History

• 23 Nov. 2003 Version 0.58
  1. FLAC files support using Vorbis comments.
  2. LYRICS3 v2 support.
  3. Custom names for review, credits text files, option to auto wrap review text file's lines, pop up menu command to auto search for album name at AMG.
  4. Option to remove ID3v1/ID3v2 upon batch update, FLAC/ape files can be decoded to wav, option to clear filters on program start, support for tokens for styles %XS variable ( %XS[1..n] ),some enhancements in a few dialogs and status bar.
  5. Fixes ( minor )
• 04 Nov. 2003 Version 0.57
1. Query freedb using the Disk ID calculated automatically from the files or use the original CD-ROM.
2. Online enhancements : Artist filter for freedb's text search, composer can be parsed from AMG, credits list appears in a grid and can be automatically sorted, auto sort works a bit smarter, dummy rows can be removed all at once, CTRL_T also searches at AMG (first page only), quick edit dialog is available in the grid, and the files can be sorted using multiple columns.
3. Better support for mpc/ape files, option to preserve all ID3v2 frames upon saving, 100% compliant ID3v2 lyrics frame writing, user fields for mp3 files,
4. Filters for has pictures/lyrics can be defined, additional option for proper case to force case of special words/phrases, extra find duplicates parameter to use aggressive title field comparison, parameters for default playlist save format and ext. info content.
5. Full tag edit dialog is available in more grids and has a few enhancements, manual edit grid additional 'haslyrics' column and sort by multiple columns, editable grids have combo boxes according to fields being edited, Tag/Online grids support mark and del/paste to clear/paste a lot of cells at once, option to use synchronized scrolling,play panel changes, rename folder option in treeview.
6. Fixes ( Find duplicates does not include the same file in more than one result set, installer does not overwrite ini files by default, minor other things )
• 12 Oct. 2003 Version 0.56
1. Six new fields with their respective variables and user defined lists introduced. Tones %XT, styles %XS, mood %XM, situation %XU, rating %XR and quality %XQ.
2. Online enhancements: option to format *.toget files, 'Auto match' command to update your tracks without having to sort them into album order, track duration is shown in both freedb and AMG albums plus the files grid, tones and styles can be parsed and saved from AMG, special 'various artists' option to force handling of any album as a various artists one, 'Get tracks from clipboard' command so you can copy and paste tracks from other online sources ( amazon etch .. ).
3. Tag panel enhancements: Del cleans the value of the current cell, tag existence filter can be reversed, clear button to easily reset values for variables, 'Apply to this' command so a specific preset can be applied to a single track, Update dialog does not auto close when errors or warnings occur.
4. Special <ALL> field in tag filters so a value can be easily searched in all fields, full tag edit dialog is available in play and online panels, extra option to ignore tracks from different albums in find duplicates, custom case usage made a lot easer and powerful, status bar enhancements.
5. Fixes:
   ( Online panel fixes: files with blank trackno saved correctly, credits are cleared before get album, *.toget files use correct panel freedb/AMG, freedb search can be stopped and ESC key works better.
   Misc : Folder treeview does not lose focus and selection is kept for easier spotting of current folder, some right click anomalies corrected as well, better pop up menu control for all grids, 'Ignore correct' at tag panel includes files with no tags, encoder filters out *.ape files, translation engine corrections, large fonts problems fixed again, bitrate filter works with multi HTML export, restructure does not include duplicate files in bad,N/A node, several other corrections )
• 21 Sep. 2003 Version 0.55
1. Multi language support using user defined 'language files'.
2. Considerable tuning was done and the program uses far less resources on Win9x systems and also loads faster and has a smaller memory footprint on all versions of windows.
3. Tagging enhanced, option to preserve the time stamp of files,option to clear all but basic fields in batch tag update, also tag panel's grids where merged into one and the update log saves only errors or warnings.
4. Online panel enhanced with the following, possibility to automatically search and retrieve info for a singe track from freedb, 'apply from' command to manipulate single tracks easier without having to be in the album order, Credits can be retrieved and saved from allmusic, 'Dummy rows' can be saved as 0 sized files for future reference, album filtering in freedb can be stored in presets and can use multiple criteria and 'not exists' logic to filter out 'Greatest Hits' and so on.., minor other improvements.
5. xBox compatible names option in rename, dblclick on play panels grid node plays all files or all play lists.
