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Release 8.8.4 (2006-08-07)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed connection problem with latest firmware releases.

Release 8.8.3 (2006-08-02)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed repeating activation issue.

Release 8.8.2 (2006-05-02)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Various stability improvements.

Release 8.8.0 (2006-03-03)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Minor internal update.

Release 8.7.9 (2005-12-03)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Improved handling of driver mode switching between Dell Driver and MTP/PlaysForSure modes.
  • Fixed search feature in main Explorer interface when using MTP/PlaysForSure mode.

Release 8.7.8a (2005-11-24)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed minor connection problem.

Release 8.7.8 (2005-11-22)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Enhanced MTP/PlaysForSure Compatibility
    This release improves support for the new MTP/PlaysForSure firmware releases for the Dell DJ and Pocket DJ.

  • Fixed bug in transferring unprotected WMA music files to players running MTP/PlaysForSure firmware.
  • Fixed hang when attempting to transfer non-music files to MTP/PFS players.

Release 8.7.5 (2005-06-11)

New Features:

  • User-Selectable Driver Mode
    To simplify usage and avoid driver conflicts, you can now manually select which driver mode Deubox will use to connect to your DJ or Pocket DJ. Which driver you use depends on what firmware you are running on your device. If you have a first generation DJ or are running the 1.x firmware that ships with your player, then use the default "Dell Driver Mode". If you have a second generation DJ or a Pocket DJ and have installed the 2.x MTP/PlaysForSure firmware, then use the "MTP/PlaysForSure" driver mode. The driver mode is easily selectable by choosing "Set Driver Mode" from the systray icon's right-click menu.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • In the previous release, Deubox would not connect to 1.x firmware devices if you used the systray icon menu to connect. However, it would connect if you double-clicked on the systray icon, or auto-connected by browsing to Deubox through My Computer or using the Desktop icon. This has been fixed so that Deubox will once again properly connect to 1.x firmware players regardless of connection method.

Release 8.7.4 (2005-05-20)

New Features:

  • MTP/PlaysForSure Support
    This release introduces support for the newer MTP/PlaysForSure firmware that Dell has released for the Gen 2 Dell DJ and Pocket DJ. This means that Deubox supports any Dell DJ player whether it is running the original firmware or the MTP firmware. At the present time, Deubox's MTP support does not support transferring store-bought WMA files (such as from Napster, MusicMatch, Yahoo) to the DJ. However, Deubox can manage any content already on your DJ (including store-bought files), create and edit playlists, and transfer files back off the DJ to your PC. We are currently looking into adding support for transferring protected content to the DJ in upcoming releases.

  • New Name: Deubox Explorer
    Dudebox Explorer has now been renamed to Deubox Explorer. Same great software, just now with a new name.

Release 8.7.1 (2005-03-17)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Minor compatibility fixes.
  • Fixed bug in Options dialog when device is not connected.

Release 8.7.0 (2004-12-22)

New Features:

  • Utilities Folder
    We've added a new folder called "Utilities" to the top-level of the Deubox Explorer interface. This folder will contain various modular utilities for maintaining your player's contents. To begin with, we've created a "Remove Empty Playlists" utility. Over time we will add many more utilities to perform various useful tasks.

Release 8.6.4 (2004-12-06)

New Features:

  • Dell DJ (Second Generation) and Dell Pocket DJ Support
    This release adds official support for the new second generation Dell DJ 20 and Dell Pocket DJ players.

Release 8.6.3 (2004-11-11)

New Features:

  • Xtreamer Security Improvements
    For security reasons, usernames and passwords are now required when a remote computer accesses Xtreamer. Therefore, you must set up at least one remote access account before Xtreamer can be accessed from other computers. Local access does not require username and password. We have added a account management interface to make it simple and fast to create, edit, and delete accounts. Access this new account manager by by right-clicking the Deubox icon in the systray and selecting "Deubox Manager Options". In addition, we have disabled authentication on the audio streams themselves to improve streaming compatibility with playback applications that do not handle HTTP authentication well or at all. You now only need to authenticate once when accessing the initial Xtreamer homepage.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Improved ID3 Tag Handling
    In the previous release, MP3 files with a complete ID3V1 tag but a blank ID3V2 tag would not be read properly. This release should properly handle such MP3's and read the information from the V1 tag and ignore the blank V2 tag.

