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17 <h3>LameXP - Version History
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19 <a name=
"4.02"></a>Changes between v4.02 and v4.03:
<br><ul>
20 <li>Added an option to rename the output files (based on an user-defined naming pattern)
21 <li>Added an option to enforce Stereo Downmix for Multi-Channel sources
22 <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
23 <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)
24 <li>Added a menu for bookmarking
"favorite" output folders to the
"output folder" tab
25 <li>Added an option to hibernate the computer (aka
"Suspend-to-Disk") instead of shutting it down
26 <li>Added Polish translation, thanks to Sir Daniel K
<sir.daniel.k@gmail.com
>
27 <li>Added channel equalization options to the normalization filter (also fixes multi-channel processing)
28 <li>Added indicators for current CPU usage, RAM usage and free diskspace to the processing window
29 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.8
.0 RC-
1 (
2011-
10-
13), compiled with MSVC
10.0
30 <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>)
31 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13
.4 (
2011-
09-
07), compiled with GCC
4.6.1
32 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.51 (
2011-
11-
11), compiled with ICL
12.1.6 and MSVC
10.0
33 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
34 <li>Improved
"downmix" filter by using explicit channel mappings for each number of input channels
35 <li>Fixed a potential bug in CPU type detection that might have caused the wrong binary to be used
36 <li>Fixed Cue Sheet import for tracks with certain characters in the title
37 <li>Fixed a bug with
"Prepend relative source file path to output file" under certain conditions
38 <li>Workaround for malicious
"anti-virus" programs that prevent innocent applications from functioning
39 <li>Enabled
"Aero Glass" theme in installer and web-update program (Vista and Windows
7 only)
40 <li>Restored Windows
2000 support with Visual Studio
2010 builds (this is experimental!)
41 <li>The
"Open File(s)" and
"Open Folder" dialogs will now remember the most recent directory
42 <li>Miscellaneous bugfixes
45 <a name=
"4.02"></a>Changes between v4.01 and v4.02:
<br><ul>
46 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio
2010
47 <li>Dropping support for Windows
2000 and Windows XP RTM. Windows XP needs (at least) Service-Pack
2 now!
48 <li>Added Cue Sheet import wizard, which allows splitting and importing tracks from Cue Sheet images
49 <li>Added ATSC A/
52 (AC-
3) encoding support, based on Aften encoder v0.0
.8+ (Git Master)
50 <li>Added Avisynth input (audio only!) using 'avs2wav' tool, partly based on code by Jory Stone
51 <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)
52 <li>Added an option to copy all meta information of a single file over to the
"meta information" tab
53 <li>Added two new command-line switches:
"--add-folder <path>" and
"--add-recursive <path>"
54 <li>Added one new translation: Korean
55 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.7
.3
56 <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>)
57 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using aoTuV Beta-
6.03 (
2011-
05-
04), compiled with ICL
11.1 and MSVC
9.0
58 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13
.3 (
2011-
04-
21), compiled with GCC
4.6.0
59 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.45 Beta (
2011-
05-
02), compiled with ICL
12.0.3 and MSVC
10.0
60 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
61 <li>Fixed placement of the Dropbox when the Taskbar is located on the top or on the left side
62 <li>Improved playlist generation: Generate M3U (Latin-
1) or M3U8 (UTF-
8) playlist file as required
63 <li>Only show the most recent
50 items in the
"processing" window (for better performance)
64 <li>Miscellaneous bugfixes
67 <a name=
"4.01"></a>Changes between v4.00 and v4.01:
<br><ul>
68 <li>Added an option to manually specify the number of parallel instances
69 <li>Added an option to select a user-defined TEMP directory
70 <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer as soon as all files are completed
71 <li>Added an option to add directories recursively
72 <li>Added support for embedding cover artwork (currently works with LAME, FLAC and Nero AAC only)
73 <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.7
.2
74 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99
.0.16 (
2011-
04-
04), compiled with ICL
12.0.2
75 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using aoTuV Beta-
6.02 (
2011-
02-
28), compiled with ICL
11.1 and MSVC
9.0
76 <li>Updated TTA decoder multiplatform library to v2.1 (
2011-
03-
11), compiled with MSVC
9.0
77 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3
.2 (
2010-
02-
27), compiled with ICL
12.0.2
78 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.43 (
2011-
03-
20), compiled with ICL
12.0.2 and MSVC
9.0
79 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
80 <li>Fixed a problem with the LAME encoder that could cause glitches in the encoded file (VBR mode only)
81 <li>Fixed a problem with the LAME encoder that could cause very slow encoding speed
82 <li>Fixed a bug that caused AAC encoding to fail in CBR mode (the
"-2pass" parameter was set wrongly)
83 <li>A warning message will be emitted, if diskspace drops below a critical limit while processing
86 <a name=
"4.00"></a>Changes between v3.18 and v4.00:
<br><ul>
87 <li>Complete re-write of LameXP in the C++ programming language
88 <li>Switched IDE from Delphi
7.0 to Visual Studio
2008 + Qt Framework v4.7
.1 (GNU Toolchain not yet)
89 <li>Added cross-plattfrom support - only Windows and Wine for now, native Linux version planned
90 <li>Added full Unicode support for file names, meta tags and translations (no more Codepage headaches!)
