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