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  18 <h3>LameXP - Version History</h3><br>
  19
  20 <a name="4.07"></a>Changes between v4.06 and v4.07 [2013-04-28]:<br><ul>
  21 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 with Update-2
  22 <li>Minimum supported platform now is Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24" target="_blank">download</a>)
  23 <li>Added option to select the "overwrite mode" to advanced options tab
  24 <li>Added option to filter the log entries on the "processing" dialog (see context menu)
  25 <li>Added "Up One Level" button to the output folder tab
  26 <li>Added Opus decoder option to output always at the native sample rate of 48.000 Hz
  27 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.4 (2012-11-29), compiled with MSVC 11.0
  28 <li>Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.1.x and Opus-Tools to v0.1.6 (2013-04-23)
  29 <li>Updated Valdec decoder (2013-04-07), based on AC3Filter Tools v1.0a
  30 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.15.3 (2013-04-03), compiled with GCC 4.8.0
  31 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.62 (2013-02-22), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0
  32 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.11 (2013-01-20)
  33 <li>Updated SoX to to v14.4.1 (2012-02-09), compiled with ICL 13.0 and MSVC 10.0
  34 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.13, compiled with GCC 4.7.2
  35 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
  36 <li>Fixed handling of certain characters when passing meta tags on the command-line
  37 <li>Fixed handling of certain characters when renaming output files
  38 <li>Fixed Keccak library to not crash on systems without SSE/SSE2 support
  39 <li>Fixed LAME algorithm quality selector better match the LAME documentation (<a href="http://lame.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lame/lame/doc/html/detailed.html#q" target="_blank">link</a>)
  40 </ul><br>
  41
  42 <a name="4.06"></a>Changes between v4.05 and v4.06 [2012-11-04]:<br><ul>
  43 <li>Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.0.1 and Opus-Tools to v0.1.5 (2012-09-22)
  44 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.14.4+ (2012-09-24), compiled with GCC 4.7.1
  45 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to refalac v0.56 (2012-10-24), based on reference implementation by Apple
  46 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.3 (2012-09-13), compiled with MSVC 10.0
  47 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.61+ (2012-10-28), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0
  48 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
  49 <li>Fixed a bug with the "Store temporary files in your system's default TEMP director" checkbox
  50 <li>Fixed a buffer overflow in FAAD2 decoder which could cause crashes with very long file names
  51 <li>Fixed a regression in Qt v4.8.3 that broke Drag&amp;Drop support (<a href="https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-27265" target="_blank">details #1</a>) (<a href="https://codereview.qt-project.org/35297" target="_blank">details #2</a>)
  52 <li>Reworked the "About..." dialog &ndash; now using a custom dialog instead of message boxes
  53 </ul><br>
  54
  55 <a name="4.05"></a>Changes between v4.04 and v4.05 [2012-09-03]:<br><ul>
  56 <li>Added support for Opus Audio Codec, based on Opus-Tools v0.1.4 (2012-08-16) by Xiph.org/Mozilla
  57 <li>Added Swedish translation, thanks to Åke Engelbrektson &lt;eson57@gmail.com&gt;
  58 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.2 (2012-05-22), compiled with MSVC 10.0
  59 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.14.4 (2012-07-26), compiled with GCC 4.6.1
  60 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.59 (2012-08-08), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0
  61 <li>Updated optional add-ins for QAAC encoder and FHG AAC encoder (see <a href="FAQ.html#71a113b0" target="_blank">FAQ doc</a> for details)
  62 <li>Updated DCA Enc to v2 (2012-04-19), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0
  63 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
  64 <li>Implemented multi-threading in file analyzer for faster file import (about 2.5x to 6.0x faster!)
