What's new in KaraFun Player 2.6.0 Build 6
May 17, 2018
- Another major step for KaraFun Player! Thanks to your feedback, we have identified a few minor bugs that are now solved! This version is much more stable and should make for smilin' singers and happy KJs :)
- BUGFIXES:
- Lots! We have identified bugs under the hood that were affecting performances (namely Mutex and lock-free processes, but you don't want to hear about that). KaraFun should be more stable than ever and run like a cheetah!
- Compiler bugfix
- Deleting a local folder should not crash the app anymore.
New in KaraFun Player 2.5.2 Build 5 (Dec 27, 2017)
- Spotted! We have identified and solved the sneaky bug that caused your playlists to grow bigger and bigger. We've now sent this bug back to the North Pole, and you can download our quick-fix tool to remove duplicates from your playlists here: http://dl.recisio.com/m192v3g1e0. Merry Christmas!
New in KaraFun Player 2.5.2 Build 3 (Dec 20, 2017)
- 'tis the season... of singing! KaraFun Player has been improved, and should take all the pesky bugs for a Sleigh ride.
New in KaraFun Player 2.5.1 Build 3 (Sep 14, 2017)
- This time for good, missing offline files are back in the field. Ready. Steady. Sing!
New in KaraFun Player 2.5.1 Build 2 (Sep 5, 2017)
- NEW FEATURES:
- Long Live the Remote, allowing you and your guests to send their karaoke requests without moving from the barbecue (or the pool, if you're lucky)!
- IMPROVEMENTS:
- Performance improvements (it's a large family, and we can't introduce all the members here).
- Improved position of the logo onscreen.
- Now displays the total length of local files if available.
- Standby screen now shows up on Community uploaded CDG files.
- BUGFIX:
- Offline Sync should now be more resilient and stable (aka. your offline files are not going on impromptu holidays anymore).
- Happy Sunny Summer!
New in KaraFun Player 2.4.1 Build 0 (Aug 1, 2017)
- Here comes the sun and a brand new version of KaraFun Player along with it in its shiny glory! Loads of improvements, including the Community, now built-in the app (no April Fools’!).
- Also on the bright side, we've tracked down and fixed many things that caused stormy offline management. Songs that would desynchronize now stay, for good. If only we could say the same for the sun...
New in KaraFun Player 2.4.0 Build 1 (Mar 16, 2017)
- Several performance improvements, bug fixes and a better offline sync manager.
New in KaraFun Player 2.4.0 Build 0 (Feb 15, 2017)
- Bring it on 2017! KaraFun Player reaches a milestone, and this new version offers a whole lot of improvements to get through the winter! Here's a quick recap of what we've been at lately:
- Search now includes results from the Community
- Better offline performances, with an improved Cache Manager
- Many performance improvements
- Many bugs fixed
New in KaraFun Player 2.3.0 Build 0 (Sep 28, 2016)
- Improvements:
- Full Unicode support
- Performance improvements
- Cache files are now physically removed when un-synced
- Better error feedback
- CSV export now contains IDs
- New logo
- Bugfix:
- Dates are now displayed correctly
- Deep links are now working
New in KaraFun Player 2.2.10 Build 1 (Jul 13, 2016)
- Improvements:
- App is now signed (should be easier to install)
- Bug fix:
- Major bugfix
- Username is always displayed instead of email
- Login issue should be fixed
- KaraFun Web frame now reloads as previously
- Performance improvements
New in KaraFun Player 2.2.9 Build 252 (Jul 8, 2016)
- Bugfix:
- KaraFun now remembers your language settings
- Improvements:
- Export any song selection to a CSV file
- Misc:
- Introducing the great, the awesome, the fabulous new icon
New in KaraFun Player 2.2.6 Build 237 (Sep 18, 2015)
- Manage your favorites right from KaraFun Player
- General bugfix & performance improvements
New in KaraFun Player 2.2.6 Build 229 (Sep 4, 2015)
- This version includes updates for Windows 10, as well as a bugfix that could happen when using the software offline.
