Spider Player 2.3.8 (October 25, 2008)

New:

    Backward search in the playlist

Improved:

    Radio directory:

        hints for truncated lines

        user is now notified, when Shoutcast service is temporarily

    unavailable

Fixed:

    Metadata editor didn't recognize UTF8 text in ID3v2 tags correctly

Spider Player 2.3.7 (October 24, 2008)

Fixed:

    Could not read metadata from some MP3 files

    Player froze when "Enter registration key" button was pressed,

    if "Always on top" option was enabled

    Crash when the player is closed while a MIDI file is playing:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1199

Spider Player 2.3.6 (October 22, 2008)

New:

    Web search menu added (right-click track info scrolling label

    to show the menu). Available options are:

        find track/album on Amazon.com

        find in Google, Yahoo! or Wikipedia

        find music video on YouTube

        find artist pictures on Flickr

        find track's page on Last.fm

        look for concert listings on Gruvr

        find lyrics on LyricWiki

        find track using Skreemr

        copy track information to Clipboard

    "Sort by type" action added (Internet sources go first)

    Actions added:

        Rewind 30 sec.

        Forward 30 sec.

        Volume up 20%

        Volume down 20%

Improved:

    Shoutcast radio directory: "Top500" item added to the "Quick Genre"

    drop-down list (loaded by default)

    BASS audio library and plugins updated to the latest versions

    Lame encoder updated to v3.98.2

    OggEnc encoder updated to v2.85

    "Show untranslated lines only" option in the Translation editor

    Faster search/filtering in the Radio Directory, Translation Editor

    and Favorites Manager

    Some Windows Vista related tweaks

    to stop adding files to the playlist one can now hit the Escape key:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1204

    "Copy to folder" dialog redesigned, confirmation dialog is shown

    if a file already exists:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1213

Fixed:

    Spider SFX plugin is now fully Unicode enabled and doesn't cause

    troubles if Spider's installation path contains non-ANSI characters

    Skinning: the value of the "MenuButAnchors" attribute

    in the "[PLPositions]" section was ignored:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1223

    Invadid drawing of search boxes:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1225

    Issue with the tray icon's context menu:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1197

    Problems playing some Internet streams:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1226

    One couldn't assign a Tab key to an action:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1254

    Internet radio playlist not advancing

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1256

Spider Player 2.3.5 (June 13, 2008)

New:

    Spider SFX DSP plugin

    favorites submenu in the tray menu

    color of the odd lines of the lists is now adjustable

    tooltips for various controls have been added

    minor interface changes

Fixed:

    freezes at the end of a song when playing APE files with

    corrupted tags

    proxy settings didn't work since v2.3 beta 1

    invalid "About Spider Player" window position on dual monitor

    configurations

    "last opened folder" bug:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1181 (5'th message)

Spider Player 2.3.1.3 (May 26, 2008)

Fixed:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1175

Spider Player 2.3.1.2 (May 25, 2008)

New:

    Shift-click on a CD menu item (Main menu -> Play -> CD -> Drive name)

    reverses the current tracks addition mode

Improved:

    improvements to the DSP effects manager:

        add or remove DSPs by pressing the SPACE or ENTER keys

        buttons are now enabled only when they can perform an action

        current DSP doesn't lose focus when being moved up or down the DSP chain

Fixed:

    main inteface windows placement issue on systems with multiple monitors

    balloon hint didn't show up when Internet radio was playing

    some minor fixes

Spider Player 2.3.1.1 (May 22, 2008)

New:

    "Add to Favorites..." menu items added to the main menu

    and playlist's favorites menu

    Shift-click on a favorites menu item adds it to the playlist

    without clearing the latter

    blinking pause indicator

Fixed:

    some skins could crash the program

Spider Player 2.3.1 (May 19, 2008)

New:

    secondary hotkeys for actions

    "Restore default settings" start menu item added

    "Wiki" button added to the About window

    new drag & drop behaviour:

    http://spider-player.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1161

Improved:

    hotkeys can be assigned much easier now

    Converter now handles CD arrival/removal events automatically

    support for saving lyrics to MP3 and OGG files

    U3 version of Spider Player now supports Winamp DSP plugins as well

    range selection in the playlist is now possible by holding the

    Shift key while using the Up/Down arrows

    Note: if upgrading to a new version, one must hit the

    "Restore defaults" button on the "Hotkeys" page of the Options window

    or assign the corresponding hotkeys to "Select range" actions manually

    when playing MIDI files, soundfont name is now displayed

    in the information box

    the player now remembers active DSPs from the previous session

    translations updated

    some other usability improvements

Fixed:

    balloon hint sound issue

    U3 version: incorrect handling of physical U3 Drive eject

    could not play, rip and get FreeDB information for some CDs

    broken playlist saving to PLS format

    file properties: "Remove tag" button didn't work

    one could not run multiple instances of the player

Spider Player 2.3.0.2 (April 18, 2008)

