What's new in Playlist Creator 3.6.2 Rev 497
Mar 9, 2010
- New: During long running processes (e.g. playlist creation) the progress is displayed in the taskbar icon (Windows 7)
- New: Settings checkbox for inserting new entries in ascending order
- Changed: Use system built-in header sort arrows instead of custom graphics (Windows XP, Vista, 7)
- Changed: New icons for create playlist dialog
- Changed: Improved look and feel of playlist context menu
- Changed: Improved look and feel of 'File Types' settings dialog
- Changed: Display the full version number of the application in all places
- Changed: Integrated latest MediaInfoDLL (v0.7.27)
- Fixed: Drag and drop doesn't work when application is started by the auto-start feature of the installer (Windows Vista, 7)
- Fixed: Folder selection dialog doesn't scroll to last selected folder (Windows 7)
New in Playlist Creator 3.6.1 Rev 434 (Oct 16, 2009)
- New: Added Vista compatible application icon
- Changed: New look and feel for the displayed message boxes
- Changed: Minor changes of look and feel of update check dialog
- Changed: Integrated latest MediaInfoDLL (v0.7.22)
- Fixed: Folder selection dialog is not working (Windows 7)
- Fixed: When adding items via drag and drop the items are not inserted in correct alphabetical order
- Fixed: No hand cursor is displayed when hovering links (Windows Vista, 7)
- Fixed: During uninstall the start menu items aren't deleted (Windows Vista, 7)
- Fixed: Links in about dialog are not displayed correctly with activated ClearType or high DPI settings
New in Playlist Creator 3.6.0 Rev 407 (Jun 25, 2009)
- New: Tags (metadata) can now be read from nearly all file types (e.g. mp3, ogg, flac, wma)
- New: Playlist can be shuffled (randomized)
- New: Option for creating simple playlists (i.e. plain file lists)
- New: Application can check (automatically) for newer versions
- New: Display keyboard shortcuts in the context menu
- Changed: Support for id3lib was dropped (using MediaInfo instead)
- Changed: Title length calculation was improved
- Changed: Added some file types to the list of active/inactive file types (e.g. ape, mkv, mov)
- Changed: The caption style of the settings property pages was changed (gradient instead of line)
- Changed: Removed music from about dialog
New in Playlist Creator 3.5.0 Rev 292 (Aug 2, 2007)
- New: Existing playlist files can be opened and modified
- New: Main dialog is resizable
- New: Folders can be added recursively (i.e. the selected folder and all subfolders)
- New: Multi-selection support for the playlist control (i.e. move / delete all selected items)
- New: The columns of the playlist control can be sorted by clicking on the column header
- New: The icon set was replaced with icons from Tango Desktop Project
- New: Main dialog can optionally snap to the screen border
- New: Playlist entries can be stored with forward or back slashes (can be combined with any save mode)
- New: Playlist items which refer to nonexistent files can optionally be highlighted
- New: List of active file types can optionally be applied when opening playlists
- New: Additional settings property page: User Interface
- New: Playlist control can optionally display gridlines
- New: The alternating row color of the playlist control can be changed or turned off
- New: It's possible to display the hidden messages again
- New: Additional toolbar button for creating a new empty playlist
- New: Drag and drop: The exact insertion point is displayed with an insertion line
- New: Buttons for moving the selected items to the top / bottom of the playlist
- New: Statusbar with resize gripper, showing the total number and the number of selected items
- New: A context menu pops up when right-clicking on the playlist control
- New: An input prompt is displayed in the playlist name editbox
- New: When the playlist is empty a message is displayed in the playlist control
- New: Additional keyboard shortcuts (e.g. select all, move to top / bottom)
- New: Buttons are disabled if the specific functionality is currently not available
- New: The lists of active / inactive file types can be resetted
- New: Added the file type 'flac' to the default active file types
- New: Settings dialog remembers the last active property page
- New: During playlist creation the currently processed step is displayed with bold font
- New: Tooltips are displayed for certain toolbar buttons
- Reworked: Improved user interface responsiveness when handling big playlists
- Changed: Moved 'Set as playlist save location' functionality to the context menu of the playlist control
- Changed: Playlist file types cannot be added to the active / inactive file types (they are handled internally)
- Changed: Some settings were moved to the new 'User Interface' properties page (e.g. single instance, transparency)
- Changed: The default title mask is now ' - - '
- Changed: The default file filter of the add files select dialog is now 'All files (*.*)'
- Fixed: Characters of playlist name textbox can become corrupted (thanks to Scott and Tony for testing!)
- Fixed: If playlist and tracks are located in the same folder the prefix '.' is added to the filenames (some players don't like it)
- Fixed: When playlist folder doesn't exist, it's not possible to create a nested folder
- Fixed: Restoring the last position of the application window isn't multimonitor aware
- Fixed: The position of the drop graphic is not correct if the setting 'Show window contents while dragging' is off
- Fixed: Drop graphic is shown until all files have been added
- Fixed: The create playlist button loses its border when changing from XP styles to classic style
New in Playlist Creator 3.0.3 (Feb 2, 2007)
- Drag and drop support
- support for user defined file types
- much more reliable and faster readout of ID3Tags
- dynamic titles