1.5.3 - 11/23/2011

Fixes:

• Corrects a potential issue when adding files with extra-long names
• No longer leaves ".mp4" in file names when importing tracks from CDs
• Tweaks to ensure adding files to a Project doesn't cause the interface to hang
• Minor error management fixes
• Minor user interface adjustments

New Features:

• Skip backward/forward buttons in Chapter and File Inspectors
• Portuguese localization
• Author field now autocompletes with the last 10 Authors
• Open Recent button next to Open an Existing Project button in main window

• OS X Lion user interface fixes
• Minor user interface adjustments

New Features:

• Advanced metadata tagging with the new More Info feature, including Narrator,Year and
  Description
• Batch Chapter renaming with fully-customizable string formats
• Preferences for choosing which metadata tags to use for Author and Narrator
• Russian localization
• Growl support

• Improved support for non-Apple playback devices and software
• Minor user interface adjustments

New Features:

• Improved performance when importing from CDs and building audiobooks
• Swedish localization
• Traditional Chinese localization

• Removes invisible control characters from Chapter names before writing to disk, preventing loss of some audio data
• Minor AAC encoding adjustments
• Minor user interface adjustments

1.2.5 - 12/23/2010

Fixes:

• Respects actual pixel dimensions (instead of resolution) of cover and Chapter artwork
• Windows now work properly with Expose and Spaces (Mac OS X 10.6 only)
• Now supports more than 127 Par ts per build
• Now supports track numbers and track counts higher than 234
• Optimized iTunes integration to quickly add hundreds of Parts to iTunes
  
• Correctly handles diacriticals and forward slashes in title tags, which could lead to faulty builds
  
• Prevents potential incorrect "This CD has already been imported" messages

New Features:

• Chapter images may now be up to 512x512 pixels

• Resolves an issue that could lead Audiobook Builder to ignore the user's file naming preference
• Resolves a potential error -43 when building from audio data imported from an audiobook
• Resolves a potential error -43 when using pass through

Fixes:

• Provides better compatibility with Mp3tag. Mp3tag remains somewhat incompatible with audiobooks that include cover or chapter art (or any MP4/M4A/M4B file with an artwork video track).
• Autosave now works between each CD imported during a single import session
• Corrects an issue preventing Mac OS X 10.4 users from importing CDs
• Handles special characters in some MP3 titles by parsing ID3v1.1 tags directly, working around QuickTime's inability to convert from ISO 8859-1 text encoding.
• Prevents a rare situation where users could see a message stating a CD has already been imported followed by a crash
• Improves the way required space is estimated to help prevent errors related to low disk space

Fixes:

• Corrects a potential issue with recognizing when an audio CD has been inserted
• Corrects a potential issue when importing more than one CD during a single import session

New Features:

• Streamlined Import CD process
• Menu items to move Chapters and Files up or down the list of Chapters
• Sparkle update support
• Additional VoiceOver support

Fixes:

• When Chapter artwork is removed it now remains permanently removed instead of returning the next time a Project is opened
  
• Cover artwork now appears without stretching on iPad
• Add to iTunes feature ignores corrupt artwork instead of failing
• Resolves an outstanding -43 error
• Corrects a potential issue with the ordering of audio tracks in some audio files
• Minor Import CD user interface adjustments

New Features:

• Incoming File name style preference

Fixes:

• Resolves a blank error that could occur when trying out Audiobook Builder before registering
  
• Fixes a rare -43 error
• Minor user interface adjustments

New Features:

• Drag and drop straight from iTunes to your Audiobook Builder Projects

Fixes:

• Resolves a potential condition that could lead some Projects to build with some audio data
  missing or out of order
  
• Fixes a crash that could occur when using the Revert to Saved... menu command

Fixes:

• Preserves audio file titles as tagged in each file
  
• No longer overwrites tracks imported from CD when they are named identically
• Corrects all reported -43 errors
• Resolves a potential issue where some data may be duplicated in or omitted from an Audiobook
• Build performance enhancements - in some cases up to twice as fast
• Minor interface adjustments
• Minor German localization improvements (Thanks Jens L.!)

