Jan
02
For those who can't read help-files on their systems, here is a brief
description, of MP3ext:
It's a small extension to the explorer which adds a Property-Sheet to the MP3-Files, which shows some info about it. ID3-Tag is supported too, and has got big support for editing them; even multiple of it. With the new actions, it is possible to export and reuse the ID3-Tag data in any way you like.
Now for the history:
+ = addition
* = change
! = bugfix
Version 3.3.22 -> 3.4.23 (04/01/24)
! fixed crashes of explorer
! fixed automatic unicode saving for similar characters e.g. strings with '``n' would
have been saved as 'n'
! if you don't have CP1252 as your locale, then saving chars which are not included in the iso-8859-1 Codepage could be saved as ascii. This would cause trouble when loading the tag on machines which have a different codepage. Since this is a common behavior of other programs, you have the option to specify, if you want to save correct in unicode if necessary, or in the default locale. (on the config page)
Version 3.3.21 -> 3.4.22 (04/01/10)
! big compressed frames could cause mp3ext (and the explorer) to crash, due to a stack overflow.
! unknown tags weren't preserved when editing and saving the ID3v2 tag
Version 3.3.20 -> 3.4.21 (02/08/25)
! fixed loading the contexthelp file via "?"; but no updated help there though
! fixed a bug in the registry-component: didn't read HKLM if HKCU subtree was present
! fixed the iconhandler, so it displays custom icons again.
! fixed bug where not using two 0-bytes in the padding area when overwriting a tag.
+ added Registry Key "CompatiblePadding". When set to 1, the padding area will
be filled with 0-bytes, instead of a string. Defaults to false.
! Fixed handling of empty string-frames (e.g. Winamp wrote those kind of frames)
! Fixed the up/down button in the template-editor
! Fixed the cache. It sometimes didn't update correctly.
+ added Column "Taginfo": displays letter if tag is available:
"C" : comment ("COMM")
"L" : unsynched lyrics ("USLT")
"S" : size tag ("TSIZ")
"P" : a picture ("APIC")
"U" : url ("WXXX")
Version 3.3.19 -> 3.4.20 (02/08/10)
+ ColumnHandler added (Requires Win2k WinXP, WinMe).
+ Cache added. This was required to speed up the ColumnHandler.
See Readme30.txt for more information.
! fixed the URL-Label (was previously "Opus")
* Removed the icon from the propertypage-tab
* The DLL will now be installed as non-shared. So an uninstall will always
unregister the DLL.
Version 3.3.18 -> 3.3.19 (02/07/13)
+ added icon in the property-page
* changed the colors of the default icons in order to see more differences in
the higher bitrates (-> colors shifted)
* Fixed bitrates for mpeg2 layer 3 (thanks to Andrzej X.)
Version 3.3.17 -> 3.3.18
+ added $(file2) & $(path2) to the actions which replace '\' into '\\' so you
can create JScript batch-files (e.g. for renaming). Thanks to Henry Yang
for the patches
* changed to MS VC++ 7.0
* using ATL for the DLL-Stubs; hopefully more compatible with future Windows
versions now.
Version 3.3.16 -> 3.3.17
! the accelearators weren't reenabled. Now they really work.
+ added new Frames: WXXX, TOPE, TCOP, TENC
+ You can set the total number of tracks in the TRCK-frame
+ Added possibilty of default setting of frames. see Readme30.txt for more info.
* replaced rx.lib by gnu regex -> faster (5x) & hopefully more stable
Version 3.3.15 -> 3.3.16
+ added scanall options to templates. If selected, all templates are tried to match.
If not selected, only the first matched template is used. This speeds up the scan.
The default is true. (I hope you like that, bws.)
! The order of the icons was wrong. (224kb & 256kb icons were swapped)
* The button of the actions is still small.
* reenabled the ctrl-arrows for skipping to the next file
Version 3.2.14 -> 3.3.15
+ added support for icon bitrates 224kb & 320kb (if they don't exist
in a theme then the 192kb/256kb-icon are used
* The Studio-Image is gone, and replaced with the "Other" Image
! The ID3v1-genre "Trash Methal" is now called "Thrash Metal"
! The installer now makes an entry in the registry to the approved
shellextension for WinNT.
now the changes & fixes done by bws (zrocker@hotmail.com):
* Tweaked the Scan Templates (again...even faster)
* Tweaked the Scan function (faster)
+ Added icon busy support while scanning
* Enhanced most dialogs to support accelerator keystrokes throughout
* Fixed a few bugs that could cause memory leaks
* Have identified that the rx library leaks memory...not resolved yet.
* Tweaked the Scan Templates (faster, better support lots of common MP3 filenames)
* Enhanced Capitalization support some more (smarter)
! Fixed some of the unicode support causing MP3ext to crash!
