foobar2000 - Updates

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foobar2000 v1.1.1 beta 2
2010-10-20

foobar2000 v1.1.1 beta 1 has been released. This update improves first run experience for new users and resolves certain known bugs.

   * Improved first run experience
         o With standard (non-portable) installs, foobar2000 Media Library defaults to indexing your music folders indexed by Windows itself.
   * HTTPS support in networking services
         o This is mainly relevant to component developers. You can now access HTTPS URLs through filesystem and http_client services.
   * Fixed a rare crash when closing the Preferences dialog in specific conditions.
   * Improved compatibility with broken MP4 files.

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foobar2000 v1.1.1
2010-11-05

1.1.1
    * Improved first run experience
          o With standard (non-portable) installs, foobar2000 Media Library defaults to indexing your music folders indexed by Windows itself.
    * HTTPS support in networking services
          o This is mainly relevant to component developers. You can now access HTTPS URLs through filesystem and http_client services.
    * Fixed a rare crash when closing the Preferences dialog in specific conditions.
    * Improved compatibility with broken MP4 files.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.2 beta 3
2010-01-08

1.1.2
   New foobar2000 application icon.
   foobar2000's volume slider is now synchronized with Windows Mixer application volume slider on Windows Vista and newer.
   Progress of various operations is now displayed on Windows 7 taskbar.
   Fixed various freedb related bugs; freedb support works again.
   Fixed 1.1.1 regression with Media Library configuration reset when upgrading from versions older than 1.1.
   Fixed 1.1.1 regression with Media Library being stuck in "initializing" state if foobar2000's portable installation files are inside one of the watched folders.

[fooamp]

foobar2000 v1.1.2 beta 4
2011-01-14

Highlights:
- Improved startup time and memory usage with very large libraries
- Hopefully a more solid workaround for Windows 7 audio mixer crashes

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foobar2000 v1.1.2
2011-01-22

1.1.2

   New foobar2000 application icon.
   foobar2000's volume slider is now synchronized with Windows Mixer application volume slider on Windows Vista and newer.
   Progress of various operations is now displayed on Windows 7 taskbar.
   Fixed various freedb related bugs; freedb support works again.
   Fixed 1.1.1 regression with Media Library configuration reset when upgrading from versions older than 1.1.
   Fixed 1.1.1 regression with Media Library being stuck in "initializing" state if foobar2000's portable installation files are inside one of the watched folders.
   Improved startup time and memory usage with very large media libraries. [beta 4]

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.3
2011-02-21

1.1.3
    Fixed crashing on newest AMD processors.

[tedgo]

Offenbar hat die aktuelle Version 1.1.3 einen Bug beim Abspielen von AAC/MP4.
Nutzer dieser Dateiformate sollten auf das Bugfix warten.

[grimes]

foobar2000 v1.1.4
2011-02-23

1.1.4
    Fixed regression: incorrect AAC decoder behaviors introduced in version 1.1.3.

[fooamp]

foobar2000 v1.1.5
2011-02-27

Mit einer Entschuldigung und einer damit einhergehenden Neuerung:

Another update and an apology.
As you have noticed, there has been a lot of hot-fixing going on recently.
Certain experimental changes made between versions 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 did not exactly function as intended and caused various problems.
This is now hopefully resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
To ease the pain in case situations like this happen again, the latest version - 1.1.5 - can now check for foobar2000 core updates and redirect you to the download page if your foobar2000 version is outdated.

1.1.5

   *   Fixed various 1.1.3 / 1.1.4 regressions.
   *   Added a menu item to check for new foobar2000 versions.
   *   Added a menu item to more easily check for updated components.

[qwert73]

foobar2000 1.1.6 beta1
20.03.2011

Überraschende Änderungen beim Schreiben und Lesen von MP3-Tags:

To improve the interoperability between foobar2000 and other media players, foobar2000 v1.1.6 offers the following changes to metadata handling:

ID3:
Special work-around for "AC/DC" artist in ID3v2.3.
ID3v2.3 specification does not support slash characters in artist names, however foobar2000 will write "AC/DC" as is, emulating behaviors of other software in this specific case.
The ALBUM ARTIST field is now mapped to the ID3v2 TPE2 (BAND) frame. ALBUM ARTIST entries written by older foobar2000 versions are still being read.
ID3v2.3 tags are now written by default, without unsynchronization.
Various popular software does not read ID3v2.4 tags or any ID3v2 tags with unsynchronization. The new default behavior aims for maximum compatibility, not for specification compliance.
foobar2000 links the iTunes ITUNESCOMPILATION tag to the ALBUM ARTIST tag. In case an ITUNESCOMPILATION tag is found in a file, foobar2000 treats it as if ALBUM ARTIST was set to "Various Artists". If an ALBUM ARTIST tag is found, ITUNESCOMPILATION will be ignored. [/li][/list]

WMA:
Support added for multi-value fields in WMA tags, as specified here.

