RadioBOSS Changelog

What's new in RadioBOSS 7.0.3.1

Apr 29, 2024
  • Option "Prevent the computer from entering sleep mode" moved from Advanced settings to General category
  • Playlist Generator: added "Delete all" button for Tags filter
  • Added search (Ctrl+F) in the Logs window
  • Improved "relaystop" command when next track started after relay ends
  • Improved screen reader accessibility: scheduler window; category window in the Playlist Generator; waveform can be tabbed into in Track Tool; automatic library update window
  • Event duration limit log: shows event name that was ended
  • Pressing F2-F5 hot keys with left panel hidden automaticalyl shows it
  • Scheduler Manual mode: events that run commands "streamarchive" and "run" are executed in the Manual mode automatically
  • Fixed: file explorer sometimes shown an error message
  • Fixed: keyboards access to the menus did not work in additional work zones
  • Fixed: intro indicator incorrect when Auto Intro is playing before track
  • Fixed: simetimes duplicate tags can be assigned to a track (Music Library)
  • Fixed: Search did not update when selecting "All" libraries option
  • "Warning - unable to update title" message is not reported in Error Notifications
  • "makelibrary" command shows warning when no valid track source is specified
  • Added Swedish translation
  • Other minor improvements and bugs fixed

New in RadioBOSS 7.0.3.0 (Apr 26, 2024)

  • Artwork can be edited/removed/saved from the Track Information panel (right-click the artwork box) and from Music Library
  • Supports multiple Artist entries (for FLAC, OGG, OPUS); when displaying, artists are comma-separated
  • New tag fields support: publisher, album artist, lyrics, composer, copyright, track number
  • A customizable work zone was added on the left side of the main window
  • Style settings: configure font for Previous/Current/Next track boxes
  • Updated Black style
  • File type option added: "Do not apply DSP"
  • VU meter can be placed on the right side of the playlist window
  • The track following the next track is evaluated for cases when sending the next track title is disabled (e.g. for a jingle)
  • Auto Intro: added "Date added" rule
  • Auto Intro: added "Intro duration" rule
  • Auto Intro: added intro tracks filters
  • Auto Intro: added rule check order option
  • Auto Intro: added command to copy a rule
  • New API command "writeartwork" to edit track artwork
  • Microphone: "Play next track after mic turned off" now also works when the playlist is stopped
  • Now playing notifications: RadioBOSS can run the specified program when a track starts
  • Cart wall: individual playlist attenuation settings for each cart wall button
  • Cart wall: Caps Lock can be used as a hot key modifier to start cart wall items by pressing CapsLock+Key combination
  • Hotkey to set track rating in the playlist (Ctrl+Shift+0..9)
  • Additional information storage: added "File (subfolder)" option
  • Broadcasting statistics can be saved in a CSV file
  • Sweepers: a playlist file can be used as a track source
  • More options to control now playing export file type and format
  • Render to file: do not include selected file types in cuesheet option
  • Recent tracks artworks can be saved to a folder
  • Next track artwork can be saved and uploaded to FTP
  • getfile command: added /move option to move file to a set folder after playback
  • Quick Jingles: pressing the "minus" key stops all playing jingles
  • Advanced option: configure normalization algorithm (EBU R128 or peak)
  • Advanced option: do not apply DSP for Overlay Playback events
  • Advanced option: maximum hook duration
  • Advanced option added: streaming server stats check interval
  • Crossfade option: limit Mix point to end before following track Intro ends (Advanced Settings)
  • Advanced option: restart jingle when hot key for playing jingle is pressed
  • New options added to hide toolbar button groups
  • Tags window redesigned: added filter and improved editor
  • Show currently the playing track in window title bar and in taskbar hint (advanced option)
  • View/Style - waveform color option added
  • streamarchive command with file name specfiied, uses a second recording instance
  • Style option: set selection style for secondary lists (events, log, search)
  • More options can be configured for Nowplaying bar display (Settings/View/Style)
  • Improved screen reader accessibility (slider controls in different areas, Equalizer, Compressor, VST text UI)
  • Added HTTPS streaming support for integrated server
  • Added fade out option when the relay is turned off
  • Time Zone option changed to Clock Adjust option allowing more gradual control
  • Track Tool: extended Zoom range

New in RadioBOSS 7.0.0.0 Beta (Nov 17, 2023)

  • What's new:
  • Artwork can be edited/removed/saved from the Track Information panel (right-click the artwork box)
  • Supports multiple Artist entries (for FLAC, OGG, OPUS); when displaying, artists are comma-separated
  • New tag fields support: publisher, album artist, lyrics, composer, copyright, track number
  • A customizable work zone was added on the left side of the main window
  • Style settings: configure font for Previous/Current/Next track boxes
  • Updated Black style
  • File type option added: "Do not apply DSP"
  • VU meter can be placed on the right side of the playlist window
  • The track following the next track is evaluated for cases when sending the next track title is disabled (e.g. for a jingle)
  • Auto Intro: added "Date added" rule
  • Auto Intro: added "Intro duration" rule
  • New API command "writeartwork" to edit track artwork
  • Microphone: "Play next track after mic turned off" now also works when the playlist is stopped
  • Now playing notifications: RadioBOSS can run the specified program when a track starts
  • Cart wall: individual playlist attenuation settings for each cart wall button
  • Hotkey to set track rating in the playlist (Ctrl+Shift+0..9)
  • Additional information storage: added "File (subfolder)" option
  • Broadcasting statistics can be saved in a CSV file
  • Sweepers: a playlist file can be used as a track source
  • More options to control now playing export file type and format
  • Advanced option: configure normalization algorithm (EBU R128 or peak)
  • Advanced option: do not apply DSP for Overlay Playback events
  • Advanced option: maximum hook duration
  • Improved screen reader accessibility (slider controls in different areas, Equalizer, Compressor, VST text UI)
  • Scheduler:
  • Event Overview window where all events for a given day are shown in a chart
  • Days of the week can be assigned to each start time in the event's start time list
  • Event end date option (Expires) - the event will not run after the set date; can be used to specify a date range for events
  • Events can be dragged into the playlist window
  • "scheduler off" command: timeout can be specified to automatically re-enable the scheduler
  • New event option: do not run if there are scheduled tracks in the playlist
  • New event option: start the event earlier to make it end at "Start time"
  • Scheduler option: do not start events playback when the playlist is stopped
  • Playlist Generator:
  • Proportional selection: special category type to select tracks from different categories based on weights
  • Global categories that can be used in all presets
  • Improved total playlist duration precision
  • Priority rules based on Tags
  • Priority rules based on Language
  • Fixed Outro category repeat protection rules were not applied properly
  • Music Library:
  • The BPM tag field is read when track is added to the library
  • Added command in Tools to remove dangling .rbdata files (when additional information storage is set to File)
  • CSV export includes more fields
  • Added Update Library button to the toolbar to reload the current library
  • Added Prelisten menu command and Alt+click prelisten in the list
  • Filter option added: show only enabled tracks
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • Search now works as a filter for the ads list
  • Priority values range changed to 1-99 (values 1-9 from previous versions will be automatically converted)
  • Report Generator:
  • Command line extended (allows specifying what fields to include in the report)
  • Fixed exporting bugs and improved performance
  • Minor changes:
  • Read artwork from WAV files
  • Now playing box correctly shows emojis and surrogates
  • Toolbar control RDP issue fixed (buttons rearranged sometimes)
  • Teaser: extended limits for track exclusion by duration
  • Fixed:
  • Relay: the silence detector didn't work properly with network streams
  • Relaying linear input sometimes didn't work properly
  • Hotkeys in additional work zones did not work
  • Access playback control buttons using the Tab key in additional zones
  • Playlist duration calculation with voice tracks in the playlist
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in RadioBOSS 6.3.2.0 (Aug 28, 2023)

  • Ads remote export: fixed bugs, improved speed
  • Playlist files are now shown in File Explorer in Tree mode
  • Fixed: FLAC streaming with internal server sometimes stopped
  • Fixed: download command with podcast_today modifier sometimes failed
  • Fixed: multiple start times still saved for event when event edit was canceled
  • Fixed: waiting options did not work for multi-action events with playlists
  • Minor improvements

New in RadioBOSS 6.3.1.2 (May 24, 2023)

  • Default device option for WASAPI
  • Added Language column to Music Library
  • Fixed: multi-action scheduled events with playlists sometimes didn't work properly
  • Stream archive .cue file creation now uses broadcasting title
  • Fixed remote ads management when "Pack as container" option was enabled
  • Improved voice track recorder
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in RadioBOSS 6.3.1.0 (May 23, 2023)

  • New:
  • Containers: pack one or more playable items into a container; container appears as a single item in the playlist
  • New crossfading option: Mix Start determines where the following track is mixed in; mix start can be automatically detected
  • Hour separation markers in the playlist (to enable, right-click a playlist tab)
  • New storage option for additional information: store information in a separate file (details in the user manual)
  • Added support for .cue files: track title is updated according to the information contained in the cue file
  • Track List: next track in Track List is evaluated when the item is selected in the playlist (and Track Information panel is enabled)
  • Weather data display in main window improved: now it also shows wind speed
  • Overlay events: ability to send playing track titles (option in Settings->Scheduler)
  • Text-to-Speech: voice selection option added
  • User access control: added permissions to turn streaming on/off and delete profiles
  • File Explorer tab: added "quick access folders" feature (right-click any item in the file list to enable it)
  • Stream archive feature redesigned
  • Stream archive: added an option to record stream without applying DSP
  • Stream archive creates .cue file with track titles
  • Nowplaying artwork export can be done in JPEG to reduce file size
  • Added ability to name HTTP requests
  • Jingles: allow playing only one jingle at a time (option)
  • Teaser: added filter by Tags
  • Log: added right-click command to jump to correcponding playlist item
  • Added option to show default image when video window is visible but audio file is playing
  • Settings->Controls: ability to disable turning off the scheduler
  • Auto Intro: added "Not include" filter for tags
  • API security option: allow only local requests
  • Added "Set cast title" command in Tools menu to send custom streaming title to servers
  • Added option to configure icon size in the playlist (Settings->View->Style)
  • Added %startsec and %endsec title format variables that hold playback start and ens positions for playing track
  • Advanced option: relay volume when overlay event plays with "Priority over relay" option
  • Advanced option: volume slider only affects main sound card, not monitor
  • Advanced option: allow playing voice tracks when Outro mark is not set
  • Tracks played in cart machine and AUX players are now logged and included in the reports
  • Accessibility improvement: added ability to sort list (call the menu by pressing Shift+Menu key)
  • Inner playlists are opened in advance, this allows proper next track title evaluation and crossfade calculations
  • Added Hungarian translation
  • Music Library:
  • Added right-click commands for tracks: move to library / copy to library
  • Option added: what show in the file name field (file name and path or full path)
  • Next/Prev buttons in tag editor
  • Improved tracks processing window
  • Track Tool:
  • Ability to record voice insert from Track Tool
  • Voice insert can be prelistened
  • Expiration option for voice insert
  • Faster zooming when holding Ctrl key
  • Playback level configuration for voice inserts
  • Scheduler:
  • Event execution progress for download, generate playlist and makelibrary commands, accessible from List (button on the scheduler tab)->View running tasks menu
  • Added "dsp" command to enable or disable all/specific DSPs
  • "download" command: added parameter to download today's poscast only
  • "next" command with "CueNextOnEnd" modifier can be used as a first action in multi-action events
  • Added parameter for "adsupdate" command to update playlists only and do not update events
  • DTMF exit option: allow to finish playing selected file types (e.g. commercials) instead of terminating event right away
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • Background color can be set for ads to mark them in the list
  • Items in the ads list can be manually reordered using dragging
  • Allows to minimize groups in the ads list
  • Option to pack ad block into a container
  • Reports made in profiles other than default include profile name
  • Report Generator:
  • Added support for styles
  • Total duration is calculated for "List" reports
  • Command line to automate report creation (details in the User Manual)
  • Added keyboard hot keys (arrows) to manage rotation and categories
  • Segue Editor:
  • Prev/next buttons to quickly move to other playlist items
  • Fixed bug when track movement to the left wasn't possible at some positions
  • Bugs fixed and minor improvements:
  • Improved start time calculation in the playlist
  • Detect mix point feature in Music Library (and makelibrary command) improved to have minimal mix value, as set in Crossfading window
  • Fixed a bug in Search feature (player and library)
  • Fixed rare case when repeat protection failed to work in Track List
  • Fixed a bug: in rare cases fade out lead to high sound level at the fade end
  • Fixed: search by tags sometimes didn't work properly
  • Fixed various localization bugs
  • Fixed: tracks played in Overlay were not included in reports
  • Fixed rare right channel silence bug
  • Lots of minor UI improvements in different areas

New in RadioBOSS 6.2.3.2 (Dec 13, 2022)

  • Improved tag editor/selector window
  • Search by tags: "exclude" tags can be specified to search the tracks withous specified tags
  • Added "runevent" scheduler command to run events
  • Added documentation for "enableevent" and "disableevent" commands
  • Ads Scheduler: improved user interface
  • Ads Scheduler: added "Prelisten block" feature
  • Quick Jingles: configurable fade in and fade out (in the jingle assignment window)
  • Search: added search by "Artist/Title/Filename"
  • Improved search performance
  • Stream playback: fixed incorrect encoding detection for station name in some cases
  • Fixed MIC push to talk when used with a keyboard hot key
  • Improved accessibility: playlist duration and track count, fixed issued in Search area, header menu for lists can be called using Shift+Menu key
  • Music Library: fixed incorrect duration for selected tracks
  • Music Library: improved synchronizing File Type list with RadioBOSS
  • Fixed: left panel state was not properly loaded on profile change
  • Fixed scheduled event duration limit sometimes didn't work properly

New in RadioBOSS 6.2.2.0 (Dec 12, 2022)