6. Fixes ( " and CR/LF added to the illegal characters lists for rename, Quickedit updates the playlister/encoder track column, Genres typo's fixed, mask bug corrected, minor other fixes )
• 17 Aug. 2003 Version 0.52
1. Four new % variables introduced : %O composer, %P Copyright, %W URL, %E Encoder.
2. Tag panel enhanced with the following : All values are saved/retrieved to/from presets, editable preview has extra columns for all common fields, 'Ignore correct' option so only potentially wrong or incomplete tagged files can be processed, The Sync/Remove buttons are also available at editable preview, new option in Sync menu 'Fit ID3v2 to ID3v1' along with special options so ID3v2 tags can be safely converted to ID3v1.
3. Export enhanced with HTML capabilities, export to a single file or a hierarchical array of pages, options to format colors etch. Also export specifications can be saved/retrieved from presets for easier usage of various export formats.
4. New option in tree view's popup menu, to create play lists automatically. Options on how to name & sort. Create a play list per folder with a single click.
5. Tag filters enhanced with more fields, the '!' character can be used as the 'not' operator to reverse the criteria, empty fields are not ignored anymore, presets are available here as well and multiple commonly used filters are a lot easier to save and use.
6. The Quick edit dialog is also available at manual edit grid with a special interface so multiple files can be handled and common fields can be updated at batch for files selected.
7. Auto scan works with playlister/encoder grid, freeDb's result grid has case insensitive sort, manual grid can be exported to html and/or xls file, play list entries formatting options moved to parameters window.
8. Fixes ( Minor corrections in %# variable, import columns mapping, AMG album parse and a few other small changes)
• 30 July 2003 Version 0.51
1. Import from csv files functionality added.
   Rename files and/or update tags using information from external files, user defined mapping of fields to columns and preview of results available.
2. Tokens enhanced, it is possible to use more than one separator (single or multi character values accepted), also as an alternative masks can be defined and used for filename and folder tokens, you can even combine the above to create a full proof mechanism to extract tokens. Finally 4 more tokens are available for filenames %F6-%F9.
3. %# variable enhanced with the option to be reset upon folder change and it is incremented per file basis and not per usage.
4. Physical restructure options to create a log or not and also to include other files than audio when restructuring, so images and other files will be moved/copied as well, user defined file masks.
5. Manual edit has the option to use sub folders and also to auto sort or not.
6. Option to use case insensitive sort at editable tag preview, extra command line option for Oggenc, larger padding values for ID3v2 ( up to 20Kb ), sort by filename also at online grid, option to auto stretch rename/tag grids, save as 'folder.jpg' at AMG panel and also at batch image processing, Tag filter grid has a Popup menu, shortcuts for 'scan'( F7), 'update' (F8) commands.
7. Fixes ( P4 HT start up crash, quick edit/tag editable preview correction, AMG albums with no review are parsed ok, all options at LAME/Oggenc presets are saved properly,encoder always finds executables when current path is changed, Track field sorting corrections, various misc fixes)
• 16 June 2003 Version 0.50
  1. Mpc/Ape file support using APEv2 tags. Includes all standard & proposed fields plus user defined fields and lyrics.
     Reads APEv1/v2 and writes APEv2. Also can remove ID3v1 from mpc files. Encode to/from mpc.
  2. Playlists can be opened in rename/tag panels.
  3. File/path resolution when opening playlists is a lot smarter now.
  4. Special 'Rename To..' functionality, copy or move files to a new location with new names.
  5. Restructure produces a log which can be saved in many formats.
  6. Find duplicates parameters are now available to the end user.
  7. Some GUI changes, filters are in their own floating window and are applied to all parts of the program, manual edit grid has a toolbar, Full ID3v2/Ogg/Ape edit dialogs have save & next/Previous buttons and more shortcut keys.
  8. Fixes ( Better reading of ID3v2 lyrics/comments frames, several multi file support corrections, encoder now displays estimated time correct at all situations,couple of fixes in online grid, installer fixes, small GUI corrections/enhancements here and there..)
• 01 June 2003 Version 0.45
  1. Ogg Vorbis file support. Includes all standard & proposed fields plus user defined fields and lyrics.
  2. Encoder/decoder enhancements, convert from one format to the other ( mp3/ogg ) without losing Tag info, wave files are not decoded in temp folder but in actual location so copy of huge files in not necessary.
  3. Better support for wave files with detailed info about their attributes.
  4. New "apply options" functionality in Rename/Tag grids so re scanning of files is not necessary upon options change, especially useful in Editable tag preview.
