
CoolCD Studio: Versions History
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Legend: 
 + new feature added, improvement 
 * miscellaneous change 
 ! bugfix


CoolCD Studio v1.3.1 build 1111 (bugfix, release July 29, 2003) 
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 ! Minimize to tray command caused a bug. Fixed.
 ! There were errors in track remainign time mode sometimes (after playing
   a track). Fixed.
 ! Fixed GUI drawing bug when changing columns width in lists.
 ! Fixed several bugs that were caused by previous version installation.


CoolCD Studio v1.3 build 1097 (release April 20, 2003) 
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 + New play mode - single play mode. In single play mode CoolCD plays only 
   one current track and then stops playback.
 + Ability to select one of four first CD drives in the main window
 + New option "Automatically select CD drive with audio disc inside"
 + Improved multiple CD drives command line support. Now it is possible to
   select CD drive in the "/play" command: 
   "coolcd.exe /play <drive_letter>:\TrackXX.cda"
 + FreeDB support:
     * freedb.freedb.org becomes the default CDDB server
     + ability to submit entries to FreeDB database
     + ability to download/submit disc's Date/Year 
       (CDDB1 protocol level 5 support)
 ! CDDB option "Ask me before downloading" bug fixed
 + CDDB status window can snap to desktop and made easily movable
 * New style for captions and caption buttons of all dockable windows
 * New style for slider controls in the Direct Access window
 * "Illuminated" track selection buttons in the Fast Track Access window
 * New style for Information/Confirmation/Warning/Error dialog
 + Windows XP themes support
 + Current mode (playing/paused/etc) is indicated on the tray icon while in 
   tray view mode
 * Changes in mouse support while in tray view mode:
     + Single left mouse button click on tray icon plays/pauses disc playback
     * Middle mouse button click calls Navigator window
 + "Whole words only" option in the Search a Disc wizard
 ! Fixed problem with invalid tracks order in Playlist mode
 ! CD seeking does not work if the audio CD has only one track. Fixed.
 ! Fixed several minor bugs


CoolCD Studio v1.2 buld 984 (release May 7, 2001) 
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 + VSS: Added Live Input mode (full duplex sound cards only)
 + VSS: 10-bands graphical equalizer now works
 + VSS: Added new option to Control Panel: Audio Thread Priority.
   This option can be useful when using live input mode
 ! Fixed error that happened when closing VSS window
 ! Fixed several serious GDI resource leaks


CoolCD Studio v1.2 beta 1 (release April 12, 2001) 
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 + Installation & uninstallation support
 * CDDB engine has been totally rewritten: it became more stable, official
   submits, multiple CDDB matches selection, adaptive control of current CDDB
   protocol level, fixed several serious bugs
 + Built-in integrated audio mixer
 + Added digital display in mini view mode 
 * Database manager has been totally rewritten
 + Search a Disc(s) Wizard: searches local database by several disc/track 
   criteria 
 + Import Wizard: imports external disc databases
 + Export Wizard: export discs to external disc database
 * Visual Sound System has been totally rewritten. Currently it is in beta
   testing stage.
 + VSS: WinAmp vizualization plug-ins support
 * Playlist editor has gone to the CD Description window
 * Disc Properties window: now sizable and separated on four tabs: Disc, Tracks,
   Playlist and Miscellaneous Info
 + New disc properties: Record Label, Notes. New Track property: Notes
 + Fast Track Access window: ability to shift track buttons set 
   (1..20 <-> 21-40 <-> 41-60 ...)
 * Setup window made modalless
 + Setup: added new actions groups: On Unknown Disc and On Playback Start
 * Setup: color settings has been simplified, added new appearance schemes and
   background textures
 + Setup: now you can control the content of tray icon tooltip by specifying
   its template
 + Setup: ability to restore Microsoft Windows CD Player as default CD player
 * All CoolCD window appears in one color scheme
 + Dockable windows (Direct CD Access, Fast Track Access, Visual Sound System
   and Mixer) cab be docked/undocked separately
 ! Fixed bug that caused unexpected computer behavior on inserting an Audio CD 
   when CoolCD is the default player
 * Main window caption buttons changed (new buttons control the view mode)
 * System/tray menu structure has been changed (and new commands added)
 + Two new track seeking commands: Forward 5% and Backward 5% 
   (LEFT and RIGHT keyboard shortcuts)
 + Mouse wheel support: mouse wheel controls audio CD volume
 * Audio CD volume now controlled by UP and DOWN keys
 + Progress Slider (info panel) now can control CD position as well as Track
   position (right mouse click switches between modes)
 * Previous Track button now plays the previous track OR starts playing
   current track from the beginning (action depends on the current play
   position)
 + CDDB server window: ability to retrieve server version, status, users list
 + Two new time display modes: Track/Disc Total Time
 * Added/changed several keyboard shortcuts
 * Updated About dialog. Check it out!
 * Improved format of bug reports (stack dump and other information)
 * Miscellaneous GUI improvements and bugfixes
 ! Fixed periodical "locks" when there is no CD in drive (Windows 95/98 only)
 * Changed shareware limitations: unregistered version now is fully functional
   except that it resets some settings to defaults and displays startup reminder


CoolCD Studio v1.1 (release April 12, 1999) 
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 * To avoid conflicts with earlier 'Cool CD' software from another author 
   project has been renamed to CoolCD Studio. 
   But the short name remains CoolCD
 * Since version 1.1 CoolCD is shareware 
 + Full CDDB support (downloads, submissions, queued jobs, online server
   selection and testing) 
 + Repeat 1 playback mode 
 ! 64K size limitation for cdplayer.ini is eliminated 
 + CD seeking is made much more faster (especially in NT systems) 
 * Playback modes are made more stable 
 + Transition effects (COOL tooltips!) (True color recommended) 
 + Some video ehhancements to Main Window
   (now it looks better in non-standard Windows color settings) 
 ! Fixed major display problem that occurs if you aren't using 
   the standard windows font size of 96dpi 
 ! Fixed multiple volume control problems (Now it should work!) 
 + Popup menu in Volume Faders (Mute AudioCD, Lock channels,
   Synchronize channels) 
 + New keyboard shortcuts (refer to help for the full list) 
 + "Sticky Window" feature works in WinAmp-style now and for all primary
   windows 
 + Video Enhancements in VSS: Fade and Blur filters (impact changeable)
   (iP200 and TrueColor is recommended) 
 + 16-bit sampling now works in VSS 
 + New option in VSS' oscilliscope: Solid Draw 
 + Very first ( alpha ;-) ) version of graphical equalizer in VSS
   (requires at least iP200-300 and works in 8-bit sampling modes only) 
 + Activity LEDs in VSS 
 + Double click on tray icon restores CoolCD now 
 + Mouse clicks in Navigator window (tray mode) act immediately 
 + Track Progress Slider in Navigator window 
 + Changed Tray icon tooltip: now it's more informative 
 + Database has been completely reengineered and has become more suitable 
 + Date and Category fields in CD Description window 
 + CD-histogram animation in CD Description window 
 + Drag&Drop feature in playlist editor 
 + Total playlist time in playlist editor 
 + New option to Setup: Make primary windows background color compatible with
   current Windows color settings 
 ! Fixed bug with an ampersand (&) in CD Title and Track Name labels 
 ! Fixed 20+ track number bug 
 ! LOTS of other bugfixes 


CoolCD v1.0 (release January 13, 1999)
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  The very first release but COOL already! 


CoolCD v0.99
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  Original version. Unreleased.