Release Notes
1.2.3861
new integration with CD Art Display for a skinable player. Requires the latest version 3.0 of CAD be installed
new file organiser conditional file naming eg. name Classical music one way and other genres another way
new Upcoming Releases available in the Internet/ Services section of the left Navigator
new "Stop after Current" hotkey and command
new layout options (dock now playing list in left panel, artwork only in left panel, a number of new combinations)
new Quick Layout window (from the View menu) what allows you to set the layout from a list of predefined configs
new support for scrobbling tracks when you auto-synch tracks with increased playcounts on an iPod
new Layout preference to configure number of columns in the track browser
new option to always show entire album when filtering in the Album and Tracks view
new hotkey to timestamp when editing synchronised lyrics
new Play Library Shuffled hotkey
new option to save playlists as ascii only (M3U ascii, in Library options)
new option to set Filename character mapping for spaces
new auto-complete for publisher tag in tag editor
new behaviour for the artwork layout: double click now shows the tracks in an album and hovering the mouse over an album picture will show a play button which will play the clicked album (or selected albums)
new option in the Artwork layout preferences to have the selected album tracks displayed in the bottom section of the main panel
new Album Artist filter in the left panel Track Explorer
new Audio Books support when synching to iPods
new ability to play video podcasts and music files with an external player, configured in the Tools preferences
new display indicator for files with multiple genres (only the first genre is displayed as now, but hovering over a '+' icon shows the other genres)
new option to include Year when grouping albums (otherwise its just album artist and album that uniquely identify an album)
new Now Playing preference to configure the fields displayed in MSN messenger
new click on file summary bar toggles total track time displayed exactly with being displayed as approved eg. 15:03:45 or 15.1 hours
new Tags option to specify whether ratings are saved to file (default is yes as now)
new Tags option to specify removal of words from artist, title or album names when scrobbling or matching artists and albums on websites
new Remote Control support, with the option to run MusicBee as a server
new setting for the fields displayed in the player control panel and abilty to disable text scrolling
new setting in the Album and Tracks view to define how albums are grouped
new option to disable half-star ratings
new null() function for naming templates used in the file organiser and other places
new 2 additional customisable website links in the track info panel and artist biography panel
new right click/ copy artist profile text
new support for 2-way rating auto-synchronisation (iPods only)
new Window Settings for the mini-player that now allows you to dock it to the top or bottom of the primary monitor (reserving that space exclusively for the mini-player)
new preference set in Preferences/Tools to specify an external audio file editor that can be invoked from the Send To menu
new Now Playing panel configuration options - some more flexibility such as "lyrics only" display, or placement of lyrics in relation to the other fields
new auto-retrieve missing artwork for the playing track and optional auto-save
new selectable application icons
new right click/open in default browser for Track Info panel links
new 'has a value' filter criteria
new predefined custom tag 'iTunes Compilation' which maps to the iTunes compilation tag
new unplayed podcast count for each subscription is displayed in the main podcasts panel
new mark podcast as "listened to" in the main library when played on a device and 2-way synch is enabled
new import winamp in player preferences
new larger star rating buttons
new persist settings for when player track position is displayed as time remaining (and make that consistent with the mini-player)
improve performance when sorting tracks (approx 50% faster), and filtering (approx 10% faster)
improve scrolling with the artwork layout, with less flicker and faster scrolling
improve volume increment for hotkey and mousewheel action
improve streamed radio station playback now supports contextual information when available for the current streamed track
improve library management so that the cache is flushed after major library operations (importing new tracks, file re-org, etc)
improve preferences window so its no longer modal
improve time taken to shutdown musicbee and time taken to switch libraries
improve load time for large standard playlists
improve load behaviour of playlists with http links
improve mouse-wheel scrolling for the lyrics panel
remove AlbumArt Exchange from the artwork sources
change double-clicking an album from the track browser plays the album in track number order rather than the displayed order from the main panel
change artist-sort order, album-sort order custom tags so that when no value is entered a default value is applied
change auto-playlists so sorting is no longer configured in the auto-playlist definition, instead the sort-order from the main panel is persisted for each auto-playlist
change remove residual (APEv2) replay gain tags when leveling volume on synching to a device
change artist biography so it is now a separate panel that can be docked as a tab or on the bottom of the main pane as a collapsable panel
change auto-DJ higher rating prefered setting to be less strict
change 'replace artist with sort artist' behaviour when synching to a device so that default naming is applied using the 'ignore prefixes' tagging preference
change Computer section so that by default folders can no longer be drag/dropped
change key press behaviour in main panel. The key pressed is no longer automatically entered into the filter search box, instead the first matching track in the main panel is located