  • Fixed: stats retrieval from some non-standard Icecast servers didn't work
  • Track Tool: improved prelisten for Hook In and End markers
  • Track Tool: fixed Next/Prev track when called from Search
  • Fixed: outro was not displayed in nowplaying bar sometimes
  • Playlist Generator: fixed artist comparison bug
  • Added hot key to control Sidechain Compressor (Ctrl+Shift+M)
  • Minor bugs fixed in weather module
  • Fixed: "prev" scheduler command didn't work
  • Fixed: Ads Scheduler did not maintain Track Type list
  • Bitrate header for FLAC streaming shows correct bitrate
  • Added Expand all/Collapse all commands for scheduled events list
  • Quick jingles (0-9 keys) can be stopped by pressing the same hot key again
  • Improved screen reader accessibility in many areas
  • Startup commands can be edited
  • Extended getplaylist API to return more data
  • Nowplaying bar shows updated title when setcasttitle command was used
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in RadioBOSS 6.2.0.0 Beta (Jun 15, 2022)

  • What's new:
  • Scheduled events: multiple start times can be specified for an event
  • Scheduled events: event duration limit can be specified
  • Command execution on startup: allows specifying commands to be executed upon RadioBOSS start
  • VU meter source can be seleced (Audio Mix or one of the Inputs)
  • File type bed: multiple bed track can be specified
  • File type option: do not update playcount and last played tags
  • File type column added to the playlist
  • Mute playlist when prelistening in Track Tool, Segue Editor and Music Library
  • AUX playlist: option added to attenuate the main playlist while AUX is playing
  • Relay: allows specifying playlist volume when the relay is connected (previously the playlist was always muted)
  • Teaser: added minimal rating option to filter music tracks
  • Voice track recorder: MIC DSP is applied to recorded voice tracks
  • Added temperature variables for track title format (%temp, %temp_tom, etc)
  • Option added: use the Last Played tag when checking for repeat protection in Track List
  • Select what title to show in Last Played/Now Playiung/Upcoming bars (playlist title or broadcast title)
  • Improved time display in event list: shows custom hours and additional start time
  • Advanced option added: broadcasting state after RadioBOSS restart
  • Advanced option added: sweeper - minimum time to sweep
  • Improved quality of radio logo display in the main window
  • Increased intro countdown bar size
  • Select double click action for Search and File Explorer windows
  • Tool bar: certain items can be hidden (View->Toolbar menu)
  • Broadcasting stats: individual chart for each encoder (for last hour only)
  • makelibrary command allows adding individual files to the library
  • Adjustable color for weather display in the main window
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • Added menu command to delete a track from disk
  • Allows using up to five sweepers (previously it was limited to three)
  • Music Library:
  • Print feature prints only filtered tracks when the filter is enabled
  • Improved batch track process user interface
  • Playlist Generator:
  • Added import/export of the related artists list
  • Index number can be enabled in the rotation list (right click menu)
  • Fixed: separate artists repeat protection didn't work for some single character separators
  • Bug fixes and minor improvements:
  • %len and %playcount track title format variables had wrong values when Track List was playing
  • Segue Editor occasional incorrect initial fade in/out position
  • Broadcasting statistics window flicker removed when using custom themes
  • Next track incorrectly selected sometimes when playing track was removed
  • Next track incorrectly sometimes evaluated incorrectly when playling last scheduled track and Shuffle enabled
  • Other bugs fixed, minor improvements

New in RadioBOSS 6.1.2 (May 1, 2022)

  • Microphone bed is started and stopped with a fade (can be configured in Advanced Settings)
  • Stream arhive feature: fixed AAC recording and other bugs
  • Fixed: Start/End markers set in Track Tool are applied in Cart Wall
  • Fixed: occasional error message when creating a backup
  • Improved accessibility in Music Library
  • Fixed: FTP downloads with username and password specified sometimes didn't work
  • Added "clearplaylist down" scheduler command to remove tracks after the playing track
  • connect and disconnect scheduler commands: multiple servers can be specified, comma separated
  • Fixed upcoming event countdown timer
  • Added %rating title format variable
  • API: playbackinfo command returns Relay status
  • API: readtag/writetag commands added Hook In and Hook Out values
  • Advanced settings: added fade in and fade out configuration for auto intro
  • Fixed: last played and playcount were not updated for video files
  • Other minor improvements and bugs fixed

New in RadioBOSS 6.1.0.5 (Dec 13, 2021)

  • What's new:
  • Render to file (mixdown) feature: render a playlist to a single file, allows creating pre-recorded shows
  • Configurable crossfade curve shape (linear, parabolic)
  • Added third input (Input 3) that can be used in addition to existing two inputs
  • Auto Intro: new conditions added (rating, duration), added second condition block
  • Added new playlist tabs: song requests, playback queue
  • Microphone bed - background music for microphone when nothing is playing in the playlist
  • Microphone: option to start next track after mic is turned off (right-click the MIC button)
  • Custom broadcasting title is included in the playlist Track Title column
  • Improved playlist search - now it highlights all results
  • Custom broadcast title (for network streams, line input etc) now includes history to choose from previous titles
  • API can be used over HTTPS protocol (requires adding a certificate)
  • Custom colors can be selected for playlist tabs
  • Playlist tabs can be dragged with a mouse
  • Reports: FTPS protocol can be used to upload nowplaying and artwork
  • WASAPI support for Prelisten, Cart wall and Jingles output devices
  • Style: toolbar icon size can be adjusted (Settings->View->Style)
  • Custom Nowplaying file templates are supported
  • Track List - separate artist option to improve repeat protection when multiple artists are listed
  • Track List - view and modify position in the track source for "In order" and "Series" selection
  • Improvements in Relaying
  • Email notifications: our email service can be used instead of SMTP, requires no configuration
  • Added "Mute monitor sound card on prelisten" option in the Prelisten window
  • Microphone can be prelistened (right-click the MIC button)
  • Log window: added a filter to only show played tracks
  • File Explorer tree added as an alternative in File Explorer
  • API: "scheduler" list events marks the last started event
  • API: "encoderstatus" includes listener count for each encoder
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • Profiles system: any number of profiles can be created to manage different types of ads separately (commercial, social, political etc)
  • Ads are now displayed in table view
  • Changed the way ads are managed, now the ads are not tied to files on the disk
  • Confugurable option added: group for "adsupdate" event
  • Shuffle ads - takes ads priorities into account
  • Basic repeat protection for alternate ads tracks
  • Repeat protection for separators
  • Added "separator probability" option
  • Added scheduled event option "Insert sweeper"
  • Fixed: sweepers incorrectly processed when alternate tracks are used
  • Fixed bugs with intro/outro processing
  • Fixed minor remote ads management bugs
  • Music Library:
  • Show selected tracks duration and count
  • Improved played history display
  • "makelibrary" command actually updates the library instead of completely rebuilding it
  • Option added to change list background color
  • Added Index column to the list
  • Bulk empty start/end dates for tracks
  • Added option to clear playcount, last played and played history for tracks
  • Improved user tags management; tags cleanup feature to remove non-existent tags from tracks
  • Scheduler:
  • New options added in the Scheduler Wizard
  • Extended the "clearplaylist" command: "clearplaylist up" to remove tracks above the playing track
  • Added commands to enable and disable individual events by name
  • "Manual" column added to the events list, it contains time when the event was supposed to run when Manual mode is enabled
  • Song Request System:
  • Improvements in the requested song list window
  • Song requests are logged and kept in the list for reference
  • Request message is available with %requestedmsg variable in the notifications
  • Track Tool:
  • Show track duration between start and end
  • Hot keys (F2-F11) to set markers
  • Shows time value for current cursor position
  • Segue Editor:
  • Shows Intro and Outro if set for tracks
  • Fixed delayed playback error on some computers
  • Fixed lots of minor issues and overall quality improvements
  • Playlist Generator:
  • Takes into account custom Mix points set for music tracks
  • Improvements in category edit window
  • Video playback:
  • Exact video duration detection when video plugin is used
  • Improved AV sync
  • Webm files support added
  • Advanced options added:
  • Network stream failure detection
  • Playlist search always visible
  • Device stall check
  • Waveform drawing algorithm
  • Check for silence when relaying a network stream
  • Bug fixes and minor improvements:
  • Added Level column to the playlist
  • Added hot key for "Run now" command in the scheduler
  • Nowplaying is updated when "setcasttitle" API command is used
  • Selected window style is marked in the additional modules
  • Improved UI to select scheduled events group color
  • Track Tool can be called for Cart Wall items
  • Fixed a bug with Comments in the playlist
  • Fixed minor bugs fixed with playlist colors
  • Fixed: sometimes tag information for OPUS was not loaded
  • Fixed: multiple "generate playlist" events can interfere with each other
  • Fixed bugs in Teaser processing
  • Fixed bugs in Auto Intro rules processing
  • Fixed: tracks played via "getfile" command sometimes were not logged
  • Fixed: overlay video stopped the video playing in the main playlist
  • Fixed: "stop" command incorrectly ended track at the Mix point
  • Other bugs fixed, minor improvements

New in RadioBOSS 6.1.0.0 Beta (Nov 12, 2021)

  • What's new:
  • Render to file (mixdown) feature: render a playlist to a single file, allows creating pre-recorded shows
  • Configurable crossfade curve shape (linear, parabolic)
  • Added third input (Input 3) that can be used in addition to existing two inputs
  • Auto Intro: new conditions added (rating, duration), added second condition block
  • Added new playlist tabs: song requests, playback queue
  • Microphone bed - background music for microphone when nothing is playing in the playlist
  • Microphone: option to start next track after mic is turned off (right-click the MIC button)
  • Custom broadcasting title is included in the playlist Track Title column
  • Improved playlist search - now it highlights all results
  • Custom broadcast title (for network streams, line input etc) now includes history to choose from previous titles
  • API can be used over HTTPS protocol (requires adding a certificate)
  • Custom colors can be selected for playlist tabs
  • Playlist tabs can be dragged with a mouse
  • Reports: FTPS protocol can be used to upload nowplaying and artwork
  • WASAPI support for Prelisten, Cart wall and Jingles output devices
  • Style: toolbar icon size can be adjusted (Settings->View->Style)
  • Custom Nowplaying file templates are supported
  • Track List - separate artist option to improve repeat protection when multiple artists are listed
  • Track List - view and modify position in the track source for "In order" and "Series" selection
  • Improvements in Relaying
  • Email notifications: our email service can be used instead of SMTP, requires no configuration
  • Added "Mute monitor sound card on prelisten" option in the Prelisten window
  • Microphone can be prelistened (right-click the MIC button)
  • Log window: added a filter to only show played tracks
  • API: "scheduler" list events marks the last started event
  • API: "encoderstatus" includes listener count for each encoder
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • Profiles system: any number of profiles can be created to manage different types of ads separately (commercial, social, political etc)
  • Changed the way ads are managed, now the ads are not tied to files on the disk
  • Confugurable option added: group for "adsupdate" event
  • Shuffle ads - takes ads priorities into account
  • Basic repeat protection for alternate ads tracks
  • Repeat protection for separators
  • Added "separator probability" option
  • Added scheduled event option "Insert sweeper"
  • Fixed: sweepers incorrectly processed when alternate tracks are used
  • Fixed bugs with intro/outro processing
  • Fixed minor remote ads management bugs
  • Music Library:
  • Show selected tracks duration and count
  • Improved played history display
  • "makelibrary" command actually updates the library instead of completely rebuilding it
  • Option added to change list background color
  • Added Index column to the list
  • Bulk empty start/end dates for tracks
  • Added option to clear playcount, last played and played history for tracks
  • Improved user tags management; tags cleanup feature to remove non-existent tags from tracks
  • Scheduler:
  • New options added in the Scheduler Wizard
  • Extended the "clearplaylist" command: "clearplaylist up" to remove tracks above the playing track
  • Added commands to enable and disable individual events by name
  • "Manual" column added to the events list, it contains time when the event was supposed to run when Manual mode is enabled
  • Song Request System:
  • Improvements in the requested song list window
  • Song requests are logged and kept in the list for reference
  • Request message is available with %requestedmsg variable in the notifications
  • Track Tool:
  • Show track duration between start and end
  • Hot keys (F2-F11) to set markers
  • Shows time value for current cursor position
  • Segue Editor:
  • Shows Intro and Outro if set for tracks
  • Fixed delayed playback error on some computers
  • Fixed lots of minor issues and overall quality improvements
  • Playlist Generator:
  • Takes into account custom Mix points set for music tracks
  • Improvements in category edit window
  • Video playback:
  • Exact video duration detection when video plugin is used
  • Improved AV sync
  • Webm files support added
  • Advanced options added:
  • Network stream failure detection
  • Playlist search always visible
  • Device stall check
  • Waveform drawing algorithm
  • Check for silence when relaying a network stream
  • Bug fixes and minor improvements:
  • Multiple "generate playlist" events can interfere with each other
  • Nowplaying is updated when "setcasttitle" API command is used
  • Selected window style is marked in the additional modules
  • Improved UI to select scheduled events group color
  • Fixed a bug with Comments in the playlist
  • Minor bugs fixed with playlist colors
  • Track Tool can be called for Cart Wall items
  • Sometimes tag information for OPUS was not loaded
  • Fixed bugs in Teaser processing
  • Fixed bugs in Auto Intro rules processing
  • Fixed: tracks played via "getfile" command sometimes were not logged
  • Fixed: overlay video stopped the video playing in the main playlist
  • Fixed: "stop" command incorrectly ended track at the Mix point
  • Other bugs fixed, minor improvements

New in RadioBOSS 6.0.6.1 (Jul 12, 2021)

