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CD-Runner Changelog

What's new in CD-Runner 2020.00

Jul 20, 2020
  • Default online server to retrieve audio info changed to gnudb (freed is no longer available as of June 13, 2020)
  • Check out www.gnudb.org
  • Minor tweaks and bug fixes
  • System information Utility updated
  • New Installer

New in CD-Runner 2019.10 (Jun 18, 2019)

  • Minor tweaks and bug fixes

New in CD-Runner 2019.00 (Mar 3, 2019)

  • CD-Runner is now FREE!
  • Many thanks to my loyal customers and beta testers over the past 20+ years
  • Feel free to enjoy and distribute freely
  • Improvements for latest versions of Windows 10
  • Minor cosmetic improvements to buttons and screens
  • Updates for FLAC and AC3 music files
  • Updated DSD (Direct Stream Digital) playback support (*.dsf, *.dff aka DSF and
  • DSDIFF)
  • CD Ripper Updates
  • initial load time improved (faster) due to removal of code needed to check for
  • Registered ID Key (no longer required)
  • System Information Utility updated
  • New Installer with faster install time

New in CD-Runner 2018.00 (Apr 16, 2018)

  • Cosmetic improvements and bug fixes
  • Improvements for latest versions of Windows 10
  • Updates for WAV, FLAC and DSD music files
  • Program initial load time improved (faster)
  • Improved registration of ID Key
  • System Information Utility updated
  • New Installer

New in CD-Runner 2017.00 (Mar 25, 2017)

  • Windows 10 scaling support improvements
  • New 4K compatibility mode option improvements
  • Cosmetic improvements and bug fixes
  • Fixed problem with upgrading license key from older versions (where old key was corrupt)
  • Improved CD Ripper speed for all supported rip modes
  • Updated system information utility
  • Updates for MIDI, WAV, FLAC, OPUS, OGG and DSD music files
  • Improved support for very long music file tags
  • Improved support for Cyrillic characters
  • Updated free Internet Radio Stations
  • New Installer

New in CD-Runner 2016.00 (Nov 25, 2016)

  • Windows 10 scaling support added:
  • note: although Microsoft does not recommend it, a custom scaling level of 125% looks much better subjectively (similar to previous Windows versions using Large Fonts mode)
  • New 4K compatibility mode option added (CD-Runner Setup, Advanced 2 tab) for systems using 4K (3840 x 2160) display(s):
  • resolves driver issues associated with fonts when using standard Windows 10 scaling.
  • Touchpad faceplate size toggle fixed when switching orientation (landscape portrait) and/or size (small large)
  • Updated DSD (Direct Stream Digital) playback support (*.dsf, *.dff aka DSF and DSDIFF)
  • CD Ripper Update for Alternate Digital Rip Mode
  • New WASAPI (Windows Audio Session API) output support - allows management of all audio streams in a session as a single unit, and allows bit-exact output and muting all other sounds
  • Updated file tags for all supported music files
  • Updates for:
  • AAC (includes AAC+ & Shoutcast)
  • AC3 (Dolby Digital)
  • ALAC (Apple Lossless)
  • APE (Monkey's Audio)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MPC (Musepack)
  • OPUS (lossy audio compression format)
  • TTA (True Audio)
  • WV (WavPack)
  • New Installer

New in CD-Runner 2015.20 (Aug 15, 2015)

  • Support added for final production versions of Windows 10
  • New EQ slider button colors (Windows 10 only)
  • New Installer

New in CD-Runner 2015.10 (Jun 4, 2015)

  • New option to allow Cyrillic characters to be displayed, CD-Runner Setup, Adv. 2 tab:
  • If unchecked, all Cyrillic characters will be removed (new default option)
  • If checked, all Cyrillic characters will be displayed automatically using suitable Windows fonts
  • Fix for MP3 tag issue with damaged or corrupt MP3 files (non-alphanumeric characters were sometimes displayed)
  • Improved method of filtering out illegal filename characters " * . / : < > ? \ | plus all character codes less than 32
  • Support for very long FLAC tags (e.g. album names > 30 characters)

New in CD-Runner 2015.00 (Jan 30, 2015)