91 <li>Added support for Qt Linguist tool, which makes creating/updating translations much easier
92 <li>Added support for multiple user interface styles, including
"Plastique" and
"Cleanlooks" themes
93 <li>Added support for user-defined encoder parameters (please use with care!)
94 <li>Added support for a true
"portable" mode, which will store the configuration in the program folder
95 <li>Added resampling filter for all encoders, based on SoX
96 <li>Added simple tone adjustment filter, based on SoX
97 <li>Added an option to prepend the relative source file path to the output file path
98 <li>Updated all command-line tools to support Unicode file names, mostly required custom patches
99 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99
.0.11 (
2011-
02-
11), compiled with ICL
11.1.065
100 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using libvorbis v1.3
.2 (
2010-
11-
06), compiled with ICL
11.1 and MSVC
9.0
101 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13
.2 (
2011-
02-
19), compiled with GCC
4.5.2
102 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.41 (
2011-
01-
24), compiled with ICL
11.1.065
103 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3
.1 (
2010-
04-
11), compiled with MSVC
9.0
104 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4
.11, compiled with GCC
4.5.2
105 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
106 <li>Removed TAK support for now, as their CloseSource(!) tools don't support Unicode file names yet
107 <li>Removed Volumax tool, as we are using SoX for normalization from now on
108 <li>Countless minor fixes and improvements (hopefully not too many regressions ^^)
111 <a name=
"3.19"></a>Changes between v3.18 and v3.19:
<br><ul>
112 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.34 (
2010-
07-
09), compiled with ICL
11.1.065
113 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12
.3 (
2010-
07-
11), compiled with GCC
4.6.0
114 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
115 <li>Fixed decoding of certain invalid WavPack files
118 <a name=
"3.18"></a>Changes between v3.17 and v3.18:
<br><ul>
119 <li>Added an Unicode-safe
"Open" dialog: File names are converted to
"short" names if required
120 <li>Fixed mpg123 decoder to work on Windows
2000 (reported by Tim Womack)
121 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98
.4 (
2010-
03-
23), compiled with ICL
11.1.054
122 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.32 (
2010-
05-
02), compiled with ICL
11.1.065
123 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12
.1 (
2010-
03-
31), compiled with GCC
4.4.4
124 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis decoder to v1.9
.7 (
2010-
03-
29), compiled with MSVC
9.0
125 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
128 <a name=
"3.17"></a>Changes between v3.16 and v3.17:
<br><ul>
129 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v2.0
.0 (
2010-
01-
07)
130 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to v0.2
.0 (
2009-
09-
05)
131 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.28 (
2010-
02-
19), compiled with ICL
11.1.054
132 <li>Fixed
"No Disk" error message box that could appear under certain circumstances
133 <li>Fixed
"...is not responding" error message box that could appear during startup
134 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements
137 <a name=
"3.16"></a>Changes between v3.15 and v3.16:
<br><ul>
138 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5
.3.0 (
2009-
12-
29)
139 <li>Disable DPI warning on Vista and later, as they handle DPI !=
96 much better than WinXP
140 <li>Updated WavPack decoder to v4.60
.1 (
2009-
11-
29)
141 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.27 (
2010-
01-
04), compiled with ICL
11.1.054
142 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4
.10b (
2009-
09-
03), compiled with GCC
4.2.1
145 <a name=
"3.15"></a>Changes between v3.14 and v3.15:
<br><ul>
146 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5
.1.0 (
2009-
12-
17)
147 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.10
.0 (
2009-
12-
05)
148 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.26 (
2009-
12-
18), compiled with ICL
11.1.051
149 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (
2009-
10-
01), compiled with ICL
11.1.051
152 <a name=
"3.14"></a>Changes between v3.13 and v3.14:
<br><ul>
153 <li>Added Suspend and Resume buttons to the processing window
154 <li>Added another language: Castilian Spanish (Spanish from north/central Spain)
155 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9
.2 (
2009-
11-
20)
156 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.25 (
2009-
11-
13), compiled with ICL
11.1.046
157 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (
2009-
10-
01), compiled with ICL
11.1.046
