------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-11-15] REL: VERSION 3.28 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-11-07] NEW: added support for replacing displayed cover via Tag Panel and Extended Tags.
(#42361, #44338, #47635, #51792, #53337, #54769)
[2024-11-06] NEW: added scripting function `uuid` to create a 128-bit universally unique identifier
(UUID).
[2024-11-04] NEW: added support for scaling toolbar icons up to 200% (see 'Options > Appearance').
(#13986)
[2024-10-28] FIX: runtime error when removing last item from Tag Panel when docked horizontally.
[2024-10-10] CHG: increased the maximum number of possible search fields for Tag Sources to 5.
[2024-10-09] FIX: debug output of web sources framework used incorrect script-line numbers in some
cases. (#66132)
[2024-10-09] FIX: option to reference contents of output buffers via `%output%` in string
parameters of web sources framework functions also replaced `output`. (#66196)
[2024-10-01] CHG: find results sort column and sort order is remembered for the current search
session.
[2024-10-01] FIX: find results sort indicator was not updated correctly for subsequent searches.
(#65741)
[2024-09-26] FIX: action type 'Generate Playlists' used format string for playlist filenames to
partition files.
[2024-08-23] FIX: last command in Tag Sources script was omitted if followed by comment. (#65645)
[2024-08-22] FIX: File List sort indicator changed to previous column after customizing File List
columns (since v3.15). (#65691)
LNG: updated Catalan, Danish, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, and Spanish
translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-08-21] REL: VERSION 3.27a (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-08-21] FIX: iTunes MP4 fields `iTunNORM` and `iTunSMPB` were removed on tag update (since
v3.26a beta). (#65670)
LNG: updated French and Polish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-08-08] REL: VERSION 3.27 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-07-30] CHG: reimplemented parsing of TAK files and removed dependency to `tak_deco_lib.dll`.
[2024-07-26] CHG: addressed CVE-2024-7193 by adding checks for integrity and manual loading of
`tak_deco_lib.dll` for handling TAK files to prevent DLL side-loading.
[2024-07-24] FIX: updating 32-bit MP4 `stco` chunk-offset atoms to 64-bit `co64` chunk-offset atoms
if referenced sizes are exceeding the unsigned int 32-bit range. (#65218)
[2024-07-22] NEW: added support for searching the File List via 'Edit > Find...' and Ctrl+F.
[2024-07-22] CHG: changed keyboard shortcut for favorite directory to Ctrl+M.
[2024-07-18] CHG: MP4 files that couldn't be parsed are now listed in the File List with an error
description in the Tag column. (#65311)
[2024-07-05] CHG: updated code-signing certificate.
[2024-07-04] NEW: added 'Copy as Text...' to File List context menu. (#65135)
[2024-06-24] FIX: Tag Sources settings dialogs showed resize grip despite not being resizable in
some cases. (#65115)
[2024-06-20] FIX: writing an UTF-8 encoded temporary playlist via the File Explorer shell extension
produced wrong 4-byte character encoding for some Unicode characters (requires
restart to be updated if shell extension is already installed and currently in
use). (#65003)
[2024-06-20] FIX: Matroska Segment title was not read and removed on updates. (#65083)
[2024-06-19] CHG: added `TRACK` and `TITLE` to track list at Tag Sources result dialog for releases
with only one track. (#65029)
[2024-06-15] FIX: track list at Tag Sources result dialog didn't list track length for releases
with only one track. (#65029)
[2024-06-12] FIX: UTF-8 encoded cuesheets without BOM were read as ANSI-encoded text. (#64997)
[2024-06-11] NEW: added support for `©enc` MP4 atom which is mapped to ENCODEDBY. (#64923)
[2024-06-11] NEW: added support for `sdes` MP4 atom which is mapped to STOREDESCRIPTION.
[2024-06-09] NEW: added support for Opus in MP4.
[2024-06-09] NEW: added support for detection of AV1 video tracks in MP4.
[2024-06-09] CHG: internal changes to parts that are responsible for reading and writing MP4
metadata.
[2024-06-08] FIX: runtime error if sort criteria of a file list column used invalid syntax.
[2024-06-07] FIX: cover preview control at Tag Sources overlapped with cover info and checkbox on
some systems. (#64900)
[2024-06-06] FIX: issues regarding skipped files or inconsistent state when renaming directories
via action Format value or 'Convert > Tag - Tag' with `_DIRECTORY`. (#56247,
#64890, #64962)
[2024-05-28] NEW: Discogs Tag Sources: added column with cover dimensions to list of query results.
LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Corsican, French, Hungarian, Polish,
Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-05-24] REL: VERSION 3.26 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-05-23] FIX: reapplying current filter expression via manage filter dialog did clear the
filter field. (#64758)
[2024-05-22] FIX: Tag Sources Quick button and keyboard shortcut did not skip search dialog for Tag
Sources that use the new search dialog with possibly multiple search criteria.
(#64726)
[2024-05-21] CHG: Tag Sources confirmation dialog now uses stable sorting when clicking on column
headers in Tracks list.
[2024-05-19] CHG: refined thread-locking strategy when writing tags to significantly increase
performance. (#64634)
[2024-05-18] NEW: Discogs Tag Sources: added column for `BARCODE` to list of query results.
[2024-05-18] NEW: Discogs Tag Sources: added support for importing `BARCODE`.
[2024-05-18] NEW: Discogs Tag Sources: added support for importing `ALBUMARTISTSORT`.
[2024-05-18] CHG: Discogs Tag Sources: `CATALOGNUMBER` set to `none` is now ignored.
[2024-05-18] CHG: Discogs Tag Sources: multiple media per release are now separated by comma.
[2024-05-16] NEW: added support for copying textual representation of files to clipboard.
[2024-05-15] CHG: added caching of cover previews to prevent redundant image downloads when
navigating back to list of query results.
[2024-05-15] FIX: Discogs Tag Sources: further improvements at detecting implicit artists for
subtracks. (#64385)
[2024-05-15] FIX: Discogs Tag Sources: release titles containing hyphens were not displayed
correctly in query results list. (#64680)
[2024-05-14] FIX: columns for Tag Sources with cover thumbnails were offset by one on first use
(since v3.25c). (#64678)
[2024-05-14] FIX: runtime error when dismissing the dialog with Tag Sources query results before
all cover previews are downloaded (since v3.25c). (#64677)
[2024-05-10] NEW: added larger preview when hovering above cover thumbnails in list of Tag Sources
query results. (#64614)
[2024-05-08] NEW: added support for cover thumbnails in list of Tag Sources query results.
[2024-05-08] FIX: Discogs Tag Sources: subtracks with implicit artist from index track were not
identified correctly. (#49688, #64385)
[2024-05-08] FIX: Discogs Tag Sources: comma used as join separator had extra whitespace prefix.
[2024-04-27] FIX: renaming directories via action Format value stopped working on some systems
(since v3.25a). (#64532)
[2024-04-26] FIX: renaming directories via action Format value or 'Convert > Tag - Tag' with
`_DIRECTORY` resulted in inconsistent File List state when Overwrite, Skip, or
Keep Both was used at collisions. (#56247)
[2024-04-20] FIX: text in filter field was displayed as selected and highlighted on startup,
despite filter field not being focused. (#53067)
[2024-04-19] CHG: adding cover art now uses the actual cover data to determine image file format
instead of relying on the file extension.
[2024-04-19] FIX: empty temporary file was not removed after error due to invalid file structure
when writing MP4 files. (#59387)
[2024-04-19] FIX: moving files via Edit → Move... removed skipped files from File List despite them
not being moved. (#63232)
[2024-04-15] FIX: JSON-related functions `json_foreach` and `json_foreach_end` of web sources
framework reverted back to root object and not to previously selected object.
(#64047)
LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Corsican, Simplified Chinese, Slovak,
Spanish, and Turkish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-03-28] REL: VERSION 3.25 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-03-20] FIX: Nero MP4 `cdec` field for encoder settings was not preserved when writing tags
(since v2.92). (#64148)
[2024-02-07] FIX: menu items at View > Sort by... were not accessible for screen readers. (#63621)
[2024-02-03] FIX: writing UTF-8 encoded export files produced wrong 4-byte character encoding for
some Unicode characters. (#63556)
[2024-02-02] FIX: writing UTF-8 encoded `*.m3u8` playlists produced wrong 4-byte character encoding
for some Unicode characters. (#63556)
[2024-02-02] FIX: error when reading UTF-8 encoded `*.m3u8` playlists with Unicode characters
encoded using 4-bytes.
LNG: updated Traditional Chinese translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-01-26] REL: VERSION 3.24 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-01-25] FIX: Tag Sources configuration dialog didn't close in some cases when pressing Esc.
(#63115)
[2024-01-23] CHG: optimization function for FLAC files now preserves a small padding block to
increase performance for possible tag modifications. (#60372)
[2024-01-18] NEW: added optimization function to remove padding from FLAC files to Utils submenu in
right-click context menu. (#60372)
[2023-12-22] FIX: cover preview control at Extended Tags and Tag Sources was not square on all
systems. (#63076)
[2023-12-21] FIX: File List was not refreshed with performed changes after an error occurred when
renaming via converter 'Filename - Filename' with a format string that did not
match all selected files. (#63159)
[2023-12-20] FIX: focus on File List was lost after reloading tags via Ctrl+T or 'File > Read tag'.
(#63128)
[2023-12-19] FIX: associated files were not handled correctly when moving via Edit → Move and
copying via Edit → Copy. (#63108)
[2023-12-01] NEW: action type 'Generate Playlists' to create one playlist or multiple playlists via
actions.
[2023-11-30] NEW: added new menu item 'File > Generate Playlists...'.
[2023-11-27] FIX: Playlist Generator only worked when files were selected (since v3.23a).
[2023-11-25] FIX: minor UI glitch at action Remove Duplicate Fields in dark mode (since v3.23a).
[2023-11-24] NEW: added Playlist Generator via Ctrl+Shift+P to generate multiple playlists for
user-defined partitions.
[2023-11-15] NEW: added keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+A for adding album cover from file.
[2023-11-14] NEW: added support for removing only duplicate fields that have the same content at
action Remove Duplicate Fields.
[2023-11-14] NEW: added support for choosing a dedicated field to apply an action Remove Duplicate
Fields to.
[2023-11-09] CHG: error message if entry for already existing field is added to the Tag Panel.
(#62648)
LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Corsican, Hungarian, Italian, Simplified
Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-11-03] REL: VERSION 3.23 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-10-28] FIX: applying actions and action groups to large amounts of files could in rare cases
cause the application to stop responding. (#62576)
[2023-10-27] NEW: added function `SayDate` to web sources framework.
[2023-10-13] NEW: added option to reference contents of output buffers via `%output%` in string
parameters of web sources framework functions. (#62238)
[2023-10-12] FIX: adjusting cover art that uses grayscale color model resulted in undesired
artifacts. (#60746, #62295)
[2023-10-05] CHG: modernized various dialogs and increased default font size. (#49799)
[2023-10-02] FIX: ID3v2 UFID was not always correctly detected as binary or text-only frame.
(#62268)
[2023-09-26] NEW: extended JSON-related functions `json_select_many` and `json_select_many_count`
of web sources framework with optional parameter to include result entries for
non-existent items. (#62095)
LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese and Hungarian translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-09-20] REL: VERSION 3.22b (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-09-20] FIX: extracting cover art from files used last folder instead of current. (since
v3.22a)
LNG: updated Danish, Dutch, and Farsi translations.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-09-19] REL: VERSION 3.22a (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-09-18] CHG: updated to libwebp 1.3.2 which includes a security fix for lossless decoder
(CVE-2023-4863).
LNG: updated Croatian translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-08-24] REL: VERSION 3.22 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-08-24] CHG: Microsoft Store version now uses 64-bit version by default.
[2023-08-23] FIX: runtime error when saving Tag Sources configurations where associated schema
contained headings or separators.
[2023-08-18] FIX: custom list values for directory field were still duplicated in some cases.
(#61267)
[2023-08-17] NEW: added support for localization of Tag Sources configurations.
[2023-08-14] NEW: LRC files are now also renamed, moved, and copied with corresponding MP3 and FLAC
files. (#59189)
[2023-08-13] NEW: added support for audio MD5 via %_md5audio% for WavPack. (#61801)
[2023-08-11] NEW: added support for editing Tag Sources configurations via the Tag Sources menu.
(#61623)
[2023-08-04] NEW: added new key `[MinAppVersionWin]=3.21h` to require a minimum version of Mp3tag
for a Tag Source to be used. (#50650)
[2023-08-03] NEW: added functions `IfVar` and `IfNotVar` to web sources framework to check
configuration settings from Tag Sources. (#61623)
[2023-08-03] NEW: added new key `[Settings]=Tag Source Configuration.settings` to provide a
settings schema for Tag Sources. (#61623)
[2023-07-26] FIX: unchecking a checkbox field sometimes wrote contents of previous Tag Panel field
(since v3.21e).
[2023-07-26] NEW: added support for checkbox fields on Tag Panel.
[2023-07-25] FIX: inconsistency between internal function specification for `debug` in web sources
framework and documentation regarding third parameter. (#61661)
[2023-07-25] CHG: added reporting of syntax errors in web sources scripts via error message in
addition to scripterror.log. (#61653)
[2023-07-25] FIX: last parameter of functions in web sources framework was never checked for
validity. (#61653)
[2023-07-20] FIX: editing mode in lists scrolled too far for columns that exceeded the list width.
(#61612)
[2023-07-19] NEW: added function `SayDuration` to web sources framework. (#53756, #61607)
[2023-07-19] NEW: added scripting function `fmtDuration` to create a formatted duration string
based on numerical input.
[2023-07-18] NEW: added JSON-related function `json_select_many_count` to web sources framework.
(#61598)
[2023-07-17] FIX: edit field shown when adjusting metadata from Tag Sources was misaligned in some
cases. (#61577)
[2023-07-17] NEW: extended JSON-related function `json_select_many` of web sources framework with
optional parameters for last item separator and maximum items to select. (#50674)
[2023-07-16] NEW: added JSON-related function `json_foreach_counter` to web sources framework.
(#61578)
[2023-07-16] FIX: web sources framework `IfGreater` and `IfLess` did not perform numeric comparison
in all cases. (#61569)
[2023-07-16] NEW: added JSON-related function `json_foreach_reverse` to web sources framework,
which is to be used with `json_foreach_end`. (#61572)
[2023-07-15] CHG: copying and pasting individual fields via the extended tags dialog now replaces
existing values. (#61383)
[2023-07-10] FIX: end editing in file list if window is resized.
[2023-06-23] FIX: option to prefer values from tag was shown also when configuring Custom List
Values for `_DIRECTORY`.
[2023-06-23] FIX: option to only show user-defined genres was shown also when configuring Custom
List Values for other fields than `GENRE` in some cases. (#61267)
[2023-06-23] FIX: custom list values for directory field were duplicated on file selection change.
(#61267)
LNG: updated Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Danish, French, Italian, Simplified Chinese,
Spanish, and Turkish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-05-26] REL: VERSION 3.21 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-05-23] FIX: resizing issues when moving from a monitor with larger resolution to one with
smaller resolution at Tag Sources dialog.
[2023-05-22] FIX: option to save total count of tracks was editable after toggling "Next disc on
change of" at auto-numbering wizard. (#61035)
[2023-05-01] FIX: runtime error when using converter Tag - Tag (since v3.20a).
[2023-04-30] FIX: previous installation folder was not remembered in some cases (since v3.20a).
(#60821)
[2023-04-27] NEW: added support for redoing the last undone action. (#5217, #43130, #44452, #53243)
[2023-04-27] NEW: added support for repeating the last run action or action group. (#44452)
[2023-04-23] NEW: added confirmation message to overwrite existing file when exporting custom list
values. (#60780)
[2023-04-23] NEW: added auto-numbering wizard to Convert context menu. (#60557)
[2023-04-21] FIX: icons of dynamically created submenus, e.g., context menu Tools, were not
displayed when running in light mode (since v3.19a). (#60755)
[2023-04-05] CHG: added safety check to installer for already installed version with different
architecture.
LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Danish, Farsi, Simplified
Chinese, and Spanish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-03-31] REL: VERSION 3.20 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-03-21] NEW: added keyboard shortcuts Shift+Return to add and Shift+Del to remove custom list
values via Tag Panel. (#58937, #60411)
[2023-03-15] FIX: custom list values did not respect use natural sorting configuration setting.
[2023-03-11] FIX: enabled state of Tag Panel fields was lost in some cases and resulted in
unexpected behavior. (#60324)
[2023-03-11] NEW: added import of custom list values from text file at 'Options > Tag Panel >
Edit'. (#56810, #58944, #60168)
[2023-03-11] NEW: added export of custom list values to text file at 'Options > Tag Panel > Edit'.
[2023-03-09] CHG: consolidated user-defined genres to be also implemented via Tag Panel custom list
values and retired Options > Genres.
[2023-03-08] NEW: added Tag Panel field sizes Full, Larger, Large, Medium, Small, Smaller, and
Tiny. (#50080, #60179)
[2023-03-03] NEW: added configuration option to reset track counter at auto-numbering wizard on new
disc. (#59866, #59868, #60185)
[2023-02-23] FIX: dynamically generated menus for Actions and Tag Sources were not accessible for
screen readers.
[2023-02-23] FIX: cover-type submenu at Edit > Cover was not accessible for screen readers.
[2023-02-03] FIX: progress dialog when importing tags from text file did not reflect import
progress. (#59829)
LNG: updated Armenian, Brazilian Portuguese, Corsican, Czech, Danish, Finnish,
Hungarian, Italian, Simplified Chinese, and Turkish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-01-27] REL: VERSION 3.19 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2023-01-24] CHG: moved configuration setting to preserve file modification time when saving tags
from Tags to General.
[2023-01-24] CHG: moved configuration setting to display grid lines at file view from General to
Appearance.
[2023-01-24] CHG: retired the Tools main menu and moved entries for Options to File main menu and
auto-numbering wizard to Convert main menu.
[2023-01-23] CHG: `BPM` field for MP4 now only displays the bpm value without extra formatting.
[2023-01-23] FIX: mnemonic key entry for certain menu items not displaying as intended for some
translations. (#59601)
[2023-01-23] FIX: action Format value for `_FILENAME` showed another error message on retry after
sharing violation even when retry condition was met. (#59641)
[2023-01-18] FIX: navigating to next directory in history via Alt + left arrow key resulted in
runtime error if triggered from last entry in history.
