-Brading Software Message Board
+--Forum: Mp3/Tag Studio Support and Bug Reports
+---Topic: New version 3.5 (beta 1) released, finally! started by Magnus Brading
Posted by: Magnus Brading on May 24 2004,02:47
Ok people, after an all too long wait (sorry about that), here is finally the first beta of Mp3/Tag Studio 3.5!
This is mostly a feature upgrade, and even though several important bugs have been fixed too, I have concentrated on the features. But don't despair, before the final version is released, I will fix a bunch of more bugs and add some other new features too.
The really big news is the macro capability (and its powerful combination with the new command-line support). Please test out the macros as much as you can, I promise, once you get used to them you'll never understand how you could live without them. You can do ALL your tagging and renaming, no matter how complex the operations are, in just a single mouse click now!
Here is a summary of what's new in this version (beta):
* Added powerful macro capabilities!
Arbitrarily complex operations can now be recorded into a macro, and then from that point on be available at the click of a button!
* Added powerful command-line support!
Practically all program functionality can now be accessed directly from the command-line, making it possible to fully control Mp3/Tag Studio from any other application or script!
* Fixed an incompatibility issue with Windows XP Service Pack 2, it should now work fine with this new service pack too.
* Fixed a problem that could cause the program to seemingly halt, or go extremely slow when tagging certain mp3 files containing large ID3v2 tags.
* Fixed a bug that under certain conditions could cause a parsing error in the direct rename tool while using absolute path mode.
* Fixed a bug that under certain conditions could cause a crash in the browse tool when editing more than one file that only had an ID3v1 tag.
* Fixed a bug that under certain conditions did not correctly reset the list creation tool GUI after usage.
* Fixed a bunch of other small bugs too.
Please let me know what you think about the new features, especially the macros!
You are also VERY welcome to report any bugs or problems you may find, here in the forum.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Valik on May 24 2004,06:46
Hi Magnus
Wonderful to see you've released a new version. I've said it before and I'll say it again, it's an awesome program.
I noticed the date on the setup.exe file is 26 September 2004. The only plausable excuse I can think of is that sometime in the future you sent an updated copy of the program to your present self. Any other reasoning would be bollocks
Posted by: ladiko on May 24 2004,09:26
Exception EAccessViolation in module mp3tag_s.exe at 00000000.
Access violation at address 00000000. Read of address 00000000.
that's the only thing i get...
and i've waited for this release, because the stable 3.05 don't run on xp.sp2
Posted by: Magnus Brading on May 24 2004,12:27
Valik:
Hehe, sorry about that date, I was experimenting with something else on my system, and had set the date forward, and forgot to set it back until after creating the install pack, the next version will be from the present, I promise (and please don't tell any of my competitors about my time machine, they might consider it cheating).
ladiko:
Ok, all problems with XP SP2 don't seem to be resolved yet after all, please stay tuned for future betas.
Everyone:
The first bug has been found, the macros for the auto tag tool are malfunctioning (you will get an error message when trying to execute them), all other macros seem to work fine though, please play around with the rest of the macros until I release the next beta.
Posted by: J-man on May 24 2004,12:39
Holy crap, you've really outdone yourself this time Magnus! The other taggers can only hope to eat your dust with these new macro features!
Keep up the good work!
Posted by: Magnus Brading on May 24 2004,14:01
Thanks.
Anyway, I just released beta 2, fixing the above-mentioned bug (and also added hotkeys for recording macros).
Note, if you already visited the website after I released beta 1, you might have to resfresh (reload) the different pages of the website in your browser for them to display correctly (due to the above-mentioned time-travel problems, the pages I posted for beta 1 yesterday have dates that are in the future, so some browsers might choose to use these older pages from the cache instead of the ones I just posted with normal dates, because it then thinks the ones in the cache with dates in the future are "newer"...).
Posted by: Menglund on May 24 2004,17:41
Simply brilliant! I already thought Mp3/Tag Studio was the by far most powerful and most streamlined tagger/renamer, but now with the macros, nothing else is even on the same planet anymore! You are my god!
