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Musicbox Changelog

What's new in Musicbox 2.4.5

Oct 2, 2015
  • [UPDATE] Update for OS X 10.11 El Capitan compatibility

New in Musicbox 2.4.3 (May 16, 2015)

  • [UPDATE] Restored YouTube support by popular demand

New in Musicbox 2.4.1 (Jan 17, 2015)

  • [New] Cleaned up UI errors
  • [New] Musicbox now reports when updating downloaders, instead of freezing for a while
  • [Update] Streamlined UI for OS X 10.10 Yosemite
  • [Update] Much better detection for sites like gorillavid.com, nosvideo.com
  • [Update] Improved multi-video detection in the same web page
  • [Update] Improved support for YouTube-like sites, like godtube.com (by popular demand)

New in Musicbox 2.4.0 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • [FIX] Fixes for 10.6 compatibility [UPDATE] Improvements in Youtube scrapper algoritm

New in Musicbox 2.3.9 (Aug 21, 2014)

  • [NEW] Some fast downloaders now automatically update on Musicbox startup.
  • [NEW] New licensing mechanism, easier to use and more reliable. Current users are unaffected by this update.

New in Musicbox 2.3.8 (Aug 7, 2014)

  • [UPDATE] Updated youtube downloader

New in Musicbox 2.3.7 (Jul 19, 2014)

  • [UPDATE] Updated fast downloaders [UPDATE] Fixed YouTube compatibility

New in Musicbox 2.3.6 (Jun 5, 2014)

  • [FIX] Improved Youtube support for helping some users with donwload problems [FIX] Improved Youtube download from unconventional links (e.g. embedded videos)
  • [FIX] Improved Youtube support for latest Youtube changes. [NEW] You can now mass drag-and-drop download links to the blue area. Check the FAQ at www.tastyapps.com [NEW] You can now run the app in any folder, not only under Applications/
  • [UPDATE] Updated Youtube Support
  • [NEW] Loads of fixes in this release! Check our new tutorial here: http://www.tastyapps.com/musicbox-tutorial/ [NEW] You can now download audio from dozens of new sites: dailymotion, metacafe, streamcloud, you name it. [NEW] New Lynda.com course audio extractor. [FIX] Fixed conversion errors when using the "Donwload Only" option [FIX] Fixed conversions formats for the different presets (iPad, iPod) [FIX] Fixed some residual licensing problems [FIX] Improved fix for phantom audio while downloading. [FIX] General improve in stability. [FIX] Fixed preferences panel. [FIX] Fixed iTunes import. [FIX] Fixed Restore Factory Settings button.
  • [UPDATE] Updated fast downloaders for youtube, vimeo, dailymotion.

New in Musicbox 2.3.5 (Mar 22, 2014)

  • [NEW] Loads of fixes in this release! Check our new tutorial here: http://www.tastyapps.com/musicbox-tutorial/
  • [NEW] You can now download audio from dozens of new sites: dailymotion, metacafe, streamcloud, you name it.
  • [NEW] New Lynda.com course audio extractor.
  • [FIX] Fixed conversion errors when using the "Donwload Only" option
  • [FIX] Fixed conversions formats for the different presets (iPad, iPod)
  • [FIX] Fixed some residual licensing problems
  • [FIX] Improved fix for phantom audio while downloading.
  • [FIX] General improve in stability.
  • [FIX] Fixed preferences panel.
  • [FIX] Fixed iTunes import.
  • [FIX] Fixed Restore Factory Settings button.

New in Musicbox 2.3.4 (Feb 17, 2014)

  • [FIX] Improved Youtube support for helping some users with donwload problems [FIX] Improved Youtube download from unconventional links (e.g. embedded videos)
  • [FIX] Improved Youtube support for latest Youtube changes. [NEW] You can now mass drag-and-drop download links to the blue area. Check the FAQ at www.tastyapps.com [NEW] You can now run the app in any folder, not only under Applications/
  • [UPDATE] Updated Youtube Support

New in Musicbox 2.3.3 (Feb 8, 2014)

  • [FIX] Improved Youtube support for latest Youtube changes. [NEW] You can now mass drag-and-drop download links to the blue area. Check the FAQ at www.tastyapps.com [NEW] You can now run the app in any folder, not only under Applications/

New in Musicbox 2.3.2 (Jan 28, 2014)

  • [FIX] Improved Youtube support for helping some users with donwload problems [FIX] Improved Youtube download from unconventional links (e.g. embedded videos)

New in Musicbox 2.3.1 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • [IMPORTANT!] Please download the new version of the safari extension of 2.3.1!
  • [NEW] You can now download audio from all Youtube Videos, even those with copyright. And faster.
  • [FIX] Fixed Snow Leopard (10.6) and Mavericks (10.9) support.

