[2010-08-22] NEW: added German help file (many thanks to dano!). [2010-08-22] FIX: filter IS and HAS did not handle umlauts in uppercase correctly. [2010-08-17] CHG: updated MusicBrainz tag source. [2010-08-14] CHG: updated discogs tag source. [2010-08-08] CHG: added workaround for an issue when displaying the extended tag dialog under Wine 1.3. [2010-08-02] NEW: added support for setting cover type for multiple different covers at once. [2010-04-22] FIX: closing filter window when in floating state did not reset file view. [2010-04-22] FIX: moving file where file already exists in target resulted in duplicate entries in file list. [2010-04-22] NEW: edit user-defined tool dialog is resizable now. [2010-04-22] CHG: file path of the currently selected file now displayed at caption of extended tag dialog. [2010-04-18] NEW: file list columns can now be rearranged via drag'n'drop. [2010-04-18] CHG: minor changes in default genre list. [2010-04-17] FIX: replace did not work in web source scripts if replacement was part of sequence to be found. [2010-04-10] FIX: deadlock on files with malformed ID3v2 tags. [2010-04-09] FIX: undesired behaviour when renaming _DIRECTORY through action 'Format value' with a format string resulting in an empty value. [2010-04-09] CHG: DATE is not automatically mapped to ID3v2.4 TDRC frame anymore. [2010-04-04] CHG: updated discogs web source. [2010-04-03] CHG: changed format of %_replaygain_track_gain% and %_replaygain_album_gain% for Musepack to difference values. ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2010-03-20] REL: VERSION 2.46a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7) ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2010-03-19] CHG: updated zlib. [2010-03-19] CHG: obsolete dockbar data was not removed from Windows Registry. [2010-03-16] FIX: MP4 atom disc was written in a way that caused specific programs (e.g., Android) to not read the tag. [2010-03-16] FIX: occasional runtime error while reading tags. ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2010-03-13] REL: VERSION 2.46 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7) ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2010-03-13] FIX: iTunes-specific field Encoding Params was not preserved. [2010-03-10] FIX: saving tags to files on some NAS drives occasionally did not work. [2010-03-10] FIX: blanks before extension part in file names were automatically removed at Replace actions for _FILENAME. [2010-03-09] CHG: multiple Source fields mapped to same Target field are now merged if they have the same values. [2010-03-09] NEW: added dedicated help page for User-defined Field Mappings. [2010-03-04] FIX: first file deleted from filter results returned to list on filter refresh. [2010-03-04] FIX: omitted slash character when used at user-defined field mappings. [2010-03-01] FIX: focus not moved to file list when closing Tag Panel. [2010-02-28] FIX: update notification also reported beta versions when using latest stable release (since v2.45a). [2010-02-27] FIX: keyboard shortcuts for tools Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+0 did not work anymore (since v2.45c). [2010-02-27] NEW: Shift key modifier option at 'Remove from history' menu items that empties history. [2010-02-27] FIX: shell extension did not resolve symbolic links. [2010-02-26] CHG: improved copy and paste of tags to multiple files. [2010-02-22] CHG: performance improvements for MATCHES keyword when filtering using regular expressions. [2010-02-21] FIX: $validate removed colons in directory part of parameter instead of using replacement character. [2010-02-10] NEW: added Ctrl+Space keyboard shortcut for displaying format string helper menu. [2010-02-10] FIX: runtime error when clicking the actions drop-down menu after deleting all action groups. [2010-02-10] FIX: tag field mappings did not work for APEv2 tagged files. [2010-02-07] FIX: shell extension did not load directories with dots in their names. [2010-02-07] NEW: support for %_md5audio% for FLAC files. [2010-02-06] CHG: dockbar information now always stored in configuration file. [2010-01-30] NEW: Explorer context menu entry now realised via dedicated shell extension. [2010-01-21] FIX: placeholder %_md5audio% now only available for audio formats tagged with ID3 and/or APE tags. [2010-01-21] FIX: placeholder %_counter% was not available at action 'Export cover to file'. [2010-01-11] NEW: placeholder %_tool% for TAK now contains used TAK encoder version. [2010-01-11] CHG: extended profile information displayed in %_vbr% for TAK files. [2010-01-08] CHG: