foobar2000 - Updates

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 6
2012-05-11

including further incremental fixes

Improved ID3v2.3 specification compliance for TXXX and TCON (genre) frames (beta 6).
Fixed Converter having trouble locating oggenc.exe (beta 6).

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.12 final
2012-05-26

1.1.12
    Fixed Musepack HTTP streaming bugs.
    Fixed incorrect MP3 decoder behavior on certain rare files.
    Fixed crash reporter dialog crash (duh).
    Detection of proxy server settings from Internet Explorer.
    Fixed multi-channel FLAC encoding (channel mask now gets preserved).
    Fixed multi-channel WavPack decoding (channel mask now gets preserved).
    Now possible to use HDCD & DTS decoder components with ALAC.
    Changed MP3 tag reading behaviors when multiple tags are present.
        ID3v2 content now takes priority over APE and then ID3v1.
    Various time-consuming operations such as conversion or ReplayGain-scanning now prevent the computer from automatically going to sleep (opt-out).
    Tuned ReplayGain scanner for fast multicore CPU / slow HDD scenarios (beta 4).
    Fixed Converter misbehavior on files with misplaced "cuesheet" tags (beta 4).
    Improved performance when playing MP3 files from internet HTTP sources (beta 4).
    Improved compatibility with Apple's HFS driver (beta 4).
    ID3v2 handling improvements (beta 5):
        Fixed TXXX field name sometimes incorrectly written.
        No longer possible to write multiple values per ID3v2.3 frame in various scenarios.
            Improved ID3v2.3 specification compliance for TXXX and TCON (genre) frames (beta 6).
        COMM frames with a description now show as "COMMENT <description>".
        Certain broken APIC (cover art) frames are now visible.
    APEv2 tag writing: relaxed tracknumber/discnumber field content restrictions (beta 5).
    Fixed Converter having trouble locating oggenc.exe (beta 6).
    Fixed WAV handling exploits affecting versions 1.1.9-1.1.12b6.
        Thanks to FuzzMyApp for the report and samples.
    Files with .M4R (MP4 ringtones) extension are now recognized (1.1.12 final).
    Fixed incorrect handling of hidden files with certain Media Library configurations (1.1.12 final).

[tedgo]

foobar2000 v1.1.12a
2012-05-27

Hot fix: foobar2000 v1.1.12a has been released. This version corrects a regression in 1.1.12 final.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.13 beta 1
2012-06-02

1.1.13
    Fixed ID3v2 regressions from version 1.1.12
    Fixed playback-getting-stuck bugs with fade-on-track-advance enabled.
    ID3v2 compliance changes: multiple TXXX allowed again, semicolon used for multiple genre separator.
    Changed ID3v2.3 TYER/TDAT handling, now merged into one DATE field formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.13
2012-06-06

    Fixed ID3v2 regressions from version 1.1.12
    Fixed playback-getting-stuck bugs with fade-on-track-advance enabled.
    ID3v2 compliance changes: multiple TXXX allowed again, semicolon used for multiple genre separator.
    Changed ID3v2.3 TYER/TDAT handling, now merged into one DATE field formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.
    Fixed incorrect volume control behavior when cycling output methods.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.14 beta 1
2012-07-16

  1.1.14 (work-in-progress)
   Added support for the IETF Opus codec.

Configuring Opus encoding in foobar2000 Converter
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/Opus/

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.14 beta 2
2012-08-01

1.1.14 (work-in-progress)
    Added support for the IETF Opus codec.
    Improved compliance of ReplayGain tagging for Opus files (beta 2).
    More robust handling of ID3v2.3 TDAT frames (beta 2).

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.14 beta 3
2012-08-11

Added Opus encoding support in Converter (requires external opusenc.exe binary).

[tedgo]

foobar2000 v1.1.14 final
2012-08-17

1.1.14
• Added support for the IETF Opus codec.
• Improved compliance of ReplayGain tagging for Opus files (beta 2).
• More robust handling of ID3v2.3 TDAT frames (beta 2).
• Added Opus encoding support in Converter (requires external opusenc.exe binary) (beta 3).
• Fixed a deadlock when reading strange/corrupted zip files (final).
• Fixed a rare deadlock related to updating tags on the file being currently played.
• Fixed a rare deadlock related to starting/stopping playback.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.14a
2012-08-18

foobar2000 v1.1.14a has been released. A regression that slipped into 1.1.14 final has been corrected; thanks to all the people who submitted crash telemetry so quickly. We apologize for the inconvenience.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.15 beta 1
2012-08-26

Added basic MusicBrainz tagging capability to the audio CD ripper.
Worked-around shell integration incompatibility with Windows 8.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.15 beta 2
2012-09-07

    Added basic MusicBrainz tagging capability to the audio CD ripper.
        CD ripper can now look up CD information automatically each time a new CD is about to be ripped.
    Worked-around shell integration incompatibility with Windows 8.
    Converter performance tweaks for multi-core encoding (beta 2).
    Resolved incompatibility with Matroska files processed with mkvclean (beta 2).
    ID3v2: "rating" tags now compatible with Windows Media Player (beta 2).
    Resolved Converter incompatibility with new Opus encoder (beta 2).

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.15
2012-09-14

   Added basic MusicBrainz tagging capability to the audio CD ripper.
       CD ripper can now look up CD information automatically each time a new CD is about to be ripped.
   Worked-around shell integration incompatibility with Windows 8.
   Converter performance tweaks for multi-core encoding (beta 2).
   Resolved incompatibility with Matroska files processed with mkvclean (beta 2).
   ID3v2: "rating" tags now compatible with Windows Media Player (beta 2).
   Resolved Converter incompatibility with new Opus encoder (beta 2).
   Worked-around drag&drop incompatibility with Windows explorer read-only optical media (final).
   Added an advanced preferences option to minimize the app on [ x ] close (final).
   Worked-around NSIS installer incompatibility with Windows 8 address space layout randomization (final).

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.16 beta 1
2012-10-19

This is a maintenance update with various bug fixes and compatibility improvements.

    Worked around playback/output preferences crash on Windows 2003.
    ID3v2 tagging compatibility improvements:
        Non-compliant ID3v2.3 TYER allowed by default since various other popular software does it.
        Option to write "rating" as TXXX for the few people who want it.
    Fixed properties dialog field copy/paste inconsistency when copying specific fields from single to multiple files.
    ReplayGain scanner: added additional warnings when trying to scan a very large group of tracks as a single album.
    ReplayGain scanner: addressed extreme memory usage when scanning a large group of tracks as a single album.
    Cleaned up embedded cuesheet handling code.
    Faster FLAC tag updates when full file rewrite is necessary.
    Sanitized FLAC tag updating behaviors in low-memory conditions.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.16 beta 2
2012-10-23

The File Operations component now be used to create links to files, in addition to copying/renaming/moving (beta 2).
Improved album art loading performance with huge libraries and complicated lookup patterns (beta 2).