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Muso Changelog

What's new in Muso 2.7.04

Jan 15, 2022
  • Don't force default composer names on anything but initial startup.
  • Sort album custom attributes alphanumerically.

New in Muso 2.7.01 (Jan 11, 2021)

  • Can now Edit bookmarks from Manage Bookmarks window, name and url for web bookmarks

New in Muso 2.6.71 (Dec 17, 2020)

  • Tidy up Search toolbar in grid multi-edit, and offer search/replace in Path option.
  • Drag file(s) to album: copies/moves it to album folder, overwriting if necessary (if new then rescans)
  • Default disk (if not set) to 1 not 0
  • Use css3 flexbox in all views to stabilise layout and reduce flicker (NB. requires IE version 10+)
  • Build album thumbnail sizing into html and not javascript to reduce flicker - has to reload on change but more stable.
  • Show non-qualifying albums (singles/EPs) as round thumbnail, artist non-albums round and semi-opaque, compilations with coloured border.
  • Disable drop image/file on gallery view as it is no longer supported.
  • No longer try to deduce compilations on import, let tags drive this.

New in Muso 2.6.67.0 (Jun 8, 2020)

  • Album play count is now the total number of track plays, not the average number of track plays
  • Expanded cloud groups now properly apply any filter
  • Fix top level hierarchy bubble counts when Full Albums ticked

New in Muso 2.3.29 Build 2.3.29.0 (Dec 19, 2015)

  • Allow links to be embedded in album/disk header - opens within muso or external browser if control or shift held down.
  • Show playcount in track listings.

New in Muso 2.3.28 Build 2.3.28.0 (Dec 15, 2015)

  • Provide assistance in completing Squeezebox Server paths.
  • Upgrade System.Data.SQLite to 1.0.99 to be compatible with Windows 10.

New in Muso 2.3.27 Build 2.3.27.0 (Dec 15, 2015)

  • Simplified remote search
  • Resize alpha-index buttons so all appear on 768 height screen.

New in Muso 2.3.26 Build 2.3.26.0 (Nov 23, 2015)

  • Second letter filter on Gallery (sorted by Artist or Album name).
  • Don't start on second screen if no longer there.

New in Muso 2.3.25 Build 2.3.25.1 (Nov 23, 2015)

  • Do not reconnect HQPlayer on receiving null response, can cause too many reconnects.

New in Muso 2.3.24 Build 2.3.24.0 (Oct 15, 2015)

  • Streamline hqp.log file to aid diagnosis.
  • Remote Album entry shows year.

New in Muso 2.3.23 Build 2.3.23.0 (Oct 9, 2015)

  • Fix Wizard on By Similar Artists header (album view).
  • On mobile order artist's albums by date within category (those without a date will be at the end)
  • Support any number of LMS equivalence paths (previously restricted to 4)

New in Muso 2.3.22 Build 2.3.22.0 (Sep 25, 2015)

  • LMS connection stability improvements
  • Prevent error rating a track while in server mode
  • Show timeline (if configured) on resuming from minimised server mode for LMS player.
  • Artwork background overlay option (Appearance tab) - affects Album Page, Track Page and Artist Page.
  • Fix artist info lookup.
  • Dark theme enhancements

New in Muso 2.3.21 Build 2.3.21.0 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • Main window now minimises to system tray rather than taskbar if remote server is on (can save on resources).
  • Auto-start as remote server option (also auto-minimises to tray):
  • shows player disconnection status in tray icon (red background)
  • note that Windows will prompt you to allow an application from an "unknown publisher" to make changes to your computer - apologies but this is unavoidable at present if you want to run the remote server - having to fund an ongoing digital signature from a Microsoft-trusted vendor would make the continuance of this project non-viable.

New in Muso 2.3.20 Build 2.3.20.0 (Aug 31, 2015)

  • Make HQPlayer "Go to Playlist" focus on HQPlayer window.
  • Implement timeout in HQPlayer TCP socket to improve robustness.
  • Make lost connection to HQPlayer visible in NP info (clear on re-establishing connection).

