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Product Revision History

Version 3.3 Build Date: January 27, 2010

    New Features

• Add "Insert Artist in Track Title" feature.

    Enhancements

• Added option to Auto-Create Artist/Album Folder structure when copying files.

    Bug Fixes

• Resolve Windows 7 compatibility issues.
• Store settings and logs in "Application Data" folder for design standards compliance.
• MusicIP lookup shouldn't mark a track as modified if nothing was changed due to empty tags returned.
• Ensure illegal characters are substituted for valid ones for when renaming files to Title tags.

Version 3.2 Build Date: December 25, 2009

    Bug Fixes

• Added conditional beta code for notepad support in Windows 7.
• Track number appending padding now based on the quantity of files for a given folder.
• Fixed performance issue when removing tracks from the filelist.
• Fixed Trim Artist/Album is failing if the Album tag is empty.
• Fixed Auto-lookup Tracks (Music IP) is leaving xml files behind.
• Fixed Auto-lookup Tracks doesn't signal un-saved changes when app is being shut-down.
• Fixed Track needs to stop playing when "Save all Files".
• If empty values returned from Music IP then don't modify the item.

Version 3.1 Build Date: December 21, 2009

    New Features

• Added Multiple Undo for rolling-back tag and filename edits.
• Added "Sort Selected Tracks by Track Number" feature. 

    Enhancements

• Trim Artist/Album made case-insensitive.
• Copy filename to Title now applies across multiple tracks.
• Trim Track numbers from Title Tag supports removal of track number suffixes.
• Added Auto-trim of residual characters to Trim Artist/Album from Tags/Filename.
• Quarantine Files for a folder by highlighting the folder header row only.
• Pad-out more than just two digits when re-numbering Filename and Track Title.
• Allow user to toggle between time elapsed/remaining when playing a track.
• Allow zero-length Album names.

    Bug Fixes

• Fix Quarantine Folder issues.
• Added stop playback of a track being played to avoid a file save error.
• Fixed bug rolling-back file renames after certain filename trimming operations.
• Trim Artist/Album from Filename/Title skips files that are named after the album.
• Force change Album tag so year tag can be changed.
• Normalize Filename uses "Renamed" instead of "Modified" for the status.
• Fixed bug with track info not updating when switching focus to a different track while a track is playing.
• Fixed bug with Esc key not stopping playback when track playback slider has focus.
• Fixed Genre drop-down list not focused when change genre window is shown.
• Fixed track details in Audio Panel not showing any info for a focused track.
• Ensure modified filenames don't contain leading white-spaces.
• Remove quarantined empty folder.
• Fix Enter key not committing changes in dialogs.
• Fixed change Genre not applying across multiple items if the 1st item matches the new Genre.
• Fixed file info not showing in audio panel when focused item changes.
• Release handle to a file that finished playing.
• Audio panel file info now persists for the current playing track.
• Fixed edit Album/Year dialog not loading year.
• Added stop playback of a file when it's being renamed to prevent an exception.

Version 3.0 Build Date: November 1, 2009

    New Features

• Added "Append Track Number to Track Title" function.
• Added online tag lookup for individual mp3 files. 

    Enhancements

• Added text normalization function to CD Ripper.
• Enter key commits changes in tag editing dialogs.
• Added "Select All" button to the main tagging window.
• Added "Generate Track List" button to CD Ripper that launches the results in notepad.
• Include option to create .m3u playlist when finished ripping tracks.
• Added option to auto-eject disc when ripping job is complete.
• Swapped the "Trim From" and "What to Trim" controls.
• Renamed "Copy/Move Files" quick access button to "Rename/Move Files".
• Renamed file list context menu option "Organize Files" to "Move File(s)".

    Bug Fixes

• Corrected sporadic failed refresh on disc insert.
• Fixed issue with Ripper locking CD/DVD drive from other programs.
• Compiled as a 32-bit process for compatibility in 64-bit environments.
• Fixed bug with Track Title Numbering not padding single digit track numbers with a leading zero.

Version 2.0 Build Date: August 30, 2009

    New Features

• "Normalize Text" lowercases and capitalizes Artist, Album, Title, and File names from caps.
• Audio CD Ripping to MP3 with Auto-Tagging featuring: 

  - Music CD online database Artist/Title/Tracks retrieval

  - Extraction and compression of tracks to MP3 files.

  - Auto-tagging of Artist, Album, Title, Year, Genre, and Track Number.

  - Auto-creation of Artist/Album folders.

  - Auto-prefix finished tracks with Track Number.

    Enhancements

• "Normalize Text" lowercases and capitalizes Artist, Album, Title, and File names from caps.
• "Add Files" folder selector remembers the last location.

    Bug Fixes

• Don't overwrite the V2 Genre Tag with the V1 Genre when "Copy to V2" is unchecked in the Change Genre Window.

Version 1.2 Build Date: August 11, 2009

• "Add Folder" remembers the last folder selected.
• Don't modify the Artist tag when using "Clone filename to Artist/Title tags" if filename is prefixed with track numbers, but advise to manually assign the Artist tag if no tag information for the artist existed.

Version 1.1 Build Date: April 19, 2009

• Fixed search failing when protected system folders encountered furing "Add Folder" search.
• Rename Tag functions insert original tag value into new tag value.

Version 1.1 Build Date: April 15, 2009

• Added support for "My Documents" and "Desktop" for "Add Folder(s)" function.

Version 1.1 Build Date: April 07, 2009

• Fixed "Trim Special Characters from Filename" moving files to the root of the drive.
• Added Wait cursor (hour-glass) for Updates and Registrations.

Version 1.1 Build Date: April 05, 2009

• Fixed Paste Genre from clipboard.
• Fixed "Clone the File's Folder to the Album Tag" including the proceeding folder in the new Album tag.
• Fixed error with files added count using the "With no tags only" option when adding files.
• Fixed Filename and Tag columns not restorable if they were hidden and the program was shut down.
• Fixed Audio Panel Track duration time being changed to "Time:" when a track is played.
• Added support for writing ID3 V2.4 tags.
• Added cancel functionality when adding folders.
• Added Update Changelog Dialog.

Version 1.0 Build Date: March 31, 2009

• Initial Release