  65 <li>Implemented multi-threading in initialization code for faster application startup
  66 <li>Fixed a potential crash (stack overflow) when adding a huge number of files
  67 <li>Fixed a problem with Cue Sheet import and files that contain trailing dots in their name
  68 <li>Workaround for a bug (feature?) of Qt's command-line parser that screwed up some arguments
  69 </ul><br>
  70
  71 <a name="4.04"></a>Changes between v4.03 and v4.04 [2012-04-26]:<br><ul>
  72 <li>Added support for the QAAC Encoder, requires QuickTime v7.7.1 or newer (see <a href="FAQ.html#71a113b0" target="_blank">FAQ doc</a> for details)
  73 <li>Added Chinese and Taiwanese translations, thanks to 456Vv &lt;123@456vv.com&gt;
  74 <li>Added experimental support for DCA Enc, created by Alexander E. Patrakov &lt;patrakov@gmail.com&gt;
  75 <li>Added CSV export/import for Meta tags (available from the context-menu on the "Source Files" tab)
  76 <li>Added a button to modify the current output folder path in an edit box
  77 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.1 (2012-03-14), compiled with MSVC 10.0
  78 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.5 Final (2012-02-28), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0 (<a href="http://lame.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lame/lame/doc/html/history.html?revision=1.139" target="_blank">details</a>)
  79 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.56 (2012-04-08), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0
  80 <li>Updated SoX to to v14.4.0 (2012-03-04), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0
  81 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.6 (2011-03-11), compiled with GCC 4.6.1
  82 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.11 (2011-04-20)
  83 <li>Updated Musepack decoder to revision 475 (2011-08-10), compiled with ICL 12.1.6 and MSVC 10.0
  84 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.12, compiled with GCC 4.6.1
  85 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
  86 <li>Implemented coalescing of update signals to reduce the CPU usage of the LameXP process (<a href="http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1539631&amp;postcount=507" target="_blank">details</a>)
  87 <li>Run more than four instances in parallel on systems with more than four CPU cores (<a href="FAQ.html#89cbd3d0" target="_blank">details</a>)
  88 <li>Improved handling of different character encodings for Playlist and Cue Sheet import
  89 <li>Tweaked directory outline on "output folder" tab for improved performance (hopefully)
  90 <li>Improved LameXP inter-process communication by adding queue support
  91 <li>Workaround for a bug that causes MediaInfo to not detect the duration of Wave files (64-Bit only)
  92 <li>Prevent LameXP from blocking a system shutdown (encoding process is aborted, if necessary)
  93 <li>Improved internal handling of MediaInfo output, including extraction of cover art
  94 <li>Fixed a very rare "live-lock" situation in early initialization code
  95 </ul><br>
  96
  97 <a name="4.03"></a>Changes between v4.02 and v4.03 [2011-11-12]:<br><ul>
  98 <li>Added an option to rename the output files (based on an user-defined naming pattern)
  99 <li>Added an option to enforce Stereo Downmix for Multi-Channel sources
 100 <li>Added "built-in" WMA decoder (see <a href="http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140273">this</a> thread for details) and removed all remnants of "old" decoder
 101 <li>Added optional support for the FHG AAC Encoder included with Winamp 5.62 (see <a href="FAQ.html#71a113b0" target="_blank">FAQ doc</a> for details)
 102 <li>Added a menu for bookmarking "favorite" output folders to the "output folder" tab
 103 <li>Added an option to hibernate the computer (aka "Suspend-to-Disk") instead of shutting it down
 104 <li>Added Polish translation, thanks to Sir Daniel K &lt;sir.daniel.k@gmail.com&gt;
 105 <li>Added channel equalization options to the normalization filter (also fixes multi-channel processing)
 106 <li>Added indicators for current CPU usage, RAM usage and free diskspace to the processing window
 107 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.0 RC-1 (2011-10-13), compiled with MSVC 10.0
 108 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.1 Final (2011-11-05), compiled with ICL 12.1.6 and MSVC 10.0 (<a href="http://lame.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lame/lame/doc/html/history.html?revision=1.133" target="_blank">details</a>)
 109 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.4 (2011-09-07), compiled with GCC 4.6.1
 110 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.51 (2011-11-11), compiled with ICL 12.1.6 and MSVC 10.0
 111 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 112 <li>Improved "downmix" filter by using explicit channel mappings for each number of input channels
 113 <li>Fixed a potential bug in CPU type detection that might have caused the wrong binary to be used
 114 <li>Fixed Cue Sheet import for tracks with certain characters in the title
 115 <li>Fixed a bug with "Prepend relative source file path to output file" under certain conditions
 116 <li>Workaround for malicious "anti-virus" programs that prevent innocent applications from functioning
 117 <li>Enabled "Aero Glass" theme in installer and web-update program (Vista and Windows 7 only)
 118 <li>Restored Windows 2000 support with Visual Studio 2010 builds (this is experimental!)
