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Portable foobar2000 Changelog

What's new in Portable foobar2000 1.0.3

Apr 30, 2010
  • Fixed incorrect behaviors with both “cursor follows playback” and “playback follows cursor” enabled.
  • Improved compatibility with dodgy ASX files written by Windows Media Player.
  • Fixed notification area icon minimize bugs (again).
  • Fixed problems with encoding very long audio streams to Vorbis.
  • Fixed a very rare crash when using the Media Library preferences page.
  • Various other maintenance updates and bug fixes.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0.2.1 (Apr 11, 2010)

  • Worked-around a bug in Windows XP causing incorrect rendering of the Properties dialog in 1.0.2.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0.2 Beta 1 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Portable install: playlists now reference files by paths relative to the parent folder of the foobar2000 installation folder.
  • Various bug fixes.
  • Made Nero AAC encoder setup tag visible as “encoder”.
  • Third party library updates (zlib and libvorbis).

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0.1 Beta 2 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Converter: worked-around misbehaviors of command-line encoders when the output file name begins with - or @.
  • Converter: refreshed MP3 encoding configuration dialog.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0.1 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Undecodable tracks now get substituted with 1s of silence to prevent deadlocks with dodgy third-party components.
  • Worked-around bug in Windows 7 with status bar repaint glitches.
  • Windows Media streaming compatibility improvements.
  • Fixed notification area icon being incorrectly shown in certain conditions.
  • Audio format support updates: added support for decoding Wave64 and RF64 formats, added built-in support for writing Wave64 format.
  • Added folder name wildcard matching for album art search.
  • Added a workaround for horribly broken Asus Xonar drivers.
  • Converter: worked-around misbehaviors of command-line encoders when the output file name begins with - or @.
  • Converter: refreshed MP3 encoding configuration dialog.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0.1 Beta 1 (Feb 21, 2010)

  • New context menu structure - better out-of-the-box layout but less customizable.
  • Built-in support for Windows Media and RTSP streaming.
  • “Edit” menu operates on the currently selected object rather than always on the active playlist.
  • Improved compatibility with multimedia keyboards.
  • Improved, more customizable album art support.
  • Portable installs now remember Media Library paths relatively to the install folder.
  • Reworked Preferences: OK/Cancel/Apply buttons, new layout of standard pages.
  • New options regarding selection viewer behavior.
  • Default User Interface: new pseudo color code system for status bar and playlist view.
  • CD ripping improvements:
  • Results can be now checked against the AccurateRip database on-the-fly.
  • CD-TEXT reading support.
  • Ability to choose individual tracks to rip in the “Rip Audio CD” dialog.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0 Final (Feb 21, 2010)

  • New context menu structure - better out-of-the-box layout but less customizable.
  • Built-in support for Windows Media and RTSP streaming.
  • “Edit” menu operates on the currently selected object rather than always on the active playlist.
  • Improved compatibility with multimedia keyboards.
  • Improved, more customizable album art support.
  • Portable installs now remember Media Library paths relatively to the install folder.
  • Reworked Preferences: OK/Cancel/Apply buttons, new layout of standard pages.
  • New options regarding selection viewer behavior.
  • Default User Interface: new pseudo color code system for status bar and playlist view.
  • CD ripping improvements:
  • Results can be now checked against the AccurateRip database on-the-fly.
  • CD-TEXT reading support.
  • Ability to choose individual tracks to rip in the “Rip Audio CD” dialog.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0 Beta 5 (Feb 21, 2010)

  • Bug fixed: Importing themes while having Default User Interface preferences open causes inconsistent behaviors of the status bar formatting editbox.
  • Bug fixed: Some Windows Media streams stop playback on track change.
  • Bug fixed: ASX playlist parsing fails if the file contains XML comments.
  • Bug fixed: WMA cover art is not loaded from some files.
  • .WVX playlists (a variation of ASX) are now supported.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0 Beta 4 (Feb 21, 2010)

  • Bug fix: Having "full file buffering" feature enabled breaks Windows Media streaming over HTTP.
  • Bug fix: Incorrect sorting of the "Duration" column in Default UI.
  • Bug fix: Cannot convert to WAV+CUE.
  • Added support for ASX files referencing other ASX files.
  • Installer now forcefully removes very old components that can no longer be loaded. You will be prompted before anything gets deleted so you can back relevant files up.
  • Old behavior of the Converter's [...] button has been restored.
  • Added a hidden-by-default main menu command to access Playlist Search regardless of current focus.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0 Beta 3 (Feb 21, 2010)

  • Bug: Certain ASX files fail to load when dragged from a webbrowser or added through "add location".
  • Bug: Windows Media stream .WAX files can't be opened.
  • Bug: Titles of certain Windows Media streams are not displayed.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0 Beta 2a (Feb 21, 2010)

  • New: Converter encodes to .m4a rather than to .mp4.
  • New: Notices for components that no longer serve any purpose.
  • Bug: Certain ASX playlist files are not parsed properly.
  • Bug: Unwanted playlist view scrolling when deleting items in certain scenarios.
  • Bug: cannot bind context menu commands to toolbar buttons.
  • Bug: "initialization failure" errors when making a clean non-portable install rather than upgrading from an earlier version.
  • Bug: possible unnecessary tag reloads on Media Library contents on startup.
  • Bug: doubleclicking the Selection Properties element no longer brings up the Properties dialog.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0 Beta 2 (Feb 21, 2010)

