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AudioExpert Changelog

What's new in AudioExpert 16.0.0.1584

Jun 22, 2022
  • Bugfix MusicBrainz comparison: The albums were no longer found
  • Since LyricsWiki has been shut down, searching for lyrics no longer works. The menu items have therefore been removed
  • The status icons are visualized in the properties for albums and artists; the properties "Checked" and "Complete" (only for albums) can now also be set manually
  • Subdirectories can be excluded from reading in via the folder.ini in the file system with an entry "SkipFolder=true".

New in AudioExpert 15.1.0.1560 (Apr 16, 2018)

  • AudioExpert 15.1 is available:
  • Commit only selected tracks: Allows you to apply the modifications only for those tracks that are selected
  • Duplicates by fingerprint: Possibility to replace all duplicates of the active group with the selected version
  • Duplicates by fingerprint: Select all duplicates of group will select all version with lower quality
  • Change library path: The preview contains an icon that indicates if the modified filepath exists
  • Sync libraries: When creating playlists automatically, a new mode "automatic" is available for naming the generated playlist: "<albumname>.m3u" for compilations or "<artist> - <albumname>.m3u" for artist-albums
  • Bug fixes:
  • Sometimes AudioExpert mixed up the selected output-audiodevice when restarting the app
  • Albumproperties-dialog: Error when "albumyear" was empty is fixed
  • Flexfilter: When filtering comment, albumcomment or artistcomment did not word
  • Search ylrics: Some lyrics got cropped if they contained formattings
  • CD-import: If no albumcover was found, a errordialog popped up that imterrupted the import process. Now a small bubblehint will pop up and the import process continues.

New in AudioExpert 15.0.0.1555 (Jul 22, 2017)

  • Support videos (youtube, vimeo, dailymotion) on the new tab "Video" in the lower area. In the Settings> Internet can be switched off, since this feature requires a lot of memory.
  • New iconset, in Settings> Display (de) activatable.
  • Attention: Icons on the user-defined toolbar may get mixed up and therefore have to be corrected once :-(
  • ReplayGain can be calculated for all supported file types
  • Albums in tree view can be sorted by year (or alphabetically as before) (Settings> View)
  • Support for ID tag "Org. Year" (First publication)
  • Select whether to display "Year" or "Org. Year" in tree view (Settings> View)
  • MusicBrainz + Dublettendalog are no longer modal (but can only be opened once)
  • Importing and Saving MusicBrainz IDs from / to ID Tags (Settings> Tab ID Tag Options> General)
  • Status back-up for titles (backup / restore of MD5 sum, Fingerprint, MB-Ids etc)
  • Menu "File> Backup" or "Database Tools"
  • Search for changed ID tags: change time point can be defined from which to search (accelerates the comparison)
  • Sorting for date fields in list view sorters now by date and not after the text :-)
  • The equalizer is drawn on on a white background
  • "Blank folders" can be blanked when the search is active (Settings> View)
  • Double-ended dialog: checkboxes instead of multiple selection with mouse (by switching or control key)
  • Duplicate dialog: Recte mouse menu "Select all from group"
  • LazyLoading for large collections with many folders: The contents of the folders are not determined until they are selected. The result is that the reading of the tracks is much faster - but you do not always see all the albums. Can therefore be activated in "Settings> View" (en).
  • This option is only available for large collections with many folders (for all others it is disabled and invisible)
  • New column "Ordnername" in list view
  • New double-click action "Do nothing" (Settings> Double-click behavior)
  • Export playlist: The track number is set in the playlist according to the order
  • Album search: Https protocol is supported, covers search works again at Amazon & co.
  • Export including transcoding to MTP device: The wrong file transmission was written to the target directory
  • "MRUQuickfilter" is no longer written to the Windows registry
  • Drag & Drop in Playlisteneditor: Focus is set to the inserted file
  • Tempo & Pitch can be reused on the player (Play> Fade and ReplayGain)
  • Hidden-Experimental-Feature:
  • By pressing Ctrl + F2, the albums in the tree view receive a checkbox. This allows you to simultaneously select multiple albums to move them to another location. The marking by the checkbox currently only affects the moving of albums; It is not (yet) evaluated by all functions

New in AudioExpert 12.3.0.1435 (Jun 7, 2016)

  • New function:
  • Import Wizard: It can on the "Metadata & Scan Sensitivity" an individual filter can be set to limit the files to be imported
  • The column "Lyrics" in the list view can be edited immediately. This is really only suitable for the purpose, to identify instrumental pieces accordingly.
  • The duplicates dialogue and Felxfilter additionally contain the column "corrected Bitrate"
  • Improved error handling when no sound card was detected
  • The Flex filter now supports the "BPM" field
  • In the event of an error, additional information is written to the log file from this version
  • Update 19/03/2016:
  • Bugfix: Subsequent import metadata (= all "non-music files") is working again!
  • Bugfix: the "duplicates the last import" dialog (also the "trash"), the mask was no longer operable sometimes after an action
  • New: The "Database Tools> Change path to the main collection" dialog now has a preview function
  • New: The text export now includes - if necessary - the column "fingerprint"
  • update 04/02/2016:
  • In the latest version, only the 64-bit version of the fingerprint-Tools was accidentally delivered. On 32-bit Windows systems, therefore, the music recognition had not worked.
  • Synchronizing libraries is now supported for up to 500,000 titles
  • Fixed "Edit Additional performers" Sporadic error message when closing the window
  • Better error message when the Internet connection for music recognition can not be established

New in AudioExpert 12.1.0.1397 (Jan 11, 2016)

  • The column on the main form wes mixed with each restart of AudioExpert, getting wider and wider. The bug has been fixed in version 1392.
  • Additionally you can now customize the home screen in the settings (Tools> Settings> Display)
  • Icons in menus or list view were changed sporadically. This bug has also been fixed
  • Fixed sporadic error message when closing (hopefully)

New in AudioExpert 12.1.0.1388 (Jan 6, 2016)

  • The search function now also provides information under the "extra performers"
  • If someone wants to change the image of the home screen, simply create a file called "start.jpg" in the program directory (in addition to the AudioExpert.exe) or in the application data directory copy (in addition to the database "AudioExpert.db3"). The file should have the dimensions of 528x347 pixels. The standard JPG format is required.
  • And a bugfix: goods hidden in the list view column, so the column array could fall at reboot today
  • And another one: For systems with multiple monitors, the windows were - unless last maximized - possibly restored to an incorrect Monitor

New in AudioExpert 12.0.0.1349 (Oct 12, 2015)

