Predixis MusicMagic Mixer: What's New

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January 31, 2006

• Version 1.5 - Linux

December 21, 2005

• Version 1.5 - Windows
• Integrated media player to listen to playlists within MusicMagic
  
• Similar artists and albums displayed in Discovery window
• Ability to sync libraries with Winamp (requires Predixis Winamp Plugin)
• Acoustic scan to preview samples from your library
• Support for UPnP devices
• Power Toys and Power Search
  
• Custom tagging capabilities for advanced users
• Run MusicMagic as a server

September 22, 2005

• Version 1.1.6 - All platforms
• Exclusion filters on add/analysis/mix
• New mix options to limit how often an artist appears on a single list (does not apply to shuffles yet)
• Support Enabled flag (including syncing with iTunes)
• Support Publisher field
• Support Comments from tag editor
• Archive Analysis is now a free feature
• When using filename for song name, replace underbars with spaces, trim, clean duplicate whitespace
• Option to preserve timestamp when updating tags
• Option to auto-archive analysis
• Option to reset name lookups
• Honor restrict mix to selected genres from HTTP API and TiVo
• Make sure cache is updated after API updates play count, ratings, etc.
• Fixed some unanalyzable song cases
• Timeout better on connections
• TiVo: Added extra layer for browsing Artists
• TiVo: Always select first song in the "Instant Mix"
• Mac: Clear results when cancelling a search
• Mac: Allow filters to reference other filters
• Win32: Maximized apps could get confused if the taskbar was not on the bottom on the window
• Mac/Win32: Find/import iTunes library better (including alias support on Mac)
• Mac/Win32: Send files to Trash/Recycle Bin on delete
• Mac/Win32: Fixed displayed time for Apple Lossless files
• Win32/Linux: Support viewing/setting images in AAC files

.May 20, 2005

• Version 1.1.5.1 - all platforms
• Fixed bug in AAC tag editor where attached images might get truncated
• Improved connection to server
• API: New methods - albums, songs, getStatus
• API: Pass playlists to mix method
• API: Fixed bug passing in filters to mix method
• API: Added alternate cacheid based on library contents
• Support entering *'s for song rating filters (previous versions had to enter a number)
• When moving files, if the target path was too long, the application would sometimes crash
• Added new pattern modifiers to truncate fields (< > <> ><)
• Update last played, play count from TiVo. To enable this, pass -tivostats at startup on Windows/Linux, or set the "TiVo Stats" property on Mac
• Windows: Recognize Yahoo! Media Engine
• Mac: Fixed sticky text box on mix preferences
• Mac: Fixes to the organize files and advanced tag editor dialogs

April 26, 2005

• Version 1.1.5 - all platforms
• Added AAC support (including name lookups for m4p's) (Windows, Mac)
• If name lookups are available, keep unanalyzable songs green
• New fields: Play Count and Date Last Played (also added to API)
• Added Sync with iTunes command to add songs from iTunes, and import ratings, play counts, and last played dates.
• Fixed problem saving settings for connected devices.
• Added ability to scan .flac#dd-dd files (workaround for cue sheets)
• Make sure we handle leading/trailing/multiple spaces and dots cleanly in file names when organizing files
• API: New attributes returned from getSong method: composer, conductor, orchestra, lyricist, rating, modified, lastplayed, playcount, added
• API: Added detail option to playlists/getPlaylists. This allows retrieving file, added, modified fields for playlists.
• API: Set appropriate charset on HTTP header (Windows)
• API: Added incrementPlayCount (adds 1 to play count)
• API: Support YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS for setting Last Played Date, as well as now
• Speed up name lookups (in cooperation with new server)
• Go up to 9 on %1, %2 patterns.
• Make sure archived flag is set correctly for filters
• Improved SlimServer support (fixed sending playlists to SlimServer, allow choosing between multiple squeezeboxes)
• Fixed bug using Last Modified and Last Played fields in filters
• Added support for some kinds of corrupted images.
• Fixed decoding problems with some files.
• Added 'Songs like album' option to TiVo interface
• Added more genre codes for ID3 tags
• Fixed bug creating playlists of more than 2GB
• Windows: Recognize Sony PSP and set up default publishing filter.
• Windows: Added -qtmp3 option to use QuickTime to decode MP3 files.
• Windows: Find iTunes options more generally
• Windows: The tag editor is now resizable
• Windows: Support maximizing the application window
• Windows, Linux: Added -ssport command line option for slimserver
• Linux: Added -fp command line option.
• Mac, Linux: Added support for WAV files (already in Windows)
• Mac: New status window. Don't exit app when main window closes. Removed A/B/C status from system title bar.
• Mac: More fixes for TiVo 7.1
• Mac: Fixed Tiger (Mac OS 10.4) compatibility
• Mac: Allow editing tags on more than 1 file at a time
• Mac: Fixed possible hang during refresh
• Mac: Added missing tips.html file to documentation
• Mac: Fixes for Ogg & Flac
• Mac: You can now drag and drop songs on to the mixer to add them to your collection (this was implemented on Windows/Linux in previous versions).
• Mac, Linux: Most of the features added to Windows in 1.1.4 were added to Mac and Linux with this release.

