SAM Broadcaster 4.9.4 - Changelog

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.9.0:

June 24th, 2011

· New Spacial brand and user interface with lots of usability improvements!
· Updated encoder timers to show days of uptime.
· Updated Shoutcast 2 encoder to properly ignore metadata when metadata is disabled.
· Removed StreamAds support. Please contact Triton Digital for all your advertising needs.
· SAM->General->HTML Output moved under SAM->Tools->HTML Output menu.
· List your radio station on TuneIn.com with the new PAL script that ships with SAM. See TuneIn.pal inside PAL folder.
· Improved soundcard detection for Mic config.
· Improved Search window.
· Improved Apply to Album functionality.
· SoundFX now have space for 16 items.
· Air/Cue mute and volume control can be set directly from toolbar.
· Layout now always stored to default layout on exit. Also, new layout extension of *.sul
· Huge speed improvement when closing EQ/AGC/DSP config screen.
· UI now forces windows to show inside visible area.

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.7.4:

January 11th, 2011

· Brand new samPHPweb implementation.
· Brand new static HTML pages design for samHTMLweb.
· Upgraded table structures to be compatible with latest version of MySQL.
· Upgraded FireBird engine to v2.5
· Use full PHP tags in writing samPHPweb and SAMReporter config file.
· Suppport for 64bit installer.
· Increased storage size for TrackNo field.
· Fixed broken ASCAP CSV report.
· Fixed progress report in Queue on large updates while using FireBird engine.
· Updated EULA.
· Added utility shortcuts.
· Fixed activation issue.
· Improved MySQL and FireBird detection.

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.7.3:

January 11th, 2011

· SHOUTcast relay now properly detects AAC in all cases.
· ICEcast relay improved to detect Targeted Ad-Injector version, listen url and ListenerTracker status flag.
· Wowza v2 stats support added.
· Use local user directories on XP as well to allow for standard user installations.
· FMCard support. See FMCard Wiki Documentation.
· Fixed "stuck track slider" bug.
· Removed MP3 (Normal) and MP3 (ACM) encoders. If you want them back, run SAM with the /LEGACYENC parameter string.
· Added "Restore Defaults" to several configuration screens.
· Fixed UK PPL report for non-MySQL users.
· Improved mono downmix to avoid excessive clipping.
· Fixed NULL "timematrix" for StreamAds when using Traffic Log rotation.
· Fixed deadlock on stopping encoders while streaming is paused due to network issues.
· Fix SAMReporter to work for multiple installations of SAMBC on same server.
· Fixed bug where ID3v2.3 pictures did not properly load in certain cases when using UNICODE tags.

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.7.1:

January 11th, 2011

· Full release build.

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.7.0B4:

January 11th, 2011

· Huge update of SAM Broadcaster to allow for better Vista/Win7 UAC compatibility.
· Big rewrite of installer.
· Setup now happens the first time you run SAM Broadcaster.
· Allow for embedded FireBird for simpler install process. Will however automatically detect if FireBird server is available during setup.
· SHUTDOWN and /UNINSTALL can now happen at the same time.
· Jump to Program or Data paths - from either "SAM->Tools->Jump" menu or from Windows "Start->Program files->SAM Broadcaster->Help" menu.
· Fixed display issues with Event scheduler and Win7.
· Shipped some new default PAL scripts with installer.
· We no longer ship versions with PostgreSQL or MS SQL included in the installer. You need to make sure these database systems are already installed before you install SAM Broadcaster. FireBird installer still included though.

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.6.4:

January 11th, 2011

· Fixed FireBird install issues on XP.
· Installer now asks if this is a Trial install for first-time installers.
· Fixed Top Spins report to also work in Firebird and other databases.
· Fixed tag loader for WAV tags. Non-Goldwave tags failed to load in certain cases. Turns out initial fix in v4.6.3 did not work.
· Stats relays graph legend maxed out at 9999 - fixed to handle larger numbers.

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.6.3:

January 11th, 2011

· Improved support for advanced time targeting and additional StreamAds features.
· New option to export station information directly to Webcast Metrics (Added for future support).
· Fixed bug where certain MySQL users had trouble with files longer than about 2.5 hours.
· You can now specify sampling rate for LAME encoder. Also updated LAME driver.
· Fixed MySQL detection for Vista and Win7.
· Fixed tag loader for WAV tags. Non-Goldwave tags failed to load in certain cases.

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.6.0:

January 11th, 2011

· New AndoMedia Targeted Ad-Injector encoder (MP3).
· Added default layout for 1280x1024 screen size.
· Automatic de-activation during uninstall process.
· Added trial and special offer registration process.
· Updated Wowza stats server support for new CDATA entries.
· Added error checking for "ThreadSock" error condition so encoder can automatically recover.
· Vista improvements
· More Vista / Windows7 friendly handling of Registry entries.
· Removed Kernel Streaming which is no longer supported by Vista.
· Fixed Mic/Line-in dialog for Vista.

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.5.6:

January 11th, 2011

· Added support for TMStudios GoldWave tags. Visit the TMStudios website for more information.
· Updated Amazon Album information lookup to sign requests as required from 15 August 2009.
· Changed MySQL FLOAT fields to DOUBLE to avoid rounding/precision problems with item ordering fields.

What's new in SAM Broadcaster 4.5.5:

January 11th, 2011

· Increased the RemoteEncoders process priority.
· Decreased default Pre-Trigger time to 300ms.