A new version of HandbrakePM, the batch video conversion tool based on the famous HandBrake video converter, is now available:

v3.2 (10-Sep-2025)

• macOS: Removed the Sanbox-switch. This prevented the use of HandBrakeCLI.
• When an error occurs, the feedback from HandBrakeCLI is now displayed in the message window, instead of the executed command.
• Changed the field for messages in the message window into a scrollable editfield - this is handy for when errors occur.
• When an error is displayed in the message window, the window can now be resized to enlarge the editfield containing the message. You can also copy the message text.

A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.9
(01 Sep 2025)

Change:

• Converted 'EXIF Date field to use' to a combobox.
• Added the EXIF 'About'-tag for the 'Caption/Description'.
• Changed the entry field in the 'Save as preset'-dialog into a combobox, so you can choose from existing presets, instead of having to type the name, to overwrite one with new data.

Fixed:

• Focal lengths and apertures can only contain numbers (millimeters) and one dot.
• Typed text in comboboxes is now stored directly after enter/return or leaving the entry field.
• The tag 'LensInfo' is now set correctly, when at least one focal length and one corresponding aperture are filled. Therefore, the default value for Apertures is now '0.0'.
• Using the File Created or File Modified date are now trimmed of possible new lines.
• In the file-renaming-pattern,'%y' and '%Y' are now truly recognized as being different.
• Reading meta-data from Google JSON files works again. Added looking for the new extension '.supplemental-metadata.json'.
• When reselecting 'EXIF dates or a new ...' after having selected 'Retrieve from Google JSON', the Geotag-fields are now enabled again.
• GPS for movie files: negative coordinates are now set correctly.
• macOS: Removed duplicate addresses from the address book menu.
• Modernised windows, controls and code to use newer Xojo API's.

A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.8
(25 Aug 2025)

New:

• Converted text input for Document Name, Artist, Copyright, Filename pattern, and Camera- and Lensinfo into Combo-boxes, where the last 10 used entries will be saved.
• To speed up startup, paths to the helper tools are now stored, and editable, in the 'Settings....' -> 'Various other settings'
• In the Preview-window, you can now filter on EXIF tags, or their contents, to make it easier to check which ones are present.
• Now also compiled for Linux and Windows.

Change:

• All lists are modernized. With some, the dotted lines would disappear.
• In the Preferences-window, under 'EXIF / IPTC / XMP Tags', the filter on tags has been modernized and improved.
• Thumbnails of movie files are default taken at 4 seconds. Now, if a clip is shorter, a thumbnail at 0.5 second will be taken.
• The default rename pattern has now been set to: '%d-%t-%x.%n', instead of underscores.
• Changed the text 'Finder' into 'file', because of Linux and Windows versions.
• The OS version in the 'About...' window now shows the complete name and version, instead of just a number.
• Unknown tags under 'Other tags' are now printed in red.
• Replaced the Paypal and Paddle buttons with a link to my webshop.

Fixed:

• Thumbnails of files with single and/or double quotes in the name are now also generated.
• Finding the path to the various utilities and not finding them, could result in storing the error message and stop further tries.
• GPS coordinates are now written to movie files. In some cases this was not happening. Tested with .m4v, .mov, and .mp4
• 'Save as preset' would sometimes use the name of another preset.
• Get the correct mime type for files with no extension or with extensions like '.jpg_original' or '.mp4_original'.
• Tabbing through the rows in 'Other tags' is now possible.
• In 'Other tags', the repeated adding of '?' for unknown tags is fixed.
• In 'Other tags', the info text above the table is now correctly displayed in full.
• Image and movie files with '_original' added by exiftool to the file's extension, are now also recognized when dragged onto the grid.

Convert your calendar into a work hours table and save it for your records with ICSviewer Pro.

ICSviewer Pro

v5.6
- Fixed: Long texts were missing a space in some situations, where you would see words glued together.
- Fixed: UTF-8 characters from/to MySQL are now read and transferred correctly.
- Fixed: Crash in a situation when there was no MySQL connection.

Purchase a serial number for use on macOS, Windows and Linux here , or for macOS only:

A new version of RenameFiles is now available:

v3.0
(12 Aug 2025)

- Added the option to Lowercase, Titlecase or Uppercase a name.
- Added back the immediate processing after changing a parameter.
- Fixed a bug with appending a string.

Convert your calendar into a work hours table and save it for your records with ICSviewer Pro.

ICSviewer is now ICSviewer Pro

v5.5
Lots of fixes, SSH connection to MySQL, better network-error handling, etc. and ... parse repeating events

Purchase a serial number for use on macOS, Windows and Linux, or for macOS only:

Al in 1793 verklaarde Benjamin Rush dat het niet zozeer de ouderdom is als wel de een of andere ziekte die 'in het algemeen de laatste levensdraad doorsnijdt'.

De moderne geneeskunde heeft sinds die tijd het idee dat iemand aan ouderdom sterft doeltreffend de das omgedaan.

Daarvoor in de plaats is een enorm aantal haarfijn gedifferentieerde medische problemen gekomen dat een gestaag groeiend deel van de particuliere en publieke gezondheidsbegrotingen opeist.

Het is wel ironisch dat uitgerekend de geriatrie, waarschijnlijk het minst gerespecteerde medische specialisme, nu het grootste deel van de tijd die een huisarts aan zijn praktijk besteedt in beslag neemt.

De moderne westerse geneeskunde heeft er, paradoxaal genoeg, toe bijgedragen dat er meer gezonde, actieve zeventig- en tachtigjarigen zijn dan ooit tevoren, en tegelijkertijd (hoewel minder leuk en minder zichtbaar, aangezien het merendeel van hen is weggestopt in tehuizen) meer chronisch zieken en bedlegerige oude patiënten dan ooit tevoren.

Zij heeft er tevens voor gezorgd dat degenen die tegenwoordig de meeste kans lopen om magere Hein tegen te komen mensen boven de 60 zijn, terwijl dat vroeger de zuigelingen en kleine kinderen waren (en uiteraard in veel arme landen nog steeds zijn).

Het meest bizarre van alles is nog dat de medische technologie op dit moment kunstmatig bijna elk teken van leven kan bestendigen zonder dat er meer dan de geringste aanwijzing is voor een voortzetting van een zinvol bestaan.

Het ziet ernaar uit dat het eeuwige leven eindelijk bereikt is, maar dan wel op de minst wenselijke manier die je je voor kunt stellen.

Uit : 'Tijd - De beleving van de tijd'

A new version of RenameFiles is now available:

v2.9
(13 Jan 2025)

- Fixed some bugs with removing text, appending text and inserting sequence numbers of folder and file names with an extension.
- There is now also a native Windows ARM-version.

My ical/ics calendar file viewer and exporter ICS Viewer was updated

v4.8
Bug fixes:
- Start at and End at times were formatted according to the time format in System Settings. This has been corrected, the times are now displayed according to the 24-hour notation.

Added:
- The time notation according to the System Settings has now been added to the From date and To date columns.

A new version of RenameFiles is now available:

v2.8
(11 Oct 2024)

- Fixed bugs with removing, prepending and appending text of folder names and file names without an extension.