Version 3.4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Added support for FLAC audio format - Editor: Context menu entries to sort modes or mode elements by name or key - Editor: Bugfix: limit number of messages in Error Window, preventing crash due to limited image handles - Editor: Bugfix: problem with empty title in music file meta data fixed (thanks to Matthias) - Player/Android: Bugfix: changed notification icon to prevent crash on some devices which seem to have problems with the old image format Version 3.3.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Editor: Music lists can show artist and album columns (use context menu on table headers to activate) - Editor: Files in Music / Sound Explorer can be filtered regarding their use in the project - Editor: improvements to performance and responsiveness regarding project checks and large operations on lists - Editor: Bugfixes for working without any open project (also thanks to Matthias) - Editor: Allow files with extensions in different cases (e.g. MP3) - Player: fixed tab order in settings dialog - Controller/Android: support for split screen in Android 7+ Version 3.2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Added Tasker plugin to control the Player - Editor: Enabled drag & drop of sounds from online audio search to sound and music explorer windows - Editor: Added "download to" for online audio search - Editor: Added "search similar sounds" to online audio search - Editor: Disallow empty names for projects / modes / elements - Editor: Prevent error message on involuntary 'move' of file / directory - Player: Fix for rare bug occuring during Controller disconnect Version 3.1.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: increased ping interval between Players and Controllers - Editor: search for sounds online at FreeSound.org (many thanks for idea and patch to Martin Ried) - Editor: now needs .NET Framework 4.5+ - Editor: more robust communication with MusicBrainz.org to retrieve tags - Player/Linux: enabled streaming through icecast server - Player/Linux: workaround for bug in some Mono versions - Controller: all controllers show progress when importing a packed project - Controller/Android: option whether local Player shall be started Version 3.0.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Editor: Bugfix for operations (like delete) on resorted random or parallel lists - Editor: Bugfix: allow renaming of tags to the same name with different case - Player: Bugfix for rare crash when two files are started at the same time - Player: Bugfix for rare crash when connection to Controller is lost Version 3.0.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Player: Setup opens Windows firewall for web server port - Player: automatically reconfigure Windows security settings if port for web server is changed - Player: faster web server start by precompiling web pages; noticable especially on very slow computers like Raspberry Pi - Player: Bugfix: allow larger timeouts in web server so that it works with very slow computers, especially Raspberry Pi - Player: web server messages are now converted to Ares messages instead of always appearing on the command line - Player/command line: Bugfix: if option --Daemon wasn't used, automatic connection with Controller worked only at program start - Player/Linux: bass library updated, should work better with pulseaudio Version 3.0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Player can also be controlled through a (modern) Browser [BETA] - General: Element to play web radio stations - General: Start and end of files can be selected and thus a part of the file played (many thanks for idea and patch to Martin Ried) - General: Player and Editor now need the .NET framework 4.0 or higher - General: new setup program for Windows; no setup program for Linux any more, just the Ares Portable zip - Editor: option not to immediately update a file tree which is filtered by tags whenever tag assignments change - Editor: safety question before setting tags for more than 10 files in more than one directory at the same time - Player: bugfix for manual selection of a file from a random list - Player/command line: option --Daemon with which the Player never closes - Controller/Android: description for manual setting of the connection Version 2.5.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Editor: Files and directories in Music / Sound Explorer are sorted even if they are stored in non-NTFS file systems - Editor: Bugfix for possible crash when the error window is open while a project is imported which adds files - Player: Output sound device can be selected (e.g. for use with Virtual Audio Cable) - Player: Bugfix: with some Linux versions, the "Music by Tags" element didn't work because of wrong directory separators Version 2.5.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Tags can be combined with AND across categories - General: Crossfading possible within music lists - General: Options for fading when the music is changed manually - General: Opus format can be used for files and for streaming - General: Added build (Player/Controller) for ARM Linux (Raspberry Pi) - Editor: Tag filter can be set so that only files without any tags are shown - Editor: Tags for files can be searched in local database (e.g. after moving a file outside the editor) - Eidtor: Bugfix: if probabilities or delays were edited in a list and an entry was dragged during the edit, the list was cleared - Editor: Bugfix: if a music title was several times in the DB under different paths, tags could only be downloaded for the first file - Editor: Bugfix: export of projects with tags didn't work correctly for files which had no AcoustIds - Player: added command-line player - Player/Linux: The Linux player now requires .NET framework (Mono) 4 - Controller: buttons for mode elements appear in the order of the project - Controller: connection data for player can be entered manually Version 2.4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Support for IPv6 - Editor: Tip of the Day dialog - Editor: Link to forums in Help menu - Editor: fix for rare crash in .NET framework when checking online for new version - Player/Linux: variant for pure x64 OS added Version 2.3.