  • What's new:
  • Improved waveform display in Track Tool, Segue Editor, and Nowplaying section in the player
  • Music Library: show selected tracks duration and count
  • Track List: added track title repeat protection rule
  • Relaying: overlay playback events can have priority over the relay
  • Database (SQLite) location can be configured to use shared or common database file (when RadiobOSS is installed multiple times)
  • Added "week number" variable for scheduler file name templates: ?wk
  • Detect of a file type for Track List items in the playlist when a track is not selected
  • Improvements and bugs fixed in Segue Editor
  • Added search and replace feature to Notepad tab
  • API: readtag command also returns track artwork
  • API: improved getplaylist2 command to return more data
  • Fixed: video window was always on top, ignoring the "always on top" option
  • Fixed: text-to-speech did not read the text from the file
  • Fixed accessibility hot key issues
  • Fixed: crossfades were applied for Pause items in the playlist
  • Fixed: %casttitle variable in HTTP requests sometimes worked incorrectly
  • Fixed: scheduler command execution in Overlay events
  • Fixed minor bugs in Sweeeprs
  • Fixed UAC permissions didn't work for Delete Profile command
  • Other minor issues fixed

New in RadioBOSS 6.0.6.0 (Jul 10, 2021)

  • What's new:
  • Improved waveform display in Track Tool, Segue Editor, and Nowplaying section in the player
  • Music Library: show selected tracks duration and count
  • Track List: added track title repeat protection rule
  • Relaying: overlay playback events can have priority over the relay
  • Database (SQLite) location can be configured to use shared or common database file (when RadiobOSS is installed multiple times)
  • Added "week number" variable for scheduler file name templates: ?wk
  • Detect of a file type for Track List items in the playlist when a track is not selected
  • Improvements and bugs fixed in Segue Editor
  • Added search and replace feature to Notepad tab
  • API: readtag command also returns track artwork
  • API: improved getplaylist2 command to return more data
  • Fixed: video window was always on top, ignoring the "always on top" option
  • Fixed: text-to-speech did not read the text from the file
  • Fixed accessibility hot key issues
  • Fixed: crossfades were applied for Pause items in the playlist
  • Fixed: %casttitle variable in HTTP requests sometimes worked incorrectly
  • Fixed: scheduler command execution in Overlay events
  • Fixed minor bugs in Sweeeprs
  • Fixed UAC permissions didn't work for Delete Profile command
  • Other minor issues fixed

New in RadioBOSS 6.0.5.0 (Apr 12, 2021)

  • Improved the quality of track selection when Track List is used
  • Music Library: repeat protection rules test tool (Tools menu)
  • Video playback improved (plugin can be installed from Settings->Video)
  • Web browser updated to use the release version of Microsoft Edge
  • Playback Queue: double click in the list to show the queued track in the playlist
  • Files dragged from Windows Explorer are now sorted alphabetically
  • Added View->Show Video Window command to show the video window
  • Playlist Generator: fixed repeat protection did not work for artists with short artist names
  • Fixed: setting End point in Track Tool for playing track did not work sometimes
  • Fixed: wrong scheduled events queue in the playlist under certain circumstances
  • Fixed: sometimes wrong playlist tab was selected at startup
  • Fixed: scheduled events list filter was not updated properly sometimes
  • Fixed: additional zone was minimized when RadioBOSS was minimized
  • Fixed: dragged files from Windows Explorer were inserted at the wrong position simetimes
  • Fixed occasional crash on startup and on zones resize
  • Fixed Last Track was not displayed sometimes
  • Fixed: sometimes next track title was incorrect when Track List was used
  • Fixed: line input streaming title and artwork was not sent sometimes
  • Fixed: line input tag could not be edited
  • Fixed: additional information from APEv2 tag was not read properly sometimes
  • Report Generator: fixed incorrect duration reported for some tracks
  • Improved Shuffle mode in playlist
  • UI improvements
  • Added 64-bit edition

New in RadioBOSS 6.0.1.7 (Dec 12, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Crossfading improved (more precise and smooth)
  • Next track is preloaded, allowing for instant network stream start and speed up local track startup
  • Added separate fading duration options for Stop and Next Track
  • File type options added: skip after set file types, skip before set file types
  • Playlist Shuffle playback mode improved: now it tries to select tracks that did not play recently
  • Comments can be added to the playlist (a comment looks like a track but can't be played)
  • Last played history for a track, can be viewed in track information panel (hover the "Last played" text) and in Music Library
  • Added filters for log window: show all entries, errors only, or scheduler related events
  • Added Search for scheduled events (Ctrl+F) to search events by action or name
  • New UI themes: Light, Flat, Dark, Black (access them via Settings window View-Style section)
  • AUX and Overlay players are now fully featured players supporting crossfading and other features
  • Improvements in Search in the main window: faster search and load; added search by artist+title, intro, BPM, other improvements
  • More columns added to the playlist window
  • Auto Intro: added "Skip after selected file types" option to prevent auto intro being inserted after certain file types
  • Added module icons to the toolbar (Ads Scheduler, Playlist Generator etc)
  • Settings backup command ("createbackup") also creates database backup (only if SQLite database is used)
  • Ability to create and restore database backup from the menu (Settings->Backup and Restore)
  • Teasers: added "Include subfolders" option to also read tracks from the subfolders
  • Added "0" button for quick access jingles
  • Added "Delete profile" command
  • Added "Copy to" playlist right-click menu option to copy a track to another playlist
  • Improved relay to playlist and back transition smoothness
  • Added API commands to control encoders (add, edit, delete encoders)
  • Added Korean translation
  • Improved high-DPI/4K monitor support
  • Manual operation: "stop after this track" button can synchronize its state with Manual scheduler option
  • User defined fields can be used in title format (%user1, ... %user5)
  • Microphone: ability to force downmix microphone sound to mono to account for cases when microphone is only heard in left channel
  • Network stream URL no longer revealed when HTTP notifications are used
  • SQLite database is now used as default storage for additional track information instead of APEv2 tag in the previous versions
  • Added user agent configuration for network stream playback
  • XML nowplaying file also includes the previous track; does not include tracks with the "Do not send title" option enabled
  • Integrated browser uses Edge engine
  • AccuWeather is now the default weather data source
  • Lots of minor user interface improvements in all areas
  • Track Tool:
  • Playback parameters (mix point, fade out, track end, level) are applied immediately to the currently playing track
  • Added track format information (sample rate, channels, bitrate)
  • Zooming does not require Ctrl to be pressed
  • Playlist Generator:
  • Prioruty rules based on "Date added" field
  • Added UI themes support
  • New options for export to player
  • Fixed repeat protection when using the "Consider tracks in the playlsit window" option
  • UI improvements
  • Music Library:
  • The Music Library has been reworked. Now it uses a database management system for information storage (instead of XML files in the previous versions). Improved search, load, and sorting speeds. More data fields are displayed in the list (columns can be selected). Drag-n-drop files from the library to Windows folders. Lots of other improvements
  • Disabled tracks are marked in the list with color (grey background)
  • Tracks with missing or empty tag are marked with italic font in the list
  • Segue Editor:
  • Changes are applied immediately to the playing track
  • Minor improvements and fixed bugs
  • Report Generator:
  • Fixed: some tracks were included in the report ignoring the "Do not include in the report" file type option
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed: some hot keys did not work in additional work zone
  • %nextsong variable included track title even if title was disabled in the settings
  • File type for line in sometimes did not work
  • Multiple playlist create UI bug fixed
  • Fixed occasional AUX playlist resize bug
  • Fixed: scheduled events sometimes were not inserted into the proper position into the playlist
  • Fixed: incorrect track mixing position under certain circumstances
  • Disable installing an automatic update for users with limited rights
  • Fixed several bugs with "Trigger mix at" feature
  • Fixed Teaser end fade/mix did not work right sometimes
  • Fixed: broadcasting statistics "froze" sometimes
  • Time announcement with "treat as voice track" option was sometimes processed incorrectly
  • Fixed: scheduled events occasionally could have same IDs
  • Changes incompatible with the previous versions:
  • Minimum required version is Windows 7; Windows XP is no longer supported
  • Removed "Skip two or more tracks" file type option (use "Skip after file types" instead)
  • Removed legacy Playlist Generator
  • Music libraries created in previous versions will not open in this version
  • Removed "playfile", "read_folder", and "prev" scheduler commands
  • "makelibrary" scheduler command does not support full paths for library names (because libraries are no longer saved to files), only the library name must be specified

New in RadioBOSS 5.9.4.0 (Apr 11, 2020)

  • Fixed tag cache encoding bug: sometimes international characters were not properly saved
  • Fixed: played scheduled events were not removed under certain conditions
  • Fixed: Track Tool "Space" hot key actioned in certain edit fields
  • Fixed MySQL database reconnect
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in RadioBOSS 5.9.1.0 (Feb 3, 2020)

  • Cart wall: volume slider shows hint with volume level
  • Cart wall: fixed "Test" button sometimes did not work correctly
  • Playlist Generator: improved "Generate multiple presets window (added presets, window resize)
  • Fixed playlist generator command line processing for multiple playlist creation
  • Music Library: added "Rename file" context menu option
  • Music Library: disabled songs are shown in grey color
  • Fixed "set" and "clr" commands for COM port
  • FTP export checks if artwork file exists before removing it
  • Event delete: confirmation window includes event name (disabled by default, advanced options)
  • Playback is possible after the End marker in Track Tool
  • Confirmation for "Delete all" command in the playlist (disabled by default, advanced options)
  • HTTP Live Stream (hls) playback support
  • Improved "Browse for folder" dialog in music library
  • Improved events list: sorting indication, fixed bugs
  • Fixed: track start/end dates sometimes were not processed correctly
  • Advanced settings: additional text for system tray icon hint to distinguish between RadioBOSS instances
  • Fixed multiple additional work zone bugs
  • Added hot key to call Track Tool in Music Library
  • Fixed misleading error message in voice track recording tool

New in RadioBOSS 5.9.0.8 Beta (Nov 26, 2019)

  • What's new:
  • Track tags (categories): assign one or more tags to tracks, tags can be used to search tracks and filter tracks in Playlist Generator
  • Track normalization (Tools menu in Music Library; scan in Track Tool): uses EBU R128 standard to determine loudness levels
  • Sweepers: it's possible to insert a sweeper instead of multiple playlist tracks
  • Improved Auto Intro user interface when playing; shows time remaining before auto intro start
  • Playback Queue can be put to pause
  • Teaser: added "Shuffle" option for transitions and playlist source for music tracks
  • Added DSD format support (DFF, DSF files)
  • Added keyboard shortcuts to add tracks, folders and network streams to a playlist
  • Relay: fade in option added
  • Relay: option added to move to the next track in the playlist after relay disconnects
  • Broadcasting: added 28 kbps bitrate
  • Style: now it's possible to use custom selection color with Windows UI
  • Music Library: improved list sorting
  • Changed %filename variable: now it does not include file extension; added %filename_ext variable that includes extension
  • Added %bpm variable for stream titles
  • Default cover artwork can be set from the Settings window (Reports section)
  • Do not send empty track title when playback is stopped option added (Advanced configuration)
  • Improved accessibility
  • Ad Scheduler:
  • Ads Scheduler: fixed remote ads export sometimes didn't work properly with international characters in file names
  • Ads Scheduler: configure start time seconds for created events
  • Smooth level meter option added (Advanced configuration)
  • HTTP notifications
  • artwork parameter that holds cover art (base64 encoded), %xml parameter that includes current and next track information in XML form
  • POST requests are now supported
  • Notification is also sent when a playlist is stopped
  • Notifications can be individually turned on and off
  • Album cover is removed from FTP when a track has no cover and there's no default cover defined
  • Scheduler:
  • Event option: add to the very end of the playlist
  • Scheduled events list can be used in additional work zone
  • "next" scheduler command now has additional parameter: fade out time (milliseconds)
  • "enablegroup" and "disablegroup" scheduler commands allow specifying of multiple event groups, comma separated
  • "streamarchive" scheduler command now allows to specify recording duration
  • Recordings made with the "streramarchive" command are not split into segments (always saved as a single file)
  • Track Tool:
  • Track Tool: track level change is applied immediately if a track is playing
  • Track Tool: minor UI improvements
  • Fixes and minor improvements:
  • Fixed: cart wall font was off sometimes; carts may become disabled on font change
  • Fixed: Replay Gain was not processed for Overlay Playback tracks
  • Fixed: bulk tag editor in Music Library had Playcount set to zero
  • Fixed: scheduled event was played after tracks in the playback queue
  • Fixed: auto intro did not play at the beginning of a track sometimes
  • Fixed: general DSP is not applied to AUX and cart wall to avoid broken sound
  • Fixed bugs in jingle assign window
  • Fixed UI bugs in AUX player
  • Fixed occasional crash when DPI mode was changed or when connecting via RDP
  • Fixed: possible track duplicates in reports
  • Fixed: sometimes last word was cut when using MIC
  • Fixed: dragging from AUX player sometimes did not work
  • Fixed: occasional "freeze" or "access violation" errors

New in RadioBOSS 5.8.5.0 (May 21, 2019)

  • What's new:
  • Equalizer: configurable range for sliders
  • Improved accesibility for Equalizer and Compressor
  • Weather announcement new variables to get wind speed in miles per hour
  • Duration is removed for nonexistent files in the playlist (when check is active)
  • Fixed: when tag cache was used, track duration was not updated sometimes when file was changed
  • Fixed: scheduled tracks were started after tracks in playback queue
  • Fixed report entry for Track List tracks with no tags
  • Fixed: voice drop was not displayed sometimes in the Now Playing bar
  • Fixed: cart wall font was changed when grid size was changed
  • Fixed cart wall display on high DPI screens
  • Fixed: some segue editor settings were written permanently to a track
  • Fixed: next track title was not shown when repeat track is active
  • Fixed broken sorting for certain columns in Music Library
  • Fixed: getfile command sometimes was not correctly processed when was inlined in the playlist
  • Fixed: scheduled events can still be moved even when disabled in UAC
  • Fixed: start time calculation did not work for 00:00:00am
  • Fixed: sweepers were inserted with "clock" icon for events with "Insert as regular tracks" option
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in RadioBOSS 5.8.4.0 (May 21, 2019)

