foobar2000 - Updates

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.9 beta 2
2011-10-28

This update fixes more MP3 tagging regressions from 1.1.8 and refines the WAV tagging feature.

[tedgo]

foobar2000 v1.1.9
2011-11-04

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.10 beta 1
2011-11-18

This version adds native ALAC support using the newly released Apple decoder library; the ALAC decoder component is now obsolete.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.10 beta 2
2011-11-22

This update addresses various security issues in the new ALAC decoder and introduces a workaround for the infamous Asus Xonar volume control bug.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.10
2011-12-02

Various stability issues have been addressed since the last beta version. Updating from any older version is highly recommended.

*Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) decoding support is now included out-of-the-box, using the newly published Apple library.
*Fixed WAV handling bugs introduced in 1.1.9.
*Worked around buggy Asus Xonar drivers, volume control no longer requires toggling specific options in the driver control panel.
*Various stability fixes.
*New "about" dialog.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.11 beta 1
2012-01-14

Improved built-in crossfading functionality, new fading configuration in Preferences / Output.
       Fading functionality available with built-in DirectSound mode only.
   New .fb2k-component file type extension for foobar2000 component packages.
   Fixed some potential security issues.
   Added type-find in the default playlist view.
   Added support for album art in APEv2 tags on MP3 files.
   Fixed more WAV handling bugs.

Main changes include new built-in crossfading functionality and easy installation of add-on components through new .fb2k-component file type.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.11 beta 2
2012-01-19

Various beta 1 quirks have been sanitized.
This version introduces an experimental deadlock detection feature - the application will automatically terminate and produce a crash report after long periods of apparent UI unresponsiveness.
Please always send reports of any crashes that you encounter, chances are that they can be worked-around in the next version or forwarded to the developer of the problematic component.

Improved built-in crossfading functionality, new fading configuration in Preferences / Output.
        Fading functionality available with built-in DirectSound mode only.
    New .fb2k-component file type extension for foobar2000 component packages.
    Fixed some potential security issues.
    Added type-find in the default playlist view.
    Added support for album art in APEv2 tags on MP3 files.
    Fixed more WAV handling bugs.
    Converter update - now you can restrict specific encoder to run in one thread only.
    Experimental deadlock detection (beta 2)
        After long periods of apparent UI unresponsiveness, the application will automatically terminate and produce a crash report.
    Cleaned up advanced preferences for MP3 tagging (beta 2)
        "Force preferred tagging scheme" option gone - use the "MP3 tag types" dialog to convert between different tag types.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.11 beta 4
2012-01-22

foobar2000 v1.1.11 beta 3 and beta 4 released.
Various UI responsivity bugs have been fixed using the telemetry data from beta 2 - thanks to everyone who submitted crash reports.
Update: Now at beta 4. The short-lived beta 3 had a major stability problem that should be fixed now - special thanks to the 15 people who submitted crash reports so quickly.

[tedgo]

foobar2000 v1.1.11 beta 5
2012-01-25

This update includes incremental bug fixes over beta 4 as well more customizable fading.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.11
2012-02-04

Various bugs have been fixed again; the deadlock detection feature has been toned down - in stable releases it will no longer kill the app due to slow operations on large music libraries.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 1
2012-03-24

This is a maintenance update focusing on various bugs documented since the last release.

    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.
   Improved crash report generation for infinite recursions / stack overflows.
   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).

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 2
2012-03-25

This is a quick fix for apparent regressions in the beta 1.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 3
2012-04-15

This update fixes an MP3 decoder regression causing glitches when decoding files that have been split from a longer original file.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 4
2012-04-28

This incremental update brings various performance and compatibility updates

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).

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 5
2012-05-04

This update addresses various ID3 tag handling issues and improves ID3 specification compliance