DVD Catalyst 4 has been updated to Build 4.4.4.0.
Somewhat a small update, mainly to address 2 issues.
* a rare "1000000" error message during the conversion process.
A few people experienced a strange error message when converting multiple items on a DVD, after the first one completed. While I was unable to reproduce the problem myself, with the help of one of the people who ran into it, I was able to eliminate the bug.
* False Positive reported by Ikarus Antivirus.
Every now and then, some security software decides to abuse the power they hold over application developers, and mark an application as being nasty due to some 1's and 0's that resemble that of something else.
Of course I don't include bad stuff in my own software (for many years I worked as a computer technician and had to clean them), so make sure that my software releases are completely clean before they go onto the website, I use a web service called www.virustotal.com. VirusTotal, recently bought by Google, enables people who use the service to upload files, and have those scanned with almost 50 different virus scanners.
Unfortunately, one of the scanners used on the VirusTotal website started to act all big and bad, and decided to flag one of the DLL's that DVD Catalyst uses as being infected.
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As you can tell from the above screenshot, it looks quite strange for just one of them to show something bad, while 47 others, including Norton, McAfee and Kaspersky, all 3 that are a bit more picky than most, don't see anything wrong.
Anyway, the DLL itself, dc402.dll to be exact, is used by DVD Catalyst for "self-repair". It acts sort of like a zip-file, and contains some of the tools DVD Catalyst uses to do its thing.
I contacted them in regards of the false positive, but never received a response, so in order to resolve the issue, I've spent quite a few hours on rebuilding the DLL but with little luck.
I first scanned all the files that it contains individually to make sure those were all clean. I then regenerated the DLL, and did a scan. Again, a red flag from the same virus scanner application.
After a couple of hours rebuilding, scanning, I ended up using an elimination process. By splitting the DLL into 2, one containing the first half, the other containing the second half, I was hoping that the darn thing would flag one of them, so I could move on and split that up until I had the culprit, but to my surprise, after I split the DLL into 2, it no longer found the set of 1's and 0's it tripped over before.
So, what this particular virus scanner does is looking for something with a certain file-size AND a few 1's and 0's in a file, and regardless of if it is bad or not, it marks it as being bad.
With the DLL issue resolved, I spent a few hours today on uploading all the files, trial/retail, exe/zip to VirusTotal to make sure everything is reported as 100% clean. If you do receive a warning from your security software, please use their submission system to have them verify for sure, or just let me know what security software you are using.
In addition to the above, new profiles for the Lumia 929, InnoTab 3s and recently added Nabi models (Nabi Jr. Nabi XD) were added.
Update History:
September 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.4.4.0
New:
* Nokia Lumia 929, InnoTab 3s, Nabi Jr, Nabi XD
Changes:
* Removed (very) old Media Encoder-based profiles.
* Fixed Ikarus False Positive.
* Fixed "100000" error message.
* minor tweaks and fixes.
September 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.4.3.1
* Apple : iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C
* Amazon : Kindle Fire3, Kindle Fire HD2
* Samsung: Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note 10.1 2014
August 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.4.3.0
* Nexus 7 v2, Chromecast, Lumia 625, Droid Mini
* Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, Desire 500
* Xperia Honami, Galaxy S4 Zoom, Moto X
* Multi-Channel Audio tweaked.
* HQXT conversions tweaked.
* Language code issue fixed.
* Time Saver tweaked.
June 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.4.2.1
* InnoTab 2 and InnoTab 2s "loading" fix
June 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.4.2.0
* Theme selection (dark/light theme).
* new tablet/phone profiles.
* re-organized "Android" device group.
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* Magic Hat (quick access to handy features)
* Time Saver (video speed tweaks)
* Dynamic Range Control (Audio tweak).
April 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.4.1.2
* faster startup time
* fixed issue with ps3 profiles
* fixed issue with removable drive warning
April 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.4.1.1
* fixed "loading failed" video issue caused by recent InnoTab update
* reverted "booster2" engine set to fix Kindle Fire HD playback issues
* added profiles for new Archos phones, Galaxy Mega and Galaxy S4 Mini
April 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.4.0.1
* small bugfixes (site-links mainly)
March 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.4
* Beta v4.3 > Final v4.4.
* 600+ new device profiles.
* Reduced memory requirement.
* Faster application startup.
* New DVD Catalyst website.
January 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.2.6.0
* Profiles for new (2013) Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Note models, HTC M7, Xperia Z, Ascend G, Optimus G Pro and more.
