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Version 2020.00
 | Default online server to retrieve audio CD info changed to gnudb
(freed is no longer available as of June 13, 2020) |
| Check out www.gnudb.org |
| Minor tweaks and bug fixes |
| System information Utility updated |
| New Installer |
Version 2019.10
| Minor tweaks and bug fixes |
Version 2019.00
| CD-Runner is now
FREE! |
| Many thanks to my loyal customers and beta testers over the past 20+ years |
| Feel free to enjoy and distribute freely |
| Improvements for latest versions of Windows 10 |
| Minor cosmetic improvements to buttons and screens |
| Updates for FLAC and AC3 music files |
| Updated DSD (Direct Stream Digital) playback support (*.dsf, *.dff aka DSF and
DSDIFF) |
| CD Ripper Updates |
| initial load time improved (faster) due to removal of code needed to check for
registered ID Key (no longer required) |
| System Information Utility updated |
| New Installer with faster install time |
Version 2018.00
| Cosmetic improvements and bug fixes |
| Improvements for latest versions of Windows 10 |
| Updates for WAV, FLAC and DSD music files |
| Program initial load time improved (faster) |
| Improved registration of ID Key |
| System Information Utility updated |
| New Installer |
Version 2017.00
| Windows 10 scaling support improved |
| New 4K compatibility mode option improvements |
| Cosmetic improvements and bug fixes |
| Fixed problem with upgrading license key from older versions (where old key was
corrupt) |
| Improved CD Ripper speed for all supported rip modes |
| Updated system information utility |
| Updates for MIDI, WAV, FLAC, OPUS, OGG and DSD music files |
| Improved support for very long music file tags |
| Improved support for Cyrillic characters |
| Updated free Internet Radio Stations |
| New Installer |
Version 2016.00
| Windows 10 scaling support added; note: although Microsoft does not recommend it, a custom scaling level of 125% looks much better subjectively (similar to
previous Windows versions using Large Fonts mode) |
| New 4K compatibility mode option added (CD-Runner Setup, Advanced 2 tab) for systems using 4K (3840 x 2160)
display(s); resolves driver issues associated with fonts when using standard Windows 10 scaling. |
| Touchpad faceplate size toggle fixed when switching orientation (landscape <-->
portrait) and/or size (small <--> large) |
| Updated DSD (Direct Stream Digital) playback support (*.dsf, *.dff aka DSF and
DSDIFF) |
| CD Ripper Update for Alternate Digital Rip Mode |
| New WASAPI (Windows Audio Session API) output support - allows management of all audio streams in a session as a single unit, and allows bit-exact output and
muting all other sounds |
| Updated file tags for all supported music files |
| Updates for:
 | AAC (includes AAC+ & Shoutcast) |
| AC3 (Dolby Digital) |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) |
| APE (Monkey's Audio) |
| MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
| MPC (Musepack) |
| OPUS (lossy audio compression format) |
| TTA (True Audio) |
| WV (WavPack) |
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| New Installer |
Version 2015.20
| Support added for final production versions of
Windows 10 |
| NOTE: if you are using Windows 10 with high DPI,
in your CDRunner directory right click cdrunner.exe, click
Properties, Compatibility, check Disable display scaling on high
DPI settings (CD-Runner will look as intended and not stretched or
slightly "out of focus"). |
| New EQ slider button colors (Windows 10 only) |
| New Installer |
Version 2015.10
| New option to allow Cyrillic characters to be
displayed, CD-Runner Setup, Adv. 2 tab:
| If unchecked, all Cyrillic characters will be removed (new
default option) |
| If checked, all Cyrillic characters will be displayed
automatically using suitable Windows fonts |
|
| Fix for MP3 tag issue with damaged or corrupt MP3 files
(non-alphanumeric characters were sometimes displayed) |
| Improved method of filtering out illegal filename characters
" * . / : < > ? \ | plus all character codes less
than 32 |
| Support for very long FLAC tags (e.g. album names > 30
characters) |
Version 2015.00
| Comprehensive redesign to support Windows 10:
| Registered Users may need to re-enter their license key after installation |
| Depending on install location, existing users may need to re-enter any custom settings using the CD-Runner Setup program |
| It is recommended to have as few other programs running when CD-Runner is installed and to reboot your system after installation is complete |
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| New DSD (Direct Stream Digital) playback support (*.dsf, *.dff aka DSF &
DSDIFF) |
