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Windows installer update

Thu Jan 26 11:29:10 UTC 2012

Platform-specific update of Advene 1.0.2 for Windows. It fixes a bug when installing on windows XP/Vista (DLL dependencies).

Windows installer update

Tue Jan 3 14:24:08 UTC 2012

Platform-specific update of Advene 1.0.1 for Windows. It fixes a bug in the file import GUI.

Release of Advene 1.0 !

Wed Dec 21 10:48:57 CET 2011

This release marks the end of a series that has been stable for a long time, but never earned its major release number. This version now enters a maintenance state, while development focuses on the next major version (new data model, interface revamp to handle simultaneous analysis of multiple video files...).
Among the new features, integrates an interface to the pocketsphinx speech recognition software. Annotations can now be modified either from the timeline inspector, or from table views (in addition to previous interfaces).

Presentation of Advene at DocEng2011

Sat Sep 17 16:20:26 UTC 2011

We will present our recent work on Component-based Hypervideo Model, at DocEng 2011 in Mountain View. There will also be Advene demos about the ACAV project. Come and talk with us.

Presentation of Advene at MMWeb2011

Thu Sep 09 10:30:33 CEST 2011

We will present our recent work on Component-based Hypervideo Model, at MMWeb 2011. Come and talk with us.

Presentation of Advene at RMLL2011

Tue Jun 21 10:43:33 CEST 2011

The Advene project will be presented during RMLL, on Wednesday 13 july at 15h20. Come and talk with us.

Release of Advene 0.46

Wed Apr 6 14:37:13 UTC 2011

Version 0.46 of the Advene software has been released. Among the new features, this release integrates new audio/video extraction algorithms such as face detection, audio waveform generation or silence detection. The interface has been improved in many areas, based on users requests/suggestions.

DataData workshop at ENBA

Mon Oct 18 10:34:14 UTC 2010

Experimental research workshop at the ENBA, in the context of the DataData project.

Release of Advene 0.44

Tue Sep 14 10:07:15 CEST 2010

Version 0.44 of the Advene software has been released. Among the new features, the website export can generate HTML5 tags, timecode display format can be customised, the player control interface and shortcuts has been revamped, and many interface improvements have been integrated.

Release of Advene 0.42

Thu Jun 10 18:30:23 CET 2010

Version 0.42 of the Advene software has been released. It brings graphics (SVG) overlay over the video, the ability to synchronously play multiple video files, a new shot validation interface for frame-precise adjustments, as well as many improvements.

Feedback and suggestions wanted

Fri Mar 12 18:06:23 CET 2010

Call for feedback and suggestions.

Release of Advene 0.40

Fri Feb 26 16:49:03 CET 2010

Version 0.40 of the Advene software has been released. It solves compatibility issues with recent software versions (python2.6, gstreamer 0.10.22.). gstreamer is now the default player on all platforms, VLC being an alternative. Various improvements in search and annotation alignment have been integrated.

Release of Advene 0.38

Thu Mar 19 16:35:33 2009

Version 0.38 of the Advene software has been released. It mainly integrates bug fixes (especially in the HTML editor) and some usability enhancements.

Release of Advene 0.36

Tue Jan 6 10:24:59 2009

Version 0.36 of the Advene software has been released. It integrates the shotdetect application, and can display an activity trace to provide a feedback about the current activity. A new Edition history view displays the last edited/created elements. Static views can be exported as static HTML files, so that video analyses can be uploaded to a website. The MacOS X version now uses the gstreamer video player, which offers frame-by-frame navigation. Data can be imported from the following formats: text, SRT subtitles, ELAN, PRAAT, CMML, IRI, Anvil, MPEG7 (FreeTextAnnotations only), Xi, AnnotationGraph, shotdetect, lsdvd Data can be exported to the following formats: SMIL, SVG, HTML+CSS, SRT subtitles, spreadsheet, CMML A summarized change list can be found in the changelog: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/advene/tags/0.36/debian/changelog?view=markup

Release of Advene 0.34

Mon Aug 25 15:59:00 2008

Version 0.34 of the Advene software has been released. It features the long-awaited undo feature (when editing annotations, views and queries), as well as an integrated basic WYSIWYG HTML editor, which allows to easily create basic comments on annotations. Data can be imported from the following formats: text, SRT subtitles, ELAN, PRAAT, CMML, IRI, Anvil, MPEG7 (FreeTextAnnotations only), Xi, AnnotationGraph, shotdetect, lsdvd Data can be exported to the following formats: SMIL, SVG, HTML+CSS, SRT subtitles, spreadsheet, CMML A summarized change list can be found in the changelog: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/advene/tags/0.34/debian/changelog?view=markup

