NEWS 05/30/2013

RadioBOSS 4.9

• Remote control via HTTP protocol
• Removed Crossfades, Tag Editor, and Plugins tabs
• Track information/Tag Editor is now shown under the playlist (can be turned on/off by pressing Ctrl+I or the small "i" button)
• Send the station logo and track artwork to the Shoutcast v2 server
• An artwork file can be generated along with the nowplaying.xml file
• Crossfade settings have been moved to the Settings->Crossfades menu
• Crossfading: MIX point is now detected based on the sound level
• Crossfading: new setting added to start fading out on mix
• Redesigned FX tab: removed the Equalizer and Tempo effects; added DSP Manager
• DSP Manager can be used to add various DSPs: Winamp DSP/VST plugins/integrated DSPs
• Ability to choose the source for broadcasting encoders: RadioBOSS Out/Line.IN/Line2.IN
• Reworked Line.IN/Microphone settings, category renamed to Input
• Added second line input: Line2.In
• Added DSP manager for Microphone: allows you to use the Equalizer or Compressor DSP for microphone
• Changing playback devices doesn't require you to restart the program anymore
• Playlist and scheduled events list printout
• Added new columns in the playlist: BPM, Rating, and Play count
• Added Search feature for file explorer (Right click->Show search bar)
• New right-click menu command for playlist: "move under the currently playing track"
• File Types: ability to set the background color for the file type
• File Type can be assigned from the Track Tool
• Scheduler: set the font and background color for events
• Scheduler: commands can be inserted after the currently playing track (instead of immediate execution)
• New scheduler command: makelibrary - create/update music library files
• New scheduler command: adsupdate - update playlists and events from the Advertisement Scheduler
• New scheduler command: createbackup - create settings backup
• Added settings backup and restore feature
• Ability to assign multiple beds for a voice track
• Added a feature to assign SayTime or Text-to-Speech to the cart wall
• Drag-n-Drop to the Cart Wall from Windows Explorer
• Improved MP3 encoding quality
• Improved AAC+ encoding: added low bitrate profiles (8, 12, and 16 kbps), improved quality on bitrates under 56 kbps
• FLAC broadcasting is now possible when using a built-in server
• Improvements in an integrated broadcasting server
• DTMF: added an option to delay an event launch
• Active playlist is now marked in bold font
• Improvements in the Search tab
• Added a "Play count" field for HTTP request
• Improved support for large fonts
• Added item spacing setting for playlist (Settings->View)
• Added a setting to change the voice track folder (Settings->General)
• Added keyboard shortcuts for the voice track recorder
• Web Browser tabs preserve the last visited website address
• Improvements in the TrackList feature (better track selection)
• URL playback is now possible when using Overlay Playback in the scheduler
• Fixed video playback problems for some MKV files
• Playlist duration, start time, and playing time left calculations are more accurate
• Wine compatibility: RadioBOSS can now be used under Wine in Linus/OSX
• Improved Prelisten feature
• Improved sorting in the Music Library
• Numerous other UI improvements and program code optimizations

• Ability to set the total playlist duration in days
• Playlist Generator Pro can store the last position in the source when selecting "In Order" - this allows you to take subsequent tracks each time the playlist is generated
• Added a no-repeat rule for album and track title
• Added filter by BPM for categories

• New settings for generated Scheduler Events
• The first day of the week (Sunday or Monday) now depends on the system language
• Ads Overview feature: view all ad blocks on one screen
• Empty block generation: include intro/outro/intro+outro option added
• Active/Start date/End date options added

• When tagging mp3 files the tag version now doesn't change to ID3v2.4
• Search in music library could produce incorrect results
• OGG broadcasting sometimes caused sound corruption
• Sometimes voice tracks weren't recorded when the ASIO device was used for the Microphone
• Edit->Undo command removed the current/next track marks
• Recording and playback devices now do not depend on Default device selection in Windows
• ReplayGain information wasn't read for some OGG and MP3 files
• Several bugs were fixed in the Ads Scheduler
• Scheduled tasks sometimes could be skipped on slow or high-loaded computers
• Several other minor fixes
• Now it's possible to disable MIC or any of the Line inputs in the settings