HISTORY:
v1.0 - a quick version for my own needs
(30/Jan/1999)
v1.1x - a better version :)
(03/Feb/1999)
v1.2x - first real release version candidate (yeah, sure ;))
(05/Feb/1999)
v1.3x - added www.cddb.com support and mpeg audio tag system. All output-
ted mpeg audiofiles will have a proper tag files and renamed
accordingly to the cddb data. Also added a configuration file..
(28/Feb/1999 -> )
v1.4x - brushed up version with numerous internal additions. Also added
many features, but no need to list them here as these still
aren't release versions.
(15/Mar/1999 -> )
v1.5x - jstereo mp3, encoder now always based on the latest LAME version.
(15/May/1999 -> )
v1.6x - numerous little & bigger additions, like decoding of mpeg files,
selection based track selection instead of the old range based,
the ever-so-much-needed offline mode etc.
(18/Jul/1999 -> )
v1.7x - too many things added and too many bugs fixed to be mentioned here.
(21/Sep/1999 -> )
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v1.76 - the first public release version (released as public beta)
(07/Nov/1999)
v1.77 - some minor bugfixes, added 8/16/24 kbps modes. MPTAGs don't have
underscores anymore if convert spaces to underscore is enabled.
updated suomi/finnish catalog. keep those catalog files rolling!
(06/Dec/1999)
v1.78 - minor unvisible tweaks, added Save system information to the BETA
VERSION MENU. If you're going to send bug/nag reports, send the
file generated with this option with the mail!
(09/Dec/1999)
v1.79 - fixed some small bugs, including the typo in Install script which
caused installed mpega.library to be overwritten by the Install
process. Also fixed the bug which caused an unidentified error
requester, if SecondSpin GUI couldn't be opened, instead of the more
sophisticated one. (Thanks to Vadim Vlasenko for reporting them.)
(13/Dec/1999)
v1.80 - I was experimenting with some new stuff and found out some bugs if
multiple cds were encoded in a row and some had cddb files downloaded
and some didn't. Also tweaked some things which may have caused trouble.
I'm studying a more sophisticated way to handle the cddb files. A
central database and a to-be-downloaded queue maybe? (Thanks to all of
you who gave suggestions, especially to ExiE and Gerd Schmidt.)
(14/Dec/1999)
v1.85 - Added full support for converting Protracker, XM, S3M and FastTracker
modules to AIFF or MP3. Thanks to K-P Koljonen for PS3MREC. Usage is
similiar to the usage of existing AIFF/WAV files, eg. Input File
Selection. Also made good file identifying routines, no more extensions
needed in input files. Many general bugfixes + changed the english and
finnish locales a bit. MED support coming soon, but only with Jouko
Pynnönens med2xm unless you help me and do a med2aiff converter! I also
added some stuff to the guide. Maybe I should take a vacation for a few
days. :P
(17/Dec/1999)
v1.86 - Added OS check. SecondSpin now requires AmigaOS 3.0 as it's way much
easier for me not to even think about OS 2.x. Sorry :(. Also made some
little bugfixes, but you wouldn't find them anyway :P.
(27/Dec/1999)
v1.87 - Took the first steps to TAG EDITING engine. Now all entries have proper
author & name variables and SecondSpin tries to seek them in all ways.
You can't yet edit them by hand, but this is a good start. This also
caused the listview to change a bit. Added preliminary support for TAG
stuff for mpegs created from modules, modulename is now properly added.
Very good routines for module name seeking added. Hopefully I've fixed
the mpega.library installation for good. Let me know if it still does
something unwanted!!
(02/Jan/2000)
v1.88 - Due to some internal restrictions, the v1.87 release didn't work as it
was intended. However, it's fixed now :). I had to move the internal
english strings to an external file, but this should be of no problem.
(08/Jan/2000)
pre 2.00 releases, eg. v2.00 betas:
v1.96 - I adopted some module author scanning routines from my old CNet utility
called ZoolDIZ. Now all supported input modules are scanned for possible
match on author name. The routines are very sophisticated but in no way
perfect. I hope they'll get even better some day.. The authorscanning is
quite fast, but you'll certainly notice some delays when selecting files
or starting the converting, especially when you've selected many files.
That's too bad, but hey: nothing's free you know.. I practically rewrote
them + made them better in many ways when compared to the old version in
ZoolDIZ. Now the module support is much more better. Thanks Halil Ýbrahim
Taþova <CaptainHIT@Gmx.net> for motivating me.
Implemented mp3 tag scanning. Author and name tags will be preserved
if converted to another bitrate etc.
I also added a PIPE: check as more and more people don't seen to
understand that SecondSpin really needs PIPE mounted and working before
it will work properly.
Tweaked up some existing routines.
And.. hmm, yes I also implemented MPEGA Library FPU check so if you're
going to decode mpeg files SecondSpin will tell you that the MPEGA
version isn't FPU. FPU versions deliver much better audio quality!
Also added a few more progress bars to some routines.
... ooops :P The Decode Mode Only - menuselection didn't work at all.
I implemented the routines, now it should be ok.
PLUS! Layer 1 and 2 modes enabled and using the high speed Pegase by
Didier Levet! The implementation is a bit kludgy, but that is because
the Pegase isn't really intended to be used with SecondSpin or similiar
packages.. Hope it works, ok. You need to have the latest Pegase (v1.6x)
currently installed in C: for it to work. Thanks Didier! Currently mp3
files as input will be skipped if selected and layer 1/2 is output format.
The speed display works correctly only with 44100 kHz 16bit stereo files.
Now I hope that you stop comparing SecondSpin with Pegase as they have
very different functions. SecondSpin is a full featured package for all
mpeg and aiff conversions and Pegase is layer 1/2 encoder. You want speed,
you use Pegase with SecondSpin :)
The SecondSpin encoder is no longer required, you can use this in layer 2
mode only if Pegase is installed and the Lame base isn't.
As usual, also fixed many bugs. Very many.
Gee, I've been busy! Hope you enjoy!
(14/Jan/2000)
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