New in Muso 2.3.18 Build 2.3.18.1 (Aug 27, 2015)

  • Reflect status of nothing playing in left panel NP info (rather than keeping last known info), and on remote NP page
  • Create logs folder before writing hqp.log

New in Muso 2.3.17 Build 2.3.17.1 (Aug 24, 2015)

  • Hierarchy tree font adheres to customised appearance (web font).
  • DB font size independently sizable via slider top right.
  • Tighter integration with HQPlayer via direct TCP socket rather than using hqp-control:
  • should stop NP failure on certain embedded artwork in playlist
  • more immediate status/timeline updates, without the need for a polling interval
  • writes to hpq.log file in muso logs folder (on exit) to help diagnose any issues

New in Muso 2.3.16 Build 2.3.16.0 (Aug 21, 2015)

  • HQPlayer poll will recognise where playlist query has returned an error and show this on the player & remote NP status
  • Make remote use same player poller as Muso desktop to prevent double-polling and so reduce comms issues

New in Muso 2.3.15 Build 2.3.15.0 (Aug 21, 2015)

  • Can now Pin a selected hierarchy to the MRU (means it stays at top of list)
  • Correct auto-capitalisation of composer name on composer roster eg. "Ludwig van Beethoven".

New in Muso 2.3.14 Build 2.3.14.0 (Aug 14, 2015)

  • Remember tracks queued to HQPlayer RAMDisk on restart (helps NP info)
  • Build remote artist list more efficiently by passing json structure rather than html between server & browser
  • and don't refresh artist list on returning from picked artist

New in Muso 2.3.13 Build 2.3.13.0 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • Read bitrate, samplerate & samplesize from file/folder scan,
  • Do not show bitrate on album info for lossless formats.

New in Muso 2.3.10 Build 2.3.10.0 (Jul 27, 2015)

  • Find other tracks of this name (on NP page) when ' is in the title
  • Restyled remote header buttons
  • Prevent duplicate artist list letter headers on remote.
  • Collapse remote artist list by letter to make finding easier - filter still available as full content pre-fetched.

New in Muso 2.3.09 (Jul 27, 2015)

  • Fix to artist page on remote, plus other minor remote fixes.

New in Muso 2.3.08 (Jul 27, 2015)

  • Redesign Remote UI using latest jquery mobile library:
  • home, now playing & back links on all relevant pages
  • orientation change no longer switches to NP page (as NP button readily available)
  • Where Role Attributes used, show an artist's "synonyms" as page links on the artist page
  • Prevent artist summary duplicates when artist appears more than once on an album with different role attributes.

New in Muso 2.3.07 Build 2.3.6.1 (Jul 7, 2015)

  • Remote UI cover on NP sizes itself appropriately when landscape, and control overlay slides down/up on clicking on cover.
  • Role Attributes functionality:
  • applies to all artistic "role" fields: artist, album artist, composer, band, conductor & performer
  • ignore suffixes after role names eg. "North Star (feat. Rza)" for artist lookups (Artist Info, More By this Artist, By Similar Artists, etc)
  • also uses stripped name in sort key lookups (so you will always find the variation with the standard artist name if you have both)
  • format configurable under options: supports (), [], , or {} - default is not to check any

New in Muso 2.3.06 Build 2.3.6.0 (Jul 4, 2015)

  • Remote UI:
  • Suppress track prefix when same as GroupHeader.
  • Show all contributors at album, group and track level using same logic as main album view, and wrap to ensure all shown.
  • Do not clip header on Now Playing view.

New in Muso 2.3.05 Build 2.3.5.0 (Jul 3, 2015)

  • Read sort tags on folder scan (config is in Options/Music Sources)
  • Track & group level contributors should show Band/Orchestra, then Conductor, then Performers/Soloists, in that order.
  • Read/write ALBUMSUBHEADER, DISCSUBHEADER, GROUPHEADING and BONUS extended tags (muso-specific fields).

New in Muso 2.3.04 Build 2.3.4.0 (Jul 3, 2015)

  • More HQPlayer integration - allow muso-specific config xml
  • Fix to: When prepending group header to title tag on writing, ensure group header not doubled up.
  • --> in track name was breaking catalog: fixed
  • Read tags from .dsf (PR#23 of taglib-sharp)

New in Muso 2.3.03 Build 2.3.3.0 (Jun 23, 2015)

  • Artist Sorting table - show imported flag, and set this properly on import from LMS. Also ensure saved if nothing else imported.
  • Preserve file/folder creation date on import from folder only on initial creation of track in Muso, not an Update (since mp3tag can update file creation date).
  • Beta functionality for one-way integration with HQPlayer.

New in Muso 2.3.02 Build 2.3.2.0 (Jun 20, 2015)

  • Do not import ENSEMBLE flac tag to Album Artist (only ALBUMARTIST).
  • Do not write Composer to Artist track tag.
  • When prepending group header to title tag on writing, ensure group header not doubled up.

New in Muso 2.3.01 Build 2.3.00.0 (Mar 9, 2015)

  • Handle multiple messages that come together in TelNetDoubleWrapper
  • Back to VS2010 build environment to ensure .msi installers compatible with XP & older.

