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MediaMan Changelog

What's new in MediaMan 3.10 Build 1109

Sep 2, 2011
  • [Fix] Maintenance update to fix video import issue in searching introduced with new Amazon U.S. site change.

New in MediaMan 3.10 Build 1108 (Jul 7, 2011)

  • [Fix] Broken import under early versions of Windows XP, where gzip encoding is not supported by the system.

New in MediaMan 3.10 Build 1107 (Jun 28, 2011)

  • [Fix] Broken Amazon import since 6-27-2011 is fixed
  • [Fix] Broken export wizard since build 1106 is fixed
  • [Fix] Google book search is working again
  • [Improvement] All Internet download function now supports gzip/deflate encoding, to download compressed HTML content when possible

New in MediaMan 3.10 Build 1106 (Jun 28, 2011)

  • [Improvement] Export now features 3-style HTML rendering with thumbnails
  • [Improvement] Printing is switched to HTML format, with better style control, and performance
  • [Improvement] IMDb parsing is working properly
  • [Improvement] Import from Amazon enhanced to reflect recent site changes
  • [Improvement] IMDb parsing is working properly
  • [Improvement] Quick search tool won't search tags, locations, and barcode fields

New in MediaMan 3.10 Build 1105 (Jun 28, 2011)

  • [Improvement] Import from Amazon download concurrent thread is increased to improve network performance
  • [Improvement] Default search catalog (Search in:) is changed to "Everything" (Recommended).
  • [Bug Fix] Date fields may shift one day after upon saving
  • [Bug Fix] Title is now linked for all items

New in MediaMan 3.10 Build 1104 (Jun 28, 2011)

  • [New] Last selected tags are remembered when started
  • [New] Title in Item Detail Panel is now linked using Detail URL field content
  • [Improvement] Major improvement on new Amazon Import function, this revised version features more detailed parsing capability so that more information and pictures can be retrieved
  • [Improvement] Maximum number of disc is increased to 60 (editing related)
  • [Bug Fix] Ctrl+Click to import is now working
  • [Bug Fix] German and Spanish versions of Windows are now correctly detected, article conversion in collation routines are is now working correctly
  • [Bug Fix] File listing is discarded after editing
  • [Bug Fix] Crash when closing Import panel while running
  • [Bug Fix] Artist linking option is now remembered
  • [Bug Fix] Del key, and arrow key logic is working again in Item Listing Panel
  • [Bug Fix] Detail Grid Mode of Item Listing Panel now auto sizes correctly
  • [Bug Fix] Flag content is now displayed in Detail Grid Mode
  • [Bug Fix] Activation dialog mistakenly closes itself during startup
  • [Bug Fix] Crashes upon deleting items or importing using Ctrl+Click
  • Splash screen is removed

New in MediaMan 3.10 Build 1103 (Jun 28, 2011)

  • [Bug Fix] Crash while rendering 1x1 pixel item pictures
  • [Bug Fix] Picture Format is incorrectly put into Aspect Ratio during editing
  • [Bug Fix] Corrected handling of 24bit clipboard images
  • [Bug Fix] CSV export is fixed to deal with mixed return characters in multi-value fields such as Artists
  • [Bug Fix] Refined Amazon search to retrieve only results containing a good picture
  • [Bug Fix] Fixed an internal data handling routine that could cause collection file upgrading from 2.x series to fail
  • [Bug Fix] Fixed backup dialog copy error

New in MediaMan 3.10 Build 1102 (Jun 28, 2011)

