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3.1.1.0

Posted by H3rB3i

New features:

• Nero Linux now fully supports the Asus Eee PC.
• Based on NeroAPI version 7.20 for better device handling.
• Nero Linux has now some command line arguments. You can see the full list by typing nero --help or nero --help-all.
• There is a manpage for the \'nero\' executable.
• Some MIME types are now registered when installing the application for GNOME, XFCE, and KDE desktops. You will then be able to open every handled files by just clicking on it.
• The FLAC plugin now handles vorbis tags (artist, title, album...) in both encoder and decoder.
• The device communication library now supports HAL for locking/unlocking devices and detecting device addition/removal.
• Hotplug is also working even if the /proc/scsi/scsi file is not present, or HAL not usable.
• There is no need for an application restart when loading the \'sg\' module while Nero Linux is already running. The device list will be correctly updated.
• When adding a file to the compilation, the access rights of this file are now checked, to ensure that no burn error will occur. This check can also be disabled in the \'Options\' dialog box.
• Some additional checks are done before burning a bootable disc, with a logical drive as source, in order to avoid burn process errors.
• The user can now control the source drive ejection when copying a disc directly from the \'Compilation Properties\' dialog box.
• The user will be warned as soon as he tries to burn a non-standard disc. For example, the application will display a warning dialog box if you try to write an audio compilation on a non-finalized data disc.
• A Nero Linux XPM pixmap is now installed in the /usr/share/pixmaps folder
• The Debian package contains a \'Section\' entry.

• The Audio CD engine has been improved to correctly handle the variable bitrate (VBR) MP3 files. The duration of such a file is now computed regarding each frame of the file.
• The Hex Editor used to view the raw content of a track has been improved to correctly handle selections.
• The MP3 plugin now allows files with embedded cover arts and large ID3v2 tags.
• The OGG/Vorbis encoder does not loose anymore the end of the file.
• The Wav plugin does not crash anymore with imcomplete files.
• The \'Follow Symbolic Links\' option is now fixed for symlinks to regular files.
• The sound driver is now properly closed when a errneous file is previewed. This avoids Device or ressource busy error.
• The \'Internet DB\' button of the \'Save Tracks\' dialog is only enabled when audio tracks are present inside the list widget.
• The DVD-Video/miniDVD compilations are now correctly loaded. All the items that should go in the VIDEO_TS folder are inside.
• All kind of data tracks can now be selected for hexadecimal viewing.
• The 64bits MP3 plugin does not have an executable stack anymore.

• With audio CD compilations, at the end of a track, you might listen to half a second of a previous track. This is now fixed.
• Fixed the preview of audio files with non-ASCII characters in the compilation editor.
• The boot locale setting when creating bootable discs, using the DosBootImage.ima image file is now fully working. It is now correctly setting keyboard layout when booting on ths disc.
• When the multisession setting of the \'New Compilation\' dialog box was set to \'Continue Multisession\', a \'Select Track\' dialog was poping up when creating a bootable disc. This is now fixed.
• When a disc does not contain any audio track, no FreeDB query is made at all.
• The boot source is now correctly updated when you change from \'Logical Drive\' to \'Image File\' and vice-versa.
• The \'Destination folder\' label was missing in the \'Encode Files\' dialog box. It is now placed on the left of the text entry widget.
• Fixed a refresh problem in the \'Save Tracks\' dialog when the encoding process is finished. The dialog does not loose the user customization in the track list anymore.
• Fixed an invalid CD EXTRA recognition in the \'Disc Info\' dialog.
• When displaying the tracks on a disc in the file browser, a FreeDB lookup is triggered only if the disc contains at least one audio track.
• When closing the \'Save Tracks\' dialog, if a track is currently previewed, the preview player is also stopped.
• The track number field is now correctly set when ripping an audio track from a CD.
• Fixed some dialog boxes position and the window icon under IceWM.
• Fixed a crash when displaying the content of an empty disc in the file browser.
• Fixed some bad warnings dialog boxes claiming that the /sys directory was not mounted.

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3.0.2.1

Posted by H3rB3i

New features:

• The \'Properties\' dialog for files and folders now supports multiple selection.