New in Muso 2.3.00 Build 2.3.00.3 (Feb 23, 2015)

  • Reduce LMS player comms via CLI subscription events instead of polling.
  • Tighter integration between Muso and LMS trackstat (LMS ratings reflected immediately in Muso via new LMS comms).
  • Fix issue resetting artist data.
  • Link to go to album folder from album page (this was actually in 2.2.09).

New in Muso 2.2.10 Build 2.2.10.0 (Feb 23, 2015)

  • Do not cache last.fm album/artist (empty) data if request times out, and increase timeout to 10s.
  • Options on album & artist page to clear corresponding data cache, which will force lookup again from online services (amazon, lastfm).
  • Ensure icons for cycling through amazon album matches are visible.

New in Muso 2.2.09 Build 2.2.09.0 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • Allow LMS synch to be stopped (once in scanning loop) - and stop on form close.
  • Start loading big image on Pivot on click, not when zoomed.
  • Timeline chevron style
  • Fix to last.fm artist lookup for multi-artist albums

New in Muso 2.2.08 Build 2.2.08.0 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • Now Playing timeline on left panel instead of only on Now Playing page.

New in Muso 2.2.07 Build 2.2.07.0 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • Fix writing of Last Played tag when it doesn't already exist.

New in Muso 2.2.06 Build 2.2.06.0 (Dec 15, 2014)

  • Enhancement to Track/Group credit functionality for Performer/Soloist attribute:
  • show all performers at group level if they are ALL the same for the whole group, otherwise show them all on a per-track basis (within the group) - and in both cases show even if the same as the album artist (titled artist), composer, or if common to the whole album.
  • album credits still show performers common to ALL tracks
  • Also special processing for composer on non-classical albums:
  • show composer at track level only (in brackets after the track name), and make it distinguishable from performers if these are shown at track level.
  • For all other secondary attributes (band/orchestra, conductor, plus artist on classical albums) it will continue show them hierarchically, ie.
  • credit on the album those that are common to all tracks,
  • additional credit on the group for those common to all the tracks in the group but not in the album credits,
  • credit on the track those that are not in the group or album credits.

New in Muso 2.2.05 Build 2.2.05.0 (Dec 15, 2014)

  • Track/Group credit functionality similar to Track/Album
  • Fix error accessing DBNull from CustomTags on Options closure.

New in Muso 2.2.04 Build 2.2.04.0 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Various fixes to info display.

New in Muso 2.2.03 Build 2.2.03.0 (Dec 3, 2014)

  • Track view "Other Tracks by this name" also looks for other variations/mixes (in brackets)
  • Main Genre shown on album hover info bar (restyled).

New in Muso 2.2.02 Build 2.2.02.0 (Nov 19, 2014)

  • Export LMS - option for each type (tags & genres) & each individual playlist
  • Reinstate Beta Pivot viewer & add gestures for touch screen (support pinch-scaling)

New in Muso 2.2.01 Build 2.2.01.0 (Nov 16, 2014)

  • Beta Pivot viewer removed while being improved for touch-screen/tablet
  • Installation on 64-bit defaults to Program Files not Program Files (x86)

New in Muso 2.2.00 Build 2.2.00.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Fix library stats bars
  • Fix browser docking on hiding left panel.
  • Move to 64-bit build environment which has necessitated separate installs for 32 and 64-bit.
  • Auto-rekey functionality to copy album reference data and cover/thumbnail images when album key changes.
  • Move user settings to shared-folder/xml/_settings.xml to ease upgrade path to .NET 4.5
  • Allow in other LMS settings to refer to the host name/IP.
  • Allow turning off all but one track tag at album level (via control-click)

New in Muso 2.1.00 Build 2.1.00.0 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Now writes smaller/leaner "Music Library.db" file on standard db commit. xml file saved as well on exit as a full backup.
  • leads to improved read speed on startup, and improved save speed during run, at expense of slightly slower exit.
  • Apply db changes & re-scan covers more streamlined.
  • Add the ability to hide a last.fm artist or album summary (via a small icon top right) on artist/album/track page - then prompt the user whether to hide permanently.
  • Fix implicit column order change on db grid.

