Version
1.64: Feurio! CD-Manager: - Special
routines for defective (copy-protected) Audio-CDs:
Unfortunately it seems to be becoming fashionable to put "defective" CDs (i.e.
CDs which do not comply with standards) on the market which then do not work
in CD-ROMs, some DVD-ROMs and some Auto-CD-Players.
As according to current legislation, copying audio CDs is expressly legal and
the "authorized use" in particular is significantly limited by these "defective"
CDs (e.g. you can not listen to them on your computer, can not copy them onto
mp3-Players), we have now included some routines in Feurio! which can correct
some defects.
In particular Feurio! now recognizes additional defective sessions and in this
case, only reads the first (correct) session.
We have tested this with various "defective" CDs -> Reading/copying all of
these CDs is possible without any problems with the current version of Feurio!
LIMITATION: It is possible that this is limited by the CD-ROM being used.
Some CD-ROMs are so "confused" by these "defective" CDs that they either do not
recognize that a CD has been inserted or refuse to read the CD.
If this is the case, then of course Feurio! is powerless to do anything - here
we can only recommend that you try it with a different CD-ROM.
- Feurio! Covereditor: Many enhancements:
The Feurio! Covereditor has been improved:
Tracklist Format can be changed:
The layout of the tracklist can now be changed. It is even possible to make
tracklists with several columns (for CDs with several tracks). It is also possible
to define separate attributes (character set, text size, text color) for the
individual elements (number, title, artist, playing time) leaving more room for
creative design.
There are also several formats for the track list (e.g. including multiple line
entries: 1st line artist, 2nd line title).
Copy & Paste -> Cover for Double-CDs!
Copy & Paste has now also been implemented for individual frames ->
This can be used for example to easily generate a cover for a double CD:
Simply open the Cover-Editor for both CDs (i.e. there are now two active sub-Windows
with both CDs), select the frame with the tracklist in one of the two covers,
press "Copy" move to the other cover, press "Insert" and then re-position the
two tracklists -> Done!
Standard character set:
In response to numerous requests, we have now made it possible to define a
standard character set which is to be used for all new covers.
- CDDB-Submit: Method "HTTP" implemented:
Until now, CDDB-Submits have always been transmitted by "SMTP". In principle,
SMTP is also the best method - unfortunately however there are an increasing
number of Internet providers which do no allow "full" Internet access, i.e. no
longer permit direct IP-connections (e.g. to the SMTP-Server of freedb), but
only allow indirect connections via proxies.
Firewalls in company networks are sometimes also a problem which also sometimes
block direct connections.
To solve this problem, the Submit method "HTTP" is now supported so that the
data is transferred using a "normal" HTTP-Request - so that all submit problems
caused by Firewalls or Internet providers with limited internet access should
now be history.
- Error corrections:
MP3 commentary tag:
In some cases the MP3 commentary tag was not taken over correctly -> Corrected
Nero-Images Nero-Version 5.5.4.0:
Unfortunately Ahead has changed the format of the Nero-Image files again ->
This version can now also read the images from the newest version of Nero.
Reading the last track on a CD-Extra CD:
When reading the last audio track on a CD-Extra CD (and thus also some of the
copy-protected CDs) the last 2 seconds of the track were missing -> Corrected.
A-Open DVD-ROM "AOPEN 16XDVD-ROM/AMH":
With certain hardware versions of this DVD-ROM there were problems reading
it: At the start of a reading operation it always displays "Unknown error: Sense
5, ASC 64..".
Through special treatment of this drive it has been possible to get around this
problem!
Feurio! CD-Writer: - Problems
with Windows XP:
Unfortunately there is still a problem with Windows XP after all:
If the writing progress window has been minimized, the surface of Windows XP
"freezes" until the write process has finished - i.e. although it continues writing,
it is not possible to use the computer at all!
The cause of this appears to be an error in Windows XP:
As you know, Feurio! normally sets the priority class of the writing process
to "Real-time" to thus also be able to ensure writing safely (without a Buffer-Underrun)
with burners which are not "Burn-Proof".
Unfortunately Windows XP does not appear to be capable of minimizing the window
of a process with "Real-time" priority - as demonstrated using just a small test
program (20 lines), Windows XP "gets stuck" as soon as the window of a process
with real-time priority is minimized.
For this reason we have initially set the default priorities for the CD-Writer
to "Normal" (until Microsoft solves the problem in the shape of a service pack)
and have installed a warning message if the priorities have been set manually.
- Program mode "One Window" eliminated:
Until now it has been possible to switch the Feurio! CD-Writer between the modes
"one window" and "several windows" which has in part led to misunderstandings.
"Switching off" the main window while writing in favor of the writing progress
window also did not always work correctly in Windows XP.
For this reason we have now abandoned the mode "one window", i.e. Feurio! now
opens a new window for every writing process.
- New CD burners
The following burners are now also supported:
NEC NR-7800B (incl. CD-Text)
NEC NR-7900A (incl. CD-Text)
Aopen CRW2440 (incl. CD-Text)
Aopen CRW2040 (incl. CD-Text)
Mitsumi CR-4809TE (incl. CD-Text)
TEAC CD-W524E (incl. CD-Text)
Lacie StudioDrive CDRW 16x8x40x Firewire (incl. CD-Text)
- Error corrections:
HP Surestore 8100i:
Writing the Leadout was interrupted by an error message -> hopefully corrected
(unfortunately HP has not made a test model available to us which means we can
not check this)
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