  • New context menu structure - better out-of-the-box layout but less customizable.
  • Built-in support for Windows Media and RTSP streaming.
  • “Edit” menu operates on the currently selected object rather than always on the active playlist.
  • Improved compatibility with multimedia keyboards.
  • Improved, more customizable album art support.
  • Portable installs now remember Media Library paths relatively to the install folder.
  • Reworked Preferences: OK/Cancel/Apply buttons, new layout of standard pages.
  • New options regarding selection viewer behavior.
  • Default User Interface: new pseudo color code system for status bar and playlist view.
  • CD ripping improvements:
  • Results can be now checked against the AccurateRip database on-the-fly.
  • CD-TEXT reading support.
  • Ability to choose individual tracks to rip in the “Rip Audio CD” dialog.

New in Portable foobar2000 1.0 Beta 1 (Feb 21, 2010)

  • Menu layout changes
  • Reworked Preferences
  • New Edit Menu behavior
  • Custom cover art filename patterns
  • New configuration file format
  • Built-in support for Windows Media streaming

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.6.9 (Nov 15, 2009)

  • Multiple stability/security fixes.
  • Corrected various user interface glitches.
  • “Help” button in Converter Setup dialog.
  • ABX Comparator component no longer included with the installer - now available for download separately.

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.6.8 (Jun 8, 2009)

  • Fixed WavPack playback over HTTP.
  • Fixed weird shell extension behaviors with the “folder context menus” option active.
  • Fixed weird behaviors of the “stop after current” option.
  • Worked-around problems with dodgy Ogg streams produced by speexenc.

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.6.7 (May 25, 2009)

  • Hotfix: fixed crash when seeking in files that can't be decoded completely.
  • Hotfix: corrected weird behaviors after restart with playback paused and “resume playback after restart” active.
  • Updated third-party component blacklist.

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.6.3 Beta 1 (Feb 14, 2009)

  • Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities in AAC and Musepack decoders.
  • Improved compatibility of Media Library with certain dodgy NAS devices.
  • Media Library no longer ignores files/folders flagged as system.
  • Improved shell integration behaviors when foobar2000 is taking very long to start.

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.5.3 (May 28, 2008)

  • New: Startup notification when a component is known not to cooperate correctly with this version of foobar2000.
  • New: �Library Viewer Selection� playlist, compatible with Album List and Media Library Search.
  • New title formatting functions: $stripprefix(), $swapprefix(), $year(), $month(), $day_of_month(), $date(), $time().
  • New extensions to the search query syntax.
  • Album List: faster refresh when using the built-in search box.
  • ReplayGain scanner: applying ReplayGain to MP3 data no longer chokes on noncompliant ID3v2 tags with false MPEG sync words.
  • ReplayGain scanner: new services allowing third-party components to perform ReplayGain analysis.
  • No longer compatible with components using metadb_display_hook API.
  • Changed component DLL loading logic - only �components� subdirectory along with its subdirectories is processed if it exists.
  • Playback queue index is now displayed in the �Playing� column of Default UI / Playlist View; it can be also accessed using %queue_index%.

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.5.2 Beta 1 (Apr 10, 2008)

  • New array of built-in visualisations
  • Cleaned up freedb component user interface
  • Ability to auto-resize playlist columns to match playlist view size
  • Improved ID3v2 specification compliance
  • Converter: Improved handling of very long tracks
  • Support for displaying cover art extracted from WMA files

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.5 Beta 5 / 0.9.4.5 (Nov 27, 2007)

  • New Default User Interface
  • Allows embedding of Album List and other components in the main window
  • Quick setup dialog on first startup allowing easy UI customization
  • Theme import/export support for transferring appearance-related settings easily
  • Built-in playlist view supports columns and grouping
  • New Playlist Search dialog
  • Embedded album art support
  • New built-in spectrum visualisation
  • New Album List component
  • Updates automatically with Media Library content changes (�Refresh� command no longer needed)
  • Embeddable in the main window
  • Supports direct creation of autoplaylists from Album List tree branches
  • Properties dialog improvements
  • New commands: �Format from Other Fields�, �Capitalize�, �Clean Up�
  • Improved �Automatically Fill Values� functionality

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.5 Beta 4 / 0.9.4.5 (Nov 20, 2007)

  • New Default User Interface
  • Allows embedding of Album List and other components in the main window
  • Quick setup dialog on first startup allowing easy UI customization
  • Theme import/export support for transferring appearance-related settings easily
  • Built-in playlist view supports columns and grouping
  • New Playlist Search dialog
  • Embedded album art support
  • New built-in spectrum visualisation
  • New Album List component
  • Updates automatically with Media Library content changes (�Refresh� command no longer needed)
  • Embeddable in the main window
  • Supports direct creation of autoplaylists from Album List tree branches
  • Properties dialog improvements
  • New commands: �Format from Other Fields�, �Capitalize�, �Clean Up�
  • Improved �Automatically Fill Values� functionality

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.4.5 (Oct 19, 2007)

  • Musepack SV8 decoding support

New in Portable foobar2000 0.9.4.4 (Aug 22, 2007)

  • Security update: updated Vorbis libraries to 1.2.0
  • Fixed a bug in title formatting / $caps2()
  • Fixed drag&drop bugs
  • Fixed playlist file format detection over mime types