 119 <li>The "Open File(s)" and "Open Folder" dialogs will now remember the most recent directory
 120 <li>Miscellaneous bugfixes
 121 </ul><br>
 122
 123 <a name="4.02"></a>Changes between v4.01 and v4.02 [2011-06-14]:<br><ul>
 124 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
 125 <li>Dropping support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP RTM. Windows XP needs (at least) Service-Pack 2 now!
 126 <li>Added Cue Sheet import wizard, which allows splitting and importing tracks from Cue Sheet images
 127 <li>Added ATSC A/52 (AC-3) encoding support, based on Aften encoder v0.0.8+ (Git Master)
 128 <li>Added Avisynth input (audio only!) using 'avs2wav' tool, partly based on code by Jory Stone
 129 <li>Added a method to use custom tools instead of the "built-in" ones (see <a href="FAQ.html#3d6684e9" target="_blank">FAQ doc</a> for details)
 130 <li>Added an option to copy all meta information of a single file over to the "meta information" tab
 131 <li>Added two new command-line switches: "--add-folder &lt;path&gt;" and "--add-recursive &lt;path&gt;"
 132 <li>Added one new translation: Korean
 133 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.7.3
 134 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.1.0 (2011-04-15), compiled with ICL 12.0.3 and MSVC 10.0 (<a href="http://lame.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lame/lame/doc/html/history.html?revision=1.127" target="_blank">details</a>)
 135 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using aoTuV Beta-6.03 (2011-05-04), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0
 136 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.3 (2011-04-21), compiled with GCC 4.6.0
 137 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.45 Beta (2011-05-02), compiled with ICL 12.0.3 and MSVC 10.0
 138 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 139 <li>Fixed placement of the Dropbox when the Taskbar is located on the top or on the left side
 140 <li>Improved playlist generation: Generate M3U (Latin-1) or M3U8 (UTF-8) playlist file as required
 141 <li>Only show the most recent 50 items in the "processing" window (for better performance)
 142 <li>Miscellaneous bugfixes
 143 </ul><br>
 144
 145 <a name="4.01"></a>Changes between v4.00 and v4.01 [2011-04-04]:<br><ul>
 146 <li>Added an option to manually specify the number of parallel instances
 147 <li>Added an option to select a user-defined TEMP directory
 148 <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer as soon as all files are completed
 149 <li>Added an option to add directories recursively
 150 <li>Added support for embedding cover artwork (currently works with LAME, FLAC and Nero AAC only)
 151 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.7.2
 152 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.0.16 (2011-04-04), compiled with ICL 12.0.2
 153 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using aoTuV Beta-6.02 (2011-02-28), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0
 154 <li>Updated TTA decoder multiplatform library to v2.1 (2011-03-11), compiled with MSVC 9.0
 155 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3.2 (2010-02-27), compiled with ICL 12.0.2
 156 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.43 (2011-03-20), compiled with ICL 12.0.2 and MSVC 9.0
 157 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 158 <li>Fixed a problem with the LAME encoder that could cause glitches in the encoded file (VBR mode only)
 159 <li>Fixed a problem with the LAME encoder that could cause very slow encoding speed
 160 <li>Fixed a bug that caused AAC encoding to fail in CBR mode (the "-2pass" parameter was set wrongly)
 161 <li>A warning message will be emitted, if diskspace drops below a critical limit while processing
 162 </ul><br>
 163
 164 <a name="4.00"></a>Changes between v3.18 and v4.00 [2011-02-21]:<br><ul>
 165 <li>Complete re-write of LameXP in the C++ programming language
 166 <li>Switched IDE from Delphi 7.0 to Visual Studio 2008 + Qt Framework v4.7.1 (GNU Toolchain not yet)
 167 <li>Added cross-plattfrom support - only Windows and Wine for now, native Linux version planned
 168 <li>Added full Unicode support for file names, meta tags and translations (no more Codepage headaches!)