[2022-12-01] NEW: added option to increase disc counter (and reset track counter) at auto-numbering
wizard on field-value change.
[2022-12-01] NEW: added option to reset disc counter at auto-numbering wizard on field-value
change.
[2022-11-29] FIX: editing Tag Panel fields with `_SEPARATOR` had not all other fields disabled.
(#58921)
[2022-10-27] CHG: uninstaller has now a checkbox to explicitly enable removing of configuration
data instead of using a confirmation dialog. (#58889)
[2022-10-21] FIX: cover type couldn't be changed via extended tag dialog (since v3.16b). (#58833)
[2022-10-10] FIX: tracks frame wasn't resized correctly at Tag Sources confirmation dialog.
[2022-10-10] FIX: previous start menu folder wasn't used when updating 64-bit version. (#58717)
[2022-10-07] CHG: extended error message when writing too large cover art to FLAC. (#42923, #58598)
[2022-10-07] CHG: information field `%_id3v2_unknown_frames%` now reports the ID3v2 frame
identifiers.
[2022-10-04] FIX: runtime error at right click on cover window of non-audio image file with 64-bit
version.
[2022-10-03] FIX: MusicBrainz tag source issue with artist names containing vertical bar character.
(#58662)
LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese-CN, Corsican, Czech, Slovak,
Spanish, Traditional Chinese, and Turkish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-09-29] REL: VERSION 3.18 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-09-24] NEW: added keyboard shortcuts to add, edit, delete, and select custom list values at
'Options > Tag Panel > Edit'.
[2022-09-24] FIX: freedb configuration allowed for empty server name in some cases.
[2022-09-24] FIX: minor UI glitch at 'Options > Tag Panel > Edit' in dark mode (since v3.17b).
(#58568)
[2022-09-23] NEW: added option to configure custom list values for Tag Panel fields. (#18135,
#18314, #18317, #45334, #45372, #48343, #49545, #55177, #56810)
[2022-09-03] NEW: added information field `%_id3v2_unknown_frames%` to identify files with
unsupported ID3v2 frames.
[2022-08-11] FIX: removing format strings using Shift+Del didn't save history for converters (since
v3.15).
[2022-08-04] CHG: added default mapping from `Album Artist` to `ALBUMARTIST` for APEv2 for new
installations to increase compatibility.
[2022-07-29] FIX: previous installation folder wasn't remembered when installing 64-bit version.
(#43907)
[2022-07-29] LNG: updated Chinese-CN, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Dutch, French, Italian, Slovak,
Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-07-29] REL: VERSION 3.17 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-07-28] FIX: dark mode wasn't properly detected on Windows 10 build 19045.
[2022-07-19] CHG: added digital signature to Explorer shell extension.
[2022-07-12] FIX: translation of ID3v1 genre numbers at ID3v2 TCON frame was too enthusiastic
(since v3.16c). (#57878)
[2022-07-11] NEW: added support for selection and rearranging of multiple actions in action group
edit dialog. (#48422)
[2022-07-10] FIX: selection at action group dialog always included previously selected action group
when adding or duplicating action groups.
[2022-07-09] FIX: ID3v1 genre number at ID3v2 TCON frame was not translated for ID3v2.4. (#57855)
[2022-07-07] CHG: updated TAK to 2.3.3 and added 64-bit support.
[2022-07-07] FIX: removing files with non-natively supported file extensions was not reflected in
file list. (#57763)
[2022-06-24] CHG: use natural sorting for metadata field names at Tag Sources confirmation dialog.
(#57572)
[2022-06-24] NEW: added option to prefer genres from tags in list at Tag Panel.
[2022-06-23] NEW: added option to set startup folder to empty, previous, or favorite.
[2022-06-23] FIX: direct editing field in file list was applied to wrong file when simultaneously
filtering by changing filter over unfocused filter via via mouse scroll wheel.
(#57638)
[2022-06-23] CHG: added `CATALOGNUMBER` to list of default fields for new installations. (#57717)
[2022-06-22] FIX: runtime error when deleting filter expressions and format strings in some cases
(since v3.16a). (#57704)
[2022-06-16] NEW: added contextual cover operations to main menu at Edit > Cover.
[2022-06-13] FIX: filter deleted via manage lists dialog remained active. (#57602)
[2022-06-10] FIX: issue in File Explorer shell extension under Windows 11 were nothing happens in
rare cases due to an internal error visible through the Windows Event Log.
(#57575)
[2022-06-08] FIX: leftovers in 32-bit registry view were not removed when installing 64-bit version
(since v3.16).
[2022-06-07] FIX: manage lists dialog still showed items that were previously deleted via
Shift+Del. (#57545)
[2022-06-06] FIX: manage lists dialog extended selection when ticking checkmark. (#57483)
[2022-05-30] LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese-CN, Czech, Hebrew, Italian,
Slovak, and Spanish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-05-30] REL: VERSION 3.16 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-05-30] CHG: installer now uses 64-bit registry view to store installation settings for 64-bit
version.
[2022-05-28] CHG: minor improvements regarding initial dialog placement.
[2022-05-27] FIX: applying filter expression via manage filter dialog did not filter the file list.
(#57424)
[2022-05-27] FIX: selection state of filter list was reset after applying filter expression via
manage filter dialog. (#57424)
[2022-05-24] FIX: adjusting varying covers via cover window had no effect on 64-bit (since v3.14e).
(#57383)
[2022-05-24] FIX: runtime error when setting cover type or cover description for varying covers via
cover window on 64-bit (since v3.14e).
[2022-05-24] LNG: updated Armenian, Italian, and Hungarian translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-05-24] REL: VERSION 3.15 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-05-23] FIX: taskbar icon was missing when starting via shell extension in 3rd-party file
managers under Windows 11 using Standard installation. (#55645)
[2022-05-16] CHG: added support for editing track-specific metadata in tracks list at Tag Sources
confirmation dialog.
[2022-05-16] CHG: use placeholders for current cover at action Export Cover. (#57307)
[2022-05-10] FIX: LAME encoder version wasn't displayed on 64-bit. (#57261)
[2022-05-09] FIX: dialog for managing format string or filter expressions had cropped labels in
some languages. (#57116)
[2022-05-08] NEW: added note if running 32-bit or 64-bit version to about dialog. (#57251)
[2022-05-08] FIX: runtime error when restoring previous selection when filtering files on 64-bit.
[2022-05-07] FIX: potential data corruption when reading and saving configuration lists, e.g., tag
mappings or filter histories on 64-bit (since v3.14e).
[2022-05-07] FIX: activating running instance and passing files and folders did not work on 64-bit
(since v3.14e).
[2022-05-07] FIX: runtime error when adding cover art via context menu of cover window on 64-bit
(since v3.14e). (#57226)
[2022-05-06] NEW: added support for 64-bit.
[2022-04-23] NEW: added option to manage list of format strings at converters 'Tag - Filename',
'Filename - Tag', 'Text file - Tag', and 'Tag - Tag', including named format
strings and descriptions for format strings. (#7987, #11024, #49350)
[2022-04-14] CHG: extended quick actions to remember previous inputs. (#18395)
[2022-04-13] FIX: display of checkmark for moved filter items wasn't updated on move. (#56935)
[2022-04-13] FIX: UTF-8 conversion issue when migrating the previous filter history to the new
format. (#10011)
[2022-04-13] NEW: added option to manage the list of filter expressions, including named filters
and descriptions for filters. (#10011, #10635, #12361, #48127, #53842, #55565,
#55845, #56935)
[2022-04-13] FIX: MusicBrainz tag source issue when parsing joinphrases. (#56991)
[2022-04-12] FIX: undoing after multiple tag copy and paste operations undos all operations and not
only the last one. (#56941)
[2022-04-02] CHG: next sort doesn't invert order in case files were added to the file list.
(#56849)
[2022-04-02] CHG: added workaround for non-null padding bytes for INFO subchunks in WAV and AIF.
(#56892)
[2022-04-01] CHG: optimizations regarding memory usage when refreshing a filtered file list.
[2022-03-31] FIX: saving cover to local file did not work anymore when importing from Tag Sources
(since 3.12c). (#56823, #56924)
[2022-03-31] FIX: changing cover properties did not work when auto-saving in some cases. (#56863)
[2022-03-30] CHG: display format string syntax errors in preview field of converter Tag - Tag.
(#56861)
[2022-03-30] LNG: updated Chinese-CN, Corsican, Czech, French, and Hebrew translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-03-29] REL: VERSION 3.14 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-03-29] FIX: opening files and folders via Explorer context menu gave permission error with
Microsoft Store version (since v3.12a). (#56842)
[2022-03-28] FIX: overwriting locally stored cover art file did not work anymore when importing
from Tag Sources (since 3.12c). (#56823)
[2022-03-27] FIX: moving files did not select the next file in the File List but scrolled back to
the top (since v3.12a). (#56811)
[2022-03-25] LNG: updated Chinese-CN, Hebrew, Hungarian, Russian, and Ukrainian translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-03-24] REL: VERSION 3.13 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-03-23] NEW: added support for `BARCODE`, `CATALOGNUMBER`, `ISRC`, and
`MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMRELEASECOUNTRY` to MusicBrainz tag source.
[2022-03-23] FIX: freedb web search via gnudb.org wasn't working anymore.
[2022-03-22] CHG: changed Discogs tag sources to use `CATALOGNUMBER` instead of `CATALOGID` to
improve compatibility with other software.
[2022-03-22] FIX: pseudorandom number generator used by `$rand()` was not seeded correctly in all
cases. (#56760)
[2022-03-22] CHG: improved sorting performance for large libraries. (#56739)
[2022-03-15] CHG: added support for editing track-specific and common metadata at Tag Sources
confirmation dialog.
[2022-03-14] CHG: added support for internal resizing via horizontal splitter at Tag Sources
confirmation dialog. (#56667, #56689)
[2022-03-13] CHG: added support to enable and disable import of cover art via checkbox at Tag
Sources confirmation dialog.
[2022-03-12] CHG: revised Tag Sources confirmation dialog to distinguish between track-specific and
common metadata.
[2022-03-11] FIX: length column was missing from title list at Tag Sources confirmation dialog
(since v3.12c).
[2022-03-11] CHG: revised Tag Sources confirmation dialog to allow selection of fields to import.
(#54105, #56398)
[2022-03-11] NEW: added option to don't show the message that asks for keeping existing cover art
again at Tag Sources confirmation dialog. (#17642, #44589)
[2022-03-11] CHG: removed Utils > Compilation option from Tag Sources confirmation dialog which can
be realized using an action Guess Values.
[2022-03-10] FIX: playlist-specific placeholders were reset when loading new files or directories.
(#56439)
[2022-03-08] CHG: added support for using online documentation as internal help.
[2022-03-05] FIX: empty file name at export dialog also disabled edit, duplicate, and remove
buttons.
[2022-03-01] CHG: added workaround for MP4 data atoms with superfluous trailing null byte. (#56526)
[2022-02-28] FIX: cuesheets encoded with UTF-8 BOM were written with ANSI encoding. (#13487)
[2022-02-12] NEW: added `%_cover_description%` information field. (#55952)
[2022-02-12] CHG: added internal mapping for `MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID` field. (#44062)
[2022-02-12] CHG: added support for multi-value MP4 fields written as multiple `data` atoms.
(#56138)
[2022-02-11] CHG: added confirmation question on editing via file list if the Tag Panel contains
unsaved changes and auto-saving is not enabled. (#55633)
[2022-02-11] CHG: added confirmation question on choosing converter, actions, or extended tags if
the Tag Panel contains unsaved changes and auto-saving is not enabled. (#56065)
[2022-02-10] FIX: taskbar icon was missing when starting from File Explorer shell extension under
Windows 11 using Standard installation. (#54913, #55081, #55645)
[2022-02-09] FIX: apostroph character in export file path caused syntax error. (#55431)
[2022-02-09] CHG: added error reporting to formatting string language. (#46638)
[2022-02-08] CHG: ensured that characters with accents or umlauts are using the Unicode
Normalization Form C when querying Tag Sources.
[2022-02-06] CHG: automatically removing control characters \n \r \t when renaming files and
folders.
[2022-02-06] CHG: extended `$validate()` to replace control characters \n \r \t.
[2022-02-04] CHG: added reporting of unsupported or corrupted file structure as error to 'Tag'
column.
[2022-02-02] CHG: added workaround for missing padding bytes for INFO subchunks in WAV and AIF.
(#56080)
[2022-01-31] FIX: copying or moving files resulted in inconsistent display of data if overwrite or
keep both is used. (#56008)
[2022-01-27] CHG: updated list of default freedb servers to remove invalid servers.
[2022-01-25] FIX: configuration files with very long filenames produce runtime error when exporting
settings.
[2022-01-22] LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese-CN, Czech, French, Hebrew,
Italian, Slovak, Spanish, and Ukrainian translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-01-21] REL: VERSION 3.12 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2022-01-14] NEW: added option to configure MusicBrainz cover size at 'Options > Tag Sources'.
(#55661)
[2022-01-08] CHG: changed action dialog 'Remove fields' to be resizable. (#55784)
[2022-01-08] CHG: changed action dialog 'Remove fields except' to be resizable. (#55784)
[2022-01-07] FIX: menu item 'Help > Donate' did not work.
[2021-12-15] NEW: added support to add multiple values for fields from Tag Sources. (#55506)
[2021-12-13] NEW: added `trim` command to Web Sources Framework. (#53276, #55491)
[2021-12-07] NEW: added option to open files in Explorer via 'File > Open in Explorer' or context
menu.
[2021-12-04] NEW: added option to open configuration folder via 'File > Open configuration folder'.
[2021-12-04] NEW: added note if running Portable or Microsoft Store version to about dialog.
[2021-12-04] CHG: improved live preview of converter 'Tag - Tag'.
[2021-12-04] NEW: added `_DIRECTORY` and `_FILENAME` as listed fields for converter 'Tag - Tag'.
[2021-12-04] FIX: renaming directories via action 'Format value' allowed to create names with
leading whitespace which is not allowed on Windows. (#55143)
[2021-12-03] FIX: covers with transparent background were drawn with an overlay effect on Tag Panel
and Extended Tags Dialog. (#55170)
[2021-11-29] CHG: improved scrolling behavior on Tag Panel. (#46256)
[2021-11-26] NEW: added configuration option to disable context-menu extension for Microsoft Store
version.
[2021-11-23] FIX: performance issue that in some cases looked like the app was hanging after
loading of files (since v3.11b).
[2021-11-19] FIX: progress bar was showing a smaller position in some cases when handling large
numbers of files.
[2021-11-18] FIX: remembered dialog sizes resulted in dialog contents partly invisible in certain
situations. (#55129)
[2021-11-15] FIX: labels for some Tag Panel fields are not updated when switching to certain
languages.
[2021-11-09] FIX: Tag Panel showed metadata for one file only in rare cases, even if multiple files
were selected (since v3.11b). (#55063)
[2021-11-08] FIX: customize from Tag Panel context menu opened wrong preferences dialog (since
v3.10). (#55024)
[2021-11-04] FIX: runtime error when changing file selection while writing is in progress. (#54892)
[2021-11-04] FIX: export configurations cannot be edited in Microsoft Store version. (#52425,
#53308)
[2021-11-03] NEW: added context-menu extension for Microsoft Store version. (#41289, #42546,
#42775, #43148, #43427, #44043, #51533)
[2021-11-02] FIX: random redrawing glitches in dark colors if system is in Dark Mode and
app-internal appearance is set to Light. (#54960)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-10-29] REL: VERSION 3.11 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-10-26] NEW: added support for new Windows 11 context menu. (#54629, #54833)
[2021-10-23] NEW: added menu icon to Explorer context menu shell extension (requires restart to be
updated if already installed and in use).
[2021-10-22] FIX: read-only file attribute was silently removed when writing tags (since v3.05a).
(#54812)
[2021-10-22] CHG: WAV and AIFF files with extra null bytes at end of RIFF chunks are now read
despite these inconsistencies.
[2021-10-22] FIX: position of progress dialog was not always remembered. (#52524)
[2021-10-21] FIX: focus was lost from Tag Panel in some cases when navigating to next/previous file
via Ctrl+N/Ctrl+Shift+N and file was saved (since v3.07a). (#53863)
[2021-10-20] NEW: added support for MP4 fields `NARRATOR` and `PUBLISHER`.
[2021-10-15] NEW: added cover preview via double click on the cover on the Tag Panel. (#14839,
#18769, #44340, #45362, #50462, #53985)
[2021-10-13] CHG: position of most dialogs is remembered now. (#52524)
[2021-10-12] CHG: choosing portable installation won't remove desktop and start-menu shortcuts
anymore. (#54693)
[2021-10-11] CHG: reflect that option to include development builds on checking for updates is
always enabled when using a development build. (#54685)
[2021-10-11] FIX: writing cover art of the same type resulted in identical APEv2 field names which
are not allowed according to the specification. (#54604)
[2021-10-09] FIX: regression regarding background color in light mode (since v3.08a). (#54674)
[2021-10-08] NEW: added support for cover types other than Front and Back for APEv2 using `Cover
Art (type)` as naming scheme. (#54604)
[2021-10-07] FIX: ensured that no duplicates are listed in the Tag Panel genres list and changed
the default example for user-defined genres to `Audio Drama` on new installs.
(#54631)
[2021-10-06] FIX: cover art with same size in bytes and different content were not reported as
different covers at Tag Panel and Extended Tag Dialog. (#54602)
[2021-10-06] FIX: editing tag fields in extended tag dialog did not refresh background in dark mode
(since v3.08a). (#54611)
[2021-09-26] LNG: updated Armenian, Catalan, French, Hebrew, Serbian, Serbian (Latin), Spanish, and
Ukrainian translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-09-25] REL: VERSION 3.10 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-09-23] FIX: file selection color was not visible enough in dark mode if file list wasn't
focused. (#54445)
[2021-09-22] NEW: added option to choose color mode (default, dark, or light) on Windows 10 1809
and above. (#18264, #54393, #54450)
[2021-09-18] LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Italian, Slovak, Spanish,
and Turkish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-09-17] REL: VERSION 3.09 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-09-16] FIX: whitespace characters before file extension dot were automatically removed (since
v3.08a). (#54389)
[2021-09-13] FIX: channel count is not correctly reported in all cases for MP4 with AC3. (#54321)
[2021-09-10] NEW: added support for Windows 11.
