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OpenAudible Changelog

What's new in OpenAudible 4.1.1

Mar 4, 2024
  • Added Job Status Progress indicator
  • Added ability to disable Job Status Indicator in prefrences dialog
  • Added ability to import credentials from the Libation application
  • Improved and fixed bug in Account Manager Dialog
  • Improved font rendering and layout, especially for Debian and large fonts
  • Changed file naming for longer file names. This helps when there is a series of books with the same short title but longer "full title".

New in OpenAudible 4.1 (Feb 28, 2024)

  • OpenAudible version 4.1
  • Big improvements for getting Chapter Information.
  • New Job Status Window, accessible from the Control Menu. (Perhaps will move to Summary Panel area)
  • Improve Multiple Accounts
  • Improve Account Manager Dialog.
  • Fix support for accounts with same user name in different regions

New in OpenAudible 4.0.5 (Feb 22, 2024)

  • Improvements for multiple accounts.
  • Fix tag editor text entry field widths
  • Update JDK to 18+10
  • Fix some random connect/log-in issues
  • Use longer file name as the default
  • Allow more books when product ID matches but ASIN differ

New in OpenAudible 4.0.4 (Feb 17, 2024)

  • Support for multiple accounts (File: Manage Accounts)
  • Improved translations for Italian language (Thank you RB)
  • Added translations for installer
  • Fix Linux issue with RPM installer for zypper

New in OpenAudible 4.0.3 (Jan 22, 2024)

  • Fixed a bug where the Get Info dialog would hang if a book without chapter data was viewed.

New in OpenAudible 4.0.2 (Jan 21, 2024)

  • Fixes a bug affecting older libraries that have auto-convert enabled. Issue #1328
  • Added code to adjust column widths in UI elements
  • Fixed problem where splitting a book might be skipped without giving a good explanation of the problem. #1327
  • Attempt to fix rare problem in Linux systems where cover art isn't showing. #1325

New in OpenAudible 4.0.1 (Jan 11, 2024)

  • add custom font support
  • Rename Console to Log Window
  • Support MacOS CMD-Period to cancel
  • Fix AA importing
  • Upgrade to latest SWT library
  • drag and drop convert files from OpenAudible table to the desktop (for copying to another drive/USB)
  • fix import directory filename bug
  • fix tag editor for chapters and dates.

New in OpenAudible 4.0 (Jan 11, 2024)

  • Add font support
  • Rename Console to Log Window
  • Support MacOS CMD-Period to cancel
  • Fix AA importing
  • Upgrade to latest SWT library
  • Drag and drop convert files from OpenAudible table to the desktop (for copying to another drive/USB)
  • Fix import directory filename bug
  • Fix tag editor for chapters and dates.

New in OpenAudible 3.9.7.1 (Dec 2, 2023)

  • Fixed #1308 where an error message got mangled (NullPointerException).
  • Added some borders around the bug report fields.

New in OpenAudible 3.9.7 (Nov 30, 2023)

  • Updated the chapter meta data repair algorithm when gaps in the chapters exist.
  • Fixed issue with Import Directory where it would repeatedly ask to import a folder.
  • Fixed bug where column order was not getting saved.
  • New Theme selector
  • New Mac Icon
  • Attempt to fix issue where Library Status panel is too narrow for text
  • Closed issue where Mac OS Sonoma was not setting the Application name correctly (fixed by upgrading to latest Sonoma)

New in OpenAudible 3.9.6 (Oct 28, 2023)

  • Improve autofill and alerts
  • Add paste instructions to license dialog.
  • Fix dashes in license dialog bug.
  • Improve html style rendering in summary panel

New in OpenAudible 3.9.5 (Oct 19, 2023)

  • Improved color themes (for dark mode, as well as other colorful themes)
  • Improved Mac look and feel
  • New Summary Panel
  • Some fixes to automation

New in OpenAudible 3.9.4 (Oct 5, 2023)

  • A quick update to fix a few more issues in import/export.
  • Updated documentation.

New in OpenAudible 3.9.3 (Oct 3, 2023)

  • This release supersedes 3.9.1 and 3.9.2
  • Fixes an invalid thread access Display bug.

New in OpenAudible 3.9.2 (Oct 3, 2023)

  • Fixes a bug where conversion fails.
  • Fixes a bug where importing fails.

