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dBpoweramp Music Converter Changelog

What's new in dBpoweramp Music Converter 17.7

Mar 18, 2022
  • Bug fix: m4a decoder could add silence into the decoded file
  • Bug fix: floating point put through certain DSP effects would corrupt the audio
  • Bug fix: KHz, channels or bit depth not passed correctly to naming

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 17.6 (Feb 24, 2022)

  • Required Mac OS version is now 10.12 ("Sierra").
  • Added conversion progress indicator in dock app icon.
  • Fixed Arrange Audio not allowing rename pattern to be edited.
  • Restored old appearance of Configuration dialog on Mac OS Big Sur and newer.
  • Added option to hide specific encoders if you don't plan on ever using them.
  • Fixed random crashing of Batch Converter on Mac OS Monterey.
  • Reworked appearance of Edit ID Tags dialog.
  • Greatly improved keyboard accessibility of the whole application.
  • Various visual updates, made various tables/lists more consistent with Mac UI conventions, replaced in-table buttons with plus minus buttons next to the table.
  • Reworked DMG appearance.
  • Made genre etc autocomplete non-case-sensitive in Edit Tags and CD Ripper.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed a bug that caused online metadata lookup to fail occasionally.
  • Fixed crash when decoding malformed WavPack files.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed a bug that resulted in _CDGAP etc tags being written to output files.
  • Updated Monkey's Audio codec to version 7.33.
  • Updated libogg to 1.3.5.
  • R128 Volume normalize (adaptive), algorithm improved to stop the track going quieter a number of seconds before a change in main sound occurs.
  • CD Ripper: manually looking up discogs releases works again after they changed the url
  • CD Ripper: secure log will not add v1 matches if v2 matched
  • CD Ripper: secure log will no longer duplicate AccurateRip entries in the log
  • CD Ripper: better communication if premium metadata is disabled because of non-reference version
  • Added "Tag Editing" advanced configuration tab with new options.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 17.5 (Aug 16, 2021)

  • Bug Fix: Resampler could crash on Apple M1
  • Re-added missing fields in ID Tag Processing.
  • Improved ReplayGain scanning performance.
  • Improved resampling performance.
  • Mac system proxy (HTTP proxy only) settings are now respected if not specifically configured to access the internet over proxy.
  • Changed proxy server detection to be consistent with Windows dBpoweramp: button to copy system proxy settings.
  • Increased open file handle limit to mitigate possible bad behavior with large conversion batches or multiple concurrent conversions.
  • Added debug code to troubleshoot problems with saving of external album covers. Additional info lines will be shown in ripping log.
  • Prevented certain DSPs from being added more than once.
  • Remove newly added DSP if dismissed its settings dialog with an esc key.
  • Can now copy messages with cmd+c in conversion info/error log window.
  • Made possible to reorder DSPs with drag&drop.
  • Cleaned up overwrite prompt dialog, allowed multi selection, changed 'overwrite' button title depending on whether file name conflicts still exist.
  • Can now open files (or folders in Batch Converter) by dragging them from Finder into dBpoweramp launcher window.
  • Added option not to save file selection with Batch Converter profiles.
  • Added explicit fix for back slashes in file naming patterns; file naming patterns copied from Windows should work properly now.
  • Updated ANSI file naming sanitization rules.
  • Added writing of seek tables to encoded FLAC files.
  • Updated FDK AAC to 2.0.2.
  • M4A tags: Lyricist no longer written as @aut as nothing uses that.
  • CD Ripper: Now using gnudb.org as freedb data provider. Enabled freedb submission feature.
  • CD Ripper: Discogs bug fixes.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed rare crash when ejecting CD.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed wrong album art shown after manual meta search.
  • CD Ripper: Added debug logging of Manual Meta Search.
  • CD Ripper: fixed CD gap info not being fed to remove gaps DSP.
  • CD Ripper: fixed blank "Track Technical" column (now shows info where appropriate, such as HDCD or pre-emphasis).
  • CD Ripper: added "Gap (Pre-Track)" column.
  • CD Ripper: Removed obsolete TrackType metadata provider.
  • Fixed incorrect behaviors of Edit ID Tags with album art in some scenarios.
  • Fixed decoding of DSD512.
  • Fixed crash when encoding WAVE files on Apple Silicon CPU.
  • Fixed incorrect info fed to [Audio Info] utility codec, current dBpoweramp version was shown as the encoding tool for some files.
  • Fixed blank content of "Compression" column in Batch Converter.
  • Fixed bugs with MusicBrainz and Discogs meta lookup over proxy.
  • Fixed poor performance of Volume Normalize effect in "Adaptive: peak to peak" mode.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 17.4 (Feb 1, 2021)