[2021-09-10] CHG: refreshed app icon.
[2018-09-09] CHG: updated code-signing certificate.
[2021-09-03] FIX: improved progress bar background color in dark mode. (#47059/34)
[2021-09-03] FIX: `$validate` scripting function performed unwanted case conversion if parameter
contained dots (since v3.08a). (#54237)
[2021-08-24] NEW: added reporting of existing ID3v1 tags in `%_tag%` for FLAC files. (#13156)
[2021-08-24] FIX: navigating via Shift+Tab from Filter to Tag Panel did not work in all cases.
[2021-08-21] FIX: some parts of the main window were not redrawn correctly on dark mode setting
change (since v3.08a).
[2021-08-21] FIX: runtime error on program start under Windows 7 (since v3.08a). (#54151)
[2021-08-20] NEW: added support for dark mode under Windows 10 starting with build 1809 based on
system setting. (#18264, #19363, #47059, #49772, #50076, #52327)
[2021-08-17] FIX: renaming files with creating folders could possibly result in invalid folders
names ending with spaces or dots. (#53987)
[2021-08-16] NEW: added option to disable notification message that warns about unsaved changes.
(#53945)
[2021-07-24] LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Hebrew, Slovak, and Turkish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-07-23] REL: VERSION 3.08 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-07-22] FIX: cuesheet entries were not listed as separate files if audio information of
referenced file cannot be read (since v3.03d). (#53743)
[2021-07-20] LNG: added Armenian translation.
[2021-07-20] CHG: installer is now Unicode-enabled.
[2021-06-30] CHG: VorbisComment block is now always written before Picture block for FLAC as a
workaround for an issue in Windows. (#53554)
[2021-06-25] FIX: added special handling for ID3v2 comment descriptions `Songs-DB_Custom6` to
`Songs-DB_Custom10`.
[2021-06-21] NEW: added status bar indicator for long-running filtering operations. (#52917)
[2021-06-18] NEW: added confirmation question if the Tag Panel contains unsaved changes and
auto-saving is not enabled. (#53202)
[2021-06-17] CHG: Tag Panel fields are only enabled if at least one file is selected. (#14229)
[2021-06-04] CHG: remember previous image quality when adjusting cover art. (#53375)
[2021-06-01] NEW: added support for FLAC in MP4.
[2021-05-22] LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Slovak,
Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-05-21] REL: VERSION 3.07 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-04-29] FIX: regression to a possible runtime error when running actions that result in empty
fields (since v3.05f).
[2021-04-23] FIX: drawing artifacts when resizing columns and splitter at tag-sources results.
(#52479)
[2021-04-23] FIX: suggest sorting of tag-sources result by length was still flaky. (#52928)
[2021-04-22] FIX: sorting tag-sources result by length did not work correctly if length column
exceeded the one hour mark. (#52928)
[2021-04-22] CHG: using special filenames `cover` and `back` for front and back covers at Matroska
attachments. (#19599)
[2021-04-21] NEW: added option to configure the image quality when resizing cover art via 'Adjust
cover'. (#50623)
[2021-04-21] NEW: added advanced tagging option to always display POPULARIMETER field for ID3v2
rating instead of app-specific convenience fields. (#11847)
[2021-04-21] CHG: added POPULARIMETER and RATING to list of standard fields. (#14581)
[2021-04-20] CHG: creating multiple fields using the multiple fields delimiter `\\` via replace or
other actions was not possible. (#52862)
[2021-04-16] NEW: added support for editing cover art for Matroska MKA/MKV tags. (#12641, #18518,
#19588, #19599, #40845, #40859, #40883, #41895, #46630, #50619)
[2021-04-16] CHG: removing Matroska segment title if it differs from global tag title.
[2021-04-10] FIX: occasional crash after using the extended tag dialog due to heap corruption.
(#52713)
[2021-04-08] CHG: not using ID3v2 unsynchronization scheme anymore when writing ID3v2.4 due to
compatibility reasons with apps that don't implement the standard.
[2021-04-08] FIX: occasional cannot write to file error when editing tags via navigation in the
file list (since v3.05a).
[2021-04-08] FIX: layout problem where dropdown fields on Tag Panel were sometimes partially hidden
behind vertical scrollbar. (#44693, #48749, #52556, #52601)
[2021-04-04] NEW: added support for WebP images for cover art. (#51592)
[2021-04-02] NEW: added support for MP4 fields ITUNESALBUMID, ITUNESARTISTID, ITUNESCOMPOSERID,
ITUNESCOUNTRYID, ITUNESGENREID, and XID. (#43189, #48614, #51715, #52610)
[2021-04-01] CHG: re-added ACOUSTID_FINGERPRINT to list of standard fields on new installations or
field-list reset. (#52570)
[2021-03-28] LNG: updated Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Finnish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, and
Turkish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-03-26] REL: VERSION 3.06a (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-03-26] FIX: regression where lookup via freedb freezes application state (since v3.05a).
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-03-25] REL: VERSION 3.06 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-03-24] FIX: querying data from tag sources did not send default user agent string if
UserAgent was not enabled in tag source. (#8995)
[2021-03-15] FIX: changes that only affected upper / lower case in Tag Panel fields were ignored
(since v3.05d). (#52376)
[2021-03-15] NEW: CDG files are now also moved and copied with corresponding MP3, WMA, and FLAC
files. (#51944)
[2021-03-15] CHG: minor restructuring of file list context menu to separate Remove and Delete from
each other. (#16741)
[2021-03-14] FIX: undo did not undo last edit operation if text field had focus. (#15438)
[2021-03-14] NEW: added option to disable auto-sizing of columns in search results list of tag
sources and to preserve manually adjusted column widths. (#17966, #51840)
[2021-03-14] CHG: confirmation dialogs at pasting, cutting, and removing tags now use OK and Cancel
buttons to allow for dismissal via Esc key. (#41495)
[2021-03-13] CHG: search query fields are now pre-filled with previous input when going back or
retrying from tag sources. (#51845)
[2021-03-13] NEW: added Retry button to tag sources if no results were found for search criteria.
(#51845)
[2021-03-13] NEW: added Retry button for error message when retrieving album metadata from tag
sources (2nd step). (#17918)
[2021-03-12] CHG: action groups dialog keyboard shortcut to disable all action groups is now
Ctrl+D.
[2021-03-11] FIX: applying presets at action groups dialog enabled all currently selected action
groups.
[2021-03-11] CHG: renamed Utils to Presets at action groups dialog and restructured the menu.
[2021-03-06] CHG: added means to prevent duplicate keyboard mnemonics in file list context menu.
(#51896)
[2021-03-03] NEW: added actions and tag sources to file list context menu. (#51896)
[2021-03-02] FIX: suggest sorting of tag-sources result by length did only work if tag source
provided lengths in seconds. (#48420)
[2021-02-22] NEW: added `IfGreater` and `IfLess` to web sources framework. (#50674, #52080)
[2021-02-13] FIX: regression where converter 'Text file - Tag' freezes application state (since
v3.05a). (#51964)
[2021-02-05] FIX: file list scrolls back to leftmost position after saving or undoing changes.
(#17428)
[2021-02-05] FIX: file list scrolls back to leftmost position when selecting multiple files in some
cases. (#48411, #51675)
[2021-02-05] CHG: minimum system requirements are now Windows 7 and a processor with SSE2
instruction set.
[2021-01-29] LNG: updated Catalan, Czech, French, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Portuguese-BR, Slovak,
Spanish, and Turkish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-01-28] REL: VERSION 3.05 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-12-17] NEW: action type 'Set cover properties' to set cover type and/or cover description via
actions. (#19092)
[2020-12-17] NEW: added entries for adding, editing, and removing fields to context menu of
extended tag dialog field list. (#47996)
[2020-12-17] FIX: context menu entries of extended tag dialog field list were always active
independent of selection and clipboard state.
[2020-12-17] FIX: regression when reading information fields from AAC and TTA files. (#51075)
[2020-12-16] CHG: added option to adjust cover for multiple files with different covers from Tag
Panel cover context menu. (#51196)
[2020-12-16] NEW: added displaying image in Tag Panel and reading of dimensions and mimetype when
listing image files.
[2020-12-16] FIX: regression where unsupported files are not listed despite file extensions are
added to files to read. (#51187)
[2020-12-16] FIX: editing value of a field with multiple values via extended tag dialog moved
edited value to end of value list. (#49101, #51213)
[2020-12-16] CHG: web sources framework `JoinLines` now uses all available lines if parameter is
`-1` or exceeds input range. (#18544)
[2020-11-28] LNG: updated Catalan, Czech, Dutch, German, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, and Turkish
translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-11-27] REL: VERSION 3.04a (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-11-27] FIX: memory leak when selecting files, most noticeble on Windows 7 and below (since
v3.03e). (#50944)
[2020-11-27] FIX: memory leak when reading MP4 files (since v3.03e).
[2020-11-27] FIX: tag size information fields were not filled initially (since v3.03e).
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-11-27] REL: VERSION 3.04 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-11-26] CHG: added special handling for iTunEXTC field name for MP4. (#50857)
[2020-11-25] CHG: web sources framework debug output now doesn't contain dump of input data anymore
(use `debugwriteinput` for that).
[2020-11-22] NEW: CDG files are now renamed with corresponding FLAC files. (#18245, #50830)
[2020-11-15] CHG: improved performance when reading MP3 and MP4 files.
[2020-11-12] CHG: improved performance when selecting large amounts of files. (#50632)
[2020-11-11] NEW: added support for ALBUMARTIST, ALBUMARTISTSORT, and MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMARTISTID to
MusicBrainz tag source.
[2020-11-08] FIX: documentation of action 'Remove duplicate fields' did not mention that the first
value is retained. (#50727)
[2020-11-07] FIX: runtime error when attempting to display tag source toolbar tooltip for tag
sources with very long names. (#50704)
[2020-10-30] NEW: added support for MP4 movie tag field DIRECTOR. (#50610)
[2020-10-30] CHG: changed Discogs tag sources to remove apostrophe from title. (#50382)
[2020-10-30] FIX: web sources framework json_select_many always assumed type string for selected
elements. (#50625)
[2020-10-22] FIX: web sources framework json_select_array always assumed index parameter. (#50494)
[2020-10-20] CHG: pressing ESC while moving action groups via drag'n'drop in action groups dialog
does not close dialog anymore.
[2020-10-20] FIX: moving action groups via drag'n'drop in action groups dialog did not remove drag
image on drag end via ESC. (#50477)
[2020-10-20] NEW: added option to randomize sorting via menu "View > Sort by". (#11763, #50519)
[2020-10-20] FIX: reading of MP4 QuickTime chapters was not working anymore (since 3.03a).
[2020-10-17] CHG: improved reading performance for large MP4 files. (#50419)
[2020-10-03] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Korean,
Slovak, Spanish, and Turkish translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-10-02] REL: VERSION 3.03 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-09-27] CHG: deleting files now always uses the setting at 'Options > Messages' for
confirmation messages and if disabled the global system setting. (#50161)
[2020-09-25] CHG: sorting action groups by name now uses natural sorting. (#50202)
[2020-09-23] CHG: removed warning message that appears when saving configuration of action groups
without any enabled action groups.
[2020-09-23] NEW: added confirmation message to save configuration changes when closing action
groups dialog. (#17000)
[2020-09-23] CHG: renamed OK button to Apply at action groups dialog.
[2020-09-23] NEW: added option to sort list of action groups from right-click menu at action groups
dialog. (#50202)
[2020-09-22] CHG: right-click menu at action groups dialog is now also shown if no action group is
selected.
[2020-09-14] FIX: trailing pipe symbol `|` was removed from ID3v2 `UNSYNCEDLYRICS` field when
saving tags. (#50163)
[2020-09-13] FIX: moving action groups via Alt keys or buttons did not keep moved action group
visible.
[2020-09-13] FIX: moving to beginning of lists during drag'n'drop did not trigger item scrolling if
possible.
[2020-09-10] NEW: added state-changed indicator to action groups dialog window caption.
[2020-09-10] NEW: added action groups dialog keyboard shortcuts Alt+Up, Alt+Down, Alt+Page Up, and
Alt+Page Down for moving action groups in the list.
[2020-09-10] NEW: added support for moving action groups via drag'n'drop in action groups dialog.
[2020-09-10] NEW: added support for moving multiple selected action groups in action groups dialog.
[2020-09-10] NEW: added support for selecting multiple action groups and changing their enabled
state by clicking the checkmark of one item in the group.
[2020-09-10] NEW: added action groups dialog keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+E to enable all action groups
and Ctrl+U to disable all action groups. (#49589)
[2020-09-10] NEW: added action groups dialog keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+A to invert current
selection of action groups.
[2020-09-10] NEW: added action groups dialog keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A to select all action groups.
[2020-09-10] NEW: added action groups dialog keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S to save current state.
[2020-09-09] NEW: added indicator on how many action groups are selected to action groups dialog.
(#49589)
[2020-09-09] CHG: option to move action groups to top/bottom when Alt key is pressed. (#49589)
[2020-09-07] FIX: added missing support for cover art for raw AAC files. (#49784)
[2020-09-07] FIX: added missing support for `*.jfif` image file extension when dropping cover art.
(#49655)
[2020-08-29] LNG: updated Catalan, Hebrew, Spanish and Russian translation files.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-07-11] REL: VERSION 3.02 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-07-10] CHG: improved visual appearance of disabled menu item selection background to conform
with system defaults.
[2020-07-10] FIX: text of selected disabled menu items were not visible anymore under Windows 7
(since v3.00). (#48265)
[2020-07-09] LNG: updated Italian language file.
[2020-07-08] CHG: re-added option to query data from freedb via web-based search from gnudb.org.
[2020-07-06] FIX: not responding in some cases when canceling reading files while Library feature
was enabled. (#48983, #49032)
[2020-06-24] CHG: updated list of default freedb servers to include dbPowerAmp and gnudb.org
servers.
[2020-06-24] CHG: removed option to query data from freedb via web-based search due to freedb.org
shutdown.
[2020-06-03] LNG: updated Finnish language file.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-03-27] REL: VERSION 3.01 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-03-23] CHG: replace action now uses more characters to detect word boundaries if match as
whole word is enabled. (#48186)
[2020-03-22] FIX: save configuration did not include *.inc files from tag sources directory.
(#48220)
[2020-03-16] FIX: multi-field search for tag sources did not expand search placeholder `%s` in URLs
anymore. (#48172)
[2020-03-13] NEW: added support for WebM Container *.webm files.
[2020-03-13] NEW: added support for WebM Container *.webm for Explorer context menu shell extension
(requires restart to be updated if already installed).
[2020-03-13] FIX: multi-field search for album-only tag sources used encoding on whole parameter
fragment when building URLs.
[2020-03-12] FIX: possible runtime error when editing files via the file list while files were
loading. (#47085)
[2020-03-11] FIX: filtered file list was not refreshed in some cases when files were added via drag
and drop. (#48016)
[2020-03-10] FIX: list column width was not automatically adjusted when resizing action and export
dialogs. (#45316)
[2020-02-24] FIX: saving MP4 with existing QuickTime chapters used global title instead of chapter
names when creating Nero chapters. (#47883)
[2020-02-23] CHG: optimized performance of local freedb index creation.
[2020-02-21] FIX: local freedb index database was deleted right after creation in some cases.
(#40956)
[2020-02-16] CHG: added option to retry write to file operations from file list if file is being
used by another application.
[2020-02-15] FIX: populating the context menu and setting the context-menu item texts was off in
some cases (since v3.00a). (#47882)
[2020-02-15] CHG: added option to retry write to file operations if file is being used by another
application. (#3487, #5786, #18951, #19047, #44969)
[2020-02-14] FIX: track length for Matroska files with chapters was length of first chapter also if
listing of chapters as separate files was disabled. (#47564)
[2020-02-13] FIX: iTunes Soundcheck data produced by $rg2sc() was not detected for MP3 ID3v2
anymore. (#8069, #47702)
[2019-02-13] FIX: possible memory issue when handling Apple QuickTime chapter information.
[2019-02-11] FIX: web sources command `gotoline` failed if target line was empty. (#47769)
[2020-02-10] CHG: web sources commands `debug` and `debugwriteinput` now use app data directory as
base if output filename has relative path.
[2020-02-09] NEW: added support for `*.jfif` image file extension when adding cover art. (#47546)
[2020-02-08] CHG: moved MP4-related optimization functions to Utils submenu in right-click context
menu.
[2020-02-07] NEW: added 'Adjust cover' to resize cover art via cover context menu. (#47644, #47682)
[2020-02-02] FIX: navigation via tab was not possible at extended tags dialog if previous or next
buttons reached the end and got disabled.
[2020-01-28] CHG: added link to privacy policy from help menu as now required by Microsoft Store
guidelines.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-01-23] REL: VERSION 3.00 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2020-01-15] FIX: unspecific error message after add field dialog at extended tag dialog looses
focus while no field is selected. (#47427)
[2020-01-14] NEW: action type 'Adjust cover' to resize cover art via actions. (#4662, #12512,
#15355, #18061, #45228)
[2020-01-13] CHG: MusicBrainz cover tag source now also uses multi-field search for album and
artist.
[2020-01-12] NEW: added support for MusicBrainz field MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASEGROUPID to MusicBrainz tag
source. (#3591)
[2020-01-10] CHG: json_select_array with index parameter now selects the object if array contains
objects at web sources framework. (#47371)
[2019-12-10] CHG: improved detection of high-contrast modes.
[2019-12-04] CHG: disabled notification messages after changing, removing and saving tags by
default.
[2019-12-04] CHG: MusicBrainz tag source now also uses multi-field search for album and artist.
[2019-12-03] FIX: MusicBrainz release type was not parsed anymore.
[2019-12-03] FIX: multi-field search for tag sources used encoding on whole parameter fragment when
building URLs. (#47197)
[2019-11-13] FIX: display error message if non-existent file cannot be renamed. (#46956)
[2019-11-13] FIX: automatically escape special characters used for scripting at chosen file name
for action "Import text file". (#46620)
[2019-11-12] CHG: added option to set file open dialog filter to all files at converter "Text file
- Tag". (#46868)
[2019-11-11] CHG: changed Discogs tag sources to use album artist instead of artist if present.
