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Changes between v4.14 and v4.15 [*unreleased*]:
* Fixed a bug in auto-rename feature, that caused problems when a meta-tag contained path separators
* Fixed included MediaInfo binary not working on processor without SSE2 support
* Improved file name generation from meta-tags containing characters that are forbidden in file names
* Some improvements for "high DPI" screens: Adjust initial window size according to DPI setting
* Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.2-alpha2 (2017-05-05) and Opus-Tools to v0.1.10 (2017-02-22)
* Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.95 (2017-05-04), compiled with ICL 17.0 and MSVC 12.0
* Updated SoX to v14.4.2 (2015-02-22) with Dynamic Audio Normalizer v2.10 (2017-04-14) effect included
* Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.24.0 (2017-03-02), compiled with GCC 6.3.0
* Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 from CVS in order to include latest libFAAD fixes (2016-11-11)
* Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.25 (2017-03-12), compiled with ICL 17.0 and MSVC 14.0
* Some tweaks to the auto-update function in order to speed-up the update check in most situations

Changes between v4.14 and v4.15 [*unreleased*]:
* Fixed a bug in auto-rename feature, that caused problems when a meta-tag contained path separators
* Fixed included MediaInfo binary not working on processor without SSE2 support
* Improved file name generation from meta-tags containing characters that are forbidden in file names
* Some improvements for "high DPI" screens: Adjust initial window size according to DPI setting
* Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.2-beta (2017-05-26) and Opus-Tools to v0.1.10 (2017-05-25)
* Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.95 (2017-05-04), compiled with ICL 17.0 and MSVC 12.0
* Updated SoX to v14.4.2 (2015-02-22) with Dynamic Audio Normalizer v2.10 (2017-04-14) effect included
* Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.24.0 (2017-03-02), compiled with GCC 6.3.0
* Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 from CVS in order to include latest libFAAD fixes (2016-11-11)
* Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.25 (2017-03-12), compiled with ICL 17.0 and MSVC 14.0
* Some tweaks to the auto-update function in order to speed-up the update check in most situations

Changes between v4.14 and v4.15 [2017-05-31]:
* Fixed a bug in auto-rename feature, that caused problems when a meta-tag contained path separators
* Fixed included MediaInfo binary not working on processor without SSE2 support
* Improved file name generation from meta-tags containing characters that are forbidden in file names
* Some improvements for "high DPI" screens: Adjust initial window size according to DPI setting
* Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.2-beta (2017-05-26) and Opus-Tools to v0.1.10 (2017-05-25)
* Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.95 (2017-05-04), compiled with ICL 17.0 and MSVC 12.0
* Updated SoX to v14.4.2 (2015-02-22) with Dynamic Audio Normalizer v2.10 (2017-04-14) effect included
* Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.24.0 (2017-03-02), compiled with GCC 6.3.0
* Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 from CVS in order to include latest libFAAD fixes (2016-11-11)
* Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.25 (2017-03-12), compiled with ICL 17.0 and MSVC 14.0
* Some tweaks to the auto-update function in order to speed-up the update check in most situations
* Updated language files (big thank-you to all contributors !!!)

Midas wrote:A request: could you please allow for any variation of the "-Portable" name append to be able to turn LameXP portable -- even "-p", for instance?

deathcubek wrote:

Midas wrote:A request: could you please allow for any variation of the "-Portable" name append to be able to turn LameXP portable -- even "-p", for instance?

Well, try with this version:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mulder ... e/download

• Haven't tested yet, haven't been really well these past weeks, but warmest thanks anyway.

xor wrote:I'm not sure about wanting to even launch this App, a few years back I hated that rocket animation splash screen taking forever to show the GUI

Special wrote:Looking forward to the final release, I use this thing constantly, keep up the great work.

Question, has the bug been fixed where if the name ends with a "." (period) the period gets removed in the name. I assume this is a bug unless it was some quickfix workaround to a security issue.

An example of this would be;
F.A.M.E..mp3 = F.A.M.E.mp3 so instead of F.A.M.E. it ends up being F.A.M.E

deathcubek wrote:Whether this was a "bug" or a "feature" is up for debate, but latest version preserves file name "accurately", ugly or not:

It still hurts my eyes to see two consecutive dots in a file name, though. There is a reason why in e-mail addresses, domain names, etc. there must not be any consecutive dots, and also no dots at the beginning/end of the string

(Yes, it was a bad historical decision to store two unrelated file properties - the file name and the file type - in the same file attribute field. But, once it had been decided that the file's name and the file's type are both stored together in the "file name" field, and that a dot character is used as the separator between the name and the type, it was clear that dots have a special meaning within a file name and should not be used otherwise. This one time Apple actually did the right thing by using type codes instead - although deprecated now)

deathcubek wrote:Well, try with this version:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mulder ... e/download

• Finally remembered that I had agreed to test this, only to find that this version («LameXP - Audio Encoder Front-End v4.16 Alpha-1 (Build #2004)») had time bombed...
  
  «Note: This demo (pre-release) version of LameXP will expire at 2017-07-11.»
  
  Nonetheless, apparently it's working, as the debug window displays «LameXP is running in "portable" mode -> config in application dir!» and the INI is effectively present there...

Special wrote:

Special wrote:Looking forward to the final release, I use this thing constantly, keep up the great work.

Question, has the bug been fixed where if the name ends with a "." (period) the period gets removed in the name. I assume this is a bug unless it was some quickfix workaround to a security issue.

An example of this would be;
F.A.M.E..mp3 = F.A.M.E.mp3 so instead of F.A.M.E. it ends up being F.A.M.E

deathcubek wrote:Whether this was a "bug" or a "feature" is up for debate, but latest version preserves file name "accurately", ugly or not:

It still hurts my eyes to see two consecutive dots in a file name, though. There is a reason why in e-mail addresses, domain names, etc. there must not be any consecutive dots, and also no dots at the beginning/end of the string

(Yes, it was a bad historical decision to store two unrelated file properties - the file name and the file type - in the same file attribute field. But, once it had been decided that the file's name and the file's type are both stored together in the "file name" field, and that a dot character is used as the separator between the name and the type, it was clear that dots have a special meaning within a file name and should not be used otherwise. This one time Apple actually did the right thing by using type codes instead - although deprecated now)

It seem this bug is back, it was fixed but I'm guessing it came back with the latest release, been noticing a lot of my music is missing the "periods".

Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
Geto Boys - Do It Like It a G.O.
Jay-Z - The Story of O.J.
Prodigy - H.N.I.C.
Prodigy - Y.N.T.
Twista - Adrenaline Rush The Sage Continues...

I can go on and on, but anyway they are all missing periods.

Special wrote:Maybe an option in LameXP to please both camps then? It might not be worth the effort though, I'd consider it a bug personally though even though I understand why having a period next to an ".extension" might be bad to some. But if the input file is called "Do It Like It a G.O." then the output result should be the same 1:1.

Changes between v4.15 and v4.16 [*unreleased*]:
* Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 with Update-3
* Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.2.1 (2017-07-26) and Opus-Tools to v0.1.10 (2017-05-25)
* Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.98 (2017-08-08), compiled with ICL 17.0 and MSVC 12.0
* Some improvements to output file name generation code