Posted by: Magnus Brading on May 24 2004,23:35
I just released beta 3, fixing a problem where the program could falsely believe that it had been illegally modified, and then refuse to operate. I also added hotkeys for saving/deleting templates from all template drop-down boxes (alt-plus and alt-minus, where plus and minus are from the numeric keypad).
Please keep the comments and reports coming.
Enjoy!
Posted by: TonyHughes on May 25 2004,22:52
I was wondering if this would be an obscure feature which only programmers would be able to understannd. Quite the opposite, the Macro feature is extremely useful and easy to set up.
Secondly mp3s with pictures in tag run beautifully smoothly now.
Posted by: ladiko on May 26 2004,00:07
i'be tested it on an other xp_sp2.pc and it doesn't run, too...
so what
Posted by: Magnus Brading on May 26 2004,01:16
Nope, there apparently still seems to be some problems left with the external protection wrapper which I'm using (Asprotect) and Windows XP SP2.
I'm waiting for the author of this program to fix it according to my bug reports, and there's really nothing more I can do about that at the moment, but hopefully it will be fixed soon anyway, sorry about this.And I'm glad you like the macros and the "big tag problem" bugfix Tony.
Posted by: Disposable Hero on May 27 2004,08:37
New version. Groovy
Wish I had the time to test it Magnus, you might consider making a new "Report beta version issues here" post and keeping it pinned to the top of the board. Makes it easier for bug reporters and thus yourself.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on May 27 2004,12:23
Well, I still read all the threads as soon as they are posted, so not much difference for me, but sure, it's there now for anyone who might like it better than starting their own thread.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on May 27 2004,15:22
I just released beta 4, here's what's fixed:
* Improved the VBR header repair feature, so that it can now repair the VBR header of files that have frame sync problems too.
* Improved the VBR header repair feature, so that it can now also repair the VBR header of mp3Pro VBR files (and several additional earlier non-supported mp3 types), which is needed to make them play correctly in e.g. iPod or other hardware players.
* Made the program accept macro parameter names both enclosed and non-enclosed in percentage signs when setting them from the command-line, since percentage signs have special meaning in many scripts and similar.
* Fixed a bug in the mass set tool macros, that would make it malfunction when the extended ID3v2 fields were used. Some related bugs in the macro functionality of other tools were also fixed.
* Fixed a problem with capitalizing a certain special Central European character.
I will be unavailable now until Tuesday, in case you wonder why I'm not responding to any posts, but please keep the bug reports coming anyway, I will read and answer them as soon as I get back.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Magnus Brading on June 06 2004,02:52
I just released beta 5, here's what's fixed:
* Added a configurable "Always upper-case" list of words in the casefix tool (Advanced mode).
* Added an "Only whole word" option to the substring replacements feature of the casefix tool.
* Fixed an VBR header incompatibility issue with LAME and other third party software.
* Made the "Advanced ID3v2 info" window dockable to the main window.
* Fixed so that all components of a possible compound track number are zero-padded if this is requested by the user, and not only the initial track number like before.
* Fixed a bi-product bug of the new VBR header repair features, that would sometimes result in an incorrect playlength being displayed for mp3 files with VBR headers and certain sample frequencies.
* Fixed a bug that made the procedure fail when attempting to use the mass set tool to edit the mp3 flags in all mp3 frame headers of an mp3 file.
* Fixed a problem in the filter, sometimes giving incorrect results when filtering on mp3 flags (this problem was not present in versions prior to 3.5 beta 1).
* Made another fix to the casefix utility regarding Central European fonts.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Magnus Brading on June 08 2004,21:35
Beta 6 was just released, here's what's added/fixed:
* Added macro support to the shell extension (Windows Explorer right-click menu).
* Made a fix to the "Only whole word" feature of the casefix tool, so that it now also supports phrases containing more than one word (it is now called "Only whole word/phrase").
* Fixed a bug related to the custom replacements casefix feature, introduced in beta 5.
* Fixed a bug (introduced in beta 5) that sometimes caused crashes when analyzing mp3 files in e.g. the browse tool.
Enjoy!
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