May 15th, 2012· FIX: fixed issue when program tried to grab CD after waking up from a sleep.
· FIX: improved handling of damaged mpc files.
· FIX: fixed issue with Merge/Insert silence.
· FIX: /c parameter was missing when invoking mp3gain.exe
· FIX: fixed issue when program couldn't handle png files with .jpg extension.
· FIX: unsynclyrics will be preserved when converting from ape to mp3.
· NEW: added feature to choose which Metadata Tags to write to the output file. Available under Program Settings/Metadata/Advanced.
· NEW: if all merged tracks have the same Album, AlbumArtist etc. they will be saved into destination file after merge.
April 28th, 2012· FIX: fixed issue when Output File Name was created properly when CUE Filename Pattern contained %artist1% and CUE file was re-loaded from "Add File" history items.
· NEW: added support for rar,zip and 7z files, i.e. you can open them directly from the program. Files will be unarchived to temp folder and then added to the program automatically.
· NEW: added feature to rename files based on a pattern. First you need to enable it by right-clicking files' list under Metadata and selecting "Advanced". After that "Rename Files" button will appear.
· NEW: program will ask for comfirmation when "Shutdown PC when done" is clicked.
· NEW: added read support for .fpl files (FB2K playlist files).
· NEW: added option to insert silence between tracks when merging (under Merge/CUE Settings).
March 31st, 2012· FIX: fixed BASS_Wasapi_init error (14).
· FIX: vendor id tag was not preserved in FLAC files.
· FIX: fixed issue with Ringtone when fade in/out was producing noise while previewing.
· FIX: fixed issue when program was unable to add dropped folder if full path for files exceeded 256 chars.
· FIX: fixed issue with mp3 files with id3v2.2 tags in them.
· FIX: fixed issue when program was not able to add some particular mp4 files.
· FIX: fixed issue when files were added twice if there were 2 playlist files in the same folder.
· FIX: fixed issue when files were sorted by Album and tags were assigned to wrong items after retrieved from Internet.
· NEW: sorting by Album will also sort all items belonging to that album by track.
· NEW: selection of items will be preserved after sort.
· NEW: added option to specify symbols to ignore when retrieving tags from filename.
March 6th, 2012· FIX: WMA loseless encoding was not working for 48KHz files.
· FIX: embedded CUE had incorrect information when converting from flac with embedded CUE to APE with embedded CUE.
· NEW: added drag & drop support for Source Files so that it's now possible to re-arrange them (useful when need to Merge files in a different order).
March 2nd, 2012· FIX: metadata was not read from some flv files.
· FIX: Cover Art type for some mp3 files was not properly detected.
· FIX: fixed issue when program crashed on startup on some PCs with Vista.
· FIX: fixed issue when CUE was embedded in all flac/ape files when splitting flac/cue file with embedded CUE.
· FIX: fixed crash while reading empty ID3v2 TXXX frames.
· FIX: fixed issue with decoding some flv files.
· NEW: added M4B to output file type selection under M4A/AAC and NeroAAC settings.
February 18th, 2012· FIX: fixed issue when saving Metadata into WAV/id3.
· FIX: fixed issue when DTS CDs were not always detected properly.
· FIX: fixed issue when 2nd and other Cover Pictures were discarded while updating Metadata.
· NEW: added support for SND files.
· NEW: added read support for wpl files (Windows Media Player Playlist), i.e. you can add this file to the program.
· NEW: pressing Shift+Enter instead of Enter on a Track (under Metadata) will disable auto-generation of track numbers. This way it is possible to populate Track for all selected files with a constant value (e.g. 01).
· NEW: if "Same as Source" is selected when grabbing a CD, program will automatically select "Specified location", instead.
· NEW: read flac tags as well if id3v2 is present in flac file.
· NEW: CONTENTGROUP tag will be preserved when converting from FLAC to MP3.
· NEW: added %filename% for CUE filename pattern, so patterns like %track%-%filename% could be used.
· NEW: added /buffersize CLI parameter to specify buffer size to pass to other CLI encoders (lame.exe, for example).
· NEW: enhanced Ringtone creation. Added track bars to select start and end of the ringtone as well as Fade In/Fade Out and Volume control. It is possible to create a ringtone in MP3 format as well.
· NEW: added option to use LFE channel when downmixing 5.1 to 2.0 (under Preprocessing/Convert to Stereo settings).
· NEW: added support for CUETools.FLACCL.cmd.exe as a flac external encoder.
January 9th, 2012· FIX: fixed issue with id3v2 tags when, in very rare cases, 1st symbol of tags was missed when read.
· FIX: fixed issue when right-click menu was not working for Cover Art retrieval when Total item was selected.
· FIX: fixed issue when sometimes program was unable to create CUE/playlist.
· FIX: write FLAC tag names in uppercase (otherwise Soundforge 10 won't recognize them).
· FIX: fixed issue when "Move to Recycle..." was used together with "Multiple" (files were moved to Recycle Bin already after 1st conversion).
· FIX: fixed issue when "Move to Recycle..." was used together with "Merge" (not all files were moved to Recycle Bin).
· NEW: added feature to make the "Comment" field of Metadata permanent, i.e. you can save the value, so that it will be applied for all future tracks you will be transcoding. To do this, populate the "Comment" field and right-click the boxed "Comment:" text so that it becomes bold (which means it was stored). Right-click it again, to disable it.