updated TAK decoder library tak_deco_lib.dll to TAK 2.0.0. [2009-12-24] CHG: user-defined fields are not truncated to 255 characters in MP4 anymore. [2009-12-24] CHG: now displays technical information of the first audio track in MP4 (instead of the first track). [2009-12-20] FIX: menu 'Edit, Select all files' only worked if file list had focus. [2009-12-20] FIX: sort indicator in file view was not reset if playlists were loaded or files were added. [2009-12-20] FIX: removing files from filter result caused files that do not match the filter expression to be displayed. [2009-12-13] CHG: COPYRIGHT field now maps to MP4 cprt atom. [2009-12-13] NEW: added field PRESENT keyword to filter for files that contain a specific field in their tags. [2009-12-09] NEW: support for reordering files via drag and drop at Tag Sources dialog. [2009-12-07] CHG: adjusted MP4 mediatype mappings to reflect changes in iTunes 9. [2009-12-04] CHG: SUBTITLE at MP4 now contains what previously was ITUNESPODCASTDESC which now contains the long description. [2009-12-04] FIX: workaround for MP4 files with unconventional avcC atoms. [2009-12-02] CHG: updated discogs web source. [2009-12-02] FIX: runtime error when sorting files after filtering with an invalid filter expression. [2009-11-29] CHG: file extension is now not selected when renaming files in file list. [2009-11-29] CHG: Tag Sources selection dialog now remembers its selection state and sorting of search results. ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-11-27] REL: VERSION 2.45a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7) ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-11-25] FIX: some MP4 parsers had problems with additional 0x00 at hdlr atom name. [2009-11-24] FIX: internal error when last used sorting column was greater than the total number of enabled columns. ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-11-21] REL: VERSION 2.45 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7) ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-11-18] FIX: internal selection state was not reset when loading files via drag and drop (since v2.44a). [2009-11-15] LNG: Swedish translation reworked by Matthias Stasiak. [2009-11-08] CHG: removed built-in field mapping from WRITER to COMPOSER at MP4. [2009-11-07] NEW: hex-encoded HTML entities are now also translated in Tag Sources. [2009-11-07] FIX: moving files from one directory to another via drag'n'drop resulted in unresponsive program (since v2.44a). [2009-11-05] FIX: query strings containing equal or ampersand signs did not work with Amazon Tag Source. [2009-11-05] FIX: undo remove or write tag operations sometimes refreshed wrong files in file view (since v2.44a). [2009-11-01] FIX: sorting filtered results displayed files that were not matched by the filter expression. [2009-11-01] CHG: trailing pipe symbol in fields filled by Tag Sources are now removed. [2009-10-31] NEW: installer and program now digitally signed. [2009-10-29] FIX: numerical ID3v2 frames TLEN, TBPM and TDAT were always written in Unicode instead of ISO-8859-1. [2009-10-27] CHG: changed %_total% to be empty if there is no total number of tracks stored in the track field. [2009-10-24] NEW: added support for multiline fields (for e.g., Lyrics) in Tag Panel. [2009-10-23] FIX: lines in M3U playlists consisting of blanks only resulted in the M3U's directory being loaded. [2009-10-23] CHG: multiple values of fields in Tag Panel are now also listed in drop-down fields [2009-10-23] FIX: applying actions on _FILENAME did not always remove invalid characters. [2009-10-23] FIX: tag panel was not updated after removing files from file list (since v2.44a) [2009-10-18] FIX: dropping directories from optical drives was always interpreted as add directory regardless of Ctrl-key state. [2009-10-18] FIX: action Case Conversion (Sentence) and $caps3 gave different results. [2009-10-17] FIX: importing covers via Web Sources occasionally resulted in erroneous mimetype containing charset descriptions. [2009-10-17] NEW: added MATCHES keyword to filter using regular expressions. [2009-10-17] FIX: dropping cover art to extended tag dialog stopped working (since v2.44). [2009-10-12] CHG: empty fields from web source are no longer listed in tag sources dialog. [2009-10-12] FIX: query strings containing question marks did not work with Amazon Tag Source. [2009-10-01] FIX: drag'n'drop of non-audio files resulted in blank line in file view (since v2.44a). [2009-10-01] FIX: selection was not preserved when sorting in file view (since v2.44a). [2009-09-26] FIX: