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MuvEnum is proud to announce the availability of MuvAudio 3!  It’s been over three years since the first release of MuvAudio 2.  We thought it was about time to create something better and that’s exactly what we have done.  Though right about now we’re feeling pretty exhausted, after all, that kitchen sink was pretty heavy.  We’d like to thank all of our customers for their continued support.  Your word of mouth is our best friend and we appreciate every little word you spread.  We hope you enjoy MuvAudio 3!

MuvAudio v3.0.0.1 is now available for download.

MuvAudio v3 is a paid upgrade at a discounted rate for users of MuvAudio v1 and v2. We will be sending out an upgrade email shortly to all previous owners so be sure to check for it.  Customers who purchased MuvAudio v2 on or after July 15th, 2009 will be receiving their free upgrade to MuvAudio v3 shortly as well.  If you don’t receive it by tomorrow, please send us a support request and we’ll get it sent out.

Version History:

• Support for Windows 7!
• Realtime conversions of up to 28x! That’s almost 200% faster than MuvAudio 2. The best part about this is that you don’t necessarily need a better computer to get these faster speeds. On the same hardware you should see an improvement of 25% to 200% for your conversion speed!
• Straight transcoding (non-realtime conversion of supported file types) speeds above and beyond 200x thanks to multi-processor and multi-core support.
• Convert iTunes files, Windows Media Player files, and a bunch of other new file formats (50+) like APE, OGG, WV, etc. All without requiring any additional plugins.
• A new user interface that greatly enhances the user experience. So long “console”; you won’t be missed. 🙂
• A Windows Explorer “Send To” extension that lets you easily load files into MuvAudio from Windows Explorer.
• Integration with MuvUnder Cover: The Album Art Sleuth
• More output formats and more control over the output format settings.
• And a bunch of things we’ve probably forgotten about that are just as exciting (we didn’t forget, we just believe it’s easier to show you how awesome MuvAudio 3 is rather than telling you, so go download it now!).

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

-The MuvEnum Development Team

MuvUnder Cover: The Album Art Sleuth v1.6.5.1 is now available for download.

This version includes a quick fix for the integration with MuvAudio 3 and the “Send To” extension having issues with large amounts of files.

Version History:

• Fixed the non-loading of files with the integration of MuvAudio 3 and the “Send To” extension when the length of the files exceeded 2080 characters.

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

MuvUnder Cover: The Album Art Sleuth v1.6.5.0 is now available for download.

This version adds support for integration with the ‘soon-to-be-released’ MuvAudio v3, support for some new Windows 7 features as well as my personal favorite in this release, a ‘Send To’ MuvUnder Cover Windows Explorer extension that lets me quickly load files into MuvUnder Cover from Windows Explorer (Right-click -> Send To -> MuvUnder Cover).

Version History:

• Added a Windows Explorer ‘Send To’ shell extension for MuvUnder Cover. You can now select multiple files and folders from within Windows Explorer, right-click and choose ‘Send To’ and then select ‘MuvUnder Cover’ and the MuvUnder Cover will load all supported files.
• Added integration for MuvAudio v3.
• Added support for loading files from Windows 7 libraries.
• Added taskbar progress bar support on Windows 7. The MuvUnder Cover taskbar entry will fill with the progress of tasks.
• Added indeterminate state to progressbar when searching for files so users know graphically that something is being done (it’s looke for files).
• Modified progress bar cancel button to be a “stop” button to follow UX guidelines and match MuvAudio v3.
• Modified “Choose Folders” to “Choose Files” to signify that you can now select individual files in addition to folders. This feature matches MuvAudio v3 functionality.
• Modified “Shortcuts for all users” option in the installer to be checked by default but only create start menu shortcuts (reduces duplicate icons on desktop and quicklaunch for the installing user).
• Modified MessageBox icons.
• Fixed random crash on loading when users didn’t have the needed permissions to a registry key.
• Fixed drag to top on Windows 7 causing the application to display over the Windows Start Menu Taskbar.
• Fixed incorrectly sized “search” tab in the options dialog.

