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Build Version Logs Follow:
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Version 4.14

• Added Disketch to Install Related Programs dialog
• Added option to auto-create IFO files
• Changed Confirm Exit - now has Exit/Cancel buttons
• Fixed DVD Video Encoder settings issues
• Fixed crashes when "DVD Data" button clicked after adding mpeg2 (.mpg or .vob) video into DVD Video list
• Fixed wrong message "no disk loaded" appearing when using Copy Disk
• Fixed "..no disk loaded.." message appearing when disk spinning up
• Fixed issue of corrupted disk label if Data CD or Data DVD button clicked after burning Audio CD
• Fixed Express Burn not waiting while disk is finalised following Audio CD or Data CD burning on Pioneer drive
• Fixed scroll bar layout on main window
• Fixed Options dialog box
• Fixed Video Encoder settings (wrong audio bit rate, and high/low did nothing)
• Fixed disk eject/load issues
• Fixed scrollbar layout (audio playback position of Audio CD)
• Widened Options dialog to allow "Use FFMPEG first" checkbox to be better sized
• Uploaded 2008-09-01

Version 4.13

• Added check to ensure only VOB/IFO/BUP files are added if adding files to VIDEO_TS folder
• Added Use FFMPeg First option
• Fixed Audio CD files ripped to system temporary folder not being removed automatically
• Fixed "Burn as Authored" issues
• Fixed burning to DVD causing crashes
• Fixed crashes when changing from audio CD to video DVD
• Fixed crashes when encoding wmv files
• Fixed Hit to Burn button; does nothing when Express Burn is run from command line and no disc in drive
• Fixed memory leak with chapters
• Fixed wmv video encoded upside down
• Fixed visual glitch when burning audio CDs via command line
• Fixed bug where TEST UNIT READY returns GOOD and an operation is actually in progress could result in finialisation errors
• Fixed "Error Reading from Disk"
• Fixed Data CD -> UDF. A free space on the disk is shown as for DVD
• Fixed grammar and other issues with Help file
• Uploaded 2008-08-20

Version 4.12

• Added chapter points - you can now add chapters to a Video DVD
• Added ability to merge videos into one titleset - can merge all videos into one title for seamless playback
• Changed cancel io processing
• Fixed truncated UDF volume label and limit of 128 characters for filenames; UDF now supports filenames up to 256 characters
• Fixed bug causing component downloading and installation to desktop to hang
• Fixed blank source disk detection so that copying of blank disks is now prevented.
• Fixed video player pause/play oddities
• Fixed bug with VOB files and Video DVD re-encoding; if a VOB file with details identical to the the new disk being burned is detected, that existing VOB file will be used and updated.
• Fixed HD DVD/Blu-ray compilations not changing the name of the main burn button
• Fixed non-appearance of some tooltips
• Fixed change speed selection for high speed CD-RW (was getting 7.27.0 errors for some old drives)
• Fixed Copy CD not always detecting CD-ROM correctly
• Fixed inability to cancel copy at Burn Settings dialog
• Improved Encoder Settings dialog Help
• Removed redundant code
• Restored autoplay handlers
• Uploaded 2008-08-01

Version 4.11

• Fixed audio burning list bug
• Uploaded 2008-07-21

Version 4.10

• Fixed bug causing error after cancelling a Burn
• Fixed "[Update]" never showing in "Related Programs"
• Fixed LLaunchExpressBurn() not working if software not already installed
• Uploaded 2008-07-18

Version 4.09

• Added scrollbar to seek playback of audio tracks (Audio CD only)
• Changed total used capacity of a data disk to list in KB, MB and GB (previously did not use GB)
• Fixed bug with copy video/data working as copy AudioCD
• Fixed folders being added to AudioCD in reversed order
• Fixed DVD playback compatibility issues with many players (hardware and software)
• Fixed incorrect ISO images being created when many files are burned
• Fixed capacity of disks being reported incorrectly for some media/drives
• Fixed disk cycling (disk eject and reload) not working for some drives
• Fixed DVD-RW not erasing/formatting properly
• Fixed TreeView control issues
• Fixed tray not closing automatically on 2nd drive
• Uploaded 2008-06-18

Version 4.08

• Fixed bug under Windows XP where it could crash with an access violation in asycfilt.dll fix
• Uploaded 2008-03-26

Version 4.07

• Added support for UDF filesystem for data disks
• Added Options Dialog, including option to say where temporary data files are to be stored. (Mainly for video encoding)
• Added selection of read-only drives (e.g. virtual drive or ROM) for Create ISO and Copy Disk
• Added prompt for re-encode or burn as authored when adding VOB, IFO or BUP files to a Video DVD. When Burn as Authored is selected it will change to a Data DVD compilation and add the files into a created VIDEO_TS folder
• Moved some options from File menu to Burner menu
• Uploaded 2008-03-21

Version 4.06

• Added support for new license classes
• Fixed video related crashes, and failure to download components
• Fixed various video encoder issues
• Uploaded 2008-01-21

• First release of Express Burn for Mac
• Uploaded 2008-01-21

Version 4.05

• Fixed failure to write last sector of a disk compilation
• Fixed copyright being incorrectly reported for DVD disk
• Fixed possible crash on exiting application if capacity thread is running
• Fixed burn capacity wrong for DVD-R and DVD+R on selected drives
• Updates from Mac development - significant compatibility fixes for Audio CD and Data CD
• Uploaded 2007-10-03