change behaviour when clicking on the player display panel - now only the current tab is searched to locate the playing track
fix changes to the global default podcast settings now update subscriptions that dont have customised settings
fix artist biography tab throwing an exception when selecting a browser tab (only for the windows skin)
fix resizing floating lyrics window not being persisted (only for the windows skin)
fix mini-player throwing an error when song > 60 minutes and ratings are displayed
fix 100% CPU spike in rare circumstances
fix updated artwork not refreshing in the artwork view in certain circumstances
fix moving files while they are playing
fix shuffle mode in auto-synchronisation
fix path prefix setting for playlists on devices to include M3U playlists
fix track browser throwing an error when being reconfigured and the artist biography tab is displayed
fix editing timestamps in synchronised lyrics not resetting the scrollbar position
fix generated iTunes XML file that was including some invalid characters
fix MTP device detection for some devices
fix graphics bug in album and tracks layout
fix organised filenaming throwing an error for tags just consisting of multiple spaces
fix "Is Not" condition for filtering
fix auto-playlist creation throwing an exception on some computers
fix enabling the Stereo Enhancer DSP not persisting
fix speed of Missing Artwork filter in Tag Manager
fix abnormally slow start up speed in certain cases when folder filtering is enabled in the computer section
fix memory not being freed in some cases for the Missing Artwork auto-tagger
fix file references in playlists not being renamed in some cases when a file is automatically renamed for auto-organised libraries
fix file play history now updated to reference renamed files
fix error being thrown in certain circumstances when the Upcoming Releases panel is displayed in a secondary tab
fix auto-tagger function Identify Track and Overwrite tags not working in certain cirsumstances
fix auto-synch resetting the playcount on iPods in a particular cirsumstance
fix Stop after Current function not scobbling the last track
fix shoutcast contextual info not showing for some stations
fix auto-artwork retrieval throwing an error if a window was closed before retrieval had completed
fix slight graphic glitch in the player display panel when using smaller fonts
fix scanning WMA file ratings
fix auto-synch to ipods throwing an error when volume leveling is enabled in certain circumstances
fix queue next not working correctly when auto-dj is playing
fix predefined equaliser settings not loading correctly for computers with regional settings
fix some graphic glitches with the track position in the player display panel
fix MTP synchronisation to Sansa Clip devices (or any device not supporting artwork)
fix ipod synch throwing an error when volume leveling is enabled and the file has no volume leveling information
fix popup windows not displaying in the same window as musicbee
1.2.3783
new simplified user-interface (bottom Toolbar is gone and all functions accessed via right click)
new dark skins
new auto-tagging by track functionality for mapping Last.fm tag clouds to mood, occasion, genre and grouping tags
new context menu and double click handling on track browser panels (play now, queue next etc)
new artist biography layout, which becomes the default when viewing the Now Playing List in the main panel
new A-Z jump list bar
new navigation selector when the left panel is collapsed
new mouse wheel adjusts volume when over the player panel
new Decade, and Album [Year] display and filtering fields
new hotkey to invoke the Auto-DJ
new Album Rating
new option to hide the Now Playing list in the right sidebar
new option to automatically have the MusicBee database exported as an iTunes formatted XML file
new import ratings and playcounts only from an iTunes compatable xml file
new handling for multiple artists in the artist biography view
new Player option to restore position
new 'Import Subscriptions' from podcast OPML file
new support for Spotify links
new minimum track gap option in the auto-DJ to specify the gap before an artist is repeated
new WinKey now supported for global hotkeys
new command line support for /PlayPause, /Stop, /Next, /Previous, /VolumeDown, /VolumeUp
new preference to display the last.fm artist page rather than the current biography page for an artist
new Artwork can be saved to multiple locations in the default storage preferences
new play by album ie. all tracks in an album are always added to the now playing list
new auto-shutdown functionality which can sleep/turn off computer at end of playlist or after elapsed period of minutes
new hotkey to exit MusicBee
new preference to specify the format of library playlists
new setting on an auto-playlist to export the matching tracks to a static playlist
new Path field that shows the file path (excluding filename)
new +/-font size buttons in the lyrics window
new hotkeys for lyrics font resize
new previous track, play/pause, next track controls on the track information panel when opened from the windows system notification tray
new support for importing MediaMonkey custom tags
new right click play options under a 'Play More' menu, including: Play All Displayed Tracks; Play All Tracks in an Album; Play All Tracks with a tag value matching the clicked field
new Send To > Auto DJ so you can start the auto-dj using the selected track as the seed
new rating and edited tag save back to file is delayed until a playing has completed
new .m3u files now included in web page scan
new option to clear now playing list on exit
new Publisher and Comments fields selectable in the track browser pane
new preference in podcast subscriptions to limit the number of non-downloaded tracks displayed
new mark as listened/ not listened for podcasts
improve auto-DJ similar artist algorithm to produce less repeatative playlists
