Requirements ================= + Sound Card + DirectX 8.

1 or Higher + Windows 2000 or Higher (for Win2K you need installed GDI+ Library) LICENSE ================= This program is Freeware and it is distributed by a principle "as is". You can continue to distribute it in the same with original installation otherwise you will need to obtain permission from author. You must not disassemble the program and / or its executable components, modify resources and / or code. The program can be used without restriction on home computers, and computers used in business organizations. The program can not be sold to anyone with receiving profit without the permission of the author. Authors doesn't account for damage and losses of information, and also, for losses, sustained as a result of using this program. CREDITS ================= AIMP2, 2006-2009, Artem Izmaylov (http://www.aimp.ru) BASS Audio Library 1999-2009 Un4seen Developments Ltd. (http://www.un4seen.com) BASS_AAC Addon, 2002-2006, MaresWEB (http://www.maresweb.de) Portions 2006, M. Bakker, Nero AG. BASS_AC3 Addon, 2002-2006, MaresWEB (http://www.maresweb.de) Portions 2006 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. BASS_ALAC Addon, 2002-2006, MaresWEB (http://www.maresweb.de). All rights reserved. Portions 2006, David Hammerton. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless) BASS_APE Addon 2002-2006, MaresWEB (http://www.maresweb.de) Portions 2000-2006, Matthew T. Ashland. (http://www.monkeysaudio.com) BASS_MPC Addon 2002-2006, MaresWEB (http://www.maresweb.de) Portions 2006, The Musepack Development Team. (http://www.musepack.net) BASS_OFR Addon 2002-2006, MaresWEB (http://www.maresweb.de) Portions 1996-2006, Florin Ghido. (http://www.losslessaudio.org)

BASS_TTA Addon 2002-2006, MaresWEB (http://www.maresweb.de) Portions 1999-2006 Alexander Djourik. (http://www.trueaudio.com) BASS_SPX 2002-2006, MaresWEB (http://www.maresweb.de) Portions 2002-2006, Jean-Marc Valin, Xiph.Org Foundation (http://www.speex.org) FLAC Encoder (http://flac.sourceforge.net) FAAC Encoder (http://www.audiocoding.com) LAME MP3 Encoder (http://www.mp3dev.org) MusePack Encoder (http://www.musepack.net) OGG Encoder (http://www.vorbis.com/) HISTORY ================= AIMP v2.60 Build 525 (07.12.2009) ======================================== * Localizations were updated - Fixed: Critical bug in "Update checker" - Fixed: Critical bug with writing tags in some OGG-files - Small other bugs were fixed AIMP v2.60 Build 520 (01.12.2009) ======================================== + Three new skins were added * Localizations were updated * Help files were updated - Small bugs were fixed AIMP v2.60 Build 512 RC3 (08.11.2009) ======================================== * Localizations were updated * Now radio stream recording continues after automatic reconnection to station - Fixed: Embedded skins fonts are ignored - Fixed: Bug with reading CUE-files - Small bugs were fixed AIMP v2.60 Build 510 RC3 (01.11.2009) ======================================== * Localizations were updated * Reduced system resources usage - Fixed: Incorrect encoding of title of playlist item in some ways - Known bugs were fixed

