# Version history

## Version 5.02 - December 30, 2002

### Bugfixes

1. Bug in startup appearing in case of new instalation.

## Version 5.01 - December 29, 2002

### Bugfixes

1. Bug in grid+right click menu handling.
2. Bug in export Lyrics3 tag into ID3v2 tag (big tags only).
3. Crash when deleting held file instead of error message.
4. Some multilingual problems fixed (be sure to get latest language files).

## Version 5.00 - December 4, 2002

### New features

1. Multilanguage support
2. File properties can be displayer like in Explorer.
3. ID3v2 import/export (thanks to Alon)
4. Multiple tag deletion
5. Partial compatibility with Winamp3. You have to install free component "Winamp 2.x Plugin Manager for Winamp 3". Main commands will work, but that's all for now. Other things have to be enabled by author of this component. Get the component at http://members.telocity.com/~schweitn/wa3/wa2mgr/main.html. (Anyway... for the time being I recommend to use old good Wa2)
6. Own genres - new addition to the Lyrics3 tag which keeps genres which are not included in ID3v1

### Changes

1. New error handling

### Bugfixes

1. Bug in editor/move to next

## Version 4.92 - June 22, 2002

### Bugfixes

1. Bug in file system recognition which was introduced in 4.91 (file system always read as "Unknown")."

## Version 4.91 - June 6, 2002

### Bugfixes

1. Corrected problem occuring when both ZoomPlayer and Bulletproof server were running at the same time (identical class name)
2. Corrected problem with network drives scan
3. Buttons "insert keyword" and "insert delimiter" in OSD didn't work
4. Few other small bugs

## Version 4.90 - May 14, 2002

### New features

1. Lyrics download from 4 servers (thanks to Alon for the interface).
2. Quick ID3v2 tag removal function (menu Filter/Special).
3. Support for AVI/ASF video files (add AVI and ASF to your media type list!).
4. Support for ZoomPlayer (video/audio player).
5. Option to switch recursive scan off.
6. Added textbox for additional filesystem which will be recognized by CD Cache in "CD Cache Maintenance" screen.

### Other changes

1. Improved speed of CD Cache activation.
2. Ejectdll.dll not needed anymore; added option to close the CD door.
3. Remake of "Player settings" screen.
4. Database format change (WARNING - later downgrade to any previous version clears the database including CD Cache)

### Bugfixes

1. "Delete the last track from list" caused error.
2. Solved incompatibility with 256 color display.
3. Solved incompatibility causing inability to create folders under WinNT/2000/XP".
4. Shortcuts alt-s and ctrl+left/right arrow did not work in Track properties

## Version 4.81 - May 27, 2001

### New features

1. Preferences/Edit: added switch causing automatical saving of current date (YYYY-MM-DD) into comment field when this field is empty.
2. Tag properties: added new button for immediate save+exit

### Other changes

1. CD Cache: when playing from CD Cache, MP3 Manager now copies images into temp folder together with sound files.

### Bugfixes

1. Bug in ID3 Tagger for "title" column
2. Bug in Sorting settings
3. Scanning failed on filename with doubled extension
4. "Get artist from filename" function corrected

## Version 4.80 - March 18, 2001

### New features

1. OSD: improved scrolling of lyrics with timestamps
2. OSD: scrolling of lyrics without timestamps (estimated) - see new switch
3. ID3 Tagger/track number support - new options
4. Treeview Filter
5. Added button in "Media Paths Setting" for adding path manually
6. Copy/Paste Tag data improved - new options

### Other changes

1. Better compatibility with some tags which use hex zero as terminating character
2. New runtimes (Visual Studio SP5)

### Bugfixes

1. "Window on top" did not work if the window has not been maximized.
2. Copying from CD Cache to temp folder failed sometimes.

## Version 4.71 - January 9, 2001

### New features

1. New commandline options: FX, FI, SA.

### Bugfixes

1. "Rename" function in Track Properties failed if just the case of filename has been changed.