· NEW: added support for Conductor Metadata tag.
· NEW: added support for Date Metadata tag.
· NEW: decoding of m4a/m4b/aac files will be handled by Window's Media Foundation codec (if available).
· NEW: now is is possible to start program by dragging and dropping audio file(s) or folder(s) onto xrecode2.exe (all passed files/folders will be added to the program).
· NEW: added Character set conversion under Metadata/Righ-click menu.
NEW: introduced filename pattern element %artist1%, which acts like this:
· if all files have the same artist, %artist1% will be omitted
· if not, it will act like %artist%
December 13th, 2011· FIX: fixed AV error when trying to sort tracks under Metadata tab.
· FIX: fixed issues with lame.exe autodownload.
· FIX: don't try to get additional info for non-audio files under "Add Folder".
· FIX: fixed issue with detecting silence for audio+CUE files.
· FIX: fixed issue when some mp3 files were not recognized as such when merging several mp3 without transcoding.
· FIX: fixed issue when WMA files were displayed with ! mark.
· FIX: improved detection of DRM-protected wma files.
· FIX: fixed issue when program was unable to create files on a network path (error 7b).
· NEW: added settings to exclude/process CUE only when dragging and dropping. Available under Settings/Input Files.
· NEW: added command line swith /audiobook to create AudioBoook from CLI (see http://xrecode.com/cmdline.txt for examples).
· NEW: added command line swith /createcue to create CUE file from CLI (see http://xrecode.com/cmdline.txt for examples).
· NEW: added command line swith /profile to specify profile from CLI (see http://xrecode.com/cmdline.txt for examples).
· NEW: added command line swith /logfile. If set, program will create a log file containg information about conversion process (including errors). See http://xrecode.com/cmdline.txt for examples.
· NEW: changed functionality for Tempo setting (under Preprocessing). Now it is possible to specify frame rate (from - to). Usable when converting from PAL (25000) to NTSC(23976) or vice versa.
November 16th, 2011· FIX: files were not added from shell extension if "Process CUE files only" setting was set under "Add Folder" dialog.
· FIX: fixed several issues appearing on Japanese Windows (Add Files MRU list was not working properly and some m4a tags were not properly read/written).
November 16th, 2011· FIX: fixed handling of illegal chars in tags/filenames.
· FIX: made cpconvert.dll Symantec antivirus friendly.
· FIX: fixed export to CUE (was creating weird symbols in output file in some cases).
· FIX: fixed issue with export/import Metadata.
· FIX: fixed crash while adding m3u files containing itself in it.
· FIX: fixed silence removal from small mono files.
· FIX: fixed issue when all items were deleted from Genres list.
· NEW: added option to save recently added by "Add Files" button files (will act the same as "Add Folder" most recent list). Option to turn this on/off available under Program Settings/Advanced.
· NEW: added support for replaygain_track_gain and replaygain_track_peak tags for m4a/mp4 files.
· NEW: added option "Retain highlights" under Program Settings/Input Files. If checked, highlight for the processed files will be retained.
· NEW: added 5.0 to channel re-map settings.
· NEW: improved channel re-map. Now it is possible to up-map the channels, e.g. from 4.0 to 5.1. Settings Remap 4.0 to FL,FR,C,LFE,RL,RR will produce 6-channel output audio with C and LFE filled with silence, as they don't exist in the source audio.
· NEW: improved CUE file handling. Program will now convert texts to local character set if file was not in Unicode/UTF-8 encoding.
November 16th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when reading Cover art from some m4a files.
· FIX: fixed issue when the same file was added twice (if it came from the same folder, but from different CUE file).
· FIX: respect "Clear all Tags" and "Create ID3v1" settings when splitting CUE/MP3 files without re-encoding.
· FIX: fixed issue with decoding of shn files.
· NEW: added option "Use input file name if empty element found" under Program Settings/Metadata/Filename Pattern. If set, output file name will be taken from input file name if any of the filename pattern element was not found (i.e. some of the Metadata is missing).
· NEW: pressing "Space" in Source Files will check/un-check all selected items.
September 30th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when pattern %filename% was treated as %track%.
September 30th, 2011· NEW: added option "Create file only if the source is newer than the destination" under Program Settings/3. Works the same as /fileexists 4 command line parameter.
· NEW: added :REPLACE: tag for /output command line parameter (see cmdline.txt for more detais).
· NEW: added support for VQF and ASF files.
· NEW: enhanced /input command line parameter. Now it's possible to specify several masks at once, e.g. /input "c:\input\*.mp3;*.wav;*.flac"
· NEW: question will be asked whether to use CUE or audio file if both are added to the program.
· NEW: tweaked drag and drop a bit. Now program will try to find CUE/audio files and add them instead of ignoring CUE files.
· NEW: handle flac ALBUMARTIST tag.
· FIX: fixed issue with mp3/Merge when type (CBR or VBR) for output mp3 file was not determined correctly.
· FIX: fixed issue whn program hung when opening some .flv files.
· FIX: fixed issue when removal of one of only two files in the Source Files list caused removal of both.
· FIX: fixed error "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022)" on Windows 8 developer preview.
September 9th, 2011· NEW: Total item in Source Files will now behave the same as in win explorer.
· NEW: upgraded to BASS 2.4.8.
