v3.3 [Jan 30, 2019]
Various fixes.
v3.2 [Jun 22, 2018]
- New grid like layout (similar to iTunes) that can be configured in the Album and Tracks view.
- 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.
- 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.
- disable resizing on panels.
- You can now save/ load custom layout settings separately for each tab. Right click on a tab header.
- You can now save/ load a snapshot of all your settings.
- You can now save/ import your panel arrangement - the exported settings are suitable to send to friends.
- Virtual tags now support markup (colour, font, contrast) so you can mix the colour used in a single displayed field.
- 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.
- 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.
v3.1 [Aug 8, 2017]
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
https://www.getmusicbee.com/help/release-note/
v3.0 [Jan 28, 2016]
Various bug fixes and some UI improvements.
v2.5 [Dec 26, 2014]
May include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
v2.4 [Mar 16, 2014]
- UPNP plugin support which enables output to a UPnP device or to browse and play content in your MusicBee library from a UPnP compatible renderer.
See http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=14277.0
- XBOX music plugin which includes:
- Music Explorer which provides searching and filtering to explore artists and tracks, including integration with last.fm and also echonest for track filtering
- Radio Streaming which offers tag based radio streams. Create the station in the Radio node from the Station Directory panel
- see http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=13878.0
- support for playback of DSD files
- Improved Field selector for the main panel, column browser, library explorer, search field selection etc
- Change to the behaviour of the ticked fields - now all items are ticked by default and any unticked items remembered on restart and excluded from various actions such as device file synchronisation
- New hotkeys:
- Edit: Crop Selected Files - removes all files from a playlist except the selected files (also accessible from the List/ Crop Selected Files right click menu)
- Edit: Save
- Edit: Save/ Goto Next
- New command to save an embeded picture as a file - right click on the picture/ Save Picture To...
- New template editor (naming templates, virtual fields etc) that allows multi-line input and improved field selector
- Improved drag/ drop scrolling operation which speeds up the scroll when dragging items down long lists
- You can now keep specific tracks in an album in sequence when shuffling. Edit the relevant files and tick "keep tracks in sequence when shuffling"
- Various dialog windows are now resizable and remember their last position
- Support for the shoutcast station directory in the Radio tab
- The total time displayed in the status bar for all files in the Now Playing list can be toggled to show the time remaining
- Various bug fixes
v2.2 [Oct 17, 2013]
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 synch
v2.1 [Jan 6, 2013]
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 synch
v2.0 [Mar 16, 2012]
TheaterMode plugin that has a visually oriented and minimalistic layout
1.player enhancements
--improved buffering for music playback
--15-band equalizer
--playback of cuesheet files is now continuous
--OPUS file support
--HDCD decoder plugin
--support for Winamp output plugins
2.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
--select or skip playback of files using a tickbox
3.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 on multiple albums
--manually add extra files by drag/dropping files into the auto-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
4.infrastructure:
--support for windows 8
--upgrade to .NET4
--upgrade the internal web-browser to the equivalent of Firefox 16
-video support (playback via a plugin and video file organization)
-new Swedish translation and updated translations for: Dutch, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese
-numerous other changes as documented in the
v1.2 [Nov 13, 2009]
- new detection of gapless info tags for iTunes encoded mp3 and m4a files for playback in MB (gapless playback is already handled for most LAME encoded mp3 files). Still to be done at a later date, tracks saved to iPods using MusicBee dont have the gapless playback data written to the iPod database
- new Audio Books section (playback of audio books doesnt support chapters yet ie. only the file title displays and not the current chapter)
- new detection of iTunes podcast tags when scanning files - if podcast flags are detected the track will scanned to the podcasts section
- new detection of audiobooks (.m4b) when scanning files - these files will be added to the Audio Books
- new drag/drop tracks from library to Audio Books or to Podcasts - if you have already scanned a podcast or audiobook into your main library you can now manually drag it to appropriate Audio Book or Podcast section
- new replay gain (smart/track/album) switch in the Controls menu
- new equaliser button now shows a different icon if the equaliser or any dsps are active
- new copy text selection from web-browser
- new handling for data DVDs (if it doesnt work for you please let me know - there is already a separate bug topic for this)
- change behaviour when 'portable application' is enabled so the musicbee library is stored as a relative reference in the startup settings. However files referenced in the main MusicBee library itself use full paths.
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