  5. Manual edit has a row indicator and is printable.
  6. New option as how to treat consecutive separators for tokens, usage of space is a lot easier now.
  7. Fixes ( Proper case small fix with multiple separators, user defined genres properly appear in manual edit 'full edit' dialogs, large font display problems corrected, support for long track names from freeDb.org, space is correctly saved as a token separator, small visual appearance/interface corrections)
• 12 May 2003 Version 0.44
1. New %U(1..5) variables so you can use up to 5 folders from the full path of the file, starting 1 level down from containing folder.
1. Remove parenthesis extended with characters like [] & {} and a special option to remove incomplete also.
2. Extra options when saving play lists as how the folders will be structured ( keep original, remove drive, replace drive or use a custom string using plain text and %variables )
3. Has picture checkbox column in manual grid.
4. Restructuring gives user feedback about the current file being processed.
5. Online panel has being enhanced with the following ( Auto sort of tracks using freedb's track lengths, sort by Track field, Artist per track can be used for various artist albums, Option as how empty fields will be treated, Choose what to update at AMG panel [tracks/comment/Picture], also new popup menu for Album image & toolbar for comment with options to load/save from-to file/clipboard.)
6. Fixes ( sorting problems with some grids fixed, illegal chars are removed when exporting AMG picture/comment to file, Batch tag update dialog fixes, Folder details in restructure leave plain text's case intact, other minor fixes ).
• 04 May 2003 Version 0.43
  1. New genre editor allows custom genres to be defined and used.
  2. Find duplicates uses the MD5 algorithm as well , when the 'audio' size of the files is identical.
  3. Folder restructure now uses % variables at any combination possible so more flexible structures can be defined, a pop up menu is also available with more options.
  4. New %N variable for the language tag field.
  5. Rename has two more options, Joliet compatible file names and the removal of words inside parenthesis.
  6. The playlist display format is customizable using % variables and an extra option to sort it is available both as a parameter and popup menu command.
  7. Batch tag update has the ability to use pictures ( from file or clipboard ).
  8. Online panel's album grids are editable, new option to append or not album cover art from allmusic.com to file , save as .cue file possibility when using freedb albums.
  9. Fixes ( A better reading of ID3v2 frames is done so some files not 100% compliant to the ID3v2 standard can be edited, %D variable bug fixed, rare bug in folder restructuring found and corrected, minor fixes on control focus at AMG panel, small corrections in manual edit and play panel ).
• 25 Apr. 2003 Version 0.42
  1. FreeDb panel is renamed to Online and contains an allmusic.com interface to manipulate full albums, so you can use an alternate option to freeDb plus use album art and detailed commentary from AMG's web site.
  2. File operations ( copy, move, delete ) are now possible in manual edit and play panel, a new option to delete files to recycle bin was also added.
  3. Manual edit no longer uses file tokens but the full presets defined in tag panel so it possible to use any kind of file/folder token plus ID3 variables.
  4. Track handling was enhanced and two more options are now available to clean tracks in rename and tag update.
  5. There is a toolbar in play panel's amg search, with an option to auto search or not for artist when a new song is loaded.
  6. Manual edit options to update/remove Tags are now saved and a new option to automatically close the batch tag update dialog upon finish is added.
  7. Fixes (All open file handles are closed properly in play panel, online 'if renamed' column minor fix, extension is no longer lost when case in not used in rename, wav's do not use low bitrate color, online panel no longer freezes when non folder entity is selected, minor fixes and improvements in batch tag update dialog, small fix in variable trim option, minor fixes in track field formatting, possible error in play panel with no shuffle and manual interaction in the playlist corrected, a few more minor changes )
• 11 Apr. 2003 Version 0.41
  1. FreeDb panel's grid has one more column (skip) plus you can insert dummy rows (placeholders) in case some tracks are missing.
  2. New Quick Edit dialog , so you can manually rename or update files anywhere in the program.
  3. New incremental number variable, option to restructure or not "N/A missing" files, next and previous buttons in file info dialog, extension always lower in proper case and special option in custom case.
  4. Fixes ( Some columns that did not sort correctly are now ok, ID3v1 genre in batch tag update gets the correct value,minor fixes in manual edit and playlist maker, files with illegal folder characters in restructure correctly handled, minor interface corrections/enhancements.)
