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If you purchased more than 3 months ago you should be aware that you may need to purchase an upgrade to use the current version. For upgrade pricing go to www.nch.com.au/upgrade with your old key. If you want to try the new version but want to be able to restore the old version, please backup your Program Files sub folder containing the software. You will need to do this if you want to be able to restore the old version again. You are under no obligation to upgrade; if you are happy with your current version we suggest you keep using it. Click the button to download the latest version of this software: Windows Download Build Version Logs Follow: ---------------------------------------------------- Version 1.62 German-language Upgrade Release: Fixed sizing of 'Lesen Sie das Hilfemenu fur' link in 'Express Rip Einstellungen' dialog Fixed F1 option in Windows Vista Fixed text truncation Fixed incorrect 'Refresh' hot-key description in Help Uploaded 2009-05-18 Version 1.61 Changed title on Options dialog from "Express Rip Settings" to "Express Rip Options" Changed frame layout of Options dialog to enhance appearance Changed Play button so it becomes inactive while audio is playing Fixed Load button becoming inactive after loading tracks Fixed album and artist data not being added to songs Fixed inoperative Output Folder drop-down list on Windows 98 and 2000 Fixed 'Add tag information' as default option Fixed use of question marks as Tag info Fixed window layout for 120 dpi screens Uploaded 2009-05-08 Version 1.60 Fixed inability to rip to APE format on Windows 98 Fixed 'Reset Album Information' bug Fixed resizing issue Uploaded 2009-04-07 Version 1.59 Fixed expiry issue on basic freeware version. Fixed weird non-alphabetic symbols displayed in Help for WAV Settings. Uploaded 2009-03-27 Version 1.58 Added details of shortcut keys to tooltips for Play, Stop, Rip, Eject and Load buttons Fixed crashes when uninstalling under Vista. Fixed enabling of 'Rip Now' option on File menu. Fixed tooltip for Open button. Uploaded 2009-02-23 Version 1.57 Fixed APE format encoding always failing on Windows XP and Vista Fixed incorrect 'Thanks' page being displayed on first install Fixed setting of default output folder to the "My Music" folder on Windows Vista Uploaded 2009-02-11 Version 1.56 Fixed button overlay issue Fixed cancellation of DB lookup producing inappropriate error message Fixed long album names from FreeDB not transfering to Express Rip correctly Fixed year and genre not always being retrieved Fixed string corruption when reading FreeDB database Fixed incorrect reporting of disk not being a proper Audio CD when no disk is actually loaded in the drive Fixed "Install Related Programs" dialog only displaying nickname for each program to install Fixed main window size being too small on clean install Fixed Vista/XP compatibility issue when running as restricted user Uploaded 2009-02-10 Version 1.55 Fixed Express Rip saying a connection problem occurred When match not found from musicbrainz server Fixed problem with ripping to wav Formats wma1/wma2/GSM6.10(Native)/ACELP.net/MSG723.1 not working Fixed failure to rip some CDs (last track sometimes reported length of last two tracks combined) Uploaded 2008-11-26 Version 1.54 Changed Options dialog by shortening it to fit on small screens Fixed issue with ID3v2 tag and ripped mp3 files Fixed wrong behavior of Ctrl-C Fixed issue where an Audio CD > 74 minutes long reported incorrectly that last track had length 0 Fixed Windows 98 issues Fixed "Data" item in track list for data tracks that are videos, not music Uploaded 2008-11-18 Version 1.53 Fixed Encoder Options dialog not showing for AU files Fixed display of diskid/album/artist on status bar Fixed registration issues Uploaded 2008-09-23 Version 1.52 Fixed incorrect detection of last track length on some CDs Fixed multi-session disks reporting incorrect track durations Fixed failure to rip certain track types Uploaded 2008-09-18 Version 1.51 Added "Rip as single track" to Options dialogue Changed Options dialog to reflect musicbrainz server only supporting HTTP lookups Corrected Help file grammatical errors Fixed freedb lookup failing for some disks where we calculate duration differently Fixed incorrect track length reported for some tracks (generally on disks with data tracks) Fixed some audio output formats not remembering their settings Fixed "-rip" command line option not working Uploaded 2008-09-15 Version 1.50 Changed Options dialog for FreeDB access to be clearer Fixed program hangs on badly scratched disks - now skips bad tracks with a user prompt Fixed Express Rip Plus features still being usable after expiry of 14-day free trial period Fixed .ape output so that it now works Uploaded 2008-06-16 Version 1.49 Fixed bug under Windows XP where it could crash with an access violation in asycfilt.dll Uploaded 2008-03-25 Version 1.48 Allows user to select encoding of track names downloaded from freedb.org Uploaded 2008-01-17 Version 1.47 Fixed bug with discriminating between audio and data tracks ripped from the same CD Made various llib updates for new formats Uploaded 2008-01-10 Version 1.46 Fix for mp3 files not playing in Windows Media Player Uploaded 2007-10-19 Version 1.45 Install message for Vista has been clarified Fixed llib compilation Uploaded 2007-10-05 Version 1.44 Added volume level change option Default settings for WMA now working properly (using 44100, stereo, 128kbps) Rename now working properly Fixed 24/32 bit file formats not working for wav Fixed encoder settings dialogue for raw/vox, and incorrect defaults Fixed WMA codec default for Vista, which was using invalid settings Uploaded 2007-10-03 Version 1.43 Fixed amr encoding producing invalid files Fixed free version installer doing many odd things Fixed character set encoding errors for id3v1 and id3v2 Uploaded 2007-09-05 Version 1.42 Added http access to freedb Added alternate musicbrainz server Added -drive, -rip, -outputfolder commandline options Added gettrackcount, getalbumname, getartistname and gettrackname for nchapi Added open button for output folder Tidied up duration column Rearranged Options - CDDB now indepedant of name format Non-unique albums in freeDB now returning results correctly Rename tracks now working for release builds Fixed drive case issues (d: / D:) Fixed browse button not always updating output folder location Fixed tracks being duplicated Fixed amr and wav encoder dialogue not remembering settings properly Fixed year not being saved to tags Fixed wma tags not being saved Fixed wma tags crashing Created proper free version/plus version Uploaded 2007-08-24 Version 1.41 Added AudioTags to output wav, mp3, wma, ogg, flac files Revised GUI Files can now be output regardless of CDDB selection Removed display of data tracks on hybrid CDs Now launches Express Burn with many files Uploaded 2007-01-17