v8.1 [Jan 1, 2017]
- Musicnizer 8.1 includes a new field for artists: sorting name. You can edit this name by clicking the "..." button next to the artist's name in the "Edit info" window.
v8.0 [Oct 14, 2015]
It is now possible to specify, whether a particular artist is a band or a person.
For bands, members can be listed. For persons, you can add all bands the person participated in.
Download scripts try to recognize artist types (person or band), where it is possible, and to download information about band members.
For each album, multiple artists can be specified.
If tags of audio files have changed, you can update information in Musicnizer by loading the new tags.
v7.2 [Sep 21, 2014]
- Added extended filters for albums and artists. Such filters can be created in a special window or from search results.
- It is now possible to filter by bitrate. This option is available in the extended filters.
- On the collection tab, you can select an item and download information for all albums of the item.
- Image type, CD label was added.
- Pictures from the program can be easily saved to any folder of your computer.
- When adding music albums from files, you can now select or unselect just highlighted files / folders.
- It is now possible to remove links to missing audio files.
- Added statistics by artists.
- Disc type (studio album, live, single, etc.) is now shown on the album page.
- All albums of a certain type can be displayed.
- Added an option to display all albums by the disc release year.
- Rating of albums is shown in discographies.
- On the album page, you can now rate individual tracks.
- Fixed wrong total size of albums for combinations like FLAC CUE.
- Fixed saving artist when adding albums by barcode.
- Fixed importing CUE sheets containing links to multiple audio files.
- If an artist is listed as a track artist for some "Various artists" album, the album will now be displayed in the discography of the artist.
- Fixed other bugs.
v7.1 [Mar 19, 2014]
In Musicnizer 7.1, additional fields for artists become available. They work in the same way as custom fields and lists for albums. You can assign any name to such field and provide any list of values. For example, we used a custom field as "Entity" with two values: person and band. A custom list is used in our example as "Tags".
Custom fields, artist's page
In the "Edit info" window, a special tab was added for custom fields:
Edit custom fields
With custom fields, you can select just one value, while multiple values can be selected from a custom list.
[ ] Added a new user interface, Orange.
An additional user interface (theme), Orange, becomes available in Musicnizer 7.1.
Orange user interface
As usual, you can switch to a different interface on the "User interface" tab of the "Options" window:
Select a user interface
[ ] On the search tab, it is now possible to search for albums that are not in the collection.
The "Status" field on the "Search" tab receives a third option. Now you can look for albums from your collection, albums that are not in your collection (the new option), or both ("In database").
Search for albums that are not in the collection
[ ] For artists without photos, photos can now be downloaded automatically.
Musicnizer 7.1 can automatically download photos for any number of artists. Just enable Group Operations, select artists that you want to download photos for, right-click the list and select the "Find photos of the artist" item. This will download photos only for artists that do not have any photos yet. Artists that already have at least one photo will be skipped.
Downloading photos of artists
[ ] Information about record labels is now available in Reports.
In the Report Builder of Musicnizer, you can easily create reports containing various fields from your music database. In Musicnizer 7.1, a new field was made available for the Report Builder. Now you can select "Labels" (which refers to record labels) when creating a new report template.
Record labels in reports
[ ] On the "Collection" tab, a new variable, @, allows sorting albums by the date added.
Musicnizer 7.1 offers more options for the "Collection" tab. Now you can use the new variable, @, to sort music albums in the order you added them.
Collection tab
[ ] The "Add album / artist" window remembers its size between sessions.
You can change size of the "Add album" and "Add artist" windows by dragging their borders. Musicnizer 7.1 saves the adjusted size and restores it next time you use the program.
Add album
[ ] The Ctrl D hotkey combination helps creating Dune HD information pages for the current album.
If you own a Dune HD media player, you will be able to create information pages for your music albums faster with Musicnizer 7.1. Just select an album and press Ctrl D on your keyboard to start the Dune catalog wizard for the current album:
Dune HD music catalog wizard
[*] The focus of the "Add album / artist" window is automatically set to the field where you enter titles and names.
When you open the "Add album" or "Add artist" window, the focus is now set to the input field. Previously you needed to click the field before starting to enter titles or names.
[*] On the toolbar, width of arrows that open dropdown options for the corresponding buttons was increased.
Musicnizer offers 3 sizes of toolbar buttons: small, medium, and big. Musicnizer 7.1 makes the arrows that you find next to certain buttons more friendly: bigger buttons now have bigger arrows.
Toolbar button with an arrow
[-] Fixed bugs.
There are some further improvements and bug fixes in Musicnizer 7.1. If you have any suggestions or a bug to report, please visit our forum or support form.
v6.0 [Mar 15, 2013]
Musicnizer 6.0 features full Unicode support. Now information in any language can be stored within the same database and correctly displayed in any circumstances, with any system language.
[!] New user interface: Breeze.
A new user interface, Breeze, was added in Musicnizer 6.0. The interface uses a different design and offers new features, like settings for changing font size, line height, etc. You can adjust interface settings or switch between available interfaces on the "User interface" tab of the "Options" menu (F10).
[ ] An option to create a new category for your illustrated Dune music catalog displaying a list of all tracks.
