Version history for MusicBee (portable)
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Changes for v3.3.7376 - v3.3.7491
- Fixes a number of bugs found. I will post a link on the downloads page and update the store version over the next couple of weeks.
- FreeDb CD tags and Icecast radio are no longer supported.
- This should be last in the v3.3 series and I will make v3.4 beta available soon.
Changes for v3.3.7261 - v3.3.7376
- Fixes a number of bugs found and now works again with google artist picture searches. I will post a link on the downloads page and update the store version over the next week.
Changes for v3.3.7252 - v3.3.7261
- Due to a significant issue with CD handling I am going to do another release. I will post a link on the downloads page and update the store version over the next week.
Changes for v3.3.7165 - v3.3.7252
- Updating the official release with a number of bug fixes
Changes for v3.3.7115 - v3.3.7165
- various fixes
Changes for v3.2.6902 - v3.3.7115
- Podcast Enhancements
- - now supports grouping subscriptions by folder
- - the folders panel can be displayed by clicking the Podcast header, and tick/untick "Show Folders Panel"
- - when the folders panel is displayed, you can drag/drop subscriptions to a folder to easily re-organise your subscriptions
- - new % Played field displayable in the main panel thats shows for episodes that have been started, and not completed, the % of the episode played
- - visual indicator that indicates podcast subscriptions that have failed to update (check the error log for details of the error)
- - option to only show downloaded subscriptions (click the Podcast header, and tick "Show Downloaded Episodes Only")
- - when viewing the episodes of indiviual subscriptions there is a button to toggle displaying Unplayed episodes only or all episodes
- - hotkeys to speed or slow the Tempo in 10% steps, and a hotkey to reset the Tempo:
- Player: Tempo Decrease (-10%)
- Player: Tempo Increase (+10%)
- Player: Tempo Reset
- - see: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=26980.0
- Radio Enhancements
- - now supports grouping stations by folder
- - you can drag/drop stations to a folder to easily re-organise your stations
- - the folders panel can be hidden if you dont want to use it
- - radio stations can be manually sorted (click the Radio header, and tick "Manual Station Sorting")
- - see: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=27012.0
- Display Enhancements
- - new default skin
- - support for windows 10 style icons and better icons for high-dpi screens - its up to the skin authors whether they can to make use of these
- - various skinning enhancements that will be used by some skins
- - see: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=26532.0
- - and: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=26914.0
- Device Synchronisation
- - option to replace the genre in synchronised files with the "Genre Category". Also this option ensures only one genre is present in the file
- Player Enhancements
- - option to display the playing track text on multiple lines. Right click on the player panel/ Panel Layout/ and tick "Show Track Details on Multiple Lines". This option is not available for all skins
- - option to hide the progress bar. You might use this option when displaying a wavebar in the main panel. Right click on the player panel/ Panel Layout/ and tick "Do Not Display"
- - wavebar can now be configured to show 2 wavebars - one for each channel
- - hotkey for "Playback: Play Displayed Files Shuffled"
- Other
- - when pasting album artwork, you can now "Paste Add" to add a new picture
- - when pasting artwork, you can now specify a custom location when saving the pasted picture
- - sorting tracks in the main panel is now approx 50% faster, although you probably wont notice unless you have a large collection
- - updated to .NET 4.6.1
- - various bug fixes
Changes for v3.2.6760 - v3.2.6827
- Mini player now supports a large abum artwork layout
- A stop button can now be displayed for all types of progress bars (regular skins only)
- Minor layout tweaks for the "Now Playing" panel
- For the "Album Color Mix" view in the "Now Playing" panel, you can set it to display the artist biography and artist picture
- The Music Explorer panel now allows sorting tracks by title and also shows the album name for duplicate titles
- Playlist header now also shows the album count in the playlist
- When dragging files, the left sidebar no longer automatically pops up (you can hover on the left panel edge and it will pop up)
- You can now instruct MusicBee to use the legacy DirectSound API from the Player preferences
- Various bug fixes
Changes for v3.1.6590 - v3.2
- - New grid like layout (similar to iTunes) that can be configured in the Album and Tracks view
- https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=24402.0
- - Enhanced DSD support for ASIO devices that support raw DSD data or DOP (DSD over PCM)
- - New vertical tag editor. This can be configured to display in any side panel and allows you to configure the fields that are editable
- https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=23354.0
- - Various new layout options in the Layout(1) preferences
- - Row spacing is now expanded a few pixels but can be configured more or less compressed
- - Custom background image that spans the entire application eg. use http://www.mediafire.com/file/x9166cgtd71d8sa/MusicBee3.jpg on the default MusicBee skin to see an example
- https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=23000.0
- - disable resizing on panels
- - You can now save/ load custom layout settings separately for each tab. Right click on a tab header
- https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=21919.0
- - You can now save/ load a snapshot of all your settings. See Edit/ Saved Settings/ ...
