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xrecode III console Changelog

What's new in xrecode III console 1.147

Apr 20, 2024
  • FIX: fixed handling of some DVDA iso files.
  • NEW: added manual command line support for other than lame.exe mp3 encoder.

New in xrecode III console 1.146 (Apr 7, 2024)

  • FIX: fixed incorrect warning when trying to convert AIF to lossless format.

New in xrecode III console 1.145 (Mar 28, 2024)

  • FIX: fixed handling of date metadata tag when converting from flac to m4a.
  • FIX: fixed issue when program froze while opening certain .wav files.
  • FIX: fixed issue of handling onf some 5.0 flac files.
  • NEW: updated to libopus 1.5.1.

New in xrecode III console 1.144 (Feb 21, 2024)

  • FIX: fixed error when merging mp3 files.

New in xrecode III console 1.143 (Feb 20, 2024)

  • FIX: fixed handling of "album artist" tag in some flac files

New in xrecode III console 1.142 (Feb 1, 2024)

  • FIX: fixed "Duplicates not allowed" error when switching between profiles.

New in xrecode III console 1.141 (Jan 19, 2024)

  • FIX: fixed small UI glitch.
  • FIX: save Performer and Composes tags when merging.
  • FIX: fixed issue with converting some Flac to WMA.

New in xrecode III console 1.140 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • FIX: fixed issue when lossy to lossless confirmation was shown for DSD encoded source/dest files.
  • FIX: fixed 8bit to 8bit flac transcoding error.
  • FIX: fixed split by silence for non stereo files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when dynamic range parameters field was hidden.
  • NEW: added command line parameter /profile to specify the profile to use.
  • NEW: added aac as M4A output file extension option.

New in xrecode III console 1.139 (Nov 7, 2023)

  • FIX: fixed detection of some DTS Audio CDs.
  • FIX: fixed 4.0 audio encoding via Surcode.
  • NEW: added support for external .webp covers.
  • NEW: (console): added /ape as a destination.

New in xrecode III console 1.138 (Oct 11, 2023)

  • FIX: small UI fixes.

New in xrecode III console 1.137 (Sep 4, 2023)

  • FIX: fixed lame encoder issue with some specific file names.

New in xrecode III console 1.136 (Aug 16, 2023)

  • FIX: fixed issue when sometimes incorrect outpt path was constructed with pattern element %disc3%.
  • FIX: fixed processing of some .m3u files.
  • NEW: Metadata can now be sorted in the Retrieve Metadata window.

New in xrecode III console 1.134 (Aug 1, 2023)

  • FIX: fixed issue with exporting/importing metadata for some files.

New in xrecode III console 1.132 (Jul 1, 2023)

  • NEW: check if Recycle Bin is available for the drive before trying to move files there.".
  • NEW: added option to delete files even if moving to Recycle Bin failed(under Program Settings/Misc).
  • FIX: fixed issue when some .wav files were incorrectly detected as adpcm_ea_xas instead of pcm.

New in xrecode III console 1.131 (Jun 11, 2023)

  • NEW: added support for CUE filw with indexes in hh:mm:ss format.".
  • FIX: fixed handling of larger than 2GB dtshd files.

New in xrecode III console 1.130 (Jun 1, 2023)

  • FIX: fixed CUE to dsd encoding issue for some audio files.
  • FIX: jpeg error #42 when transcoding some audio files.
  • NEW: added option to specify the output matrix for "Split into file per channel".

New in xrecode III console 1.128 (May 7, 2023)

  • FIX: ERROR: Cannot rename file ... to ... (2).
  • NEW: upgraded to opus 1.4.

New in xrecode III console 1.127 (Apr 27, 2023)

  • FIX: fixed issue when saving front cover to file was not always converted to the specified format.
  • NEW: added pattern element %disc4%. If the disc value for all tracks within one folder is equal to 1 or 1/1, it will be discarded, otherwise the value of disc will be used.

New in xrecode III console 1.126 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • NEW: added dark theme support. It will be used when the Windows has the dark theme enabled). There's an option under Settings/UI to enable/disable it.
  • NEW: added option to specify the covers format (under Program Settings/Metadata).

New in xrecode III console 1.125 (Mar 14, 2023)

  • FIX: fixed issue with ReplayGain information was not saved in .dsf file.
  • FIX: fixed AV error when adding .mid files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when program skipped processing files in the same folder when "When output file exists" was set to "Overwrite when source file is newer".
  • FIX: fixed issue when 7.1 Output Audio Matrix was not working properly.
  • FIX: fixed issue when original file was not move to the Recycle Bin when both options "Move source file to Recycle Bin when done" and "Create files in source folder" were used.
  • NEW: added option to "Always ask where to create files" (under Program Settings/Process).
  • NEW: added Retrobridge CDDB metadata provider.

