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  32 <h1 class="title">LameXP Audio-Encoder Front-End – Changelog</h1>
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  34 <nav id="TOC">
  35 <ul>
  36 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.xx-history"><span class="toc-section-number">1</span> LameXP v4.xx History</a><ul>
  37 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.14-2016--">LameXP v4.14 [2016-??-??]</a></li>
  38 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.13-2015-12-12">LameXP v4.13 [2015-12-12]</a></li>
  39 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.12-2015-10-23">LameXP v4.12 [2015-10-23]</a></li>
  40 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.11-2015-04-05">LameXP v4.11 [2015-04-05]</a></li>
  41 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.10-2014-06-23">LameXP v4.10 [2014-06-23]</a></li>
  42 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.09-2014-01-26">LameXP v4.09 [2014-01-26]</a></li>
  43 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.08-2013-09-04">LameXP v4.08 [2013-09-04]</a></li>
  44 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.07-2013-04-28">LameXP v4.07 [2013-04-28]</a></li>
  45 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.06-2012-11-04">LameXP v4.06 [2012-11-04]</a></li>
  46 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.05-2012-09-03">LameXP v4.05 [2012-09-03]</a></li>
  47 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.04-2012-04-26">LameXP v4.04 [2012-04-26]</a></li>
  48 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.03-2011-11-12">LameXP v4.03 [2011-11-12]</a></li>
  49 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.02-2011-06-14">LameXP v4.02 [2011-06-14]</a></li>
  50 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.01-2011-04-04">LameXP v4.01 [2011-04-04]</a></li>
  51 <li><a href="#lamexp-v4.00-2011-02-21">LameXP v4.00 [2011-02-21]</a></li>
  52 </ul></li>
  53 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.xx-history"><span class="toc-section-number">2</span> LameXP v3.xx History</a><ul>
  54 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.19-2010-07-12">LameXP v3.19 [2010-07-12]</a></li>
  55 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.18-2010-05-08">LameXP v3.18 [2010-05-08]</a></li>
  56 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.17-2010-02-21">LameXP v3.17 [2010-02-21]</a></li>
  57 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.16-2010-01-26">LameXP v3.16 [2010-01-26]</a></li>
  58 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.15-2009-12-24">LameXP v3.15 [2009-12-24]</a></li>
  59 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.14-2009-12-01">LameXP v3.14 [2009-12-01]</a></li>
  60 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.13-2009-10-21">LameXP v3.13 [2009-10-21]</a></li>
  61 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.12-2009-09-19">LameXP v3.12 [2009-09-19]</a></li>
  62 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.11-2009-06-22">LameXP v3.11 [2009-06-22]</a></li>
  63 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.10-2009-06-11">LameXP v3.10 [2009-06-11]</a></li>
  64 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.09-2009-06-01">LameXP v3.09 [2009-06-01]</a></li>
  65 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.08-2009-03-05">LameXP v3.08 [2009-03-05]</a></li>
  66 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.07-2008-12-24">LameXP v3.07 [2008-12-24]</a></li>
  67 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.06-2008-10-26">LameXP v3.06 [2008-10-26]</a></li>
  68 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.05-2008-10-11">LameXP v3.05 [2008-10-11]</a></li>
  69 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.04-2008-09-26">LameXP v3.04 [2008-09-26]</a></li>
  70 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.03-2008-08-12">LameXP v3.03 [2008-08-12]</a></li>
  71 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.02-2008-08-06">LameXP v3.02 [2008-08-06]</a></li>
  72 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.01-2008-08-01">LameXP v3.01 [2008-08-01]</a></li>
  73 <li><a href="#lamexp-v3.00-2008-07-04">LameXP v3.00 [2008-07-04]</a></li>
  74 </ul></li>
  75 <li><a href="#lamexp-v2.xx-history"><span class="toc-section-number">3</span> LameXP v2.xx History</a><ul>
  76 <li><a href="#lamexp-v2.03-2007-08-17">LameXP v2.03 [2007-08-17]</a></li>
  77 <li><a href="#lamexp-v2.00-2007-02-19">LameXP v2.00 [2007-02-19]</a></li>
  78 </ul></li>
  79 <li><a href="#lamexp-v1.xx-history"><span class="toc-section-number">4</span> LameXP v1.xx History</a><ul>
  80 <li><a href="#lamexp-v1.00-2004-12-10">LameXP v1.00 [2004-12-10]</a></li>
  81 </ul></li>
  82 </ul>
  83 </nav>
  84 <h1 id="lamexp-v4.xx-history"><span class="header-section-number">1</span> LameXP v4.xx History</h1>
  85 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.14-2016--" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.14 [2016-??-??]</h2>
  86 <ul>
  87 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 with Update-2</li>
  88 <li>Fixed the location of temporary intermediate files for SoX-based audio effects</li>
  89 <li>Fixed embedding of meta tags with OggEnc2 when reading directly from OGG/FLAC input file</li>
  90 <li>Enabled the &quot;built-in&quot; resampler for QAAC encoder</li>
  91 <li>The &quot;Algorithm Quality&quot; slider now also affects the QAAC encoder</li>
  92 <li>Added &quot;AVX&quot; (Advanced Vector Extensions) to CPU feature detection code</li>
  93 <li>Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.1.3 and Opus-Tools to v0.1.9 (2016-09-11)</li>
  94 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.100 Alpha-2 (2016-01-29), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
  95 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.88 (2016-08-31), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
  96 <li>Updated QAAC add-in to the to QAAC v2.58 (2016-01-05)</li>
  97 <li>Updated FhgAacEnc add-in to &quot;Case&quot; edition (2015-10-24)</li>
  98 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.23.4 (2016-05-11), compiled with GCC 5.3.0</li>
