dBpoweramp R202x Release

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Release 2022-08-09

Windows 11 added native shell menus [Windows}
Album art manual search extra sources
Better upgrade process, dBpoweramp Control Centre keeps track of your order number and is able to auto-download updates

Added Wavpack DSD handling
ALAC fixed buffer overrun bug
Ogg Vorbis and FLAC: can read an album name '=' (previously tags beginning with = were filtered because of bad vorbis taggers which wrote == seperators in the vorbis comments
Opus encoder updated to 1.3.1
m4a AAC decoder, DRC volume decoding fix
WAVE RF64 decoding support
CD Ripper: metadata all works with proxy settings [Windows}
CD Ripper: manual metadata review page, replace boxes size increased [Windows}

Bug Fix: CD Ripper was not doing cross pressing AccurateRip calculation on pass 2
Bug Fix: Ogg Vorbis, Opus tags could contain an "Album Artist" tag which could not be edited or deleted, leading to duplicates


To Upgrade, existing registered users visit: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/registration/

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Re: dBpoweramp R2022 Release

Release R2022-09-28

OSX: Audio Units support (find under DSP Effects), Apples own implementation of DSP effects

FLAC 1.4.1 - Encoding and decoding of 32-bit PCM is now possible, 1MHz sample rates
Monkeys audio 8.70
Wavpack encoder can now accept DoP data

Code signed part of the installer
Windows 11 - old right click menu items created for when shown through right context menu key

If cannot write to file (Music Converter or CD Ripper) then outputs a more verbose reason why (such as drive does not exist)

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Re: dBpoweramp R2022 Release

R2022-11-25

Added 64 bit VST effects also VSTv3 (as well as v2)

Flac 1.4.2

Updated registration check - could hide the registration input form on invalid code

Copy and Paste track names to clipboard added to main options menu
Paste works with own copied listing: also possible to remove the tracks, and paste in just the main items such as Album, Genre

Opus fixed handling of '=' for value

Ogg vorbis - duplicate Album Artist tags removed from read

Added [source_date]yyyymmdd hh.xx.ss.ms[] to naming, is creation time of the source file, is possible to edit the order, such as: [source_date]yy-mm-dd hh.xx[]

CD Ripper: Added [Alt + N] shortcut to show Manual Metadata Search page
CD Ripper: Manual Musicbrainz lookup, presents all medium formats
CD Ripper: Year, Genre and Style set for an individual track could be overwritten by the first one on a disc re-insert (if read from Cache)

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Re: dBpoweramp R2022 Release

R2023-01-20

Batch ID could be negative with unintended consequences
RIFF64 support (decoding and encoding: enable RIFF64 support in dBpoweramp Control Centre >> Audio Codecs 'List / Options': Wave Encoder)

dsd decoder - added option (Control Center) to decode to 32 bit, float 32 or 64 bit float
Wavpack updated to 5.6.0
DSD (DSF) supports files with ID3 chunk at start of the file (which breaks the DSF specficiation), also can show the positions of the chunks if Riff Chunks enabled in popup info
Wave encoder supports 64 bit float option
Added sort tags to naming and new tag selection in editor
if edit tags in editor and press escape, or cancel, then asks user if should save changes
Bug Fix: AIFF decoder crash
Bug Fix: VST DSP effect compatibility improvements

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Re: dBpoweramp R2022 Release

Release 2023-06-15

Opus 1.4
New monkeys audio float 10.16
CD Ripper: Bug Fix - pasting non cd track listing from clipboard could cause a crash
CD Ripper: improved tab order
Wave & AIFF strenghtened against corrupted files
Enabling screen reader mode validates the option with a question
Edit Tags >> Art >> Choose from Internet, added Discogs
Improvements to Windows 11 context menu
Core Converter: No use of CPU Throttle in non-live pass
Batch Converter added extra tags to the columns and sorted selection list
New DSP Speed (macOS) to speed up or slow down
bug fix: 'Report as Information, continue to decode' for mp3 decoding was not always being adhered to
bug fix: fdc (aac) would not write 1 channel mono
bug fix: wavpack dsd handling (windows)
bug fix: write xml dsp sanitization output

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Re: dBpoweramp R2022 Release

Release 2023-06-26

FLAC 1.4.3

bug fix: was previously not working on pre-Windows 10 versions (windows)
bug fix: DefaultTagEdit.txt was not being read correctly (windows)
bug fix: CD Ripper could set compilation tag and not show on main page (windows)
fixed missing tag field names regression from last update (macOS)
fixed some fields in CD Ripper / Meta tab becoming uneditable (macOS)

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Re: dBpoweramp R2022 Release

