madVR - high quality video renderer (GPU assisted)

madVR v0.86.1


* added smooth motion frame rate conversion algorithm
* added settings page for smooth motion frc configuration
* added "trade quality for performance" option for smooth motion frc
* added test patterns to madTestPatternSource to test smooth motion frc
* fixed: RGB input with odd width/height is now accepted untouched
* fixed: IVideoWindow::put_Owner() failed when pins were not connected yet
* fixed: madHcCtrl.exe autostart registry entry was incorrect / not working
* fixed: occasional crash when using DXVA scaling with high-bitdepth content
* fixed: green line at the left image border when using DXVA scaling
* file "settings.bin" is not written into win7/8 "VirtualStore", anymore
* slightly improved multi monitor behaviour (when using DXVA or MPC-BE)
* improved exclusive mode presentation timing with jittery audio clock a bit
* filter enumeration timer is now only active during DVD playback
* extended logging for fullscreen exclusive presentation queue
* internal software video decoders are now disabled by default (again)

* added "madTPG.exe" test pattern generator for calibration purposes
* added support for combined 3dlut/VideoLUT file format ("collink -H")
* option "Disable GPU gamma ramps" should now work in windowed mode, too
* fixed: #30: ZoomPlayer got stuck in 'on top' mode after leaving FSE
* fixed: #90: wrong refresh rate (23/24, 59/60) in win8 in FSE mode
* fixed: #91: added madVR version information to settings dialog
* fixed: #92: shaders were not applied to XySubFilter subtitles
* fixed: #93: overlay mode ignored ICC VideoLUTs
* fixed: pixel shader VideoLUT implementation didn't use linear filtering
* fixed: crash when display mode is changed externally (DXVA processing)
* XySubFilter: improved subtitle upload performance
* XySubFilter: optimized downscaling of bitmap based subtitles
* XySubFilter: madVR consumer now reports "preferTvLevels = true"
* XySubFilter: improved performance, if provider sends TV levels subtitles

v0.87.4:
* workaround added: NNEDI3 upscaling failed/froze with newer NVidia GPUs
* fixed: NNEDI3 chroma upscaling produced wrong colors with 10bit sources
* got rid of some unnecessary texture sharing


v0.87.3:
* fixed: blacked out video in Windows XP
* fixed: blacked out video when disabling "present several frames in advance"


v0.87.2:
* fixed: D3D9 device wasn't freed properly, resulting in stability problems
* fixed: using shared NV12 surfaces resulted in DXVA performance drop
* fixed: opening settings without connected decoder took 5 seconds
* fixed: chroma Jinc keyboard shortcut activated NNEDI3
* fixed: chroma NNEDI3 keyboard shortcut was not listed in the settings


v0.87.1:
* fixed: CPU consumption was unnecessarily high
* fixed: auto profile switching didn't fully work
* fixed: uploading was very slow, resulting in performance problems
* fixed: chroma channels were swapped when using error diffusion with NVidia
* fixed: some OpenCL crashes when using OpenCL 1.2 DLL with NVidia
* fixed: smooth motion FRC produced black image in some situations
* fixed: video mode deinterlacing was completely broken


v0.87.0:
* added debanding algorithm, based on improved version of "flash3kyuu_deband"
* added file name tag "deband=off|low|medium|high"
* added automatic detection for fades from/to black or white (for debanding)
* added support for using OpenCL with NVidia, AMD and Intel GPUs
* added DXVA surface splitting via OpenCL (only AMD and Intel GPUs)
* added error diffusion algorithm (requires OpenCL)
* added NNEDI3 chroma upsampling (requires OpenCL)
* added NNEDI3 image doubling/quadrupling (requires OpenCL)
* added flexible settings profile functionality
* added file name tag "profile='profile name'"
* added IMadVRSettings2 interface to enumerate settings and manage profiles
* settings can now be edited without madVR running (only on local PC)
* madNvLevelsTweaker -> madLevelsTweaker now also works for Intel GPUs
* madVR doesn't dither, anymore, when a pixel doesn't need dithering
* added Intel driver bug workaround for "use separate device for presentation"
* added madHcNet64.dll to allow madTPG automation from 64bit calibration tools
* added API for asking madVR about the output levels (TV, PC, custom)
* fixed: full backbuffer queue slowed rendering down
* fixed: madTPG sometimes didn't update to newly requested test pattern color
* fixed: madTPG dithering produced blocking artifacts
* fixed: when upscaling exactly 2x, AR filter wasn't active for blue channel
* fixed: ArgyllCMS/HCFR disabling the 3dlut didn't work
* fixed: LAV Video Decoder sending v210 produced corrupted image
* improved frame cropping support
* improved windowproc hook stability
* a couple of very small pixel shader performance improvements
* optimized madVR default settings
* improved madVR tray icon menu looks on newer OSs
* tags now require "tag=value" or "tag:value"; "tag value" no longer accepted
* disabled automatic DCI-P3 detection through 2048 video width

