MuvEnum Blog

MuvEnum Address Bar v5.0.3.0 is now available for download.

After months of work on this new version of the MuvEnum Address Bar, we are proud to announce the first non-beta release.  For all the details about the version 5 release including what’s been added, fixed, and improved, why there is now a free and pro version, and more, please see the v5 beta change log posts:

• MuvEnum Address Bar v5.0.0.0 Beta Released
• MuvEnum Address Bar v5.0.1.0 Beta Released
• MuvEnum Address Bar v5.0.2.0 Beta Released

Version History:

• Added http://www.wolframalpha.com (computational knowledge engine) to default keywords list (wa).
• Modified all file open and save dialogs to use the Windows Vista/2008/7 style dialogs on supported operating systems.
• Modified update checking to work in cases where the user never or rarely restarts their computer.
• Modified options form to no longer be topmost when an update is available to avoid having the installer hidden behind the options form.
• Modified options form to watch in KeyDown event for ESC instead of KeyUp to help reduce the probability of the ESC key closing the options form when closing other forms shown from the options form.
• Fixed Import/Export buttons not working on systems w/ .NET 2.0 (w/o SP1) installed.
• Fixed Delete/Import buttons being switched places on Windows 7 due to sizing issue.
• Fixed bottom of keyword 3rd row buttons being cutoff on Windows 7.
• Fixed “clear keyword” and “clear url” buttonspecs not being connected to the clear click events.

To celebrate the release of the MuvEnum Address Bar v5 Beta, we’re going to be giving away a Pro license, randomly selected from every “multiple of 10” (20, 30, 40, 50, etc.) twitter followers we get before the official release.  Example: when we reach 240 followers, we’ll randomly select one follower from #231-#240 to receive a Pro license.

Things are getting a little hectic around here as we near the release of the MuvEnum Address Bar v5.  We’ve spent the last couple of months cranking out features, improvements, and bugfixes that we think every user of the MuvEnum Address Bar will love.  Heck, I’m proud to say that we love them.  That’s one of the faults of being the “Creator”; you fall in love with your creations.  Take Dr. Frankenstein for example…acutally, we take that back.  The Frankenstein monster was hideous on the outside (which, btw, if you think the MuvEnum Address Bar is hideous on the outside, in  MAB Pro v5 you can change that with “Custom Themes“) and we like to think our creation looks nothing like the Frankenstein monster.

That sure was a strange tangent.  Alright then, back to the point.  We think we created a very useful tool with the MuvEnum Address Bar v3.  With v5 (yes, we skipped v4 because we experienced “feature creep” and just couldn’t help ourselves when it came to adding features) we’ve added/fixed everything that was reported and made some fundamental improvements to the usability of the address bar.  We think you’ll love the features and just want to say (yes, it took almost two paragraphs to get to this point) that we greatly appreciate everyone that has supported MuvEnum over the last 4 years.

I know some of you probably read the “Pro” word and gasped.  We’ve kept the original features of the v3 address bar and added a whole bunch of new features to the “free” v5 and then we went ahead and added a whole bunch of additional features to the “free” v5 and made it the “Pro” v5.  For a glance at what the “Pro” version gives you, head on over to our (work-in-progress) version comparison page.  It goes into greater detail about the Themes, Keywords, Advanced Calculator, and History Management.

For all of you donaters that donated before this point in time and are probably upset right now, don’t worry.  You’ll be receiving an email soon with your free “Pro” license(s).  If you don’t get the email by Monday, let us know and we’ll take care of you.

Another fine example of “Software in Motion“. Enjoy!

-The MuvEnum Development Team

MuvUnder Cover: The Album Art Sleuth v1.5.5.0 is now available for download.

This version mainly fixes the album artwork sources that were no longer working in v1.5.2.0 due to changes at the artwork source (Google Image Search, Discogs). There are a few other nice treats that make it a little easier to use which you can read about below.

Version History:

• Fixed album artwork sources that were modified at the sources end and they should now be working (Google Image Search, Discogs).
• Fixed selecting multiple items in “Choose Folders” and hitting space to actually check/uncheck all of the items selected based on their checked/unchecked status.
• Fixed checking for updates causing the program to crash if the xml update file wasn’t downloaded correctly.
• Modified secondary source search to include Google Image Search results after the main secondary source results.
• Modified copying album artwork within MuvUnder Cover.
• Modified reading of current embedded image dimensions by not validating stream when reading for improved performance.
• Added ability to extend trial for an additional 25 covers where users used the initial 25 but didn’t have the “Save artwork in album folder” option checked and would like to test it (double-click on empty space in the trial screen progress bar).

As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions.

For the latest version of MuvUnder Cover: The Album Art Sleuth, please visit our downloads section.

-The MuvEnum Development Team

MuvEnum Address Bar v3.8.0.0 is now available for download.

Version History:

• Added support for opening links with .lnk in the name.
• Fixed issue with http://shortcut.lnk showing in auto-completion list causing shortcut.lnk to not show.

MuvAudio v2.9.8.1 is now available for download.

We found a regression in v2.9.8.0 from v2.9.6.7 that caused all spaces to be removed from the front and end of the directory output separator.  With the default settings, this would cause your output folders to be Artist-Album instead of Artist – Album.  This is fixed in this new version (2.9.8.1) and as always, can be installed over your current version. Sorry about this one folks.

Version History:

• Fixed a regression issue with spaces in the directory separator being removed from the output path; (artist – album) became (artist-album).
• Fixed incorrect output path shown in the console when invalid directory or filename characters, / : * ? ” < > |, were set in MuvAudio.

For the latest version of MuvAudio, please visit our downloads section.

-The MuvEnum Development Team