1. About This program was created to be able to watch partially downloaded DivX (AVI) movies. If you have a broken movie, you can rebuild it's missing index part with this program. !!! W A R N I N G !!! If you want to continue the download later, don't forget to strip the index! !!! W A R N I N G !!! For maximum safety, you should use this program on a backup copy first to avoid problems from continuing the download later without stripping the index. 2. History: 1.0 First version (without version number) This version was not intended for global distribution (so, sorry for the missing readme file :) 1.01 Changes in the Win32 version: - you can change if you want the DivFix window stay on the top (usefull for drag-and-drop) - you can open the files with drag-and-drop (Thanks for Angus Johnson and Anders Melander for their Drag and Drop Component Suite) - Fixed the bug with the "Read beyond end of file" error This new readme file... :) 1.02 Changes in the Win32 version: - At least fixed that annoying "I/O Error" bug... :) 1.03 Changes in the Win32 version: - Fixed another cause for "I/O Error" bug. If a frame header was corrupted, DivFix stopped with this error. Now it will give you an error message, where the corrupted frame was and continue the searching for the next valid frame. The corrupted frame will not be in the index, but if you still experience problems (frozen picture during playback), the only solution is cutting the damaged frame out with VirtualDub (or with any other editor). The error detection is not perfect, it only scan the frame header. So if the damage is only in the frame data and the header is perfect, DivFix will not notice it (and the video will freeze). - Added a scroll bar to the status display to see the error messages, if there is too much... - Fixed the problem with seeking in some movies after using DivFix. - The About window is no longer sizable (Thanks to Atte for detecting this serious security hole! :)) 1.04 Changes in the Win32 version: - Fixed a bug caused DivFix to cut the avi to the size of the previous size after a rebuild,strip and resume. Sorry for those who had problems from this... - Added a nice progress indicator. - Changed the Regenerate in the File menu to Rebuild. That has the same function as the button, i just forgott to rename it and a few people found it confusing. 1.05 Changes in the Win32 version: - Fixed two bug causing I/O errors - Fixed a possible bug which cause truncating the avi (i hope this problem is now eliminated) - Added the error-checking function, but this check is not 100% bulletproof, because it will detect faulty frames only if the frame-header is damaged too. - For a request, DivFix show the position where the corrupted frame was found. 3. Known bugs: There should be still some I/O-error (but hey, this is the first and only program i made with Borland Delphi... :). If you can send me a video that produce such error, i will try to fix it. But if you send meg bug-report, PLEASE write down the version number too... :) 4. Future plans: Maybe there will be versions for other platforms (MacOS, Linux). And maybe there will be an "official home page" too... :) (Currently i put the new versions to the www.divx-digest.com server) 5. And at last... :) If you like this program, you should send a postcard (with a nice picture about your city or country) or $5 (but you are not forced to do so, because this is a freeware utility) to the following address: Budai Csaba Tatabanya Sarberek 603. II/6. 2800 Hungary You can send bugreports (please include the version number!!!), suggestions, etc. to the following e-mail address: ilyr@usa.net Special thanks to Arty (arty@freemail.hu) for the beta testing! Yes, you can send those mail-bombs to him in case of any damage, that program do for you... :)
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