Version history for Mp3tag

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Changes from v2.41a Beta to v2.41b Beta

• NEW: support for padding in Ogg Vorbis files to improve tag writing performance.
• NEW: support for Ogg Vorbis files with OGA file extension.
• NEW: type and description of cover art can now also be set via the Tag Sources dialog.
• CHG: installer information is now stored at HKLM or HKCU in Windows Registry based on user privileges.
• CHG: removing and deleting of files now separated into different menu items.
• FIX: changing cover to 'Back cover' was ignored at MP4.
• FIX: drag'n'drop of cover art from Firefox 3 did not work.
• FIX: minor issues with displaying of error messages.
• FIX: possible crash caused by ill-formatted action files.

Changes from v2.41 to v2.41a Beta

• NEW: type of cover art can now be changed via the context menu of the cover art display in the main view.
• NEW: type of cover art is now displayed in the main view.
• NEW: description of cover art can now be changed via the context menu of the cover art display in the main view.
• NEW: scripting functions $meta(x), $meta(x,n), and $meta_sep(x,sep).
• NEW: added _FOLDERPATH filtering option.
• NEW: context menu for cover-related functions now also available at the extended tags dialog.
• CHG: fields with multiple matching values are now displayed individually at the extended tags dialog also for multiple files.
• CHG: filtering by _PATH uses the complete file path now.
• CHG: handling of Ctrl+A in edit fields to select all text.
• CHG: line-breaks in ID3v2 comments now CR LF (0x0D 0x0A) instead of 0x0A for compatibility reasons.
• CHG: line-breaks in multi-line edit fields now via Ctrl+Return.
• CHG: Mp3tag now ignores the tag alter preservation flag in ID3v2 frames.
• CHG: open and save dialogs are resizeable now.
• FIX: 'Edit > Undo' was not activated in all cases.
• FIX: arrow symbol for helper menu at 'Tag - Filename' was not displayed on some systems.
• FIX: deleting files with Ctrl+Del sometimes only removed them from the file list.
• FIX: fixed possible deadlock situation at action 'Remove fields except'.
• FIX: horizontal scrollbar wasn't displayed after changing columns on some systems.
• FIX: installer ignored different user-defined startmenu folder.
• FIX: playcounter of ID3v2 POPM frame was written to the wrong byte.
• FIX: progress bar showed wrong status in some cases when reading multiple directories from Explorer.
• FIX: runtime error under Windows Vista at accessing MP3 files that have been moved outside of Mp3tag.
• FIX: some actions created empty tag fields if applied to non-existing tag fields with the same name.

Changes from v2.40c Beta to v2.40d Beta

• NEW: support for ITUNESPODCASTCATEGORY at ID3v2 and MP4.
• NEW: field RATING MM for rating in MediaMonkey style.
• CHG: renamed 'Explorer Shell Extension' to 'Explorer Context Menu' in installer.
• CHG: TDRL ID3v2 frame (RELEASETIME) now also supported for ID3v2.3.
• FIX: length was not sorted correctly in some cases. On new installations, Mp3tag now sorts by %_length_seconds% numerically.
• FIX: preview at converter 'Filename - Tag' displayed duplicate entries (since v2.40).

Changes from v2.40b Beta to v2.40c Beta

• NEW: option for message before removing of tags.
• NEW: support for ITUNESPODCASTDESC, ITUNESPODCASTID, and ITUNESPODCASTURL at ID3v2 and MP4.
• FIX: detection of cover art for display in Tag Panel was case-sensitive and did not detect folder.* including upper-case letters.
• FIX: refreshing the directory after renaming the directory via an action resulted in empty file list in some cases.

Changes from v2.40a Beta to v2.40b Beta

• NEW: option 'Export duplicate covers' at action 'Export cover to file'.
• NEW: option 'General > Use natural sorting'.
• FIX: case conversion on _FILENAME left blank field (introduced in v2.39n).
• FIX: crash when right-clicking on empty file view column headers.
• FIX: displayed data of previously selected file in Tag Panel when clicking on another file while editing in the file view.
• FIX: displayed file size in status bar was wrong after undoing remove file operations.
• FIX: undo remove file left modified and other technical fields blank.