New in KaraFun Player 2.2.6 Build 228 (Aug 25, 2015)
- Major bugfix
- Performance improvements
New in KaraFun Player 2.2.6 Build 224 (Jul 21, 2015)
- Display songs sung by the same artist on Right Click
- Customize the location of your playlists and history files
- General bugfix
New in KaraFun Player 2.2.6 Build 221 (Jun 9, 2015)
- Your queue is saved between sessions
- You can now drag & drop files directly from your desktop on your playlists
- Right click on a song gives you a new option to see songs of the same artist
- You can now change the location of your playlists and history files with a key in Windows Registry, PlaylistsDir
- Several bugfixes
New in KaraFun Player 2.2.4 Build 213 (Apr 8, 2015)
- Bugfix
- Speed optimizations
New in KaraFun Player 2.2.2 Build 205 (Mar 24, 2015)
- Local API
- Sort on offline column
- Keep your user data on uninstall
- Improved catalog loading
- General speed improvements
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.34 Build 177 (Jan 20, 2015)
- Fixed a bug with Midi files
- Improved performance of Offline Sync. (Pro)
- Fixed list counts bug
- Improved Fade In/Out transitions between songs
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.32 Build 172 (Dec 19, 2014)
- New: "Last played date" column
- New: "Undo / Redo" feature
- New: Search by ID
- Improvement: the control bar is now always displayed in the Queue and Playlists
- Fixed bugs on startup that prevented the catalog to load
- Fixed issue with YouTube search
- Fixed issue with the track count next to the genres
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.30 Build 158 (Oct 17, 2014)
- New: KaraFun Player now offers full support of duets vocals (separate lead vocals)
- New: customize the columns displayed for each list
- New: right click on any track to synchronize it offline
- New: select your audio output
- Improved search engine
- Revamped preferences panel
- General bugfix
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.28 Build 137 (Sep 1, 2014)
- New feature: select the columns you want to show / hide in the lists
- New offline column (showing the offline status everywhere in KaraFun Player)
- Fixed a rendering issue on netbooks and crashes on exit
- Fixed cache issues
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.26 Build 128 (Aug 14, 2014)
- New offline sync. for Pro. customers
- Improved offline behavior
- Minor Bugfix
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.24 Build 121 (Jul 22, 2014)
- Change the opacity of the background animations (from 0% - black background - to 100% visibility)
- Detailed history (today, yesterday, last 7 days, last 30 days)
- General performance improvements
- Better activity captions
- Better bug reporting
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.20 Build 114 (Jul 22, 2014)
- New: Progress bar with position of the lyrics / singer
- New: Global search bar (across KaraFun Web and your local files)
- New: Automatically detect the title / artist in your local filenames based on a custom pattern
- Right click on any KaraFun Web track to see it online
- Now displays the number of tracks in your playlists and local folders
- Press Ctrl+D to turn on the Dual Screen Display
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.18 Build 105 (Jul 22, 2014)
- KaraFun now displays the number of tracks in each genre (online only)
- Now supports MP3 folders
- Fixed a bug that caused a crash with some playlists imported from KaraFun Player 1
- Performance Improvements (offline mode, large playlists)
- Minor bugfix
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.16 Build 100 (Jul 22, 2014)
- New option: ask for singer's name when adding a song to the queue
- Bugfix
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.14 Build 96 (Jul 22, 2014)
- Bugfix, including the issue with Midi files
- Increased performance
- New organization for the genres (with sub-genres)
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.10 Build 80 (Jul 22, 2014)
- 0,1,2 shortcuts for volume control have been implemented
- Drag & Drop playlists and folders to reorganize
- 20 genres are now displayed (instead of 10)
- New option for video stretch (video files only)
- Major performance improvements
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.8 Build 70 (Jul 22, 2014)
- Major update of the video engine, now supports MP4 among other formats, with higher performances
- Major update of the local folders engine, now much faster with searching and browsing
- Minor bugfixes and improvements
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.6 Build 65 (Jul 22, 2014)
- Bugfix regarding CDG playback that was sometimes taking a lot of time before starting
- Better management of large local folders
- Now handles KPL imports (drag & drop)
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.4 Build 61 (Jul 22, 2014)
- Better performance and stability with MIDI files
- Better startup performance with large playlists
- Now keeps your current folder when adding local files several times
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.2 Build 60 (Jul 22, 2014)
- Improved performance with large local folders
- Bugfix on Playlists
- KaraFun now keeps the history even after a crash
New in KaraFun Player 2.1.0 Build 55 (Jul 22, 2014)
- First stable release
- Improved general stability
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.86 Build 771 (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: Karaoke loading can crash on bad karaoke file
- Bugfix: Render window may crash in customized SetFocus method, removed because not needed anymore
- Bugfix: Better management of XML objects
- Bugfix: Crash in guide selection after seeking position when infoscreen playing (KaraFun Online only)
- Some translations in menus fixed
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.85 (Dec 7, 2011)
- Improvement of KaraFun Online queries manager
- Bugfix: Playlist files (.KPL) were not displayed in the files tree
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.84 (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: Bad context errors when displaying text while playing DVD
- Removable drives and CD/DVD changes are detected and updated in the KaraFun Player files explorer
- Bugfix: Wrong display of Karaoke CD on Windows7 and Vista
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.83 (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: Crash when installing with russian language
- Bugfix: Exceptions thrown when reading KaraFun Online stream
- Bugfix: Karaoke CD now plays correctly
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.82 (Dec 7, 2011)
- Add support of media keys (play/pause, stop, next track, previous track)
- Bugfix: Now, try to link karaoke files without music (kok, cdg...) with simple music files of the same names first (mp3, ogg...)
