Version history for LameXP

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Changes for v4.03 RC 2 (Build 756) - v4.03 R2

Added an option to rename the output files (based on an user-defined naming pattern)
Added an option to enforce Stereo Downmix for Multi-Channel sources
Added "built-in" WMA decoder (see this thread for details) and removed all remnants of "old" decoder
Added optional support for the FHG AAC Encoder included with Winamp 5.62 (see FAQ doc for details)
Added a menu for bookmarking "favorite" output folders to the "output folder" tab
Added an option to hibernate the computer (aka "Suspend-to-Disk") instead of shutting it down
Added Polish translation, thanks to Sir Daniel K
Added channel equalization options to the normalization filter (also fixes multi-channel processing)
Added indicators for current CPU usage, RAM usage and free diskspace to the processing window
Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.0 RC-1 (2011-10-13), compiled with MSVC 10.0
Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.1 Final (2011-11-05), compiled with ICL 12.1.6 and MSVC 10.0 (details)
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.4 (2011-09-07), compiled with GCC 4.6.1
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.51 (2011-11-11), compiled with ICL 12.1.6 and MSVC 10.0
Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
Improved "downmix" filter by using explicit channel mappings for each number of input channels
Fixed a potential bug in CPU type detection that might have caused the wrong binary to be used
Fixed Cue Sheet import for tracks with certain characters in the title
Fixed a bug with "Prepend relative source file path to output file" under certain conditions
Workaround for malicious "anti-virus" programs that prevent innocent applications from functioning
Enabled "Aero Glass" theme in installer and web-update program (Vista and Windows 7 only)
Restored Windows 2000 support with Visual Studio 2010 builds (this is experimental!)
The "Open File(s)" and "Open Folder" dialogs will now remember the most recent directory
Miscellaneous bugfixes

Changes for v4.02 (Build 578) - v4.03 RC 2 (Build 756)

Added an option to rename the output files (based on an user-defined naming pattern)
Added an option to enforce Stereo Downmix for Multi-Channel sources
Added "built-in" WMA decoder (see this thread for details) and removed all remnants of "old" decoder
Added optional support for the FHG AAC Encoder included with Winamp 5.62 (see FAQ doc for details)
Added a menu for bookmarking "favorite" output folders to the "output folder" tab
Added an option to hibernate the computer (aka "Suspend-to-Disk") instead of shutting it down
Added Polish translation, thanks to Sir Daniel K
Added channel equalization options to the normalization filter (also fixes multi-channel processing)
Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.0 RC-1 (2011-10-13), compiled with MSVC 10.0
Updated LAME encoder to v3.99 Final (2011-10-17), compiled with ICL 12.1.6 and MSVC 10.0 (details)
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.4 (2011-09-07), compiled with GCC 4.6.1
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.50 (2011-09-23), compiled with MSVC 10.0
Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
Improved "downmix" filter by using explicit channel mappings for each number of input channels
Fixed a potential bug in CPU type detection that might have caused the wrong binary to be used
Fixed Cue Sheet import for tracks with certain characters in the title
Fixed a bug with "Prepend relative source file path to output file" under certain conditions
Workaround for malicious "anti-virus" programs that prevent innocent applications from functioning
Enabled "Aero Glass" theme in installer and web-update program (Vista and Windows 7 only)
Restored Windows 2000 support with Visual Studio 2010 builds (this is experimental!)
The "Open File(s)" and "Open Folder" dialogs will now remember the most recent directory
Miscellaneous bugfixes

Changes for v4.02 (Build 578) - v4.03 Beta 5 (Build 742)