## Version 4.70 - January 1, 2001

### New features

1. Track field of ID3v1.1 tag support (new column, track number import through ID3 Tagger,...).
2. Simple renaming button in Track properties window.
3. Background picture applied if "background.jpg" found in main folder
4. New sorting options (sort by track number, filename, volume name)
5. Duplicate finder (menu Filter/Special)
6. Codepage select (Preferences/Fonts)

### Changed

1. Minimize into system tray.
2. "None" genre (ASCII 255) allowed.

### Bugfixes

1. Error occured, if the last and only track on the list has been deleted.

## Version 4.60 - November 19, 2000

### New features

1. Whole new complex track filtering system including Quick and Advanced Filtering.
2. The keyboard navigation enabled for "Comment" field
3. Improved Goto menu for easy access.
4. Mass editing of the "inhb" indicator (inhibit for random selection).

### Changed

1. Freeware status changed into shareware.
2. Ctrl+F5 and F5 combined to F5.
3. Move files faster when moving to the same drive.
4. CoolPlayer supported instead of WinPlay.
5. The "inhb" indicator moved into Lyrics3 Tag.

### Bugfixes

1. Bug in changing file attributes in NT/Win2000 system.
2. Runtimes version check.
3. Old problem with some menu commands starting twice has been fixed.

## Version 4.51 - March 19, 2000

### New features

1. Drag & Drop capability.
2. HTML help system.

### Changed

1. Changes in copy/move processing.

### Bugfixes

1. Bug in creating folders in NT/Win2000 system.
2. Bug in "Select/deselect this track" command from right-click menu.

### Problem solved

1. Enqueuing to Winamp 2.60 and 2.61.

## Version 4.50 - February 13, 2000

Due to big amount of changes, only main are listed.

### New features

1. (Partial) support for other media files as VQF, WMA, WAV-MP3.
2. More files or CD Cache records can be deleted at once.
3. Extended media info in "kbit" column.
4. Command line options.
5. Sorting schemes can be saved. Accessible through dialog or menu item.
6. Fonts for all dialogs can be changed (Preferences).
7. "Import playlist from Winamp as selection" function.
8. Mass renaming per scheme
9. Select (or select and play) tracks with identical text in column where cursor is located.
10. Batch commands in Favorites are creating more informative names for selections.
11. On Screen Display.

### Changed

1. Menu "Edit" has been redesigned, some commands moved from right-click menu into menu "Edit".
2. CD Cache is active even if the CD is in drive.

### Bugfixes

1. Because of some problems from 4.40 new scanning engine developed.

## Version 4.40 - July 2, 1999

### New features

1. Added switch cutting pathname from filename.
2. Added switch adding one more submenu to right-click menu for easy access to tracks.
3. Allowed changes of tags for tracks in CD Cache.
4. Option to replace original tag by CD Cache data when playing/copying from CD Cache.

### Changed

1. Supported Sonique instead of NAD.
2. New runtimes (Visual Studio SP3) - less internal bugs.
3. Improved linking images with relative path (in dirs above), i.e. ..\image.jpg

### Bugs fixed

1. MP1/2 bitrate reading failed.
2. Very slow reading of bitrate for files which include NFO section on beginning.

## Version 4.31 - May 2, 1999

### New features

1. Switch which cuts path from filename in main track list - Preferences/Other.

### Bugs fixed

1. Free disk space availability checking improved.
2. Invalid URL sent to web browser in some circumstances from "Other info".

## Version 4.3 - April 20, 1999

### New features

1. Text in "other info" edit box is "URL sensitive". Double-clicking on URL will open it in default web browser.
2. Playing "directly" from CD Cache (without updating database). MP3 files are copied to temporary folder first.

### Changed

1. New link to AMG.
2. Added link to new mirror for homepage.

### Bugs fixed

1. Scanning VBR MP3 files failed with error message on files with invalid VBR header.
2. Copy function from multiple CD drives: the drive with lowest drive letter was always ejected. Now there is the last ejected drive remembered.

## Version 4.21 - April 1, 1999

### Changes

1. Added keyboard shortcut for "MP3 files paths setting".

### Bugs fixed

1. Memory problems at database update caused freezing occasionally.
2. Problems with international characters in filenames.
3. Few other minor bugs.

