Version History
Version 1.2.4: (released 16 August 2009)
-- Bug fix: fixed problem with blank chapter titles
-- Bug fix: fixed faulty search/replace function
-- Bug fix: fixed problem with decimal comma used in certain regions
-- Feature: reduced need to reload all chapters into list box after edit
Version 1.2.3: (released 22 July 2009)
-- Bug fix: fixed problem with 64-bit version not working
-- Bug fix: fixed problem with reading very short AAC files
-- Bug fix: disabled menu choices if no AAC file loaded
Version 1.2.2: (released 13 July 2009)
-- bug fixes, final clean-up
Version 1.2.1 (Beta): (released 5 July 2009)
-- Many bug fixes
-- Font selection in Image Import now improved
-- Batch file operation now can also set cover art as well as chapter images
Version 1.2.0 (Beta): (released 29 June 2009)
-- Many changes!
-- Should load AAC files more reliably (I hope!)
-- Now has menu bar to provide easier access to functions
-- Can manipulate iTunes 'cover art' and metadata.
-- Can multiply select chapters for various purposes such as bulk delete
-- Can apply title text overlay on images
-- Search/replace on chapter text
-- Timeshift chapters by set amount of time.
Version 1.1.2: (released 26 May 2008)
-- Bug workaround: Chapter Master crashed on XP 64-bit and Vista 64-bit systems.
This was due to Apple QuickTime not working on such systems. Workaround is to avoid
the use of this control on 64 bit systems, which means losing audio playback capabilities
for these users. I hope to remedy this if and when Apple produce a 64-bit compatible QuickTime.
I need someone to test this for me, as I don't have access to a 64 bit system.
-- Bug fix: Custom prefix option for regular chapters wasn't working in Batch Mode. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: Drag and drop of image wasn't working on Batch form. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: European use of 'decimal comma' was preventing import of files generated by MarkAble. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: After changing the time of a chapter it didn't automatically re-sort the chapter list. Fixed.
-- Feature change: Edit/New Chapter form now uses text field for time rather than spin controls, and has larger text box for chapter name.
-- Feature change: Deleting a chapter now autoselects next chapter in list.
-- New feature: An additional button allows regular chapter stops to be inserted BETWEEN existing chapters. Eg, if "Chapter One" exists at 11:53 and "Chapter Two" at 54:21, this button will insert "Part 01", "Part 02" etc at intervals between these two times.
Version 1.1.1: (released 12 May 2008)
-- Bug fix : The Edit Chapter/New Chapter form crashed if values greater than 59 were entered
in the minutes or seconds field. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: Custom suffix option wasn't working in batch mode. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: Drag and drop of image didn't work in batch mode. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: Couldn't move batch dialog around the screen. Sort of fixed (I've done a quick and dirty fix for the time being, do better when I have more time).
Version 1.1.0 : (released 28 April 2008)
-- New feature : Import from text file can now also parse and read in a link to an image file. Syntax like this:
00:05:26.1 First Chapter | C:\...\prettypic.jpg
You can now insert comment lines beginning with "//". It is best to do this to be safe, though in fact Chapter Master will discard any line if it can't interpret the start as a timecode.
-- New feature : Export chapter list to a text file, generates same syntax as import. This means you can 'round trip' a chapter list to your favourite text editor, allowing search/replace, etc.
NOTE: Export generates a UTF-8 (Unicode) encoded text file to allow for non-English characters. Most modern text editors, including Notepad, understand this format, but in an old text editor which doesn't understand Unicode you may see three odd characters at the start of the first line. The first line is marked as a comment line, so you can ignore them.
-- New feature : There's an Export option which also extracts images from the AAC file and dumps them in the same directory as the text file of the chapter stops.
-- New feature : Button/icon for tools menu in the top line of the form, looks like a T. (Well, it IS a T, but non-English speakers can think of it as a T-square).
Currently this has the choices:
- Import times from file
- Export times to file
- Export times and images
- Options
-- New feature : There's now a persistent option for the word or phrase used for the 'Add regular chapter stops' function. In other words, you don't have to have 'Part 01', etc, but can have 'My Very Own Chapter 01' etc if you want. (Certainly useful for non-English speakers).
-- New feature : There are now keyboard shortcuts for 'silently' inserting or adjusting a chapter stop while you are listening to audio, without pausing the audio. I added these for my own comfort when I was trying to adjust the chapter stops in an audiobook to match the 'real' chapters.
Ctrl-I : inserts a chapter stop at the current audio play position (naming it just '.')
Ctrl-Shift-A : adjusts the prior chapter stop to be at the current play position.
Ctrl-Shift-B : adjusts the following chapter stop to be at the current play position.
Ctrl-Shift-Z : undoes the immediately prior 'adjust' action.
Ctrl-Left arrow : moves the audio play head back 10 seconds
Ctrl-Right arrow : moves the audio play head forward 10 seconds
Ctrl-Shift-Left arrow : moves the audio play head back 1 minute
Ctrl-Shift-Right arrow : moves the audio play head forward 1 minute
-- New feature / Bug fix : I've cleaned up the way that the chapter stop marks get repainted on the form after any change. This didn't seem like a problem with only a dozen chapter stops, but it was terribly ugly when there were 200! The whole form redisplay is now a lot cleaner than it was.