New in OpenAudible 3.9.1 (Oct 2, 2023)

  • OpenAudible version 3.9.1
  • This version fixes a performance issue that affects large (1000+ book) libraries.
  • We added a feature to help find possible duplicates.

New in OpenAudible 3.9 (Sep 25, 2023)

  • This version adds a new ability to have audiobooks that are in folders and subfolders in the audiobook "books" directory.
  • New "Auto-Fill" feature lets you fill in missing meta data on books that are in your library.
  • Fixed issue #1255 where exporting on some Mac computers was failing
  • Fixed #1238 where Moving a library had some issues
  • Fixed #1243 some display problems when resizing the window to a small size had Book Info Panel stats missing or obscured
  • Updated FFMPEG to allow resampling.
  • Added support for MP3->M4B and M4B to MP3 conversions

New in OpenAudible 3.8.1 (Jun 26, 2023)

  • Fix bug where some PDF files were not getting downloaded
  • Add ability to view audiobook language in book table.
  • When choosing between two sets of chapters, use the chapters that have the most entries.

New in OpenAudible 3.8 (Jun 21, 2023)

  • A final release with the new library management dialog. Makes it easy to move, switch or back up a whole library.
  • Fixes a few little issues.

New in OpenAudible 3.7.6.2 (Jun 11, 2023)

  • Improved library management.
  • Fixed a chapter splitting bug.
  • Added an Auto-import button in the Get Info dialog to automatically get book meta data (author, title, cover art, etc.) from the internet.

New in OpenAudible 3.7.6.1 (Jun 10, 2023)

  • Fixes a bug in 3.7.6 that breaks the queues when a user cancels all jobs.
  • Improved alert when a file is not imported (usually because it is already imported)

New in OpenAudible 3.7.6 (Jun 8, 2023)

  • Improved library management.
  • Fixed a chapter splitting bug.
  • Added an Auto-import button in the Get Info dialog to automatically get book meta data (author, title, cover art, etc.) from the internet.

New in OpenAudible 3.7.5 (Apr 23, 2023)

  • OpenAudible version 3.7.5 includes a new Copy Library and Migrate Library button under the Manage Libraries dialog.
  • Also added a way to automatically fill in meta data by ISBN/AISN or Audible link.
  • Fixed an issue where saved window positions that are off the monitor could hide a window.

New in OpenAudible 3.7.4 (Apr 8, 2023)

  • Improved import/export, login fixes, small bug fixes, other issues.
  • Updated ffmpeg for linux to be compatible with Centos 8.

New in OpenAudible 3.7.3 (Mar 27, 2023)

  • This version fixes a bug in the web login code.

New in OpenAudible 3.7.2 (Mar 22, 2023)

  • Bug that affected some Mac users logging on with the internal web browser
  • Bug where some log in forms failed due to a malformed URL.
  • Updated Mac main window layout and theme colors

New in OpenAudible 3.7.1 (Mar 21, 2023)

  • This minor update fixes a bug that happened when trying to convert some files without valid decryption keys.
  • It also disables automation the first time a new version is launched, in case the library paths have changed.

New in OpenAudible 3.7 (Mar 17, 2023)

  • New Login method that doesn't require a built-in web browser
  • Manage multiple libraries
  • Universal binary for Mac OS (optimized for M1 and Intel machines)
  • Book table is customizable -- add or remove columns to display and change size and order with drag and drop
  • Improved sorting of books -- now sorts by series name and series number when searching by author or genre
  • Export all book information to excel, including images and links to files
  • Added Read Status where you can set the value to Finished, Unread, Did not Finish, want to read, or any other string.
  • Improved metadata tags for m4b files
  • Improved importing of files
  • Improved error messages
  • Fixed bug where some files could not be converted
  • New documentation with table of contents
  • Improved book status to show warnings or errors about a book
  • Reduced file size substantially (by removing Chromium support, which is no longer needed)

New in OpenAudible 3.6.3 (Nov 24, 2022)

  • Updated browser for MacOS Intel users on Ventura. Previous Webkit version was crashing after Ventura upgrade.
  • Check for Mac aarch users running Intel version and create alert.
  • Check for missing library directory on startup to detect offline drives or network shares
  • Update documentation for new VBR option

New in OpenAudible 3.6.2 (Oct 5, 2022)

  • Adds Book Table column customization. Columns can be moved by drag and drop. Optional columns can be added (Notes and Series Name).
  • Added the option to automatically delete AAX files.