  • El Capitan minimum version
  • Added multi-checkbox selection in Batch Converter filters dialog.
  • Improved sorting behaviors in Batch Converter. Files are previewed converted in order they appeared in Batch Converter view.
  • Bit Depth DSP: Fixed missing 32-bit float mode.
  • Changed Multi Encoder semantics!
  • REMOVED "use parent settings" for naming.
  • Master naming is disabled if Multi Encoder is selected, please configure naming per-encoder instead.
  • REMOVED master DSP settings, please configure DSP per-encoder instead.
  • If you used one of these features, your configuration will be updated on first run to comply - master naming to encoder naming, master DSPs moved to encoder DSPs. Your profiles should continue to work as they did before.
  • ID Tag Processing DSP: 'delete all' and 'all except' actions are removed for file naming processing.
  • Tag editor: When searching album art from internet, track title is used if album title is not known.
  • File naming dialog no longer shows [origxxx] elements if invoked by CD Ripper.
  • New Low Pass filter code, does not attenuate lower frequencies.
  • New DSP effects: Highpass, Bandpass Filter
  • Updated WavPack to 5.4.0
  • Dynamic Naming dialog now correctly inserts new tags at cursor position
  • ID Tag Processing: cleaned up tag field list, made sorted
  • CD Ripper: New Multi Encoder entries have "use parent settings" naming by default.
  • CD Ripper: New Multi Encoder entries use default CD Ripper naming pattern by default.
  • CD Ripper: Added 'Catalog *' to add-new-tag dropdown.
  • CD Ripper: Added secure option to mark track as error 'if not verified by accuraterip'.
  • Fixed a bug preventing DSD files from being tagged if created by CD Ripper.
  • Fixed duplication of album art on MP3 files having both ID3v2 and APE tags.
  • Fixed Multi Encoder file naming possibly not respecting ID Tag Processing DSP.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 17.3 (Feb 1, 2021)

  • Native compatibility with Apple M1
  • Made possible to enter CD drive offset manually even if it's been configured before.
  • Edit ID Tags: cycling files with arrows preserves the selected field.
  • CD Ripper / Multi Encoder improvements, disabled naming options that make no sense.
  • Attempted workaround for ReplayGain scanning crash.
  • New CAF decoder.
  • Fixed CD Ripper manual meta search on old Mac OS versions.
  • Added icons for effects.
  • Fixed failure to encode FLAC with very large album cover tags.
  • Fixed failure to convert when source files are momentarily locked by another program.
  • Fixed Wave64 tagging bug.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 17.2 (Sep 7, 2020)

  • MP4/M4A and FLAC: Now allows totaltracks tag without track number.
  • File naming: added [multitag]
  • Made carriage return characters preserved in CUESHEET and EACLOG tags.
  • Added Max Gain setting in ReplayGain DSP & Encoder.
  • Arrange Audio: Fixed failure to find & move cover art on case-sensitive file system.
  • Made various dialogs possible to dismiss with esc key.
  • Now recognizes Ogg FLAC files with .oga extension.
  • Added startup check for correct profile folder permissions, with auto fix (chmod).
  • Refuses to start up - instead of behaving erratically like older versions did - if the profile folders are inaccessible and cannot be fixed automatically.
  • Batch Converter filter improvements - added [no Artist] etc, made albums formatted as Album - Artist.
  • Changed filename sanitization rules to prevent hidden files/folders prefixed with a dot from being created.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed crash bug.
  • CD Ripper: Musicbrainz manual search how fetches album art.
  • CD Ripper: crash bug fix.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 17.1 (Jul 2, 2020)

