Version history for Floola
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Changes for v5.7 - v5.9.1
- Issue copying files with international characters
- Nano5G support fixed
- Fixed an issue where loading would hang
- Youtube download fixed
- Auto delete unused backup files on low free space
- Fixed issues with playlist menuitems under windows
Changes for v5.6 - v5.7
- fixed issue when deleting items on shuffle3G
- updated languages
Changes for v5.4 - v5.6
- fixed playback issue under windows
- updated languages
Changes for v5.3.1 - v5.4
- improved artwork scaling algorithm under windows
- first playlist could not be renamed
- listbox clicks should now behave as expected on every platform
- app would freeze when sorting playlists under certain conditions
- alert when all podcast episodes were downloaded
- album artwork no longer has white borders
- fixed issue on menubars when changing translation several times
- fixed some issues when editing notes
- sort by date added issues fixed
- runs some basic database sanitization when needed fixed youtube download
- clean orphan items feature
- fixed some selection issues when renaming items
- fixed issues when deleting photos
- fixed issues when deleting playlist items added sort submenu when right clicking on playlists
- fully compatible with iTunes playlist sorting
- improved compatibility with some untagged mp3 files
- added mediakind smart playlist field support
- improved smart playlist window
- improved jpeg artwork decode
- artwork window will resize according to artwork size
- new "retrieve new episodes on startup" in podcast preferences
- playback position of currently playing song was not saved when quitting
- fixed bug in threaded add/delete artwork
- improved show by menu item
- improved podcast update notificiations
- translations updated
- transcode now allows selecting ALAC codec
- unknown elements are now renamed to "unknown artist, unknown album, etc."
- searching by keyboard now properly ignores leading "the " and "a "
Changes for v5.3 - v5.3.1
- expiration message removed
- Albanian,Brazilian,Dutch,French,German,Greek,Italian,Japanese,Russian,Simplified
- Chinese,Slovenian,Spanish translation updated
- manage notes exceptions fixed
- fixed issue with playlist sorted by "album by artist" or "album by year"
- performance improvements
- fixed issues with iPod shuffle
- fixed issue when renaming album/artist/genre or when adding playlists under Mac
- main window minimize issue when amazon window was open
- improved podcast decoding
- fixed a rare hang when adding m4a files
Changes for v5.3 Beta 4 - v5.3
- expiration warning
- Albanian,Brazilian,Dutch,French,German,Greek,Italian,Japanese,Russian,Simplified
- Chinese,Slovenian,Spanish translation updated
- manage notes exceptions fixed
- fixed issue with playlist sorted by "album by artist" or "album by year"
- performance improvements
- fixed issues with iPod shuffle
- fixed issue when renaming album/artist/genre or when adding playlists under Mac
- main window minimize issue when amazon window was open
- improved podcast decoding
- fixed a rare hang when adding m4a files
Changes for v5.1.1 - v5.2
- rewritten iPod notes manager
- iTunes 8.2 compatibility
- Portuguese,Czech,Dutch,French,German,Greek,Hebrew,Italian and Russian translation updated
- fixed ffmpeg installation issue (windows)
Changes for v5.0 - v5.1.1
- cosmetic improvements
- added chapter support in audiobooks
- improved artwork duplicate detection when adding compilations
- items with embedded lyrics are added quicker
- fixed some sorting issues
- improved titlebar update under mac
- improved song position slider
- better compatibility with ffmpeg under linux
- dup search detects equal length tracks
- fixed issues exporting to playlist
- issue on quit
- executable integrity check
- warnings when adding videos to a non video capable iPod
- language couldn't be changed easily under linux
- iTunes 8.1.1 compatibility
- greatly improved startup speed
- rename iPod name
- faster delete
- freeze on quit issue
- improved podcast decode
- improved transcode functionality
- improved destination filenames when looking for orphan files
- mac ffmpeg build updated to SVN-r18709 (with swscale)
- win ffmpeg build updated to SVN-r18681 (with swscale)
- tvout photo option write wasn't honored
- FLAC and OGG tag support
- improved photo support on nano 4G
- fixed issue with hidden columns reappearing on startup
- updated dutch translation
- fix some crash under linux when quickly browsing playlists
- fixed some issue when transcoding files
Changes for v5.1 Beta - v5.1 Beta 3
- Fixed issue when deleting podcasts.