Added an option to rename the output files (based on an user-defined naming pattern)
Added an option to enforce Stereo Downmix for Multi-Channel sources
Added "built-in" WMA decoder (see this thread for details) and removed all remnants of "old" decoder
Added optional support for the FHG AAC Encoder included with Winamp 5.62 (see FAQ doc for details)
Added a menu for bookmarking "favorite" output folders to the "output folder" tab
Added Polish translation, thanks to Sir Daniel K
Added channel equalization options to the normalization filter (also fixes multi-channel processing)
Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.0 RC-1 (2011-10-13), compiled with MSVC 10.0
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.4 (2011-09-07), compiled with GCC 4.6.1
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.50 (2011-09-23), compiled with MSVC 10.0
Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
Improved "downmix" filter by using explicit channel mappings for each number of input channels
Fixed Cue Sheet import for tracks with certain characters in the title
Workaround for malicious "anti-virus" programs that prevent innocent applications from functioning
Enabled "Aero Glass" theme in installer and web-update program (Vista and Windows 7 only)
Restored Windows 2000 support with Visual Studio 2010 builds (this is experimental!)
The "Open File(s)" and "Open Folder" dialogs will now remember the most recent directory
Miscellaneous bugfixes

Changes for v4.0.1 (Build 418) - v4.02 (Build 578)

Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Dropping support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP RTM. Windows XP needs (at least) Service-Pack 2 now!
Added Cue Sheet import wizard, which allows splitting and importing tracks from Cue Sheet images
Added ATSC A/52 (AC-3) encoding support, based on Aften encoder v0.0.8+ (Git Master)
Added Avisynth input (audio only!) using 'avs2wav' tool, partly based on code by Jory Stone
Added a method to use custom tools instead of the "built-in" ones (see FAQ doc for details)
Added an option to copy all meta information of a single file over to the "meta information" tab
Added two new command-line switches: "--add-folder " and "--add-recursive "
Added one new translation: Korean
Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.7.3
Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.1.0 (2011-04-15), compiled with ICL 12.0.3 and MSVC 10.0 (details)
Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using aoTuV Beta-6.03 (2011-05-04), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.3 (2011-04-21), compiled with GCC 4.6.0
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.45 Beta (2011-05-02), compiled with ICL 12.0.3 and MSVC 10.0
Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
Fixed placement of the Dropbox when the Taskbar is located on the top or on the left side
Improved playlist generation: Generate M3U (Latin-1) or M3U8 (UTF-8) playlist file as required
Only show the most recent 50 items in the "processing" window (for better performance)
Miscellaneous bugfixes

Changes for v4.00 - v4.0.1 (Build 418)

* Added an option to manually specify the number of parallel instances
* Added an option to select a user-defined TEMP directory
* Added an option to shutdown the computer as soon as all files are completed
* Added an option to add directories recursively
* Added support for embedding cover artwork (currently works with LAME, FLAC and Nero AAC only)
* Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.7.2
* Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.0.16 (2011-04-04), compiled with ICL 12.0.2
* Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using aoTuV Beta-6.02 (2011-02-28), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0
* Updated TTA decoder multiplatform library to v2.1 (2011-03-11), compiled with MSVC 9.0
* Updated SoX to v14.3.2 (2010-02-27), compiled with ICL 12.0.2
* Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.43 (2011-03-20), compiled with ICL 12.0.2 and MSVC 9.0
* Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
* Fixed a problem with the LAME encoder that could cause glitches (VBR mode), reported by Wolfgang Waldeck
* Fixed a problem with the LAME encoder that could cause very slow encoding speed
* Fixed a bug that caused AAC encoding to fail in CBR mode (the "-2pass" parameter was set wrongly)
* A warning message will be emitted, if diskspace drops below a critical limit while processing

Changes for v4.00 TechPreview - v4.00 TechPreview 246

Key Features:
Complete re-write of LameXP in C++ using the Qt Framework.
Switching from dated Delphi IDE (version from 2002) to an up-to-date tool chain (VS2008 or GCC 4.5.x).
Full Unicode support, which means that all problems with "Codepages" and "strange characters" will finally be gone!
Support for multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, MacOS X) will be possible.
Creating new LameXP translations will be much easier for contributors thanks to the Qt Linguist tool.

Changes for v3.18 Hotfix 2 - v4.00 TechPreview

Complete re-write of LameXP in C++ using the Qt Framework.
Switching from dated Delphi IDE (version from 2002) to an up-to-date tool chain (VS2008 or GCC 4.5.x).
Full Unicode support, which means that all problems with "Codepages" and "strange characters" will finally be gone!
Support for multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, MacOS X) will be possible.
Creating new LameXP translations will be much easier for contributors thanks to the Qt Linguist tool.