If you own a Dune HD media player, you will appreciate the new feature of Musicnizer 6.0, the ability to list all tracks alphabetically. Just enable the corresponding category when you create an illustrated music catalog for your Dune.
[ ] Music Path Changer plugin was added.
If your music albums are stored as audio files, you can easily add them into the program and later play any song or complete albums directly from Musicnizer. However, if you move your music collection to another folder, links in your database need to be updated, otherwise you will not be able to play the files anymore. You can easily update all paths with the Path Changer plugin.
Music Path Changer
[ ] The Pause button was added.
The built-in player controls now include the Pause button:
Pause button
[ ] Checking for newer versions of the current scripts in the background.
Musicnizer depends on scripts to download information about albums and artists from the internet. By default, the program checked for newer versions of currently selected scripts when you started the program. Musicnizer 6.0 starts faster than previous versions, as it checks for script updates in the background.
Update scripts
[ ] It is now possible to add several pictures at once in the "Edit info" window.
In the "Edit info" window, you can add album covers, photos of artists, and other pictures to the items in your collection. Musicnizer 6.0 allows adding multiple images at the same time.
Add photos of the artist
[ ] Closing tabs with a middle button click.
Actions for the middle mouse button / wheel were added in Musicnizer 6.0. Now you can click a tab with the middle mouse button in order to close it.
Tabs in Musicnizer
[ ] Opening a new inactive tab with a middle button click on a link.
Now you can click any link with the middle mouse button to open its destination in a new inactive tab.
Open inactive tab
[ ] An option to delete thumbs from the "File" menu.
Musicnizer uses thumb images to display information faster and in better quality. However, now and then you may want to delete thumbs (remove older pictures that you no longer use etc.). In Musicnizer 6.0, you can select "File" - "Delete thumbs" to remove all thumbs.
Delete thumbs
[*] It is now possible to set just the year when a band was founded.
Previous versions of Musicnizer required a complete date including day, month, and year. While having such exact information is good, for some bands and even individuals it is not available. Musicnizer 6.0 takes this into account and allows entering just years, if no day and month information is known.
Year founded
[*] New date format to show last added and last updated albums more precisely.
Musicnizer 6.0 stores information about dates in a new format. Now time is also included into the details, making it possible to sort albums or artists added / updated on the same day in the order they were added.
[*] Updated scripts.
All available download scripts were updated for Musicnizer 6.0, adding some new features and making sure that all information would be downloaded correctly.
[-] Fixed reading tags from FLAC files.
Support for FLAC tags was improved in Musicnizer 6.0.
[-] Fixed reading WAV tags.
Musicnizer 6.0 can extract information from WAV files.
[-] The Melomania import plugin was fixed/ updated.
If you used Melomania previously and would like to move to Musicnizer, you do not need to re-enter your existing information. The Melomania import plugin will convert your Melomania database into the Musicnizer format, making sure that all data is transferred properly.
v4.3 [Jul 29, 2012]
In Musicnizer 4.3 you can add Audio CDs to existing albums, which can be helpful for adding albums that have more than one CD. On the "Edit info" page of the album, just click the green plus button to add a new empty disc (1). Then click the "..." button in the "Album path" field (2), select your Audio CD (of course, the CD should be inserted) (3) and click the "Add selected files" button (4). The disc will be added to the album.
In just the same way you can add album CDs stored as files on your HDD.
It is now easier to create backup copies of your music database. Choose "File" - "Create a backup copy", select a folder for saving backups (you only need to do this once), and press the "Create a backup copy" button.
If later you need to restore your database, choose "File" - "Restore database" and simply select a copy from the list of the available ones.
he backup-restore engine can be used for moving your music database from one computer to another. In this case you may also want to enable the "Copy pictures" option.
[+] Search for album covers and photos of artists with Google Images.
Musicnizer 4.3 makes adding album covers and photos of artists even more convenient. Right-click the page of an album or an artist and choose to download photos/covers from the context menu.
Track artists are shown on the album page.
There are several improvements in the Modern interface of the program, one of the most important is showing track artists on the album page:
[*] Adding discs to an existing album and linking tracks with files is easier now.
The controls for adding and finding files and tracks of Audio CDs were revised in Musicnizer 4.3. Now you can add tracks from files, from an Audio CD, re-link tracks after moving your files, etc. using the "..." button next to the "Album path" field (the first screenshot on this page shows adding tracks from an Audio CD). Unnecessary buttons were removed to make the interface more clear and intuitive.
[*] Improved plugins to import information from other music organizers.
Import plugins were updated to match the latest changes in the corresponding music organizer programs. Import your existing music collection into Musicnizer easily!
[*] Improved support for M4a files.
The new version of the program supports M4a files better, it will extract information from the files on which Musicnizer 4.2 might fail.
[*] Improved adding albums from files.
Musicnizer 4.3 includes several optimizations that make adding albums from files even easier. The program now recognizes more information from tags, works better with albums having multiple CDs, etc.
[-] Bug fixes.
Musicnizer 4.3 was extensively tested, and various small bugs were eliminated. If you find a bug or unexpected behavior in the program, please contact us using the support form or our forum.