· NEW: added Test button under lossywav settings (Additional Input Settings/LosssyWav).
· FIX: fixed issue when some flac files were corrupted while copying.
· FIX: fixed issue when destination path for CUE files was created as "Drive:\Path\flac\Drive:\Path\flac".
September 6th, 2011· NEW: lossywav can now be used with Merge and when using external encoders.
· FIX: fixed issue when program become kinda unresponsive after adding few CD tracks.
· FIX: fixed issue when files were created with wrong extension when converting from file+CUE.
· FIX: fixed "Invalid argument to date encode" error.
August 21st, 2011· NEW: added command line parameter /fileexists to specify "When converting, if the destination file already exists" option.
· NEW: autmatically assign Track value for multiple-stream files, i.e. first stream audio file will get Track=1, second will get Track=2 and so on.
· NEW: added feature to remove silence from begining and/or end of the tracks (under Additional Input Settings).
· NEW: added feature to split file by silence into tracks (under Source Files right-click under Advanced).
· NEW: added button to automatically retrieve CD-offset (under Grab CD/Properties).
· NEW: handle TOTALDISCS and TOTALTRACKS tags in flac files.
· NEW: added read support for flv metadata.
· FIX: fixed min and max bitrate settings for MP3.
· FIX: external encoder for AC3 was not working properly - fixed.
August 1st, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when playback icon (instead of exclamation mark) was displayed for files with errors.
· FIX: fixed isses when MPC settings were not saved.
· FIX: fixed issue when Genre was not read from m4a files if was present in gnre atom.
· FIX: fixed crash when Auto-Metadata retrieve was enabled.
· FIX: fixed various replaygain command line issues.
· NEW: program will now show error if some of the Metadata fields used in filename pattern are empty. To turn this off, there's an option under Program Settings/Metadata.
· NEW: added command line parameter /moveto. If specified, source files will be moved to this folder after conversion.
· NEW: added support for ALAC/M4A/AAC lyrics Metadata. Currently no display/edit support, only write to destination file.
· NEW: added command line switch /prescan. If set, mp3 files will be prescanned on load so that seeking (used in /timestart and /timelength) will be more precise.
July 15th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when Same as source destination was used and after "Reload All" info about old files was shown.
· FIX: external executable for mp3 can be named lame-3984.exe (i.e. must start with lame) and it will still be trated as a lame.
· FIX: fixed issue with CUE files containing multiple FILES records.
· FIX: fixed issue when ReplayGain was not shown if decimal separator in Windows Regional Settings was other than dot.
· FIX: fixed issue with mp3gain and filenames containing Unicode characters.
· NEW: added option to choose extension for mp2 files (mp2 or mpa).
· NEW: added option to specify file name pattern for playlist (under Filename Pattern settings).
· NEW: added option "Size" under MP3 Settings. Useful, when converting lot of files for mobile phone or USB stick. Program will use the max possible or the specfied bitrate.
· NEW: added option under Preprocessing settings to limit the number of output channels (as some programs cannot handle files with more than 6 channels). Supported from command line with /limitchannels parameter as well.
· NEW: added option under Preprocessing settings to remap channels.
· NEW: improved Source Files and Metadata lists. Now they are faster (especially for a large number of files).
June 10th, 2011· NEW: new setting "Always take Cover Art from external file (embedded will be overwritten)" (see under Options/Program Settings/Cover Art). If enabled, Cover Art will always be taken from external file, even if embedded one exists.
· NEW: new settings to preserve timestamp for files and folders (see under Options/Program Settings/Application/3). If enabled, output files/folders will be created with the same timestamps as source files/folders.
· NEW: added command line parameter /preservetime to preserve timestamp of files and folders.
· NEW: improved settings for MPC.
· NEW: added support for BIN/CUE files, i.e. you can open CUE file and program will automatically read the BIN file (if it has AUDIO information in it).
· NEW: if any file during conversion was created on Desktop, program will refresh it as on some PCs this isn't happening automaticaly.
· NEW: added /samplerate to command line parameters (to specify Sample Rate for output files).
· NEW: added /bitspersample to command line parameters (to specify Bits Per Sample for output files. Currently values 8 and 16 are accepted).
May 11th, 2011· FIX: fixed assert message when dropping jpeg file on program.
· NEW: added option to manually choose WMA encoder settings (under WMA Settings/Manual/Settings).
· NEW: upgraded to the latest oggenc2 (aoTuV Beta 6.03).
· NEW: new settings to handle situation, when destination file already exists (see under Options/Program Settings/Application/3).
· NEW: number of processed/skipped files will be shown if "Show information after conversion" was enabled.
April 22nd, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when mp3 to mp3 encoding to the same folder failed for files with unicode characters in filename.
· FIX: fixed issue when app was freezing while adding some alac files.
· NEW: updated Dutch translation.
· NEW: improved startup time a bit.
April 14th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when ALAC encoding was sometimes crashing.
April 7th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when program was creating weird file names if "Same as as ource" path was used.
April 6th, 2011· FIX: when splitting by channels, the following channel order will be used: for 5 channels: L R C Ls Rs, for 6 channels: L R C LFE Ls Rs.
· FIX: fixed issue when progress window was not closing.
· FIX: fixed issue when 24bit wavs were written as 20bit ones.
