Rivergate Software Inc. - makers of DVDAfterEdit

This post will aim to keep track of the discussions in the forum and summarise requests so far. Please note that this forum is only a wish-list - just because ideas are discussed here doesn't mean they are necessarily part of the programmer's "road map" for future development. However this post will note where a feature is known to be under development. Old requests which have since been added are listed at the end of this post.

( NB. At Michael's suggestion, I have removed comments about feasibility. There was a concern that people wouldn't voice support for wanted features on the basis that they were unlikely to appear, which weakens the purpose of this area, namely to find out what customers would actually like. )

*NEW* The number of people having expressed an interest in a particular feature is now shown. To add your support for a feature, please post a new reply in the 'How to vote?' thread below. Please only vote for the suggestions you think are most valuable/important - this will help give an idea of which features are "most wanted".

So, in roughly historical order:

Feature Requests

1. Robust implementation of seamless branching - Development on hold ( 16 votes )
2. PGC Playback Time (in minutes and seconds) included in the Left-pane, visible without selecting individual PGCs ( 3 votes )
3. Ability record a set of edits and then apply them again at a later time, either to the same project or to a new project. Something akin to Photoshop Actions. ( 5 votes )
4. Import single Title VOB to existing VTS as new Title ( not new VTS ) ( 3 votes )
5. 'Drag and drop' Menu replacement ( 4 votes )
6. Tracer support for Broadcast monitors ( 4 votes )
7. "PGC Summary" window - An optional floating palette window which includes many of the most frequently referred-to pieces of information for a PGC, regardless of their "location" in the logical structure of the disc. The information would not be editable, but ideally there would be a "Show" button which would work in a similar way to the one in Tracer. Ultimately the exact contents might be user-defined for maximum flexibility. ( 4 votes )
8. Support for mastering PTP discs ( 3 votes )
9. Multiple DLT Drive Support for Compare ( 4 votes )
10. Support for Cell/Chapter Insert during angle blocks ( 2 votes )
11. "Scan For Navigation Errors" command ( 3 votes )
12. Scan for max or invalid data rates ( 4 votes )
13. Support for Macrovision without CSS ( 1 vote )
14. Prohibit importing an NTSC VOB into a PAL project & vica versa ( 3 votes )
15. ATTO iSCSI DLT support - Under Development ( 1 vote )
16. Progress bars when opening & closing for "behind the scenes activity" and for time-consuming Tracer activities eg. parsing a newly opened VOB for video preview, button commands etc. ( 7 votes )
17. A clear warning when there is no valid layer-break ( 4 votes )
18. Command to set Prev/Next/GoUp links in selected PGCs to zero ( 2 votess )
19. The ability to write the Layer 1 DLT of a DVD-9 without first writing Layer 0 ( 4 votes )
20. Check for sufficient disc space before attempting a restore operation ( 2 votes )
21. HDAfterEdit ( 2 votes )
22. *NEW* "Search for GPRMs in use" feature ( 2 votes )
23. *NEW* Interface to look more 'Mac Like' ( 1 vote )
24. *NEW* Ability to burn direct to recordable media ( 6 votes )
    *OR* The ability to "Write Project Using Toast" from within the interface ( 1 vote )
    ( This might be quicker to develop and therefore more likely to be implemented. )
25. *NEW* Report generation (.txt file ) like Creator, when you read a DLT ( 2 votes )
26. *NEW* Prevent multiple Tracer windows in the same project ( 2 votes )
27. *NEW* Updated ( searchable ? ) manual, openable from the interface ( 4 votes )
28. *NEW* Create a backup. (A copy of the VIDEO_TS directory from the interface)
    ( 2 votes )
29. *NEW* The ability to be able to add notes/comments ( 2 votes )
30. *NEW* The ability to Colour (color) code PGCs, Cells etc. ( 3 votes )
31. *NEW* The ability to have the Log open as default (and maybe part of the interface).
    ( 2 votes )
32. *NEW* The ability to paste UOPs across multiple domains or VTSes ( 3 votes )

Implemented Feature Requests

1. Break and trace point support in Tracer - Implemented ( Beta )
2. Multiple select from Available Cells window and drag into Program Map window. - Implemented ( Beta )
3. DVDAE should not show subtitle streams nor their decoding settings, unless they're supposed to be active in the PGC. And a method to activate, i.e. make them appear (and disappear) in a particular PGC's Right Pane data, should be provided. - Implemented ( Beta )