<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>LameXP - Version History</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body style="font-family:Monospace;font-size:10pt;"> <h3>LameXP - Version History</h3><br> <a name="4.01">Changes between v4.00 and v4.01:</a><br><ul> <li>Added an option to manually specify the number of parallel instances <li>Added an option to select a user-defined TEMP directory <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer as soon as all files are completed <li>Added support for embedding cover artwork (currently works with LAME and Nero AAC only) <li>Updated Qt runtime libraries to v4.7.2 <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.0.14 (2011-02-28), compiled with ICL 12.0.2 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using aoTuV Beta-6.02 (2011-02-28), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0 <li>Updated TTA decoder multiplatform library to v2.1 (2011-03-11), compiled with MSVC 9.0 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3.2 (2010-02-27), compiled with 12.0.2 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.42 (2011-03-03), compiled with ICL 12.0.2 and MSVC 9.0 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) <li>Fixed a bug that caused AAC encoding to fail in CBR mode (the "-2pass" parameter was set wrongly) </ul><br> <a name="4.00">Changes between v3.18 and v4.00:</a><br><ul> <li>Complete re-write of LameXP in the C++ programming language <li>Switched IDE from Delphi 7.0 to Visual Studio 2008 + Qt Framework v4.7.1 (GNU Toolchain not yet) <li>Added cross-plattfrom support - only Windows and Wine for now, native Linux version planned <li>Added full Unicode support for file names, meta tags and translations (no more Codepage headaches!) <li>Added support for Qt Linguist tool, which makes creating/updating translations much easier <li>Added support for multiple user interface styles, including "Plastique" and "Cleanlooks" themes <li>Added support for user-defined encoder parameters (please use with care!) <li>Added support for a true "portable" mode, which will store the configuration in the program folder <li>Added resampling filter for all encoders, based on SoX <li>Added simple tone adjustment filter, based on SoX <li>Added an option to prepend the relative source file path to the output file path <li>Updated all command-line tools to support Unicode file names, mostly required custom patches <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.99.0.11 (2011-02-11), compiled with ICL 11.1.065 <li>Updated Vorbis encoder to v2.87 using libvorbis v1.3.2 (2010-11-06), compiled with ICL 11.1 and MSVC 9.0 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.13.2 (2011-02-19), compiled with GCC 4.5.2 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.41 (2011-01-24), compiled with ICL 11.1.065 <li>Updated SoX to v14.3.1 (2010-04-11), compiled with MSVC 9.0 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.11, compiled with GCC 4.5.2 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) <li>Removed TAK support for now, as their CloseSource(!) tools don't support Unicode file names yet <li>Removed Volumax tool, as we are using SoX for normalization from now on <li>Countless minor fixes and improvements (hopefully not too many regressions ^^) </ul><br> <a name="3.19">Changes between v3.18 and v3.19:</a><br><ul> <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.34 (2010-07-09), compiled with ICL 11.1.065 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.3 (2010-07-11), compiled with GCC 4.6.0 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) <li>Fixed decoding of certain invalid WavPack files </ul><br> <a name="3.18">Changes between v3.17 and v3.18:</a><br><ul> <li>Added an Unicode-safe "Open" dialog: File names are converted to "short" names if required <li>Fixed mpg123 decoder to work on Windows 2000 (reported by Tim Womack) <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.4 (2010-03-23), compiled with ICL 11.1.054 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.32 (2010-05-02), compiled with ICL 11.1.065 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.1 (2010-03-31), compiled with GCC 4.4.4 <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis decoder to v1.9.7 (2010-03-29), compiled with MSVC 9.0 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) </ul><br> <a name="3.17">Changes between v3.16 and v3.17:</a><br><ul> <li>Updated TAK decoder to v2.0.0 (2010-01-07) <li>Updated ALAC decoder to v0.2.0 (2009-09-05) <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.28 (2010-02-19), compiled with ICL 11.1.054 <li>Fixed "No Disk" error message box that could appear under certain circumstances <li>Fixed "...is not responding" error message box that could appear during startup <li>Various minor fixes and improvements </ul><br> <a name="3.16">Changes between v3.15 and v3.16:</a><br><ul> <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.3.0 (2009-12-29) <li>Disable DPI warning on Vista and later, as they handle DPI != 96 much better than WinXP <li>Updated WavPack decoder to v4.60.1 (2009-11-29) <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.27 (2010-01-04), compiled with ICL 11.1.054 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10b (2009-09-03), compiled with GCC 4.2.1 </ul><br> <a name="3.15">Changes between v3.14 and v3.15:</a><br><ul> <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.1.0 (2009-12-17) <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.10.0 (2009-12-05) <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.26 (2009-12-18), compiled with ICL 11.1.051 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.051 </ul><br> <a name="3.14">Changes between v3.13 and v3.14:</a><br><ul> <li>Added Suspend and Resume buttons to the processing window <li>Added another language: Castilian Spanish (Spanish from north/central Spain) <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.2 (2009-11-20) <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.25 (2009-11-13), compiled with ICL 11.1.046 <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046 <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.38 to v3.39 (2009-11-05) <li>Various minor fixes and improvements </ul><br> <a name="3.13">Changes between v3.12 and v3.13:</a><br><ul> <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.046 <li>Updated FLAC encoder to v1.2.1b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.23 (2009-10-16), using statically linked build (MSVC 9.0) <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01) <li>Updated TAK decoder to v1.1.2 (2009-07-27) <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.1 (2009-10-09) <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) <li>Updated the Splash screen and modified the sound that plays on very first launch <li>Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.34 to v3.38 (2009-08-27) <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10 (2009-09-02) </ul><br> <a name="3.12">Changes between v3.11 and v3.12:</a><br><ul> <li>Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output <li>Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only) <li>Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU <li>Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it's not recommended to do that!) <li>Added an option to analyze media files (powered by MediaInfo™) <li>Added experimental support for Windows 7 taskbar progress indicator and overlay icons <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-05), compiled with ICL 11.0 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.21 (2009-09-04), using statically linked build <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.0 (2009-08-14) <li>Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04) <li>Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3b (2009-09-19) <li>Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG) <li>Fixed a number of minor glitches </ul><br> <a name="3.11">Changes between v3.10 and v3.11:</a><br><ul> <li>Added options to sort the source files (by title, by filename or by track number) <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.1 (2009-06-14) <li>Updated FLAC decoder, now using the ICL 9.1 build of FLAC v1.2.1b <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.17 (statically linked) <li>Updated the "Normalization" filter to v0.41 (2009-06-16) <li>Fixed a few minor issues in meta tag processing </ul><br> <a name="3.10">Changes between v3.09 and v3.10:</a><br><ul> <li>Added a NSIS-based installer (will be released in addition to the ZIP package) <li>Added support for the TAK lossless audio format <li>Added two new languages: Serbian (Latin) and Ukrainian <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) <li>Updated MediaInfo to a custom build of v0.7.16 that is statically linked (and removed the DLL) <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.0 RC-3 (2009-06-03) <li>Updated Musepack decoder to v1.0.0 (2009-04-02) and fixed Musepack VS8 support <li>Updated Monkey's Audio decoder to v4.06 (2009-03-17) <li>Updated the "Normalization" filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel <li>Updated Auto-Update tool <li>Fixed a few minor issues and refactored the code </ul><br> <a name="3.09">Changes between v3.08 and v3.09:</a><br><ul> <li>Added support for detecting the file type via MediaInfo instead of guessing the type from file extension <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.7.3 (2009-04-27) <li>Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 (2009-05-13) <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.16.0 (2009-05-20) <li>Fixed detection of the WMA decoder under certain circumstances (e.g. Windows 7) </ul><br> <a name="3.08">Changes between v3.07 and v3.08:</a><br><ul> <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.7 (2009-03-04) <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.4 (2009-01-10) <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.11.0 (2009-02-13) </ul><br> <a name="3.07">Changes between v3.06 and v3.07:</a><br><ul> <li>Added an option to disable multi-threading on multi-core machines <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.61 (2008-12-24) <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.3 (2008-12-20) <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.8.0 (2008-12-10) <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) </ul><br> <a name="3.06">Changes between v3.05 and v3.06:</a><br><ul> <li>Added a custom build of the mpg123 decoder v1.5.1 <li>Added two more languages: Romanian and Polish <li>Added support for the ALAC audio format <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.7 (2008-10-17) <li>Updated AC3 Filter Tools to v0.2a (2008-06-30) <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) <li>Fixed and improved "Normalization" filter <li>Fixed a few minor bugs </ul><br> <a name="3.05">Changes between v3.04 and v3.05:</a><br><ul> <li>Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.3.3.0 <li>Added option to add an entire directory or an entire directory-tree <li>Added new languages: Russian, Nederlands, Greek and Hungarian <li>Added Dropbox for improved Drag&Drop support <li>Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!) <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 Final (2008-09-24) <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.6 (2008-09-12) </ul><br> <a name="3.04">Changes between v3.03 and v3.04:</a><br><ul> <li>Added support for reading Meta Data from source files (using MediaInfo) <li>Added support for languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Taiwanese <li>Added support for WMA, Shorten and TTA files (input only) <li>Added support for various playlist formats (M3U, PLS, ASX, CueSheet) <li>Added an option to permanently disable the Shell Intgegration (Explorer Conext Menus) <li>Added an option to disable the periodic Update Reminder <li>Added an option to shutdown the computer automatically as soon as all files are completed <li>Added code to minimize the LameXP window into the taskbar notification area <li>Added balloon tooltip to inform the user about "hidden" options <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.6 (2008-09-05) <li>Improved code to handle child processes and capture the console output </ul><br> <a name="3.03">Changes between v3.02 and v3.03:</a><br><ul> <li>Added generic support for pre-processing filters <li>Added "Normalization" filter, based on Volumax by John33 <li>Improved code to add/remove context menus in Window Explorer <li>Improved code to handle multiple instances of LameXP </ul><br> <a name="3.02">Changes between v3.01 and v3.02:</a><br><ul> <li>Added support for new input format: MPEG Audio Layer-2 (mp2) <li>Added option to choose a custom TEMP folder </ul><br> <a name="3.01">Changes between v3.00 and v3.01:</a><br><ul> <li>Added an option to disable all sounds in LameXP <li>Added warning message for bitrates that violate the current bitrate restriction <li>Fixed bitrate restrictions for LAME encoder (strictly enforce bitrate restrictions using "-F" parameter) <li>Fixed file associations code (set file associations only for the current user) <li>Updated load/save configuration code (store settings in an INI file instead of the registry) </ul><br> <a name="3.00">Changes between v2.03 and v3.00:</a><br><ul> <li>Added support for Nero's AAC Encoder (not included, available as free download from Nero website) <li>Added support for more input formats: Wave, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC/MP4, FLAC, Speex, WavPack, Musepack, Monkey's Audio <li>Added support for uncompressed Wave output <li>Added support for Multi-Threading (use multiple instances for batch processing) <li>Added shell integration for Windows Explorer (Context-Menus and "Send To" folder) <li>Added commandline support: LameXP.exe -add <File 1> [<File 2> ... <File N>] <li>Added Auto-Update utility to periodically check for new updates <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 Final (2008-07-04) <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, aoTuV Beta-5.5 (2008-03-31) </ul><br> <a name="2.03">Changes between v2.00 and v2.03:</a><br><ul> <li>Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 to Beta-5 (2007-08-13) <li>Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.84 aoTuV Beta-5 (2007-08-17) <li>Fixed a bug with 'title' meta tags <li>Fixed a few typos </ul><br> <a name="2.00">Changes between v1.xx and v2.00:</a><br><ul> <li>Added Ogg Vorbis encoder <li>Updated LAME encoder to latest builds <li>Improved progress display (parsing encoder progress from console output now) <li>Improved ID3-Tag support (now supports "title" and "track" fields) <li>Added feature to automatically generate playlists (.m3u) <li>Many bug-fixes and GUI improvements </ul><br> </body></html>