dBpowerAMP Music Converter 16.6

* Property Handler by default does not register certain extensions (such as .mp4), these exclusions can be set in dMC Configuration
* Property Extension now registers 'Title' for viewing in explorer
* Added Period to Property Handler
* Shell Extension, old popup info tip stored so when uninstalled is restored
* Explorer ID Tag writer - if cannot write the tags has Retry, Cancel not just OK

# CD Ripper
* Improved Insert CD page (in relation to main form)
* New option to set a maximum file size in KB, defaults to 256KB
* Shows AccurateRip matches from other pressings in the log, upto 6 matches
* Default secure output log named as: [rippedtopath][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][] - [album].txt
* Default secure output log written as unicode
* Click art work to review shown art at maximum size
* Album art shown in display without the surrounding case
* Meta Drop Menu - option to clear metadata
* 8KB Transfers (C2 Pointers over USB / Firewire) should work now in more instances
* Multiple Sort Values shown in CD Ripper and Tag Editor as Item1; Item2 (previously was Item1{CR}Item2)
* If CD Ripper is moved to another desktop then will retain the correct background
* PerfectMeta downgrades an artist if is: Various Artist Various Artists Various
* PerfectMeta downgrades when the number of tracks returned does not match the number of tracks on the disc
* AccurateRip.dll v4 (collates disc TOCs, updated message about key disc cannot be used)

# Batch Converter
* Better Network browsing
* Was possible to drag headers, but should not have been possible
* Works with 'dBpoweramp Batch Convert' and UNC paths
* Added the ReplayGain tags to the list page
* Music Converter <> Multi-Encoder, now show true encoding speed when encoding to multiple formats
* Multi-Encoder allows use of [encoder] in dynamic naming
* Multi-Encoder works with Playlist Writer, Album ReplayGain (should be most items which previously did not work with multi-encoder)
* Internet Album Retrieval Page optimized, also has a 'Sort Largest to Smallest' button
* Manual Meta Review window has alternating white and light gray background rows, so is easier to compare words on the same row
* Manual Meta Review: drawing speed enhancements
* Background for Value-List fixed on White
* ID3v2: mp3 tagging option: to store YYYY MM DD in the date
* ID3v2: mp3 ArtistSort, ComposerSort - have to store multiples with '/' not CR
* FLAC encoder wording changed, also includes a FLAC Uncompressed encoding option (which stores audio uncompressed, for those who want WAVE PCM but with better ID Tagging).
* FLAC: ComposerSort, soloists, split internally correctly
* m4a Tagging splits multi ComposerSort, artist sort correctly

# Bug Fixes
* Com Scripting in x64 - .ReadIDTag and .WriteIDTag would previously not work
* Corrupted Album Art could freeze conversion
* dBpoweramp Configuration can save settings for limited user account

# Major Features
* CD Ripper - AccurateRip v2: able to check across pressings & improved CRC implementation
* Reference can support up to 16 simultaneous CPUs when encoding
* Choose Album Art button in CD Ripper - searches the internet for album art
* Windows 7 & Vista audio property & thumbnail support (Details tab on properties, details section in Explorer & Explorer Columns)
* Reference comes complete with time unlimited PerfectMeta
* Music Converter & CD Ripper shows % on a Windows 7 taskbar
* Encoder settings stored at start of conversion and used through-out conversion (allows a 2nd conversion to take place at the same time with different settings)
* Multi-encoder added as standard
* mp3 Sort Tags supported TSOA - Album, TSO2 - Album Artist, TSOP - Artist, TSOC - Composer and TSOT - Title (sam as iTunes)
* mp3 year tag written as YYYY only
* Scripting now 64 bit compatible
* Explorer Shell - Audio Property tab shows correctly in X64 Windows
* Professional Frequency Conversion enabled by default (option to disable removed)
* .bwf added to wave decoder
* Batch Converter supports Windows Libraries on Windows 7
* PerfectMeta - matches [xxx] & (xxx), ' / ' & '/' as same
* Naming - [IFCOMP] tests against anything that is not 'no' and 'false' rather than '1'
* mp3 Lame Encoder - quality settings expanded to include half quality values (ie -V 4.5)
* m4a Apple Lossless encoder and decoder included as standard
* AIFF encoder & decoder included as standard
* mp3 ID Tagging - Comment Tags (other than simple comment, such as iTunesNorm) are preserved, also language code correctly set for comment
* mp3 ID Tagging - Lyrics ID3v2 tag (unsync) supported
* Profiles for music converter (have to first enable in dBpoweramp Configuration >> Music Converter >> Enable Profiles in Converter), create profiles by selecting [Create New Profile] in the encoder box
* Edit ID Tag page redesigned, Album art can be added to multiple files in one go, the add button allows adding art from: Internet, File, Scanner, etc
* CD Ripper & Batch Converter - if move the page to another larger display the page is drawn correctly

