- Supported formats: MP3, AAC, M4A, MPC, OGG, FLAC, APE, Opus, TAK, WV, WMA and WAV.
- Audio CDs: Audio CD playback and ripping (with CD-Text capabilities) is supported. CD tracks can be ripped (in fast or secure mode) as individual files or as a single album with embedded cuesheet.
- Conversion: Conversion from and to all supported formats as metadata are preserved. Synchronization of tags only (in case that the output file already exists) instead of re-encoding is possible.
- ReplayGain support: both playback and calculation.
- File Organization: Organization and renaming of music files into folders and files based on tag values such as artist, album, name, track number, etc. that can be specified.
- MusicBee can do this automatically for all files in a music library or the user can choose the files or folders themselves.
- Web Browsing: Browsing of the web using Mozilla's XULRunner environment.
- Scrobbling: Tracks played from MusicBee can optionally be scrobbled to Last.fm.
- Customizable user interface layout.
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
- MiniLyrics support
- Built-in WASAPI and ASIO support
- Auto DJ smart playlist generator
- Smart shuffle
- Party mode
- Sleep / shut down mode, with gradual volume fade.
- Uses http://fanart.tv/ to get high quality artist pictures.

version 2.2.5069

search entire library feature

tag undo function

new and enhanced layout settings

various performance improvements

now shows high quality artist pictures

artwork download tool

theater mode and compact player now show movie backdrops for soundtracks

full synch backup function

various other changes - see forum 2.2 release log

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About Update Patch 2.3.5100
This is an incremental update and includes all changes since version 2.2
- artwork retrieval from Google has been fixed to work with changes made by Google
- Gracenote has been added as a provider for artwork, lyrics and tags. You will need enable gracenote in the Tags(2) preferences panel - its recommended you do as gracenote seems a very good source for artwork and lyrics
- OPUS is now supported for encoding in the File Converter preferences. You need to get a copy of the encoder yourself from http://opus-codec.org/

- New MiniPlayer layout which includes the album cover and spectrum visualiser. You can revert to the old layout if you prefer as set in the Layout(2) preferences
- Numerous layout improvements and new features for the Compact Player mode
- Now Playing Assistant now uses the same search panel as the enhanced Compact Player
- the categories of Artists that can be defined in the Tag editor are now accessible by fields for viewing/ filtering:
Artists; Artists: Artist; Artists: Performer; Artists: Guest; and Artists: Remixer
you can also now display all genres using: Genres

- includes a number of enhancements to support new skinning features
- thumbnail browser now supports larger thumbnails - you may need to reset the size setting
- hotkeys to toggle display of the left and right panels
- theater mode has been enhanced to support new features and should be faster and have smoother fading for some of the more complex skins
- this is the final planned v2.3 update other than bug fixes

- Now implements the EBU R128 algorithm for replaygain volume analysis
- some changes made to ASIO output to address issues with source file sample rate change changing for some devices
- now automatically reconnects to last.fm when the scrobbling service goes down
- performance improvements for the Theater Mode plugin and support for some new features used by the RDIO and XBOX style skins
- Various bug fixes

- Various bug fixes
- fix a couple of GUI bugs
- remove Shoutcast from the radio station directory as they have made some changes that cause MusicBee to no longer work
- updated some of the theater mode skins

- Various bug fixes and updated skins/ theater mode skins and french/german localisation files
http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=11200.0

this is an incremental update and includes all changes since version 2.3 - unzip and then run MusicBee_Setup_2_4_5227.exe

- "expanded view" in the artwork layout for albums - when you click on an album the album tracks and cover display immediately below the clicked album (similar to the iTunes 11 functionality). Enabled in the Artwork layout preferences.
- you can tweak the configuration and disable auto-colouring by right clicking the "expanded view" panel/ Configure Layout
- if you prefer the old method of double clicking an album cover to drill-down and view the tracks, that can be re-enabled in the Artwork Layout preferences
- media keys should now work without the need for the "media keys" plugin
- support for searching and playing internet tracks via soundcloud
- google artwork and musicbrainz album searches have been adjusted and should work again
- improved and fixed handling for winamp visualisers and support for "desktop mode" with other visualisers
- "All Subscriptions" node in the Podcasts panel that shows all downloaded and unplayed podcasts
- support for podcast subscriptions that require a username and password
- country/ location based internet radio station directory using dar.fm
- the "Now Playing Assistant" layout has been improved
- option to exclude importing video files via the library folder monitor
- the main panel text search now has the option to include using the filename in the search
- the playlist mixer has been enhanced:
- you can specify a shuffle type (random, recently added, higher rated etc) for each criteria
- you can specify whether each criteria selects by track or by album
- you can specify that the entire playlist mix is shuffled or each criteria is played in sequence (as now)
- the file converter now supports down-sampling to 44.1K for higher sample rate source tracks
- new $RSplit() function that is similar to the $Split() function but the offset is reversed
- "Skip Silence" dsp plugin that automatically skips gaps in the middle of files
- the volume analysis tool has been enhanced to give better feedback and control when peaks would be clipped as a result of the calculated replay gain value being applied