  • HighDPI / large fonts / 4 k monitors:
  • AudioExpert adjusting the font size (DPI) supported from this version better - now also per monitor (from win 8.1).
  • So if someone already resolution will enjoy of a monitor beyond the full HD and then finds that the own optics device to their limits, can now safely increase the font size in Windows without having the display in AudioExpert makes the straddle. Also if you in AudioExpert (Tools menu >settings> display options) the font size increases, the texts are no longer garbled.
  • Accept only certified albums:
  • When transfer run, you can specify that only the songs you want to transfer, which have been marked as "checked". All others remain in Preview mode and will not be processed
  • BPM / Beats Per Minute:
  • From this version also the ID tag "BPM" is supported. To update the missing data, the menu "File> Find shifted or changed track" are used.
  • A search "Search> BPM Search" and the customized Quick Find round off the new feature
  • Multi-Processor support while transcoding:
  • Audio Expert can utilize better during transcoding, so that the process in the simultaneous transcoding multiple files is much faster systems with multiple CPUs.
  • Pitch & Tempo:
  • On the "Play", the playback speed can be adjusted during playback of titles on the slider pitch and tempo
  • Dialog headers:
  • In the settings of the header area can be parked in many dialogs. If the explanation for you (no longer) relevant, the space can be utilized better.
  • For a temporary hiding one can also use a double-click on the icon.
  • MusicBrainz balance supplement> Missing Title:
  • The scan has been somewhat improved and is now also tracks with a different notation (see menu "Tools> Settings> Unsharp recognition")
  • Dissolve Compilations:
  • The scan has been improved and now covers the appendage of the CD number correctly
  • Read-only files:
  • AudioExpert rushed u.U. from when the destination folder already has a read-only file with the same name as the file to be written existed.
  • Write protection is now recognized correctly. "Ignore write protection" option is enabled can now be (re) overwrites such files.

New in AudioExpert 11.6.0.1315 (Aug 3, 2015)

  • Settings Dialog:
  • The settings dialog was completely becoming dated. It is now clearer and also has a filter function for easy finding options
  • In addition, the settings have been refined for the treatment of duplicates, so now can be adjusted in greater detail, which duplicate should be assumed by default.
  • Compare actual bitrate:
  • Who does not want to rely on the (easy to "counterfeiting") indicating the bit rate in the File Information, for some time now can compare the actual bit rate. With this version of the analysis area is freely configurable, so you can also examine the entire file when needed.
  • Archive duplicates:
  • In the dialog "duplicates the last import check", you now have the option of copying the identified duplicates in a folder of choice. So you can archive the recognized Doubles as a backup before the transfer run.
  • Database Tools:
  • The "Tools> Database Tools" menu was hoisted a level and is now available as a "Database Tools" directly in the menu bar
  • Search Best albums:
  • This function now determine not only the best album but also the matching track number of songs
  • Automatic detection Compilations:
  • Under certain circumstances, compilations were not immediately recognized during import and the title ended up mistakenly held in the Artists in the same album
  • Search in database:
  • In the dialog "Search in database" were with the menu called "Add to playlist" only the first titles possibly added merhrfach
  • Reproduction:
  • If the "fade" option was not active, possibly was stopped playing between tracks
  • Delete empty directories:
  • Sometimes empty directories remained, although they would actually delete them. This was caused by a "timing" problem.

New in AudioExpert 11.5.0.1302 (Jun 25, 2015)

  • New function "Search Search> Best albums for title"
  • In this way, the marked tracks MusicBrainz can best albums lt. Are assigned, so stay after as few albums left the performer.
  • This can, for example, be with "Unknown Album" helpful or if you just want to summarize only the best albums
  • "Manually assign Search> MusicBrainz Artist" New function to preallocate for further actions the artist manually from MusicBrainz or change
  • Improved detection of albums from the file name if the ID tags are not well maintained
  • AudioExpert can be minimized in the system tray: "File> Minimize application in the notification area"
  • The most important functions for playing can still be operated via the right mouse button in the system tray at the bottom right
  • Bugfix: CD drives with the letter A: or B: is now recognized
  • Bug fix: If this option is de-activated "duplicates allow .. if the folder is different" were title may imported into invalid albums
  • Bug fix: When "Continuous Playback" has been inactive, the last title was possibly finished abrubt
  • Bugfix: Some MusicBrainz query yielded suboptimal results

New in AudioExpert 11.4.0.1296 (May 13, 2015)

  • "Find more of..." within the popupmenu to filter the songs quickly
  • Allow duplicates in different folders (this was activated by default) can now be (de)activated in the commit-wizard or the settings dialog (tab "Duplicates")
  • Sproadic flickering of the popupmenu in listview fixed.
  • Sporadic application freeze when using the right mouse key on the listview fixed
  • Audio-Devices that were connected/activated after AudioExpert was startet were not recognized
  • When chaning the format-string in the settings-dialog, the files were probably moved even if the option "Do NOT move files on commit" was active

New in AudioExpert 11.3.0.1287 (Mar 30, 2015)

  • Autotagging: Errormessage "Request has expired" fixed
  • Flexfilter: Performance- and layout improvements
  • Fixed memoryleak on commit-run & when transcoding musicfiles while synchronizing libraries
  • The database cache size can be changed in the settings dialog (tab "extended)

New in AudioExpert 11.0 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • New music recognition service uses AcoustID.org.
  • The previous service(the.echonest) will be cancelled by 5th January 2015.
  • The basic delivery of AudioExpert comes with a quota if 50,000 queries. You can order additional querys in the onlineshop.
  • Exporting tracklist to textfile: Additional column "Filename" is available.
  • New option: Do not write tracknumber"0" to the ID-tags
  • New option: Userdefined separator fpor multiple artists
  • Bugfixes:
  • Within the "reorg" process, sometimes playlists have been deleted
  • Renaming metadata supports placeholders (%Artist% etc.)
  • View "Like Windows Explorer":
  • Fixed memory leak that ended in sporadic exceptions
  • Exporting tracklists / albumlists works also in this mode
  • Synchronization of libraries:
  • The ordering of automatically generated playlists was wrong
  • Covers were sometimes not synced properly

New in AudioExpert 10.3.3.1191 (Sep 29, 2014)

  • Global hotkeys for play, pause, prev, next, volumecontrol
  • Overall-fieldchange for comment and albumartist
  • Search by regex for albumartist
  • Burn CD: The content of your compulation can be copied to clipboard (for printing an index)
  • New SQLite-Version
  • MusicBrainz alignment of albums now supports compilations
  • Some smaller bugfixes

New in AudioExpert 10.2.3.1154 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • New version of the database-engine "SQlite"
  • Nonexisting files can be marked with an "!" in the listview
  • While exporting playlists, you can edit the name of the optional playlist that can be created.
  • Menu "Manage playlists" offers opening the playlists in external editors. In addition, it's possible to export playlists directly from here.
  • Renaming folders in the view "Like Windows-Explorer" will rename folders even if only the casesensitiveness has changed
  • Bugfix in "Repair database" tool
  • The German placeholders "%Interpret%" etc. work again
  • Memoryleak in the view "Like Windows Explorer" fixed.
  • Added more checks to the consistencycheck

New in AudioExpert 10.2.1.1149 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • Covers of MP4/M4A could not be read in some cases
  • The Compilation" flag of MP4/M4A was not properly identified in some cases
  • Fixed some memoryleaks

New in AudioExpert 10.1.0.1138 (Feb 28, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • Burning of CDs, DVDs or Blu-rays - AudioExpert can burn Audio- or Data-CDs
  • Search album using barcode - Search and tag your files using the barcode (UPC or EAN) of the album
  • Transcode audiofiles within synchronisation of libraries or exporting playlists - If you library contains audiofiles that are not supported by your cellphone or car-stereo, you can transcode the files while exporting
  • Bugfixes:
  • Exporting files to TXT format failed for larger selections
  • Inperformat FlexFilter on very large collections