  • Fixed various issues preventing dBpoweramp from working correctly on Mac OS Yosemite.
  • Added help button in window title bar.
  • Dynamic naming [encoder], [encoder+] and [k_bitrate] now consistently return information about the destination file.
  • Reordered encoder list for better readability.
  • Added 'edit tags' in Finder context menus for folders.
  • Updated dynamic naming dialog, added examples.
  • Tag fields set to "" (empty) are now removed.
  • Multi Encoder: Shared file naming can be used for configured encoders - “use parent settings” in naming picker.
  • Improved readability of conversion info/errors page.
  • Better feedback when the conversion destination path cannot be written to.
  • Configuration dialog cleaned up, separate 'diagnostics' tab. Added option to suppress startup update checks.
  • CD Ripper:
  • Fixed de-emphasis not being correctly activated on CDs with pre-emphasis.
  • Added de-emphasis toggle.
  • Fixed incorrect handling of quotation marks in file names.
  • Icons updated for better dark mode readability.
  • Prevented meta refresh from being triggered again while already in progress.
  • Don't show nonsense in filename column with special encoders.
  • Fixed missing "disc in accuraterip" notice.
  • Album art lookup shows number of pictures retrieved so far.
  • Added a toggle for manual search when there is no metadata.
  • Removed obsolete freedb submission feature.
  • Smarter handling of metadata if read from CDText, UPC and ISRC when blending with PerfectMETA.
  • No longer fails if multiple tracks produce same file name (repeating title + no track number in the pattern).
  • Fixed app becoming unresponsive when the previously chosen destination folder is inaccessible.
  • Conversion info/errors are now always shown in correct order, not in order they finished encoding. Particularly relevant with Multi Encoder.
  • Metadata edits are auto saved when the window loses focus.
  • Fixed playback not working.
  • New option 'manual metadata search if no metadata' on by default
  • Reads artists better from discogs on various artist cds
  • Batch Converter:
  • Fixed 'last modified' date column not showing correct values.
  • Added filtering by last modified date.
  • Opening Batch Converter or CD Ripper from menu rather than launcher buttons now reuses active launcher window rather than creating new windows.
  • Button layout updated.
  • Made Batch Converter remember last used profile.
  • Do not pre-select last used profile when started via Finder menu in a specific folder.
  • Fixed incorrect saving of selected files/folders in profiles.
  • Codecs:
  • DSD tag writing now uses Unicode
  • Wavpack updated to 5.3.0
  • m4a FDK updated to 2.0.1
  • ID3v2 tags TBPM now mapped to BPM
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bugs with converter profiles, no longer crashes when trying to create a duplicate profile.
  • Fixed cover image scanning support.
  • Made Arrange Audio respect file name character replacement settings.
  • Fixed incorrect handling of quotation mark characters in Run External DSP configuration.
  • Finder menus cleaned up, no more separate entries for folder / file actions, should fix keyboard shortcut binding.
  • Naming [REPLACE] and [SPLIT] now use rather than , to signify comma to replace or split on, this allows empty strings to be set for replace, to replace space with nothing: [replace] ,,[artist][]

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 17.0 (Apr 13, 2020)

