ActionPlayer Revision History

Versions:

3.0 release:
• add: drag-and-drop on the main window will pop-up the playlist editor, with the new entries added.

3.0 Beta 2:
• chg: add cripple "feature". If not registered, will play only the first minute of each track.
• chg: improve delete functionality in Playlist and Dictionary Editor.
• chg: will work correctly in directories with whitespace characters in them.
• chg: startup button states were not correctly set after adding files to playlist
• chg: should now update play list after editing mapping dictionary
• chg: should size correctly on different systems
• add: on-line help is now available by pressing the "question mark" button.

3.0 Beta 1:
• add: integrated playlist editor
  supports drag-and-drop of files and directories
• add: integrated mapping dictionary
  maps filenames to friendly names, if so desired
• del: album switching combo box
• del: display field switching combo box
• chg: simplify tray menu
• chg: move help and about buttons to main window
• chg: will no longer do dynamic searching

2.3:
• chg: disabled playback window binding
• chg: Playback window position individually saved
• chg: more threshold settings
• chg: change media type display to reflect renderer, regardless of file extension
• note: inside system.ini, changing avivideo=mciavi.drv to avivideo=mciqtz.drv will enable you to use activemovie instead of vfw.

2.2:
• no change whatsoever

2.1:
• add: middle mouse button on icon now switches to next track

2.0:
• chg: All new interface with:
  detachable toolbar, tooltips, flyby help, system tray icon
• add: option to show playback window while minimized
• add: MPEG audio layer support (with ActiveMovie MCI control)
  extensions: mp1, mp2, mp3 for layer 1,2,3 respectively
• add: threshold option to discourage switching directories
• add: same directory option to prevent switching directories altogether
• chg: lengthy searches can be aborted by pressing 'ESC' key or selecting "abort op" menu option

1.4:
• add: option to play only files that are in same directory
• Playback window now accepts drag-n-dropped files

1.3:
• chg: better error reporting in album parser
• add: dynamic search. Will skip over unavailable media files. This allows for hot-insertion and extraction of media files.
• chg: will no longer need album.idx. Now auto-searches for all *.alb files in startup directory.

1.2:
• chg: disable ActionPlayer window re-focus on track cycle.
• add: implement search-path order. This requires an album format change.

1.1:
• chg: fast-forward and rewind behavior
  holding them down still don't work, but you can click
  them till you're happy
• add: now plays files with these extensions:
  wav: Microsoft RIFF waveform audio
  mid: MIDI sequence
  avi: Microsoft Audio-Video-Interleave
  mov: Apple Quicktime
  mp,mpg,mpeg: MPEG

1.0:
• add: debug indicator (this is just for me)
• chg: unbind playback window from main window
• chg: activate playback window on play/next
• chg: playback window now resizable
  video: user can also use ctrl+(number) and alt+(number) to scale video up/down by that factor
  audio: auto-resize on each new track
• fix: home option in menu not working, fixed
• chg: cosmetic, shortened file-type indicator

0.9:
• fix: won't crash on invalid album index file
• fix: filename parser no longer case-sensitive
• add: seek to home
• chg: name from JukeBox to ActionPlayer
• add: about box

0.8:
• chg: cosmetic change on dialog;
  'File name' to 'Track'; 'Album name' to 'Album'
• add: menu extension for album/field/track selection

0.7:
• chg: crayon shin-chan face for main icon
• fix: more robust parser, catches album file errors
• fix: when switched albums, now plays file shown on the new filelist box

0.6:
• fix: ff/rw fixed for avi/mov files
  ff/rw are now frame-advance/reverse when AVI/MOV is stopped
  ff/rw are no longer supported when paused
• add: media type display box
• fix: time display now works correctly for WAVE/AVI/MOV
• chg: move play options into submenu
• fix: single-field albums was crashing, fixed
• add: quicktime playback

0.5:
• chg: variable # of display fields
  this requires you to change your album format
• add: rewind/fast-forward while in play/pause mode
• add: system menu extension for continuous/random/loop options

0.4:
• del: maximize and size system menus. don't need them, don't want them.
• add: system menu extension for play/pause/stop/next
  check next to system menu extention indicate current mode
  menu items also implement mode-sensitive deactivation
• add: mode-sensitive button deactivation
• fix: time display now works correctly for WAVE files
  haven't checked MIDI or CD time display yet.
• del: volume control. Doesn't work out very well
  this requires you to change your album format

0.3:
• add: minute:second time display
• fix: now updates window captions correctly to always match name box
• fix: now reads in new albums correctly
• add: volume control for each file.
  this lets you set default volume for each file separately.
• chg: no longer need to enter # of albums in index
• chg: no longer need to enter # of files in album
  this requires you to change your album format

0.2:
• chg: playback window now moves with parent
• chg: playback window caption now changes with selected field
• chg: betta lookin' buttons
• add: status display on bottom

0.1:
• it runs!