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Version history for MusicBee

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Changes for v3.3.7376 - v3.3.7491

Fixes a number of bugs found. I will post a link on the downloads page and update the store version over the next couple of weeks.
FreeDb CD tags and Icecast radio are no longer supported.
This should be last in the v3.3 series and I will make v3.4 beta available soon.

Changes for v3.3.7261 - v3.3.7376

Fixes a number of bugs found and now works again with google artist picture searches. I will post a link on the downloads page and update the store version over the next week.

Changes for v3.3.7252 - v3.3.7261

Due to a significant issue with CD handling I am going to do another release. I will post a link on the downloads page and update the store version over the next week.

Changes for v3.3.7165 - v3.3.7252

Updating the official release with a number of bug fixes

Changes for v3.3.7115 - v3.3.7165

various fixes

Changes for v3.2.6902 - v3.3.7115

Podcast Enhancements
- now supports grouping subscriptions by folder
- the folders panel can be displayed by clicking the Podcast header, and tick/untick "Show Folders Panel"
- when the folders panel is displayed, you can drag/drop subscriptions to a folder to easily re-organise your subscriptions
- new % Played field displayable in the main panel thats shows for episodes that have been started, and not completed, the % of the episode played
- visual indicator that indicates podcast subscriptions that have failed to update (check the error log for details of the error)
- option to only show downloaded subscriptions (click the Podcast header, and tick "Show Downloaded Episodes Only")
- when viewing the episodes of indiviual subscriptions there is a button to toggle displaying Unplayed episodes only or all episodes
- hotkeys to speed or slow the Tempo in 10% steps, and a hotkey to reset the Tempo:
Player: Tempo Decrease (-10%)
Player: Tempo Increase (+10%)
Player: Tempo Reset
- see: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=26980.0
Radio Enhancements
- now supports grouping stations by folder
- you can drag/drop stations to a folder to easily re-organise your stations
- the folders panel can be hidden if you dont want to use it
- radio stations can be manually sorted (click the Radio header, and tick "Manual Station Sorting")
- see: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=27012.0
Display Enhancements
- new default skin
- support for windows 10 style icons and better icons for high-dpi screens - its up to the skin authors whether they can to make use of these
- various skinning enhancements that will be used by some skins
- see: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=26532.0
- and: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=26914.0
Device Synchronisation
- option to replace the genre in synchronised files with the "Genre Category". Also this option ensures only one genre is present in the file
Player Enhancements
- option to display the playing track text on multiple lines. Right click on the player panel/ Panel Layout/ and tick "Show Track Details on Multiple Lines". This option is not available for all skins
- option to hide the progress bar. You might use this option when displaying a wavebar in the main panel. Right click on the player panel/ Panel Layout/ and tick "Do Not Display"
- wavebar can now be configured to show 2 wavebars - one for each channel
- hotkey for "Playback: Play Displayed Files Shuffled"
Other
- when pasting album artwork, you can now "Paste Add" to add a new picture
- when pasting artwork, you can now specify a custom location when saving the pasted picture
- sorting tracks in the main panel is now approx 50% faster, although you probably wont notice unless you have a large collection
- updated to .NET 4.6.1
- various bug fixes

Changes for v3.2.6827 - v3.2.6902

Fix to iTunes store functionality in the Music Explorer and various bug fixes

Changes for v3.2.6760 - v3.2.6827

Mini player now supports a large abum artwork layout
A stop button can now be displayed for all types of progress bars (regular skins only)
Minor layout tweaks for the "Now Playing" panel
For the "Album Color Mix" view in the "Now Playing" panel, you can set it to display the artist biography and artist picture
The Music Explorer panel now allows sorting tracks by title and also shows the album name for duplicate titles
Playlist header now also shows the album count in the playlist
When dragging files, the left sidebar no longer automatically pops up (you can hover on the left panel edge and it will pop up)
You can now instruct MusicBee to use the legacy DirectSound API from the Player preferences
Various bug fixes

