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   4 <h3>LameXP - Version History</h3><br>
   5
   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 v3.99.0.10 (2010-11-15), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
  20 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.1 (2011-01-06), compiled with GCC 4.5.2
  21 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.41 (2011-01-24), compiled with ICL 11.1.065
  22 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3.1 (2010-04-11), compiled with MSVC 9.0
  23 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.11, compiled with GCC 4.5.2
  24 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
  25 <li>Removed TAK support for now, as their CloseSource(!) tools don't support Unicode file names yet
  26 <li>Removed Volumax tool, as we are using SoX for normalization from now on
  27 <li>Countless minor fixes and improvements (hopefully not too many regressions ^^)
  28 </ul><br>
  29
  30 Changes between v3.18 and v3.19:<br><ul>
  31 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.34 (2010-07-09), compiled with ICL 11.1.065
  32 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.3 (2010-07-11), compiled with GCC 4.6.0
  33 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
  34 <li>Fixed decoding of certain invalid WavPack files
  35 </ul><br>
  36
  37 Changes between v3.17 and v3.18:<br><ul>
  38 <li>Added an Unicode-safe "Open" dialog: File names are converted to "short" names if required
  39 <li>Fixed mpg123 decoder to work on Windows 2000 (reported by Tim Womack)
  40 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.4 (2010-03-23), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
  41 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.32 (2010-05-02), compiled with ICL 11.1.065
  42 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.1 (2010-03-31), compiled with GCC 4.4.4
  43 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis decoder to v1.9.7 (2010-03-29), compiled with MSVC 9.0
  44 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
  45 </ul><br>
  46
  47 Changes between v3.16 and v3.17:<br><ul>
  48 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v2.0.0 (2010-01-07)
  49 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to v0.2.0 (2009-09-05)
  50 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.28 (2010-02-19), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
  51 <li>Fixed "No Disk" error message box that could appear under certain circumstances
  52 <li>Fixed "...is not responding" error message box that could appear during startup
  53 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements
  54 </ul><br>
  55
  56 Changes between v3.15 and v3.16:<br><ul>
  57 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.3.0 (2009-12-29)
  58 <li>Disable DPI warning on Vista and later, as they handle DPI != 96 much better than WinXP
  59 <li>Updated WavPack decoder to v4.60.1 (2009-11-29)
  60 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.27 (2010-01-04), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
  61 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10b (2009-09-03), compiled with GCC 4.2.1
  62 </ul><br>
  63
  64 Changes between v3.14 and v3.15:<br><ul>
  65 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.1.0 (2009-12-17)
  66 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.10.0 (2009-12-05)
  67 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.26 (2009-12-18), compiled with ICL 11.1.051
  68 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.051
  69 </ul><br>
  70
  71 Changes between v3.13 and v3.14:<br><ul>
  72 <li>Added Suspend and Resume buttons to the processing window
  73 <li>Added another language: Castilian Spanish (Spanish from north/central Spain)
  74 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.2 (2009-11-20)
  75 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.25 (2009-11-13), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
  76 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
  77 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
  78 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.38 to v3.39 (2009-11-05)
  79 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements
  80 </ul><br>
  81
  82 Changes between v3.12 and v3.13:<br><ul>
  83 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
  84 <li>Updated FLAC encoder to v1.2.1b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
  85 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.23 (2009-10-16), using statically linked build (MSVC 9.0)
  86 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01)
  87 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v1.1.2 (2009-07-27)
  88 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.1 (2009-10-09)
  89 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
  90 <li>Updated the Splash screen and modified the sound that plays on very first launch
  91 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.34 to v3.38 (2009-08-27)
  92 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
  93 </ul><br>
  94
  95 Changes between v3.11 and v3.12:<br><ul>
  96 <li>Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
  97 <li>Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
  98 <li>Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
  99 <li>Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!)
 100 <li>Added an option to analyze media files (powered by MediaInfo™)
 101 <li>Added experimental support for Windows 7 taskbar progress indicator and overlay icons
 102 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-05), compiled with ICL 11.0
 103 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.21 (2009-09-04), using statically linked build
 104 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.0 (2009-08-14)
 105 <li>Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)
 106 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3b (2009-09-19)
 107 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
 108 <li>Fixed a number of minor glitches
 109 </ul><br>
 110
 111 Changes between v3.10 and v3.11:<br><ul>
 112 <li>Added options to sort the source files (by title, by filename or by track number)
 113 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
 114 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.1 (2009-06-14)
 115 <li>Updated FLAC decoder, now using the ICL 9.1 build of FLAC v1.2.1b
 116 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.17 (statically linked)
 117 <li>Updated the "Normalization" filter to v0.41 (2009-06-16)
 118 <li>Fixed a few minor issues in meta tag processing
 119 </ul><br>
 120
 121 Changes between v3.09 and v3.10:<br><ul>
