Qoobar Changelog

What's new in Qoobar 1.6.9.1

Jan 26, 2016
  • Fixed: Bug with restoring the tags table fields

New in Qoobar 1.6.9 (Jan 26, 2016)

  • Updated html help
  • Fixed: Bug with scrolling to the current file
  • Added: Customizable toolbars
  • Added: TagLib 1.10
  • Added: SYLT frame support in id3v2 tags
  • Added: Status bar tracking option
  • Added: Showing tag types in the status bar
  • Changed: Moved the autonumber plugin to the main app
  • Changed: Updated the Italian translation

New in Qoobar 1.6.8 (Nov 7, 2015)

  • Fixed: Undoing of the Files table editing
  • Fixed: Small-size icons in menus
  • Fixed: Qoobar deploying (OS X)
  • Fixed: Cancelling of files removing
  • Fixed: Closing of the Tags edit dialog with not closed editor (OS X)
  • Added: The possibility to change folder tree root
  • Added: The portable version of Qoobar
  • Added: Changeable toolbar icons
  • Changed: The Status bar with extended functionality
  • Changed: The application icon
  • Changed: The Settings dialog interface (OS X)

New in Qoobar 1.6.7 (Sep 10, 2015)

  • Fixed: Bug with the deleting of the replaygain info
  • Fixed: Discogs authentication
  • Added: Sorting in the Files table
  • Added: The possibility to edit tags in the files table
  • Changed: The toolbar icons
  • Changed: The Settings dialog interface

New in Qoobar 1.6.6 (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Fixed: Bug with updating file paths after folder renaming
  • Fixed: Bug with scheme names that contain not allowed chars
  • Fixed: Reading of tags that contain ;
  • Added: Support to add custom tags to tagging scheme
  • Added: Support for
  • Added: placeholder etc.
  • Added: "Set this text into..." action in the context menu of the main window

New in Qoobar 1.6.5 (Jan 27, 2014)

  • Fixed: Error with placeholders in Fill dialog
  • Fixed: Error with LegendButton
  • Fixed: Splitting files whose path/name contains spaces
  • Fixed: Splitting files whose names contain non-locale chars
  • Fixed: Error with reading tags in m4a files

New in Qoobar 1.6.4 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Added: Simple search for music files in standard and user-defined locations
  • Added: Interaction with Windows 7 and 8 dock and Ubuntu launcher
  • Added: Option "Hide tab bar with one tab"
  • Added: Splitting in different formats
  • Fixed: Side-effect of right-clicking on the item in the folder tree
  • Fixed: Error with closing an empty tab
  • Fixed: Error with mp4 / m4a tags writing
  • Fixed: Writing of non-standard mp4 tags
  • Changed: 'Legend' button now has multi-level menu
  • Changed: Almost all dialogs now are window modal (i.e. "sheets" in OS X)
  • Changed: Redesigning the Rename dialog: options in a separate menu etc.
  • Updated: Italian and Dutch translations

New in Qoobar 1.6.3 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Added: Detection of read-only files
  • Added: WinSparkle integration for Windows version
  • Added: Sparkle integration for OS X version
  • Added: The ability to change cue file encoding
  • Added: DSF files support (not tested)
  • Added: Folder renaming feature
  • Fixed: Bug with tags importing of multiple-CD releases
  • Fixed: Bug with %F, %z, %Z, %E placeholders
  • Fixed: Debian build control file
  • Changed: Files adding in a separate thread
  • Removed: Command-line interface in Windows
  • Updated: Polish translation
  • Updated: TagLib 1.9.1

New in Qoobar 1.6.2 (Sep 12, 2013)

  • Fixed: Bug with first start of fill dialog
  • Added: --force-gui command
  • Added: Cue splitter search for input file
  • Added: Correct Qt plugins loading in Windows
  • Added: Images resizing
  • Added: Remembering whether image box was expanded
  • Added: Functions: $function(...) etc
  • Added: Unchecking tracks in tags filler dialog
  • Fixed: Split dialog bug with edit updation
  • Fixed: gstreamer initialization in rg module
  • Fixed: discid.dll loading in OS/2
  • Fixed: Bug with gui settings saving
  • Fixed: Error with moving down the last file
  • Fixed: freedb and discogs plugins search bug
  • Fixed: Musicbrainz plugin crash
  • Added: Playlist import with basic implementation
  • Fixed: RPM building in Fedora
  • Fixed: Bug in musicbrainz.cpp with multi-CD releases
  • Fixed: Error with renaming to too long file name in Windows
  • Changed: Qoobar html files style