[2019-11-11] FIX: removed single dash from characters that are replaced from pre-filled search
string for MusicBrainz tag source.
[2019-11-11] FIX: removed duplicated entry for ACOUSTID_ID from list of standard tag fields.
[2019-11-11] FIX: extended info in playlists could contain newline characters from tag contents.
(#46939, #46998)
[2019-11-11] FIX: clipped text for longer search-by labels at tag sources search dialog. (#46952)
[2019-11-09] CHG: changed to use double pipe symbol as SearchBy delimiter for tag sources.
[2019-10-31] FIX: creating action groups with backslashes in its name did not work and was silently
discarded. (#46544)
[2019-10-28] FIX: format string helper menu could contain duplicate entries for standard tags
fields.
[2019-10-27] FIX: format string helper menu also showed _DIRECTORY and _SEPARATOR as tag fields if
used on Tag Panel. (#46861)
[2019-10-23] CHG: improved visual appearance of menu styles to conform with system defaults.
[2019-10-22] FIX: improved appearance of menu selection colors and menu text styles and colors in
high-contrast modes. (#46799)
[2019-10-21] FIX: buttons to display format string helper menu were not accessible. (#46797)
[2019-10-20] FIX: cover-type submenu of cover-art context-menu was not accessible for screen
readers. (#46796)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-10-19] REL: VERSION 2.99a (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-10-19] FIX: hotfix for occasional runtime error when right-clicking cover art window (since
v2.99). (#46793)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-10-18] REL: VERSION 2.99 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-10-18] FIX: MusicBrainz tag source stopped working after changes in server response format.
(#46738, #46748, #3591)
[2019-10-18] FIX: occasional runtime error when adding cover art via drag'n'drop.
[2019-10-08] FIX: filter view stayed disabled after exporting tags (since v2.97b). (#46631)
[2019-09-25] FIX: focus was sometimes not correctly set to next file when deleting files from a
filtered file list. (#46506)
[2019-09-24] FIX: removing cover descriptions for multiple different covers had no effect. (#17975,
#46437)
[2019-09-24] FIX: querying via Discogs Release ID stopped working in [r1234567] format (as
available on the Discogs website) (since v2.97b). (#19144)
[2019-09-23] CHG: updated documentation to cover latest changes in web sources framework. (#46507)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-09-20] REL: VERSION 2.98 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-09-11] FIX: error when copying cover art with invalid unset mimetype to clipboard.
[2019-09-09] NEW: added Discogs tag source for search via artist and album.
[2019-09-09] NEW: added Discogs tag source for search via artist and title.
[2019-09-09] NEW: added Discogs tag source for search via artist and year.
[2019-09-09] NEW: added Discogs cover-only tag source for search via artist and album.
[2019-09-09] NEW: added Discogs cover-only tag source for search via artist and title.
[2019-09-09] NEW: added Discogs cover-only tag source for search via artist and year.
[2019-09-09] NEW: added support for including files from tag sources to reuse common parts.
[2019-09-08] NEW: added support for multi-field search for tag sources.
[2019-09-08] NEW: added support for more descriptive SearchBy parameters for tag sources.
[2019-09-06] FIX: undefined application state when changing filter while writing changes to files.
(#46130)
[2019-09-05] FIX: files without extension were added to file list if loaded via Explorer shell
extension. (#46100)
[2019-08-21] CHG: placeholders %_cover_height% and %_cover_width% were not mentioned in
documentation.
[2019-07-16] FIX: accidentally switched positions of cover save and cover remove buttons at
extended tag dialog (since v2.96b).
[2019-07-15] FIX: file version info still showed 2.96.2.0 and v2.96b.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-07-12] REL: VERSION 2.97 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-07-06] FIX: some global placeholders at export (e.g., %_total_files%) were not evaluated on a
per-loop basis anymore (since v2.91b). (#45818)
[2019-07-05] FIX: error message was empty if export file was opened and locked by another
application.
[2019-07-04] FIX: invisible _SEPARATOR fields on the Tag Panel were part of the tab sequence.
[2019-07-01] CHG: copying cover art from Firefox via clipboard uses original image data if
available.
[2019-07-01] FIX: copying cover art from Firefox via clipboard was no longer possible (since
v2.95a). (#45776)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-06-28] REL: VERSION 2.96 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-06-19] FIX: runtime error when clicking on existing files while adding files via drag and
drop.
[2019-06-05] FIX: added detection of image type in case no mimetype is set. (#45505)
[2019-05-29] CHG: copy cover art to clipboard now also copies original data in addition to DIB.
(#12474)
[2019-05-23] FIX: Discogs titles with pipe symbol were identified as different titles. (#45268)
[2019-05-20] NEW: added support for detection of Opus in files with *.ogg file extension. (#19737,
#41487, #44971)
[2019-04-30] FIX: initial column width in Tag Sources didn't respect splitter sizing.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-04-18] REL: VERSION 2.95 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-04-10] FIX: only one cover was supported for Apple MP4 tags (since v2.91a). (#45070)
[2019-04-04] FIX: cover-image mimetype was not reported for multiple covers in Nero MP4 tags.
(#45041)
[2019-04-03] LNG: updated Catalan, Hebrew and Norwegian translations.
[2019-04-02] NEW: added option to toggle file list columns via context menu on column header.
(#43867)
[2019-03-26] NEW: added support for nested action menus via # menu delimiter in action name.
(#44859)
[2019-03-22] LNG: fixed encoding issues in the Polish installer. (#44900)
[2019-03-21] FIX: possible size inflation for MP4 files with garbage at end of file (e.g., ID3v1
tags). (#44879)
[2019-03-16] FIX: tag sources dialog used temporary fields from web sources in some cases.
[2019-03-16] CHG: added option to use current input as JSON input at web sources framework.
(#16247)
[2019-03-16] CHG: object name is current output if json_select_object was successful at web sources
framework. (#18214)
[2019-03-15] NEW: added support for Discogs subtracks. (#18373, #42178, #43812, #44689)
[2019-03-14] FIX: perfomance issue when writing large custom ID3v2 tag fields. (#44837)
[2019-03-14] FIX: audio length of MP3s with Info header was wrong in some cases.
[2019-03-13] CHG: improved visibility of current selection focus for filtered file lists. (#44341)
[2019-03-12] FIX: file list selection mark was on wrong file in certain cases when auto-saving tags
was enabled.
[2019-03-11] FIX: default value was not disabled when selecting _SEPARATOR as field on Tag Panel
configuration.
[2019-03-09] FIX: multiple _SEPARATOR fields on the Tag Panel were not preserved (since v2.93a).
(#44746)
[2019-03-08] FIX: runtime error when parsing certain invalid ID3v2 TCON frames.
[2019-03-07] FIX: creation of files and folders with reserved names (from the DOS-aera) was still
possible under certain conditions.
[2019-03-06] LNG: added Tamil translation.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-02-28] REL: VERSION 2.94 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-02-27] NEW: added synchronized selection from files list to results list at Tag Sources
dialog. (#10694, #44456)
[2019-02-18] LNG: updated Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese,
Corsican, Czech, Dutch, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese,
Slovak and Turkish language files.
[2019-02-14] FIX: checkboxes for track- and discnumber were not sized to fit for installations in
different locales.
[2019-02-14] FIX: focus for auto-numbering wizard wasn't set correctly. (#44488)
[2019-02-08] NEW: made quick replace with regular expression action to remember previous inputs.
[2019-02-08] NEW: made quick replace action to remember previous inputs.
[2019-02-08] NEW: added history to replace with regular expression action input fields.
[2019-02-07] NEW: added history to replace action input fields.
[2019-02-07] CHG: pasting tags of multiple files from the clipboard restarted the paste sequence if
more files were selected. (#44380)
[2019-02-07] FIX: cancelling certain write operations kept file list in a state as if the tags were
written. (#44442)
[2019-02-06] NEW: added support for discnumbers to auto-numbering wizard.
[2019-02-05] FIX: action 'Format value' did not apply changes for multi-value fields if first value
stayed the same. (#44428)
[2019-02-04] FIX: ensured that no duplicate fields are created on the Tag Panel. (#44383, #44406)
[2019-02-03] CHG: saving config directly after updating to a new version.
[2019-02-02] FIX: information field %_id3v2_character_encoding% wasn't set for user-defined fields.
(#44410)
[2019-02-01] NEW: configuration option to disable showing release notes on update. (#44309)
[2019-01-31] FIX: single MP4 chapter title wasn't updated if listing chapters as separate files was
disabled. (#44322)
[2019-01-31] NEW: added resizeable splitter between lists on tag sources dialog. (#43624)
[2019-01-30] FIX: dropdown menus selection was not case-sensitive. (#44365)
[2019-01-29] CHG: chpl atom was created if Apple gapless data was present. (#44323)
[2019-01-28] FIX: length of first MP4 chapter was displayed even if chapter display was disabled.
(#44331)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-01-26] REL: VERSION 2.93 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-01-26] FIX: MP4 field ITUNESMEDIATYPE was not read correctly (since v2.91a). (#44312)
[2019-01-26] FIX: MP4 fields ITUNNORM and ITUNSMPB were not written correctly (since v2.91a).
(#44312)
[2019-01-25] FIX: MP4 fields TVEPISODE, TVSEASON and ITUNESCATALOGID were not written correctly
(since v2.91a). (#44294)
[2019-01-25] FIX: configuration option to toggle listing chapters as separate files did not work in
all cases. (#44300)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-01-24] REL: VERSION 2.92 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2019-01-18] CHG: removed installer option to pin Mp3tag to taskbar. (#44116, #44117)
[2019-01-17] NEW: added support for silent uninstalls. (#44196)
[2019-01-11] CHG: further compatibility improvements regarding language identifiers when reading
and writing ID3v2 USLT frames. (#44167)
[2019-01-11] NEW: added support for MP4 E-AC3.
[2019-01-11] CHG: compatibility improvements for raw AAC that now also supports reading and writing
of ID3v2 tags.
[2019-01-11] CHG: compatibility improvements regarding language identifiers when reading and
writing ID3v2 USLT frames. (#44167)
[2019-01-10] NEW: added advanced configuration option to toggle listing chapters as separate files
(disabled by default). (#19589, #42399, #43935, #44112, #44127)
[2019-01-06] NEW: added support for reading and removing QuickTime chapter information. (#17978)
[2019-01-05] NEW: added information fields %_subsong% (subsong index) and %_subsong_count% (number
of subsongs).
[2019-01-05] CHG: import from text file now detects if file is UTF-8 also if it has no BOM.
(#14842)
[2019-01-04] FIX: occasional runtime error when pasting metadata.
[2019-01-03] FIX: Tag Panel row calculation for mutliple fields of size Smaller was incorrect in
some cases. (#44015)
[2019-01-02] NEW: added Tag-Panel field size Smaller (i.e., smaller than Small). (#42119, #43525,
#44015)
[2018-12-31] NEW: added support for MP4 HEVC (hvc1 codec). (#43877)
[2018-12-30] FIX: current selection of files was incorrect after disabling filter in some cases.
(#18259, #42896)
[2018-12-29] FIX: enabling and disabling Tag-Panel fields via context menu was limited to 40
fields. (#44012)
[2018-12-28] FIX: enabling and disabling Tag-Panel fields via context menu reverted some
customization settings. (#44012)
[2018-12-22] NEW: added %_video_width% and %_video_height% for Matroska video files. (#43969)
[2018-12-21] FIX: empty album artwork placeholder image was blurry on high DPI screens. (#43899)
[2018-12-21] FIX: action to import text file did not apply new field content if first value was
identical. (#16091)
[2018-12-19] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Czech, French and Slovak language files.
[2018-12-18] FIX: global placeholders were parsed incorrectly when used inside scripting functions
at export. (#12378)
[2018-12-17] FIX: loading files from drive root directory did not work anymore (since v2.91a).
(#43902)
[2018-12-16] NEW: added support for MP4 HEVC (hev1 codec). (#43877)
[2018-12-10] CHG: added even more mappings for special MusicBrainz fields for ID3v2 and MP4.
(#43846)
[2018-12-10] FIX: parsing error for export filenames that contained escaped parentheses. (#43826)
[2018-12-10] FIX: files from recycle bin were displayed when loading drive root directory. (#17833)
[2018-12-09] NEW: added option to configure size of multiline tag fields. (#15943)
[2018-12-08] CHG: enabling mouse wheel in dropdown fields after edit by opening the list (besides
pressing keys arrow up or arrow down). (#16423, #43754)
[2018-12-07] FIX: editing of cuesheets was no longer possible (since v2.90c). (#43809)
[2018-12-04] FIX: auto-complete for Tag-Panel fields was case sensitive (since v2.90e). (#43743)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-11-30] REL: VERSION 2.91 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-11-26] FIX: Tag Panel sometimes auto-scrolled to the control that had the focus when
activated. (#42206)
[2018-11-24] FIX: Discogs artist and albumartist were wrong for releases where albumartist consists
of multiple artists. (#43641)
[2018-11-24] CHG: modified default file-view columns to display multiple values via
$meta_sep(field,\\) on new installs. (#43651)
[2018-11-23] FIX: reverted fix for multiple occurrences of a mapped field with identical values
were displayed as one. (#43607, #11432)
[2018-11-23] FIX: improved Tag-Panel scrolling behavior when docked horizontally. (#43560)
[2018-11-22] NEW: CDG files are now renamed with corresponding WMA files. (#43547)
[2018-11-22] FIX: CDG files were not renamed with corresponding MP3 files anymore (since v2.90e).
(#43605)
[2018-11-21] FIX: tag source commands else and elseif were treated case-sensitive. #43622
[2018-11-16] FIX: multiple occurrences of a mapped field with identical values were displayed as
one. (#11432)
[2018-11-16] FIX: action replace with regular expressions combined two consecutive dollar signs to
one. (#11970)
[2018-11-16] CHG: scripting language combined two consecutive dollar signs to one.
[2018-11-16] CHG: improved display of window caption for Tag Sources search-by dialog. (#43324)
[2018-11-15] CHG: extended number of actions possibly displayed in actions pop-up menu.
[2018-11-14] FIX: converter 'Filename - Filename' used new directory of previous file in sequence,
even if no new directory was computed for current file. (#11568)
[2018-11-13] FIX: data in ID3v2 UFID frames was interpreted as UTF-8 in some cases. (#4062, #15567)
[2018-11-13] FIX: auto-complete for Tag-Panel fields failed in some special cases. (#9114)
[2018-11-12] CHG: improved handling of FLAC files with multiple METADATA_BLOCK_VORBIS_COMMENT
blocks. (#9155, #10481, #43535)
[2018-11-12] CHG: improved writing performance for Opus files. (#43420)
[2018-11-12] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Czech, and Turkish language files.
[2018-11-12] CHG: renamed Tag-Panel field sizes to large, medium, and small. (#40873)
[2018-11-09] NEW: added default value configuration for Tag Panel fields that is used when multiple
files are selected.
[2018-11-09] CHG: MP4 desc atom is now mapped to DESCRIPTION instead of SUBTITLE to improve
compatibility with other software. (#43507)
[2018-11-08] FIX: files and directories passed via command line to an existing instance were always
added. (#43407)
[2018-11-07] CHG: non-audio files are now ignored from tag writing processes. (#43487)
[2018-11-07] FIX: files without extension were added to file list if loaded via drag'n'drop or
command line. (#19223, #43480)
[2018-11-06] FIX: icons for non-audio files used audio-file icon in file list. (#43480)
[2018-10-15] FIX: auto-numbering wizard did not use given total count of tracks to determine number
of leading zeros. (#43120)
[2018-10-14] FIX: configuration file was not written in some cases if the session was ended through
Windows. (#42287, #42331, #42800)
[2018-10-13] FIX: field MOVEMENTTOTAL was written at subtrack level and is now written at the
parent track level for Matroska.
[2018-10-12] NEW: added copy, cut and paste for individual fields to extended tag dialog. (#19495,
#40816, #41151)
[2018-10-11] FIX: tag sources framework function 'json_select_array' did not convert UTF-8 encoded
data correctly. (#43228)
[2018-10-08] CHG: various UI color changes for improved usability under Windows high-contrast mode
and dark themes.
[2018-10-02] CHG: improved command line parser so that multiple file paths and folder paths are now
supported.
[2018-10-02] FIX: MusicBrainz tag source omitted joinphrases for featuring artists. (#43073)
[2018-09-27] CHG: improved sorting behavior at list of user-defined tools. (#43054)
[2018-09-25] FIX: status bar and tag panel lists showed data from previous selection in some cases.
(#43035)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-09-23] REL: VERSION 2.90a (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-09-23] FIX: refreshing file list of individually loaded files emptied list. (#43047)
[2018-09-22] FIX: runtime error when copying and pasting of tags in some cases. (#43037)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-09-21] REL: VERSION 2.90 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-09-20] CHG: updated code-signing certificate.
[2018-09-19] FIX: loading root directories via context-menu did not work anymore (since v2.88f).
[2018-09-18] FIX: current selection of files was incorrect after enabling filter in some cases.
(#42896)
[2018-09-17] FIX: missing files from playlists were not reported anymore (since v2.88f). (#42934)
[2018-09-14] FIX: runtime error when closing Microsoft Store version in rare cases.
[2018-08-23] FIX: cover count display on Tag Panel did only support one-digit counts. (#12779)
[2018-08-20] FIX: export failed for non-canonicalized paths when triggered from actions (since
v2.88f). (#42515)
[2018-08-19] FIX: save configuration did not include all files from data directory. (#42680)
[2018-08-18] FIX: undo tag source menu-entry always displayed freedb. (#42670)
[2018-08-17] FIX: added missing documentation on adding files via CLI. (#42597)
[2018-08-16] CHG: improved over-time footprint of in-memory caching if library is disabled.
(#42442)
[2018-08-06] FIX: some default Tag Panel field names were not auto-translated on language change.
(#42331)
[2018-08-03] FIX: disabled fields on Tag Panel were part of the Tab navigation sequence.
[2018-07-30] FIX: some system error messages were displayed as raw UTF-8 (since v2.88f). (#42508)
[2018-07-13] FIX: auto-numbering wizard did not allow for track numbers starting at 0. (#42265)
[2018-07-12] NEW: released Mp3tag to the Microsoft Store. (#42546)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-07-12] REL: VERSION 2.89a (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-07-12] FIX: navigating via Tab from and to Tag Panel did not work as intended (since v2.88c).
