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VUPlayer Changelog

What's new in VUPlayer 4.18

Dec 9, 2023
  • Added cue sheet support to playlist import (issue #31).
  • Added a 'Follow Track Selection' playback mode to mimic the behaviour of legacy application versions (issue #38)
  • Added support for publisher, composer & conductor tags.
  • Various bug fixes, and the latest release is now digitally signed.

New in VUPlayer 4.16 (May 29, 2023)

  • Changed to using the libopenmpt library by default for the playback of tracked music files.
  • Stopped playback when the computer goes into sleep mode.
  • Improved performance for large playlists.
  • Various library updates & bug fixes.

New in VUPlayer 4.15 (Sep 16, 2022)

  • Added an option to show a progress bar on the Windows taskbar button.
  • Added options to enable the writing of file tags, and preserving the last modified time if so (issue #29).
  • Changed portable mode to use the application folder for storing settings & metadata (issue #30).
  • Various library updates & bug fixes.

New in VUPlayer 4.14 (May 29, 2022)

  • Added an FFmpeg decoder to handle all formats that are not natively supported.
  • Added some additional buffer underrun protection for ASIO and exclusive mode outputs.
  • Fixed various issues with CD audio playback on systems with multiple drives (issue #22).
  • Added an 'Always on Top' setting (issue #23).
  • Added an option to retain the 'Stop at Track End' setting (issue #25).
  • Added a toolbar to the taskbar thumbnail preview (issue #26).
  • Added a balance control and an option to retain pitch and balance levels (issue #27).
  • Allowed the playlist 'Title' column to be hidden (issue #28).
  • Updated the WAV encoder to support RF64 (large file) output.
  • Updated the Opus and MP3 encoders to support multi-channel files (with MP3 downmixed to stereo).
  • Updated the FLAC encoder to write a seek table.
  • Various library updates & bug fixes.

New in VUPlayer 4.13 (May 28, 2021)

  • Changed the 'refresh media library' function to also scan the computer for new files.
  • Changed the visuals to not use hardware acceleration by default (this is now an option on the visuals menu).
  • Added a 'status icon' playlist column option to show the currently playing track.
  • Added some more icon colour options for the toolbar, playlist & navigation display.
  • Respected the Windows system colour scheme when in high contrast mode.
  • Changed the navigation display to show the currently playing tree item.
  • Added an 'add to playlist' option on the navigation display context menu (issue #10).
  • Added triple & quadruple click options for the notification area icon (issue #20).
  • General bug fixing & performance improvements.

New in VUPlayer 4.12 (Feb 23, 2021)

  • Added MusicBrainz support for Audio CD metadata queries.
  • Added an option to change the placeholder artwork image.
  • Added support for internet stream titles & set the user agent (issue #16).
  • Added support for minimising to the notification area (issue #17).
  • Added support for media keys & allowed their assignment as hot keys (issue #18).

New in VUPlayer 4.11 (Jan 7, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue with the previous release, where the last track in a playlist would erroneously repeat.

New in VUPlayer 4.10 (Jan 7, 2021)

  • Fixed some accessibility issues relating to keyboard & screen reader usage (issue #11).
  • Fixed a font size issue when changing desktop scaling & added some larger toolbar options (issue #13).
  • Added playback support for internet streams (issue #14).
  • Added playback support for Monkey's Audio & Musepack files (issue #15).
  • Various other fixes, tweaks & library updates.

New in VUPlayer 4.9.1 (Oct 3, 2020)

  • Removed Gracenote support, due to the developer license program being terminated.
  • If you are unhappy with this change, please direct any complaints to Gracenote.

New in VUPlayer 4.9 (May 8, 2020)

  • Added WASAPI exclusive mode & ASIO output options.
  • Added support for 'cover.jpg'/'folder.jpg' when embedded artwork is not available.
  • Various tweaks, bug fixes & library updates.

New in VUPlayer 4.8 (Sep 14, 2019)

  • Added an Opus encoder & tagger.
  • Switched to the libebur128 library for loudness calculations.
  • Updated the build to Visual Studio 2019.
  • Miscellaneous fixes.

New in VUPlayer 4.7 (Jul 28, 2019)

  • Added Audioscrobbler support.
  • Added a command-line option to run in 'portable' mode.
  • Changed SQLite handling to use a temporary database, for increased performance.
  • The usual sprinkling of bug fixes.

New in VUPlayer 4.6 (Mar 17, 2019)

  • Added an option to hide duplicate tracks in Artists/Albums/Genres/Years.
  • Added a feature to join multiple tracks into a single file when converting/extracting.
  • Improved CD audio extraction performance.
  • Added support for DSD files.
  • Updated the BASS library.
  • The usual nice collection of bug fixes.

New in VUPlayer 4.5 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • Added support for MIDI files.
  • Added a 'Stop at Track End' toolbar (issue #6).
  • Added a menu to enable/disable individual toolbars.
  • Applied a tiny fade out when stopping playback, to prevent clicks.
  • Fixed some high DPI issues.

New in VUPlayer 4.4 (Oct 15, 2018)

  • Added a folder browser.
  • Added basic command line support (issue #5).
  • The usual round of bug fixes.

New in VUPlayer 4.3.1 (Sep 9, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue with the ReplayGain preamp not being applied, introduced with the previous release.

New in VUPlayer 4.3 (Sep 7, 2018)

  • Added Audio CD playback & extraction, including Gracenote support.
  • Added file format conversion to FLAC, MP3 & WAV formats.
  • Added a graphic equalizer (issue #4).
  • Reduced the minimum window size (issue #1).
  • Allowed tracks to be removed from the media library (issue #3).
  • Various other bug fixes.
  • Software is provided in installer form, or as 32-bit & 64-bit zip archives.

New in VUPlayer 4.2 (Jul 3, 2018)

  • Added pitch control.
  • Added a peak meter.
  • Added a favourites playlist.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in VUPlayer 4.1 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • Improved application startup time (added appropriate indices to the database).
  • Fixed an issue with the reading & writing of shell tags (initialized COM on the appropriate threads).
  • Fixed an issue with the crossfader cutting short the last track in the playlist.
  • Added an option to refresh the media library.
  • Added icons to the tree control.
  • Added Opus file support.
  • Updated the BASS library.