New in AudioExpert 10.0.1.1116 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • The Synchronize / Export to MTP devices (eg Android mobile phones) did not work in some cases
  • In MP4/M4A-Dateien the "Compilation" flag was not set correctly
  • The search for broken music files has been optimized
  • Improved error handling when the MusicBrainz search

New in AudioExpert 10.0.0.1110 (Nov 22, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Frequency analysis / bit rate verification:
  • AudioExpert can determine the actual quality of the music files, and so expose poor-quality audio files, which have subsequently been re-encoded in higher bit rate. For manual audit, displaying the frequency spectrum is possible.
  • Support of "Portable devices":
  • Synchronizing and importing devices that are not mounted with a drive letter by Windows (for example Android mobile phones) is supported.
  • Prerequisite: Win7 or later.
  • Search for release date:
  • You can findthe first release date for an album (or more) at MusicBrainz and assign it to the respective titles, also available in the album properties dialog
  • Search for genre:
  • New search for the genre (from last.fm) in the " Search > Search Genre... " menu, also available in the album properties.
  • Last.fm:
  • Scrobbling of the currently playing songs to last.fm is supported, see the menu "Extras > Settings" , tab "More"
  • AIFF format:
  • Music files in AIFF are supported
  • Custom path settings:
  • You can define a custom folder structure in the filesystem in the folder properties dialog (for each mainfolder separately)
  • Eg: .. \ genre \ year \ album \ title
  • Synchronizing Libraries:
  • Here you can optionally define a completely custom directory structure for the target directory
  • Exporting tracks:
  • When exporting music files to another directory, the layout of the subdirectories can also be defined manually. In addition, the last export operation using the F4 key can be repeated
  • Search for album covers:
  • Possibility to edit the search terms for the Google search
  • Cover can also be searched at last.fm
  • Duplicates with the same name:
  • Importing tracks with the same name but different track numbers is now allow. No change of the file name in AudioExpert is enforced. This is also possible fo r differences in the year or the remix artists
  • Join multiple CD albums:
  • If you prefer an album with a continuous numbering insetad of several albums that each count of 1, you can merge them via menu
  • Resolve Sampler:
  • You can resolve a compilation, so that the titles will be moved to the best possible album (with MusicBrainz Suppport ) assigned to the respective artists
  • Normalize volume directly after import:
  • Normalizing newly imported titles directly after the commit-run using ReplayGain or MP3Gain is possible
  • Show titles without MP3Gain:
  • New filtering function "Show only titles without Mp3Gain" in the "View"
  • Incomplete albums:
  • You now can not only highlight gaps in the numbering of titles, but also duplicate numbers
  • Error dialog "Please insert disk":
  • Improved handling for files that are associated with a CD drive in the current hardware configuration.
  • Quick search: View Entire albums:
  • Displaying the entire album in the quicksearch if only few tracks of this album were found
  • Backup of keywords / Library Info:
  • Custom Tags and library information can be saved and restored manually via the menu "Extras > Database Tools"
  • Text export:
  • The column order when exporting to TXT or CSV format can be changed in the settings. CSV files can be exported in UTF-8 format if necessary.
  • Database check:
  • If AudioExpert can't access the database file within startup, an error message is displayed.
  • Show only incomplete albums:
  • Configure the meaning of "show only incomplete albums" in the settings dialog
  • Renumber tracks:
  • The underlying sort order when renumbering can be defined
  • Include images - limit image size:
  • Defining a maximum size in the settings dialog is possible to limit the size of pictures to embed in the audiofiles.
  • Search dialog:
  • Adding tracks to libraries from within the seachdialog is now possible.
  • Check duplicates in the trash:
  • If tracks have been sorted-out to the trash folder within manual operations, you now can review them in the special dialog "Extras > Check duplicates in trash folder"
  • Organize Genre + year:
  • The dialog is able to gather missing information from last.fm
  • Bugfixes:
  • Sudden change in volume when switching to the next track, in case the volume was adjusted using the slider during playback
  • Memory leak for GDI resources resolved
  • Error message "Field 'User Defined' not found" if *. Scn files exist
  • Sporadic, non- reproducible crash when importing run

New in AudioExpert 9.6.1.1042 (Jul 6, 2013)

  • iTunes-Export: You can select if the entire collection should be exported or only a subset (library)
  • Import: If a file of a better quality is imported that does not contain lyrics, the lyrics will be copied from the existing file. In addition, previously existing imaged willl be re-intrgrated within the next commit run.
  • Flexfilter: Extended filter criteria "Playcount " and "Imported on"
  • Quickfilter: New searchfileds "Imported on", "Playcount" and "Last played on"
  • Quickfilter: It is possible to configure the fileds to search for
  • Quickfilter: Settings dialog offers the option to expand all nodes in the treeview within an active quicksearch
  • Quickfilter: Canneling the quicksearch will restore the last tree state in case no other node has been selected manually
  • New database: using menu "Extras > Database tools > New database" you can create a new, empty database
  • Bugfixes:
  • MusicBrainz-sync: Artists or albums containing an '/' could not be aligned
  • The settings of "Normalize loudness" are stored and restored when reopening the form

New in AudioExpert 9.6.0.1025 (Apr 29, 2013)

  • The "Sampler Album Search" (menu "Search") now has a preview function
  • In the overall-field change the filename can be selected as source
  • The CD Import supports additional artists
  • The column width in the preview of the overall fieldchange is stored
  • Generating "random libraries" (menu "Library> generate random library") helps to create a subset for synchroinisation to external media
  • Reverse Synchronizing libraries: Deleted or added titles in the destination folder can also be deleted/added in AudioExpert
  • A detailed protocol for synchronization of libraries is included
  • iTunes Export: Tracks that AudioExpert does not find in iTunes can be flagged with a category so that they can be manually deleted from iTunes. This is especially helpful when these songs should be deleted from the iCloud, since otherwise iTunes will display a dialog for each track separately
  • Export to iTunes can be initiated immediately after the commit run
  • The handling of Ctrl + F (Global Search / Quick Search) can be configured in the settings, so the first hit of Ctrl + F will immediately open the quicksearch (menu "Extras > Options", "View" tab)
  • Gaps in the numbering of songs can be highlighted by a red line when the new option is selected in the settings ("View" tab)
  • The report function ("File> Generate Report") also generates statistics on libraries and keywords
  • You can define a start-position for the music recognition in the settings dialog, tab "Internet"
  • Fixed incorrect calculation of the needed disk space if the option "Do not move tracks" is activated in the commit wizard
  • In the detailed search (menu "Search> Search in Database") it is possible to search for an exact match of title by using double quotes ("text")
  • Fixed a bug that in the "Repair Database" function that forced the function to fail under certain circumstances

New in AudioExpert 9.5.1.1004 (Mar 15, 2013)

  • Manually deleted tracks (e.g. DEL key) were only deleted within the commit run if the option "Delete duplicates" was activated.
  • As of this version, those tracks will be deleted independently from the duplicate option.
  • If you have selcted to COPY the files into the AudioExpert target directory, the originals will not be deleted, but the files fill not be copied to the destination directory.
  • It was not possible to switch the columns using the TAB key in the "CD Import"
  • The settings-dialog offers options to deactivate the standby-mode and screensaver as long as AudioExpert runs

New in AudioExpert 9.5.1.1001 (Feb 20, 2013)