# CD Ripper
* Secure Options >> new option: Cancel Disc Ripping After any Insecure Track
* Right click on a track >> Detect Artists from Track Names
* Gap detection and index detection implemented (new columns to add these items to the display), also used for the [Cue Sheet Image] and Audio CD - Gap Removal DSP
* Options >> file name character replacement
* Can drag and drop album art onto it
* Default naming now: [IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][][album][track] [artist] - [title]
* freedb can split track specific artists when only indicated on a single track
* Retrieves sort tags (does not write by default)
* Added extra meta data fields
* Added +50 and +100 offset to track number
* Any metadata which came in Artist, the is replaced The Artist (before the rule to put to Artist, The)
* New settings page for Meta >> dBpoweramp cache, option so can set size of cache (defaults to 6MB)
* Info display defaults to on for first run
* If have the technical column on then write to the log file (ie pre-emph will be written to the log)
* Shows SonataDB when classical data comes from SonataDB (in manual meta review and popup meta info)

# Bug Fixes
* Xclass where make legal filename - where shorten a folder, this can leave a ' ' or . on the end which is not allowed
* CD Ripper >> Review Metadata >> if 'To All' was clicked would only do for items on screen
* CD ripper if enabled to over read but drive could not then it was possible to ask for 26 frames but the drive would return all 0's for the 26 frames, new code to ask for
* all Bug Bug Fix: mp3 - if had id3v1 & apev2 tag at the end, could lead to reported stream errors
* Checksum written to FLAC & mp3
* Reads Blocks outside of lead out separately so even if the drive cannot over read it would not give zero data back for a large number of frames (and fail AR check)
* When adding Album Art from a png file in the CD Ripper the picture is gray and show size 0x0 in the GUI. The written tag is OK.

* mp3 Lame updated to 3.98.4 (3.98.3 had issues creating corrupted mp3 files at certain bitrates)

* mp3 Lame updated to 3.98.3
* FLAC: if 'AlbumArtist' and 'Album Artist' contain the same item duplicated, it only appears once
* id3v2 tags split Soloist tag on '/' not
* Resample can now convert 192Khz to 44.1KHz and 44.1 to 192Khz
* CD Ripper - eject and media detection works with BluRay drives under Windows 7

* Bug Fix: Single Track CDs detected again in CD Ripper
* Bug Fix: CD Ripper could change CD drive assignment when a device removal or addition took place
* Bug Fix: Batch Converter if clicked 'Convert' on the list page would not exclude unchecked files from conversion

Secure ripper - fixed issue which could lead to 18KB files from an unsecure rip with c2 pointers
MusicBrainz performance improved
New option: CD Ripping >> Options >> Secure Settings >> 8KB Transfers (c2 Pointers over USB / Firewire)
All programs - menu selection improved (grey bar removed, uses light blue with a tick mark on end)
mp3 decoder - switched and now supports network streaming (for Renaissance) ****** FREEFORMAT SUPPORT YET TO BE ADDED ******
FLAC decoder able to stream from network (for Renaissance)
wave decoder able to stream from network (for Renaissance)
Core Converter when writing ID Tags after conversion, retries for 3 seconds (in-case another program has the file open)
CD Ripper - allowed to remove disc 1/1 number manually
CD Ripper - perfect meta review page - always show even if no meta matches
CD Ripper - after ripping encoder is reloaded (as might be to audio cd where showing % used)
CD Ripper - improvement in isrc surviving perfectmeta get (if ISRC or UPC are read from disc).
CD Ripper - meta >> retrieve from >> ISRC after will not clear existing metadata in view
CD Ripper - able to detect drive names of cd/dvd/br drives with poor firmwares
CD Ripper - replace the artist with artist, the - did not work in cd ripper with featured artists, also changed to ', the'
CD Ripper - column default widths, if large fonts then made

Bug Fix: - in previous version was possible to reboot the PC without asking on install (upgrade)
Bug Fix: CD Ripper - Perfect Meta review - when unchecking (or checking) the compilation checkbox, this change was not brought to the main window

FLAC codec included as standard, is default codec for CD Ripper
FLAC codec - internal update to allow 'Front Cover Art' as default