| Updated playback code for:
| FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) |
| MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
| WV (WavPack) |
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| Support for multiple monitors (was previously 1 or 2), CD-Runner Setup,
Advanced 2 tab to set |
| New Media Center feature to save selected file(s) as new playlist |
| Running Setup while playing (e.g. media files or audio CDs) modified greatly to improve performance and appearance |
| Fixed audio CD playback problem if last track finished playing and instead of ejecting CD or using repeat mode you tried to replay the same CD |
| Startup positions of all screens automatically saved and used with new logic to prevent from being displayed off-screen if switching from 2+ monitors to 1 in CD-Runner Setup |
| Equalizer startup position improved if using 2+ monitors |
| EQ settings window now displayed in Windows Taskbar |
| License key installation issue on computers with Windows rights issues fixed (rare problem caused by having Windows rights too high) |
| Updated Installer, with fix for first time installation on new computer |
Version 2014.60
| New Internet Radio Station features:
| Player modified to save last successfully connected station and use as default
on startup |
| New connection options for stations that do not allow or publish direct access
PLS files, stream addresses and/or URLs - set in CD-Runner Setup:
 | Use Browser Compatible URL (if the next 2 options are unchecked AND the online station does not require a play button to be clicked to start, then this is the most transparent option) |
| Display Mini Browser - if checked, a mini browser window will be displayed allowing the play button or link to be clicked; also includes minimize button |
| Display Web Browser - if all of the above fails, the URL is passed to your web browser for playback |
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| Support added for new high resolution screens:
| 3200 x 1800 (laptops+) |
| 3840 x 2160 (ultra HD, aka 4K) |
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| Updated playback code for OPUS (lossy audio compression format) |
| Fix for peak hold, LCD mode, using Windows small fonts |
| Fix for Listview problem on all Windows 8 OS, caused program to hang on some systems
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Version 2014.50
Version 2014.00
| Comprehensive "under the skins" re-design and code optimization applied throughout; older "legacy code" modified for speed and reliability with latest operating systems |
| New setup option to display all faceplates or "skins" flat with square corners; Note: this new feature may resolve rendering issues with older laptops & desktops |
| New wildcard search options added to all searches, wildcard characters supported:
| ? (matches any single character in search string, e.g.
"ho?se" would find both "house" and "horse") |
| * (matches zero or more characters in search string, 1 or multiple astericks supported) |
| # (matches any single digit 0-9 in search string) |
| [list] (matches any single character in search string) |
| [!list] (matches any single character NOT in search string)
| Note 1: a group of one or more characters in list (above) enclosed in brackets ([]) can be used to match any single character in search string and can include digits and almost all other character codes |
| Note 2: hyphen (-) use supported to separate
the upper and lower bounds of a range, e.g. [A-Z] |
| Note 3: special characters supported with left bracket ([), number sign (#), question mark (?),
asterisk (*), enclosed in brackets; the right bracket (]) cannot be used within such a group, but it can be used outside a group as an individual character |
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| New option to display spectrum analyzer minimized or full size on startup when playing audio CDs or media files |
| New Disc Library & Media Center features:
| Initial load options to sort ascending or descending |
| Columns to be displayed option |
| Research section with new links for online research, advanced searching+ |
| Auto Size Columns updated |
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| New Cover Art Viewer custom size option |
| Improved automated display of cover art viewer for audio CDs and media files |
| Illegal Windows filename characters \ / : * ? " < > | in cover art filenames (if found in Artist and/or Title) filtered out |
| Support improved for using "COVER.JPG" (or
"FOLDER.JPG") in album directories to automatically identify and display cover art while playing media files |
| Alternate method of automatically identifying cover art file associated with media files updated by creating