MP4
foobar2000 links the iTunes ITUNESCOMPILATION tag to the ALBUM ARTIST tag. In case an ITUNESCOMPILATION tag is found in a file, foobar2000 treats it as if ALBUM ARTIST was set to "Various Artists". If an ALBUM ARTIST tag is found, ITUNESCOMPILATION will be ignored.

To benefit from these changes, users have to reload the metadata from the relevant files. This can be done by selecting the files in the Media Library or Playlist, and opening the context menu (right mouse button) while holding down the shift key to show additional options. From the menu select Tagging->Reload Info from file(s) to reload the info of the selected files.

kompletter changelog

[tedgo]

foobar2000 1.1.6 beta2
2011-03-25

ID3:
Special work-around for slash characters in ID3v2.3 behavior changed in beta 2
ID3v2.3 specification does not support slash characters in artist names; the slash character is reserved for delimiting multiple artist names. Because this is unacceptable from user's point of view, foobar2000 now uses " / " string as multi-artist delimiter in ID3v2.3 artist fields.
The ALBUM ARTIST field is now mapped to the ID3v2 TPE2 (BAND) frame. ALBUM ARTIST entries written by older foobar2000 versions are still being read.
This behavior can now be reverted through an advanced preferences option if you wish to strictly treat TPE2 as BAND behavior changed in beta 2
ID3v2.3 tags are now written by default, without unsynchronization.
Various popular software does not read ID3v2.4 tags or any ID3v2 tags with unsynchronization. The new default behavior aims for maximum compatibility, not for specification compliance.
foobar2000 links the iTunes ITUNESCOMPILATION tag to the ALBUM ARTIST tag. In case an ITUNESCOMPILATION tag is found in a file, foobar2000 treats it as if ALBUM ARTIST was set to "Various Artists". If an ALBUM ARTIST tag is found, ITUNESCOMPILATION will be ignored.

WMA:
Support added for multi-value fields in WMA tags, as specified here.

MP4
foobar2000 links the iTunes ITUNESCOMPILATION tag to the ALBUM ARTIST tag. In case an ITUNESCOMPILATION tag is found in a file, foobar2000 treats it as if ALBUM ARTIST was set to "Various Artists". If an ALBUM ARTIST tag is found, ITUNESCOMPILATION will be ignored.

[grimes]

foobar2000 1.1.6 beta3
2011-04-02

This update resolves multiple known problems with the new ReplayGain scanner.

[grimes]

foobar2000 1.1.6 beta4
2011-04-08

This update again improves tagging compatibility with other software as well as corrects inconsistent ReplayGain scanner behavior for mono files.

-iTunes-private COMM frames are ignored so they don't pollute comment fields and are always preserved when retagging. (id3v2)
-Added support for more iTunes-specific fields. (id3v2 & mp4)
-Unknown or unsupported Apple metadata atoms are preserved when retagging. (mp4)
-RG scanner now treats Mono files as dual mono

[tedgo]

foobar2000 1.1.6 beta5
2011-04-15

* To prevent problems with converting tags between different ID3v2 revisions, foobar2000 will no longer convert ID3v2 tags between 2.3 and 2.4 unless explicitly requested by the user.
* ID3v2 revision is now reported in the "tagtype" field.
* MP4 genre now works properly.

[tedgo]

foobar2000 1.1.6
2011-04-22

* Improved performance when playing very short tracks.
* Improved tag compatibility with other software.
  - "Album artist" is mapped to ID3v2 TPE2 like in WMP/iTunes.
  - Support for iTunes "itunescompilation" tags, in MP3/ID3v2 and MP4.
  - ID3v2.3 tags are now written by default since version 2.4 seems to be widely ignored by software vendors.
  - Added support for multi-value WMA tags.
* Improved reading of MP3 encoding information headers written by alpha versions of LAME.
* ReplayGain scanner now uses libebur128 for improved accuracy.