  • CD Ripper:
  • Art menu redesigned, new Add Additional Art menu, default actions replace main art
  • Art added from files, if PNG then left as PNG. New option in Metadata options 'Store Scanned Art as PNG'
  • Default allowed maximum album art size is now 1000x1000 and 750KB
  • Naming box shows for encoders such as multi-encoder
  • CD Text and ISRC metadata takes preference over other providers
  • Custom ID Tags are applied now if on manual metadata review a specific provider is chosen
  • Default naming changed to [album][][MAXLENGTH]80,[track] [artist] - [title][]
  • Default secure log saved to [rippedtopath]Secure Ripping Log.txt
  • Added de-emphasis option to CD ripper, and DSP effect for music converter
  • Displays on info page the AccurateRip status icon
  • Added manual metadata search form, auto shown if disc has no metadata
  • Shows which metadata providers are remaining on lookup
  • CD Ripper & Music Converter handle [Multi-Encoder] internally, this allows file overwrite and proper CPU resource allocation
  • Smoother ripping progress display
  • Manual meta search fix
  • m4a grup tag renamed to @grp as it was causing issues for iTunes
  • ID3v2 COMM tag, now works again for iTunes
  • FLAC updated to 1.3.3
  • Music Converter - output to box shows for encoders such as multi-encoder
  • ID Tag Editor - can drag and drop art on id tag editor
  • ID Tag editor - supports embedding PNG album art, also resizing existing PNG stays as PNG
  • Support for artist in m3u playlist
  • DSD - shows 1 bit and dsd frequency in dBpoweramp Popup Info & Audio Properties page
  • High quality SSRC (frequency resampler) enabled for all frequency conversions
  • Right Click >> Edit ID Tags option in art menu to resize existing art to a maximum KB size
  • Added DSD Encoder
  • Naming added [GROUP] so for example if an artist was 'Drake' and [group]4,[artist][] would generate 'a-d' the first letter of the tag is used and number signifies the letters to group together, 2 would be a-b c-d e-f
  • Naming added [SPLIT] for example artist was 'A1/A2/A3/A4' [split]/,[artist],2[] would return 'A2' to split on comma enter [split],[artist],2[]
  • Naming updated [REPLACE] can replace with , or search , buy setting a blank entry: [REPLACE],@,[artist][] would replace , with @
  • New conversion option: substitute Unicode spaces and remove leading or ending spaces in tags - there are various non-standard unicode space characters (such as thin space), these will be replaced with a standard space. Also white spaces at the start or end of tags are removed.
  • Added multi drive ripping capability - multiple CD Ripper windows are opened, one for each of your optical drives, so you can rip using any number of drives simultaneously without interruptions. Activate from the File menu.
  • Added cover art capture from scanner
  • Cleaned up various visual glitches & appearance inconsistencies across different dialogs
  • Improved keyboard navigation in various tables
  • Improved handling of Mac OS Catalina security permissions
  • Various dark mode visual glitches fixed
  • Tag editing features now recognize cover art in WebP format.
  • Made Utility Codecs permanently enabled, removed toggle.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Replaygain now writes iTuneNORM which is compatible with the latest iTunes
  • Musicbrainz was not always looking up discs
  • ID Tag processing does not export folder.jpg when doing filename check (dmc or multi-encoder)
  • Bugs in manual meta lookup
  • Extreme memory usage when attempting to read tags from M4A files with QuickTime chapters.
  • Missing tab navigation in CD Ripper edit boxes.
  • Previous rip state not being shown in CD Ripper until tracks were manually selected.
  • CD Ripper vs Multi Encoder bugs.
  • CD Ripper multi drive ripping bugs.
  • More CD Ripper vs Multi Encoder bugs.
  • "limit date to year only" option not taking effect in some scenarios.
  • CD Ripper not showing disc's metadata in some scenarios.
  • Crashing when resampling exotic sample rates
  • Crashing when ripping multiple discs concurrently with AccurateRip enabled

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.5 (Jan 3, 2019)

  • PerfectMeta now works in Trial version.
  • Updated Opus encoder to version 1.3.
  • Updated FDK AAC encoder to version 2.0.
  • Added a prompt when deleting a profile in Converter.
  • Ripping to "automatically add to iTunes" folder now forcibly rips to a temp folder, and moves fully encoded files to the destination folder.
  • Fixed a bug causing some album art lookups to fail.
  • Fixed bugs related to writing of "ENCODER" tag, with Multi Encoder in particular.
  • Fixed a bug causing repeated ripping of the same CD to Multi Encoder to write log file including data from previous ripping passes.
  • Fixed visual glitches in ALAC encoder setting.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.4 (Jan 3, 2019)

  • Re-introduced remembering of window positions Updated MP4/M4A codec with support for tagging files larger than 4 gigabytes Improved behavior when converting low sample rate audio files to Apple AAC CBR. Extended Apple AAC encoding options, added encoding to HE-AAC & HE-AACv2. Cleaned up Apple AAC options: allowed full 0...127 VBR quality range, improved bitrate estimation Cleaned up FDK AAC options: correct VBR mode range for HE-AAC and HE-AAC v2, improved bitrate estimation CD Ripper: added sort tag fields in Review Metadata Shows actual possible bitrate range for 44100Hz stereo content when invoked by CD Ripper Bumped default limit of threads from 8 to 12 Various cosmetic glitches fixed Multi encoder now respects ID Tag Processing DSP for file name generation Changed ID3v2 TIT1 mapping Added LAME MP3 advanced settings Bug Fixes Dismissing ripping error/info log now returns to the CD Ripper window
  • Fixed "Retrieve Metadata From..." commands not working correctly with PerfectMeta enabled
  • CD Ripper: fixed multi value tags not being recognized in some of the edit boxes
  • Apple AAC encoder page fixes
  • Fixed buggy behaviors of 'create profile' of the Convert dialog
  • Fixed visual glitches
  • Fixed ReplayGain Utility codec configuration glitches
  • Fixed non-working "limit conversion threads" setting