  • Due to sporadic problems at some users, I downgraded SQLite to version 3.7.10
  • dded possibility to permanently deactivate the hint when launching the commit run. (Note: It was already possible to suppress this dialog by holding the CTRL key when clicking the "Finish" button)
  • int when normalizing the loudness of audiofiles, that the audiofiles will be modified directly in this run and the "undo" feature of AudioExpert is not available here
  • dded possibility to import the userdefined catalog directly in the CD-Import dialog
  • enu "Extras" offers the ability to reset all settings to their default values

New in AudioExpert 9.5.1.982 (Jan 11, 2013)

  • Improving the search "title found with errors": Here also those titles are recognized, which included an incorrect statement of the playing time
  • Restructuring of the acquisition-Wizards: The options are grouped differently and can be more intuitive
  • CSV or text import title for properties such as review / comment, etc. via "Options> Database Tools> Import Title properties"
  • (The export function already exists, for example via "File> Track list ... save to file")
  • Sporadic refresh problem in the "How Windows Explorer" solved
  • Sporadic error "screen / picture does not allow drawing" (hopefully) solved
  • "Repair Database" utility worked with some data (especially multi-line comment fields with incorrect line break coding) not

New in AudioExpert 9.5.0.974 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • Support of embedded coverart for OGG and OPUS files
  • Support of descriptions for embedded coverart (except MP4/M4A since this format does not support descriptions)
  • Multiselect somgs in the listview using the mouse

New in AudioExpert 9.4.0.969 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • Search:
  • The "Global Search" was (top right of the main window) completely revised and now works quite differently: as you type shows AudioExpert the hits in a list below the entry field. Using the arrow keys you can easily select the appropriate results. With the right mouse button you can perform other actions (play, to my playlist, etc.) choose. This search is very fast and provides results as the document.
  • Libraries synchronize:
  • Here you can optionally create playlists for each subfolder. This allows e.g. Some car stereos, play the tracks in the correct order
  • MusicBrainz:
  • Some requests from MusicBrainz could not hit and returned as special characters may were not properly escaped
  • Changing the language in the "Tools" menu
  • When you export playlists in XML or Excel format, a filter gesetzer ignored
  • In very rare cases "clean up spelling" it could result in failure when running

New in AudioExpert 9.3.0.943 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Editing embedded images, even for multiple files simultaneously
  • Albums Cross Finding same tracks per artist
  • Search for comments on the Quick Filter and Advanced search now possible

New in AudioExpert 9.2.0.928 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • Support for files in the new OPUS-Format
  • Writing picture files for MPEG-Files in the ID3V2.3 format was completely reworked
  • Save & load quickfilter queries
  • Handling of Ctrl+F was changed; pressing Ctrl+F will always show the quickfiilter, pressing ESC will close it
  • Selecing the output-device via menu "Player > Select output device"
  • Changes in the comment frame for OGG-files were not committed properly

New in AudioExpert 9.1.0.915 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • Custom Catalog:
  • Users who already have a self-maintained database with information about titles, albums, and artists can import this data into audio expert so as to tag when importing CDs.
  • In the Playlist management can now be customized paths in playlists by mass change. Sun playlists with a "bias" can be repaired quickly and easily in the path statement
  • Normalizing the volume occurred in rare cases, an error message "callback requested query abort"
  • When syncing libraries can be created under the genre
  • The handling of images in MP3 files has been revised
  • Inter-field changes now work correctly for the change of artist and album
  • When "duplicates of the last import" dialog there is a new search feature
  • Folder selection dialog shown on Windows Vista systems only the Desktop folder

New in AudioExpert 9.0.9.900 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • Editing artists or albums: In case one has entered a trailing whitespace, this might have resultet in an errormessage.
  • Therefore, artists, albums or tracknames will be trimmed before applying.
  • Importing CDs: When including albumart and the searchrun for the covers had not finished before closing the window, an errormessage might have come up.
  • Repair database: In some cases, this function (available in the startmenu folder) did not succeed but displayed an error
  • Viszalization: Reopening the visualization window sometimes displayed an errormessage
  • The menu "Rollback changes" or "Delete all tracks from database" now require a double-confirmation
  • The tagging-engine "tagLib" was updated to version 1.8

New in AudioExpert 9.0.8.893 (Sep 26, 2012)

  • Version 9.0.8.893 contains a bugfix for this feature when re-opening the visualization

New in AudioExpert 9.0.8.892 (Sep 5, 2012)

  • Support of visualization plugins (WinAmp, Sonique, WMP und BassBox) via menu "Extras > Visualizations"
  • You can prevent to be folders being deleted withing the commit run if they become empty.
  • Simply create a file named "audioxp.ini" in that folder and set the parameter "KeepFolder=1" in the section "[AudioXP]".

New in AudioExpert 9.0.7.888 (Aug 20, 2012)

  • New version of the SQLite3 library (database access) and bass (playback functionality). Update is strongly recommended.
  • Check for write access to the database file and the Application Data folder at startup
  • Existing tags in the format ID3V1 be removed if the target format is ID3v2.3. In ID3v2.4 you have the option to receive the ID3V1.

New in AudioExpert 9.0.6.879 (Aug 11, 2012)

  • Filter for replaying tracks (menu "player > edit replay filter")

New in AudioExpert 9.0.6.876 (Aug 6, 2012)

  • Counter how often a track was played

New in AudioExpert 9.0.6.872 (Aug 2, 2012)

  • Improved searchfunction in the Duplicates result form
  • Performance-optimization when committing changes to a very large database
  • Several smaller enhacements and bugfixes

New in AudioExpert 9.0.5.866 (Jul 20, 2012)

  • Overall field change: Using the menu "Edit > Overall field change" you can easily perform updates that have an effect on two fields
  • Improved drag&drop support from the playlist-editor or the detailled search
  • Layout of some edit controls (e.g. beim CD-Import) was corrupted in some cases
  • When searching album covers while importing a CD, an error came up if the CD-Import was finished before the cover was selected.
  • For albums that have more than one CD: You can define how AudioExpert shall store the files in the filesystem using the settings-dialog (Menu "Extras > Settings", tabsheet "Albumoptions").
  • You can use any command-line based encoder to transcode musicfiles while exporting to a directory (previously only lame was supported)
  • Some improvements concernig the focus / refresh handling while editing the listview, esp. if you have activated the option "Always sync list and tree"
  • Some smaller enhancements in the MusicBrainz alignment
  • Delete Metadata or just remove them from the disc
  • Reactivate already processed duplicates after an import-run (if no commit run was initiated)
  • Delete successfully integrated pictures within the commit run
  • New option "do not create subfolders" within the export of tracks
  • Problems with focus-handling in treeview (e.g. after Drag&Drop or renaming) fixed

New in AudioExpert 8.1.1.765 (Feb 20, 2012)

  • Changing cells with the TAB-Key in the ListView is possible.
  • Scrolling using the mousewheel works for lists that do not have the focus.
  • You can deactivate the creation of hidden, interal folders within the commit run
  • When exporting musicfiles, that are in preview-state, to a directory, the target files will get the latest id-tag information that are still in preview state.
  • Aligning albums with musicbrainz will automatically set the tag for the year if an album was found (and no year was set before).
  • Some smaller enhancements for the lyrics search