  • Comprehensive redesign to support Windows 10:
  • Registered Users may need to re-enter their license key after installation
  • Depending on install location, existing users may need to re-enter any custom settings using the CD-Runner Setup program
  • It is recommended to have as few other programs running when CD-Runner is installed and to reboot your system after installation is complete
  • New DSD (Direct Stream Digital) playback support (*.dsf, *.dff aka DSF & DSDIFF)
  • Updated playback code for:
  • FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • WV (WavPack)
  • Support for multiple monitors (was previously 1 or 2), CD-Runner Setup, Advanced 2 tab to set
  • New Media Center feature to save selected file(s) as new playlist
  • Running Setup while playing (e.g. media files or audio CDs) modified greatly to improve performance and appearance
  • Fixed audio CD playback problem if last track finished playing and instead of ejecting CD or using repeat mode you tried to replay the same CD
  • Startup positions of all screens automatically saved and used with new logic to prevent from being displayed off-screen if switching from 2+ monitors to 1 in CD-Runner Setup
  • Equalizer startup position improved if using 2+ monitors
  • EQ settings window now displayed in Windows Taskbar
  • License key installation issue on computers with Windows rights issues fixed (rare problem caused by having Windows rights too high)
  • Updated Installer, with fix for first time installation on new computer

New in CD-Runner 2014.60 (Jul 23, 2014)

  • New Internet Radio Station features:
  • Player modified to save last successfully connected station and use as default on startup
  • New connection options for stations that do not allow or publish direct access
  • PLS files, stream addresses and/or URLs - set in CD-Runner Setup:
  • Use Browser Compatible URL (if the next 2 options are unchecked AND the online station does not require a play button to be clicked to start, then this is the most transparent option)
  • Display Mini Browser - if checked, a mini browser window will be displayed allowing the play button or link to be clicked; also includes minimize button
  • Display Web Browser - if all of the above fails, the URL is passed to your web browser for playback
  • Support added for new high resolution screens:
  • 3200 x 1800 (laptops+)
  • 3840 x 2160 (ultra HD, aka 4K)
  • Updated playback code for OPUS (lossy audio compression format)
  • Fix for peak hold, LCD mode, using Windows small fonts
  • Fix for Listview problem on all Windows 8 OS, caused program to hang on some systems

New in CD-Runner 2014.50 (Nov 7, 2013)

  • New Parametric & Graphic Equalizers:
  • 31-Band EQ added with button to select 15 or 31-Band EQs
  • Better sound (even for small desktop speakers) possible now with 31-Band and system specific fine tuning of EQ
  • Option to enter EQ frequency settings for both 15 and 31 Bands
  • Automated profile switching between 15 and 31 Band modes with specific profiles for each mode
  • New option to display corresponding musical notes instead of frequencies for
  • sliders from C-1 (8.18Hz) to B10 (31.61 KHz), use Setting button and on popup, select:
  • Display Frequencies
  • Display Notes
  • Move mouse over frequencies or notes labels to display popup (tooltip) of related information (frequency, note closest instrument type)
  • Default EQ profiles updated
  • Minor cosmetic improvements
  • New Spectrum Analyzer:
  • New 34-Band SA with option to switch between 12 and 34 bands
  • New wide display mode for all SA types:
  • Bars
  • Spectrum
  • Wave
  • Sweep
  • Stereo
  • New option to display corresponding musical notes instead of frequencies for
  • sliders from C-1 (8.18Hz) to B10 (31.61 KHz), use Mode button to change Bars from:
  • Scaled
  • Notes
  • Linear
  • If custom 15 or 31 band EQ profile used, SA will automatically use in place
  • of default frequencies; new (missing) bands are automatically interpolated
  • Move mouse over frequencies or notes labels to display popup (tooltip) of related information (frequency, note closest instrument type)
  • Load Playlist and Edit Playlist options moved to main popup (right click faceplate)
  • New option to apply setup changes only at program start; if enabled (setup, Adv. 1 tab) this will reduce CPU utilization while playing and making changes
  • Spectrum Analyzer tweaks to improve accuracy slightly on systems with older video cards
  • Windows 8.1 Support added
  • Updated Installer

New in CD-Runner 2014.00 (Sep 18, 2013)