New in xrecode III console 1.124 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • FIX: fixed issue with extracting .aac files to .m4a.

New in xrecode III console 1.123 (Jan 7, 2023)

  • FIX: fixed 4.0 to 5.1 flac transcoding issue.
  • FIX: fixed 5.1 to 2.0 dsd transcoding issue.
  • FIX: fixed 64 bit installer so that it can be run on Windows arm under MacOS.
  • NEW: added function to select all album items in the Metadata editor by pressing F6 (works on main or any sub-item).
  • NEW: added option to always use the temp path when transcoding the files (under Program Settings/Misc). Files will be processed in the temp folder and only then copied to the destination.

New in xrecode III console 1.122 (Nov 1, 2022)

  • NEW: updated to flac 1.4.2.
  • NEW: added 705600 to the WAV, W64 and RF64 output sample rates list.
  • FIX: use the flac Metadata padding block when encoding to flac.
  • FIX: fixed issue with handling of some .CUE files.

New in xrecode III console 1.121 (Sep 4, 2022)

  • FIX: fixed issue with extracting some DFF/CUE tracks.
  • FIX: fixed issue with handling of some .m4a files.
  • FIX: fixed issue with handling of some .CUE files.
  • FIX: fixed issue with converting some Flac to WMA.
  • FIX: some UI tweaks.

New in xrecode III console 1.120 (Aug 7, 2022)

  • FIX: fixed issue with extracting some DFF/CUE tracks.
  • NEW: added feature to set the output sample rate manually to any custom value (currently for flac and wav encoders only).

New in xrecode III console 1.119 (Jun 15, 2022)

  • FIX: fixed issue with decoding of some .mp2 files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when id3v1 tags were not read from some mp3 files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when .aiff files were ignored by the program.
  • NEW: fixed issue with handling of some .cue files.
  • NEW: fixed issue with handling of some .wav files.
  • NEW: added 64 bit float encoding/decoding support for WAV, RF64 and W64 formats.

New in xrecode III console 1.118 (Apr 9, 2022)

  • FIX: fixed crash when opening some aif files.
  • NEW: updated to flac 1.3.4.
  • NEW: (console): it is now possible to pass multiple /i parameters to add several individual files to the program.

New in xrecode III console 1.117 (Mar 12, 2022)

  • NEW: added "Copy file if the input sample rate is less or equal to the output sample rate" and "Skip file if the input sample rate is less or equal to the output sample rate" options under Flac/Transcode settings.
  • FIX: fixed AV error when transcoding DSD files.

New in xrecode III console 1.116 (Mar 5, 2022)

  • FIX: fixed issue when "Capitalize first word" wasn't applied to a single word value.
  • FIX: fixed issue when cleared recent files re-appeared after the program was restarted.
  • NEW: upgraded to soxr soxr-0.1.3.
  • NEW: (console): added /tc command line parameter to always transcode (e.g. when merging MP3 files).
  • NEW: (console): added /nocue command line parameter do disable creation of CUE file.

New in xrecode III console 1.115 (Jan 3, 2022)

  • FIX: fixed issue when mp3 encoder didn't always use the sample rate set under the Output Audio settings.
  • NEW: added Webp suppor to covers and Cover Converter.
  • NEW: tweaked the Settings size to fit into lower resolution displays.
  • NEW: added %releasecountry% as a filename pattern element.
  • NEW: added Hungarian language support.

New in xrecode III console 1.114 (Nov 11, 2021)

  • FIX: fixed issue when exhale encoded m4a file covers where not displayed by the Windows Explorer.
  • FIX: do not try to guess the input file size of the .iso files tracks.
  • FIX: fixed issue with the click at the end of some produced .dsf files.
  • FIX: fixed handling of Vinyl style (A1, A2, B1, B2...) track numbers in filename pattern, for files also having TOTALTRACKS populated.
  • FIX: fixed "Argument out of range" error when handling some .mp4 files.
  • NEW: added option to ignore INDEX 00 in CUE files (under Settings/CUE).
  • NEW: 4-digit DATE tag in FLAC files will be written as a YEAR tag when converted to mp3.
  • NEW: it i snow possible to add files to a specified tab/profile from the shell extension.
  • NEW: added function to load Audiobook chapters from the .txt file.
  • NEW: added option to turn off the converting of progressive jpegs to baseline (under Program Settings/Misc).