"ARTIST-TITLE.JPG" in cover art directory (set directory in setup) |
| Updated Internet Radio default stations |
| Updated playback code for:
| OPUS (lossy audio compression format) |
| MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
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| Cosmetic improvements to all faceplates (aka "skins") |
| Updated Installer |
Version 2013.10
| Improved CD-Runner Manual freedb Import, automatically removes extraneous information, this is especially useful for importing non-hybrid SACDs (and other discs not readable by a computer CD drive) into the Disc Library |
| New option to read "cover.jpg" (also
"folder.jpg") cover art file from album directories and display as music files being played or searched |
| New cover art options for all media files that have readable tags (e.g. MP3, FLAC, OGG, etc.), set cover art for individual songs or set artist-album cover art for all songs belonging to same album |
| New Setup Cover Art location option; if set and files saved as
"artist-album.jpg", then automatically found as needed by Disc & Music Libraries and during playback |
| Updated playback code for:
| MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
| OPUS (lossy audio compression format) |
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| Fixed problem with FLAC & OGG bitrate display while playing |
| Updated Installer with improved Windows 8 support |
Version 2013.00
| New Windows 8 Support
| New auto detection of OS version |
| Small Windows 8 tweaks and enhancements if detected |
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| New support for OPUS files |
| Updated file tags for all supported music files |
| Updated playback code for:
| AAC (includes AAC+ & Shoutcast) |
| AC3 (Dolby Digital) |
| APE (Monkey's Audio) |
| MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
| OFR (OptimFROG) |
| SPX (Speex) |
| WV (WavPack) |
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| New Installer |
Version 2012.10
| New freedb Raw Data Viewer, view all data associated with a CD entry online or
local including data not normally displayed by any
freedb-compatible program
| support for all freedb local database entries |
| support for all online servers |
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| Updated support for WavPack files |
| Improved support for internet and buffered file streams |
| Internet streaming tweaks/fixes |
| New UTF-8 device information |
| Improved tag support for:
| MP4 tags |
| APEv1 tags |
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Version 2012.00
| New Touchpad Landscape (rotated) Displays, full or small sizes |
| New Media Center (previously Server) for playback of audio & video files, Internet
Radio |
| New Cyrillic <-> Default font toggle (Customize menu option) for Disc Library &
Media Center |
| CD Ripper Update for Alternate Digital Rip Mode |
| Updated playback code for:
| AAC (includes AAC+ & Shoutcast) |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) |
| APE (Monkey's Audio) |
| MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
| SPX (Speex) |
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| Disc & Media Libraries, improved detection & handling of corrupt or invalid image files |
| Media Library, improved detection of mp3 file details when scanning files with corrupt or missing tag information (bitrate, track times, etc.) |
Version 2011.01
| Minor
cosmetic upgrades to new TouchPad Faceplate Display |
Version 2011.00
| New TouchPad Faceplate Display
| All display options combined into one command center style screen |
| Option to select full or small display sizes |
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| New CD Ripper default digital rip mode, updated to be compatible with most hardware and drivers |
| Complete redesign of Cover Art setup options & use throughout, now easier, faster, more features |
| New display support for Cyrillic character set used in >25 Slavic & non-Slavic languages (e.g. Bulgarian, Russian, Abkhaz,
Romani, etc.) |
| New & faster program loader with built-in autosensing of audio CDs
and media files (eliminates older CDLauncher utility used in previous versions) |
| Updated setup options & defaults |
| New program installer |
Version 2010.40
| CD Ripper update for SATA CD drives (use Alternate Digital Rip Mode) |
| Spectrum Analyzer display update |
| WMA (Windows Media Audio) update |
| Bug fix for adding audio CD cover art when manually entering CD |
| Updated installer |
Version 2010.30
| Faster automated searching of all online servers for new audio CD information when default server is down or does not find match.