[2018-07-12] CHG: improved writing performance for Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files. (#42307)
[2018-07-12] FIX: runtime error on some systems when file creation and modification dates were
malformed (since v2.88f).
[2018-07-11] FIX: runtime error when executing user-defined tools with files with UNC paths (since
v2.88f). (#42250)
[2018-07-11] FIX: performance regression when running export on large libraries on network shares
(since v2.88f).
[2018-07-11] FIX: relative paths at actions 'Import cover from file' and 'Import text file' were
not supported anymore (since v2.88f). (#42288)
[2018-07-11] LNG: updated Hebrew and Italian language files.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-07-10] REL: VERSION 2.89 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-07-09] FIX: trying to enable TLS 1.2 on Windows Vista failed all HTTP connections (since
v2.88h).
[2018-07-08] CHG: changed to reuse existing ID3v2 chunk identifier for AIF and WAV to increase
compatibility.
[2018-07-06] FIX: https connections on Windows 7 and 8 did not use TLS 1.2 by default (Discogs
requires TLS 1.2 now).
[2018-07-05] CHG: changed to use 'id3 ' instead of 'ID3 ' for new ID3v2 chunk identifier for WAV to
increase compatibility.
[2018-07-04] FIX: wrong parameter error when directory history was empty and selection changed.
[2018-07-03] CHG: added artist to search query for MusicBrainz tag sources.
[2018-07-02] FIX: directory history was not saved correctly in some cases. (#3020)
[2018-07-02] FIX: MusicBrainz tag source stopped working after extended namespace alias was changed
on server-side. (#3591, #42157, #42159)
[2018-06-29] NEW: added support for long filesystem paths (> 260 characters). (#42047)
[2018-06-26] NEW: added panels directory that is also included when saving configuration.
[2018-06-26] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese-Brazil, Slovak and Turkish
language files.
[2018-06-25] FIX: status bar selection state was not updated in some cases. (#42022)
[2018-06-25] FIX: bits per sample for WavPack DSD was reported as default PCM values.
[2018-06-24] FIX: directory was not added to Tag Panel directory field when loading via context
menu (since v2.88c). (#42007)
[2018-06-23] FIX: contents of Tag Panel were cleared after loading of Tag Panel configuration.
[2018-06-22] FIX: auto-save on file selection change did not work in some cases (since v2.88b).
(#41922)
[2018-06-21] NEW: added loading and saving of Tag Panel configurations from options.
[2018-06-20] NEW: added loading and saving of Tag Panel configurations from Tag Panel context menu.
[2018-06-19] CHG: library cleanup now also rebuilds database to free unused space.
[2018-06-18] FIX: last field in vertical Tag Panel layout was hidden in some cases (since v2.88c).
(#41956)
[2018-06-17] FIX: samplerate for WavPack DSD was reported as default PCM values.
[2018-06-16] FIX: small and smaller Tag Panel fields had minor sizing inconsitencies. (#40873/21)
[2018-06-15] FIX: Tag Panel fields of size 'smaller' did not flow correctly in some cases (since
v2.88c).
[2018-06-15] NEW: added Windows Application Registration for Standard installation. (#41902)
[2018-06-14] NEW: added context menu to customize Tag Panel.
[2018-06-14] NEW: added option to specify size when adding Tag Panel fields (normal, smaller,
small, multiline).
[2018-06-13] NEW: improved Tag Panel layout when displayed horizontally. (#40873)
[2018-06-12] NEW: added Tag Panel fields _DIRECTORY and _SEPARATOR.
[2018-06-11] NEW: added support for DSD audio for WavPack.
[2018-06-10] NEW: made all Tag Panel fields configurable, including default fields.
[2018-06-09] CHG: improved layout of configuration dialogs.
[2018-06-08] FIX: new Tag Panel fields were not enabled by default (since v2.88b).
[2018-06-07] NEW: added support for enabling/disabling user-defined fields at 'Options >Tag Panel'.
(#41601)
[2018-06-06] FIX: icons at user-defined tools option dialog were displayed too small on large-DPI
systems.
[2018-06-05] NEW: added support for MusicBrainz field MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID to MusicBrainz tag
source. (#41855)
[2018-06-04] CHG: added mappings for special fields with MusicBrainz IDs for ID3v2 and MP4.
(#18405)
[2018-06-04] CHG: adjusted MusicBrainz tag source to write MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID. (#18567)
[2018-06-03] NEW: option to keep moved files in file list. (#19786)
[2018-06-02] FIX: saving cover to file failed silently if file already exists with system file
attribute set. (#17919)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-05-31] REL: VERSION 2.88a (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-05-31] FIX: horizontal scroll bar was not updated in some lists after column was resized.
(#41833)
[2018-05-31] FIX: drag and drop from other applications did not work in some cases. (#41836)
[2018-05-30] FIX: runtime error when reading Vorbis Comments from FLAC files with invalid UTF-8
data.
[2018-05-29] FIX: fields on Tag Panel did not use whole horizontal space when docked vertically.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-05-29] REL: VERSION 2.88 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-05-28] NEW: added support for using more than 2GB addressable memory on 64-bit systems
(/LARGEADDRESSAWARE).
[2018-05-27] FIX: occasional runtime error when setting sort arrow to non-existent column.
[2018-05-25] CHG: improved status messages and cancelation behavior at library cleanup.
[2018-05-23] FIX: internal window snap interfered with Aero snap in case the Windows option 'Show
window contents while dragging' was disabled. (#15305)
[2018-05-23] FIX: copy freedb disc ID option used malformed ID if starting with 0. (#12674, #17783)
[2018-05-22] FIX: MP4 fields PODCAST, ITUNESGAPLESS and ITUNESHDVIDEO were not displayed if set to
0. (#18017)
[2018-05-22] FIX: Quick Launch installer option now correctly pins Mp3tag to taskbar also on
Windows 7 and above. (#19472)
[2018-05-21] FIX: rename or edit in file list via delayed double-click was triggered even if file
lost focus in the meantime. (#13729, #41750)
[2018-05-21] FIX: occasional runtime error when renaming files. (#41737)
[2018-05-20] FIX: library cleanup did not block the file list. (#41696)
[2018-05-20] FIX: some operations where still enabled when building local freedb index database.
(#41691)
[2018-05-20] FIX: export dialog lost focus after duplicating or deleting export configurations.
[2018-05-20] FIX: action group select dialog lost focus after duplicating or deleting actions.
(#16063)
[2018-05-19] FIX: action group edit dialog lost focus after duplicating or deleting actions.
(#16063)
[2018-05-18] FIX: context helper menus were occasionally displayed on wrong screen in multi-monitor
setups.
[2018-05-15] CHG: improved performance when reading files via Ctrl+T or 'File > Read tag'.
[2018-05-14] FIX: interacting with the file list while reading files had unintended effects.
[2018-05-14] CHG: changed database that is used for local freedb index.
[2018-05-07] CHG: importing tags via Discogs tag source now lists all formats and the catalog
number of the release.
[2018-05-07] FIX: occasional runtime error when dropping files during file writing operations.
(#41634)
[2018-05-07] CHG: added limit to column width of tag sources results list (and other lists).
[2018-05-07] CHG: removed default values configuration.
[2018-05-05] FIX: statistics of files total were not updated in all cases. (#41604)
[2018-05-02] FIX: occasional runtime error when aborting file reading operations.
[2018-04-30] FIX: drop operation had no effect work with some applications. (#41567)
[2018-04-30] CHG: improved detection of clipboard contents relevant for drop operations. (#41579)
[2018-04-17] CHG: improved Tag Panel layout when displayed horizontally. (#40873)
[2018-04-15] CHG: Tag Panel, Filter and file list now use default font. (#18410, #41381)
[2018-04-13] FIX: tag sources framework function 'json_select_many' did not convert UTF-8 encoded
data correctly. (#18955)
[2018-04-12] FIX: tag sources framework functions 'json_foreach' did work correctly when nested.
(#18956)
[2018-04-10] CHG: importing tags via Discogs tag source supports track numbers and disc numbers
from Discogs. (#19744)
[2018-04-09] NEW: added fields %_cover_width% and %_cover_height% for width and height of first
embedded cover art. (#41243)
[2018-04-08] FIX: auto-removing special characters that are not supported by MusicBrainz search.
(#41350)
[2018-04-08] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Corsican, Czech and Turkish language files.
[2018-04-07] FIX: memory corruption for format strings that end with a starting %. (#41348)
[2018-04-04] CHG: removed splash screen.
[2018-04-03] FIX: runtime error when adding zero-size cover art (since v2.86).
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-03-29] REL: VERSION 2.87a (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-03-29] FIX: LAME encoder version had invalid trailing character in some cases. (#41241)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-03-29] REL: VERSION 2.87 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-03-25] FIX: MusicBrainz multi-disc releases were not parsed correctly.
[2018-03-23] CHG: improved mapping of Matroska tag fields.
[2018-03-23] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese-Brazil
and Spanish language files.
[2018-03-22] FIX: failed to write tags to Matroska files where SeekHead could not be directly
expanded. (#40933)
[2018-03-19] FIX: navigating with tab key on tag panel did not scroll in case input field was
outside the visible region. (#41132)
[2018-03-19] FIX: check for updates did not work on some systems (since v2.86f).
[2018-03-18] FIX: tooltips for Tag Panel input fields did not display ampersand characters.
(#41114)
[2018-03-18] FIX: uncommitted changes to the filter text in manual filtering mode gave unexpected
filter result when re-enabling the filter. (#41116)
[2018-03-18] CHG: reverted change from v2.86f where language identifier and description were not
displayed for UNSYNCEDLYRICS if both are default ('eng' and empty). (#41109)
[2018-03-17] CHG: updated internally used libraries.
[2018-03-15] NEW: added option to enable/disable auto-applying filter to filter helper menu.
(#41013)
[2018-03-14] CHG: don't display language identifier and description for UNSYNCEDLYRICS if both are
default ('eng' and empty).
[2018-03-14] FIX: saving UNSYNCEDLYRICS for ID3v2 omitted text if pipe symbol occurred in lyrics
text. (#11617)
[2018-03-12] CHG: files that were moved are now kept in file list independent of the target
location. (#19786)
[2018-03-12] FIX: keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+N and Ctrl+Shift+N did not commit change while in
file-list editing mode.
[2018-03-12] FIX: keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S for saving tag-panel contents was active in file-list
editing mode and discarded input. (#19760)
[2018-03-11] FIX: another runtime error when performing drag'n'drop from external applications.
[2018-03-09] FIX: WAV files > 2GB could not be tagged. (#40989)
[2018-03-09] FIX: some links in about dialog were broken. (#40978)
[2018-03-04] FIX: installation mode could not be changed via keyboard.
[2018-02-27] FIX: runtime error when editing in file list in some cases (since 2.86c).
[2018-02-27] FIX: UI became unresponsive in case many operations were executed via tag write or
actions. (#40907, #40923)
[2018-02-26] FIX: runtime error when performing sequential drag'n'drop from multiple applications.
[2018-02-26] FIX: runtime error when adding cover via extended tag dialog when underlying files
have been replaced.
[2018-02-21] FIX: auto-save did not remove varied cover art when removed via tag panel. (#40836)
[2018-02-21] FIX: runtime error when changing library settings while performing other file
operations. (#40797)
[2018-02-20] FIX: scripting function $strstr did return nothing instead of 0 if the search string
wasn't found. (#19637)
[2018-02-19] FIX: runtime error when performing undo via keyboard shortcut while in-place editing
in the file list.
[2018-02-18] NEW: placeholder %_tool% for MP3 now contains used LAME encoder version (if present).
[2018-02-17] CHG: reimplemented MP3 audio info parsing.
[2018-02-15] FIX: fields absent from a subset of files were erroneously shown as present and
identical at extended tag dialog in some cases.
[2018-02-12] FIX: anything else than lower-case %_filename% did not allow column-editing when used
in column configuration. (#19797)
[2018-02-04] FIX: cover mimetypes were not parsed for APEv2 tags in some cases (since 2.86).
(#19754)
[2018-01-27] NEW: added MusicBrainz tag source for search via album name based on MusicBrainz.org
XML Web Service v2. (#19714, #19721)
[2018-01-27] NEW: added MusicBrainz cover-only tag source for search via album name based on
MusicBrainz.org XML Web Service v2.
[2018-01-26] FIX: runtime error when reading malformed APEv2 cover that has no cover-data.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-01-24] REL: VERSION 2.86 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-01-13] FIX: action "Format value" for _FILENAME caused new file directory to be set also in
cases where file cannot be renamed.
[2018-01-10] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Czech, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese-Brazil and
Slovenian language files.
[2018-01-10] FIX: vendor string was not written when updating Vorbis Comments in Opus files.
[2018-01-08] CHG: default tag panel field names are now auto-translated on language change.
(#19567, #19284, #18800)
[2018-01-08] CHG: default file view column names are now auto-translated on language change.
(#19567, #19284, #18800)
[2018-01-08] FIX: runtime error when parsing broken UFID ID3v2 frames. (#19610)
[2018-01-01] FIX: runtime error when performing library cleanup directly after enabling library
option (since 2.85i).
[2017-12-21] FIX: runtime error when performing save via keyboard shortcut while in-place editing
in the file list.
[2017-12-20] FIX: importing tags via Discogs tag source set YEAR field to 0 for releases without
year.
[2017-12-20] FIX: file list selection mark was wrong in some cases after deleting, removing or
moving files.
[2017-12-19] NEW: added option to cleanup the database from orphaned files.
[2017-12-13] NEW: added preferences page to enable the Library and to configure included
directories.
[2017-12-11] CHG: attempting a more graceful shutdown on out-of-memory conditions.
[2017-12-10] FIX: deleting non-standard files from file view did not update file list (since
2.85b).
[2017-12-08] FIX: sync issue between actual file information fields (i.e., size, modification
timestamps, ...) and internal representation (since 2.85b).
[2017-12-07] FIX: runtime error when adding files to an already running instance via the Windows
Explorer context-menu extension (since 2.85b).
[2017-12-07] FIX: file renaming collision when target file was already in database but removed
externally (since 2.85b).
[2017-12-07] FIX: info fields were not updated in database when tags were written or removed (since
2.85b).
[2017-12-07] FIX: actions that caused a directory to be renamed did not update the database entries
(since 2.85b).
[2017-12-06] CHG: improved library reading performance on subsequent reads by using an internal
database.
[2017-12-02] CHG: MP4 tag fields are not truncated to 255 characters anymore. (#19527)
[2017-11-26] FIX: runtime error when adding cover art to Ogg Vorbis or Opus files (since 2.85a).
(#19560)
[2017-11-22] CHG: improved memory consumption especially for large music libraries.
[2017-11-22] CHG: changes regarding cover art are now also part of undo information.
[2017-11-16] FIX: tag sources framework function 'json_foreach' now also works with arrays as
unnamed JSON root element. (#19518)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-10-25] REL: VERSION 2.85 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-10-24] FIX: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) was prevented from shutting down
without user interaction in some cases.
[2017-10-17] FIX: Tag Panel column width was calculated wrong if Tag Panel was docked horizontally
(since 2.84d). (#19449)
[2017-10-16] NEW: added support for Matroska MKA/MKV files for Explorer context menu shell
extension. (#19366)
[2017-10-16] FIX: deleting a file with subsongs did not remove the other subsongs of that file from
the file list.
[2017-10-16] FIX: removing MP4 chapters from a filtered file list left orphan subsongs of those
files when disabling the filter.
[2017-10-15] FIX: moving subsongs from a filtered file list left orphan subsongs of those files
when disabling the filter.
[2017-10-15] FIX: moving files from a filtered file list did not update file list correctly (since
2.84). (#19441)
[2017-10-14] FIX: importing format descriptions to MEDIATYPE field via Discogs tag source did not
work. (#19411)
[2017-10-12] FIX: GDI resource leak when populating the list of user-defined tools.
[2017-10-10] FIX: relative paths from playlists were not canonicalized and sometimes unnecessarily
exceeded the 260 character path limit.
[2017-10-08] LNG: updated Hungarian and Swedish language files.
[2017-10-06] NEW: extended list of default genres by ID3v1 genres 148 to 191. (#19389)
[2017-09-23] FIX: runtime error when using Mp3tag on computers with older CPUs (e.g, Pentium III,
Athlon XP, ...) (since 2.84b).
[2017-09-22] NEW: added support for Matroska MKA/MKV files.
[2017-09-18] CHG: updated internally used libraries.
[2017-08-30] FIX: contents of BPM fields for MP4 were not read in some cases.
[2017-08-30] CHG: querying via Discogs Release ID now also works in [r1234567] format (as available
on the Discogs website).
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-08-26] REL: VERSION 2.84a (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-08-26] FIX: Windows XP based and Wine-based installations (macOS/Linux) had problems with
HTTP/HTTPS connections.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-08-25] REL: VERSION 2.84 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-08-22] FIX: renaming files did not update name in file list in all cases (since 2.83h).
(#19244)
[2017-08-18] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Slovak language
files.
[2017-08-17] CHG: added ABSENT as synonym for MISSING in Filter and updated documentation. (#19208)
[2017-08-17] FIX: reading system-encoded WAV RIFF INFO sub chunks did result in data truncation in
case special characters were involved. (#19188)
[2017-08-16] FIX: directory field at Tag Panel didn't use correct case for directory names when
entered with incorrect casing. (#18674)
[2017-08-15] FIX: installer didn't consider user input for startmenu folder when updating. (#18965)
[2017-08-13] FIX: format strings for converter 'Filename - Filename' showed UTF-8 encoded data if
special characters were involved.
[2017-08-12] NEW: added support for Nero-style MP4 chapters.
[2017-08-12] FIX: error message when writing tags to larger files in some cases (since 2.83f).
(#19197)
[2017-08-09] CHG: improved MP4 tagging compatibility.
[2017-08-03] FIX: added reading of non-iTunes custom MP4 tags. (#19149)
[2017-08-02] FIX: attempting to write tags to larger files that are locked by other processes left
only temporary file in some cases. (#19183)
[2017-07-13] NEW: added $distance(x,y) scripting function to compute edit distance between strings
x and y.