translator file - updated new.txt file (this file is only used by translators and not required for the MusicBee application update):
http://www.mediafire.com/view/a1ul7ja5xrco3xo/new2.4.txt

this is an incremental update and includes all changes since version 2.3 - unzip and then run MusicBee_Setup_2_4_5233.exe

- "expanded view" in the artwork layout has been enhanced to include support for when the Artwork layout is grouped by artist:
- you can click on an artist and the albums for that artist are displayed in the expanded panel. Clicking on on album then shows the details for that album
- you can sort albums by year: right click on the expanded panel/ Configure Layout/ Sort Albums by Year
- a number of GUI glithes with the panel have been fixed

translator file - no updates this week - see the previous post for the most recent file

this is an incremental update and includes all changes since version 2.3 - unzip and then run MusicBee_Setup_2_4_5269.exe

- enhanced file organiser:
- separate naming rules can be defined for each drive and for music files/ audiobooks and video files
- you can define rules in the auto-organiser to move files across drives
- soundcloud.com is now integrated into the auto-dj, replacing ex.fm which closed its service last month
- the progress of long running operations now shows in the windows taskbar (win7+)
- MusicBee should scale much better now with high DPI screens (main player, compact player and mini-player). However there would still be minor graphical glitches with many of the dialog windows
- the tag editor now supports batch entry of the lyrics fields
- the width of the various resizing splitters are increased to 3px (eg. resizing the column browser)
- new Track Previewer plugin
- fix memory leak with the Volume Analysis function
- fix various bugs with the expanded panel
- fix virtual cuesheet tracks being lost after editing tags with a file that has an external cuesheet
- various other bug fixes


translator file - updated new.txt file (this file is only used by translators and not required for the MusicBee application update):
http://www.mediafire.com/view/a1ul7ja5xrco3xo/new2.4.txt

this is an incremental update and includes all changes since version 2.3 - unzip and then run MusicBee_Setup_2_4_5270.exe

- enhanced file organiser:
- separate naming rules can be defined for each drive and for music files/ audiobooks and video files
- you can define rules in the auto-organiser to move files across drives
- soundcloud.com is now integrated into the auto-dj, replacing ex.fm which closed its service last month
- the progress of long running operations now shows in the windows taskbar (win7+)
- MusicBee should scale much better now with high DPI screens (main player, compact player and mini-player). However there would still be minor graphical glitches with many of the dialog windows
- the tag editor now supports batch entry of the lyrics fields
- the width of the various resizing splitters are increased to 3px (eg. resizing the column browser)
- new Track Previewer plugin
- fix memory leak with the Volume Analysis function
- fix various bugs with the expanded panel
- fix virtual cuesheet tracks being lost after editing tags with a file that has an external cuesheet
- various other bug fixes


translator file - updated new.txt file (this file is only used by translators and not required for the MusicBee application update):
http://www.mediafire.com/view/a1ul7ja5xrco3xo/new2.4.txt


edit:
links updated to fix a couple of graphical errors and opening/closing floating lyrics

this is an incremental update and includes all changes since version 2.3 - unzip and then run MusicBee_Setup_2_4_5315.exe

