foobar2000 1.1.12a

2012-05-27
Hot fix: foobar2000 v1.1.12a has been released. This version corrects a regression in 1.1.12 final.


1.1.12
Fixed Musepack HTTP streaming bugs.
Fixed incorrect MP3 decoder behavior on certain rare files.
Fixed crash reporter dialog crash (duh).
Detection of proxy server settings from Internet Explorer.
Fixed multi-channel FLAC encoding (channel mask now gets preserved).
Fixed multi-channel WavPack decoding (channel mask now gets preserved).
Now possible to use HDCD & DTS decoder components with ALAC.
Changed MP3 tag reading behaviors when multiple tags are present.
ID3v2 content now takes priority over APE and then ID3v1.
Various time-consuming operations such as conversion or ReplayGain-scanning now prevent the computer from automatically going to sleep (opt-out).
Tuned ReplayGain scanner for fast multicore CPU / slow HDD scenarios (beta 4).
Fixed Converter misbehavior on files with misplaced “cuesheet” tags (beta 4).
Improved performance when playing MP3 files from internet HTTP sources (beta 4).
Improved compatibility with Apple's HFS driver (beta 4).
ID3v2 handling improvements (beta 5):
Fixed TXXX field name sometimes incorrectly written.
No longer possible to write multiple values per ID3v2.3 frame in various scenarios.
Improved ID3v2.3 specification compliance for TXXX and TCON (genre) frames (beta 6).
COMM frames with a description now show as “COMMENT <description>”.
Certain broken APIC (cover art) frames are now visible.
APEv2 tag writing: relaxed tracknumber/discnumber field content restrictions (beta 5).
Fixed Converter having trouble locating oggenc.exe (beta 6).
Fixed WAV handling exploits affecting versions 1.1.9-1.1.12b6.
Thanks to FuzzMyApp for the report and samples.
Files with .M4R (MP4 ringtones) extension are now recognized (1.1.12 final).
Fixed incorrect handling of hidden files with certain Media Library configurations (1.1.12 final).


2012-05-11
foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 6 has been released, including further incremental fixes


2012-05-04
foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 5 has been released.
This update addresses various ID3 tag handling issues and improves ID3 specification compliance


2012-04-28
foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 4 has been released.
This incremental update brings various performance and compatibility


2012-04-15
foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 3 has been released.
This update fixes an MP3 decoder regression causing glitches when decoding files that have been split from a longer original file.


2012-03-25
foobar2000 v1.1.12 beta 2 has been released.
This is a quick fix for apparent regressions in the beta 1.


1.1.12
Fixed Musepack HTTP streaming bugs.
Fixed incorrect MP3 decoder behavior on certain rare files.
Fixed crash reporter dialog crash (duh).
Detection of proxy server settings from Internet Explorer.
Improved crash report generation for infinite recursions / stack overflows.
Fixed multi-channel FLAC encoding (channel mask now gets preserved).
Fixed multi-channel WavPack decoding (channel mask now gets preserved).
Now possible to use HDCD & DTS decoder components with ALAC.
Changed MP3 tag reading behaviors when multiple tags are present.
ID3v2 content now takes priority over APE and then ID3v1.
Various time-consuming operations such as conversion or ReplayGain-scanning now prevent the computer from automatically going to sleep (opt-out).


2012-02-04
foobar2000 v1.1.11 stable has been released.
Various bugs have been fixed again; the deadlock detection feature has been toned down - in stable releases it will no longer kill the app due to slow operations on large music librarie


1.1.11
Improved built-in crossfading functionality, new fading configuration in Preferences / Output.
Fading functionality available with built-in DirectSound mode only.
New .fb2k-component file type extension for foobar2000 component packages.
Fixed some potential security issues.
Added type-find in the default playlist view.
Added support for album art in APEv2 tags on MP3 files.
Fixed more WAV handling bugs.
Converter update - now you can restrict specific encoder to run in one thread only.
Experimental deadlock detection (beta 2)
After long periods of apparent UI unresponsiveness, the application will automatically terminate and produce a crash report.
Cleaned up advanced preferences for MP3 tagging (beta 2)
“Force preferred tagging scheme” option gone - use the “MP3 tag types” dialog to convert between different tag types.