 122 <li>Added a NSIS-based installer (will be released in addition to the ZIP package)
 123 <li>Added support for the TAK lossless audio format
 124 <li>Added two new languages: Serbian (Latin) and Ukrainian
 125 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
 126 <li>Updated MediaInfo to a custom build of v0.7.16 that is statically linked (and removed the DLL)
 127 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.0 RC-3 (2009-06-03)
 128 <li>Updated Musepack decoder to v1.0.0 (2009-04-02) and fixed Musepack VS8 support
 129 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio decoder to v4.06 (2009-03-17)
 130 <li>Updated the "Normalization" filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel
 131 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool
 132 <li>Fixed a few minor issues and refactored the code
 133 </ul><br>
 134
 135 Changes between v3.08 and v3.09:<br><ul>
 136 <li>Added support for detecting the file type via MediaInfo instead of guessing the type from file extension
 137 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.7.3 (2009-04-27)
 138 <li>Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 (2009-05-13)
 139 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.16.0 (2009-05-20)
 140 <li>Fixed detection of the WMA decoder under certain circumstances (e.g. Windows 7)
 141 </ul><br>
 142
 143 Changes between v3.07 and v3.08:<br><ul>
 144 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.7 (2009-03-04)
 145 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.4 (2009-01-10)
 146 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.11.0 (2009-02-13)
 147 </ul><br>
 148
 149 Changes between v3.06 and v3.07:<br><ul>
 150 <li>Added an option to disable multi-threading on multi-core machines
 151 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.61 (2008-12-24)
 152 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.3 (2008-12-20)
 153 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.8.0 (2008-12-10)
 154 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
 155 </ul><br>
 156
 157 Changes between v3.05 and v3.06:<br><ul>
 158 <li>Added a custom build of the mpg123 decoder v1.5.1
 159 <li>Added two more languages: Romanian and Polish
 160 <li>Added support for the ALAC audio format
 161 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.7 (2008-10-17)
 162 <li>Updated AC3 Filter Tools to v0.2a (2008-06-30)
 163 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
 164 <li>Fixed and improved "Normalization" filter
 165 <li>Fixed a few minor bugs
 166 </ul><br>
 167
 168 Changes between v3.04 and v3.05:<br><ul>
 169 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.3.3.0
 170 <li>Added option to add an entire directory or an entire directory-tree
 171 <li>Added new languages: Russian, Nederlands, Greek and Hungarian
 172 <li>Added Dropbox for improved Drag&Drop support
 173 <li>Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
 174 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 Final (2008-09-24)
 175 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.6 (2008-09-12)
 176 </ul><br>
 177
 178 Changes between v3.03 and v3.04:<br><ul>
 179 <li>Added support for reading Meta Data from source files (using MediaInfo)
 180 <li>Added support for languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Taiwanese
 181 <li>Added support for WMA, Shorten and TTA files (input only)
 182 <li>Added support for various playlist formats (M3U, PLS, ASX, CueSheet)
 183 <li>Added an option to permanently disable the Shell Intgegration (Explorer Conext Menus)
 184 <li>Added an option to disable the periodic Update Reminder
 185 <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer automatically as soon as all files are completed
 186 <li>Added code to minimize the LameXP window into the taskbar notification area
 187 <li>Added balloon tooltip to inform the user about "hidden" options
 188 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.6 (2008-09-05)
 189 <li>Improved code to handle child processes and capture the console output
 190 </ul><br>
 191
 192 Changes between v3.02 and v3.03:<br><ul>
 193 <li>Added generic support for pre-processing filters
 194 <li>Added "Normalization" filter, based on Volumax by John33
 195 <li>Improved code to add/remove context menus in Window Explorer
 196 <li>Improved code to handle multiple instances of LameXP
 197 </ul><br>
 198
 199 Changes between v3.01 and v3.02:<br><ul>
 200 <li>Added support for new input format: MPEG Audio Layer-2 (mp2)
 201 <li>Added option to choose a custom TEMP folder
 202 </ul><br>
 203
 204 Changes between v3.00 and v3.01:<br><ul>
 205 <li>Added an option to disable all sounds in LameXP
 206 <li>Added warning message for bitrates that violate the current bitrate restriction
 207 <li>Fixed bitrate restrictions for LAME encoder (strictly enforce bitrate restrictions using "-F" parameter)
 208 <li>Fixed file associations code (set file associations only for the current user)
 209 <li>Updated load/save configuration code (store settings in an INI file instead of the registry)
 210 </ul><br>
 211
 212 Changes between v2.03 and v3.00:<br><ul>
 213 <li>Added support for Nero's AAC Encoder (not included, available as free download from Nero website)
 214 <li>Added support for more input formats: Wave, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC/MP4, FLAC, Speex, WavPack, Musepack, Monkey's Audio
 215 <li>Added support for uncompressed Wave output
 216 <li>Added support for Multi-Threading (use multiple instances for batch processing)
 217 <li>Added shell integration for Windows Explorer (Context-Menus and "Send To" folder)
 218 <li>Added commandline support: LameXP.exe -add &lt;File 1&gt; [&lt;File 2&gt; ... &lt;File N&gt;]
 219 <li>Added Auto-Update utility to periodically check for new updates
 220 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 Final (2008-07-04)
 221 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, aoTuV Beta-5.5 (2008-03-31)
 222 </ul><br>
 223
 224 Changes between v2.00 and v2.03:<br><ul>
 225 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 to Beta-5 (2007-08-13)
 226 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.84 aoTuV Beta-5 (2007-08-17)
 227 <li>Fixed a bug with 'title' meta tags
 228 <li>Fixed a few typos
 229 </ul><br>
 230
 231 Changes between v1.xx and v2.00:<br><ul>
 232 <li>Added Ogg Vorbis encoder
 233 <li>Updated LAME encoder to latest builds
 234 <li>Improved progress display (parsing encoder progress from console output now)
 235 <li>Improved ID3-Tag support (now supports "title" and "track" fields)
 236 <li>Added feature to automatically generate playlists (.m3u)
 237 <li>Many bug-fixes and GUI improvements
 238 </ul><br>
 239
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