Permute 4.0.2

1. 6. 2026

• New: Permute 4 now includes a services menu item.
• New: The subtitles dialog now includes options to enable or disable all tracks.
• Changed: When you set audio channels to Surround and the input is stereo, Permute will now expand the audio to all 6 channels.
• Improved: Applying trim to the entire group is now smarter and doesn't require all files to be of the same duration.
• Fixed: An issue where the conversion could fail if the input used 96kHz sample rate and the target was AAC audio.
• Fixed: An issue where GIF Animation conversion would fail in case the input video file included a cover image track.
• Fixed: An issue where the crop might have been offset.
• Changed: Selecting Custom video quality now prefers CQ/CRF over bitrate when supported by the preset.

Permute 4.0.1

27. 5. 2026

• New: HEIC preset now has an option to use either .heif or .heic path extension.
• New: Video presets now contain an option not to copy QuickTime Metadata.
• Fixed: A crash in custom presets using RAW video format.
• Fixed: An issue where the subtitle file delay would be ignored when burning subtitles into a video.

Permute 4.0

May 26, 2026

• New: Completely new UI.
• New: Reworked trim and crop with waveform for audio, pixel rulers for video and images.
• New: Splitting files according to CUE/EDL/JSON now offers adjustments as well as custom chapter splitting.
• New: Drop Zones - predefine conversions with presets or custom groups and automatically convert files by dropping them on the drop zone.
• New: ProRes preset now uses hardware acceleration.
• New: You can now drag & drop subtitles and audio files onto video files in Permute to add them to the file.
• New: You can now reorder audio and subtitle tracks, assign titles, dispositions and language to them.
• New: Low power mode to run conversions in the background using less power (though taking longer).
• New: MP4 and HEVC presets have an "Automatic Setup" options for small files, best quality, etc.
• New: Permute now automatically includes two presets "Small File" and "High Quality" for quicker setup.
• New: More options for what to have Permute do with the original files - delete them, move them to Trash, or to a custom folder.
• Improved: Greatly improved Text preset (converting images into text)
• New: Permute now uses on-device AI to produce a name for a group or stitched file.
• New: You can now trim and stitch files in one step.
• New: Option to set default audio language.
• New: Advanced Custom preset that allows you to tap into the raw power of FFmpeg.
• New: PNG Data URI preset.
• New: Preset settings now include a Preview button that generates a preview of the output.
• New: File size restriction now has a unit pop up menu for entering MB values more easily.
• New: Permute now displays estimated file size during conversion.
• New: HEVC and MP4 presets now can use hardware acceleration even in case of file size limit.
• New: The crop view now allows you to save and load crop sizes.
• New: For files with no extension, Permute attempts a guess based on FourCC information prior to additional heuristics.
• New: Permute now analyzes the conversion and if all tracks are being copied, it queues the conversion into a serial queue so that the conversions don't fight over the I/O bandwidth, thus speeding up the actual conversion.
• Changed: Workshop is now part of the main workflow.
• - you can now add PDF files directly into the queue and apply presets (PDF Filter, PDF to Images, etc.) that you can set up in Settings > Presets
• - to create a video from audio and an image, add either the image or the audio into the queue and select the option under the Actions menu to combine it with audio or image. You can also apply this to the entire group, allowing for setting an image to all audio files within the group at once.
• - to replace color, use the Color Replacement preset or in case of images, adjust color replacement directly on the image file
• - use the Actions menu to split files by chapters/EDL/CUE/JSON files
• - HLS Stream is now a standalone preset that you can configure in Settings and apply to any video
• - IP Camera files are now immediately fixed when opened
• - brand new metadata editor, supporting more formats, more tags, etc.
• - multi-preset has now been replaced with drop zones
• - text files can be also added directly into the queue and text-based presets (encoding, text to speech) are available and can be applied to them
• - you can now export tracks from files via the Actions menu
• - Video to Images is now a preset that you can apply to any conversion group with videos