Changes for v3.1.6590 - v3.2

- New grid like layout (similar to iTunes) that can be configured in the Album and Tracks view
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=24402.0
- Enhanced DSD support for ASIO devices that support raw DSD data or DOP (DSD over PCM)
- New vertical tag editor. This can be configured to display in any side panel and allows you to configure the fields that are editable
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=23354.0
- Various new layout options in the Layout(1) preferences
- Row spacing is now expanded a few pixels but can be configured more or less compressed
- Custom background image that spans the entire application eg. use http://www.mediafire.com/file/x9166cgtd71d8sa/MusicBee3.jpg on the default MusicBee skin to see an example
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=23000.0
- disable resizing on panels
- You can now save/ load custom layout settings separately for each tab. Right click on a tab header
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=21919.0
- You can now save/ load a snapshot of all your settings. See Edit/ Saved Settings/ ...
- You can now save/ import your panel arrangement - the exported settings are suitable to send to friends. See View/ Import/Export/ ...
- Virtual tags now support markup (colour, font, contrast) so you can mix the colour used in a single displayed field
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=24595.0
- Artwork view now supports grouping by Date Added
- Artwork view now supports sub-grouping using various fields
- Expanded panel in the Artwork view can now be forced to display as a single column
- Relative paths are now supported for artwork retrieval. Set in Layout(1)/ artwork retreival/ Edit List
- Playlists now display a header bar. This can be disabled
- The popup for the playing track now has the option to also popup at the end of a track (so you can rate it)
- You can force the Locked Down mode (in the View menu) to persist on restart
- Compact Player can now be run full screen (set from the menu button on the left of the caption bar)
- You can now directly edit an artist biography in the Artist Bio panel
- When synching lyrics, you can force them to be embedded or synched as a separate .lrc file
- Cut/ Copy/ Paste is now supported for folders in the Computer node of the left navigator
- Custom Tags can now be configured to be enumerated data types. When editing the tag, a drop-down list is displayed with checkboxes making editing easier
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=23700.0
- new hotkeys:
Tools: Auto-Tag by Track - Update Missing Lyrics
Send To: Active Playlist (now playing)
Send To: Active Playlist (selected files)
View: Toggle Show Vertical Tag Editor

Changes for v3.1.6512 - v3.1.6590

Fix bug introduced in the last release that incorrectly reports some files as corrupt

Changes for v3.1.6466 - v3.1.6512

Various bug fixes and minor speed improvements

Changes for v3.0.6276 - v3.0.6335

when saving a single file, library auto-organise enabled, although the file was being auto-organised, if you try to edit the file straight away, the file in the main panel was still referencing the old file location
various bug fixes

Changes for v3.0.6132 - v3.0.6276

upgrade the xbox music plugin to use the new groove api (note the old xbox plugin api will cease working after March 2017)
fix wavebar seek when outputting to a UPNP device
add back in support for localised artist biographies
fix rename a podcast episode when renamed from the tag editor
fix autosweep not applying the autosweep naming template if the library is auto-organised with no naming rule for the target drive
fix music explorer not retrieving all matching files when filtering by Genre
fix synching virtual files (single file split by cuesheet) when no format conversion is done
when locking with full screen enabled/ unlocking MusicBee (from the view menu), the window should now size correctly on win10
fix tag changes not being saved to file when you edit the tags of a playing track and then you rate the track while still playing
when moving files to a new folder, the file permissions are now inherited from new parent folder
fix high dpi scaling for the custom tags dialog
include "always on top" option in the compact player header menu
fix group by bug when the artwork panel is configured to show the selected tracks on the bottom of the main panel
tweaked caching of artwork for the Album and Tracks view
improved handling for multi-line podcast episode descriptions

Changes for v3.0.6067 - v3.0.6132

fix for artist biographies
fix artist picture in the Now Playing panel and the Compact Player which can stay switched to a blurred album cover
fix MB freezing in certain circumstances when moving files to an organised folder
enable sorting on the soundcloud search panel and fix the "likes" count column
fix the device synchronisation to respect the file converter encoder thread count and priority settings (was effectively always using 2 threads)
add support for mod files (mo3/it/ xm/s3m/ mtm/ mod/ umx)
add support for chiptunes files - you will also need the basszxtune.dll plugin: see http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=19397.msg116779#msg116779
change the Music Explorer panel to show album year instead of album artist
fix CD ripper not saving artwork where the artwork is not embeded
drag/ drop files from windows explorer into the now playing list doesnt also import linked file artwork
fix music explorer filter panel handling for files with multiple values in a tag
fix file rescan aborting when encountering a long filename (>260 chars)
support for dockable plugin panels
change to the way Locate in Windows Explorer is implemented
fix breaking change for the soundcloud search results
change the behavior of the Panel Layout button. It now shows a menu for quick layout changes, including the Hide Panel Header function and Arrange Panels dialog
thumbnail browser can now be configured to show text only with no thumbnails
Music Explorer filter

