MultiMediaPhile
George Taylor ISD
Product Updates
 
 
Product Updates

Product updates are available from inside MultiMediaPhile by using the pull-down Help menu option and selecting Update or by clicking the hyperlink text in Help--About. Product updates are available to registered users only. However, updates containing critical fixes are still provided free of charge to un-registered users.

Product Revision History:

Version 1.6 Build Date: March 20, 2007

Enhancements

  • Change checkboxes to listviews for Included File Types in Search Files.

Critical Fixes

  • Fix version mismatch between the Solveig trimming component and trimming application.

New Features

  • Add support for saving .m3u playlists.

 

Version 1.5 Build Date: March 11, 2007

Enhancements

  • Remember the last folder accessed for loading and saving Audio/Video playlists.

Critical Fixes

  • Fix deployment issues for the SolveigMM AVI Trimmer component.
  • "Purchase Product" button shouldn't show in Initial Search Wizard if they already registered.
  • Initial Search Wizard shouldn't tell use they "need to select at least one drive" if they selected only folders.
  • Fixed Series of error messages when preference stores get updated after registering app before initial scan.

 

Version 1.5 Build Date: March 01, 2007

New Features

  • Added support for loading .m3u playlist files.
  • Added playlist "Shuffle" to Audio/Video playlists.
  • Added Drag & Drop support for Audio/Video file playlists.
  • Added Quick File Scan feature to the Audio and Video catalogs.
  • Added catalog and playback support for Flac and Ape audio files.
  • Generate stand-alone AVI files from Bookmarked video playlist items.

Enhancements

  • Speed-up removal of audio/video playlist items.
  • Added "Jump to Track" context menu option to audio playlist.
  • Only one message box pops up after the initial catalog process.
  • Disabled pop-up help screens on first use, except for "Using MultiMediaPhile".
  • Added seperate context menu options for Enqueuing after Enqueue Set Point.
  • Split "Selected Folders to Search" context menu into "Audio/Video"
  • Move "Duplicates" buttons in Audio/Video catalogs to Main Menu.
  • Replace Audio/Video Search For checkboxes with radio buttons.
  • Replace Drive/Folder Search In checkboxes with radio buttons.
  • Split "Remove Stale Items" options for "Audio/Video".
  • Add "Remove Selected Items" context menu option to Duplicates Removal.
  • Replace "Search By" combobox in audio/video catalogs with radio button.
  • Added "Copy Filtered", "Move Filtered", and "Exclude Filtered" buttons.
  • Added Ctrl-H hotkey to hide main application window.
  • Added standard pull-down menu options.
  • Give user the option of not confirming to shut down program.
  • Clustered user interface controls closer together.
  • Add Select All/Un-select All, and Remove Share context menu options to Shared Folders.