+ Added ActionButtonText support for Action files (see AlbumRename.mp3a)
* Enhanced capitalize support to cap each word (lower other alphas)
* Remove "Filename: ..." from popup tips/status line...too wordy
! Fixed action loading and saving (would crash sometimes)
! Fixed boolean Registry entries kept by MP3ext (were wacked strings)
! Fixed action loading and saving (would crash sometimes)
* Enhanced the Templates used to scan filenames...works much better now
Version 3.2.13 -> 3.2.14
! The tracks >= 10 are now displayed correctly in the pulldown-menu.
* The W???-Tags are now recognized and saved. But not editable
* fixed some strings in the GUI
Version 3.2.12 -> 3.2.13
! Tooltips on a playlist crashed explorer.
Version 3.1b11 -> 3.2.12 (check the ReadmeV30.txt file for more info)
+ finally full unicode support (under windows NT only!)
+ lyrics support
+ image support
! Fixed bug with just being created MP3-files.
* new version handling. I just got rid of the 'b'. Version is now
Version 3.1b10 -> 3.1b11
! fixed bug in calculation of the size tag.
Version 3.1b9 -> 3.1b10
* Actions: If an action-target-file has the ending *.bat, then a translation to
the DOS-charset is done. Now you can rename files with unlauts too.
! MP3ext didn't free all handles to the registry. fixed
! After the scan of mp3s the MP3-Info didn't update correct.
Version 3.1b8 -> 3.1b9
! Bug fix in the Icon-handler. Should now display the internal icons correctly.
Version 3.1b7 -> 3.1b8
! Displays the filename of the current file after a scan.
Version 3.1b6 -> 3.1b7
+ files are now sorted after the complete path of the file
! replaced a call to shlwapi.dll. Now this DLL isn't used anymore.
! fixed a bug which could cause explorer to crash on locked files
! fixed a memory leak in the action handler.
Version 3.1b3 -> 3.1b4
+ added displaying of the basic MP3-info for the single files
+ support for TSIZ-frame: (see Readme30.txt for better description)
* the Average-time field is gone, therfore you have a Size-field
+ new action fields: $(diffsize): see Readme30.txt
$(diffwarn): displays 'File incomplete: $(diffsize)' if diffsize<>0
otherwise it is empty. Used for Tooltips.
! Time of the MP3 now calculated from the beginning of the MP3-data; i.e. without
the ID3v2-frame.
Version 3.1b2 -> 3.1b3
+ Actions: new keywords: curdateUS: the current date of the form mm.dd.yyyy
curdateEU: the current date of the form dd.mm.yyyy
! Actions: when an escaped character can't be expanded, then it is rescanned
again. The following will now work: c:\$(artist).txt
! within the actions: $(curdate) & $(curtime) now work again
+ saving now in seperate thread: the GUI is now updated every time.
As a sideeffect, you can abort the save, when you press the cancel-button
* increased buffer during filecopy. This should speed it up a bit
! removed bug which caused MP3ext to crash on network-computers
Version 3.1b1 -> 3.1b2
+ recompiled with VC6SP2
+ more genres for ID3v1
+ support for compressed frames
+ support for variable bitrate
Version 3.0b6 -> 3.1b1
+ ToolTips
+ made static version, which is independent from any other DLLs
+ added the possibility of themes
* the homepage changed: it is now
http://rupert.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/~mutschml/MP3ext/MP3ext.html
! readded the global function GetMP3Info() for programmers
Version 3.0b5 -> 3.0b6
! empty MP3-files no longer cause a crash....
! Filename-Scanner: you can now put '()' in arrays
! scanning m3u-files no longer causes an endless-loop
Version 3.0b4 -> 3.0b5
! actions are now loaded correct
! adjusted bitrates for mpeg2-layer3
* for unknown files, the default icon is displayed, e.g. .mid .m3u
* new icons for almost all bitrates. Thanks to Peter Oberparleite.
+ Icons can now be customized
+ The Fileanalyzer now can convert the first char in a matched string to uppercase
+ when scanning the filename you can convert underscores to spaces *before* the
matching is done
Version 3.0b3 -> 3.0b4
+ you can disable the iconhandler. Then the old default icon will be displayed
+ when reading an ID3V1 Tag, the fields are now trimmed, i.e. leading and trailing
spaces are removed!
+ progress bar while saving (useful, if you tag many files at once...)
! templates are now loaded on Win95/Win98 systems too
Version 3.0b2 -> 3.0b3
! now it works on Win95/98
! search now works again (holding shift & selecting something from the drop-down-lists)
! the flags of the MP3frames weren't cleared before
! MP3ext won't crash anymore, if there isn't a file displayed
* removed scandir-flag from the configuration. was obsolete
+ added handler for the shortcuts (finally I found how to install an accelerator
in modal dialog boxes.....)
changes before 3.0b2 are not logged
Download here
description, of MP3ext:
It's a small extension to the explorer which adds a Property-Sheet to the MP3-Files, which shows some info about it. ID3-Tag is supported too, and has got big support for editing them; even multiple of it. With the new actions, it is possible to export and reuse the ID3-Tag data in any way you like.
