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- / CDValet (TM), Version 3.31 \
- \ (C) Copyright 1997, Greg Leichner, All rights reserved. /
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- December, 1997
-
- CDValet was formerly known as EasyCD2
-
-
- What's New in CDValet v3.30 & 3.31
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-
- CDValet:
-
- 1) New Track Direct Access dialog. This dialog allows you
- move around the current track using a slider. There is
- also a play loop feature that lets you select a section
- of the track that will loop automatically.
-
- 2) Better CD Control Panel Layout. Now the play status
- and track display are separate. The track title and the
- time/status are now always visible. In addition, there
- is a new "Hide" button so you can easily hide the CD
- Control Panel without going to the menu.
-
- 3) Tool Tip displays. Each button on the CD Control Panel
- and the Track Direct Access dialog now have tool tips
- that show up when you "hover" the mouse over them.
-
- 4) Drive Scan options. If you have a system with multiple
- CD-ROM drives, you can now disable the scan of selected
- drives. This allows you to have some drives dedicated
- to data CD's while others are dedicated to audio CD's.
-
- 5) CD Control Panel move delay. There is now a slight
- delay when trying to move the CD Control Panel. This
- helps to eliminate unintended moves when interacting
- with the dialog.
-
-
- CD Database Manager:
-
- 1) Title Print. Yes, after much delay, you can now print
- the titles in the CDValet database from the CD Database
- Manager.
-
- 2) CDDB ID now shown. The CDDB ID is now shown in the CD
- Database Manager in addition to the Windows ID.
-
- 3) Size and Position saved. All size and position
- information, including the column widths are now saved
- between runs of the CD Database Manager.
-
- 4) Accelerator keys for main functions. You can now use
- standard accelerator keys for the main menu items.
-
- 5) Sort all columns in ascending and descending orders.
- Just like the Explorer, you can select the column name
- and it will reverse the sort order based on that column.
-
-
- Bug Fixes in 3.31:
-
- 1) "Repeat Current" does not work when also in "Random
- Mode".
-
- 2) CDDB query stalls randomly with the status "Sending
- Quit Command".
-
- 3) Last track played is occasionally disabled in track
- menu when play is stopped.
-
- 4) Using the "Play Loop" feature on the Track Direct
- Access dialog sometimes causes play to "stutter".
-
- 5) On a few systems, the volume drops out on one side
- when using the volume control buttons.
-
-
- Bug Fixes in 3.30:
-
- 1) Problem where CDValet on NT 4.0 not does not see a newly
- inserted CD has been fixed.
-
- 2) Various problems with special CD play functions have
- been fixed. This includes problems with random mode,
- repeat current, etc.
-
- 3) Lots of little "nit picky" bugs and things have been fixed.
- These fixes are either too small or internal issues, so I
- can not list them here.
-
-
-
- What Was New In Previous Versions
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-
- CDValet v3.01:
-
- 1) Hey, if you haven't noticed yet, it's got a new name!
-
- 2) NT 4.0 support. CDValet now works on Windows 95 and
- Windows NT 4.0.
-
- 3) Support for querying the CDDBD servers via HTTP. Now
- if you can get to the Web, you can use CDValet to query
- the CDDBD servers, even if you are behind a firewall!
-
- 4) New support for submitting new entries to CDDB using
- MAPI. Now, if you run Microsoft Exchange for sending
- and receiving E-Mail, CDValet can use it to submit new
- entries without requiring direct access to an SMTP
- server.
-
- 5) Full integrated Windows help. All online documentation
- is now in Windows help format including popup help for
- the properties and options dialogs.
-
- 6) Multiple CD-ROM support. CDValet will now keep track
- of all CD-ROM drives in the system.
-
- 7) CD-ROM changer support. CD-ROM changers are supported
- under both Windows95 and Windows NT 4.0 based on proper
- CD-ROM driver implementation.
-
- 8) Random mode can cross multiple drives. CDValet can play
- a track on one drive and then randomly pick the next
- track from all audio CD's in the drives.
-
- 9) Volume control on CD Control Panel can now control any
- any volume mixer, i.e. main volume, CD volume, etc.
-
- 10) CD Control Panel now can display the CD title information
- or the time and drive status.
-
- 11) The CDValet CD database is now stored in it's own files
- instead of in registry. This could probably be put in the
- 'Bugs Fixed' list, but I see it as a feature. ;)
-
- 12) Auto server list download. CDValet will automatically
- download the most current Internet CDDB server list. It
- will never have an out dated server list again.
-
- 13) Auto category list download. CDValet will automatically
- download the most current CDDB category list. This list
- is not anticipated to change, but if it does...
-
- 14) CD entries can now include arbitrarily long 'extended'
- information for each CD and for each track. This can be
- used for information on conductors, composers, or
- lyrics.
-
- 15) CDDB revision number tracking (this is maintained
- internally for the Internet CDDB Servers to keep track
- of updates to titles).
-
- 16) CD Control panel now displays current CD-ROM drive.
-
- 17) Optional interactive popup status dialog.
-
- 18) New exit options for leaving CDValet running even if there
- are no CD's in the drive(s).
-
- 19) Query and submit operations can now be started from the
- main menus.
-
- 20) Can start CD Database Manager directly from the main
- menus.
-
-
- CD Database Manager v2.01:
-
- 1) Full text search. You can now search the CDValet database
- for any text string.
-
- 2) CD Database Manager now uses a more sophisticated 'list
- view'. You can sort the list by ID, artist or title by
- selecting the column header, just like in the Explorer.
-
- 3) CD Database Manager shows entry source (Manual or CDDB)
- and submitted flag. The submitted flag shows that you
- have previously submitted the entry to CDDB.
-
- 4) CD Database Manager now has a built in backup and restore
- options. Now it is easy to backup the CD database so you
- can restore it later if you need to reload windows.
-
-
- Bug Fixes for v3.01:
-
- 1) Found the cause of occasional corruption in the CDValet
- database. This would sometimes cause CDValet or the CD
- Database Manager to display an error message after
- trying to compact the database.
-
- 2) Fixed problem running CD Database Manager with empty
- database causing CD Database Manager to exit with an
- error message or to not start at all.
-
- 3) Volume selection now saved between startups.
-
- 4) Extended information is no longer truncated.
-
- 5) Fixed problem displaying '&' in popup menus. Previously,
- track titles that had an '&' in them would display them
- as '_' in the popup menus.
-
- 6) Installation script now has double quotes in the paths
- for correct operation with long file names.
-
- 7) Previous track button now re-starts current track with a
- single click and goes to previous track with a double
- click just like a real CD player.
-
- 8) Fixed the processing for a CDDB fuzzy response that
- sometimes caused the inability to download the selected
- entry (this would sometimes cause an infinite loop of
- fuzzy responses).
-
- 9) Editing of an track title in the properties dialog
- now behaves better with cut and pastes.
-
- 10) Only one copy of CDValet can run at a time.
-
- 11) Improved local CDDB query accuracy. The increased size
- of the local database was causing occasional incorrect
- lookups in the local database. The increased accuracy
- is, of course, at the expense of a decreased success
- rate.
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