Release 2023-10-10

Windows

m4a (FDK) encoder updated to 1.0.5 (fdk-aac 2.0.2)
Added toolbar update available indicator to CD Ripper / Batch Converter / Muaic Converter
Added true peak option for replaygain
CD Ripper: PerfectMETA make sure all tracks have same "ALBUM" and "ALBUM ARTIST", per-track data could be coming from different sources causing mayhem
Cd Ripper + others: max art size, add many more in upto 3000x3000
mp3 lame - advanced page add an option [] Preserve all frequencies which overrides the low pass filter in lame
libwebp update
Manual Metadata review - Smart Capitalize skips tags such as ISRC, etc

bug fix: Twain Scanner Fixes
bug fix: [discunique] was missing from CD Ripper when writing folder.jpg naming
bug fix: CD Ripper: Fixed discogs bugs on albums with hidden tracks
bug fix: wave encoder was possible to choose compressed and cancel compression page, thus not having a compressed format chosen.
bug fix: bitrate and k_bitrate dynamic naming tags were not working


macOS

New audio formats supported for decoding: TAK, SHN, AC3, DTS, SPX, MKA, WMA, VQF, MLP.
CD-ISRC reading bug fix.
libwebp security update.
Monkey's Audio 10.23
Fixed Finder "Open With" interaction.
Fixed some conversion settings (Drop ReplayGain) not being applied when they should be.
Fixed missing entries in tag field lists (was missing Work / Movement and some sort fields).
mp3 lame - advanced page add an option [] Preserve all frequencies which overrides the low pass filter in lame
CD Ripper: Fixed some fields being incorrectly shown read-only in metadataa table.

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Re: dBpoweramp R2022 Release

R2023-11-01

Monkeys Audio updated to v10.25 (Windows)
Bug fix: would not register the Windows 11 context menu (convert to) (Windows)
fixed code signing regression breaking VST & AU support in last build (Macos)
Bug Fix: if remove album art in tag editor and add new one, it could leave old art behind and new art as 2nd art

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Re: dBpoweramp R2022 Release

Release 2023-12-22 [windows]

dbpoweramp can now also decode: Tom's Audio Kompressor (.tak), Shorten (.shn), AC-3 (.ac3), E-AC-3 (.eac3), Matroska Audio (.mka)
Web Audio (.weba), TwinVQ (.vqf), DTS (.dts), DTS-HD (.dtshd), The True Audio (.tta), MLP (.mlp), MPEG-TS (.ts), Real Audio (.ra, .rm),
Creative Voice (.voc), AU/SND (.au, .snd), 3GPP (.3gp), AMR (.amr), AMR (.awb),

Speex updated to 1.2.1 (decoder)

Monkeys Audio updated to 10.37

Wavpack supports older v3 files

Discogs - composer added from Discogs

Windows 11 - removed old convert to and edit id tags shell menus

Write/Read XML DSP Effect - multi artist/composer etc compatible

Tag Editor - the delete [x] button for album art is closer to the art, makes easier on large displays

DSD can read tags from DSD1024

DSD256 DOP support (decoder)

Able to decode all M4A/MP4 codecs.

Test Conversion: Report an error if no audio was decoded.

Prevented blank ID3v2 tags from being written in some scenarios.

WAV: Change tag type if asked to save ReplayGain and existing tags can't hold ReplayGain.

Musepack: implemented ReplayGain info saving for Musepack SV8 files.

Bug Fixes

VST regression
.aac file with an id3v2 would not always decode correctly
.aac tag writing
Could have two windows 11 shell items
Audio properties not passed through to encoder/dsp, seen more in Write XML DSP Effect
MP3: Do not falsely report files with VBR headers (or VBRI) as gapless if they have no actual gapless info
Some Ogg FLAC files not being decoded correctly
Vorbis + Opus: Fixed channel order & missing channel masks for >2 channel content
Speex bug fix
m4a aac gapless decoding improvements
DSD1024 decoding failures.
dsf files being decoded with extra padding at the end.
Fixed incorrect decoding and encoding of AIFF 8-bit.
Fixed specific rare Monkey's Audio files being decoded incorrectly.
Fixed HE-AAC not being decoded gaplessly.

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Re: dBpoweramp R202x Release

Release 2023-12-22 [MacOS]

Ripper: Optimised detection of inserted discs
Ripper: Discogs metadata lookup update
Fixed a regression in VST adapter.
Fixed a regression in Audio Unit adapter.
Improved behaviour of cancelling specific time-consuming conversions.
Better error messages when tag updating fails / proper feedback when editing tags is not supported for this file format.
Improved ReplayGain scanner performance.

Codecs-
Enabled support for WavPack v3
Added formats: Real Audio (.ra .rm), Creative Voice (.voc), AU/SND, 3GPP, AMR
Fixed some Ogg FLAC files not being decoded correctly.
Added native Speex decoder using libspeex.
Fixed some MP3 files being inaccurately reported as gapless.
Fixed incorrect ordering of channels in multichannel (>stereo) Vorbis and Opus.
Fixed .AAC tag writing not working.
Made possible to decode all M4A/MP4 codecs.
Fixed DSD1024 decoding failures.
Allowed DSD passthrough (DoP) with DSD256.
Fixed .dsf files being decoded with extra padding at the end.
Updated Apple AAC encoder parameters.
Monkey's Audio updated to 10.37
Fixed specific rare Monkey's Audio files being decoded incorrectly.
Fixed incorrect decoding and encoding of AIFF 8-bit.
Test Conversion: Report an error if no audio was decoded.
Added Wave64 encoding.
Fixed HE-AAC not being decoded gaplessly.
Prevented blank ID3v2 tags from being written in some scenarios.
WAV: Change tag type if asked to save ReplayGain and existing tags can't hold ReplayGain.
Musepack: implemented ReplayGain info saving for Musepack SV8 files.

