2 <head><title>LameXP - Version History
</title></head>
4 <h3>LameXP - Version History
</h3><br>
6 Changes between v3.18 and v4.00:
<br><ul>
7 <li>Complete re-write of LameXP in the C++ programming language
8 <li>Switched IDE from Delphi
7.0 to Visual Studio
2008 + Qt Framework v4.7
.1 (GNU Toolchain not yet)
9 <li>Added cross-plattfrom support - only Windows and Wine for now, native Linux version planned
10 <li>Added full Unicode support for file names, meta tags and translations (no more Codepage headaches!)
11 <li>Added support for Qt Linguist tool, which makes creating/updating translations much easier
12 <li>Added support for multiple user interface styles, including
"Plastique" and
"Cleanlooks" themes
13 <li>Added support for user-defined encoder parameters (please use with care!)
14 <li>Added support for a true
"portable" mode, which will store the configuration in the program folder
15 <li>Added resampling filter for all encoders, based on SoX
16 <li>Added simple tone adjustment filter, based on SoX
17 <li>Added an option to prepend the relative source file path to the output file path
18 <li>Updated all command-line tools to support Unicode file names, mostly required custom patches
19 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99
.0.11 (
2011-
02-
11), compiled with ICL
11.1.065
20 <li>Updated OggEnc v2.87 using libvorbis v1.3
.2 (
2010-
11-
06), compiled with ICL
11.1 and MSVC
9.0
21 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13
.2 (
2011-
02-
19), compiled with GCC
4.5.2
22 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.41 (
2011-
01-
24), compiled with ICL
11.1.065
23 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3
.1 (
2010-
04-
11), compiled with MSVC
9.0
24 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4
.11, compiled with GCC
4.5.2
25 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
26 <li>Removed TAK support for now, as their CloseSource(!) tools don't support Unicode file names yet
27 <li>Removed Volumax tool, as we are using SoX for normalization from now on
28 <li>Countless minor fixes and improvements (hopefully not too many regressions ^^)
31 Changes between v3.18 and v3.19:
<br><ul>
32 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.34 (
2010-
07-
09), compiled with ICL
11.1.065
33 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12
.3 (
2010-
07-
11), compiled with GCC
4.6.0
34 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
35 <li>Fixed decoding of certain invalid WavPack files
38 Changes between v3.17 and v3.18:
<br><ul>
39 <li>Added an Unicode-safe
"Open" dialog: File names are converted to
"short" names if required
40 <li>Fixed mpg123 decoder to work on Windows
2000 (reported by Tim Womack)
41 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98
.4 (
2010-
03-
23), compiled with ICL
11.1.054
42 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.32 (
2010-
05-
02), compiled with ICL
11.1.065
43 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12
.1 (
2010-
03-
31), compiled with GCC
4.4.4
44 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis decoder to v1.9
.7 (
2010-
03-
29), compiled with MSVC
9.0
45 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
48 Changes between v3.16 and v3.17:
<br><ul>
49 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v2.0
.0 (
2010-
01-
07)
50 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to v0.2
.0 (
2009-
09-
05)
51 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.28 (
2010-
02-
19), compiled with ICL
11.1.054
52 <li>Fixed
"No Disk" error message box that could appear under certain circumstances
53 <li>Fixed
"...is not responding" error message box that could appear during startup
54 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements
57 Changes between v3.15 and v3.16:
<br><ul>
58 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5
.3.0 (
2009-
12-
29)
59 <li>Disable DPI warning on Vista and later, as they handle DPI !=
96 much better than WinXP
60 <li>Updated WavPack decoder to v4.60
.1 (
2009-
11-
29)
61 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.27 (
2010-
01-
04), compiled with ICL
11.1.054
62 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4
.10b (
2009-
09-
03), compiled with GCC
4.2.1
65 Changes between v3.14 and v3.15:
<br><ul>
66 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5
.1.0 (
2009-
12-
17)
67 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.10
.0 (
2009-
12-
05)
68 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.26 (
2009-
12-
18), compiled with ICL
11.1.051
69 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (
2009-
10-
01), compiled with ICL
11.1.051
72 Changes between v3.13 and v3.14:
<br><ul>
73 <li>Added Suspend and Resume buttons to the processing window
74 <li>Added another language: Castilian Spanish (Spanish from north/central Spain)
75 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9
.2 (
2009-
11-
20)
76 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.25 (
2009-
11-
13), compiled with ICL
11.1.046
77 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (
2009-
10-
01), compiled with ICL
11.1.046
78 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
79 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.38 to v3.39 (
2009-
11-
05)
80 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements
83 Changes between v3.12 and v3.13:
<br><ul>
84 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98