New in xrecode III console 1.113 (Aug 15, 2021)

  • FIX: fixed issue when "Utilities/Convert cover files" remained disabled.
  • FIX: fixed issue when "ALBUM ARTIST" tag in mp3 was written as ENSEMBLE in ogg files.
  • NEW: changed internal WavPack DSD encoder settings to match "-hh -x6" of the command line tool. As a result the output file size is greatly reduced.
  • NEW: added support for Exhale (xHE-AAC Encoder) under M4A Settings.
  • NEW: added "Audiobook" to the default genres.

New in xrecode III console 1.112 (Jun 10, 2021)

  • FIX: fixed issue when chapters in .mkv files were not picked up.
  • FIX: fixed issue when some non standard tags were discarded from m4a files.

New in xrecode III console 1.111 (Apr 25, 2021)

  • FIX: fixed rare AV error.
  • FIX: fixed incorrect warning when trying to convert ALAC to lossless format.
  • FIX: fixed issue when some merged .dsf track produced a loud click at the beginning.
  • FIX: fixed DFF to DTS encoding error.
  • FIX: fixed issue when TagsReplace file was applied after the tags were edited manually.
  • FIX: fixed issue when TagsReplace file was applied after the tags were edited manually.
  • FIX: fixed issue when newline symbols were not handled properly when copying and pasting the Metadata.
  • NEW: added option to disable creation of Dynamic Range report file (under Program Settings/Misc).
  • NEW: when using Utilities/Normalize timestamps for files will be preserved automatically.
  • NEW: file name patterns starting with .. are now considered legal and won't be cleaned up.
  • NEW: CUE title field will be populated with the filename if there are no tags in the source file.
  • NEW: it is now possible to specify the file types for "Use input file chapters" option.

New in xrecode III console 1.110 (Feb 22, 2021)

  • FIX: fixed "FLAC init failed" error for some files.
  • NEW: added feature to add Audio CDs to the program via drag and drop
  • NEW: (console): added /nebl command line parameter to specify EBUR128 target level.
  • NEW: (console): improved /nsit command line parameter.

New in xrecode III console 1.109 (Jan 22, 2021)

  • FIX: fixed CDDB metadata retrieval for some CDs.

New in xrecode III console 1.108 (Jan 19, 2021)

  • FIX: don't warn when trying to convert MLP to lossless format.
  • NEW: when encoding WAV to wavpack, the input file tags (e.g. markers) will be preserved. Option "Use input file chapters" must be turned off for this to work.
  • NEW: (console): added /nochapters command line parameter to ignore input file chapters.

New in xrecode III console 1.107 (Dec 12, 2020)

  • FIX: fixed encoding detection in some .CUE files
  • FIX: fixed error "Could not load library avcodec-58.dll : 126" on Windows 10 N
  • FIX: fixed decoding of some DVDA iso files
  • NEW: added option to create Audiobook from the shell extension.

New in xrecode III console 1.106 (Nov 30, 2020)

  • FIX: fixed issue when illegal characters where not removed from the track title coming from the CUE file.
  • FIX: program will now preserve the order of added folders (they were sorter before).
  • FIX: fixed issue when profile name could not contain a comma.
  • FIX: fixed issue when incorrect CUE files was created when merging WAV files resulted in creating of a .W64 file.
  • FIX: fixed ALAC encoder initialization error when Max Sample Format was set in Output Audio Settings.
  • NEW (console): added /ec command line parameter (additional to /exportmeta) to export covers from the added files.
  • NEW added the support of aften.exe for AC3.
  • NEW increased profile name field width.
  • NEW added support of lossyWAV in flac and wavpack manual command line parameters. More info at https://xrecode.com/wiki/index.php?title=Output_Format_Settings
  • NEW added 352.4 Khz sample rate support for WAV encoder.
  • NEW added option to limit the max output path length.
  • NEW added manual encoder settings for WMA.

New in xrecode III console 1.105 (Sep 23, 2020)

  • FIX: fixed issue when incorrect sample rate was used when converting multi-channel 96Khz file to mp3.

New in xrecode III console 1.104 (Sep 6, 2020)

  • FIX: fixed issue when encoding .opus files to .wma using 2-pass encode method.
  • FIX: fixed encoding of 7.1 files to alac.
  • FIX: fixed issue when lossy to lossless confirmation was shown for copy operation.
  • FIX: fixed issue when tag value for DISCTOTAL and TRACKTOTAL were not read from mp3 files.

