Release Notes
1.4.4443
final release for version 1.4
1.4.4418
CD/DVD burning for win7 and vista
artist photo slideshow and new "playing track" tab
new layout customisation settings
library explorer now has tabs to jump between different filters
play queue manager and auto-pruning for the now playing list
now playing list can now be displayed with album artwork
static playlists can now be set with specific views and fields
advanced naming functions for organising files
auto-calculated album ratings
volume analysis now allows adjusting the calculated replaygain values with clipping detection
option to automatically detect duplicates when importing files
new skins
completed Polish translation
various bug fixes
1.3.4334
new layout options including docking the player to the top pane
play .m4a files using windows 7 AAC decoder
play or filter similar artists
support for Winamp Input plugins
Album & Tracks layout now has an option to show a preview of album tracks
faster display in Album & Tracks and artwork layout
larger pictures in the artwork view
Auto-Playlists can now group by results by whole albums
support for bookmarking tracks
functions supported in file naming templates (eg. If, IsNull, Left etc)
Dutch, Japanese, Polish and Spanish translations
1.2.4218
final release for version 1.2
1.2.4176
upgraded MusicBrainz API to address changes causing the CD Ripper and Auto-Tagger to return incorrect results in some cases
added French localisation
added plugin support for retrieving and playing tracks from Media Servers (a Subsonic server plugin has been created)
various bug fixes
1.2.4161
localisation support
various improvements to the Artwork panel layout
new discogs.com support for album-autotagging
various bug fixes
1.2.4120
new player layout mode (compact player) and additional customisation for track information
new songkick concert functionality
new radio station type using tracks from Jamendo and ability to include Jamendo tracks in the auto-dj mix
new radio station directory support including: Icecast, Shoutcast, Soma Fm, Last.fm, Jamendo and a presets file
new customisation settings for the now playing popup notification
improved library explorer functionality
improved tabs functionality including drag/drop support
improved layout customisation for the Album and Tracks view
improved album and track auto-taggers
many GUI improvements
fixed WASAPI output distortion on some computers
see http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=551 for details
1.2.4037
new Duplicates Manager
new Artist Visualiser that uses Home Theatre Backdrops (htbackdrops.com) and last.fm to display large pictures of the playing artist
new radio playlist
new autosweep on monitored folders
new support for multi-cpu encoding when synching to a device
new layout preference to dock the playlist from the now playing list panel into a tabbed panel at the bottom of the main panel.
new setting for device synchronisation to exclude low bitrate files from being converted in the 'convert all files' setting
new auto-synch last.fm love rating and last.fm playcount which can be enabled in Preferences/ Plugins/ last.fm
new artist track count field
new right click/ Locate Artist available in the Now Playing list
new unlove a track
new 'Find More 'xxxx' in Library' right click context menu item, where 'xxxx' is the current clicked field
new Group By setting in the Artwork view (Album, Artist or Composer)
new nesting on auto-playlist query conditions
new remove tags function
new export subscriptions as OPML file
1.2.3875
new LyricsDB added as a lyrics provider
fix mp3 file tags not being saved in some cases (usually when embedding new artwork or lyrics)
fix WASAPI output not working on some soundcards
1.2.3873
new WASAPI (exclusive mode) support for Vista, Win7
new gapless playback for DirectSound and WASAPI output for most formats
new support for ChartLyrics as a lyrics provider
new right click/ correct lyrics on source website
new caching for web lyrics
change folder filtering so windows7 libraries cannot be selected
fix folder re-organisation not releasing memory
remove lyricsPlugin and viewLyrics as lyric providers
fix folder monitor so cut/pasted folders are now detected in continuous mode
fix create library when invoked using the SHIFT key being pressed on startup
fix Ctrl-A now selects all tracks in the Now Playing list displayed in the mini-player