  • Improved high DPI (scaling) support
  • Nowplaying export: exports real track duration (considers gap killer, start and end points)
  • User colors are preserved in color dialogs
  • Option added: do not store opened file name for a playlist tab (Settings->General->Advanced)
  • Fixed: queue mode did not work when "Stop after this track" was enabled
  • Fixed: category repeat protection rules did not work when global rules were disabled
  • Added access control origin header for API responses
  • Minor errors fixed
  • Minor UI improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.8.3.0 (Mar 2, 2019)

  • Playback queue window improvements: total queue duration and queued tracks duration display
  • Playback queue window remembers size and position
  • Set rating and file type for Track List items in the playlist
  • Update window is now accessible
  • "delete" API command allows multiple indexes
  • Fixed: mix point marker was not removed from nowplaying bar on stop
  • Fixed: when prelisten resulted in an error playlist was not un-muted
  • Fixed: album cover was still sent for tracks with "Do not sent title to the server" option
  • Fixed: sometimes playlist file was saved incorrectly which resulted in "Error 2" code on playback
  • Fixed AIM/IRC server metadata was not sent correctly
  • Fixed "Move under playing track" start time was not updated
  • Fixed: statistics window did not update prioperly sometimes
  • Fixed playback error in Track Tool
  • Fixed: getfile command made part of file path lowercase
  • Minor Track Tool improvements
  • Minor improvements in Music Library statistics window
  • Minor UI improvements
  • Added Georgian translation

New in RadioBOSS 5.8.2.0 (Jan 25, 2019)

  • Start and End dates for music tracks are correctly applied when period covers year change
  • ReplayGain is applied for Auto Intro
  • Improved resizing for statistics window and tab
  • Music Library: separate menu commands to open track parameters and call Track Tool
  • Fixed: additional information stored in a database was reset for music files that were not readable
  • Fixed: MySQL database was not initialized correctly on some computers
  • Fixed: resume playback did not work for certain tracks with international characters
  • Fixed: ReplayGain did not work for some tracks when "Cache tags" was enabled
  • Fixed: incorrect fade out value was applied sometimes
  • Fixed: Track Tool changed mix point for the currently playing track
  • Fixed: segue editor sometimes did not work
  • Fixed: jingles window lost focus after using the open file dialog
  • Fixed: prelisten crashed when used for music files with voiceovers
  • Fixed: unable to launch RadioBOSS on Windows XP
  • Fixed: Next/Prev buttons in Track Tool when used in Music Library
  • Fixed: Set button in Track Tool put marker in incorrect position sometimes

New in RadioBOSS 5.8.1 (Dec 20, 2018)

  • What's new ?:
  • Configure streaming to RadioBOSS Cloud from encoder wizard
  • API command to retrieve RadioBOSS version and uptime ("status")
  • Configurable: Disable accessible VST UI when using screen reader mode
  • Track Tool: detect Mix point based on level
  • Track Tool: confirmation box to remove additional information from a track
  • Improvements in cart wall loop feature
  • Fixed cart wall font bug when loading previously saved cart wall
  • Improvements in playback queue editor
  • Improved multiple actions event editor
  • Fixed no sound playback speed bug on some computers
  • Bugs fixed and minor improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.8.0.7 (Nov 21, 2018)

  • What's new:
  • Automatic network stream relaying while using playlist as a backup option ("relaystart URL" and "relaystop" scheduler commands)
  • Added "Advanced configuration" section to allow fine tuning (Settings->General->Advanced configuration)
  • MySQL database option to store additional track information and cache
  • Ability to select columns in the scheduled events list
  • File tag cache can now be used if APEv2 is used to store additional information
  • Minor UI improvements in the scheduled events list
  • Played scheduled tracks are deleted from the playlists per-event (each event is now deleted separately without waiting for other events to finish playback)
  • Scheduler: specify multiple minute values when using "Hours" option
  • Scheduler: ability to turn off event groups display
  • Scheduler: "Every year" option for expiration
  • Scheduler command to reset "played" track state in playlist (resetplayedstate)
  • Changed the way Shuffle function works when there are scheduled tracks in the playlist
  • Music DSP does not affect microphone
  • Active playlist tab can now be changed when playback is active
  • Added scheduler command to switch active playlist tab (playlist tab_name)
  • Added scheduler command to change active equalizer preset (eqpreset preset_name)
  • Playlists are saved with relative paths when possible
  • Playlist display is updated when title format is changed in the settings
  • Added ability to mute main playlist playback when prelisten is used
  • Hot keys: added support for extended keyboard keys (multimedia keys, F13-F24 etc)
  • Style option for Music Library and Track Tool
  • Font configuration for cart wall buttons (Settings->View->Style)
  • Font color can be changed for each cart wall button
  • Improved profile auto-save, removed the "periodically save” profile option
  • Changed profile load and save UI
  • Cart wall can be disabled in user access control
  • Cart wall shows an error notification on failed cart wall buttons
  • Drag-n-drop for cart wall improved: it now accepts multiple files and folders (multiple cart wall buttons are assigned at once)
  • Added values for current date and time in broadcasting title format
  • Broadcasting stats: show number of listeners when mouse hovers over the chart
  • Broadcasting stats window can be used in additional work zones
  • Broadcasting encoders can be rearranged in the list
  • Playlist search: added buttons to search up and down
  • Automatic check for new versions; can be turned off in Help->Automatically check for updates menu
  • Accessible VST plugin configuration when screen reader mode is enabled
  • API: start event and skip scheduled launch (schedule/run)
  • API: edit track rating and playcount, custom fields (readtag/writetag)
  • API: added "cnt" parameter for getplaylist command to limit the number of returned tracks
  • API: command to set broadcasting title (setcasttitle)
  • Search: select and rearrange columns in the list
  • Search: added "Comment" column
  • Improved Multiple Actions UI in scheduler event settings
  • Pause and unpause is performed with a short fade
  • File tag cache can now be used if APEv2 is used to store additional information
  • Changed the way "Do not action event when the playlist is stopped" option works: now the event is not inserted into the playlist (previous behavior can be enabled in Additional Configuration)
  • %nextsong variable added for broadcasting title and HTTP requests (next song title)
  • Lots of other UI and localization improvements
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • Remote ads management: ads, playlists and events can be sent to a remote RadioBOSS installation
  • Music Library:
  • The "Date Added" field is properly set when the tracks are first added to the library
  • Database cleanup (additional information and cache)
  • Playlist Generator:
  • Color settings for categories (background and text)
  • UI improvements in category window and settings tab
  • Track Tool:
  • Next and Prev track is loaded without reloading Track Tool
  • Tag Editor area can be resized
  • Improved zoom when cursor is visible
  • Playback is stopped at the End mark
  • Ability to prelisten to voiceovers
  • Fixes and minor improvements:
  • Improved performance on launching next track
  • Minor improvements in Playback Queue window
  • Fixed: playrequestedsong command did not work in the playlist
  • Track Tool: "Set" button is now more precise
  • Fixed broadcasting statistics window bug: encoder list was scrolled to the top
  • Fixed Track Tool playback level was not respected in overlay events
  • AutoIntro, Sweepers: Track Tool parameters were not respected
  • Copying a file also copies additional information for a track
  • Fixed play after pause volume level was sometimes zero
  • Nowplaying text when stopped now also sent to streaming servers
  • Sometimes waveform did not correspond to actual sound in the Nowplaying bar
  • Fixed play after pause volume level was sometimes zero
  • Fixed "pause #N" didn't work properly in events with "multiple actions"
  • Nowplaying text when stopped now also sent to streaming servers
  • Fixed scheduled events "maximum time wait" sometimes didn't work properly
  • Events list "Show groups" state is preserved between program restarts
  • File type bed did not work in overlay player
  • Broadcasting stats can be retrieved over HTTPS protocol
  • Podcasts via HTTPS protocol sometimes didn't work
  • Playlist Generator: long playlists (>20 days approx.) sometimes were not generated properly
  • AdsScheduler: impression report was sometimes generated incorrectly
  • AdsScheduler: fixed encoding in some generated reports
  • AdsScheduler: fixed style bug
  • Crossfades (mix point) is not correctly re-evaluated when the playlist is changed
  • Email reports encoding bug
  • Playlist information was not updated when Track Tool was called from the log window
  • Crossfade settings were not loaded when playlist was expanded
  • Sometimes "getfile" command did not properly delete tracks
  • Fixed default font problem in secondary windows
  • Fixed main window font for some areas of the player window
  • Fixed playlist sorting bug for certain columns
  • Current weather data is not deleted if weather update failed
  • Sorting in search was reset after software restart
  • Broadcasting stats window disappeared when settings window was opened
  • An occasional error message (unable to activate previous instance) when update was installed using Check for Updates
  • Track List launched a file that was deleted
  • Scheduler wait options sometimes work incorrectly
  • Incorrect broadcasting title was sometimes sent for certain playlist items
  • Fixed occasional crash when using HTTP requests
  • Fixed crash on startup on some systems
  • Fixed Music Library crashes
  • Mix point is changed after it's edited in Track Tool for playing track
  • Occasional crash when some API commands were used

New in RadioBOSS 5.7.1.0 (Apr 2, 2018)

  • Reworked settings backup and restore feature
  • Improved encoder status display
  • Playlist generator: fixed a bug when under certain circumstances unwanted track repeats may occur
  • Fixed occasional crash when prelisten was used or overlay event played
  • Fixed: sometimes sound card volume was reset to 100%
  • Improved Track Tool and Segue Editor track waveform display, minor bugs fixed
  • Improved statistic relay UI
  • Statistic relay for Icecast: collect server wide stats or stats for a specified mount point
  • Proportional artwork resize for non-square artwork images
  • Fixed space bar in FX tab DSP list actioned also as hot key
  • Improved "weather" command error handling
  • Minor fixes in user manual
  • Other improvements and bugs fixed

New in RadioBOSS 5.7.0.7 (Feb 18, 2018)

  • What's new:
  • Auto Intro: automatically insert intro/jingle before track, based on set conditions and probability (menu Tools->Auto Intro)
  • Broadcasting statistics: browse statistics for different time periods up to one year
  • Teasers: repeat protection for tracks when playlist or folder is used as source
  • Teasers: playlist source for tracks and jingles
  • Teasers: added "Presets" feature to quickly save and load settings
  • Teasers: fade out and mix points now work correctly for teasers in the playlist
  • Cart wall: delay cart playback until playlist fades out
  • Cart wall now allows to use file name macro (same macro as in scheduler)
  • Cart wall: allows to use scheduler commands
  • Cart wall: added "stopall" command to stop all playing cart wall items
  • Sweepers improved: configurable repeat protection, better sweeper selection quality
  • HTTP request wizard to quickly configure Tune In and Twitter integration
  • Tag and duration cache to enable much faster file indexing while making playlists, loading sweepers etc
  • Custom user fields can be included in playlist and music library columns
  • Added "comment" and "last played" playlist columns
  • Encoder window: added "show password" feature
  • Auto remove stop commands from the playlist (option added in Settings->General)
  • Show weather and humidity data in the main window (Settings->View)
  • Improved playlist search feature
  • Double click action in the playlist, new action added: "Open Track Tool"
  • "Nowplaying" XML file includes evaluated track tile ("CASTTITLE")
  • Improved the way Track Lists are displayed in the playlist, fixed some track title issues
  • Track List: increased repeat protection time limit
  • Added "Tab size" configuration option to Settings->View->Style
  • Added "Turn off track repeat after Play was used" option for "Repeat track" right-click menu
  • FTP: allows to download files when URL contains path with spaces (spaces should be changed to %20 in such URLs)
  • Speaker icon near volume control in the main window can now be used to mute playback volume
  • RadioBOSS checks if the main sound card is actually active, and reinitializes it if sound card appears to be stalled
  • "playbackinfo" API command also returns previously played track title
  • Added API commands to read and write file tags
  • Added API command to retrieve requested songs list
  • Continuous start time calculation (track right-click, Calculate start time)
  • Lots of minor UI improvements
  • Scheduler:
  • ?noeval macro modifier to evaluate file name macro on actual playback (instead at the time of event launch)
  • added ?wd macro to use week day in file names
  • Sweepers: configuration option to include or exclude subfolders
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • New feature: separators between ads (configured in block settings)
  • New feature: alternate audio tracks for advert
  • "Shuffle playlist" feature redesigned: only ads are shuffled, while intro, outro and sweepers keep their positions
  • Ads playback time is sorted in reports
  • Improved search feature
  • Track Tool:
  • Fixed: sometimes save button didn't work
  • Track Tool can now be called from library search
  • Playlist Generator:
  • New filters: Gender, Language
  • Add teasers to the playlist
  • Improved genre filter UI
  • Music Library:
  • Statistics window: select longest and shortest track in the list
  • Added start date, end date and file type columns
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Renaming a file now also renames database entry (when SQLite storage for additional info is used)
  • Fixed HTTP headers in local streaming server (malformed headers prevented playback in some browsers and players)
  • Fixed: "Trigger mix at" sometimes overriden track's "Mix" point
  • Fixed: some commands were not removed when Queue Mode was used
  • Fixed: under certain circumstances, track can be skipped after a command in the playlist
  • Fixed: when "Manual" option was hidden from the settings, it could still be activated
  • Fixed: sometimes Track Information was showing incorrect track data when Track List was playing
  • Fixed content-type and encoding headers for some API responses
  • Fixed: "Non-playable playlist" tab sometimes was not marked in italic font
  • Fixed: local playback volume under certain conditions could be reset to 100%
  • Fixed: incorrect Start Date in report under certain conditions
  • Encoder wizard trims spaced from all fields to prevent incorrect input
  • Fixed "getfile" command sometimes did not work when was inserted directly into playlist
  • Fixed hang when playlist referenced itself
  • Fixed UI bug occurred sometimes when player window was resized
  • Fixed: "playrequestedsong" command sometimes did not work in the playlist