158 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
159 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.38 to v3.39 (
2009-
11-
05)
160 <li>Various minor fixes and improvements
163 <a name=
"3.13"></a>Changes between v3.12 and v3.13:
<br><ul>
164 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98
.2 (
2009-
09-
26), compiled with ICL
11.1.046
165 <li>Updated FLAC encoder to v1.2
.1b (
2009-
10-
01), compiled with ICL
11.1.046
166 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.23 (
2009-
10-
16), using statically linked build (MSVC
9.0)
167 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (
2009-
10-
01)
168 <li>Updated TAK decoder to v1.1
.2 (
2009-
07-
27)
169 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9
.1 (
2009-
10-
09)
170 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
171 <li>Updated the Splash screen and modified the sound that plays on very first launch
172 <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.34 to v3.38 (
2009-
08-
27)
173 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4
.10 (
2009-
09-
02)
176 <a name=
"3.12"></a>Changes between v3.11 and v3.12:
<br><ul>
177 <li>Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
178 <li>Added progress display for individual files (for the
"encoding" step only)
179 <li>Added a SSE2 (Pentium
4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
180 <li>Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!)
181 <li>Added an option to analyze media files (powered by MediaInfo™)
182 <li>Added experimental support for Windows
7 taskbar progress indicator and overlay icons
183 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98
.2 (
2009-
09-
05), compiled with ICL
11.0
184 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.21 (
2009-
09-
04), using statically linked build
185 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9
.0 (
2009-
08-
14)
186 <li>Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-
1 (
2009-
07-
04)
187 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3b (
2009-
09-
19)
188 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
189 <li>Fixed a number of minor glitches
192 <a name=
"3.11"></a>Changes between v3.10 and v3.11:
<br><ul>
193 <li>Added options to sort the source files (by title, by filename or by track number)
194 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
195 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8
.1 (
2009-
06-
14)
196 <li>Updated FLAC decoder, now using the ICL
9.1 build of FLAC v1.2
.1b
197 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.17 (statically linked)
198 <li>Updated the
"Normalization" filter to v0.41 (
2009-
06-
16)
199 <li>Fixed a few minor issues in meta tag processing
202 <a name=
"3.10"></a>Changes between v3.09 and v3.10:
<br><ul>
203 <li>Added a NSIS-based installer (will be released in addition to the ZIP package)
204 <li>Added support for the TAK lossless audio format
205 <li>Added two new languages: Serbian (Latin) and Ukrainian
206 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
207 <li>Updated MediaInfo to a custom build of v0.7
.16 that is statically linked (and removed the DLL)
208 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8
.0 RC-
3 (
2009-
06-
03)
209 <li>Updated Musepack decoder to v1.0
.0 (
2009-
04-
02) and fixed Musepack VS8 support
210 <li>Updated Monkey's Audio decoder to v4.06 (
2009-
03-
17)
211 <li>Updated the
"Normalization" filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel
212 <li>Updated Auto-Update tool
213 <li>Fixed a few minor issues and refactored the code
216 <a name=
"3.09"></a>Changes between v3.08 and v3.09:
<br><ul>
217 <li>Added support for detecting the file type via MediaInfo instead of guessing the type from file extension
218 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.7
.3 (
2009-
04-
27)
219 <li>Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 (
2009-
05-
13)
220 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.16.0 (
2009-
05-
20)
221 <li>Fixed detection of the WMA decoder under certain circumstances (e.g. Windows
7)
224 <a name=
"3.08"></a>Changes between v3.07 and v3.08:
<br><ul>
225 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2
.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.7 (
2009-
03-
04)
226 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6
.4 (
2009-
01-
10)
227 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.11.0 (
2009-
02-
13)
230 <a name=
"3.07"></a>Changes between v3.06 and v3.07:
<br><ul>
231 <li>Added an option to disable multi-threading on multi-core machines
232 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2
.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.61 (
2008-
12-
24)
233 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6
.3 (
2008-
12-
20)