- final planned 2.4 beta other than any bug fixes and minor changes
- the library explorer can now be set to not filter tracks in the main panel when not viewing the music library node (useful for using the library explorer to drag files into a playlist): right click on the library explorer header/ "Node Select Behavior"
- library filters can be directly edited using the right click button on a library filter node
- remove Dead Links or Duplications in a playing using right click/ List/ ...
- on restart the previous selected items in the column browser are automatically reselected
- numerous GUI layout changes:
- location bar changes:
- the location bar is no longer editable and only shows when tabs are not displayed or vertical
- the refresh button no longer displays - create a toolbar button or use the F5 key if you use this a lot
- tabs bar can be configured to show:
- Caption Bar
- Horizontal (Main Panel)
- Horizontal (Left + Main Panel)
- Vertical
- Not Displayed (default)
- when tabs are shown in the caption bar, the search box also shows in the caption bar and the panel header bars are removed, creating some extra vertical space
- tool buttons can be configured:
- show all buttons
- grouped under one button
- when tabs are in the caption bar, show all buttons in the main panel (use if you have a lot of buttons but this restores the header bar so losing the vertical space saved)
- the Panel Layout button in the main panel now centralises all panel positioning functions
- options to customise a particular panel can be acheived by right clicking on the panel/ Customise Panel or from the Layout(2) preferences dialog
- status bar changes:
- status bar buttons have been removed
- the left and right panel open/close buttons can be restored from the Layout(1) preferences
- the Library explorer can be shown/ hidden from the Layout(1) preferences dialog or right click on the left sidebar/ Customise Panel Settings/ Show Library Explorer
- when the player is not docked on the bottom ie. the status bar is the bottom most panel, then the summary text is centred
- the minimise/ restore button functionality for the playing track panel can be acheived by creating a command button or from the Panel Layout button/ Playing Track menu
- now playing queue length now displays in the status bar
- the 2px gap between panels for some of the older skins is no longer supported (because of the tab bar changes) - the panels are now separated by a single px border line
- Internal web browser for blogs is removed but the functionality can be restored with a plugin


translator file - updated new.txt file (this file is only used by translators and not required for the MusicBee application update):
http://www.mediafire.com/view/a1ul7ja5xrco3xo/new2.4.txt

I am starting off the v2.5 Beta series now. This version includes:
- 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


translator file - updated new.txt file (this file is only used by translators and not required for the MusicBee application update):
http://www.mediafire.com/view/s61c097pngneint/new2.5.txt

this is an incremental update and includes all changes since version 2.4 - unzip and then run MusicBee_Setup_2_5_5491.exe

- speed improvements when loading panels
- sorting Album, Artist, Album Artist and Title (improvements should be noticable for music collections > 30,000 tracks)
- Album and Tracks panel (probably only noticable for very large music collections)
- browsing using the Artwork Layout with Artist pictures
- improved starting and ending silence detection (option in the Player preferences), especially for MP3 files
- hotkey to Reset and active Column Browser, Thumbnail Browser, Library Explorer or text filter that is active ie. to show all files in the panel
- the main menu has been re-arranged
- a number of commands now in the File menu
- "Rescan/ Add Files" is now called "Scan Folders for New Files"
- new "Add Files to Library" to add files from a dialog
- new "Playlists/ Import Playlists" command to import external playlists
- the above items can still be acheived using drag/ drop - its more for new users
- right click/ Send To/ ... is now implemented for Playlists and Computer folders in the left navigator
- the library auto-organise function now checks the "dont reorganise files with missing tags" option when sending files to the library. You will be alterted when files have missing naming template tags and those files will not be auto-organised unless the option is disabled
- improvements to the Visualiser and Theater Mode plugins where you can specify a specific screen for Fullscreen mode and specific which mode the display will start (Normal, Desktop or Fullscreen)
- The "Unplayed Episodes" and new "Recent Updates" podcast auto-lists respect any podcast category filter that is active
- the comment field in the Tag Editor has been increased in size, and the Tag Editor should display much better with high DPI screens
- files in a panel can now be sorted by the "Highlight" field, but only by clicking the column header
- CD ripping can now be configured to rip directly into the music library (its the default for new users)
- the Tag Undo function now also includes changes to ratings
- the Tag Inspector now allows you to rearrange the order of multi-value tags
- the "expanded panel" in the artwork layout now supports pasting album pictures
- the "Output To" menu command has been enhanced to include any available UPnP devices (you need the UPnP plugin for that)
- a few bug fixes for the new device Synchronisation Settings and Preview panels
- various other bug fixes
- this is the last planned beta with functional changes for the 2.5 series, other than any bug fixes and some requested skinning enhancements


translator file - updated new.txt file (this file is only used by translators and not required for the MusicBee application update):
http://www.mediafire.com/download/s61c097pngneint/new2.5.txt