  • Comprehensive "under the skins" re-design and code optimization applied throughout; older "legacy code" modified for speed and reliability with latest operating systems
  • New setup option to display all faceplates or "skins" flat with square corners; Note: this new feature may resolve rendering issues with older laptops & desktops
  • New wildcard search options added to all searches, wildcard characters supported:
  • ? (matches any single character in search string, e.g. "ho?se" would find both "house" and "horse")
  • * (matches zero or more characters in search string, 1 or multiple astericks supported)
  • # (matches any single digit 0-9 in search string)
  • [list] (matches any single character in search string)
  • [!list] (matches any single character NOT in search string)
  • Note 1: a group of one or more characters in list (above) enclosed in brackets ([]) can be used to match any single character in search string and can include digits and almost all other character codes
  • Note 2: hyphen (-) use supported to separate the upper and lower bounds of a range, e.g. [A-Z]
  • Note 3: special characters supported with left bracket ([), number sign (#), question mark (?), asterisk (*), enclosed in brackets; the right bracket (]) cannot be used within such a group, but it can be used outside a group as an individual character
  • New option to display spectrum analyzer minimized or full size on startup when playing audio CDs or media files
  • New Disc Library & Media Center features:
  • Initial load options to sort ascending or descending
  • Columns to be displayed option
  • Research section with new links for online research, advanced searching+
  • Auto Size Columns updated
  • New Cover Art Viewer custom size option
  • Improved automated display of cover art viewer for audio CDs and media files
  • Illegal Windows filename characters \ / : * ? " < > | in cover art filenames (if found in Artist and/or Title) filtered out
  • Support improved for using "COVER.JPG" (or "FOLDER.JPG") in album directories to automatically identify and display cover art while playing media files
  • Alternate method of automatically identifying cover art file associated with media files updated by creating "ARTIST-TITLE.JPG" in cover art directory (set directory in setup)
  • Updated Internet Radio default stations
  • Updated playback code for:
  • OPUS (lossy audio compression format)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • Cosmetic improvements to all faceplates (aka "skins")
  • Updated Installer

New in CD-Runner 2013.10 (Jul 12, 2013)

  • Improved CD-Runner Manual freedb Import, automatically removes extraneous information. This is especially useful for importing non-hybrid SACDs (and other discs not readable by a computer CD drive) into the Disc Library.
  • New option to read "cover.jpg" (also "folder.jpg") cover art file from album directories and display as music files being played or searched
  • New cover art options for all media files that have readable tags (e.g. MP3, FLAC, OGG, etc.), set cover art for individual songs or set artist-album cover art for all songs belonging to same album
  • New Setup Cover Art location option; if set and files saved as "artist-album.jpg", then automatically found as needed by Disc & Music Libraries and during playback
  • Updated playback code for:
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • OPUS (lossy audio compression format)
  • Fixed problem with FLAC & OGG bitrate display while playing
  • Updated Installer with improved Windows 8

New in CD-Runner 2013.00 (Jan 14, 2013)

  • New Windows 8 Support:
  • New auto detection of OS version
  • Small Windows 8 tweaks and enhancements if detected
  • New support for OPUS files
  • Updated file tags for all supported music files
  • Updated playback code for:
  • AAC (includes AAC+ & Shoutcast)
  • AC3 (Dolby Digital)
  • APE (Monkey's Audio)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • OFR (OptimFROG)
  • SPX (Speex)
  • WV (WavPack)
  • New Installer

New in CD-Runner 2012.10 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • New freedb Raw Data Viewer, view all data associated with a CD entry online or local including data not normally displayed by any freedb-compatible program:
  • support for all freedb local database entries
  • support for all online servers
  • Updated support for WavPack files
  • Improved support for internet and buffered file streams
  • Internet streaming tweaks/fixes
  • New UTF-8 device information
  • Improved tag support for:
  • MP4 tags
  • APEv1 tags

New in CD-Runner 2012.00 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • New Touchpad Landscape (rotated) Displays, full or small sizes
  • New Media Center (previously Server) for playback of audio & video files, Internet Radio
  • New Cyrillic Default font toggle (Customize menu option) for Disc Library & Media Center
  • CD Ripper Update for Alternate Digital Rip Mode
  • Updated playback code for:
  • AAC (includes AAC+ & Shoutcast)
  • ALAC (Apple Lossless)
  • APE (Monkey's Audio)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • SPX (Speex)
  • Disc & Media Libraries, improved detection & handling of corrupt or invalid image files
  • Media Library, improved detection of mp3 file details when scanning files with corrupt or missing tag information (bitrate, track times, etc.)

New in CD-Runner 2011.01 (May 3, 2011)

  • Minor cosmetic upgrades to new TouchPad Faceplate Display

New in CD-Runner 2011.00 (Apr 8, 2011)

  • New TouchPad Faceplate Display
  • All display options combined into one command center style screen
  • Option to select full or small display sizes
  • New CD Ripper default digital rip mode, updated to be compatible with most hardware and drivers
  • Complete redesign of Cover Art setup options & use throughout, now easier, faster, more features
  • New display support for Cyrillic character set used in >25 Slavic & non-Slavic languages (e.g. Bulgarian, Russian, Abkhaz, Romani, etc.)
  • New & faster program loader with built-in autosensing of audio CDs
  • and media files (eliminates older CDLauncher utility used in previous versions)
  • Updated setup options & defaults
  • New program installer