· NEW: added timer for "Shutdown PC when done" to prevent accidental shutdown.
· NEW: added playlist support for m2ts files by using mpls file, which can be either in the same folder or in ..\PLAYLIST folder.
· NEW: added option to automatically save default profile (under Program Settings/1). It was automatically saved only if no other profiles were used.
March 26th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when "Apply Max Noclip gain" was crashing on some PCs.
· FIX: properly handle 8bit/mono mov/avi files.
· NEW: added support for playlists with file-names with path in it.
· NEW: added 6 new file name pattern elements: %sb1%, %sb2%, %sb2% and %se1%, %se2%, %se3%. %sb1%, %sb2%, %sb2% can be used to skip starting one, two or three folders of the file name when constructing the output file name. %se1%, %se2%, %se2% can be used to skip last one, two or three folders of the file name when constructing the output file name. This will only work if "Create Full output path is selected". They can be used like %se3%%filename%, %se1%%filename% etc.
· NEW: added "Convert to 5.1" and "Convert to 2.0" options under AC3 Settings.
· NEW: clicking mouse or pressing any key will stop playback of Success Sound.
March 7th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue with WMA Track TAG.
· FIX: fixed issue with flac external encoder.
· NEW: improved autodetection of CUE files' encoding. Now UTF16 and UTF8 with or without BOM encodings will be detected properly.
· NEW: added Ukrainian language support.
· NEW: added support for mp3hd decoding. Will be done by using mp3hdDecoder.exe available from http://www.all4mp3.com/Learn_mp3_hd_1.aspx.
· NEW: added read support for bitmaps in cover art.
· NEW: reduced size of Program Settings window so that it fits into 1024x600 resolution.
February 26th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when installing shell extension over very old version.
· NEW: information about broken files will be written to error file.
· NEW: improved searching for cover (will use title+artist if album is empty).
· NEW: added "Copy filename to clipboard" under Metadata's right-click menu.
· NEW: tag %filetype% will now return NeroAAC for NeroAAC destination format.
· NEW: enhanced Multiple destination format. Now it is possible to convert to the same format (e.g. mp3), but with different settings.
· NEW: added %alias% Tag to file name pattern settings, so that it's possible to use it together with new Multiple destination format (alias can be set for each new Multiple destination format). You can use filename pattern like this: %alias%\%filename%.
· NEW: added option to shutdown PC when encoding is done (shown in progress window).
· NEW: program will now ask for confirmation when Cancel is pressed.
· NEW: added feature to add path manually in "Add Folder" window.
· NEW: upgraded to the latest oggenc2 (OggEnc v2.87 (aoTuV Beta 6.01)). On a 64bit windows the 64bit version will be installed as it seems to be faster than 32bit one.
February 8th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue with shell extension when a program was installed in a non-default folder.
· FIX: fixed issue with ALAC encoding (was sometimes crashing on quad-code CPUs).
February 5th, 2011· FIX: fixed visual glitch which was appearing on some XP systems.
· FIX: fixed issue with ac3 encoder.
· NEW: added experimentx aax decoding. More info on http://xrecode.com/xrecode2/aax/info_en.htm.
· NEW: errors now will be written into a file and will be added to the diagnostic info as well.
January 21st, 2011· FIX: fixed issue with some DTS files.
· FIX: fixed issue when conversion from command line was not starting if parameter /of was missing.
· FIX: fixed issue with merging 320kbps/CBR mp3 files.
· FIX: fixed issue with extracting 22KHz/Mono mp3 from flv files.
· NEW: updated to the latest TAK (2.1.0).
· NEW: improved shell extension (added options to add, add CUE files only or add exlcuding CUE files).
· NEW: added option under CUE file name pattern whether to create files in a sub-folder if "Same as source" was used.
January 7th, 2011· FIX: fixed issue when CUE file containing many non-existing audio files (i.e. files had wrong extension) in it was marked as bad.
· FIX: now "Same as source" option will work for CUE files as well (was creating folder inside source folder before).
· NEW: improved app icon a bit.
· New: added Korean language.
· NEW: added option to change application icon (under Program Settings/Application). See file ico/readme.txt for more details.
December 29th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue wiht WMA/CBR encoding
December 27th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue when CD track names were not displayed properly on Japanese Windows XP.
· NEW: added "Write ID3v1" for mp3 settings used with lame_enc.dll as well.
· NEW: added command line parameter /nometa to prevent writing Metadata to output file.
· NEW: added http://freedbtest.dyndns.org/ as a CD Info provider (useful for Japanese CDs)
December 19th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with dts/CUE decoding.
December 18th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue when program tried to create playlist with too long file name.
· FIX: fixed issue when Capitalize Each Word together with _ as a delimiter was used in Filename Pattern.
· FIX: %bitrate% was not properly replaced in Filename Pattern.
· FIX: fixed issue with "No audio stream was found" for some CD drives.
· NEW: added support for w64 (wave64) files' decoding.
· NEW: program will try to convert CUE files to the local codepage (to preserve spcial chars).
· NEW: added command line parameter /noshowerr to suppress error messages when working with command line.
· NEW: program will exit with negative exit code if command line process failed.
· NEW: Save Metadata button will become enabled after "Replay Gain/Analyze Track Gain" was processed. This was RG info can be saved in Tags without reprocessing the file.
