NEWS 2/26/2024
RadioBOSS 7.0
What's new:- Artwork can be edited/removed/saved from the Track Information panel (right-click the artwork box) and from Music Library
- Supports multiple Artist entries (for FLAC, OGG, OPUS); when displaying, artists are comma-separated
- New tag fields support: publisher, album artist, lyrics, composer, copyright, track number
- A customizable work zone was added on the left side of the main window
- Style settings: configure font for Previous/Current/Next track boxes
- Updated Black style
- File type option added: "Do not apply DSP"
- VU meter can be placed on the right side of the playlist window
- The track following the next track is evaluated for cases when sending the next track title is disabled (e.g. for a jingle)
- Auto Intro: added "Date added" rule
- Auto Intro: added "Intro duration" rule
- Auto Intro: added intro tracks filters
- Auto Intro: added rule check order option
- Auto Intro: added command to copy a rule
- New API command "writeartwork" to edit track artwork
- Microphone: "Play next track after mic turned off" now also works when the playlist is stopped
- Now playing notifications: RadioBOSS can run the specified program when a track starts
- Cart wall: individual playlist attenuation settings for each cart wall button
- Cart wall: Caps Lock can be used as a hot key modifier to start cart wall items by pressing CapsLock+Key combination
- Hotkey to set track rating in the playlist (Ctrl+Shift+0..9)
- Additional information storage: added "File (subfolder)" option
- Broadcasting statistics can be saved in a CSV file
- Sweepers: a playlist file can be used as a track source
- More options to control now playing export file type and format
- Render to file: do not include selected file types in cuesheet option
- Recent tracks artworks can be saved to a folder
- Next track artwork can be saved and uploaded to FTP
- getfile command: added /move option to move file to a set folder after playback
- Quick Jingles: pressing the "minus" key stops all playing jingles
- Advanced option: configure normalization algorithm (EBU R128 or peak)
- Advanced option: do not apply DSP for Overlay Playback events
- Advanced option: maximum hook duration
- Advanced option added: streaming server stats check interval
- Crossfade option: limit Mix point to end before following track Intro ends (Advanced Settings)
- Advanced option: restart jingle when hot key for playing jingle is pressed
- New options added to hide toolbar button groups
- Tags window redesigned: added filter and improved editor
- Show currently the playing track in window title bar and in taskbar hint (advanced option)
- View/Style - waveform color option added
- streamarchive command with file name specfiied, uses a second recording instance
- Style option: set selection style for secondary lists (events, log, search)
- More options can be configured for Nowplaying bar display (Settings/View/Style)
- Improved screen reader accessibility (slider controls in different areas, Equalizer, Compressor, VST text UI)
- Added HTTPS streaming support for integrated server
- Added fade out option when the relay is turned off
- Time Zone option changed to Clock Adjust option allowing more gradual control
- Track Tool: extended Zoom range
Scheduler
- Event Overview window where all events for a given day are shown in a chart
- Days of the week can be assigned to each start time in the event's start time list
- Event end date option (Expires) - the event will not run after the set date; can be used to specify a date range for events
- Events can be dragged into the playlist window
- "scheduler off" command: timeout can be specified to automatically re-enable the scheduler
- New event option: do not run if there are scheduled tracks in the playlist
- New event option: start the event earlier to make it end at "Start time"
- Scheduler option: do not start events playback when the playlist is stopped
Playlist Generator
- Improved random track selection algorithm when priority rules are used (the point is more uniform selection avoiding "favorite" tracks problem)
- Proportional selection: special category type to select tracks from different categories based on weights
- Global categories that can be used in all presets
- Improved total playlist duration precision
- Priority rules based on Tags
- Priority rules based on Language
- Priority rules based on Date Added and Last Played allow specifying fractional values
- Fixed Outro category repeat protection rules were not applied properly
- Added search (Ctrl+F) in the Load Preset window
Music Library
- Redesigned tag editor window; track artwork can be edited
- The BPM tag field is read when track is added to the library
- Added command in Tools to remove dangling .rbdata files (when additional information storage is set to File)
- CSV export includes more fields
- Added Update Library button to the toolbar to reload the current library
- Added Prelisten menu command and Alt+click prelisten in the list
- Added Prelisten to Track Properties window
- Filter option added: show only enabled tracks
Ads Scheduler
- Search now works as a filter for the ads list
- Priority values range changed to 1-99 (values 1-9 from previous versions will be automatically converted)
- Colors for the grid cells (checked/unchecked) can be changed in the Settings window
- Ads Scheduler instances can be named (configured in the Settings window)
Report Generator
- Command line extended (allows specifying what fields to include in the report)
- Fixed exporting bugs and improved performance
Minor changes
- Read artwork from WAV files
- Now playing box correctly shows emojis and surrogates
- Toolbar control RDP issue fixed (buttons rearranged sometimes)
- Teaser: extended limits for track exclusion by duration
Fixed
- Relay: the silence detector didn't work properly with network streams
- Relaying linear input sometimes didn't work properly
- Hotkeys in additional work zones did not work
- Access playback control buttons using the Tab key in additional zones
- Playlist duration calculation with voice tracks in the playlist
- Other minor fixes and improvements
Breaking changes
- Windows Classic theme is no longer supported
Download: RadioBOSS 7.0
Updating from older versions
- Open Settings, File Types, press "Add default file types" button (located under the file types list)
Pricing and availability
- The update is free for existing users who purchased RadioBOSS or RadioBOSS Update after
February 27, 2023. Otherwise, update price is $75, please visit this page to purchase. - License prices for new users start from $119; please visit this page for further details.
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