  99 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to refalac v1.58 (2016-01-05)</li>
 100 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.21 (2016-08-17), compiled with GCC 6.1.0</li>
 101 <li>Improved auto-update function (faster Internet connectivity check)</li>
 102 </ul>
 103 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.13-2015-12-12" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.13 [2015-12-12]</h2>
 104 <ul>
 105 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 with Update-1</li>
 106 <li>Apply the original file's &quot;creation&quot; and &quot;last modified&quot; date/time to the output file (optional)</li>
 107 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to OggEnc v2.88 (2015-09-10), using libvorbis v1.3.5 and aoTuV b6.03_2015</li>
 108 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.78 (2015-10-02), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 109 <li>Fixed resampling bug with Vorbis encoder, regression in OggEnc v2.87</li>
 110 <li>Fixed creation of Monkey's Audio (APE) files, when <strong>no</strong> meta data is being embedded</li>
 111 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 112 </ul>
 113 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.12-2015-10-23" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.12 [2015-10-23]</h2>
 114 <ul>
 115 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 with Update-5</li>
 116 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.7 Final (2015-05-25), compiled with MSVC 12.0</li>
 117 <li>Added support for building LameXP and MUtilities with Visual Studio 2015</li>
 118 <li>Added Hungarian translation, contributed by Zityi's Translator Team &lt;<script type="text/javascript">
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 124 <li>Added optional support for the <em>libfdk-aac</em> encoder, using the <a href="https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac">fdkaac</a> front-end by nu774</li>
 125 <li>Added detection of the <em>64-Bit</em> version of QAAC encoder, requires 64-Bit Apple Application Support</li>
 126 <li>Added enhanced file renaming option: Default file extensions can now be overwritten</li>
 127 <li>Added enhanced file renaming option: Files can now be renamed via the <a href="http://www.regular-expressions.info/quickstart.html">regular expression</a> engine</li>
 128 <li>Added capability to select <em>multiple</em> files on &quot;Source Files&quot; tab</li>
 129 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to OggEnc v2.87 (2015-08-03), using libvorbis v1.3.5 and aoTuV b6.03_2015</li>
 130 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.76 (2015-08-06), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 131 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.22.4 (2015-08-12), compiled with GCC 5.1.0</li>
 132 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to refalac v1.47 (2015-02-15), based on reference implementation by Apple</li>
 133 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.16 (2015-03-24), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 134 <li>Updated WavPack decoder to v4.75.0 (2015-05-25), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 135 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.19 (2015-02-27), compiled with GCC 4.9.2</li>
 136 <li>Fixed potential deadlock in Cue Sheet import dialog when &quot;Browse...&quot; button is clicked</li>
 137 <li>Fixed function to restore the default Temp folder, if custom Temp folder doesn't exist anymore</li>
 138 <li>Fixed parsing of command-line parameters, regression in MUtilities library (LameXP v4.12 RC-1)</li>
 139 <li>QAAC encoder is now using <code>--cvbr</code> instead of <code>--abr</code> when &quot;ABR&quot; mode is selected</li>
 140 <li>Enable the embedding of cover artwork for Opus encoder (opusenc), using the <code>--picture</code> option</li>
 141 <li>Some installer improvements have been implemented (especially in &quot;update&quot; mode)</li>
 142 <li>Full support for Windows 10 RTM (Build #10240)</li>
 143 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 144 </ul>
 145 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.11-2015-04-05" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.11 [2015-04-05]</h2>
 146 <ul>
 147 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 with Update-4</li>
 148 <li>Starting with this version, LameXP is based on the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/mutilities/code/"><em>MUtilities</em></a> library + massive code clean-up</li>
 149 <li>Added support for the <a href="https://github.com/lordmulder/DynamicAudioNormalizer"><em>DynamicAudioNormalizer</em></a> normalization filter</li>
 150 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.7 snapshot-5 (2015-03-25), compiled with MSVC 12.0</li>
 151 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.72 (2015-01-07), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 152 <li>Updated SoX to v14.4.2-Final (2015-02-22), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 153 <li>Updated Opus libraries to v1.1.x and Opus-Tools v0.1.9 to latest Git Master (2015-03-26)</li>
 154 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.22.0 (2015-02-24), compiled with GCC 4.9.2</li>
 155 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to OggEnc v2.87 (2014-07-03), using libvorbis v1.3.4 and aoTuV b6.03_2014</li>
 156 <li>Updated Vorbis decoder to OggDec v1.10.1 (2015-03-19), using libVorbis v1.3.5</li>
 157 <li>Updated FLAC encoder/decoder to v1.3.1 (2014-11-26), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 158 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.18 (2014-06-30), compiled with GCC 4.9.1</li>
 159 <li>Updated QAAC add-in to the latest to QAAC v2.44, including a <a href="https://github.com/nu774/qaac/commit/ad1e0ea9daed076531e96cfa3b82f290ba9eeb20">fix</a> for the <code>--artwork</code> option</li>
 160 <li>Fixed potential crash in Cue Sheet importer (occurred when <em>all</em> input files were missing)</li>
 161 <li>Fixed a severe performance bottleneck, especially with a large number of parallel instances</li>
 162 <li>Fixed a very rare problem that, occasionally, prevented the TEMP folder from being removed</li>