- - You can now save/ import your panel arrangement - the exported settings are suitable to send to friends. See View/ Import/Export/ ...
- - Virtual tags now support markup (colour, font, contrast) so you can mix the colour used in a single displayed field
- https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=24595.0
- - Artwork view now supports grouping by Date Added
- - Artwork view now supports sub-grouping using various fields
- - Expanded panel in the Artwork view can now be forced to display as a single column
- - Relative paths are now supported for artwork retrieval. Set in Layout(1)/ artwork retreival/ Edit List
- - Playlists now display a header bar. This can be disabled
- - The popup for the playing track now has the option to also popup at the end of a track (so you can rate it)
- - You can force the Locked Down mode (in the View menu) to persist on restart
- - Compact Player can now be run full screen (set from the menu button on the left of the caption bar)
- - You can now directly edit an artist biography in the Artist Bio panel
- - When synching lyrics, you can force them to be embedded or synched as a separate .lrc file
- - Cut/ Copy/ Paste is now supported for folders in the Computer node of the left navigator
- - Custom Tags can now be configured to be enumerated data types. When editing the tag, a drop-down list is displayed with checkboxes making editing easier
- https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=23700.0
- - new hotkeys:
- Tools: Auto-Tag by Track - Update Missing Lyrics
- Send To: Active Playlist (now playing)
- Send To: Active Playlist (selected files)
- View: Toggle Show Vertical Tag Editor
Changes for v3.1.6512 - v3.1.6590
- Fix bug introduced in the last release that incorrectly reports some files as corrupt
Changes for v3.1.6466 - v3.1.6512
- Various bug fixes and minor speed improvements
Changes for v3.0.6276 - v3.0.6335
- when saving a single file, library auto-organise enabled, although the file was being auto-organised, if you try to edit the file straight away, the file in the main panel was still referencing the old file location
- various bug fixes
Changes for v3.0.6132 - v3.0.6276
- upgrade the xbox music plugin to use the new groove api (note the old xbox plugin api will cease working after March 2017)
- fix wavebar seek when outputting to a UPNP device
- add back in support for localised artist biographies
- fix rename a podcast episode when renamed from the tag editor
- fix autosweep not applying the autosweep naming template if the library is auto-organised with no naming rule for the target drive
- fix music explorer not retrieving all matching files when filtering by Genre
- fix synching virtual files (single file split by cuesheet) when no format conversion is done
- when locking with full screen enabled/ unlocking MusicBee (from the view menu), the window should now size correctly on win10
- fix tag changes not being saved to file when you edit the tags of a playing track and then you rate the track while still playing
- when moving files to a new folder, the file permissions are now inherited from new parent folder
- fix high dpi scaling for the custom tags dialog
- include "always on top" option in the compact player header menu
- fix group by bug when the artwork panel is configured to show the selected tracks on the bottom of the main panel
- tweaked caching of artwork for the Album and Tracks view
- improved handling for multi-line podcast episode descriptions
Changes for v3.0.6067 - v3.0.6132
- fix for artist biographies
- fix artist picture in the Now Playing panel and the Compact Player which can stay switched to a blurred album cover
- fix MB freezing in certain circumstances when moving files to an organised folder
- enable sorting on the soundcloud search panel and fix the "likes" count column
- fix the device synchronisation to respect the file converter encoder thread count and priority settings (was effectively always using 2 threads)
- add support for mod files (mo3/it/ xm/s3m/ mtm/ mod/ umx)
- add support for chiptunes files - you will also need the basszxtune.dll plugin: see http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=19397.msg116779#msg116779
- change the Music Explorer panel to show album year instead of album artist
- fix CD ripper not saving artwork where the artwork is not embeded
- drag/ drop files from windows explorer into the now playing list doesnt also import linked file artwork
- fix music explorer filter panel handling for files with multiple values in a tag