  • A complete rewrite of MediaMan from scratch.
  • Due to Amazon data API policy change, all existing customers will need to upgrade to this version to maintain Import panel usability on Amazon sites
  • [Improvement] In areas such as collection opening, folder switch, and details viewing, there has been major performance improvements towards most parts of collection handling. As a result, MediaMan starts a lot faster, folder switch is almost instant.
  • [Improvement] In item details rendering. MediaMan makes use of the Chromium Embedded Framework to replace Internet Explorer for twice as fast rendering of details.
  • [Improvement] In virtual-shelf rendering. MediaMan utilizes your multi-core processing power efficiently to render thumbnails up to 4 times as fast, while still maintain cancelable and responsive user interface.
  • [Improvement] Webcam barcode scanning is finally industrial grade. When combined with a good webcam such as Microsoft Lifecam Cinema, the performance could be even better than a laser USB scanner.
  • [Improvement] MediaMan is now capable of reading a list of folders as input during import. It'll automatically attach files when related items are found during web lookup. And it even reads barcode from pictures if they are available in folders.
  • [Improvement] Refined Import panel to allow far more tasks to run simultaneously while keeping indicators clean.
  • [Improvement] Refined logic on item editing, and gallery mode. It's now much easier to edit entries and change pictures.
  • [Improvement] Refined "Quick Tagging" feature to allow quick tagging in any mode, without the need of entering "Tag Mode".
  • [Improvement] Refined item context menu for faster access to features such as rating and appearance change
  • [New] "Basket" for simpler playback of associated music files.
  • [New] "Cross Mode" for viewing collection based on Artist or Cast fields.
  • [New] Elastic user-interface that provides short path to commonly accessed functions, and suitable for not only netbooks, but also large TV screens.
  • [Bug Fixes] Annoying problems from version 3.0 series, including Statistics, Internet Explorer malfunctioning, etc are all fixed.

New in MediaMan 3.0 Build 1034 (May 29, 2009)

  • [Improvement] Improved thumbnail rendering, rendering will restart after sorting option change
  • [Bug Fix] Fixed a bug in detail pane that fields becomes non-editable after accepting new field order/hide settings
  • [Bug Fix] Fixed a bug in HTTP server communication routines that could lead to a crash after intensive usage
  • [Bug Fix] Fixed a bug in licensing/activation mechanisms that could lead to unauthorized usage of the program

New in MediaMan 3.0 Build 1033 (May 24, 2009)

  • [Improvement] Added "Sell this item" button in item details (theme package)
  • [Improvement] Added custom fields, tags to searchable fields in quick search
  • [Improvement] Pressing "Enter" in edit boxes no longer triggers a sound
  • [Bug Fix] Fixes to SlimSUF update component where buttons are not showing up if theme isn't applied in Windows XP
  • [Bug Fix] Fixes to Quick Tag, as Quick Tag can no longer be used since build 1028
  • [Bug Fix] Drag and drop to "Untagged" no longer removes tag
  • [Bug Fix] "Reveal All" button in item details no longer works since build 1028 (theme package)
  • [Bug Fix] Fixed a multi-threading issue that could cause item list pane to crash
  • [Bug Fix] Pressing "Enter" in quick search should not launch Windows Explorer

New in MediaMan 3.0 Build 1027 (Mar 23, 2009)

  • [Change] When apply changes in "Quick Tag", MediaMan no longer switches to the newly assigned tag group.
  • [Bug Fix] Import result sometimes causes script errors
  • [Bug Fix] Clicking empty area in bottom pane when in Play Music/Video will cause crashes
  • [Bug Fix] Bottom pane may not refresh correctly when switched to Play Music/Video
  • [Bug Fix] Deleting any categories will also erase the contents of "Shopping"
  • [Bug Fix] No text/tooltips in undo/redo menus/buttons to indicate their purposes
  • [Bug Fix] "Reload from Amazon" is broken
  • [Bug Fix] When the webcam is on in import pane, switching categories or organize modes will break webcam capturing, causing webcam images to disappear, requiring a restart of MediaMan to fix
  • [Bug Fix] Item count under "Quick views" reluctant to refresh
  • [Bug Fix] Drag & drop items to tags doesn't refresh item listing accordingly
  • [Bug Fix] Field re-arrange for detail grid mode malfunctions if fields are moved ahead of the Title field
  • [Bug Fix] Fixed a crash when using plus and minus buttons to zoom in/out virtual shelf
  • [Bug Fix] Fixed a bug where the current sorting option might not be checked in the sorting menu
  • [Bug Fix] Clicking "Save" after editing may pop script errors (doesn't affect the function itself)

New in MediaMan 2.71.3 (Apr 26, 2008)

  • Fixed a bug where the list pane doesn't refresh immediately after a paste or drag & drop
  • Fixed registration problems and "protection error" pop ups

New in MediaMan 2.71.2 (Apr 11, 2008)

  • Fixed a bug where auto-saving feature may truncate collection file names, which may later lead to a program crash.
  • Fixed a bug in data file handling routines that may cause program crash upon entering items

New in MediaMan 2.71.1 (Apr 6, 2008)

  • Fixed a bug where sort option switching do not reflect result immediately.
  • Improved file naming of HTML based exporting.
  • Fixed an issue with zlib decompresser that may lead to program crash.

