Decibel Changelog

What's new in Decibel 1.3.5

Oct 23, 2018
  • What's Fixed:
  • Fixed a crash on startup for old-style license files

New in Decibel 1.3.4 (Oct 23, 2018)

  • What's New:
  • DSD64 to PCM conversion
  • What's Fixed:
  • macOS Mojave compatibility
  • Scrobbling uses https

New in Decibel 1.3.3 Build 35 (Nov 29, 2015)

  • Fixed crash on startup if an old Mac App Store receipt was being used
  • Improved launch time for large playlists

New in Decibel 1.3.2 Build 34 (Jan 12, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Output preferences now display correctly for non-English locales
  • Registration processed correctly after trial period expiration
  • Text on retina displays is no longer blurry

New in Decibel 1.3.1 Build 33 (Jun 23, 2014)

  • Fixed an incompatibility with Mac OS X 10.7
  • Tracks from cue sheets now play correctly

New in Decibel 1.2.11 Build 31 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue for multichannel playback on certain audio devices such as the Metric Halo ULN-2

New in Decibel 1.2.10 Build 30 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • Fixed an incompatibility with Mac OS X 10.6

New in Decibel 1.2.9 Build 29 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • What's New:
  • Added Save Selection As Playlist menu item
  • Added bitrate and rating columns
  • Added advanced preferences for control of logging and buffer sizes
  • Added options to ignore .cue and .m3u files
  • Added retina artwork
  • What's Fixed:
  • AirPlay now works correctly

New in Decibel 1.2.8 Build 28 (Apr 21, 2012)

  • Fixed a crashing bug on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)

New in Decibel 1.2.6 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • What's Different:
  • The iTunes browser now automatically uses iTunes libraries in non-standard locations
  • What's Fixed:
  • Preferences are written to a single file to comply with the MAS guidelines

New in Decibel 1.2.5 (Dec 6, 2011)

  • Changed:
  • Digital volume is now always available
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed a crash that could occur while quitting
  • Fixed crashes that could occur when reading tags from malformed M4A files
  • Fixed a crash when WAVE files containing MP3 data were opened
  • Fixed a bug where the output device's sample rate wasn't automatically adjusted if the device was the default

New in Decibel 1.2.4 (Jul 4, 2011)

  • What's New:
  • Added support for swiping to play next (↓) and previous (↑) tracks, and fast forward (→) and rewind (←)
  • Added support for additional file formats, including expanded WAVE and AIFF types
  • Added display of total frames for WAVE and AIFF files
  • APE tags in MP3 files are detected and handled correctly
  • What's Different:
  • Improved AppleScript support
  • What's Fixed:
  • Fixed a bug where some MP3 files were not clipped correctly
  • Fixed a bug in the Last.fm plug-in that could prevent now playing from being updated
  • Fixed several bugs that could cause crashes during playback
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a beach ball during quit

New in Decibel 1.2.3 (Jun 6, 2011)

  • What's New:
  • Added a plug-in restoring the Add iTunes Selection and Add Finder Selection functionality
  • What's Different:
  • If exclusive access is enabled, it is taken immediately before playback starts and is relinquished as soon as playback is finished
  • What's Fixed:
  • Fixed a bug in the Last.fm plug-in that prevented some tracks from scrobbling
  • Album Artist metadata is correctly recognized in cue sheets
  • Transitions between very short tracks are correctly handled
  • Fixed several bugs that could cause crashes during playback

New in Decibel 1.2.2 (May 21, 2011)

  • iTunes libraries in the non-default location are handled correctly
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when opening a license file
  • Fixed a bug in the iTunes browser that could cause a crash at startup

New in Decibel 1.2.1 (May 20, 2011)

  • Added a preference specifying which iTunes library to use for the iTunes browser
  • Non-English iTunes libraries are now handled correctly
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash at startup