- fix file rescan aborting when encountering a long filename (>260 chars)
- support for dockable plugin panels
- change to the way Locate in Windows Explorer is implemented
- fix breaking change for the soundcloud search results
- change the behavior of the Panel Layout button. It now shows a menu for quick layout changes, including the Hide Panel Header function and Arrange Panels dialog
- thumbnail browser can now be configured to show text only with no thumbnails
- Music Explorer filter
Changes for v3.0.5995 - v3.0.6067
- - various bug fixes and some UI improvements
- - google album artwork search updated to handle changes made by google
- - fixes a bug with MTP device synchronisation for the "playlists with own folder" setting
- - fix for importing podcasts that cant be matched to an existing subscription
- - tag editor panel stays locked when saving using the "Edit: Save" hotkey
- - snap feature for windows 10 was leaving a 7px gap with the edge of the screen
- - podcast naming template for device synchronisation now supported
- - exit from MusicBee was triggering dsp_iZOzoneFree to crash
- - auto-dj error message when de-selecting a library source
- - when the artwork storage preference is set to a file naming template, a number of auto-tag functions that download artwork were not setting the picture filename
- - invalid filename char mapping now supports null replacement (as opposed to replacing with a space)
- - when the left sidebar is configured to auto-hide, the popup panel now includes a pin icon so it can be permanently displayed.
- - changing fields/ order or sorting in the Tools/ Tagging "other files to edit..." panel was also changing the fields in the Track Details view for the main panel
- - configurations for each of the filters in the Tools/ Tagging "other files to edit..." panel is now preserved on restart
- - album covers panel with tracks displayed at the bottom of the panel: incorrect prompt when deleting files from a playlist and not maintaining the panel state when refreshed
- - artwork not always refreshed in the Album Covers & Album and Tracks view when updated externally to MB and rescanned in MB
- - improved "Album Color Mix" view for the Now Playing panel
- - Album Picture Only view in the compact player has been improved when displayed in a wide layout, plus a couple of layout bugs fixed
- - Album Covers expanded panel now sorts tracks by title if no disc/track number is tagged
- - force restart with certain menu/ tab configuration setting combinations with unskinned window borders
- - enhanced Music Explorer so you can now browse and filter by artist/ genre/ year etc, and enhance text search within the new panel
- - "resume playback" setting in the Player preferences now restarts a radio stream
- - tweaks to the transparency of the right sidebar when overlayed on the feature picture in the Now Playing panel
- - double click to start playback from windows explorer not always working when "resume position" is enabled
- - auto-shutdown at the end of the track fixed
- - playlist manager - now supports all the right click commands that were missing eg. play now, send to, etc
- - double click on the playing track text for the main player and sidebar player should now work correctly
- - fix window resizing issue for windows 10 and auto-hidden task bar
- - fix layout bug for the main player panel with certain skin and font size combinations
- - and various other minor bugs
- all changes since v3.0 Update 1:
- - main panel now keeps focus when closing the tag editor (docked in the main panel) and clicking the save button
- - fix freeze on startup with a specific combination of artwork panel set to "Selected Tracks" and the artwork storage type
- - some visual improvements for drag/drop operations eg. scroll bar shouldnt flicker when dropping a file and artwork repaint should flicker less
- - manual file scanner was failing with certain directory structures
- - auto-playlists now refresh when editing tag values that affect the auto-playlist
- - double click on the thumb browser when artists displayed in the main panel was not working
- - windows screen border snap was not aligning correctly for the mini-player on windows 10
- - the computer node in the left navigator was locking on start up with certain settings
- - the Now Playing Bar has been updated to be more similar to v2.5 and also the missing right click context menu for the album cover is implemented
- - for the Album Covers layout, the expanded panel now uses blended colours from the album cover