  • Fixed default Xtreamer skin for proper display alignment in Firefox/Mozilla browsers.

Release 8.6.2 (2004-10-21)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • WMP10/Dell Driver Issue
    We have received user reports of Jukebox problems after installing Windows Media Player 10. Based on our research, we believe there is a bug in the interaction between some WMP10 components and Dell's device drivers. Because Deubox uses Dell's device drivers as well, this issue can affect Deubox. The problem manifests as system slowdowns or lockups, due to the PdeSrv2.exe part of the Dell driver using up all CPU time. You may see this when opening Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer with your Jukebox connected. Although we cannot fix WMP10 or Dell's drivers directly, we have made some modifications to Deubox which should help reduce the likelihood of the problem manifesting. We also highly recommend Jukebox owners run a clean up operation on their Jukebox, as file system inconsistencies seem to trigger the problem more often. To do so, boot your Jukebox into rescue mode by pressing the pinhole reset button on the side while holding down the play/pause button. After booting into rescue mode, run the Clean Up procedure.

  • Improved VBR MP3 Analysis
    We have improved our bitrate analysis code to properly calculate the play length of VBR MP3 files encoded by certain specific encoders. If you have VBR files that do not play for their full duration on your player, please re-transfer them using this release.

  • Fixed bug where files would not transfer to PC properly if one or more of the file's tag fields ended in a period.
  • Robustness improvements in transfer to PC functions.
  • Xtreamer can now be configured to use port numbers up to 99999 instead of just 9999.
  • Fixed Explorer problem where status bar file information would lag behind by one file when navigating up and down the file list using the keyboard.

Release 8.6.1 (2004-09-17)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed bug in 8.6.0 where Playlist Index did not display the correct playlist membership information.
  • Fixed instability in playlist merging function.
  • Fixed a tag reading bug causing accented UTF-8 characters in ID3V2 tags to be corrupted when an ID3V1 tag is also present in the MP3 file.

Release 8.6.0 (2004-09-02)

New Features:

  • Improved "Copy to Computer" Dialog
    The "Copy to Computer" dialog now features a "New Folder" button to create a new folder to transfer to on the fly, it remembers the last destination folder you selected so you don't need to keep selecting it again, and the dialog is now resizable, making navigation easier.

  • Enhanced Playlist Duplicates Handling
    In previous releases, deleting a track from a playlist would delete all instances of the same track from the playlist, instead of just the one instance that was selected. In this release, only the selected tracks are deleted. We've also added a new function to automatically detect and remove duplicate entries from a playlist. You can access it by right-clicking on a playlist.

  • Tracks can now be deleted off the player from the "Playlist Index".
  • When user attempts to use drag and drop to transfer a large amount of files back to the PC, Deubox now intercepts the operation and uses the "Copy to Computer" mechanism instead, which is more efficient.

Bug Fixes:

  • Transfer dialog now shows the correct device icon when transferring data files and transfer back to the PC.
  • Fixed installer bug where Manager would launch with its working directory set to a temporary folder instead of the final install folder. This bug prevented the redchair_installer temporary folder from being deleted if the user wanted to.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when trying to read the tags of some corrupt MP3 files.

Release 8.5.9 (2004-07-26)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Further stability improvements to the TrueStream and Xtreamer streaming mechanisms.

Release 8.5.8 (2004-07-19)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Windows XP Service Pack 2 Compatibility
    Deubox has been tested with the latest beta release of the upcoming Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Microsoft Windows XP. A specific crash with SP2 when navigating to the Active Queue folder has been fixed. If you encounter any other problems after installing SP2, please contact technical support and let us know!

  • Improved Xtreamer Performance
    In previous releases, streaming playback could hang at the end of a track on some systems, requiring the Manager or the computer to be restarted. This release features an improved streaming mechanism that should resolve this problem. Also fixed a bug where Xtreamer could use an unnecessary amount of temp space in certain circumstances.