Now for the history:
+ = addition
* = change
! = bugfix
Version 3.3.22 -> 3.4.23 (04/01/24)
! fixed crashes of explorer
! fixed automatic unicode saving for similar characters e.g. strings with '``n' would
have been saved as 'n'
! if you don't have CP1252 as your locale, then saving chars which are not included in the iso-8859-1 Codepage could be saved as ascii. This would cause trouble when loading the tag on machines which have a different codepage. Since this is a common behavior of other programs, you have the option to specify, if you want to save correct in unicode if necessary, or in the default locale. (on the config page)
Version 3.3.21 -> 3.4.22 (04/01/10)
! big compressed frames could cause mp3ext (and the explorer) to crash, due to a stack overflow.
! unknown tags weren't preserved when editing and saving the ID3v2 tag
Version 3.3.20 -> 3.4.21 (02/08/25)
! fixed loading the contexthelp file via "?"; but no updated help there though
! fixed a bug in the registry-component: didn't read HKLM if HKCU subtree was present
! fixed the iconhandler, so it displays custom icons again.
! fixed bug where not using two 0-bytes in the padding area when overwriting a tag.
+ added Registry Key "CompatiblePadding". When set to 1, the padding area will
be filled with 0-bytes, instead of a string. Defaults to false.
! Fixed handling of empty string-frames (e.g. Winamp wrote those kind of frames)
! Fixed the up/down button in the template-editor
! Fixed the cache. It sometimes didn't update correctly.
+ added Column "Taginfo": displays letter if tag is available:
"C" : comment ("COMM")
"L" : unsynched lyrics ("USLT")
"S" : size tag ("TSIZ")
"P" : a picture ("APIC")
"U" : url ("WXXX")
Version 3.3.19 -> 3.4.20 (02/08/10)
+ ColumnHandler added (Requires Win2k WinXP, WinMe).
+ Cache added. This was required to speed up the ColumnHandler.
See Readme30.txt for more information.
! fixed the URL-Label (was previously "Opus")
* Removed the icon from the propertypage-tab
* The DLL will now be installed as non-shared. So an uninstall will always
unregister the DLL.
Version 3.3.18 -> 3.3.19 (02/07/13)
+ added icon in the property-page
* changed the colors of the default icons in order to see more differences in
the higher bitrates (-> colors shifted)
* Fixed bitrates for mpeg2 layer 3 (thanks to Andrzej X.)
Version 3.3.17 -> 3.3.18
+ added $(file2) & $(path2) to the actions which replace '\' into '\\' so you
can create JScript batch-files (e.g. for renaming). Thanks to Henry Yang
* changed to MS VC++ 7.0
* using ATL for the DLL-Stubs; hopefully more compatible with future Windows
versions now.
Version 3.3.16 -> 3.3.17
! the accelearators weren't reenabled. Now they really work.
+ added new Frames: WXXX, TOPE, TCOP, TENC
+ You can set the total number of tracks in the TRCK-frame
+ Added possibilty of default setting of frames. see Readme30.txt for more info.
* replaced rx.lib by gnu regex -> faster (5x) & hopefully more stable
Version 3.3.15 -> 3.3.16
+ added scanall options to templates. If selected, all templates are tried to match.
If not selected, only the first matched template is used. This speeds up the scan.
The default is true. (I hope you like that, bws.)
! The order of the icons was wrong. (224kb & 256kb icons were swapped)
* The button of the actions is still small.
* reenabled the ctrl-arrows for skipping to the next file
Version 3.2.14 -> 3.3.15
+ added support for icon bitrates 224kb & 320kb (if they don't exist
in a theme then the 192kb/256kb-icon are used
* The Studio-Image is gone, and replaced with the "Other" Image
! The ID3v1-genre "Trash Methal" is now called "Thrash Metal"
! The installer now makes an entry in the registry to the approved
shellextension for WinNT.
now the changes & fixes done by bws (zrocker@hotmail.com):
* Tweaked the Scan Templates (again...even faster)
* Tweaked the Scan function (faster)
+ Added icon busy support while scanning
* Enhanced most dialogs to support accelerator keystrokes throughout
* Fixed a few bugs that could cause memory leaks
* Have identified that the rx library leaks memory...not resolved yet.
* Tweaked the Scan Templates (faster, better support lots of common MP3 filenames)
* Enhanced Capitalization support some more (smarter)
! Fixed some of the unicode support causing MP3ext to crash!