DSP Effects updated to R4

CD Ripper: MetaDataGD3 Symphony - extended classical fields
CD Ripper: naming sections max length increased from 1000 to 10000 chars
CD Ripper: metadata review - red miss-matches shown in bold (for color blind)

mp3 Lame updated to 3.98.2
mp3 Lame added 'Forced Stereo' option on advanced

GetPopupInfo enhanced so can no longer 100% CPU if audio file is corrupted

dBpoweramp Configuration Program Versions redesigned (dAP + Sveta removed, Asset Added)

Bug Fixes

Batch Converter if Listed files, sorted on a column and excluded certain items, when click Ok the wrong items would be excluded
mp3 ID Tag writing, if unicode selected would crash if setting a 'www' element
CD Ripper has code to stop 2 filenames being the same (from the same disc), this would not work if the naems were case-independant, where as Windows is not...
Music Converter, when dropping files, was checking allowed extensions on encoder extensions, not decoder

Changes
Popup info tips, also written to additional registry key to make sure no other program would override
mp3: Album Art handling improvement (handles art description field)
update checker - if program is registered then point to registration retrieval page not dmc download.
CD Ripper - secure mode defaults to a 1 MB cache
CD Ripper - AMG - album art defaults to 250x250
CD Ripper: New AccurateRip - no limit to submission size, no email submission, no messages if disc not in database

Bug Fixes
Right click >> Edit Tags in Windows x64 works again
CD Ripper - If you have all the tracks on the CD highlighted (i.e CTRL-A) and click the mouse anywhere in the rating column the program will crash.
If use UPPERCASE for naming for a string which has ',' then would set , to

CD Ripper

Compilation tag (also used in naming) taken from compilation check, not by checking for differing artists
When create a new profile offers to use the current one as template
Compilation, conductor & style tags created by default
All meta data items are shown in meta section, excluded (for id tags) are shown in light gray
All meta data items list shows [x] instead of [Remove]
If the option to disable autoplay is enabled, then every second the status of the CD drive is polled, to autorefresh when CD is inserted, auto press eject button when CD draw is open, also stops windows autoplaying the CD when closing CD ripper
Pressing the eject button when the draw is open, closes it
Auto eject CD should function more reliably

Win98 the convert window cli from CD ripper, or music converter was not closing after rip, plus was shown
Edit id tag (from right click >> edit tag) no longer locks explorer window whilst editing
Edit id tag displays common id elements blank if a track has no tags
Edit id tag - remembers the last position of the window + if window is large enough (starting from last time only), the elements have extra room to show
Naming added [length_mmss], [length_hhmmss], [composer] & [conductor]
Reference: Pro Frequency Conversion enabled by default
All programs: if running in debug mode, the debugging information will show even if program crashes
Music Converter: No longer creates ARTIST id tags for naming if one does not exist (TITLE is created from filename if does not exist)
Audio Properties page: Visually more smarter
Wave decoder - if a wave file is PCM then does not use the fact chunk (could be wrong)

Bug Fixes

CD Ripper - if using the abort after 1 unrecoverable then is marking the track as secure i, not insecure
Windows 98 + ME: have weak bitmap drawing routines, even Internet explorer 5 can crash when drawing, R12 uses advanced drawing techniques and Windows 98 is just falling over, for Windows 98 + ME we replace the graphical buttons with standard buttons. Also applies to the % complete bar
Windows 98 + ME: core converter would wait around (at 99%) after a conversion (when source was pipe, ie from CD Ripper)
If wave encoder supplied last buffer as NULL and using frequency / ACM converter then last block might not be flushed
CD Ripper - selecting a profile with the same encoder as last profile was not loading the settings for new profile encoder
Music converter, finish button was not showing if window was minimized

Reading / Writing (reference only) of wave BEXT ID Tags, bext tags are: Description, Originator, OrigReference, OrigDate, OrigTime, TimeReference, CodingHistory
Vista: Popup info lines up better aligned
Tag Editor (shell right click): Standard items are listed first, others alphabetically sorted, when adding new tag is a drop list of standard names
Tag Editor: helper drop lists for year, track number + genre (remembers unique genres, saved in appdata)
Popup info shows track number as "Track" in line with rest of programs
Switched Lame to NASM encoding, slightly slower, but more crash resistant (tried on > 1GB of audio)
.mpeg added to decodable file types
If encoding only one file, then multi cpu section is not created (so is not tied to a single cpu)
CD Ripper title bar shows album name when ripping
CD Ripper submission of meta data back to freedb and AMG