New in OpenAudible 3.6.1 (Sep 29, 2022)

  • OpenAudible version 3.6.1 fixes an issue with included titles.

New in OpenAudible 3.6 (Sep 25, 2022)

  • Adds support for downloading additional titles.
  • Adds option to convert to mp3 with constant bitrates.
  • Updated documentation.

New in OpenAudible 3.5.9 (Aug 14, 2022)

  • Includes a fix where the aax directory is accidentally deleted if completely empty.
  • Adds "PDF:" section to the Book Info Panel where the user can click on the PDF to view it directly.
  • Adds a number of improved error messages for unexpected behavior, such as out of disk space.

New in OpenAudible 3.5.8 (Jul 28, 2022)

  • This release fixes a few issues that came up in version 3.5.7.
  • Library location preferences have been fixed.
  • Improved error reporting.
  • Fix Italy/Japan downloads.

New in OpenAudible 3.5.7 (Jul 26, 2022)

  • This version fixes a download issue that affects all users in the Japan and Italy audible region.

New in OpenAudible 3.5.6 (Jun 8, 2022)

  • Added a notes field where you can add notes about any book in your library.
  • Fixed a few small issues.
  • Went back to jdk 11.

New in OpenAudible 3.5.5 (May 29, 2022)

  • Updated some Windows DLL's. This may fix some Window's users issues with ffprobe. It may also require some Window's N users to install Windows Media Platform
  • Upgraded the jdk to version 18, which is one of the latest versions.

New in OpenAudible 3.5.4 (May 16, 2022)

  • A few little changes to address a crashing issue.
  • Improved buttons for blind users.
  • Speed improvement on some types of conversions.

New in OpenAudible 3.5.3 (Mar 18, 2022)

  • Fix some first time use issues to make it easier to get started
  • Fix Reveal File in windows bug.
  • Fix some minor UI issues

New in OpenAudible 3.5.2 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • Add ability to use internal browser or external browser.
  • Add preferences for setting helper applications for audio, web, and file browsing.
  • Some updates for linux users.
  • Decode copyright xml encoding.
  • Updated Docker, AppImage and Snapcraft installers.
  • Updated documentation.

New in OpenAudible 3.5.1 (Mar 4, 2022)

  • Fix a bug affecting IT/JP regions.
  • Work on dark mode support (still some minor issues with Mac x86_64)
  • Fix for small horizontal screens
  • Work on snap installer (perhaps not ready for prime time..)

New in OpenAudible 3.5 (Feb 16, 2022)

  • Added ability to cancel and resume file downloads
  • Added fix for addressing problem with expired downloads

New in OpenAudible 3.4.3 (Feb 11, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug with splitting books where meta data was scrambled. May need to re-split books that were split since 3.4.2.

New in OpenAudible 3.4.2 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • We added some performance enhancements for splitting and joining books.
  • Fixed a join bug with files containing a single quote.
  • Fixed a display issue where canceling a download marked the book as an error
  • Fixed a cancel job bug

New in OpenAudible 3.4.1 (Jan 31, 2022)

  • Fix for login bug that caused an error about having too many virtual devices open on mac.
  • Made the main window sash form to expand the table view.
  • Fixed browser alignment issue

New in OpenAudible 3.4 (Jan 30, 2022)

  • New human translations for DE, SE, FR and IT. (Thank you contributors!)
  • New web browser for windows based on Edge instead of IE for browsing book web pages.
  • New login/connect browser for Linux based on Chromium. Currently browser is stored in temp directory and can be deleted after logging in.
  • New Apple M1 support for Apple Silicon.
  • New high-DPI support and new icons for status (see documentation for details.)
  • Fixed a bug #845 where split by chapter was not outputting alphabetical filenames.
  • Fixed tag editor bug #840
  • Fixed bug where export as csv or json was not working unless you specified a file name with the extension.
  • The Docker version has also been updated to always use the latest version.

New in OpenAudible 3.2.2 (Nov 9, 2021)

  • ome improvements for international users.
  • Added translations for Italy
  • Fixed Join Audio bug affecting some books
  • Fixed a bug with ffmpeg that can affect encoding to mp3 (new ffmpeg/ffprobe LGPL binaries for Windows added.)
  • Changed file naming convention for web directory. (This could create some duplicates in your web directory. Rebuilding the web page from scratch may be the best way to remove duplicates.)
  • Fixed a rare bug that can affect web page generation when running multiple versions of OpenAudible on the same Mac.

