--------------------------------- Release 4.70.0 - October 19, 2013 --------------------------------- wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.70.0 ------------------------------------------- added: transcoding from existing WavPack files (with tag copy) added: option to verify WavPack file integrity on creation (-v) added: use temporary files for safer overwriting added: detect UTF-16LE encoding for tag text files (mostly a Windows thing) added: --version command to write machine-parsable value added: option to allow up to 16 MB APEv2 tag data (--allow-huge-tags) added: allow channel-order specification on WAV files with zeroed channel mask added: several Windows features to Linux (clean ^C handling, console title) added: 4GB file support on 32-bit Linux targets WavPack Library Source Code - 4.70.0 ------------------------------------ fixed: seeking to last block failure (after finishing file) fixed: memcpy() not always used correctly (Linux targets) fixed: unsigned char issue (ARM targets) fixed: add binary tag functions to Windows DLL exports (forgot on 4.60) added: read-only access to APEv2 tags that come at the beginning of files improved: switched to Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (win32 only) wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.70.0 -------------------------------------------- added: use temporary files for safer overwriting added: --version command to write machine-parsable value added: new command (-f) for getting machine-parsable WavPack file info added: option (-n) to suppress audio decoding (useful for extracting only tags) wvgain.exe (command-line ReplayGain scanner) - 4.70.0 ----------------------------------------------------- fixed: the -q (quiet) option would cause the -c (clean) option to fail added: version command (-v) to write machine-parsable value in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.8 ------------------------------- fixed: settings could not be saved on newer Windows versions (7 & 8) fixed: installation issue caused by including manifest in build added: dialog to installer suggesting "Winamp Essentials Pack" -------------------------- Update - December 23, 2009 -------------------------- in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.8a -------------------------------- fixed: crashes in winamp 5.57 when playing tracks that have "genre" tag ---------------------------------- Release 4.60.1 - November 29, 2009 ---------------------------------- WavPack Library Source Code - 4.60.1 ------------------------------------ fixed: filename specs in tag extractions failed in batch operations fixed: prevent creation of APEv2 tags > 1 MB (which we can't read) fixed: crash when decoding old WavPack files (pre version 4.0) added: man pages to build system and updated with newer options added: versioning info to Windows DLL improved: build compatibility (eliminated uchar, ushort types) wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.60.1 ------------------------------------------- fixed: don't allow user to attempt to place over 1 MB into APEv2 tags in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.7 ------------------------------- added: read-only support for displaying cover art (thanks Benski!) wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.60.1 wvgain.exe (command-line ReplayGain scanner) - 4.60.1 cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.11 ----------------------------------------------------- (see library changes) --------------------------------- Release 4.60 - September 27, 2009 --------------------------------- WavPack Library Source Code - 4.60 ---------------------------------- added: API for reading & writing binary fields in APEv2 tags fixed: recognize APEv2 tags with footers but no headers fixed: playback of files with 8 streams (15-16 channels) fixed: playback and seeking failed on certain rare correction files fixed: handle case where library makes RIFF header but app adds RIFF trailer improved: channel count limit now virtually unlimited (tested to 256) improved: move all tag functions into new module (tags.c) wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.60 ----------------------------------------- added: --write-binary-tag command for embedded cover art added: --no-utf8-convert command to skip Unicode character conversions added: --raw-pcm command to specify raw PCM data (samplerate, bitdepth, num chans) added: --channel-order accepts "..." to specify unassigned channels added: --pair-unassigned-chans command to put unassigned channels into stereo pairs wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.60 ------------------------------------------ added: -x (and -xx) commands for extracting arbitrary tag fields to stdout (and files) added: --no-utf8-convert command to skip Unicode character conversions changed: -ss command no longer dumps multiline tags (use -x instead) improved: formatting of -ss command, also shows information on binary tags wvgain.exe (command-line ReplayGain scanner) - 4.60 --------------------------------------------------- added: -n option for processing new files only (those without ReplayGain info) improved: increase maximum gain value generated from +24 to +64 dB in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.6 cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.10 ------------------------------------------------ (see library changes) ------------------------- Update - January 23, 2009 ------------------------- in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.6b -------------------------------- added: "lossless" and "category" to metadata keywords that we handle in winamp plugin added: internationalization support to facilitate inclusion in