* error diffusion now uses DirectCompute (DX11 GPU needed) instead of OpenCL
* added fast and reasonably high quality "ordered dithering" algorithm
* added "rendering\dithering" settings page with many new options
* new default dithering is now ordered dithering instead of random dithering
* madTPG now always uses monochromatic ordered dithering
* fixed: #107: XySubFilter: reducing CPU queue size during playback -> crash
* fixed: #112: 120fps clip resulted in 23Hz being selected instead of 60Hz
* fixed: #119: installation resulted in "might not have installed correctly"
* fixed: #123: XySubFilter: Nearest Neighbor/Bilinear distorted subtitles
* fixed: #125: forced film mode with unsupported FOURCCs: graphical corruption
* fixed: #133: XySubFilter: opaque black box when smooth motion was enabled
* fixed: #136: when playback is stopped, madVR now always turns the video off
* fixed: #137: Nearest Neighbor/Bilinear has problems with post-resize shaders
* fixed: #138: smooth motion FRC flickered when using Nearest Neighbor
* fixed: #145: DCI-P3 was using an incorrect white point
* fixed: #155: screeshots sometimes had an added black border
* fixed: #159: speciying DCI-P3 as the calibrated gamut -> green screen
* fixed: #160: corruption with uncompressed 4096x2304 v210 in AVI
* fixed: #161: YUV 4:4:4 videos with weird resolutions crashed madVR
* fixed: #165: overlay mode restricted madVR to single player window
* fixed: #167: dithering produced dithering noise on pure black areas
* fixed: #169: dithering produced dithering noise on pure white areas
* fixed: #170: Overlay mode sometimes unnecessarily cleared GPU gamma ramps
* fixed: Overlay mode applied 3dlut and gamma ramps in wrong order
* fixed: crash reporting didn't catch exceptions in private threads, anymore
* fixed: crash when using XySubFilter with small GPU queue size
* fixed: DVD navigator was not released properly by madVR
* fixed: Run/Seek hooks also affected secondary DirectShow graphs
* fixed: profile key shortcuts only worked for "scaling" profiles
* fixed: full range YCbCr input produced slightly incorrect colors
* reduced Overlay mode graphical corruption when resizing media player
* exclusive -> windowed switch now shows a black frame instead of an old one
* removed XySubFilter auto-loading functionality, it's now XySubFilter's job
* disabled resolution based DCI-P3 auto detection
* changed default luma doubling value to 32 neurons
* display bitdepth can be be set to as low as 3bit (just for testing)

v0.87.7:
* added linear light processing for ordered dithering and error diffusion
* added "trade quality for performance" option for linear light dithering
* fixed: #175: Banding appears if bitdepth is set to '7 bit'
* fixed: crash in MC19 when switching videos with native DXVA decoding
* random dithering doesn't round down to less than 8bit, anymore
* "present several frames in advance = off" now auto-disables error diffusion
* display bitdepth can be be set to as low as 1bit (just for testing)
* fixed rare overlay stability problems introduced in v0.87.5
* added silent exception handling for Intel OpenCL initialization crashes
* madTPG now optionally supports APL windows (gamma and linear light)
* madTPG now has a minimum image area of 4% instead of 10%
* madTPG now draws a 20 pixel black border around the measurement area
* madTPG now properly supports dynamic dithering (didn't before)
* madTPG dithering was optimized to not dither for integer test patterns
* madTPG headers and demo projects updated
* madVR in a media player no longer supports test pattern, only madTPG does