spaces in quoted filter strings were ignored. [2009-09-26] FIX: occasional runtime error on Export (since v2.44a). [2009-09-26] FIX: selection state did not update after filtering (since v2.44a). [2009-09-26] FIX: selecting multiple files via Shift+Arrow keys did not set to fields with different content in Tag Panel (since v2.44a). [2009-09-25] FIX: saving tags when using arrow keys/single mouse click did not work anymore (since v2.44a). [2009-09-25] FIX: selecting multiple files did not set to fields with different content in Tag Panel (since v2.44a). [2009-09-25] FIX: fixed $loop(%field%) still limited after $loop(%field%,n) at export. [2009-09-23] NEW: support for user-defined field name mappings. [2009-09-23] CHG: updated MusicBrainz web source. [2009-09-18] FIX: occasional runtime error when writing tags to malformed FLAC files. [2009-09-18] CHG: improved status reporting when files are added via drag and drop. [2009-09-18] NEW: added *.flc (used for FLAC in some programs) to list of supported file extensions. [2009-09-16] CHG: converter 'Text file - Tag' now runs in separate thread with progress dialog. [2009-09-13] FIX: fixed resizing issue at convert dialogs. [2009-09-08] CHG: addressed performance issues when reading OGG files with large metadata values. [2009-09-07] NEW: filter now supports filter expressions. [2009-09-07] CHG: filtering is now done in separate thread. [2009-09-03] FIX: occasional runtime error when removing tags from Ogg Vorbis files. [2009-09-02] NEW: added support for preserving mp3HD correction data. [2009-09-01] FIX: fixed lost focus after editing via the extended tags dialog. [2009-08-31] FIX: occasional runtime error when canceling writing operations. [2009-08-21] CHG: filter now enabled by default. [2009-08-21] CHG: changed appearance of lists to themed style under Vista and above. [2009-08-15] CHG: removed German help files. [2009-08-15] CHG: removed Quick Launch Shortcut installer option for Windows 7 and above. ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-08-14] REL: VERSION 2.44 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7) ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-08-14] NEW: added MusicBrainz Web Source. [2009-08-14] NEW: added Cover-only Amazon Web Sources. [2009-08-14] NEW: added F2 keyboard shortcut for editing in Tag Sources dialog. [2009-08-14] FIX: fixed UI glitches when editing long titles at Tag Sources dialog. [2009-08-14] NEW: Windows 7 now officially supported. [2009-08-13] CHG: changelog now English-only. [2009-08-12] FIX: fixed problem with entering certain polish characters where AltGr (right Alt) key was involved. [2009-08-12] CHG: improvements for keyboard navigation at extended tags dialog. [2009-08-12] FIX: action Case Conversion on Vorbis Comments field names did not take Date, Year, and Organization into account. [2009-08-11] CHG: added reporting of ID3v2 parsing errors as !BAD ID3v2 in tag field. [2009-08-11] FIX: pasting a non-existent directory to the directory switcher resulted in a phantom file. [2009-08-10] CHG: added Amazon API signing. [2009-08-10] CHG: added *.jpeg to supported file extensions for displaying cover art from directories. [2009-08-10] FIX: fixed wrong splitting of artist names containing slash characters for freedb web search. [2009-07-19] CHG: workaround for Firefox 3.5 dragged images always reported as BMP files. [2009-07-19] FIX: possible runtime error with Ogg Vorbis cover art. [2009-07-19] FIX: action 'Export cover to file' stopped working (since v2.43b). [2009-07-19] FIX: command-line parameter /fp on non-existent directory loads all tracks of upper directory. [2009-07-11] CHG: updated used TAK SDK to version 1.1.1. [2009-07-11] FIX: fields greater than 255 characters were not truncated in MP4 tags. [2009-07-11] NEW: support for cover art for Ogg Vorbis files. [2009-07-11] FIX: random runtime error when starting Mp3tag with multiple files from the Explorer context menu. [2009-07-04] CHG: increased number of possible user-defined tools. [2009-07-04] FIX: pressing 'Cancel' on write-protected files did not cancel to complete tag-writing process but only skipped the protected file. [2009-07-04] CHG: unlocalised strings now defaulting to English. [2009-07-04] FIX: minor fixes regarding file path canonicalization and validation. [2009-06-30] FIX: removing fields by writing empty values was not possible anymore (since 2.43a). [2009-06-28] NEW: support for Musepack SV8. [2009-06-26] CHG: updated internal value mapping for MediaMonkey rating field RATING MM to address changes in MM 