New in CD-Runner 2010.40 (Jan 20, 2011)

  • CD Ripper update for SATA CD drives (use Alternate Digital Rip Mode)
  • Spectrum Analyzer display update
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio) update
  • Bug fix for adding audio CD cover art when manually entering CD
  • Updated installer

New in CD-Runner 2010.30 (Sep 1, 2010)

  • Faster online CD detection, updated support for 64-bit OS's+

New in CD-Runner 2010.20 (May 27, 2010)

  • New automated re-sizing of Artist - Album & Song displays when displaying cover art thumbnail in players
  • New Default Cover Art % Zoom option added in CD-Runner Setup
  • CD Ripper - update to Digital 2 (optional) rip mode
  • Updated playback code for: ALAC (Apple Lossless)
  • APE (Monkey's Audio)
  • FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio)
  • WV (WavPack)
  • Updated system information utility

New in CD-Runner 2010.10 (Jan 26, 2010)

  • New Cover Art Thumbnail display for all faceplate modes
  • New setup option to display or hide Cover Art Thumbnails
  • CD Ripper improvements: Normal & Advanced digital extraction methods modified to be far more compatible with different hardware without sacrificing speed
  • Small cosmetic improvements to CD Ripper faceplate (GUI)
  • Turbo rip mode (rip & encode multiple songs at the same time) enhanced
  • Small enhancements for Windows 7
  • Media Server grid display fixes for minor cosmetic glitches
  • Internet radio stations updated
  • Updated installer

New in CD-Runner 2010 (Jan 26, 2010)

  • New Portable player, made to resemble generic MP3 players. Includes: Size up/down (bigger/smaller)
  • Thumbnail of cover art displayed if available
  • New sizable cover art viewer for all audio CD & media playback
  • Media Server new and improved: New slider to change image size in grid view
  • Multi-select added to grid view; use Ctrl and/or Shift keys when selecting tracks
  • Grid view text display modified to make easier to read
  • Grid view track display changed to show Artist - Album / Track Name
  • Improved display of media file info
  • Media Player 1X (actual or "native" size) playback improved for movie media files (AVI, MPG, etc.)
  • New 4X (Quadruple actual size) option for movie file playback
  • Movie Display new and improved: If movie display zoomed in or out (+ or -) during playback of multiple files, window size retained until reset or new zoom
  • New display of actual or "native" movie size (W x H, pixels) when moving mouse over "Set to Actual Size" icon
  • Code updates result in faster load times and better video performance (less dropped frames on slower systems)
  • Updated playback code for: AAC (includes AAC+ & Shoutcast)
  • AC3 (Dolby Digital)
  • ALAC (Apple Lossless)
  • APE (Monkey's Audio)
  • FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
  • OFR (OptimFROG)
  • SPX (Speex)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio)
  • WV (WavPack)
  • Updated & improved reading of file tags for ID3v1, ID3v2, OGG, FLAC, WMA, APEv2, MP4
  • Disc Library New slider to change image size in grid view
  • Grid view text display modified to make easier to read
  • Research online links & sites updated
  • CD Ripper Updates: New Auto Select All Tracks option
  • New Auto Close after rip / encode complete option
  • Display of tracks in main window improved
  • After all selected tracks ripped and encoded, display reset
  • Updated MP3 Tag Utility
  • All setup, data & information screens modified to use new, more easily readable fonts

New in CD-Runner 2009.50 (Jun 1, 2009)

  • Comprehensive code optimization to improve loading times & screen refresh speed, fix rare OS-specific bugs and improve overall reliability
  • New 'No Drive Available' Setup option, for systems without CD or DVD drives (Netbook mode)
  • Faster loading using automatic drive detection
  • New List & Grid View preferences saved (sizes, last used, etc.) for Disc Library and Media Server
  • New Media Server - double-click to play track option in all sub listings (e.g. Artists, Albums, Genre, etc.)
  • New Media Server automatic save column width preferences
  • Media Server / iTunes import updated to work with latest iTunes
  • Updated movie (MPG, AVI, etc.) playback
  • New support for very long media filenames (e.g. 256 characters for NTFS)

New in CD-Runner 2009.01 (Mar 5, 2009)

  • Patch for Windows 7 beta drivers
  • New greatly expanded payment options

New in CD-Runner 2009 (Feb 18, 2009)

