Version
1.52: Feurio! CD-Manager: - Trackeditor:
Improved record function:
The record function has been completely reworked. The following new functions
have been added:
Soundcard can be selected:
You can now choose the soundcard which the recording is to be made from (for
computers with more than one soundcard).
Soundcard can be configured (input, volume):
As of now the input to be used can be selected in Feurio! directly and the input
volume can be changed.
Direct recording in mp3 format:
As of now, the Trackeditor can record audio data directly in mp3 format - providing
the computer is high-powered enough - (i.e. the data is coded in mp3 format directly
while recording). Thus the problem with the maximum length of wave files is solved
(when recording in wave format, due to the structure of wave files, a maximum
of 202 minutes can be recorded - the mp3 format in contrast can accept files
of any length you want!).
Activation: Start the Trackeditor, start recording, press the button: "Expanded
>>".
Recorder-Timer:
Following many requests, we have implemented a "recorder timer" Using the "recorder"
the recording can be started at a pre-determined time.
Activation: Start the Trackeditor, start recording, press the button: "Expanded
>>" twice.
- CD/Wave-Player improved:
Popup-Menu for track titles:
By clicking a track button with the RIGHT button, you can now call up a popup
menu which makes it possible to call up various actions directly (e.g. activate/deactivate
the track, call-up track editor, resorting etc.)
Pulldown menu:
A pulldown menu has also been introduced. In principle, the pulldown menu "only"
contains the familiar settings from the system menu.
Soundcard selection:
If required, you can now display a box to select the soundcard in the player
directly (for computers with more than one soundcard)
- New entries in the menu "Extras" (previously: Options):
The menu: "Options" has been renamed "Extra" (to provide a unified structure,
the same as the Feurio! CD-Writer).
In the "Extras" menu, the familiar entries from the Feurio! CD-Writer, "carry
out system diagnosis", "ATAP DMA settings" (only Windows NT 4.0) and "rescan
SCSI-Bus" have been included. The entries have the same function as in the Feurio!
CD-Writer - so as of now it is possible to call up the system diagnosis in the
Feurio! CD-Manager as well.
- "Turbo-Mode" implemented for UltraPlex 40:
A "turbo mode" has been implemented for the Plextor UltraPlex 40 CD-ROM which
makes it possible to read at up to 40x (!). Thus a complete CD with 74 minutes
can be read in ca. 2 minutes, 30 seconds!
Activation of the "turbo mode": Select speed "Max".
Caution: In "turbo mode" the drive does not reduce the speed when there are read
errors - i.e. when reading a "bad" CD, incorrect data may be read!
Furthermore, the option "No Speeddown" has been introduced for the UltraPlex
40 series:
Every speed level from 4x onwards is now available twice: One is "normal" and
one has the additional "No Speeddown". Selection of the level with the additional
"No Speeddown" means that the drive is instructed not the reduce the read speed,
even if there are read errors (However repeats are still carried out , i.e. the
"real" read rate which e.g. Feurio! reports, is of course reduced nevertheless).
- Date display / input according to windows settings:
The date display and input are done as of now in the same format as the Windows
system control -> Country settings - so now the date is shown in other countries
in the familiar format.
This affects e.g. the CD-Editor, database view, writer-log etc.
If we have accidentally missed out a date anywhere (i.e. the date still appears
in the "wrong" format) - send us a mail!
- CD-Extra CDs and CDDB-Request:
Unfortunately, in the documentation available to us on the CDDB-Request, there
is no precise definition of how CD-Extra CDs are to be handled - there are various
possibilities here. As we have found out, it would appear we selected the wrong
one in Feurio! - most CD-Extra CDs were not recognized.
So we have changed the routines for CD-Extra-CDs - now most CD-Extra CDs should
be recognized by the CDDB database.
This has made some internal changes necessary in Feurio! (the routines to calculate
the disc identification number had to be changed), should this cause any problems
in recognizing CDs or CDDB-Requests, please let us know!
- Minor details:
Creating the VBR Header:
If an up-to-date LAME version (as of Version 3.85) is used, Feurio! now also
creates a VBR header, so that other mp3 players display a correct play-time
Command "Correct capital / small letters" (CD-ROM view, right mouse button, special
commands) has been expanded:
The command has now been divided up into several sub-commands. These can now
be used among other things to correct the capital/small lettering of the album
title
Project parameters -> Paths for project:
An additional switch has been included which automatically "links" the project
paths to the global parameters (determine data partitions); this solves the problem
that a project may still include paths which may have been deleted from the global
configuration.
Track-Editor -> Size of the buffer can be set for recording
On special request, the size of the buffer for recording in the Feurio! Trackeditor
can now be configured.
Scanning of mp3 files improved:
As of now, the "Scan mp3 file" window is not closed after every mp3 file and
reopened - if several mp3 files have to be scanned, the window is "reused".
Alteration of the internal calculations to 64-Bit:
Until now, we have saved all position references (Track lengths, start and end
position etc.) as 32-Bit figures. At 44.1 kHz, the maximum possible size is ca.
10 hours. With larger files (e.g. created with the new mp3 record function of
Feurio!) strange errors then occurred.
For this reason we have now changed ALL internal calculations to 64-Bit - so
now (in theory) files can now be processed which are as long as the universe
is old!