Changes from v2.40 to v2.40a Beta

• NEW: 'Edit > Undo' runs in separate thread now.
• NEW: 'Utils > Convert Codepage' at freedb dialog.
• NEW: helper menus for quick access to placeholders and scripting functions at 'View > Columns...'.
• CHG: added mnemonics to filter.
• CHG: changed behaviour of F2 and F4 keyboard shortcuts at extended tag dialog.
• CHG: converter 'Tag - Filename' runs in separate thread now.
• CHG: improved accessibility at extended tags dialog.
• CHG: invalid characters are now automatically removed from the file name at 'Export cover to file' actions.
• CHG: minor changes to error reporting at export.
• CHG: removed detection of already existing album art at action 'Export cover to file'.
• FIX: action 'Merge duplicate fields' had no effect (since v2.40).
• FIX: action 'Remove duplicate fields' had no effect (since v2.40).
• FIX: encoding of default HTML export configurations now UTF-8 again (since v2.40).
• FIX: navigation to 'Options > Genres' via Tab key was not possible.
• FIX: nested subdirectories were not completely removed at undo.
• FIX: preview at converter 'Text file - Tag' displayed duplicate entries (since v2.40).
• FIX: UNSYNCEDLYRICS was truncated to 10 characters (since v2.40).

Changes from v2.39o Beta to v2.39p Beta

• NEW: File > Read tag runs in separate thread now.
• NEW: option Show message at warnings from Actions at Options > Messages.
• CHG: detailed status display at reading directories is back.
• FIX: export in append mode also appended byte order marker to file if option was enabled.
• FIX: progress dialog got stuck in certain circumstances until interaction with the program.
• FIX: rare crash on multi-core systems on actions that were executed in another thread.
• FIX: removing varying album art via extended tags dialog was not possible anymore (introduced in v2.39n Development Build)
• FIX: undo create directory operations resulted in error messages after first undo.
• FIX: uninstaller did not remove all created shortcuts from the startmenu in some cases.

Changes from v2.39n Beta to v2.39o Beta

• CHG: added error reporting to actions 'Import cover art from file' and 'Import text file'.
• FIX: action 'Export' did not default to ansi.
• FIX: action 'Format value' for _DIRECTORY was executed per file.
• FIX: case conversion on _FIELDNAME left blank field (introduced in v2.39n).
• FIX: focus was not set to next tag field when deleting fields via the extended tag dialog on multiple files (introduced in v2.39n).
• FIX: minor UI, language text, and help issues.
• FIX: saving FLAC album art did not default to "Cover" as album art type (introduced in v2.39n).

Changes from v2.39m Beta to v2.39n Beta

• NEW: completely redesigned dialog for Tag Sources (Web Sources, freedb, and local freedb).
• CHG: keyboard shortcut F2 now also works if filename column is disabled.
• FIX: in some cases pressing the TAB key did not jump to the next editable field in the file view.
• FIX: memory leak when saving flac tags.
• FIX: runtime error when removing invalid album art via tag panel.

Changes from v2.39l Beta to v2.39m Beta

• FIX: saving cover art in APEv2 tags omitted last byte of cover art file.
• FIX: 'Retry' at renaming of locked files did not have the expected effect.
• FIX: minor fixes at saving selection state of action groups.

Changes from v2.39k Beta to v2.39l Beta

• NEW: loading and saving of selection state of action groups.
• NEW: function 'set' for web sources framework.
• LNG: Norwegian Language file.

Changes from v2.39j Beta to v2.39k Beta

• NEW: individual action groups can now be executed directly via drop-down menu of actions toolbar button.
• CHG: WRITER at WMA is mapped to LYRICIST as in other tag formats.
• CHG: improved accessibility at edit action group dialog.
• CHG: tracknumbers in number format (DWORD) are now automatically converted to string format when saving WMA tags.
• FIX: added workaround for HTTP proxies with erroneous implementation of HTTP chunked mode.
• FIX: erroneous MPEG properties if Emphasis bit was set.
• FIX: fixed various problems due to misplaced/missing formatting parameters in some language files (especially Finnish and Trad. Chinese).
• FIX: reading of RATING WMP did not convert to values 1-5.
• FIX: runtime error when right-clicking on empty space at the column header of the file view.

Changes from v2.39i Beta to v2.39j Beta

• NEW: open directory now uses new-style dialog under Windows Vista.
• NEW: button to browse for file at action type 'Import cover from file'.
• CHG: 'ID3v2 only if ID3v1 too small' is now also triggered if tracknumber is > 255 or contains info about total tracks
• FIX: Always saved only one value for WMA tag fields that support multiple values.
• FIX: import cover from clipboard or via drag'n'drop resulted in reduced image quality.
• FIX: import cover from clipboard shifted cover by a few pixels in some cases.

Changes from v2.39h to v2.39i Beta

• NEW: button to browse for file at action type 'Import text file'.
• CHG: ALBUMARTIST is now BAND again since change confused too many users.
• CHG: improved list of tag fields at extended tag dialog for readability.
• FIX: fixed some issues with new column configuration.
• FIX: tag fields containing = could not be removed via extended tag dialog.