2012-01-25
foobar2000 v1.1.11 beta 5 released.
This update includes incremental bug fixes over beta 4 as well more customizable fading.


2012-01-22
foobar2000 v1.1.11 beta 3 and beta 4 released.
Various UI responsivity bugs have been fixed using the telemetry data from beta 2 - thanks to everyone who submitted crash reports.
Update: Now at beta 4. The short-lived beta 3 had a major stability problem that should be fixed now - special thanks to the 15 people who submitted crash reports so quickly.


2012-01-19
foobar2000 v1.1.11 beta 2 released. Various beta 1 quirks have been sanitized.
This version introduces an experimental deadlock detection feature - the application will automatically terminate and produce a crash report after long periods of apparent UI unresponsiveness.
Please always send reports of any crashes that you encounter, chances are that they can be worked-around in the next version or forwarded to the developer of the problematic component.


1.1.11

Improved built-in crossfading functionality, new fading configuration in Preferences / Output.
Fading functionality available with built-in DirectSound mode only.
New .fb2k-component file type extension for foobar2000 component packages.
Fixed some potential security issues.
Added type-find in the default playlist view.
Added support for album art in APEv2 tags on MP3 files.
Fixed more WAV handling bugs.


1.1.10

Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) decoding support is now included out-of-the-box, using the newly published Apple library.
Fixed WAV handling bugs introduced in 1.1.9.
Worked around buggy Asus Xonar drivers, volume control no longer requires toggling specific options in the driver control panel.
Various stability fixes.
New �about� dialog.


2011-11-22
foobar2000 v1.1.10 beta 2 has been released. This update addresses various security issues in the new ALAC decoder and introduces a workaround for the infamous Asus Xonar volume control bug.


1.1.10

Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) decoding support is now included out-of-the-box, using the newly published Apple library.
Fixed WAV handling bugs introduced in 1.1.9.


1.1.9

Added WAV file format tagging support.
Implemented experimental support for 16-bit floating-point WAV files.
Fixed ID3v2 handling bugs from 1.1.8.


2011-10-28
foobar2000 v1.1.9 beta 2 has been released. This update fixes more MP3 tagging regressions from 1.1.8 and refines the WAV tagging feature.


1.1.9

Added WAV file format tagging support.
Implemented experimental support for 16-bit floating-point WAV files.
Fixed ID3v2 handling bugs from 1.1.8.


1.1.8

Worked-around a reported security problem with certain WAV files and buggy system codecs.
Skip silence DSP improvements.
Improved MP3 tag handling (ID3v2) compliance:
More compliant WXXX parsing.
More compliant ID3v2.4 date handling.
Compressed 2.3 tags are now readable.
Due to heavy structural changes in relevant code, please watch out for MP3 tagging regressions.
Musepack decoding bug fixes. (beta 3)
Fixed a converter bug with writing multichapter files. (beta 3)
Improved FLAC/Vorbis metadata compatibility with other software. (beta 4, beta 5)
Affected fields: �album artist�, �totaltracks�, �totaldiscs�.
The old behavior can be restored with an Advanced Preferences switch.
Support for playing WebM audio (beta 5)
Support for iTunes gapless information in MP3 files (beta 5)


2011-08-25
foobar2000 v1.1.8 beta 6 has been released.
It corrects a preferences crash regression from beta 5.


2011-08-23
foobar2000 v1.1.8 beta 5 has been released.
Support for playing WebM audio (beta 5)
Support for iTunes gapless information in MP3 files (beta 5)


2011-08-07
foobar2000 v1.1.8 beta 4 has been released.
This update improves "album artist" metadata compatibility for FLAC & Vorbis formats. Details are included in the change log.
This is an experimental change; reports of scenarios where compatibility has been degraded are welcome.


2011-07-29
foobar2000 v1.1.8 beta 3 has been released. This update addresses various bugs related to Musepack file format handling.


2011-07-13
foobar2000 v1.1.8 beta 2 has been released. Various regressions from the previous version have been corrected.


1.1.8 beta

Worked-around a reported security problem with certain WAV files and buggy system codecs.
Skip silence DSP improvements.
Improved MP3 tag handling (ID3v2) compliance:
More compliant WXXX parsing.
More compliant ID3v2.4 date handling.
Compressed 2.3 tags are now readable.
Due to heavy structural changes relevant code, please watch out for MP3 tagging regressions.