AIMP v2.60 Build 507 RC2 (20.10.2009) ======================================== + Ability to disable display of infobar if full-screen application is running * BASS and SQLite3 libraries were updated * Simple Scheduler: time editor were improved - Known bugs were fixed AIMP v2.60 Build 505 RC1 (30.09.2009) ======================================== * Localizations were updated: German, Greek, Slovak, Turkish, Polish, Portuguese, Belarusian, Georgian, Uzbek, Ukrainian, Bulgarian - Known bugs were fixed AIMP v2.60 Build 499 RC1 (05.09.2009) ======================================== * BASS and SQLite3 libraries were updated * Localizations were updated - Fixed: Proxy settings were ignored in Advanced tag editor - Fixed bug with tags reading from some MusePack files - Known bugs were fixed AIMP v2.60 Build 497 Beta 4 (31.08.2009) ======================================== - Fixed critical bugs - Fixed other small bugs AIMP v2.60 Build 495 Beta 4 (29.08.2009) ======================================== + Core: Ability to read audio content info from MusePack v8 + Info Bar: Now is not shown if full-screen application is running + Added localizations: Armenian Chinese * Localizations were updated - Fixed bug with reading some cover arts from ID3v2 - Fixed bug causing the program hanging in some cases - Fixed: Proxy settings were ignored in "Online Radio" and "CoverArt Downloader" modules - Known bugs were fixed AIMP v2.60 Build 491 Beta 3 (08.08.2009) ======================================== + Added beta-versions of manual at the russian and english languages + Added ability to filter cover arts when downloading by file size * Some localizations were updated * Default Skin: added popup menu with playlists list * Scheduler: Added ability to execute action after pre-set time period * Scheduler: Interface were improved - Fixed bugs in skins engine - Fixed small bugs AIMP v2.60 Build 486 Beta 2 (11.07.2009) ======================================== * Updated Italian localization * Updated BASS files * Fixed bugs in core

* Fixed bugs in skins engine AIMP v2.60 Build 485 Beta 2 (05.07.2009) ======================================== + Added logical sorting of playlist (for WinXP or higher) - Fixed bugs AIMP v2.60 Build 484 Beta 2 (01.07.2009) ======================================== + Tag Editor: new column "album cover s availability in tag-file" added * Settings saveability on emergency reset were improved * Audio Library: view style in without grouping mode has been changed from "CardsV iew" to "AlbumView" * New localization: Brasilian * Localizations were updated - Some bugs fixed AIMP v2.60 Build 482 Beta 2 (20.06.2009) ======================================== * Added localizations: Swedish - Fixed critical bugs AIMP v2.60 Build 480 Beta 2 (16.06.2009) ======================================== + Added plugins: Integration to Win7 TaskBar, Simple Scheduler + Tag editor [Advanced]: added ability to show subfolder headers in the file lis t * Improved compatibility with Windows 7 * Skins Engine: Improved mask creation speed * Updated libraries: sqlite3, bass * Localizations were updated - Fixed bug with reading some ID3v2 tags - Fixed numerous bugs AIMP v2.60 Build 472 Beta 1 (10.05.2009) ======================================== - Fixed numerous bugs AIMP v2.60 Build 470 Beta 1 (01.05.2009) ======================================== + Skins Engine: improved drawing speed * Minor functionality changes - Fixed numerous bugs AIMP v2.60 Build 466 Beta 1 (22.04.2009) ======================================== + Skins Engine: Added saturation regulator + Skins Engine: Added ability to disable windows magnetize effect * Minor functionality changes - Fixed numerous bugs AIMP v2.60 Build 462 Beta 1 (09.04.2009)

======================================== + Player: Automatically subdividing to tracks when adding file that has CUE-Shee t + Player: Possibility to turn off Explorer context menu cascading + Player: "Windows Default" added to default sound output devices list + Player: Repeating of the part of the track (A-B Repeat) added + Player: Crossfading effect when rewinding track added + Player: When playing CUE-Sheet real track's format will be displayed in inform ation line + Player: Displaying duration and size of files, selected in playlist + Player: Embedded CUE-Sheet support for WV, FLAC, APE formats + Player: Reconnection to internet-radiostation when losing connection + Player: XSPF playlists support + Player: Ability to adjust pause between tracks + Player: Template for filename for radio recording + Player: Adjusting playlist scrolling speed * Removed title scrolling from playlist * Removed ability to dock main window to audio library because of the instabilit y + + + + Tag Tag Tag Tag editor: "Disk number" field added editor: Ability to edit Embedded CUE-Sheet editor [Advanced]: Multiple deleting of selected tags editor [Advanced]: MiniPlayer for track preview Engine: Engine: Engine: Engine: "All In One" mode added Ability to create user's containers added New elements added - CoverArt, Rating Display, A-B Repeat Mode Half-opaque support for elements that can't contain other elemen

