GearVolt MP3 Change Log

1.1.8.83 02/04/2005 Beta Version

PNG cover art support
Cover art can now be dragged to the cover art dock from a browser window (Firefox) or Windows Explorer (no IE support yet)
Grid updated for XP themes
New columns include support for iTunes tag based columns, total tracks, disc, total discs, grouping, etc.
Split and Build column now have a “Smart Case” checkbox which capitalizes the first letter of each word in Tag phrases.
Drag Sorting now requires that you have the shift key held down. This makes the grid more responsive to mouse clicks. You override this in the preferences dialog
Smart fill; hold down control key to override smart fill on track and total tracks columns
Cover art bug fixed that prevented cover art from showing in ID3V2.2 tags
Numerous minor bug fixes

1.1.6.47 07/28/2003 Beta Version

Improved Lyrics and Cover art support
Added Column Clear function similar to column fill, hotkey F8
Added Column Swap to Expert, swaps columns artist and album, etc
Added audio player Enqueue command. You will need to specify the enqueue parameter if you don’t have Winamp as your default player
Column builder now supports lyrics and bitrate
Build Column expert now removes invalid filename characters
New themed status bar with flyover hints
Fixed problem in comments and lyrics property boxes where changes were not always applied when pressing apply
Fixed intermittent problem when trying to apply edits to in-use files
Prevent edits to new ID3v2 grid columns if non-mp3 file
Fixed toolbar reset
Persistent Select now allows drag sorting even if current row isn’t selected
Added RowNumber to Build Column Expert, can be used to add zero padded playlist numbers to multi album playlist MP3s for ordering on the Nex IA
Persistent select now on toolbar “Select” and on hotkey Control-p
Apply edits now on hotkey F9

1.1.5.32 06/27/2003 Beta Version

Added Lyrics and Cover art support. Lyrics and art have their own dockable viewers/editors with grid indicators that support the grid column fill function
New ID3v2 fields including Composer, Conductor, Album Artist and more. Most of the new fields are not shown by default, see the preferences dialog to turn them on
New right click drag popup audio files only option
Added an optional multiline comments editor docking window
Added an optional file properties docking window
Added new toolbar to support the new docking windows
Fixed problem of relative path display in Source File Path column
Fixed problem with some ugly dialog fonts on some Win98/ME machines
Column fill function now works even if current grid record still has in-line editor open
Fixed problem of Gearvolt not remembering custom column order on restart
Fixed problem of Column fill not working properly if files have been renamed but changes not yet applied
Fixed problem with relative path display in the Source File Path column when loading M3U files with relative paths
The selection toolbar is now off by default, turn it on by right clicking in the toolbar docking areas

1.1.3.14 05/27/2003 Beta Version

New interface. Toolbars, Tag Expert, Folder view can be dragged and floated or docked top, bottom, left, and right
New toolbar and menu theme options available in the preferences dialog
Added more hotkeys and a selection toolbar
Several minor bug fixes

1.1.2.12 05/06/2003 Beta Version

Added Redo for tag editing
Drag and drop from/to multiple instances of GearVolt for playlist building
Right click column header drag will change column order
Option to specifiy visible columns
Tutorial Wizard (only one topic available at this time)
Multiple row dragging will change playlist sort order
Added ID3v1/ID3v2 graphic indicators to the grid
Create new folders by right clicking in the Folder’s list view area
MRU folder menu by right clicking in the whitespace of the Folder’s tree view area
File row grid lines can be toggled off/on
Added new preferences dialog
Playlists (m3u) files can be associated with GearVolt
Option to use default audio player or select specific player

1.0.1.2 03/04/2003

Corrects problem with ID3v1 genre not correctly saved

1.0.0.0 02/04/2003

Official version 1 release, no functional changes

0.9.9.54 01/28/2003

Minor fix for annoying beep when pressing F2 to enter the grid’s in-line editor

0.9.9.53 01/27/2003

Fixes:
Split column (renamed from Parse Column) was not picking up tag variables if they ended an expression
Changes:
Genre combobox is now sorted
Several minor cosmetic changes

0.9.9.51 01/23/2003

Changes:
Help file has been updated to the current feature set
M3U files now have a special color in the grid
M3U is now the default playlist extension. GearVolt will remember your last saved extension if you prefer the XFR format
ID3 Expert will now stay on screen between sessions
The DEL key will now remove files from the grid if the grid has the focus
Several minor cosmetic changes

0.9.8.43 01/13/2003

Fixes:
Auto Load last playlist when turned off, still loaded the last playlist but with an empty file list
Tag syncing the genre column from ID3V2 could cause invalid ID3v1 genres which were not saved to the ID3V1 tag
More tweaks to grid stretch mode and minor fixes to the folder view mode

0.9.8.39 01/12/2003

Fixes:
All known bugs (there were several, none critical) have been fixed.
Selected rows are now maintained across all operations such as sorting, switching ID3 tags, etc.

