NEWS 10/21/2016
RadioBOSS 5.5
What's new:- File Types: assign file types based on file location
- UAC: Default User feature
- Search: Select folder as search track source
- Configurable option: played emphasizing tracks
- Improved statistics window. Error message when stats cannot be retrieved from the server
- Statistic relays to collect stats from different servers
- Fixed: admin password is not required to collect Shoutcast v2 stats
- Additional work zone (separate window) - menu View->Work Zones->Additional
- New columns in Search window: Year, Genre, Album
- File type bed applied with fade in and fade out
- Segue Editor and Track Tool: shows 0dB level for music tracks
- Report Generator: Filename field added
- Fixed "Next" and "Prev" buttons (didn't work when the playing track was deleted)
- French and Ukrainian translations added
- Ability to use multiple DTMF sequences to start and stop an event
- Customizable genre list for all tag editor windows in RadioBOSS
- Fixed: CD tracks did not play
- DTMF tone generator
- Changed DTMF detection time window handling (details in user manual)
- Improved File Explorer tree and search in the tree
- Cart wall items playback is now logged
- Alt+R prelisten now also works in AUX players and Search
- Improved appearance on high DPI screens
- New Remote Control API commands added
- Improved "Copy to folder" feature
- "Delete non existent files" changed to "Mark non existent files"
- Tag reading can be turned off
- API: "inserttrack" command allows to specify streaming title ("streamtitle" parameter)
- API: "getplaylist2" command to retrieve playlist contents (faster than "getplaylist")
- Numerous UI improvements, minor bugs fixed, performance improvements
Scheduler
- "Every Year" option added to repeat event every year
- "Week of month" selection (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Last weeks)
- Fixed: expired events that were not removed when scheduler was turned off
- "playsongrequest" event is now silent when there are no pending song requests
- "streamarchive" command: ability to set custom file name
- "setdtmfsource" command to change DTMF detection source
- "silencedetector" command to control silence detector
- Event expiration: "Disable event" option (in addition to "Delete event")
Playlist Generator
- Generate multiple playlists using different presets (sharing the same no-repeat buffer)
- Create playlist generator events in RadioBOSS ("Create event" menu command)
- Consider tracks in RadioBOSS playlist window for repeat protection
- Non-playable tracks are excluded from track sources
- New priority rules: Year, Genre; "equals" rule type
- Import categories from preset: UI improvement
- Multiple artists passing for repeat protection (saparated with "ft.", "vs." etc, the list of separators is configurable)
- Genre filter
- UI improvements
Music Library
- Fixed: music library auto-update did not save settings
- Prelisten player improved
- Fixed: saving large library produced "Out of memory" error
Ads Scheduler
- Improved reports for ads
- Printable reports
- Ability to group ads in the list
- Assign Type for ads; check if two or more consecutive ads have the same type
- "Comment" field for ads
- "Check all ad blocks" feature to test all blocks
- Significant performance improvement when generating playlists and events
- Sweepers: gap killer is taken into account; improved selection quality
- Prelisten for ads in the list
- "Add sweeper to empty block" option added
- UI improvements
Bugs fixed
- Sometimes RadioBOSS closed slowly
- With Queue Mode enabled selection always moved to the playing track
- DTMF Exit sometimes worked incorrectly
- Track List didn't work in Overlay playback events
Download: RadioBOSS 5.5
Pricing and availability
- The update is free for existing users who purchased RadioBOSS or RadioBOSS Update after
October 21, 2015. Otherwise, update price is $69.95, please visit this page to purchase. - License prices for new users start from $119.95; please visit this page for further details.
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