- Bugfix: Options window (Advanced tab) can generate bugs when scanning parts of the tree
- Bugfix: Subfolder button in Karaoke Library disappears
- Bugfix: Popup menu item "Play" also enqueues when "Enqueue file in playlist on double click" is checked
- Bugfix: Better checking of frame positions at start
- Bugfix: Better checking of screen adapter value
- Use of BASS 2.4.6 library
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.66-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: crash when user-defined infoscreen image is not in the library of the kfn
- Bugfix: half the kfn instance was not deleted (if infoscreen must be loaded)
- Bugfix: catch exceptions in Options dialog
- Bugfix: ID tags not read correctly in zip files
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.61-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: crash when adding a list of files with bad pathes in the current playlist
- Bugfix: incorrect save/restore of current options for audio and video export
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.58-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: wrong read/write file access with locked kfn
- In Karaoke Library, KFN files context menu now indicates if a file is locked when trying to open it in the editor
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.56-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Video and audio exports available in "player" and "view" windows popup menu
- Advanced options: starting bar (in synchronization guides) can be disabled
- Bugfix: crash in video export with karaoke info screen
- Bugfix: better kfn file data format compatibility
- Bugfix: ConvertToAudio menu disappears after some handlings
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.51-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: some video files stay locked, software not able to load the video file twice
- Registry database cleaned (windows7)
- Bugfix: wrong encoding format in some strings of the registry database
- Bugfix: music not found when loading zip files with music file extension in upper case
- Video and audio exports available
- Bugfix: music shifted at the beginning when playing a KFN with a video track
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.44-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: problem with volume initialization of the defaut guide in KFN
- Bugfix: video looping in video track
- Bugfix: video shifting and "Display last frame" options in video track
- Bugfix: key duplicated in registry undeleted when uninstalling makes a crash when reinstalling in another directory (windows7)
- Bugfix: utf-8 string decoding in old kfn file format
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.39-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: a warning when loading a KFN file
- Bugfix: crash when double-clicking on a kfn with "Start in fullscreen" option checked
- Bugfix: pb when restoring windows positions
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.36-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfix: file associations with the restricted rights of the registry (windows7)
- Force activation of log file in beta version by default
- Release Notes are available in the About window
- Use 32-bit and 64-bit compatible version of some functions
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.33-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Bugfixes in searchbar algorithm
- Bug with fullscreen mode "Start in fullscreen" corrected
New in KaraFun Player 1.20.28-beta (Dec 7, 2011)
- Windows 7 compatibility
- Full native unicode
- Support of Karaoke CD raw file format (BIN files)
- Playlist options (tempo, pitch saving...) are available for everyone
- Search bar is available in the playlist
- New display of synchronization guides (Starting bar, bouncing ball)
- Screenshots are stored in My Pictures directory
- Bugfixes on karaoke engine
- Split of the player and the editor in 2 software
New in KaraFun Player 1.18 (Dec 17, 2007)
- Better internationalization - Unicode filenames and directories are supported
- Improved management of corrupted files
- General stability improvements
- Vertical text is now z-buffered and should always appear in the right order
- Fix a problem related to URLs
- Corrected a problem in the editor's library
- Some icon changes in the player
- Corrected a problem with video export
- Corrected a problem with an interraction of bubbles and training modes
New in KaraFun Player 1.17a (Sep 28, 2007)
- Improved directory scanning
- Now play until the correct end of the file (don't stop before)
- Midi device selection
- New minor features
- Added support for no sound/no driver
- Improved logging
- Bugfix on Direct3D (unable to initialize on some computers)
- Copy Paste bug fix
- Compatibility fix when loading some old KFNs, images may not appears (KaraFun Engine)
- Two texture memory leaks corrected (KaraFun Engine)
- Upgraded BASS version (Sound Engine)
- Video changes, codec compatibility improvements (KaraFun Engine)
- Interface cosmetic changes
- Other rare bug engine fixes
New in KaraFun Player 1.16 (Sep 1, 2007)
- Improved Windows Vista compatibility
- Fix an important problem on the video track
- Minors bugfixes
New in KaraFun Player 1.15 (Mar 17, 2007)
- Bugfix in CD G disk playback
- Improved speed in fullscreen
- Better ZIP (Zipped CDG) support
- Minors bugfixes