| Servers searched:
| freedb (Germany) |
| TrackType (Australia) |
| MusicBrainz (US) |
| MusicBrainz (UK) |
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| CD Ripper updated for 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, 7 |
| New setup option (Adv. 2 tab) to force CD Ripper alternate digital rip mode; may be necessary for new SATA (Serial-ATA) CD drives and/or ASPI manager problems |
| Updated system information utility |
Version 2010.20
| New automated re-sizing of Artist - Album & Song displays when displaying cover art thumbnail in players |
| New Default Cover Art % Zoom option added in CD-Runner Setup |
| CD Ripper - update to Digital 2 (optional) rip mode |
| Updated playback code for:
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) |
| APE (Monkey's Audio) |
| FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) |
| MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
| WMA (Windows Media Audio) |
| WV (WavPack) |
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| Updated system information utility |
Version 2010.10
| New Cover Art
Thumbnail display for all faceplate modes |
| New setup
option to display or hide Cover Art Thumbnails |
| CD Ripper
improvements:
| Normal & Advanced digital extraction
methods modified to be far more compatible with different
hardware without sacrificing speed |
| Small cosmetic improvements to CD Ripper
faceplate (GUI) |
| Turbo rip mode (rip & encode multiple
songs at the same time) enhanced |
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| Small enhancements for Windows 7 |
| Media Server grid display fixes for minor
cosmetic glitches |
| Internet radio stations updated |
| Updated installer |
Version 2010
| New Portable player, made to resemble generic MP3
players. Includes:
| Size up/down (bigger/smaller) |
| Thumbnail of cover art displayed if available |
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| New sizable cover art viewer for all audio CD & media
playback |
| Media Server new and improved:
| New slider to change image size in grid view |
| Multi-select added to grid view; use Ctrl and/or Shift
keys when selecting tracks |
| Grid view text display modified to make easier to read |
| Grid view track display changed to show Artist - Album /
Track Name |
| Improved display of media file info |
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| Media Player
| 1X (actual or "native" size) playback improved
for movie media files (AVI, MPG, etc.) |
| New 4X (Quadruple actual size) option for movie file
playback |
| Movie Display new and improved:
| If movie display zoomed in or out (+ or -) during
playback of multiple files, window size retained until
reset or new zoom |
| New display of actual or "native" movie size
(W x H, pixels) when moving mouse over "Set to
Actual Size" icon |
| Code updates result in faster load times and better
video performance (less dropped frames on slower
systems) |
|
| Updated playback code for:
| AAC (includes AAC+ & Shoutcast) |
| AC3 (Dolby Digital) |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) |
| APE (Monkey's Audio) |
| FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) |
| OFR (OptimFROG) |
| SPX (Speex) |
| WMA (Windows Media Audio) |
| WV (WavPack) |
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| Updated & improved reading of file tags for ID3v1,
ID3v2, OGG, FLAC, WMA, APEv2, MP4 |
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| Disc Library
| New slider to change image size in grid view |
| Grid view text display modified to make easier to read |
| Research online links & sites updated |
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| CD Ripper Updates:
| New Auto Select All Tracks option |
| New Auto Close after rip / encode complete option |
| Display of tracks in main window improved |
| After all selected tracks ripped and encoded, display
reset |
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| Updated MP3 Tag Utility |
| All setup, data & information screens modified to use new,
more easily readable fonts |
Version 2009.50
| Comprehensive code optimization to improve
loading times & screen refresh speed, fix rare OS-specific
bugs and improve overall reliability |
| New 'No Drive Available' Setup option, for
systems without CD or DVD drives (Netbook mode) |
| Faster loading using automatic drive detection |
| New List & Grid View preferences saved
(sizes, last used, etc.) for Disc Library and Media Server |
| New Media Server - double-click to play track
option in all sub listings (e.g. Artists, Albums, Genre, etc.) |
| New Media Server automatic save column width
preferences |
| Media Server / iTunes import updated to work with
latest iTunes |
| Updated movie (MPG, AVI, etc.) playback |
| New support for very long media filenames (e.g.
256 characters for NTFS) |
Version 2009.01
| Patch for Windows 7 beta drivers |
| New greatly expanded payment options: Buy Now |
Version 2009
| New support for Windows 7 |
| New Audio CD Runner features:
| New option to automatically search all online databases if
no match found, databases include:
| freedb (Germany) |
| TrackType (Australia) |
| MusicBrainz (US & UK locations) |
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| Online database being searched shown in main player display
window |
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| New Media Server:
| Play audio and/or video from any networked device or drive |
| Faster file scanning during Add/Update |
| New option (checkbox) to eliminate duplicates during
Add/Update |
| New option to force retrieval of track times for legacy
media files |
| New alternate cover art thumbnail view of all entries with
resize options |
| New horizontal resize bar between cover art & details
panes |
| New shortcut icons to switch between thumbnail & list
views |
| New View menu (top menu bar) |
| Improved selection of cover art |
| New Windows shortcut icon added to CD-Runner Applications
Folder (Windows Start Menu) to directly access Media Server |
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| New Disc Library features:
| New alternate cover art thumbnail view of all entries with
resize options |
| New horizontal resize bar between cover art & details
panes |
| New shortcut icons to switch between thumbnail & list
views |
| New View menu (top menu bar) |
| Improved selection of cover art |
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| Improved auto drive detection for systems with multiple CD and
DVD drives |
| Many small graphical improvements to all player screens |
Version 2008.20
| New CD Ripper features:
| New Turbo mode option to rip and encode at
the same time, much faster to rip multiple tracks or entire
audio CD |
| Improved Setup screen, easier to select
output (rip and encode to) directory, better display of
current selections |
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| New Graphic / Parametric EQ screen shows levels
in dB for each gain slider |
| New Disc & Media Libraries, sort ascending or
descending preference saved |
Version 2008.10
| New Internet Radio upgrades, including:
| New M3U support for radio station URLs |
| New PLS support for radio station URLs |
| Updated support for entry of radio station IP
address URLs |
| Improved radio station connections; better connection
speed, faster song title & message updates online |
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| New Default Internet Radio Stations |
| New clone (create) SACD entry from audio CD entry
or CD listed in local freedb database |
| Minor cosmetic bug fixes for new 2008.00 version |
Version 2008
| New Disc Library
| New album artwork viewer pane |
| New CD details viewer pane |
| New local freedb database viewer |
| New advanced search options |
| New online research options |
| New GUI design, easier to use |
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| New Media Library
| New album artwork viewer pane |
| New media file details viewer pane |
| New advanced search options |
| New online research options |
| New GUI design, easier to use |
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| New online CD data lookup options; in addition to freedb (Germany)
| TrackType (Australia) |
| MusicBrainz (Oregon, US) |
| MusicBrainz (London, UK) |
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| Redesigned playlist editors |
| Redesigned Alt. Digital Volume mode |
| CD Ripper improvements
| faster rip speed (adv. digital mode) |
| improved automatic drive(s) detection |
| more accurate rip progress indicator |
| MP3 tags modified to include commas as valid characters |
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| New progress indicators throughout for file scanning, database searching, etc. |
| New hyperlinks throughout replace older Browse
buttons |
Version 2007.02
| New Vista shortcut icons (XL & Large, RGB/A 32-bit color+) |
| New Disc Library media types
| HD DVD |
| Blu-ray |
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| New Disc & Media Library option to set custom font color |
| Disc & Media Libraries updated with Vista style GUI if Vista OS detected |
| Updated installer |
| 15-band parametric and graphic EQs updated |
| Fix for intermittent slow retrieval of audio CD data when multiple exact freedb matches found online |
| Cdlaunch utility modified to prevent multiple instances of CD-Runner from being loaded |
| Minor cosmetic improvements for screens when using Vista |
Version 2007.00
| New Microsoft Windows Vista compatible |
| New 'digital' audio CD playback
| Allows spectrum analyzer to work with all audio CDs |
| Allows 15-band parametric and graphic EQs to work with all audio CDs |
| One of the only players available which can analyze and display audio
CD frequencies and VU during playback |
| Optional 'analog' audio CD playback supports all older legacy CD
drives and sound boards |
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| New and Updated Analyzer modes
| Spectrum - Updated |
| Bars - Updated |
| Wave - Updated |
| Sweep - Updated |
| VU - New |
| Stereo - New |
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| New Peak Hold option for analyzer Bars and VU modes |
| New 3D LCD displays |
| New Ribbon Bar
| Minimized to smallest possible height |
| New scrolling Artist-Album/Song Title display |
| Position automatically remembered |
| Optional 'open mode' with full displays |
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| Improved skins, buttons, faceplates, icons |
| New Transparency slider popup for all skins, allows you to vary how
transparent the skin looks from ghost to glass to fully solid or any point
between |
| Support added for MusicBrainz (alternative online
freedb-like service) |
| Manual import from new freedb online search update |