 163 <li>The limit for the maximum number of parallel instances has been increased to 32</li>
 164 <li>Experimental support for Windows 10 Technical Preview</li>
 165 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 166 </ul>
 167 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.10-2014-06-23" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.10 [2014-06-23]</h2>
 168 <ul>
 169 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 with Update-2</li>
 170 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.6 (2014-04-25), compiled with MSVC 12.0</li>
 171 <li>Updated Opus libraries to v1.1.x and Opus-Tools v0.1.8 to latest Git Master (2014-04-13)</li>
 172 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.69 (2014-04-26), compiled with ICL 14.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 173 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.19.0 (2014-03-08), compiled with GCC 4.8.2</li>
 174 <li>Fixed a bug that could cause the cover artwork to be lost under certain circumstances</li>
 175 <li>Fixed &quot;overwrite existing file&quot; mode to NOT delete the input file</li>
 176 <li>Some more tweaks to the LAME algorithm quality selector</li>
 177 <li>Added command-line options to adjust the LameXP font size (see <a href="Manual.html#gui-adjustment-options">Manual</a> for details)</li>
 178 <li>Various bugfixes and code improvements</li>
 179 </ul>
 180 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.09-2014-01-26" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.09 [2014-01-26]</h2>
 181 <ul>
 182 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 RTM</li>
 183 <li>Complete overhaul of the file analyzer, resulting in up to 2.5x faster file import speed</li>
 184 <li>Reworked the application initialization code, resulting in notably faster startup speed</li>
 185 <li>Added encoding support for Monkey's Audio (APE) format, including APEv2 tagging support</li>
 186 <li>Improved file analyzer to retain the original ordering of files imported from a playlist</li>
 187 <li>Improved internal encoder API, so each encoder can define its own configuration options</li>
 188 <li>Improved splash screen and working banner, using &quot;sheet of glass&quot; effect on supported OS</li>
 189 <li>Improved dropbox widget, including proper multi-monitor support</li>
 190 <li>Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.1 and Opus-Tools to v0.1.8 (2013-12-05)</li>
 191 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.12 (2013-06-26)</li>
 192 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.16.0 (2013-10-06), compiled with GCC 4.8.1</li>
 193 <li>Updated WavPack decoder to v4.70.0 (2013-10-19), compiled with ICL 14.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 194 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.67 (2014-01-10), compiled with ICL 14.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 195 <li>Updated GNU Wget binary to v1.14.0 (2012-08-05), compiled with GCC 4.8.1</li>
 196 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.16 (2013-12-13), compiled with GCC 4.8.1</li>
 197 <li>Updated the QAAC add-in for LameXP to QAAC v2.33 (2014-01-14), compiled with MSVC 12.0</li>
 198 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 199 <li>Fixed a resource (file descriptor) leak in &quot;static&quot; builds, didn't cause much harm though</li>
 200 <li>Various bugfixes and code improvements</li>
 201 </ul>
 202 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.08-2013-09-04" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.08 [2013-09-04]</h2>
 203 <ul>
 204 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 with Update-3</li>
 205 <li>Encoder settings (RC mode + bitrate/quality) are now stored separately for each encoder</li>
 206 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.5 (2013-05-31), compiled with MSVC 11.0</li>
 207 <li>Updated FLAC encoder/decoder to v1.3.0 (2013-05-27), compiled with ICL 13.0</li>
 208 <li>Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.1-beta and Opus-Tools to v0.1.6 (2013-07-22)</li>
 209 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.64 (2013-07-05), compiled with ICL 13.1 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 210 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.14 (2013-07-25), compiled with GCC 4.8.1</li>
 211 <li>Updated GNU Wget binary to v1.13.4 (2011-09-17)</li>
 212 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 213 <li>Fixed a potential deadlock during startup when %TMP% points to an invalid folder</li>
 214 <li>Fixed a superfluous &quot;beep&quot; sound that appeared on application startup</li>
 215 <li>Fixed the Ogg Vorbis quality modes &quot;-1&quot; and &quot;-2&quot; (those were clipped to &quot;0&quot; before)</li>
 216 <li>Fixed a bug that could cause the output directory to be reset mistakenly</li>
 217 <li>Implemented &quot;natural order&quot; string comparison/sorting, using strnatcmp() by Martin Pool</li>
 218 </ul>
 219 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.07-2013-04-28" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.07 [2013-04-28]</h2>
 220 <ul>
 221 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 with Update-2</li>
 222 <li>Minimum supported platform now is Windows XP with <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24">Service Pack 3</a></li>
 223 <li>Added option to select the &quot;overwrite mode&quot; to advanced options tab</li>
 224 <li>Added option to filter the log entries on the &quot;processing&quot; dialog (see context menu)</li>
 225 <li>Added &quot;Up One Level&quot; button to the output folder tab</li>
 226 <li>Added Opus decoder option to output always at the native sample rate of 48.000 Hz</li>
 227 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.4 (2012-11-29), compiled with MSVC 11.0</li>
 228 <li>Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.1.x and Opus-Tools to v0.1.6 (2013-04-23)</li>
 229 <li>Updated Valdec decoder (2013-04-07), based on AC3Filter Tools v1.0a</li>
 230 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.15.3 (2013-04-03), compiled with GCC 4.8.0</li>