New in Muso 2.0.22 Build 2.0.22.0 (Oct 11, 2014)

  • Fixes to group by album on grid
  • Fix hierarchy top level in handling of multiple-tags.
  • Album View horizontal scrollbar fix on 1366 width screen.
  • Query the database before showing the db grid to speed up "Edit Tracks" options.
  • Suggest-box on edit window works on custom field focus when < 20 total values.
  • Prevent overwrite of non-blank custom column with blank value on import
  • Retain focus in hierarchical view after reload/recollate/home
  • fixed levels only, and not multi-node selections

New in Muso 2.0.21 Build 2.0.21.0 (Sep 27, 2014)

  • Move Artist Page controls back to top and fix magic wand position.
  • Make any custom field that has a title usable in hierarchy and enterable in the db grid (does not have to have import action):
  • configured custom fields also now editable for selection of tracks in edit window (on 2nd tab).
  • Add Classical Periods & Homelands to hierarchy options under classical music mode - very useful if using the composer roster:
  • note you can use custom fields for "Work" (and "Sub-Genre") & use in the hierarchy too - eg. "Rite of Spring", "5th Symphony"
  • Add album/disk subheader fields to edit fields window (2nd tab).
  • Expand node in hierarchy tree now evaluates next fixed level properly - ie. just skips the level.
  • Show entries in hierarchy tree for blank values for custom fields.
  • Sub-level title added to hierarchy tree.
  • Handle multiple item selection at hierarchy sub-levels.
  • Multi-track Edit window shows a field with light grey text if set for SOME fields and BLANK/NULL for others.
  • Custom columns included in swap/copy multi-track db control.
  • Added filetype&bitrate to hierarchical view
  • Fix Organisation db column control.
  • "By Similar Artists" section shows non-full albums as well as full albums.
  • Option to group by Album on db grid.

New in Muso 2.0.20 Build 2.0.20.0 (Sep 19, 2014)

  • Fix playlist from LMS when folder contains non-standard characters.
  • Applied tags also filter the database grid (when the option to filter is applied), when you then change tags it will stay on the grid and re-filter.
  • Fix pinned tag album display (to clearly see which albums have the pinned tag)
  • Changing theme from main window always changes poplist under Options.

New in Muso 2.0.19 Build 2.0.19.0 (Sep 19, 2014)

  • Lyrics searching via web now only shows first few lines (due to licencing restrictions) with link [...] to full lyric.wikia page. Will still show full lyrics of playing song in NP page if stored for track (can be obtained from tags or imported from LMS).
  • Show rating on "Other tracks of this name" section on NP page.
  • Fix playlist panel and elevation windows for 125% DPI

New in Muso 2.0.18 Build 2.0.18.0 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Write & apply option shown after editing in db grid - will write changes back to standard tags (as documented in wiki)
  • Manual Write Tags option (from grid) changed to single standard option with sub-options for static, dynamic or both.
  • Allow drag of splash screen on startup.
  • LMS playlist (queued tracks) refreshes on startup and switching player - manual button for refreshing in case changed remotely.
  • Highlight playing track in queued tracks.

New in Muso 2.0.17 Build 2.0.17.1 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • Write catalog XML with UTF8 encoding to cope with multibyte characters

New in Muso 2.0.17 Build 2.0.17.0 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • Hierarchy - background changed to theme b/g, and properly stacked in lightbox theme.
  • Align Now Playing album cover expand on hover.
  • On LMS import always use track year not album year since this seems to have become unreliable.
  • Fix album alignment on artist view.
  • Fix classical catalog collation.

New in Muso 2.0.16 Build 2.0.16.0 (Apr 16, 2014)

  • Album page follows current album automatically, once it has focused on a playing album.
  • Re-Fix wallpaper opacity CSS to support older versions of IE.

New in Muso 2.0.15 Build 2.0.15.0 (Apr 15, 2014)

  • Allow typing in of override fonts in Options/Appearance - to allow OpenType fonts (no preview)
  • Fix layout issue on lightbox theme after getting next set on scroll.
  • Increase maximum page size (number of albums on paged output).

New in Muso 2.0.14 Build 2.0.14.0 (Apr 8, 2014)

  • Use CSS-only solution for cover centering when non-square, rather than javascript.
  • For non-paged output of covers (set size = 0), implement fetching next set on scrolling to bottom, rather than pre-loading all.
  • Fix wallpaper opacity CSS.
  • Ignore filters with fixed positioning in working out scroll area.
  • Track group artists shown on Artist Page.

New in Muso 2.0.13 Build 2.0.13.1 (Apr 2, 2014)

  • Prevent play/enqueue album icons changing on toggling album tag.

New in Muso 2.0.13 Build 2.0.13.0 (Apr 1, 2014)

  • Fix catalog Full Albums Only option (again, after fix roll-back in 2.0.12.01).
  • Fix scroll-area sizing in Now Playing page.
  • Only show 10 artists at a time in "You may also like" section on album/artist pages - with [More] link for next set (Last.fm API can return 100 very similar artists when artist to match is quite obscure).
  • Only show 10 other tracks of the same name on the Now Playing page, with [More] link for next set if > 10.