Bug Fixes

Corrupt id3v2 tags could crash tag writer, will now break without overwriting corrupt id tag
Corrupt wave list id tag would stop the wave file from being decoded, now tag error is reported as info so wave file can decode
Corrupt wave list id tag can be read if they have unofficial end padding in the list chunk
Folders can contain a space ' ' as first character
Filenames ending in .. are preserved
CD Ripper would show amg expired message even if unchecked (and had expired)
When auto completing a valuelist combo box, the auto complete was being removed
mp3 (Lame) might not encode the last frame depending on feeding data
When encoding using non live dsp effects, the action is shown in music converter
Can encode to certain wave ACM formats which would previously fail
All codecs - sample rate of high frequency audio files might be read wrong
When using DSP effects (both live and non-live, and 32 bit float + high sample rate) the effects could introduce white noise every 1/4 of a second
CoreConverter if overwriting an already existing filename of maximum allowed length (260 chars) then .tmp.ext temp file would go over the allowed 260 char length
Music Converter, if existing audio file had a 3 char extension (ie .ape), and converted to .flac, was possible for flac file to have more than the allowed 260 chars length
Further fixes to make sure dMC + CD Ripper + Batch Converter appear on screen, even after resolution changes

New features:
CD Ripper - when add meta item, has drop list of artist, album etc
CD Ripper - if no artist name then for file naming only is set to 'Unknown Artist'
CD Ripper - can access meta menu drop down evenif no cd is in drive
CD Ripper - Genre, Composer, Comment columns always show (even if not a compilation)
Music Converter - remembers the last used path when selecting files
Mp3 lame shows -vbr-new on the info line

Bug Fixes:
Mp3 Lame Encoder: Forcing Frequency or Channels (on advanced) can crash CoreConverter
If getpopupinfo froze (corrupt audio file, would incorrectly report getpopup.exe could not be found)
If using non-live dsp effects which altered the length, other live DSPs were being passed old length
CoreConverter could trigger a 'watchdog timeout possible coreconverter crash' if using the CLI encoder or DSP effect which took more than 60 seconds (temp wave files used in both cases)
Any valuelist when editing an element (example meta in cd ripper) if click away on same line (ie not enter) then the edit stays for edit!!
Wave Enocder was not writing IEEE float if source as float and bit=as source (only forcing float would write)
If manually set a file association then RC >> 'Convert To' and other shell related items would not appear
If dBpoweramp batch converter had been added to folder right click, it was not removed when uninstalling
Was lucky to have a CD drive which when asked to overread would return No Error, but really not rip (so the data from a previous frame rip could be used, now zeros the memory to be sure)
CD Ripper - was possible for at the end of a cd the ripper to try to rip 0 frames and report an error
CD Ripper - if previewing a track and skip to next then could crash
CD Ripper - if re-ripping a cd, then click cancel half way through the CRCs (shown on screen) for the tracks that were to be ripped are not preserved (so no green / red next rip)
Changing (Naming, or Path in CD Ripper) to My DocumentsMusic1 would save to DocumentsMusic1 instead
dMC - When using List / Rename was showing extension, if renamed file then would add another extension to end
Was offering a Power Pack Trial when installing registered Power Pack
If using a non-live DSP effect, they are now used in correct order (previously would do non-live, then live effects in that order)
If using DSP effects to reduce bitdepth or channels, then might incorrectly report 'Audio data contains incomplete samples'
Fixed edit tag crashing explorer
Internal low level Thread manager could create with an already used unique identification, which could cause crashes (found with Channel Splitter which creates 9x coreconverters)
mp3 Tag writer would crash if supplied CD TOC (a binary item) which was text instead of binary
Dynamic Naming (or naming in CD Writer) could enter a recursive condition, if Adding an album 'Example Album [Album]' when naming contained [album]
Was possible for dMC Converting Window to go off-screen
If using the Grabber 10 seconds from CD Ripper then freezes cd ripper at 5%

- Complete rewrite, new design, every aspect updated & improved. Full Unicode support, Windows 98 to Vista support.
- Rather than a line by line change, which would stretch to 10000's of lines (as with previous releases) an overview:
- CD Ripper - Secure Ripper, c2 support (reference), AMG meta data with Album art & rating, ultra secure ripping mode (reference).
- All Codecs updated to latest versions, all improved.
- Multi-CPU encoder support (reference).
- New Batch Converter, new scripting engine, new Reference version,
- New DSP design allows for live effects,