2.45b (2010-01-31)

• NEW: Explorer context menu entry now realised via dedicated shell extension.
• NEW: added field PRESENT keyword to filter for files that contain a specfic field in their tags.
• NEW: placeholder %_tool% for TAK now contains used TAK encoder version.
• NEW: support for reordering files via drag and drop at Tag Sources dialog.
• CHG: adjusted MP4 mediatype mappings to reflect changes in iTunes 9.
• CHG: COPYRIGHT field now maps to MP4 cprt atom.
• CHG: extended profile information displayed in %_vbr% for TAK files.
• CHG: file extension is now not selected when renaming files in file list.
• CHG: now displays technical information of the first audio track in MP4 (instead of the first track).
• CHG: SUBTITLE at MP4 now contains what previously was ITUNESPODCASTDESC which now contains the long description.
• CHG: Tag Sources selection dialog now remembers its selection state and sorting of search results.
• CHG: updated discogs web source.
• CHG: updated TAK decoder library tak_deco_lib.dll to TAK 2.0.0.
• CHG: user-defined fields are not truncated to 255 characters in MP4 anymore.
• FIX: menu 'Edit, Select all files' only worked if file list had focus.
• FIX: placeholder %_counter% was not available at action 'Export cover to file'.
• FIX: placeholder %_md5audio% now only available for audio formats tagged with ID3 and/or APE tags.
• FIX: removing files from filter result caused files that do not match the filter expression to be displayed.
• FIX: runtime error when sorting files after filtering with an invalid filter expression.
• FIX: sort indicator in file view was not reset if playlists were loaded or files were added.
• FIX: workaround for MP4 files with unconventional avcC atoms.

# NEW: added Ctrl+Space keyboard shortcut for displaying format string helper menu.
# NEW: support for %_md5audio% for FLAC files.
# CHG: dockbar information now always stored in configuration file.
# CHG: improved copy and paste of tags to multiple files.
# CHG: performance improvements for MATCHES keyword when filtering using regular expressions.
# FIX: $validate removed colons in directory part of parameter instead of using replacement character.
# FIX: runtime error when clicking the actions drop-down menu after deleting all action groups.
# FIX: shell extension did not load directories with dots in their names.
# FIX: shell extension did not resolve symbolic links.
# FIX: tag field mappings did not work for APEv2 tagged files.

[2010-03-13] FIX: iTunes-specific field Encoding Params was not preserved.
[2010-03-10] FIX: saving tags to files on some NAS drives occasionally did not work.
[2010-03-10] FIX: blanks before extension part in file names were automatically removed at Replace actions for _FILENAME.
[2010-03-09] CHG: multiple Source fields mapped to same Target field are now merged if they have
the same values.
[2010-03-09] NEW: added dedicated help page for User-defined Field Mappings.
[2010-03-04] FIX: first file deleted from filter results returned to list on filter refresh.
[2010-03-04] FIX: omitted slash character when used at user-defined field mappings.
[2010-03-01] FIX: focus not moved to file list when closing Tag Panel.
[2010-02-28] FIX: update notification also reported beta versions when using latest stable release (since v2.45a).

[2010-03-20] REL: VERSION 2.46a (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
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[2010-03-19] CHG: updated zlib.
[2010-03-19] CHG: obsolete dockbar data was not removed from Windows Registry.
[2010-03-16] FIX: MP4 atom disc was written in a way that caused specific programs (e.g., Android) to not read the tag.
[2010-03-16] FIX: occasional runtime error while reading tags.

Change: improved Amazon query handling.
Change: updated Amazon Web Sources.
FIX: wildcard matcher for filter expressions occasionally produced runtime errors.
FIX: click on helper menu for removing individual tag fields resulted in runtime error
at action 'Merge duplicate fields'.
FIX: history at converter 'Text file - Tag' had problems with special characters.

NEW: added support for preserving unknown MP4 atoms when writing tags.
NEW: added %keywords% for MP4 files.
NEW: added %rate% for MP4 file
NEW: added cover-specific %_cover_type% at action Export cover to file.
NEW: added new field UserAgent for web sources which enables sending Mp3tag/#.## as user agent if set to 1.
CHG: updated MusicBrainz web source.
FIX: action Export cover to file duplicated file extension for multiple covers.

• CHG: updated Amazon web sources.
• CHG: updated MusicBrainz web source.
• FIX: 'No' button at 'Remove all from history' menu item was ignored.

▪ NEW: converter 'Tag - Tag' via menu 'Converter', toolbar and Alt+5 keyboard shortcut.
▪ CHG: changed keyboard shortcut for actions to Alt+6 and Alt+Shift+6.
▪ NEW: added $verticalBar() for masking vertical bar symbol in web sources.
▪ FIX: truncated separator string that occurred in sayregexp result.
▪ NEW: support for writing of UTF-8 encoded playlists using *.m3u8 as file extension.
▪ FIX: regression regarding sorting filtered file lists since v2.49b.
▪ FIX: converter 'Filename - Tag' did not work for field names containing dots.
▪ FIX: regression regarding output of multi-valued tag fields for discogs web sources since v2.49b.

[2012-05-16] REL: VERSION 2.51
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• NEW: added support for %_counter% and %_total_files% for format string at action 'Import cover from file'.
• NEW: added option to specify cover type at action 'Import cover from file'.
• CHG: added extended support for HTTP 302 cases (redirect) at web sources.
• CHG: add cover now defaults to the last used cover directory if the is no cover art in the file's directory.
• CHG: next file is now focused after removing files from file list.
• FIX: regression regarding output of multi-valued tag fields for discogs web sources since v2.49b.

[2012-07-19] REL: VERSION 2.52
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• NEW: added option to specify default directory for cover art.
• NEW: added preferences page for directories used in Mp3tag.

[2012-10-24] REL: VERSION 2.53 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)
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[2012-10-23] CHG: updated code-signing certificate.
[2012-10-06] CHG: drag and drop of cover art from other applications now uses original image
without re-encoding whenever possible.
[2012-10-01] CHG: Explorer context menu extension is now included in default installation.
[2012-09-29] CHG: ID3v2.3 TYER/TDAT now merged into one YEAR field formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.
[2012-09-26] FIX: files and folders added from command line were displayed with upper/lower case
from command line.
[2012-09-26] FIX: file names added from playlists were displayed with upper/lower case from
playlist.
[2012-09-25] NEW: added support for drag and drop of cover art from Google Chrome.

[2012-12-22] REL: VERSION 2.54
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• NEW: added official support for Windows 8.
• FIX: large decimal-encoded characters in HTML (e.g., &nnnnn;) where not translated in web sources.
• FIX: menu button at filter was drawn incorrectly.
• FIX: after removing files under Windows XP the list jumps to the beginning.
• FIX: short path names where displayed when loaded from specific NAS devices in some cases (since v2.53).
• LNG: Macedonian language file.
• FIX: installation in silent mode ignored language from Mp3tagSetup.ini.