Exact Audio Copy 1.0 Beta 2

May 24, 2011

• Complete change of how metadata are edited, there are new metadata fields and all can be edited in the main window
• Track selections are now done by using checkboxes instead of explorer like selection
• Possibility to use more than one metadata plugin
• Inclusion of the professional GD3 metadata service provider (free test version, 7.99$ for a lifetime license)
• Tooltips for most elements in the main window
• Autocomplete for artist, composer and interpret
• New WMA compression handler, based on Expression 4 (and needs .NET 4 installed)
• Support for audio data plugins
• Added lyrics support and freedb submission to the freedb plugin
• Metadata plugins may now also support metadata submission
• Changed most placeholders (like %s) to meaningful replacers (e.g. %source%). Existing settings (from 1.0 beta 1) should be converted automatically. Therefore beware, you are not able to run beta 1 and beta 2 concurrently
• Added more placeholders to reflect the additions of metadata fields
• Fixed bug of reading blocks larger than 64kb, which might have affected several devices/interfaces (USB)
• Fixed bug on saving WAV files in the audio editor
• Cover image has now a context menu to fetch new image or delete the current one
• There is an menu entry to fetch new lyrics for all tracks
• Wizard reflects the changes in metadata and sets optimized command line compressor settings
• Writing of ID3 V2 tags also add all new fields
• Added a splash screen, as startup can take several seconds now
• Fixed many many smaller bugs