foobar2000 v2.2 preview change log

2024-04-26

Cleaned up interaction with what's left of freedb.
- Made more apparent which freedb-compatible service is in use.
- If there are multiple providers configured, you can specifically choose one from CD Ripper dialog.
- Discarded malformed server replies.
Fixed WASAPI Exclusive timing glitches with exotic settings.
Prevented Media Library search from clearing other playlists with enter key if library selection playlist feature is active.
Fixed regression in File Operations recycle bin detection, causing unwanted delete prompts when recycling.
Converter: Fail harder if "don't reset DSP between tracks" is on and one of files can't be converted - output past the point of failure wasn't valid anymore anyway.

Fixed stuck drag&drop scrolling mode in various list controls after receiving external drag&drop.
Made list control obey system drag threshold values, making it easier to register clicks if mouse moves slightly between mouse down and mouse up events.
Opus decoder updated to 1.5.2.

Fixed crash if freedb/gnudb server returns more tracks than asked for (regression since 2.0).

ReFacets playlist interaction bug fixes.
ReFacets added "Last Modified" stats column.
Removed system sleep / resume handlers, didn't properly suppress errors with internet radio.
Made disconnected internet radio streams resumed quietly, without showing error popups.
32-bit build: Removed tone generator assembly optimizations, tone:// should produce identical output in all versions now.
Updated to NSIS 3.10.

Create "disable-foocrash" in install folder to kill crash reporting (dump files still get written).
Run with /nocrashinfo to suppress generation of crash reports.
File Operations: Suppressed useless secondary progress bar if renaming files.

Made stream selector show long codec names.
Media Library: made track add & remove events triggered in groups, resulting in much faster autoplaylist updates.

Fixed foobar2000 v2.0 regression causing folder watch events to be dropped without triggering full rescan if there's too many of them pending.

Playback CPU usage reduced.
Fixed exclusive output lagging in specific scenarios.
Add Location now strips extra non-text characters from the entered URL.
Made Ogg chapters beginning from CHAPTER001 recognized.
Allowed absolute paths in cue sheets.
Extended MP4 chapter manipulation commands to work with other formats that support chapterizer interface, such as Ogg or Musepack.

Mitigation for Converter failures when writing to a Google Drive volume.
Opus decoder updated to 1.5.1
WavPack decoder updated to 5.7.0; made WavPack library version shown in components list.
Monkey's Audio decoder updated to 10.52
Cleaned up and bugfixed detection of MP4 video codec names.
Prevented nonsense sample rate & channel count from being shown on MP4 files with no audio track.
File Operations: Defer info reload to prevent bugged display of cuesheets after moving whole folder.

Worked around audio glitches with very low output buffer size introduced in previous build.
Fixed glitchy seekbar movement in certain scenarios.
Prevented nonsensical video codec names from being reported for certain MP4 files.
Fixed regressions in ASX playlist loader.
Converter: More detailed error messages for specific file creation errors.

Playback CPU usage optimizations.
Small chunks returned by decoder are merged into one to reduce amount of wakeup cycles during playback.
Made possible to store peak information in Opus files.

Improved ReFacets performance.
Fixed erratic behavior if ID3v2 tag contains multiple date fields.
Suppressed advancing to the next playlist item if internet radio playback stops due to a network error.
File Operations: Added an option to overwrite existing files.
Suppressed repeating console messages about decoder shims used.
More thorough error reporting for blank WAV files.
Added video_codec info for Windows Media Video.
Added stream_count info for formats that support multiple streams.

Implemented Ogg chapter support. Converter can write multichapter Ogg files after disabling Ogg chaining support.
New major revision of bitcompare code, improved performance of 64-bit build.
Allow local M3U referencing remote M3U to be both read as playlists, prevent HLS reader being used on non-HLS content.
Updated File Operations recycle bin detection logic, mitigating lag/lockup occurring for some users.
Made network encryption error messages more useful.
Stop decoding ADTS AAC when running into APE tags, instead of reporting errors.
Report zero-length WAV files as broken.
Wine compatibility fixes.