[2017-07-10] FIX: runtime error when using Mp3tag on computers with older CPUs (e.g, Pentium III,
Athlon XP, ...) (since 2.83c).
[2017-07-06] FIX: manually rearranging files in file list resulted in unexpected behaviour when
renaming files (since 2.83c). (#19123)
[2017-07-05] FIX: extended documentation of web sources framwork function 'MoveLine'. (#19117)
[2017-07-04] FIX: wav files with invalid ID3Helper data at end of file were not read.
[2017-07-01] CHG: updated Opus to version 1.2.1.
[2017-06-30] CHG: made cue sheet handling fully transparent so that it doesn't require artificially
indexed filenames anymore.
[2017-06-30] CHG: extended Discogs tag source with fallback detection of secondary images if no
primary image exists. (#18961)
[2017-06-30] NEW: added web sources framework functions to check if output contains content via
'ifoutput' and 'ifnotoutput'.
[2017-06-30] CHG: modified dialog for adding cover-art from files to raise warning message if file
doesn't exist.
[2017-06-28] CHG: added check to Discogs tag source if query gave any results which results in
correct error message.
[2017-06-27] FIX: runtime error when clicking on tag sources toolbar button and last used tag
source was removed.
[2017-06-27] FIX: runtime error if Discogs cover-only tag source returned no results (since 2.83a).
[2017-06-26] FIX: dot and underscore characters where percent-encoded when querying Discogs which
resulted in HTTP 401 error.
[2017-06-26] CHG: extended Discogs result list to current API maximum of 100 releases.
[2017-06-26] NEW: added Discogs cover-only tag source for search via Discogs Release ID.
[2017-06-26] NEW: added Discogs cover-only tag source for search via album name.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-06-23] REL: VERSION 2.83 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-06-23] NEW: added MP4 column to tag-field mappings overview table in documentation.
[2017-06-22] CHG: removed Amazon tag sources after Amazon.com invalidated Mp3tag's web services
account.
[2017-06-19] CHG: Discogs tag source name is now correctly capitalized.
[2017-06-19] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Polish and Turkish language files.
[2017-06-18] NEW: added Discogs Release ID tag source to directly search by Discogs Release ID.
[2017-06-18] NEW: added support for ISRC field in cue sheets. (#10676)
[2017-06-18] CHG: main performer from cue sheet is now mapped to ALBUMARTIST (instead of ALBUM
ARTIST). (#10676)
[2017-06-17] FIX: special characters in main performer from cue sheet were not correctly converted
when writing. (#10676)
[2017-06-17] FIX: cue sheets that started with a different track number than 1 were not read.
(#10676)
[2017-06-17] FIX: checkboxes at dialog for cover export were not labeled correctly (since 2.82b).
[2017-06-16] FIX: tags saved to wrong file when auto-save was enabled and column-click in file list
changed the file order. (#19046)
[2017-06-15] FIX: Discogs Web Source had problems with certain artists which resulted in obsolete
comma after artist name. (#18290, #18977)
[2017-06-14] FIX: sort arrow was incorrectly shown for next column after adding or removing a
column left from the sort column. (#13564, #17075)
[2017-06-13] NEW: added option to restrict action-based cover export to certain cover type.
(#19042)
[2017-06-10] FIX: added detection of non-iTunes custom MP4 tags which are now kept unmodified
during rewrites.
[2017-06-10] FIX: encoding of cover art for Opus did not always include Base64 padding (which was
problematic for some players).
[2017-06-10] NEW: added support for stripping Nero-style chapter information from MP4 files via
context-menu in the file list.
[2017-06-10] NEW: added support for detecting Nero-style MP4 tags and reporting via %_tag% if
present.
[2017-06-10] FIX: runtime error at Export if loop limit exceeded actual export result set size.
(#17432, #19034)
[2017-06-10] LNG: added Indonesian language file.
[2017-05-04] FIX: possible index overflow at $substr() scripting function.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-04-29] REL: VERSION 2.82 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-04-28] FIX: mp4 atoms with errorneous data size descriptors were not detected. (#18922)
[2017-04-21] FIX: after closing the filter window via the x symbol, focus was still on the now
invisible filter window. (#17636)
[2017-04-21] FIX: auto-numbering wizard did not consider track-number offset when determining
amount of leading zeros. (#18893)
[2017-04-21] FIX: removed text-length limitation from track number field at tag panel. (#17032)
[2017-04-21] FIX: some actions allowed to create empty tag fields for certain tag formats. (#15332,
#16093)
[2017-04-18] CHG: removed associate tag from Amazon.de web sources.
[2017-04-17] FIX: unicode characters in filenames where not supported when exporting configuration
to zip file. (#18875)
[2017-04-17] FIX: scripting functions $meta(x), $meta(x,n) and $meta_sep(x,sep) did not create
matches in square bracket notation. (#18577, #18578)
[2017-04-13] CHG: updated Vorbis to version 1.3.5.
[2017-04-13] CHG: updated Ogg to version 1.3.2.
[2017-04-13] CHG: updated FLAC to version 1.3.2.
[2017-04-13] CHG: updated zlib to version 1.2.11.
[2017-04-12] CHG: updated Opus to version 1.1.4 and Opusfile to 0.7.
[2017-04-12] NEW: added reading of WavPack version.
[2017-04-12] CHG: updated WavPack to version 5.1.0.
[2017-04-12] FIX: removed DATE from list of default tag field names. (#18820)
[2017-03-19] FIX: renaming directories via action 'Format value' also affected files where the
folder path contained the renamed directory string. (#18811)
[2017-03-18] FIX: preserving the file modification date on write operations resulted in an 1h
offset of the file creation date if daylight saving time status was different.
(#18808)
[2017-03-13] FIX: installer did not default to English for unsupported languages. (#18723, #18798)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-02-17] REL: VERSION 2.81 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-02-06] NEW: added support for iTunes-specific ID3v2 grouping tag field GRP1 as GROUPING.
[2017-02-05] NEW: added support for reading ID3v2.2 iTunes tag fields for classical music MOVEMENT,
MOVEMENTTOTAL, MOVEMENTNAME.
[2017-01-23] FIX: automatic playlist creation used previous values after tag save.
[2017-01-07] NEW: added support for press and hold gesture on cover art window to trigger context
menu on touch devices.
[2016-12-17] FIX: regression where URL ID3v2 fields (WWW*) were accidentally written as multi-value
fields (since v2.80a).
[2016-12-15] FIX: value overflow when calculating bitrate for large VBR MP3 files which resulted in
negative bitrates.
[2016-12-14] LNG: added Corsican installer language and updated Czech and Turkish language files.
[2016-12-12] CHG: updated installer icons and graphics.
[2016-12-11] NEW: added portable installation mode that stores settings in application directory
and doesn't write information to the registry.
[2016-12-11] NEW: installer now asks for UAC admin elevation in case if its run from a non-admin
user account.
[2016-12-11] CHG: changed installer and application to guess user language instead of asking user.
[2016-12-11] NEW: improved installer UI for high-resolution screens with high DPI settings (DPI
awareness).
[2016-12-11] NEW: added version information to installer.
[2016-12-11] NEW: added size estimation to uninstaller.
[2016-12-07] NEW: added placeholders to access file path of current active playlist, i.e.,
%_playlist_filename%, %_playlist_filename_ext% and %_playlist_folderpath%.
[2016-12-06] FIX: renaming files via direct-editing in file list in %_filepath% column
automatically removed trailing blanks.
[2016-12-05] FIX: improved ID3v2 specification compliance by adding terminating 0x00 for text
strings.
[2016-12-02] FIX: randomizing a filtered file list by clicking on first column header resulted in
resetting of list contents.
[2016-11-30] FIX: missing breadcrumb links in help topic for "Configuration > Tags > Mapping" and
missing link from "Configuration > Tags"
[2016-11-29] FIX: converter 'Tag - Filename' treated paths that were built from field values
containing slash characters as relative.
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[2016-11-25] REL: VERSION 2.80 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2016-11-18] CHG: updated Amazon.com and Amazon.de web sources to include cover dimensions in list
of search results.
[2016-11-17] NEW: added support for press and hold gesture to trigger context menu on touch
devices.
[2016-11-17] LNG: added Arabic language file and updated French and Russian language files.
[2016-11-17] NEW: added support for iTunes flag to trigger showing movement information instead of
the song title via SHOWMOVEMENT (MP4 only).
[2016-11-16] CHG: bitrate indicator is now kbits/s instead of kBit/s
[2016-11-15] NEW: added support for iTunes tag fields for classical music MOVEMENT, MOVEMENTTOTAL,
MOVEMENTNAME (ID3v2 and MP4) and for WORK (MP4 only).
[2016-10-16] FIX: runtime error when moving files in tag sources dialog past the end of the file
list.
[2016-10-01] FIX: runtime error when parsing some mono and non-pcm WAV files.
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[2016-09-24] REL: VERSION 2.79 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2016-09-22] LNG: updated Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, and Spanish language files.
[2016-09-22] FIX: Wine's long path prefix \\?\ was not handled correctly.
[2016-09-22] CHG: Wine-based Mp3tag.app is now signed using a verified Developer Certificate as
required by macOS Sierra.
[2016-09-22] FIX: displaying tooltips for very long texts in Tag Panel input fields blocked UI.
[2016-09-08] FIX: converter 'Tag - Filename' had problems with relative paths (since 2.78a).
[2016-09-03] FIX: converter 'Tag - Filename' produced in some cases file names which started with
one backslash.
[2016-08-22] FIX: preview for converter 'Tag - Filename' displayed wrong file names in some rare
cases.
[2016-07-08] FIX: information for 32-bit WAV was not displayed.
[2016-07-08] FIX: changing the Filter was possible even if files were currently loading.
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[2016-06-25] REL: VERSION 2.78 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2016-06-19] NEW: added support for AIF/AIFC/AIFF files with ID3v2 tags.
[2016-05-18] FIX: addressed occasional Tag Panel repaint issue.
[2016-05-17] NEW: added support for ITUNESOWNER field that reports the user name from the iTunes
Store.
[2016-05-13] CHG: modified setup to not create start-menu shortcut to uninstaller on new installs.
[2016-04-24] FIX: samplerate for some MP4 files was not reported correctly.
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[2016-04-23] REL: VERSION 2.77 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2016-04-22] LNG: updated Hungarian, Italian and Russian language files.
[2016-04-21] FIX: runtime error when tagging FLAC files on computers with older CPUs (e.g, Pentium
III, Athlon XP, ...) (since 2.76).
[2016-04-20] FIX: runtime error that appeared with some installations when displaying the file list
(since 2.76).
[2016-04-18] FIX: samplerate for some MP4 files was not reported.
[2016-04-17] FIX: action import cover from file did not expand all placeholders and scripting
functions in some cases (since 2.76).
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[2016-04-16] REL: VERSION 2.76 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2016-04-11] FIX: action import cover from file did not work if explicitly selected filename
contained special characters that are part of the scripting language.
[2016-04-11] FIX: keyboard shortcuts for navigating to previous and next directory history entry
were not working anymore (since 2.74)
[2016-04-11] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Czech, Japanese and Portuguese language files.
[2016-04-10] NEW: added support for WAV files for Explorer context menu shell extension.
[2016-04-10] FIX: revised status bar messages.
[2016-04-07] NEW: added support for WAV files with INFO tags and ID3v2 tags.
[2016-03-28] FIX: cover art of previously selected files was still displayed even after directory
change (Wine-only)
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[2016-02-20] REL: VERSION 2.75 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2016-02-19] LNG: added Corsican language file and updated Japanese language file.
[2016-02-19] FIX: entries removed from filter history reappeared after program restart.
[2016-02-19] FIX: freedb web search did not work anymore (since v2.74).
[2016-02-19] FIX: runtime error when using Mp3tag on computers with older CPUs (e.g, Pentium III,
Athlon XP, ...).
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[2016-02-14] REL: VERSION 2.74a (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2016-02-14] FIX: Discogs OAuth authentication did not work on some systems (since v2.74).
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2016-02-13] REL: VERSION 2.74 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2016-02-09] CHG: MP4 lyrics are now stored with carriage-return and line-feed as newline sequence.
[2016-02-07] CHG: directory list in tag panel now always shows trailing backslash for directories.
[2016-02-06] NEW: added support for %podcastkeywords% which is mapped from ID3v2 frame TKWD and MP4
atom keyw.
[2016-02-06] LNG: added Farsi language file and updated Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, French, Hebrew,
Italian and Slovak language files.
[2016-01-31] CHG: Discogs OAuth authentication and default web source now uses HTTPS.
[2016-01-31] NEW: added support for HTTPS for web sources framework.
[2016-01-30] CHG: changed to use SHA-2 when digitally signing the installer and the program
executable.
[2016-01-17] FIX: startup in favorite directory resulted in starting in program directory if
favorite directory was configured without trailing backslash at 'Options >
Directories'
[2016-01-08] NEW: added advanced configuration option for setting the ID3v2 language code used for
comments.
[2016-01-02] FIX: runtime error when using very long field names in converter dialogs.
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[2015-12-19] REL: VERSION 2.73 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2015-12-19] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Czech and Italian language files.
[2015-12-12] CHG: updated to libopus 1.1.1.
[2015-12-12] NEW: added toolbar button for selecting all files.
[2015-12-10] FIX: previous selection was lost when adding files and directories and auto-selection
was disabled (since v2.72b).
[2015-12-06] CHG: file selection state is now preserved when filtering.
[2015-12-05] NEW: configuration option to automatically select files that were added to the file
list.
[2015-11-22] FIX: displayed file icon was dependent on the case of the file extension on some
systems.
[2015-11-22] CHG: added detailed error message in cases where the configuration file cannot be
saved when closing Mp3tag.
[2015-11-22] CHG: CONDUCTOR field now maps to MP4 �con atom.
[2015-11-08] NEW: added information field %_bitspersample% for some supported file types.
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[2015-10-10] REL: VERSION 2.72 (for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP SP3)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2015-10-01] NEW: added official support for Windows 10.
[2015-09-23] CHG: updated code-signing certificate.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2015-07-18] REL: VERSION 2.71 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2015-07-11] FIX: fixed scaling issue that appeared on some systems where toolbar icons were not
rendered correctly (since v2.70).
[2015-07-09] FIX: after selecting multiple sequences of files auto saving affected only the last
block.
[2015-07-08] CHG: renaming files marked as read-only does not require removing of read-only flag
anymore.
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[2015-05-01] REL: VERSION 2.70 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2015-04-29] NEW: added 24x24 and 32x32 toolbar icons which are used for high-resolution screens
with high DPI settings.
[2015-03-22] NEW: added support for high-resolution screens with high DPI settings (DPI awareness).
[2015-03-22] NEW: added 256x256 application icon.
[2015-03-22] LNG: updated Dutch language file.
[2015-03-22] FIX: pop-up menus overlapped screen in case taskbar location was top and menu did
exceed the screen height.
[2015-03-20] FIX: length for files with a duration greater than 24h was displayed incorrectly
[2015-03-17] FIX: runtime error at specific broken APIC frames in ID3v2 tags.
[2015-03-16] CHG: removed associate tag from Amazon.com web sources.
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[2015-03-15] REL: VERSION 2.69 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2015-03-14] FIX: field names were not always sorted when displayed in the extended tag dialog
(since v2.67).
[2015-03-14] FIX: directory names containing a dot had only the part till the dot in %_directory%
(since v2.67).
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[2015-03-06] REL: VERSION 2.68 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2015-03-01] FIX: runtime errors caused by internal changes from v2.67
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2015-02-28] REL: VERSION 2.67 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2015-02-28] FIX: Discogs images were not retrieved for releases with only one version where the
release selection dialog was skipped.
[2015-02-27] CHG: extended number of actions possibly displayed in actions pop-up menu to 500.
[2015-02-25] CHG: updated Discogs image caching proxy (required by Discogs API change from
2015-02-20).
[2015-02-25] CHG: removed authentication via OAuth when requesting images from Discogs (required by
Discogs API change from 2015-02-20).
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[2014-12-13] REL: VERSION 2.66 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-12-13] NEW: added support for complex JSON object values by web sources framework functions
'json_select_object' and 'json_unselect_object'.
[2014-12-12] NEW: added support for boolean values in web sources framework function 'json_select'.
[2014-12-11] FIX: MP4 cdec field for encoder settings was not preserved when writing tags.
[2014-12-11] CHG: added support for mouse wheel scrolling in tag panel.
[2014-12-10] CHG: added context-specific detection of mouse-wheel usage to prevent accidentally
overwriting the field contents.
[2014-12-10] FIX: updated RATING MM to use latest mapping of values.
[2014-12-10] FIX: removing filter from filter history did not reset filter and file list.
[2014-12-06] FIX: field RELEASETIME was missing after resetting the tag fields list.
[2014-12-06] FIX: adding cover art did not conform to the description in the documentation (select
file dialog was showing the current working directory instead of the file's
directory in case no default directory was provided).
[2014-12-06] FIX: documentation of action 'Remove duplicate fields' did not mention that the first
value is retained.
[2014-12-06] NEW: added scripting function $strcmp to compare strings case-sensitively.
[2014-12-06] NEW: added scripting function $stricmp to compare strings case-insensitively.
[2014-12-06] FIX: documentation of scripting function $eql did not mention that strings are
compared case insensitive.
[2014-12-06] FIX: scripting function $eql was not working correctly if strings contained umlauts or
diacritic characters.
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[2014-10-26] REL: VERSION 2.65a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-10-26] FIX: Discogs web source now uses %20 as word separator (using + gave HTTP 401
Unauthorized in some cases).
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[2014-10-18] REL: VERSION 2.65 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-10-03] CHG: added Discogs image caching through dedicated caching server.
[2014-10-02] FIX: web sources framework function 'ifnot' did not work for empty parameter in some
cases.
[2014-09-24] CHG: web sources framework function 'json_select_array' does not create error result
in case parameter does not refer to an array.
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[2014-09-20] REL: VERSION 2.64 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-09-17] CHG: Discogs web source rewritten based on Discogs JSON API.
[2014-09-17] NEW: added JSON-related functions to web sources framework (json_foreach,
json_foreach_end, json_select, json_select_array, json_select_many).
[2014-08-24] LNG: updated Italian language file.