## Version 4.2 - March 26, 1999

### New features

1. CD Cache maintenance. It is possible to rename and delete CD from CD Cache here.
2. Moving files. Copying/moving tracks now with "create folder structure \Artist\Album" option.
3. You can make list of your favorite selections (Favorites/Batch/List).
4. Copy/Paste ID3 Tag to/from internal database.
5. "Select all with the same comment" added to right-click menu. Useful for those adding criteria for selecting to the comment field.
6. CSV (comma delimited text file) file type added in "Create list" subsystem.
7. Option to add button which activates right-click menu.
8. List wizard instead of old interface.

### Other changes

1. Compiled in Visual Foxpro 6.0
2. MP3 Manager 32 is not dependent on "JPGBMP.DLL" anymore.
3. Several performance optimizations for big database. Tested on CD Cache with 31910 tracks (really)!
4. Redesigned informational line. Format of time/bytes is remembered, ddhhmm format for date added.
5. All numbers are in ###,### format (instead of previously used ######).
6. First 4 items from menu File moved to new menu "Settings".
7. Splashscreen can be switched off. Splashscreen and About screen slightly modified.
8. Overall change of bitrate recognition - full support for Layer1 (MPG) and Layer2 (MP2) files, Layer3 files now including variable bitrate (VBR - Xing encoder). MP3 Manager now scans paths for all *.MP* files.

### Bugs fixed

1. Screen refresh problems for maximized window.
2. Buttons were losing original color sometimes.

### Removed

1. Lyrics download from International Lyrics Server because of server shutdown. :-(

## Version 4.12 - January 11, 1999

1. Added support for GIF image format.

## Version 4.11 - November 29, 1998

1. Incompatibility with Chinese Windows95 (error message on startup) solved.
2. It was not possible to open this help file on some computers ("help file created in another language...")
3. MP3 Manager now looks better if another than "standard" color scheme has been set in Control Panel.
4. Improved routine calculating optimal column width.

## Version 4.1 - November 24, 1998

### New features

1. Change of font for track list is now possible - Preferences.
2. It is possible to select all tracks from any folder including subfolders - rightclick on any track in column "filename"
3. Sound volume bar is updated by setting of volume from another applications in real time (Windows, Winamp...) and MP3 Manager is now able to control volume setting on Winamp (2.0+). This feature can be disabled in preferences in case of incompatibility with soundcard etc.
4. New indexing system. The 150 chars limitation for path+file names of MP3's has been increased to 240. Sorting finally works regardless of lower/upper case of characters. Previously lowercase was sorted on end of the list.
5. Removed the limitation of ID3 Tag Corrector for tracks which already have ID3 Tag and renamed function to ID3 Tagger.
6. Saving selections redone from scratch with the new name - Favorite selections. New functions added to favorite selections - export/import to M3U, batch commands.
7. Speeded up database update (F5, Ctrl+F5) and CD-Cache (de)activation.
8. Lyrics3 Plugin start from MP3 Manager.
9. New style of buttons. Some new buttons, some functions on current buttons redefined.
10. More automation for copying MP3's: Auto-eject for copying files from multiple CD's.
11. Added links to guestbook and forum.

## Version 4.0 - July 24, 1998

### New features

1. Main window has not fixed dimensions anymore (I am quite happy!).
2. More columns in track list.
3. Added switch to disable feature forcing main window to stay on top when player is launched.

### Modified

1. Link to All Music Guide.
2. Download from International Lyrics Server modified to follow the new procedure at ILS.
3. Volume bar control changed to look and work better.
4. Widths of columns in list of songs created in *.DBF and *.XLS format are automatically adjusted to width of widest entry.

## Version 3.93 - Jun 22, 1998

### New feature

1. Database update can be aborted by pressing Escape key.

### Bugs removed

1. An old bug probably - if any of folders set as searching paths does not exist, then scanning for MP3's ended in an uninterruptible loop. Fixed.
2. Volume control failed in case of multiple audio devices installed. Fixed.

## Version 3.92 - Jun 13, 1998

### Bugs removed

1. Saving preferences with change in "show tip of the day" checkbox caused error.
2. MP3 Manager allowed adding track(s) to Winamp's playlist from CD Cache.

## Version 3.91 - Jun 10, 1998

### Bugs removed

1. Scanning large network drives failed.
2. Image linker did not add links to images for all selected tracks if cursor hasn't been on first selected track.
3. Image link saved with unneeded <CR><LF> on end of last string.
4. Few other minor bugs removed.