New in xrecode III console 1.103 (Jul 28, 2020)

  • NEW: added option to "Verify encoded output" for WavPack .exe encoder.
  • NEW: fixed issue with handling of some DVDA iso files.
  • NEW: added some helpful functions in tags replace file. More info at https://xrecode.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tags_replace_definition_file#List_of_functions_which_can_be_used
  • NEW added Korean (EUC-KR) char-set detection when retrieving Metadata.
  • NEW improved appearance of the progress bars on a classic Win7 theme.
  • NEW (console): added /pt command line parameter to preserve the timestamps of files and folders (the same option as in GUI version).
  • FIX: fixed issue when "SplitBy" was used together with "Move source file to Recycle...".
  • FIX: fixed decoding of .tak files on x64".
  • FIX: fixed extracting of DST encoded dff files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when "Preserve the structure of the source folder" was creating incorrect file names on a network share.

New in xrecode III console 1.102 (May 28, 2020)

  • NEW: added possibility to use semicolon (;) in tagsreplace file.
  • NEW: added decoding support for .amr files.
  • NEW: fixed issue with handling of some DVDA iso files.
  • NEW: fixed issue when program got stuck on some Win7 PCs.
  • NEW: properly handle skipped frames when decoding SACD .iso files.
  • NEW: added option to replace illegal characters in file names will space or underscore (under Pattern settings/Additional).
  • NEW: added feature to specify several (comma separated ) values in the file name pattern optional parts. More info in https://xrecode.com/wiki/index.php?title=File_Name_Pattern_Elements#Optional_parts
  • FIX: fixed issue with transcoding DSD 5.1 to 2.0.
  • FIX: fixed issue with decoding of some DTS/CUE files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when matrices were not properly used when encoding to dsd.

New in xrecode III console 1.101 (Apr 6, 2020)

  • version 1.101
  • NEW: added Windows 10 long file names support.
  • NEW: added Loudness Normalization (http://k.ylo.ph/2016/04/04/loudnorm.html) under Normalize settings.
  • NEW: added function to reset program settings under About/Advanced.
  • FIX: fixed "GetTitleGain failed" issue occcuring for some files.
  • FIX: fixed isue when manually specified command line parameters were not working wiht tak encoder.
  • FIX: improved DSD encoding quality by using sox library (https://github.com/mansr/sox).
  • FIX: fixed issue when files were not added from XRECODE3 list file.

New in xrecode III console 1.100 (Feb 19, 2020)

  • NEW: program will display error when trying to decode scambled DVDA iso.
  • NEW: wav files won't be scanned for chapters (too confusing). If chapters are needed, rename them to .bwf.
  • NEW: updated to wavpack 5.2
  • FIX: fixed issue when saving Metadata in some flac files.
  • FIX: improved dsd to pcm conversion quality.
  • FIX: fixed issue with creating some .w64 files.

New in xrecode III console 1.99 (Jan 10, 2020)

  • NEW: Added support for transferring more id3v2 to other formats.
  • NEW: Added "Shutdown PC when done" setting also under Settings/Process.
  • NEW: Updated FLAC to 1.3.3.
  • FIX: fixed issue when program froze while decoding some SACD .iso files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when program froze while adding some .wav files.

New in xrecode III console 1.98 (Dec 6, 2019)

  • NEW: improved detection of DTS Audio CDs.
  • NEW: added read support for chapters in BWF/WAV/RF64 files.
  • NEW: added option to encode to DTS via Surcode.
  • NEW (console): added dts as a destination.
  • NEW (console): added dts as a destination.
  • NEW (console): added /encoderexe command line parameter to specify executable of the encoder (works for dts only).
  • NEW (console): added /pad command line parameter. Works the same as Remove clicks when decoding/Number of samples to Skip/Pad.
  • NEW (console): added /fadein /fadeout command line parameters.
  • FIX: fixed issue with decoding some SACD .iso files.
  • FIX: fixed AV error when resampling some flac files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when program become unresponsive when Add button was pressed (happened for some PCs equipped with a blue-ray drive).

New in xrecode III console 1.97 (Oct 17, 2019)

  • NEW: DTS 96/24 tracks will now be recognized as 24-bit ones.
  • FIX: fixed issue when TOTALTRACKS Metadata was wrongly written into output m4a files.
  • FIX: fixed issue with encoding of some FLAC files to DSD.

New in xrecode III console 1.96 (Sep 14, 2019)

  • NEW: Track and Title tags will now be added to the merged audio file (if they are equal for all tracks).
  • FIX: fixed issue with extracting tracks from some DFF/CUE files.
  • FIX: fixed issue with merging to DFF/DSF some DFF/CUE files.

New in xrecode III console 1.95 (Sep 11, 2019)

  • NEW: moved Artist and Comment under Audiobook Metadata tags.
  • FIX: fixed issue with extracting tracks from SACD .iso files.