Changes for v3.0.5995 - v3.0.6067

- various bug fixes and some UI improvements
- google album artwork search updated to handle changes made by google
- fixes a bug with MTP device synchronisation for the "playlists with own folder" setting
- fix for importing podcasts that cant be matched to an existing subscription
- tag editor panel stays locked when saving using the "Edit: Save" hotkey
- snap feature for windows 10 was leaving a 7px gap with the edge of the screen
- podcast naming template for device synchronisation now supported
- exit from MusicBee was triggering dsp_iZOzoneFree to crash
- auto-dj error message when de-selecting a library source
- when the artwork storage preference is set to a file naming template, a number of auto-tag functions that download artwork were not setting the picture filename
- invalid filename char mapping now supports null replacement (as opposed to replacing with a space)
- when the left sidebar is configured to auto-hide, the popup panel now includes a pin icon so it can be permanently displayed.
- changing fields/ order or sorting in the Tools/ Tagging "other files to edit..." panel was also changing the fields in the Track Details view for the main panel
- configurations for each of the filters in the Tools/ Tagging "other files to edit..." panel is now preserved on restart
- album covers panel with tracks displayed at the bottom of the panel: incorrect prompt when deleting files from a playlist and not maintaining the panel state when refreshed
- artwork not always refreshed in the Album Covers & Album and Tracks view when updated externally to MB and rescanned in MB
- improved "Album Color Mix" view for the Now Playing panel
- Album Picture Only view in the compact player has been improved when displayed in a wide layout, plus a couple of layout bugs fixed
- Album Covers expanded panel now sorts tracks by title if no disc/track number is tagged
- force restart with certain menu/ tab configuration setting combinations with unskinned window borders
- enhanced Music Explorer so you can now browse and filter by artist/ genre/ year etc, and enhance text search within the new panel
- "resume playback" setting in the Player preferences now restarts a radio stream
- tweaks to the transparency of the right sidebar when overlayed on the feature picture in the Now Playing panel
- double click to start playback from windows explorer not always working when "resume position" is enabled
- auto-shutdown at the end of the track fixed
- playlist manager - now supports all the right click commands that were missing eg. play now, send to, etc
- double click on the playing track text for the main player and sidebar player should now work correctly
- fix window resizing issue for windows 10 and auto-hidden task bar
- fix layout bug for the main player panel with certain skin and font size combinations
- and various other minor bugs
all changes since v3.0 Update 1:
- main panel now keeps focus when closing the tag editor (docked in the main panel) and clicking the save button
- fix freeze on startup with a specific combination of artwork panel set to "Selected Tracks" and the artwork storage type
- some visual improvements for drag/drop operations eg. scroll bar shouldnt flicker when dropping a file and artwork repaint should flicker less
- manual file scanner was failing with certain directory structures
- auto-playlists now refresh when editing tag values that affect the auto-playlist
- double click on the thumb browser when artists displayed in the main panel was not working
- windows screen border snap was not aligning correctly for the mini-player on windows 10
- the computer node in the left navigator was locking on start up with certain settings
- the Now Playing Bar has been updated to be more similar to v2.5 and also the missing right click context menu for the album cover is implemented
- for the Album Covers layout, the expanded panel now uses blended colours from the album cover
- global search should now perform faster in many cases
- mouse wheel anywhere on the player controls panel now adjusts the volume (as was the case with v2.5)
- create a new playlist now resorts the playlists in the navigator panel
- cd ripper: improved "encode selected" and volume analysis handling for failed or rips with errors
- expanded panel layout handling for multi-disc or sub-header grouping is improved so each disc/group starts on a new line
- playlist file linkages displayed in the "Playlists" field in the main panel now load in the background so not locking the GUI for large playlists
- right click/ Search/ Locate in Playlist now loads in the background so not locking the GUI for large playlists
- gradient blending for the expanded panel has been tweaked and improved to reduce banding effect for some album covers
- the selected tracks in the "Files to Edit" filter panel were not always used for various menu commands and a "No selected tracks" message was displayed
- the 'Track difference more than 10 seconds' option was missing from the Duplicates Manager
- further tweaks to the Now Playing Bar - now the panel is filled with a blend from the album cover
- added support for showing a small album cover in the main player controls panel. Right click/ Panel Layout/ Show Album Cover
- when the Playing Tracks panel has focus, MB no longer forces the panel to scroll the current track to the top
- text search for individual tracks when using the Album Covers or Artists view is now supported and enabled from the search menu dropdown
- Collapsed Albums grouping now shows duration and size of the album when an album is collapsed
- addressed temporary freezes when selecting items in a filter panel (thumb browser, column browser, library explorer) and the main panel is showing artists that require an image to be downloaded
- the filter panel in the "Music Explorer" panel now only shows values from files in your library and also respects any library filter active in the tab
- faster loading of file/ playlist linkages eg. when you show the "Playlist" field in the main panel, use Search/ Locate in Playlist etc