New in OpenAudible 3.2.1 (Nov 6, 2021)

  • This update fixes a few issues with splitting books.
  • Improves support for JP and IT regions
  • Adds translations for IT
  • Fixed a bug with web page generation when a filename includes a single quote

New in OpenAudible 3.2 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • Added new Get Info dialog and basic tag editor. Allows you to add artwork and set meta data for audiobooks.
  • Updated ffmpeg/ffprobe LGPL versions.
  • Updated the Split By Chapter naming conventions.
  • Added support to import aax files saved as mp4 files
  • Updated library scanning code to detect books that are not purchased or that can't be downloaded.
  • Fixed a number of little UI and book status issues.

New in OpenAudible 3.1.2 (Sep 6, 2021)

  • This is a minor update to 3.1.1.
  • It fixes an import bug where some AAX files are not imported properly.
  • It also fixes a rare audio book splitting issue when the chapter titles include illegal Windows file name characters.

New in OpenAudible 3.1.1 (Sep 4, 2021)

  • Chapter names are captured from audible (when available) and added to the converted book's meta data.
  • Improved meta data for Plex -- trying to make it easy to point plex to your "books" directory and have cover art and full description available.
  • Added new import file types, including zip, directory, admin helper, AA. You can import books from librivox by grabbing the m4b or zip file.
  • Users that want to delete their AAX files to save space can do so and only books that have no converted file will be marked as needing to be downloaded.
  • Improved documentation
  • Improved upgrade experience and license messages
  • Fixed bug with split by chapter.
  • Added ability to retry certain downloads that fail
  • Added new icons to indicate if file is being downloaded or in the download queue.. same for conversion.
  • Improved redrawing of icons.

New in OpenAudible 3.0.2 (Aug 1, 2021)

  • This version fixes a number of small but significant bugs.
  • Tagging of MP3 and M4B files has been improved to include summary information.
  • Plex support has been improved-- if you're using plex, you may need to delete and re-encode your m4b/mp3 files.

New in OpenAudible 3.0.1 (May 3, 2021)

  • Fixes a number of outstanding issues.
  • Updated web site.

New in OpenAudible 3.0 (Mar 12, 2021)

  • This is a major release that has been in beta for several months.
  • This version uses a new method of communicating with audible, support for M4B, dark mode, a better "books" directory, and many other changes.
  • This should fix issues where only the first page of books was loading for some users.

New in OpenAudible 2.3.5 (Oct 11, 2020)

  • This fixes some issues a few users were experiencing. Some files were not getting moved correctly using the File System.
  • Added FavIcon to web page and updated the "no cover" image
  • Improved logging
  • Added new language translations (using google translate, so results may not be spectacular.)

New in OpenAudible 2.3.4 (Aug 21, 2020)

  • This version fixes a bug that prevented some (Mac) users from converting their files.
  • Adds some new language translations

New in OpenAudible 2.3.3 (Aug 19, 2020)

  • Fixes a start up bug where a NullPointerException is thrown on startup initializing directories.

New in OpenAudible 2.3.2 (Aug 18, 2020)

  • Fixes a bug for splitting where a "books" directory is created and used.

New in OpenAudible 2.3.1 (Aug 6, 2020)

  • Improved graphics
  • Another fix for long file names in windows
  • Fixes a bug where splitting can fail if file name contains two or more periods.

New in OpenAudible 2.3 (Jul 29, 2020)

  • New application icon, improved book splitting.

New in OpenAudible 2.2 (Jun 24, 2020)

  • This fixes a number of issues.
  • Replaced ffmpeg/ffprobe with LGPL versions for #384.
  • Fixed #387 to not lock up "Show File" for some linux users.
  • Split and join audio files have been revamped. Joining now asks you to select a directory that contains audio files. Cover art is used.
  • Fixed #392 where not getting artwork might cause a split to not finish
  • Fixed #403 to allow splitting multiple books at once.
  • Added "Book Report" action item to get detailed report about a book. (for debugging, but might be helpful.)
  • Revamped book file cache for improved performance on larger libraries.

New in OpenAudible 2.1.1 (May 29, 2020)

  • This is an emergency release to fix a change in audible html format that (broke all) earlier versions.
  • If you have bad book titles from an earlier version, those books should be deleted.
  • This version also removes the "Auto-parse" when it detects a library page. You'll need to "Quick Sync" or "Full Sync".