## Version 3.9 - Jun 1, 1998

1. All data including Lyrics3 Tag fields are now stored in database.
2. New system of support for CDs - CD Cache. All CD data are cached and retrieved quickly after pressing F5 or Ctrl+F5. Switch for temporary adding of CD tracklist into main track list is replacing old "Removable media index".
3. Button starting browser on All-Music Guide will take track title as a query.
4. Support for NAD 0.93 instead of Maplay. The support is not full and not perfect as NAD 0.93 is not perfect (but much better than Maplay).
5. Color scheme saving, "Try" button for color scheme testing. Both accessible from Preferences.
6. Check if there is player already playing before starting new play" button in Preferences.
7. Copying from multiple CDs in CD Cache.
8. Displaying images in Properties (fourth tab, linked to separate JPG or BMP file)... another addition to Lyrics3 Tag.
9. "Image linker" available from right-click menu will add link to image for selected songs (album, artist)
10. Few changes in html list. HTML code created should be about 60% lighter!
11. Tab captions in Track Properties gets colored if there is something entered.
12. Improved bitrate recognition.
13. Few more genres for Winamp 1.91.

## Version 3.8 - April 13, 1998

1. Lyrics3 Tag version 2.00 implemented. Track properties window fully redesigned to support the new fields.
2. Few other changes/bug fixes.

## Version 3.7 - March 10, 1998

### Features added/modified

1. New INI file (mp3man32.ini) used. By default it is in mp3man32 folder, but you can move it to windows folder as well.
2. Column widths in track list are not fixed anymore. New setting is remembered.
3. Tags edit window is resizable. Whole lyrics edit window is redesigned due to added support for timestamps in lyrics.
4. Selected bytes display replaces total bytes display if there are tracks selected.
5. Download from ILS improved.

### Removed bug

1. Comma in MP3 path name caused faulty function of "Explore from here" function

## Version 3.6 - February 22, 1998

### Features added

1. Direct lyrics download.
2. Save edits to currently playing track (currently only if playing in Winamp).
3. View playlist (for Winamp, Maplay).
4. "Find" function and "Select all tracks containing any string" are now able to search in Lyrics3 Tag as well.
5. Added shortcut "*" (asterisk) for adding selected track to playlist.

### Features modified

1. Preview mode now starts at defined % of play time instead of fixed second.

Remark: New homepage for MP3 Manager at http://members.xoom.com/mp3m/index.html

## Version 3.5 - January 26, 1998

### Features added

1. Support for Lyrics3 Tag. New style (page with tabs) interface containing ID3 tag + Lyrics3 Tag made.
2. Auto-save selection on exit.
3. Colors: 6 different settings for user definable colors in track list, selected songs get colored background.
4. Undo edit enabled (Ctrl+Z).
5. Few more genres added to ensure compatibility with Winamp.

## Version 3.4 - January 11, 1998

### Features added

1. Improved find dialog, new "select all tracks containing any string"
2. Add external files as header and bottom for infolist
3. ID3 Tag Corrector
4. Last saved filename for infolist is remembered.
5. Preview mode for Winamp

### Bugs removed

1. "Failed" message after successful adding of new tracks to Winamp, when Winamp is stopped
2. Right-click menu reactivating, if used for the first time (corrected in 3.31)

### Modified

1. More efficient API calls. Superfast adding to current playlist!

## Version 3.3 - December 14, 1997

### Features added

1. Developed new subsystem for bitrate/song length determining - that means much less N/A in song length!
2. Disk scan as in "Check changed files" improved - finds changes in ID3 tag made by another application.
3. Status bar displaying track, status and time of already played song by Winamp (only!)
4. New button in "ID3 tag edit" screen for "Edit exceptions"
5. "User defined preferences" rewritten into pages with tabs, some new options added, mostly for autoformatter.
6. Menu "Window" rewritten - settings from here are remembered till next session - no need to go to preferences.
7. Added 31 new genres thanks to kind cooperation of Winamp's author.

## Version 3.2 - November 2, 1997

### Features added

1. Copying files to any folder.
2. Disabling check boxes for all paths.
3. Whole keyword could be entered for quick navigating in list.
4. Adding tracks to existing Winamp's playlist.
5. All longer processes are now interruptible (press Escape)
6. Selecting tracks by Shift+Click, Control+Click, Shift+Control+Click (finally!)