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.3 (May 17, 2018)

  • Fixed resource leaks resulting in app crashes after long use.
  • Prevented accidental creation of hidden files/folders (prefixed with a dot) when album titles and such begin with a dot.
  • Added 'track technical' column in CD Ripper, similar to the one in Windows version of dBpoweramp.
  • Fixed "Remove Empty Folders" not working in "Delete Source File" DSP.
  • Updated LAME to 3.100
  • Updated Vorbis to 1.3.6
  • ID Tag Update codec now optionally preserves modification time (would always preserve before).
  • Made /Network/ accessible from Batch Converter.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.4 Beta 1 (May 17, 2018)

  • Re-introduced remembering of window positions
  • Updated MP4/M4A codec with support for tagging files larger than 4 gigabytes
  • Improved behavior when converting low sample rate audio files to Apple AAC CBR.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.1 (May 18, 2017)

  • Run External DSP fixes:Now accessible again as it was accidentally left out in R16
  • Updated and bugfixed configuration dialog, options are no longer reversed, the dialog ensures that you input command line arguments for "before conversion" & "after conversion" modes which require arguments.
  • Can now launch mac OS app bundles, not just standalone executables or shell scripts.
  • Corrected "ID Tag Processing" DSP crash on invalid input.
  • Improved context menus for file list sub-dialogs, in batch converter and conversion setup dialogs.
  • Added the ability to clone Batch Converter presets along with conversion settings.
  • Fixed album art lookup failing to fetch content from specific sources.
  • Fixed "error overwriting file" bug when ripping to external drive or a NAS.
  • Fixed various edit tags dialog glitches.
  • Fixed slow reading of specific ID3 tags containing large pictures.
  • CD Ripper: rip to temp folder now works correctly.
  • CD Ripper: prevented automatic meta lookup after tags have been manually edited.
  • CD Ripper: prevent system sleep.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed unwanted propagation of metadata edits to non-selected tracks.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed "rip as one" crash on new OSX.
  • CD Ripper: Manually entered folders are now automatically created.
  • Edit tags dialog tweaks.
  • Batch Converter: fixed some cases where recursive selection was ineffective.
  • Batch Converter: added "edit tags" in file list context menu.
  • You can now mass edit tags on a folder, recursively - select a folder, open file list, select all, choose "edit tags" from the context menu.
  • Fixed lockup during conversion when converting lots and lots of tracks.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.1 Beta 8 (May 18, 2017)

  • Fixed lockup during conversion when converting lots and lots of tracks.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.1 Beta 6 (Apr 14, 2017)

  • Fixed various edit tags dialog glitches.
  • Fixed slow reading of specific ID3 tags containing large pictures.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed unwanted propagation of metadata edits to non-selected tracks.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed "rip as one" crash on new OSX.
  • Edit tags dialog tweaks.
  • Batch Converter: fixed some cases where recursive selection was ineffective.
  • Batch Converter: added "edit tags" in file list context menu.
  • CD Ripper: Manually entered folders are now automatically created.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.1 Beta 3 (Mar 26, 2017)

  • Fixed album art lookup failing to fetch content from specific sources.
  • Fixed "error overwriting file" bug when ripping to external drive or a NAS.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.1 Beta 2 (Mar 26, 2017)

  • Added the ability to clone Batch Converter presets along with conversion settings.
  • Made CD Ripper prevent system sleep.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.1 Beta 1 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • Run External DSP fixes:
  • Now accessible again as it was accidentally left out in R16
  • Updated and bugfixed configuration dialog, options are no longer reversed, the dialog ensures that you input command0line arguments for "before conversion" & "after conversion" modes which require arguments.
  • Can now launch mac OS app bundles, not just standalone executables or shell scripts.
  • CD Ripper: rip to temp folder now works correctly.
  • CD Ripper: prevented automatic meta lookup after tags have been manually edited.
  • Corrected "ID Tag Processing" DSP crash on invalid input.
  • Improved context menus for file list sub-dialogs, in batch converter and conversion setup dialogs.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16.0 (Mar 7, 2017)