New in Muso 2.0.12 Build 2.0.12.1 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Restore track artist logic changed in 2.0.10.

New in Muso 2.0.12 Build 2.0.12.0 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Make filter presets work with non-pinned left panel.
  • Make left panel hide/show instant when Animation Effects option off.
  • More minor css layout issues addressed.

New in Muso 2.0.11 Build 2.0.11.0 (Mar 29, 2014)

  • Add CSS class name "groupedTrack" to tracks that appear in a track group, allowing different style if required.
  • Restore Classical Composer page extra information.

New in Muso 2.0.10 Build 2.0.10.0 (Mar 28, 2014)

  • Prevent thumbnail stretching on Other Albums section and on Artist page.
  • Fix catalog Full Albums Only option.
  • Minor css formatting fixes.

New in Muso 2.0.09 Build 2.0.9.0 (Mar 26, 2014)

  • Light, Dark themes use thumnails equal in equal height/width by padding
  • Fix group subheader wrapping.

New in Muso 2.0.08 Build 2.0.8.0 (Mar 25, 2014)

  • New "Lightbox" standard theme (inspired by pinterest.com)
  • Thumbnails now do not have to be square, and options removed for generating rounded corners on thumbnail or cover - this is now driven by the theme.
  • NB. it is recommended to regenerate all thumbnails to take advantage of the new/modified themes.
  • Theme selection added to main window toolbar (no need to visit Options)
  • Classical artist header style option.
  • Fix minor layout issues.

New in Muso 2.0.07 Build 2.0.7.0 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Minor theme fixes
  • Fix queue of track group which has sub-headers.
  • Implicitly order db grid by path after import
  • Prevent dictionary error on deleting album
  • Extension of free trial period to 3 months for new installs

New in Muso 2.0.06 Build 2.0.6.0 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Replace Path.GetDirectoryName with path parsing functions to greatly improve album collation performance.

New in Muso 2.0.05 Build 2.0.5.0 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Hashtable -> IDictionary for collation performanceate.

New in Muso 2.0.04 Build 2.0.4.0 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Logging summary analysis repeated for subsequent collate.

New in Muso 2.0.03 Build 2.0.3.0 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • More logging analysis, extensions to LogDebug
  • Fix SQLite library for 32-bit

New in Muso 2.0.02 Build 2.0.2.0 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Add initDB logging analysis

New in Muso 2.0.01 Build 2.0.1.0 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Minor layout fixes.
  • Default db configuration is now Shared not Private (for new installs).

New in Muso 2.0.00 Build 2.0.0.0 Beta (Feb 27, 2014)

  • Conversion to .NET 4.0
  • Cleaner UI using IE9 rendering engine & improved CSS styles
  • Multi-line DB grid edit features: (a) search/replace (b) copy/swap columns
  • Add subversion bindings to source

New in Muso 1.5.53 Build 1.5.53.0 (Feb 11, 2014)

  • Now Playing page lists other tracks of same name (by other or same artist)
  • Cleaner left panel.

New in Muso 1.5.52 Build 1.5.52.0 (Jan 27, 2014)

  • Artist page no longer restricts by classical/non-classical mode
  • Fix Export to LMS playlists to format paths correctly.

New in Muso 1.5.51 Build 1.5.51.0 (Jan 17, 2014)

  • Fix remote control fetching next set of data (for long album/artists lists)
  • Highlight changed cells in the database grid (what will be saved when Apply used).
  • Separate LMS import logs for updates and errors.

New in Muso 1.5.50 Build 1.5.50.0 (Jan 8, 2014)

  • Handle multiple custom tags of the same ID in tag reader on folder scan (combine with configured delimiter in target Muso db field)

New in Muso 1.5.49 Build 1.5.49.0 (Dec 20, 2013)

  • Remote Control enhancements:
  • Add some config options (previously hard-coded) - including qualification for tags/genres and Port number
  • Initial Mode for remote carried over from main browser
  • Tags/Genres ordered by the number of qualifying tracks (relabeled "Top Tags" and "Top Genres")
  • Tags/Genres list takes browse category (mode) into account
  • Show player name on home screen

New in Muso 1.5.48 Build 1.5.48.0 (Dec 18, 2013)

  • Improved windows-explorer-like folder picker.
  • Remote: cover thumbnails have overlaid play icon to illustrate that clicking will provide options to play the album:
  • Fix for album play, and tag display
  • Options tab (for future development)

New in Muso 1.5.47 Build 1.5.47.0 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • Option to limit db grid to show only tracks at a specific rating (unlike rating in filter which will limit to those at or ABOVE the rating) - apply this to Wizard button.
  • Click track ratings from library stats view to go direct to db grid showing only tracks at that rating.
  • Improve rating function on remote control's track overlay - inject into album view without reload on close (which lost scroll position). - and make the overlay buttons work when you click on the text.