• 01 Apr. 2003 Version 0.40
1. Tag panel enhanced. An editable preview grid is added to help you preview and/or change the tags before you choose to update them. Presets are also added to the tag field text boxes, so you do not have to type over and over again let's say the file name tokens. The batch update dialog is also re worked with new buttons to sync tag fields and queue for files to be updated.An option dictating how to treat empty variables was also added.
2. Replacement matrixes re worked also, Options to use them in rename and or tag update added, the interface changed a bit also.
3. Token separator option can now accept more than one separators and is placed in the parameters dialog along side with the trim variables option.
4. Custom case is expanded to work better on all parts of the program and an extra option to format non variables (plain text) added.
5. Sync tags option in manual edit.
6. Colors can now be defined using bitrate in Organize playlister/encoder and Play panel's playlist.
7. The favorite folders combo is editable so you can type in your values, and option to "Auto scan" the current folder is also added for easier navigation.
8. Fixes ( Access violation on favorite folders when selecting first item removed, filenames with spaces now save correctly in queue and alternative picture folders, matrixes are saved and retrieved a lot better, minor fixes in batch update and manual edit and some minor GUI fixes/enhancements)
• 22 Mar. 2003 Version 0.36
  1. Batch rename panel redesigned.
     More variables added ( File/Folder tokens, Comment field, and bitrate/mode of mpeg files ). Also custom case was enhanced to take care of all the added fields ( you need to reset your parameters for custom case after the update)
  2. There is a new window for common parameters such as case and replacement matrix for easier access.
  3. Fixes ( duplicate files marked as skip in rename works better, folder variable always gets current folder, some minor fixes in freedb panel, 'Access violation' messages that use to happen on Win2000/98 machines are fixed, a couple of more minor changes)
• 10 Mar. 2003 Version 0.35
  1. Batch tag update panel redesigned.
     You can use variables as the source of tag fields ( file,folder tokens and ID3x fields ), swap,move,copy between fields is possible now.
     Two new functions to manipulate tags, move ID3v1 to ID3v2 and vise versa so you end up using only the version you need, lyrics pictures handling ( remove, export to folder or both )
     Option to trim spaces from each field.
  2. Rename, duplicate files are automatically marked as skip,URL's always lower option for proper case.
  3. Misc, search for lyrics using google in ID3v2 dialog, stretch picture option saved now, folder name being scanned is displayed in status bar, remove row from grid option in rename/tag/manual edit grids, play queue random order option, playlist and folder contents have both a find dialog to easily locate your songs, scanning for files is twice as fast now.
  4. Fixes, ( Last character of URL field no longer trims,alternate locations for pictures are saved correctly, manual edit minor fixes, lame preset index is saved correctly, when empty fields only is checked in tag update those fields are not filled with new values)
• 09 Feb. 2003 Version 0.34
  1. Encode/Decode with L.A.M.E added. ( encode wav's into mp3's decode mp3's or re-encode your mp3 files to a more efficient size/quality without losing any tag information).
     User configurable and ready made presets available.
  2. Rename panel has two more options to remove (trim) spaces from filenames.Also illegal characters are removed or turned into spaces according to option.
  3. Minor improvements ( select all/none added to right click menu of most grids, clear grid button in rename/tag update grid,"not equal" operator added to bitrate filter,clipboard shortcuts for copy work for non editable columns in grids, tray icon hint displays current song playing, the genre field in batch tag update is editable so you can type in your own values)
  4. Fixes/changes( If an entity other than folder/drive is selected in the treeview grids do not try to populate,play queue checks for file existence first,picture display flow is a lot nicer now, small proper case fix, smarter reading of ID3v2 genre field,search for duplicates works smarter now, a few more changes here and there..)
• 02 Feb. 2003 Version 0.33
1. More options in play panel ( select folders to display pictures from, set duration and if they are displayed at random ).
2. Play list queue added. ( store your play lists in a queue and listen to them automatically ).
3. Manual edit enhanced with visual feedback to the user when the filename or tags need to be saved.( An icon is displayed and also the font of the fields becomes bold/Italic, old values are stored in the hint for easy reference.
4. Fixes/Enhancements ( Genres are displayed in alphabetical order for easier selection, hints stay on screen longer, stop button also unlocks the file in play panel, if no file exists in a play list you can now stop it from entering an infinite loop, some minor cleaning up in play panel info display, a bug with replacement matrixes is fixed in some rare cases were 'replace this' - 'with this' lists did not have the same count of items.)