New in AudioExpert 8.1.0.755 (Jan 17, 2012)

  • audio expert can read from this version lyrics and write (Re-import of the title is required to import any existing song texts). About a search, the texts are searched on the Internet.
  • In the dialog "unify spelling" are now also supports additional tags for conductor, orchestra, composer and remix Artist
  • Small performance optimization to the Import and transfer run
  • Bugfix: Search for conductor, orchestra or composer had not worked in the Advanced Search
  • Bugfix: In securities, the disc number days had a value greater than 1, the album name was cut off may

New in AudioExpert 8.0.0.740 (Dec 15, 2011)

  • New Tagging-Engine:
  • As of this version, AudioExpert uses the Tagging-Engine "TagLib", except for the following:
  • If you have set the encoding for mp3-files to ID3v2.3 AudioExpert will still use AudioGenie, since TagLib can only write ID3v2.4.
  • WMA files will also be processed using AudioGenie, because TagLib has problems with DRM protected WMA files.
  • Format-String for album-subfolders:
  • The naming convention for subfolders for albums can now be different for standard albums and samplers. See settings dialog.
  • Font:
  • In the settings dialog you can also define the font to use.
  • CD-Import:
  • In some cases, some few imported tracks were highlighted in red, even though they were imported correctly.
  • Furthermore, you now can define if imorting tracks from a CD should overwrite all existing tracks or only those with a lower quality.
  • Grouping by album in the treeview:
  • Deactivating the grouping by album will affect the filesystem by default. If you want to hide the albums in AudioExpert too, you will have to activate the option in the settings dialog (similar to the handling of artists).
  • Searching vor moved or renamed tracks:
  • Files that were marked as "deleted" in AudioExpert will no longer be reported.
  • Find duplicates by fingerprint:
  • The menu "Mark all duplicates" and "Delete all duplicates" will regard the bitrate of the tracks, so the better quality will be kept by default.
  • Misc:
  • Some other improvements are included that are not mentioned in detail here.

New in AudioExpert 7.4.0.723 (Nov 21, 2011)

  • New filter on mainform: Show only reviewed albums
  • AutoTagging: Applying tracknumber can be activated separately
  • Shortcuts for import (F8), commit-run (F9) and CD-import (F10)
  • Bugfix Drag&Drop-Mode-Preview: Errormessage while scrolling horizontally fixed
  • "Adjust notation" allows the removal of AudioExpert "checksums" in duplicates
  • Comment can be written to the filename

New in AudioExpert 7.3.0.715 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • Importing CDs: AudioExpert will automatically detect a new CD in the drive. In addition, some bugfixes were applied.
  • Deleting artists or albums: Holding down the SHIT key will suppress the dialog.
  • Export to XML-, XLS-, TXT- or CSV-Format: Will include Orchestra, Conductor, Composer etc.
  • Format-String for folders: You can define a different format string for each folder in the folder properties dialog
  • Autotagging: Some optimizations for a better recognition rate applied
  • Drag&Drop from treeview to playlist: Fixed an errormessage
  • Shortcuts: Added some missing Shortcuts

New in AudioExpert 7.2.0.693 (Oct 11, 2011)

  • Version 7.2 contains the following changes and extensions:
  • AutoTagging is back, thanks to the services of the.echonest
  • Import CDs and convert them into MP3-Format using LAME Encoder incl. FreeDB- und MusicBrainz- integration
  • Save paths of palylist in relative format (see settings dialog)
  • Save playlists in EXTM3U Format (see settings dialog)
  • User defined formatstring for EXTM3U-format (see settings dialog)
  • Settings-Dialog was refactured
  • Within the "check duplicates of last import runyou can select multiple tracks and import them in one step automatically using/creating a unique name
  • You can import albumcoves from the explorer using drag&drop and dropping them onto the picture element in the bottom part of the mainscreen.
  • AudioExpert will save the Albumname into the frame "AlbumArtist" resp. "Band" for sampler albums (compilations). This enables other players like e.g. Zune to detect the samplers correctly
  • AudioExpert is now able to update iTunes Playlists.
  • You can save tracks from the "unknown album" directly under the artists's subfolder. The "album" frame will be left empty. See settings dialog.
  • New functions availabe for the format-string, see helpfile
  • The following bugs were fixed:
  • Memoryleak on very large libraries within the import- and commitrun fixed
  • Refactored the intrgration of pictures into musicfiles
  • When renaming a folder, the associated tracks were not set into preview mode and therefore they were not moved within the next commit run.

New in AudioExpert 7.1.1.667 (Oct 11, 2011)

  • Exporting tracks to a directory ended up in an error "Das Feld 'remixartist' wurde nicht gefunden".
  • Playlists in M3U8 format (UTF-8 encoded) could not be exported
  • Displaying the content of a library only did not work

New in AudioExpert 7.1.0.658 (Oct 11, 2011)

  • 7.1 contains the following changes and enhancements:
  • The iTunes export does only take care of musicfiles. Podcasts, movies etc. will not be regarded.
  • When exporting albums to iTunes that have more than one disc, you can specify an additional token for the disc number.
  • Regular expressions for searching and bulk-changes are supported (Menu "search").
  • A list of the recently played tracks can be shown using menu "Player"
  • The remix artist is now supported and can be put into the filenames (see help)
  • New menu "tools" (menu "extras" or the contextmenu) for searching in the internet.
  • The ranking between tracks that were encoded with constant bitrate vs. tracks encoded in variable bitrate can be modified in the settings
  • The import wizard has a new option "Disable samplerdetection" to move all tracks to the non-sampler music folder
  • The following bugs were fixed:
  • Sometimes a message "constraint failed" came up while moving tracks to the trash folder
  • Working on a special library and using drag and drop, the tracks were not added to the shown library
  • Activating the options "Delete pictures from musicfiles" and "Integrate pictures in musicfiles" simultaniously, when the pictures existed only in the musicfiles, all pictures were deleted. As of this version, the desired number of pics will remain.
  • A warnung will pop up if you try to add filenames in unicode-format to an M3U Playlist.
  • Handling of the focus in the treeview having selected the option "always sync list and tree" was suboptimal.
  • The MusicBrainz alignment for sampler-albums did not set the artistname for each track

New in AudioExpert 7.1.0.658 (Oct 11, 2011)

  • 7.1 contains the following changes and enhancements:
  • The iTunes export does only take care of musicfiles. Podcasts, movies etc. will not be regarded.
  • When exporting albums to iTunes that have more than one disc, you can specify an additional token for the disc number.
  • Regular expressions for searching and bulk-changes are supported (Menu "search").
  • A list of the recently played tracks can be shown using menu "Player"
  • The remix artist is now supported and can be put into the filenames (see help)
  • New menu "tools" (menu "extras" or the contextmenu) for searching in the internet.
  • The ranking between tracks that were encoded with constant bitrate vs. tracks encoded in variable bitrate can be modified in the settings
  • The import wizard has a new option "Disable samplerdetection" to move all tracks to the non-sampler music folder
  • The following bugs were fixed:
  • Sometimes a message "constraint failed" came up while moving tracks to the trash folder
  • Working on a special library and using drag and drop, the tracks were not added to the shown library
  • Activating the options "Delete pictures from musicfiles" and "Integrate pictures in musicfiles" simultaniously, when the pictures existed only in the musicfiles, all pictures were deleted. As of this version, the desired number of pics will remain.
  • A warnung will pop up if you try to add filenames in unicode-format to an M3U Playlist.
  • Handling of the focus in the treeview having selected the option "always sync list and tree" was suboptimal.
  • The MusicBrainz alignment for sampler-albums did not set the artistname for each track