+ Skins + Skins + Skins + Skins ts + Skins + + + +

Engine: Docking Engine updated Information line is a plugin now Automatic computer shutdown is a plugin now Active online Shoutcast / Icecast radiostations browser added CoverArt Downloader added

Plugins: Plugins: Plugins: Plugins:

+ Core: sic + Core: + Core: + Core: + Core:

In Windows Vista and higher "Vista Dialogs" will be used instead of clas "While-typing" TreeView navigation Single-line text painting speed-up Internal classes and functions optimisation Small bugs fixed

+ Information line: FadeIn and FadeOut + Information line: Optional album art displaying + Information line: Ability to adjust text alignment + + + + + + + + + Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Library: Library: Library: Library: Library: Ability to reset statistics DB requests optimization CUE-Sheet support Sorting playlists by rating Displaced files management

DSP-Manager: DSP-Manager: DSP-Manager: DSP-Manager:

Button to reset effects to their default values Equalizer algorithm updated "Replay gain" tag support in "Auto normalize sound volume" module DFX9 compability improved

+ Queue: Ability to save queue as playlist

+ Queue: Ability to turn off queue saving after player shutdown + Queue: Moving queue manager items by mouse AIMP v2.51 Build 330 (30.12.2008) ================================= * Updated: UTF8 encoding supports for cue-sheets - Fixed: crash of program sometimes when listening internet-radio - Fixed: Some small bugs AIMP v2.51 Build 328 (15.12.2008) ================================= - Fixed: if program process was killed, it doesn't start untill reboot - Fixed: playlist don't synchronize with list of audio library - Fixed: crash of shuffle-manager sometimes through switch between different pla ylists - Fixed: incorrect duration for some WAV-files - Fixed: cache of files marks flushes during settings change - Fixed: Some small bugs AIMP v2.51 Build 323 (29.11.2008) ================================= * Usability were improved - Fixed: wrong duration for *.wv files in some times - Fixed: don't work Tempo and Pitch sound effects in B320 - Fixed: don't work 32-bits sound processing option in B320 AIMP v2.51 Build 320 (23.11.2008) ================================= + Player: Bosnian and Croatian languages was added + Core: Ability to read ID3v1/2/APE tags for WavPack-format files * License agreement was updated * Audio Library: Adding files speeded up at 50 percents * Audio Library: Grouping by albums set as default "CardsView" mode for "show al l files" - Fixed: Autoplayback of playlist was not started after opening files if shuffle mode was active - Fixed: Files with non-printing characters in the tag fields were not added to audio library - Fixed: Playlist playback was not started during playlist's navigation by hotke ys, if the first track was "switched off" - Fixed: Wrong automatic tracks numbering in audio converter AIMP v2.50 Build 312 (24.10.2008) ================================= + Player: Ability to save playlist with ansi-encoding - Fixed: Bug with renaming files by template with illegal characters - Fixed: Could not added to the playlist files with *.fla extention - Fixed: Incorrect work of "Randomize files at playlist" function - Fixed: Incorrect encoding of russian text which loaded from CDDB - Fixed: There were no statistics for files with duration less than 15 seconds i n Audio library - Fixed: Wrong updating file information when CUE-Sheets playing - Fixed: Sometimes changes did't saved in Audio library - Fixed: Some small bugs

AIMP v2.50 Build 306 (10.10.2008) ================================= Core: Updated to BASS v2.4 Core: New module for plug-ins management Core: New capabilities for Addon-plugin Core: Ability for all functions to set both global and local keys Core: Skins Engine updated Core: The scheme of user's preferences storing were improved Core: Interaction with Winamp DSP / Input improved DSP-Engine: DSP-Engine: DSP-Engine: DSP-Engine: DSP-Engine: DSP-Engine: Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Added Added Added Added Added Added logarithmic volume control filter for normalization of sound filter for reverse audio channels (for stereo only) filter for voice removal filter for passes silence when song playing Stereo Enhancer (for stereo only)

Library: Library: Library: Library: Library: Library: Library: Library: Library:

