export.exe via drag and drop of TBC file or via CMD window to have full options avaliable.

Usage (linux appimage)

running appimage without any arguments launches ld-analyse
Running appimage with any tool as argument runs the specified tool - e.g for ld-chroma-decoder, run
dd86_decode_tools-b13c26a6-x86_64.AppImage ld-chroma-decoder