Changes for v3.0.5973 - v3.0.5995

- various bug fixes and some UI improvements

Changes for v2.5.5804 - v3.0.5973

Revamped user interface with more customisation and layout flexibility
Many users should see substantial performance improvements, especially for large libraries
Details in http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17326.0
NOTES for users upgrading from v2.x:
Most settings will be upgraded but the panel arrange settings wont. The panel layout can be configured by clicking the Panel Arrangement button to the left of the search box. Also see:
http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/The_Anatomy_of_MusicBee
Although your existing skin should work with version 3, some skins won't look great with the new GUI design. Check the Skins board for updates that are not included in the release package:
http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?board=11.0
Most plugins should work without modification when using version 3. Two exceptions are:
Last.fm Statistics: http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=7304.0
Last.fm Similar Artists: http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=7484.0
An embeded Web Browser is no longer included in the MusicBee application itself. Web links will now open in your default browser. However, you can still view web pages within MusicBee using an updated version of the Web Browser plugin.
http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=13293.0

Changes for v2.4.5404 - v2.5.5721

Device synchronisation - speed improvements, enhanced UI, and more flexibility with files and playlists to be synched
Improved support for creating Virtual Devices
New "Recently Added" node in the podcasts panel
Various speed improvements when loading panels
Improved continous folder monitoring - now detects updates and deletions
Various UI enhancements for setting fields and editing the formula for virtual tags
Integrated Shoutcast radio station directory support
Player support for DSD files (but no tagging support)
Plugin support for UPNP devices
Plugin support for XBox music subscriptions and custom radio stations

Changes for v2.4.5349 - v2.4.5404

Update to remove SSL3 protocol for https connections due to the "Poodle" vulnerability. This update is required for last.fm logons to work.
Also addresses an issue with locked MTP devices causing MusicBee to run at very high CPU and memory usage.

Changes for v2.3.5188 - v2.4.5349

New "expanded view" for the artwork layout, where tracks are displayed in-place in the panel
Expanded view includes support for when the artwork layout is grouped by artist
Enhanced file organiser: you can define rules in the auto-organiser for each drive, and to move files across drives
The volume analysis tool has been enhanced to give better feedback and control when peaks would be clipped
Support for searching and playing internet tracks via Soundcloud
The progress of long running operations now shows in the windows taskbar (win7+)
Various layout enhancements for the Tabs Bar
Enhancements to the "Now Playing Assistant"
Enhancements to "Mixer" playlist criteria and shuffling
The library explorer can now be set to not filter tracks in the main panel when viewing Inbox and playlist nodes ie. allows dragging files from the library explorer into the main panel
Library filters can be directly edited using the right click button on a library filter node
Improved handling for winamp visualisers and support for "desktop mode" with other visualisers
Support for premium podcast subscriptions
Media keys should now work without the need for the "media keys" plugin
Various new plugins, such as VST sound effects, Discogs Tagger, Track Previewer, Skip Silence, MP3 Blog/ Web File Analyser

Changes for v2.3 - v2.3.5188

various bug fixes

Changes for v2.2 - v2.3

thumbnail browser that shows artists, albums and genres with thumbnail pictures
"Track with Thumbnail" layout for the Now Playing list
improved layout and navigation for podcasts
improved podcast directory
new mini-player layout with artwork and spectrum visualiser
improved layout and additional configuration options for the Compact Player
improved search functionality in the Compact Player and Now Playing Assistant
volume analysis now uses the EBU R128 algorithm
OPUS is now supported for encoding
improved scrobble handling when the last.fm connection drops
various other changes

Changes for v2.1 - v2.2

search entire library feature
tag undo function
new and enhanced layout settings
various performance improvements
now shows high quality artist pictures
artwork download tool
theater mode and compact player now show movie backdrops for soundtracks
full synch backup function
various other changes - see forum 2.2 release log

