MP3 Boss

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History

Version 0.46 - 6/4/00

Now handles Windows-invalid filenames (e.g., "MyTitle.mp3") by converting to short filename before processing. This is also handled when renaming files, or when adding the files to the Winamp playlist. You must first change to Windows-valid name first before you can move the file.
Allows an extra 10s for Winamp to open if Winamp doesn't startup immediately.
Path error during duplicates check no longer exits duplicates routine, but instead adds the missing files to a table -- click a button to view a table of the missing files.
If you click on song length (seconds) in List View -- now shows length in MM:SS in status bar.
Add-New now scans same-named files in the root directory of CD's.

Added List View Profiles -- you now can set the columns to view, column widths, column order, font, color, ability to edit the page, and more for the List View page. The profiles can be password protected.
Fixed saving configuration/registration information (although you won't get the benefit until your next update).
Now allow up to 255 chars in Winamp path.

Added separate reports form (including CD Label inserts, standard report, playbook, and playlists).
Fixed Winamp v2.6+ problem with queueing files.
Added an extra user statistics screen.
Improved a number of the dialogs.
Added a few toolbars & buttons to make the screens a bit more consistent.
Fixed Detail & Tag Editor so the filters are turned off if the dataset is empty with the filters on.
Fixed a number of bugs.

Added toggle shufflemode button (only tested for Winamp v2.10, v2.50e, v2.60).
Added 'Full List' mode to detail view so that all of the detail fields can be sorted (this brings back the way the detail view worked on early versions).
Copydown filepath moved to background operation - no longer any limits on the number of files you can move at once.
Added a view to show the files currently being copied.
Because copy & move are now table based, you can shut down MP3 Boss and then continue the copy/move the next time MP3 Boss is started.
Sped up MP3 Scan when main table is empty.

Fixed a problem with the # of days in use calculation that appeared in v0.37.
Additional changes to single filepath move - to correctly allow cancel/restart.
Fixed SetOnly volume setting so that it won't try to set the volume on the first startup.
Changed Access runtime directory to be based on the system %Program_Files% environment variable instead of always being placed under c:\program files\.

Added BitRate & AudioRate to main list view (per request).
Made filesize read-only in main list view.
Perform check for empty hard disk volume label (and allow setting disk volume label).
Allow delete (and CRC32 check) if the target file already exists when moving a same-sized file between source & target.
Changing a single filepath is now done entirely in the background so can change as many at once as desired.
Will change the filepath if file exists at target but not the source -- this makes it easy to change the path for files that have been moved manually.
Additional minor bug fixes.

Category/artist/album wasn't being set on a per-directory basis during a scan.
Added new 'Category-Only' and 'None' selections to default directory scans. These selections are now clickable for each directory during the directory review, which makes updating directory category/artist/album much faster.
File scanning wasn't scanning subdirectories if a directory attribute, such as read-only, was set.
Fixed playlist report preview from hanging during report generation.
Fixed playlist text output from including random blank lines.
Fixed playlist update from hanging if the List View was closed when the last song was added.
Added RTF output mode to Playlist reports.
Added hide directory checkbox for playlist reports.
Additional minor fixes.

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