Critical Fixes

  • Correct and Re-Enable system-wide Error Handler Dialog.
  • When upgrade prompt in Ver 1.3, displays message that product editions differ, but allows the 1.4 upgrade to download anyway.
  • If minimized during the initial search, should restore before program quits so window size is correct on next run.
  • Save current audio volume setting on app shut-down.
  • Fixed Video Preview Start/End input boxes not accepting user input.
  • Ensure Drive/Disc/Network/Device path and/or file is available for all file operations.
  • Fixed Video Mute setting not getting preserved after video playback window is closed.
  • Fixed incorrect Video Catalog length calculation for items with a duration of less than 1 minute.
  • Prevent user from opening and playing unsupported content via open file dialog.
  • Fixed bug, if cancel Save Playlist and a filename is already in the dialog box from last save, overwrites that playlist.
  • Resize 1st column in Audio/Video playlists after lots of items are added.
  • Once set, current enqueue point shouldn't change when the next audio track starts playing.
  • Correct video stretching when playing a video in the windowed state after moving video tracks in playlist.
  • Fixed bug audio playback stops when non-existent track encountered.
  • Don't auto-focus on an audio playlist item when next track starts playing.
  • Fixed bug when playing video catalog item using Enter key, if the file doesn't exist player window appears and does nothing.
  • Fixed bug Improper length reported for entire Album MP3 files.
  • Display File counter for moving files starts at 1 and not 0.
  • Destination path is truncated so it will display properly in file copy/move window.
  • Fix catalog update failure when moving audio/video file(s).
  • Fixed bug MP3 cataloging dropping ID3 V3 tags.
  • Fixed bug MP3 cataloging not capturing all Genre tags.
  • Fixed bug File Move not updating the catalogs for files that have an upper or mixed case file extension.
  • Fixed bug DataGrid CurrencyManager error When moving files in Audio/Video catalogs under a filtered scope.
  • Shared Content refresh has a Cancel option.
  • Prevent Shared Content refresh if Audio types isn't included for the Search.
  • Fixed bug Search Files not adding folder names for newly cataloged items to the shared folders.
  • Fixed bug Shared Content Update hanging when refreshing audio catalog.
  • Fixed DbConcurrency error hashing files after catalog refresh.
  • File hashing ignores items that are on removable discs.
  • Stale Item removal ignores items that are on removable discs.
  • Fixed Audio/Video catalog update failure when Excluding catalog items after catalog refresh.
  • Move files file progress bar value properly set if the source drive is the same as the target drive.
  • DbConcurrency Issue Removing files from the system in catalogs after a content refresh.
  • Prevent move files from attempting to move the files if the source and target folders are the same.
  • Ensured proper catalog update after a file rename operation.
  • Fixed bug when removing a catalog item that no longer exists on the hard-drive, error message describes the hard drive as a network drive.
  • Hide main window when video playback starts and restore when exited, fixes focus deadlock.
  • All audio/video related file/folder selection dialogs have consistent file types in the dialog file type drop-down list.
  • Added Pop-up context menu handler for Listview context menu options in Duplicates Removal.
  • Copy/Move files dialog overall progress should start counting completed files from zero, and not 1.
  • Fixed bug when clicking on item Preview button with no item focused in Duplicates Removal.
  • Selected folder for PAL-Trade downloads are editable without opening folder selection dialog.
  • After changing Server Name in Client-side Servers, new name updates in Server List.
  • After changing Peer Name in Server-side Peers, new name updates in Peer List.
  • Track length displays in "Audio Info" duplicate item context menu.
  • If refresh remote catalog is enabled when refreshing audio catalog with new content, use the catalog refresh drives/folders to search, and not the shared drives/folders.
  • Append the search drive(s)/folder(s) to the shared drives/folders.

 

Version 1.4 Build Date: November 06, 2006

New Features

  • Direct file trading with other MMP users.

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed Audio playback distortion issue.
  • Fixed Audio track duration decoding issues.
  • Provide update to .Net Framework 1.1 SP1.
  • Preserve video volume mute between clips.
  • Fixed critical Audio/Video file Hashing bug.
  • Fixed Audio/Video Playlist file "Copy to Folder".
  • Fixed File Rename to properly accept Enter key.
  • Fixed when cancel playlist load, loads file anyway.
  • Fixed bug opening audio files containing apostrophe.
  • Clear open file dialog file list when cancel invoked.
  • Advise when Disc Cataloging feature unavailable.
  • Audio playlist volume adjusts while slider is moved.
  • Expand Audio track time for tracks longer than 60 min.
  • Compensate for Windows Taskbar always visible.
  • Fix error loading multiple audio files with no time duration.
  • Don't resolve broken playlist items to removable devices.
  • Properly parse square brackets when loading audio playlist.
  • Fixed update catalog after move file to a network drive.
  • Catalogs refresh with new content (for real this time).
  • Don't clear Audio/Video catalog if types not included.
  • Expanded MD5 Hash field sizes in database.
  • Fixed catalog file exclusion not refreshing.
  • Fixed Credits window crashing.

Enhancements

  • Add "Select/Un-select" options to duplicate item context menus.
  • Changed some control bg colors to something other than white.
  • Added Save/Cancel buttons to all folder tree selection dialogs.
  • Added "Buy Now" button to the Initial Search Wizard window.
  • Changed default Audio "Search By" optiom to "File Name".
  • Changed "Add Selected" feature in catalogs to "Duplicates".
  • Optionally allow multiple instances of the program to run.
  • Changed background color in all message windows.
  • Split main menu help into groups of topics.
  • Added support for dynamic help updates.
  • Updated Help topics and documentation.

 

Version 1.3 Build Date: June 29, 2006

New Features

  • Added find duplicates by binary contents, similar filenames, and similar title and artist tags, based on a percentage of matching characters, with file preview and technical info.
  • Added Close button to upper right hand corner of help message boxes.
  • Add a context menu option to "Selected Folders" listview for removing Seleted Folder items and for scanning individual folders.
  • Allow user to select a folder to save the activity log.
  • Add "Close Door" button to removable Disc Cataloging.
  • Add F1 context-sensitive help functionality.

