Version history for cdrtfe

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Changes for v1.3.9 - v1.4

GUI:
Added toolbar
bigger main window, more space for the project area
FileExplorer now located within the project area
Toggle output window (Alt-K)
Toggle output window and FileExplorer (Alt-J)
Access disc info and erase functions via menu
Close output window with Alt-L
Spacemeter shows selected disc type.
Portable mode:
Delete registry keys 'HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions' and 'HKCU\Software\Cygnus Solutions', if they did not exist at startup.
Indicate portable mode in splash screen and about box.
Change search order for cdrtfe.ini. Look first in cdrtfe's program folder. This allows to use both the portable and installed version on one system.
Driver options:
Support for Yamaha Audiomaster feature: cdrtfe.ini (or project file), section [cdrecord], Audiomaster=1
Support for additional cdrecord driver options: cdrtfe.ini (or project file), section [cdrecord], CustDriverOpts=...
First (still untested and incomplete) support for BD discs
Audio CD:
Convert mp3 files to wav using mpg123 instead of madplay
Possibility to sort the tracks by filename
CD info:
Show meta data (isoinfo -d -debug)
CD Image:
Check medium type before writing image to disc.
Workarounds for the Windows DLL (binary planting) vulnerability
Bugfix:
SCSI interface setting (ASPI, SPTI, auto) was ignored during driveletter recognotion.
Pathnames with '=' weren't handled correctly
Workaround for problems when running cdrtfe with BB4win/BBLean.
Debug DLL: Catch possible exception when auto-saving log file and allow selection of alternative path. In portable mode log file will be saved to program folder.
DAE: Hidden audio track could cause wrong track numbering when saving to a compressed format.
DAE: Freedb information could lead to invalid filenames.
Relative paths can now be used in CUE sheets for compressed audio files.
Sometimes temporary CUE sheets were not deleted.

Changes for v1.3.8.1 - v1.3.9

Shell Extension for 64 bit Windows.
Bugfixes:
Filebrowser caused an access violation when there was no drive c:\.
Empty disc labels caused wrong error message (Invalid source file ":").

Changes for v1.3.8 - v1.3.8.1

GUI:
Paste files via context menu into cdrtfe.
Allow FIFO buffer size up to 128 MiB.
CD Image:
Support readcd option retries=#.
Bugfixes:
Commandline options were completely ignored.
Disc labels were ignored when loading project files.
Button captions of the message dialogs weren't translatetd.

Changes for v1.3.7 - v1.3.8

GUI:
Allow copy&paste via Ctrl-V from Explorer to cdrtfe (in treeview and listview).
Progress display for mkisofs and readcd with progressbar.
Use standard system symbls for folders in treeview.
Improved message dialogs.
Bugfixes:
Fixed possible Access Violation when closing cdrtfe.
Fixed Access Violation that occurred at startup when the execution of cdrecord/mkisofs failed.
After writing a Cue image all controls remained locked.
Under certain conditions the verification of a disc did not start.

Changes for v1.3.6 - v1.3.7

Audio CD:
CD Text from tags: Workaround for UTF-8 coded tags.
Show number of available characters for CD Text.
Mark too long (>159 characters) CD Text strings.
Keyboard shortcuts (Dialog 'Tracks'): F4 Performer from current row as album performer. Shift-F5 Delete performer for all tracks
Support for WaveGain.exe (normalize tracks before writing).
DAE:
Hidden tracks can be read an copied.
CD Image:
Verification of ISO images with disc.
GUI:
Windows 7: progress display in taskbar entry.
Activity display when deleting RWs and fixating discs.
FilexExplorer settings can be saved.
Keyboard-Shortcut (Alt-Q) for fast switching between FileExplorer and project.
The cdrtfe.ini can be directly displayed and edited.
Recognize active cygwin1.dll and use it (if possible).
Improved execution of commandline tools (timeout, abort).
Bugfixes:
Audio-CD:
FLAC file with ID3 tags will not cause access violations any longer.
Check CD Text data only when CD Text option is set.
DAE: Track information (title, performer) were not displayed, if one of the fields was empty.

Changes for v1.3.5 - v1.3.6

Data CD:
Warn, when trying to write a multisession CD in DAO mode.
Audio CD/(S)VCD:
When adding multiple tracks these are alphabetically sorted first.
GUI:
Show subfolder sizes in file view.
cdrtfe now has a file explorer to show and select source files (only possible if main program window has a sufficient height).
Added keyboard shortcuts:
Alt-E File Explorer
Alt-L Output/Log window
Alt-S Settings dialog
Changed appearance of some dialogs.
Improved progress display (track/file and total).
New program icon.
Better drive lettter detection of drives connected via USB.
Bugfixes:
Audio CD:
Option 'overburn' now works.
BOM (Byte order marks) are removed from tags.
Loading a FLAC file could overwrite memory areas and crash cdrtfe.
XCDs: Form2-Files were ignored when calculating the total size.
DAE: With the option 'prefix file names' ID3 tags were not written.
A wrong drive index could cause a access violation after loading a project file.

