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Version history for Helium Music Manager

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Changes for v10.0 - v10.1

Support for details mode in the Music Browser. When switching to details mode you will be able to see information presented in detailed lists instead of as thumbnails.
You can easily switch between detailed an thumbnailed modes from the toolbar. It is now also possible to select how many items that will be shown on a thumbnails or details page.
User interface and content improvements for the Music Browser artist page. This page will now display information more like the Helium Music Streamer.
Multiple sorting improvements to various Music Browser pages.
Corrections and improvements to the Music Browser statistics page.
Performance improvements to adding operations, adding operations are up to 40% quicker than before.
Performance improvements to tagging operations using the tag editors.
Improvements to the Print report tool.
Improvements for incorrect tags handling. Reading of invalid tags is now much more tolerant.
New language: Español Latino
Language updates for German, Italian and Dutch languages
Various updates to our information download plug-ins

Changes for v9.4.2 - v9.5.1

Twitters new API 1.1 is now supported
Corrections and improvements to the Discogs and Last.fm plug-ins
Smart playlist and advanced searches fixes
Improvements to the Device synchronization tool
Various language updates

Changes for v9.4 - v9.4.2

This release comes with the following major corrections:
Auto correction settings could cause problems with special characters
Rendering of the Music Browser recent albums page did not worked ok
The local cache could display the wrong information about present tags for a track
This release also comes with the following changes:
Change in terminology: Helium Web Service is renamed to Helium Remote in Options
When the option "Add all tracks on double-click" is selected from Options > Views > General, all tracks in the track list starting the the clicked tracks will be added to the Play queue

Changes for v9.3 - v9.4

•Support and improvements for backup of MySQL 5.6 databases
•Possibility to automatically calculate AcoustID from the Tag Editor (Advanced)
When sorting is used in Helium Music Manager, it will also be used by the Helium Remote
Support for the Initial Key field in the Album details view
Optimizations and performance improvements for tag updates and database synchronization
Multiple improvements to discography handling in the Music Browser
Increased compatibility of the album artist tag
Fixes and improvements when using the Properties function from the Album details view
Improvements to sort order handling in the Tag editor (Advanced)
Various improvements and fixes to the tagging engine
Fixes and improvements to the Pictures pane when changing display types
Improvements to saving of rating and genre changes when used from the Internal Player
Various improvements to FreeDB handling
Corrections to track list coloring
Corrections to the Play queue
Language updates

Changes for v9.2.1 - v9.3

Possibility to directly download and install new updates from the application
Corrections and improvements to the restore SQL Server database function. If an instance is not found, the user will now be able to select which instance to restore the database to.
Multiple corrections and improvements to the Discover tracks view
Corrections and improvements to the import database function
Improvements and corrections for the Coverflow view
Improvements to the Smart Playlist limiter functions
User interface improvements for the artist and album Music Browser views
Corrections and improvements related to folder synchronization
Corrections and improvements to the AcoustID calculations
Corrections and improvements to the Audio Splitter tool
Extended handling for problematic files in the File Rename Wizard
Possibility to optionally overwrite existing playlists during exporting of playlists
Drag and drop corrections in the Music Explorer
Corrections to favourite artists and albums in the Music Explorer during multi-user usage
Several fixes to the Tag Editor (Advanced) and the Filename To Tag function inside the Tag Editor (Advanced)
Updates to the Czech language
Updates to the Polish language
Updates to the Swedish language

Changes for v9.2 - v9.2.1

Corrections and improvements to the Last.fm download plug-in
Corrections and improvements to the Discogs plug-in
Improvements so that the quick search supports wildcards
Various improvements to the Music Browser
Corrections to the Split tool so that very long files are fully supported
Updates to several of the languages
Improvements and fixes for the Is Favourite arguments in the advanced search and smart playlists
Improvements and fixes to the category fields in the advanced search and smart playlists
Corrections and improvements to the built-in web service to work even better with our streamer and remote products (read more at http://www.imploded.com)
Other minor bugfixes and small improvements

Changes for v9.1.2 - v9.2

The main changes have been language and stability updates as well as download plug-in fixes.
We have also updated the digital siganture to ensure you that Helium Music Manager is a certificated and safe product to use.

