Version 02.01.06
Cepstral and wine
Windows versions of Cepstral voices can be used with wine, by specifying
wine: in front of the Cepstral path and using a "Wait before speech"
setting of 5000.
Freetts
Support for freetts speech generation has been removed. Testing with Ubuntu
did not work and caused the program to hang. The other engines have better
sound and more options anyway.
Looks under Ubuntu
Support jgoodies and squareness looks if they are installed
via Ubuntu Software Center. (install jgoodies or sqaureness from technical
option in Ubuntu Software center)
Load Playlist From File
Fixed bug where a null pointer exception message displayed
when loading an m3j playlist.
Help file under Ubuntu
The help file was not displayed under Ubuntu or any platform that does not
support the Desktop API. Fixed so that it can use the default browser if the desktop
API is not available.
envelope command with playlists
If the envelope command was used with a playlist generated by the playlist
command, album names were not printed under certain circumstances.
tagbkup
In some cases, the program would report "Warning - no tag on file xxxx"
incorrectly, when there was a tag. This did not affect the processing.
The problem has been fixed.
Default customization
In the customization dialog, automatically supply the default mixer.
Default Speech Engine
If Play Announcements is requested and no speech engine or voice is selected,
Jampal will use a default engine.
Version 02.01.05
ptts
The ptts.exe utility has been rewritten. It is now a vbs
script, run with the cscript command. It now supports
windows 32 bit as well as 64 bit versions and voices.
Announcements
Announcements using the windows speech engine are now
fixed to work with 32 bit and 64 bit JVM, and support 32
bit and 64 bit voices.
Version 02.01.04
Memory leak
Fixed memory leak that occurs when closing a library or
making certain changes with the edit-customize dialog.
Man pages
Added clarification about requirement for lame and Libre
Office.
Error Handling
Improved error handling for when components are not
installed, and for commands run against an empty library.
Version 02.01.01
Packaged for Debian / Ubuntu
Debian source and install packages, ready for inclusion in
the Debian or Ubuntu repository, or download from
sourceforge.
Documentation
Created man pages. Generate html documentation from man
pages. Automatic generation of html pages from fragments.
Debian support
Consolidated scripts under the jampal command and created
man page documentation for them
Enabled compilation without freetts, since freetts is not
available in a Debian package.
Changed build process to use make instead of shell
scripts.
Player can now support a sound system that does not allow
master gain control.
Default libraries support columns needed for command line
commands.
Support for help file in a different place in the
directory structure, using environment properties file.
Support for relative directories in environment files.
Default library is now in directory specified in
configuration file.
Improved naming of some menu items.
Fixed to support the directory structure that is used by
mbrola under debian.
Windows build
Removed unix scripts from Windows install.
Added a cygwin install. This includes scripts.
Included mbrola.exe in windows and cygwin builds, since it
is no longer on the mbrola web site.
General
Removed some junk files from source distribution.
Version 1.26
Tagbkup
Fixed problem where -f option only works on a
unix-formatted file, even in Windows.
Version 1.25
Copy / Paste
Fixed problem where paste menu option was not working.
Version 1.24
64 Bit Linux Support
A 64 bit linux version of tagbkup is now included. Both 32
bit and 64 bit versions are in the install package so that
it can be installed on 32 bit or 64 bit Linux systems. The
same java versions of the jampal program work in 32 bit or
64 bit Linux.
Version 1.23
64 Bit Support
The install script is updated so that Jampal will support
a 32bit or 64bit version of Java on 64bit Windows systems.
If a 64bit Java is used, announcements using the Microsoft
speech engine currently will not work. Other speech options
will work.
Icons and files
There is a new icon for Jampal. Also jampal libraries will
show the icon in Windows explorer, and you can open the
library by double clicking the library icon.
Version 1.22
Track Editor
The track editor window
Combine Duplicates
Short cut menu for combining a track that is on multiple
albums into one file with "Alternate Albums".
Strike-out
Tracks which are logically deleted by entering a D in the
"Jampal" field are shown struck out.
Look and Feel
Java looks from various sources are included.
Setup
Setup is upgraded to Inno Setup 5. I have consolidated the
windows 2000 setup, the XP setup and the compact setup into
one windows setup. The Windows speech engine and Microsoft
Mike and Mary voices are no longer included. This should
not be a problem as versions of Windows from XP onwards
already include it.
Version 1.21
Slow Saving Library
Saving a large library or closing window with large
library over a network was slow. (i.e. using a library on a
network shared drive). This has been fixed.