  • Fixed problem with Explorer running at High priority instead of Normal when launched from the systray icon.

  • Increased streaming limit to five tracks in trial edition.
  • Removed unnecessary warning message about Winamp integration when changing TrueStream options.
  • Minor installer improvements.

Release 8.5.7 (2004-06-06)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • New, Fully Integrated File Type Exclusion
    The file format exclusion options for transfers have been improved to allow the exclusion of all file formats supported by the player, not just the limited options available in previous releases. These are the options available in the Transfers section of the Options dialog. The new options are also properly integrated with AudioMorph and SpeedSync as well as normal transfers from the PC.

  • Improved Tag Writeback Robustness
    In previous releases, tag writeback for transfers back to the PC could hang on some files with invalid or corrupt tags. The tag writeback facility has been improved to more gracefully handle such files and avoid hangs during transfers. If you still run into files with tags that cause problems, let us know, we may want to take a look at the file.

Release 8.5.4 (2004-05-03)

New Features:

  • Major Enhancements to SpeedSync
    The SpeedSync feature has received a major overhaul. First, the tag cache is now based on a new mechanism that should improve scalability and stability, especially for users with large sync sets. Scanning for new or modified files in the sync set has been sped up by 10x. The SpeedSync dialog also features new, improved feedback indicators for the user to monitor progress of the sync comparison. More appropriate device icons are also displayed to match your specific player. Long pathnames displayed in the results tabs have also been compressed to improve readability. Finally, SpeedSync now performs the same automatic tag filling as the transfer mechanism does, so that files with missing tag fields are no longer sync'ed over and over again.

  • Tag Writeback on Transfer to PC
    As you may or may not know, tag edits you make on board your player are made to a separate tag database and are not written to the files themselves on board the player. This new feature takes the changes you've made to the database and writes them back to the actual music files themselves when you transfer them back to the PC. This should also improve the behavior of SpeedSync, so that it no longer repeatedly syncs tracks whose tags you've edited on board the player. This writeback feature currently supports MP3 and WMA files. Tag writeback for other formats will come in future releases. This option is enabled by default. You can disable it using a checkbox in the "Tag Handling" section of the Options dialog.

  • Albums by this Artist from Amazon.com
    This new feature enhances your music-listening experience by helping you find albums you might not know about by artists you enjoy. Right-click on any track on your player and select "Albums by this Artist". This will bring up a dialog that lists all released albums by the artist you clicked on. Albums you already have in your collection are denoted with a special icon, allowing you to browse and explore other albums by that artist that you don't have yet. Double-click on any album for more details, track list, commentary, and song samples, courtesy of Amazon.com.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Major Track Display Speedup
    The display and refresh speed of all track folders has been increased by 100%. This will be particularly noticeable when in the Audio Tracks folder of a moderately to fully loaded Jukebox. This should also make it faster and easier to edit tags on such Jukeboxes.

  • Streaming Improvements for Windows Media Player
    In previous releases, some users had difficulties streaming from Deubox to WMP9. Users would see WMP9 attempting to connect to the stream by ultimately time-out. We have made some improvements to the streaming mechanism which should resolve this problem for the users who experienced it.

  • Fixed Simple Search Mode in Xtreamer
    The behavior of Simple Search mode in Xtreamer was inadvertently changed during the last round of SQL Engine improvements. The original behavior was to match substrings. The last round of SQL Engine improvements changed its behavior to strict string matching. The behavior has been restored to substring matching. The other modes and types of search were not affected.

  • Improvements to AudioMorph WMA VBR Encoding
    In previous releases, AudioMorph would allow you to select 100% quality setting for WMA VBR, which is not actually a valid setting for the encoder. This has been changed to the valid value of 98%. We have also added an additional 90% quality setting for you to use.

  • Fixed Data File Exclusion Bug
    We've fixed a bug where when the 'Skip Data Files' option is selected, audio formats such as Ogg and FLAC would also be mistakenly skipped.

