* When a playlist is sent to the player, all items in it are colored green. New items continue to be added in red. This allows you to determine which files have or have not been sent to the player.
* Fixed bug which would cause Trax to incorrectly delete playlist items under certain conditions.
* Delete/Backspace keys now delete items in the playlist.
* Added some support for language localization. A Japanese translation (by Naotaka Morimoto) should be finished soon.
v2.7 - 3/14/98
* Fixed long standing bug which prevented Trax from decoding SWA 6.0 headers.
* Based on user suggestions, Trax can now automatically open a source folder (or disk) at startup. This is configurable, of course, via the Preferences dialog.
v2.6 - 2/8/98
* Based on user suggestions, Trax now supports multiple selections in both the playlist and source windows. This allows a user to add many (or all) of the source files at once. It is also possible to delete multiple (or all) playlist entries.
v2.5.5 - 12/1/97
* If you are using SoundApp as your playback engine, Trax now sends the actual playlist file to SoundApp, instead of the individual songs. Note that only works if the playlist file has been saved.
v2.5 - 11/21/97
* Trax can now shuffle a playlist, either manually (by clicking on the off-set rectangles button in the playlist window), or automatically on open (specified in the preferences dialog). This feature is particularly useful if you use MacAMP (which dosen't support shuffle) as your player.
* Trax now highlights the names of songs already added to the current playlist in red. Songs in the playlist window are also displayed in red (to help identify the playlist window). Opening an existing playlist or creating a new one resets the colors.
v2.3.1 - 11/14/97
* fixed a bug introduced in 2.3 which prevented Trax from reading and setting ID3 tags correctly.
v2.3 - 11/8/97
* new playlist format: storing the full path to files (as Trax v2.2 and below did) was never a good idea (and sometimes didn't work if the files were in a folder on the desktop or other strange location); I've now switched to an 'alis' resource based playlist, which is a much better way to go. FYI: the new playlist format is compatible with SoundApp's playlist format, meaning you can read/write SoundApp playlists from Trax and vice-versa.
* since it appears as though the "save playlist" feature in Trax may have been broken for the past couple of releases (opps), I didn't bother to implement an import feature for old format playlists.
* removed the "Check" button from the playlist window, since its functionality is no longer needed with the new playlist format.
* removed dead code and performed other optimizations
v2.2 - 11/5/97
* Trax now uses a local disk cache to store file times for the last x number of files which were decoded. The size of the cache is adjustable via the preferences dialog. This greatly speeds up playlist management when most of your files are being pulled off a single-speed CD-ROM device. In my informal tests, time to access a directory once cached was reduced by a factor of 3. The reason for the odd cache size choices (note they are all prime numbers) has to do with the hashing structure I used to implement the cache. I recommend using the default size of 977 (about 50k on disk).
* scrollbars are now "active" - meaning the contents of the window scrolls as you move the thumb.
* new about box.
* other minor bug fixes.
v2.1 - 9/24/97
* Trax can now decode and set the ID3 tag information associated with some mpeg files (it is an extra 128 byte frame at the end of the stream).
v2.0.1 - 9/20/97
* fixed an obscure bug which prevented Trax from subtracting playback time from a song deleted during a check process.
* Trax now opens the data fork of MPEG files with read-only access, preventing conflicts between it and the players.
v2.0 - 9/19/97
* Trax can now decode MPEG header information, including bitrate, frequency, layer, mode, etc! This information allows Trax to give 100% accurate values for playback times. It also allows the user to get more info on a file then some playback engines allow (whether or not a file is joint stereo, for example).
* on first launch of Trax (or when upgrading from previous version), Trax will prompt you to re-enter your preference information.
* added keyboard equivalents for rotating items in playlist and for getting info on files.
* rearranged buttons in playlist window, and changed some colors.
* added new preferences item to disable automatic decoding of header.
* turned on compiler optimizations
* fixed a ton of bugs
v1.6.3 - 9/7/97
* fixed bug which prevented re-opened playlists from displaying the total playback time.
v1.6.2 - 8/17/97
* fixed bug which would, under some circumstances, incorrectly insert songs midway through the playlist instead of at the end.
v1.6.1 - 7/25/97
* fixed window framing problem on the source windows (scrollbar would overlap the grow box)
* fixed bug preventing restorating of the "display file times" preference across multiple launches
* changed about box
v1.6 - 7/15/97
* fixed recursion bug once and for all; Trax now correctly displays files that are buried more than 2 folders deep
* added the ability to export a playlist to a MacAmp vd25 compatible file (since MacAmp dosen't fully support the OpenDocuments apple event as of this writing)
* Trax can now display estimated file times for each file, along with a total playback time of the playlist. Note that these times are based upon files which are encoded Layer III,128bits/44Khz stereo. Other types of files will produce innacurate file times. There is an option to toggle the display of file times via the preferences dialog.
* You must re-enter all of your previous preferences (including your playback application)
v1.5 - 6/23/97
* Trax now supports re-opening of saved playlist files!
* save/open/revert playlist files in new file format
* closing a playlist window now gives a save warning
* new "check" button on playlist window checks paths for validity
* new icons (you will have to rebuild your desktop to see them, and for Trax to accept playlist files via drag-and-drop on the finder icon)
* watch cursor no longer flickers when recursing a directory to open
* note: Trax no longer supports the old "AudioActive-style" (text) playlists since:
- no one uses AudioActive anymore
- no other players support that format
- the format has no room to store extra info like song times
- Trax supports all players via AppleEvents - this will be the only official way of getting your playlists into a specified player.
v1.3.1 - 5/6/97
* fixed ugly interface bug with the Playlist window (if you created a playlist larger than the initial window size, it wouldn't scroll correctly)
v1.3 - 5/1/97
* Now compatible with every MacOS mpeg decoder (as long as it supports the OpenDocuments apple event)!
* Automatically launch player from Trax
* New preferences option to specify the player
* Cursor changes to watch while opening folders
* Window buttons act more "3-D like"
v1.1 - 4/13/97
* Fixed a bug with "Save" with wouldn't correctly truncate playlists after entries had been deleted and the playlist resaved
* Added preferences dialog to specify folder depth, file extension, and playlist creator.
* Added the ability to drag folders/disks to Trax icon in the finder