Changes from v2.39f Beta to v2.39h

• CHG: BAND is ALBUMARTIST now, BANDSORTORDER is ALBUMARTISTSORTORDER
• NEW: dialog 'Export cover to file' is resizable now.
• NEW: dialog 'Format values' is resizable now.
• NEW: dialog 'Guess values' is resizable now.
• NEW: dialog 'Import cover from file' is resizable now.
• NEW: dialog 'Replace with regular expression' is resizable now.
• NEW: dialog 'Replace' is resizable now.
• CHG: removed option for case-sensitive sorting (it's not case sensitive by default now).
• CHG: supported operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008
• FIX: contents of user-defined fields in the tag panel got reset after changing the tag panel via the options dialog.
• FIX: global keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Del triggered confirmation dialog on deleting files.
• FIX: restart after changing languages got stuck (since Mp3tag v2.39f Development Build)
• FIX: sorting lost the collating sequence which caused misplacing of accented chars (since Mp3tag v2.39f Development Build)
• FIX: new export configurations were not listed at Export dialog (since Mp3tag v2.39f Development Build)

Changes from v2.39e Beta to v2.39f Beta

• NEW: mapping of ID3v2 UFID frame with MusicBrainz description to MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID.
• CHG: $num has now a bigger range of values.
• CHG: FLAC 1.2.1
• CHG: export dialogs now detects changes automatically.
• CHG: export with enabled option 'One file per directory' not longer depends on order of files in file view.
• FIX: directories created by converter 'Tag - Filename' were not removed at undo.
• FIX: renaming directories via actions was not undoable.

Changes from v2.39d Beta to v2.39e Beta

• NEW: action type 'Export'.
• NEW: natural sorting at file list and export.
• FIX: selection at 'Options > Tags > Default values' was not preserved in all cases.
• FIX: use of | inside $loop at export gave unexpected results.

Changes from v2.39c Beta to v2.39d Beta

• NEW: action type 'Import text file'.
• NEW: dialog 'Export' is resizable now.
• NEW: enabling and disabling of columns in file view.
• NEW: improvements regarding accessibility (menu items can be read by Screen Readers now).
• NEW: loading and saving of column configurations.
• NEW: support for iTunes advisory field for MP4 (ITUNESADVISORY).
• CHG: executing files from within Mp3tag now consistent with Windows Explorer.
• CHG: improved accessibilty at column configuration dialog.
• CHG: improved support for regular exressions at filter.
• CHG: standard format for cover art from clipboard now JPEG.
• FIX: action 'Export cover to file' had problems with creating a sequence of file names when exporting multiple covers from one file.
• FIX: when adding multiple playlists via drag'n'drop no progress dialog was displayed.

Changes from v2.39b Beta to v2.39c Beta

• NEW: helper menus for quick access to placeholders and scripting functions.
• NEW: scripting function $ord(x).
• NEW: tooltips for long items in drop-down lists.
• CHG: invalid characters are now automatically removed from file names when creating new export configurations.
• CHG: removed menu item 'Default values in input fields'.
• CHG: removed obsolete option dialogs for converters and actions.
• FIX: message regarding inproper installation after installation under Windows Vista.
• FIX: tracknumbers greater than 255 are written as 0 now at ID3v1 because of limitations of ID3v1.
• FIX: when sorting the export result with an undefined sort key, the initial order from the file view was not preserved.
• FIX: wrong directory in question whether configuration files should be removed during uninstall.
• LNG: Serbian (Latin) language file.

Changes from v2.39a Beta to v2.39b Beta

• NEW: option 'Default file name for cover art' at 'Options > Web Sources'
• NEW: option 'Save image to disk' at web sources (uses default file name for cover art).
• NEW: possibility to change language within Mp3tag at 'Options > Language'.
• NEW: support for ID3v2.4 TSST frame (SETSUBTITLE).
• NEW: support for iTunes SHOW field at MP4.
• NEW: support for iTunes sorting fields at ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, and ID3v2.4 (ALBUMSORTORDER, BANDSORTORDER, COMPOSERSORTORDER, PERFORMERSORTORDER, and TITLESORTORDER).
• NEW: support for iTunes sorting fields at MP4 (ALBUMSORTORDER, BANDSORTORDER, COMPOSERSORTORDER, PERFORMERSORTORDER, SHOWSORTORDER, and TITLESORTORDER).
• FIX: NETRADIOOWNER was saved to TXXX instead of TRSO at ID3v2.
• LNG: Galician language file.