### Bugs removed

1. Closing minimized Manager caused disappearing of main window on next run
2. CD-list generator failed for more than approx. 2400 tracks.
3. Skip 30s ff/rw failed for Winamp if originally paused.

## Version 3.1 - October 10, 1997

### Features added

1. Retrieving artist's name from filename and autoformatting functions added into ID3 tag edit window.
2. Mass autoformatting including editing of exceptions.
3. Columns are now movable, last setting is remembered.
4. Button on front panel for quicker track list hide/show

## Version 3.0 - September 7, 1997

Major update - mostly interface improving

1. Whole main screen redesigned:
   - Removed selecting popups (use right-click menu)
   - Right click menu commands
   - Tooltips
   - Sort by clicking on header (first click up, seconds down, right click resets to default)
   - Search in columns by first character entered
   - Different window sizes available.
2. Added tip of the day
3. The wieldy.exe file is no more needed, players are launched internally
4. 30 seconds skip function
5. Explore from here
6. New splashscreen
7. Option for different window dimensions
8. It is now possible to make track list from CD index as well
9. The X button is finally working

## Version 2.9 - July 12, 1997

"MP3 Manager" splitted to "MP3 Manager 16" and "MP3 Manager 32"

### Features added (compared to MP3 Manager 16 version 2.8)

1. Splash screen at startup now announces initialization status and checked folder. MP3 Manager 32 now starts without any abnormality unlike MP3 Manager 16.
2. Added sort by comment. Made on request
3. Support for Large fonts. Made on multiple requests.
4. Added "Get artist/album from folder names" and "First char uppercase" buttons in "Edit tag" screen. Only for MP3 Manager 32.

### Quite lot of bugs found

1. It was not possible close/restart Winamp when windows "Equalizer" and "Playlist" opened. Now corrected.
2. Incorrect total playtime data after database update by menu command "Check changed files now". Bug removed.
3. After opened and closed "Edit tag" window showed popup "genre" all defined genres instead of those in database only. Corrected.
4. MP3 Manager did not check at editing of tag if drive is read only (CD-ROM) and "allowed" writing to such disk. In fact data were written only to database which were overwritten by old data after full tags read. Corrected. MP3 Manager now checks after writing to disk, if saved successfully.

## Subversion 2.8a - June 15, 1997

### Bug removed

1. It was not possible to switch off "New album edit" mode.

## Version 2.8 - June 12, 1997

### Features added

1. Index of MP3 files on removable drives ("CD database") - made on request
2. Added button "Reset fields" in "Edit tag" window.
3. "Save position on exit" feature available in "User settings" window.

## Version 2.7 - June 3, 1997

### Upgraded

1. wieldy.exe, the small EXE which I am using for launching player, from version 2.0 to 2.1. Due to its upgrade it is now possible to hide/unhide player.

### Features added

1. Support for new version of WinPlay3 (2.3b) and Winamp 0.97.
2. Added option for launching player as hidden. As well added menu item "Show player" and "Hide player". Be sure that you copied the Wieldy.exe from zip, otherwise it will not work.

## Version 2.6 - May 29, 1997

### Features added

1. Enabled control of MaPlay. As well quicker response to sent commands for all players now.
2. Added volume control with physiological (approx. logarithmic) scale.
3. Right click in "MP3 list" window edits selected tag.
4. It is now possible to check for changed files from menu or via Ctrl+F5. Made on request.
5. Added buttons for next/previous track.
6. After manual selection (ctrl+space) cursor moves down to next track. This part of code is completely rewritten and much quicker now. Made on request.
7. MP3 Manager now skips zero file length tracks when reading tags. Made on request.
8. Merging selections now available as check box as well.
9. Removes WinPlay3's bug with "hidden" window (happens, if you close WinPlay3 minimized). Made on request.

### Bugs removed

1. Hopefully removed annoying error message which comes, when one of your MP3 files paths is on CD-ROM drive and you forget to insert CD into drive.

## Version 2.5 - May 18, 1997

Major upgrade.