Frames column type
In the library you can select and display a new column
type "FRAMES". This includes in the library a list of other
frames found in the tag (frames not already in the
library). For a list of the meanings of frames look in the
Tables and ID3 Frame Descriptions sections of the
help. The frames are surrounded by spaces, so that if you
want to search for tracks with a particular frame, surround
the serach field by spaces (e.g. use " APIC" to search for
tracks with a picture).
Improved Status Line
In the status line at the bottom of the library or
playlist it shows number of tracks selected, playing time
and total file size. In the case where files were selected
twice, once for their primary album and once for alternate
album, or because they were in a playlist twice, they were
being included twice, giving a misleading file size total.
Now a new value is added ("Files"), which shows the number
of files with duplicates excluded. The total size is also
adjusted to exclude duplicates. The number of tracks and
playing time still includes the duplicates.
Preserve Selected Row
After sorting tracks the selected row will remain selected
and be scrolled into view.
Shuffle
After shuffle tracks the first row will be scrolled into
view and selected.
Validate Tracks
The "Validate Tracks" option has been enhanced to refresh
track data from the disk if it has changed, as well as
finding files that have been renamed.
Find
Find can search on a specific column without first sorting
on the column. There is an option to search on the selected
column instead of the sorted column. When searching on all
columns but not for all occurrences, it now selects the
column in which the string is found.
Track Properties
The Track Properties window now includes a list of frames
in the track. This displays all frames in the track, unlike
the library which only displays the id's of frames not
already shown in the library. For a list of the meanings of
frames look in the Tables and ID3 Frame Descriptions sections of
the help. Also if the Track Properties window is open and
you change the track selection, the track properties window
will dynamically update to show the new selected track.
Version 1.20
Validate Song
Fixed a bug which was preventing validating songs from the
menu or when playing.
"Follow" Option
Fixed a bug where song names were announced once at the
start of the list of connected songs, and again before each
song. They should only be announced at the start of the
sequence of songs, so as to avoid an interruption.
Null Ponter Exception
A null pointer exception happened when setting the
language to blank in the grid.
Version 1.19
Deleting of Frames
Fixed a bug which could cause an exception message when
deleting a frame that is not supported or that has an
error. These frames can now be deleted successfully.
Tag editor Window
Changed so that the tag editor window will not move or
resize when moving from one song to another. This makes it
easier to arrange windows on the screen when updating many
songs.
Version 1.18
ESpeak
Jampal now supports the ESpeak speech engine in Windows,
Linux and any other environment that supports ESpeak. It
also supports mbrola voices when used with espeak.
Multi Language Announcements
You can now announce your song titles in the language that
matches the song name. There is a new Voices tab in the
configuration dialog that allows you to select voices to be
used with each song language. You can select for each
language which engine and voice will be used.
Multi Language Songs
You can now assign more than one language to a song. This
will be useful if the language for the announcement should
be different from the main laguange for the song.
Announcements use the last language in the list.
Version 1.17
Unicode
Jampal now supports full use of unicode character sets.
There is a font menu option so that if you are using
non-English characters you can select an appropriate font
to display them.
This also fixes a problem where if an ID3V2.4 tag with UTF-8 font was edited, an incorrect ID3V2.3 tag was created that caused Microsoft media player to refuse to play the file.
Help Menu
Added a Help menu item to display the online help pages.
Compiler Upgrades
Jampal now requires Java version 6.
Version 1.16
Most Recently Used list
Open menu includes a list of the libraries opened recently
to save time when opening libraries.
Alternate Album
Custom tag for the case where one song is on two or more
albums. You can record additional albums in a comments tag.
The additional entries will be added to the library so that
when sorting by album you can see the song in both albums
although only one copy of the song exists on your hard
drive.
Duplicate entries in playlist
You can now have multiple copies of a track in a playlist.
This is regardless of the alternate album setting. If you
want to play the same song 100 times, just add it to the
playlist 100 times.
Library save Improvement
When saving a library using the File, Save Library option,
save settings such as last song playing, selection, window
size.
Compiler Upgrades
Jampal now requires Java version 5.
ptts is now compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
(V8).
tagbkup for windows is now compiled with g++ (GCC)
3.4.5
tagbkup for cygwin is now compiled with gcc g++ (GCC)
3.3.3
tagbkup for linux is compiled with g++ (GCC) 4.1.3
Sound Quality
In some environments, sound quality was degraded. To avoid
this an extra customization parameter has been added for
mixer name. In most cases selecting the mixer "Java Sound
Audio Engine" will provide best quality, but you can now
try different options in case the sound does not work or is
poor quality.