.2 (
2009-
09-
26), compiled with ICL
11.1.046
85 <li>Updated FLAC encoder to v1.2
.1b (
2009-
10-
01), compiled with ICL
11.1.046
86 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.23 (
2009-
10-
16), using statically linked build (MSVC
9.0)
87 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (
2009-
10-
01)
88 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v1.1
.2 (
2009-
07-
27)
89 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9
.1 (
2009-
10-
09)
90 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
91 <li>Updated the Splash screen and modified the sound that plays on very first launch
92 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.34 to v3.38 (
2009-
08-
27)
93 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4
.10 (
2009-
09-
02)
96 Changes between v3.11 and v3.12:
<br><ul>
97 <li>Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
98 <li>Added progress display for individual files (for the
"encoding" step only)
99 <li>Added a SSE2 (Pentium
4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
100 <li>Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!)
101 <li>Added an option to analyze media files (powered by MediaInfo™)
102 <li>Added experimental support for Windows
7 taskbar progress indicator and overlay icons
103 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98
.2 (
2009-
09-
05), compiled with ICL
11.0
104 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.21 (
2009-
09-
04), using statically linked build
105 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9
.0 (
2009-
08-
14)
106 <li>Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-
1 (
2009-
07-
04)
107 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3b (
2009-
09-
19)
108 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
109 <li>Fixed a number of minor glitches
112 Changes between v3.10 and v3.11:
<br><ul>
113 <li>Added options to sort the source files (by title, by filename or by track number)
114 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
115 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8
.1 (
2009-
06-
14)
116 <li>Updated FLAC decoder, now using the ICL
9.1 build of FLAC v1.2
.1b
117 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.17 (statically linked)
118 <li>Updated the
"Normalization" filter to v0.41 (
2009-
06-
16)
119 <li>Fixed a few minor issues in meta tag processing
122 Changes between v3.09 and v3.10:
<br><ul>
123 <li>Added a NSIS-based installer (will be released in addition to the ZIP package)
124 <li>Added support for the TAK lossless audio format
125 <li>Added two new languages: Serbian (Latin) and Ukrainian
126 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
127 <li>Updated MediaInfo to a custom build of v0.7
.16 that is statically linked (and removed the DLL)
128 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8
.0 RC-
3 (
2009-
06-
03)
129 <li>Updated Musepack decoder to v1.0
.0 (
2009-
04-
02) and fixed Musepack VS8 support
130 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio decoder to v4.06 (
2009-
03-
17)
131 <li>Updated the
"Normalization" filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel
132 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool
133 <li>Fixed a few minor issues and refactored the code
136 Changes between v3.08 and v3.09:
<br><ul>
137 <li>Added support for detecting the file type via MediaInfo instead of guessing the type from file extension
138 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.7
.3 (
2009-
04-
27)
139 <li>Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 (
2009-
05-
13)
140 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.16.0 (
2009-
05-
20)
141 <li>Fixed detection of the WMA decoder under certain circumstances (e.g. Windows
7)
144 Changes between v3.07 and v3.08:
<br><ul>
145 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2
.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.7 (
2009-
03-
04)
146 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6
.4 (
2009-
01-
10)
147 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.11.0 (
2009-
02-
13)
150 Changes between v3.06 and v3.07:
<br><ul>
151 <li>Added an option to disable multi-threading on multi-core machines
152 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2
.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.61 (
2008-
12-
24)
153 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6
.3 (
2008-
12-
20)
154 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.8.0 (
2008-
12-
10)
155 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
158 Changes between v3.05 and v3.06:
<br><ul>
159 <li>Added a custom build of the mpg123 decoder v1.5
.1
160 <li>Added two more languages: Romanian and Polish
161 <li>Added support for the ALAC audio format
162 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.7.7 (
2008-
10-
17)
163 <li>Updated AC3 Filter Tools to v0.2a (
2008-
06-
30)
164 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
165 <li>Fixed and improved
"Normalization" filter
166 <li>Fixed a few minor bugs
169 Changes between v3.04 and v3.05:
<br><ul>
170 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.3
.3.0
171 <li>Added option to add an entire directory or an entire directory-tree
172 <li>Added new languages: Russian, Nederlands, Greek and Hungarian
173 <li>Added Dropbox for improved Drag&Drop support
174 <li>Updated language files (big
"thank you" to all contributors !!!)