| Improved export to Excel - Disc Library |
| Improved Internet Radio quality for marginal connections, less pops and
clicks |
Version 2006.50
| New 3D Car Stereo Skins
| Colors match main theme selected for home stereo faceplate
| Black |
| Grey |
| Cobalt |
| Blue |
| Green |
| Red |
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| All graphical screens now match new skin colors
(EQ, Spectrum Analyzer, Playlist Editor, etc.) |
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| New 3D Home Stereo Skins (as above) |
| New 3D Buttons (used for all skins)
| Rubber |
| Plastic-1 |
| Plastic-2 |
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| iPod import for Media Library improved |
| Updated System Info Utility |
| Updated CD-Runner Backup / Restore Utility |
| Improved CD-Runner Setup / Skin selection much faster |
| Improved detection of sound boards and associated drivers when playing audio CDs (e.g. default CD-Runner sound mode now works fine with latest Sound Blaster X-Fi board and driver) |
Version 2006.20
| New playback, equalizer, spectrum analyzer and automatic tag reading support for:
| AAC, AACH, M4A (Advanced Audio) |
| AC3 (Dolby Digital) |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio) |
| APE (Monkey's Audio) |
| MPC (Musepack) |
| MP4 (MPEG-4) |
| OFR (OptimFROG) |
| TTA (True Audio) |
| SPX (Speex) |
| WV (WavPack) |
|
| Updated playback, equalizer, spectrum analyzer and automatic tag reading support for:
| FLA, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio) |
| OGG (Ogg Vorbis) |
| WMA (Windows Media Audio) |
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| New on/off toggle operation for all playlist editor & info screens; first button click opens, second click closes |
| New Default Startup Screen option (Setup / Advanced 2)
| Last Used |
| Car Stereo |
| Home Stereo |
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| CD-Runner Setup / freedb section modified to show in Windows taskbar; if hidden behind other apps/screens, simply click
[freedb Setup] on taskbar |
| New 'My Music' default music folder |
| freedb local CD database search, new 'exact phrase match' |
| Improved local freedb database indexing, better error correction for non-alphanumeric characters |
| Fixed status bar for very long audio CD tracks (>24 minutes) |
| Improved installer, default CD-Runner icon associated with file types (if
CD-Runner chosen as default player during install) |
Version 2006.10
| New lower prices! $9.95 New, $4.95 Upgrade |
| New Internet Radio support for proxy servers |
| Minimized (Ribbon) faceplate support added for Internet Radio |
| Fixed problem with recording Internet Radio (was reset by some online stations) - now saves songs played online as MP3 files |
| Spectrum analyzer and EQ minor tweaks if new Soundblaster
X-Fi sound card detected |
Version 2006
| New Internet Radio
| Over 100 preloaded radio stations |
| Streaming MP3, MP2, MP1, Ogg, WAV (including
Shoutcast, Icecast & Icecast2) supported |
| Support for 15-band EQ & Spectrum Analyzer included |
| Add, modify and delete radio station favorites |
| Use preset buttons 1 thru 20 on faceplate to quickly tune to favorite stations |
| Use '>20' button and numeric keys to jump to new station |
| View and tune to all radio stations in both Media Library and popup Info screen |
| New Media Library feature to open / play Internet stream (URL) directly |
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| New CD-Text data support for Audio CDs
| Automatic detection of CD-Text data if present |
| Manual mode to view and import CD-Text data into library |
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| New Disc Library for audio CDs, SACDs, DVDs, etc. (replaces older 'Music Library') |
| New iPod iTunes Library import feature - import media files and radio stations from iTunes into the CD-Runner Media Library |
| Updated Media Library for files (MP3, Ogg, WAV, MPG,
AVI, etc.) on hard drive(s) and radio stations |
| Updated CD Ripper
| New advanced digital extraction (rip) mode, with better compatibility and speed |
| Rip audio CD to:
|
| New Audio CD refresh feature - helps when ripping several CDs in one session |
| Updated main CD Ripper player with all of the basic Audio CD playback and volume controls |
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| Improved local freedb database searching |
| 15-band EQ now remembers and uses last used profile |
| Backup & Restore Utility now remembers and uses last saved path/file |
| Many small improvements throughout, designed to make the program easier to use |
Version 2005.30
| New local freedb features
| New "exact word(s)" search feature |
| New wildcard(s) search option (see below) |
| New online search options
| Set default online search site in CD-Runner Setup |
| Added "Artist Direct" to list of default online sites |
| freedb section / Advanced tab, new site selection |
| New local freedb stats displayed - freedb / About
| date database last updated |
| date index last updated |
| total titles listed by freedb category - Rock, Misc, Classical, Jazz, Folk, Blues, Soundtrack, Newage, Country, Reggae & Data |
| total titles in local freedb |
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| New wildcard(s) seaching for local freedb, Music Library and Media Library search screens; wildcard characters:
