-----------------------------

Release 4.75.0 - May 25, 2015

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WavPack Library Source Code - 4.75.0

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improved: reorganization for modularity and to improve linking
added: assembler optimizations for encode/decode on x86 and x64
added: assembler optimizations for decoding on ARMv7 (Linux)
improved: several minor speed optimizations using intrinsics
fixed: wavpack.pc.in not working correctly on some Linux distros
fixed: memcpy() issue causing abort() on OpenBSD

wavpack.exe (command-line encoder) - 4.75.0

wvunpack.exe (command-line decoder) - 4.75.0
wvgain.exe (command-line ReplayGain scanner) - 4.75.0
-----------------------------------------------------
changed: writing to console title default is off (Linux only, -z1 to enable)
fixed: wvgain crashes on bad file arguments (Debian bug #716478)

cool_wv4.flt (CoolEdit / Audition filter) - 2.12

------------------------------------------------
improved: performance (from assembler optimizations)

-------------------------
Update - December 7, 2013
-------------------------

CoreWavPack DirectShow Filters - 1.2.0.2

----------------------------------------
imported: latest filter sources from Christophe Paris and CoreCodec
updated: port to VS 2008 and add 64-bit build platform with installer
added: decode streams with full headers (tested with LAV splitter)
fixed: issues with 7.1 and non-standard channel configurations
fixed: problems with 12-bit, 20-bit, and 32-bit integer audio
fixed: crashing bug related to hybrid files with DNS
fixed: custom sampling rates being ignored

---------------------------------
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"

AmioWavpack.amio (Adobe Audition Plugin) - 1.0

----------------------------------------------
all new plugin for Audition 4.0 (CS5.5) and later (including Audition CC)

--------------------------
Update - December 23, 2009
--------------------------

in_wv.dll (winamp plugin) - 2.8a

--------------------------------
fixed: crashes in winamp 5.57 when playing tracks that have "genre" tag

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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)

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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

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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