3.1. [2009-06-19] FIX: occasional runtime error while parsing ill-formed UFID frames in ID3v2 tags. [2009-06-07] FIX: scripting functions used at 'Replace with' of action 'Replace with regular expressions' were not evaluated anymore (since v2.43). [2009-06-06] FIX: action 'Merge duplicate fields' merged all fields instead of only given one. [2009-06-06] CHG: action 'Merge duplicate fields' now also takes _ALL as field name to merge all fields. [2009-06-05] FIX: overflow with negative values as second parameter for $num scripting function. [2009-06-05] FIX: action 'Convert codepage' did not work in some cases. [2009-05-12] NEW: multiple-valued fields can now also be created via 'Format value' actions (values separated by \\). [2009-05-11] NEW: field %_cover_type% containing cover type of first embedded cover art. [2009-05-11] FIX: adding cover art via drag and drop was not possible anymore after modifying tag panel fields via 'Options > Tag Panel'. [2009-05-11] NEW: multiple-valued fields can now also be created via direct editing in the file view (values separated by \\). [2009-05-10] FIX: updated discogs.com web source. [2009-05-09] CHG: preventing accidentally hiding of columns in the file view. [2009-04-30] FIX: internal changes to prevent runtime errors on invalid file paths. [2009-04-10] NEW: option 'Correct aspect ratio' at right-click menu of cover art window. [2009-04-08] FIX: previous installation directory was not remembered by the installation program. ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-03-28] REL: VERSION 2.43 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008) ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-03-26] CHG: Ctrl+A in Tag Panel edit fields now selects all text. [2009-03-26] NEW: added support for ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) information fields (bitrate, codec, ...). [2009-03-18] LNG: Hebrew language file. [2009-03-10] CHG: renamed PERFORMERSORTORDER to ARTISTSORTORDER. [2009-03-10] FIX: action 'Format value' with $regexp resulted in duplication of existing dollar signs in value. [2009-03-09] FIX: text in Tag Panel fields was always selected if panel was resized. [2009-03-08] NEW: added functions SayNextNumber, SayNextWord, SayNewline, SayRegexp und Unspace for Web Sources Framework. [2009-03-08] CHG: Genre field at 'Options > Tag Panel > Default values' now editable. [2009-03-03] FIX: aspect ratio was not kept when displaying cover art that exceeded the size of the cover art window. [2009-02-28] CHG: internal undo buffer gets reset when changing directories now. [2009-02-28] NEW: keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Tab and Shift+Ctrl+Tab for fast navigation between sub-windows. [2009-02-26] FIX: overflow at total size in status bar for large archives. [2009-02-11] CHG: improved performance at creating local freedb indexes. [2009-02-11] CHG: year field now accepts input longer than 4 characters. [2009-02-08] NEW: added mappings for WM/AlbumSortOrder, WM/ArtistSortOrder, and WM/TitleSortOrder for WMA tags. [2009-02-08] NEW: more size-efficient layout of Tag Panel in horizontal mode. [2009-02-08] NEW: option to hide the directory switcher from the Tag Panel. [2009-02-03] LNG: Danish language file. [2009-01-30] FIX: fixed several issues with handling multiple values for WMA tag fields. [2009-01-13] NEW: notification dialog if files referenced in a playlist cannot be read. [2008-12-31] NEW: support for %_total_files% in SearchBy part of Web Sources. [2008-12-30] FIX: minor UI glitch with line cursor at Tag Sources menu. [2008-12-30] CHG: extended list of default columns for initial installations. [2008-12-30] CHG: extended fields Album Artist, Composer, and Discnumber are now displayed in Tag Panel (see 'Options > Tag Panel' for configuration). [2008-12-30] FIX: preview at 'Text file - Tag' ignored blank lines. [2008-12-30] FIX: TVEPISODE and TVSEASON set by iTunes were not read. [2008-12-24] FIX: some genres from the extended list of ID3v1 genres were not allowed as standard genres in MP4 tags. [2008-12-24] LNG: Ukrainian language file. [2008-12-28] LNG: Vietnamese language file. [2008-12-12] CHG: consistently removing empty tag fields when saving tags now. [2008-12-05] FIX: column presets were not included in backup via 'File > Save configuration'. [2008-12-05] CHG: column presets are now stored in %APPDATA%\Mp3tag\data\columns. [2008-11-30] FIX: improved error handling for 0 bytes sized files. [2008-11-24] FIX: improved error handling for broken APIC frames. [2008-11-22] NEW: option to check for updates on program startup. [2008-11-22] NEW: function sayuntilml for web sources framework. [2008-11-16] FIX: runtime error while trying to read empty ID3v2 UFID frames. [2008-11-09] CHG: updated discogs tag source. [2008-11-06] FIX: lost keyboard focus after removing last cover via extended tag dialog. ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2008-10-25] REL: VERSION 2.42 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008) ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2008-10-14] LNG: Belarusian language file. [2008-10-14] FIX: calculation of bitrate at APE files ignored APEv2 tag size. [2008-10-14] FIX: cancel option at Tag Sources was ignored when asking whether existing cover in directory should be overwritten. [2008-09-26] FIX: undo rename overwrote tag of current visible files in some rare error cases. [2008-09-21] NEW: MP4 fields ITUNESMEDIATYPE, TVEPISODEID, TVNETWORK, TVSEASON and TVEPISODE. [2008-09-17] FIX: runtime error when undoing operations for files where file name contained percent character. [2008-09-13] CHG: SHOW and SHOWSORTORDER MP4 tags renamed to TVSHOW and TVSHOWSORTORDER. [2008-09-13] CHG: memory consumption improvements for large music libraries with cover art. [2008-08-12] NEW: action type 'Split fields by separator' [2008-08-11] NEW: tag sources dialogs now with Back buttons. [2008-08-06] FIX: changing cover to 'Back cover' was ignored at MP4s with Nero Digital tags. [2008-08-02] FIX: binary ID3v2 UFID frames were not read and preserved correctly. [2008-08-02] FIX: fixed wrong button state at column configuration dialogue. [2008-07-30] NEW: support for drag'n'drop of cover art from Mp3tag. [2008-07-26] NEW: support for padding in Ogg Vorbis files to improve tag writing performance. [2008-07-25] CHG: removing and deleting of files now separated into different menu items. [2008-07-24] FIX: possible crash caused by ill-formatted action files. [2008-07-16] CHG: installer information is now stored at HKLM or HKCU in Windows Registry based on user privileges. [2008-07-06] FIX: minor issues with displaying of error messages. [2008-07-05] NEW: type and description of cover art can now also be set via the Tag Sources dialog. [2008-07-02] NEW: support for Ogg Vorbis files with OGA file extension. [2008-07-02] FIX: drag'n'drop of cover art from Firefox 3 did not work. [2008-05-30] FIX: installer ignored different user-defined startmenu folder. [2008-05-30] FIX: 'Edit > Undo' was not activated in all cases. [2008-05-30] FIX: fixed possible deadlock situation at action 'Remove fields except'. [2008-05-28] FIX: playcounter of ID3v2 POPM frame was written to the wrong byte. [2008-05-27] NEW: context menu for cover-related functions now also available at the extended tags dialog. [2008-05-18] NEW: scripting functions $meta(x), $meta(x,n), and $meta_sep(x,sep). [2008-05-18] CHG: fields with multiple matching values are now displayed individually at the extended tags dialog also for multiple files. [2008-05-17] FIX: progress bar showed wrong status in some cases when reading multiple directories from Explorer. [2008-05-17] FIX: runtime error under Windows Vista at accessing MP3 files that have been moved outside of Mp3tag. [2008-05-17] FIX: horizontal scrollbar wasn't displayed after changing columns on some systems. [2008-05-17] NEW: description of cover art can now be changed via the context menu of the cover art display in the main view. [2008-05-17] NEW: type of cover art can now be changed via the context menu of the cover art display in the main view. [2008-05-17] NEW: type of cover art is now displayed in the main view. [2008-05-17] CHG: open and save dialogs are resizeable now. [2008-05-10] FIX: arrow symbol for helper menu at 'Tag - Filename' was not displayed on some systems. [2008-05-06] CHG: handling of Ctrl+A in edit fields to select all text. [2008-05-06] CHG: linebreaks in multi-line edit fields now via Ctrl+Return. [2008-05-04] NEW: added _FOLDERPATH filtering option. [2008-05-04] CHG: filtering by _PATH uses the complete file path now. [2008-05-04] FIX: deleting files with Ctrl+Del sometimes only removed them from the file list. [2008-05-01] FIX: some actions created empty tag fields if applied to non-existing tag fields with the same name. [2008-05-01] CHG: linebreaks in ID3v2 comments now CR LF (0x0D 0x0A) instead of 0x0A for compatibility reasons. [2008-04-22] CHG: Mp3tag now ignores the tag alter preservation flag in ID3v2 frames. ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW: new feature CHG: change FIX: bugfix ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------