Changes from v2.39 to v2.39a Beta

• NEW: possibility to create new directories while exporting cover art via an action.
• NEW: support for gzip compressed results for web sources.
• NEW: keywords url and url-utf-8 for encoding in web sources.
• CHG: field ORGANIZATION is mapped to PUBLISHER at Vorbis Comments now.
• FIX: freedb web search only worked with limited functionality.
• FIX: function $len(...) omitted everything after first comma.
• FIX: removing of tag fields with trailing blanks was not possible at extended tag dialog.
• FIX: several improvements at encoding detection for web sources.
• LNG: Japanese language file.

Changes from v2.38b Beta to v2.38c Beta

• FIX: bug when writing multiple covers to APEv2 tags (since v2.38b)

Changes from v2.38a to v2.38b Beta

• NEW: support for cover art for APEv2 tagged files (Monkeys Audio, MusePack, OptimFrog, WavPack).
• LNG: Bulgarian language.
• FIX: clipboard was empty after pasting previously copied tags.
• FIX: endless loop when replacing whole words inside an action.
• FIX: update of list of freedb servers did not work anymore.

Changes from v2.38 to v2.38a

• NEW: support for copy and cut cover art to clipboard.
• NEW: possibility to remove varying cover art from multiple files via main window.
• CHG: changed old version notification.
• CHG: format string for compilations at freedb dialog now uses standard placeholders %title% and %artist%
• FIX: lost focus after canceling move or copy files operation.
• FIX: permission denied when writing tags to Samba shares under Windows Vista.
• FIX: placeholder %_length% was not available at converter 'Tag - Filename' anymore.
• FIX: renamed files were not reloaded during 'View > Refresh' in some cases.
• FIX: special syntax for MusicMatch* and Songs-DB* comment descriptions was not preserved.
• FIX: undo at moving files sometimes caused a runtime error.
• FIX: when sorting the export result with an undefined sort key, the initial order from the file view was not preserved

Changes from 2.37i to v2.37j

• NEW: support for TAK lossless codec.
• FIX: as usual: some bugs and problems introduced with previous development builds.

Changes from v2.37h to 2.37i

• NEW: field RATING WMP for ID3v2 and WMA tags.
• NEW: scripting fuction $repeat(a,n).
• CHG: ID3v2 text frames are written without terminating 0 now.
• CHG: after disabling the filter, all files will be displayed again.
• CHG: removed option for notification if no tag was found in file.
• FIX: menu 'Tag sources' was initialised at startup only.
• FIX: temporary playlist for playing multiple files was not compatible to all players.

Changes from v2.37f to v2.37h

• NEW: support for import of cover art from the clipboard.
• FIX: $folderdepth returned incorrect result on relative folderpaths.
• FIX: $left, $right and $mid were missing some range checks.
• FIX: improved syntax checks for export configurations.
• FIX: tags were not removed from files consisting of tags only.
• FIX: as usual: some bugs and problems introduced with previous development builds.

Changes from v2.37e to v2.37f

• NEW: support for iTunes gapless field at MP3 files (COMMENT ITUNPGAP)
• FIX: runtime error on some freedb queries (introduced with v2.27e)

Changes from v2.37d to v2.37e

• NEW: support for import of cover art from the clipboard.
• NEW: support for AacGain undo field at MP4 files.
• NEW: support for iTunes gapless field at MP4 files.
• FIX: ITUNESCOMPILATION ID3v2 field was always saved with value 1.
• FIX: cover art wasn't included in copy/cut/paste clipboard operations.
• FIX: cover art wasn't removed via action 'Remove fields' if other fields where also specified.
• FIX: mimetype of cover wasn't saved at MP4 files.
• FIX: playing files under Windows Vista sometimes didn't work.
• FIX: fixed bugs introduced with the last Development Builds

Changes from v2.37c to v2.37d

• FIX: incorrect order of web sources in menu and toolbar menu.

Changes from v2.37b to v2.37c

• FIX: incorrect order of web sources in menu and toolbar menu.

Changes from v2.37a to v2.37b

• NEW: files can be reordered by the keyboard shortcuts Alt+Up/Alt+Down and Alt+Page up/Alt+Page down.
• NEW: support for loading of multiple files or directories via context menu from Windows Explorer.
• NEW: support for loading of multiple files or directories via drag'n'drop.
• NEW: now all previously added files and directories are read again when refreshing the file view via F5.
• NEW: freedb web search back again.
• NEW: now possible to use tracktype.org as freedb server.
• NEW: removing files from the file view without deleting them.
• FIX: history for format strings was not saved for actions 'Export cover to file' and 'Format value'.
• FIX: playlists were read by using ISO-8859-1 instead of the system codepage.
• FIX: position of dialogs wasn't restored correctly if taskbar was docked on the left side of the screen.
• FIX: year wasn't saved at 'Options > Default values'.

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