New in AudioExpert 7.0.0.644 (Oct 11, 2011)

  • The Version 7.0 contaiins the following extensions and changes:
  • Import files and tags of your iTunes media center via the iTunes API or the XML-file
  • Export changes to your iTunes media center (incl. tag infos and filenames) from AudioExpert to iTunes via iTunes API or the XML file
  • If you have deselected the grouping by Album, you can also hide the albums in AudioExpert by the new setting options.
  • User-defined format-strings for naming the subfolders for artists and albums; this allows you to include the genre and/or the year to the foldernames.
  • ReplayGain will be shown in a separate column; you can search for tracks that were not analyzed with ReplayGain. Additionally you can define a global preamp for analyzed/not analyzed tracks in the settings dialog. This will only take affect if you have activated the loudness-correction by ReplayGain (Menü "Player").-
  • Create a backup-file for playlists before AudioExpert modifies it (deselectabel in the settings)
  • Performance optimization esp. for larger libraries
  • The default encoding for the ID3V2 tags is switched from UTF-16 to UTF-8. It is recommended to change the format, if you are using iTunes, because iTunes does not like the UTF-16 encoding.
  • You can define the number of tracks that will be shown in the ListView within the settings Dialog
  • The performance of the detailled search was optimized; e.g. searching for the artist "Abba" will take only 0.5 seconds in a library containg 250,000 tracks (having 1,000 hits). Searching for tracks containg "hello" takes approx. 2 seconds having 500 hits.
  • New option: Always synchronize Tree and List (Menu "View")
  • New optrion: Automatically start editmode in listview (menu Settings/Extended)
  • The following bugs were fixed:
  • Editing playlists that were saved in the ExtM3U format made AudioExpert to hide information on Artist/Album/title.
  • Filtering the playlists did not take into account the filename
  • When resetthing the filter of the Treeview, empty folders were not shown; hitting F5 fixed the problem
  • Sometimes a message "Tried to remove invalid node" came up when working with tags,
  • When deselecting the Option "show extended explorer information" a message "List index out of bounds" came up frequently.
  • "Out of Memory" exception within the commit process (and some other ) on larger libraries.
  • Within the autotagging, files were not moved from the "untagged" folder to rhe proper places in the "simple" mode.
  • When moving tracks to the trash folder, sometimes duplicate tracks were created

New in AudioExpert 6.3.0.588 (Jun 16, 2011)

  • Enhancements and changes:
  • Maintenance for orchestra, composer and conductor
  • Crossfading while palying tracks
  • Apply ReplayGain for analyzed tracks
  • Shuffle tracks while replaying
  • When searching for changed tracks, the changed ID tags will be shown in detail
  • Pictures larger than 2MB will no longer be shown in the preview, but you can launch the associated viewer via doubleclick
  • Doubleclicking the previewimage will open the assosiated application; the internal viewer can still be opened via right-mouse click.
  • Single tracks can be copyied using the copy&paste functionality or Drag&Drop while holding down the ctrl key.
  • The playlist-editor will show the name of the currenlty openeded playlist
  • Integration of other players (play with , enqueue in ) added to the right-mouse context menu and the mainmenu
  • Ability to search for the filname in the duplicates dialog
  • Filtering the playlist is possible; additionally also the treeview
  • All settings of the commit dialog will be stored
  • Additional option "integrate pictures for already committed files" now available
  • The last view (openend folders/albums) will be stored and can be restored on the next startup
  • Commandline parameters to add or import tracks (/Play, /Add, /Enqueue resp. /import)
  • The following bugs were fixed:
  • Deleting tracks from an album that was marked as "complete" did not reset the complete flag.
  • Preview of PNG files resultet in an error
  • When moving tracks to the trash older, the assigned tags were not moved
  • Sorting the listview by album was not possible
  • Searching for albumcovers did not succeed (fixed)
  • Sporadic error "unexpected xml structure" while autotagging solved
  • Sometimes the albumcover was not shown on the replay-tab
  • When normalizing with ReplayGain, the gain will no longer be applied; simply the gain is computed and added as tags
  • Some more minor bugfixes

New in AudioExpert 6.2.0.551 (Apr 18, 2011)

  • Contains the following changes and enhancements:
  • Check dpulicates (after import): Traffic-light status
  • The list of detected duplicates within the import process now contains the traffic-light status for Date, Size, Duration, Bitrate and Channelmode. Sorting by these colums is also possible
  • Sorting within the Duplicate form (MD5-checksum / fingerprint)
  • The result of finding duplicates by MD5-checksum or fingerprint can be sorted by the didplayed columns. However, the dupicate-groups will not be broken, the sorting will be done by the smallest item of the group.
  • Filtering and tools within the Duplicate form (MD5-checksum / fingerprint)
  • You can mark all tracks that have the same album assigned like the currently focued track. After selecting this option, a filter will be applied and only those duplicate groups that are affected will be show.
  • Some other cleanup options are availabe; you can delete duplicates from ampler-folders or albums that are not marked as complete
  • UNC paths
  • Using and UNC path as target dir was limited to 259 characters; it's now possible to store longer paths (up to 2,000 characters)
  • Default genre
  • You can define if the default genre should be applied also for tracks that are located in sampler albums
  • Encoding for filenames
  • In the settings dialog for filenames you can define that AudioExpert should use the ANSI-Format (non-unicode) for naming your tracks. If your tracks do contain Unicodecharacters nevertheless, these characters will be replaced by an "_".
  • The following bugs were fixed:
  • Using the AutoTagging feature within the Duplicate-Dialog resulted in an error "track not found"
  • The AutoTagging feature sometimes broke down with a general exception fault

New in AudioExpert 6.1.0.540 (Mar 21, 2011)