 231 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.62 (2013-02-22), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 232 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.11 (2013-01-20)</li>
 233 <li>Updated SoX to v14.4.1 (2012-02-09), compiled with ICL 13.0 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 234 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.13, compiled with GCC 4.7.2</li>
 235 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 236 <li>Fixed handling of certain characters when passing meta tags on the command-line</li>
 237 <li>Fixed handling of certain characters when renaming output files</li>
 238 <li>Fixed Keccak library to not crash on systems without SSE/SSE2 support</li>
 239 <li>Fixed LAME algorithm quality selector better match the <a href="http://lame.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lame/lame/doc/html/detailed.html#q">LAME documentation</a></li>
 240 </ul>
 241 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.06-2012-11-04" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.06 [2012-11-04]</h2>
 242 <ul>
 243 <li>Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.0.1 and Opus-Tools to v0.1.5 (2012-09-22)</li>
 244 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.14.4+ (2012-09-24), compiled with GCC 4.7.1</li>
 245 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to refalac v0.56 (2012-10-24), based on reference implementation by Apple</li>
 246 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.3 (2012-09-13), compiled with MSVC 10.0</li>
 247 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.61+ (2012-10-28), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 248 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 249 <li>Fixed a bug with the &quot;Store temporary files in your system's default TEMP director&quot; checkbox</li>
 250 <li>Fixed a buffer overflow in FAAD2 decoder which could cause crashes with very long file names</li>
 251 <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">details #1</a>) (<a href="https://codereview.qt-project.org/35297">details #2</a>)</li>
 252 <li>Reworked the &quot;About...&quot; dialog – now using a custom dialog instead of message boxes</li>
 253 </ul>
 254 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.05-2012-09-03" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.05 [2012-09-03]</h2>
 255 <ul>
 256 <li>Added support for Opus Audio Codec, based on Opus-Tools v0.1.4 (2012-08-16) by Xiph.org/Mozilla</li>
 257 <li>Added Swedish translation, thanks to Åke Engelbrektson <script type="text/javascript">
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 263 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.2 (2012-05-22), compiled with MSVC 10.0</li>
 264 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.14.4 (2012-07-26), compiled with GCC 4.6.1</li>
 265 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.59 (2012-08-08), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 266 <li>Updated optional add-ins for QAAC encoder and FHG AAC encoder (see <a href="Manual.html#qaac-apple-aac-encoder">Manual</a> for details)</li>
 267 <li>Updated DCA Enc to v2 (2012-04-19), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 268 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 269 <li>Implemented multi-threading in file analyzer for faster file import (about 2.5x to 6.0x faster!)</li>
 270 <li>Implemented multi-threading in initialization code for faster application startup</li>
 271 <li>Fixed a potential crash (stack overflow) when adding a huge number of files</li>
 272 <li>Fixed a problem with Cue Sheet import and files that contain trailing dots in their name</li>
 273 <li>Workaround for a bug (feature?) of Qt's command-line parser that screwed up some arguments</li>
 274 </ul>
 275 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.04-2012-04-26" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.04 [2012-04-26]</h2>
 276 <ul>
 277 <li>Added support for the QAAC Encoder, requires QuickTime v7.7.1 or newer (see <a href="Manual.html#qaac-apple-aac-encoder">Manual</a> for details)</li>
 278 <li>Added Chinese and Taiwanese translations, thanks to 456Vv <script type="text/javascript">
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 290 <li>Added CSV export/import for Meta tags (available from the context-menu on the &quot;Source Files&quot; tab)</li>
 291 <li>Added a button to modify the current output folder path in an edit box</li>
 292 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.1 (2012-03-14), compiled with MSVC 10.0</li>
 293 <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">details</a>)</li>
 294 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.56 (2012-04-08), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 295 <li>Updated SoX to to v14.4.0 (2012-03-04), compiled with ICL 12.1.7 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 296 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.6 (2011-03-11), compiled with GCC 4.6.1</li>
 297 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.11 (2011-04-20)</li>
 298 <li>Updated Musepack decoder to revision 475 (2011-08-10), compiled with ICL 12.1.6 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 299 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.12, compiled with GCC 4.6.1</li>
 300 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 301 <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">details</a>)</li>
 302 <li>Run more than four instances in parallel on systems with more than four CPU cores</li>
 303 <li>Improved handling of different character encodings for Playlist and Cue Sheet import</li>
 304 <li>Tweaked directory outline on &quot;output folder&quot; tab for improved performance (hopefully)</li>
 305 <li>Improved LameXP inter-process communication by adding queue support</li>
 306 <li>Workaround for a bug that causes MediaInfo to not detect the duration of Wave files (64-Bit only)</li>
 307 <li>Prevent LameXP from blocking a system shutdown (encoding process is aborted, if necessary)</li>
 308 <li>Improved internal handling of MediaInfo output, including extraction of cover art</li>