improve last.fm radio station playlists to remove repeatition generated by last.fm
improve artist profile layout so the artist picture doesnt scroll
improve External Tools functionality so multiple files can be selected, with a new option to have each file run one-by-one
improve portable mode so that libraries saved to a removable drive no longer reference a specific drive letter
change artwork precedence so external linked files are given preference to embedded pictures, and folder.jpg given the lowest preference
change so the restriction for moving files across disks to an organised library no longer applies for manual operations only
change 'View/ Error Log' now located in Help/ Support
change :1 in file naming template so first char of artist, album and track respects the 'ignore prefixes' setting eg. 'C' for 'The Chap'
fix pre-amp handling not adjusting speaker volumes correctly on some machines
fix miniplayer occasional random failure when restoring to main window
fix Prev/Next track button not being displayed when editing tags with files from the Now Playing list
fix deletion of temporary files in a couple of scenarios
fix auto-playlist limit using random track selection
fix not starting maximised in certain cirsumstances
fix so nested auto-playlists are now supported
fix to support http://www.digitalpodcast.com/opml/digitalpodcast.opml as a podcast directory
fix gui behaviour for now playing icon when deleting the current playing track from the now playing list
fix handling for last.fm playcount synchronisation when last.fm is returning invalid characters for track names
fix organising files when 'move to folder' is unticked and the files are located on a drive different to your music library
fix resizing floating lyrics window not being persisted
fix library/ file synchronisation so rating not lost when the rating only exists in the library
fix time sorting
fix drag/drop file from windows explorer to an organised library
fix ripping failing when a track has an extremely long title
fix handling for a particular corrupted tag when reading mp3 tags
fix adding a new network share not showing in MusicBee until next restart
fix startup failing when one of the startup layout parameters becomes invalid
fix startup failing when a font is not supported
fix startup failing when custom tags had duplicated titles
fix file deletion throwing a spurious error message when files are deleted and the selected folder changed before deletion completes
fix mouse handling when primary screen is to the right of a secondary screen
fix handling for multi-media keys when MusicBee is minimised to the notification tray
fix cache not completing save operation due to interferance by online virus scanner locking the temporary file
fix downloading podcasts from feedsburner failing due to 'protocol error' being returned
fix naming template helper to correctly handle custom tags
fix sorting by bitrate
fix 'Love' and Rating tag values when sending to an external application
fix auto-dj customer filter which selects tracks that have no rating
fix memory not being released when synching portable devices
fix radio station pictures not displaying
fix incorrect track being edited when invoking the editor from the mini-player now playing list
fix folders rerefreshed when opening the folder selector
fix Undo Volume analysis for mp3 files
fix graphics bug when minimise/restore and player is located in the right sidebar
1.2.3705
new windows 7 folder library integration which is displayed in the Computer section
new preference to run MusicBee as a portable application (Preferences/ System)
new handling for external cuesheets
new Album Autotagger now uses amazon.com for track information if no match is found on MusicBrainz
new detection of gapless info tags for iTunes encoded mp3 and m4a files for playback in MB
new Audio Books section
new detection of iTunes podcast tags when scanning files
new drag/drop tracks from library to Audio Books or to Podcasts
new replay gain (smart/track/album) switch in the Controls menu
new equaliser button now shows a different icon if the equaliser or any dsps are active
new copy text selection from web-browser
new handling for data DVDs
new intergation with lossyWAV to reduce the size of lossless files when ripping a CD or converting formats
new option to search using google for missing lyrics using Auto-Tag by Track/ Update Missing Lyrics on a single file
new link in lyrics panel when lyris could not be located to open a google search window
new right click in lyrics panel and paste lyrics from the clipboard directly into a music file
new preferences with the track information panel
new 'Layout' preferences tab. It has all the layout preferences in one place
new font handling - now defaults to the Windows default font but can be overridden
new preferences for lossyWAV encoding
new synchronised lyrics handling
new cd-text retrieved (if available and supported by your cd-drive) when loading cd tracks
new tree style on the left navigation panel
new 2 extra custom web links for the Track Information panel
new automatic retry when a file has been locked for creating/updating files
new Layout preference to locate the player controls at the top or bottom of the now playing list, or in the bottom pane as now
new filtering for your music library
new Now Playing notification preference to change the information displayed in the windows title bar
new device preference to specify the root folder for podcasts on MTP and USB devices
new device preference for iPods to force artwork to be embedded in the copied music files
new Windows Explorer folder associatons
new ability to select multiple-albums in the artwork layout
new spectrum visualisation on the player control panel
new snapping to screen edges when moving the MusicBee window (and mini-player)
new single click on player control planel locates the track in the library
new hotkey to edit the last clicked cell in the main panel