234 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.8.0 (
2008-
12-
10)
235 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
238 <a name=
"3.06"></a>Changes between v3.05 and v3.06:
<br><ul>
239 <li>Added a custom build of the mpg123 decoder v1.5
.1
240 <li>Added two more languages: Romanian and Polish
241 <li>Added support for the ALAC audio format
242 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.7.7 (
2008-
10-
17)
243 <li>Updated AC3 Filter Tools to v0.2a (
2008-
06-
30)
244 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
245 <li>Fixed and improved
"Normalization" filter
246 <li>Fixed a few minor bugs
249 <a name=
"3.05"></a>Changes between v3.04 and v3.05:
<br><ul>
250 <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.3
.3.0
251 <li>Added option to add an entire directory or an entire directory-tree
252 <li>Added new languages: Russian, Nederlands, Greek and Hungarian
253 <li>Added Dropbox for improved Drag
&Drop support
254 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)
255 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98
.2 Final (
2008-
09-
24)
256 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7
.7.6 (
2008-
09-
12)
259 <a name=
"3.04"></a>Changes between v3.03 and v3.04:
<br><ul>
260 <li>Added support for reading Meta Data from source files (using MediaInfo)
261 <li>Added support for languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Taiwanese
262 <li>Added support for WMA, Shorten and TTA files (input only)
263 <li>Added support for various playlist formats (M3U, PLS, ASX, CueSheet)
264 <li>Added an option to permanently disable the Shell Intgegration (Explorer Conext Menus)
265 <li>Added an option to disable the periodic Update Reminder
266 <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer automatically as soon as all files are completed
267 <li>Added code to minimize the LameXP window into the taskbar notification area
268 <li>Added balloon tooltip to inform the user about
"hidden" options
269 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2
.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.6 (
2008-
09-
05)
270 <li>Improved code to handle child processes and capture the console output
273 <a name=
"3.03"></a>Changes between v3.02 and v3.03:
<br><ul>
274 <li>Added generic support for pre-processing filters
275 <li>Added
"Normalization" filter, based on Volumax by John33
276 <li>Improved code to add/remove context menus in Window Explorer
277 <li>Improved code to handle multiple instances of LameXP
280 <a name=
"3.02"></a>Changes between v3.01 and v3.02:
<br><ul>
281 <li>Added support for new input format: MPEG Audio Layer-
2 (mp2)
282 <li>Added option to choose a custom TEMP folder
285 <a name=
"3.01"></a>Changes between v3.00 and v3.01:
<br><ul>
286 <li>Added an option to disable all sounds in LameXP
287 <li>Added warning message for bitrates that violate the current bitrate restriction
288 <li>Fixed bitrate restrictions for LAME encoder (strictly enforce bitrate restrictions using
"-F" parameter)
289 <li>Fixed file associations code (set file associations only for the current user)
290 <li>Updated load/save configuration code (store settings in an INI file instead of the registry)
293 <a name=
"3.00"></a>Changes between v2.03 and v3.00:
<br><ul>
294 <li>Added support for Nero's AAC Encoder (not included, available as free download from Nero website)
295 <li>Added support for more input formats: Wave, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC/MP4, FLAC, Speex, WavPack, Musepack, Monkey's Audio
296 <li>Added support for uncompressed Wave output
297 <li>Added support for Multi-Threading (use multiple instances for batch processing)
298 <li>Added shell integration for Windows Explorer (Context-Menus and
"Send To" folder)
299 <li>Added commandline support: LameXP.exe -add
<File
1> [
<File
2> ...
<File N
>]
300 <li>Added Auto-Update utility to periodically check for new updates
301 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 Final (
2008-
07-
04)
302 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, aoTuV Beta-
5.5 (
2008-
03-
31)
305 <a name=
"2.03"></a>Changes between v2.00 and v2.03:
<br><ul>
306 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 to Beta-
5 (
2007-
08-
13)
307 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.84 aoTuV Beta-
5 (
2007-
08-
17)
308 <li>Fixed a bug with 'title' meta tags
309 <li>Fixed a few typos
312 <a name=
"2.00"></a>Changes between v1.xx and v2.00:
<br><ul>
313 <li>Added Ogg Vorbis encoder
314 <li>Updated LAME encoder to latest builds
315 <li>Improved progress display (parsing encoder progress from console output now)
316 <li>Improved ID3-Tag support (now supports
"title" and
"track" fields)
317 <li>Added feature to automatically generate playlists (.m3u)
318 <li>Many bug-fixes and GUI improvements