Changes for v4.9 - v5.0
- better item list sorting (including in playlists)
- season and episode number of TV Shows can now be edited
- optional confirmation before podcast delete
- improved png artwork support in mp3 files
- does not crash anymore when removing rules from smart playlists
- all episodes in a podcast can be marked/unmarked as unlistened
- main listbox columns are resizable when browsing playlists
- issue displaying small artwork on iPod
- linux: check for other processes that might interfere with Floola
- improved generation detection
- improved compatibility with iTunes artwork database
- faster artwork delete
- iTunes 8.1 compatibility
- fixed some exception while loading artwork on startup
- fixed issues while quitting
- threaded artwork library write
- fixed cosmetic issues when using mid and big artwork thumbs
- photo synch window minor cosmetic issues
- text notes manage window improved
- startup empty podcast error message was fixed
- fixed a crash when deleting podcasts
Changes for v4.8 - v4.9
- playback settings were not saved
- player resumes playback position when necessary
- artwork was not saved to files when selected to do so in preferences
- fixed issue when changing main listbox columns visibility
- new option that allows to consider a track as played when 50% of it was listened
Changes for v4.7 - v4.8
- Swedish translation updated
- Russian translation updated
- improved tag read compatibility with mp3tag
- fixed issue when storing user and proxy password
Changes for v4.6 - v4.7
- Czech translation updated
- Turkish translation updated
- fixed issue with photo database of nano 4G iPods
- quicker way to add artwork to albums
Changes for v4.5 - v4.6
- photos are added sorted by date
- add to iPod window position issue under Linux
- smart playlist video kind bug
- italian translation updated
- slovak translation updated
- simplified chinese translation update
- main menubar items issues
- progressbar updates under linux
- improved mem usage in photo manager displayer
Changes for v4.4 - v4.5
- simplified Chinese translation updated
- position of add to iPod window saved
- add to playlist in add to iPod window fix
Changes for v4.3 - v4.4
- minor cosmetic issues
- yellow dominant in gifs under linux
- createphoto error fixed
- podcast todo errormessage fixed
- photos on Nano4G fixed
- fixed issue with Google Calendar
- used in playlist feature added
Changes for v4.2 - v4.3
- fixed cosmetic issue in Snarl messages
- fixed rate playing song issue under windows
- issue when closing calendar window
- slightly improved dup detection
- issue notifing under linux
Changes for v4.1 - v4.2
- various minor improvements
- podcast "mark as not new" fix
- issue with download from web
- improved podcast decoding
- issue with png embedded artwork under linux
- Slovak translation
- Google calendars import added
Changes for v4.0 - v4.1
- fixed bug with id3v2.2 embedded artwork
- fixed podcast decoding issues
- artwork preview in main window (nano 4G)
- Danish translation update
- improved gui of manage note window
- fixed bugs in manage note window
- improved artwork rebuild for non mp3 files
Changes for v3.9 - v4.0
- Podcast management greatly improved.
- Many other bug fixes.