· NEW: flac tag COMPILATION will be saved as "Part of a compilation" in m4a tags.
November 27th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with creation of large Audiobooks.
· FIX: fixed various Access Violation errors.
November 22nd, 2010· FIX: wav tags will be converted from/to local language when reading/saving.
· FIX: fixed hadling of foreign characters in embedded CUEs.
· FIX: migrated location of xrecode2.ini to %APPPDATA% (which is correct path for Vista and Windows 7).
· FIX: fixed issue with Columns' Autosize when started from shell extension.
· NEW: some cleanup. Removed speex, shorten and ofr encoders.
· NEW: added support for ac3 files' tagging.
· NEW: added option "Write Metadata to output file" for mp2, ac3 and aiff (to preserve compatibility with programs, which don't understand tags in those files).
November 18th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with ogg encoder.
November 17th, 2010· FIX: fixed m4a/aac to allow multi-channel encoding (was restricted to 2 channels only).
· FIX: fixed issue with ogg tag writing for files created with older version of aoTuV encoder.
· FIX: comments with line breaks will be joined in one line when writing/embedding into CUE.
· FIX: only supported files will be checked in "Add Folder" files' view when folder is checked.
· FIX: fixed issue with AutoSize for Metadata list view.
· FIX: fixed issue with m4a files created with the latest iTunes.
· NEW: added check if Quicktime is installed when choosing m4a as a destination.
· NEW: updated program to support the latest qaac.exe (http://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/home).
· NEW: improved CD grabbing. Program will now report if there was any C2 error correction during the rip.
· NEW: both {InputFileName} and {OutputFileName} can be specified in mp3 custom command line. In such case program will convert {InputFileName} to temp wav and feed to the encoder.
· NEW: added option to specify manual command line for NeroAAC (it supports command line like -2pass -br 128000 -if {InputFileName} -of {OutputFileName}).
· NEW: added "Test" button to test if external exncoder is configured properly (available for all output formats whith option to choose external encoder).
· NEW: added support for faac as encoder for M4A/AAC.
· NEW: added option "Stop playback after the current track" under Program Settings/Advanced.
· NEW: shell extension will now respect "Allow multipe instances" settings. If it's disabled, files, sent from Shell, will be added to the currently open program.
· NEW: audio bitrate mode (CBR/VBR) will be shown for Bitrate/Audio Bitrate columns.
· NEW: when original file is renamed, '.bak' will be added as an extension to the existing one (was adding some random numbers before).
October 22nd, 2010· FIX: id3v1 will be created if "Clear Tags" and "Create id3v1" are both selected.
· FIX: fixed issue with encoding really long mp3 files.
· FIX: fixed access violaiton error when opening some video files.
· NEW: added option to turn off cover art writing for Ogg files (for compatibility reasons). See under Ogg Settings.
· NEW: added feature to create iPhone ringotne (new destination Ringtone).
· NEW: "Metadata from filename" now supports patterns with folders, e.g. %artist\%year% - %album%\%track% - %title%
October 22nd, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with "Add Folder" when in some cases no files were added
October 11th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with flac files created with older version of encoder.
· FIX: fixed issue with AudioBook creation (sometimes failed).
· FIX: fixed issue when m4a files were in use after conversion.
· FIX: fixed issue with m4a files with empty Metadata.
· FIX: fixed positioning of Volume and Song Position bars when clicking on them.
· FIX: fixed issue with some weird mp3 tags.
· FIX: fixed Access Violation when right-clicking on Total: item.
· FIX: fixed sorting for some Input Files columns.
· FIX: fixed small issues with internal player pausing/resuming.
· FIX: fixed issue with "Add Folder" with many files with/without CUE.
· NEW: added option to automatically download tags (under Program Options/Metadata).
September 24th, 2010· FIX: files creted with NeroAAC will be tagged using normal tagger (as Nero tagger doesn't write all tags according to standards).
· FIX: fixed issue when incorrect time/bitrate was shown for DTS files.
· NEW: returned option to use lame_enc.dll. Just copy it to external folder and program will use it for mp3 encoding.
· NEW: added option to swhitch on/off handling of 1st track pre-gap (under Program Options/Metadata).
· NEW: added option to swhitch on/off handling of ReplayGain (under Program Options/Metadata).
· NEW: added option "Eject after rip" under Program Options/CD to eject CD after rip.
September 2nd, 2010· FIX: removed dependency on MSVRCT90.dll
September 2nd, 2010· FIX: various small bugfixes.
· NEW: added TTA encoder.
· NEW: added support for SWF files' (containing mp3 stream) decoding.
· NEW: added option to optimize layout of an Audiobook (under Merge/Audiobook settings).
· NEW: added support for reading of m4b chapters.
August 16th, 2010· FIX: fixed "... is not a valid floating point value" error.
· FIX: fixed access violation error when trying to close main window while program is busy.
· FIX: fixed various CUE issues (some fields were not transferred from/to CUE etc.).
· FIX: program won't accept CUE files with several FILE fields in it if one or more of those files does not exist.
· FIX: fixed issue with umlaut characters in APEv1 tags.
· NEW: added read/write support for Ogg Cover art.
· NEW: added files without valid audio stream will be indicated with a red exclamation mark.
August 2nd, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with APE files with old (APEv1) tags in them.