New in Decibel 1.2 (May 17, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Plug-ins. Decibel now includes a plug-in architecture. Plug-ins are enabled, disabled and configured in the preferences and augment many of Decibel's features:
  • iTunes browser - Allows rapid addition of tracks from iTunes to Decibel's playlist
  • Last.fm - Update your Last.fm now playing, library, and love and ban tracks
  • IR remote - Use an infrared remote to control Decibel
  • Growl - Provides Growl notifications for Decibel events
  • The player window now includes a dynamic status bar in the window's footer
  • Added a preference to select the sample rate converter's quality (if a sample rate converter is necessary)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Files on NAS are correctly remembered between launches
  • Mac App Store receipts are now recognized in the non-MAS version
  • Cue sheets in character encodings other than UTF-8 are handled more gracefully
  • Improved the behavior of rapid sequential fast-forwards or rewinds
  • The volume control panel shows correct dB values for device volume
  • Improved handling of device addition/removal
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when opening multiple MP3 files simultaneously

New in Decibel 1.1 (Apr 25, 2011)

  • Added replay gain support
  • Added an option to have the Inspector show the currently playing track
  • Added Clear Sort Order menu item
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when using cue sheets with APE files
  • Files on NAS are correctly remembered between launches

New in Decibel 1.0.4 (Apr 4, 2011)

  • Fixed a crash on startup that would occur if files on NAS could not be found
  • Tracks added to the playlist are now properly sorted
  • Added support for MOD audio files

New in Decibel 1.0.3 (Apr 2, 2011)

  • Added support for .cue files
  • Added a volume control panel

New in Decibel 1.0.2 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • AIFC files containing floating point data are handled correctly

New in Decibel 1.0 (Mar 1, 2011)

  • Added digital volume control
  • Tracks added to the playlist by double-clicking in Finder automatically play
  • The track overlay banner now displays properly after display changes

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 13 (Feb 2, 2011)

  • Added an option to display album art behind the playlist
  • Fixed gapless playback for files with unknown channel layouts
  • The playback position slider is now hidden when the player is stopped

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 12 (Jan 31, 2011)

  • Changed the appearance of the playback position slider
  • Added optional Filename, Format, Sample Rate, Channels and Bit Depth columns to the playlist
  • Fixed a crash that could occur between track transitions

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 11 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Channel mapping for multichannel files works correctly
  • The Quit menu item title was updated

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 10 (Jan 22, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Added support for Monkey's Audio (.ape) files
  • Added support for Ogg Speex (.spx) files
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Adding iTunes tracks from a volume that isn't mounted no longer causes crashes
  • Files with uppercase characters in their extensions are recognized correctly
  • Track transitions should no longer cause crashes

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 9 (Jan 3, 2011)

  • Expiration date extended to 1 Mar 2011

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 6 (Dec 3, 2010)

  • Improved performance for non-gapless track transitions
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after an AppleScript error

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 5 (Nov 29, 2010)

  • Gapless playback now works correctly when memory play is enabled
  • The playlist is now correctly remembered between launches
  • Fixed a bug where the proper output format may not have been selected

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 4 (Nov 26, 2010)

  • Fixed crashes when adding files to the playlist
  • Fixed a bug where the sample rate was not changed correctly during track transitions
  • The entire playlist is now remembered correctly if filtered on exit
  • Files are now added to the playlist more efficiently
  • Files in the playlist are found even if they have been moved or renamed
  • Gapless playback may not work properly with memory play enabled. This will be addressed in the next version.

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 3 (Nov 17, 2010)

  • Mac OS X 10.6 or greater is now required
  • Added Disc, Album Artist, and Composer columns to the playlist
  • Playlist columns may now be individually shown/hidden
  • Added support for Ogg Vorbis album art
  • Improved performance when adding many files to the playlist
  • Ensure that the highest bit depth supported by the DAC is selected
  • Added flexible logging output

New in Decibel 1.0 Beta 2 (Nov 4, 2010)

  • MPEG-4 files with the .mp4 extension no longer cause AyreWave to crash
  • Apple Lossless files with bit depths greater than 16 are handled correctly
  • Improved metadata support for WAVE and AIFF files
  • Fixed a problem where transitions between tracks could cause a crash
  • Fixed a problem where some DACs would only play one channel if Exclusive Access was enabled
  • Fixed a problem where a track's metadata was not displayed properly until the track was selected