- Error corrections:
Project parameters -> User-defined pauses:
When selecting "User-defined pauses" there was a faulty screen view -> corrected.
Import of the "new" FreeDB database didnt work:
The database contains a faulty entry which made Feurio!s import routine crash.
For this reason, checking of the entries has been improved. Unfortunately it
is not possible to check all the entries to see if they are correct without slowing
down the import routine excessively.
Track-Editor, record audio data, format: MP3 only worked if the buffer size was
increased to a minimum of 10 seconds -> corrected.
Wave-Player: Error "Runtime-Error: Pure virtual Function Call" finally found.
Under certain circumstances this error message appeared, in particular when shifting
the play-back position. It would now appear that we have finally found the cause
and corrected it. If the error still occurs, please send us another mail!
Auto-Play of Audio-CDs under Windows 2000:
Since version 1.50, Feurio! prevents you starting the Windows Audio CD-player
as long as Feurio! is running, as starting the Windows Audio CD-player is disruptive
when you want to read the CD with Feurio!.
With certain system configurations unfortunately Auto-Play from Windows didnt
work properly any more after ending Feurio! -> corrected!
Feurio! CD-Writer: - Special
treatment for 90/99-minute CD-Rs:
We have included special treatment routines in several places for the administration
of 90/99-minute CD-Rs.
In particular, Feurio! now already recognizes 90/99-minute CD-Rs known to us
and shows the correct capacity.
Anyone who finds other 90/99-minute CD-Rs: Please send us the data of the CD-Rs
(carry out capacity test, included CD-R in the CD-R database and then send us
the entry of rohling.dat).
Furthermore, Feurio! now "knows" about several writers, whether (and to what
extent) they can burn 90/99-minute CD-RS and, if applicable, issues a warning.
Any information on further writers is welcome!
- CD-Layout - Copy onto clipboard and printout have been
implemented:
In the CD/Project-layout view (Button: "Layout") the option has been included
to print out the CD or project layout or to copy it into the Windows clipboard
(for pasting into any other text) .
- Firewire CD burner:
The company Sony has made 2 burners with a "Firewire"-Interface available to
us so that we could verify that Feurio! works without problems with "Firewire
burners".
In contrast to e.g. USB, the "Firewire burners" also burn as higher speeds without
any problem (8x and 12x were tested). We also didnt have any problem running
2 Firewire burners on one Firewire port at the same time.
So on the basis of our experiments so far, Firewire can be highly recommended.
NOTE: Under Windows 2000 it is sometimes necessary to switch Feurio! over to
the access mode "DeviceIoControl" - the ASPI drivers often do not recognize Firewire
devices!
- ToolTips implemented:
To make it easier to use Feurio! we want to implement "ToolTips" in all dialogs,
i.e. if the mouse cursor stays over a button or switch for a certain length of
time, a short help text on this button is given.
Initially we have implemented the ToolTips in some of the dialogs of the Feurio!
CD-Writer (e.g. main window, advance window) -> Please test and see if it
works correctly everywhere!
Comments on this are welcome!
In time, we will then implement ToolTips in all dialogs.
Note: The ToolTips can be deactivated in the system menu of the dialog box (click
on the icon in the title bar).
- Advance window improved:
In the advance window, you can now activate an expanded view by pressing the
button "Expanded >>"; in the expanded view in addition a protocol of the
burning process is displayed.
- New CD-Burners:
The following burners are now also supported:
Plextor Plexwriter PX-RW1210S (12/10/32) (incl. CD-Text)
Yamaha 2100E (incl. CD-Text)
TEAC CD-W 512E (incl. CD-Text)
TEAC CD-W 512EB (incl. CD-Text)
TEAC CD-W 58 (incl. CD-Text)
Sony CRX160E (incl. CD-Text)
Sony CRX 700E (incl. CD-TEXT) (Laptop CD burner)
Sony CRX 1600L (incl. CD-TEXT) (Firewire burner)
Sony CRX 75L (ink. CD-TEXT) (Firewire burner)
Smart & Friendly CD-RW 12432 (incl. CD-TEXT)
Matushita (Panasonic) CD-RW CW 7586 (incl. CD-Text)
Waitec Raptor
Waitec RAPTOR Red (incl. CD-Text)
Samsung SW-208F (incl. CD-TEXT)
Samsung SW-408B (without guarantee)
Asus CRW-0804F
Memorex CD-RW 6424
Ricoh CD-RW 7083A (incl. CD-TEXT)
Ricoh CD-RW 7120A (incl. CD-TEXT)
Ricoh CD-RW 7125A (incl. CD-TEXT)
Ricoh DVD/CDRW 9120 (incl. CD-TEXT)
HP Surestore 9500i (incl. CD-TEXT)
HP Surestore 9500b
HP Surestore 9600i (incl. CD-TEXT)
HP Surestore 8210e (USB-Version) (incl. CD-TEXT)
Lite-ON LTR-0841 (ink. CD-TEXT)
Goldstar (LG) CED-8120B
Goldstar (LG) CED-8101B
Acer 10x4x32
- Minor details:
Determine data partitions:
The dialog box "Determine data partitions" can now also be called up directly
in the CD-Writer (Menu: "Program", Entry: "Determine data partitions").
Select language:
The dialog box "Select language" can now also be called up directly in the CD-Writer
(Menu : "Program", Entry: "Select language").
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