· FIX: fixed issue with 1st track pregap in CUE files. Pregap for the 1st track (if any) will be saved in the file name 01.00.1st track pregap...
· FIX: ISRC and FLAGS records will be preserved when processing CUE files.
· NEW: added 176400 Hz sample rate for WAV and Preprocessing settings.
· NEW: switched to oggenc2.exe as ogg encoder.
· NEW: upgraded to wavpack 4.6.1.
July 18th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with some flac/cue files.
July 18th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with all texts where there were 2 spaces instead of one.
· NEW: added function to apply Max Noclip gain for mp3 files (using mp3gain http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net).
· NEW: added feature to apply Max Noclip Gain after conversion to the resulting mp3 files (see under MP3 Settings/Additional).
· NEW: added "Apply Track Gain", "Undo Gain Changes" and "Clear All Tags" mp3gain functions to the program (see under button Replay Gain/mp3gain).
· NEW: added option "Delete folders/files created when process is cancelled" under Program Settings/Advanced.
· NEW: added feature to choose how to apply Replay Gain to files (directly to audio or save in tags) (see under Normalize settings).
· NEW: added columns "Track Gain" and "Track Peak" to the source files view.
June 18th, 2010· FIX: fixed several issues when encoding from command line.
· NEW: new parameter for Actions - %allinputfiles%. Needed if you want to launch external program and pass all input files as a parameter (mp3gain.exe for example).
· NEW: new parameter for child action - Hide while executing. Needed if you don't want to see how external program is executing.
· NEW: program will remove values like "%albumartist% - \", "%artist% - \" from Output File to create less confusion.
· NEW: added new method to retrieve Metadata for files from internet in auto-mode. No questions will be asked, Metadata will be retrieved and populated (righ-click under Metadata/Retrieve Metadata/From Internet (in auto-mode) Ctrl+3).
· NEW: enhanced Metadata retrieval from internt. Now it's possible to do this for selected files only. If ony one files is selected, program will automatically select all files within the current folder and retrieve Metadata for them. The same works for the new method as well.
· NEW: program will remove all created folders/files when process is canceled.
· NEW: upgraded to BASS 2.4.6.
June 7th, 2010· NEW: added support for iTunes "Part of a compilation" tag.
· NEW: added support BPM (Beats Per Minute) tag.
· NEW: added option to create ID3v1 tags for mp3 files (see under MP3 Settings).
· NEW: when pressing Ctrl+Up/Down in Metadata editor and Title contains text like Track01,02... it will automatically be selected so that it's easier to delete.
· NEW: added support for playlist (pls, m3u and m3u8) files.
· NEW: added button "Reload All" to re-load all source files into program.
· FIX: fixed issues with profiles. Hopefully they're working fine now. Existing profiles will be discarded and will have to be recreated.
· FIX: fixed issue when splitting 4-channel files.
· FIX: fixed Title/Artist retrieval for CDs from freedb where it was in format "Title / Artist".
· FIX: fixed "Canvas does not allow drawing" error while grabbing a CD.
June 2nd, 2010· NEW: original tags will be preserved as well when writing PS3 ones.
· NEW: added error message when trying to decode DRM-protected files.
May 23rd, 2010· FIX: fixed issues with mp3 encoding (was crashing in some cases).
May 21st, 2010· FIX: fixed issue when program was creating foders with 3 trailing dots (like somefolder...). Folders like this confuses windows. Now those dots will be removed form the folder name.
· FIX: fixed issue with external encoder settings.
· NEW: added support for qaac2. It can be used as an encoder for M4A/AAC.
· NEW: added support for the Audio CD tracks' pre-gap.
· NEW: added option to prevent overwriting the output file (see under Program Settings/Advanced).
· NEW: added 2 columns: Audio Bitrate and Video Bitrate. They will be populated for video files only. Bitrate column for such cases will show the overall (total) bitrate.
May 9th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue when external executable was in the folder starting with ~ symbol.
· NEW: made M4A/AAC setting more user friendly.
· NEW: added feature to create Audiobook. See under Merge/CUE.
May 3rd, 2010· FIX: fixed '...' is not a valid floating point value error.
May 3rd, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with filename pattern capitalization.
· FIX: fixed some issues with NeroAAC command line encoding.
· NEW: added external encoder settings for ALAC.
· NEW: in file name tags %s = {InputFileName} and %d = {OutputFileName}. You can use ones you prefer.
· NEW: added support for 2-pass external encoders (Microsoft Media Encoder for example). To enable it, both {InputFileName} and {OutputFileName} must be present in the command line, e.g. "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder\WMCmd.vbs" -input %s -output %d -a_setting 440_44_2_16 -a_mode 3 -a_codec WMA9PRO
April 26th, 2010· NEW: made mp3 external settings a bit more user friendly ;
April 26th, 2010· FIX: fixed some visual glitches in 1024x768 resolution.
· FIX: folder.jpg was not recognized for wma files - fixed.
· FIX: fixed track info retrieval issue from cddb when it was split across several rows.
· NEW: added feature to enable/disable individual midi file track(s) (under Input Files right-click, Advanced/Midi Tracks).
April 10th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with ALAC encoder (was adding extra samples at the end of file).