 169 <li>Added support for Qt Linguist tool, which makes creating/updating translations much easier
 170 <li>Added support for multiple user interface styles, including "Plastique" and "Cleanlooks" themes
 171 <li>Added support for user-defined encoder parameters (please use with care!)
 172 <li>Added support for a true "portable" mode, which will store the configuration in the program folder
 173 <li>Added resampling filter for all encoders, based on SoX
 174 <li>Added simple tone adjustment filter, based on SoX
 175 <li>Added an option to prepend the relative source file path to the output file path
 176 <li>Updated all command-line tools to support Unicode file names, mostly required custom patches
 177 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.0.11 (2011-02-11), compiled with ICL 11.1.065
 178 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using libvorbis v1.3.2 (2010-11-06), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0
 179 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.2 (2011-02-19), compiled with GCC 4.5.2
 180 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.41 (2011-01-24), compiled with ICL 11.1.065
 181 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3.1 (2010-04-11), compiled with MSVC 9.0
 182 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.11, compiled with GCC 4.5.2
 183 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 184 <li>Removed TAK support for now, as their CloseSource(!) tools don't support Unicode file names yet
 185 <li>Removed Volumax tool, as we are using SoX for normalization from now on
 186 <li>Countless minor fixes and improvements (hopefully not too many regressions ^^)
 187 </ul><br>
 188
 189 <a name="3.19"></a>Changes between v3.18 and v3.19:<br><ul>
 190 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.34 (2010-07-09), compiled with ICL 11.1.065
 191 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.3 (2010-07-11), compiled with GCC 4.6.0
 192 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 193 <li>Fixed decoding of certain invalid WavPack files
 194 </ul><br>
 195
 196 <a name="3.18"></a>Changes between v3.17 and v3.18:<br><ul>
 197 <li>Added an Unicode-safe "Open" dialog: File names are converted to "short" names if required
 198 <li>Fixed mpg123 decoder to work on Windows 2000 (reported by Tim Womack)
 199 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.4 (2010-03-23), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
 200 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.32 (2010-05-02), compiled with ICL 11.1.065
 201 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.1 (2010-03-31), compiled with GCC 4.4.4
 202 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis decoder to v1.9.7 (2010-03-29), compiled with MSVC 9.0
 203 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 204 </ul><br>
 205
 206 <a name="3.17"></a>Changes between v3.16 and v3.17:<br><ul>
 207 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v2.0.0 (2010-01-07)
 208 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to v0.2.0 (2009-09-05)
 209 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.28 (2010-02-19), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
 210 <li>Fixed "No Disk" error message box that could appear under certain circumstances
 211 <li>Fixed "...is not responding" error message box that could appear during startup
 212 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements
 213 </ul><br>
 214
 215 <a name="3.16"></a>Changes between v3.15 and v3.16:<br><ul>
 216 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.3.0 (2009-12-29)
 217 <li>Disable DPI warning on Vista and later, as they handle DPI != 96 much better than WinXP
 218 <li>Updated WavPack decoder to v4.60.1 (2009-11-29)
 219 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.27 (2010-01-04), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
 220 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10b (2009-09-03), compiled with GCC 4.2.1
 221 </ul><br>
 222
 223 <a name="3.15"></a>Changes between v3.14 and v3.15:<br><ul>
 224 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.1.0 (2009-12-17)
 225 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.10.0 (2009-12-05)
 226 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.26 (2009-12-18), compiled with ICL 11.1.051
 227 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.051
 228 </ul><br>
 229
 230 <a name="3.14"></a>Changes between v3.13 and v3.14:<br><ul>
 231 <li>Added Suspend and Resume buttons to the processing window
 232 <li>Added another language: Castilian Spanish (Spanish from north/central Spain)
 233 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.2 (2009-11-20)
 234 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.25 (2009-11-13), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
 235 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
 236 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 237 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.38 to v3.39 (2009-11-05)
 238 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements
 239 </ul><br>
 240
 241 <a name="3.13"></a>Changes between v3.12 and v3.13:<br><ul>
 242 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
 243 <li>Updated FLAC encoder to v1.2.1b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
 244 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.23 (2009-10-16), using statically linked build (MSVC 9.0)
 245 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01)
 246 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v1.1.2 (2009-07-27)
 247 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.1 (2009-10-09)
 248 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 249 <li>Updated the Splash screen and modified the sound that plays on very first launch
 250 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.34 to v3.38 (2009-08-27)
 251 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
 252 </ul><br>
 253
 254 <a name="3.12"></a>Changes between v3.11 and v3.12:<br><ul>
 255 <li>Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
 256 <li>Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
 257 <li>Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
 258 <li>Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!)
