Release History

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

1.5.2 - 7/15/2011

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

1.5 - 5/13/2011

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

1.2.6 - 2/21/2011

New Features:

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

1.2.3 - 10/20/2010

New Features:

  • Chapter images may now be up to 512x512 pixels
Fixes:
  • 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

1.2.2 - 9/2/2010

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

1.2.1 - 7/10/2010

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

1.2 - 7/8/2010

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

1.1.5 - 2/10/2010

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

1.1.4 - 1/5/2010

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

1.1.3 - 12/22/2009

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.!)

1.1.2 - 9/03/2009

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

1.1.1 - 5/19/2009

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

1.1 - 5/15/2009

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

1.0.11 - 9/12/2008

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

1.0.10 - 6/11/2008

Fixes:

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

1.0.9 - 5/14/2008

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

1.0.8 - 10/26/2007

New Features:

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

1.0.7 - 4/13/2007

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

1.0.6 - 2/20/2007

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

1.0.5 - 2/06/2007

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

1.0.4 - 12/05/2006

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

1.0.3 - 11/22/2006

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

1.0.2 - 11/10/2006

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

1.0.1 - 10/31/2006

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

1.0 - 10/26/2006
  • Initial Release


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