New in Musicbox 2.1.5 (Dec 5, 2012)

  • As of this version of Musicbox (1.4) it is no longer possible to support Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). Users still running Mac OS X 10.4 should grab their copy directly from the legacy section.

New in Musicbox 2.1.3 (May 30, 2012)

  • [FIX] Trying to license the app after the trial period was over, on Mac OS X Lion, would fail. Fixed.
  • [FIX] Conversion to mp3 was broken. Fixed.

New in Musicbox 2.1.1 (May 18, 2012)

  • [FIX] With the newer Flash plugin, "ghost" sound could be heard from within Musicbox. Fixed.
  • [FIX] "webloc" files support fixed.
  • [FIX] When using the "Download only" output format on video files, the resulting files was not a valid audio file. Fixed.

New in Musicbox 2.1 (Feb 7, 2012)

  • [MOD] The delay after which the mini-browser shows-up if no clips are detected on a page is now controllable in the preferences.
  • [FIX] Dragging the thumbnail image would not work anymore. Fixed.
  • [FIX] On 32-bits Macs, the flash plugin would not load inside the application. Fixed.
  • [FIX] Some preferences were not properly saved. Fixed.

New in Musicbox 2.0.2 (Jan 28, 2012)

  • [FIX] Licensing after the trial period had ended was no longer possible. Fixed.

New in Musicbox 2.0.1 (Jan 27, 2012)

  • [FIX] Registered versions could sometimes crash on launch. Fixed.

New in Musicbox 2.0 (Jan 23, 2012)

  • [FIX] Maximum number of parallel downloads did not consider "conversions only" clips. Fixed.

New in Musicbox 1.9 (Sep 21, 2011)

  • FIX] Under some circumstances, added clips would play in the background. Fixed.
  • [FIX] On some systems, audio clips would not be detected. Fixed.

New in Musicbox 1.6 (May 30, 2011)

  • NEW] Growl notification sent when conversion finished.
  • [MOD] The Musicbox queue can now be resized vertically.
  • [MOD] WebKit Nightly Build support. *WebKit nightly builds change, well, nightly. We can not guarantee the plugin will work with every build, on every day. Use at your own risk.
  • [FIX] Even better protection against duplicate videos being added to the queue.

New in Musicbox 1.5 (Jan 25, 2011)

  • [NEW] Added an "Uninstall" option to the dock menu.
  • [NEW] Added preference to control the number of concurrent downloads / conversions.
  • [NEW] Reset preferences to factory settings button added.
  • [MOD] Retrying a conversion after a conversion error now skips the download phase if possible.
  • [FIX] Better reporting of the clip's stats in the "Save As" dialog.
  • [FIX] Vimeo support fixed.
  • [FIX] Improved clip detection.
  • [FIX] Tooltips on buttons in the queue were incomplete. Fixed.
  • [FIX] Intermediary file is now only deleted if the iTunes import was successful.

New in Musicbox 1.4.1 (Oct 5, 2010)

  • [FIX] Some YouTube pages could be slowed down on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Fixed.

New in Musicbox 1.4 (Oct 4, 2010)

  • [NEW] Added suport for Silverlight videos
  • [NEW] Support some (but probably not all) RTMP streams. More to come as we find new samples and code around them.
  • [FIX] Duplicates in the queue should be a thing of the past now - or happen very, very rarely.
  • [FIX] Video (Page) title grabbing should be better.
  • [FIX] In Safari, a window opened without a toolbar would not show the button when the toolbar was shown. Fixed.

New in Musicbox 1.3.1 (Jun 14, 2010)

  • [FIX] Improved Safari 5 support. (drag and drop)

New in Musicbox 1.3 (Jun 8, 2010)

  • [NEW] Musicbox now supports resumed downloads - when available. (not often...)
  • [NEW] The page URL where the clip was grabbed from now appears in the Spotlight comment of the final, converted file.
  • [MOD] Working towards accessibility. More to come.
  • [FIX] Support for Safari 5 added

New in Musicbox 1.2 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • [NEW] Added bookmarklet support so you can have a "light" button in other browsers than Safari.
  • [NEW] Conversion now uses all available cores, resulting in faster conversion.
  • [FIX] Added a "Convert All" menu item and keyboard shortcut to the main application.
  • [FIX] In Safari, it was not possible to re-add a deleted clip to the queue without reloading the page. Fixed.