  • New support for Windows 7
  • New Audio CD Runner features: New option to automatically search all online databases if no match found, databases include: freedb (Germany)
  • TrackType (Australia)
  • MusicBrainz (US & UK locations)
  • Online database being searched shown in main player display window
  • New Media Server: Play audio and/or video from any networked device or drive
  • Faster file scanning during Add/Update
  • New option (checkbox) to eliminate duplicates during Add/Update
  • New option to force retrieval of track times for legacy media files
  • New alternate cover art thumbnail view of all entries with resize options
  • New horizontal resize bar between cover art & details panes
  • New shortcut icons to switch between thumbnail & list views
  • New View menu (top menu bar)
  • Improved selection of cover art
  • New Windows shortcut icon added to CD-Runner Applications Folder (Windows Start Menu) to directly access Media Server
  • New Disc Library features: New alternate cover art thumbnail view of all entries with resize options
  • New horizontal resize bar between cover art & details panes
  • New shortcut icons to switch between thumbnail & list views
  • New View menu (top menu bar)
  • Improved selection of cover art
  • Improved auto drive detection for systems with multiple CD and DVD drives
  • Many small graphical improvements to all player screens

New in CD-Runner 2008.20 (Oct 10, 2008)

  • New CD Ripper features: New Turbo mode option to rip and encode at the same time, much faster to rip multiple tracks or entire audio CD
  • Improved Setup screen, easier to select output (rip and encode to) directory, better display of current selections
  • New Graphic / Parametric EQ screen shows levels in dB for each gain slider
  • New Disc & Media Libraries, sort ascending or descending preference saved

New in CD-Runner 2008.10 (Jun 11, 2008)

  • New Internet Radio upgrades, including: New M3U support for radio station URLs; New PLS support for radio station URLs;Updated support for entry of radio station IP address URLs
  • Improved radio station connections; better connection speed, faster song title & message updates online
  • New Default Internet Radio Stations
  • New clone (create) SACD entry from audio CD entry or CD listed in local freedb database
  • Minor cosmetic bug fixes for new 2008.00 version

New in CD-Runner 2008 (Apr 29, 2008)

  • New Disc Library New album artwork viewer pane
  • New CD details viewer pane
  • New local freedb database viewer
  • New advanced search options
  • New online research options
  • New GUI design, easier to use
  • New Media Library New album artwork viewer pane
  • New media file details viewer pane
  • New advanced search options
  • New online research options
  • New GUI design, easier to use
  • New online CD data lookup options; in addition to freedb (Germany) TrackType (Australia)
  • MusicBrainz (Oregon, US)
  • MusicBrainz (London, UK)
  • Redesigned playlist editors
  • Redesigned Alt. Digital Volume mode
  • CD Ripper improvements faster rip speed (adv. digital mode) improved automatic drive(s) detection more accurate rip progress indicator
  • MP3 tags modified to include commas as valid characters
  • New progress indicators throughout for file scanning, database searching, etc.
  • New hyperlinks throughout replace older Browse buttons

New in CD-Runner 2007.02 (Jun 7, 2007)

  • New Vista shortcut icons (XL & Large, RGB/A 32-bit color )
  • New Disc Library media types HD DVD
  • Blu-ray
  • New Disc & Media Library option to set custom font color
  • Disc & Media Libraries updated with Vista style GUI if Vista OS detected
  • Updated installer
  • 15-band parametric and graphic EQs updated
  • Fix for intermittent slow retrieval of audio CD data when multiple exact freedb matches found online
  • Cdlaunch utility modified to prevent multiple instances of CD-Runner from being loaded
  • Minor cosmetic improvements for screens when using Vista

New in CD-Runner 2007.00 (Jan 30, 2007)

  • Microsoft Windows Vista compatible
  • New 'digital' audio CD playback
  • Allows spectrum analyzer to work with all audio CDs
  • Allows 15-band parametric and graphic EQs to work with all audio CDs
  • One of the only players available which can analyze and display audio CD frequencies and VU during playback
  • Optional 'analog' audio CD playback supports all older legacy CD drives and sound boards
  • New and Updated Analyzer modes
  • Spectrum - Updated
  • Bars - Updated
  • Wave - Updated
  • Sweep - Updated
  • VU - New
  • Stereo - New
  • New Peak Hold option for analyzer Bars and VU modes
  • New 3D LCD displays
  • New Ribbon Bar
  • Minimized to smallest possible height
  • New scrolling Artist-Album/Song Title display
  • Position automatically remembered
  • Optional 'open mode' with full displays
  • Improved skins, buttons, faceplates, icons
  • New Transparency slider popup for all skins, allows you to vary how transparent the skin looks from ghost to glass to fully solid or any point between
  • Support added for MusicBrainz (alternative online freedb-like service)
  • Manual import from new freedb online search update
  • Improved export to Excel - Disc Library
  • Improved Internet Radio quality for marginal connections, less pops and clicks