new read/write handling for .lyr lyric files
new ripping option to always show accuraterip.com results
new Playlists folder location setting in the Library preferences
new setting on track auto-numbering utility to reset the track count for each disc or aggregate track number/ count across all discs in an album
new Visualisations now implemented
new keyboard handling for multi-media keyboards
new setting on file converter to add the new files to the Inbox
new import playlists from last.fm, including Loved tracks and your own user playlists
new support for Windows Media Player visualiser plugins
new expand/collapse panels in the Auto DJ to make more room for the generated list of tracks
new Lyrics V2 support (read only)
new lyrics source LYRDB
new Playlists filter in auto-playlist now also includes playlist folders ie. selecting a folder selects all playlists in that folder
new Track Title and Album sorting now also ignores prefixes set in Tag preferences
new hotkeys:
- Rating Now Playing 0.5 stars Up or Down
- Rating Selected Files 0.5 stars Up or Down
- View: Show Now Playing Notification
- View: Show Lyrics in Floating Window
new show lyrics in floating window can be invoked by double clicking on the Lyrics header or button depending on the Now Playing panel layout, or invoked from the drop down
new multiple selection of genres in the Suggested Genres window (invoked from the genre splitter in the tag editor)
new genre-only auto-tagger (righ click> Auto-Tag by Track> Overwrite Genre Tag Only) - it optionally allows you to auto-tag multiple genres to a file
improve startup time compared to version 1.1
improve Selected Track tab in the Now Playing list so that multiple track selections aggregate, and updates to artwork now updates all the selected tracks
improve behaviour of playing CDs from windows explorer - startup time should improve in some cases and playback starts quicker
improve Tag Inspector so you can see view and save ID3v1, ID3v2 and APE tags separately
improve and fix bugs with last.fm play count synching. Playcounts are now cached so improving the speed when re-synching
change lossyWAV encoding so output file has '.lossy' added to the filename
change folder.jpg file now auomatically unprotected when saving a picture and you have administrator rights on your PC
change behaviour when 'portable application' is enabled so the musicbee library is stored as a relative reference in the startup settings.
change 'Play with MusicBee' now sorts by filename when playing files from Window Explorer
change blank tag values no longer display in the Track Information panel
change behaviour when MusicBee is opened via playing tracks from Windows Explorer so the Now Playing panel is opened
change behaviour when no tracks selected in the main panel so only the first track is automatically selected when invoking commands from the main panel toolbar
change file organiser so all files with the same filename (different extension) are relocated with a music file that is moved
change auto-organise so files with embedded cuesheets apply folder naming rules as now, but keep their filename
change timeout period for lyricsplugin.com
change last.fm playcount sync to use all playcounts rather than just the top tracks
change handling for files containing mixture of APE and ID3 tags. Previously APE tags were only read if no ID3 tags were present, now both are read with ID3 taking precendence in conflicts
changed Send To > Copy (Folder) - when copying files from a playlist, filenames are now prefixed with the sequence number of the file in the playlist
fix web-browser failing when old versions of xulrunner exist in windows system folders
fix lossyWAV file naming
fix auto-scrolling when dragging tracks in the Now Playing list
fix auto-tag synchronised lyrics not saving to the synchronised lyrics tag (MP3 files only)
fix silent error being thrown for certain types of drives (the drive doesnt display on the computer section)
fix 'cancel/ retry' dialog not cancelling if the x button is clicked
fix minor GUI glitch when closing tab in certain circumstances
fix device synch failing for a file if artwork resizing enabled and the picture is corrupted
fix various GUI bugs with floating window lyrics
fix web-browser failing in certain circumstance (eg. older xul-runner dlls in windows system folder)
fix 2nd cd drive not accessible from cd ripper/ not displayed in the left navigator panel
fix Ctrl-A, Select All now works in Artwork layout
fix Select All in Detail and Album layout so right clicking preserves the selected tracks
fix popup-window when double clicking on artwork to show title bar and close button for non-windows skins
fix music root folder preference on MTP devices now works with secondary storage cards
fix podcast file accesible status to update when located on an external hdd that has been turned off/ on
fix now playing list doubling the playable tracks when playing a folder from windows explorer
fix closing file organiser throwing an error when the window was closed before the re-organisation assessment had completed
fix now playing track information losing the height setting on restart when viewing in maximised window mode
fix auto-dj panel not enabling the custom filters button on startup when a custom filter is ticked
fix encoding to AAC/MPEG when no genre
fix google search link not working for lyrics
fix cd rip speed (was previously not ripping at maximum cd spin speed)
fix flac ripping so volume calculation is done
fix to stop lyricswiki.com always being searched even when disabled in the preferences
fix file converter and synch to device no correctly naming files from embedded cuesheets
fix Volume Analysis not distinguishing zero voulme adjustment from zero adjustment
fix handling for reading corrrupted PRIV tags
fix CD ripping losing the downloaded picture (only affects users where the destination drive is different to the main hard disc drive)
fix crashing when MTP device detection is enabled on some computers.
