Permute Release Notes

Permute 1.3.6

Jan 5, 2012

• Fix: Many bug fixes and improvements.

Permute 1.3.5

Dec 8, 2011

• New: AIFF preset.
• New: Growl support.
• Fix: Fixes in WebM, iPhone, Apple Lossless, Crop, Remux presets.
• Fix: Fixes in Video Stitching.
• Fix: Fixes in Dock progress bar.
• Fix: Other bug fixes and improvements.

Permute 1.3.2

Oct 14, 2011

• New: Permute now copies metadata.
• Fix: Fixed several issues where conversions would end up with an error.

Permute 1.3.1

Oct 5, 2011

This version removes support for 32-bit Macs. If you're still using one, please do not update. To find out which architecture you have follow this link to Apple's support.

• New: Ability to select a preset via AppleScript.
• New: Russian localization thanks to Славышенский Александр
• Fix: ISO image file creation.
• Fix: Fixes in video stitching.
• Fix: Issues with MPEG1 and MPEG2 presets.
• Fix: Fixes in YouTube downloader.
• Fix: Stitching videos doesn't create a file on your Desktop anymore.
• Fix: Improvements in the Dock progress bar.
• Fix: Improved audio quality in the M4A preset.
• Fix: Fixed minor UI issues in preset preferences.

Permute 1.3

Jun 29, 2011

This version removes support for 32-bit Macs. If you're still using one, please do not update. To find out which architecture you have follow this link to Apple's support.

• New: Added support for stitching videos together.
• New: Support for Apple Intermediate Codec.
• New: Permute now automatically decides how many conversions can run concurrently so that it takes full advantage of your system.
• New: Permute will now scan dropped folders for video files.
• New: Option to quit Permute after finishing all conversions.
• New: Italian localization.
• New: Swedish localization.
• Fix: Fixed scrollbars on Lion.
• Fix: Fixes in Ogg (Video) and ATV presets.
• Fix: Fixed an issue where Permute could keep hanging infinitely adding a file.
• Fix: Fixed an issue where conversions would end with error if target preset used H.264.
• Fix: Fixed issues where conversions would end with error if source video had more than one video track or the video track wasn't the first track in the file.
• Fix: Some issues with DVD ripping.
• Fix: Fixes issues with downloading YouTube videos.

Permute 1.2

August 4, 2011

• New: Lion Support
• New: ProRes support
• New: Crop preset
• New: Transform preset (rotate, flip)
• New: Czech and German localizations (thanks to Karsten!) -- (If you want to translate Permute to your native language, let us know.)
• New: Subtitle support - mux .srt subtitles into MP4 files
• New: Error center - easily submit failed conversion logs to us so that we can fix it
• New: Audio files retain artwork
• New: When converting video to audio, it is assigned a frame from the video as artwork
• Changes: Major changes under the hood improving stability
• Fix: Many other bug fixes related to conversion

Permute 1.1.2

May 27, 2011

• Fixed: Scale up video option is back.
• Fixed: Bug fixes in many presets.

Permute 1.1.1

Apr 26, 2011

• Fixed: Crash fixes.
• Fixed: Issues where Permute couldn't convert videos.
• Fixed: Issues with registration.

Permute 1.1

Apr 20, 2011

• New: Completely revamped presets and their settings – automated settings based on the input file.
• New: Dock progress bar.
• New: MPEG2 preset.
• New: MKV preset.
• New: Volume Adjusting preset.
• New: An option to delete the converted item after importing it to iTunes.
• New: Links from YouTube and Vimeo can now be dropped onto the Dock icon.
• New: Ability to fixed damaged AIFF files.
• Fixed: Low CPU usage using certain presets resulting in slow conversions.

Permute 1.0.9

January 25, 2011

• Fixed: DVD and ISO creation.
• Fixed: Some crashes.

Permute 1.0.8

December 15, 2010

• New: Option to add name to DVDs.
• Fixed: Issues in Web Optimization preset.
• Fixed: Audio quality issues.
• Fixed: Crashes when tools weren't installed.
• Fixed: Issues with MP4 and iPhone 4 presets and iTunes.

Permute 1.0.7

October 14, 2010

• New: AppleTV 2 preset.
• New: Debugging options.
• Fixed: An issue when some H.264 video files would be recognized as audio files.
• Fixed: Performance issues introduced in 1.0.6.

Permute 1.0.6

October 7, 2010

• New: WebM support.
• New: Web optimization preset for moving the MooV atom to the front.
• Fixed: Fixes in AppleTV preset, DivX preset, and others.
• Fixed: An issue that prevented adding movies converted from a DVD to iTunes.
• Fixed: More minor bug fixes.

Permute 1.0.5

August 20, 2010

• New: If a video has more than one audio track, we let you decide which one to use (including on DVD).
• New: Support for 16:9 DVD aspect ratio.
• New: AppleScript support (see our FAQ section how to create a ‘Hot folder’).
• New: Support for drag&drop download of YouTube and Vimeo movies (instead of files, drop the links).
• New: MPEG-1 preset.
• New: Apple Lossless preset.
• New: PSP preset.
• New: Theora Ogg Video preset.
• New: Option for selecting a fixed destination.
• New: Option for framerate.
• New: 5.1 Surround audio support (if codec supports it).
• New: Ability to disable presets, so they don’t get listed.
• Fixed: iPhone, iPod, AppleTV presets.
• Fixed: Crashes.

Permute 1.0.3

April 8, 2010

• New: By default, videos don't get stretched out (proportionally) to fit into the max size anymore. You can enable this in each preset's preferences. This means e.g. faster AppleTV and iPad conversions for many movies.
• Fixed: Possible crash while opening preferences after conversion.
• Fixed: Exceptions for preset that don't have a "Reset to defaults" button.
• Fixed: Issues when Permute would falsely report there are no titles on a DVD.

Permute 1.0.2

April 6, 2010

• New: Option to add converted files to iTunes.
• New: More detailed progress bar for DVD creation.
• New: Permute now remembers what preset you have used last.
• New: X11 is no longer needed to be installed.
• Improved: Much faster DVD reading.
• Improved: AppleTV preset.
• Improved: Conversion speed for some presets.
• Fixed: An issue when Permute could stall conversion of larger files to DVD.
• Fixed: Custom DVD presets are now producing ISO files.
• Fixed: iPad preset.
• Fixed: Permute no longer asks to save an ISO file when the conversion has been cancelled.
• Fixed: Issues with saving size restrictions over 1000.

Permute 1.0.1

March 31, 2010

• New: iPad preset
• New: Remux preset for quick container change rather than transcoding
• New: You can add files to the queue via drag&drop while converting.
• Change: Permute now uses the H.264 codec for iPod, iPhone, iPad, AppleTV and MP4 presets (can be turned off in the preferences).
• Fixed: Improved AppleTV preset.
• Fixed: Minor bugs in registration.

Permute 1.0

March 29, 2010

• 1.0 Release