foobar2000 1.0.3 + плагины, auCDtect TM 1.5.1RC3, OggEnc 2.87, CUETools 2.0.8 final ... новые статьи

Доброго времени суток! Сегодня мне действительно есть о чём Вам рассказать - обновлений накопилось просто невпроворот.

Программы

• foobar2000 1.0.3 - обновление содержит некоторые багфиксы и исправления.
  
  Fixed incorrect behaviors with both “cursor follows playback” and “playback follows cursor” enabled.
  Improved compatibility with dodgy ASX files written by Windows Media Player.
  Fixed notification area icon minimize bugs (again).
  Fixed problems with encoding very long audio streams to Vorbis.
  Fixed a very rare crash when using the Media Library preferences page.
  Various other maintenance updates and bug fixes.

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  Плагины для foobar2000:
  
  
  • Waveform seekbar (foo_wave_seekbar.dll) v0.2.12 - очень интересный плагин, о котором я писал в предыдущих новостях. Теперь всё необходимое содержится в dll файле.
    
    0.2.12 (2010/04/24)
    Hide tooltip when dragging outside acceptable area.
    Change in archive format, effect is now kept inside the DLL and extracted to profile directory on launch, if no effect file exists there already.
    Effects will only be loaded from profile directory now, if you have the effects directory in the application directory, move it to the profile directory (somewhere in the roaming application data, to get there, use the hidden [hold shift] »Browse configuration folder« command on the file menu).
    
    0.2.11 (2010/04/24)
    Tooltip appears when dragging to indicate target time.
    
    0.2.10 (2010/04/22)
    Added advanced preference to omit tracks not in media library from scans.
    
    0.2.9 (2010/04/22)
    Fail gracefully when some of the D3DX DLLs are missing, as some people can't install the redist properly.
    Fallback more properly to GDI on frontend creation failures.
    Placeholder waveform now has all channels present.
    
    0.2.8 (2010/04/21)
    Fixed rare device loss when drawing.
    
    0.2.7 (2010/04/19)
    Filter out any rogue code units (high bytes) in effect source.
    Load effect source manually to avoid paths with silly glyphs in them.
    
    0.2.6 (2010/04/18)
    Added advanced preference for maximum number of scanni:se ng threads.
    Fixed scaling and clamping for integer texture formats.:
    Code foundation for seeking tooltip, nothing displayed yet.
  
  
  • BPM Analyser (foo_bpm.dll) v0.2.4.1 - плагин для расчета BPM треков.
    
    0.2.4.1 (20/04/2010)
    - A few more bug fixes
    - Context menu option to double/halve BPMs of selected tracks
  
  
  • Biography View (foo_uie_biography.dll) v0.4.2.0 - отображает биографию исполнителя на отдельной панели. Лог изменений к сожалению отсутствует.

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• auCDtect Task Manager 1.5.1RC3 (with general decoders) - качественная программа для проверки качества Audio CD рипов (на основе auCDtect.exe) продолжает активно развиваться, оставив Audiocheker далеко позади. Теперь есть приятная возможность генерации и просмотра спектрограмм.
  
  20-04-2010 auCDtect Task Manager 1.5.1RC2
  
  Fixed: some errors and bugs
  Changed: some minor user interface modifications
  WAV files info report is added to " Details" window
  
  19-04-2010 auCDtect Task Manager 1.5.1RC1
  
  Added: auCDtect reports and spectrograms for each tested sound file now are processed in memory
  Its are saved to disc file after task deleting (or program finishing). Save conditions defines in program settings
  It is posibility to define target path (default and individual) for auCDtect reports and spectrogram saving
  Added: Settings for separate tasks
  Changed: " Show report" and " Show spectrogram" actions was replaced with new " Show details..." action
  Reports, error logs and spectrograms are placed into new " Task details" window11-04-2010 auCDtect Task Manager 1.5.0B1
  
  Changed: SoX moved to main package distribution
  Changed: Wavunpack 4.60 updated to 4.60.1
  Changed: Tack 1.1.2 updated to 2.0.0
  Added: Spectrogram processing (Sox required)
  Fixed: Some minor bug fixes
  
  08-04-2010
  
  SoX v.14.2.0 updated to v.14.3.1
  
  03-04-2010 auCDtect Task Manager 1.0.5 Final
  
  Added: Posibility for saving separate per file logs from Show Log dialog (suggestion by Zin-Uru)
  Changed: If external viewer isn't defined then temporary WAVs is deleted right away when file testing is finished
  Updated: Added icons to task list
  Fixed: Some minor bug fixes


• CUETools 2.0.8 - а эта программа постепенно превращается в мощнейший комбайн, сочетающий в себе огромное количество функций для работы с lossless рипами - от проверки до конвертирования в самые различные форматы.
  
  2.0.8:
  * Fixed bug in libALAC decoder which sometimes caused it to abort with error messages like "invalid frame".
  * libALAC decoder now ignores strange encoding of certain mpeg atoms produced by some software, that caused it to abort with messages like "decoding failed".
  * Fixed bug in libALAC encoder which produced files non-compatible with iPod - thanks to prefab and neovibe for testing
  * Fixed bug in libFlake encoder which caused data corruption when using variable block size (compression level 11) - thanks to Ipsum for bringing this to my attention
  * Fixed bug in peak level measurement in verification log: it now produces exactly the same values as EAC
  * AR verification speedup for albums with many short tracks
  * CTDB verification speedup
  * mp3 encoding is now a bit faster when using lame_enc.dll instead of lame.exe; Download lame_enc.dll and put it into corresponding "plugins (Win32)"/"plugins (x64)" folder
  * Support for external encoders which don't support pipes (such as iTunesEncode): if you use %I in encoder parameters, temporary file is created
  * If log file name doesn't match cue file name, but it contains the same TOC as a cue sheet, it is used automatically
  