fix Auto-Tagger not saving artist and track title for the 'Identify Track and Overwrite Tags' function
fix Auto-Tagger not returning non-ascii characters correctly in the 'Identify Track' function
fix File Organiser not honouring the filename part of a naming template for files with embedded cuesheets
fix sort by File Size
fix File Converter not writing the first frame correctly when converting to MP3 format
fix handling for blank encoder information (foobar blanks the encoder info when you use the Fix VBR header function)
fix metadata handling for WMA radio streams
fix 'Play Now' preference: 'queue selected tracks and play now' not working correctly in certain circumstances
fix handling for first time an iPod is used to alert when administrator rights is required
fix column re-ordering not being persisted for auto-playlists
fix edit box in main panel not moving in-line when the panel is scrolled
1.1 RC2
new windows 7 folder libraries integration
new option to infer tags from filename when importing files
change behaviour to remove id3v2.4 tags when saving as id3v2.3
fix various minor GUI bugs
fix 'search internet' failing when 'linked to source picture' was the default artwork storage option
1.1 RC1
new view/edit all the raw tags in a music file
new online help
new two custom web links definable for the Track Information panel
new ability to group genres and use as a virtual tag eg. Indie Rock and Alternative Rock can both be categorised as Rock
new customisable character mapping for illegal filename chars in the File Organiser
new scan replaygain values for WMA files
new handling and correction for certain types of corrupted ID3 tags
new tag to show file extension (called .Ext)
new hide/show # column in main panel playlists
new 'Restore Natural Order' command in the List toolbar for playlists
improve startup time for people who have MTP or (especially) iPhone detection enabled
improve auto-numbering utility so you can order tracks manually in the window before applying the numbering
improve scanning time for MP3 files when importing new files
change 'Locate in Library' so any track browser filters are removed when searching for a track
change library import so tags derived from a filename are persisted back to the file
fix current playing track not staying visible in the Now Playing list in the main panel when Album View is displayed
fix current playing track indicator not showing against the correct track in the main panel Now Playing list when the list is sorted
fix clicking previous track button failing when the Now Playing list has been cleared
fix position seeking when playing web streams in certain circumstances
fix track browser incorrectly displaying for web pages on initial launch of musicbee
fix auto-numbering so track number reset to 1 when the disc number tag changes
fix delete resized artwork not being deleted from temporary folder when synching in certain circumstances
fix move files from Inbox when displayed using the Artwork view
fix 'locate in library' in artwork layout
fix delete hotkey failing in certain circumstance
fix last.fm scrobbling enable in the preferences screen not showing status correctly
fix ctrl+a nows selects all text in a input field
fix selected track remain selected when switch views
fix editing cuesheets which was showing the wrong information for title and track number in the editing panel
1.1.3544
new multiple artwork selector with the 'search internet' and interactive autotagging functions
new artwork sources: albumartexchange.com and freecovers.com
new custom filter on auto-dj
new button to allow context sensitive adding tracks to now playing list
new button in album-autotagger to allow lookup of more suggested genres
new button in album-autotagger to allow lookup of additional pictures from the internet
new priorisation for genre lookup (now defaults to last.fm) and exclusion list for bad last.fm genres
new toggle Wikipedia artist biography between your default language and english
new filter in Tagging Tools menu to allow detection of tags with inconsistent letter casing
new seek bar for web-files
new preference to enable and specify the priority sequence for retrieving artwork and lyrics
improve error handling and retry for files locked by other processes or read-only files
improve scrolling in now playing panel when jumping between tracks
change lyricswiki for new api interface
change jpeg encoding quality when resize pictures on devices (now 85% instead of 75%)
change remove any tags that are duplicated when saving to mp3 files
fix autotag by album when tagging single album file with embedded cuesheet
fix equaliser distortion for certain low frequency bands
fix rating not saved when only rating is changed in the tag editor
fix file rename when synching on USB devices where the target folder does not already exist
fix track rating change failing on save if the track is playing
fix initialisation failure for some attached devices in Vista/Window 7
fix choosing a picture using the Add button in the tag editor failing
fix disabling 'use 32-bit output' not being respected when resampling
fix editing tags for .m4a files directly on an iPod or MTP device failing
fix refresh action now refreshs the list of playlists
fix adding web bookmarks when no web-folder exists causing a freeze
fix closing a tab in the middle of multiple tabs leaving a gap in the list of tabs
fix gui bug where the current playing track indicator disappears after rating a song
fix locate missing track action behaving incorrectly in some circumstances
fix year in auto-playlist filter failing when saving the playlist
1.1.3530
new definable custom tags that can be saved and retrieved from music files
new grid display showing all raw tags in a file
new preference to disable 32-bit output (fixes playback failing for some soundcards)
new preference to save/ retrieve lyrics to/from an external file