New in Muso 1.5.46 Build 1.5.46.1 (Dec 14, 2013)

  • Will update the existing version of muso

New in Muso 1.5.46 Build 1.5.46.0 (Dec 13, 2013)

  • Avoid GDI+ error on saving embedded image as JPG, thus improving album cover generation.

New in Muso 1.5.45 Build 1.5.45.1 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • On album/artist view: If album's disks are separated into sub-folders, and a disk sub-folder contains an image, show disc image as well as main album image.
  • Attempt to reconnect player on resuming after hibernation/sleep - not always possible on network devices.
  • Link options from statistics page for each class of album showing all qualifying albums. Filter not active while viewing by album class, but mode (classical etc) is. Can bookmark these special views too.

New in Muso 1.5.44 Build 1.5.44.0 (Oct 15, 2013)

  • Allow LMS writable playlist location to be specified (for writing genre/tag based LMS playlists, which is an option on the File menu)
  • Handle upper case PDF file extension on remote control album view (for sleevenotes).

New in Muso 1.5.43 Build 1.5.43.0 (Oct 4, 2013)

  • Make youtube-instant links in catalog optional
  • Support drag of album or track (or selected tracks in db grid) outside of muso (drags the filespecs) - eg. into foobar or iTunes playlist.
  • PDF booklet links for album in remote control app (album view).
  • Increase robustness after reconnecting to different player on remote.

New in Muso 1.5.42 Build 1.5.42.0 (Sep 18, 2013)

  • Load sortlist entries from LMS which differ in the first 4 letters (not just 2).

New in Muso 1.5.41 Build 1.5.41.0 (Aug 1, 2013)

  • Show Genre(s) in album page in left panel (below tags).
  • Fix Peers list in album page (when peer has no artist).

New in Muso 1.5.40 Build 1.5.40.0 (Jul 22, 2013)

  • Increase limit in length of artistsort tags to read from LMS

New in Muso 1.5.39 Build 1.5.39.0 (May 21, 2013)

  • Fix to show all other sub-levels below lowest fixed hierarchical node when >1 fixed level.
  • Enable filter on going to db view from hierarchical.
  • Track group Header can be split into two levels with separator ::

New in Muso 1.5.38 Build 1.5.38.0 (Apr 29, 2013)

  • Save Preserve Source Date from Folder setting properly between runs.

New in Muso 1.5.37 Build 1.5.37.0 (Apr 24, 2013)

  • Click on track group enabled on remote control, plus ability to queue album from a clicked track, and to set clicked track's rating.
  • Minor fixes on PivotViewer.
  • Support for = prefix on track group header extended.
  • Alternative mechanism for picking a background image.

New in Muso 1.5.36 Build 1.5.36.0 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • Always suppress "More by this Artist" section on Album page for compilations.
  • Make page number and letter links more visible for light themes.

New in Muso 1.5.35 Build 1.5.35.0 (Apr 14, 2013)

  • On Now Playing screen make By This Artist, By Similar Artists & last.fm Artist sections work on track Artist on compilation album, not Album Artist.

New in Muso 1.5.34 Build 1.5.34.2 (Mar 29, 2013)

  • Year made bigger in album header.
  • Put track group contributors on separate line below header if > 1 (or if there is an artist/composer prefix as well)
  • On wide screens add an extra column to album/track pages to prevent scrolling on middle column where possible.
  • Increase timeout for lyrdb lookup (service seems to be very slow lately)
  • Option to prevent track group header being shown as prefix to track in now playing info.

New in Muso 1.5.33 Build 1.5.33.0 (Mar 27, 2013)

  • "None" option on Amazon server, to prevent all Amazon lookups (and embedded album/artist information).
  • Link to customer reviews below Amazon editorial review.
  • Prevent restart being necessary on change of Amazon server.
  • Provide option to turn of last.fm lookups (beware though, this is the engine currently used to drive "similar" artists).
  • Preserve source date option (to feed Date Added in Muso) now available separately on file/folder import and LMS import:
  • for LMS import, options are to take it from date added to LMS or timestamp (which seems to preserve original creation date)
  • for file/folder import, options are to take it from file creation date or containing folder creation date.