Changes for v1.3.4 - v1.3.5

Changes:
Data CD:
Warn, if Vol-ID is too long.
Warn, if Meta Data entries are too long.
Allow to write multisession discs wihtout Rock-Ridge filesystem.
Setting via cdrtfe.ini: ForceMSRR=0 in [Data-CD]
Audio CD:
m3u playlists can now have relative paths.
DAE:
Set reading and writing speed seperately for 1:1 copy.
Warn, if reading the TOC failed.
GUI:
Improved keyboard navigation with Tab/Shift-Tab in many dialogs (corrected Tab order, some controls couldn't be reached).
Files in the Audio CD/(S)VCD project can now be opened with Enter.
The Taskbar entry can show the number and the size of the files of a project (Data CD, Audio CD, XCD). Setting via cdrtfe.ini: FileInfoTitle=1 in [General]
Folder selection dialog can now be closed with Esc.
Context menu adjusted. New entries: Add folder, New folder.
Column width of ListViews can now be saved.
SpaceMeter can be disabled. Setting via cdrtfe.ini: SpaceMeter=0 in [General]
If calling ShellExecute fails, an error message is shown.
Registering and unregistering the ShellExtension should now work on Windows Vista. Admin privileges are still necessary.
Bugfixes:
Data CD, Meta Data: It wasn't possible to use just a single field.
DAE, 1:1 copy: Copy wasn't possible, if the path for the temporary files included spaces.

Changes for v1.3.3 - v1.3.4

DAE: Support for option -offset (via cdrtfe.ini, section [DAE], Offset=...).
GUI:
Files and folders can now be opened from the file listview, so the file/folder view now nearly behaves like the Explorer.
Select multiple folders with F11 in addition to Alt-Ins (some screen reading software may use Ins as modifier key).
Bugfixes:
Corrected loading of tool paths from cdrtfe_tools.ini.
The error 'Cannot yet have different -input-charset/-output-charset' does not occur any longer (corrected incomplete adjustment to the newer mkisofs versions).

Changes for v1.3.2 - v1.3.3

Notes:
This is cdrtfe 1.3.3.
The changes may have introduced new bugs, so please test and report, if you find a bug.
Reports about how cdrtfe behaves under Windows Vista are welcome.
Some of the translations haven't been updated for quite a while. Any help regarding the update of existing or the creation of new translations is much appreciated.
Beginning with version 1.2.1 cdrtfe is released under a new license, the GPL with a special exception, that allows to combine cdrtfe with source code licensed under the LGPL, MPL or CDDL. See license.txt for more information.
Changes:
Data-DVD: Added multiborder DVD support (cdrecord 2.01.01a50 and newer) for DVD-R and DVD-RW. A DVD-RW which has been written in multiborder mode has to blanked fully to reuse it for another writing mode.
Important: According to the cdrecord man page multiborder DVD writing is done in the same way like writing multisession CDs. So, cdrtfe has been adjusted to allow this for DVD-R(W) discs. However, I haven't been able to successfully continue a multiborder DVD, cdrecord always complained about not having enough space left regardless how much data was to be written. I am not sure what causes this problem (cdrecord, system, drive). If you want to use this new feature, try it with a rewritable disc first.
Splashscreen can be disabled (Startoption /nosplash or cdrtfe.ini, Section [General] Nosplash=1).
Show the remaining space in the status bar.
Folders are now displayed in the file listview (Data CD, XCD).
Added sliders to allow resizing of the folder treeviews and file listviews (Data CD, XCD).
All dialogs for selecting files or folders now remenber the last selected folder.
Bugfixes:
Corrected an integer overflow during the calculation of the used space when continuing a multisession CD or multiborder DVD.

Changes for v1.3.1 - v1.3.2

A 'space meter' has been added which displays the used space of a disc. The disc type can manually be selected.
Multisession CDs: The session to be continued can now be selected, and the contents will be displayed in the file/folder view.
DAE: The option -verboselevel=all will only be used for 1:1 copies.
The CD image project now has a seperate option for CD text (when writing an Audio CD from a CUE Sheet).
Files can be opened with the associated program. For sound and video files an alternative player can be defined.
Warning message, if a cygwin1.dll is found in a Windows system folder.
Warning message, if a file > 4 GiB is about to be written without ISO Level 3 or 4.
Bugfixes:
Corrected a bug (Index out of range) when additional commandline options were enabled but no option was specified.
Corrected a bug which messed up the file names when Audio tracks were extracted into a compressed file.