Version 1.14
Validate Tracks
After a "Validate Tracks" operation, tracks which could
not be validated or repaired remain selected.
Enhanced Status line
The status line at the bottom of the window shows the
number of songs that have been selected. It is now enhanced
to also show the total playing time in days, hours,
minutes, seconds, as well as the total file size in
megabytes. These only work if the playing time and file
size are selected in the library fields in the
customization dialog.
Missing files in source zip
Some files that were needed to build the program were
missing from the source zip. These have been added.
Version 1.13
Java versions 5 and 6
Minor changes (see below) have been made to ensure the
program runs well with the latest versions of Java.
Cell Selection Display
With the Java version 5 and 6 default table behaviour, it
is very difficult to see which is the current selected
cell. A very thin gray border is painted on a blue
background. To make it possible to see the currently
selected cell, Jampal now paints the selected cell in
"unselected" colors. This makes it easier to see where you
are before using "Edit Cell".
Automatic Cell Editing
Added the "Automatic Cell Editing" checkbox and menu item.
Bug with sorting and moving columns
If you moved some columns to new positions then sorted on
columns, in some cases the sort indicator was not removed
when the sort no longer applied.
Sound Distortion
Java versions 5 and 6 use a different default volume
setting. The sound from Jampal would be distorted unless
you adjusted the "audio gain" in the customization page.
With this version the audio gain will default to 0 if you
are running java 5 or 6.
Version 1.12
Announcements
Enhanced the announcements feature so that any information
from the tag can be used in the announcement.
Validate Tracks
New "Validate Tracks" menu which scans selected tracks in
a library or playlist, fixes invalid filenames where
possible and reports back which ones could not be found.
Previously this validation only occurred when playing a
song.
Fix Case
"Fix Case" option did not work correctly where a word
started with a special character, for example parenthesis
or quote.
Album Sort
Album sort did not work where you had a disk number in
parentheses , for example (Disk 1) (Disk 2) for the same
album, disks 1 and 2 were intermingled. Now fixed.
Follow option
Some bugs were fixed in the operation of the "follow"
logic.
Track Number
If you used a three digit track number (i.e. greater than
99) the sort by track would not work correctly. Now fixed.
mp3 Management Scripts
Added more documentation. Also some bug fixes and minor
enhancements.
Version 1.11
mp3 Management
A suite of shell scripts to organize your mp3 files,
create playlists, create CDs, find duplicates, manage
backups. Currently beta test and requires some
understanding of shell scripts.
Unicode
Fixed bug which caused unicode encoded tags to display
incorrectly
Linux support
Now supports dropping files from the Nautilus file manager
on to Jampal. Also dropping pictures from the Nautilus file
manager or Epiphany web browser on to the tag editor.
Dropping files from Jampal on to the Nautilus file manager
does not work.
Drag and drop, copy
If you drag files from jampal to a text editor you can get
a list of file names. You can also drag a list of file
names from a text editor to jampal and those files will be
added to the library.
Version 1.10
Linux Support
Improved Linux support includes a version of tagbkup
compiled for Linux and a zip install with shell script to
install on Linux. Also support for speech on Linux.
New Speech Engines
The Announcement feature adds support for two new speech
engines: FreeTTS and Cepstral, so that speech can be used
on non-Microsoft systems, and better quality speech can be
used on all systems. Also adds extra voice related
customizations.
Other
TagUpdate has a new "SHORTDISPLAY" option.
If you launch a new instance of Jampal it will bring to the front the existing instance. This ensures that libraries are kept in sync.
When using Unix Path option, prevent adding files to the library from the wrong drive letter. (Previously this would work but the files could not be played).
When using Unix Path option, allow files with UNC paths to be added.
Added Splash screen when opening a library.
Fixed bug where adding a Language frame caused screen corruption.
When Pasting a large number of tracks, if one fails it will still paste the rest.
There are some new options for the ptts text to speech program
Version 1.09
New Customize Feature
New Customize feature allows the user to customize the
library and many options. These are customized with a
Graphical interface where previously they could only be
customized by editing a file. Also some new options have
been added.
New Command Line Tag Update Program
A new program, TagUpdate, is for users who wish to update
tags from a command line program. It offers all of the
updating features available in the Graphical Program.