Fixes:

• Addresses a performance issue during import from CD under Mac OS X 10.6
  
• Cover Art reflections will now be drawn properly under Mac OS X 10.6
• Minimizes a potential performance issue during build
• Corrects two possible causes for -43 errors during build
• Audiobook Builder and Action Complete sounds have been restored
• Missing Import CD Eject button has been restored
• Minor user interface adjustments

New Features:

• Progress bar in Dock icon when adding Files, importing CDs and building

Fixes:

• Resolves a hang when entering the Import CD sheet
  
• Enhances performance when entering the Build section

New Features:

• Part length is no longer limited to 12 hours
• Build Options provides multiple settings for splitting Audiobooks into Parts
• Audio format can be adjusted just before building Audiobooks
• Genre can be set before building Audiobooks
• Additional VoiceOver support
• Unnecessary CD track numbers are now removed during import
• Audio format of individual Files now visible in the Inspector

Fixes:

• Resolves potential crash when reverting to the last saved version of a Project
  
• Will not add files that exceed QuickTime’s 32-bit limitations
• Automatically splits files that exceed user’s specified target Part length
• Corrects a situation where Audiobooks could end up missing several seconds at their end
• Resolves a potential for Chapter markers to drift slightly over the duration of an Audiobook
• Minor user interface fixes and adjustments

New Features:

• Supports artwork associated with iTunes tracks

Fixes:

• Compatibility fix so Audiobooks play properly under iPhone OS 2.x
  
• File previews now play properly and stop when Projects are closed
• Properly handles umlauts and forward slashes when saving Chapter art files
• Prevents multiple documents from opening simultaneously via drag and drop
• Robust fix for crashes related to QuickTime 7.5

Fixes:

• QuickTime 7.5 compatibility - Projects will open and CDs will import without leading to a crash

New Features:

• Autosave periodically and after importing CDs
• Chapter artwork is now scaled to 320x320
• Minor interface enhancements

Fixes:

• Chapter preview works after the first use
  
• Lists display selection properly after a right-click or Control-click
• Better detection of iTunes Library folder location
• Chapter text encoding is now stored properly for better compatibility with QuickTime
  applications
• Track names as displayed in iTunes will now be used when adding from iTunes
• File extensions are properly removed from tracks imported from CD
• No more slow saves in Mac OS X 10.5 and later
• Purchase button now works properly on PowerPC-based Macs

New Features:

• Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility
• Automatically preserves pre-existing chapter breaks in source files

New Features:

• Maximum Part Length preference field accepts values in hours and minutes
• Action completed sound preference

Fixes:

• Correctly handles special characters in file names and iTunes track names
• Corrects a sort ordering issue that could occur when adding audio files
• Resolves an issue with QuickTime 7.1.5 preventing chapter stops from being created when
  source material contains ODSM and SDSM tracks

New Features:

• Inserts track number and track count in Audiobook file metadata

Fixes:

• Corrects a byte-swapping issue that could cause Audiobook Builder to crash while merging
  Chapter images into Audiobook files on Intel Macs
• Minor Help adjustments

Fixes:

• Prevents output of unusually large file size when source material contains ODSM and/or
  SDSM tracks
• Substitutes a dash for forward-slashes and colons in Audiobook Titles
• Resolves a crash that can occur when the Process Complete sound is set to None
• Resolves a potential conflict with Alsoft DiskWarrior
• Now allows keyboard navigation in the Inspector
• Minor interface tweaks
• Minor German localization tweaks

New Features:

• German localization. Thanks Thomas!
• Users may now select entire folders when adding files

Fixes:

• Prevents a potential crash when loading MP3s with less than ideal tags
• Now sorts special characters, such as ä, ë and ü, using the same rules as the Finder
• More responsive during the ‘join’ portion of the build process

New Features:

• 8Kbps data rate setting. Note: 8Kbps is not within iPod specifications but your mileage may
  vary.

Fixes:

• Disables Mono option when 320Kbps is selected
• Resolves an issue where changing a Project’s Title and immediately switching to Chapters or
  Finish would not mark the Project document as modified

New Features:

• Length column in Chapters section
• Support for start/stop values in iTunes tracks
• Support for alternate iTunes Libraries

Fixes:

• Resolves a hang that could occur when a volume is unmounted while Audiobook Builder is
  importing from CD
• Resolves an error that could prevent CD tracks with a colon in the track name from
  importing
• Resolves an issue that could prevent some chapter files from exporting and joining together
  correctly
• Resolves an issue that could cause unregistered copies of Audiobook Builder to enter an
  infinite loop and crash when presented with a chapter that exceeds the maximum part
  length and whose first file exceeds the maximum unregistered output length

New Features:

• Preference for user-defined Part length

Fixes:

• Tracks added from iTunes will now be sorted in the order provided by iTunes
• Project document icon now works correctly
• Minor interface adjustment

• Initial Release