0.9.7.31 01/03/2003

Changes:
Added ID3 tag expert, used to sync, parse and build ID3 tags
Added autoload last playlist option
Added Highlight to edit cell if in edit mode

0.9.7.26 12/20/2002

Fixes:
Right click dragging now properly observes the “Source Folder as Destination” option
Missing files are ignored for the purpose of the copy operation
Certain filename characters “;” no longer cause a copy failure

Changes:
Enabled basic in-line grid editing. You must turn on “Edit Mode” from the “Edit” menu to enable this option. “Edit Mode” allows basic editing of ID3 tags and file details. Columns that can be edited will have a “+” graphic in the column header. Please note that you should work on a COPY of your audio files when using this function during the Beta test
“Edit Mode” has basic one-level undo/apply functions as well as a “Copy Column” function that will duplicate the selected cell value to all selected rows. This function also serves as a track number generator.
Copy operation now defaults to selected files only. To copy all files, use the new “Copy All” menu item
Added “Save Selected As” menu item. This operation will save(export) the selected files to a new playlist
Added cancel button to file exit/save dialogs
Status bar now will show files/time/size for selected files if more than one file is selected. An “*” will be prepended to the status totals
GearVox playlists (*.XFR) are treated the same as playlists for right click and drag operations

0.9.6.21 11/15/2002

Changes:
Folder view no longer has clipped file names (…)
File view no longer resets column size on each directory change

0.9.6.17 11/03/2002

Changes:
Added optional Explorer style folder view
Updated menu/toolbar system
Toolbars are now optional

0.9.6.9 10/31/2002

Fixes:
Right click play now functions properly

Changes:
Added explorer style file selection window with drag and drop support. You can navigate this window using standard Explorer key strokes, arrows & backspace
Copy operation now observes the order of Destination Folders when creating folders. Pervious versions created folders sorted by folder name
Double clicking a file in the grid now plays it if the file is an audio file
Removed redundant Audio column from the grid as the Extension column provides this information
Added options to turn off/on flyover hints in grid and main window
Tweaked row selection highlight colors to make it easier to tell if a row is selected

0.9.6.2 10/25/2002

Fixes:
Play Lists found in folders are now parsed for contents when right click dragging to the grid
Increased calculated size of statusbar text boxes to fix text on XP systems
ID3 V1 and V2 comments are now properly read and displayed

Changes:
Select Destination dialog now allows for creating a new folder
Files are now sorted by name when dropped or added if the grid is not already sorted
New menu and toolbar system. There are minor cosmetic problems on some systems to be addressed in a future release
Copy operation prompts about file overwrites using the standard Window’s dialogs
Play command now observes all selected files, not just the current file
Playlists (m3u) can now be opened and saved the same as GearVolt’s native XFR format
Grid row selection now defaults to the window’s standard Control/Shift clicking. Set the Persistent Select to allow selected rows to stay selected. This helps while using the shift arrow keys to select rows
Added additional keyboard shortcuts for grid row selection
Drag sorting of files is now much faster for big file lists

0.9.4.90 10/14/2002

Fixes:
Copy speed should now be as fast as Window’s Explorer for all media types

Changes:
Added Recent Files to File menu
Double clicking between column headers will optimize column widths
M3U files can be played from GearVolt, you may have to add the M3U extension (Edit, Preferences) unless you did an uninstall on the previous version.
Multi-row select is partially enabled. Presently, can only be used with the Remove action only.
Added new column, File Extension to the File Details section

0.9.3.76 09/30/2002

Fixes:
If the grid was sized such that a non-visible column was at the right edge of the grid may result in a row selection highlight problem.
Status bar boxes resize if the numbers get big

Changes:
Right click drag and drop gives new option to add parent dir as destination dir
Default location for adding files is now saved
Maximized window state is now saved on exit
Added randomize file list option
Added stretch grid size option

0.9.2.72 09/23/2002

Changes:
Added Play All command
Added View pull down menu
You can manually change the order of files by dragging and dropping grid rows into a different position.

0.9.1.57 09/20/2002

First Beta Release