What's new in Beatle 0.9 Beta 4
Jun 22, 2006
- SAPS has been re-branded to BEATLE (legal reasons).
- Fixed a fault with the program deleting the Tracking list.
- Fixed a fault with the Tracking window not disabling/enabling certain menus.
- Fixed a fault with the Volumes window not disabling/enabling certain menus.
- The 'Jump' window now remembers the settings that you have selected.
- 'Edit Tag' and 'Edit Entry' is now under the menu name 'Properties'.
- Fixed bugs in File Moving and Copying codes.
- Made the 'Window' menu far more organised.
- Added extra options for finding artists in the playlists by press keys.
- ID3 TAG scanning on file adding can now be turned off (for slower computers).
- Added options to show ID3 TAGS as songs are played.
- Fixed problems with the Left and Right arrows being able to control any of the sliders.
- Fixed a massive problem with the system tray icon not re-showing when explorer crashes.
- Made the Recent Filenames more extendable.
- The System Tray icon now indicates when BEATLE has been muted.
- Fixed the alert windows being moveable.
- Added a default 'About' menu to the main windows system menu.
- When you select multiple songs in the playlist, a ToolTip is shown indicating how many are selected.
- Massive improvements to the List Item moving codes.
- MSN Messenger Personal Message support has been added, it will now show your music being played.
- You can now customise the Global Hotkeys that are used to control the program.
- Fixed a fault that�s causes a crash when you selected all of the songs to 'Skip'.
- Fixed a lot of problems when multiple songs being selected in the playlist when using certain functions.
- Fixed a fault that caused BEATLE to crash when load windows when the main window is minimized.
- Fixed a massive problem with most track lengths being read wrong.
- Changed the Edit Tag window back the original, it�s slightly easier to understand.
- The main window will now show small status bar messages for each menu item hovered over.
- The media library will now show small status bar messages for each menu item hovered over.
- The CD player will now show small status bar messages for each menu item hovered over.
- Fixed a big fault in the 'Add Location' window that caused a huge crash.
- Fixed problems with the player not being able to play a different song when paused on another.
- Fixed a fault with the hotkey support loading play, etc on upon start-up of BEATLE.
- Fixed a fault with previously copied items not being cleared when new items are copied and pasted.
- You can now skip back and forth through the songs that have been selected randomly (non-duplicate).
- Slightly improved the directory when adding a mass selection of media files.
- Fixed a bug on the 'Edit Bookmarks' window showing buttons enabled when they shouldn�t be.
- Added 'Create Random Songs Playlist' window which picks random songs and puts them in a new playlist.
- The 'Tracking' window now shows the number of songs/videos in the list.
- Fixed a bug that allowed the Playlist menu to be shown from 'Options' link when the playlist is locked.
- Fixed a bug in the 'Edit Bookmarks' window not updating the main windows bookmark items.
- Fixed the move buttons on the 'Edit Bookmarks' window not updating the window correctly.
- Massive updates the interface of the 'Edit Bookmarks' window, it�s now much nicer and easier to use.
- Fixed a bug with the 'Mood' on the menus not correctly updating on the main window.
- The 'Edit Moods' window has been re-written from the ground up and contains a new inter-face.
- Cut, Copy and Paste functions have been completely re-written from the ground up.
- All icons are now 24bit and will display better on screens that have black based backgrounds.
- Added search operators into 'Jump' window.
- You can now sort the playlist by selecting the column headers (it�s saved as normal).
- Removed Flat Headers support from the Main window, the Media Library and the CD Player.
- Random Numbers are now generated using a new engine, which means that everything is more ... well random.
- Pressing the RIGHT or LEFT keys on the keyboard moves the selected playlist index up or down.
- Fixed flickering problems within the Main window and the Media Library when adding directories of music.
- Fixed a bug with the 'Mass Tag Editor' clearing out Titles from files (it�s now optional).
- The 'Mass Tag Editor' will now only change fields that you have entered data into for the songs in the list.
- Added a simple 'Manage Playlists' window that can deal with huge amounts of playlists better.
- Brand new inter-face for the 'Preferences' window. It�s now much nicer to use.
- File Associations are no longer registered on start-up (unless specified to in 'Preferences' window).
- You can now turn on/off system tray support from the 'Preferences' window (under Advanced Settings).
- Fixed a fault with playlist clearing, it should be much faster now.
- You can now register File Associations from the 'Preferences' window (under 'File Associations').
- Updated 'About' credits.
- Lots of code clean ups, improvements and tweaks.