New in xrecode III console 1.94 (Sep 5, 2019)

  • NEW: added option to name channels when splitting file into channels (under Settings/Patterns/Additional Settings).
  • NEW: added Korean translation.
  • NEW: added options to always center Program and Progress windows (under Program Settings/UI).
  • NEW: added functionality to extract MLP streams from DVDA iso files.
  • NEW: added multiple audio streams support for mka files.
  • NEW: added grouping by stereo/multi-channel for DVDA iso file tracks.
  • NEW: added functionality to specify global Audiobook Metadata tags (available under Metadata tab when Audiobook is selected as Output Format).
  • NEW: added U-Law/A-Law encoder.
  • NEW: added option to Apply color to alternate rows for Source Files list (under Settings/UI).
  • NEW: added option to removre clicks from SACD audio files when decoding by specifying number of samples to trim/pad.
  • NEW: added option to ask warnn when converting lossy files to lossless format (under Settings/Process).
  • NEW: updated lame to 3.100.1
  • FIX: fixed issue "Whenever I try to manually type a new path into the Output Path box, and I press the space key, the caret returns to the beginning of the path".
  • FIX: fixed AV error when merging m4b files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when profile settings were messed up after arranging and creating the new one.
  • FIX: fixed character encoding detection for some .wpl files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when Metadata from internet was not populated if not first choice.
  • FIX: fixed issue with extracting some tracks from large SACD .iso files.

New in xrecode III console 1.93 (Jun 27, 2019)

  • NEW: added option "Copy file if the input bitrate is less or equal to the output bitrate" under MP3 Transcode settings.
  • NEW: added option "Report errors in added files before start" (under Program Settings/Misc).
  • NEW: added "Apply dynamic range compression" option under MP3 and M4A Output Settings.
  • FIX: fixed issue when Metadata was not saved in dff files.
  • FIX: fixed decoding of some DVDA iso files.
  • FIX: fixed decoding of some DTS/CUE files.
  • FIX: fixed issue when OK button was disabled for some encoder settings when program was started from a shell.

New in xrecode III console 1.92 (May 4, 2019)

  • Fixed handling of DATE tags in some flac files.

New in xrecode III console 1.91 (Apr 26, 2019)

  • - NEW: added function to arrange profiles (under profiles list right-click menu).
  • - NEW: from now on console and GUI program will have the same version number.
  • - NEW (console): added /scandts command line parameter (works the same as "Scan WAV files for DTS stream option").
  • - FIX: fixed decoding of some DVDA iso files.
  • - FIX: fixed issue when program required to have a write access for some APE files in order to open them.
  • - FIX: fixed issue TagsReplace was not working with values containing [] chars.
  • - FIX: improved performance of encoding to mp3, ogg for PCs with many cores.

New in xrecode III console 1.15 (Mar 30, 2018)

  • NEW: added option to select which tags to write to output file (under Settings/Metadata).
  • FIX: fixed issue with files containing very small (1x1) covers.
  • FIX: added option to specify default folder for covers (used when adding covers in Metadata Editor).
  • FIX: fixed issue when old Normalize values were used when doing second conversion, even though settings were updated.
  • FIX: fixed "converting variant of type (UnicodeString) into type (UInt64)" error message when setup for 7.1 matrices is used.
  • FIX: fixed rare AV error when using external encoders.
  • FIX: some high DPI tweaks.

New in xrecode III console 1.7 (Apr 23, 2017)

  • FIX: fixed issues when patterns were used with /onthefly.
  • FIX: fixed AV error when /rename was used.

New in xrecode III console 1.6 (Dec 20, 2016)

  • NEW: reduced time used when adding lot of mp3 files to the program.
  • NEW: Added /onthefly and /lib parameters. More info on http://xrecode.com/xrecode3/wiki/index.php?title=Command_Line.

New in xrecode III console 1.5 (Dec 20, 2016)

  • NEW: added parameters /fileexists and /mcmd. More info on http://xrecode.com/xrecode3/wiki/index.php?title=Command_Line.

New in xrecode III console 1.4 (Jul 28, 2016)

  • NEW: added parameters /createm3u. More info on http://xrecode.com/xrecode3/wiki/index.php?title=Command_Line.

New in xrecode III console 1.3 (Jul 28, 2016)

  • NEW: added parameters /sacdarea, /sacdvolume, /pareas, /paream and /mergenbf. More info on http://xrecode.com/xrecode3/wiki/index.php?title=Command_Line.
  • FIX: fixed progress display.

New in xrecode III console 1.2 (Jul 28, 2016)

  • NEW: added parameter /createinsrc to create files in source folder. More info on http://xrecode.com/xrecode3/wiki/index.php?title=Command_Line.