Improved:

    album name information is now added to the application's title

    for better integration with AutoLyrix (http://www.autolyrix.com/)

    Note #1: AutoLyrix v0.4.3 beta 4 or higher is required

    Note #2: if you are upgrading to a new version of AutoLyrix,

    hit the "Default" button in the Preferences -> Players -> Titles

    improvements in the reference English translation

    Translation editor:

        the Enter key can now be used to enter the editing mode

        search menu added

    AAC input plugin updated

Changed:

    new icons for favorites and radio

Fixed:

    language drop-down list always had the "English" language selected

    tray icon tooltip didn't update when a song title changed

    (only occured when listening to radio)

    Windows Vista: crash on close when playing a MIDI file

    improved support for Right-to-Left languages

    some tray menu items and translation editor buttons

    didn't support Unicode captions

    next to the last line of the "DeviceInfoMemoLines" attribute

    (driver's filename) has been removed from all translations, as

    this information is no longer available

Spider Player 2.3.0.1 (April 9, 2008)

Fixed:

    crash on closing under Windows Vista

    and XP (non-administrative accounts)

    issue with the iZotope Ozone Winamp DSP plugin (and, probably,

    other Winamp DSPs)

Spider Player 2.3 (April 7, 2008)

Improved:

    the player doesn't load alternate streams of an Internet

    radio station anymore

    final stable versions of BASS audio library and its add-ons

    plugins for playing and converting FLAC, ALAC, MPC, OFR

    and SPX files are now included

    better handling of problem PLS files (but slower loading)

    installer improvements

Changed:

    naming patterns for plugins:

        dsp_*.dll -> *.dsp

        tag_*.dll -> *.tag

    Winamp DSP plugins directory:

    "Spider Player/Plugins/dsp_winamp" -> "Spider Player/Plugins"

Fixed:

    "Add to Favorites" action caused a memory leak

Updated:

    new versions of the MP4/AAC and AC3 input plugins can be found at

    spider-player.com in the "Plugins" section

    Japanese and Swedish translations

Spider Player 2.3 Beta 2 (March 30, 2008)

New:

    Favorites manager:

        items and folders can be rearranged using Drag & Drop

        animated folding/unfolding

        Drag & Drop from the Explorer

Improved:

    Favorites manager: folders are now added to the beginning

    of a tree node

    some Winamp DSPs added to the distribution

    updated translation: South American Spanish

Fixed:

    Favorites manager: a folder could be added to an item

    Winamp DSP Wrapper's configuration dialog now shows up much faster

Note:

in order for Winamp DSP wrapper to work correctly, the following

changes to Spider Player's sound options have to be made:

1) crossfading length has to be set to zero;

2) 32-bit sound processing has to be turned on.

Spider Player 2.3 Beta 1 (March 28, 2008)

New:

    high-quality 32-bit DSP effects support

        DSP Manager: combine multiple DSPs in any order

        Winamp DSP wrapper: use Winamp DSPs with Spider Player

    advanced Favorites Manager with improved user interface,

    support for custom categories and comments

    quick access to favorites from the playlist window

    new versions of sound engine and input plugins (BASS 2.4)

    search feature in the Translation Editor

    "Edit Favorites..." action added

Improved:

    the player now unmutes automatically if the volume has changed

    better handling of invalid MP3 files

    "Application font override" option now affects menus too

    some other minor improvements

Fixed:

    the 16kHz slider of the equalizer produced no audible effect

    on files/streams with sampling rate below 48kHz

    (now a slider produces an audible effect if sampling rate

    of a playing file/stream >= 2 * slider's frequency)

Spider Player 2.203 (March 2, 2008)

Updated:

    "Aqua" skin

    Dutch and Russian translations

Spider Player 2.202 (February 29, 2008)

New:

    Shoutcast directory: "Top 500" stations list now loads by default

    incremental search

    updated translations: Czech, Romanian

    "Find next" action added (F3)

Spider Player 2.201 (February 27, 2008)

New:

    new translation: Portuguese (Brazil)

    updated translations: Romanian, Vietnamese

Improved:

    shuffle behaviour when open playlists from Explorer

Spider Player 2.2 RC2 (February 15, 2008)

Fixed:

    Language file editor save confirmation bug

    access violation on system shutdown/restart

Spider Player 2.2 RC1 (February 14, 2008)

New:

    Language file editor added for easier translation

Spider Player 2.2 Beta 6 (February 9, 2008)

Fixed:

    player suddenly closes when adding files/folders to the playlist

    (U3 version)