* fixed: NNEDI3 didn't work properly on AMD/Intel (introduced in v0.87.8)
* fixed: native DXVA decoding + NNEDI3 chroma up + NVidia -> green color cast
* fixed: #032: Smooth Motion FRC sometimes failed to activate
* fixed: #096: Smooth Motion FRC resulted in last/only frame being hidden
* fixed: #097: Smooth Motion FRC didn't respect "treat 25p movies as 24p"
* fixed: #098: "Treat 25p movies as 24p" now only activates up to 25.5fps
* fixed: #104: "Delay playback until ..." failed when toggling subtitles
* fixed: #113: film mode key shortcut didn't enable Smooth Motion FRC
* fixed: #124: videoLUTs were not properly restored in multi monitor setup
* fixed: #132: Image corruption when leaving FSE with 3dlut loaded
* fixed: #171: film mode activation with display mode change could crash
* fixed: #178: RGB/YUV 4:4:4 with mod2 height showed black screen
* fixed: #182: NNEDI3 chroma up neuron count wasn't properly memorized
* fixed: #187: switching subtitles triggered a short black screen
* fixed: #189: Smooth Motion FRC sometimes activated when not needed
* NNEDI3 no longer offsets by 0.5 pixel if Luma needs to be resampled, anyway
* added "HKCU\Software\madshi\madVR\OpenCL\forceVendor" override option
* modified madLevelsTweaker GUI to make intended multi monitor usage clearer

v0.87.10:
* added some optimizations to reduce AMD OpenCL interop cost
* added new windowed presentation path ("present several frames in advance")
* added support for decimating 50p/60p movies to 25p/24p
* added profile strings "filePath/Name/Ext", with wild char ("?", "*") support
* fixed: #181: profile auto switching sometimes invalidated file name tags
* fixed: #192: black flashing with Smooth Motion + NNEDI3 chroma doubling
* fixed: #193: image corruption when up&down scale is needed at the same time
* fixed: crash on Vista when trying to activate error diffusion
* fixed: Intel OpenCL CPU driver sometimes crashed
* OpenCL should now automatically prefer NVidia GPUs on Optimus laptops
* refresh rate hack is now only installed on Windows 8 (and newer)
* "Pause" OSD message no longer blocked
* file "madshi.net/madVR/version.txt" lists the current version number
* file "madshi.net/madVR/sha1.txt" lists SHA1 hash of the current "madVR.zip"

* changed DXVA scaling logic to produce proper quality with AMD drivers
* improved DXVA color space conversion performance
* new trade option "use DXVA chroma upscaling when doing native DXVA decoding"
* new trade option "use DXVA chroma upscaling when doing DXVA deinterlacing"
* new trade option "lose BTB and WTW if it improves performance"
* added scaling algorithm information to OSD
* added 3dlut split screen mode (can only be activated via key shortcut)
* added a few stability fixes/workarounds
* fixed: #033: display mode changer sometimes didn't switch to 75hz
* fixed: #176: no image on portrait (rotated) displays
* fixed: #199: decimation didn't work with 4:4 cadence (PAL 50p)
* fixed: #201: decimation didn't work with 4:2:2:2 cadence
* fixed: #203: cadence info sometimes went "unknown" in debug OSD
* fixed: #205: XySubFilter subtitles sometimes weren't visible
* fixed: #213: bad edit detection didn't work with 6:4 cadence (ATSC 60p)
* fixed: #222: crash when using a large number of shaders
* fixed: #227: Zoom Player OSD "pause" message sometimes wasn't shown
* fixed: #230: madVR refresh rate changer caused DVD playback to break
* fixed: #233: shared NVidia/AMD/Intel GPUs (e.g. Optimus) showed black screen
* fixed: #254: madVR 0.87.14 sometimes crashed when using XySubFilter
* fixed: #255: original system timer resolution wasn't restored on unload
* fixed: #257: OSD information sometimes shows "1.#J days"
* fixed: crash when decreasing GPU queue size
* removed software decoders
* removed trade option "don't use "copyback" for DXVA deinterlacing"
* removed trade option "don't use "copyback" for DXVA decoding"
* removed option "use OpenCL to process DXVA NV12 surfaces"
* removed option "use alternative interop hack (not recommended, AMD only)"
* removed option "use managed upload textures (XP only)"
* added support for ZoomPlayer's mouse scroll zoom functionality
* "Exclusive/Windowed" OSD messages don't overwrite other messages, anymore