Version 4.04

• Fixed crash when selecting 0 track pause
• Uploaded 2007-08-27

Version 4.03

• Read errors in sector 0-15 will be treated as 0 sectors for disk copy/readiso
• GCC Compatibility fixes (just compilation changes to class returns)
• window caption updates to "Express Burn Plus" when relevant
• Clarified error message for no disk in drive
• Fixed finalisation error for DVD-R
• Fixed crashes under Windows 98, and fixed previous v 4.02 fix
• Fixed crashing when deleting many files from treeview
• Fixed translation errors
• Fixed more rbtree crashes
• Fixed delete folder and used size not zero
• Uploaded 2007-08-24

Version 4.02

• Fixed Windows 9x/ME crashes (access violations caused by wrong function linkage)
• Fixed drive cycling for BD drive
• Fixed SetWriteMode for BD drive
• Uploaded 2007-08-06

Version 4.01

• Extended some buffers to handle broken drivers
• Added code to scsi.cpp/h to handle timeouts of SCSI commands (return error 2,4,0) - correct drive open detection issues for a particular drive
• Fixed problem with adding set write mode for each track of an Audio CD
• Fixed Sense Data not being displayed correctly
• Fixed progress dialog not changing from Erasing CD to Recording Audio CD
• Uploaded 2007-07-30

Version 4.00

• Burn zero length files to a data disk (previously they were skipped)
• Default normalization level set to 0 (do not do it)
• When burning from a network share and the share is disconnected, Express Burn now produces an error message (as well as an invalid disk)
• Adding a file to an Audio CD now adds the file to the end of the list
• Adding several files to an Audio CD/DVD will add them sorted alphabetically to the end of the list
• Properly supports fallback from buffer underrun setting failure when writing write parameters mode page
• Reported capacity processing was faulty; we assumed the second record would be a type 0 - not always the case
• Improved and simplified file system generation for ISO/Joliet data disks
• File system generation and disk check/erasing now done in parallel (file system in a background thread)
• Merged processes to simplify some code and reduce template instances
• Added Finalize Disk for Audio CD
• Added right-click context 'Burn with Express Burn' for .iso and .img
• Added DVD Video Authoring
• Added sub buttons for compilation specific functions
• Added ability to copy audio CDs. Note: mixed mode disks are only supported in a limited way - just copies all audio or first data track
• Added text for Copy-protected Video DVD
• Changed thread priority during normalize to below normal
• Changed reporting of capacity for CDA disks (now reports available time)
• Changed DVD-RW format unit usage when creating a new session to grow a session - much faster
• Fixed disk burning issue for drives that do not support streaming
• Fixed unicode conversion error
• Fixed drag and drop issue when dropping a folder onto a data compilation
• Fixed Windows 9x users crashing with eject/load functions (disabled these features by default for Win9x)
• Fixed ISO writing to write multiple of 16/32 blocks (non CD drive compatibility)
• Fixed burn errors for drivers that do not support caching
• Fixed screen redrawing (flashing) while large list of files are being added
• Fixed capacity reporting for full/no disk to report theoretical capacity
• Fixed drive compatibility issue where it returns 2,0,0 during formatting
• Fixed drive eject not being detected on laptop
• Revised error dialog for verification/file not found errors
• Uploaded 2007-07-18

Version 3.03

• CopyCD registry key no longer displays "" around the %s
• Burning multiple CDs improved.
• Burning multiple ISO images improved.
• Supports unified API
• DVD integration improved
• Error dialogs improved
• Uploaded 2007-01-15

Version 3.02

• Small bug fix

Version 3.01

• DVD Video Support
• CD Compilation Support
• Audio Normalisation for Audio CDs
• New Command Line features
• New Disk copy feature
• Faster re-formatting of DVD-RW

Version 3.00

• Fall back to Track-At-Once burning if Sending the Cue Sheet fails (Audio CD)
• commandline -type data burns either CD or DVD or Blu-ray or HD DVD depending on mounted media
• commandline -type datacd added
• commandline -type datadvd added
• commandline -type datahddvd added
• commandline -type databluray added
• Supports more types of media
• Update disk blanking process
• Verify reads will retry up to 5 times
• Errors writing pre-gap in SAO Audio CD will fall back to Track-At-Once
• Blu-ray support (tested on device)
• HD DVD support (untested)
• UDF File System
• Code amalgamation (ISO Writing and Data disk) and some simplification
• Burn dialog converted to LXA, added tooltips
• Label added to Wizard and Burn Dialog
• Uploaded 2006-12-15

Version 2.02

• Change icon and fix usage
• Add extra menu shortcuts and updated ... usage
• Add extra tool tips + fix for Create Folder Ctrl+L
• Add Express Rip and SoundTap as related programs
• Fixes for DVD+RW Blanking
• Rename Wizard to New Disk
• Changed command line processing to start burning via PostMessage
• File sorting on data DVD/CDs improved
• Disk size determination improved when creating an ISO image
• Added verify of burn to ISO Image burning
• Uploaded 2006-07-28

Version 2.01

• Removed usage of WM_POWER
• Convert resources to standard usage
• Fixed truncation of Joliet Extensions (files with more that 4 characters truncated to 4)
• Revised disk capacity check (some disk reported incorrect sizes)
• Fix remembering 'Default Track Pause' radio button and with it not being used at all
• Fix erase disk for laptop/DVD-RAM compatibility
• Small change to main window layout
• Change a few SCSI reads from 2 to 4 bytes due to some driver crases (from comments in cdrecord source code)
• LLib updates (ToolTip to LToolTip, coolbuttons)
• Fix technical support help link
• Round ISO Image size to 16 block multiple and write additional zero blocks as needed. Required for DVD-RW media
• Suppress internal checks on insert of media while a disk is burning (causes errors during verify)
• Fixed DVD+RW blanking (missing 0xffffffff)
• Uploaded 2006-06-23