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Option to play music on all speakers (instead of stereo) - General: Option to select 'all speakers' in speaker effect - General: Added support for m4a files - Editor: Button in Music Explorer toolbar to set tags - Editor: Buttons in Project Explorer to move modes or elements up and down - Editor: Button to cleanup tags database - Player: Streaming to icecast keeps stream alive even if no sound and music are currently being played - Player / MediaPortal: Updated to MediaPortal 1.2-1.4. Changed architecture; locally installed Player is now necessary Version 2.2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Added 'Music by Tags' element to quickly set a tags selection - General: Fading possible when playing music selected by tags - General: Endless (background) sounds can be faded out when starting an element - General: packed projects can be opened from the controllers - Editor: 'Add scenario' adds a Music by Tags element instead of a Random Music List element - Editor: use different files for German / English news - Editor: menu entry to show news manually - Editor: hint when opening / importing a project element as a project - Editor: hint about adding IDs when uploading / downloading tags - Editor: tag lists use multiple columns - Editor: default file name for first save of new projects - Editor: progress dialog when adding multiple files to a list - Editor: drag & drop from File Explorer to a list inserts only files which match the current tag filter in the File Explorer - Editor: exception dialog and log on unhandled exceptions - Editor: Bugfix: 'use for all mode elements' button in start settings editor didn't affect mode elements which didn't have start settings yet - Player: Behavior of stop music / stop sounds changed so that it doesn't stop the whole played mode element, but only all music / sounds of the element - Player: Bugfix: unnecessary delay when starting an element which should fade out music if only sound is being played - Controller/Android: use tablet mode on 7 inch devices Version 2.1.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Editor / Player: Bugfix: directory selection in settings dialog didn't work - Editor: Bugfix: sporadic crash when uploading / downloading tags failed or was cancelled - Editor: Bugfix: crash if an invalid project was opened - Editor: Bugfix: crash if a project with an invalid top-level element in a mode was opened Version 2.1.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Editor: Replaced dialog for file tags with editor window - Editor: Can upload tags to and download tags from rpgmusictags.org - Editor: Interpret and Album tags can be retrieved from musicbrainz.org - Editor: Settings dialog with several tabs instead of separate dialogs - Editor: Trigger keys can be removed from modes / elements - Editor: F1 opens help web page - Player: When streaming through Icecast, user name, stream name and bit rate can be set - Player: Settings dialog with several tabs instead of separate dialogs Version 2.0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Support for music tags - Editor: Tag management window (F5), Set tags through Music Explorer and for music lists, filter Music Explorer through tags - Player / Controllers: Select tags for random music - Macro commands to select tags - Editor / Player: faster start when online checking for update is enabled - Editor: possibility to use external player for 'preview' playing in Music Explorer (Extras -> Tools) - Editor: can load and show general news from web server at program start - Editor: Missing references in inner lists are shown as errors - Editor: Bugfix: Crash when starting to edit a random value by keyboard - Editor: Bugfix: missing quotes in call of sound file editor - Controllers: get project information from player; in particular makes the Android Controller start faster Version 1.4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Links to lists can be created (Ctrl+Shift+Drag in Project Explorer or use "Paste as Link" in context menu after Copy) - General: Elements can be hidden in Player / Controller (checkbox in "Start" settings) - Editor: Information panel in Music / Sound Explorer - Editor: effects can be edited for several files at the same time through context menu in the list - Editor: bugfix for rare crash when creating a new project - Player: Repeat-Button for currently played music - Controllers: Repeat-Button for currently played music - Controller/Android: bugfix for seldom occuring crash at re-activation on tablets Version 1.3.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Added macros - General: Playlists (.m3u, .m3u8, .pls) can be used - General: Removed warning for modes / mode elements without defined keys - Editor: Added menu item to show uses of a particular file - Player: Added option to show keys in buttons - Player: Added option to use global keys (hotkeys) - Player: Added possiblity to turn off network - Player: playing of a music list is not stopped because of single file errors - Player: Bugfix: crashed when starting an already running element - Player/MediaPortal: Added skin file for Avalon HD skin - Controller: Added option to use global keys (hotkeys) - Controller/MeisterGeister: Bugfix: Messages window was not closed automatically Version 1.2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Player for Linux available. Ares Portable for Linux available. - General: Controller Plugin for the MeisterGeister program available - Editor: Added tooltips to the controls to set global music / sound volume - Editor: Bugfix: Crashed if element is played which sets global sound / music volume - Player: Added controls to select elements with the mouse - Player: Changed semantics of 'stop music' / 'stop other sounds' so it stops the whole currently played mode element(s) - Controller: Hint that project must be opened in the controller Version 1.1.