Changes for v2.0.4663 - v2.1

new modern Compact Player mode which is focused on artist and album artwork
improved playback buffering and gapless playback for all output modes
various new layout options, improved usabilty and navigation improvements
wave bar and large spectrum visualiser that can be displayed in various configurations
tracks in your library can be colour highlighted according to custom rules you define
ex.fm added as an online music source for the auto-dj and as a genre based radio source
di.fm and sky.fm added to the radio station directory
enhanced playlist and artwork format support for MTP device synchronisation
numerous other changes

Changes for v1.4 - v2.0.4663

TheaterMode plugin that has a visually oriented and minimalistic layout
optional Video Support (playback via a plugin and video file organisation)
player enhancements
improved buffering for music playback
15-band equaliser
playback of cuesheet files is now continous
OPUS file support
HDCD decoder plugin
support for Winamp output plugins
interface enhancements
windows 7 AeroSnap is now supported for skinned window borders
the main menu can now display as a button in the windows caption bar
tabs can now be docked in the windows caption bar
new "flat layout" for the player controls panel that has a more modern look
save and load custom views
various layout settings and enhancements
auto-open the left navigator panel when it is collapsed
various new hotkey functions are available
select or skip playback of files using a tickbox
auto-playlists enhancements
filter on similar artists and on similar tracks to the current playing track
various shuffling types to change the distribution of the matching tracks: Random; Higher Rating Preferred; Same/Different Artist
filter out duplicate tracks with the same artist and title but on multiple albums
manually add extra files by drag/dropping files into the playlist
filter based on information for the current playing track
the auto-DJ can now select similar tracks to the current playing track
plugin to generate playlists based on data from last.fm
infrastructure
support for windows 8
upgrade to .NET4
upgrade the internal web-browser to the equivalent of Firefox 16
numerous other changes as documented in the MusicBee forum

Changes for v1.3.4334 - v1.4

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
final release for version 1.4

Changes for v1.2.4218 - v1.3.4334

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

Changes for v1.2 RC 3 - v1.2.4218

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

Changes for v1.2.4120 RC1 - v1.2 RC 3

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
localisation support
various improvements to the Artwork panel layout
new discogs.com support for album-autotagging
various bug fixes

