- 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

- 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

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