Changes for v3.17 - v3.18 Hotfix 1

Added an Unicode-safe "Open" dialog: File names are converted to "short" names if required
Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.4 (2010-03-23), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.30 (2010-03-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.060
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.1 (2010-03-31), compiled with GCC 4.4.3
Updated Ogg Vorbis decoder to v1.9.7 (2010-03-29), compiled with MSVC 9.0
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)

Changes for v3.16 - v3.17

Updated TAK decoder to v2.0.0 (2010-01-07)
Updated ALAC decoder to v0.2.0 (2009-09-05)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.28 (2010-02-19), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
Fixed "No Disk" error message box that could appear under certain circumstances
Fixed "...is not responding" error message box that could appear during startup
Various minor fixes and improvements

Changes for v3.15 - v3.16

Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.3.0 (2009-12-29)
Disable DPI warning on Vista and later, as they handle DPI != 96 much better than WinXP
Updated WavPack decoder to v4.60.1 (2009-11-29)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.27 (2010-01-04), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10b (2009-09-03), compiled with GCC 4.2.1

Changes for v3.14 - v3.15

Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.1.0
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.10.0 (2009-12-05)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.26 (2009-12-18), compiled with ICL 11.1.051
Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.051

Changes for v3.12 - v3.13

Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
Updated FLAC encoder to v1.2.1b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.22 (2009-09-25), using statically linked build (MSVC 9.0)
Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01)
Updated TAK decoder to v1.1.2 (2009-07-27)
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.1 (2009-10-09)
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Updated the Splash screen and modified the sound that plays on very first launch
Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.34 to v3.38 (2009-08-27)

Changes for v3.12 - v3.13 Beta

Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.22 (2009-09-25), using statically linked build (MSVC 9.0)
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)

Changes for v3.11 - v3.12 RC 8

Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!)
Added experimental support for Windows 7 taskbar progress indicator
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.20 (2009-07-31), using statically linked build
Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)
Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3a (2009-08-04)
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
Fixed a number of minor glitches

Changes for v3.11 - v3.12 RC 7

Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!)
Added experimental support for Windows 7 taskbar progress indicator
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.20 (2009-07-31), using statically linked build
Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)
Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3a (2009-08-04)
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
Fixed a number of minor glitches

Changes for v3.11 - v3.12 RC 6

Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.20 (2009-07-31), using statically linked build
Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
Fixed a number of minor glitches

Changes for v3.11 - v3.12 RC 5

Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.20 (2009-07-31), using statically linked build
Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
Fixed a number of minor glitches

Changes for v3.11 - v3.12 RC 2

Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.20 (2009-07-31), using statically linked build
Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)
Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)

Changes for v3.11 - v3.12 RC1

Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.20 (2009-07-31), using statically linked build
Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)

Changes for v3.10 Hotfix 2 - v3.11

Added options to sort the source files (by title, by filename or by track number)
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.1 (2009-06-14)
Updated FLAC decoder, now using the ICL 9.1 build of FLAC v1.2.1b
Updated the "Normalization" filter to v0.41 (2009-06-16)
Fixed a few minor issues and in meta tag processing

Changes for v3.0.9 (2009-05-22) - v3.10 (2009-06-01)

Added a NSIS-based installer (will be released in addition to the ZIP package)
Added support for the TAK lossless audio format
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.0 RC-2 (2009-05-24)
Updated the "Normalization" filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel
Fixed a few minor issues

Changes for v3.08 (2009-03-05) - v3.0.9 (2009-05-22)

Added support for detecting the file type via MediaInfo instead of guessing the type from file extension
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.7.3 (2009-04-27)
Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 (2009-05-13)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.16.0 (2009-05-20)
Fixed detection of the WMA decoder under certain circumstances (e.g. Windows 7)

Changes for v3.0.7 (2008-12-24) - v3.08 (2009-03-05)

Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.7 (2009-03-04)
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.4 (2009-01-10)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.11.0 (2009-02-13)

Changes for v3.0.6 (2008-10-16) - v3.0.7 (2008-12-24)

Added an option to disable multi-threading on multi-core machines
Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.61 (2008-12-24)
Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.3 (2008-12-20)
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.8.0 (2008-12-10)
Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)

Changes for v3.05 - v3.0.6