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
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For those interested in trying out this program, you can visit the BetaNews Fileforum site for a download.
Source: BetaNews
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