Version history MPXPlay

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Changes from v1.54 -> v1.56

• added Intel HDA audiocards (onboard chips) handling (ie.: ATI,AD19xx,Realtek,VIA) (but strongly BIOS/motherboard dependant)
• new options:
• inf : don't load id3tag infos from files (equal to LoadID3Tag=5 in mpxplay.ini)
• 8ccp NUM : codepage number for (windows) console (default: 437)
• new keys/functions:
• ctrl'e' (KeyEditRenByID3): rename file(s) by ID3tag(s) (trackNN.MP3 > NN. Artist Title.MP3)
• ctrl'n' (KeyEditOrdRand) : randomize sideentries immediately
• ctrl'f' (KeyFTPOpen) : open ftp session/drive (url) (win32 and watt32/tcpip versions only)
• ctrl'k' (KeyFTPClose) : close ftp session/drive
• 'l' (lowercase L) (KeyEditCurHigh): switch to playside and move cursor to currently played song (and change drive/directory in dirbrowser)
• new (and default) startup mode: +16 (=19): saves and restores both editorsides and songpos, saves virtual (made in editor) lists to disk (mpxplay's dir \ MPXP000n.CUE)
• new [serialport] handler: LPTR (like LPTC, but without irq, with a direct port reading)
• modifications:
• StartupEnabled=19 in mpxplay.ini (DOS and Win32 version too)
• 8cp option is renamed to 8ucp (codepage for Unicode decoding)
• bbn option is renamed to bpb (prebufferblocks)
• bbm option is renamed to bpm (prebuffermegabytes)
• ID3Savetype=61 (was 63) (default ist value)
• 'E' key: show only filenames in editor and on LCD (switch between filename and artist:title)
• playlist are always sublists even if the other side is playlistside (you can restore the old method with the 18. flag of DesktopMode)
• new loudness ('|' key) settings: vol=230, sur=120, bass=70, treble=75 (recommended to use ADMP380 and MXPLSUR dll plugins)
• latest LCDtype 1 moved to type 9 (KS0073) , restored older HD44780 handling (from v1.54)
• cue: INDEX EE command has changed to LENGTH at playlist save (non standard end of index/file)(still handles INDEX EE at loading)
• startup: added OldSongNum for faster and more correct listpos restoring (ie. at duplicated files)
• jukebox+crossfade: always deletes the file (not only at eof)
• filename and songnumber displaying in editor (at unsupported/unchecked entries)
• faster file checking/opening (on noncached drives)
• added OGA,OGV file extensions to OGG
• added auto UTF16 (UNICODE) text file (playlist) loading (and saves in the same format at F2)
• added codepage conversion (8) for filenames and directories at display output
• added new DESKTOPMODE flag: 17. +131072 disable playlist warnings (only "nonstandard CUE" yet)
• bugfixes: see WHATSNEW.156 for the complete list of modifications & bugfixes
• win32 version:
• better multicore handling
• CDW (audio CD playing/ripping) works under WinNT/2K/XP too (added NTSCSI support)
• partially enabled multichannel support (with OggVorbis decoder and DirectSound output only)
• increased MaxFilenames to 19999 (from 9999) in mpxplay.ini
• (pre)allocates MaxFilenames playlist size for both sides (not only for playlist side) (program uses more memory, around 13Mb)
• new key: F1 (help)
• new option: bpn : preload next song before the end of current one (for better gapless playing)
• new fileformats: OggFlac, OggSpeex (with ad_speex.dll)
• modifications/improvements:
• you can play audio from OGG files with multiply (audio/video) streams
• you can copy CDW files with ALTF5 (you get a wav file with .cdw extension)
• (CDW handling is moved to a new diskdrive structure, and it's handled like a wav file)
• F3 key works on directories and multiply files too (shows sum of dirs/files)
• F5 key has confirm window with source filter at playlists,directories and multiply files
• faster playlist loading (new method of fullpath building) (M3U,PLS,FPL,CUE)
• added UseLFN +2 flag: auto SFN<>LFN conversion (the direction depends on the +1 flag)
• mouse has effect on text windows too
• the skipback function ('' keys) always skips backward (ignores/clears nextfile (ctrlenter) selection)
• new DOS32A extender (v9.12 20060420)
• bugfixes:
• M3U & CUE playlist save to rootdir
• opening/decoding of very short (less than 8k) Ogg files
• faster OGG parsing (especially on unbuffered drives/CDs)
• skip after skipterminating (pressing ESC while searching next file > can't play new files)
• added missing KeyEditDrvLeft,KeyEditDrvRight keycodes to mpxplay.ini
• corrected KeyEditClrList1 (ctrlwhiteDel didn't work with mpxplay.ini)
• startup + sublists; ctrlR with multiply input files (in command line)
• dma config at 24bit and at float (obf) outputs
• random mode
• modified LCDtype=1 init for 4x20 displays (please test it!)
• Win32 version:
• added DirectSound output (now this is the primary/default output)
• added CDW (ASPICD) handling
• added CDWspeed to mpxplay.ini (works at win32 version only)
• lower CPU usage (Sleep in main thread if realtime process is not running)

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