  • Added support for Apple AAC encoder
  • Added Monkey's Audio codec
  • Reworked Album Art downloader, can now enter keywords manually
  • Removed obsolete AMG metadata provider, now using Discogs instead
  • Refreshed ID Tag editor dialog, added auto complete
  • M4A handling fixes
  • Updated Volume Normalize DSP
  • Updated ID Tag Processing DSP
  • Updated ReplayGain DSP
  • Added HDCD DSP
  • Added Finder right-click menu for "convert with dBpoweramp" on folders
  • Refreshed Ripper user interface
  • Refershed file naming picker user interface
  • Refreshed Batch Converter user interface
  • AIFF files now saved as .AIFF not .AIF
  • Correct metadata sources (Sonata instead of GD3) now shown for Classical music Implemented utility codecs: Arrange Audio, Audio Info, Calculate Audio CRC, Channel Split, ID Tag Update, Length Split, ReplayGain, Tag From Filename.
  • Refreshed Configuration dialog user interface.
  • New simplified output location picker in Converter & Multi Converter.
  • Configuration dialog appearance reworked.
  • Updated libFLAC to 1.3.2
  • Cosmetic tweaks, removed square borders around some buttons.
  • WAVE encoder: Added more sample rates.
  • Resampler DSP updated.
  • Added OK-Cancel-ism to Multi Encoder configuration.
  • CD Ripper:
  • Added classical-music-specific fields to the top bar - they appear when genre is either 'classical' or 'opera'.
  • Can now import album art by drag & drop
  • Can now preview (play) the audio CD tracks
  • Can now rip CD as one file
  • Can now rip to ._ files and rename upon completion
  • Can now eject after ripping successfully
  • Bug Fixes:
  • CD Ripper: Fixed a bug causing tags not to be written in certain conditions
  • CD Ripper: Fixed a bug causing track numbers to be missing right after online metadata retrieval
  • Fixed various window position remembering misbehaviors.
  • Batch Converter column layout now remembered.
  • Batch Converter fixed left pane not refreshing correctly with loaded file tags in certain scenarios.
  • CD Ripper "title" and "artist" columns stay invisible if removed by user (until enabled manually).
  • CD Ripper fixed meta lookup not automatically starting after AccurateRip has been autoconfigured for a new drive (affects mainly first run of the app).
  • Fixed mishandling of slash characters in M4A tags
  • CD Ripper: Fixed bugs related to album art URL paste
  • CD Ripper: Fixed nonsensical output filenames with certain Multi Encoder configs, in particular when upgrading from R15
  • Fixed DSP list glitch.
  • Made various lists (DSP list, file naming options, etc) appear in alphabetic order.
  • Fixed CD Ripper meta review dialog header buttons not always working.
  • Should now reliably truncate long filenames containing Unicode characters to lengths accepted by HFS+.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16 Beta 23 (Feb 25, 2017)

  • Added support for Apple AAC encoder
  • Added Monkey's Audio codec
  • Reworked Album Art downloader, can now enter keywords manually
  • Removed obsolete AMG metadata provider, now using Discogs instead
  • Refreshed ID Tag editor dialog, added auto complete
  • M4A handling fixes
  • Updated Volume Normalize DSP
  • Updated ID Tag Processing DSP
  • Updated ReplayGain DSP
  • Added HDCD DSP
  • Added Finder right-click menu for "convert with dBpoweramp" on folders
  • Refreshed Ripper user interface
  • Refershed file naming picker user interface
  • Refreshed Batch Converter user interface
  • Ripper can now preview (play) the audio CD tracks
  • Ripper can now rip CD as one file
  • Ripper can now rip to ._ files and rename upon completion
  • Ripper can now eject after ripping successfully
  • AIFF files now saved as .AIFF not .AIF
  • Correct metadata sources (Sonata instead of GD3) now shown for Classical music
  • Implemented utility codecs: Arrange Audio, Audio Info, Calculate Audio CRC, Channel Split, ID Tag Update, Length Split, ReplayGain, Tag From Filename.
  • Refreshed Configuration dialog user interface.
  • New simplified output location picker in Converter & Multi Converter.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16 Beta 15 (Jan 3, 2017)

  • CD Ripper corrected beta 14 regression rendering meta review window unusable

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16 Beta 6 (Oct 12, 2016)