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Music fading possible when mode element is switched - Editor: Search in Music & Sound Explorer - Editor: Drag & drop and clipboard support in Project Explorer - Editor: Drag & drop in Music & Sound Explorer or from Windows Explorer to Music & Sound Explorer - Editor: Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete in Music & Sound Explorer - Editor: Hints added to Reverb and Speaker effect dialogs - Editor: Bugfix: More robust regarding corrupted setting files - Editor: Bugfix: More robust regarding volume control changes - Editor / Player: Better error messages if BASS engine can't be initialized. - Player: Streaming through Icecast is now possible - Player: Bugfix: Changing global sound volume didn't respect the original individual volume of already running sounds - Player: Bugfix: File handles are now correctly released after playing - Player/MediaPortal: Plugin now for MediaPortal version 1.2.x - Controller: Bugfix for key handling when keys are displayed - Controller/Android: Better support for tablets and higher Android versions - Controller/Android: Loading of projects in the background - Controller/Android: various small improvements and bugfixes Version 1.0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Controller can select elements which have no key assigned - General: Version check in Controller / Player connection - Editor: Drag & Drop and Clipboard support in lists - Editor: Import / Export of elements also packed together with all their files - Editor: Bugfix: Exception in File Explorer under Windows XP - Controller: Option to show assigned keys in the buttons - Controller: Support for Java 7 - Controller for Android: Can open project files through Dropbox - Controller for Android: Bugfix: Crash when entering invalid connection info Version 0.6.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Added tempo effect - General: Controller / Player reconnect automatically after temporary failure - Editor: Call of external sound file editor possible - Controller: Added special Music List mode for direct title selection - Player: Bugfix: random speaker assignment was sometimes faulty - Player: Remember last message filter setting Version 0.5.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Portable version available - General: Volume for a file can be set by random - General: Added effects for files: pitch, balance (also panning), volume in dB, speaker assignment, reverb / echo - Editor: Import / export of projects packed together with all files possible - Editor: Can show a list of keys and a list of used files in the project - Editor: Deleting of elements with keyboard (Del) possible - Editor: Bugfix: Crash when deleting several elements and the project itself was also selected - Editor: Bugfix: Navigation from Error Window to the erroneous element didn't work if the error was in a file and the element was a top-level one of a mode - Editor: Bugfix for crash on start if music or sounds directory had been deleted - Player: Can import packed projects - Player: Bugfix: Connection to Controller failed if no project was opened - Player: Bugfix: Fade out didn't work correctly with endless loops without delay Version 0.4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Controller for Android available - General: Controller can start a local Player in background - General: When a project is opened in the Controller, the connected Player tries to open the same project - Editor: Import and export of elements is now possible - Editor: Times can be entered in seconds or minutes, too - Controller: Automatically connects with the first found Player - Controller: Communication with the Player improved Version 0.3.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Added fade-in and fade-out effects - General: Added Help links in Menus - General: Added Online Update checks - Editor: Effects can be set for all files in a list - Controller: Corrected menu insets for Walnut L&F - Player: Prevented multiple "project changed" dialogs Version 0.3.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Editor: Added icons to trees and sub-windows - Player: Can be closed with Alt+F4 - Controller: Very long Element and Music texts are cut and a tooltip is displayed instead Version 0.3.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Added checks for consistent keys and file existence - Editor: Added project error window - Editor: Missing files are marked in lists - Player: Gapless loops if settings of a file allows them - Editor: Double-click on a file in explorer stops playing other files and starts playing that file - Editor: Renamed label for random delay - Editor: Default action for BG sounds is to select a key - Editor: Default action in explorers can be triggered with return key - Editor: Added keyboard shortcuts to open windows, to select keys, and to stop playing - Editor: File explorer reloads automatically after a change on disk in its file tree - Player: After file change of project, ask user whether it shall be reloaded - Player: Clearing messages not just clears the window, but the real message list - Editor: After loading a project, the project tree is expanded only up to the mode elements - Editor: After adding elements in the project tree, the editor is immediately opened - Editor: Double click on a chance doesn't open the element editor, but allows to edit the chance - Editor: File selection dialogs now have file types for selection - Editor: Controls are correctly disabled if an element is currenlty playing - Editor: Fixed a bug which lead to some errors in file lists when dropping multiple files - Editor: Fixed a bug which lead to errors after a list was closed and its elements were changed later - Editor: Fixed handling of empty titles in file tags - Setup: Fixed wrong target directory for some resource files Version 0.2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Added Ares Controller - Player: toolbar / menu bar redesign - Player: completely localized in German - Editor: Added Refresh button to File Explorer - Editor: Added context menu entry and button for key selection - Editor: Added Volume Window and buttons to use current volumes - Player / Editor: improved settings synchronization - Fix: Player volume didn't update when it changed due to played element settings - Changed Setup program (now InstallJammer) Version 0.1.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First public version