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[2014-08-23] REL: VERSION 2.63 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-08-21] FIX: runtime error when closing Mp3tag on computers with older CPUs (e.g, Pentium III,
Athlon XP, ...).
[2014-08-21] FIX: runtime error when performing 'File > Save configuration ...' on computers with
older CPUs (e.g, Pentium III, Athlon XP, ...).
[2014-08-10] LNG: updated French language file.
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[2014-08-10] REL: VERSION 2.62 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-08-10] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, and Korean language files.
[2014-07-14] FIX: search requests to Discogs were not URL encoded anymore (since v2.61b).
[2014-07-14] FIX: authentication via OAuth 1.0a for Discogs tag sources was not triggered in all
cases (since v2.61b).
[2014-07-13] NEW: added authentication via OAuth 1.0a for Discogs tag sources.
[2014-07-13] NEW: added scripting function $list(x,y,z) to official documented scripting functions.
[2014-07-12] LNG: replaced Romanian language file by new translation from Andrei-Felix Areanu.
[2014-07-12] FIX: runtime error when file name resulting from performing actions was one of the
reserved device file names CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1-9, or LPT1-9.
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[2014-07-05] REL: VERSION 2.61a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-07-05] FIX: regression that configuration could not be saved anymore (since v2.61).
[2014-07-05] LNG: updated Hebrew language file.
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[2014-07-04] REL: VERSION 2.61 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-07-03] FIX: issue on some systems when selection in file list has been changed (e.g., by
invert selection, or click on selected files - since v2.59b).
[2014-07-03] FIX: runtime error when closing Mp3tag if Mp3tagSettings.zip was locked or user had no
write permission.
[2014-06-28] FIX: duplicate message in preview of converter 'Text-file - Tag' for previous file in
case no matching file entry was found in text file.
[2014-06-28] FIX: file dialog at converter 'Text-file - Tag' now does not ask for creation of files
anymore.
[2014-06-28] FIX: removing files from file list occasionally resulted in runtime error (since
v2.59b).
[2014-06-24] FIX: tab order in various dialogs was wrong.
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[2014-06-21] REL: VERSION 2.60 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
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[2014-06-20] FIX: Tag field mapping in help file now states that YEAR is written to TYER in ID3v2.3
[2014-06-18] FIX: Filtered file list displayed wrong files after moving files in file list (since
v2.59b).
[2014-06-13] CHG: Rewrote huge parts of the internal code base to use standard container libraries
and algorithms.
[2014-06-12] CHG: updated Discogs web source.
[2014-05-25] FIX: occasional runtime error while performing undo of renaming of files.
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[2014-04-20] REL: VERSION 2.59a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-04-20] FIX: fixed repainting issue at menu buttons for removing format strings from histories
at converter 'Filename - Filename' (since v2.59).
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[2014-04-20] REL: VERSION 2.59 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1)
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[2014-04-20] NEW: added taskbar progress indicator on Windows 7 and above when performing
potentially long-running tasks.
[2014-04-19] NEW: added support for Direct Stream Digital Audio DSF files.
[2014-04-19] FIX: content rating tag field ITUNESADVISORY was not displayed if set to 0 (None).
[2014-04-19] CHG: updated help file with changed possible values for ITUNESADVISORY tag field.
[2014-04-18] FIX: improved performance when displaying actions menu.
[2014-04-18] NEW: menu for removing format strings from history at converter 'Filename - Filename'.
[2014-04-16] FIX: enabling/disabling filter via 'View > Filter...' or F3 while in editing mode
could write data to wrong file.
[2014-04-13] LNG: updated Bulgarian, Catalan and Russian translations.
[2014-04-13] FIX: ID3v2.3 was read to DATE when reading but not stored as TDAT when writing.
[2014-04-13] FIX: filtering for field HAS " " was also matching files without blanks.
[2014-04-13] FIX: export field parameter at $loop() was compared case-insensitive which caused
unexpected behavior at duplicate detection.
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[2013-10-06] REL: VERSION 2.58 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-10-06] CHG: improved parsing performance when reading MP4 files.
[2013-10-06] FIX: occasionally skipped last value for multi-value ID3v2 text fields.
[2013-10-06] CHG: reverted change: ID3v2.3 TYER/TDAT now merged into one YEAR field formatted as
YYYY-MM-DD (due to popular request).
[2013-10-05] LNG: updated Czech, Finnish, Hebrew, and Spanish translations.
[2013-10-05] FIX: added workaround for broken MP4 implementations that are writing empty cnID
atoms.
[2013-10-04] FIX: added workaround for broken MP4 implementations that are writing invalid atom
sizes.
[2013-08-15] NEW: added support for setting cover description for multiple different covers at
once.
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[2013-07-06] REL: VERSION 2.57 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-07-06] CHG: Added *.m3u8 to playlist save dialog filter.
[2013-07-03] FIX: runtime error during undoing move operation after renaming last file in list.
[2013-07-02] LNG: changed syntax for placeholders in language files.
[2013-06-29] FIX: runtime error due to wrong use of placeholders in some translations.
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[2013-06-22] REL: VERSION 2.56 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-06-22] LNG: updated Danish, French, Hebrew, Russian, Slovenian and Turkish translations.
[2013-06-21] CHG: updated TAK library to TAK 2.3.0.
[2013-06-21] FIX: Performing update check occasionally resulted in runtime error.
[2013-06-09] FIX: Changing option to show only user-defined genres had no effect until restarting
Mp3tag.
[2013-06-09] FIX: Undo after removing first file from list had no effect.
[2013-06-08] LNG: Lithuanian language file.
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[2013-04-24] REL: VERSION 2.55a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-04-22] FIX: Mp3tag v2.55 did not work on computers with older CPUs anymore (e.g, Pentium III,
Athlon XP, ...).
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-04-20] REL: VERSION 2.55 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-04-10] FIX: Unicode characters encoded in \x{####} format gave runtime exception in web
sources (e.g., Amazon.de).
[2013-04-07] NEW: added support for *.opus files for Explorer context menu shell extension.
[2013-04-04] CHG: added special handling for iTunMOVI field name for MP4.
[2013-04-04] FIX: preview at converter 'Tag - Tag' displayed 0 for %_counter% instead of 1.
[2013-04-03] FIX: after deleting files the list jumps to the beginning.
[2013-04-03] FIX: after moving files the list jumps to the beginning.
[2013-04-01] CHG: updated MusicBrainz web source to version 1.06.
[2013-04-01] FIX: temporary file was not removed when writing tags to Opus files (since v2.54a)
[2013-04-01] NEW: added support for the IETF Opus codec (http://opus-codec.org/)
[2013-03-17] CHG: improved compatibility with Windows 8.
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[2012-12-22] REL: VERSION 2.54 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-12-21] NEW: added official support for Windows 8.
[2012-12-10] FIX: large decimal-encoded characters in HTML (e.g., &nnnnn;) where not translated in
web sources.
[2012-11-29] FIX: menu button at filter was drawn incorrectly.
[2012-11-28] FIX: after removing files under Windows XP the list jumps to the beginning.
[2012-11-26] FIX: short path names where displayed when loaded from specific NAS devices in some
cases (since v2.53).
[2012-11-20] LNG: Macedonian language file.
[2012-11-20] FIX: installation in silent mode ignored language from Mp3tagSetup.ini.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-10-24] REL: VERSION 2.53 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-10-23] CHG: updated code-signing certificate.
[2012-10-06] CHG: drag and drop of cover art from other applications now uses original image
without re-encoding whenever possible.
[2012-10-01] CHG: Explorer context menu extension is now included in default installation.
[2012-09-29] CHG: ID3v2.3 TYER/TDAT now merged into one YEAR field formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.
[2012-09-26] FIX: files and folders added from command line were displayed with upper/lower case
from command line.
[2012-09-26] FIX: file names added from playlists were displayed with upper/lower case from
playlist.
[2012-09-25] NEW: added support for drag and drop of cover art from Google Chrome.
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[2012-07-19] REL: VERSION 2.52 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-19] NEW: added option to specify default directory for cover art.
[2012-07-19] NEW: added preferences page for directories used in Mp3tag.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-05-16] REL: VERSION 2.51 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-05-14] NEW: added support for %_counter% and %_total_files% for format string at action
'Import cover from file'.
[2012-05-13] NEW: added option to specify cover type at action 'Import cover from file'.
[2012-05-06] CHG: added extended support for HTTP 302 cases (redirect) at web sources.
[2012-05-04] CHG: add cover now defaults to the last used cover directory if the is no cover art in
the file's directory.
[2012-05-04] CHG: next file is now focused after removing files from file list.
[2012-04-07] FIX: regression regarding output of multi-valued tag fields for discogs web sources
since v2.49b.
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[2012-03-11] REL: VERSION 2.50 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-03-09] NEW: converter 'Tag - Tag' via menu 'Converter', toolbar and Alt+5 keyboard shortcut.
[2012-03-09] CHG: changed keyboard shortcut for actions to Alt+6 and Alt+Shift+6.
[2012-03-02] NEW: added $verticalBar() for masking vertical bar symbol in web sources.
[2012-02-28] FIX: truncated separator string that occurred in sayregexp result.
[2012-02-23] NEW: support for writing of UTF-8 encoded playlists using *.m3u8 as file extension.
[2012-02-22] FIX: regression regarding sorting filtered file lists since v2.49b.
[2012-02-21] FIX: converter 'Filename - Tag' did not work for field names containing dots.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-01-16] REL: VERSION 2.49b (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-01-13] FIX: cpil atoms (compilation at MP4) set to 0x00 were not displayed.
[2012-01-13] CHG: updated Discogs web source.
[2012-01-13] NEW: added support for Discogs API v2.0.
[2011-11-14] FIX: sort arrow was incorrectly shown after randomizing file list.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2011-11-14] REL: VERSION 2.49a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2011-11-09] CHG: updated Amazon web sources.
[2011-11-09] CHG: updated MusicBrainz web source.
[2011-09-19] FIX: 'No' button at 'Remove all from history' menu item was ignored.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2011-06-01] REL: VERSION 2.49 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2011-05-18] NEW: added new field UserAgent for web sources which enables sending Mp3tag/#.## as
user agent if set to 1.
[2011-05-19] CHG: updated MusicBrainz web source.
[2011-05-15] NEW: added %rate% for MP4 file
[2011-05-15] NEW: added %keywords% for MP4 files.
[2011-05-15] NEW: added support for preserving unknown MP4 atoms when writing tags.
[2011-05-04] NEW: added cover-specific %_cover_type% at action Export cover to file.
[2011-05-04] FIX: action Export cover to file duplicated file extension for multiple covers.
[2011-04-18] NEW: support for inbuilt parameters MP3TAGAPP and MP3TAGAPPDATA for $getEnv.
[2011-04-18] CHG: replaced discogs web source by web source based on discogs web service.
[2011-04-07] CHG: updated discogs web source.
[2011-04-03] NEW: added support for wildcards in format string of action Import cover from file.
[2011-04-03] NEW: added support for wildcards in format string of action Import text file.
[2011-04-03] NEW: added %rating winamp% for MP3 files.
[2011-03-26] FIX: possible runtime error when creating new actions.
[2011-03-25] NEW: added %itunesaccount% and %itunespurchasedate% for MP4 files.
[2011-03-22] FIX: $rand was only seeded once per session.
[2011-03-22] FIX: $ifLonger did not work as documented.
[2011-03-21] NEW: added %_video_height%, %_video_width%, and %_video_bitrate% for MP4 video files.
[2011-03-21] NEW: scripting function $getEnv.
[2011-03-21] NEW: support for Unicode encoded web sources scripts.
[2011-03-21] FIX: runtime error at converter preview with empty format string.
[2011-03-20] CHG: removed action type 'Shorten filenames to 64 characters'.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2011-01-23] REL: VERSION 2.48 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2011-01-23] CHG: improved Amazon query handling.
[2011-01-22] CHG: updated Amazon Web Sources.
[2011-01-18] FIX: wildcard matcher for filter expressions occasionally produced runtime errors.
[2010-12-26] FIX: click on helper menu for removing individual tag fields resulted in runtime error
at action 'Merge duplicate fields'.
[2010-12-06] FIX: history at converter 'Text file - Tag' had problems with special characters.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-11-28] REL: VERSION 2.47b (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-11-28] NEW: helper menu for removing individual tag fields, removing all tag fields, and
resetting the tag fields list at tag field selection lists.
[2010-11-28] NEW: menu item for removing all items from history at format string selection lists.
[2010-11-27] FIX: applying changes to M4V files gave file cannot be written error message.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-11-19] REL: VERSION 2.47a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-11-19] FIX: tag field renamings from v2.47 were not applied for some users.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-11-19] REL: VERSION 2.47 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-11-11] NEW: scripting functions $trimLeft, $trimRight, $cutLeft and $cutRight.
[2010-11-10] CHG: menu item 'Actions' moved from 'Converter' to own top-level menu with action
groups as menu items.
[2010-11-08] FIX: scripting function $IfLonger did not always return the correct result.
[2010-11-08] FIX: some tag fields were renamed incorrectly with v2.46d.
[2010-10-26] CHG: updated discogs web source.
[2010-10-23] CHG: handling of Amazon web sources to allow for web sources that do not rely on AWS.
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name BAND to ALBUMARTIST
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name ALBUMSORTORDER to ALBUMSORT
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name ARTISTSORTORDER to ARTISTSORT
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name BANDSORTORDER to ALBUMARTISTSORT
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name COMPOSERSORTORDER to COMPOSERSORT
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name TITLESORTORDER to TITLESORT
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name TVSHOWSORTORDER to TVSHOWSORT
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name ITUNESCOMPILATION to COMPILATION
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name ITUNESPODCAST to PODCAST
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name ITUNESPODCASTCATEGORY to PODCASTCATEGORY
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name ITUNESPODCASTDESC to PODCASTDESC
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name ITUNESPODCASTID to PODCASTID
[2010-10-13] CHG: renamed field name ITUNESPODCASTURL to PODCASTURL
[2010-10-10] CHG: improved splash screen response time.
[2010-10-04] NEW: added support for iTunes U at ITUNESMEDIATYPE MP4 field.
[2010-09-25] FIX: ID3v2 WXXX frames with empty description were not read.
[2010-09-24] NEW: MP4 fields ITUNESCATALOGID and ITUNESHDVIDEO.
[2010-09-21] FIX: dragging columns after resizing restored previous column width.
[2010-09-21] CHG: file extensions is now omitted when using _FILENAME or _ALL at all action types
except 'Replace with regular expression'.
[2010-09-07] FIX: fixed possible runtime error when displaying the extended tag dialog (since
v2.46b).
[2010-08-30] NEW: added M4V to supported file extensions.
[2010-08-22] NEW: added German help file (many thanks to dano!).
[2010-08-22] FIX: filter IS and HAS did not handle umlauts in uppercase correctly.
[2010-08-17] CHG: updated MusicBrainz tag source.
[2010-08-14] CHG: updated discogs tag source.
[2010-08-08] CHG: added workaround for an issue when displaying the extended tag dialog under Wine
1.3.
[2010-08-02] NEW: added support for setting cover type for multiple different covers at once.
[2010-04-22] FIX: closing filter window when in floating state did not reset file view.
[2010-04-22] FIX: moving file where file already exists in target resulted in duplicate entries in
file list.
[2010-04-22] NEW: edit user-defined tool dialog is resizable now.
[2010-04-22] CHG: file path of the currently selected file now displayed at caption of extended tag
dialog.
[2010-04-18] NEW: file list columns can now be rearranged via drag'n'drop.
[2010-04-18] CHG: minor changes in default genre list.
[2010-04-17] FIX: replace did not work in web source scripts if replacement was part of sequence to
be found.
[2010-04-10] FIX: deadlock on files with malformed ID3v2 tags.
[2010-04-09] FIX: undesired behavior when renaming _DIRECTORY through action 'Format value' with a
format string resulting in an empty value.
[2010-04-09] CHG: DATE is not automatically mapped to ID3v2.4 TDRC frame anymore.
[2010-04-04] CHG: updated discogs web source.
[2010-04-03] CHG: changed format of %_replaygain_track_gain% and %_replaygain_album_gain% for
Musepack to difference values.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-03-20] REL: VERSION 2.46a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-03-19] CHG: updated zlib.
[2010-03-19] CHG: obsolete dockbar data was not removed from Windows Registry.
[2010-03-16] FIX: MP4 atom disc was written in a way that caused specific programs (e.g., Android)
to not read the tag.
[2010-03-16] FIX: occasional runtime error while reading tags.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-03-13] REL: VERSION 2.46 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-03-13] FIX: iTunes-specific field Encoding Params was not preserved.
[2010-03-10] FIX: saving tags to files on some NAS drives occasionally did not work.
[2010-03-10] FIX: blanks before extension part in file names were automatically removed at Replace
actions for _FILENAME.
[2010-03-09] CHG: multiple Source fields mapped to same Target field are now merged if they have
the same values.
[2010-03-09] NEW: added dedicated help page for User-defined Field Mappings.
[2010-03-04] FIX: first file deleted from filter results returned to list on filter refresh.
[2010-03-04] FIX: omitted slash character when used at user-defined field mappings.
[2010-03-01] FIX: focus not moved to file list when closing Tag Panel.
[2010-02-28] FIX: update notification also reported beta versions when using latest stable release
(since v2.45a).
[2010-02-27] FIX: keyboard shortcuts for tools Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+0 did not work anymore (since
v2.45c).
[2010-02-27] NEW: Shift key modifier option at 'Remove from history' menu items that empties
history.
[2010-02-27] FIX: shell extension did not resolve symbolic links.
[2010-02-26] CHG: improved copy and paste of tags to multiple files.
[2010-02-22] CHG: performance improvements for MATCHES keyword when filtering using regular
expressions.
[2010-02-21] FIX: $validate removed colons in directory part of parameter instead of using
replacement character.
[2010-02-10] NEW: added Ctrl+Space keyboard shortcut for displaying format string helper menu.
[2010-02-10] FIX: runtime error when clicking the actions drop-down menu after deleting all action
groups.
[2010-02-10] FIX: tag field mappings did not work for APEv2 tagged files.
[2010-02-07] FIX: shell extension did not load directories with dots in their names.
[2010-02-07] NEW: support for %_md5audio% for FLAC files.
[2010-02-06] CHG: dockbar information now always stored in configuration file.
[2010-01-30] NEW: Explorer context menu entry now realized via dedicated shell extension.