Changes for v9.1.1 - v9.1.2

Updated German translation
Updated Hungarian translation
Improvements related to MySQL transaction handling
Improvements to downloading of information from the Advanced Tag Editor
Regional fixes for Podcast handling
Various improvements and minor corrections to downloading of artist informationfrom the Music Browser
Corrections to possible duplicate issues in the Album view
Various improvements related to AcoustID handing
The Splitter tool now supports current and total CD
WebServer related fixes
Various minor improvements to the Splitter tool
Various minor improvements and corrections to the File properties tool
Various fixes related to the Download album pictures tool
Corrections to the Coverflow view
Corrections to the Quick edit tool
Corrections to Smart playlist limiters
Various improvements and corrections in the Music Explorer

Changes for v9.1 - v9.1.1

Corrections and improvements to Last.fm so that foreign characters are now properly supported
Improvements and corrections to the Podcast handling
Corrections to the Carousel view
Fixes for loading and saving of the Playqueue for MySQL databases
Various MySQL fixes and optimizations
Minor user interface improvements to the now playing view

Changes for v9.0.2 - v9.1

Searches are now highly optimized in speed
Improved MTP device handling for Windows 7 and 8
New and improved Last.fm handling which now supports displaying of which track you are currently listening to
Duplicates are no longer added when the Auto-enqueue function is populating the Play queue
If an album contains multiple release years and opened with the Tag Editor, the values will not be overwritten by default (until manually changed)
It is now possible to save multiple ID3v2 artist tag-fields null separated which is usefull for compatibility with Sonos and other applications
Multiple Vorbis artists tag-frames are automatically converted to Helium Music Manager multiple artists tag-frames
It is now possible to save multiple artists as individual artists tag-fields for Vorbis tags
The Twitter integration has been rewritten and improved
Updated version of the encoders used for conversion/transcoding operations
Corrections to duplicate finder
Corrections when applying Music Browser data to tags
Improvements and updates to the Discogs download plug-in
Better status bar indication when saving tags in background
Corrections to editing of File Rename Wizard templates
Updated Hungarian translation
Updated Polish language
Current CD and Total CD fields are now available from the Audio splitter
The spacebar will not pause playing music when searching within a list
Improved exist check during action batches
Hover texts in internal player for volume/position
Discover artist Music Browser improvements and fixes
Corrections to the popup menu for Recent searches in the Music Explorer
Restructured Tag Editor settings
New dynamic date arguments in advanced searches
Edit artist information now updates sort order fields correctly
Various corrections and improvements to the Music Browser start page
Play counter values are now updated from the offline synchronization if selected
Corrections to date encoding in the File Rename Wizard
Corrections to the Music Analyser
Toolbar corrections
Corrections and improvements to Update album pictures tool
Download support for custom fields
Corrections to date/time encoding during tagging
Corrections to editing of Publisher information

Changes for v9.0.1 - v9.0.2

Sorting support in the tracklist of search resuls in the Music Browser
Corrections to the Discover artist pages in the Music Browser
Corrections to the Discover tracks pages in the Music Browser
Corrections to the Artist view when working with grouped modes
Sorting improvements to the Artist views grouped modes
Album pictures and number of pictures are properly updated after being tagged with the Tag Editor (Advanced)
The beep which occurs when searching via the Navigation bar is now removed
Columns which are dragged and moved in the Play queue are now properly saved
Corrections to startup problems related to the MTPDeviceManager are now solved

Changes for v9.0 - v9.0.1

Correction for startup problems on Windows machines with older DEP handling
Updated Hungarian language files
Corrections for the Artist view when using genre as sub-grouping
Improvements to Music Browser rendering
Summary is properly rendered when using SQL Server compact database
Improved error handling when saving tags in threaded mode from the Tag Editor (Advanced)
Corrections so that years less than or equal to zero is not shown in the Music Browser
Corrections for rendering problems with the coverflow view
Corrections for webradio handling
Send to recycle bin is properly available in Playlist mode
ID3v1 tags are properly updated with the TYER field when using ID3v2.3 tags
Reading support of null separated ID3v2 multiple artists