Feature updates

• The new kernel pata_xxx SCSI emulation drivers are now fully supported, and the burn engine has been updated to use them correctly.
• The DVD ISO images burning process has been fixed. No weird speed or burn process that never ends should occur.
• Added some additional information to the preview widget in the \'Open compilation\' and \'Open Image\' dialog box. The user is now able to get some properties of the selected compilation/image.
• When loading a compilation with non-existing items, a warning dialog box will inform the user about it.
• Added some more pre-burn checks:
  • for data discs, mode 1 is selected for any medium type other than CD
  • for CD EXTRA compilation: at least one audio track should be present
• The item duplication now works correctly and does not delete the original item anymore.
• When ripping an audio track, the \'/\' character is automatically replaced by \'_\' for the output file name.
• The \'Disc Info\' dialog output for DVD-RW is now fixed.
• The Japanese manual has been updated.
• The date chooser widget now contains \'Ok\' and \'Cancel\' buttons to be a little bit more user-friendly.
• The splashscreen is now correctly centered with all window managers
• Some keyboard accelerators have been added to the \'Encode Files\' dialog.

Patches:

• The \'Data\' button of the Mixed-Mode/CD EXTRA compilation editor is now correctly working.
• Fully erasing a disc on an IDE internal device with new kernels is now working.
• The \'Eject the disc when the erase is complete\' option is now working correctly.
• Fixed a memory leak within the \'Erase Settings\' dialog.
• The direct connection to FreeDB servers now works like a charm.
• The re-sampling of audio file when creating audio CD out of it is now working properly.
• The \'Properties\' dialog for files and folders is now counting the directory items and size correctly.
• The \'Info\' tab of the mixed-mode and CD EXTRA compilations in the \'New Compilation\' dialog now show the correct size.
• The data part of mixed-mode and CD EXTRA compilations can now be correctly re-burned.
• Avoid application crash when loading a compilation with non-existing directory references.

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3.0.1.3

Posted by H3rB3i

New features:

• The MP3 and Ogg Vorbis encoding plug-ins are now configurable. The user is now able to fully customize all the features offered by these ones.
• Drag-and-drop is now possible in the \'Encode Files\' dialog audio files list widget.
• Italian, Japanese and Spanish manuals are now also present in the /usr/share/doc/nero folder.
• The about box now contains some hidden features. Have fun finding them =)

Feature updates

• If no FreeDB match can be found in the \'Save Tracks\' dialog, an error dialog is shown to inform the user about it.
• The installation scripts has been updated to follow the packages standards and avoid incompatibilities with other distributions.
• The source device in the \'Save Tracks\' dialog is now locked when ripping some audio tracks.
• If the user cancels a file encoding process, the current partially encoded file is deleted and its status is left to \'Not done\' in the \'Encode Files\' dialog.
• The ALSA driver is now able to deal correctly with multichannel on all sound cards.
• Before encoding an audio file, the source and target paths are compared. If they are the same, a warning dialog is displayed.
• The user has now to confirm that he really want to abort when an audio file encoding process is in progress.
• When looking for a default proxy, the \'http_proxy\' environment variable is queried.
• When previewing an audio track from the file browser, the selection is kept on the device item.

Patches:

• The clipboard is now able to paste all its content and not only one item.
• In the \'Save Tracks\' dialog, the FreeDB progress dialog was not disappearing, forcing the user to kill the application. This has been fixed.
• It is not possible anymore to rename a special item in the compilation editor, like - for example - the \'VIDEO_TS\' folder of a DVD-Video compilation.
• When querying the type of a device, we now look to the media types it can read in order to also include read-only devices.
• The Korean EULA is now displayed. The filename of the EULA text file was containing a typo.
• The \'Go\' button of the \'Encode Files\' dialog is now re-enabled when the output file format or its settings changes.
• The \'Year\' text entry of the \'Save Tracks\' dialog is now cleared when the tracks list selection changes.
• The \'Prompt to save unsaved compilation when exiting\' option is now working as it should.
• The keyboard accelerator for the \'Add Files\' context menu item is now correctly set.
• The \'Date Chooser\' widget now works a little bit better.
• Lots of corrections in the french translations.
• Fixed /sys mounted check for some special distributions like Mandriva Linux.

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