  • Corrected beta 5 regression, "rip as one" works again, broke from changing Xcode version.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16 Beta 5 (Oct 12, 2016)

  • Corrected beta 4 regression causing edited codec options not to be saved
  • Required mac OS version is now 10.9 (Mavericks). Various incompatibilities with old OSX versions have been resolved.
  • Made CDDA track list reading not stall the UI.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16 Beta 4 (Oct 12, 2016)

  • Implemented Conditional Encoding feature - use Conditional Encoding DSP to configure
  • Batch Converter fixes
  • Conversion progress dialog tweaks
  • Configuration dialog: reworked Codecs tab

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16 Beta 3 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • Ripping to Apple Lossless no longer fails verification when configured to use ._ extension for intermediate files (as by default).

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16 Beta 2 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • Corrected truncated columns in certain views, Batch Converter left pane and Edit Tags in particular.
  • Fixed various Batch Converter glitches; browsing network shares should no longer make the window unresponsive.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 16 Beta 1 (Sep 7, 2016)

  • Added support for Apple AAC encoder
  • Added Monkey's Audio codec
  • Reworked Album Art downloader, can now enter keywords manually
  • Refreshed ID Tag editor dialog, added auto complete
  • M4A handling fixes
  • Updated Volume Normalize DSP
  • Updated ID Tag Processing DSP
  • Updated ReplayGain DSP
  • Added Finder right-click menu for "convert with dBpoweramp&*8221; on folders
  • Refreshed Ripper user interface
  • Refershed file naming picker user interface
  • Refreshed Batch Converter user interface
  • Ripper can now preview (play) the audio CD tracks
  • Ripper can now rip CD as one file
  • Ripper can now rip to ._ files and rename upon completion
  • Ripper can now eject after ripping successfully
  • AIFF files now saved as .AIFF not .AIF
  • Correct metadata sources (Sonata instead of GD3) now shown for Classical music

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.7 Beta 3 (Aug 9, 2016)

  • Fixed Multi Encoder failure with 24-bit source files.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.7 Beta 2 (Aug 3, 2016)

  • Fixed DSP preset save button triggering the wrong action.
  • Fixed crash when last used codec does not exist [after running R16 alpha versions].
  • Fixed codec options not being saved correctly.
  • Fixed CD Ripper metadata cache option being saved incorrectly.
  • Fixed Opus encoder error when output filename contains quotation marks.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.6 (Jul 14, 2016)

  • Fixed DSP preset “save” actually opening load dialog
  • Fixed advanced codec options saved incorrectly and not actually used
  • Fixed crash when last used codec doesn’t exist (for running side by side with upcoming R16 beta)

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.5 (May 31, 2016)

  • Fixed handling of files with backslash character in their names.
  • Fixed missing optimizations in some of our codecs; conversion speeds should be the same as on Windows now.
  • Added reading of disc's ISRC codecs.
  • Fixed crash when attempting to edit tags on malformed Opus files.
  • Fixed encoding AAC files with quotation marks in their names.
  • Fixed encoding MP3 files with quotation marks in their names.
  • Added character substitution rules configuration for Converter / Batch Converter, similar to those in CD Ripper.
  • Made CD Ripper metadata cache size configurable.
  • Edit Tags no longer treats Title and Album fields containing ; as separate values.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed nonsensical behavior when attempting to rip to a non-existent folder.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed bad downscaling of non-square album covers, width & height were getting transposed.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed "choose album art" sorting by size not working quite right.
  • "ID Tag Processing" DSP: fixed configuration dialog crashings.
  • "ID Tag Processing" DSP: forced bigger default window size for better readability, as some of the options were hard to see.
  • Fixed bad output when converting directly to "Automatically add to iTunes" folder - prevented iTunes from processing incomplete & intermediate files.
  • Added better error messages when conversion process fails to start up.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.5 Beta 7 (May 24, 2016)

  • Added better error messages when conversion process fails to start up.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.5 Beta 6 (May 23, 2016)

  • CD Ripper: Fixed nonsensical behavior when attempting to rip to a non-existent folder.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed bad downscaling of non-square album covers, width & height were getting transposed.
  • CD Ripper: Fixed "choose album art" sorting by size not working quite right.
  • "ID Tag Processing" DSP: fixed configuration dialog crashings.
  • "ID Tag Processing" DSP: forced bigger default window size for better readability, as some of the options were hard to see.
  • Fixed bad output when converting directly to "Automatically add to iTunes" folder - prevented iTunes from processing incomplete & intermediate files.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.5 Beta 5 (Apr 5, 2016)

