The GodFather 0.81 Beta 3 / 0.80 - Changelog

What's new in The GodFather 0.81 Beta 3:

February 18th, 2012

· Added support for Unicode playlists (.m3u8 read/write and .wpl;.asx read only)
· Enhanced filters, tag filters can now use % variables
· Several minor fixes

What's new in The GodFather 0.81 Beta 2:

November 22nd, 2011

· amazon support fixed
· discogs script updated
· minor interface fixes
· full tag edit has an edit control displaying the full filename and has a few fields allow longer text to be entered
· filemask on the main window is now 256 chars long
· a few minor ui glitches fixed

What's new in The GodFather 0.81 Beta 1:

November 2nd, 2011

· The build in web browser should no longer pop dialog boxes.
· mp4 file: fixed reading of cover art with no file format specified
· mp4 file: support for non text user defined fields (will read and save back in the file correctly)
· flac file: fixed reading of metablocks with no size specified (mainly cover art blocks)
· ogg file: Unofficial deprecated COVERART field is supported
· Online panel: Cover art containing png files should use the save as command correctly
· Minor fixes in the various grid editors

What's new in The GodFather 0.80:

October 19th, 2010

General:
· The program has now full Unicode support.
· Updated Help file.
· Updated language files to UTF8 format.
· Minor Installer changes & Uninstall entry in the control panel.
· Several fixes and improvements.

Main:
· Updated most file Tag/formats.
· Mp3/ID3v2: Write support for UTF8/UTF16 Unicode tags. Support for multiple comments.
· Ogg & Spx: Cover art support. Read/write improved for tags spanning through multiple Ogg pages.
· Flac : Cover art support.
· Ape tags : Cover art support.
· Musepack : SV8 support.
· New file : TTA using Apev2 tags.

· Play panel removed.
· Manual edit panel removed and most functionality moved over to the tag panel.
· Moderate UI changes done to the tag panel and several parameters are normalized and/or added.
· Export is now script based and several tutorial scripts are available.
Online panel changes:
· Support for the freeDb proto6 protocol.
· Amazon support for full albums.
· Custom grabber scripts updated and added.
· Updated encoder/decoder frontend binaries.

Scripts:
· Many new functions (documented in the help file) All default scripts provided have their file names begin with the character #

Library:
· Online grabbers for artist and/or album

What's new in The GodFather 0.71 Beta 2:

April 14th, 2009

New:
· Cover art support for APEv2 tags (using the exact same format of the ID3 APIC frame)
· Small UI changes ( rename/tag/manual edit/lib )
· Filters merged and added VBR/CBR options
· Options redesigned and merged
· freedb protocol usage normalized + hybrid mode
· freedb text search URL's at options
· Playlist button option to open or save by default
· BPM field is editable
· File list view replaced with grid in organize/playlister encoder section.
· Restructure, better error control and recycle bin usage based on option.
· Library physically delete files option.
· Library has a new grid control
· Library Update tags, option to clear all pictures first.
· Library auto update tags upon rating option
· Library option to clear comment when used for album review (saves a lot of space for large reviews in comment field )
· SCRIPTS +
· sys_ExecuteandWait

Fixed:
· Library, export to simple m3u respects options
· Library, assign new artist/album creates one entry for all selected tracks
· Library, update tags from library saves credits (IPLS field) correctly
· Scripts, tg_getField('Folder') did not work properly
· mp4 files, gnre atom fix
· mp4 files 'free' accepted as an ilst sub-atom
· Batch tag update, pictures other than jpg/png convert properly
· Filters, Tag existence based on multiple missing fields works ok again
· Restructure, overwrite flag does not delete files if a failure occurs.
· Copy/Paste, language field added and BPM field is used when 'all other' is checked

What's new in The GodFather 0.70:

August 27th, 2007

· Online, Multiple masks for saving comments and credits using the ; separator plus picture masks.
· Delete folder command at treeview.
· Option to hide the main page ( Main/Library ) display a menu item instead plus shortcuts, also hide/un hide tree view.
· Multi column sort at TAG panel's grid.
· Option to use current folder when saving playlists.
· Batch Create playlists options to use % vars for filenames ( & extra value for various/empty ).
· Library, Batch replace dialog, option to auto update tags plus editable grid has combos for certain fields.
· Library, Batch update tags dialog is enhanced with options Plus all fields are available for update.
· Library, Create & assign new artist/album functionality.
· Library, Options as how warnings will appear.
· Library, Import playlists from files.
· Library, Different Volumes can be created for the same Drive/Volume/Serial.
· Library, export to csv, txt, doc files
· Library, speed improvement for large playlists
· Library, Subfolders/nested playlists toggle buttons
· Library, more settings remembered
· Online, Lock album information functionality ( lock specified fields so update from various sources/fixed values are applied easier ).
· Online, changed multiple buttons and submenu with 'Use' button for grid apply and update selection.
· Rename, Row select mode.
· Option to auto update BAND/ALBUM ARTIST from ARTIST.
· Duplicates, coloring/auto size options, ignore different artists option, and encoder column at grid.
· Tag panel, normalized formatting and save options for unchecked fields.