 309 <li>Fixed a very rare &quot;live-lock&quot; situation in early initialization code</li>
 310 </ul>
 311 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.03-2011-11-12" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.03 [2011-11-12]</h2>
 312 <ul>
 313 <li>Added an option to rename the output files (based on an user-defined naming pattern)</li>
 314 <li>Added an option to enforce Stereo Downmix for Multi-Channel sources</li>
 315 <li>Added &quot;built-in&quot; WMA decoder (see <a href="http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140273"><em>this</em></a> thread for details) and removed all remnants of &quot;old&quot; decoder</li>
 316 <li>Added optional support for the FHG AAC Encoder included with Winamp 5.62</li>
 317 <li>Added a menu for bookmarking &quot;favorite&quot; output folders to the &quot;output folder&quot; tab</li>
 318 <li>Added an option to hibernate the computer (aka &quot;Suspend-to-Disk&quot;) instead of shutting it down</li>
 319 <li>Added Polish translation, thanks to Sir Daniel K <script type="text/javascript">
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 325 <li>Added channel equalization options to the normalization filter (also fixes multi-channel processing)</li>
 326 <li>Added indicators for current CPU usage, RAM usage and free diskspace to the processing window</li>
 327 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8.0 RC-1 (2011-10-13), compiled with MSVC 10.0</li>
 328 <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">details</a>)</li>
 329 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.4 (2011-09-07), compiled with GCC 4.6.1</li>
 330 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.51 (2011-11-11), compiled with ICL 12.1.6 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 331 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 332 <li>Improved &quot;downmix&quot; filter by using explicit channel mappings for each number of input channels</li>
 333 <li>Fixed a potential bug in CPU type detection that might have caused the wrong binary to be used</li>
 334 <li>Fixed Cue Sheet import for tracks with certain characters in the title</li>
 335 <li>Fixed a bug with &quot;Prepend relative source file path to output file&quot; under certain conditions</li>
 336 <li>Workaround for malicious &quot;anti-virus&quot; programs that prevent innocent applications from functioning</li>
 337 <li>Enabled &quot;Aero Glass&quot; theme in installer and web-update program (Vista and Windows 7 only)</li>
 338 <li>Restored Windows 2000 support with Visual Studio 2010 builds (this is experimental!)</li>
 339 <li>The &quot;Open File(s)&quot; and &quot;Open Folder&quot; dialogs will now remember the most recent directory</li>
 340 <li>Miscellaneous bugfixes</li>
 341 </ul>
 342 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.02-2011-06-14" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.02 [2011-06-14]</h2>
 343 <ul>
 344 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010</li>
 345 <li>Dropping support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP RTM. Windows XP needs (at least) Service-Pack 2 now!</li>
 346 <li>Added Cue Sheet import wizard, which allows splitting and importing tracks from Cue Sheet images</li>
 347 <li>Added ATSC A/52 (AC-3) encoding support, based on Aften encoder v0.0.8+ (Git Master)</li>
 348 <li>Added Avisynth input (audio only!) using 'avs2wav' tool, partly based on code by Jory Stone</li>
 349 <li>Added a method to use custom tools instead of the &quot;built-in&quot; ones (see <a href="Manual.html">Manual</a> for details)</li>
 350 <li>Added an option to copy all meta information of a single file over to the &quot;meta information&quot; tab</li>
 351 <li>Added two new command-line switches: &quot;--add-folder <path>&quot; and &quot;--add-recursive <path>&quot;</li>
 352 <li>Added one new translation: Korean</li>
 353 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.7.3</li>
 354 <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">details</a>)</li>
 355 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using aoTuV Beta-6.03 (2011-05-04), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0</li>
 356 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.3 (2011-04-21), compiled with GCC 4.6.0</li>
 357 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.45 Beta (2011-05-02), compiled with ICL 12.0.3 and MSVC 10.0</li>
 358 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 359 <li>Fixed placement of the Dropbox when the Taskbar is located on the top or on the left side</li>
 360 <li>Improved playlist generation: Generate M3U (Latin-1) or M3U8 (UTF-8) playlist file as required</li>
 361 <li>Only show the most recent 50 items in the &quot;processing&quot; window (for better performance)</li>
 362 <li>Miscellaneous bugfixes</li>
 363 </ul>
 364 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.01-2011-04-04" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.01 [2011-04-04]</h2>
 365 <ul>
 366 <li>Added an option to manually specify the number of parallel instances</li>
 367 <li>Added an option to select a user-defined TEMP directory</li>
 368 <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer as soon as all files are completed</li>
 369 <li>Added an option to add directories recursively</li>
 370 <li>Added support for embedding cover artwork (currently works with LAME, FLAC and Nero AAC only)</li>
 371 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.7.2</li>
 372 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.0.16 (2011-04-04), compiled with ICL 12.0.2</li>
 373 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using aoTuV Beta-6.02 (2011-02-28), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0</li>
 374 <li>Updated TTA decoder multiplatform library to v2.1 (2011-03-11), compiled with MSVC 9.0</li>
 375 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3.2 (2010-02-27), compiled with ICL 12.0.2</li>
 376 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.43 (2011-03-20), compiled with ICL 12.0.2 and MSVC 9.0</li>
 377 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 378 <li>Fixed a problem with the LAME encoder that could cause glitches in the encoded file (VBR mode only)</li>