 259 <li>Added an option to analyze media files (powered by MediaInfo™)
 260 <li>Added experimental support for Windows 7 taskbar progress indicator and overlay icons
 261 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-05), compiled with ICL 11.0
 262 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.21 (2009-09-04), using statically linked build
 263 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.0 (2009-08-14)
 264 <li>Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)
 265 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3b (2009-09-19)
 266 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
 267 <li>Fixed a number of minor glitches
 268 </ul><br>
 269
 270 <a name="3.11"></a>Changes between v3.10 and v3.11:<br><ul>
 271 <li>Added options to sort the source files (by title, by filename or by track number)
 272 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 273 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.1 (2009-06-14)
 274 <li>Updated FLAC decoder, now using the ICL 9.1 build of FLAC v1.2.1b
 275 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.17 (statically linked)
 276 <li>Updated the "Normalization" filter to v0.41 (2009-06-16)
 277 <li>Fixed a few minor issues in meta tag processing
 278 </ul><br>
 279
 280 <a name="3.10"></a>Changes between v3.09 and v3.10:<br><ul>
 281 <li>Added a NSIS-based installer (will be released in addition to the ZIP package)
 282 <li>Added support for the TAK lossless audio format
 283 <li>Added two new languages: Serbian (Latin) and Ukrainian
 284 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 285 <li>Updated MediaInfo to a custom build of v0.7.16 that is statically linked (and removed the DLL)
 286 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.0 RC-3 (2009-06-03)
 287 <li>Updated Musepack decoder to v1.0.0 (2009-04-02) and fixed Musepack VS8 support
 288 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio decoder to v4.06 (2009-03-17)
 289 <li>Updated the "Normalization" filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel
 290 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool
 291 <li>Fixed a few minor issues and refactored the code
 292 </ul><br>
 293
 294 <a name="3.09"></a>Changes between v3.08 and v3.09:<br><ul>
 295 <li>Added support for detecting the file type via MediaInfo instead of guessing the type from file extension
 296 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.7.3 (2009-04-27)
 297 <li>Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 (2009-05-13)
 298 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.16.0 (2009-05-20)
 299 <li>Fixed detection of the WMA decoder under certain circumstances (e.g. Windows 7)
 300 </ul><br>
 301
 302 <a name="3.08"></a>Changes between v3.07 and v3.08:<br><ul>
 303 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.7 (2009-03-04)
 304 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.4 (2009-01-10)
 305 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.11.0 (2009-02-13)
 306 </ul><br>
 307
 308 <a name="3.07"></a>Changes between v3.06 and v3.07:<br><ul>
 309 <li>Added an option to disable multi-threading on multi-core machines
 310 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.61 (2008-12-24)
 311 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.3 (2008-12-20)
 312 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.8.0 (2008-12-10)
 313 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 314 </ul><br>
 315
 316 <a name="3.06"></a>Changes between v3.05 and v3.06:<br><ul>
 317 <li>Added a custom build of the mpg123 decoder v1.5.1
 318 <li>Added two more languages: Romanian and Polish
 319 <li>Added support for the ALAC audio format
 320 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.7 (2008-10-17)
 321 <li>Updated AC3 Filter Tools to v0.2a (2008-06-30)
 322 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 323 <li>Fixed and improved "Normalization" filter
 324 <li>Fixed a few minor bugs
 325 </ul><br>
 326
 327 <a name="3.05"></a>Changes between v3.04 and v3.05:<br><ul>
 328 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.3.3.0
 329 <li>Added option to add an entire directory or an entire directory-tree