  • A more appropriate device icon is now displayed in the transfer dialog.
  • Deubox now uses the system-wide Windows setting for default web browser for all web browsing tasks. You no longer need to specify a browser in the Deubox Options dialog. This setting is used for browsing Xtreamer, accessing online help, and other tasks.
  • In previous releases, transferring tracks with one or more blank tag fields could create folder names containing only spaces. This would happen if your filename generation template specified folder structure using a tag field whose value for a track was blank or only spaces. In this case, the folder would be properly created and the transfer would proceed, but folders with only spaces in their names cannot be deleted in Windows Explorer. You can only delete them from the DOS prompt. Deubox has been modified so that "Unknown" is substituted when a blank field is detected, so no non-deletable folders will be created.
  • Added Manager detection for when Deubox is not installed properly in a Windows user account. User is notified.

Release 8.5.1 (2004-04-04)

New Features:

  • New Active Queue Control via Systray Icon
    Many users have requested quicker access to Active Queue controls for playback on the Jukebox. So, we have added two features to improve Active Queue usage. When one or more tracks have been added to the Queue in the Explorer interface, the systray icon has the following two new features. First, the tooltip displayed when hovering over the systray icon now displays the currently playing track. Second, there is an additional item in the right-click context menu that gives access to controls such as Play, Pause, Stop, Next, Previous, and Volume adjustment. We have also enhanced the Volume adjustment dialog so that it responds to keyboard input as well as mouse dragging.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Fix for Transfer and AudioMorph Crash in 'lameacm.acm'
    Some users have reported crashes at the very beginning of transfers to the player, and when clicking 'AudioMorph' in the Options dialog. Clicking on "more info" in the Windows crash dialog indicates that the crash is occuring in a file named 'lameacm.acm'. This file is not part of Deubox and was installed by some other software on your system. It appears that many users have an old alpha release of this file that is unstable and buggy. While Deubox does not actually use this file, it crashes when Deubox tries to scan for encoders installed on your system. This release should skip over this file to avoid the crashes. Please let us know if you still get these 'lameacm.acm' crashes after upgrading to this release.

  • Fixed Size Display Error on Some Systems
    Users with certain Windows 'Regional and Languange Options' settings may have seen a bug in previous releases where file and capacity sizes were displayed improperly. Specifically, the last digit of numbers greater than 999 would have their last digit cut off. For example, a file with size 7,255 KB would be displayed as 7,25 KB. This release fixes this bug. Please note that this was a display bug only and sizes were still correctly calculated internally in previous releases.

  • Fix for Continuous Streaming Playback
    Release 8.5.0 introduced a bug where when streaming to apps such as Winamp or Windows Media Player, playback would stop after each song, requiring the user to manually click the 'Next Track' button in the player. This bug should now be fixed so that the next track plays automatically after the previous track is complete.

  • Fixed AudioMorph logging so that it does not report MP3-style bitrates when transcoding to WAV format.
  • Improved WMA library resource handling on long transfers.
  • Fixed SQL Engine so that 'plid' column now properly contains the playlist id, instead of duplicating the contents of the 'aid' column as it did in previous releases.

Release 8.5.0 (2004-03-23)

New Features:

  • Fully Customizable View Columns
    Columns displayed in the main track views are now fully customizable. Right-click on the column headers for a menu to easily select which fields you want displayed. Many users have asked for the ability to display the Artist, Album, and Title fields separately, and this is now possible. The order of the columns can also be customized by simply dragging and dropping the column headers into place.

  • AudioMorph "2"
    We have completely overhauled the AudioMorph framework for transcoding files on-the-fly. The new AudioMorph features a brand-new intuitive user interface for specifying how you want each audio file format to be handled. AudioMorph also now supports more external plugin encoders and we've also added support for the popular FLAC format. This means that with the appropriate plugins, you can now enjoy your Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files on your Dell DJ in addition to MP3, WMA, and WAV files. As before, you can also reduce the bitrate of your existing files. There is also a new option for quickly switching AudioMorph on and off for all formats at once.

  • New Folder-Sensitive Toolbars
    We have replaced the double-click "action" items in some folders (e.g. New Playlist...) with folder-sensitive toolbars. In folders where there are common tasks to be performed, a toolbar appears with easy to reach buttons for each task. As before, all options are still accessible from the right-click context menus.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Enhancements to WMA AudioMorph Settings
    In previous releases, AudioMorph would allow you to select bitrates and quality settings that were not actually supported by the WMA encoder. When these values were selected, the WMA encoder would default to its highest quality setting, generating files generally larger than desired. This release fixes the problems so that only valid values can be selected by the user in the configuration dialog.