Changes for v1.2.4037 Beta - v1.2.4120 RC1

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

Changes for v1.2.3875 Beta - v1.2.4037 Beta

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

Changes for v1.2.3873 Beta - v1.2.3875 Beta

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

Changes for v1.2.3783 Beta - v1.2.3873 Beta

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

Changes for v1.1 RC 2 - v1.2.3705 Beta

new windows 7 folder library integration which is displayed in the Computer section
new preference to run MusicBee as a portable application (Preferences/ System)
new handling for external cuesheets
new Album Autotagger now uses amazon.com for track information if no match is found on MusicBrainz
new detection of gapless info tags for iTunes encoded mp3 and m4a files for playback in MB
new Audio Books section
new detection of iTunes podcast tags when scanning files
new drag/drop tracks from library to Audio Books or to Podcasts
new replay gain (smart/track/album) switch in the Controls menu
new equaliser button now shows a different icon if the equaliser or any dsps are active
new copy text selection from web-browser
new handling for data DVDs
new intergation with lossyWAV to reduce the size of lossless files when ripping a CD or converting formats
new option to search using google for missing lyrics using Auto-Tag by Track/ Update Missing Lyrics on a single file
new link in lyrics panel when lyris could not be located to open a google search window
new right click in lyrics panel and paste lyrics from the clipboard directly into a music file
new preferences with the track information panel
new 'Layout' preferences tab. It has all the layout preferences in one place
new font handling - now defaults to the Windows default font but can be overridden
new preferences for lossyWAV encoding
new synchronised lyrics handling
new cd-text retrieved (if available and supported by your cd-drive) when loading cd tracks
new tree style on the left navigation panel
new 2 extra custom web links for the Track Information panel
new automatic retry when a file has been locked for creating/updating files
new Layout preference to locate the player controls at the top or bottom of the now playing list, or in the bottom pane as now
new filtering for your music library
new Now Playing notification preference to change the information displayed in the windows title bar
new device preference to specify the root folder for podcasts on MTP and USB devices
new device preference for iPods to force artwork to be embedded in the copied music files
new Windows Explorer folder associatons
new ability to select multiple-albums in the artwork layout
new spectrum visualisation on the player control panel
new snapping to screen edges when moving the MusicBee window (and mini-player)
new single click on player control planel locates the track in the library
new hotkey to edit the last clicked cell in the main panel
new read/write handling for .lyr lyric files
new ripping option to always show accuraterip.com results
new Playlists folder location setting in the Library preferences
new setting on track auto-numbering utility to reset the track count for each disc or aggregate track number/ count across all discs in an album
new Visualisations now implemented
new keyboard handling for multi-media keyboards
new setting on file converter to add the new files to the Inbox
new import playlists from last.fm, including Loved tracks and your own user playlists
new support for Windows Media Player visualiser plugins
new expand/collapse panels in the Auto DJ to make more room for the generated list of tracks
new Lyrics V2 support (read only)
new lyrics source LYRDB
new Playlists filter in auto-playlist now also includes playlist folders ie. selecting a folder selects all playlists in that folder
new Track Title and Album sorting now also ignores prefixes set in Tag preferences
new hotkeys:
Rating Now Playing 0.5 stars Up or Down
Rating Selected Files 0.5 stars Up or Down
View: Show Now Playing Notification
View: Show Lyrics in Floating Window
new show lyrics in floating window can be invoked by double clicking on the Lyrics header or button depending on the Now Playing panel layout, or invoked from the drop down
new multiple selection of genres in the Suggested Genres window (invoked from the genre splitter in the tag editor)
new genre-only auto-tagger (righ click> Auto-Tag by Track> Overwrite Genre Tag Only) - it optionally allows you to auto-tag multiple genres to a file
improve startup time compared to version 1.1
improve Selected Track tab in the Now Playing list so that multiple track selections aggregate, and updates to artwork now updates all the selected tracks
improve behaviour of playing CDs from windows explorer - startup time should improve in some cases and playback starts quicker
improve Tag Inspector so you can see view and save ID3v1, ID3v2 and APE tags separately
improve and fix bugs with last.fm play count synching. Playcounts are now cached so improving the speed when re-synching
change lossyWAV encoding so output file has '.lossy' added to the filename
change folder.jpg file now auomatically unprotected when saving a picture and you have administrator rights on your PC
change behaviour when 'portable application' is enabled so the musicbee library is stored as a relative reference in the startup settings.
change 'Play with MusicBee' now sorts by filename when playing files from Window Explorer
change blank tag values no longer display in the Track Information panel
change behaviour when MusicBee is opened via playing tracks from Windows Explorer so the Now Playing panel is opened
change behaviour when no tracks selected in the main panel so only the first track is automatically selected when invoking commands from the main panel toolbar
change file organiser so all files with the same filename (different extension) are relocated with a music file that is moved
change auto-organise so files with embedded cuesheets apply folder naming rules as now, but keep their filename
change timeout period for lyricsplugin.com
change last.fm playcount sync to use all playcounts rather than just the top tracks
change handling for files containing mixture of APE and ID3 tags. Previously APE tags were only read if no ID3 tags were present, now both are read with ID3 taking precendence in conflicts
changed Send To > Copy (Folder) - when copying files from a playlist, filenames are now prefixed with the sequence number of the file in the playlist
fix web-browser failing when old versions of xulrunner exist in windows system folders
fix lossyWAV file naming
fix auto-scrolling when dragging tracks in the Now Playing list
fix auto-tag synchronised lyrics not saving to the synchronised lyrics tag (MP3 files only)
fix silent error being thrown for certain types of drives (the drive doesnt display on the computer section)
fix 'cancel/ retry' dialog not cancelling if the x button is clicked
fix minor GUI glitch when closing tab in certain circumstances
fix device synch failing for a file if artwork resizing enabled and the picture is corrupted
fix various GUI bugs with floating window lyrics
fix web-browser failing in certain circumstance (eg. older xul-runner dlls in windows system folder)
fix 2nd cd drive not accessible from cd ripper/ not displayed in the left navigator panel
fix Ctrl-A, Select All now works in Artwork layout
fix Select All in Detail and Album layout so right clicking preserves the selected tracks
fix popup-window when double clicking on artwork to show title bar and close button for non-windows skins
fix music root folder preference on MTP devices now works with secondary storage cards
fix podcast file accesible status to update when located on an external hdd that has been turned off/ on
fix now playing list doubling the playable tracks when playing a folder from windows explorer
fix closing file organiser throwing an error when the window was closed before the re-organisation assessment had completed
fix now playing track information losing the height setting on restart when viewing in maximised window mode
fix auto-dj panel not enabling the custom filters button on startup when a custom filter is ticked
fix encoding to AAC/MPEG when no genre
fix google search link not working for lyrics
fix cd rip speed (was previously not ripping at maximum cd spin speed)
fix flac ripping so volume calculation is done
fix to stop lyricswiki.com always being searched even when disabled in the preferences
fix file converter and synch to device no correctly naming files from embedded cuesheets
fix Volume Analysis not distinguishing zero voulme adjustment from zero adjustment
fix handling for reading corrrupted PRIV tags
fix CD ripping losing the downloaded picture (only affects users where the destination drive is different to the main hard disc drive)
fix crashing when MTP device detection is enabled on some computers.
fix Auto-Tagger not saving artist and track title for the 'Identify Track and Overwrite Tags' function
fix Auto-Tagger not returning non-ascii characters correctly in the 'Identify Track' function
fix File Organiser not honouring the filename part of a naming template for files with embedded cuesheets
fix sort by File Size
fix File Converter not writing the first frame correctly when converting to MP3 format
fix handling for blank encoder information (foobar blanks the encoder info when you use the Fix VBR header function)
fix metadata handling for WMA radio streams
fix 'Play Now' preference: 'queue selected tracks and play now' not working correctly in certain circumstances
fix handling for first time an iPod is used to alert when administrator rights is required
fix column re-ordering not being persisted for auto-playlists
fix edit box in main panel not moving in-line when the panel is scrolled

