What's new in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.53
Jun 17, 2013
- Added: Confirmation question for shutdown option at progress window
- Fixed: Some slightly corrupt or very small MP3 files weren't handled properly
- Fixed: Better detection of processing problems
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.52 (May 23, 2013)
- Changed: Many improvements for Serbian translation
- Changed: Internal improvements
- Fixed: Unexpected/misleading behavior of progress window's abort, exit and shutdown feature (thanks Bodo!)
- Fixed: Visual progress bar on taskbar sometimes didn't stop
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.51 (Jan 11, 2013)
- This is small update which fixes two minor issues: Wrong interpretation of some ID3v2.4 tags and progress bar starting again when processing very long audio files.
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.5 (Dec 28, 2012)
- Added: Loading support for M3U and PLS playlist files
- Added: Dutch and Serbian translation (thanks Paul and Nebojsa!)
- Added: Visual progress bar on taskbar for Windows 7 and higher
- Added: High resolution program icon for Windows Vista and higher
- Changed: Better loading and processing of slightly corrupt audio files
- Changed: Internal improvements (increased overall performance etc.)
- Fixed: Sometimes the progress window didn't close properly
- Fixed: Wrong files with similar file extensions could have been loaded unintentionally
- Fixed: Minor correction in Portuguese translation
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.4 (Sep 19, 2012)
- Added a new option to use “56 kbps” for the Constant bitrate mode.
- The Portuguese translation has been slightly corrected as well.
- Furthermore an error has been fixed where MP3 files couldn’t be loaded when the ID3v2 tags where larger than about 70% of the whole file.
- A major issue in calculating the remaining processing time has been repaired — Now the estimated remaining time should make a lot more sense and be more precise overall.
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.33 (May 24, 2012)
- Added a Turkish translation of the program interface and fixed a very rare error where the presets got corrupted.
- Also added a minor internal improvement.
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.32 (Apr 21, 2012)
- Changed: Automatically activate option if related settings are changed
- Fixed: Errors introduced in version 2.31: Doubled ID3v2 tags after
- processing (thanks Neil!); disabled "Adopt ID3 tags" option
- had no effect
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.31 (Mar 13, 2012)
- Changed: Updated encoder
- Changed: Slightly improved Korean translation
- Fixed: Minor correction in Swedish translation
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.3 (Feb 24, 2012)
- Added: New "Bitrate Mode" and "File date" columns to the file list
- Added: Swedish translation
- Added: "Check selected" option to the file list
- Changed: Faster loading of MP3 files with constant bitrate
- Changed: Updated and corrected Estonian, Korean and Spanish translations
- Changed: Improved some of the English and German texts
- Changed: Internal improvements
- Fixed: Display of file list columns of Korean translation
- Fixed: Adjusted height of additional settings window
- Fixed: Slightly wrong drawing of file list lines when scrolling
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.2 (Nov 10, 2011)
- Added: Support for MP1 and MP2 files
- Added: New "Best quality" preset
- Changed: Optimized handling of files to process and improved retaining of ID3 tags which results in less overhead and about 10% higher processing speed
- Changed: Corrected Spanish translation
- Changed: Updated encoder
- Changed: Adjusted some options of the default presets
- Changed: Improved calculation of remaining time
- Changed: Lowered default priority again (introduced in 2.1)
- Fixed: Files of very low quality weren't loaded
- Fixed: Small error during calculation of bitrate
- Fixed: Same name when adding a preset which already exists
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.12 (Sep 29, 2011)
- Fixed: Original file got deleted when replace mode was used and the process paused, aborted or skipped
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.11 (Aug 25, 2011)
- Added: Korean translation, except help texts
- Fixed: MP3 files with ID3v2 tags that include album covers most likely weren't loaded
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.1 (Aug 22, 2011)
- Added: Processing support for read-only files
- Added: Automatic retaining of file attributes
- Added: Option to change the encoding priority
- Added: Short help description for the presets
- Changed: Faster interacting with the file lists
- Changed: Retain the folder structure by default
- Changed: Increased default priority to "Normal"
- Changed: Minor internal improvements
- Changed: Reordered help menu items
- Fixed: Partly messed up Portuguese translation
- Fixed: Retaining of the file dates didn't work
- Fixed: Deleting created files in result window sometimes didn't work
- Fixed: Detection if source and destination are the same
- Fixed: Case-sensitive check when adding presets
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.04 (Jul 24, 2011)
- Changed: Increased encoding priority
- Changed: Better method of file validating
- Fixed: Some MP3's of lower quality weren't loaded
- Fixed: Some MP3's with ID3v2 tags weren't loaded
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.03 (Jul 22, 2011)
- Changed: Increased loading speed
- Changed: Further improvements in detecting and loading MP3 files
- Changed: Handling of temporary processing file
- Fixed: A few valid MP3's weren't loaded (introduced in 2.02)
- Fixed: Slightly wrong bitrates could be displayed
- Fixed: Sometimes the MP3 file to be overwritten gets deleted too early (thanks Bodo!)