Changes for v9.0 beta 2 - v9.0 RC

The Gadget now fully supports Helium Music Manager 9
Support for GoogleDrive in the Music Explorer (My Computer)
Performance and resource improvements related to the Coverflow
Corrections to the Discogs plug-in
Various language updates
Improvements to the File Rename Wizard

Changes for v8.6.3 - v9.0 beta 2

Startup errors caused when options were auto-migrated from Helium Music Manager 8 are now fixed
Corrections and improvements when writing custom tag-fields
Corrections and improvements related to editing of artist/group information
Artist summary problems are corrected
Corrected linkage of fields in the artist summary
Corrections to IPLS tag-frame writing
Improved handling of countries
Improved exception handling
New language included, Chinese simplified
Updated German language
Updated Slovak language
Updated Hungarian language
Mapped custom fields are no longer shown in the Advanced Tag Editors field list

Changes for v8.6.2 - v8.6.3

Simplified bug reporting
Corrections when browsing uncategorized genres in the Music Explorer
Several corrections to APE rating tag handling
Sorting implemented for the word replacer list
Improved error handling for ID3v2 tag comments
Improvements to the Tag Action manager which now ensures that cache files are always created properly
Improved error handling to WMA tag reading
Various improvements to auto enqueue random functions
Album handling improvements for SQL Server Compact databases
Corrections to sorting handling in the Music explorer
Corrections for Album picture cache
Improvements to extraction of multiple artists
Improvements for File not found problems with the Tag Editors
SQL Server Compact corrections for the Album details view
SQL Server Compact corrections for the Music browsers context menu

Changes for v8.6.1 - v8.6.2

Performance improvements when browsing the genre node in the Music browser
Various SQL Server Compact fixes, related mainly to actions which includes path and/or filename
Corrections for exceptions that could occur in the Music browser's startpage
Correction for albums and artists could be missing from the lists in the Music browser
Search related problems that could occur when searching with all fields from the search view are now handled
Extended exception handling when adding album pictures
Custom tag frames was not always properly saved for WMA files
Browsing favourite tracks with SQL Server Compact databases could generate errors
Improved error handling for SQL Server Compact databases in the album handling used when adding/updating tracks
Improved handling for volumes for SQL Server Compact databases
Corrections and improvements related to genre handling when upgrading databases from earlier Helium Music Manager versions
SQL Server Compact database problems when artist ids should be fetched are improved
Improved exception handling when deleting duplicate files
Updates for the Slovak translation file

Changes for v8.5 - v8.6.1

Filters are now properly saved/loaded from the database
Similar artists was not always returned when downloading artist information
Playlist entries could not always be removed
Correction for incorrect ratings when working with APE files
Scrollbars was missing in the edit artist details windows for certain tabs
The Artist view filter did not work fully when country was included in the filter
Bug correction for the Music browser genre page which sometimes could throw an exception
Corrections to the Music browser startpage (aritmetic overflow exception)
Various SQL Server Compact fixes, related mainly to actions which includes path and/or filename
Bug correction in the Polish language file

Changes for v8.5 - v8.6 RC

Various corrections in the Music Browser, mainly related to SQL Server Compact databases
Corrections for the start and genre pages in the Music Browser so that the new genre types are used properly when displaying data
Corrections to the album handling used during an Add files operation, mainly related to SQL Server Compact databases
Improvements for the send to Plays for sure/MTP device function which did not work on some devices
Corrections to the filters to that the new genre fields are always used
Improvements and corrections to the web service when working with an SQL Server Compact database
Bugfixes when removing a genre category from the Manage genres tool
Improvements and bug corrections to the search in the Music Browser which could return too few tracks
Verifying that Helium Music Manager 8.6 works properly with SQL Server Express 2012
Bug corrections related to multiple WMA artists
Updates to the Swedish language