- - global search should now perform faster in many cases
- - mouse wheel anywhere on the player controls panel now adjusts the volume (as was the case with v2.5)
- - create a new playlist now resorts the playlists in the navigator panel
- - cd ripper: improved "encode selected" and volume analysis handling for failed or rips with errors
- - expanded panel layout handling for multi-disc or sub-header grouping is improved so each disc/group starts on a new line
- - playlist file linkages displayed in the "Playlists" field in the main panel now load in the background so not locking the GUI for large playlists
- - right click/ Search/ Locate in Playlist now loads in the background so not locking the GUI for large playlists
- - gradient blending for the expanded panel has been tweaked and improved to reduce banding effect for some album covers
- - the selected tracks in the "Files to Edit" filter panel were not always used for various menu commands and a "No selected tracks" message was displayed
- - the 'Track difference more than 10 seconds' option was missing from the Duplicates Manager
- - further tweaks to the Now Playing Bar - now the panel is filled with a blend from the album cover
- - added support for showing a small album cover in the main player controls panel. Right click/ Panel Layout/ Show Album Cover
- - when the Playing Tracks panel has focus, MB no longer forces the panel to scroll the current track to the top
- - text search for individual tracks when using the Album Covers or Artists view is now supported and enabled from the search menu dropdown
- - Collapsed Albums grouping now shows duration and size of the album when an album is collapsed
- - addressed temporary freezes when selecting items in a filter panel (thumb browser, column browser, library explorer) and the main panel is showing artists that require an image to be downloaded
- - the filter panel in the "Music Explorer" panel now only shows values from files in your library and also respects any library filter active in the tab
- - faster loading of file/ playlist linkages eg. when you show the "Playlist" field in the main panel, use Search/ Locate in Playlist etc
Changes for v3.0.5973 - v3.0.5995
- - various bug fixes and some UI improvements
Changes for v2.5.5804 - v3.0.5973
- Revamped user interface with more customisation and layout flexibility
- Many users should see substantial performance improvements, especially for large libraries
- Details in http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17326.0
- NOTES for users upgrading from v2.x:
- Most settings will be upgraded but the panel arrange settings wont. The panel layout can be configured by clicking the Panel Arrangement button to the left of the search box. Also see:
- http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/The_Anatomy_of_MusicBee
- Although your existing skin should work with version 3, some skins won't look great with the new GUI design. Check the Skins board for updates that are not included in the release package:
- http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?board=11.0
- Most plugins should work without modification when using version 3. Two exceptions are:
- Last.fm Statistics: http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=7304.0
- Last.fm Similar Artists: http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=7484.0
- An embeded Web Browser is no longer included in the MusicBee application itself. Web links will now open in your default browser. However, you can still view web pages within MusicBee using an updated version of the Web Browser plugin.
- http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=13293.0
Changes for v2.4.5404 - v2.5.5721
- Device synchronisation - speed improvements, enhanced UI, and more flexibility with files and playlists to be synched
- Improved support for creating Virtual Devices
- New "Recently Added" node in the podcasts panel
- Various speed improvements when loading panels
- Improved continous folder monitoring - now detects updates and deletions
- Various UI enhancements for setting fields and editing the formula for virtual tags
- Integrated Shoutcast radio station directory support
- Player support for DSD files (but no tagging support)
- Plugin support for UPNP devices
- Plugin support for XBox music subscriptions and custom radio stations
Changes for v2.4.5349 - v2.4.5404
- Update to remove SSL3 protocol for https connections due to the "Poodle" vulnerability. This update is required for last.fm logons to work.