| * - (asterisk) for multiple wildcard characters |
| ? - (question mark) for single wildcard character |
| # - (number sign) for single numeric character |
| Any combination of the above wildcard characters may be used
anywhere in the search string |
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| Music Library - if using custom CD-Runner data directory, path displayed on title bar |
| All new installer - much better compression, much faster |
Version 2005.20
| New Spectrum Analyzer update frequency settings for audio CDs and media files - allows for custom graphical redraw speeds to match different sound boards and systems |
| New setup option to match info screen colors and fonts with skin display screens |
| New setup option to set text color for info screens |
| New Music Library features
| New automatic database updating |
| New Info screen - 'Help / Music Library Information' menu or press F2 |
| SACD automatic filename created during manual Add operation
improved |
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| Improved Backup & Restore Utility for CD-Runner data |
| Improved Installation Wizard |
| Updated FLAC decoding - more accurate timing+ |
| Improved sizable media playlist icons / text displays |
| Added media type to sizable media playlist STATS view |
| New sizable media playlist sort by media type option |
Version 2005.10
| New FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback |
| New setup option to specify custom CD-Runner data
directory |
| New freedb local database features
| Date local database file last indexed |
| Link to download latest freedb database file |
|
| Minor cosmetic bug fixes for a couple of new for
2005 features |
Version 2005
| Comprehensive redesign of all screens
| If using Windows XP, new XP themes for all buttons, tabs,
listboxes, etc. |
| New & improved screen layouts, much easier to use |
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| New Library design - new XP style GUI |
| New Compact faceplate mode - much smaller than Car Stereo
and Home Stereo faceplates |
| Automatic docking of screens expanded to support sides and
bottom of faceplates |
| When using Car Stereo mode, new Car Stereo surround theme
used on related screens (e.g. EQ, Spectrum Analyzer, etc.) |
| Improved Music Library label section
| Pulldown choice of preset label types |
| Label positions approximated on screen |
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| New CD Ripper filename format - "01 - track desc.mp3" added
to preset selection of filename types |
| Direct file play from Windows Explorer changed to display
last used faceplate mode |
| New MP3 CD Auto Start option |
| New Sizable Media Playlist Editor features:
| Size (KB) and Date/Time now displayed in Stats view |
| New feature to sort playlist by Date/Time |
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| CD-Runner Setup redesigned to make easier to use (with
volume labels displayed on drive selection pulldowns, improved layout of tabs
& options, much more) |
| Improved messages displayed when audio CD not found online;
server busy or unavailable, unable to connect to freedb due to problem with
Internet connection, setup configuration problem, etc. |
| New & improved progress bar popups with % completion |
| Cosmetic improvements to Ribbon (minimized), Home Stereo
and Car Stereo faceplate modes |
| Improved installer will search for existing CD-Runner
installation and use existing path if found |
Version 2004.05
| New System Information Utility - this is now exactly how
CD-Runner "sees" your system (in the event of trouble, send us a screen shot
of this utility) |
| New progress bar popups showing percent completion for all
search, scan and reindex screens |
| Improved freedb servers update
| Date last updated displayed |
| Server settings preserved (unless server removed/added) |
| Manual server add operation improved |
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| Improved music library data entry |
| Improved MP3 CD text position when using Car stereo mode
with small spectrum analyzer |
| Redesigned freedb Setup tab (easier to read) |
| Fixed minor issue with playing (jumping to) different part
of media audio file (MP3, Ogg, WAV, etc.) by clicking status bar or using
fast-rew/fwd buttons |
| Fixed >20 button conflict with remote control numeric keys |
| Many small cosmetic improvements, including new icons,
graphics and layout changes |
Version 2004.04
| New freedb HTTP submit mode
| Faster than email submission, works with
firewalls (including those requiring username/password
authentication) |
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| New freedb online text search
| freedb section / Advanced tab |
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| New add music library entries option using online
freedb for any non-CD media such as LP, Cassette, etc. (uses
text-based freedb online lookup with your web browser) |
| New local freedb database search features
| All words (e.g. word1 AND word2 AND...) |
| Any words (e.g. word1 OR word2 OR...) |
| Exact phrase |
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| Fixed problem with automatic local freedb CD lookup |
| Redesigned freedb Setup section |
Version 2004.03
| New local freedb search features
| New search type options
| Normal, read data direct from index file, no
additional RAM required |
