Fixed bugs

• Fix NullPointerException with the moving map feature. This problem was caused by the smooth line drawing between track points, which will be temporarily unavailable.

Downloads

The platform-independent JAR file and the os-specific installers can be downloaded below or from our website: https://gpx-animator.app/

Fixed bugs

• Portrait photos are now displayed in the correct orientation
• Portrait photos are now displayed in the correct size
• Parsing date and time offset of photos now support missing patterns
• Fix missing CLI option for --keep-first-frame
• Fix reading wrong comments from GPX files

Maintenance

• Better error message for missing implementation of CLI option

Downloads

The platform-independent JAR file and the os-specific installers can be downloaded below or from our website: https://gpx-animator.app/

New features

• Support for Apple Silicon (M1/M2) processors
• Support for MPEG-H Part2/HEVC (H.265) codec
• Support for multi-track GPX files
• Preview the rendering of the map
• Make the content of the information box configurable
• Show the time left when rendering the video
• Configure the width of the pre-draw line
• Smooth line drawing between track points
• Delete cached map tiles in preferences dialog
• New configuration option to specify the user agent when downloading map data
• Support for API keys in map template URLs
• New speed unit (min/500m)
• Time per distance speed units now display as m:ss
• GPS status with timeout (OK/LOST)
• New menu entry to show the protocol (for support requests)

Fixed bugs

• Filter unsupported map types (now all shown maps should work)
• Photos are now displayed correctly oriented based on their metadata
• No more automatically selecting Cambodia map after map update
• Command line parameter "--tail-color-fadeout" now works as expected

Notes

• GPX Animator has a new home: https://github.com/gpx-animator/gpx-animator
• The GitHub repository now uses the All Contributors bot and CLI

Downloads

The platform-independent JAR file and the os-specific installers can be downloaded below or from our website: https://gpx-animator.app/

New features

• Realtime preview while rendering is in progress (can be disabled)
• System notifications when rendering stops or finishes
• Map data update over the air (manually via File menu)
• Specify a separate font for waypoints (optional)
• Read speed from GPX file (if present) for more acurate speed data
• All important features in the menu are now accessible via hotkeys
• Recently opened files can be accessed via hotkeys
• All dialogs can be closed using the Esc key
• License information can be found in the Help menu
• New plugin support for extending GPX Animator easily
• Delay the start of the animation (keep first frame)
• Force mandatory map attributions (if needed)
• Disable tail color fadeout on request

Fixed bugs

• Accidentally cropping of photos
• Crazy path information with dots in filenames
• Incorrect handling of keep last frame option
• Incorrect handling of photo directory in saved configurations
• Incorrect handling of background image in saved configurations
• Fixed oblique right text alignment
• Fixed incorrect path handling when saving a configuration
• Fixed links in dialogs not opening the browser
• Fixed NoSuchElementException when loading empty GPX files
• Fixed a bunch of (possible) NullPointerExceptions

Maintenance

• Improve some German translations
• Replaced the end of life Xuggler library with JavaCV
• Updating Java to v16
• Switching to Zulu JDK in preparation for native Apple M1 support

Downloads

The platform-independent JAR file and the os-specific installers can be downloaded from our website: https://gpx-animator.app/

The platform-independent JAR file and the os-specific installers can be downloaded from our website: https://gpx-animator.app/

The platform-independent JAR file and the os-specific installers can be downloaded from our website: https://gpx-animator.app/