 379 <li>Fixed a problem with the LAME encoder that could cause very slow encoding speed</li>
 380 <li>Fixed a bug that caused AAC encoding to fail in CBR mode (the &quot;-2pass&quot; parameter was set wrongly)</li>
 381 <li>A warning message will be emitted, if diskspace drops below a critical limit while processing</li>
 382 </ul>
 383 <h2 id="lamexp-v4.00-2011-02-21" class="unnumbered">LameXP v4.00 [2011-02-21]</h2>
 384 <ul>
 385 <li>Complete re-write of LameXP in the C++ programming language</li>
 386 <li>Switched IDE from Delphi 7.0 to Visual Studio 2008 + Qt Framework v4.7.1 (GNU Toolchain not yet)</li>
 387 <li>Added cross-plattfrom support - only Windows and Wine for now, native Linux version planned</li>
 388 <li>Added full Unicode support for file names, meta tags and translations (no more Codepage headaches!)</li>
 389 <li>Added support for Qt Linguist tool, which makes creating/updating translations much easier</li>
 390 <li>Added support for multiple user interface styles, including &quot;Plastique&quot; and &quot;Cleanlooks&quot; themes</li>
 391 <li>Added support for user-defined encoder parameters (please use with care!)</li>
 392 <li>Added support for a true &quot;portable&quot; mode, which will store the configuration in the program folder</li>
 393 <li>Added resampling filter for all encoders, based on SoX</li>
 394 <li>Added simple tone adjustment filter, based on SoX</li>
 395 <li>Added an option to prepend the relative source file path to the output file path</li>
 396 <li>Updated all command-line tools to support Unicode file names, mostly required custom patches</li>
 397 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.0.11 (2011-02-11), compiled with ICL 11.1.065</li>
 398 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using libvorbis v1.3.2 (2010-11-06), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0</li>
 399 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.2 (2011-02-19), compiled with GCC 4.5.2</li>
 400 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.41 (2011-01-24), compiled with ICL 11.1.065</li>
 401 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3.1 (2010-04-11), compiled with MSVC 9.0</li>
 402 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.11, compiled with GCC 4.5.2</li>
 403 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 404 <li>Removed TAK support for now, as their CloseSource(!) tools don't support Unicode file names yet</li>
 405 <li>Removed Volumax tool, as we are using SoX for normalization from now on</li>
 406 <li>Countless minor fixes and improvements (hopefully not too many regressions ^^)</li>
 407 </ul>
 408 <h1 id="lamexp-v3.xx-history"><span class="header-section-number">2</span> LameXP v3.xx History</h1>
 409 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.19-2010-07-12" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.19 [2010-07-12]</h2>
 410 <ul>
 411 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.34 (2010-07-09), compiled with ICL 11.1.065</li>
 412 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.3 (2010-07-11), compiled with GCC 4.6.0</li>
 413 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 414 <li>Fixed decoding of certain invalid WavPack files</li>
 415 </ul>
 416 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.18-2010-05-08" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.18 [2010-05-08]</h2>
 417 <ul>
 418 <li>Added an Unicode-safe &quot;Open&quot; dialog: File names are converted to &quot;short&quot; names if required</li>
 419 <li>Fixed mpg123 decoder to work on Windows 2000 (reported by Tim Womack)</li>
 420 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.4 (2010-03-23), compiled with ICL 11.1.054</li>
 421 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.32 (2010-05-02), compiled with ICL 11.1.065</li>
 422 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.1 (2010-03-31), compiled with GCC 4.4.4</li>
 423 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis decoder to v1.9.7 (2010-03-29), compiled with MSVC 9.0</li>
 424 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 425 </ul>
 426 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.17-2010-02-21" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.17 [2010-02-21]</h2>
 427 <ul>
 428 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v2.0.0 (2010-01-07)</li>
 429 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to v0.2.0 (2009-09-05)</li>
 430 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.28 (2010-02-19), compiled with ICL 11.1.054</li>
 431 <li>Fixed &quot;No Disk&quot; error message box that could appear under certain circumstances</li>
 432 <li>Fixed &quot;...is not responding&quot; error message box that could appear during startup</li>
 433 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements</li>
 434 </ul>
 435 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.16-2010-01-26" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.16 [2010-01-26]</h2>
 436 <ul>
 437 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.3.0 (2009-12-29)</li>
 438 <li>Disable DPI warning on Vista and later, as they handle DPI != 96 much better than WinXP</li>
 439 <li>Updated WavPack decoder to v4.60.1 (2009-11-29)</li>
 440 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.27 (2010-01-04), compiled with ICL 11.1.054</li>
 441 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10b (2009-09-03), compiled with GCC 4.2.1</li>
 442 </ul>
 443 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.15-2009-12-24" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.15 [2009-12-24]</h2>
 444 <ul>
 445 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.1.0 (2009-12-17)</li>
 446 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.10.0 (2009-12-05)</li>
 447 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.26 (2009-12-18), compiled with ICL 11.1.051</li>
 448 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.051</li>
 449 </ul>
 450 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.14-2009-12-01" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.14 [2009-12-01]</h2>
 451 <ul>