February 9, 2005

• Windows: 1.1.4
• Added support for disk-based devices, publishing, etc. (premium)
• Added file renaming and reorganizing (premium)
• Added pattern-based tag fixing (premium)
• New field: Last Modified timestamp. This can be used for display or filtering.
• New filters: # songs on album, # artists on album, Security
• Allow m3u's to be saved with relative paths (state of file is preserved)
• Allow m3u's to be saved in extended M3U format or not (state of file is preserved, default is now off)
• Allow m3u's to be saved with long or short filenames
• Add registry entries on install: InstallDir, Build, API Port
• Added Test Connection button to Server panel.
• Added View Services button on Services panel.
• Added Trial Key button to registration panel.
• New command line options
  • -anyimage
    Use a random image instead of specifically folder/cover
  • -analysistimeout 1.0
    Specify a number greater than 1.0 to increase the timeout for the "insufficient resources" for slow computers. (for instance 2 will double the timeout).
  • -artists c:\root\
    Show artist artwork when no other image is available. (For example, to find art of U2, we would look for images in the c:\root\U2\ directory.)
  • -extm3u_pattern
    Customize EXTINF tags.
  • -minimized
    Start MusicMagic Mixer in a minimized state
  • -nodiskscan
    Disable device scanning (you will need to manually add devices the first time).
• Added Open File Location/Save Image As popup to song images.
• API: Uses user mix settings by default. (Also applies to TiVo)
• API: Added short option to playlist responses from API
• API: Added getCurrentMixSize, getCurrentMixSizeType, getCurrentMixStyle, getCurrentMixVariety,
• API: Added getAudio, &remote=host:port to playlist methods (you must pass -remoteaccess on the command line to enable streaming).
• Drop songs onto Filters & Playlists panel to create a new playlist
• New localization: Swedish
• Minor improvements & Bug Fixes
• Added support for TiVo 7.1
• Added support for Quintessential Player and Nero
• Mixing into filters (right-click on the Mix button) is now a free feature (this was a premium feature in 1.1.3)
• After Save As Playlist, ask "Do you want to add this to your library" (unless watch folders are active which will do this automatically)
• Show Checkmark next to current rating on right-click/Rate This Song (If there are multiple songs and the ratings do not agree, show no checkmark)
• Fixed some cases where the lists would get out of sync with the metadata.
• Fixed case with playlists containing network shares
• Fixed automatic server startup
• Start Apple mDNSResponser service only if necessary (i.e. if using TiVo)
• Swallow non alphanum input to lists, which was confusing searches (e.g. dash)
• If reverting to an older version of MusicMagic Mixer, warn before destroying a "newer" cache.
• If iTunes is the default player and COM is enabled, prefer that.
• Automatically reload playlists when they change on disk (unless they have been modified in MusicMagic)
• Deleting a playlist no longer leaves the playlist open in the song window
• Easier debugging of hung files (use -logex)
• Fixed case where Library node was not selected appropriately.
• Multiple seed mix with variety slider sometimes did not have enough songs in mix
• Synchronize V1 and V2 tags if any modifications are to be made to MP3 files.
• Better handling when the server is unavailable (i.e. during maintenance)
• Fixed error when publishing from device to library
• Fixed threading issue in tag editor leading to occasional hangs
• Changing just the case on genres/artists/albums now updates the gui correctly.
• When dropping images to burn them, update the HAS_IMAGE flag
• If you Edit Tags, and they have changed on disk, the song is refreshed when you press OK or Apply.
• When you select View Show Song/Album Images, the image that comes up was sometimes wrong.