April 19th, 2012· Digitally signed the main program’s binaries.
· Ensured compatibility with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
· Tested on the Ubuntu GNU/Linux Desktop 11.10 64-bit and Wine 1.4 final.
· The code recreating the tray icon after Windows Explorer’s restart was improved to work around the UIPI mechanism.
· The volume fading in is no longer applied to short sound files.
· Upgraded the audio subsystem.
· The Windows UIPI fix for the multimedia keys support.
· Remembering of the most recently used folder paths between launches, by the commands “Play Directory” and “Add Directory”.
· Enhanced the product installer: now it sets the correct working directory for the created shortcuts.
· Fixed the tab order of the windows “Settings” and “Sleep Timer Options”.
· Updated the used list control to the most recent version.
· Resolved the issue of detecting multiple running instances when the process is launched elevated (the UIPI workaround affecting Windows Vista, Seven, and Eight).
· Enhanced handling of the Windows 8/7 taskbar: now the bookmarking audiobook player automatically recreates the thumbnail buttons after restarting Windows Explorer.
· A couple of grammar corrections.
August 26th, 2011· An integration with the Windows 7 Taskbar: now you can control playback using a toolbar on the thumbnail preview.
· Links to the product and vendor websites in the Help menu.
· From now on, a sample audio book is distributed with the player. Currently it is Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln.
· Fixed playback of extra-short audio (files shorter than 0.5 sec were not played at all).
· Fix for the file list: the horizontal scroll bar is no longer displayed when the vertical bar appears.
· The main skin is switched to Impulse.
· Fixed the volume slider graphics of the Snow Leopard skin.
· Fixed possible memory leaks in the both list controls.
· Updated the audio effects library.
· Updated the AAC/MP4 decoder.
· Some grammar corrections of the app UI.
· Got the error message appeared when calling Play Directory for a folder with no supported audio files.
· Enhanced the bitrate calculation.
· The setup program is tuned to assign informative hints to shortcuts created in the Start Menu and on the Desktop.
· A ton of minor improvements.
December 10th, 2010· Added integration with Audiobook Downloader Pro.
· Updated the internal audio playback library.
· Updated the internal audio effects library.
· Fixed skinning of the two main lists: Library and File List.
· Some minor tweaks.
August 3rd, 2010· Improved backing up on updating the database at program startup.
· The readme documentation was expanded by adding a new paragraph into it.
· Enhanced UI of the Enter Code dialog window.
· A few internal enhancements.
· Version information was added into the product installer.
· Now the uninstaller also removes the database backup if the user chose to delete user data.
April 22nd, 2010· Added support of MPEG-4 audio file formats: now the player can playback AAC, MP4, M4A and M4B files.
· Ability to change the tempo of an audio book without changing the pitch, and to alter the playback pitch regardless of other params. Explore additional options using the spinner at left and above of the Stop button.
· Added a configurable function for skipping commercials.
· Count-down mode for the track progress timer.
· Disabling hardware mixing option for bypassing possible driver issues.
· Restoring from the system tray when loading a second copy of the audio book player.
· Some interface fixes and corrections.
February 9th, 2010· Changed an icon of the Sleep Timer button.
· Fixed the problem with skinned scroll bars when in the always-on-top mode.
· Minimizing to tray when the Shift key is hold down.
· Skinned dialogs for opening files were replaced by the standard system dialogs.
· Added an optional support of multimedia keys (see the dialog Settings).
· Added an option for an exact seeking and length detection.
· Added an option “Automatically create a record in the Library on calling the Play File(s)/Directory command”. It is enabled by default.
· A few minor enhancements.
January 3rd, 2010· Added support of waveform audio (WAV) file format.
· Added "pause playback" and "pause playback and quit" options for the sleep timer.
· Added menu items and keyboard shortcuts for speeding up and slowing down the playback.
· Always-on-top feature for the main window.
· A confirmation dialog now shows when a user tries to delete an audiobook from the library.
· Fixed disabling the trackbar when a user adds audiobook to the library.
· Corrected detection of a bitrate.
· A few small fixes and improvements in a program code and installation script.
January 3rd, 2010· Fixed disabling the sleep timer.
· Added space key as a keyboard shortcut for the play/pause action.
· Reports now include a mention of an overall duration.
· Improved drag & drop into the file list.
· A title of the main window now changes on editing the current audiobook name.
· Fixed volume regulation when the sleep timer is on.
· A few internal improvements.
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