April 6th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with converting 24bit files to 16bit wav
· FIX: will create a file/CUE for each folder when Merge otput is used for several folders (together with "Create full Output Path")
· NEW: added feature to create TOC file for cdrdao (under Input Files right-click, Export to/TOC (cdrdao))
· NEW: added "Create TOC" for WAV Settings (will create TOC file for cdrdao)
April 2nd, 2010· FIX: fixed m4a encoding from command line.
· FIX: fixed encoding of 24/48Khz files to WavPack.
· NEW: output file name prefix can be used when encoding from command line, e.g. .... /output "c:\somepath\prefix*" - in this case text before * will be trated as a prefix.
· NEW: updated M4A settings so that they work for qtaacenc.exe.
· NEW: upgraded to the latest libvorbis.dll.
· NEW: will show bitrate for presets (for mp3, neroaac and ogg settings).
· NEW: removed /start from the command line (it's not needed anymore).
· NEW: added support for .ogv files decoding.
March 26th, 2010· FIX: no A/V when started with /sendto only.
· FIX: fixed A/V in "Launch External" action.
· FIX: fixed highlighting by input/output files path.
· NEW: improved startup time a bit.
March 20th, 2010· FIX: fixed access violation errors when pressing Cancel in external settings.
· FIX: preprocessing settings were not always saved - fixed.
· FIX: do not move to recycle (if "Move to recycle" is checked) the CUE file when not all tracks were selected.
March 13th, 2010· FIX: fixed bug when ". " was replaced in file name (should have replaced in path only).
· NEW: created shell extension for the program. Available as a separate download from the home page.
· NEW: added shell integration settings (Program Settings/Shell integration).
· NEW: added support for .mka files decoding (including chapters).
· NEW: updated MediaInfo.dll.
· NEW: added option to prevent another instance of program (under Program Settings/Advanced).
· NEW: improved program's startup time.
March 6th, 2010· FIX: program won't create folder with ". " (dot+space) in the name as windows explorer is unable to operate with such folders.
· NEW: used folders are now saved in list which will pop-up when "Add Folder" is pressed. Option to turn this feature on/off is under Program Settings/Additional.
· NEW: added check for max allowed file name length. Program will show error if length is exceeded and "Start" button will be disabled until the problem has been resolved.
· NEW: added drop-down list for Destination folder so that last used folders will be saved.
February 26th, 2010· FIX: last pattern ID was not saved in "Metadata from Filename" window - fixed.
· FIX: COMMENT was not written in CUE (normal and embedded) - fixed.
· FIX: fixed encoding for CUE files, when non-ascii characters were used.
· NEW: added feature to load text file with patterns under "Rertieve Metadata from Filename". File should be in format like this filenames1.txt or like this filenames2.txt.
· NEW: relative path can now be used whe specifying external executable or in execute command after conversion.
· NEW: program can now read APEv1 tags (will write them as APEv2).
· NEW: added new parameter for main Action - "Capture output" to capture and show output of external executable.
· NEW: added new parameter for main Action - "Show status window" to show window with processing file name while executing the action (useful when external excutable takes some time to execute).
· NEW: added new parameter to child Action - "Convert input file to temporary WAV" - name says it all. Useful when external executable works with WAV files only.
February 21st, 2010· FIX: fixed several issues in Metadata editor.
· NEW: Cover Art is reloaded when Resize settings are changed.
· NEW: upgraded to the latest qtaacenc.exe.
February 21st, 2010· FIX: track value will be preserver when it start with a letter and is used in %track% or %track2% (before that non-number values were discarded).
· NEW: added option to resize Cover Art to defined size (with option to maintain aspect ratio). See under Program Settings/Cover Art.
· NEW: track number will be read from Metadata (if exists together with embedded CUESHEET).
February 19th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with mp3 cover art.
· FIX: fixed issues with song position track bar.
· NEW: only files like folder.* and cover.* will be automatically treated as external cover art.
· NEW: external cover art file name will be shown in "Cover Art" column.
· NEW: removed feature to undock/dock player controls. They are moved to the top of the form where they're accessible from Metadata editor as well.
February 19th, 2010· NEW: added %bitrate% Tag (Output File bitrate) which can be used in file name patterns.
· NEW: added Tags support in Metadata editor, i.e. you can select all tracks, fill the Title with %track2% %title% and Title for all files will be populated like this: 01 Existing title, 02 Existing title and so on.
· NEW: added option (still experimental) to write Metadata in PS3 format (under NeroAAC settings and under Copy destination).
· NEW: added feature to undock/dock player controls (right-click the player).
February 14th, 2010· NEW: updated several translations.
February 12th, 2010· FIX: increased speed of removing file from list.
· NEW: added Actions "Move file up" and "Move file down" to move files up/down in the list.
· NEW: added option to "Create file names using ANSI code page" under Additional Ouput Settings/Additional.
February 10th, 2010· FIX: program won't create folders with . at the end because windows explorer cannot handle them properly.
· FIX: fixed visual glitch when Genre was always selected when switching to Metadata.
· NEW: Shift+Enter will create a new line in Comments field.
· NEW: added Action "Move files(s) to Recycle Bin".
· NEW: added options to show only Input and Output file names (without full path). See under Source Files right-click menu/Columns and Metadata right-click menu/Columns.
· NEW: patterns in Retrieve Metadata from Filename will be saved.