  • In the Audio tab of the ATM dialog, navigating the track list using the arrow keys now properly updates the filepath box. In previous releases, the filepath box would only be updated when clicking on tracks with the mouse.
  • Fixed crash some users may have seen when navigating to the Device Information folder.
  • Deubox should now properly read and report the bitrate and samplerate of WAV files transferred to the Dell DJ.
  • Fixed bug in Ogg Vorbis support installer that would wipe the Shared folder containing required components.

Release 8.4.2 (2004-03-04)

New Features:

  • Navigation and Usability Improvements
    The Playlists folder now includes new shortcuts for commonly performed tasks. Deubox also now remembers the column widths you set in each folder, and you can reset column widths to their default by right-clicking on the column headers. Changes in the Spreadsheet view and full row selection options now take effect immediately and do not require you to navigate out of and back into a folder. Finally, the name of the currently selected track is now displayed in the status bar, which is useful when you are scrolled over to the right to see extended attribute columns.

  • DeuboxSQL and MorphList Improvements
    We have greatly enhanced the DeuboxSQL engine which provides search, reporting, and MorphList capabilities. Equals (=) and Not Equals (!=) now mean "exactly equals" and "does not exactly equal". They no longer do substring matching as in previous versions. Instead, you can now use the Contains (?) and Does Not Contain (#) operators for substring matching. String comparisons are still case-insensitive. This means that the "equals", "does not equal", "contains", and "does not contain" options in the MorphList editor now work properly. These enhancements require a new version of the SmallParser.dll file, which will be automatically installed. Please verify that the file installed in your Shared folder has version 1.0.2.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Fix for Toolbar Conflicts
    Other programs which improperly manipulate the toolbar can cause the wrong toolbar images to be displayed in Explorer windows, including Deubox windows. We've added the ability for Deubox to automatically repair the toolbar if it has been corrupted by other applications.

  • Streaming Playback Fixes
    In previous releases, certain applications without version information (like Foobar2000) would not appear in the TrueStream application selection box. We've added a work-around and such applications should now be selectable for streaming playback. We've also worked around a bug in RealPlayer 10 that caused playback to cut out after 2 seconds. Finally, streamed titles should no longer contain unsightly URL-encodings such as %20.

  • Fixed bug where right-clicking on the Deubox Explorer window causes an error when Deubox Manager is not running.
  • Fixed display typo where Playlist tab of the ATM dialog refers to Notmad.

Release 8.4.1 (2004-02-18)

New Features:

  • Seekable Streaming
    In this release, Explorer and Xtreamer streaming playback is seekable. This means that when streaming to playback software that supports stream seeking, you can fast forward, rewind, and jump around in a track. Stream seeking is supported in Winamp, Windows Media Player and other playback applications.

  • Full Row Selection Option
    There is a new option to control whether the full row is highlighted when selecting an item in the right pane of Explorer. Although many people find the full row highlighting aesthetically pleasing, it also makes it more difficult to bring up the context menu for a folder by clicking in a blank area of the right pane. So now there is an option so you can choose which behavior you'd like.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed time elapsed and time remaining counters in the main transfer dialog.
  • Fixed bug during transfers where tag titles were being set to the filename even when tag was complete.

  • Removed unnecessary URL-encoding characters in filenames when streaming and downloading.
  • Explorer now gives an error message when you try to stream locked tracks, instead of failing silently.

Release 8.4.0 (2004-02-08)

New Features:

  • Quick Navigation Buttons
    We've added buttons to the Explorer toolbar that act as shortcuts to the most commonly used folders. This should make it easier to navigate quickly when your left pane tree is heavily expanded.

  • User-Selectable Double-Click Actions
    In the General options of the configuration dialog, you can now select the action to be performed when double-clicking on audio tracks in the right pane. Configure a double-click to edit a tag or queue or play a track.

