[Pjbexploder-announce] Version 1.0.36 released!

[Michael H. <mi...@ho...>]

This is version 1.0.36 of pjbExploder, release date Feb 10, 2004.
Valentine's Day is coming, Whee.

This is a big-fix / enhancement release.  It adds support for more
playlists, and enhanced sorting.


Playlists

In addition to the original .m3u format supported in
version 1.0.34, pjbExploder now supports:
 - .b4s
 - .wpl
 - .pls

(these actually added in a pre-release)

If you use a playlist format not listed here, please send me mail.
Adding new playlist formats is relatively simple, so long as they are
a format I can read reasonably easily.


Sorting

pjbExploder now has Bibliographic sort (A.K.A. Library sorting).  In
this mode, a entry like "The Beatles" would be sorted under 'B'
instead of under 'T'.  This can be applied to Sets, Disc or Tracks.
Basically, any item that begins with "A " or "The " is sorted as if it
began with the next word.

There is also a new menu item, "Sort PJB...".  If you run this then it
will sort *everything* on the PJB as follows:
Sets	  Bibliographic
Disc	  Bibliographic
Tracks	  Track #

Right now there is now way of changing the type of sort applied to
each level.  If you would sort differently, send me mail so I can see
how many people don't like the defaults.

If you have tagless MP3's, or for any other reason the track number
cannot be determined for any track, then that *disc* will be left
alone.  Thus, you may use 'Sort PJB...' even if you normally use
tagless MP3's.

The first time you run this, it may take some time to run.  If
necessary, it will read the track numbers off the PJB hard-drive, but
this is quite slow.  Subsequent runs will not take as long, however,
so stick with it.


Auto Sorting

During uploads, pjbExploder now attempts to maintain sort orders.  It
will detect any of the sorts (Ascending, Descending, Bibliographic,
Track #), and if (for example) your Sets are sorted at the beginning
of a 'Sync', then they will be sorted in the *same* order at the end
of the sync, even if new items were added.


Other Stuff

 - Update to latest drop of LAME for ripping.
 - Fix problems reading ID3V1 tags.


Questions? Comments?  Feel free to send them to me directly, or to the
PJB mailing list.

This is available for download 'in the usual place':
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87114
(or http://tinyurl.com/w6iq if mangled)

Downloads available:
ExploderSetup-1.0.36.exe		Full setup.
pjbExploder-1.0.36.zip			Binaries only
pjbExploder-1.0.36.pdb.zip		Debugging symbols
pjbExploder-1.0.36.src.zip		Full source code
pjbExploder-1.0.36.help.src.zip	Help file source code
pjbExploder-1.0.36.Utils.src.zip	Useful stuff for building

The help file source is a subset of the full source code.  If you'd
like to help create help content, this is the one to use.

The utils provide command line build scripts, and the bits required to
create a full release (including the setup program).

     Michael H.