Release of Advene 0.32

Fri Jul 4 21:34:54 2008

Version 0.32 of the Advene software has been released. Along with the usual usability enhancements, it offers new video control shortcuts (numeric keypad), Braille display support through brltty (if is it installed and configured), speech synthesis support through eSpeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/). The workspace can be automatically saved and restored with the package. It also fixes bugs found in previous Win32 versions. Data can be imported from the following formats: text, SRT subtitles, ELAN, PRAAT, CMML, IRI, Anvil, MPEG7 (FreeTextAnnotations only), Xi, AnnotationGraph, shotdetect, lsdvd Data can be exported to the following formats: SMIL, SVG, HTML+CSS, SRT subtitles, spreadsheet, CMML A summarized change list can be found in the changelog: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/advene/tags/0.32/debian/changelog?view=markup

Release of Advene 0.30

Wed May 21 10:55:51 2008

Version 0.30 of the Advene software has been released. Along with the usual usability enhancements, it offers a new ActiveBookmarks view that allows to create annotations through the definition (Insert or Alt-Space shortcut) and interactive reorganisation of bookmarks. The Play/pause shortcut has been changed to Control-Tab in order not to interfere with standard shortcut behaviour. This release is compatible with Ubuntu Hardy Heron. New actions are available in dynamic views: Braille (braille output of annotations), OpenStaticView, state-related actions. Data can be imported from the following formats: text, SRT subtitles, ELAN, PRAAT, CMML, IRI, Anvil, MPEG7 (FreeTextAnnotations only), Xi, AnnotationGraph, shotdetect, lsdvd Data can be exported to the following formats: SMIL, SVG, HTML+CSS, SRT subtitles, spreadsheet, CMML A summarized change list can be found in the changelog: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/advene/tags/0.30/debian/changelog?view=markup

Release of Advene 0.28

Wed Feb 13 14:30:53 2008

A new version of the Advene software has been released. Along with the usual usability enhancements, version 0.28 offers a new finder view a-la MacOS X, a more flexible quicksearch behaviour (ability to specify multiple keywords, to exclude keywords...). The timeline view now supports selecting a range of annotations, displays screenshots along the timescale and offers the possibility to navigate to the next/previous annotation in a given type. New actions are available in dynamic views: Pronounce (text-to-speech synthesis of the annotation contents), PlaySoundClip, PopupGotoOutgoingRelated (displays a navigation popup based on relations). Data can be imported from the following formats: text, SRT subtitles, ELAN, PRAAT, CMML, IRI, Anvil, MPEG7 (FreeTextAnnotations only), Xi, AnnotationGraph, shotdetect, lsdvd Data can be exported to the following formats: SMIL, SVG, HTML+CSS, SRT subtitles, spreadsheet Note for Windows users: the location of the preferences directory has changed, it is now stored in %USERPROFILE%/advene. Previous settings are not preserved. A summarized change list can be found in the changelog: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/advene/tags/0.28/debian/changelog?view=markup

Release of Advene 0.26

Thu Nov 22 16:47:03 2007

A new version of the Advene software has been released. Along with many usability enhancements, version 0.26 offers a new virtual montage view, many improvements in the timeline for viewing and editing/organising annotations. Text autocompletion has been generalized to the note-taking editor. Result of searches can be converted into montages or new annotations. Dynamic views editing is improved by the availability of common predefined values and the ability to activate multiple dynamic views. Importers for MPEG7 (FreeTextAnnotations), Anvil and AnnotationGraph have been added. A summarized change list can be found in the changelog: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/advene/tags/0.26/debian/changelog Note that from this release onwards, stable releases will feature an even release number, while odd release numbers will be used for intermediary development releases.

Advene 0.24 released, new website

Fri Sep 21 17:08:46 2007

The new version of the Advene software has been released. Version 0.24 corrects some bugs and introduces some convience features such as autocompletion in annotation edition windows, workspace customization, auto-saving... Mac OS X users can now more easily test the application, available as a .dmg image. Packages are provided for the Windows platform (through an installer), the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and the Ubuntu Feisty distribution and Mac OS X (.dmg image). The 0.24 advene version depends on the VLC player (multiplatform), or on gstreamer 0.10 (on linux). See the download information for version information.

Release of Advene 0.22

Fri Apr 6 11:50:42 2007

The new version of the Advene software has been released. Version 0.22 notably provides tags support, support for gstreamer video player, and brings a number of improvements and new features, whose complete list can be found in the changelog. Packages are provided for the Windows platform (through an installer), the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and the Ubuntu Dapper distribution. The 0.22 advene version depends on the VLC player (multiplatform), or on gstreamer 0.10 (on linux). See the download information for version information.

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