New in RadioBOSS 5.7.0.1 Beta (Dec 28, 2017)

  • What's new:
  • Auto Intro: automatically insert intro/jingle before track, based on set conditions and probability (menu Tools->Auto Intro)
  • Broadcasting statistics: browse statistics for different time periods up to one year
  • Teasers: repeat protection for tracks when playlist or folder is used as source
  • Teasers: playlist source for tracks and jingles
  • Teasers: added "Presets" feature to quickly save and load settings
  • Teasers: fade out and mix points now work correctly for teasers in the playlist
  • Cart wall: delay cart playback until playlist fades out
  • Cart wall now allows to use file name macro (same macro as in scheduler)
  • Cart wall: allows to use scheduler commands
  • Cart wall: added "stopall" command to stop all playing cart wall items
  • Sweepers improved: configurable repeat protection, better sweeper selection quality
  • HTTP request wizard to quickly configure Tune In and Twitter integration
  • Tag and duration cache to enable much faster file indexing while making playlists, loading sweepers etc
  • Custom user fields can be included in playlist and music library columns
  • Added "comment" and "last played" playlist columns
  • Encoder window: added "show password" feature
  • Auto remove stop commands from the playlist (option added in Settings->General)
  • Show weather and humidity data in the main window (Settings->View)
  • Improved playlist search feature
  • Double click action in the playlist, new action added: "Open Track Tool"
  • "Nowplaying" XML file includes evaluated track tile ("CASTTITLE")
  • Improved the way Track Lists are displayed in the playlist, fixed some track title issues
  • Track List: increased repeat protection time limit
  • Added "Tab size" configuration option to Settings->View->Style
  • Added "Turn off track repeat after Play was used" option for "Repeat track" right-click menu
  • FTP: allows to download files when URL contains path with spaces (spaces should be changed to %20 in such URLs)
  • Speaker icon near volume control in the main window can now be used to mute playback volume
  • RadioBOSS checks if the main sound card is actually active, and reinitializes it if sound card appears to be stalled
  • "playbackinfo" API command also returns previously played track title
  • Added API commands to read and write file tags
  • Added API command to retrieve requested songs list
  • Continuous start time calculation (track right-click, Calculate start time)
  • Lots of minor UI improvements
  • Scheduler:
  • noeval macro modifier to evaluate file name macro on actual playback (instead at the time of event launch)
  • added ?wd macro to use week day in file names
  • Sweepers: configuration option to include or exclude subfolders
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • New feature: separators between ads (configured in block settings)
  • New feature: alternate audio tracks for advert
  • "Shuffle playlist" feature redesigned: only ads are shuffled, while intro, outro and sweepers keep their positions
  • Ads playback time is sorted in reports
  • Improved search feature
  • Track Tool:
  • Fixed: sometimes save button didn't work
  • Track Tool can now be called from library search
  • Playlist Generator:
  • New filters: Gender, Language
  • Add teasers to the playlist
  • Improved genre filter UI
  • Music Library:
  • Statistics window: select longest and shortest track in the list
  • Added start date, end date and file type columns
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Renaming a file now also renames database entry (when SQLite storage for additional info is used)
  • Fixed HTTP headers in local streaming server (malformed headers prevented playback in some browsers and players)
  • Fixed: "Trigger mix at" sometimes overriden track's "Mix" point
  • Fixed: some commands were not removed when Queue Mode was used
  • Fixed: under certain circumstances, track can be skipped after a command in the playlist
  • Fixed: when "Manual" option was hidden from the settings, it could still be activated
  • Fixed: sometimes Track Information was showing incorrect track data when Track List was playing
  • Fixed content-type and encoding headers for some API responses
  • Fixed: "Non-playable playlist" tab sometimes was not marked in italic font
  • Fixed: local playback volume under certain conditions could be reset to 100%
  • Fixed: incorrect Start Date in report under certain conditions
  • Encoder wizard trims spaced from all fields to prevent incorrect input
  • Fixed "getfile" command sometimes did not work when was inserted directly into playlist
  • Fixed hang when playlist referenced itself
  • Fixed UI bug occurred sometimes when player window was resized
  • Fixed: "playrequestedsong" command sometimes did not work in the playlist

New in RadioBOSS 5.6.2.0 (Sep 19, 2017)

  • Print feature in Music Library and RadioBOSS player: added save button
  • Added Arabic translation
  • Report Generator: added Language field
  • Overlay playback events are now fully logged
  • Teaser log can be turned on to diagnose problems
  • Teasers: fixed error when sometimes first jingle did not play to the end
  • Sweepers: added setting to control selection quality (Settings->Scheduler)
  • Added detailed error messages for teasers and time announcements
  • Ads Scheduler: added search feature
  • Ads Scheduler: deleting an advert from the list registers as change
  • Ads Scheduler: fixed save button did not work in overview window
  • Fixed possible crash when using preview player in Music Library
  • Fixed: converting track did not copy additional file info
  • Fixed: incorrect track was selected in the playlist when inline stop command was used

New in RadioBOSS 5.6.1.0 (Jul 24, 2017)

  • Silence detector: added log entry to show how many tracks were loaded from the aux playlist
  • Fixed occasional error message whan opening some of RadioBOSS modules
  • Fixed: "Start fading out on mix" option conflicted with settings made in Track Tool
  • Fixed: speaker pair settings sometimes did not work for cart wall and AUX playback devices
  • Fixed possible application freeze when changing broadcasting source
  • Fixed: file type bed continued to play after track ended
  • Fixed font color for file types in playlist right-click menu
  • Fixed: sometimes there was error message when adding track to music library
  • Fixed: scheduled track was not dequeued when started manually
  • Fixed: wrong next track was selected when playing track was removed or moved to a different playlist

New in RadioBOSS 5.6.0.6 (Jun 14, 2017)

  • What's new:
  • Automatic Teaser: allows you to create teasers using track "hook points" (set manually or automatic) with custom start/transition/end jingles
  • Custom tag fields: allows to define up to 5 custom fields that can be used in Music Library, Track Tool, and Report Generator
  • Voiceovers: mark voiceover location in Track Tool and voiceover will be inserted; random voiceover selection from folder, configurable probability
  • Track List improved "In order" selection when source folder was modified: now track selection follows the order based on previously selected track
  • Additional info storage location: database can be used instead of saving information in tags (prevents music files modification)
  • "Trigger Mix At" can be used for custom file types as well
  • "Turn off after Next track" option for "Repeat track" option (right-click menu on Repeat Track button)
  • Grid in playlist - can be turned on in settings
  • Added Date column to the log
  • Use default audio device option instead of selecting a specific device
  • User account management: block direct access to .exe files in the installation folder
  • Search: improved sorting - sort field sunchronizes with search field
  • Played track history in Last Played hint and API to retrieve last played tracks
  • Scheduler:
  • New commands to disable and enable event groups: enablegroup, disablegroup
  • Command to stop all overlay playback events: stopoverlays
  • Edit Action button to edit event action: allows convenient way to edit some special items like network streams, Track Lists etc.
  • Fade in and fade out for overlay events
  • Improved event list sorting, live sorting updates when sorted by "Run In"
  • Music Library:
  • Scan tracks: set mix points based on level
  • Improved bulk tag edit: added progress window with percentage and Cancel button
  • Playlist Generator:
  • Calculations in playlist generator priority rules (ex. "Current-1" for previous year)
  • Improved repeat protection rules UI: predefined intervals (1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day etc.)
  • Improved repeat protection rules UI for category
  • Option added: filter non-playable tracks
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • "Create event to update ads" option to automatically update ads
  • "Shuffle playlist" option for created events
  • Report Generator:
  • Added new field: total playback time
  • Fixes and minor improvements:
  • Added hot key (Ins) to add tracks from file explorer
  • Ctrl+Tab hot key to switch between playlist tabs
  • Config file options: nowplaying text when nothing is playing; playlist titles for special items (Track List, announcements etc)
  • Stream archive: sometimes the microphone recording was distorted
  • Playlist stats calculation sometimes never finished
  • APEv2 tag is not saved for FLAC files (uses alternative data stream instead)
  • Crash when playing some corrupted APE or FLAC tracks
  • Track Tool - preview playback volume level was not saved
  • "getfile" command reworked to allow more reliable track selection and deletion
  • Sometimes the incorrect track was selected in the playlist after stop command was executed
  • Accessibility issue with "Multuple actions" window in event properties
  • Menu button did not work in scheuduler list
  • "clr repeat_track" command did not work in the playlist
  • streamarchive FN command did not change stream archive button state
  • Playlist Generator: "advanced position" sometimes did not work correctly
  • "Prevent multiple instances" option removed, now it's always on
  • adsupdate command did not work when Ads Scheduler was open
  • Empty file type identifiers are not allowed
  • ID2v2 tag version is preserved when tag is edited (previous versions always converted to ID3v2.4)
  • Error message in the log when inline playlist can't be opened
  • Fixed "now playing" for network streams when stream deleted from the playlist
  • Track List: playlist title was sometimes incorrect
  • Periodic metadata updates were not sent when nothing was playing
  • Many other minor improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.6.0.5 (Jun 9, 2017)

  • Automatic Teaser: allows you to create teasers using track "hook points" (set manually or automatic) with custom start/transition/end jingles
  • Custom tag fields: allows to define up to 5 custom fields that can be used in Music Library, Track Tool, and Report Generator
  • Voiceovers: mark voiceover location in Track Tool and voiceover will be inserted; random voiceover selection from folder, configurable probability
  • Track List improved "In order" selection when source folder was modified: now track selection follows the order based on previously selected track
  • Additional info storage location: database can be used instead of saving information in tags (prevents music files modification)
  • "Trigger Mix At" can be used for custom file types as well
  • "Turn off after Next track" option for "Repeat track" option (right-click menu on Repeat Track button)
  • Grid in playlist - can be turned on in settings
  • Added Date column to the log
  • Use default audio device option instead of selecting a specific device
  • User account management: block direct access to .exe files in the installation folder
  • Search: improved sorting - sort field sunchronizes with search field
  • Played track history in Last Played hint and API to retrieve last played tracks
  • Scheduler:
  • New commands to disable and enable event groups: enablegroup, disablegroup
  • Command to stop all overlay playback events: stopoverlays
  • Edit Action button to edit event action: allows convenient way to edit some special items like network streams, Track Lists etc.
  • Fade in and fade out for overlay events
  • Improved event list sorting, live sorting updates when sorted by "Run In"
  • Music Library:
  • Scan tracks: set mix points based on level
  • Improved bulk tag edit: added progress window with percentage and Cancel button
  • Playlist Generator:
  • Calculations in playlist generator priority rules (ex. "Current-1" for previous year)
  • Improved repeat protection rules UI: predefined intervals (1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day etc.)
  • Improved repeat protection rules UI for category
  • Option added: filter non-playable tracks
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • "Create event to update ads" option to automatically update ads
  • "Shuffle playlist" option for created events
  • Report Generator:
  • Added new field: total playback time
  • Fixes and minor improvements:
  • Added hot key (Ins) to add tracks from file explorer
  • Ctrl+Tab hot key to switch between playlist tabs
  • Config file options: nowplaying text when nothing is playing; playlist titles for special items (Track List, announcements etc)
  • Stream archive: sometimes the microphone recording was distorted
  • Playlist stats calculation sometimes never finished
  • APEv2 tag is not saved for FLAC files (uses alternative data stream instead)
  • Crash when playing some corrupted APE or FLAC tracks
  • Track Tool - preview playback volume level was not saved
  • "getfile" command reworked to allow more reliable track selection and deletion
  • Sometimes the incorrect track was selected in the playlist after stop command was executed
  • Accessibility issue with "Multuple actions" window in event properties
  • Menu button did not work in scheuduler list
  • "clr repeat_track" command did not work in the playlist
  • streamarchive FN command did not change stream archive button state
  • Playlist Generator: "advanced position" sometimes did not work correctly
  • "Prevent multiple instances" option removed, now it's always on
  • adsupdate command did not work when Ads Scheduler was open
  • Empty file type identifiers are not allowed
  • ID2v2 tag version is preserved when tag is edited (previous versions always converted to ID3v2.4)
  • Error message in the log when inline playlist can't be opened
  • Fixed "now playing" for network streams when stream deleted from the playlist
  • Track List: playlist title was sometimes incorrect
  • Periodic metadata updates were not sent when nothing was playing
  • Many other minor improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.5.5.0 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • Fixed: playlist columns were not loaded correctly for default user sometimes
  • Remote API "getplaylist2" command fixed
  • Remote API - most error messages now also have error code
  • Remote API fixed scheduled events XML time format
  • Improved error diagnostics for automatic time announcements
  • Sometimes loading events list using "load" command failed
  • Nowplaying is not updated for technical items (commands, DTMF generator, etc)
  • Fixed minor overlay playback bug (when playing line input with no duration specified)
  • Other bugs fixed; minor performance improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.5.4.0 (Nov 25, 2016)

  • What's new:
  • WAV file tagging support
  • Genre and Language list is alphabetically sorted
  • Nowplaying.txt file is cleared when nothing is playing
  • Prelisten player considers custom track level set in Track Tool
  • Track List: improved random track selection
  • Statistics didn't show when encoder server address was configured with "http://"
  • Fixed: tags didn't load on Windows XP
  • Fixed: tag information font size issue
  • Fixed: sometimes wrong podcast was selected from the feed
  • Fixed a bug in Playlist Generator Pro
  • Fixed: folder based file types sometimes didn't work when getfile command was used
  • Fixed "Resume playback" and "Start playlist ehen encoder connected" options conflict
  • Fixed rare application freeze when waveform display was used
  • Fixed numerous high DPI and large font issues
  • Fixed MIC Music Level cut off at incorrect level
  • Fixed next track display when playback queue was modified in the Queue window
  • Fixed radioboss_helper "all pipe instances are busy" error