1.1.7

Ability to add/remove embedded pictures in media files - currently supports: MP3, MP4, FLAC, WMA, WavPack, Musepack, Vorbis and APE.
Improved bitrate reporting accuracy for various audio formats.
Updated ReplayGain scanning code to the latest version of libebur128.


1.1.7 beta 6 out.
This update improves MP4 tag handling robustness and more properly addresses the beta 4 regression.


1.1.7 beta 5 out.
This is a hotfix release to address beta 4 regression with MP4 tagging.


1.1.7 beta 4 out.
Changes: improved reported bitrate calculation for various audio formats so oversized tags no longer affect it; new command to remove all attached pictures.


1.1.7 beta 3 out.
Changes: new batch picture attaching functionality, improved external album art loading logic for multi-disc albums.


2011-05-07
New beta version (1.1.7 beta 2) is out. Various bugs have been fixed; support for attaching pictures to Vorbis files has been added.


v1.1.7
Ability to edit embedded pictures in media files - currently supports: MP3, FLAC, WMA, WavPack, Musepack and APE.
Updated ReplayGain scanning code to the latest version of libebur128.


v1.1.6
Improved performance when playing very short tracks.
Improved tag compatibility with other software.
�Album artist� is mapped to ID3v2 TPE2 like in WMP/iTunes.
Support for iTunes �itunescompilation� tags, in MP3/ID3v2 and MP4.
ID3v2.3 tags are now written by default since version 2.4 seems to be widely ignored by software vendors.
Added support for multi-value WMA tags.
Read more about tagging changes
Improved reading of MP3 encoding information headers written by alpha versions of LAME.
ReplayGain scanner now uses libebur128 for improved accuracy.


v1.1.6 beta 5
This update introduces various improvements to ID3 tag handling. http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Metadata_Compatibility_1.1.6_changes


v1.1.6 beta 4

This update again improves tagging compatibility with other software as well as corrects inconsistent ReplayGain scanner behavior for mono files.


v1.1.6 beta 3

This update resolves multiple known problems with the new ReplayGain scanner.


1.1.6 beta 2

This update refines the tagging compatibility improvements


1.1.6

* Improved performance when playing very short tracks.
* Improved tag compatibility with other software.
o �Album artist� is mapped to ID3v2 TPE2 like in WMP/iTunes.
o Support for iTunes �itunescompilation� tags, in MP3/ID3v2 and MP4.
o ID3v2.3 tags are now written by default since version 2.4 seems to be widely ignored by software vendors.
o Added support for multi-value WMA tags.
o Read more about tagging changes
* Improved reading of MP3 encoding information headers written by alpha versions of LAME.
* ReplayGain scanner now uses libebur128 for improved accuracy


1.1.5

* Fixed various 1.1.3 / 1.1.4 regressions.
* Added a menu item to check for new foobar2000 versions.
* Added a menu item to more easily check for updated components.


1.1.4

* Fixed regression: incorrect AAC decoder behaviors introduced in version 1.1.3.


1.1.3

* Fixed crashing on newest AMD processors.


1.1.2

* New foobar2000 application icon.
* foobar2000's volume slider is now synchronized with Windows Mixer application volume slider on Windows Vista and newer.
* Progress of various operations is now displayed on Windows 7 taskbar.
* Fixed various freedb related bugs; freedb support works again.
* Fixed 1.1.1 regression with Media Library configuration reset when upgrading from versions older than 1.1.
* Fixed 1.1.1 regression with Media Library being stuck in �initializing� state if foobar2000's portable installation files are inside one of the watched folders.
* Improved startup time and memory usage with very large media libraries. [beta 4]


1.1.1

* Improved first run experience
o With standard (non-portable) installs, foobar2000 Media Library defaults to indexing your music folders indexed by Windows itself.
* HTTPS support in networking services
o This is mainly relevant to component developers. You can now access HTTPS URLs through filesystem and http_client services.
* Fixed a rare crash when closing the Preferences dialog in specific conditions.
* Improved compatibility with broken MP4 files.


1.1

* New component installation and automatic updating functionality.
o Optional components are now installed into user's profile folder, allowing different