new function for batch update of missing lyrics
new Now playing notification to Digsby (and any other Instant Messenger clients that can have a Winamp plugin)
new ratings now saved to the music file
new secondary sorting preference in the artwork layout eg. sort by artist and year
new CD ripping retrieves metadata from MusicBrainz and if no match then from freedb
new keyboard handling - hotkeys for minimise/maximise application and select all from now playing list
new edit and save emedded cuesheets
new playlist format preference for synching to USB devices (M3U or ASX format)
new playlist settings for USB devices to specify the location for the playlists folder and a path prefix for playlist tracks
improve auto-tag so it tries more variations to match an artist when multiple artists are tagged
change rating scale when saving wavpack files (now 1-5)
fix playback failing on every 2nd song for some computers with problematic codecs installed
fix hotkey support for Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-Pgdn
fix Custom Query failing when search by 'Any Field' that matches items in a list
fix handling for multiple artists in APEv2 and MPEG formats
also implement multiple artist handling for MP3 files using the mp3Tag/foobar convention
fix application not terminating when folder monitoring is enabled and files are being renamed at the time MusicBee is shutting down
fix 'convert all files' option in 'on-the-fly conversion' device settings
fix link to source picture setting when adding artwork
fix file converter failing in certain circumstances
fix tracks always being filtered to one genre for the auto-dj
fix reading multiple artists for M4A files
fix double click on picture always displaying the picture for the playing track even when selected track is chosen
fix wma encoding
fix drag/drop playlists to ipod devices
fix error handling when saving tags edited in the main panel and the file being written to is locked by another application
1.1.3509
new listening-to notification to Instant Messengers (Windows Live for now)
new multiple selection in the track browser
new Import Winamp DSP function in the DSP plugin selector window
new last.fm streaming to utilise the latest last.fm api
new show duplicate tracks function
new 'save-to' folder override for downloaded podcasts
new button in the tag editor to edit embedded cuesheets
new additional file statistics displayed in the status bar
new backup library function
new independent activation for DSP
change lyrics retrieval so that lyricswiki now returns a clickable link to display lyrics
change the 'Identify Track' function to utilise the latest api version
improved tab key navigation in main application window
improved track browser navigation so up and down arrow action automatically applies the filter
improved keyboard handling in the artwork layout
fix startup failure and graphics display issues for users with custom windows themes
fix iTunes synch failing with iPhones because of a missing dll in the original distribution
fix artwork synch to MTP devices when picture is too big to be supported by the device
fix automatic resume playback on startup not applying DSP, replay gain and equaliser to the resumed track
fix volume analysis for wavpack files failing
fix saving wavpack files so non-standard tags not removed and save as 1 write operation so virus scanners dont interfere
fix artwork caching when cache becomes corrupted
fix auto-tag in the tag editor panel retrieving artwork
fix album auto-tagger throwing an error message in a certain cases
fix podcast downloads failing where derived filename exceeds windows maximum file path length
fix out of memory error due to memory not being correctly released when synching a large number of files
1.1.3494
main changes:
new Auto-Tag by Album and improved metadata extraction
new Windows 7 support including Aero-Peek and Jump-List support
new MusicIP Mixer integration for automatic playlist generation
new layout arrangements
new additional lyrics sources
new support for on-the-fly splitting/encoding when synching or drag-drop lossless files to a device
new iPhone 3.0 read support (not write yet)
many other improvements and bug fixes
other changes:
new replay gain values can be displayed in the main panel
new autoplay support for CDs
new handling for drive mappings created using the SUBST command
new hide/unhide # column on Now Playing List
new automatically selects file opened in Windows Explorer
new Send To > Clipboard text now configurable in Preferences/ Tags panel
new button to toggle the Now Playing List either displayed in the right sidebar or expanded to the main window
new drag/drop file re-ordering to align files with album tracks on album auto-tagger
new option to add files to the library when saving auto-tagged albums
new option to add files to the library when organising files eg. Send To (Organised Folder)
new option to play a sound when a cd rip has completed, with a default or selectable sound file
new allow file drag/drop and renaming of files that are currently playing
new template history in the file organisor - you can select preset templates when manually organising your files eg. one for classical music, one for other music
new support for lyricsplugin.com for additional lyrics coverage
new support for right-to-left oriented languages (just hebrew for now)
new Snarl support for track notification
new preference to disable the splash screen
new preference to hide/show Playlists, Web and Computer tabs on the left panel
new support for on-the-fly splitting/encoding when synching or drag-drop lossless files to a device
new menu to show/ hide artwork and lyrics panel in the mini-player Now Playing List window
new double click on track information panel of main window shows mini-player and vice-versa
new 'only convert lossless files' option in on-the-fly encoding settings for a device