New in RadioBOSS 5.5.1.0 (Oct 21, 2016)

  • What's new:
  • File Types: assign file types based on file location
  • UAC: Default User feature
  • Search: Select folder as search track source
  • Configurable option: played emphasizing tracks
  • Improved statistics window. Error message when stats cannot be retrieved from the server
  • Statistic relays to collect stats from different servers
  • Fixed: admin password is not required to collect Shoutcast v2 stats
  • Additional work zone (separate window) - menu View->Work Zones->Additional
  • New columns in Search window: Year, Genre, Album
  • File type bed applied with fade in and fade out
  • Segue Editor and Track Tool: shows 0dB level for music tracks
  • Report Generator: Filename field added
  • Fixed "Next" and "Prev" buttons (didn't work when the playing track was deleted)
  • French and Ukrainian translations added
  • Ability to use multiple DTMF sequences to start and stop an event
  • Customizable genre list for all tag editor windows in RadioBOSS
  • Fixed: CD tracks did not play
  • DTMF tone generator
  • Changed DTMF detection time window handling (details in user manual)
  • Improved File Explorer tree and search in the tree
  • Cart wall items playback is now logged
  • Alt+R prelisten now also works in AUX players and Search
  • Improved appearance on high DPI screens
  • New Remote Control API commands added
  • Improved "Copy to folder" feature
  • "Delete non existent files" changed to "Mark non existent files"
  • Tag reading can be turned off
  • API: "inserttrack" command allows to specify streaming title ("streamtitle" parameter)
  • API: "getplaylist2" command to retrieve playlist contents (faster than "getplaylist")
  • Numerous UI improvements, minor bugs fixed, performance improvements
  • Scheduler:
  • "Every Year" option added to repeat event every year
  • "Week of month" selection (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Last weeks)
  • Fixed: expired events that were not removed when scheduler was turned off
  • "playsongrequest" event is now silent when there are no pending song requests
  • "streamarchive" command: ability to set custom file name
  • "setdtmfsource" command to change DTMF detection source
  • "silencedetector" command to control silence detector
  • Event expiration: "Disable event" option (in addition to "Delete event")
  • Playlist Generator:
  • Generate multiple playlists using different presets (sharing the same no-repeat buffer)
  • Create playlist generator events in RadioBOSS ("Create event" menu command)
  • Consider tracks in RadioBOSS playlist window for repeat protection
  • Non-playable tracks are excluded from track sources
  • New priority rules: Year, Genre; "equals" rule type
  • Import categories from preset: UI improvement
  • Multiple artists passing for repeat protection (saparated with "ft.", "vs." etc, the list of separators is configurable)
  • Genre filter
  • UI improvements
  • Music Library:
  • Fixed: music library auto-update did not save settings
  • Prelisten player improved
  • Fixed: saving large library produced "Out of memory" error
  • Ads Scheduler:
  • Improved reports for ads
  • Printable reports
  • Ability to group ads in the list
  • Assign Type for ads; check if two or more consecutive ads have the same type
  • "Comment" field for ads
  • "Check all ad blocks" feature to test all blocks
  • Significant performance improvement when generating playlists and events
  • Sweepers: gap killer is taken into account; improved selection quality
  • Prelisten for ads in the list
  • "Add sweeper to empty block" option added
  • UI improvements
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Sometimes RadioBOSS closed slowly
  • With Queue Mode enabled selection always moved to the playing track
  • DTMF Exit sometimes worked incorrectly
  • Track List didn't work in Overlay playback events

New in RadioBOSS 5.4.7.0 (Jun 2, 2016)

  • Added 20kbps streaming bitrate
  • Enable/Disable right-click menu command for scheduled events
  • Email notifications improved
  • Improved the update checking feature
  • "download" command now able to download from FTP
  • Protection from multiple start of jingles (1-9 buttons)
  • Fixed playback queue with embedded playlists
  • Fixed incorrect event startup when playlist was stopped
  • Fixed: freeze check triggered sometimes when virtual sound card was added
  • Improved the Edit command (playlist right-click menu)
  • Improved playlist track titles for various special items (embedded playlists, timed pauses etc)
  • Fixed prelisten for jingles
  • Fixed "Import categories" bug in Playlist Generator
  • Broadcasting encoders: reconnect query on settings change
  • Fixed possible bug in the "Resume playback" feature
  • Fixed: mouse wheel didn't work on some systems
  • Fixed Track Tool sometimes did not update playlist entry
  • Fixed "Do not action event when playlist is stopped" sometimes didn't work properly
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.4.4.0 (May 24, 2016)

  • Improved AAC/AAC+ encoding quality
  • Fixed the playback queue bug (switching to the active playlist)
  • Fixed event editor bug: incorrect font color
  • Fixed UAC bug: crossfade editor and track tool
  • Fixed overlay playback: stopped playlist playback on error
  • Fixed weather tags didn't work when overlay playback was used
  • Fixed TTS: sometimes didn't read from file
  • Increased maximum no-repeat time for playlist generator
  • Hot key for Ads Scheduler added
  • Updated translations
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.4.1.0 (Feb 24, 2016)

  • Fixed a track list repeat protection bug
  • Fixed: macro in TTS didn't work when text was loaded from a file
  • Fixed voice tracking bug
  • Fixed occasional incorrect calculation of playlist duration and wrong data in the playlist columns
  • Fixed: some network streams did not play all the way to the end
  • Fixed incorrect DTMF detector behavior when the network stream source was used
  • Fixed title error for Podcast streams
  • Improved duplicate track highlighting in the playlist
  • "clearplaylist" command fixed
  • Immproved sorting order when adding a foler to the playlist
  • Music Library: fixed statistics
  • Fixed silence detector bug
  • Removed video window frame when using a non-Windows style
  • Improved software performance

New in RadioBOSS 5.4.0.6 (Dec 28, 2015)

  • Custom encoders for broadcasting
  • Audience monitoring
  • Improved Playback Queue
  • Improvements in the scheduler
  • Improvements in Track List feature
  • Lots of user interface and performance improvements
  • And much, much more!

New in RadioBOSS 5.3.3.1 (Oct 13, 2015)

  • Fixed crash on some systems while using File Explorer
  • Fixed several UI issues
  • Minor performance improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.3.2.1 (Jul 17, 2015)

  • Selection follows playback: option added in the View menu
  • New setting added: Do not start any scheduled events when the playlist is currently paused (Settings->General)
  • New selection features in Ads Scheduler
  • makelibrary command now sets the Date Added field
  • %h file name variable added to the Stream Archive
  • Fixed the volume control bug in AUX players
  • Fixed the seek bug during fade in
  • Fixed the track duration filter defaults in the Playlist Generator
  • Fixed the weather update bugs
  • Fixed the scheduled track insert bug to the last position in the playlist
  • Fixed: bitrate detection was wrong for some MP3 files
  • Fixed VST Bridge Load error on Windows XP
  • Improved UI performance and other minor issues fixed

New in RadioBOSS 5.3.0.2 (Jun 11, 2015)

  • New features in RadioBOSS:
  • Sidechain compressor for microphones: voice activated microphone and automatic music ducking while speaking
  • Virtual audio sound cards included with the RadioBOSS package
  • Automatic weather announcements
  • Startup options: start minimized, delay startup
  • New File Type option: "Do not play two or more tracks consecutively"
  • Stream recording shows recorded duration in the status bar
  • A setting added to select the source for the Stream Recording feature
  • Remote Control API: insert after the scheduled events command
  • Remote Control API: "playbackinfo" command also includes overlay events
  • Reconnect time can be specified for every broadcasting encoder
  • "Move to" right click command added to move tracks between playlist tabs
  • Ctrl+Up arrow, Ctrl+Down arrow to move tracks in the playlist
  • Drag-n-drop tracks between the playlist tabs and the cart wall
  • When playing a Shoutcast stream an artwork is shown
  • When relaying a Shoutcast stream an artwork is forwarded to broadcasting encoders
  • More events are added to the event log
  • Hot key management improved (the window is made accessible for screen reader software)
  • Improved library search feature (in some cases speed should vastly increase)
  • Track List feature selects tracks in the background: it should eliminate long track startup when using this feature
  • Next and current track information is properly displayed when using the Track List feature
  • Toolbar buttons added to show and hide work zones
  • Level meter improvements: maximum level can be set to +3dB; RMS level display
  • Cart wall: switch between tracks (right-click option on a cart wall tab)
  • Volume control for cart wall tracks
  • "Start playback after having connected to a server" option added for encoders
  • "Open containing folder" playlist right-click command
  • If a file doesn't have cover art, an attempt is made to load it from a folder where the track is located
  • Presets for compressor (includes two predefined presets: Raido and Limiter)
  • A setting added to change highlight color for the playlist
  • Improved UI style saving
  • Music Library search sorting improved
  • Windows Mixer Control feature *REMOVED*
  • Lots of minor improvements and optimizations
  • Scheduler:
  • Scheduler wizard reworked
  • Additional syntax to perform calculations in filename templates
  • A command added to load text or text file into notepad tab
  • "download" command can download a podcast
  • "download" command now works with HTTPS protocol
  • %showname variable for HTTP request and "set %showname=" command
  • Deafult option set for new scheduled events ("Set default" button)
  • "getfile" command to select one track or playlist from a folder; optionally delete after playback
  • Purely technical events like create a backup run automatically even in Manual mode
  • "set autoamp on|off" command to control AutoAmp state
  • "set http_request on|off" command to turn on and off the HTTP request feature
  • Playlist Generator Pro:
  • Genre, Gender, Language, Year no-repeat rules
  • Calculate the estimated duration for rotation
  • "On error, create an empty playlist" option added
  • Ability to save and load priority rules
  • "Outro" category: add only at the end of the playlist
  • Take into account the "Last played" tag
  • Shows the generation progress in the Windows task bar
  • No-repeat feature improved
  • Advertisement Scheduler:
  • "Maximum time wait" options for generated events
  • Fixed space bar selection bug
  • Fixed a rarely occurring bug when scheduled events times were wrong
  • Voice Track Recorder:
  • Level slider
  • Normalization
  • Undo changes
  • Music Library:
  • Count the number of tracks for each artist (Statistics)
  • "Check music library" feature shows tracks without a tag
  • Minor UI improvements
  • Track number column
  • Report Generator:
  • Track playback duration can be added to the report
  • Drag-n-drop report fields
  • Separate fields for date and time
  • Time constraints (in addition to date) for report period
  • Fixed sorting bug that occurred sometimes
  • Track Tool:
  • Lots of minor UI improvements
  • "Disable song" option that prevents Playlist Generator Pro to use this track
  • Previous and Next track buttons in Track Tool
  • Set track playback volume
  • Segue Editor:
  • Set playback volume for all tracks
  • Zoom using mouse wheel
  • "Remove custom crossfade" right-click command in the playlist

New in RadioBOSS 5.2.3.0 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • Fixed playback hiccup on some sound cards (mostly when ASIO was used)
  • Fixed: DTMF Exit sometimes didn't work
  • The "getfile" command now works from the playlist
  • Double-click prelisten in Search
  • Fixed bugs in automated time announcement
  • Other minor issues were fixed

New in RadioBOSS 5.2.2.0 (Jan 27, 2015)

  • VU meter and spectrum display microphone level with the "Output to encoders only" option enabled
  • Switching the "Output to encoders only" option for the microphone does not require restarting
  • Bugs fixed in the Track List feature
  • Improved Start Time calculation (made more accurate)
  • "scheduler on" command now also turns off "Manual" scheduler mode
  • Added ability to select multiple folders in the Music Library when importing tracks
  • Fixed tag reading error for some files
  • Fixed fade on stop bug (under certain circumstances the track stopped abruptly)
  • Fixed bugs in the Stream Archive feature
  • Fixed ReplayGain implementation
  • Fixed: PFL device didn't work if the same device was selected for the Main output
  • Lots of minor bugs fixed
  • Fixed the "Resume playback" bug when the playlist was stopped
  • Added %path variable for HTTP request to export full file name
  • Improved mouse wheel scrolling
  • Removed Windows "beep" when using hot keys
  • Fixed: jingle hot keys interfered with the cart wall hot keys
  • Overall software optimization and improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.2.1.0 (Nov 25, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Added "Dark" UI color scheme
  • Song Request API to receive automated song requests
  • Listener number chart in Broadcasting Statistics
  • Tag Editor improved: faster artwork and metadata reading, ability to edit tags during playback, and fixed the bugs
  • Cart wall improvements: hot keys, progress bar, grid resize, drag-n-drop
  • RadioBOSS is accessible by using only the keyboard; improved compatibility with screen reader software
  • "DTMF Only" logic changed (see the documentation for more info: http://manual.djsoft.net/radioboss/en/starting_events_by_dtmf_signal.htm)
  • "Next play" right-click playlist command evolved to Playback Queue
  • Track Tool redesigned
  • Scheduler Overlay player moved to the bottom left corner
  • All tracks that were played in the Overlay player are now included in the report
  • VST and Winamp DSP plugins can be used for a Microphone
  • Quick DSP configuration for the microphone: right-click the MIC button
  • WASAPI driver for pre-listen sound card
  • Added a button to the toolbar to record the stream (activates the Stream Archive feature)
  • Stream Archive configuration option added: automatic start/stop when MIC is activated and deactivated
  • FLAC and OPUS support for Stream Archive
  • Level Meter and MIC button can be moved to the center of the window (menu View->MIC and VU meter in the center)
  • New columns added to the playlist: Play, Insert stop command
  • Playlist file name history for AUX players
  • Custom picture can be used as a picture for tracks with no artwork
  • Added ability to set the Rating and File Type from the playlist
  • Notify when a track is going to end (flash in red)
  • "Tag from filename" right-click command added in the Track Information panel
  • Notepad tab improved
  • Item spacing setting for library search
  • Library search: alternate colors in the result
  • Station logo (top right corner) preserves image proportions
  • "Skip after scheduled track" option for file types
  • Status bar shows listener numbers: current and peak
  • HTTP Request: %listeners variable to send listeners count
  • Lots of minor issues and bugs were fixed
  • Code optimization for faster and more stable operation
  • Scheduler:
  • Event sweeper feature improved
  • New "getfile" scheduler command added: command allows to select one file from the folder (newest, oldest, or random) and, optionally, delete it after playback
  • Scheduler list can be filtered by day of week (List button->Show filters)
  • "Weekdays" column added to event list
  • New "silencedetector (on/off)" command to control the silence detector from the scheduler
  • Warning when the scheduler expiration date is in the past
  • Playlist Generator Pro:
  • UI to generate multiple playlists
  • Maximum (MAX), Minimum (MIN), and Average (AVG or AVERAGE) variables to set the playcount priority rules
  • Overlap amount can be set with fractions of a second
  • Length filter improved (allows to specify seconds)
  • Rename presets: right click on the preset name
  • Music Library:
  • New feature: schedule automatic music library update (synchronize track with folder(s), update tags)
  • Multiple folders can be added at once from the Add Directory window
  • Improved the Check music tracks feature
  • Added "Scan BPM" feature (Tools menu)
  • Save search results as a music library (xml) file
  • Added "item spacing" setting
  • Added Bitrate column
  • Advertisement Scheduler:
  • Color indication in the advertisement list to show missed, expired, and disabled tracks
  • Presets for grid
  • DTMF Only option for events
  • Added new feature: create report for advertisement track impressions within a specified date range
  • Sweepers to make commercial blocks of desired duration
  • Report Generator:
  • Split into pages/continuous report option added
  • Listener field to include the number of listeners in the record for each song