Spider Player 2.2 Beta 5 (February 7, 2008)

Fixed:

    access vialation when trying to play a file (U3 version)

    wrong version number information (U3 version)

Spider Player 2.2 Beta 4 (February 4, 2008)

New:

    direct access to the Shoutcast and Icecast Stream Directories

    with thousands of Internet radio stations listed

    recording of Internet radio streams:
        direct MP1, MP2, MP3, AAC, AAC+ audio stream saving,

    no loss of quality (PRO feature)
        encoding to MP3 (lossy, but can be used on any kind of stream)

    ability to load custom SoundFonts for MIDI playback

    (this also means that owners of non-Creative sound cards

    can now play and convert MIDI files too)

    support for ASX (Advanced Stream Redirector) playlists

    "Load playlist", "Save playlist" and "Add to Favorites" actions

    can now be accessed via hotkeys

    Track Info scroll label can now be dragged with mouse

    Mute Toggle and corresponding action

    Help on command line options of custom encoders (the "?" button)

    "Take no action on CD insertion" option

Improved:

    Options window is modeless again

    Play -> CD -> drive_letter command now works

    for Data CDs (e.g. MP3 CDs) as well

    faster start-up

    much faster loading of PLS playlists

    drag & drop to any window

    smarter sample rate info detection

    "Check for updates" now shows the list of changes if update was found

    when Drag & Drop a folder with lots of files, the source Explorer window

    no longer hangs until all files from that folder have been added

Fixed:

    incorrect bitrate detection of some Internet radio streams

    better handling of problem PLS playlists

    fixed saving of PLS playlists

    now paused playback won't resume if position slider was dragged

    click in the no column area of the Converter caused a fatal error

    access violation when trying to save tags to a FLAC file

    crashes, clicks, no sound when playing some URLs

    with the equalizer turned on

    "Edit Title..." command caused a "List index out of bounds (-1)" error

    if performed on empty playlist

    when was listening to an Internet radio station, application's title

    at taskbar didn't change when a new song began

    player couldn't get info from FreeDB for some CDs

    Failed to set data for '' error when assigning file associations

    if not logged in as administrator

    other minor fixes

Spider Player 2.104 (December 1, 2007)

Improved:

    "Open URL" window now accepts links to M3U and PLS playlists

    "Load list..." action now starts playback automatically

Fixed:

    playlist hotkeys could work incorrectly under certain conditions

    file association conflicts

Spider Player 2.103 (November 18, 2007)

New:

    "Add to playlist" button in the Favorites editor

Fixed:

    Proxy server settings didn't work (caused FreeDB and update check

    problems for users under proxy)

Spider Player 2.102 (November 6, 2007)

Fixed:

    Converter's "Status" columm didn't update

Spider Player 2.101 (November 5, 2007)

Fixed:

    VBR encoding to MP3 didn't work if "Min Bitrate" slider was set to

    a value lower than 32Kbps

Spider Player 2.1 (November 1, 2007)

New:

    more converting options

    native support for FLAC and WavPack encoders

    support for custom encoders

    new interface for the Converter's settings

    equalizer presets import/export

    new action "Switch window", default hotkey is "Ctrl+Tab"

    ESC hotkey to close the Options window

    "Enter" hotkey to toggle equalizer on/off and "Space" hotkey

    to show the Preset Editor

Improved:

    encoding speed

    when "Allow Multiple Instances" is unchecked, trying to start

    the application again will bring up the current instance

    some minor UI tweaks

Fixed:

    acces violation when trying to view properties

    of a missing FLAC file

    Converter's "Status" columm no longer shows "95%" instead of

    "Done" after file has been encoded

    playlist contents now update after file's tag has been changed

    file's tag information can now be removed when the file is being played

    when playing long files the seek slider can't be moved past 159 min.

Spider Player 2.03 (October 8, 2007)

New:

    "Open" submenu in the tray icon popup menu

    ability to edit playlist entry title

Improved:

    the player now comes on top (if not in the tray area)

    when a user double-clicks a file in the Explorer

    "File Properties" window is now modeless

Fixed:

    "Always on top" now works correctly

    Note: changes apply after the Options window is closed

    when a user selects two or more songs in a folder and presses

    the Enter key, only one file from the selection is played

Spider Player 2.02 (September 22, 2007):

New:

    support for Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)

    preliminary support for Right-To-Left languages

Improved:

    minor translation changes

Spider Player 2.011 (September 18, 2007):

New:

    version for portable drives is now available

    updated OGG encoder with better support for multichannel files

Improved:

    hotkey removal confirmation box

Fixed:

    a comma as the version number delimiter instead of a dot

    some translation changes

    a critical error when showing properties of some remote files

Spider Player 2.01 (September 15, 2007):

