NEWS 2/26/2024

RadioBOSS 7.0

• Artwork can be edited/removed/saved from the Track Information panel (right-click the artwork box) and from Music Library
• Supports multiple Artist entries (for FLAC, OGG, OPUS); when displaying, artists are comma-separated
• New tag fields support: publisher, album artist, lyrics, composer, copyright, track number
• A customizable work zone was added on the left side of the main window
• Style settings: configure font for Previous/Current/Next track boxes
• Updated Black style
• File type option added: "Do not apply DSP"
• VU meter can be placed on the right side of the playlist window
• The track following the next track is evaluated for cases when sending the next track title is disabled (e.g. for a jingle)
• Auto Intro: added "Date added" rule
• Auto Intro: added "Intro duration" rule
• Auto Intro: added intro tracks filters
• Auto Intro: added rule check order option
• Auto Intro: added command to copy a rule
• New API command "writeartwork" to edit track artwork
• Microphone: "Play next track after mic turned off" now also works when the playlist is stopped
• Now playing notifications: RadioBOSS can run the specified program when a track starts
• Cart wall: individual playlist attenuation settings for each cart wall button
• Cart wall: Caps Lock can be used as a hot key modifier to start cart wall items by pressing CapsLock+Key combination
• Hotkey to set track rating in the playlist (Ctrl+Shift+0..9)
• Additional information storage: added "File (subfolder)" option
• Broadcasting statistics can be saved in a CSV file
• Sweepers: a playlist file can be used as a track source
• More options to control now playing export file type and format
• Render to file: do not include selected file types in cuesheet option
• Recent tracks artworks can be saved to a folder
• Next track artwork can be saved and uploaded to FTP
• getfile command: added /move option to move file to a set folder after playback
• Quick Jingles: pressing the "minus" key stops all playing jingles
• Advanced option: configure normalization algorithm (EBU R128 or peak)
• Advanced option: do not apply DSP for Overlay Playback events
• Advanced option: maximum hook duration
• Advanced option added: streaming server stats check interval
• Crossfade option: limit Mix point to end before following track Intro ends (Advanced Settings)
• Advanced option: restart jingle when hot key for playing jingle is pressed
• New options added to hide toolbar button groups
• Tags window redesigned: added filter and improved editor
• Show currently the playing track in window title bar and in taskbar hint (advanced option)
• View/Style - waveform color option added
• streamarchive command with file name specfiied, uses a second recording instance
• Style option: set selection style for secondary lists (events, log, search)
• More options can be configured for Nowplaying bar display (Settings/View/Style)
• Improved screen reader accessibility (slider controls in different areas, Equalizer, Compressor, VST text UI)
• Added HTTPS streaming support for integrated server
• Added fade out option when the relay is turned off
• Time Zone option changed to Clock Adjust option allowing more gradual control
• Track Tool: extended Zoom range

• Event Overview window where all events for a given day are shown in a chart
• Days of the week can be assigned to each start time in the event's start time list
• Event end date option (Expires) - the event will not run after the set date; can be used to specify a date range for events
• Events can be dragged into the playlist window
• "scheduler off" command: timeout can be specified to automatically re-enable the scheduler
• New event option: do not run if there are scheduled tracks in the playlist
• New event option: start the event earlier to make it end at "Start time"
• Scheduler option: do not start events playback when the playlist is stopped

• Improved random track selection algorithm when priority rules are used (the point is more uniform selection avoiding "favorite" tracks problem)
• Proportional selection: special category type to select tracks from different categories based on weights
• Global categories that can be used in all presets
• Improved total playlist duration precision
• Priority rules based on Tags
• Priority rules based on Language
• Priority rules based on Date Added and Last Played allow specifying fractional values
• Fixed Outro category repeat protection rules were not applied properly
• Added search (Ctrl+F) in the Load Preset window

• Redesigned tag editor window; track artwork can be edited
• The BPM tag field is read when track is added to the library
• Added command in Tools to remove dangling .rbdata files (when additional information storage is set to File)
• CSV export includes more fields
• Added Update Library button to the toolbar to reload the current library
• Added Prelisten menu command and Alt+click prelisten in the list
• Added Prelisten to Track Properties window
• Filter option added: show only enabled tracks

• Search now works as a filter for the ads list
• Priority values range changed to 1-99 (values 1-9 from previous versions will be automatically converted)
• Colors for the grid cells (checked/unchecked) can be changed in the Settings window
• Ads Scheduler instances can be named (configured in the Settings window)

• Command line extended (allows specifying what fields to include in the report)
• Fixed exporting bugs and improved performance

• Read artwork from WAV files
• Now playing box correctly shows emojis and surrogates
• Toolbar control RDP issue fixed (buttons rearranged sometimes)
• Teaser: extended limits for track exclusion by duration

• Relay: the silence detector didn't work properly with network streams
• Relaying linear input sometimes didn't work properly
• Hotkeys in additional work zones did not work
• Access playback control buttons using the Tab key in additional zones
• Playlist duration calculation with voice tracks in the playlist
• Other minor fixes and improvements

• Windows Classic theme is no longer supported

• Open Settings, File Types, press "Add default file types" button (located under the file types list)

• The update is free for existing users who purchased RadioBOSS or RadioBOSS Update after
  February 27, 2023. Otherwise, update price is $75, please visit this page to purchase.
• License prices for new users start from $119; please visit this page for further details.

• Updating your RadioBOSS installation