Changes for v3.8 - v3.9
- faster podcast add
- blank messageboxes under linux
- crash on FAT32 iPod under Mac
- improved eject message warning
- audio transcode up to 320kbit/s
- podcast can be marked as new/not new
Changes for v3.7 - v3.8
- current selected songs playback time was wrong
- improved playback of items in smart playlists
- albanian translation
- tag read/writing (id3v2+quicktime) improved
- fixed freeze when adding bad pictures
- issue with preference window under Linux
- fixed "decoding rss feed" error
- fixed issue copying some files under Windows
- issues with auto install of ffmpeg
- improved quit
- fixed issue copying podcast from podcast window
- podcast downloaded with Floola can be imported to iTunes
Changes for v3.6 - v3.7
- improved podcast decode
- better/faster user experience when adding podcast
- error when adding many podcast at the same time
- fit to screen (crop to 4:3 option) when converting
- linux root=nil? error
- tab order in preferences
- fixed db writing error
- fixed some rare problems when adding podcasts
- visual glitch when renaming genres/artists/albums
- sequential add when copying to iPod
- artwork wasn't embedded in files when copying
- improved mem usage when adding files to iPod
- Czech translation updated
- Hungarian translation updated
- improvements and bug fixes in folder synchronization
- fix playcount update when playing in Floola
- skip count data wasn't correctly loaded from db
Changes for v3.5 - v3.6
- fixed album mixup
- support for Nano4G
- fixed issue with shuffle playcount
- better quitting
- fixed autocomplete with TAB
- more iTunes like db
- ascending/descending setting for playlists
- smart playlists can be sorted by fields
Changes for v3.4 - v3.5
- new ffmpeg version (windows only)
- minor issues with iteminfo window
- more consistent autocomplete feature in iteminfo window
- delete exception
- fixed some minor issues with photo feature
- faster quit
- fixed artist/album mixup issue
- swedish translation update
- fixed issue searching for certain characters
- fixed issue downloading certain podcasts (ex. CNN)
- issue editing song tags
- photos were not deleted from ithmb files
- fixed minor bugs in photo managing window
- issue with main listbox columns
- podcast downloading issue when loosing focus
- writes also filetype to db
- ffmpeg paramater issues (mac+win)
- improved photo db handling
- issues copying photos when fullres is not available
- invisible files on copy (windows)
- last.fm tracks played in Floola had wrong timestamp
- Korean translation added
- synch folder wrong file count
- PHOTO SUPPORT
- last.fm startup submission improved
- last.fm "now playing" multiple track submission
- last.fm "now playing" support
- reset last.fm
- audioscrobbler protocol 1.2
- Czech translation
Changes for v3.2 - v3.4
- general improvements and bug fixes.
Changes for v3.1 - v3.2
- fixed some minor issues with photo feature
- faster quit
- fixed artist/album mixup issue
- swedish translation update
- fixed issue searching for certain characters
- fixed issue downloading certain podcasts (ex. CNN)
- issue editing song tags
- photos were not deleted from ithmb files
- fixed minor bugs in photo managing window
- issue with main listbox columns
- podcast downloading issue when loosing focus
- writes also filetype to db
- ffmpeg paramater issues (mac+win)
- improved photo db handling
- issues copying photos when fullres is not available
- invisible files on copy (windows)
- last.fm tracks played in Floola had wrong timestamp
- Korean translation added
- synch folder wrong file count
- PHOTO SUPPORT
- last.fm startup submission improved
- last.fm "now playing" multiple track submission
- last.fm "now playing" support
- reset last.fm
- audioscrobbler protocol 1.2
- Czech translation
Changes for v3.0 - v3.1
- issue with main listbox columns
- podcast downloading issue when loosing focus
- writes also filetype to db
- ffmpeg paramater issues (mac+win)
- improved photo db handling
- issues copying photos when fullres is not available
- invisible files on copy (windows)
- last.fm tracks played in Floola had wrong timestamp
- Korean translation added
- synch folder wrong file count
Changes for v2.9.6 - v3.0
- PHOTO SUPPORT
- last.fm startup submission improved
- last.fm "now playing" multiple track submission
- last.fm "now playing" support
- reset last.fm
- audioscrobbler protocol 1.2
- Czech translation
- improved folder sync
- fixed issue with ffmped under linux
- artwork mixup improvements
- get tags from filename also when converting
- df error under linux
- fixed issue when limiting by "least recently..."
Changes for v2.9.4 - v2.9.5
- various bug fixed and performance improvements.
Changes for v2.9.2 - v2.9.4
- various bug fixed and other improvements.
Changes for v2.9.1 - v2.9.2
- japanese translation added, some other improvements.