New in MediaMan 2.71 (Mar 31, 2008)

  • Enhanced performance on startup, MediaMan now launches much faster when "remembering last category" option is set.
  • Enhanced performance when working with large collections, item listing and virtual shelf rendering is now much faster than before. This performance enhancement applies to searching and alternative organizing methods too.
  • Fixed a problem where Internet Explorer's Just-in-Time debuggers may be triggered during MediaMan's startup.
  • Improved collection file handling to reduce fragmentation and corruption.
  • Upgaded SQLite component.
  • Fixed a minor bug that may cause registration to fail.

New in MediaMan 2.70 (Aug 3, 2007)

  • New feature: PlayIt is now capable of media file playback inside MediaMan
  • New feature: Dual-processor and quad-processor enabled virtual shelf rendering
  • New feature: The last selected category is now remembered
  • New feature: Search by title
  • Improvement: Webcam barcode scanner is now much more usable than ever before
  • Improvement: Collation system will now recognize lots of band names people names, conversion is performed a lot accurate than before
  • Improvement: Field names are now sorted in field selection dialog boxes
  • Improvement: In the detail view, keyboard first letter navigation now applies to the current sorting column
  • Changed Actor Artist Author Director google search engine links to Amazon Associate links to comply with the Amazon Web Service usage agreement
  • Change: File listing attach folder will no longer enumrates hidden files, folder synchronizing function is added
  • Change: Increased JPEG storage quality
  • Change: Increased tag content, custom icon content, and string recall content size limitation
  • Change: Increased combo box content size limitation
  • Fixed a bug where switching between hide/unhide irrelevant sheets causing text and image change to be reverted
  • Fixed a bug where long titles could lead to malfunctioning of the category overview pane
  • Fixed a bug where custom status is not included in sorting and status is not sorted correctly
  • Fixed a bug where keyboard focus stays on the virtual shelf zoom bar when zooming operation is completed
  • Fixed a bug where there's no files tab in the new item dialog
  • Fixed a bug where items can't be deselected using Ctrl key
  • Fixed a bug where there's no view pane context menu on Windows Vista
  • Fixed a bug where incorrect item icon is displayed in search results, status, and tag management mode
  • Fixed a bug in category icon assignment dialog where the current selected icon is displayed incorrectly
  • Fixed a problem where MediaMan stops downloading when incorrect content size is returned from Amazon ECS servers
  • Fixed a minor progress bar animation problem on Windows Vista
  • Fixed a minor memory leak in drag & drop
  • Fixed a bug where the Date Added field is set to GMT today rather than local today when importing new items
  • Fixed a bug where Disc Layer and Disc Side radio box can't be choosed at the same time
  • Fixed a bug where Format and Aspect Ratio is not showing up in detail view mode
  • Fixed a bug where Edit->Delete in main menu has no action
  • Fixed minor bugs with toolbar and status bar show/hide
  • Fixed minor resource loading and logic problems
  • Fixed a bug where newly entered combo box items are not remembered
  • Upgraded FreeImage component
  • Upgraded SQLite component

New in MediaMan 2.66 (Jan 26, 2007)

  • All virtual shelf features now works in Windows Vista
  • Fixed a tooltip flicker problem in Windows Vista
  • Fixed a scroll bar positioning problem in Windows Vista
  • Enhanced Windows Vista style toolbar painting
  • Automated updater now works with Windows Vista
  • Updated clipboard feature, status, tag organization methods, and search mode now supports copying and cutting, fixed a bug: pasting into the root category is now disabled
  • New virtual shelf theme cases for PS3 and Wii
  • New virtual shelf selection glowing style
  • New virtual shelf drag and drop enhanced roll over image
  • Common fields, including publisher and original title are now moved to shared field pages
  • List pane keyboard navigation improvement, allowing first letter direct jump in virtual shelf mode, allowing right arrow to jump to the next row
  • New list based print style for monochrome printing
  • Changed dialog box group style to allow efficient use of screen space
  • Minor enhancements to the collation system, German articles are now recognized, "The Band" syntax will now be recognized in artist field
  • More fields are now sortable
  • More fields can now be exported
  • Full status information can now be printed and exported
  • URLs in custom fields are now automatically processed and hyperlinked
  • Fixed minor tabbing sequence problem in dialogs
  • Fixed a problem where the exporter doesn't validate the typed export path and file name
  • Fixed a program threading bug that could lead to program freezing when modifying items during the virtual shelf rendering process
  • Fixed a bug where gallery view is messed up when "image" is unchecked to hide
  • Fixed a bug where deleting items from the search result doesn't reflect changes immediately
  • Fixed multiple logic problems in file look up sequence in the PlayIt feature
  • Fixed a bug in icon customization where icon deletion doesn't work
  • Fixed a data-layer "unable to close collection file" problem appeared in version 2.65
  • Fixed a bug where the exporter always exports title, improved single field exporting capability
  • Minor fix to field name and value spacing in detail style printing