-- New feature: Fractional seconds allowed in Edit Chapter (and in import and export times).
-- New feature: Fractional minutes allowed in "Add Regular Chapterstops" function.
-- Bug fix: My fix for 'malformed' audio files (those with a header duration too long for QuickTime) wasn't working correctly with existing chapter stops. I think that it is fixed now.
-- Bug fix: (an astonishing one and a bad one) Deleting a chapter and immediately saving messed up the times of subsequent chapters. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: Placing a chapter stop at the very end of audio caused problems. Fixed in that it is no longer possible to place a chapter stop closer than 2 seconds to the end of audio.
-- Bug fix: Import text file wouldn't set chapter title for chapter at time zero. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: A problem causing some users to have Chapter Master crash at the end of loading any audio file appears to be fixed.
-- Bug fix: Long book titles overflowed the label at the top of the screen. These are now truncated with an ellipsis (eg "The Rise and Fall of ...")
Known issues in version 1.1.0:
-- I've had a report of Chapter Master crashing immediately on startup under Vista 64. If anyone else encounters this, can they let me know?
-- No language localization. This will definitely be coming once the program has settled down.
Version 1.0.9 : (released 21 April 2008)
-- New feature: Ability to read in timecodes and chapter names from a plain text file, with entries like this:
00:05:26 First Chapter
01:12:22 Second Chapter
etc...
- where timecode is in the form HH:MM:SS
- triggered by drag and drop of text file onto form when an audio file is loaded, or choosing 'Import Times from File' from the Help drop-down menu (I may move this later and put it on a Tools menu).
-- Feature change: 'Clear All' button now asks for confirmation before clearing.
-- Feature change/Bug fix: Audio files generated by some programs were causing problems due to badly-formed headers (for QuickTime replay - I use QuickTime to play the audio). I now try to detect this problem and ask the user if they want me to correct the header (a backup of the original is made).
-- Bug fix: German and other non-English characters in chapter names were getting scrambled.
Fixed - now properly supports both UTF-8 and both flavours of UTF-16 encoding.
-- Bug fix: Saving with 'Overwrite' option set caused problem in reloading audio. Fixed.
As part of this fix, backup files no longer have ".bak" appended, but instead
have ~ pre-pended. This makes them still playable.
-- Bug fix: Splash screen was resizing and tiling in Vista.
-- Bug fix: Main screen was scrambling if minimise button clicked during loading file. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: In Batch mode, options setting changes weren't taking immediate effect. In main screen, change to default interval didn't take immediate effect. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: Problem with adding images at later chapter stops if text and image tracks had
different timescales. Fixed, I hope.
Version 1.0.8 : (Public release, 14 April 2008)
-- Bug fix: old help button icon came up in rollover on batch form. Fixed.
-- Feature change: help button now brings up a context menu with several choices
- Online Tutorial
- Support
- Chapter Master home page on web
- Check for updates
- Purchase (hidden if already registered)
- Enter Registration key (hidden if already registered)
- About
-- Feature change: dialogs now allow opening of files with .mp4 extension.
-- Feature change: progress message box now has better feedback
- Task bar icon shows '1 of 4' for example, in batching
- Dialog shows 'Finished' instead of continuing to show 'Please Wait' when done.
-- Feature change: last used directories now persist between sessions (stored in Options.xml).
Version 1.0.7: (Public beta, released 10 April 2008)
-- Bug fix: Batching .m4a files didn't do an automatic rename to .m4b. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: At end of save process, the dialog vanished instead of remaining visible until the user clicked
the OK button. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: If changed image import options, then asked to re-import images with the new option, it didn't work. Fixed - but note that once an AAC file is SAVED, then the images are saved with the file and are saved as square, cropped images, so change of option won't affect the image when the file is reopened.
-- Bug fix: Clear didn't work on image in the first chapter. Fixed.
-- Bug fix: Options were still not being persisted. Now fixed, I hope permanently.
-- Bug fix: There was a problem if one chose "Cancel" after being prompted for a save folder in a batch operation.
Fixed (changed the kind of dialog).
-- Feature change: All buttons are now standard Windows XP buttons (I gave up on fancy graphic buttons).
Also, to match, nicer audio play, pause, etc, controls.
-- Feature change: Audio play progress bar now shows as continuous rather than blocky.
-- Feature change: Added an option to change the default chapter stop interval (for 'Add regular').
-- Feature change: Open and save dialogs should retain their last used directory (separately for audio and image
files). Wish I'd done this earlier, would have saved me ages in testing!
-- Feature change: There are now minimize buttons on main forms and message dialog.
Version 1.0.6: (Released to Beta Testers 6 April 2008)
Version 1.0.5: (Released to Beta Testers 5 April 2008)
Version 1.0.4 : Released to Beta Testers (30 March 2008)
Version 1.0.3 : Released to Beta Testers (25 March 2008)
Version 1.0.2 : Released to Beta Testers (Feb 2008)
Version 1.0.1 : Creation, internal testing.