| New RAM Cache method, 50% faster and 50% less
RAM required |
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| CDDB ID now shown in search results box along
with Artist and Album |
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| New Media Library features & improvements
| New Add files features to add or update files
stored on any drive and/or directory |
| Much faster when displaying listings |
| New Hide / Display Media Library when playing
media file(s) option |
| New remove file from hard drive option |
| New remove file from Media Library option |
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| New Music Library report option to export only
displayed entries (e.g. a single Artist-related entries, or Album,
Genre, Format-related, etc.) as CSV, HTML, TXT or XLS |
| Improved automatic DVD movie aspect ratio detection
and sizing |
| New automatic popup control panel when playing
movie file or DVD and full screen selected |
| New default 2 band EQ for Media Video files |
| Fixed status bar display for very large movie files |
| New keyboard hotkeys for all faceplates:
| Left arrow = Previous if playing track, else
playlist editor |
| Right arrow = Next if playing track, else Play |
| P = playlist editor |
| ~ = playlist editor |
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Version 2004.02
| New support for Windows XP Media Center Edition
2004 |
| New support for Microsoft Remote Control (or compatible)
| [Remote Key Description], CD-Runner function:
| [Numeric keys 1-9], jump to track 1-9 |
| [Replay], Previous Track |
| [Skip], Next Track |
| [Stop], Stop playback |
| [Clear], Power Off (Player screens), Cancel (all others) |
| [Back], Music Library (if playing CD), Media Library |
| [Up Arrow], Eject CD/DVD |
| [Down Arrow], Pause (toggle on/off) |
| [Left Arrow], Playlist Editor |
| [Right Arrow], Play |
| [Numeric key 0], CD-Runner Mute (toggle on/off) |
| [Enter, OK], Enter, OK |
| [Volume Up/Down], Master Volume Up/Down |
| [Mute], Mute (toggle on/off) |
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| New support to export listing or entire Music/Media
databases as generic XLS file, compatible with all Excel versions |
| New Music & Media Libraries Print, Report & Export Features
| New printing options & features (File/Print...)
| Print displayed listing |
| Additional Music Library print features
| Print database listing |
| Print database listing w/ changer ID |
| Print user selected database fields |
| Print entire database |
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| New export database features
| Export listing as CSV, TXT or XLS |
| Export listing as HTML |
| Export user selected database fields as CSV, TXT or XLS
(Music Library) |
| Export entire database as CSV, TXT or XLS |
| Export listing as HTML |
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| New database statistics report |
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| Last used positions and sizes of library screens saved |
| New center screen option for libraries |
(right click any row, new option added to popup menu)
| Improved data archive & retrieval utility - faster, easier
to use |
| Fixed problem with CD Ripper, track read error if invalid
characters (?,* etc.) in filename to be created |
Version 2004.01
| New data archive & retrieval utility - now save and restore
all of your CD data, playlists, etc. as a ZIP file |
| New CD Label printing options, with support for many more
sheet label sizes and CD label locations |
| New option to start 15-band EQ minimized (CD-Runner Setup) |
| New media file information popup if not playing MP3 or Ogg |
| New Music Library primary and secondary scan sort options |
| New CD-Runner Setup drive selection pulldowns - these
replace the previously problematic standard Windows drive selection pulldowns
which failed on some machines if no disc was in the drive |
| New - skins implemented for spectrum analyzer and 15-band
EQ |
| Improved SACD data import options |
| Improved handling of 32-bit Ogg streams |
| Improved tag editors |
| Fixed a couple minor DVD playback issues (previously loaded
DVD data cleared when new DVD loaded, DVD playback screen automatically
stopped and closed if eject button pressed on drive) |
| Updated context-sensitive help |
Version 2004
| New Spectrum Analyzer
| Includes small faceplate & large equipment displays |
| Multiple modes: Spectrum, Bars, Waveform, Sweep |
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| New 15-band Equalizer
| Parametric EQ option allows custom bandwidth settings |
| Graphic EQ option |
| Optional frequency settings for all bands |
| Reverb included |
| 30 preset EQ profiles included |
| Unlimited custom EQ profiles (including Default) |
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| New Ogg Vorbis support
| CD Ripper - rip audio CD to Ogg |
| Automated Ogg tagging |
| Ogg tag editor / viewer included |
| Ogg playback |
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| Improved positioning of artist, album & track title
labels on all faceplates |
| Improved CD-Runner Setup utility |
| Media file (MPG, AVI, etc.) and DVD movie playback
windows modified to use Autodock option (if disabled,
last used position automatically saved & re-used) |
| Last browsed media directory automatically saved &
re-used |
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