Critical Fixes

  • Disc Catalog Genre should default to nothing and shouldn't carry-over to the drive/folder catalog refresh.
  • Prevent the current text in combo-boxes from selecting (highlighting) itself.
  • Changed captioning on Catalog Disc tab-page buttons.
  • Overhaul Audio track Volume presets and master volume over-ride routines.
  • Refresh the Audio/Video catalog based on the "Search By" textbox after removable media is cataloged.
  • Don't uncheck file types if Audio or Video isn't included in searches.
  • Fixed bug when evaluating current system drives available vs what exists in the system drives profile.
  • File Move shouldn't create a new file, but should do a simple rename if the target is the same drive as the source file.

Enhancements

  • Optimized Catalog refresh after new content discovered or manually opened and cataloged on-the-fly.
  • When opening video file(s) via Open file dialog and inserting them into the playlist, should add them to the video catalog if they don't yet exist.
  • When opening audio file(s) via Open file dialog and inserting them into the playlist, should add them to the audio catalog if they don't yet exist.
  • Add checkboxes for including selected Drives and/or Folders for catalog refreshes.
  • Added Audio/Video File Hashing for comparing binary duplicates and for future enhancements.
  • Extended Selected Drives/Folders real-estate for better visibility at lower resolutions.
  • Added dividers for audio/video catalog/playlist menus.

 

Version 1.2 Build Date: May 30, 2006

Critical Fixes

  • Show Info for Video File in Playlist is now functional
  • Fixed bug Audio/Video Catalog Enter key not previewing after using context menu option to preview the item

Enhancements

  • Faster adding of Video Catalog Items to Video Playlist
  • Enhanced Audio/Video Catalog datagrid row selection

 

Version 1.2 Build Date: May 29, 2006

New Features

  • Added help topics for Audio/Video playlist context menu options
  • Added feature "Jump here after Current" to Audio playlist context menu
  • Added Dynamic Application Preferences so that new preferences can be dynamically added at any time while ensuring existing preferences are preserved between product updates

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed bug Audio items being added in reverse order when adding from catalog to playlist
  • Fixed "Object Reference not set to an instance" error in removable disc cataloging
  • Fixed bug Play button in Video playlist not functioning properly
  • Fixed Last clip in video playlist loops endlessly
  • Fixed Bug volume presets for individual tracks not restoring
  • Fixed bug in Volume Over-ride feature
  • Fixed Restore form focus after full-screen so mouse cursor is visible
  • Fixed skip keys for video playback in full screen mode
  • Fixed Video Full-Preview allowing seek past bookmark
  • Fixed main window position starting at center of desktop after closing program with the main window in the maximized state
  • Fixed media player window position starting at center of desktop after closing window in the maximized state
  • Restore mouse cursor after full-screen preview

Enhancements

  • Changed font for Audio/Video Catalog captions to Verdana from MS San Serif
  • Changed literal "Enque" to "Enqueue"
  • Added tooltips for all controls on most forms
  • Faster transition switching between video Full-Preview Full-Screen and Normal display modes
  • Preserve the Mini-Preview enabled/disabled State after shut-down
  • Preserve the position of the audio catalog splitter after shut-down
  • Preserve the position of the video catalog splitter after shut-down
  • Preserve the position of the video mini-preview width after shut-down
  • Preserve the Mini-Preview window maximized state after shut-down
  • Preserve the main window maximized state after shut-down
  • Preserve Full-Preview Maximized state after shut-down
  • Preserve Full-Preview Full-Screen state after shut-down
  • Preserve Selected Search By option in Audio Catalog
  • Preserve Column Widths in Audio Catalog
  • Preserve Selected Search By option in Video Catalog
  • Preserve Column Widths in Video Catalog

 

Version 1.2 Build Date: May 21, 2006

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed Critical bug with control keys in Full-Preview Zoom Mode
  • Search by "Everthing" option removed from Video Catalog because nothing new registers in the search unless the app is re-started

 

Version 1.2 Build Date: May 20, 2006

New Features

  • Added Compact/Repair database feature to "Maintain Catalog" tab

Critical Fixes

  • Corrected bug with Audio Playlist Volume Over-ride
  • Resolved search by "Everything" excluding qualifying rows
  • Fixed "Index Out of range" error when scrolling empty audio catalog
  • Fixed "Couldn't update Product Control Data." error after an update downloads

 

Version 1.2 Build Date: May 19, 2006

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed Critical error playing video files
  • Fixed shared volume levels between Mini and Full Preview modes
  • Allow space character to be typed in Video Catalog Search while Mini-Preview active
  • Suppress video Mini-Preview left/right skipping when focus is on Video catalog grid
  • Fixed bug processing video files containing more than 9 audio channels
  • Fixed "Can't restart Application" error after update is installed