  • Custom TrueStream Application Registration
    In previous releases, the applications you could select for TrueStream and Xtreamer playback only those that had properly registered themselves with Windows. In this release, you can now choose any application and register it with Windows automatically so it can be selected for TrueStream and Xtreamer.

  • Improved Handling of Large Numers of Data Files
    We've improved connection speeds to Jukeboxes containing large numbers of data files, in the thousands. There is also a new option in the Deubox Manager Options to turn off summary size calculations. Try this if Deubox is timing out when connecting.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Display and Appearance
    • 32-bit icons are now properly displayed in the right pane under Windows XP. In previous releases, icons were scaled to 256 colors and shadows were rendered as flat black.
    • Fixed list sorting in the right pane so that [ All: Artist ] meta folders now sort at the top even when that artist's album names start with a number or non-alphanumeric character.
    • Improved the appearance of all configuration dialogs.
    • Removed solid black line around the left pane tree in the Manager Options dialog.
    • Fixed systray icon display so they appear in the right order on Windows XP systems.

  • TrueStream and Xtreamer Playback
    • Fixed potential crash when clicking on the TrueStream options item in the configuration dialog.
    • Fixed bug that causes streaming playback to fail if the user modifies the "Transfer to PC" filename generation template to create folder structure.
    • Fixed problem where the TrueStream application selection drop-down box would display garbage characters for the "Default" entry on certain systems.
    • Fixed Xtreamer bug where files with tags containing illegal filename characters would download in IE with random 7-character filenames, instead of proper filenames generated from the tag.
    • Fixed Xtreamer navigation of artist, album, and genre folders where the name contains a double quotation mark.
    • Fixed MIME types served by Xtreamer for WMA, WAV, and Ogg Vorbis files.

  • Active Queue
    • The current track is now highlighted in green for better visibility.
    • Improved the visual feedback during Active Queue reordering so it is easier to see where the dragged track will be inserted.

  • Playlist Editing
    • Hitting the 'Delete' key on a playlist item now only removes it from the playlist, instead of remove it and deleting the track, which was the behavior in previous releases.
    • You no longer need to hold down the 'Shift' key to reorder tracks in a playlist.
    • Improved the visual feedback during playlist reordering so it is easier to see where the dragged track will be inserted.

  • Transfers and Tag Handling
    • Dramatically sped up "File List Build" process when transferring a large number of files.
    • Sped up Advanced Transfer Management tag reading phase by 10%.
    • When a file has no tag or no title, the tag fill dialog auto-fills the title field with the filename. This should be helpful for WAV files.

  • SpeedSync
    • Fixed bug where small squares appeared at the end of each filename listed in the "Transfer Back to PC" list.
    • SpeedSync now checks to make sure a PC target folder is selected before proceeding.
    • Improved tag caching speed by 10%.

  • AudioMorph
    • Fixed bug where the VBR quality setting for LAME transcoding would max out at 9 out of 100.

Release 8.3.4 (2004-01-23)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • AudioMorph Fixes
    A number of fixes have been made in the AudioMorph framework. First, Ogg files transcoded to MP3 will now properly transfer as a playable track. Second, the file size and bitrate displayed in the track listing should now properly reflect the characteristics of the transcoded file rather than the original source file.

  • TrueStream and Xtreamer Fixes
    Removed blank lines from M3U files generated by TrueStream and Xtreamer in order to preserve compatibility with RealPlayer 10 and other M3U playback implementations. Also fixed TrueStream and Xtreamer so they can properly stream tracks with # symbols in their tags.

  • Playlist Fixes
    Fixed bug where after creating just one playlist on the Jukebox, it would not be displayed by Deubox until at least one other playlist was created. In addition, when auto-generating playlists to match your folder structure on the PC, dashes "-" are now used instead of backslashes "\" to delimit each part of the playlist name. This way, such playlists can be transferred back to the PC without error.