Changes for v1.3 - v1.3.1

DVD+RWs can now be blanked, if cdrecord 2.01.01a37 or newer is available.
cdrtfe can now detect some potential problems with cdrecord, mkisofs or the cygwin1.dll.
The use of the included cygwin1.dll can now be forced, even if the DLL is found in the system's search path.
The progress when writing tracks is now shown with a progress bar.
New folder structure for the translations (cdrtfe and cdrtfe Shell Extension).
New commandline options /debug and /debugAS to start cdrtfe in debug mode.
Bugfixes:
The size of the data is now calculated correctly when continuing a multisession CD.

Changes for v1.3 pre2 - v1.3

Data CD:
Additional Meta data: Publisher, Preparer-ID, System-ID, Copyright-File.
Additional options: -T, -hide-joliet-trans-tbl, -no-limit-pathtables, -hide-rr-moved.
Data CD, XCD:
Improved folder selection dialog, which allows to choose multiple folders. Use Alt-Insert to add a folder to the list and Del to remove a folder from the list. A single folder can be selected just like before.
CD Image:
The CD Text information from Audio CD cue sheets will be written to disc, if the CD Text option from the Audio CD project is enabled.
1:1 copies can be created by using the function 'Create Image from CD' with the option 'Write copy' enabled. Notes: It is not possible to make a direct copy from one drive to the other. Not all kinds of CDs can be copied (e.g. multisession discs).
DAE:
1:1 copy function: automatic extraction and burning of all tracks
Currently not possible in on-the-fly mode.
If available the folder 'My Music' will be used to save the tracks.
Settings:
Automatic check for available speeds can now be (de-)activated via the settings dialog.
Possibility to choose the SCSI interface (automatic, ASPI, SPTI).
The additional cdrecord command for formatting a new DVD+RW can now be enabled via the settings dialog.
Portable Mode:
When started with /portable cdrtfe searches for the cdrtfe.ini only within the program folder.
First adjustments for mkisofs 2.01.01a28 (and later) and cdrecord 2.01.01a31 (and later)
Brand new DVD+RWs are now formatted with an extra cdrecord command, if you set AllowFormat=1 in the section [cdrecord] of cdrtfe.ini. Some drives don't like cdrecord's automatic format.
cdrtfe now scans the SCSI bus itself to detect the drive letters of the CD/DVD devices. You may still override the settings with AssignManually and LocalDrives in the section [Drives] of cdrtfe.ini.
Under Win 2k/XP/Vista(?) the disc isn't ejected and reloaded any longer before the verification starts.
When reading a CD with readcd the progress is now displayed.
Bugfixes:
Workaround for the odd behaviour of some radio buttons.
Size of new DVD+RWs is now determinded correctly.
Clearing the output window could crash the worker thread (including the commandline tools).
CheckMedium was called even if just an image was to be created. This could falsely result in an error message.

Changes for v1.3 pre1 - v1.3 pre2

Data CD, continue multisession CDs:
Show content of previous sessions in the file/folder view.
Import is possible if the options 'multisession' and 'continue CD' are selected and the project is empty.
Warnings that files and folders from previous sessions cannot be moved or renamed.
Possibility to 'delete' files or folders from an existing session
Limitations: o Empty folders from previous sessions cannot be removed
Data CD: New/changed options for filesystem:
output character set is now independent of ISO Level setting
new option for input character set
support for additional boot options: -boot-load-size,
boot-load-seg and -boot-info-table
Audio CD: Support for source files in ape format (Monkey's Audio). The necessary commandline tool (mac.exe) can be downloaded from http://www.monkeysaudio.com/.
Audio CD: Cue sheet support
Audio CDs can now be created from cue sheets (*.cue). Use the project 'CD Image' and add the cue sheet file. Compressed audio files will be converted into wave format automatically.
Auto-save on exit
Automatical update of the second output window can now be switched off.
Added support for context-sensitive help.
new commandline options /img und /dvd
keyboard shortcuts:
Alt-O: Add files (Data-, Audio-, X-, Video-CD)
Alt-I: Add folders (Data-, XCD)
Alt-V: Add files as Form2 files (XCD);
Alt-Entf: Delete All (Data-, XCD)
Alt-Up: Move track up (Audio-, Video-CD)
Alt-Down: Move track down (Audio-, Video-CD)
new folder structure for the commandline tools:
tools
cdrtools
cygwin
cdrdao
vcdimager
sound
xcd
If the subfolder tools can not be found, cdrtfe 1.3pre2 expects the commanline tools in its program folder. Settings from cdrtfe_tools.ini have priority.
New behaviour regarding cygwin1.dll: The included cygwin1.dll will only be used, if cdrtfe does not find another cygwin1.dll in the search path. This should avoid most problems with conflicting cygwin versions, e.g. if a complete cygwin environment is installed.
Bugfix: File names with ' are now quoted, otherwise cdrecord will abort.