Enhancements

 

Version 1.2 Build Date: May 17, 2006

New Features

  • Added Master over-ride context menu option to Audio playlist volume trackbar
  • Added Master "Apply-to-all" context menu option to Audio playlist volume trackbar
  • Added "Add To Top of Playlist" context menu option to Audio Catalog
  • Added "Set Enqueu at This Track" context menu option to Audio Playlist

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed Critical Update code routines for non-registered users
  • Fixed Err_load "The path is not of a legal form" error message when error handler loads
  • Fixed Product Update Build Date comparison illegal date casting error
  • Fixed bug Audio playlist Mute setting not getting carried over to the next track
  • Fixed some bugs in "Enqueu After Current" Audio Catalog context menu option
  • Fixed bug Video Catalog file rename not preserving Volume Label or pathname
  • Fixed some synchronization bugs with last Enqueu playlist item pointer
  • Fixed bug Fatal Exception Error when a video file can't be found during Mini-Preview
  • Fixed Object Reference Error if Audio or Video types excluded in initial config
  • Removed redundant "Catalog Genre" column from Audio catalog
  • Fixed bug Video playlist appending HD Volume Label in new filename for moved items
  • Fixed Video Full-Preview volume level not being saved/restored
  • Fixed some bugs in "Enqueu After Current" Audio Catalog context menu option
  • Fixed some synchronization bugs with last Enqueu'd Playlist item pointer
  • Fixed persistent Audio/Video types and Drives after disabled in initial config

Enhancements

Version 1.2 Build Date: May 13, 2006

New Features

  • Added "Enqueu After Current" feature to Audio Catalog/Playlist
  • Added Error Message ClipBoard-Paste with Support email generation to Error Dialog

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed bug blank Video Full-Preview screen with only "Initializing..." caption
  • Fixed Bug in Audio Catalog adding tracks in reverse order when "Play after Current"
  • "Refresh Every" spinner is read-only (but still modifiable) to prevent validation errors
  • Fixed Critical bug arithmitic overflow when Registering product
  • "Using MMP" help topic displays after the main interface is loaded for the first time
  • Fixed fall-back to Master Eq settings if none saved for current Audio Track
  • Fixed bug adding selected video items using "Add Selected" button

Enhancements

  • Allow Next/Previous Clip navigation through Video playlist after entered Full-Preview 
    mode from Mini-Preview
  • Adjust Bookmarks in Video clip can step past beginning and end of current time markers
  • Audio Catalog/Playlist splitter has a fixed 3D border for better visibility
  • Added Left / Right / Center context menu to Audio Playlist Balance slider
  • Mute button visually indicates mute is indeed active

 

Version 1.1 Build Date: May 12, 2006

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed Double-click and datagrid Scoll events for Video Catalog
  • Fixed Update.exe appending a non-existent path to the update execution path
  • Fixed Mini-Preview not using the last width it was set at when it gets re-enabled
  • Fixed Double-click on Video playlist launching full screen preview if Mini-Preview is
    currently enabled
  • Fixed incorrect index (+1) when Double-Clicking or pressing Return key on Audio Playlist

Enhancements

  • Auto-save Playlist option uses the Save/Cancel buttons to save/revert the setting
  • Mini-Preview remembers if prior focus was on the Video Catalog or Playlist
  • Full-screen Video Preview now carries over the volume setting from Mini-Preview
  • Mini-Preview continues from position when Full-Screen video closed using Esc key
  • Added 5 second interval forward/backward skip to Mini-Preview using arrow keys
  • Added Space Bar pause to Mini-Preview
  • Added numeric keypad Plus/Subtract volume level keys to Mini-Preview
  • Added Escape key (stop) to Mini-Preview

 

Version 1.1 Build Date: May 08, 2006

New Features

  • Use Ctrl+Up/Down to select Previous/Next Audio Track
  • Added Mini-Preview to Video Catalog / Playlist

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed bug updating Video Catalog Caption Enable/Disable during program execution
  • Fixed default Video search types being included even if they weren't selected
  • Fixed bug Statistics clearing to zero and not staying that way after catalog refresh
  • Fixed bug with Statistics Exluded files count not registering, update is now immediate
  • Fixed bug when user sets "Auto-save Playlists every" value to zero. Minimum is 
    now 5 seconds
  • Fixed bug when user sets "Pre-Buffer Audio Playback" value to zero. Minimum is 
    now 100 milliseconds
  • Added an extra second to the timeout for silent checking of Updates
  • Fixed bug Credits screen displaying after user registers and product shuts down

