What's new in winLAME 2023 Release 1
Dec 30, 2023
- The following new features are included:
- added support for entering disc number and replacing %disc% in CD track title (#8)
- added CD extract setting to open the CD tray/eject the CD after reading (#9)
- The following bug fixes are included:
- fixed creating 8-bit FLAC files with preset "FLAC lossless from 16 bit audio" (#5)
- fixed always setting the genre field of mp3 files to Blues (#6)
- fixed wrong mp3 file duration time in VBR mp3 files due to wrong placement of LAME VBR Info tag (#7)
- fixed wrong bitrate when encoding to WMA in CBR mode (#10)
- The following encoding library were updated:
- LAME 3.101 beta 2 (SVN r6507)
- mpg123 1.31.3
- libsndfile 1.2.2
- taglib 1.13.1
- libopus 1.4
- FLAC 1.4.3
- libspeex 1.2.1
- libfaad2 2.10.1
- Monkey's Audio 10.22
New in winLAME 2021 Release 1 (Aug 22, 2023)
- library updates: LAME 3.101 beta 2 (SVN r6505), mpg123 1.29.3, libsndfile 1.0.31, taglib 1.12, BASS 2.4.16.7, BASSwma 2.4.5.13, libogg 1.3.5
- The following bug fixes are included:
- fixed crash when converting wma to mp3 (#3)
- fixed creating subfolders when the track title contains a / character (#4)
- fixed using correct number of worker thread at first start of winLAME after a fresh install
- fixed crash when trying to download cover art
New in winLAME 2020 Release 1 (Dec 28, 2020)
- The release contains the following updates since the version "2019 release 1":
- library updates: vorbis 1.3.7, opusfile 0.12, mpg123 1.26.4, libsndfile 1.0.30, libfaad2 2.10.0, Monkey's Audio 5.70 and BASS 2.4.15
- replaced obsolete freedb server with gnudb.gnudb.org
- removed toolbar and menu; only ribbon menu band is used now
- The following bug fixes are included:
- fixed crash when decoding mp3 files
- fixed reading FLAC picture tag
New in winLAME 2019 Release 1 (Dec 21, 2019)
- Today I released winLAME 2019 release 1, which corresponds to the build number 2.19.1.66. The release contains the following updates since the version "2018 release":
- library updates: ogg 1.3.4, opus 1.3.1, FLAC 1.3.3, libfaac 1.30, libfaad2 2.9.1, libsndfile 1.0.29pre2, mpg123 1.25.13, Monkey's Audio 5.11, BASS 2.4.14 and BASSCD 2.4.7
- bulgarian translation, contributed by Karlov Nider
- format texts for reading CDs can now contain backslashes in order to create subfolders
- implemented reading and writing disc number from Ogg Vorbis, Opus, WMA, ID3v2 and Xiph Comment tags
- The following bug fixes are included:
- fixed outputting 32-bit or 64-bit float wave files with libsndfile
- fixed crash when reading Monkey's Audio .ape file ID3v1 tags
- SourceForge bug 81: fixed leaving temp files in the temp folder when reading CD to non-16-bit-wave-format
- fixed bug when reading CD track when BASS buffer is empty; result was that no samples were read at all, but encoding was successful
- SourceForge bug 77: fixed reading tags and cover picture from FLAC files
New in winLAME 2018 final (Dec 24, 2018)
- Prevented selecting a data track when reading CDs
- Updated libfaac and libfaad2 libraries to their latest versions
New in winLAME 2018 Beta 1 (Nov 20, 2018)
- Replaced MAD mpeg library with libmpg123
- Replaced id3tag library with TagLib for reading and writing metadata
- Classic UI now uses the same wizard dialogs as the Modern UI
- Encoding in Classic UI is now done using the same task manager that is used in Modern UI
- Updated Opus encoder to version 1.3
- Various bug fixes
New in winLAME 2017 (Dec 27, 2017)
- The following changes were made since the beta 3 version:
- removed feedback buttons for release
- fixed formatting errors from encoder following the encoding description
New in winLAME 2017 Beta 3 (Oct 22, 2017)
- The following crashes were fixed:
- Reverted back to libsndfile 1.0.27 from 1.0.28, as the newer version crashes when encoding to FLAC format
- Fixed crashes in ID3 tag library; reported in CVE-2008-2109, CVE-2017-11550 and CVE-2017-11551, details at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/85
- Fixed a crash when opening Ogg based input files, e.g. Ogg Vorbis, Speex and Opus
- Fixed a crash in Classic UI mode starting a new encoding batch after returning from a first encoding batch
- The following improvements were made:
- Updated LAME to the latest version 3.100, compiled by John33 from RareWares
- The "Encoding finish action" now actually does something (closing winLAME or standby the PC)
- Number of CPU cores used in Modern UI can now be configured in "General Settings"