  • Device Connection Enhancements
    Added new option to Deubox Manager Options to disable the progress window that appears when connecting and disconnecting. Try enabling this option if Deubox Manager hangs after 2 or 3 progress bars while connecting. Also, when trying to connect without your device actually plugged in, Deubox will now properly shuts down the driver after attempting the connection instead of leaving it running.
Release 8.3.3 (2004-01-11)

New Features:

  • Improved TrueStream
    This release features much improved TrueStream support, which is the feature that allows you to play tracks on your MP3 player back on the PC. You can now select any playback application installed on your PC that can handle the standard M3U playlist format. This release fixes an XP bug where not all applications were listed, and also an 98/ME bug potentially causing a crash when listing applications or right-clicking on an audio track to play it.

  • Winamp 5 Support
    We've verified TrueStream and Xtreamer playback with the new Winamp 5.

  • RealPlayer 10 Support
    We've made a change in way our streaming M3U playlist files are generated in order to work around a bug in the new RealPlayer 10. TrueStream and Xtreamer in this release should work properly despite this RealPlayer bug. Thanks to user RDH for pointing this out.

  • Reduced Installer Size
    Thanks to a new installer system, we've shrunken our installers by 35% to an average size of 800KB, despite adding more features. How do we pack all these features into just 800KB when other software is tens of megabytes? :-)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • AudioMorph Fixes
    Fixed a bug in the last release where AudioMorph could not be enabled in the Config dialog even if the components were properly installed. Also fixed a bug where AudioMorph'ed files transferred to the player would display the original bitrate on-board, even though the file had been successfully shrunken. The correct bitrate and size are now displayed on board the player.

  • Fixed some bugs that could potentially cause the "Connecting..." and "Disconnecting..." progress windows down by the systray to freeze.

Release 8.3.2 (2003-12-30)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Improved and simplified method for choosing playback software for TrueStream and Xtreamer playback. You can now select any playback software installed on your computer, provided it supports M3U playlists and HTTP streaming.
  • Fixed AudioMorph implementation so that component installation, particularly for MP3, should now work properly.
  • Relocated AudioMorph components to improve cross-product compatibility. You may need to go back to the AudioMorph components page and reinstall the plugins to ensure proper operation.

Release 8.3.1 (2003-12-15)

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed bug where removing track from playlist does not remove track, and generates a new playlist with a garbage name. Playlist track removal should now work properly.
  • Fixed bug limiting MorphLists to 100MB of music. Limit options should work properly now.
  • Fixed bug where "Edit MorphList" option doesn't always appear in context menu.

Release 8.3.0 (2003-12-01)

New Features:

  • MorphList Dynamic Playlists
    MorphLists is a new feature in Deubox that allows you to create dynamic playlists for your Jukebox. Just pick a few criteria for the music you want to hear, tell Deubox how long a playlist you want, it will generate it automatically for you. When you get tired of it, the MorphList feature can regenerate a new mix for you with the click of a button. To create a MorphList, just go to Deubox's Playlists folder and right-click.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

  • Various help links within the program have been fixed to point at the right website support pages.

Release 8.2.2a (2003-11-14)

Compatibility Fixes

  • Fixed compatibility issue with Notmad Explorer. In the previous release, when both Notmad and Deubox are installed on the same system, depending on which Manager starts first, the other may exhibit a problem where the transfer dialog appears hangs on the first file, even though the transfer actually successfully completes.

Transfer Fixes

  • Fixed track bitrate and length calculation for MP3 files with ID3v2 tags and/or embedded album art. The previous release would miscalculate for some MP3 files.
  • Fixed the display of playlist names and item counts in the Advanced Transfer Management "Prepare for Transfer" dialog. In previous versions, playlists names would show as paths, and all counts would be 1.

Xtreamer and HyperStream Fixes

  • Fixed HyperStream playback, which was not working in the previous release because it was using the wrong port number.
  • Fixed Xtreamer so that it can properly stream and download WAV files.
  • Fixed the HyperStream function within Deubox Explorer so that it appends new entries to the queue of your playback software instead of replacing the entire existing queue, if you have the Windows filetype handling set to use enqueue instead of play.

Release 8.2.2 (2003-11-10)
  • Initial Release with Dell Digital Jukebox Support
    This is the first release of our product that includes support for the Dell Digital Jukebox MP3 player. This initial release carries the 8.2.2 version number to stay in sync with the numbering of our other products.
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