New in RadioBOSS 5.1.2.0 (Jul 16, 2014)

  • Playlist Generator produces detailed error messages.
  • Improved command line interface in Playlist Generator.
  • Fixed bug: sometimes RadioBOSS crashed on DTMF signal detection.
  • Minor UI improvements.
  • Fixed bugs in makelibrary scheduler command.

New in RadioBOSS 5.1.0.7 (Jul 16, 2014)

  • New features and improvements:
  • User Accounts and Rights - password protect software features [RadioBOSS Advanced only!]
  • New feature: Notepad - can be added in Zone 2 and Zone 3
  • MP3 and AAC encoding quality improved; additional encoder parameters can be specified in the Player.ini file
  • Full Screen display - F11 key or menu View->Fullscreen
  • Graphical display (stars) for Rating in the playlist
  • Better visibility of the Scheduler and Silence detector state
  • MIC button is now more visible when turned on
  • Improved multi-monitor support
  • Prelisten and Delete icons added to the playlist for every track
  • Fade In setting for file type crossfades
  • Scheduler:
  • Events can perform multiple actions and/or start multiple tracks
  • Run Now button can skip the next scheduled launch
  • "download" command can be used to trigger a specific URL (without saving any file)
  • "makelibrary" command can use libraries and playlists as track sources
  • Group color can be changed: add [#color] tag to the group name (color can be: red, green, or RGB code AABBCC)
  • Events can be ended by the DTMF signal
  • Scheduled event is not inserted between the voice track and track
  • Fixed "wait in the queue" bug
  • "Repeat every ... minutes" feature: "No more times" is now optional
  • Event groups can be minimized
  • Enable/disable all events in a group and rename a group (right-click a group)
  • Playlist Generator Pro:
  • Priority-based track selection (depending on the Playcount, Date last played and Rating: for instance, tracks that were not played for a long time or tracks with a high rating can be boosted in priority)
  • Presets can be stored in groups
  • File name substitution macro can be used in source filenames
  • Now it is possible to use multiple track sources for each category
  • Related artists support for no-repeat rules
  • Improved random tracks selection
  • Each category can override global no-repeat rules
  • Fixed bug: for some file types the duration was incorrectly calculated
  • Categories can be moved in the list
  • Repeat album - an option added to the repeat album of the same artist only
  • Fixed BPM filter bug
  • UI improvements
  • Segue Editor:
  • Ability to edit current track crossfades
  • Time ruler added
  • Save for current session only - improved
  • Fixed a lot of bugs
  • Other improvements:
  • Highlight duplicate tracks in the playlist (Playlist->Extra->Show Duplicates)
  • Playlist state is now preserved after a program restart
  • ON AIR - shows the actual server connection state
  • Nowplaying: .txt can now be saved in UTF8 format
  • HTTP notification: new �sttitle field to send current playlist title
  • API: new command - getplaylist
  • Search: new feature to search in all libraries
  • "Set Active Playlist" right-click option to set the active playlist
  • Improved Start Time calculation
  • Reset profile settings feature
  • Music Library: import music library
  • Music Library: filename column display format setting
  • Lots of other minor improvements
  • Optimizations for faster operation
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Minor improvements and bugs fixed in the Advertisement Scheduler, Report Generator,
  • and Track Tool
  • Fixed several bugs in the Track List feature
  • Fixed bugs in Voice Tracking
  • Other minor bugs fixed

New in RadioBOSS 5.1.0.3 Beta (Apr 23, 2014)

  • New features and Improvements:
  • User Accounts to enable/disable access to software features (RadioBOSS Advanced only!)
  • Highlight duplicate tracks in the playlist (Playlist->Extra->Show Duplicates)
  • Playlist state is now preserved after program restart
  • New feature: Notepad (can be added to additional zones)
  • ON AIR now shows actual server connection state
  • Outro is now displayed in the Nowplaying bar
  • MP3 and AAC encoding quality improved (additional encoder settings can be specified in the Player.ini file)
  • Full Screen display - F11 (View->Fullscreen)
  • Search in all libraries feature
  • Fade In setting for file type crossfades
  • Better indication for Scheduler and Silence detector state
  • Nowplaying: .txt can now be saved in UTF8 format
  • Improved multi-monitor support
  • HTTP notification: new %playlisttitle field to send current playlist title
  • "Set Active Playlist" right-click option to set the active playlist
  • Reset profile settings feature added
  • Prelisten and Delete icons added to the playlist for every track
  • Graphical display for Rating in the playlist
  • MIC button is now more visible when on
  • API: new command - getplaylist
  • Scheduler:
  • Run Now button can now skip next scheduled launch
  • "download" command can now be used to trigges specific URL (without saving any file)
  • "makelibrary" command can now use libraries and playlists as track sources
  • Group color can be changed: add [#color] tag to the group name (color can be: red, green, or RGB code AABBCC)
  • Events can perform several actions
  • Events can be ended by DTMF signal
  • Scheduled event is not inserted between voice track and track
  • Fixed "wait in the queue" bug
  • "Repeat every ... minutes" feature: "No more times" is now optional
  • Event groups can be minimized
  • Enable/disable all events in a group (right-click on a group)
  • Ability to rename scheduler group
  • Playlist Generator Pro:
  • Priority based track selection depending on Playcount, Date last played and Rating (tracks which were not played for a long time, tracks with high rating can be boosted in priority) - [detailed information below]
  • Presets can now be stored in groups
  • File name substitution macro can be used in source filenames (same as in the Scheduler)
  • Now it's possible to use multiple track sources for each category
  • Related artists support for no-repeat rules
  • Improved random tracks selection
  • Each category can now override global no-repeat rules
  • Fixed bug: for some file types the duration was incorrectly calculated
  • Categories can be moved in the list
  • Repeat album - an option added to repeat album of the same artist only
  • Fixed BPM filter bug
  • UI improvements
  • Segue Editor:
  • Ability to edit current track crossfades
  • Time ruler added
  • Save for current session only - improved
  • Fixed a lot of bugs
  • Music Library:
  • Import music library feature
  • Music Library: filename column display option
  • Fixed:
  • Advertisement Scheduler: several minor improvements and bugs fixed
  • Report Generator: bugs fixed
  • Track Tool: sometimes was unable to save the tag bug fixed
  • Fixed several bugs in the Track List feature
  • Fixed bug with "Treat file type as voice track" option
  • Fixed several Start Time calculation bugs
  • Lots of other improvements and bugs fixed

New in RadioBOSS 5.0.3.1 (Feb 26, 2014)

  • Improved Start Time playlist duration calculation
  • More reliable method to store user settings
  • Fixed a bug: sometimes track title was sent twice to the server
  • Hot keys now work in AUX players
  • Search feature added for AUX players
  • Music Library: bulk set
  • Playcount for tracks
  • Extended the "no repeat" period for Track List
  • Event-driven mode for WASAPI devices now can be enabled
  • Added Polish localization
  • Added Portuguese localization
  • Fixed rare crash when sending notifications
  • Fixed a bug in Report Viewer (track duration was detected as ??:??)
  • Ads Scheduler: default priority for tracks is now 5
  • Playlist Generator Pro: bulk playlist generation command line improved (new options added)
  • Fixed lots of minor issues

New in RadioBOSS 5.0.1.0 (Jan 25, 2014)

  • Video window is not minimized when RadioBOSS is minimized
  • Send Test Email button to test notifications
  • Hot keys in AUX players bug fixed
  • Slow search in music library fixed
  • Fixed a bug in scheduler: "Do not launch event when playlist is stopped" worked incorrectly
  • Fixed rare crash bug, which occurred on some systems
  • Macro can be used in scheduler for commands
  • Minor UI improvements

New in RadioBOSS 5.0.0.9 (Dec 28, 2013)

  • File types:
  • Bed for file types
  • Music Library:
  • New feature: scan files and cut silence - scan all files and set their Cue In/Cue Out points to remove silence

New in RadioBOSS 5.0.0.0 Beta (Nov 2, 2013)

  • New features:
  • AUX Players (can be added in Zone 2 and Zone 3)
  • Third work zone added. It can host: AUX playlist, Web browser, Cart wall, File explorer and Search (View->Work Zones->3).
  • Feature: do not launch events when MIC is on (Settings->Inputs->Advanced)
  • Play intro file when broadcasting encoder connected
  • Podcast playback (check "Podcadt" when adding a URL)
  • A setting added to change font in secondary windows (Settings->View->Other windows font)
  • New settings added to change color scheme + two default color schemes (dark/silver)
  • Added ability to change playback control buttons style
  • Playlist columns show/hide (View->Playlist columns)
  • Ability to load/save cart walls to a file
  • Loop option in Cart wall
  • Now it's possible to make the playlist tab non-playable (right click on a tab)
  • Custom title format for encoders/disable metadata for encoder
  • OPUS broadcasting and playback
  • File types:
  • Treat file type as a vioce track
  • Custom title format for track type
  • New option: do not mix tracks of this type with other tracks
  • Scheduler:
  • Automatic fillers: insert filler before event launch to make event start at the specified time without playing track interruption
  • Scheduler can now wait a specified time frame to launch event between tracks (Maximum time to wait in queue -> Play action)
  • Events can be assigned into groups
  • Save as new event/Delete event buttons in the Event window added
  • New scheduler command: download - downloads a file and saves it no a disk (download URL FILENAME)
  • Advertisement Scheduler:
  • Grid copy/paste feature
  • "Add to queue" schedule event option
  • Improved grid color scheme
  • Report Generator:
  • Date/time is now included in reports
  • Filters: filter by file type, track title or filename
  • Report generator now doesn't need to access original music files
  • Reports generated much faster
  • Playlist Generator Pro:
  • Ability to add commands and newtork streams
  • Playlist export options: add to the end or overwrite
  • An option added: crossfade amount
  • Music Library:
  • Files verification feature - test all files in library (Tools->Check Music Tracks)
  • Last played column added
  • Added ability to print music library
  • Improvements:
  • Overlay playback: pause/unpause is now performed smoothly
  • Numerous improvements in UI graphics
  • Stream playback quality control: restarts the stream if any problems detected (works only on streams with duration set)
  • Crossfades edited with Segue Editor are now marked in the playlist (Custom Mix column)
  • ON AIR indicator when broadcasting is on (Settings->Broadcast->Show On Air)
  • RadioBOSS API file duration bug fixed
  • RadioBOSS API new commands added: delete, move, trackinfo, mic
  • Library search: tracks are now sorted by artist then title
  • Export next track information to nowplaying and HTTP request
  • Improved track selection for the Track List feature
  • Report files are now saved in UTF8 encoding and contain all track information
  • File type for commands
  • An option added "identify sound cards by driver name" for Windows XP systems with multiple sound cards with the same name
  • Fadein/Fadeout options for microphone
  • DSP manager grays out plugin types which are turned off
  • More user actions are now logged in the report
  • A setting added: fade out when Stop button clicked
  • Improved Stream Archive feature
  • Event window shows a warning on incorrect Repeat settings
  • Fixed:
  • Track waveform display in Now Playing didn't take end time into account
  • WMA tag reading/writing problem
  • Incorrect encoding with some ID3v2 tags
  • Fixed several Cart wall bugs
  • m2ts video files playback
  • Prelisten bug on Search tab
  • Playlist and Scheduler printout didn't work on some machines
  • Track artwork display for some files
  • File Type incorrectly detected for events with "Send task name as title" option
  • "Back" button works in the Encoder Configuration Wizard
  • Overlay player sometimes didn't close
  • MIME type correctly sent when using the integrated server

New in RadioBOSS 4.9.1.0 (Jul 24, 2013)

  • File Type assignment sometimes worked incorrectly
  • Resume Playback bug fixed
  • Fixed Undo bug in the playlist
  • Fixed a bug: in rare cases last 2-3 seconds of a small file were cut
  • DTMF detector didn't turn on automatically when scheduler list was reloaded
  • Added "minute" macro for the scheduler: ?mm
  • Fixed selection bug in the playlist under Windows XP
  • Line Input when used with DirectSound driver was always mono
  • "One track only" option state is now saved between sessions
  • Fixed several bugs in Prelisten feature
  • Force 24h now forces Start Time to be in 24 hour format
  • Fixed several bugs in Search feature