Winamp Essentials Pack ----------------------------- Release 4.50.1 - July 3, 2008 ----------------------------- WavPack Library Source Code - 4.50.1 ------------------------------------ fixed: alignment fault when manipulating APEv2 tags (non-x86 only) fixed: build on UNIX via elimination of non-standard strnlen() wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.50.1 wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.50.1 -------------------------------------------- fixed: checking return value of iconv_open() prevents core dump on Solaris ---------------------------- Release 4.50 - June 13, 2008 ---------------------------- WavPack Library Source Code - 4.50 ---------------------------------- added: dynamic noise shaping for improved hybrid quality added: option to merge blocks of similar redundancy added: ability to store and retrieve extra mode level fixed: alignment fault on some big-endian machines fixed: compiling with enable-mmx on gcc 4.3.x (thanks Joachim) improved: allow bitrate to be calculated for files down to 1/10 second improved: decoding of corrupt files (prevents heap overrun crashes) wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.50 ----------------------------------------- added: dynamic noise shaping for improved hybrid quality added: --channel-order option to reorder nonconforming multichannel files added: --merge-blocks option to optimize storage of LossyWAV output files added: ignore -o on Windows for compatibility with Linux version fixed: alignment fault on some big-endian machines improved: reformatted and expanded --help display wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.50 ------------------------------------------ fixed: don't ignore fractions of seconds in --skip option added: show extra level and dns status for newer files (-s command) added: ignore -o on Windows for compatibility with Linux version improved: decoding of corrupt files (prevents heap overrun crashes) improved: display bitrate for files down to 1/10 second in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.5 ------------------------------- added: transcoding API (allows CD burning, format conversion, ReplayGain calc, etc.) added: metadata writing API (for Auto-Tag, etc.) added: full Unicode support for info box (older Winamps) and media library added: standard Winamp metadata display & edit for newer Winamps added: option to pass multichannel audio added: option to pass all audio as 16-bit (for better compatibility) added: option to output 24-bit audio when ReplayGain is active added: genre display to info box (older Winamps) fixed: seek bar sometimes vacillates when moved fixed: crash when winamp is opened with files in playlist moved or deleted improved: hi-res audio now output as 24-bit (not 32-bit) for better compatibility (EQ, etc.) improved: performance of adding tracks to library, especially from network drives improved: decoding of corrupt files (prevents heap overrun crashes) cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.9 ----------------------------------------------- added: about box added: dynamic noise shaping for improved hybrid quality improved: display bitrate for files as short as 1/10 second improved: decoding of corrupt files (prevents heap overrun crashes) improved: replace "extra processing" switch with a slider (0-6) -------------------------- Release 4.41 - May 6, 2007 -------------------------- WavPack Library Source Code - 4.41 ---------------------------------- added: create wavpackdll.dll for Windows (not used yet) fixed: corrupt floating-point audio on big-endian machines fixed: put MSVC projects in their own subdir (fixed build problems) fixed: limit RIFF data buffering to 16 MB to prevent out-of-memory crash improved: attempt to mute errors when decoding corrupt legacy WavPack files improved: overall performance enhancements of 10% to 30% (depending on mode) added: MMX intrinsics for 24-bit (and higher) stereo encoding (thanks to Joachim Henke) wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.41 ----------------------------------------- fixed: corrupt floating-point audio on big-endian machines improved: refuse to encode WAV files over 4 GB or with over 16 MB RIFF data improved: overall performance enhancements of 10% to 30% (depending on mode) added: MMX intrinsics for 24-bit (and higher) stereo encoding (thanks to Joachim Henke) wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.41 ------------------------------------------ fixed: corrupt floating-point audio on big-endian machines fixed: restore files mistakenly encoded with huge RIFF chunks improved: attempt to mute errors when decoding corrupt legacy WavPack files improved: overall performance enhancements of 10% to 30% (depending on mode) added: --skip and --until commands to unpack specified range of audio data added: MMX intrinsics for 24-bit (and higher) stereo encoding (thanks to Joachim Henke) wvgain.exe (command-line ReplayGain scanner) - 4.41 --------------------------------------------------- improved: overall performance enhancements of 10% to 30% (depending on mode) added: MMX intrinsics for 24-bit (and higher) stereo encoding (thanks to Joachim Henke) cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.8 ----------------------------------------------- fixed: read all RIFF metadata from files created in other applications improved: attempt to mute errors when decoding corrupt legacy WavPack files improved: overall performance enhancements of 10% to 30% (depending on mode) added: MMX intrinsics for 24-bit (and higher) stereo encoding (thanks to Joachim Henke) ------------------------------- Release 4.40 - December 3, 2006 ------------------------------- WavPack Library Source Code - 4.40 ---------------------------------- added: new hardware-friendly "high" mode that compresses almost as well as old "high" mode but decodes significantly faster; old "high" mode now available as "very high" added: option added to improve compression of mono material in stereo files (requires at least version 4.3 decoder) added: function to obtain channel mapping information on decoding added: function to get trailing wrapper info (RIFF) without decoding file improved: "extra" mode levels 1-3 completely revamped, fast enough for use improved: reorganized to create a standard library that should more easily integrate into other applications; eliminated namespace issues improved: more robust handling of corrupt files wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.40 ----------------------------------------- added: accepts long option names including --help for full usage info added: new hardware-friendly "high" mode that compresses almost as well as old "high" mode but decodes significantly faster; old "high" mode now available as "very high" (-hh) added: --optimize-mono option added to improve compression of mono material in stereo files (requires at least version 4.3 decoder) improved: "extra" mode levels 1-3 completely revamped, fast enough for use improved: switched to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (win32 only) removed: support for Windows 95 wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.40 ------------------------------------------ added: cuesheet extraction (to .cue file or stdout) added: wav header generation on decode for files with missing RIFF information, or forced with -w option added: more summary info (wrapper info + channel assignments) improved: more robust handling of corrupt files improved: separate options for raw (-r) and blind stream decoding (-b) improved: switched to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (win32 only) removed: support for Windows 95 wvgain.exe (command-line ReplayGain scanner) - 4.40 --------------------------------------------------- improved: switched to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (win32 only) removed: support for Windows 95 wvselfx.exe (self-extraction stub) - 4.40 ------------------------------------------ added: automatic cuesheet extraction (if present in APEv2 tag) in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.4 ------------------------------- fixed: quietly skips deleted files in playlist improved: more robust handling of corrupt files improved: APEv2 tags are read even if followed by ID3v1 tag cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.7 ----------------------------------------------- added: new hardware-friendly "high" mode that compresses almost as well as old "high" mode but decodes significantly faster; old "high" mode now available as "v. high" improved: more robust handling of corrupt files ---------------------- Update - April 5, 2006 ---------------------- WavPack Library Source Code - 4.32 wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.32 ----------------------------------------- fixed: generating RIFF headers on big-endian machines caused crash -------------------------- Update - December 10, 2005 -------------------------- wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.31 wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.31 ------------------------------------------ fixed: detect debug mode in all cases (win32 only) improved: use latest service pack and SDK for building (win32 only) improved: better directory choice for logging file (win32 only) improved: allow shell to expand wildcards (*nix only) added: option (-o) to specify output directory or path (*nix only) added: option (-t) to copy timestamp (*nix only) wvgain.exe (command-line ReplayGain scanner) - 4.31 --------------------------------------------------- new WavPack Library Source Code - 4.31 ---------------------------------- fixed: failing seek with some files that had been played to the end fixed: small memory leak when opening hybrid lossless files improved: signed characters no longer must be default improved: APEv2 tags are read even if followed by ID3v1 tag improved: limited APEv2 tag editing capability ------------------------------ Release 4.3 - November 1, 2005 ------------------------------ wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.3 ---------------------------------------- fixed: bug causing termination error with very wide screen widths added: command-line option (-l) to use low priority for batch operation added: command-line option (-r) to generate a fresh RIFF header added: debug mode (rename to wavpack_debug.exe) added: automatically detect lower resolution data even without -x1 added: src and dst dirs are searched also for tag source files (handy for EAC) added: wildcard accepted for tag source files (handy for EAC) added: handle non-standard sampling rates improved: returns error status for any error improved: use longer blocks in multichannel files (better "high" compression) wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.3 ----------------------------------------- fixed: very rare decoding bug causing overflow with hi-res files fixed: bug causing termination error with very wide screen widths fixed: formatting error in duration display added: command-line option (-ss) to include tags in summary dump added: command-line option (-l) to use low priority for batch operation added: debug mode (rename to wvunpack_debug.exe) improved: returns error status for any error improved: more robust decoding of damaged (or invalid) files in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.3 nxWavPack.dll (Nero plugin) - 1.2 WavPack_Apollo.dll (Apollo plugin) - 1.3 cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.6 ----------------------------------------------- fixed: very rare decoding bug causing overflow with hi-res files improved: handle ID3v1.1 tags (now includes track number) improved: more robust decoding of damaged (or invalid) files added: handle non-standard sampling rates foo_wavpack.dll (foobar plugin) - 2.3 ----------------------------------------------- fixed: any error during WavPack file open caused crash if wvc file present fixed: very rare decoding bug causing overflow with hi-res files improved: more robust decoding of damaged (or invalid) files added: handle non-standard sampling rates WavPack Library Source Code - 4.3 --------------------------------- fixed: very rare decoding bug causing overflow with hi-res files added: automatic generation of RIFF wav header during encoding added: new functions to access tags by index (instead of item name) added: automatically detect lower resolution data during encoding added: handle non-standard sampling rates improved: more robust decoding of damaged (or invalid) files improved: use longer blocks in multichannel files (better "high" compression) improved: two structures renamed to avoid namespace conflict removed: legacy code for Borland compiler -------------------------- Update - September 1, 2005 -------------------------- wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.22 cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.5 ----------------------------------------------- fixed: possible corrupt files written (24 or 32-bit + "extra" mode) --------------------------- Release 4.2 - April 2, 2005 --------------------------- wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.2 ---------------------------------------- fixed: handling of wav files larger than 2 gig improved: stereo lossless encoding speed (including "extra" mode) added: -i option to ignore length specified in wav header added: -w option to write APEv2 tags directly from command line wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.2 ----------------------------------------- improved: decoding speed in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.2 ------------------------------- added: winamp media library support improved: decoding speed foo_wavpack.dll (foobar plugin) - 2.2 ------------------------------------- improved: decoding speed nxWavPack.dll (Nero plugin) - 1.1 Cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.4 ----------------------------------------------- fixed: handling of wav files larger than 2 gig improved: encoding and decoding speed WavPack Library Source Code - 4.2 --------------------------------- improved: encoding and decoding speed fixed: works correctly with 64-bit compilers added: mode bit to open files in "streaming" mode -------------------------- Update - December 12, 2004 -------------------------- WavPack_Apollo.dll (Apollo plugin) - 1.2 ---------------------------------------- fixed: crash when Apollo opened and WavPack plugin can't find config file -------------------------------- Release 4.1 - September 14, 2004 -------------------------------- wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.1 ---------------------------------------- fixed: hybrid mode + "extra" mode + very low bitrates making corrupt files fixed: mono or multichannel files causing crash (no corruption possible) added: third name specification for "correction" file (EAC specific) added: -t option to preserve timestamps added: error summary for batch mode wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.1 ----------------------------------------- fixed: hybrid mode decoding bugs (very obscure situations) added: -s option to dump file summary to stdout added: -t option to preserve timestamps added: error summary for batch mode wvselfx.exe (self-extraction stub) - 4.1 ---------------------------------------- fixed: hybrid mode decoding bugs (very obscure situations) in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.1 ------------------------------- fixed: international characters in tags display properly (UTF-8 to Ansi) added: maximum tag data field width changed from 64 chars to 128 chars added: new infobox items including encoder version & modes, track #, md5 foo_wavpack.dll (foobar plugin) - 2.1 ------------------------------------- added: new database items including encoder version & modes and md5 WavPack_Apollo.dll (Apollo plugin) - 1.1 ---------------------------------------- fixed: international characters in tags display properly (UTF-8 to Ansi) Cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.2 ----------------------------------------------- fixed: hybrid mode + "extra" mode + very low bitrates making corrupt files fixed: saving mono file causing crash (no corruption possible) fixed: hybrid mode decoding bugs (very obscure situations) fixed: partial saves (with "Cancel") have incorrect RIFF header if unpacked nxWavPack.dll (Nero plugin) - 1.0 --------------------------------- new WavPack Library Source Code - 4.1 --------------------------------- fixed: hybrid mode + "extra" mode + very low bitrates making corrupt files fixed: mono or multichannel files causing crash (no corruption possible) fixed: hybrid mode decoding bugs (very obscure situations) added: mode bits for determining additional encode info (extra, sfx) added: function to return total compressed file length (including wvc) added: function to return encoder version (1, 2, 3, or 4) added: ability to obtain MD5 sum before decoding file (requires seek to end) added: mode bit for determining tag type (for proper character translation) added: ability to encode WavPack files without knowing length in advance added: option for small "information only" version of library