New in Qoobar 1.6.1 (Sep 12, 2013)

  • Fixed: error with qoobar settings disappearing
  • Fixed: error with adding files like "../folder/*.mp3"
  • Fixed: error with reread files icon
  • Fixed: error with plugins search in linux

New in Qoobar 1.6.0 (May 14, 2013)

  • Added: Plugins support for tags editing
  • Added: Plugins support for importing tags from the Internet
  • Added: id3v2 tags now can be written either as v2.3 or as v2.4
  • Added: Opus files support
  • Added: Mutex in Windows version to prevent installing while Qoobar is running
  • Added: Checkable headers to tags fill dialog
  • Added: highlighting of paths in the file rename dialog
  • Added: fill patterns similar to rename patterns
  • Added: Command line support
  • Added: Proper two-stage ReplayGain scanning
  • Added: More filename placeholders
  • Added: Possibility to rename tabs by double clicking on them
  • Added: "Image" column into file tree
  • Changed: Now when adding folder with subfolders all subfolders come first, then files
  • Changed: Comments in id3v2 now written with "eng" language
  • Fixed: error with tags table updating
  • Fixed: error with reading TCON frame
  • Fixed: error with files table updating
  • Fixed: bug with too-wide labels in split dialog
  • Fixed: error with reading replaygain info from ape tags of mp3 files where binary fields are present
  • Fixed: adding of patterns into app settings
  • Fixed: searching in freedb for album with more than 99 tracks
  • Fixed: compiling in mandriva 2010
  • Fixed: error with deletion of replaygain info from mp3, error with deletion of RG info and "skip files" option

New in Qoobar 1.5.2 (Jul 20, 2012)

  • Added: Reading of Musepack v8 audio properties
  • Added: Replay gaining using command-line tools
  • Added: Mp3 tags dialog
  • Added: "Move to the tab..." action
  • Added: Folder tree
  • Changed: The way of qoobar launching from desktop file
  • Changed: Separated "Place text into..." and "Place block into..." actions.
  • Changed: The Settings dialog interface
  • Fixed: Impossibility to copy non-standard tags into clipboard
  • Fixed: Many small improvements in code

New in Qoobar 1.5.1.1 (Mar 8, 2012)

  • Covers a very serious bug with the APE tags writing. Please update Qoobar if you are using APE tags in mp3 files or mpc or ape music files.

New in Qoobar 1.5.1 (Feb 20, 2012)

  • Fixes 3 bugs that can lead to a program crash.

New in Qoobar 1.5.0 (Jan 20, 2012)

  • Added: autocompletion of any standard tags
  • Added: tags collecting for autocompletion works in twmodes: manual and automatic
  • Added: "Collect tags" operation
  • Added: tags autocompletion mode switch: the whole string / the last word
  • Added: tagging schemes
  • Added: The option tturn off und/ redoperations
  • Added: apostrophe recognition in case converting
  • Added: menu
  • Added: new action: Save all tabs.
  • Changed: the Settings Dialog has now the left panel with icons instead of tabs
  • Changed: Flac tags are now written using libFLAC and not TagLib because of some problems with TagLib.
  • Changed: diacritics removing now works only with latin based characters
  • Changed: The "autoexpand..." operation now works equally when pasting tags from internal buffer and from the clipboard
  • Changed: The Tags Editing dialog has now a separate toolbar with common operations
  • Changed: Qoobar now uses enca for tags recoding.
  • Changed: discogs and musicbrainz import switched ta newer API.
  • Fixed: Partial tags importing from freedb
  • Fixed: Some possible memory leaks
  • Fixed: Slashes in tags as path separators when renaming files.
  • Fixed: ID3v1 tags reading and writing beyond tags borders.