Changes for v8.3 - v8.4

New features
New rendering technique for all Music Browser pages which gives much better browsing speed
User interface enhancement enhancements using CSS3 (requires Internet Explorer 9) for Music Browser pages. Many pages are also "cleaned up" and comes with minor new functions and improvements.
New Charts page in the Music Browser which allows you to more easily reach charts.
The Summary, Now Playing and Windows Gadget are also using the new rendering techniques and also comes with user interface improvements.
The Synchronize device tool has been reworked to support a new simpler to use user interface, support for more format conversions as well as a new synchronization mode which will allow you to synchronize data to a new iTunes playlist. This specific iTunes playlist can be synchronized to any device via iTunes, therefore giving support for synchronizationto any iPod/iPhone device no matter of which iOS/iTunes version that are installed.
The Capitalizer can now be configured per field, if it should be used as well as which capitalization method that should be used.
New comparison mode for the Find duplicates tool plus various improvements.
Support for Custom parameters used whilst transcoding files.
AAC support in Update Library.
Autosynchronization with the Helium Music Streamer
Updates to German and Polish languages.
Bug-fixes and improvements
The Discogs plugin supports the API version 2, giving much better performance, search results and returned data.
The Amazon plugin has been updated so that it properly works again together with various performance optimizations.
AKAs are properly downloaded from supported plug-ins.
The workflow when downloading multiple Artist informantion has been much improved. Data is now merged so that no prior data is lost plus that the end user has the possibility to exclude artists before the background downloading starts.
Improvements for Album Artist handling in the Tag Editor.
Multiple improvements in the tagging engine to read "custom" tag-frames from other applications
Corrections when Ogg Vorbis file times are read.
Performance and bug fixes for SQL Server Compact databases.
Equalizer presets are now properly stored and restored between sessions.

Changes for v8.2 - v8.3

This version of Helium Music Manager contains corrections and improvements since the last release (Helium Music Manager 8.2). It also comes with new functionality to easily connect to the Helium Audio Server (Premium and Network versions only).

Changes for v8.1 - v8.2

New features
The internal player now has a function which allows you to mark the playing track as a favourite track, favourite album or favourite artist.
A new share function is available from the Internal Player which enables you to share the playing track easily to Facebook and Twitter.
The CD-Ripper comes with a new simplified interface for selecting the output format, which enables ripping to more formats.
The Windows Gadget comes with support for Lyrics.
Improvements to the Add files failure dialog: Play, Properties, Delete and Open folder commands are now available.
Hungarian translation is now included.
Updates to German and Czech languages.
Support for MixMeisters BPM tag field.
Updated database drivers.
Bug-fixes and changes
SQL Server Compact Local ID Compatibility problem which could prevent importing/adding of files is now solved.
SQL Server Compact size limitation (256 MB) is now increased to 2047 Mb.
Please note that we do not recommend SQL Server Compact databases to be used with more than 35,000 tracks because of performance reasons.
SQL Server Compact corrections in the Music Explorer.
Unicode fixes for MySQL databases. Sometimes filenames could be incorrectly added to the database when the filename contained unicode characters.
Updates to the Music Browser?s album page, which previously could have problems displaying the track list of albums with more than 50 tracks.
Corrections when working with Smart Playlists. Sometimes when using randomized results, the content could be repeated.
Correction for MusicBrainz PUID generating.
Improvements to database importing as well as improvements to the error handling during import operations.
The field encoder could incorrectly be available in the Tag Editor, which is now not possible.
Improvements to the search view so that it performs less refreshing.