February 7th, 2010· FIX: destination folder will not be created when "Same as Source" is checked
· FIX: correct Output File Size will be displayed when "Same as Source" and "Move original to Recycle" is used together
February 7th, 2010· FIX: fixed some issues with AtomicParsley
February 7th, 2010· FIX: fixed some issues with AtomicParsley
February 4th, 2010· NEW: you can now specify how to replace illegal characters (see under Additional Output Settings/Additional).
· NEW: added feature to run user-defined actions (see under Program Settings/Actions). There are several built-in actions (such as reload source files, load output files, player control etc. as well as action to launch external tool). To launch action you need to specify Hot key for it. You can assign one or more actions under one Hot key.
January 27th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue when usinng "Close program when done" together with "Execute this command after conversion"
· FIX: fixed channels map for 5.1 mlp and dts files when using channel splitting
January 26th, 2010· FIX: will always attempt to create wav(rf64) when creating large wav files (to overcome 4GB wav limit)
January 24th, 2010· FIX: fixed sort by Input File Name and by Title
· FIX: fixed export to CUE (was exporting Output File Name instead of Input)
· NEW: sort order for Source Files will be saved/restored
· NEW: added possibility to merge several mlp files (w/o reencoding). Choose Merge as a destination and select RAW.
January 23rd, 2010· NEW: added Discogs, Album Art Exchange and Album Art for Cover art searching
· NEW: track (under Metadata editor) will display when more than one track is selected
· NEW: added menu item to open all Cover art searches at once
· NEW: removed ffmpeg AAC encoder from distributabe in favour of qtaacenc from here (or here). It requires quicktime to be installed and gives far more better quality.
· FIX: changed "French" to "Français" in languages list
January 21st, 2010· FIX: fixed some issues in Metadata editor (multiple values, flickering)
· FIX: mlp files will be trated as 24bit (instead of 32bit ones)
· FIX: improved handling of files with unknown (n/a) duration
January 21st, 2010· FIX: fixed several small issues in "Add Folder"
· FIX: program will now allow to create folders with spaces after slash ()
· NEW: added decoding support for mlp files
January 19th, 2010· FIX: fixed Metadata saving in wav files (sometimes was not clearing properly)
· NEW: added function to create CUE from source files (right-click menu under Source Files)
· NEW: adjusted items' height in Source Files view (made the same as in Metadata view)
January 18th, 2010· FIX: program won't quit when it's busy and new version label is clicked.
· FIX: fixed some more visual glitches (when large fonts are used).
· NEW: progress form's position will be saved and restored.
· NEW: added icon for CUE files.
January 16th, 2010· FIX: ogg was producing noise when converting from 24bit source - fixed.
· FIX: fixed some visual glitches (when large fonts are used).
· NEW: added possibility to merge together several dts files (w/o reencoding). Choose Merge as a destination and select RAW.
January 14th, 2010· FIX: "Reset to Default" was not working in Destination settings - fixed.
January 14th, 2010· FIX: "Rename original when replacing source file" will work even if "Same as source" was not used
January 11th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with aiff encoder (sometimes was always creating files with size of 4Gb).
· FIX: cover art was not read from AIFF Metadata - fixed.
January 11th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with saving Metadata to multipe APE files at once
January 11th, 2010· FIX: merge was encodign only first track - fixed.
· FIX: autosize for Metadata columns was not working properly - fixed
January 11th, 2010· FIX: TAK decoder was broken - fixed. Upgraded to TAK version 2.0.0 as well
January 8th, 2010· NEW: mp3 cue splitting is now done without re-encoding (original quality is preserved)
· NEW: full original quality is preserved when merging mp3 files
· NEW: mp3 stream from files like avi, flv, mkv, etc. is now extracted directly without re-encoding (original quality is preserved)
· NEW: added Metadata columns to Source Files View as well (good for sorting)
January 8th, 2010· NEW: added read/write support for more Metadata which is stored in WAV LIST chunk
· NEW: added option to choose how to save Metadata in WAV files (under Program Settings/Metadata)
· NEW: added check that manually entered destination folder exists
· FIX: Metadata in WAV files is stored in "id3 " chunk (instead of adding it to the end of file)
January 8th, 2010· NEW: added option to choose file types to accept under "Add Folder" button
· NEW: can read/save Metadata from/to wav files (id3v2 will be added to the end of file)
· NEW: added Metadata import/export functionality (see under Metdata tab right-click menu). When importing, files will me matched on file name basis (extension will be discarded).
January 8th, 2010· FIX: external cover art file was not read for ape+cue
January 8th, 2010· FIX: fixed issue with some jpeg files which were not recognized by ALAC tagger.
· NEW: added support for cover art in external file (i.e. cover.jpg, folder.jpg).
· NEW: added support for multiple Artist and AlbumArtist tags in FLAC files
January 8th, 2010· FIX: disable options which are not legal when "Copy" destination is selected
· FIX: fixed some isues with Metadata when converting from flac to flac
· NEW: added some more info under Grab CD/Settings
· NEW: added "Number of read errors" indicator when grabbing a CD
· NEW: added report about CD read errors (in case there were some)
January 8th, 2010· FIX: disable Clipboard monitor while saving Metadata
· New: added option to write ID3v2 in ISO-8859-1 encoding (under program Options/Metadata)
· NEW: added option to encode only piece of track (see under Preprocessing). Implemented as a command line parameters as well (see /timestart and /timelength)
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