Changes for 1.1 RC 1 - v1.1 RC 2

new windows 7 folder libraries integration
new option to infer tags from filename when importing files
change behaviour to remove id3v2.4 tags when saving as id3v2.3
fix various minor GUI bugs
fix 'search internet' failing when 'linked to source picture' was the default artwork storage option

Changes for v1.1.3544 Beta - 1.1 RC 1

new view/edit all the raw tags in a music file
new online help
new two custom web links definable for the Track Information panel
new ability to group genres and use as a virtual tag eg. Indie Rock and Alternative Rock can both be categorised as Rock
new customisable character mapping for illegal filename chars in the File Organiser
new scan replaygain values for WMA files
new handling and correction for certain types of corrupted ID3 tags
new tag to show file extension (called .Ext)
new hide/show # column in main panel playlists
new 'Restore Natural Order' command in the List toolbar for playlists
improve startup time for people who have MTP or (especially) iPhone detection enabled
improve auto-numbering utility so you can order tracks manually in the window before applying the numbering
improve scanning time for MP3 files when importing new files
change 'Locate in Library' so any track browser filters are removed when searching for a track
change library import so tags derived from a filename are persisted back to the file
fix current playing track not staying visible in the Now Playing list in the main panel when Album View is displayed
fix current playing track indicator not showing against the correct track in the main panel Now Playing list when the list is sorted
fix clicking previous track button failing when the Now Playing list has been cleared
fix position seeking when playing web streams in certain circumstances
fix track browser incorrectly displaying for web pages on initial launch of musicbee
fix auto-numbering so track number reset to 1 when the disc number tag changes
fix delete resized artwork not being deleted from temporary folder when synching in certain circumstances
fix move files from Inbox when displayed using the Artwork view
fix 'locate in library' in artwork layout
fix delete hotkey failing in certain circumstance
fix last.fm scrobbling enable in the preferences screen not showing status correctly
fix ctrl+a nows selects all text in a input field
fix selected track remain selected when switch views
fix editing cuesheets which was showing the wrong information for title and track number in the editing panel