- Added a more detailed "Task Details" lower pane to show all encoding infos for a task
- Added CD Auto-Play handler to start winLAME when a new CD is inserted into the disc drive
- When formatting CD track number using %track%, add leading zeros when there are more than 9 tracks
- When writing a playlist file and the option "use input folder as output location" is used, use the folder common to all files to store the playlist
- AAC quality range can now be set from 10 to 500, same as faac.exe Version 1.28
- Settings are now stored immediately when leaving a wizard page, not when the application exits
- In Classic mode, the user is also warned about overwriting input files, as in Modern UI mode
- Speex input file length is now shown properly
- Fixed bug where page title disappeared when minimizing and restoring winLAME window
- Setup: Added checkbox to start winLAME after setup completes
- Setup: Registry keys are now properly cleaned up when uninstalling, but are kept when upgrading to a newer version
- Setup: winLAME shortcut is now placed in the program menu directly, so it shows in the Windows 10 start menu list directly
- Portable: Added vcredist.exe in order to install the Visual C++ Runtime components when missing
New in winLAME 2017 Beta 2 (Sep 7, 2017)
- Fix for bug when encoding many files on a multi-core CPU, where files couldn't be written properly and winLAME eventually crash. See bug #67.
- Possible fix for writing output files with Cyrillic or other non-ASCII characters. See bug #66.
- New Opus coded version 1.2.1 (see Opus Codec homepage)
- New libsndfile library 1.0.28, a bugfix release (see libsndfile homepage)
- Support for 32-bit sample path when using LAME 3.100 (not released yet) and an input module that also supports 32-bit samples (FLAC, MAD mp3, Monkey's Audio, libsndfile).
- Fixed bug when encoding reported an error and the output file is overwritten, even if it doesn't need to be.
- Tags: Reading and writing of AlbumArtist and Composer tag info is now supported for MP3, Opus, Ogg Vorbis and WMA.
New in winLAME 2017 Beta 1 (Mar 25, 2017)
- The new version has an all new user interface that makes it possible to use your multicore CPU to encode several files in parallel, called "Modern UI". The previously used wizard UI that is used in winLAME 2010 is still available and is called "Classic UI" now.
- The new release also contains the newest encoder and decoder libraries, as well as many bug fixes over the old versions. Please check the "About" dialog in winLAME for the actual encoder versions contained in winLAME.
New in winLAME 2010 Beta 2 (Jun 29, 2010)
- A new version of winLAME was released, mainly a bugfix released. The following bugs were fixed:
- Fixed renaming output files from temporary file to final file.
- Fixed lockup when writing an output file is skipped, and the next file is about to be written.
- Fixed version check for libFLAC.dll; only version up to 1.1.2 are supported currently (porting winLAME to the API changes would be welcomed!)
New in winLAME 2010 Beta 1 (Jan 13, 2010)
- Fixed bug where encoding a file contained in a path containing non-ASCII characters would give an error.
- Upgraded LAME to 3.89.2, compiled with Intels ICL compiler
- Other small bug fixes
New in winLAME 2009 Beta 2 (Nov 3, 2009)
- The about page showed a blank page.
- When a playlist was written, the playlist file only contained the last encoded file.
- When converting to Wave format, the comboboxes showed no drop-down list.
- Fixed a crash when reading an mp3 file that contained invalid ID3v2 tags
- Fixed crash when a freedb query for a CD returned multiple entries
- Fixed transferring genre field to encoded files
- Fixed reading and writing tags for WMA.
- Fixed installer that didn't install correct msvcr80.dll and msvcp80.dll
- Fixed bug where track numbers was always set to the same value and genre field was always set to "Blues"
- Fixed bug where the ID3v2 tag always contained a large length value
- Added a patch from Adam Kropelin that provides reading FLAC metadata when converting from FLAC files.
- Updated BASS and libsndfile libraries to latest versions
New in winLAME 2009 Beta 1 (Apr 17, 2009)
- Updated encoding/decoding libraries: LAME 3.98.2, libsndfile-1.0.19 (fixes security vulnerability, see Secunia advisory SA33980), libvorbis 1.2.0
- Support for reading/writing ID3v2 tags from/to .mp3 files
- Translatable user interface (english and german, at the moment)
- Full Unicode support for filenames
- Numerous bug fixes