At BetaNews today we can read about a nice program that has just received further improvements, here is the developers description: Mp3tag can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists, and more. It supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs.
What's new in this version:
action type 'Import cover from file'
button for fast freedb/web source access at toolbar (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+I)
button for quick actions at toolbar (keyboard shortcut: Alt+Shift+5)
field _DIRECTORY at actions
file list on freedb dialog can now be sorted on column click
improved drag'n'drop support for covers from web browsers at the extended tag dialog
option 'Don't display first image from file directory as cover art' at 'Options > Tags' (enabled by default)
support for DISCNUMBER, TOTALDISCS and CONTENTGROUP at MP4 tags
support for UFID (UNIQUEFILEID) ID3v2 frame
Simplified Chinese language file
Traditional Chinese language file
Changed:
'Decode ISO-8859-1 tags using system codepage' now enabled by default
COMPLIATION now ITUNESCOMPILATION for MP4 tags
WRITER now COMPOSER for MP4 tags
arithmetic scripting functions are using 64 bit ints now to prevent overflows
better detection of publisher at Amazon web source
excluded _DIRECTORY from _ALL at actions
field for total count of tracks at autonumbering wizard is now disabled if reset option is enabled
increased max. number of web sources to 30
optimizations regarding program size (~ 700 KB)
preview at 'Tag - Filename' now with proper carriage return/newline combinations
revised help file and changed to xhtml
setup downloads missing dlls from mp3tag server on request
Bug fixes:
'Suggest sorting ...' at freedb dialog filled length column with filenames (since 2.33)
OK-button wasn't enabled after selecting a field when adding new fields at the extended tag dialog
WMA bitrate wasn't displayed correctly on some files
button 'Create local index' used the modified freedb path only after closing the options dialog
case-sensitive comparison has inverted effect at action type 'Replace with regular expressions' (since 2.34e)
connections through proxy servers didn't work occasionally (since 2.32p)
double dollar sign $$ was replaced with single dollar sign at 'Replace with regular expressions'
file view wasn't updated occasionally on 'File > Read tag' or 'Ctrl+T'
filenames or directory names as simple command line arguments (without /fp: or /fn: ) did not work
improved drag'n'drop support for covers from web browsers at the extended tag dialog didn't work as expected
infinite loop on some actions which renamed directories (since 2.34b)
minor focus quirk at freedb selection dialog
multiple tag fields were not preserved on tag copy/tag cut operations
playlists were not saved in system codepage anymore
problem with exporting registry keys containing vertical tabs
random problem when saving cover art to WMA files
removing ID3v2 tags from files > 16 MB didn't work on Windows 2000 (since 2.32p)
rounding errors on tracks length of MP3s resulted in wrong bitrates on very short samples
runtime error at 'Filename - Filename' if there were more directory levels than available at the format string
runtime error when choosing 'View > Tags...'
technical information for WavPack lossy wasn't displayed if there was no WavPack correction file
track column at freedb dialog wasn't sorted numerically at click on column header
tracknumbers with leading zeros in MP4 tags were stored as freeform atoms and were not displayed in iTunes anymore
wrong line numbers at web source debug files
For those interested in trying out this program, you can visit the BetaNews Fileforum site for a download.