  • User-definded max. length for filenames:
  • As of versiojn 6.0, AudioExpert can handle filenames up to a length of 2,000 characters. If you want to put such files on a CD or an MP3-player that does not use the NTFS filesystem, you might face some problems. Therefore you can limit the length for filenames and subdirectories separately. This can be done in the settings to limit the length in general. When exporting files to a directory, synchronizing libraries or exporting playlists, you can define different settings. Furthermore, you can also adopt the format strings for the filenames.
  • Subdirectories for albums:
  • Each folder properties dialog offers a new option "Use album as subfolder". Deselecting this option will store all tracks in the artist's folder (if applicable).
  • Default genre for artists
  • You can define a default genre for each artist. This will be applied to tracks that don't have a genre yet. You can also make AudioExpert to apply this genre to all tracks, not regarding any existing values.
  • Collation for albums:
  • Albums having more than 9 CDs will be sorted numerically ascending (1, 2, 3, ... 9, 10, 11 and no longer 1, 10, 11, 2, 3, 4, ...)
  • This will also be the case for albums having an enumeration such as Bravo Hits 1, Bravo Hits 2 etc.
  • Storing settings in database:
  • AudioExpert will store its settings mainly in the database, so in case you switch to a different database, your settings will change, too. As a fallback, the local registry will still be used.
  • Remove non-existing files from playlist:
  • The playlist editor can remove non-existing files from the list.
  • Filter "Show albums without album-medatata":
  • Using the menu "View" and applying this filter will hide all albums that have alread some album specific metadata (such as albumcovers). This might help you to review albums that don't have any metadata yet.
  • MusicBrainz alignment: Move tracks to new album:
  • Tracks that could not be matched to the current album can be moved easily to a new album. This helps a lot to split mixed-up albus to the proper albums.
  • MusicBrainz alignment: Better matching:
  • If MusicBrainz knows different versions of an album, e.g. having different trackcounts, AudioExpert will preselect the best-fitting version by default.
  • Memory usage within import:
  • The import process was optimized and requires less memory.
  • Consistencycheck:
  • The consistencycheck can fix an index-error "columns ArtistID, AlbumName, FolderID, Sampler, Deleted, Preview are not unique" that was probably caused by a bug of version 5.5
  • The following bugs were fixed:
  • Swithing the database did not switch the recently used libraries or tags
  • Deleting a track did not delete its tag- and library information
  • Playlists were not update properly if the filename contained the year or discnumber
  • Updating an ExtM3U playlist could end up in a dedalock if the extM3u-format was not valid
  • Mp3 files with a corrupted header could make AudioExpert to crash

New in AudioExpert 6.0.0.522 (Mar 9, 2011)

  • Long filenames:
  • As of this version, AudioExpert can handle filenames up to a length of 2,000 characters - NTFS filesystem assumed. Updating an existing database to the new version might take some seconds. Please keep in mind that some programs have difficulties handling filenames longer than 259 characters!
  • Exception-handling within long search processes:
  • In case of an error within the autotagging-process, MusicBrainz alignment or coversearch because of a problem with the internet connection or because the called server is temporarily not available, AudioExpert will display a popup windows allowing to retry or cancel the process. If the user does not press any button, AudioExpert will resume after 3 minutes. So even longer search processes will succeed if running over night.
  • Collation:
  • The collation (esp. for special characters thinking of Umlauts, Accents, other special chars) will be done using the windows locale settings.
  • Find moved or renamed tracks:
  • In case you have renamed files manually in the filesystem or tagged musicfiles using a different tagging-tools, AudioExpert can search for changed files and offer to import the changes only. So you don't have to do a full reimport. Menu "File | Find moved or renamed tracks".
  • Find and delete empty directories:
  • AudioExpert can search for empty directories and delete them. If you want to, AudioExpert can delete "unneeded" files (that are files that are not referenced by AudioExpert's Database) before trying to remove a directory. Menu "File | Find and delete empty directories"
  • Rename metadata:
  • Albumcovers and other metadata can be renamed using menu "File | Rename and renum album covers"
  • Search sampler albums:
  • You can search for sampler albums that have been split up to different artists using the new menu "Search | Search sampler albums".
  • Mark albums as "complete":
  • You can mark albums as "complete" manually. Whenever you try to import other tracks of such an album, these tracks will be rejected. Menu "Edit | Mark as... | Mark as complete" or use the context-menu or the shortcut Shift+F6.
  • Filenames:
  • For naming files the new fileds %YEAR% and %DISCCOUNT% are available
  • Bubble-hint when moving files to the trash-folder:
  • Whenver a track is moved to the trash-folder, AudioExpert can display a bubble hint or a small icon that willl flash for some seconds. This option is available in the Settings, page "Extended".
  • Quicksearch:
  • The quicksearch (Ctrl+F) supports now searching for filenames and the number of tracks per albuim.
  • Memory usage on batch-updates:
  • Doing larger updates (e.g. renaming a folder, changing the notation for many tracks etc.) AudioExpert will write the changes frequently to the database to reduce memory consumption. That means, larger changes cannot be undone using Ctrl+Z. However, a rollback to the last committed state is still possible.
  • Switching database:
  • Using the menu "Extras | Switch database" you can switch to a different database-file if you want to manage different music collection (not available in the FREE-edition).
  • Additional album-properies:
  • Albums that contain more than one CD might have additional information to the disc-nuumber, e.g. "ABBA - The Collection (disc 1: Classic)". AudioExpert supports this notation if you separate the additional text with a colon from the disc number, see example.
  • Size of dropdown boxes:
  • Dropping down a combobox, AudioExpert will increase the width of the dropdownlist to display more text.
  • Importing files of same quality:
  • If you are importing a track of the same quality, the track will be treated as duplicate and will not be emported as of this version.
  • Repairing database:
  • In case the database file got corrupted you can try to repair it using the tool "RepairDatabase.cmd" that can be found in the program-folder of AudioExpert. It is necessary to close AudioExpert before running this batch job.
  • Musepack files:
  • AudioExpert now supports MusePack files
  • Convert UTF8 to Unicode:
  • In case you have UTF8 encoded texts that have been saved with a wrong encoding (UTF16), AudioExpert can reconvert the texts using the menu "Edit | Convert UTF8 to Unicode".
  • Quicksync mode:
  • When importing files using the quicksync-mode, tracks having the same ID tags will not be imported even if you have set one of the options "Use Fingerprint" or "use MD5 checksum".This is to speed up the import process when aligning with a collection that was previously imported and you only want to check for new tracks.
  • Autotagging:
  • You can define the standard folders for normal albums and samplers within the autotagging result options.
  • "Compilation"-flag for MP4/M4A files:
  • The iTunes-Flag "Compilation" will be set for MP4/M4A files.
  • Bulk-change in ListView:
  • Having selected multiple tracks in the listview, you can perform a bulk-change for Genre, Year and Rating calling the title properties dialog.
  • "Organize ID-tags for genre and year"-dialog:
  • The default values can be set manually.
  • Copy & Paste for albumcovers:
  • Using the right mouse key over the albumcover, you can add, copy and pase (new) albumcovers
  • "Complete"-flag:
  • Renaming an album that was marked as "complete" will no longer reset the "complete" flag.
  • The following bugs were fixed:
  • Sporadic beep-sound while autotagging
  • Changing the case-mode for special characters only (e.g. "Ä" to "ä") could make the file being deleted within the next commit run
  • The quicksearch did not return any results when searching for a text enclosed with "*" that contained other wildcards (e.g. "*B?T*")
  • The case-mode of the subdirectories will also be changed within the commit run
  • Selecting anAlbum from the dropdown-box in the listview did not work
  • Errormessage "cannot commit - no transaction is active" fixed
  • After having moved a whole sampler-album to a non-sampler folder the next commit run failed with an error. The consistencycheck fixes this problem.

