- video playback for Windows Vista/7 has been improved
- a pre buffering option for Microphone/ Line In has been added to address errors during Line In playback
- an option of recurrent auto save of the profile has been added (e.g., when the program is exited incorrectly, playlists, schedules and settings will be saved)
- MKV video files playback errors have been corrected
- the Silence Detector functionality has been restored
- virtualization display error occurring in WASAPI has been corrected
- several errors in the Task Scheduler performance have been corrected
- many other corrections have been made
07/28/2010 New version: RadioBOSS v4.3 Released. Changes:
- Concurrent playback on several sound cards
- Output through ASIO
- Output through WASAPI (recommended for Win7/Vista and above)
- Adjustable sampling rate during mixing
- Improvements in the scheduler. You can now set the start date for a task and make it recurring – that is, make it start on specific days of the week or with certain periodicity. You can also schedule tasks for a specific minute of specific hours during a day.
- Added a new option to the scheduler - “clear the Main playlist"- that enables you to completely clear the playlist when changing a block.
- Added a possibility to launch a track from the playlist according to the schedule.
- The task editing window now has a wizard that simplifies the addition of commands, Internet streams and so on.
- Changed profiles for AAC/AAC+ broadcasting for improved sound quality with the same bitrate + fixed some AAC+ broadcasting bugs.
- The time remaining till the start of scheduled tasks is now calculated with greater accuracy
- Fixed a bug that caused the next track to be shown incorrectly in the Shuffle (random playback) mode
- Fixed a bug that caused the program to work incorrectly on computers without a sound card
- updated the help file
- improved the scheduler algorithm
- the position of the video playback window is now saved
- improved the "resume playback" function
- fixed a bug in the getrandomplaylist command (sometimes the playlist did not start)
- fixed a bug that caused the program to start twice when the “start automatically” option was enabled
- fixed a bug in the connect/disconnect commands, automatic reconnection to the server now works correctly
04/28/2010 User Manual for RadioBOSS published! RadioBOSS User Manual is now available.
- fixed a bug in the scheduler: sometimes, tracks were inserted into the beginning of the playlist instead of being queued
- improvements and bugfixes in the music database
- improvements in the playlist generation algorithm
- fixed bugs in the playlist generator
- fixed a bug: the total number of listeners in broadcasting statistics was calculated incorrectly
- fixed a bug: sometimes, 2 tracks were played at the same time
- lots of other minor improvements and fixes
- a feature for playing one track from a playlist or folder has been added (the Playlist->Add Track List menu command)
- an error in the AutoAmp function has been fixed 02/26/2010 Update: RadioBOSS 4.0.7.467 Update: RadioBOSS 4.0.7.467
Changes:
- Bug fixed: the silence detector did not work correctly in the "no sound card" mode
- Added a possibility to set the duration of playback for audio streams (the value is specified in minutes after a space, e.g. "http://stream/p.m3u 60")
- Changes in the program architecture: improved stability and decreased CPU load
- Added a possibility to disable visualization
- Added a possibility to select a tracks database in the playlist generator
Changes:
- the Turkish translation has been added
- the broadcast statistics shows the amount of data sent to the server
- the silence detector is triggered by the signal strength
- silence detector alerts are logged in the report
- fixed bug: sometimes the schedule list was loaded empty
- the size/position of columns is retained in the report
- it is possible to select the encoding for the HTTP request (UTF8 or ANSI)
- now the track name is sent to the Icecast server in the UTF8 format
Changes:
- tag read/write added for FLAC, MPC, APE, TTA files.
- removed tag support for WAV files
- improved line in/MIC support
- fixed scheduler errors: playlist generation and streams playback
- fixed MMS streams playback error
01/19/2010 RadioLogger 2.1 Released! New version: RadioLogger v2.1
Changes:
- Fixed some user interface issues
11/20/2009 RadioLogger 2.0 Released! New version: RadioLogger v2.0
Changes:
- Improved user interface
- Many minor issues and bugs fixed
10/28/2009 RadioBOSS 4.0 Released! New version: RadioBOSS v4.0
Changes:
4.0.0.417
- Application got split into versions: Express, Standard, and Advanced.
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 Compatible.
- Modified player’s interface.
- Added resizing of interface units (versions Standard and Advanced).
- Video playback (version Advanced).
- Support for Unicode in file names, interface and tags (except ID3v1).
- Player now shows which track is to be played next.
- Added launching playlists over air.
- Fixed error when generating playlists by schedule.
- Added ‘Pause’ command to scheduler.
- Information on ‘Stop’ and ‘Pause’ button clicks now gets recorded to the report.
- Modifying broadcast settings no longer requires restarting the application.
- Encoder priority when airing now matches the priority of the RadioBOSS application.
Changes:
- now it is possible to view the statistics of network broadcasting
- the program does not freeze when connecting to the server
- the microphone (the MIC button) now works during network broadcasting
- the line-in and microphone now work better (no more stuttering,
distortions, etc.)
- the MIC button now works correctly in Windows Vista
- the new "generate" command for creating playlists according to schedule is
available in the scheduler
- the bug causing an error while switching to the next day has been fixed in
the "repeat" function of the scheduler, the task used to stop launching
- the "Set the minimum buffer size automatically " is now available in the
settings
- the program has been optimized for running on multiprosessor and
multi-core systems
- several minor bugs and drawbacks has been fixed
06/18/2009 RadioBOSS v3.2 Released! New version: RadioBOSS 3.2!
Changes:
- Added an ability to broadcast in AAC and AAC+ formats
- Added an ability to simultaneously broadcast in different formats and/or to different servers
- Bug fixed: when an OGG stream was played, tags could not be read
- Bug fixed: when a mixing point was enabled, stream playback interrupted when a stream was launched
- Bug fixed: sometimes, when Winamp plugins were used, not all of them were loaded or the list of plugins appeared empty
- The explorer is updated automatically
04/17/2009 RadioBOSS v3.1 Released! New version: RadioBOSS 3.1!
Changes:
- scheduler: FADEOUT command is added (syntax: fadeout
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS THINK
“Broadcasting automation is one of the hardest tasks out there. RadioBoss was a pleasant surprise that saved us a good deal of time. It has an intuitive interface and is extremely stable (not a single freeze in almost a year).” — Victor L.
“RadioBoss is absolutely unbeatable in its price category. It has everything necessary for radio broadcasting automation. Constant development and ongoing improvement produced great results – RadioBoss can work without a single restart for a very long time. I wish the developers the best of luck with their product.” — Igor B.
“We’ve been using RadioBOSS for 1.5 years on a radio station in Chemal (Altai Republic) – no problems at all! Stability is excellent. Good luck with your software!” — Respectfully yours, Radio 103.2FM
Update: RadioBOSS v4.3.1. Some errors have been corrected; some improvements have been made to the Task Scheduler, video playback and the microphone performance.