* Global > General > Clean filename option (enabled by default). Lets you turn off the filename-cleanup routine of DVD Catalyst 4.
* Global > General > Use DVD name as folder. When enabled, DVD Catalyst will create a folder with the DVD name, and use that to store the tracks from that DVD.
* small bug with multi-channel Bluray audio.
* some other stuff.
January 2013 : DVD Catalyst v4.3 Beta 3
* Profiles for tablets such as Kyros, Kurio, ProScan etc.
* Global > General > Clean filename option (enabled by default). Lets you turn off the filename-cleanup routine of DVD Catalyst 4.
* Global > General > Use DVD name as folder. When enabled, DVD Catalyst will create a folder with the DVD name, and use that to store the tracks from that DVD.
* small bug with multi-channel Bluray audio.
* some other stuff.
November 2012 : DVD Catalyst v4.2.5.4
Profiles for iPad4, Droid DNA, Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and more.
October 2012 : DVD Catalyst v4.2.5.3
Profiles for Nabi2, Surface RT and iPad Mini
October 2012 : DVD Catalyst v4.2.5.2
Profiles for NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, HTC Desire X and more.
Filenaming, illegal character filter (/, \ etc)
September 2012 : DVD Catalyst v4.2.5.1
Profiles for Kindle Fire 2, Kindle Fire HD 7, Kindle Fire HD 8.9,
Apple iPhone 5, Apple iPod Touch 5, Apple iPod Nano 7,
Motorola Razr M, Razr HD, Razr HD Maxx.
UTF Subs (srt) option in Global Settings > Language,
fixes issues with srt subs in Chinese, Japanese etc.
August 2012 : DVD Catalyst v4.2.5
Lots of new device profiles, including many for
Yarvic, Motorola, Acer, Sony Xperia, Lenovo, Samsung
as well as for Innotab2, Lumia, Medion, Hannspree.
Custom srt sub selection,
file-transfer dialogs,
and other tweaks.
July 2012 : DVD Catalyst v4.3 Public Beta
new boosterpack2 engine !
performance boost
Sherlock Holmes/Fast Five Bluray issues fixed
most 3gp/3g2 video file issues fixed
decoder fix setting added in global > video files for mythtv recordings. runs on all, so should fix other issues as well.
additional audio id fix
stylized sub support mkv
auto-subtitle selection bug (always enabled issue)
June 2012 : DVD Catalyst 4.2
creative zio, htc evo 4g lte and a collection of ainol novo7 device profiles added.
An issue with text overlay, such as the filename embed and custom text options in Global Settings > Tweaks.
An issue with some mkv subs where subtitles would not display.
An issue with the Haywire bluray, where the conversion stopped right away.
April 2012 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.5.2
Collection of Backup AVI, MP4, M4V and MKV profiles, which work better for 5.1 audio and HD Media Players.
New device profiles, including HTC One series,TF300, XTEX Tablet and Motorola Atrix2, Admiral and i867 smartphones.
"Mitch" device group, which contains profiles I use for my own devices.
5.1 audio (I hope). A lot of work and testing went into this (thank you Morgan). Of course 5.1 doesn't work on most portable devices, but for HD media players and such, the new profiles combined with 5.1 audio will work really well.
DVD Angles. Rarely used, but there was a bug in how DVD Angle selection was working, and this has been fixed.
April 2012 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.5
CRF option added to "Modify".
HQXT profiles now CRF enabled by default.
Wait button added for conversion list.
conversion issues with 3gp and flv output formats
March 2012 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.4.2
Fixed subtitle issue some people were experiencing.
Reduced DVD Catalyst loading time.
February 2012 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.4.1
Small speedboost for DVD conversions.
Fixed subtitle issue some people were experiencing.
Adjusted Vita profiles to eliminate green-bar issue.
February 2012 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.4
Almost 250 new device profiles added, including PS Vita, Nabi and iPad3.
MovieGallery Image.
Star Trek TOS Bluray issue.
Name overlay.
I also tweaked some settings which gives a slight performance increase for multi-core systems
January 2012 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.3
New:
CRF option for H264/AVC conversions (global settings > tweaks).
Removable drive warning can now be turned off (global settings > general)
Same bitrate option for AVI conversions(global settings > tweaks)
New device profiles, including Xyboard and VTech InnoTab.
Log-information expanded.
Fixed:
SRT/MKV/Closed Caption font-size.
slow-startup due to amount of Android profiles.
slow Android profile selection.
some switched profiles.