New look and feel option
A new option in the Customize dialog allows you to select
your look and feel. To accomodate different looks, the
last-playing track is now highlighted in bold instead of in
red.
New resize option
A new option in the Customize dialog allows you to select
how your table will be treated when resizing the window or
the columns.
Tagbkup -x option
Added a new option (-x) to cater for file system
limitations of 16384 files per directory.
Unix / Linux settings
Added a new library option on the customize page to enable
easier sharing of files between unix/linux and windows.
Slider Operation
Fixed the bug where adjusting the slider during play
sometimes caused the play position to jump.
Saved Settings
The file library_saved.properties is no longer used.
Settings are save in library.jampal instead.
Status Line
Changed the status line to show the row number selected
when only 1 row is selected.
Tag Editor Resize
If you make the tag editor window wider, the space for
entering values will increase.
Version 1.08
Interruption in play
Made a change to reduce the chance of a brief gap between
two songs being played continuously in a playlist. This
affects albums where songs run into each other in
continuous fashion.
Slider Operation
Fixed problem where occasionally operating the slider to
move to another place in the song would stop the play of
that song.
SUN Java mp3 Plugin
Changed so that if you have the
SUN Java MP3 plugin installed, jampal will play using
that plugin instead of the "tritonus" mp3 decoder included
in jampal. The
SUN Java MP3 plugin can be downloaded and installed for
free. Jampal writes a trace message in the
.jampal/jampal_err.txt file in your home directory to
indicate which plugin is being used.
Fix Case
You can now use the super tagging feature to correct song
titles or other values which were typed in UPPER CASE or
lower case without retyping the names. Also a new "Fix
Case" checkbox added to tag update page.
Find
Many new and advanced features added to the Find Dialog.
Sort
Fixed so sort field takes into account spaces.
Version 1.07
Fixed bug loading m3u files
m3u playlist files could not be loaded with version 1.06.
Variable bit rate problem
If you had a file with variable bit rate and no xing
header, the bitrate and playing time were incorrect.
Playlist with duplicate songs
If you loaded a playlist from an m3u or m3j file and there
were duplicate songs you could get a java error message
(Row index out of range), although the playlist was loaded
successfully.
Playlist directory
When you load a playlist from a file, the program will
start from the directory you last used for loading a
playlist.
Missing files
If a file in a playlist is missing the program will
display a message and continue with the next one, up to 5
files. This was not working due to a shortcoming in the "Follow" enhancement from
the previous version.
Track Properties Display
There is a new menu option from the Edit menu and the
library context menu. This displays technical data about
the mp3 file.
Version 1.06
Find bug fixed
If you used "Find" with the option of searching the sort
columns and you typed two words, the search failed.
Follow
A new feature of Jampal allows you to specify that
multiple tracks must be played together. See the Follow option.
Play bug fixed
If you selected another song for play while the
announcement was still playing, an error message was
displayed after 30 seconds. (The Song that is Playing will
not end).
Search for renamed files
If a file has been renamed in the library, but the
playlist has the old name or any wrong name, it searches
the library and it it finds the song it will play it and
update the play list.
Improved continuous option
With the continuous option, the song could be overlapped
with the previous song. This will no longer happen.
Read-only library or playlist
If the "jmp" file is read-only, you can play the songs and
reorder the library. Any attempt to update a tag or the
library will give an error message that the library is
read-only.
Dummy Columns in the Library or playlist
You can add "dummy" columns to a library or playlist. You
can type anything you like into these and they will be
stored in the library but not on the mp3 song tag.
Fixed Header Resize Cursor Bug
If you clicked the table header in the library or playlist
while the resize cursor is displayed, It would sort the
library and after that the resize cursor vanished until you
shut down the program.
Search Enhancements
When searching the search string is now displayed in the
status bar at the bottom of the window. Also the search now
supports the backspace key.
Cell Edit Enhancement
When editing a field in the summary list the value will be
initially selected so that you can easily overtype it with
a complete new value.
Fixed the bug where a cell that was being edited was displayed as blank if you press escape to cancel the editing.
Playback Volume
Java sound by default reduces the volume level of sounds.
Added an entry to the library parameter file to supply a
gain value to counteract this.
Version 1.05
Playing Song Flagged
The song that is currently playing or last played is shown
in red in the library or playlist. A new menu option clears
the highlight.