 330 <li>Added new languages: Russian, Nederlands, Greek and Hungarian
 331 <li>Added Dropbox for improved Drag&amp;Drop support
 332 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
 333 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 Final (2008-09-24)
 334 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.6 (2008-09-12)
 335 </ul><br>
 336
 337 <a name="3.04"></a>Changes between v3.03 and v3.04:<br><ul>
 338 <li>Added support for reading Meta Data from source files (using MediaInfo)
 339 <li>Added support for languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Taiwanese
 340 <li>Added support for WMA, Shorten and TTA files (input only)
 341 <li>Added support for various playlist formats (M3U, PLS, ASX, CueSheet)
 342 <li>Added an option to permanently disable the Shell Intgegration (Explorer Conext Menus)
 343 <li>Added an option to disable the periodic Update Reminder
 344 <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer automatically as soon as all files are completed
 345 <li>Added code to minimize the LameXP window into the taskbar notification area
 346 <li>Added balloon tooltip to inform the user about "hidden" options
 347 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.6 (2008-09-05)
 348 <li>Improved code to handle child processes and capture the console output
 349 </ul><br>
 350
 351 <a name="3.03"></a>Changes between v3.02 and v3.03:<br><ul>
 352 <li>Added generic support for pre-processing filters
 353 <li>Added "Normalization" filter, based on Volumax by John33
 354 <li>Improved code to add/remove context menus in Window Explorer
 355 <li>Improved code to handle multiple instances of LameXP
 356 </ul><br>
 357
 358 <a name="3.02"></a>Changes between v3.01 and v3.02:<br><ul>
 359 <li>Added support for new input format: MPEG Audio Layer-2 (mp2)
 360 <li>Added option to choose a custom TEMP folder
 361 </ul><br>
 362
 363 <a name="3.01"></a>Changes between v3.00 and v3.01:<br><ul>
 364 <li>Added an option to disable all sounds in LameXP
 365 <li>Added warning message for bitrates that violate the current bitrate restriction
 366 <li>Fixed bitrate restrictions for LAME encoder (strictly enforce bitrate restrictions using "-F" parameter)
 367 <li>Fixed file associations code (set file associations only for the current user)
 368 <li>Updated load/save configuration code (store settings in an INI file instead of the registry)
 369 </ul><br>
 370
 371 <a name="3.00"></a>Changes between v2.03 and v3.00:<br><ul>
 372 <li>Added support for Nero's AAC Encoder (not included, available as free download from Nero website)
 373 <li>Added support for more input formats: Wave, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC/MP4, FLAC, Speex, WavPack, Musepack, Monkey's Audio
 374 <li>Added support for uncompressed Wave output
 375 <li>Added support for Multi-Threading (use multiple instances for batch processing)
 376 <li>Added shell integration for Windows Explorer (Context-Menus and "Send To" folder)
 377 <li>Added commandline support: LameXP.exe -add &lt;File 1&gt; [&lt;File 2&gt; ... &lt;File N&gt;]
 378 <li>Added Auto-Update utility to periodically check for new updates
 379 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 Final (2008-07-04)
 380 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, aoTuV Beta-5.5 (2008-03-31)
 381 </ul><br>
 382
 383 <a name="2.03"></a>Changes between v2.00 and v2.03:<br><ul>
 384 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 to Beta-5 (2007-08-13)
 385 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.84 aoTuV Beta-5 (2007-08-17)
 386 <li>Fixed a bug with 'title' meta tags
 387 <li>Fixed a few typos
 388 </ul><br>
 389
 390 <a name="2.00"></a>Changes between v1.xx and v2.00:<br><ul>
 391 <li>Added Ogg Vorbis encoder
 392 <li>Updated LAME encoder to latest builds
 393 <li>Improved progress display (parsing encoder progress from console output now)
 394 <li>Improved ID3-Tag support (now supports "title" and "track" fields)
 395 <li>Added feature to automatically generate playlists (.m3u)
 396 <li>Many bug-fixes and GUI improvements
 397 </ul><br>
 398
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