New in AudioExpert 5.5 (Mar 9, 2011)

  • New features / changes:
  • New function "Find moved or renamed files"
  • Using this function will search your local musicarchive for changes that were made e.g. using the windows explorer
  • Enhanced errormessages
  • In case of a very long filename (Windows limit of 260 chars) the logfile contained only a message, that the file could not be copied. Now, the reason will be added
  • Using the MusicBrainz alignemnt and no active internetconnetcion, the message "Socket Error xxx" will be shown instead of "Artist could not be found."
  • Improved sampler detection
  • "Thumbs.db" will no longer be imported (if you have activated "import metadata")
  • After createing a new folder in AudioExpert, the folder properties dialog will be shown immediately to define the proper settings.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Duplicates were not deleted on committing changes
  • Renaming artists/albums did not move the associated metadata everytime
  • The MusicBrainz alignmend was disabled after using "Search all unassigned tracks"
  • Using more than one monitor, a new window always popped up on the primary display

New in AudioExpert 5.4.0.471 (Jan 19, 2011)

  • This version contrains an enhanced caching and some more optimizations and bugfixes

New in AudioExpert 5.3.0.450 (Jan 10, 2011)

  • Check duplicates
  • The new menus "Extras | Check duplicates by MD5 checksum" and "Extras | Check duplicates by Fingerprint" (also available in the context menu of the treeview) allow you to search for duplicates in your entire library. The acoustic fingerprint enables AudioExpert to detect duplicates that were encoded in different formats or bitrates. The found items are shown in a separate screen where you can easily check the results.
  • Note: The fingerprint-based duplicate detection is not available in the Free-Edition.
  • AutoTagging with "Album-mode"
  • If you want to autotag complete albums, this feature will try to match all tracks to the same album, even if the autotagging engine suggests differens albums by default.
  • Normalize notation
  • You can now add a constraint to the processing: Advise AudioExpert to process only those texts that were completely lower- or uppercase
  • Adjust notation
  • Some new features helps you to remove e.g. URLs or special characters
  • Import wizard
  • It is now possible to turn off the import of playlists.
  • To prevent existing tracks from being overwritten by a misstagged, false version, you can use an additional check that replaces the duplicate only if either the MD5-checksum or the acoustic fingerprint are the same. This, however, will slow down the import process on every possible duplicate that was found.
  • Performance optimization on committing changes
  • Deleting duplicates was rather slow on large libraries, this should now be faster.
  • The following errors were fixed:
  • Deleting albums did not delete the assigned metadata
  • Sometimes, empty folders remained after committing changes
  • After having moved a title to the trash, the trash was sometimes empty. The tiles appeared after reorganizing the database
  • The Drag&Drop mode showed empty albums by default
  • Errormessage when performing Drag&Drop within the DND-Mode preview
  • ReplayGain for Ogg-Files was not executed
  • "Der Listenindex überschreitet das Maximum" (list index out of bounds) when navigating in the treeview

New in AudioExpert 5.2.0.438 (Dec 20, 2010)

  • New features / changes:
  • New feature "Organize ID-Tags for Genre and Year" (Shortcut Ctrl+O), see Helpfile for details.
  • Some improvements on the "check duplicates" dialog, here you can now also edit the existing title in AudioExpert
  • The album-properties dialog can now be accessed from within the listview by right-mouse or the shortcut Ctrl+F7
  • The replay-tabsheed does now contain a "stop" button
  • Bugfixes:
  • The rating-stars were sometimes not refreshed properly
  • Errormessage after aligning artists/albums with MusicBrainz fixed
  • The remaing time within the import-wizard was not formatted correctly
  • New AudioGenie.dll

New in AudioExpert 5.1.0.427 (Dec 6, 2010)

  • If you had imported the identical file more than once to different folders in AudioExpert and committed your changes using the option "Move/Delete files", only the first file was moved - the second one failed, because the file was already moved. As of this version, the tracks will be duplicated in this case.
  • Metadata (e.g. Covers or Playlists) that could not be assigned to exactly one artist or album will NOT be copied or moved on commit. They will remain in the original location. In case of a playlist, the playlist itself will be adopted nevertheless.
  • Performance optimizaion on renaming or deleting artists or albums.
  • The following bugs were fixed:
  • Sometimes empty folders remained after commiting changes when using option "move/delete files"
  • The settings for ID3V2 Format/Encoding were not applied correctly. The tags were always written in ANSI format
  • If you moved a whole folder to a differen hierarchy level, the associated tracks were not set to preview and therefore they were not moved within the next commit process
  • The button "Show errors" after a commit run (that contained errors) did not work properly
  • Wrong time information on normalizing the loudness of tracks
  • Removing the normalization information of normalized tracks did not work correctly
  • The errordetection was improved so it does detect more possibly errors
  • Within the view "Show deleted files" an error came up in case the list contained a deleted sampler folder

New in AudioExpert 5.0.1.412 (Nov 17, 2010)

  • Wrong/misleading message on closing the commit wizard
  • When resizing a column, the rating-stars disappeared
  • Playlists. that were manually edited, were moved within the next commit - even though they were not part of the AudioExpert archive

New in AudioExpert 5.0.0.411 (Nov 15, 2010)

  • New features / changes:
  • Rating for tracks (0-5 stars)
  • Changing fontsize and colors in the settings dialog.
  • Disk number tag will be supported. You can change the disknumber easily in the album properties dialog.
  • Albums that consist of more than one disk can be stored in one single folder on your harddrive.
  • New parameters %DISCNUMBER% and %DISCNUMBER.% (see helpfile) for formatting filenames
  • Within the Album-properties dialog you can adopt genre and year for all included tracks at once
  • Editing within the title properties dialog is now supported.
  • Several reports and analysis are available
  • Export titles and albumlists in several formats including HTML, CSV and XLS
  • New view for replay tracks (switch using F3)
  • Fast-forward the title currently playing by 5, 20 or 120 seconds using shortcuts (see helpfile)
  • Encoding and Format for ID3V2-Tags can be set in the settings dialog.
  • Searching for the genre within the Quicksearch (Ctrl+F)
  • Automated versoncheck on startup (only full version; can be turned off)
  • Additional picture formats (e.g. GIF, PNG, PCX...) are now supported.
  • New layout for the wizards (easy navigation)
  • Associate imported tracks directly to a (new) library within the import wizard.
  • In case of an acrive filter, the treeview will be shown in a different color to visualize that a search is active
  • Bugfixes:
  • New AudioGenie.DLL (some pictures became invalid on saving)
  • Unique key violation on very long albumnames or in case of special unicode characters
  • MusicBrainz alignment failed for sampler albums
  • Autotagging sometimes returned an empty artist
  • Autotagging returned a wrong tracknumber
  • Coversearch for sampler albums did not work
  • Searching for covers at google failed after few minutes
  • Using special unicode characters for Tags or Libraries resulted in an index violation on commit
  • Changing the folder-structure was not rollbacked properly
  • Sort-order for sampler albums was wrong
  • Error on rescanning medialibrary fixed
  • Synchronizing libraries did not properly copy folder images

New in AudioExpert 4.5.0.332 (Sep 6, 2010)

  • AutoTagging includes now genre and year
  • Performance-optimization autotagging

New in AudioExpert 4.1.0.330 (Sep 6, 2010)

  • Bugfix AudioGenie3.DLL (problems with OGG files)
  • Playlist-editor
  • Ability to perform a quicksearch (Ctrl+F) on the year-fields

New in AudioExpert 4.0.3.325 (Aug 23, 2010)

  • Fixed AudioGenie3.dll error

New in AudioExpert 4.0.0.320 (Aug 12, 2010)

  • AutoTagging

New in AudioExpert 2.1.288 (Mar 4, 2010)

  • Manage subsets (called libraries) and synchronize them to an external MP3-Player
  • Search musicfiles for errors (flaws, breaks, strange noises etc.)
  • User-defined tagging