New in Muso 1.5.32 Build 1.5.32.0 (Mar 21, 2013)

  • Change internal track key to use parent folder if containing folder is just a disk/cd folder - prevents tracks being thrown out on
  • import when duplicate file/disk-folder names (as long as parent folder name is different!)

New in Muso 1.5.31 Build 1.5.31.0 (Mar 19, 2013)

  • Better filter text highlighting code.
  • iTunes selectable as a player even if its not active (provided its configured on under Options players tab) - selecting the player auto-starts iTunes.
  • Fix Amazon Lookup (AWS bug)
  • Remote control still beta but included in main release branch.

New in Muso 1.5.30 Build 1.5.30.0 Beta (Mar 19, 2013)

  • Remote control for mobile devices:
  • Server started via new icon on toolbar
  • Server runs on port 5555 (not yet configurable), intended for mobile device (rather than ipad, though ipad is a future option)
  • Can browse & play full albums, artists/composers, tags, genres etc via web interface.
  • Defaults to same player as Muso but can be switched independently
  • Muso must remain open on windows to act as server
  • Muso must be run in Administrator Mode (OS level configuration)
  • Fairly raw functionality at present - can be refined with aid of user feedback
  • As Beta functionality it may disappear in later versions if not viable/stable

New in Muso 1.5.29 Build 1.5.29.0 (Mar 8, 2013)

  • Allow drag image in directly from google image search results.
  • Fix issue where splash screen does not close if an exception is raised on startup.

New in Muso 1.5.28 Build 1.5.28.1 (Mar 6, 2013)

  • Option to turn splashscreen OFF.

New in Muso 1.5.28 Build 1.5.28.0 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • Splash screen with startup info.
  • Prevent dual-collation when filetypes pre-saved.
  • Put Personal/Shared database indicator in window title.

New in Muso 1.5.27 Build 1.5.27.1 (Feb 26, 2013)

  • Prevent selected checkbox being overridden by import.

New in Muso 1.5.27 Build 1.5.27.0 (Feb 26, 2013)

  • Prevent display of composer with performers on track group header (non-classical albums) - will be displayed with each track.
  • Genre presets based on genres with spaces supported.
  • Track-level checking on second and subsequent hierarchy levels.

New in Muso 1.5.26 Build 1.5.26.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Quick Import from LMS option to only import recent changes from LMS (last 7 days):
  • also bypasses artistsort import
  • import on startup uses this option by default
  • Resolved some minor import issues with overwriting Muso fields.

New in Muso 1.5.25 Build 1.5.25.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Explore HTML/CSS option under Tools menu, for those interested in editing themes - allows IE "Developer Tools" to be used
  • to explore HTML for current page, and even to edit CSS to see the effect of changes.
  • Increased number of available import actions to 15.

New in Muso 1.5.24 Build 1.5.24.1 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • If the same Muso field is specified more than once the result is combined without a separator (allows you to make certain parts conditional)

New in Muso 1.5.24 Build 1.5.24.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Genre preset matches all albums which include that genre, doesn't have to be main genre.
  • Custom Tag mechanism changed to Import Actions (which incorporates custom tags):
  • custom tags prefixed by #, eg. #BONUS (spaces in tag IDs not currently supported)
  • standard fields to be copied into target field prefixed by @, eg. @AlbumArtist (these available via autocomplete)
  • can add fixed text, eg. (@Comment) copies standard comment field into target field and surrounds with brackets
  • "Conditional" checkbox only applies rule if all inputs (custom tags and field references) are non-blank, this is
  • important for the (@Comment) example above since we do not want () in the target field when there is no comment.
  • Actions are applied in the order defined (which can be important).
  • Can now define "Tags are Master" as an option to specify that tags will overwrite Muso field values even if the Muso field value exists and is different.

New in Muso 1.5.23 Build 1.5.23.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • AlbumSubheader and DiskSubheader columns + ability to import these from custom tags

New in Muso 1.5.22 Build 1.5.22.1 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Fix to checkbox enabling

New in Muso 1.5.22 Build 1.5.22.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Custom tag mechanism has checkbox to indicate whether the extended tag must exist before it is used (default no)
  • Bonus track flag shouldn't affect album rating graphic (only score).

New in Muso 1.5.21 Build 1.5.21.1 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Fix population of Title and Genre from custom tags.