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Re: dBpoweramp R202x Release

R2024-02-01 (windows)

Option in dBpoweramp Control Centre - can specify Win11 shell, with or without classical shell item (non Windows 11)
Added tag editing capability for: .tak, .tta, .dts, .mka, .weba
bug fix: CD Ripper Folder.jpg would not be written to each folder if using multi-encoder
bug fix: vorbis tagging fixes

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Re: dBpoweramp R202x Release

R2024-02-01 (macOS)

Reworked ID Tag autocompletion / predictive typing.
Added tag editing capability for: .tak, .tta, .dts, .mka, .weba
Various bugs fixed
bug fix: CD Ripper Folder.jpg would not be written to each folder if using multi-encoder
bug fix: vorbis tagging fixes

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Re: dBpoweramp R202x Release

R2024-04-01 (Windows)

FLAC encoder, limits to 655350Hz, returns an error message if source more than this

Opus updated to 1.5.1

Overwrite page:
automatically tracks which files exist and shown in red, extension shown also.
'No to All' renamed 'Skip existing' and the button will disable if no files are being overwritten (after renaming)
Overwrite (x) shows how many are being overwritten
also the headers autosize when size window, so extension always shows on edge
detects also later encoded files which would overwrite files which are being written during conversion
'Overwrite' button changes to 'Convert' if no files are being overwritten

Right click folder >> Batch Convert, Batch Edit Tags set also by Placement option (Windows 11+)

if a file 'NoRegCheck.bin' is placed in the same folder as dBpoweramp programs, it disables the update check and registration code entry.

dMC DSP Volume Normalize: redesigned page, for EBU it allows editing of the reference target level, also added a new option 'Reduce if above' which is ideal for using with floating point and reducing to a desired final dB value

ID Tag Editor - ALT + Right Arrow to move to next file, ALT + Left Arrow to previous file

CD Ripper - if already had ripped CD and try again, but cancel at overwrite page, then would show the ripping results, even though did not rip
CD Ripper - if internet access is disabled and no metadata then says so on Metadata info tip, also the Manual Search page is not shown
CD Ripper - Speed up of metadata lookup when servers are down
CD Ripper - Manual Metadata review, remembers the last position, even if dragged to other monitor, or resized for next showing, note resets to default position on CD ripper restart

Control Centre - disabling access to the internet shows a warning message about CD Ripper having no metadata

Wavpack DSD Encoding enabled

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Re: dBpoweramp R202x Release

R2024-04-01 (macOS)

Auto updater: get latest allowed version even if updates have expired

Added an option to allow encoding of non-subset FLAC files (extremely high sample rates etc)

Fixed WAV tag writing settings not being respected in specific scenarios.

Improved ReplayGain peak scan accuracy, allowed >1.0 peaks for various lossy codecs.

Made proper Opus gain fields written when writing ReplayGain tags.

Overwrite prompt dialog updates: show collisions if multiple source files produce same output, show existing files in red, show how many files are about to be overwritten.

Made possible to read .M4A files renamed to .AAC and vice versa.

Third party codec libraries updated.

CD Ripper: Prevented AccurateRip configuration from being opened with no drive selected.
CD Ripper: Better feedback with unchecked "allow dBpoweramp to access the internet"

Volume Normalize DSP update: for EBU it allows editing of the reference target level, also added a new option 'Reduce if above' which is ideal for using with floating point and reducing to a desired final dB value

Edit ID Tags: Can cycle files with cmd+shift+left/right.

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R2024-5-1 (windows and macos)

CD Ripper: we have restored freedb.dbpoweramp.com as a replacement for gnudb (which took-over from freedb.org), why? gnudb.org have started requiring emails to access their system. We do not agree with this type of intrusive data collection to access a publicly created database. It goes against the ethos of running a public database, especially as dBpoweramp users would have submitted a very significant percentage of all discs in that database.
Going forward we will create a new community populated metadata database, it will be branded as part of the AccurateRip family, and will be open to all. AccurateRip has existed without restrictions for almost 20 years, together we will create a high quality database. Watch this space...

Tag Editor: pressing enter when editing a tag value will accept changes, pressing enter again will close tag editor page (windows)

Replaygain DSP detects when encoding lossy, will calculate RG values by decoding the lossy encoded file after encoded

Bug Fix: CD Ripper: if a track required re-ripping of bad frames, then AccurateRip cross checking of pressings for that one track would fail (windows)

CD Ripper: log is now in order of tracks (windows)

New toolbar (macos)