Changes for v8.0 Build 9315 - v8.1

New database engine
The new database engine in Helium Music Manager 8.1 is more stable, better optimized for improved performance and more up-to-date compared to the database engine previously used.
We have also decided to move away from the obsolete database format Access to SQL Server Compact 4.0.
SQL Server Compact 4.0 is a more lightweight and competent format than Access which also enables users of Helium Music Streamer to operate with the new default database on 64-bit systems, something Access could not do.
When using MySQL, the MyODBC layer is now no longer needed, enabling you to have an easier, improved and better integrated MySQL setup with the added benefit of much improved performance.
SQL Server also comes with several optimizations which enable database requests to deliver data quicker.
The migration process from Access to SQL Server Compact is fully automated and uses the new and improved importing functions.
Music Browser improvements
The Music Browser (Premium and Network versions) contains several enhancements such as improved and quicker paging functions, revised statistics page
and support for per-user-favourites which is available from the statistics page (this applies specifically to the Network version when multiple users are configured).
The new favourites lists enables you to quickly and easily browse your favourite artists, albums and tracks from the Music Browser.
Convert to format
Our Convert to format tool has been extended with support for many new formats. The end-user interface has also been simplified to make this process
much easier for the end-user.
Join audio files
Helium Music Manager 8.1 comes with a new tool which allows you to join multiple audio files into one single file.
The tool can handle all music formats supported by Helium Music Manager as input formats and can output files into many different formats.
The end-user can select if any silence should be added between tracks as well as whether a CUE file should be created.
Split audio file
Similar to the new Join audio file tool, Helium Music Manager 8.1 comes with a new tool which allows the end-user to split one large audio file into several smaller files. It allows you to create tracks in the following ways:
By loading a CUE file
Creating a specific number of tracks of equal length
Create tracks of the same lengths
Create manually defined tracks by specifying start and end offsets
Creating tracks from existing subtracks
The end-user can select between many different output formats.
Favourite folders in the Music Explorer
A end-user can quickly select if a specific folder under Library folders in the Music Explorer view should be a favourite folder.
Folders marked as favourites can easily be reached from the right-click menu and are stored per-user in Helium Music Manager's database (Network version).
New Helium Music Streamer version
If you own a Helium Music Streamer license you will need to update to the most recent release of the Helium Music Streamer in order to continue using it after you have updated to Helium Music Manager 8.1. You can download Helium Music Streamer from the Customer Center.
Windows Gadget
The Windows Gadget (for Windows Vista and Windows 7) which allow you to easily remote control Helium Music Manager is back and graphically revised.
The gadget allows end-users to see artist, title, rating, album picture and playing time. Music controls for play/pause and skip between tracks is available.
Favourite and Suggested tracks can be accessed as well as artist biography and playing album details. The gadget is now included in Helium Music Manager's installer.
Free version improvements
We have enabled the equalizer fully in the free version as well as removed any bitrate limitations when using rip and convert function.

Changes for v8.0 Build 9315 - v8.1 RC

Helium Music Manager 8.1 comes with several updates and new features, the most important are listed below:
New database engine
The new database engine in Helium Music Manager 8.1 is more stable, better optimized for improved performance and more up-to-date
compared to the database engine previously used.
We have also decided to move away from the obsolete database format Access to SQL Server Compact 4.0.
SQL Server Compact 4.0 is a more lightweight and competent format than Access which also enables users of Helium Music Streamer to operate with the new default database on 64-bit systems, something Access could not do.
When using MySQL, the MyODBC layer is now no longer needed, enabling you to have an easier, improved and better integrated MySQL setup with the added benefit of much improved performance.
SQL Server also comes with several optimizations which enable database requests to deliver data quicker.
The migration process from Access to SQL Server Compact is fully automated and uses the new and improved importing functions.
Music Browser improvements
The Music Browser (Premium and Network versions) contains several enhancements such as improved and quicker paging functions, revised statistics page
and support for per-user-favourites which is available from the statistics page (this applies specifically to the Network version when multiple users are configured).
The new favourites lists enables you to quickly and easily browse your favourite artists, albums and tracks from the Music Browser.
Convert to format
Our Convert to format tool has been extended with support for many new formats. The end-user interface has also been simplified to make this process
much easier for the end-user.
Join audio files
Helium Music Manager 8.1 comes with a new tool which allows you to join multiple audio files into one single file.
The tool can handle all music formats supported by Helium Music Manager as input formats and can output files into many different formats.
The end-user can select if any silence should be added between tracks as well as whether a CUE file should be created.
Split audio file
Similar to the new Join audio file tool, Helium Music Manager 8.1 comes with a new tool which allows the end-user to split one large audio file into several smaller files.
It allows you to create tracks in the following ways:
By loading a CUE file
Creating a specific number of tracks of equal length
Create tracks of the same lengths
Create manually defined tracks by specifying start and end offsets
Creating tracks from existing subtracks
The end-user can select between many different output formats.
Favourite folders in the Music Explorer
A end-user can quickly select if a specific folder under Library folders in the Music Explorer view should be a favourite folder.
Folders marked as favourites can easily be reached from the right-click menu and are stored per-user in Helium Music Manager's database (Network version).
Windows Gadget
The Windows Gadget (for Windows Vista and Windows 7) which allow you to easily remote control Helium Music Manager is back and graphically revised.
The gadget allows end-users to see artist, title, rating, album picture and playing time. Music controls for play/pause and skip between tracks is available.
Favourite and Suggested tracks can be accessed as well as artist biography and playing album details.
The gadget is now included in Helium Music Manager's installer.
Apart from the above mentioned fixes, Helium Music Manager 8.1 comes with many bug fixes and improvements, reported by our users during this development phase.