November 2011 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.2.0
New:
Custom true full-screen settings added for Kindle Fire
watermark (text) option added in Global Settings > Tweaks
photon 4G profiles
Fixed:
A few small bugfixes, including one related to turning off "minimal upscaling",
and one regarding the srt subtitle font selection not being remembered.
November 2011 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.1.0
New:
New "HQXT" profiles added for many popular devices. Slower, but higher quality, and can be used for mixed conversions of DVD (480p) and HQ (720p) conversions without too much of a filesize increase.
New device profiles added, including Galaxy Nexus, Kindle Fire, Acer A100, Transformer Prime and NOOKcolor2
New device group added for Ice Cream Sandwich, which includes "generic" profiles for a variety of devices.
re-implemented Internet Proxy Settings from 4.1
new high quality conversion formats added for h264 and xvid conversions in different containers and different audio formats, including avi, mp4,m4v and mkv (conversion format dropdown at the top)
Fixed:
Display of File-transfer dialog for Motorola Xoom (needs manual transfer)
Experimental > Filecopy VOB/MPG profile (sync issues fixed)
and more
September 2011 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.0.1
Fixed:
enable streaming setting
dvd-engine switched to "boosterpack" engine for better stability.
August 2011 : DVD Catalyst 4.1.0.1
If you participated in the Public Beta:
*User Guide moved to "on-line" in order to make it easier to update.
If you updated from 4.0.2.7:
*MovieGallery (our new Android app) image generator option added.
*IMG button added to provide an easy way to find a cover image for your DVD (intended to *Better DVD detection routine. Many "Problem DVDs" work without manual cettings changes.
*New conversion engine, resulting in faster conversions.
*Better multi-core support.
*Many new device profiles added, including Honeycomb tablets, new phones and more.
be used with our own MovieGallery for Android app, or MetaX for iPhone/iPad)
*Proxy Server settings (for "check for updates")
*Added "subtitle font selection" for video files
*Unprotected bluray support (needs AnyDVD HD or something similar)
Fixed:
*Non-Xoom Honeycomb tablet profiles.
*Folder-monitor/remember converted file-functionality.
*5.1 Audio (AAC-only) in MP4 files works better now. Not compatible with portable devices or tablets!
March 2011: DVD Catalyst 4 v4.0.2.7
New: Inverse Telecine for DVDs
Fixed: Volume issue on Xoom profiles
March 2011: DVD Catalyst 4 v4.0.2.6
Motorola XOOM updates (only)
*updated Xoom profiles
*updated Xoom conversion formats
included xoom_readme for additional information
Feb 2011: DVD Catalyst 4 v4.0.2.5
* Additional Speed improvements
* De-Interlace now enabled by default ! (disabled for speed considerations)
* New devices added (new HTC "S" models)
* DVD Fail-safe timeout ("Restarted conversion") increased to 45 seconds, enables more DVDs to convert using the faster default conversion mode.
Feb 2011: DVD Catalyst 4 v4.0.2.4
* De-Interlace now enabled by default !
* FixFLV/FixMP4 now enabled by default !
* New devices (Kyocera Echo, Roku XDS)
* "Enable Streaming"-issue fixed
* Modified screensize code for a better screen-fill (rounding upwards)
* Fixed issue with some DVDs ("restarted conversion" using different settings)
Jan 2011: DVD Catalyst 4 v4.0.2.3
*Bugfix release
*conversions reported failed while successful
Jan 2011: DVD Catalyst 4 v4.0.2.2
*New devices (CES) including Xoom, Atrix, PSP Phone
*Trial issues with non-playable files fixed.
*fast profiles for many Android devices added.
*Beta button added in Global Settings > Version info
*DVD Catalyst 4 installer now removes DVD Catalyst 3
(bluray is not enabled in this version)
Dec 2010: DVD Catalyst 4 v4.0.3 Beta
*experimental Bluray support (needs AnyDVD HD)
*AMD64 fix for MP4 conversions
*experimental Boosterpack 2
Dec 2010: DVD Catalyst 4 v4.0.2
Fixed "OS Call" issue.
Fixed "Boosterpack" confusion.
Added Nook Color.
Added Droid Pro.
Nov 2010: DVD Catalyst 4.0 Released
Easier to use (new "Power User mode")
New look (cleaner, more updated theme)
New devices (100's of new devices added)
New features (scene selection for MP4 files, automatic file transfer etc)