foobar2000

Generic performance optimizations, mainly affecting very large playlists and libraries.
Beta 3: further improved configuration save cycle and shutdown performance with very large libraries.
Playlist & Media Library search dialogs no longer block UI when performing lookups.
Converter: added an option to transfer ReplayGain information to the destination files.
Spurious/oversized metadata such as whole EAC logs entries are now dropped from foobar2000's cache, for better search performance and lower resource usage.
Beta 3: the feature is now customizable by editing LargeFieldsConfig.txt in foobar2000 profile folder.
Updated FFmpeg to 2.0.1.
Corrected gapless playback of HE-AAC files made with iTunes.
Improved smooth playlist scrolling.

Cosmetic fixes:
ReplayGain scanner context menu tweaks - “Remove ReplayGain Info” grayed out when there's nothing to remove.
Made batch picture attach related commands appear in more cases where they didn't appear in previous versions.
Fixed incompatibility with vgmstream input plug-in
Files with .afc extension that are not recognized by standard decoders can now be handled by third party decoders.
Workaround for buggy ID3v2 readers (Windows Explorer) - Front Cover is now always stored first.

Corrected Converter regression from 1.2.7 final.

1.2.7

Now using latest & greatest libFLAC 1.3.0.
Fixed WAV tag writer potentially creating files of odd byte count (non-standard-compliant).
Improved handling of various malformed AIFF file cases.

1.2.6

Windows 8 “connected standby” countermeasures:
Option to keep display up while playing - seems to be the only way to prevent Windows desktop apps from being shut down while the machine turns idle
Fixed misbehavior when updating attached pictures in files with ID3v2.2 tags.
ReplayGain tagging now works with AIFF.
Fixed crashing when embedding specific picture files into Ogg Vorbis files.
Attached picture manager dialog tweaks.

1.2.5

Converter: fixed writing of WAV files with odd byte counts (eg. 24-bit mono).
Improved handling of various malformed WAV files.
Converter: fixed writing of file types that foobar2000 cannot tag.
Fixed “verify integrity of played files” option disabling HDCD & DTS decoder components.
It's a feature of individual decoder components; third party decoder components such as Monkey's Audio decoder must be updated separately.
“Add Folder” now skips over hidden files & subfolders.
AIFF file format tagging support.
Added authenticode signatures to foobar2000 binaries.
Added WAV & AIFF attached picture handling (beta 2).
Added attached picture transfer option in Converter (beta 2).
Support for touchscreen gesture scrolling on Windows 8 tablet devices (final).

1.2.4

ReplayGain scanner improvements:
Improved speed.
No longer ignores up to 100ms of last audio data.
Faster SSE-optimized codepaths for various sample type conversions; most notably more efficient handling of 24-bit content.
Option to verify integrity of played files and report errors immediately (however it does not check whole-file checksums).
Fixed status bar glitch with misplaced volume icon.

1.2.3

Updated FFmpeg code to 1.1.1.
FFmpeg DLLs now use unique names to avoid collisions with certain other software.
Reverted problematic Media Library folder monitoring tweaks from 1.2.
“Downmix 5.1 to stereo” DSP now accepts more different channel masks.
FLAC decoding improvements (beta 3):
Work-around for certain broken files producing loud glitches.
SSE optimizations to counter slowdown from the above work-around.
File Integrity Verifier component now detects such files.
Worked around incompatibility with some very old Vorbis files (final).

1.2.2

Bug fix: 1.2.1 regression - rare crash on specific malformed files.
Bug fix: worked around MS listview bug - disappearing Converter preset list in certain scenarios.

1.2.1

Bug fix: Menu commands to switch between playback output devices not entirely working.
Bug fix: Incorrect decode of odd/malformed Vorbis files.
Bug fix: Archive Reader DLL was accidentally made dependant on MSVCR100.DLL in 1.2.
Improved compatibility with malformed AIFF files.
Bug fix: 1.2 regression - some filesystem operations in monitored folders would cause foobar2000 to crash.

1.2

Support for streaming to arbitrary UPnP MediaRenderer devices through the new UPnP output component.
FFmpeg is now used for MP3, AAC and Vorbis decoding
Extended playback thread priority options in Advanced Preferences.
New: Converter “Quick Convert” dialog, for simplified casual conversions without advanced features.
New: Menu commands to switch between playback output devices.
New: Component installer now shows component licenses when available.
Package license.txt or license.rtf with the component to get it shown on install.
License not shown when autoupdating components.
Equalizer is now an open-source component, separate from the standard DSP array.

Converter works on non-seekable sources again, such as Internet streams.
Fixed rare crash bug with “full file buffering”.
Fixed oscilloscope inversion bug
Improved media library relative path handling in portable installs.
Ctrl+A now works in generic text popup dialogs (popup_message API).
Crash reporting improvements for hopefully more meaningful data about deadlocks.
Updated zlib to 1.2.7.

Worked around playback/output preferences crash on Windows 2003.
ID3v2 tagging compatibility improvements:
Non-compliant ID3v2.3 TYER allowed by default since various other popular software does it.
Option to write “rating” as TXXX for the few people who want it.
Fixed properties dialog field copy/paste inconsistency when copying specific fields from single to multiple files.
ReplayGain scanner: added additional warnings when trying to scan a very large group of tracks as a single album.
ReplayGain scanner: addressed extreme memory usage when scanning a large group of tracks as a single album.
Cleaned up embedded cuesheet handling code.
Faster FLAC tag updates when full file rewrite is necessary.
Sanitized FLAC tag updating behaviors in low-memory conditions.

Added basic MusicBrainz tagging capability to the audio CD ripper.
CD ripper can now look up CD information automatically each time a new CD is about to be ripped.
Worked-around shell integration incompatibility with Windows 8.
Converter performance tweaks for multi-core encoding (beta 2).
Resolved incompatibility with Matroska files processed with mkvclean (beta 2).
ID3v2: “rating” tags now compatible with Windows Media Player (beta 2).
Resolved Converter incompatibility with new Opus encoder (beta 2).

Added support for the IETF Opus codec.
Improved compliance of ReplayGain tagging for Opus files (beta 2).
More robust handling of ID3v2.3 TDAT frames (beta 2).
Added Opus encoding support in Converter (requires external opusenc.exe binary) (beta 3).
Fixed a deadlock when reading strange/corrupted zip files (final).
Fixed a rare deadlock related to updating tags on the file being currently played.
Fixed a rare deadlock related to starting/stopping playback.