Play options
If no song is selected when starting play, either the one
shown in red is played or if there is none shown in red,
play starts at the top.
Add to Playlist option
When adding to playlist, the new songs are selected, also
the one shown in red, so you can continue playing from the
same place more easily.
Shuffle, sort and play
If shuffle or sort is done while playing, the next song
played becomes the new one that follows the current song in
the playlist.
File read errors
If a file read error occurs during playback (the most
common error is "file not found" because the file has been
removed or renamed), playback does not stop. In the
playlist it continues to play the next song, but stops
after five such errors occur.
Play Menu
Added a play menu with keyboard shortcuts for play
commands.
Pause / Stop
Fixed bug where pressing stop after pause did not reset
slider and song position.
Default button
Set the "Update Tags" button as default on tag editor
window, so pressing enter can update the tags.
Tag Updater Window
Changed so that it uses the screen size as the maximum
window size. No longer using the "dialog-max-height"
property. Also changed to move the window onscreen if it
becomes larger and starts to overlap the edge of the
screen.
Default Track title
If a file has no tag or the track title is empty, the file
name (without the mp3 extension) will be displayed as the
track title. Also if any field is updated on the tag and
the tag title is missing, the file name will be put there.
The file name is edited according to the same rules as for
super tagging.
Super Tagging underscore
Added underscore as a character substituted during super
tagging.
Windows shut down or logoff
Closes jampal if you log off or shut down Windows.
Continuous Option
A new "Continuous" option in the "Play" menu to avoid a
gap between one track and the next. It also overlaps
announcements with the music.
m3j type playlist
A new type of saved playlist file, the m3j file saves just
the song title and artist name, and searches the library
for the matching file at the time of playing. So if files
are renamed or moved the playlist still works. The search
excludes special characters and parenthesized parts to make
it easier to find a match.
Changes to Search
When searching for a song by typing the sort key value,
special characters and parenthesized parts are excluded.
Blank Window
Fixed bug where a blank window could be left on screen if
you tried to open a library then canceled the operation.
Version 1.04
Additional Frames
Displays the "Private" frame and any Unicode text that may
be associated with it. If the frame is 4 bytes long
displays an integer value assuming the integer is stored in
Microsoft format. This frame cannot be updated.
These changes allow you to see the values put there by the windows media player. Note that Microsoft is using the private frame incorrectly, the description is supposed to be a URL or email address, and text ought to be stored in a comments frame or user defined text frame, not the user defined binary frame.
"Delete Frame" Bug fixed
Frames that cannot be edited should be able to be deleted.
This was causing a Class Cast Exception error message.
Internet Explorer Problem Fix
When viewing the documentation, Internet Explorer in
Windows XP after security patches displays a warning about
Active Content. Changed the shortcut to avoid this.
Tag Backup multiple id3v1 tags
When copying the id3v1 tag to an mp3 file that already has
more than 1 id3v1 tag, removes the extra tags before
copying.
Tag Backup copy music
Fixed bug where the -cm (copy music) option copied the
id3v1tag also.
Jampal and multiple id3v1 tags
If a file has more than one id3v1 tag, when updating the
tag, excess tags will be removed so that only 1 id3v1 tag
remains.
Version 1.03
New Find option
A new option on the edit menu, "Find" searches the library
for a string. Unlike the existing search, it is not limited
to the beginning of the field.
Ignore diacritics
When sorting or searching diacritics in the library are
ignored. Diacritics are the marks on letters mainly used in
foreign languages and heavy metal band names, for example
Motley Crue.
Text to Speech - Update Lexicon
When the speech engine mispronounces a name, the ptts
program now gives you the ability to update the lexicon to
correct it.
Language Tag
Improved support for the language tag allows you to select
from a list box.
Play Count Tag
The play count can now be viewed and updated.
Drop Pictures
Use drag and drop to add a picture to a song tag.
Pictures in editor
Include a picture frame with the default editor fields to
make it easier to add pictures to songs that do not have
them.
Tag Backup - extract file parts
Extract and copy parts of files. This enables you to
combine two or more mp3 files into one.
Fixed bug in text to speech
An initialization problem caused ptts to exit without
processing any input when used with windows XP sp2.
Player does not stop when re-sorting
When sorting or shuffling the library or playlist, the
song currently playing will continue.
Hourglass cursor
Certain long operations now display the hourglass cursor
to provide feedback that the program is busy.
Splash page
While jampal is starting up it displays a blank page to
show that something is happening.