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 Releases Windows Address Bar 5.0

Windows users can now use a fully featured desktop address bar to replace the missing Windows XP address bar.

Perry, UT (PRWEB) September 30, 2009 – MuvEnum, a leading developer of Windows based software products, announced today the release of their Windows address bar 5.0 that replaces the missing address bar in Windows XP SP3. The MuvEnum Address Bar has a free and a pro version available depending on the needs of the users who heavily relied on Microsoft’s previous Windows desktop address bar.

“Windows had a built-in limited feature address bar, but Microsoft removed the address bar in Windows XP SP3,” said John Rennemeyer, CEO and Founder of MuvEnum. “The MuvEnum Address Bar saves users time by making it super easy to quickly open files, folders, programs, websites, bookmarks, browsing history, web searches, and more – all from the user’s Windows taskbar. Best of all, the MuvEnum Address Bar is compatible with Windows 2000, 20003, 2008, Vista, XP, and the upcoming Windows 7.”

The MuvEnum Address Bar allows users to quickly navigate to or open their most used programs, folders, websites, and web searches by pulling history and bookmarks from Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, and Safari as well as their Windows run history. MuvEnum Address Bar sits in the user’s taskbar and has a configurable shortcut key combination, making it accessible from anywhere at any time.

“Our development team has added some unique features to both the free and pro version of the MuvEnum Address Bar,” said Rennemeyer. “For example, the MuvEnum Address Bar pro version adds keywords and aliases that allow users to set up aliases (words or letters) that open up one or more sets of folders, files, programs, websites, or searches.”

Another feature users get with the MuvEnum pro version is the ability to use the Windows address bar as a calculator. The pro version adds an advanced calculator to the address bar which lets you type equations and get quick answers, store those answers in keywords, and then reference them later. Users can also modify the look of the MuvEnum Address Bar to fit the look of any Windows customizations using a built-in theme creator.

“Unlike browser based address and search bars, MuvEnum Address Bar sits in your taskbar so it’s always available,” said Rennemeyer. “Plus, the MuvEnum Address Bar gives you access to your computer and the internet, not just the internet searches, making it the most versatile address bar available, especially for a product that supports both a free version and a fully featured pro version.”

To view a side-by-side comparison chart of the MuvEnum Address Bar free and pro features, visit http://www.muvenum.com/products/muvenumaddressbar/comparison/. Users can download the free version or purchase the fully featured MuvEnum Address Bar Pro version.

About MuvEnum

Since 2005, MuvEnum LLC has been developing and marketing Windows desktop software. MuvEnum’s products include MuvUnder Cover: The Album Art Sleuth, digital music software that helps complete your album cover collection, MuvAudio, a Windows utility that quickly converts audio files that other programs cannot handle properly, and MuvEnum Address Bar, a desktop utility to replace the missing Windows XP address bar and search bar tool. MuvEnum expects to release the highly anticipated Windows 7 compatible version of MuvAudio to coincide with the release of Windows 7. MuvEnum offers multiple freeware, trial, and registered versions of their Windows desktop software programs. MuvEnum products are enjoyed by thousands of users daily.

For more information about MuvEnum, visit http://www.muvenum.com.

Media Contact:
John Rennemeyer
CEO and Founder
MuvEnum LLC
1 (435) 494-1688
press [at] muvenum.com

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MuvAudio v2.9.9.0 is now available for download.

This versions updates the artwork source to a newly required version as the previous version is being taken offline on August 15th, 2009. You will need to update to this version to have the artwork feature of MuvAudio continue working. For a full featured album artwork program, check out MuvUnder Cover: The Album Art Sleuth which we highly recommend as a companion to MuvAudio.

Version History:

• Modified artwork search to use the newly required search API.
• Modified adding files to help avoid the random “user-defined breakpoint” crash.
• Modified the conversion process to help with some files missing less than one second of the end of the original file, in rare cases.

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

-The MuvEnum Development Team