New:

    new buttons in the Converter and the Properties window

    every action of the Properties window now has its hotkey

    ability to install skins and icon sets in the Options

    ability to assign global hotkeys separately

    "Open URL" window now monitors the clipboard for valid URLs

    hotkeys to minimize/maximize the program

    and for the "Always on top" option

    Japanese and Netherlands translations added

Improved:

    minor UI changes to handle translations better

    some other minor improvements

    drag & drop operation now changes current directory

    (last added folder becomes current)

Fixed:

    Unicode characters as question marks in the Options pagelist

    a message showing a path when double-click on a skin file

    (if SSZ file type is associated with Spider Player)

    "mystery" error on WMA NetRadio Streams

Spider Player 2.001 (September 11, 2007):

    fixed a bug with hotkeys not saving on some configurations

    Bulgarian, French and Spanish translations added

Spider Player 2.0 RC 3 (September 4, 2007):

    fixed a bug with missing hotkeys

Spider Player 2.0 RC 2 (September 3, 2007):

    BASS_FX plugin updated to the version 2.3.0.3 (some EQ bugs fixed)

    fixed a bug with lots of error messages when loading an invalid skin

    "Delete skin" button is now disabled for the Default skin

    wrong lines in the Translation information and Skin information boxes

    "Reload tag", "Remove Tag" and "Save" buttons in the "Properties" window

    are now disabled for unsupported formats

    file's tag can be saved while the file is being played

Spider Player 2.0 RC 1 (August 29, 2007):

    when shuffle was on and a user physically deleted the last track

    in the playlist while it was playing, "List index out of bounds" error occured

    when converting started playback stopped

    WMA encoding was broken (files were always encoded as VBR Quality 50, 1-pass VBR)

    "Now playing" checkbox only available if "Minimize to tray" is checked

    "Check for updates at startup" no longer informs you

    that you have the latest version of Spider Player

    "Use skin font" option removed

    first installation default playback buffer length is now 1500ms and

    default Internet donwload buffer length is 5000ms

    global font didn't restore at startup

    global font didn't apply to the Converter's listview header

    in certain cases when the application received the WM_CLOSE message

    a critical error occured

    Favorites: Up/Down arrows didn't work as intended

    Favorites: "Clear all" button removed

    Favorites: confirmation dialog added for the "Delete selected" action

    "Next track" and "Previous track" actions didn't work when playback was paused

Spider Player 2.0 Beta 2 (August 24, 2007):

    small main menu changes

    Options button in the converter window now calls encoding options directly

    now when "Play" is pressed, current item starts playing instead of first selected

    playlist up/down arrows didn't work by default

    URL history didn't work

    "Choose an action" -> "Rip" now always selects a correct drive

    some buttons' hints were updated

    a few new actions were added

    when a song was paused and a user double-clicked a file in the Explorer

    that file was added, but the old track resumed

    the ability to edit track names manually in the Converter

    "Restore defaults" button on the Hotkeys page of the Options dialog

    fixed "Cannot make a visible window modal." error

    when open Options while adding a folder

    playing CDs and converting them at the same time is no longer possible

    closing the Convertor or the program while converting caused a critical error

    language file structure changed (now ready for translation)

    smooth scrolling of track info

    "List index out of bounds" playlist errors

    fixed "Access violation at address..." error while listening to Internet radio

    sample rate detection didn't work for WMA files and Internet streams

    Enter key didn't work correctly in the playlist and the search box

Spider Player 2.0 Beta 1 (August 13, 2007)

Crossfading support

Improved tag editing/information viewing

    new unified interface for all supported file types,

    with navigation through playlist entries

Tag editing plugins

    language independent API for retrieving/editing file information/tags in UTF-8

FLAC tagging support

New equalizer:

    better sound

    wider range (31Hz-16KHz)

    improved preset editor (hotkey navigation, multiselect option)

Improved CD ripping & converting

    new easy-to-use unified interface for both ripping and converting

Improved FreeDB support

    all data is now retrieved in UTF-8

Skinning improvements

    PNG support enables you to create better looking skins with nice transparency

    and soft shadow effects for graphic controls

Customizable local and global hotkeys

    assign any hotkey to any program's action

    use global hotkeys to control Spider Player while working

    or gaming in another application

Multimedia keyboards support

New icon set format

    creating icon sets is now faster and easier: no need for special software,

    all that's required are your favourite icons and any text editor

    new default icon set with a unique icon for each supported file type

Reduced memory usage

Full Windows Vista support

HTML playlist generation

Tray icon "Now playing" balloon hint on track change

Always on top option

Show selection stats playlist option

Auto check for updates option

Countless improvemens, bugfixes, major code rewrite/cleanup