175 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98
.2 Final (
2008-
09-
24)
176 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.7.6 (
2008-
09-
12)
179 Changes between v3.03 and v3.04:
<br><ul>
180 <li>Added support for reading Meta Data from source files (using MediaInfo)
181 <li>Added support for languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Taiwanese
182 <li>Added support for WMA, Shorten and TTA files (input only)
183 <li>Added support for various playlist formats (M3U, PLS, ASX, CueSheet)
184 <li>Added an option to permanently disable the Shell Intgegration (Explorer Conext Menus)
185 <li>Added an option to disable the periodic Update Reminder
186 <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer automatically as soon as all files are completed
187 <li>Added code to minimize the LameXP window into the taskbar notification area
188 <li>Added balloon tooltip to inform the user about
"hidden" options
189 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2
.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.6 (
2008-
09-
05)
190 <li>Improved code to handle child processes and capture the console output
193 Changes between v3.02 and v3.03:
<br><ul>
194 <li>Added generic support for pre-processing filters
195 <li>Added
"Normalization" filter, based on Volumax by John33
196 <li>Improved code to add/remove context menus in Window Explorer
197 <li>Improved code to handle multiple instances of LameXP
200 Changes between v3.01 and v3.02:
<br><ul>
201 <li>Added support for new input format: MPEG Audio Layer-
2 (mp2)
202 <li>Added option to choose a custom TEMP folder
205 Changes between v3.00 and v3.01:
<br><ul>
206 <li>Added an option to disable all sounds in LameXP
207 <li>Added warning message for bitrates that violate the current bitrate restriction
208 <li>Fixed bitrate restrictions for LAME encoder (strictly enforce bitrate restrictions using
"-F" parameter)
209 <li>Fixed file associations code (set file associations only for the current user)
210 <li>Updated load/save configuration code (store settings in an INI file instead of the registry)
213 Changes between v2.03 and v3.00:
<br><ul>
214 <li>Added support for Nero's AAC Encoder (not included, available as free download from Nero website)
215 <li>Added support for more input formats: Wave, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC/MP4, FLAC, Speex, WavPack, Musepack, Monkey's Audio
216 <li>Added support for uncompressed Wave output
217 <li>Added support for Multi-Threading (use multiple instances for batch processing)
218 <li>Added shell integration for Windows Explorer (Context-Menus and
"Send To" folder)
219 <li>Added commandline support: LameXP.exe -add
<File
1> [
<File
2> ...
<File N
>]
220 <li>Added Auto-Update utility to periodically check for new updates
221 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 Final (
2008-
07-
04)
222 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, aoTuV Beta-
5.5 (
2008-
03-
31)
225 Changes between v2.00 and v2.03:
<br><ul>
226 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 to Beta-
5 (
2007-
08-
13)
227 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.84 aoTuV Beta-
5 (
2007-
08-
17)
228 <li>Fixed a bug with 'title' meta tags
229 <li>Fixed a few typos
232 Changes between v1.xx and v2.00:
<br><ul>
233 <li>Added Ogg Vorbis encoder
234 <li>Updated LAME encoder to latest builds
235 <li>Improved progress display (parsing encoder progress from console output now)
236 <li>Improved ID3-Tag support (now supports
"title" and
"track" fields)
237 <li>Added feature to automatically generate playlists (.m3u)
238 <li>Many bug-fixes and GUI improvements