New in Qoobar 1.4.0 (Jan 20, 2012)

  • Toolbar with characters is removed from the main window.
  • Added: autocompletion of genres and moods.
  • Added: of editing lists of composers, genres and moods.
  • Added: options tturn off the autocompletion.
  • Added: parametres of last renaming operation are saved.
  • Added: in Windows splittings files logging.
  • Added: id3v1 tags saving for all file types that support it.
  • Added: number of tags editing operations are increased.
  • Added: search & replace panel in the tags editing dialog.
  • Added: cut, copy and paste operations with cover art pictures.
  • Added: the "copy tags tclipboard" action with corresponding shortcut.
  • Added: the "autonumbering" function.
  • Added: editing of cover art type and description.
  • Fixed: changing of id3v1 tags encoding in the settings dialog.
  • Fixed bug: when splitting disc overwritten files won't add.
  • Removed: scripting support.
  • Removed: shortcut Ctrl+W "fix encoding".
  • Removed: part of undoperations.
  • The toolbar with characters in the tags editing dialog replaced with a panel.
  • Help pages are revised and improved.

New in Qoobar 1.3.4 (Jul 4, 2011)

  • When adding a picture its description is now not a full file path, but only a file name.
  • Added a context menu to tabs.
  • New shortcuts: Ctrl+T - new tab, Ctrl+F4 - close the tab
  • You can now add new tabs by double clicking on the tab bar.
  • You can now rename tabs.
  • The size and position of the main window are now restoring.
  • Fixed bug: when splitting disc overwritten files won't add.
  • All "named" tags (album artist, mood etc.) have now their placeholder.
  • Fixed severe bug: clicking on the OK button right after opening the fill tags dialog causes program crash.
  • You can now set the maximum file length in the rename dialog.
  • You can now drag'n'drop a cue file so that the split disc dialog is shown.

New in Qoobar 1.3.3 (Jul 4, 2011)

  • Fixed: checking if mac, flac & shntool are installed in Linux.
  • Fixed: writing of FLAC files - numerous silly bugs in libflac loading.

New in Qoobar 1.3.2 (Jul 4, 2011)

  • Fixed: OGA files reading.
  • Fixed: writing of FLAC files - now writing is faster.
  • Fixed: removing of pregap00 file when splitting a CD image.
  • Fixed: splitting of a CD image - now only flac files are being added.
  • Fixed: folder adding - now when you cancel it, no empty line added.
  • Fixed: files moving up/down the files table.
  • Fixed: tags importing from Discogs.
  • Added sample rate and number of channels properties.
  • Added placeholders: %l length, %L length in seconds, %b bitrate, %f filename, %r sample rate, %h channels.
  • Added the ability to "join" tags together (as in files renaming).
  • Added the ability to preview the whole coverart by clicking on its thumbnail.
  • Some code refactoring and optimisation - now Qoobar takes less memory when working with cover arts.

New in Qoobar 1.3.1 (Feb 8, 2011)

  • Fixed: the cover art panel now correctly updates.
  • Added the Italian translation.
  • Added the French translation.
  • Now you can change the interface language without restarting Qoobar.
  • Added the ability to save id3v1 tags into mp3 files.
  • Added the support of these tags: Disc #/Total discs, Encoded by, Remixed by, ISRC, Album artist, URL, Rating.
  • Added tags importing from Musicbrainz.
  • Some bugs fixed.
  • Added the ability to change the chars list font.
  • Now you can number the tracks from the Tags table.
  • Added the ability to fill tags from other tags.
  • Now you can quickly fill a tag in the Edit dialog.
  • Added the ability to change the case of filenames when renaming files.
  • Added the ability to split a disc image by the corresponding cue sheet.

New in Qoobar 1.3.0 (Aug 18, 2010)

  • Fixed: Composer completion numerous bugs.
  • The "About" dialog now gives more info.
  • Java scripts support added.
  • Some shortcuts added, some changed.
  • A small file writing check added.
  • Trim spaces moved to scripts.
  • The undo / redo system added. Now you can undo even saving tags.
  • Added tags import from Discogs and freedb.
  • Added option in the rename dialog: delete empty folder after renaming.

New in Qoobar 1.1.2 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Changed qoobar.pro file to better compilation in rpm-based systems.
  • (In Windows) Taglib 1.5 changed to 1.6.1, so added MP4 and Asf/Wma files support.
  • Fixed writing of MP4 tags: now unused tags are correctly deleted.
  • Fixed reading of Wav properties: length is correctly read, bitrate now is kbps (instead of kibps).
  • Various bugfixes.

New in Qoobar 1.1.1 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Added some new settings
  • Several bugfixes

New in Qoobar 1.1.0 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Added localization (so far Russian only).
  • Added help files in English and Russian
  • Added the ability to play selection
  • Added Settings dialog
  • Several bugfixes