Changes for v1.1.3530 Beta - v1.1.3544 Beta

new multiple artwork selector with the 'search internet' and interactive autotagging functions
new artwork sources: albumartexchange.com and freecovers.com
new custom filter on auto-dj
new button to allow context sensitive adding tracks to now playing list
new button in album-autotagger to allow lookup of more suggested genres
new button in album-autotagger to allow lookup of additional pictures from the internet
new priorisation for genre lookup (now defaults to last.fm) and exclusion list for bad last.fm genres
new toggle Wikipedia artist biography between your default language and english
new filter in Tagging Tools menu to allow detection of tags with inconsistent letter casing
new seek bar for web-files
new preference to enable and specify the priority sequence for retrieving artwork and lyrics
improve error handling and retry for files locked by other processes or read-only files
improve scrolling in now playing panel when jumping between tracks
change lyricswiki for new api interface
change jpeg encoding quality when resize pictures on devices (now 85% instead of 75%)
change remove any tags that are duplicated when saving to mp3 files
fix autotag by album when tagging single album file with embedded cuesheet
fix equaliser distortion for certain low frequency bands
fix rating not saved when only rating is changed in the tag editor
fix file rename when synching on USB devices where the target folder does not already exist
fix track rating change failing on save if the track is playing
fix initialisation failure for some attached devices in Vista/Window 7
fix choosing a picture using the Add button in the tag editor failing
fix disabling 'use 32-bit output' not being respected when resampling
fix editing tags for .m4a files directly on an iPod or MTP device failing
fix refresh action now refreshs the list of playlists
fix adding web bookmarks when no web-folder exists causing a freeze
fix closing a tab in the middle of multiple tabs leaving a gap in the list of tabs
fix gui bug where the current playing track indicator disappears after rating a song
fix locate missing track action behaving incorrectly in some circumstances
fix year in auto-playlist filter failing when saving the playlist

Changes for v1.1.3509 Beta - v1.1.3530 Beta

new definable custom tags that can be saved and retrieved from music files
new grid display showing all raw tags in a file
new preference to disable 32-bit output (fixes playback failing for some soundcards)
new preference to save/ retrieve lyrics to/from an external file
new function for batch update of missing lyrics
new Now playing notification to Digsby (and any other Instant Messenger clients that can have a Winamp plugin)
new ratings now saved to the music file
new secondary sorting preference in the artwork layout eg. sort by artist and year
new CD ripping retrieves metadata from MusicBrainz and if no match then from freedb
new keyboard handling - hotkeys for minimise/maximise application and select all from now playing list
new edit and save emedded cuesheets
new playlist format preference for synching to USB devices (M3U or ASX format)
new playlist settings for USB devices to specify the location for the playlists folder and a path prefix for playlist tracks
improve auto-tag so it tries more variations to match an artist when multiple artists are tagged
change rating scale when saving wavpack files (now 1-5)
fix playback failing on every 2nd song for some computers with problematic codecs installed
fix hotkey support for Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-Pgdn
fix Custom Query failing when search by 'Any Field' that matches items in a list
fix handling for multiple artists in APEv2 and MPEG formats
also implement multiple artist handling for MP3 files using the mp3Tag/foobar convention
fix application not terminating when folder monitoring is enabled and files are being renamed at the time MusicBee is shutting down
fix 'convert all files' option in 'on-the-fly conversion' device settings
fix link to source picture setting when adding artwork
fix file converter failing in certain circumstances
fix tracks always being filtered to one genre for the auto-dj
fix reading multiple artists for M4A files
fix double click on picture always displaying the picture for the playing track even when selected track is chosen
fix wma encoding
fix drag/drop playlists to ipod devices
fix error handling when saving tags edited in the main panel and the file being written to is locked by another application

Changes for v1.1.3494 Beta - v1.1.3509 Beta

new listening-to notification to Instant Messengers (Windows Live for now)
new multiple selection in the track browser
new Import Winamp DSP function in the DSP plugin selector window
new last.fm streaming to utilise the latest last.fm api
new show duplicate tracks function
new 'save-to' folder override for downloaded podcasts
new button in the tag editor to edit embedded cuesheets
new additional file statistics displayed in the status bar
new backup library function
new independent activation for DSP
change lyrics retrieval so that lyricswiki now returns a clickable link to display lyrics
change the 'Identify Track' function to utilise the latest api version
improved tab key navigation in main application window
improved track browser navigation so up and down arrow action automatically applies the filter
improved keyboard handling in the artwork layout
fix startup failure and graphics display issues for users with custom windows themes
fix iTunes synch failing with iPhones because of a missing dll in the original distribution
fix artwork synch to MTP devices when picture is too big to be supported by the device
fix automatic resume playback on startup not applying DSP, replay gain and equaliser to the resumed track
fix volume analysis for wavpack files failing
fix saving wavpack files so non-standard tags not removed and save as 1 write operation so virus scanners dont interfere
fix artwork caching when cache becomes corrupted
fix auto-tag in the tag editor panel retrieving artwork
fix album auto-tagger throwing an error message in a certain cases
fix podcast downloads failing where derived filename exceeds windows maximum file path length
fix out of memory error due to memory not being correctly released when synching a large number of files

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