Latest news from mp3tag.de http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php Thu, 17 May 2012 02:10:51 +0200 10 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=15333 Mp3tag v2.50!

This means 50 releases! (beta versions not counted) since v2.00. Yeah!

Changes of the new version include:

Converter Tag - Tag
This converter formats tag fields by other fields content, which means that you can use it to copy tags from one field to another or to combine contents of multiple different tag fields in one tag field. As already known from the other converters, you can use placeholders for any tag field and scripting functions within the format string to format the content of the specified tag field.
Furthermore, the format string is evaluated while typing and you can verify the results using the builtin preview.

Unicode Playlists in UTF-8 format
You can now save playlists in Unicode format encoded as UTF-8 if you use *.m3u8 as file extension. This can be useful if file names contain special characters. Applications which support UTF-8 encoded playlists are, e.g., Apple iTunes and foobar2000.

Discogs API 2.0
Discogs.com released a completely redesigned API for accessing data from their website based on the popular JSON format. Mp3tag's web source framework and the corresponding discogs web source have been updated to this new format. Thanks dano!

Furthermore, this version fixes various issues that have been reported after the last release of Mp3tag. For a full list of changes please see the History of Changes.

You can download the new version from
http://mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Enjoy

Kind regards
Florian]]> Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:45:54 +0100 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=15333 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=14901 I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year 2012!

2011 has been a great year for Mp3tag! Besides the plentitude of changes, fixes and (some) new features in the program itself, it attracted more users than ever before.

This would not have been possible without the help of Dano, DetlevD, ohrenkino, Mike_nl and all the other members who keep these forums a friendly and helpful place. It's great that you're here! Thank you!

I'd also like to thank you, the users of Mp3tag, for your valuable and motivating feedback, the lively discussions, for donations you've made and the nice surprises you've sent me from my Amazon wish list. It's really very motivating to see, that people are willing to support projects that are free of cost for them -- so thank you again, you're great!

Have a peaceful Christmas, happy holidays, and a wonderful new year!

Kind regards,
Florian ]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:45:14 +0100 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=14901 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=13746 Mp3tag v2.49!

Changes of the new version include:

Support for unknown MP4 tags
Previous to this version, MP4 tags that were unknown to Mp3tag were deleted from the files, which was an issue for some users. With this version, Mp3tag keeps those unknown MP4 tags (also called atoms).

Support for wildcards at cover import
The actions Import cover from file and Import text file now support wildcards * (matches zero to many characters) and ? (matches exactly one character). This should ease cover import from randomly named files significantly.

Updated Web Sources
The MusicBrainz and discogs Web Sources are now both based on the corresponding web service API which makes them more robust to changes on the respective web sites. Thanks dano!

Furthermore, this version fixes various issues that have been reported after the last release of Mp3tag. For a full list of changes please see the History of Changes.

You can download the new version from
http://mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Enjoy

Kind regards
Florian]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:54:29 +0200 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=13746 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=12941 Mp3tag v2.48!

This version is mainly a maintenance release which updates the Amazon Web Sources and improves Amazon query handling to decrease the amount of needed requests per query. As soon as enough users updated to this new release, the request limit enforced by Amazon should not be an issue anymore.

Furthermore, this version fixes various issues that have been reported after the last release of Mp3tag. For a full list of changes please see the History of Changes.

You can download the new version from
http://mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Enjoy

Kind regards
Florian]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:33:50 +0100 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=12941 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=12779 I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year 2011!

2010 has been a tough year for me personally and great year for Mp3tag! Besides the plentitude of changes, fixes and new features in the program itself, it attracted more users than ever before (who keep the new server busy and the forums too).

This would not have been possible without the help of Dano, DetlevD, ohrenkino and all the other members who keep these forums a friendly and helpful place. It's great that you're here!

I'd also like to thank you, the users of Mp3tag, for your valuable and motivating feedback, the lively discussions, for donations you've made and the nice surprises you've sent me from my Amazon wish list. It's really very motivating to see, that people are willing to support projects that are free of cost for them -- so thank you again!

I hope you have a peaceful Christmas, happy holidays, and a wonderful new year!

Kind regards,
Florian

P.S.: This is a picture I took last weekend in Dresden at the Elbe river:
]]> Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:00:35 +0100 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=12779 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=12633 Mp3tag v2.47b!

This version is mainly a maintenance release which addresses an issue users who have tried the v2.46d Development Build were experiencing. This beta version mangled the tag fields lists (e.g., at the selection lists at the actions feature or the extended tag dialog) in a way that resulted in tag field lists that missed certain fields (e.g., TITLE) or listed fields that were merged (e.g., TAGGINGTIMETITLE).

This new version now has dedicated menu items at the tag field selection lists for removing individual fields, removing all fields, and -- most importantly -- resetting the tag fields list to its default. I hope that this is a sensible solution for all users.

You can download the new version from
http://mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Enjoy

Kind regards,
Florian]]> Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:49:15 +0100 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=12633 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=12565 Mp3tag v2.47!

Changes of the new version include:

Actions menu
The actions feature which was well hidden under the converter menu now has a dedicated top-level menu where all action groups are accessible via menu items.

Tag fields renamed
With this release some of the tag fields that are used for format strings, actions, columns, exports, and filters are renamed to have more accessible and intuitive names. This also means that all parts of Mp3tag where you have used the old names have to be updated. We know that this is an invasive change but think that it was a step necessary to keep it everything maintainable and understandable for new users of the program. Please see Tag fields in Mp3tag for an updated list.

Amazon
Amazon has limited access to their web service to 2000 requests per hour. That means that you might get an occassional error 503 when using the Amazon tag source. However, the limit is reset each hour so you can try again later if it is not working for you.

As usual, there is more to discover in the Changelog.

You can download the new version from
http://mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Thanks to all who tested the Development Builds and gave feedback on the forums!

Enjoy

Kind regards,
Florian]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:04:35 +0100 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=12565 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=11992

Florian]]> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:26:13 +0200 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=11992 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=11990
Until then, the forums will be in read-only mode so that you can still browse the FAQ or find interesting topics using the search function.

See you soon!

Florian]]> Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:21:59 +0200 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=11990 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=11391 Mp3tag v2.46!

Highlights of the new version include:

Explorer Shell Extension
The right-click menu extension is now realised by a dedicated Shell extension which improves opening files and directories via the context menu also for large amounts of files.

Improved user-defined field mappings
The user-defined mappings for field names introduced in Mp3tag v2.45 now have an own help page and were further improved with regard to mapping multiple field names to one user-defined field name.

Improved Tag Sources dialog
The Tag Sources dialog now also supports reordering of files via drag and drop allowing to quickly rearrange files according to the titles. Yes, we made it work with multiple files too :-) The sorting and selection state of the Tag Sources search results are now also remembered if you decide to go back and pick another result.

Portable settings
Previous versions of Mp3tag stored toolbar and panel positions in the Windows Registry. This changed with this release so that Mp3tag now stores all configuration data in its own configuration files.

As usual, there is more to discover in the Changelog.

You can download the new version from
http://mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Thanks to all who tested the Development Builds and gave feedback on the forums!

Enjoy

Kind regards,
Florian]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:48:43 +0100 http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=11391