  • Fixed encoding MP3 files with quotation marks in their names.
  • Added character substitution rules configuration for Converter / Batch Converter, similar to those in CD Ripper.
  • Made CD Ripper metadata cache size configurable.
  • Edit Tags no longer treats Title and Album fields containing ; as separate values.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.5 Beta 4 (Mar 22, 2016)

  • Added reading of disc's ISRC codecs.
  • Fixed crash when attempting to edit tags on malformed Opus files.
  • Fixed encoding AAC files with quotation marks in their names.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.5 Beta 1 (Jan 25, 2016)

  • Fixed handling of files with backslash character in their names.
  • Fixed missing optimizations in some of our codecs; conversion speeds should be the same as on Windows now.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.4 (Jan 20, 2016)

  • Metadata lookups are now cancellable as they seem to get stuck and never return in some cases
  • Manually unchecked metadata providers no longer become checked again
  • No more .ignore filenames in ripping logs
  • Fixed Multi Encoder breaking with quotation marks in file names
  • Fixed metadata provider checkboxes not having immediate effect
  • AMG should no longer take a very long time to return in case there's a problem connecting to the server.
  • Temporary file handling fixes.
  • Fixed disc ID calculation on CDs containing data tracks, now generating identical disc IDs as dBpoweramp for Windows.
  • Fixed problems with copy/paste from ripping status log dialog.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.4 Beta 3 (Jan 3, 2016)

  • Metadata lookups are now cancellable as they seem to get stuck and never return in some cases
  • Manually unchecked metadata providers no longer become checked again
  • No more .ignore filenames in ripping logs
  • Fixed Multi Encoder breaking with quotation marks in file names
  • Fixed metadata provider checkboxes not having immediate effect
  • AMG should no longer take a very long time to return in case there's a problem connecting to the server.
  • Temporary file handling fixes.

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.3 (Jan 3, 2016)

  • OS X El Capitan compatibility fixes
  • Allowed AccurateRip use on unknown-offset drives

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.2 (Jan 3, 2016)

  • Fixed resource leaks
  • Fixed a bug causing not all files to be enumerated when converting large folders through Batch Converter
  • Fixed nonsense in drop-down genre list
  • Better error message formatting when using Test Conversion or Multi Encoder
  • Added configurable conversion thread count limit

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15.1 (Jan 3, 2016)

  • Fixed conversion to same folder
  • Fixed handling of quotation marks in file paths

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 15 (Jan 3, 2016)

  • Moved from version R1 to R15, as the OS X version is now feature rich as Windows
  • More consistent proxy server handling across various app components
  • Network share output folders are now correctly remembered; network shares get re-mounted if necessary.
  • Improved Batch Converter tolerance for lagging network shares.
  • Convert to same folder option now disabled in scenarios where it does not make any sense.
  • Fixed glitch in dynamic naming editing dialog preventing add-item-by-click when the text box is empty
  • Codecs:
  • Fixed various Multi Encoder bugs
  • Added AAC VBR encoding
  • Fixed forward slashes being replaced with back slashes in M4A tags.
  • Fixed AAC VBR not reporting estimated file size.
  • CD Ripper:
  • Improved error messages when AccurateRip configuration fails
  • Fixed crash with 'composer' column enabled
  • Fixed "could not connect to AccurateRip servers" bug
  • "Review Metadata" button is now available at all time
  • Fixed a bug possibly causing metadata retrieval to get stuck
  • Changed filename substitution rules, now allows all characters that are valid for OSX filesystem unless configured otherwise
  • Added an easy option to enable Windows style filename character substitution rules
  • Fixed editbox changes not taking effect when pressing "rip" while editbox still has focus
  • Album art handling cleanups
  • Added drive's cache size detection, under secure ripper settings
  • Added drive's C2 pointer capability detection, under secure ripper settings

New in dBpoweramp Music Converter 1.2 Beta 1 (Mar 10, 2015)

  • Changes since R1.1:
  • Improved error messages when AccurateRip configuration fails
  • Fixed non working DSP list in multiencoder
  • Fixed CD ripper crash with 'composer' column enabled