New in Muso 1.5.21 Build 1.5.21.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • If an album's ALBUMARTIST tags match the configured Compilation group name and the associated option to show this as the titled artist is turned OFF, put the album with the rest of the compilations (blank titled artist).
  • Play Album/Track NEXT added to context menu (squeezebox players only).
  • Context menus also added to Disc and Track Group headers.

New in Muso 1.5.20 Build 1.5.20.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Paint bands for non-square cover thumbnails semi-transparent so it appears nicer on a Dark theme (requires regeneration of thumbnails via Options/Appearance).
  • Minor fixes for dealing with quoted strings in filter, can now be combined with AND and NOT conditions. Can also use + as AND condition as well as space (eg. blue+green)
  • Add "Bonus Track" field for identifying a bonus track:
  • can be rated but excluded from album score and rating graphic
  • rating shown with lighter (semi-transparent) stars in album/artist views
  • can be fed by custom tag mechanism (can be fed as "0"/"1" or "True"/"False")
  • Add two more custom tag configurations (to make 12 in total) - still only 10 custom fields however (extra are used to feed standard fields)
  • Fix ArtistSort feed from LMS

New in Muso 1.5.19 Build 1.5.19.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Fix to classical period filter ("Early")
  • Auto-hide filter presets
  • Allow OR conditions in Filter, eg:
  • blue|green ............... matches any album/track with "blue" OR "green" in the detail
  • blue green ................ matches any album/track with "blue" AND "green" in the detail
  • "blue green" .............. matches any album/track with exact string "blue green" in the detail
  • blue | green pink ............. matches any album/track with "blue" OR ("green" and "pink") in the detail (OR takes precedence)
  • blue -yellow .................. matches any album/track with "blue" in the detail but does NOT include "yellow"
  • blue -yellow | pink ............. as above, OR has "pink" in the detail
  • "mad dogs" | englishmen ............. matches "mad dogs" exactly, OR "englishmen"
  • Genre:Metal | Genre:Grunge ............. Two-genre view - Genre: prefix makes it match genre only, otherwise it can match any attribute. Can choose these from
  • filter presets (control-click to add one to existing filter with OR condition).
  • Genre:20thCentury -Muhly ........... Multi-word genre must be selected from filter presets (strips spaces in filter text), can then combine with AND, NOT or OR conditions
  • In this case matches any album/track with 20th Century genre, except any which matches "Muhly".
  • All are case-insensitive. An album or artist page will highlight any full words which match the filtered words in the track listing(s), but not partial words.

New in Muso 1.5.18 Build 1.5.18.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Fix reported back-button issues.
  • Restyled player selection and left panel links.
  • Restore filter preset header.

New in Muso 1.5.17 Build 1.5.17.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • React to custom tag config changes immediately in the grid (required restart before this fix) - and ensure they are saved if nothing else in the DB changes.
  • Remember expanded/collapsed state of Tags/Rating section of Filter on restart.

New in Muso 1.5.16 Build 1.5.16.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Do not pick up sibling artwork folders for an album.

New in Muso 1.5.10 Build 1.5.10.0 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • Option to clear the Queued Music list (via right click on the header).
  • Queued Music list now shows total time, and is cleared on switching player (will not retrieve last queued list if you switch back).
  • Fast initial display of images page (images load in background).
  • Make magic wand random track count configurable (default 10).
  • Link to manage main themes folder

New in Muso 1.5.09 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • Check dual composer titled artist and artist=composer on all tracks
  • For setting cover from images page, handle local file references. And for setting artwork via drag/drop, deal with remote UNC file references.

New in Muso 1.5.08 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • From the images page, add an option to pick one for using as the main cover.
  • Fix display of Composer and Artist on list of supporting rioles in album header.
  • Fix hierarchy delimiting in header

New in Muso 1.5.07 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • Fix hierarchy delimiting at lower levels.
  • For classical albums it can assume titled artist from the Artist tags if no common tag found under AlbumArtist/Composer.
  • Magic wand now works in the context of the selected hierarchy node in Hierarchy view (queues 10 random tracks).

New in Muso 1.5.06 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • Where multiple values are specified in tags (delimited by semi-colons), delimit instead by commas in the herarchy tree.
  • Hierarchy by strict Album Artist (prototype): Compilations are still put under configured name (new option in 1.5.05), but other albums with no album artist are put under "". Multiple album artists separated by delimiter are not split - they are put in the tree as the combination of album artists.
  • Custom tags configured under Options are now read on file/folder tag scan as well as LMS scan - should work for ID3V2, APE, and FLAC (ogg vorbis) tags - so now it's possible to populate Group Heading to get tracks collected into groups on the album view, and to populate anything you like for use in the hierarchy view.