• [fix] WMA/WMV encoding breakage in recent builds fixed
• [fix] removing unneeded quotation marks in encoder command lines
• [add] option for x264′s new motion estimation method added
• [add] subtitle file muxing
• [fix] Wine compatible issues fixed
• [add] aware of Wine and native Linux Firefox
• [update] move Generic tab to the first position
• [update] device plugins updated
• [update] French and Belarussian translations updated
• [update] MediaInfo 0.7.7.5

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Wine is an open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix/Linux. MediaCoder, as a native Windows application, was able to run under Wine in many cases. Before a native Linux version of the software is developed, the Wine compatibility is improved in build 4180. Now MediaCoder can run more flawlessly on Linux platform. It is no longer necessary to install a Windows version of Firefox under Wine as MediaCoder will look for native Linux Firefox in the Linux system and invoke it to display the XUL-based user interfaces when needed.

The test environment is Gentoo Linux / Xorg / XFCE4 / Wine 1.1. There are known issues under Darwine / Mac OS which might be fixed later. If you still encounter problems under Wine, please report.

Carrying on the rich hacker tradition of picking up the slack for companies that are unwilling or unable to provide the functionality users need, a team of Wii coders have given the console what Nintendo could not: DVD playback. By installing a small, hidden channel on a system, this package blesses the console with a libdi file (DVD access library), and allows you to watch your favorite videos with the MPlayer application, an open source media player. The install file will run on modded and unmodded systems, and the software is also capable of playing media from SD cards (though it’s experimental right now). Finally Wii owners can join the ranks of, well… pretty much everyone else.

Origin: http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/the-wii-finally-gets-dvd-playback-no-thanks-to-nintendo/

Creating a file that will playback on an IPOD device (H.264/MP4 Basic Setup)

Many MediaCoder users want to be able to playback media content with their portable devices. A confusing aspect is that these portable players require specific values for video, audio and picture size before the content can be played back. This article describes how to use MediaCoder to convert just about any playable media file for playing back on an IPOD device.

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