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Mp3/Tag Studio 3.5 (beta 21)
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The ultimate all-in-one Mp3 managing suite.

For detailed help, see the helpfile.

The latest version of Mp3/Tag Studio, and info
regarding the program can always be found at
the official Mp3/Tag Studio homepage at:

http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts

This is also the place to go when you want to
register.


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Fixed in beta 20 & 21
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* Extended beta testing period.

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Fixed in beta 19
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* Improved experimental Windows Vista support.

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Fixed in beta 18
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* Experimental Windows Vista support.

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Fixed in beta 17
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* Fixed a problem with using multi-row values
  in macro recordings.

* Fixed a problem that under certain
  conditions could cause a non-removable
  empty field to appear in templates.

* Fixed a problem that could erroneously
  display the non-saved tag data confirmation
  message in the browse tool.

* Fixed a problem where a settings value was
  not remembered between program executions.

* Updated third-party controls to latest
  versions.

* Fixed some smaller GUI bugs.

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Fixed in beta 16
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* Fixed some problems in a third-party
  component, which could in turn trigger
  certain bugs in other third-party programs
  (e.g. crashes and unexpected program
  starts).

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Fixed in beta 15
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* Made the auto refresh of the Explorer browse
  tree optional.

* Fixed a problem with the Explorer browse
  tree, that made it display expansion icons
  (plus signs) also for folders that did not
  contain any subfolders.

* Fixed a problem with the Explorer browse
  tree, that made it expand or collapse the
  currently selected folder if it was
  refreshed.

* Fixed a problem with the Explorer browse
  tree, that made it flicker when the update
  button (F5) was pressed while it was
  selected in the GUI.

* Fixed a problem that under certain
  conditions could prevent some files from
  being processed correctly by the Direct
  Rename tool when the output template
  contained folder levels.

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Fixed in beta 14
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* Fixed a problem related to refreshing the
  Explorer dirtree, introduced in beta 12.

* Re-enabled the auto update feature of the
  Explorer dirtree.

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Beta 13 was skipped for good luck ;-)
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Fixed in beta 12
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* Added a context menu option for all status/
  warning/error boxes, enabling the user to
  save the contents to a chosen text file on
  disk.

* Fixed a bug that would under some conditions
  cause Mp3/Tag Studio to slow down or even
  crash with an error message ("Thread
  creation error...") when auto-renaming mp3
  files. This bug was introduced in beta 10.

* Fixed the problems with manual refreshes of
  the Explorer dirtree.

* Fixed a bug that would under certain
  conditions cause the program to fail
  including certain mp3 info when creating
  custom lists.

* Fixed a bug that would under certain
  conditions attempt to extract mp3 encoding
  info from non-mp3 files when creating custom
  lists.

* Fixed a bug that caused the mass set tool
  not to display the changes in some ID3v2
  fields in preview mode.

* Fixed a bug that under certain conditions
  caused ID3v2 comment frames with non-
  standard content descriptors to be removed
  when tagging files.

* Fixed a problem that caused the program not
  to switch working directory when the
  directory was selected from the Explorer
  dirtree by using the keyboard instead of the
  mouse.

* Fixed a bug that would cause the filter not
  to work properly if only filtering based on
  mp3 stereo mode was used.

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Fixed in beta 11
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* Added an option to rename macros (from their
  context menu in the macro window).

* Added an "invert selection" feature to the
  custom file selection box context menu.

* Added display of the frame codes for
  additional ID3v2 frames in the Advanced
  ID3v2 info box of the browse tool.

* Added enter as a hotkey for the write button
  in the Advanced ID3v2 info box of the browse
  tool.

* Fixed a bug that caused syntax errors when
  selecting template fields from the advanced
  mode context menu in all the tools (this bug
  was introduced in beta 10).

* Fixed a bug that made ID3v1/ID3v2 contents
  still show up in the preview dialog of the
  mass clean tool, even if the user had
  selected to remove the entire tags.

