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Fix incorrect image aspect for the thumbnail images.

Although this version has just fixed a bit problem, my boss need it. So, don't condemn me!!!

1. Support the newest version of iTunesDB created by iTunes.
2. The program will create a new iTunesDB if the iPod doesn't initialized by iTunes (a new iPod). The master playlist will be called "Apple's iPod".
3. Fix there are some invalid entries in add media dialog if "My Media" folder doesn't exist.

Support rebuild the "Photos/Photo Database" in iPod Video. Only iPod Video is supported currently and all photos must be placed in "My Photos" in your iPod. Since my program uses GDI+ to read your image files, please refer to the documentations from Microsoft for which image formats are supported.

1. Support rebuild the "Photos/Photo Database" in iPod Video.
2. Some minor changes to the part for songs.
3. Added GDI+ mingw headers and library.

Version 0.6 added the following features:
1. Monitor one more folder, called "My Media", in addition to the "Sync" folder.
2. Use ID3 tags from the media to build the database if the media is located in "My Media" folder.
3. Reduced the size of ffmpeg by re-compiling it with size optimization.

For more details, please refer to this thread:

https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1660801&forum_id=632305

For all existing versions, please rename the filename of your media files with the following pattern to allow the iPod classify the media to a correct category.

[artist - [album - [track number -]]]title.[mp3|m4a|m4v|mp4|mov]

for example:
Glenn Medeiros - Nothings Gonna Change My Love For You.mp3
Nothings Gonna Change My Love For You.mp3

Note: Space before and/or after the "-" is not required.

I have used MINGW+MSYS to build my project to allow to run the program without "ffmpeg_wrapper.dll" (just a single file). The target executable file has also be compressed with UPX packer. Anyone can download the packed executable from "Download" section, the filename is "iTunesDBBuilder-v0.5.exe".

You can build that single file executable file by checking out the source code and run the "make" script in MSYS.

Version 0.5 has the following modifications:
1. Support UNICODE filename (so simplified chinese filename is allowed in this version).
2. Toggle the check state of the playlist node in restore songs window can toggle all song nodes in one click.
3. Revised the entire program, but only code structure rewriting and code moving. No logical modifications.

The name of this project has been renamed from "iTunesDBBuilder" to "iPod Video Database Builder".

Installation steps.