 452 <li>Added Suspend and Resume buttons to the processing window</li>
 453 <li>Added another language: Castilian Spanish (Spanish from north/central Spain)</li>
 454 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.2 (2009-11-20)</li>
 455 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.25 (2009-11-13), compiled with ICL 11.1.046</li>
 456 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046</li>
 457 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 458 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.38 to v3.39 (2009-11-05)</li>
 459 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements</li>
 460 </ul>
 461 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.13-2009-10-21" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.13 [2009-10-21]</h2>
 462 <ul>
 463 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.046</li>
 464 <li>Updated FLAC encoder to v1.2.1b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046</li>
 465 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.23 (2009-10-16), using statically linked build (MSVC 9.0)</li>
 466 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01)</li>
 467 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v1.1.2 (2009-07-27)</li>
 468 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.1 (2009-10-09)</li>
 469 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 470 <li>Updated the Splash screen and modified the sound that plays on very first launch</li>
 471 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.34 to v3.38 (2009-08-27)</li>
 472 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10 (2009-09-02)</li>
 473 </ul>
 474 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.12-2009-09-19" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.12 [2009-09-19]</h2>
 475 <ul>
 476 <li>Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output</li>
 477 <li>Added progress display for individual files (for the &quot;encoding&quot; step only)</li>
 478 <li>Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU</li>
 479 <li>Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!)</li>
 480 <li>Added an option to analyze media files (powered by MediaInfo™)</li>
 481 <li>Added experimental support for Windows 7 taskbar progress indicator and overlay icons</li>
 482 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-05), compiled with ICL 11.0</li>
 483 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.21 (2009-09-04), using statically linked build</li>
 484 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.0 (2009-08-14)</li>
 485 <li>Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)</li>
 486 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3b (2009-09-19)</li>
 487 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)</li>
 488 <li>Fixed a number of minor glitches</li>
 489 </ul>
 490 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.11-2009-06-22" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.11 [2009-06-22]</h2>
 491 <ul>
 492 <li>Added options to sort the source files (by title, by filename or by track number)</li>
 493 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 494 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.1 (2009-06-14)</li>
 495 <li>Updated FLAC decoder, now using the ICL 9.1 build of FLAC v1.2.1b</li>
 496 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.17 (statically linked)</li>
 497 <li>Updated the &quot;Normalization&quot; filter to v0.41 (2009-06-16)</li>
 498 <li>Fixed a few minor issues in meta tag processing</li>
 499 </ul>
 500 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.10-2009-06-11" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.10 [2009-06-11]</h2>
 501 <ul>
 502 <li>Added a NSIS-based installer (will be released in addition to the ZIP package)</li>
 503 <li>Added support for the TAK lossless audio format</li>
 504 <li>Added two new languages: Serbian (Latin) and Ukrainian</li>
 505 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 506 <li>Updated MediaInfo to a custom build of v0.7.16 that is statically linked (and removed the DLL)</li>
 507 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.0 RC-3 (2009-06-03)</li>
 508 <li>Updated Musepack decoder to v1.0.0 (2009-04-02) and fixed Musepack VS8 support</li>
 509 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio decoder to v4.06 (2009-03-17)</li>
 510 <li>Updated the &quot;Normalization&quot; filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel</li>
 511 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool</li>
 512 <li>Fixed a few minor issues and refactored the code</li>
 513 </ul>
 514 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.09-2009-06-01" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.09 [2009-06-01]</h2>
 515 <ul>
 516 <li>Added support for detecting the file type via MediaInfo instead of guessing the type from file extension</li>
 517 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.7.3 (2009-04-27)</li>
 518 <li>Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 (2009-05-13)</li>
 519 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.16.0 (2009-05-20)</li>
 520 <li>Fixed detection of the WMA decoder under certain circumstances (e.g. Windows 7)</li>
 521 </ul>
 522 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.08-2009-03-05" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.08 [2009-03-05]</h2>
 523 <ul>
 524 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.7 (2009-03-04)</li>
 525 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.4 (2009-01-10)</li>
 526 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.11.0 (2009-02-13)</li>
 527 </ul>
 528 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.07-2008-12-24" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.07 [2008-12-24]</h2>
 529 <ul>
 530 <li>Added an option to disable multi-threading on multi-core machines</li>
 531 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.61 (2008-12-24)</li>
 532 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.3 (2008-12-20)</li>
 533 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.8.0 (2008-12-10)</li>
 534 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 535 </ul>