Enhancements

  • Added Help Topics to Help menu
  • Product now checks for Critical Updates before Initial Configuration, just in 
    case we fixed or modified its behavior
  • Added an extra two seconds to the timeout for forced checking of Updates
  • Enabled Error Handler Window

 

Version 1.1 Build Date: May 06, 2006

New Features

  • Added Audio Equalizer Presets
  • Select Specific Folders to search only
  • Automatically remove Stale catalog items
  • Audio/Video Playlist Copy Files to Folder
  • Launch Windows Explorer to an Item's path
  • CD/DVD Audio/Video file Previewing and Info
  • CD/DVD Data Disk No-Click Lazy-Cataloging
  • Audio/Video Catalog Copy/Move Files to Folder
  • Force Audio track(s) to play after the current track
  • Show all the Technical Information for a media file
  • Added an Activity Log for info and search results
  • Added new Audio/Video playlist keyboard controls
  • Save current Equalizer settings across multiple items
  • Save Volume/Balance settings across multiple items
  • 1-10 second Skip-Factor for moving through a Video
  • Use Ctrl+Up/Down to select Previous/Next Audio Track

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed Video Preview buttons not functioning
  • Disabled keyboard hook when renaming a file
  • Fixed "Search By" options in the Audio Catalog
  • Preserve Maximized window state after restoring
  • Fixed major slowdown when analyzing large Mp3's
  • Fixed incorrect Total Time in Audio/Video playlists
  • Restore default path after Loading/Saving playlists
  • Fixed incorrect Start/Finish/Length values in playlists
  • Files named with square brackets can be removed
  • App no longer restores on its own after minimizing
  • Avoid forced User Login after .Net Framework Install
  • Provide User with option to remove ASP.Net Policies
  • Fixed a memory leak that was degrading performance
  • Start Audio playback at the last track that was stopped
  • Default playlists automatically get repaired if zero-length
  • Properly handle the single quote character in file names

Enhancements

  • Added Help Topics to Help menu
  • Added a scrolling Credits window
  • Added Memory Footprint Optimization
  • Added product updates for Critical Fixes
  • File Copy/Move is much more informative
  • Added "Size in Bytes" column to the Catalogs
  • Added "Volume Label" column to the Catalogs
  • Option to Preview or Playlist a single Video file
  • Catalog search and media file analysis is faster
  • Refined Initial Configuration to be more Intuitive
  • File Copy/Move is now Threaded (multi-tasked)
  • Multimedia Search is now Threaded (multi-tasked)
  • Added row highlighting when moving playlist items
  • Changed Volume Up/Down keys to Plus/Minus keys
  • Activity Log automatically scrolls to the last item added
  • File Byte size is expressed as a comma formatted number

 

Version 1.0 (Public Release) Build Date: January 11, 2006

  • Initial Public Release

Known Issues (All Platforms)

  • Video playback skips through clips in the playlist when mouse is held over the upper left corner of the video playback window.
  • Video playback window sometimes appears half-way across the desktop on first run.

 

Version 1.0 (Release Candidate) Build Date: December 31, 2005

New Features

  • Live Product Updates
  • 10 Band Graphic Equalizer
  • MP3 ID3V2.x Tag extraction
  • Audio player Volume Level indicators
  • Video file Cataloging and Playlist support
  • Automatic Playlist Syncronization for moved items.

Critical Fixes

  • Fixed critical error caused by illegal date cast on 1st startup.
  • MultiMediaPhile loads with Windows even when you tell it Not to.
  • When user Tabs to Register button and presses the Enter key, nothing happens.
  • Disable the Windows Login at Start-up caused by the .Net Framework installing an ASPNET User.
  • Installer now advises the user the system needs to be restarted after MDAC 2.8 SP1 is installed.

Enhancements

  • Initial system cataloging is 3X faster
  • Subsequent searches are 10X faster
  • Added “Date Added” column to Audio/Video catalogs.
  • Added File Statistics display to Maintain Catalog tab.
  • Audio Volume and Balance settings are preserved on shut-down.
  • Installer installs for All Users on a system.
  • Installer doesn't reboot the system after the MultiMedia component gets installed.
  • Selectively include Audio or Video files without toggling individual types.
  • Adjustable Audio Playback Buffering for slower computers and low bandwidth network connections.

 

Version 1.0 (Beta) Build Date: August 20, 2005

  • Initial Release

 

Product Date of Inception: May 14, 2005

  • Initial Revision


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