foobar2000 - Updates

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foobar2000 v2.1.6

2.1.6 released on 2024-09-19

*Prevented all MP4 tag fields prefixed with replaygain_ from being treated as technical information, only actual ReplayGain fields are now such.
*Fixed ReplayGain scanner attempting to scan Audio CD in multiple threads.
*Fixed webm audio renamed to .opus being very slow to open.
*Fixed FLAC files with exotic bit depths incorrectly failing audio MD5 verification.
*24-bit rounding issues fixed, performance improved.
*Fixed nonsensical messages in Converter log when copying non audio files over.
*No longer drops DLLs for other CPU architectures than the running one when installing components.
*Mitigated very long tag fields causing playlist view to behave erratically.

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foobar2000 v2.24 preview 2024-10-04

2024-10-04

*New version numbering scheme: 2.24 for planned stable release year of 2024. Stable release will follow soon.
*Attempted workaround for rapidly restarting playback locking up D2D visualizations on some systems.
*Internet Radio search & list: clicking a stream that is already playing no longer restarts playback.
*Fixes for plain WAV files over 4GB in size. Note that WAV file format does not actually support content longer than 4GB.
*Made current console backlog saved when toggling logging on.

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foobar2000 v2.24 preview 2024-10-11

*Updated RAR extraction code to the latest official code release.
*Fixed hardware-accelerated visualization crash on settings change.

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foobar2000 v2.24 preview 2024-10-18

* Fixed specific cases of corrupted configuration data causing foobar2000 to crash.
* Fixed inconsistent drag&drop behavior when dragging items between playlists.

[mexx]

foobar2000 v2.24 preview 2024-10-28

* Fixed Internet Radio search not working through a proxy server.
* SQLite updated to 3.46.1.
* Fixed Ogg VBR bitrate display regression.

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foobar2000 v2.24 preview 2024-11-06

* Fixed a bug causing foo_upnp internet streams to be treated as radio and unintentionally looped.

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foobar2000 v2.24 preview 2024-11-14

* Updated Monkey's Audio to 10.80.

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Latest stable version foobar2000 v2.24

* New version numbering scheme: 2.24 for planned stable release year of 2024.
* Internet radio bug fixes & reliability improvements.
* Codec & audio format fixes, most notably:
  -Implemented Ogg chapter support.
  -MP4/M4A/M4B tagging & chapter manipulation fixes.
  -WAV compatibility fixes; made zero-length WAV files reported as broken.
  -Cuesheet compatibility improvements - allowed absolute path, allowed playback over network.
* Usability improvements, most notably:
  -Fixed inconsistent drag&drop behavior when dragging items between playlists.
  -Made current console backlog saved when toggling logging on.
  -Prevented Media Library search from clearing other playlists with enter key if library selection playlist feature is active.
* General improvements, most notably:
  -New major revision of bitcompare code, improved performance of 64-bit build.
  -Improved stability of hardware-accelerated visualizations.
  -Improved recovery of corrupted configuration data.
* Converter
  -Mitigation for Converter failures when writing to a Google Drive volume.
  -More detailed error messages for specific file creation errors.
  -Can write multichapter Ogg files after disabling Ogg chaining support.
*File Operations
  -Suppressed useless secondary progress bar if renaming files.
  -Defer info reload to prevent bugged display of cuesheets after moving whole folder.
  -Added an option to overwrite existing files.
  -Updated recycle bin detection logic, mitigating lag/lockup occurring for some users.
* Third party code libraries updated.
* Various other tweaks & fixes, see release notes for full list of changes.