new locate playing track in library using right click action on the player track information panel
new read-only support for iPhone/ iTouch 3.0 (write still not supported)
new double click on a picture opens it in full size
new button in status bar to cancel tasks executing in the background (displayed when tasks are executing)
new preference to replace artist with sort-artist when synching to a device
new basic integration with Snarl for track notifications - its enabled in the Now Playing preferences
new windows 7 jump list items (Play Library Shuffled, and Restore Playback)
new eject cd action (right click on cd drive)
new layout options for track information on the Now Playing List (Preferences/ Now Playing), where you can see track details, artwork and lyrics together in a vertical arrangement (or stacked horizontally as now)
new for anyone with the now playing list currently set to display in the main panel, you can now open or collapse the track information panel on the right
new for anyone with the now playing list currently set to display on the right sidebar, it is now also selectable from the left navigator so you can make use of all the functions available in the main panel
new preference to show artist biography in tab in main window which is automatically refreshed for each artist played
new support for drag/drop playlists onto the playlists section of the left navigator
new support for playlists formatted in UTF7 encoding (musicIP playlists use this encoding convention)
improve faster startup time
improve performance of artwork handling
improve dragging mini-player to a new location - now the track display panel is selectable
change sorting Now Playing list such that it no longer automatically re-numbers the tracks (so you can re-sort back to the original order by sorting the # column)
change iPod detection to disable writing to iPhone 3.0 firmware for now (so iPhone music database isnt corrupted)
change move file from Inbox to a folder now also adds the file to the library
change file scanner detects files that have duplicate path references and adds to the library only once, giving preference to the virtual (SUBST) drive path
change file organiser so folder and file naming templates are combined
fix various synch issues including: sort-artist substitution, iTunes part-of-compilation flag, and multiple images in iPod coverflow
fix playlist renaming for MTP devices and iPods
fix tabs not being correctly closed leading to occasional unexpected behavior
new chapter handling for MPC files
fix quick finder search by arist or album artist where artist name starts with 'The '
fix incorrect adjustment being made to sound when first 2 frquency bands of the equaliser are adjusted while the song is playing
fix Auto DJ failing when folders is selected as the source
fix gui issues: refresh causing unpredicatable display behaviour when the left navigator bar is hidden; clicking global hotkey before an action is assigned
fix keep playing track visible when returning to the now playing panel displayed in the main content pane
fix tracks added to now playing list using the 'queue selected tracks next and play now' preference now respects the shuffle setting ie. will be played randomly if shuffle is on
fix assign rating in now playing list via hotkey in mini-player not updating in panel
fix mouse wheel scroll on lyrics
fix remove dead links from the inbox failing when running the scanner
fix rating assigned by hotkey not being refreshed in the now playing list from the mini-player
fix import playlists where any link that was a relative path was being removed from the new imported list
fix startup handling when the default folder no longer exists
fix Now Playing List being incorrectly sorted when displayed in the main window
fix 25 track limit when retrieving album details from the web
fix sorting of track numbers with decimal point eg. 2.1, 2.2 etc
fix folders with custom icons (or folders tagged as system folders) no longer excluded from folder browser/selector
fix library file locator not finding a file in the library when recently moved from inbox to library
fix volume control for AAC/MPEG tracks being played with quicktime
fix library cache corruption due to incorrect handling when a file has invalid artwork for a very specific circumstance
fix replay gain calculation for Musepack7 files
fix Now Playing list loading songs out of sequence and highlighting the incorrect playing song when sorted by Title or Artist
fix ripping entire CD as a single file, if the first track had a pre-gap then the ripped image was slighty out of alignment with the cuesheet leading to a small part of following track being playing in the current track
fix removal of pre-gaps from single file CD rips when the remove pre-gap option is enabled
fix first 2 frequency bands of the equaliser not being applied
fix folder collapse in left panel failing when folder filtering is enabled
fix duplicate files being added to the library as a result of mapped drives pointing to the same file
fix scanning MTP devices which was failing of the device had as attached SD card
fix re-scan not removing dead-links from the Inbox
fix encoder profile not persisting in the CD settings
fix encoder executable not located if MusicBee is assigned a different startup directory to the MusicBee executable
fix file converter preferences failing to be saved if you have an Windows Media Player encoding profiles cannot be retrieved
fix delete track failing if rare circumstance
fix for playlist import not correctly importing links which are relative paths
fix for live aero-preview when application is minimised
fix for recognition and sync of m4a files on MTP devices that don't advertise (via the MTP api) that AAC files are supported
fix drag/drop .m3u playlists from windows explorer into the now playing list