+ Added ActionButtonText support for Action files (see AlbumRename.mp3a)
* Enhanced capitalize support to cap each word (lower other alphas)
* Remove "Filename: ..." from popup tips/status line...too wordy
! Fixed action loading and saving (would crash sometimes)
! Fixed boolean Registry entries kept by MP3ext (were wacked strings)
! Fixed action loading and saving (would crash sometimes)
* Enhanced the Templates used to scan filenames...works much better now
Version 3.2.13 -> 3.2.14
! The tracks >= 10 are now displayed correctly in the pulldown-menu.
* The W???-Tags are now recognized and saved. But not editable
* fixed some strings in the GUI
Version 3.2.12 -> 3.2.13
! Tooltips on a playlist crashed explorer.
Version 3.1b11 -> 3.2.12 (check the ReadmeV30.txt file for more info)
+ finally full unicode support (under windows NT only!)
+ lyrics support
+ image support
! Fixed bug with just being created MP3-files.
* new version handling. I just got rid of the 'b'. Version is now
Version 3.1b10 -> 3.1b11
! fixed bug in calculation of the size tag.
Version 3.1b9 -> 3.1b10
* Actions: If an action-target-file has the ending *.bat, then a translation to
the DOS-charset is done. Now you can rename files with unlauts too.
! MP3ext didn't free all handles to the registry. fixed
! After the scan of mp3s the MP3-Info didn't update correct.
Version 3.1b8 -> 3.1b9
! Bug fix in the Icon-handler. Should now display the internal icons correctly.
Version 3.1b7 -> 3.1b8
! Displays the filename of the current file after a scan.
Version 3.1b6 -> 3.1b7
+ files are now sorted after the complete path of the file
! replaced a call to shlwapi.dll. Now this DLL isn't used anymore.
! fixed a bug which could cause explorer to crash on locked files
! fixed a memory leak in the action handler.
Version 3.1b3 -> 3.1b4
+ added displaying of the basic MP3-info for the single files
+ support for TSIZ-frame: (see Readme30.txt for better description)
* the Average-time field is gone, therfore you have a Size-field
+ new action fields: $(diffsize): see Readme30.txt
$(diffwarn): displays 'File incomplete: $(diffsize)' if diffsize<>0
otherwise it is empty. Used for Tooltips.
! Time of the MP3 now calculated from the beginning of the MP3-data; i.e. without
the ID3v2-frame.
Version 3.1b2 -> 3.1b3
+ Actions: new keywords: curdateUS: the current date of the form mm.dd.yyyy
curdateEU: the current date of the form dd.mm.yyyy
! Actions: when an escaped character can't be expanded, then it is rescanned
again. The following will now work: c:\$(artist).txt
! within the actions: $(curdate) & $(curtime) now work again
+ saving now in seperate thread: the GUI is now updated every time.
As a sideeffect, you can abort the save, when you press the cancel-button
* increased buffer during filecopy. This should speed it up a bit
! removed bug which caused MP3ext to crash on network-computers
Version 3.1b1 -> 3.1b2
+ recompiled with VC6SP2
+ more genres for ID3v1
+ support for compressed frames
+ support for variable bitrate
Version 3.0b6 -> 3.1b1
+ ToolTips
+ made static version, which is independent from any other DLLs
+ added the possibility of themes
* the homepage changed: it is now
http://rupert.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/~mutschml/MP3ext/MP3ext.html
! readded the global function GetMP3Info() for programmers
Version 3.0b5 -> 3.0b6
! empty MP3-files no longer cause a crash....
! Filename-Scanner: you can now put '()' in arrays
! scanning m3u-files no longer causes an endless-loop
Version 3.0b4 -> 3.0b5
! actions are now loaded correct
! adjusted bitrates for mpeg2-layer3
* for unknown files, the default icon is displayed, e.g. .mid .m3u
* new icons for almost all bitrates. Thanks to Peter Oberparleite.
+ Icons can now be customized
+ The Fileanalyzer now can convert the first char in a matched string to uppercase
+ when scanning the filename you can convert underscores to spaces *before* the
matching is done
Version 3.0b3 -> 3.0b4
+ you can disable the iconhandler. Then the old default icon will be displayed
+ when reading an ID3V1 Tag, the fields are now trimmed, i.e. leading and trailing
spaces are removed!
+ progress bar while saving (useful, if you tag many files at once...)
! templates are now loaded on Win95/Win98 systems too
Version 3.0b2 -> 3.0b3
! now it works on Win95/98
! search now works again (holding shift & selecting something from the drop-down-lists)
! the flags of the MP3frames weren't cleared before
! MP3ext won't crash anymore, if there isn't a file displayed
* removed scandir-flag from the configuration. was obsolete
+ added handler for the shortcuts (finally I found how to install an accelerator
in modal dialog boxes.....)
changes before 3.0b2 are not logged
Download here
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