Update list for foobar2000
foobar2000 1.2 estimated in January 29, 2010
-alpha release
foobar2000 1.1 forthcoming in December 5, 2009
-1.1 beta release
foobar2000 1.0 from November 21, 2009
- New context menu structure - better out-of-the-box layout but less customizable.
- Built-in support for Windows Media and RTSP streaming.
- “Edit” menu operates on the currently selected object rather than always on the active playlist.
- Improved compatibility with multimedia keyboards.
- Improved, more customizable album art support.
- Portable installs now remember Media Library paths relatively to the install folder.
- Reworked Preferences: OK/Cancel/Apply buttons, new layout of standard pages.
- New options regarding selection viewer behavior.
- Default User Interface: new pseudo color code system for status bar and playlist view.
- CD ripping improvements:
- Results can be now checked against the AccurateRip database on-the-fly.
- CD-TEXT reading support.
- Ability to choose individual tracks to rip in the “Rip Audio CD” dialog.
foobar2000 0.9.6.9 from August 10, 2009
Multiple stability/security fixes. Corrected various user interface glitches. “Help” button in Converter Setup dialog. ABX Comparator component no longer included with the installer - now available for download separately.
foobar2000 0.9.6.8 from June 8, 2009
Fixed WavPack playback over HTTP. Fixed weird shell extension behaviors with the “folder context menus” option active. Fixed weird behaviors of the “stop after current” option. Worked-around problems with dodgy Ogg streams produced by speexenc.
foobar2000 0.9.6.7 from May 23, 2009
Hotfix: fixed crash when seeking in files that can't be decoded completely. Hotfix: corrected weird behaviors after restart with playback paused and “resume playback after restart” active. Updated third-party component blacklist.
foobar2000 0.9.6.6 from May 9, 2009
Matroska files are now taggable even if they don't contain decodable audio tracks. Worked-around “Open Containing Folder” command opening two windows on certain machines. Added support for Multimedia Class Scheduler Service on Windows Vista and newer. Various changes to make specific obscure crashes easier to analyze. Updated third-party component blacklist.
foobar2000 0.9.6.5 from April 11, 2009
Online troubleshooter feature, accessible from the Help menu. Fixed: Album List was being compiled with all optimizations disabled until now, since at least 0.9.5, due to bugs in MSVC9. Various improvements to the crash report submission system. Fixed an obscure bug in the ABX component. Fixed a crash when trying to open a lossy WavPack3 file. Fixed a crash when decoding certain corrupted AAC files. Built-in album art viewer can now view artist pictures (embedded in tags and artist.jpg in the same folder).
foobar2000 0.9.6.4 from March 16, 2009
Third party components can now register custom protocols with the File Types preferences page. Removed the restriction of just one instance of specific DSP in a DSP chain. Fixed incorrect handling of 3-channel and 5-channel FLAC and Vorbis files. Converter now accepts alternate names for some of command-line encoder binaries (mpcenc.exe, oggenc2.exe). Converter and File Operations components no longer strip trailing dots from names of created files. Improved compatibility with dodgy Windows shell replacements. Automated submission of crash reports.
foobar2000 0.9.6.3 from February 18, 2009
Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities in AAC and Musepack decoders. Improved compatibility of Media Library with certain dodgy NAS devices. Media Library no longer ignores files/folders flagged as system. Improved shell integration behaviors when foobar2000 is taking very long to start.
foobar2000 0.9.6.2 from January 21, 2009
Media Library is now aware of newly installed decoder components and will re-check your folders for files that could not be indexed before. New options to control tag fields searched by simple search queries, in Advanced Preferences. Various bug fixes and cosmetic changes.
foobar2000 0.9.6.1 from January 7, 2009
Autocompletion of values in the Properties dialog. Support for chapters in Musepack SV8 files. New “Split values” command in the Properties dialog. Simple search queries: any latin characters are now matched regardless of their accents.
foobar2000 0.9.6 from December 10, 2008
Media Library now automatically keeps track of any changes made to its folders; no more need to manually rescan them.
Improved compatibility of file type associations with Windows Vista.
No more delay when playing/enqueuing files from Windows Explorer.
The installer now includes “portable mode” that works in limited user contexts and doesn't make any changes to system configuration, registry, etc.
New Converter user interface.
Built-in Matroska support.
Improved compatibility of file type associations with Windows Vista.
No more delay when playing/enqueuing files from Windows Explorer.
The installer now includes “portable mode” that works in limited user contexts and doesn't make any changes to system configuration, registry, etc.
New Converter user interface.
Built-in Matroska support.