  2.0.5 - 2.0.7:
  * I tried to add proxy support - for now just a checkbox to use system proxy settings from IE, which is on by default.
  * Verification should be much faster now.
  * When verifying CRC32 against EAC log file, it's now possible to verify it even after offset correction.
  * Codec support libraries are now plugins, which means CUETools can function without them. You can delete unwanted plugins to save space. But if you delete all the plugin directories, CUETools will support only WAV.
  * 'New' encoders added: libFlake is a pure managed (.NET) flac encoder/decoder, which probably compresses faster/better than libFLAC. FlaCuda is a FLAC encoder which utilizes the power of your NVIDIA GPU to compress fast. libALAC encodes/decodes Apple Lossless (m4a) files without iTunes. I posted all of them previously as separate command-line applications.
  * There are no x86 and x64 versions of CUETools now, most of CUETools is processor independent .NET code. Processor dependent plugins are placed in "plugins (win32)" and "plugins (x64)" directories.
  * I moved from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008, sorry folks, you might need to install yet another MS redistributable (most likely it's already installed): x86 version, x64 version. If you don't see libFLAC in the list of flac encoders, that means you need this redistributable. Although you can just use libFlake instead, which doesn't require it.
  * You might want to check out the updated CUERipper, if it works for your CD Drive. As always, it comes with CUETools, look for CUERipper.exe in the same directory. I'd like to argue that it can provide more accurate rips than EAC, but of course we need much more testing to prove it.


• OggEnc 2.87 libvorbis 1.3.1 - консольный кодер OGG Vorbis с использованием последних библиотек libvorbis. Напомню, что первой на основе libvorbis 1.3.1 вышла версия OGGEnc 2.85, далее последовала версия 2.86, которая оказалась нестабильной, версия 2.87 исправила проблемы с использованием потокового кодирования. Остальные изменения в двух последних версия остаются загадкой. Но обновиться всё равно стоит. Ниже - список изменений для libvorbis.
  
  libvorbis 1.3.1 (2010-02-26) -- "Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20100325 (Everywhere)"
  
  * tweak + minor arithmetic fix in floor1 fit
  * revert noise norm to conservative 1.2.3 behavior pending
  more listening testing
  
  libvorbis 1.3.0 (2010-02-25) -- unreleased staging snapshot
  
  * Optimized surround support for 5.1 encoding at 44.1/48kHz
  * Added encoder control call to disable channel coupling
  * Correct an overflow bug in very low-bitrate encoding on 32 bit machines that caused inflated bitrates
  * Numerous API hardening, leak and build fixes
  * Correct bug in 22kHz compand setup that could cause a crash
  * Correct bug in 16kHz codebooks that could cause unstable pure tones at high bitrates



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• Opera 10.53 - любимый браузер становится всё лучше.


• 7-Zip 9.13 beta - лучший (к тому же - бесплатный) архиватор, по показателю скорость/сжатие превосходит WinRAR.


• Java SE Runtime Environment 6.20 - виртуальная Java машина, необходима некоторым программам и веб-апплетам.

Драйвера

• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy series driver 2.18.0017 - драйвера для звуковых карт Creative Audigy (кроме SE и т.п.) датированные девятым апреля этого года.
  
  Fixes:
  Resolves the following issues:
  Audio device driver files are not removed completely when uninstalling from Windows Device Manager.
  Sound Blaster Audigy audio device does not appear in the Encoder tab of Audio Control Panel.
  Unable to run 64-bit version of ASIO software.
  Device error caused by enabling audio enhancements.
  Incorrect speaker configuration shown in Audio Control Panel.
  System unable to shut down when Dolby® Digital Live is enabled in Windows 7.
  Passthrough of Dolby/DTS® audio does not work with Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7.
  Speaker settings in Audio Control Panel are not in sync with Microsoft Speaker Setup in Windows 7 64-bit.
  System becomes unstable when uninstalling the audio device driver in Windows 7 64-bit.


• Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit and Audigy Value/SE/LS driver 1.04.0090 - драйвера для Creative SB Live! 24-bit и Audigy SE, версия для Windows 7/Vista датирована 2 июля 2009. Та самая версия драйверов, которая позволяет включить опорную частоту дискретизации 44.1 кГц.

Статьи

• iXBT: "Кристальный звук" Сравнительное тестирование активной стереоакустики (Осень 2007) - отличный обзор от сайта iXBT.com. Особый интерес представляет участник Sven Royal 2.


• Вывод стерео на многоканальную 5.1 акустику с помощью foobar2000 - написал небольшое руководство по настройке вывода стерео на 5.1 акустику. Думаю, владельцам подобных АС будет интересно.

Кое-что ещё

• QAAC AAC/ALAC Encoder - практически полный аналог QTAACEnc (ищите в разделе кодеров и консольных утилит), но с возможностью кодирования в ALAC, что не может не радовать пользователей iPod и т.п. Параметры для кодирования в ALAC (foobar2000):
  -s -A - -o %d


• GXLame - Low-bitrate MP3 encoder - новый кодер MP3 на базе LAME, главная цель разработчика - улучшить качество VBR кодирования на низких битрейтах. Параметры для минимального битрейта (кодирование пока происходит очень медленно):
  -V 0 -h - %d

Ну вот, вроде всё. Хотя, не исключено что что-то забыл.

И, да, напоминаю - сайт постоянно обновляется, заходите почаще. Успехов!