* Fixed a problem with colliding hotkeys in
  the mass set tool.

* Fixed a bug that still modified the file
  dates on files when writing their tags from
  the Advanced ID3v2 info box of the browse
  tool, even when the global setting to not
  modify file dates was active.

* Fixed a bug that made custom genres added
  from the global settings not show up in the
  genre drop-downs until after a program
  restart.

* Fixed a bug that made custom genres show in
  the genre drop-downs even though the program
  was in ID3v1-only mode (and hence they
  cannot be written to tags in that mode
  anyway).

* Fixed a startup problem that may occur in
  the special condition that a user doesn't
  have a C:-drive in the computer, and at the
  same time has corrupted the Mp3/Tag Studio
  main datafile.

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Fixed in beta 10
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* Fixed the problems with the Explorer dir
  tree (both the earlier more rare ones, and
  the one introduced in beta 9).

* Fixed some bugs in the shell extension
  (i.e. the Explorer right-click menu).

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Fixed in beta 9
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* Finally fixed the long standing GUI problems
  occurring for people who use non-standard
  DPI settings in Windows (e.g. the "Large
  Fonts" setting).

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Fixed in beta 8
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* Fixed a bug that caused problems when
  reading Unicode-encoded ID3v2 tags.

* Fixed a bug that could cause macros
  containing operations with the "Direct tag
  manipulation" tool to fail, when executed
  from the command-line.

* Fixed a bug that only made it possible to
  enter content of length 30 or below in some
  of the fields of the "Advanced ID3v2 info"
  window in the browse tool.

* Fixed a bug that caused problems when trying
  to use the root directory of drives as the
  working directory when executing macros from
  the command-line.

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Fixed in beta 7
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* Fixed a bug (introduced in beta 6) which
  caused macros containing operations using
  the casefix utility to fail loading /
  executing.

* Fixed a bug that under certain conditions
  could miss the last mp3 frame header in the
  target file when performing a "modify mp3
  flags in all frames" operation.

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Fixed in beta 6
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* 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.

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Fixed in beta 5
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* 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.

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Fixed in beta 4
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* 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.

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Fixed in beta 3
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* Fixed a problem that could cause the program
  to think that it had been illegally modified,
  and would then refuse to work.

* Added the hotkey combinations alt-plus and
  alt-minus (where plus and minus are from the
  keypad) to save and unsave templates in the
  template dropdown boxes.

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Fixed in beta 2
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* Fixed a bug that caused macros using the
  auto tag tool to fail execution.

* Added the hotkey combination alt-1 to start
  and stop recording macros.

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What's new in version 3.5 (beta 1)
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* 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.


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Registration
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Mp3/Tag Studio is uncrippled shareware
(although there is now also made available
a limited trial version without any advert
banner in it, for people who can't stand
the banner during their evaluation).

When you register you will get rid of the
advertisements (or the limitations if you
are using the limited non-banner version).
you will also support future releases of the
program, and hopefully get a nice feeling
that you did the right thing. :-)

Because I trust you, all of the program
features are fully functional in the
unregistered version (except if you are
afraid of advert banners and use the
limited version instead, but that's your
own choice). There are also no nagscreens
or timelocks.

If you like the program, please register.
The price is very low, only $19 (USD).

When you want to register, just go to the
program homepage at:

http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts

Please see the helpfile for detailed info
about registration and alternative ways of
payment.


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Distribution
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The program is free to distribute as long as
it is done in a non-profit way (for example with
magazine cd:s and through shareware sites).
For distribution involving profit, please first
contact me at:   himself@magnusbrading.com


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DISCLAIMER
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Although the program has never failed or caused any
damage during testing, grave misapplication of it
could lead to damage of mp3 files in some cases.

I take none whatsoever responsibility for any damage,
to software, hardware or data, caused by the program.
You should use Mp3/Tag Studio at your own risk.


/Magnus Bråding (himself@magnusbrading.com)