[2010-01-21] FIX: placeholder %_md5audio% now only available for audio formats tagged with ID3
and/or APE tags.
[2010-01-21] FIX: placeholder %_counter% was not available at action 'Export cover to file'.
[2010-01-11] NEW: placeholder %_tool% for TAK now contains used TAK encoder version.
[2010-01-11] CHG: extended profile information displayed in %_vbr% for TAK files.
[2010-01-08] CHG: updated TAK decoder library tak_deco_lib.dll to TAK 2.0.0.
[2009-12-24] CHG: user-defined fields are not truncated to 255 characters in MP4 anymore.
[2009-12-24] CHG: now displays technical information of the first audio track in MP4 (instead of
the first track).
[2009-12-20] FIX: menu 'Edit, Select all files' only worked if file list had focus.
[2009-12-20] FIX: sort indicator in file view was not reset if playlists were loaded or files were
added.
[2009-12-20] FIX: removing files from filter result caused files that do not match the filter
expression to be displayed.
[2009-12-13] CHG: COPYRIGHT field now maps to MP4 cprt atom.
[2009-12-13] NEW: added field PRESENT keyword to filter for files that contain a specific field in
their tags.
[2009-12-09] NEW: support for reordering files via drag and drop at Tag Sources dialog.
[2009-12-07] CHG: adjusted MP4 mediatype mappings to reflect changes in iTunes 9.
[2009-12-04] CHG: SUBTITLE at MP4 now contains what previously was ITUNESPODCASTDESC which now
contains the long description.
[2009-12-04] FIX: workaround for MP4 files with unconventional avcC atoms.
[2009-12-02] CHG: updated discogs web source.
[2009-12-02] FIX: runtime error when sorting files after filtering with an invalid filter
expression.
[2009-11-29] CHG: file extension is now not selected when renaming files in file list.
[2009-11-29] CHG: Tag Sources selection dialog now remembers its selection state and sorting of
search results.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-11-27] REL: VERSION 2.45a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-11-25] FIX: some MP4 parsers had problems with additional 0x00 at hdlr atom name.
[2009-11-24] FIX: internal error when last used sorting column was greater than the total number of
enabled columns.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-11-21] REL: VERSION 2.45 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-11-18] FIX: internal selection state was not reset when loading files via drag and drop
(since v2.44a).
[2009-11-15] LNG: Swedish translation reworked by Matthias Stasiak.
[2009-11-08] CHG: removed built-in field mapping from WRITER to COMPOSER at MP4.
[2009-11-07] NEW: hex-encoded HTML entities are now also translated in Tag Sources.
[2009-11-07] FIX: moving files from one directory to another via drag'n'drop resulted in
unresponsive program (since v2.44a).
[2009-11-05] FIX: query strings containing equal or ampersand signs did not work with Amazon Tag
Source.
[2009-11-05] FIX: undo remove or write tag operations sometimes refreshed wrong files in file view
(since v2.44a).
[2009-11-01] FIX: sorting filtered results displayed files that were not matched by the filter
expression.
[2009-11-01] CHG: trailing pipe symbol in fields filled by Tag Sources are now removed.
[2009-10-31] NEW: installer and program now digitally signed.
[2009-10-29] FIX: numerical ID3v2 frames TLEN, TBPM and TDAT were always written in Unicode instead
of ISO-8859-1.
[2009-10-27] CHG: changed %_total% to be empty if there is no total number of tracks stored in the
track field.
[2009-10-24] NEW: added support for multi-line fields (for e.g., Lyrics) in Tag Panel.
[2009-10-23] FIX: lines in M3U playlists consisting of blanks only resulted in the M3U's directory
being loaded.
[2009-10-23] CHG: multiple values of fields in Tag Panel are now also listed in drop-down fields
[2009-10-23] FIX: applying actions on _FILENAME did not always remove invalid characters.
[2009-10-23] FIX: tag panel was not updated after removing files from file list (since v2.44a)
[2009-10-18] FIX: dropping directories from optical drives was always interpreted as add directory
regardless of Ctrl-key state.
[2009-10-18] FIX: action Case Conversion (Sentence) and $caps3 gave different results.
[2009-10-17] FIX: importing covers via Web Sources occasionally resulted in erroneous mimetype
containing charset descriptions.
[2009-10-17] NEW: added MATCHES keyword to filter using regular expressions.
[2009-10-17] FIX: dropping cover art to extended tag dialog stopped working (since v2.44).
[2009-10-12] CHG: empty fields from web source are no longer listed in tag sources dialog.
[2009-10-12] FIX: query strings containing question marks did not work with Amazon Tag Source.
[2009-10-01] FIX: drag'n'drop of non-audio files resulted in blank line in file view (since
v2.44a).
[2009-10-01] FIX: selection was not preserved when sorting in file view (since v2.44a).
[2009-09-26] FIX: spaces in quoted filter strings were ignored.
[2009-09-26] FIX: occasional runtime error on Export (since v2.44a).
[2009-09-26] FIX: selection state did not update after filtering (since v2.44a).
[2009-09-26] FIX: selecting multiple files via Shift+Arrow keys did not set to fields with
different content in Tag Panel (since v2.44a).
[2009-09-25] FIX: saving tags when using arrow keys/single mouse click did not work anymore (since
v2.44a).
[2009-09-25] FIX: selecting multiple files did not set to fields with different content in
Tag Panel (since v2.44a).
[2009-09-25] FIX: fixed $loop(%field%) still limited after $loop(%field%,n) at export.
[2009-09-23] NEW: support for user-defined field name mappings.
[2009-09-23] CHG: updated MusicBrainz web source.
[2009-09-18] FIX: occasional runtime error when writing tags to malformed FLAC files.
[2009-09-18] CHG: improved status reporting when files are added via drag and drop.
[2009-09-18] NEW: added *.flc (used for FLAC in some programs) to list of supported file
extensions.
[2009-09-16] CHG: converter 'Text file - Tag' now runs in separate thread with progress dialog.
[2009-09-13] FIX: fixed resizing issue at convert dialogs.
[2009-09-08] CHG: addressed performance issues when reading OGG files with large metadata values.
[2009-09-07] NEW: filter now supports filter expressions.
[2009-09-07] CHG: filtering is now done in separate thread.
[2009-09-03] FIX: occasional runtime error when removing tags from Ogg Vorbis files.
[2009-09-02] NEW: added support for preserving mp3HD correction data.
[2009-09-01] FIX: fixed lost focus after editing via the extended tags dialog.
[2009-08-31] FIX: occasional runtime error when canceling writing operations.
[2009-08-21] CHG: filter now enabled by default.
[2009-08-21] CHG: changed appearance of lists to themed style under Vista and above.
[2009-08-15] CHG: removed German help files.
[2009-08-15] CHG: removed Quick Launch Shortcut installer option for Windows 7 and above.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-08-14] REL: VERSION 2.44 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-08-14] NEW: added MusicBrainz Web Source.
[2009-08-14] NEW: added Cover-only Amazon Web Sources.
[2009-08-14] NEW: added F2 keyboard shortcut for editing in Tag Sources dialog.
[2009-08-14] FIX: fixed UI glitches when editing long titles at Tag Sources dialog.
[2009-08-14] NEW: Windows 7 now officially supported.
[2009-08-13] CHG: changelog now English-only.
[2009-08-12] FIX: fixed problem with entering certain polish characters where AltGr (right Alt) key
was involved.
[2009-08-12] CHG: improvements for keyboard navigation at extended tags dialog.
[2009-08-12] FIX: action Case Conversion on Vorbis Comments field names did not take Date, Year,
and Organization into account.
[2009-08-11] CHG: added reporting of ID3v2 parsing errors as !BAD ID3v2 in tag field.
[2009-08-11] FIX: pasting a non-existent directory to the directory switcher resulted in a phantom
file.
[2009-08-10] CHG: added Amazon API signing.
[2009-08-10] CHG: added *.jpeg to supported file extensions for displaying cover art from
directories.
[2009-08-10] FIX: fixed wrong splitting of artist names containing slash characters for freedb web
search.
[2009-07-19] CHG: workaround for Firefox 3.5 dragged images always reported as BMP files.
[2009-07-19] FIX: possible runtime error with Ogg Vorbis cover art.
[2009-07-19] FIX: action 'Export cover to file' stopped working (since v2.43b).
[2009-07-19] FIX: command-line parameter /fp on non-existent directory loads all tracks of upper
directory.
[2009-07-11] CHG: updated used TAK SDK to version 1.1.1.
[2009-07-11] FIX: fields greater than 255 characters were not truncated in MP4 tags.
[2009-07-11] NEW: support for cover art for Ogg Vorbis files.
[2009-07-11] FIX: random runtime error when starting Mp3tag with multiple files from the Explorer
context menu.
[2009-07-04] CHG: increased number of possible user-defined tools.
[2009-07-04] FIX: pressing 'Cancel' on write-protected files did not cancel to complete tag-writing
process but only skipped the protected file.
[2009-07-04] CHG: unlocalized strings now defaulting to English.
[2009-07-04] FIX: minor fixes regarding file path canonicalization and validation.
[2009-06-30] FIX: removing fields by writing empty values was not possible anymore (since 2.43a).
[2009-06-28] NEW: support for Musepack SV8.
[2009-06-26] CHG: updated internal value mapping for MediaMonkey rating field RATING MM to address
changes in MM 3.1.
[2009-06-19] FIX: occasional runtime error while parsing ill-formed UFID frames in ID3v2 tags.
[2009-06-07] FIX: scripting functions used at 'Replace with' of action 'Replace with regular
expressions' were not evaluated anymore (since v2.43).
[2009-06-06] FIX: action 'Merge duplicate fields' merged all fields instead of only given one.
[2009-06-06] CHG: action 'Merge duplicate fields' now also takes _ALL as field name to merge all
fields.
[2009-06-05] FIX: overflow with negative values as second parameter for $num scripting function.
[2009-06-05] FIX: action 'Convert codepage' did not work in some cases.
[2009-05-12] NEW: multiple-valued fields can now also be created via 'Format value' actions (values
separated by \\).
[2009-05-11] NEW: field %_cover_type% containing cover type of first embedded cover art.
[2009-05-11] FIX: adding cover art via drag and drop was not possible anymore after modifying tag
panel fields via 'Options > Tag Panel'.
[2009-05-11] NEW: multiple-valued fields can now also be created via direct editing in the file
view (values separated by \\).
[2009-05-10] FIX: updated discogs.com web source.
[2009-05-09] CHG: preventing accidentally hiding of columns in the file view.
[2009-04-30] FIX: internal changes to prevent runtime errors on invalid file paths.
[2009-04-10] NEW: option 'Correct aspect ratio' at right-click menu of cover art window.
[2009-04-08] FIX: previous installation directory was not remembered by the installation program.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-03-28] REL: VERSION 2.43 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-03-26] CHG: Ctrl+A in Tag Panel edit fields now selects all text.
[2009-03-26] NEW: added support for ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) information fields (bitrate,
codec, ...).
[2009-03-18] LNG: Hebrew language file.
[2009-03-10] CHG: renamed PERFORMERSORTORDER to ARTISTSORTORDER.
[2009-03-10] FIX: action 'Format value' with $regexp resulted in duplication of existing dollar
signs in value.
[2009-03-09] FIX: text in Tag Panel fields was always selected if panel was resized.
[2009-03-08] NEW: added functions SayNextNumber, SayNextWord, SayNewline, SayRegexp und Unspace for
Web Sources Framework.
[2009-03-08] CHG: Genre field at 'Options > Tag Panel > Default values' now editable.
[2009-03-03] FIX: aspect ratio was not kept when displaying cover art that exceeded the size of the
cover art window.
[2009-02-28] CHG: internal undo buffer gets reset when changing directories now.
[2009-02-28] NEW: keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Tab and Shift+Ctrl+Tab for fast navigation between
sub-windows.
[2009-02-26] FIX: overflow at total size in status bar for large archives.
[2009-02-11] CHG: improved performance at creating local freedb indexes.
[2009-02-11] CHG: year field now accepts input longer than 4 characters.
[2009-02-08] NEW: added mappings for WM/AlbumSortOrder, WM/ArtistSortOrder, and WM/TitleSortOrder
for WMA tags.
[2009-02-08] NEW: more size-efficient layout of Tag Panel in horizontal mode.
[2009-02-08] NEW: option to hide the directory switcher from the Tag Panel.
[2009-02-03] LNG: Danish language file.
[2009-01-30] FIX: fixed several issues with handling multiple values for WMA tag fields.
[2009-01-13] NEW: notification dialog if files referenced in a playlist cannot be read.
[2008-12-31] NEW: support for %_total_files% in SearchBy part of Web Sources.
[2008-12-30] FIX: minor UI glitch with line cursor at Tag Sources menu.
[2008-12-30] CHG: extended list of default columns for initial installations.
[2008-12-30] CHG: extended fields Album Artist, Composer, and Discnumber are now displayed in Tag
Panel (see 'Options > Tag Panel' for configuration).
[2008-12-30] FIX: preview at 'Text file - Tag' ignored blank lines.
[2008-12-30] FIX: TVEPISODE and TVSEASON set by iTunes were not read.
[2008-12-24] FIX: some genres from the extended list of ID3v1 genres were not allowed as standard
genres in MP4 tags.
[2008-12-24] LNG: Ukrainian language file.
[2008-12-28] LNG: Vietnamese language file.
[2008-12-12] CHG: consistently removing empty tag fields when saving tags now.
[2008-12-05] FIX: column presets were not included in backup via 'File > Save configuration'.
[2008-12-05] CHG: column presets are now stored in %APPDATA%\Mp3tag\data\columns.
[2008-11-30] FIX: improved error handling for 0 bytes sized files.
[2008-11-24] FIX: improved error handling for broken APIC frames.
[2008-11-22] NEW: option to check for updates on program startup.
[2008-11-22] NEW: function sayuntilml for web sources framework.
[2008-11-16] FIX: runtime error while trying to read empty ID3v2 UFID frames.
[2008-11-09] CHG: updated discogs tag source.
[2008-11-06] FIX: lost keyboard focus after removing last cover via extended tag dialog.
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2008-10-25] REL: VERSION 2.42 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008)
------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2008-10-14] LNG: Belarusian language file.
[2008-10-14] FIX: calculation of bitrate at APE files ignored APEv2 tag size.
[2008-10-14] FIX: cancel option at Tag Sources was ignored when asking whether existing cover in
directory should be overwritten.
[2008-09-26] FIX: undo rename overwrote tag of current visible files in some rare error cases.
[2008-09-21] NEW: MP4 fields ITUNESMEDIATYPE, TVEPISODEID, TVNETWORK, TVSEASON and TVEPISODE.
[2008-09-17] FIX: runtime error when undoing operations for files where file name contained percent
character.
[2008-09-13] CHG: SHOW and SHOWSORTORDER MP4 tags renamed to TVSHOW and TVSHOWSORTORDER.
[2008-09-13] CHG: memory consumption improvements for large music libraries with cover art.
[2008-08-12] NEW: action type 'Split fields by separator'
[2008-08-11] NEW: tag sources dialogs now with Back buttons.
[2008-08-06] FIX: changing cover to 'Back cover' was ignored at MP4s with Nero Digital tags.
[2008-08-02] FIX: binary ID3v2 UFID frames were not read and preserved correctly.
[2008-08-02] FIX: fixed wrong button state at column configuration dialog.
[2008-07-30] NEW: support for drag'n'drop of cover art from Mp3tag.
[2008-07-26] NEW: support for padding in Ogg Vorbis files to improve tag writing performance.
[2008-07-25] CHG: removing and deleting of files now separated into different menu items.
[2008-07-24] FIX: possible crash caused by ill-formatted action files.
[2008-07-16] CHG: installer information is now stored at HKLM or HKCU in Windows Registry based on
user privileges.
[2008-07-06] FIX: minor issues with displaying of error messages.
[2008-07-05] NEW: type and description of cover art can now also be set via the Tag Sources dialog.
[2008-07-02] NEW: support for Ogg Vorbis files with OGA file extension.
[2008-07-02] FIX: drag'n'drop of cover art from Firefox 3 did not work.
[2008-05-30] FIX: installer ignored different user-defined start-menu folder.
[2008-05-30] FIX: 'Edit > Undo' was not activated in all cases.
[2008-05-30] FIX: fixed possible deadlock situation at action 'Remove fields except'.
[2008-05-28] FIX: playcounter of ID3v2 POPM frame was written to the wrong byte.
[2008-05-27] NEW: context menu for cover-related functions now also available at the extended tags
dialog.
[2008-05-18] NEW: scripting functions $meta(x), $meta(x,n), and $meta_sep(x,sep).
[2008-05-18] CHG: fields with multiple matching values are now displayed individually at the
extended tags dialog also for multiple files.
[2008-05-17] FIX: progress bar showed wrong status in some cases when reading multiple directories
from Explorer.
[2008-05-17] FIX: runtime error under Windows Vista at accessing MP3 files that have been moved
outside of Mp3tag.
[2008-05-17] FIX: horizontal scrollbar wasn't displayed after changing columns on some systems.
[2008-05-17] NEW: description of cover art can now be changed via the context menu of the cover art
display in the main view.
[2008-05-17] NEW: type of cover art can now be changed via the context menu of the cover art
display in the main view.
[2008-05-17] NEW: type of cover art is now displayed in the main view.
[2008-05-17] CHG: open and save dialogs are resizeable now.
[2008-05-10] FIX: arrow symbol for helper menu at 'Tag - Filename' was not displayed on some
systems.
[2008-05-06] CHG: handling of Ctrl+A in edit fields to select all text.
[2008-05-06] CHG: line breaks in multi-line edit fields now via Ctrl+Return.
[2008-05-04] NEW: added _FOLDERPATH filtering option.
[2008-05-04] CHG: filtering by _PATH uses the complete file path now.
[2008-05-04] FIX: deleting files with Ctrl+Del sometimes only removed them from the file list.
[2008-05-01] FIX: some actions created empty tag fields if applied to non-existing tag fields with
the same name.
[2008-05-01] CHG: line breaks in ID3v2 comments now CR LF (0x0D 0x0A) instead of 0x0A for
compatibility reasons.
[2008-04-22] CHG: Mp3tag now ignores the tag alter preservation flag in ID3v2 frames.
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CHG: change
FIX: bugfix
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