New in MediaMan 2.65 (Dec 1, 2006)

  • Switched from MediaMan proprietary collection file format to SQLite 3 for higher reliability, improved functionality and performance. Collection files will be automatically upgraded upon opening, no user attention is required.
  • Reduced overheads and improved performance in all collection file related operations including file opening, saving, new item importing, virtual shelf rendering, tag/status parsing, and searching.
  • New feature: direct rating setting in detail view mode.
  • New feature: collection backup.
  • New feature: a full screen mode.
  • Improved virtual shelf rendering exporting with more options.
  • Corrected several user interaction logic errors in file opening, saving, and creation.
  • Corrected a logic problem in Play It.
  • Improved virtual shelf theme mechanism, doubled resolution makes it possible to zoom to 200% without upsampling.
  • Redesigned the default them package.
  • Fixed rating painting bugs in detail mode.
  • Fixed program lockup/freeze problems.
  • Fixed script error problems with Internet Explorer 7
  • Fixed a bug with sorting in item list pane.
  • Fixed a bug with sorting in category selection combo boxes.
  • Fixed a problem with detail view default column headers.
  • Fixed another problem with the updater

New in MediaMan 2.51.1 (Jun 20, 2006)

  • Fixed a problem in sorting function that may produce erroneous result after editing items.
  • Fixed a problem with secondary searching in wizard
  • Fixed a problem where the detail view became blank if attempting to import an item in home screen.
  • Minor performance improvement in sorting

New in MediaMan 2.50.2 (Mar 19, 2006)

  • Fixed a background search/parsing thread that could lead to deadlock/freeze or cause the program to be malfunctioning on fast processors, and/or processors with HyperThreading, DuoCore, or SMP (dual processor) technology
  • Added tag group renaming feature

New in MediaMan 2.50 (Mar 19, 2006)

  • New feature: organizing by tags, with tag mode switch and tagging dialog
  • New feature: organizing by status, with status mode switch
  • New feature: program background thread status indicator, including rendering and searching available on top-right of the caption bar
  • Number-of-item display in category tree, available in all 3 program modes, including tag and status mode
  • Added new tag field to support the tagging feature
  • Revised search tool, now embedded in the category pane, results are displayed in the item list pane, search engine style syntax is now supported, searching date fields is now supported
  • Revised program experience, common item modification tasks can now be performed in a similar way. The manipulation of search result, tagged items, and status management are now as easy as performing the same task under categories
  • Category overview pane used a new approach to list rental items, clicking items in the list has the same effect as selecting the item in the list pane
  • Revised export wizard user interface, providing simplified process
  • Exporting to CSV and HTML listing style now features automatic total price calculation if the price field is selected, same feature is available in printing
  • Revised status indicator in virtual shelf
  • Improved performance in item listing and virtual shelf rendering
  • Improved overall program performance by avoiding handling unnecessary notifications and callbacks
  • Option to render titles when exporting the virtual shelf rendering
  • Revised frame user interface, zooming and sorting feature are easier to access
  • Revised sorting feature in other part of the program
  • A revised version of theme package
  • Preview dialog will now automatically aligned in the viewable area in low screen resolution configuration
  • Fixed a potential deadlock problem with background record parsing threads
  • Fixed a problem where status isn't displayed correctly in the detail pane
  • Fixed a problem where underscores (_) isn't being converted to spaces in the detail pane
  • Fixed a painting problem in caption bar when working with multiple monitors
  • Fixed a problem where the program doesn't accept registration names ending in full stop (.)