• 25 Jan. 2003 Version 0.32
  1. Export to file functionality added, user defined template, export to delimited or fixed length file.
  2. More ID3 variables for renaming files ( %G for genre and %Y for year), also added to ID3 filters along with track field.
  3. Enhanced picture display while playing and option to read pictures from the folder the mp3's reside on.
  4. Minor fixes.
• 18 Jan. 2003 Version 0.31
  1. Find duplicates functionality added, track down and eliminate those annoying dup files!.
  2. Minimize to tray option
  3. Open in explorer option in tree view pop menu.
  4. Some enhancements in play panel.
  5. Fixes( Play volume is now adjusted internally and does not modify master volume, minor enhancements)
• 04 Jan. 2003 Version 0.30
1. New freedb panel allows you to manipulate full albums using freedb's full text search capability.
2. You can insert pictures from the clipboard or copy to it in the ID3v2 dialog.
3. Add to shell functionality and default page to show at startup option
4. Track padding is also applied to tags in batch modes.
5. Fixes ( manual edit formatting of tag fields according to options corrected, minor batch updated corrections, correct ID3v1 version display, support for international characters in case conversion, minor interface cleanup/improvements.)
• 24 Dec. 2002 Version 0.25
  1. Installer/Uninstaller added.
  2. New play panel allows you to play your files. Includes 16 band EQ, pictures lyrics and other info while playing and also support to search at AMG.
  3. Track padding option when renaming files according to track number.
  4. Fixes.( Playlist fixes in organize panel, interface cleanup, ID3v2 tags are now appended to files that did not have them without any problems.)
• 07 Dec. 2002 Version 0.22
1. Multiple replacement matrixes can now be defined.
   A pop up menu was also added with options to move up or down elements.
2. The root of the tree view can be set to any folder and also saved in options.
3. Fixes ( Some options are saved in a better manner avoiding possible errors when deleting rename formats and having a lot of empty "replace with" fields in replacement matrix, Scanning and tree view navigation are both a little faster now, small interface cleaning up ( tab order, hourglass visible, status bar messages and so on.. )
• 24 Nov. 2002 Version 0.21
  1. Favorite folders feature added.
  2. %D variable to rename files using folder information.
  3. Stretch picture option in ID3v2 dialog.
  4. Auto sync ID3 Tags option in batch update.( Automatically fill empty tags or empty fields using the other tags info.)
  5. Duration is now displayed in mm:ss format.
  6. Fixes ( minor interface cleanup, quite a few glitches fixed in batch tag update, correct apply order of formats in manual edit )
• 15 Nov. 2002 Version 0.20
  1. I consider this to be a major upgrade to the program.
  2. Full ID3v2 support including ..pictures,lyrics and more than 20 new fields. Support for compressed frames and user defined padding.ID3v2 revision is now displayed.
  3. Re designed manual file edit panel now has colors,ability to sort by tag existence,a lot easier formatting & file renaming capabilities,option to use file tokens for all supported fields or selectively chose a specific token for a field.Grid now has a popup menu with keyboard shortcuts for even faster edits.You can edit simple ID3v2 fields or edit the whole budge of them in a special designed dialog.
  4. Two more rename options for proper case (First letter always upper/First letter of token always upper) allow for better looking file names.
  5. An option to format & update all extra fields in batch tag update.
  6. Expand all/Collapse all buttons added in restructure tree view.
  7. More options are saved now and a new option to clear lists when moving from folder to folder was added along with Filename tokens option.
  8. And of course a lot of enhancements here and there in the GUI were made ( like XP theme support ) and ...quite a few disturbing bugs are now fixed
     ( Play list info correctly displays duration, Skipping works in batch update, ID3 detection in case both being present works a lot smarter, duplicate comment in file properties removed and a few more small ones .. )
• 14 Sep. 2002 Version 0.13
1. Better IDv2 Track field handling.
2. 'Undo this' option and minor fixes in rename tab.
3. Batch tag update option to use file token for track field, option to clear tag fields and option to apply formatting easier.
4. Double click opens file in manual grid and ESC can abort the population of the grid.
5. Similarity functionality included in filtering to search for similar sounding words in tags.
6. Play list now includes track number.
• 01 Sep. 2002 Version 0.12
1. Minor interface improvements: More options in pop up menus better control over sliders, invert selection capability.
2. Enhance play list creation, added drag & drop from explorer like list view, delete items/selected/clear.Open play list files and possibly merge them. Information about play list.

• 26 Aug. 2002 First version