- Also addresses an issue with locked MTP devices causing MusicBee to run at very high CPU and memory usage.
Changes for v2.3 - v2.4.5349
- New "expanded view" for the artwork layout, where tracks are displayed in-place in the panel
- Expanded view includes support for when the artwork layout is grouped by artist
- Enhanced file organiser: you can define rules in the auto-organiser for each drive, and to move files across drives
- The volume analysis tool has been enhanced to give better feedback and control when peaks would be clipped
- Support for searching and playing internet tracks via Soundcloud
- The progress of long running operations now shows in the windows taskbar (win7+)
- Various layout enhancements for the Tabs Bar
- Enhancements to the "Now Playing Assistant"
- Enhancements to "Mixer" playlist criteria and shuffling
- The library explorer can now be set to not filter tracks in the main panel when viewing Inbox and playlist nodes ie. allows dragging files from the library explorer into the main panel
- Library filters can be directly edited using the right click button on a library filter node
- Improved handling for winamp visualisers and support for "desktop mode" with other visualisers
- Support for premium podcast subscriptions
- Media keys should now work without the need for the "media keys" plugin
- Various new plugins, such as VST sound effects, Discogs Tagger, Track Previewer, Skip Silence, MP3 Blog/ Web File Analyser
Changes for v2.2 - v2.3
- thumbnail browser that shows artists, albums and genres with thumbnail pictures
- "Track with Thumbnail" layout for the Now Playing list
- improved layout and navigation for podcasts
- improved podcast directory
- new mini-player layout with artwork and spectrum visualiser
- improved layout and additional configuration options for the Compact Player
- improved search functionality in the Compact Player and Now Playing Assistant
- volume analysis now uses the EBU R128 algorithm
- OPUS is now supported for encoding
- improved scrobble handling when the last.fm connection drops
- various other changes
Changes for v2.1 - v2.2
- search entire library feature
- tag undo function
- new and enhanced layout settings
- various performance improvements
- now shows high quality artist pictures
- artwork download tool
- theater mode and compact player now show movie backdrops for soundtracks
- full synch backup function
- various other changes - see forum 2.2 release log
Changes for v2.0.4663 - v2.1
- new modern Compact Player mode which is focused on artist and album artwork
- improved playback buffering and gapless playback for all output modes
- various new layout options, improved usabilty and navigation improvements
- wave bar and large spectrum visualiser that can be displayed in various configurations
- tracks in your library can be colour highlighted according to custom rules you define
- ex.fm added as an online music source for the auto-dj and as a genre based radio source
- di.fm and sky.fm added to the radio station directory
- enhanced playlist and artwork format support for MTP device synchronisation
- numerous other changes
Changes for v1.4 - v2.0.4663
- TheaterMode plugin that has a visually oriented and minimalistic layout
- optional Video Support (playback via a plugin and video file organisation)
- player enhancements
- improved buffering for music playback
- 15-band equaliser
- playback of cuesheet files is now continous
- OPUS file support
- HDCD decoder plugin
- support for Winamp output plugins
- interface enhancements
- windows 7 AeroSnap is now supported for skinned window borders
- the main menu can now display as a button in the windows caption bar
- tabs can now be docked in the windows caption bar
- new "flat layout" for the player controls panel that has a more modern look
- save and load custom views
- various layout settings and enhancements
- auto-open the left navigator panel when it is collapsed
- various new hotkey functions are available
- select or skip playback of files using a tickbox
- auto-playlists enhancements
- filter on similar artists and on similar tracks to the current playing track
- various shuffling types to change the distribution of the matching tracks: Random; Higher Rating Preferred; Same/Different Artist
- filter out duplicate tracks with the same artist and title but on multiple albums
- manually add extra files by drag/dropping files into the playlist
- filter based on information for the current playing track
- the auto-DJ can now select similar tracks to the current playing track
- plugin to generate playlists based on data from last.fm
- infrastructure
- support for windows 8
- upgrade to .NET4
- upgrade the internal web-browser to the equivalent of Firefox 16
- numerous other changes as documented in the MusicBee forum
