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public beta 3.844

• Tweaked to run with MPXPLAY V 1.48 onwards. (DOS)
• Added STOP and EXIT key function to Winamp menus (win32)
• Added ability to 'wrap' around level 1 lists
• Created a fix to a nasty compiler funny when adjusting the EQs (win32)
• Fixed bug where Winamp would not start with Jukebox (win32)
• Fixed 2 bugs with entering details for 'year' search

public beta 3.843

• Fixed screen corruption after using DOS decoders. (DOS)
• DOS version now runs with same V3.84 status system as Windows version. (DOS)
• Fixed crash with 'Play Edit Buffer' if no buffer on disc.

public alpha 3.842

• Fixed bug where pressing RIGHT in playlist edit buffer exited Jukebox.
  
  

public alpha 3.841

• Fixed Playlist menu (Create New was missing!).
• Re-Added Exit-app to the STOP button.

public beta 3.84

• Year search input now only allows for numbers to be entered.
• Playing an album in browse, when Winamp returns, remembers song reached in database. (win32)
• Fixed bug where auto-restart system would sometimes start track at start when it shouldn't. (win32)
• Winamp Driver is now mult-threaded and allows you to use Jukebox and leave Winamp running! (win32)
• SELECT1, PLAY and STOP buttons have had some added functions and a few changed ones.
• Added new ScreenSaver module option, 'NONE' to go alongside new Winamp thread-work.
• Added ability to be able to play the current playlist edit buffer without having to save it as a playlist first.
• Added ability to enqueue tracks to the laylist edit buffer, while it's playing! (win32)
• Always on top / always focus is now much more aggressive.(win32)
• Fixed bug in input system which crashed Jukebox in System Menu.
• Source code breaks 30,000 lines barrier ;-)
• Added ability to configure the Browse Album List acceleration to the input device speed.
  

public alpha 3.83

• Added dedicated "Exit_JukeBox" button to allow instant shutdown.
  (Note. You will need to redefine any input device such as keyboard, IRMan settings etc.)
  
• Fixed crash when exiting screen-saver with no LPT driver on NT / XP / Win2K.
• Fixed crash when holding SELECT2 at boot-up to delete status files.
• Fixed crash when using -HELP -DATABASE - SYSTEM etc. on command line.
• Added extra checks to Browse Status reloading to prevent crashes.
• Crash log now easier to read.
• Windows version now takes up to 80% less CPU usage in places. (win32)
• Added screen-saver to Pause function. (win32)
• Display continues to be updated while in Pause Mode in Winamp. (win32)
• Added ability to search tracks by year.
• Fixed a cosmetic bug when browsing / playing a track without a complete tag.
• Refine searches now have a progress indicator like normal searches..
• Turbo searches now appear on larger displays.
• Search categories now remember last search requests, even when power cycled..
• Searches now return a more accurate 'time took'.
• No longer limited to playing only one track from a folder, plays through album when in detail view.
• Fixed bug where files with no tag would leech tags from other files.
• Fixed bug where some files would not display Technical MP3 information.
• Fixed bug where non-tagged files had a '.' at end of title.
• Fixed bug where Technical MP3 information was wrong after a rebuild until Jukebox restarted.
• Added ability to start playing from anywhere in a playlist until the end.
• Fixed cosmetic bug where Technical MP3 info. didn't appear in Playlist Details on first use.
• Added ability to turn off de-bouncing in IRMan input driver.

public beta 3.82

• Updated ShoutCast support to match Winamp / Nullsoft protocol changes. (win32)

public beta 3.81

• Added WinLIRC input driver to Windows Version. (win32)
• Completed workaround for compiler bug in DOS version to match Windows.
  
• Added initial ability to design custom characters for parallel (HD44780) LCDs.
• Tested successfully with latest Classic Winamp v2.91 (win32)

private alpha 3.80.5

• 4 x 40 LCD display driver finally working correctly.
  

• Added work-around for compiler bug affecting LCD output. (win32)
• Added timing improvements for LCD initialisation.

private alpha 3.80.3

• Fixed crash when exiting a search after several times.
• Reinstated LCD-PAR R/Select on pin 16 which got disabled in last update.
• Added ability to add tracks to playlist from a "View Search Results".
• Added fixes for screen not updating when playing a track in Winamp and reindexing. (win32)

private alpha 3.80.2

• New database core which is now up to 1100% faster than previous versions !!! (Will require a database rebuild from previous versions)
• Added ability for DOS binary to use BIOS APM to shutdown PC
• Added new screensaver system to prevent VFDs getting burn-in (and to add some flash!).
• LCDtext has been re-written and is now included both binary packages.
• Win32 version will now only allow one instance of Jukebox to be run at a time.
• Now checks for enough free drive space before saving playlists and creating database.
• Added Initial support for 4 x 40 parallel (HD44780) LCDs
• Text is now centred correctly on custom displays when not long enough to scroll.
• Added option to allow invalid / non-tagged MP3s to be included in database.
• All serial drivers can now handle speeds up to 19,200.
• Added a new general serial input driver.
• Now shows Welcome screen on shutdown as well as startup if registered.
• Improved start-up and shut-down time
• '/' & '\' characters now filtered from playlist & EQF filenames when saving.
• Fixed swapped Up & Down in EQ adjustment function.
• Search function now reports time taken to produce results.
• Adjusted random function to give a better spread of random numbers.

public beta 3.75.3

• Winamp Select-2 menu now works in Play Search.
• Fixed crash when deleting only entry in Edit Buffer.

public beta 3.75.2

• Fixed small issue with Edit Playlist Buffer where song titles many not scroll occasionally.

public beta 3.75.1

• Added some more debug including a real-time debug system for development use.
• Increased Song List scrolling speed in Search, Browse and Playlist.
• Pressing STOP for Jukebox exit in menus should now work without having to leave the current menu first.
• Fixed potential 'empty-screen' problem when editing a playlist in the edit buffer.

private alpha 3.75

• AT LAST... Windows 95 / 98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP will all shutdown correctly !! ;-)
• Fixed OggVorbis to read Ogg file-tags that are not 100% correct.
• Fixed bug where last line of a long display remained while browsing folders.
• Added Address_Offset to Matrix Orbital and CrystalFontz drivers to cure serial displays.

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