New in RadioBOSS 4.9.0.11 (May 31, 2013)

  • What's new:
  • Remote control via HTTP protocol
  • Removed Crossfades, Tag Editor, and Plugins tabs
  • Track information/Tag Editor is now shown under the playlist (can be turned on/off by pressing Ctrl+I or the small "i" button)
  • Send the station logo and track artwork to the Shoutcast v2 server
  • An artwork file can be generated along with the nowplaying.xml file
  • Crossfade settings have been moved to the Settings->Crossfades menu
  • Crossfading: MIX point is now detected based on the sound level
  • Crossfading: new setting added to start fading out on mix
  • Redesigned FX tab: removed the Equalizer and Tempo effects; added DSP Manager
  • DSP Manager can be used to add various DSPs: Winamp DSP/VST plugins/integrated DSPs
  • Ability to choose the source for broadcasting encoders: RadioBOSS Out/Line.IN/Line2.IN
  • Reworked Line.IN/Microphone settings, category renamed to Input
  • Added second line input: Line2.In
  • Added DSP manager for Microphone: allows you to use the Equalizer or Compressor DSP for microphone
  • Changing playback devices doesn't require you to restart the program anymore
  • Playlist and scheduled events list printout
  • Added new columns in the playlist: BPM, Rating, and Play count
  • Added Search feature for file explorer (Right click->Show search bar)
  • New right-click menu command for playlist: "move under the currently playing track"
  • File Types: ability to set the background color for the file type
  • File Type can be assigned from the Track Tool
  • Scheduler: set the font and background color for events
  • Scheduler: commands can be inserted after the currently playing track (instead of immediate execution)
  • New scheduler command: makelibrary - create/update music library files
  • New scheduler command: adsupdate - update playlists and events from the Advertisement Scheduler
  • New scheduler command: createbackup - create settings backup
  • Added settings backup and restore feature
  • Ability to assign multiple beds for a voice track
  • Added a feature to assign SayTime or Text-to-Speech to the cart wall
  • Drag-n-Drop to the Cart Wall from Windows Explorer
  • Improved MP3 encoding quality
  • Improved AAC+ encoding: added low bitrate profiles (8, 12, and 16 kbps), improved quality on bitrates under 56 kbps
  • FLAC broadcasting is now possible when using a built-in server
  • Improvements in an integrated broadcasting server
  • DTMF: added an option to delay an event launch
  • Active playlist is now marked in bold font
  • Improvements in the Search tab
  • Added a "Play count" field for HTTP request
  • Improved support for large fonts
  • Added item spacing setting for playlist (Settings->View)
  • Added a setting to change the voice track folder (Settings->General)
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for the voice track recorder
  • Web Browser tabs preserve the last visited website address
  • Improvements in the TrackList feature (better track selection)
  • URL playback is now possible when using Overlay Playback in the scheduler
  • Fixed video playback problems for some MKV files
  • Playlist duration, start time, and playing time left calculations are more accurate
  • Wine compatibility: RadioBOSS can now be used under Wine in Linus/OSX
  • Improved Prelisten feature
  • Improved sorting in the Music Library
  • Numerous other UI improvements and program code optimizations
  • Playlist Generator Pro:
  • Ability to set the total playlist duration in days
  • Playlist Generator Pro can store the last position in the source when selecting "In Order" - this allows you to take subsequent tracks each time the playlist is generated
  • Added a no-repeat rule for album and track title
  • Added filter by BPM for categories
  • Advertisement Scheduler:
  • New settings for generated Scheduler Events
  • The first day of the week (Sunday or Monday) now depends on the system language
  • Ads Overview feature: view all ad blocks on one screen
  • Empty block generation: include intro/outro/intro+outro option added
  • Active/Start date/End date options added
  • Fixed:
  • When tagging mp3 files the tag version now doesn't change to ID3v2.4
  • Search in music library could produce incorrect results
  • OGG broadcasting sometimes caused sound corruption
  • Sometimes voice tracks weren't recorded when the ASIO device was used for the Microphone
  • Edit->Undo command removed the current/next track marks
  • Recording and playback devices now do not depend on Default device selection in Windows
  • ReplayGain information wasn't read for some OGG and MP3 files
  • Several bugs were fixed in the Ads Scheduler
  • Scheduled tasks sometimes could be skipped on slow or high-loaded computers
  • Several other minor fixes
  • Now it's possible to disable MIC or any of the Line inputs in the settings

New in RadioBOSS 4.8.2.0 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Settings for DTMF tone detector: threshold, time frame
  • Time Zone setting allows to change time for RadioBOSS only
  • Fixed "connect" command
  • Minor improvements

New in RadioBOSS 4.8.1.0 (Jan 15, 2013)

  • Chained OGG support
  • Web-browser now remembers the last opened URL
  • Search works much faster now
  • Added a timer in voice track recorder
  • Removed unnecessary options on "Broadcasting" settings tab

New in RadioBOSS 4.8.0.12 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • Events can be started by DTMF signal. The signal is checked on the line input (configured via Settings->Microphone/Line.In->LINE.IN).
  • In the event properties set the "DTMF" option and set the sequence, eg. "764C".
  • Automatic time announcements (demo voices can be downloaded from the "Download" section)
  • Added second work zone which can host Search, File expolorer, Cart wall or Web browser. It can be shown/hidden via menu: View->Work Zones->1 or 2 or using hot keys Ctrl+1/Ctrl+2
  • Search feature extended: now it can search in different music libraries
  • Added button to check for updates: Help->Check for Updates
  • Added a setting to change a font used in the Player window (Settings->View->Window font) and font used to display countdown timers under the On Air box
  • Added ability to move tabs in work zones
  • Added new commands: "streamarchive on" and "streamarchive off" to turn on and off stream recording
  • Playlist Generator Pro can be launched from the command line
  • Mouse drag-n-drop for categories and playlist structure in the Playlist Generator Pro
  • Added Text-To-Speech feature (Playlist->Extra->Add TTS)
  • Improved network stream playback (now it re-establish the connection in case of error)
  • Improvements in the Adverticement Scheduler module
  • Improved "Add command..." feature (Playlist->Add command menu)
  • Improved "Restart program if it crashes or hangs" feature
  • Fixed performance issue in Music Library when loading large libraries (100k+ tracks)
  • Fixed performance issue in Playlist Generator Pro when generating with "Read additional info" option
  • Fixed an error when program failed to start on some systems
  • Fixed a large number of bugs + numerous overall improvements

New in RadioBOSS 4.7.7.0 (Oct 17, 2012)

  • Resolved several streaming-related issues:
  • Sudden disconnects
  • Slow track switching
  • 'Chopped' sound
  • Buffering on listener side
  • Unstable work on ADSL connections
  • New Help File
  • A bug fixed "Send task name instead of track titles" sometimes didn't work
  • Several UI-related improvements

New in RadioBOSS 4.7.6.0 (Oct 1, 2012)

  • Encoder Wizard improved: if started again, all fields are pre-filled with existing values, allowing for faster configuration changing
  • Custom title can be specified for URLs and Pause
  • File Types: new option "Do not add files of this type to report" added
  • Added "prelisten" feature for Cart Wall
  • Mix Point is now shown in Now Playing box (red line)
  • Voice Tracking: now voice track is played closer to subsequent track's intro. It can be configured via Settings->Playback->Fading.
  • Voice Tracking: it's now possible to set bed for voice tracks. It's used for long voice tracks which don't fit in the intro+outro.
  • Segue Editor: volume control extended
  • Fixed a bug: on some systems registration key was not stored
  • Playlist Generator Pro now doesn't crash if it's closed while playlist generation is in progress
  • Fixed a bug with WMS broadcasting in PULL mode
  • Dutch translation added
  • Several bugs, related to "Start time" and "Playing time left" calculation, are fixed
  • Fixed a bug: on some systems in very rare cases program crashed at startup
  • Numerous UI improvements

New in RadioBOSS 4.7.5.0 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • New feature: Push-To-Talk for microphone
  • Added ability to turn off additional info reading in Playlist Generator Pro
  • Several user interface issues fixed
  • Turning off VST plugins now turns off all loaded plugins
  • Fixed APE tag writing for some files
  • Fixed statistics display for Icecast KH servers
  • Fixed a bug: under certain circumstances broadcasting stream was broken causing players to buffer
  • Fixed broadcasting in OGG and FLAC

New in RadioBOSS 4.7.4.0 (Sep 1, 2012)

  • Changes:
  • Improved stability and overall program code optimization
  • Playlist Generator Pro now uses Start and End parameters set in TrackTool
  • Fixed a bug in Playlist Generator ("not enough tracks" error)
  • Fixed: sometimes an error message popped up on program closing when VST plugins were used
  • Changed User-Agent string for HTTP request, and now it can be changed in player.ini file
  • HTTP request fixed: after long time running the feature stopped to work
  • Line.In position properly restored after program restart is "resume playback" was used
  • Fixed several minor bugs

New in RadioBOSS 4.7.0.14 (May 11, 2012)

  • Graphical segue editor
  • VST plugins support
  • Auto-restart feature
  • ReplayGain support
  • "Maximum time to wait in queue" option for scheduler events
  • Several Winamp DSP plugins can be used simultaneously
  • Fixed bugs

New in RadioBOSS 4.5.6.856 (Jan 10, 2012)

  • Voice tracking
  • Reworked Playback settings
  • Scheduler improved

New in RadioBOSS 4.0.9.475 (Mar 11, 2010)

  • a feature for playing one track from a playlist or folder has been added (the Playlist->Add Track List menu command)
  • an error in the AutoAmp function has been fixed

New in RadioBOSS 4.0.8.473 (Mar 5, 2010)

  • Changes:
  • Added connect/disconnect commands (for connecting to/disconnecting from a streaming server) to the scheduler. Now you can specify the number of the output you need to connect to/disconnect from by adding it as a parameter to a corresponding command (after a space). If no number is specified, the command affects all the servers.
  • Improvements in the operation of the "Hide the URL of the stream" option.
  • The “Next track" field can now show the nearest scheduled events.
  • Added a silence cropping threshold setting for files (set in dB).
  • Fixed a bug in the silence detector; CPU load decreased.

New in RadioBOSS 4.0.0.417 (Nov 3, 2009)

  • Windows Vista/7 Compatible
  • Added resizing of interface units
  • Support for Unicode
  • Player now shows which track is to be played next
  • Added launching playlists over air
  • Added 'Pause' command to scheduler

New in RadioBOSS 3.0.0.350 (Oct 30, 2008)

  • Possibility to automatically send metadata (information about the track played - artist, title, etc) to the specified server/website. Two options are available: copying the NowPlaying.xml file to FTP or sending request to the specific script via HTTP. This can be handy, for instance, to show the title of the current track on the website.
  • When exporting in the XML format, the length and playback time of the track fields were added.
  • Streaming playback was enabled (HTTP, FTP and MMS protocols).
  • Tag editor was improved. Now there is a possibility to save ID3v2, OGG and WMA tag saving glitches were fixed. Currently, tags for the MP3, OGG, WMA, WAV files are readable and writable.
  • Limitation to 30 characters in the tag fields was removed. With MP3 files, RadioBOSS preferably uses ID3v2 tags.
  • Limitation on the length of track title in the playlist was removed (previously was 58 characters).
  • Table columns (playlist, schedule, etc.) can be swapped.
  • The program was localized to French.
  • Many defects and glitches were fixed.

New in RadioBOSS 2.9.5.322 (Aug 8, 2008)

  • some parts of the program have been modified for Windows Vista compatibility
  • the program now reads ID3v2 tags
  • bug fixed: the individual fade in the file name could not be detected if the file name was longer than 50 characters
  • bug fixed: the program failed to save the value of the Public property in broadcasting settings
  • you can now change the volume gradually using the setvol command with the following format: "setvol Level TimeMS" (for instance "setvol 50 500" will set the volume level to 50 within 0.5 seconds)
  • several flaws in the music database have been eliminated
  • users can now select the folder for storing reports (in program settings)
  • reports are now saved in the CSV format and contain more details: scheduler events, program starts and exits, full paths to launched tracks
  • users can now move tracks from the report window to the playlist
  • the installer has been updated (you can install the program for all users of the system at the same time)

New in RadioBOSS 2.8.1.279 (Jul 24, 2007)

  • new scheduler commands are added: clearplaylist and getrandomplaylist
  • the GUI has been improved
  • the source code of the program has been optimized so that the CPU and memory usage have been lowered
  • the work with a linear input and a microphone has been improved
  • the Preferences window has been created anew, new options have been added
  • fixed bug when working with a number of multi-channel cards
  • fixed bug: when playing a jingle over the music the air volume level sometimes differs from the presetted one
  • fixed bug: when trying to perform a search in the track database with more than 50 000 tracks
  • many minor changes

New in RadioBOSS 2.7.5 (Mar 26, 2007)

  • - updated player, fixed bugs
  • - new scheduler commands: reboot, poweroff (system reboot and shutdown)
  • - ability to add commands to playlist (see FAQ question N9)
  • - imrpovements to the "musical base" program, displaying file sizes
  • - the program is translated into slovak

New in RadioBOSS 2.6 (Sep 25, 2006)

  • added functionality: voicetrack
  • changed mixing algorithm: lowered CPU load, Winamp effects are now applied to the entire output stream, visualizator and level indicator display more complete information (taking into account jingles, crossfades etc.)
  • track database: such parameters as the number of track run, last time the track was run are logged, additional information about tracks can be edited (intro/outro, individual crossfade parameters etc.)
  • fixed bug: silence detector sometimes didn't work correctly
  • fixed bug: error when entering the menu on some computers
  • lots of minor bugs fixed