New in OpenAudible 2.1 (May 28, 2020)

  • This addresses a change in library parsing that affects some regions.
  • This also removes an incomplete feature that gave dialog warning about a HINT.

New in OpenAudible 2.0.9 (May 27, 2020)

  • Fixed #371 where an endless loop in the rescan feature was caused by some audible changes.
  • We added a fix to address audible India books not downloading the full book. #374
  • Updated docs and quick start guide
  • Added new debug scripts for running the app from the command line. (look for the debug_mac, debug_linux, debug_win scripts.)

New in OpenAudible 2.0.8 (May 20, 2020)

  • This version updates ffmpeg to a later version. The last version was 4.2.2, which contained a couple of bugs that affected VBR encoding and one other periodic crashing bug.
  • If you need to re-encode your MP3 files, select one MP3 and right-click Show MP3.. Then delete one or more mp3 files.. then re-encode.

New in OpenAudible 2.0.7 (May 20, 2020)

  • Fixes a number of bugs related to conversion to M4A.
  • Updated ffmpeg to 4.2.2 for better M4A support.
  • Improved automation support and now run after File import
  • Web Pages updated and working
  • Removed bug from Bug Reporter feature

New in OpenAudible 2.0.6 (May 9, 2020)

  • New Drop Down combo selector for search.. This makes it easier to tell when a search is limiting the number of books in the Book Table.
  • Adds support for M4A output files. M4A files don't lose any quality in the transcoding, but are not supported by all audio players. Split and joining of m4a files is also supported.
  • Removed a bug where old expiration checks could prevent the program from starting.
  • Installer updated to always include a java 12 runtime instead of using the user's unknown JRE. This should fix some people's reports where the app doesn't start. A debug.sh and debug.bat file is included to help with startup errors.
  • Fixed a bug where full resync of library could keep going past the end of the library...
  • 2.0.5 did not include the last simple bug fix so it has been deleted.

New in OpenAudible 2.0.4 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • Fixes Split By Chapter. If you used 2.0.x earlier to split chapters, you may have a copy of the full book for each chapter.
  • Updates documentation and localization
  • Improves the library parsing
  • Makes "Quick Rescan" an optimization to make it more likely to stop after just checking for new books.
  • Updated Linux SWT binary for snap development

New in OpenAudible 2.0.3 (Apr 21, 2020)

  • This version fixes an issue where stale download links didn't get updated. This could lead to the inability to download books even after a rescan.
  • This fixes Issue #303 where split audio books didn't all have the cover art.

New in OpenAudible 2.0.2 (Apr 20, 2020)

  • This release fixes an unfortunate problem where large books with multiple parts were getting partial downloads.
  • If you downloaded or converted books in 2.0 or 2.0.1, you may get an alert to delete some AAX or MP3 files.

New in OpenAudible 2.0.1 (Apr 20, 2020)

  • Added purchase date back in. Now scraping that from the Book Info. Languages other than English and German.
  • Updated internal java runtime from 8 to 12.
  • Improved scraping of library view.
  • Fixed a bug where only the first two pages of books are scraped.
  • Added AppImage release for Linux (looking for feedback.)
  • Added ability to manage ignored books (Ignore and Unignore books)
  • Exporting all books by default in Web Page Export.

New in OpenAudible 2.0 (Apr 20, 2020)

  • This is the first pass at a commercial version of OpenAudible.
  • Full functionality requires a low-cost license. Other features remain free.
  • This fixes #306 to support an all new library scanner. Adds ability to restore ignored books.
  • This replaces a pre-release version available to our donors.

New in OpenAudible 1.6.7 (Apr 6, 2020)

  • This fixes a "NullPointerException" when clicking on a download link.
  • This version creates a warning when a user is getting an updated library web display that Audible is rolling out.
  • This version is not compatible with the new view, but at least recognizes the new library URL and gives the user an error message.

New in OpenAudible 1.6.6 (Mar 30, 2020)

  • A few issue bug fixes and a few new features. Scraping new fields, fixed findOphanedFiles, dark mode updates, new documentation.

New in OpenAudible 1.6.5 (Feb 6, 2020)

  • This updates the JRE, earlier versions were flagged for potential bus/risks. The ffmeg has been updated to fix issues with tagging and converting. A deadlock bug was found and fixed.