v0.2.4

HwCodecDetect v0.2.4 Release Notes

Release Overview

This release includes 1575 total lines changed across 9 files, combining improvements from both main and ui branches.

🔧 Core Engine Improvements (Main Branch)

New Features

• Added unified get_temp_path() utility for consistent temporary file management
• Added --disable-windowed-traceback command line flag for headless environments
• Implemented pre-flight codec capability check before running detection tests

Enhancements

• Refactored bit-depth and chroma subsampling detection logic
• Improved error handling and exception reporting
• Updated GitHub Actions release workflow
• Cleaned up module import structure

Fixes

• Resolved PyInstaller console parameter handling issue
• Fixed edge cases in 10/12-bit codec detection

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🎨 GUI Interface (UI Branch)

All items below marked with [GUI] are only available in UI branch builds

✅ [GUI] MAJOR: Complete graphical user interface added (1267 lines new gui.py module)

• Full desktop application with modern interface
• All codec detection features available via GUI
• Real-time test progress visualization
• Test result export capabilities

✅ [GUI] New Features:

• Bit-depth & Chroma sampling test interface
• Automatic FFmpeg environment validation on startup
• Built-in version check and update notification system
• Proper temporary file management for GUI sessions
• Windows GUI mode runs without console window

✅ [GUI] Fixes & Improvements:

• Fixed ProRes codec detection for MOV container format
• Added CI/CD pipeline for GUI executable builds
• Improved exception handling in GUI context

Build & Deployment

• Updated version number to v0.2.4
• PyInstaller spec file optimized for both CLI and GUI builds
• GitHub Actions workflow updated for dual release artifacts

v0.2.3

• Add Vulkan AV1 Encoder support.
• Add VideoToolbox ProRes Decoder/Encoder support.

v0.2.2

Release Notes

• Add Microsoft Hardware AV1 Encoder(MediaFoundation) support.

v0.2.1

Release Notes:

• Upgraded to FFmpeg 8.1: Core engine enhancement.
• D3D12 Hardware Encoding: New support for H.264 and AV1 via Direct3D 12(d3d12va).

Supported Platforms:

• Windows: x64, x86 (32-bit)
• macOS: Apple Silicon (ARM64), Intel (x64)
• Linux: x64, ARM64, x86

Note: Windows ARM users should use the Windows x86 or x64 binary.

v0.2.0

Release Notes: HwCodecDetect v1.2.0

• Added Bit-depth & Chroma Detection: New support for testing 8/10/12-bit and YUV 4:2:0/4:2:2/4:4:4 compatibility at a fixed 1280x720 resolution.

• Smart Encoding Fallback: Automatically uses software encoding to generate test vectors if hardware encoding fails, ensuring consistent decoding tests.

• UI/Logic Refactoring: Decoupled UI rendering from run_tests.py into a standalone module for better stability and maintainability.

• Enhanced Interface: Added two new UI notebooks specifically for Bit-depth and Chroma results, while renaming existing resolution-based tabs for clarity.

• New CLI Argument: Added --no-bitdepth-chroma flag to run_tests to allow skipping extended color-space testing (enabled by default).

• Bug Fixes: Resolved the execution exception occurring in run_tests.py when initializing the new detection scripts.

v0.1.10

Automated multi-platform build for CLI and GUI.

• CLI Version: main branch
• GUI Version: ui branch

Supported Platforms:

• Windows: x64, x86 (32-bit)
• macOS: Apple Silicon (ARM64), Intel (x64)
• Linux: x64, ARM64, x86

Note: Windows ARM users should use the Windows x86 or x64 binary.

v0.1.9

Automated multi-platform build for CLI and GUI.

• CLI Version: main branch
• GUI Version: ui branch

Supported Platforms:

• Windows: x64, x86 (32-bit)
• macOS: Apple Silicon (ARM64), Intel (x64)
• Linux: x64, ARM64, x86

Note: Windows ARM users should use the Windows x86 or x64 binary.

v0.1.8

• Fix d3d12va encoder and some dxva2/d3d11va decoder detect error.
• Update README (deepwiki badge and Final effect)

Supported Platforms:

• Windows: x64, x86 (32-bit)
• macOS: Apple Silicon (ARM64), Intel
• Linux: x64, ARM64, x86

Note: Windows ARM users should use the Windows x86 or x64 binary.

v0.1.7

Automated multi-platform build.
Commit: 052e929

Supported Platforms:

• Windows: x64, x86 (32-bit)
• macOS: Apple Silicon (ARM64), Intel
• Linux: x64, ARM64, x86

Note: Windows ARM users should use the Windows x86 or x64 binary.

v0.1.6

• Fixed a bug where empty files might still be generated after a failed encoding attempt.

Supported Platforms:

• Windows: x64, x86 (32-bit)
• macOS: Apple Silicon (ARM64), Intel
• Linux: x64, ARM64, x86

Note: Windows ARM users should use the Windows x86 or x64 binary.