### Features added

1. Added support for Winamp, probably best, absolutely new player for Windows 95
2. Control of WinPlay3 and Winamp (rewind, pause) added.
3. MP3 Manager's settings are now stored in MP3MAN.INI instead of WIN.INI. I was forced to change it due to constantly increasing number of settings of MP3 Manager. You can safely delete section [MP3MAN] from your WIN.INI file now.
4. Option for "intelligent" reading of tags at startup. Made on request.
5. Total kilobytes counter added. Made on request.
6. Added file length in bytes to title bar nearby to file path (if you have set "Display path to currently selected track on title bar" in User settings)

### Bug removed

GPF of Winplay3 version 1.4 when stopping/closing it.

## Version 2.4

Not released to public, because I decided to add support for Winamp and player control.

## Version 2.3 - May 12, 1997

### Features added

1. Creating of own sorting indexes
2. Option for launching player as minimized/normal/on top. Made on multiple requests.
3. Genre list in "Edit tag" window is now sorted alphabetically.
4. New genres added according to new NamkraD's standard. 80 genres are available now.

## Version 2.2 - April 29, 1997

### Features added

1. Selections saving/retrieval. Made on request. (Finally!)
2. Better HTML export. Link to file can be added and page is generated as a table.
3. "Album edit mode" added.
4. Added few more MP3 file types with unusual bitrate/frequency.

## Version 2.1 - April 21, 1997

### Features added

1. Is it now possible to forbid some tracks to be selected randomly. Made on request.
2. Merging selections by artist, album, genre. Made on request.

### Bugs found

1. When attempting to start already running MP3 Manager, error occurred if "display path on title bar" enabled. Corrected in subversion 2.0a
2. Small error in menu system. Corrected in subversion 2.0b.

## Version 2.0 - April 16, 1997

Major upgrade.

### Features added/changed

1. Added export of database data to file. TXT, HTML, DBF, XLS formats supported. Made on request.
2. Added selection by genre
3. Buttons are available as bitmap or text.
4. Standardized "Find" function. Ctrl+F finds first occurrence of text, F3 looks for next. Made on request.
5. Increased field for number of tracks sent to WinPlay3 and for random select to 3 digits.
6. Shortcuts changed. F1...F4 (Play,...) functions moved to Ctrl+F1...F4. "Refresh all tags now" moved to F5 (similar to File Manager or Explorer). Made on request.
7. All *.DBF files are now temporary.
8. Added option for displaying path of selected (activated) track on title bar similarly to File Manager. Made on request.

### Bugs found

1. There is a known error if running MP3 Manager on display with high resolution when "Large fonts" are used. Notice will be displayed instructing what to do instead of error message. This incompatibility I am probably not able to solve.
2. Sometimes error occurred when shutdowning Windows if MP3 Manager minimized. Corrected.
3. Error occurred if attempting to select more than 999 tracks. Corrected.

## Version 1.5 - April 8, 1997

1. Number of paths for *.MP3 files increased up to 10. Made on request.
2. Added function "Shuffle current selection". See here for further details.
3. Automated paths setting on first program start, if WinPlay3 already installed.

## Version 1.4 - April 5, 1997

1. Bullets showing track selected for play are replaced by its order number. It is now possible to choose whatever play order if you select tracks manually. As well random playlist now works really randomly. Till now tracks were selected randomly, but then played according to position on the MP3 list from top to the bottom of the list. Made upon e-mail request.
2. Added support for display resolution up to 1280x1024 pixels.
3. Some minor bugs corrected.

## Version 1.3 - April 1, 1997

1. Database indexes now handled as temporary. After program exit all indexes deleted from HD.
2. Deleting file from disk now available as hotkey Ctrl+Del.
3. Strip tag dialog has in title name of track now.

## Version 1.2 - March 29, 1997

### Found following bugs

1. Foolish information on time counter when MP3 Manager reads invalid byte indicator for data bitrate. Corrected.
2. Found and corrected few bugs which occurred after deleting track or tag and subsequent select of tracks by artist or album.

## Version 1.1 - March 27, 1997

### Found following bugs

1. When starting second instance of already running MP3 Manager, program goes to endless loop. Corrected. Program now automatically switches to already running window.
2. Not updated counters for number and length of tracks after deleting file by menu command. Corrected.

## Version 1.0 - March 26, 1997

First public release!