Changes for v7.3 - v7.3 build 8705

A maintenance release of Helium Music Manager 7.3 is now available (build 8705).
This version contains corrections for the reports report via the Customer Center since the prior release.
It contains important corrections to MySQL backups and therefore we recommend all users running any prior release to upgrade to this build.
Also, to ensure that your backup of your MySQL database is proper, we strongly recommend you to take a new a new backup with this version.

Changes for v7.2 - v7.3

New mode for the Artist view - Album Artist view, which enables you to only browse and view "Album Artists"
Mapping of vorbis comment fields - You are now able to specify the tag identifiers that are mapped to a specific Helium Music Manager tag field.
This enables you to get your previous ogg & FLAC files perfectly mapped into Helium Music Manager without losing any data. (This feature is available in Premium/Network versions only)
New action for the Action Manager - Append field to existing field.
Capability to define odd/even row coloring colors
New WebService API commands
Optimizations to the cache performance when using a database with larger amounts of data
Corrections when using Subtracks in searches
Corrections to Filename to Tag handling
Corrections to the Device Synchronization wizard (duplicate handling plus exist checks)
Corrections to the "Various Artists" node in the Music Explorer
Minor corrections to multiple artist handling
Recording and release year are now used in an "all" search
Correction for auto track numbering with WAVE files
Correction in Hotkey handling
Corrections to USB devices appear/removal notifications
Sorting corrections in the Playlist View when removing items

Changes for v7.1 - v7.2

This maintenance release corrects problems with the CD Ripper, Content Cache, MTP device support and MySQL connection handling.
We recommend all users running build 8475 or earlier using these features to download and install this update.

Changes for v2007.0.0.5505 - v2007.0.0.5545

Several corrections to the Internal Player to avoid tracks beeing played twice at the same time when crossfade is used.
Minor corrections to the Synchronization Wizard. If you have had problems with that the wizard stops during a certain step, please try this new release of Helium Music Manager
Improvements to the Internal Player to better detect when track ends so that the automatic advancing to the next tracks works as it should
Several corrections related to MySQL (Moving folders with UNC paths, Renaming, Synchronizing)
Several improvements to the threaded tagging
Corrections to the Yahoo plugin
Corrections to the Last.fm plugin
Improvements and minor corrections to the EvilLyrics handling
Minor corrections to FLAC tag handling (Vorbis Comments)
Minor corrections to the File Rename Wizard so that the database won't be updated if a rename fails
Better support for exporting/importing of tags (Vorbis Comments->ID3v2)
Improved Webradio station support
Limitors in smart playlists can now handle values larger than 1GB
Minor corrections to the column handling
Date format corrections in the Summary and Artist Browser
Volumebar will be properly updated by mediakeys
Better information will be shown when playing files without tags
Filename To Tag will correctly use the capitalizer if active in the Tag Editor (Spreadsheet Mode)
Minor corrections to the Quick Browse feature in the tray menu
Improvemed memory handling when tagging larger files which previously could cause a Out Of Memory error
It is now possible to drag and drop "play links" from the Now Playing, Summary and Music Information Browser to enqueue a certain track to the Active Playlist
More picture related actions are available in the thumbnail view
Several improvments for stream handling in the simple API
Minor corrections in the simple API
Corrections for the information shown in the Status Bar in thumbnails mode
Corrections to sorting of the Added Date field in the Music Library

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