 536 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.06-2008-10-26" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.06 [2008-10-26]</h2>
 537 <ul>
 538 <li>Added a custom build of the mpg123 decoder v1.5.1</li>
 539 <li>Added two more languages: Romanian and Polish</li>
 540 <li>Added support for the ALAC audio format</li>
 541 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.7 (2008-10-17)</li>
 542 <li>Updated AC3 Filter Tools to v0.2a (2008-06-30)</li>
 543 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 544 <li>Fixed and improved &quot;Normalization&quot; filter</li>
 545 <li>Fixed a few minor bugs</li>
 546 </ul>
 547 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.05-2008-10-11" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.05 [2008-10-11]</h2>
 548 <ul>
 549 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.3.3.0</li>
 550 <li>Added option to add an entire directory or an entire directory-tree</li>
 551 <li>Added new languages: Russian, Nederlands, Greek and Hungarian</li>
 552 <li>Added Dropbox for improved Drag&amp;Drop support</li>
 553 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)</li>
 554 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 Final (2008-09-24)</li>
 555 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.6 (2008-09-12)</li>
 556 </ul>
 557 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.04-2008-09-26" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.04 [2008-09-26]</h2>
 558 <ul>
 559 <li>Added support for reading Meta Data from source files (using MediaInfo)</li>
 560 <li>Added support for languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Taiwanese</li>
 561 <li>Added support for WMA, Shorten and TTA files (input only)</li>
 562 <li>Added support for various playlist formats (M3U, PLS, ASX, CueSheet)</li>
 563 <li>Added an option to permanently disable the Shell Intgegration (Explorer Conext Menus)</li>
 564 <li>Added an option to disable the periodic Update Reminder</li>
 565 <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer automatically as soon as all files are completed</li>
 566 <li>Added code to minimize the LameXP window into the taskbar notification area</li>
 567 <li>Added balloon tooltip to inform the user about &quot;hidden&quot; options</li>
 568 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.6 (2008-09-05)</li>
 569 <li>Improved code to handle child processes and capture the console output</li>
 570 </ul>
 571 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.03-2008-08-12" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.03 [2008-08-12]</h2>
 572 <ul>
 573 <li>Added generic support for pre-processing filters</li>
 574 <li>Added &quot;Normalization&quot; filter, based on Volumax by John33</li>
 575 <li>Improved code to add/remove context menus in Window Explorer</li>
 576 <li>Improved code to handle multiple instances of LameXP</li>
 577 </ul>
 578 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.02-2008-08-06" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.02 [2008-08-06]</h2>
 579 <ul>
 580 <li>Added support for new input format: MPEG Audio Layer-2 (mp2)</li>
 581 <li>Added option to choose a custom TEMP folder</li>
 582 </ul>
 583 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.01-2008-08-01" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.01 [2008-08-01]</h2>
 584 <ul>
 585 <li>Added an option to disable all sounds in LameXP</li>
 586 <li>Added warning message for bitrates that violate the current bitrate restriction</li>
 587 <li>Fixed bitrate restrictions for LAME encoder (strictly enforce bitrate restrictions using &quot;-F&quot; parameter)</li>
 588 <li>Fixed file associations code (set file associations only for the current user)</li>
 589 <li>Updated load/save configuration code (store settings in an INI file instead of the registry)</li>
 590 </ul>
 591 <h2 id="lamexp-v3.00-2008-07-04" class="unnumbered">LameXP v3.00 [2008-07-04]</h2>
 592 <ul>
 593 <li>Added support for Nero's AAC Encoder (not included, available as free download from Nero website)</li>
 594 <li>Added support for more input formats: Wave, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC/MP4, FLAC, Speex, WavPack, Musepack, Monkey's Audio</li>
 595 <li>Added support for uncompressed Wave output</li>
 596 <li>Added support for Multi-Threading (use multiple instances for batch processing)</li>
 597 <li>Added shell integration for Windows Explorer (Context-Menus and &quot;Send To&quot; folder)</li>
 598 <li>Added commandline support: LameXP.exe -add <File 1> [<File 2> ... <File N>]</li>
 599 <li>Added Auto-Update utility to periodically check for new updates</li>
 600 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 Final (2008-07-04)</li>
 601 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, aoTuV Beta-5.5 (2008-03-31)</li>
 602 </ul>
 603 <h1 id="lamexp-v2.xx-history"><span class="header-section-number">3</span> LameXP v2.xx History</h1>
 604 <h2 id="lamexp-v2.03-2007-08-17" class="unnumbered">LameXP v2.03 [2007-08-17]</h2>
 605 <ul>
 606 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 to Beta-5 (2007-08-13)</li>
 607 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.84 aoTuV Beta-5 (2007-08-17)</li>
 608 <li>Fixed a bug with 'title' meta tags</li>
 609 <li>Fixed a few typos</li>
 610 </ul>
 611 <h2 id="lamexp-v2.00-2007-02-19" class="unnumbered">LameXP v2.00 [2007-02-19]</h2>
 612 <ul>
 613 <li>Added Ogg Vorbis encoder</li>
 614 <li>Updated LAME encoder to latest builds</li>
 615 <li>Improved progress display (parsing encoder progress from console output now)</li>
 616 <li>Improved ID3-Tag support (now supports &quot;title&quot; and &quot;track&quot; fields)</li>
 617 <li>Added feature to automatically generate playlists (.m3u)</li>
 618 <li>Many bug-fixes and GUI improvements</li>
 619 </ul>
 620 <h1 id="lamexp-v1.xx-history"><span class="header-section-number">4</span> LameXP v1.xx History</h1>
 621 <h2 id="lamexp-v1.00-2004-12-10" class="unnumbered">LameXP v1.00 [2004-12-10]</h2>
 622 <ul>
 623 <li>Does not compute…</li>
 624 </ul>
 625 <p> <br />
 626  <br />
 627 <strong>EOF</strong></p>
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