fix duplication of tracks when adding virtual tracks to the now playing list
fix retrieving replay gain values for aac/mpeg files
fix iPod device detection - in some cases the device was not being identified as an iPod
fix distortion of non-square pictures in the Album Layout (other views should already have been OK)
fix music position tracker stalling if last track in playlist is near the end and cross-fading enabled
fix windows 7 file associations - you can now associate music files with MusicBee as the default application
1.0 RC2
new file associations functionality so you can queue tracks from windows explorer (play now was already supported)
new hotkey for skipping back or forward 10 secs
change ascii encoding to use windows default codepage rather than latin-1
change so renaming a file in the tag editor while it is playing is now blocked
improve artwork retrieval so more variations of artist and album name are tried if no match found
fix Windows Media Library import failing when no 'My Playlists' folder exists
fix AutoDJ not correctly using selected folders as the source
fix bug when click track position, the skip track hotkey no longer worked on subsequent tracks
fix file scan so .mpg video files not imported
fix hovering the mouse now always automatically opens a quick track menu
fix player failing when equaliser is enabled and either no track is selected or the current track cannot be opened
fix Send To > Playlist which failed when drilling down to a playlist folder
fix writing to a WMA file failing in a particular circumstance
fix rescan failing if it was run before background processing had completed
fix embeded artwork not saving to the file if the track was playing
1.0 RC1
new ASIO output support
new move or copy file folders using a drag/drop action
new action to run and pass parameters to an external command-line application
new save web lyrics to file
improved rescan/add files to library so files deleted while MusicBee is running are detected
new button to find in library and open windows explorer from the Track Detail window of the Now Playing list
change behaviour when updating an existing ID3 tag so its deleted rather than blanked if the value is blank
change behaviour for files with embedded cuesheet so album artist tag is set if any cuesheet tracks have a different artist
fix to auto-organised library - previously a non-default root folder setting was not persisted and reverted to the default when MusicBee restarted
0.3.3403 Beta
New background processing option for all menu functions
New 48/96/192K resampler that can be enabled in the Player preferences
New Musepack encoder and replaygain support (playback is already supported)
New APEv2 tag support for MP3 files (APEv2 tags are read, but format when saving is specified in the Preferences/ Tags settings)
New support for Jamendo radio playlists and stations
New Find track in Now Playing List function
New button on the Artwork/ Track Detail/ Lyrics panel to show the playing track or the selected track
New options when configuring the layout of the Track Detail panel
New Track Info popup button to find current playing file in library or to open in windows explorer
New drag/ drop folder and playlists to Now Playing List now supported
New click middle mouse button on a tab closes the tab
New click middle mouse button on the left navigator opens a new tab with the clicked node as the selected item
Improved playback quality for 24-bit soundcards and more efficient output processing for Vista
Improved lossless files should now display their bitrate rather than a generic 'Lossless'
Changed handling for the shoutcast website
Changed Queue Next action now queues tracks in sequence - previously a series of Queue Next actions effectively added the tracks in reverse order after the current playing song
Changed Queue Next action plays the track next in Shuffle mode previously the track was added physically after the current playing song but when it played was random
Changed APEv2 custom tag names for Sort Artist, Sort Album, and Sort Album Artist to improve compatibility with other tagging tools
Fixed converting TAK files which were failing on completion
Fixed CD rip which wasnt saving the artwork this was a recently introduced bug but is fixed now
Fixed single album files with embeded cuesheet which was showing 0:00 duration for the last track
Fixed ipod sync bug where it was failing when updating an existing file on the ipod (was ok for iphone/itouch)
Fixed floating lyrics window which wasnt updating as tracks changed
Fixed drag/drop re-ordering of tracks generated by the auto-dj
Fixed APEv2 handling for Track and Disc tags where data included total track or discs eg. 3/11
Fixed secondary sort options in the Artwork layout (only the first sort option was working correctly)
Fixed the preamp in the equaliser not being applied if changed after a song has started
Fixed picture type not being saved correctly for MP3 files on 64-bit Vista only
0.3.3379 Beta
Fix 'stackhash' crash on startup for some Vista users
Crash was due to conflict with the windows API for MTP device detection, so enabling MTP devices is now a preference
Fix file replace failing when overwriting an existing file on an iPhone
Fix Album sorting in the Artwork-only layout
Change behaviour of 'Sort Album Artist' custom tag so 'Sort Artist' is used for display/ sorting when blank
0.3.3375 Beta
New iPhone/ iTouch support
New Artwork-only layout (just shows album covers and basic album details)
New Play History tab
Undo/ Redo function for the now playing list
New Multiple Column sorting (using the Ctrl-mouse click action)
New Track Information tab in the now playing list, which can be configured for the tags it displays
New Mini-player controls such as Show/Hide Now Playing List button
Improve compatability of Vorbis Comment tags with other tagging tools
Various GUI fixes
Various performance improvements