- Fixed: Backward compatibility for properties and presets didn't work properly (introduced in 2.01)
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.02 (Jun 24, 2011)
- Changed: Improved loading and detection of corrupt MP3 files
- Changed: Button text for French, Spanish etc. to "OK"
- Fixed: Bitrate of "-1" was displayed for some files
- Fixed: Sorting of file list didn't work properly (introduced in 2.0)
- Fixed: Added missing short description for "-Preset" command to readme file (introduced in 2.0)
- Fixed: Now using the "correct" Desktop directory by default
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.01 (May 30, 2011)
- Added: Backward compatibility for properties and presets
- Changed: Renamed "-NoAutoSaveProperties" command-line parameter to "-DisableSavingProperties"
- Fixed: Remembering the folder used for loading at "Add files" doesn't work
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 2.0 (May 24, 2011)
- Added:
- Result window: Keyboard shortcuts, "Show in Explorer", dynamically playback or show information with double-click
- Load files on program start-up via command-line or by moving them on the program icon
- Loading dialogs remember last used folder
- Set saving destination by dropping a folder or file on the appropriate text field
- Warning message on program close if files are loaded
- Changed:
- About 25% faster loading of files
- Complete rework of preset handling which includes new features and makes existing ones easier: Overwrite, sort, remove, add, set on start-up, keyboard shortcuts, menu etc.
- Destination option: Replaced dropdown list with seperate settings, moved "Retain" to additional settings window
- A lot of internal improvements
- Reordered columns of file list
- Result window: List has processing order by default, reordered menu items, better information
- Files will immediately be added to list during loading
- Increased default window sizes
- Other small improvements
- Fixed:
- Not possible to start on some Windows 2000 systems
- Shortcuts and options possible to use in unwanted situations
- Don't attempt to load system files
- Program could crash during process in rare cases
- A few wrong underlined menu items when pressing Alt key
- Updated website links
- Removed:
- Ctrl+Q shortcut from main window
- "-NoAutoSavePresets" command because it isn't needed anymore
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 1.41 (Nov 30, 2010)
- added: warning message if not enough disk space available
- added: last used preset will automatically be selected on next start
- changed: resized statusbar elements
- fixed: possibly wrong information in progress window for first file
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 1.4 (Nov 1, 2010)
- added: Estonian translation
- added: update check
- added: show sorting direction
- changed: now the position and size of progress and result window will be saved as well
- changed: improved internal loading and handling of files
- changed: show help on first start-up
- changed: overwrite window now also displays the path
- fixed: Portuguese translation
- fixed: not able to process files
- fixed: "&" character didn't show in progress window
- fixed: possible crash with corrupt settings file
- fixed: possible program slow down when checking for new versions
- removed: start process with "Enter" key
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 1.3 (Jun 22, 2010)
- added: complete unicode support
- added: retain folder structure
- added: new destination mode: replace
- added: Russian translation (thanks Andrey!)
- added: remove successfully processed files from main list
- added: check loaded files automatically
- added: possibility to replace error files
- added: timer for overwrite window
- added: recognition of "-Portable" command
- added: new "-Uninstall" command
- changed: improved texts and translations
- fixed: dropdown list width
- removed: executable compression
- removed: website check
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 1.21 (Oct 30, 2009)
- added: info if directory isn't available during the process
- changed: slightly faster start-up
- changed: internal structure of settings and process
- fixed: error after "never overwrite" was selected
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 1.2 (Sep 29, 2009)
- added: multilingualism (English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Spanish)
- added: display ID3v2.2 tags
- changed: option, overwrite and progress window are resizable
- changed: many info texts
- changed: small things (same "Ok" button, error message, ...)
- fixed: unicode tag reading issues
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 1.13 (Sep 20, 2009)
- fixed: v1.12: validated files couldn't be reset
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 1.12 (Sep 5, 2009)
- added: close info windows with Esc
- added: error message if save path doesn't exist
- changed: info windows are resizable
- changed: "default" preset is displayed
- fixed: destination not selected
- removed: reset settings after deleting a preset
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 1.11 (Sep 5, 2009)
- changed: file count statusbar text
- fixed: normal process followed by "file not found" error
- fixed: lost focus after result window
New in MP3 Quality Modifier 1.1 (Aug 11, 2009)
- This version comes with a huge performance boost: Files are loaded much faster! Also the way ID3 tags are handled is massively improved. Now they will be completely retained (even special characters, album pictures etc.). New is the option to also examine subfolders while loading.