Engine switshed to SQLite3 Quick search for items in the groups-tree Ability to change the order of table columns Files add to the library by simply drag-n-drop An interface of library updated Quick navigation panel FLAC / APE / AAC / MPC support Expanded integration with player Relative paths saving for files from removable media

Playlists: Ability to Autosave playlist at the address where it opened (kept in profile folder previously) Playlists: Ability to use conditional operator in a string templates Playlists: Ability to add folders series to playlist by Open dialog Playlists: Ability to cut the file from one playlist to another (when moving wit h Alt button down) Playlists: Code optimization Playlists: Support of m3u8 playlists Playlists: When you add folder to an empty playlist it name became as the name o f a folder Playlists: Bookmarks scrolling by mouse wheel in playlist Playlists: Load / save playlist's operations accelerated Playlists: Auto-sorting playlists in the window "Playlist Customization" Player: Ability to set a conversion table for non-Unicode strings Player: Added CD-Text support Player: Added LastFM plugin for work with LastFM service Player: Further development of the "copy to folder" function - list of "recent f olders" added Player: Right-click on a traveling line to open the Quick Tag Editor Player: Stop button flashing when you set "stop after current track" option + Su pport of MMS protocol Player: Options for MIDI / MOD files playback Player: Display the real names of tracks instead of "next / previous file" on na vigation buttons Player: Playback status displaying in the tip of tray icon Player: Bookmarks Manager updated Player: CUE-Sheets module redesigned (track switching from the context menu of t he current playback position) Player: Options window ergonomic increased Player: Transparency settings were improved for main windows Player: Playlist saving on player close

Quick Quick Quick Quick Quick

Tag Tag Tag Tag Tag

Editor: Editor: Editor: Editor: Editor:

Ability to edit path of the file Copy data to clipboard button Copy file to clipboard button Autofill tags based on name / path of file New design

Advanced search: Ability to search for a job Playlist File Advanced search: Playlist Manager calls from Advanced search window Advanced search: Displaying the file number in the playlist Advanced Tag Editor: Advanced Tag Editor: Advanced Tag Editor: Advanced Tag Editor: Advanced Tag Editor: Advanced Tag Editor: ot be renamed Advanced Tag Editor: Ability to set cover for several files Ability to tags removing from multiple files Added Autofill tags function based on name / path of file Genres sorted alphabetically Code optimization Red highlighting with the group rename files, which could n Interface changed

AIMP v2.11 (15.03.2008) ============================== + Player: Arabic localization was added + Player: AutoJump to the next file in tag editor was added + Player: Function of template formation was speeded up + Player: Selection in playlist will move to the current file regardless of the focus if manual navigation used - Fixed: Bug in CUE-Parser - Fixed: Bug with Playlist selection in autojump to next playlist function - Fixed: Bug with playlist window position in dualview mode - Fixed: Bug with QuickFileInfo updating - Fixed: Bug with crossfade between tracks with active Mute or PreAMP modes - Fixed: Bug with randomize by playlist function in DragNDrop Mode - Fixed: Bug with playing of multichannel audio - Fixed: Bug with tracklist genereation by template AIMP v2.10 (30.01.2008) ============================== + Player: Auto rename playlist on manual saving + Player: Azerbaijani, atalan, huvash, slovenian, Tajik, Thai localizations were a dded + Player: Method of searching in playlist was speeded up + Player: Method of searching in playlist was updated - now the result is not af fected by order of parts + Player: Quick search up & down by list + Player: Small visual changes + Player: Transparency of main windows - Library: bug in sorting items in playlists - Fixed: Bug with AIMP working in minized mode - Fixed: Bug with Drag&Drop coping with wrong links - Fixed: Bug with playlists creation - Fixed: Bug with radio recording with 32-bit sound processing - Fixed: Bug with reading lyrics from *.OGG files AIMP v2.09 (30.12.2007) ============================== + Player: Help in russian was added + Player: LangPackages format was updated + Player: Search album covers algorith was updated + Player: Showing album covers from GIF

- Fixed: Bug with minimization to tray - Fixed: Bug with reading lyrics from FLAC AIMP v2.08.3 Beta (23.12.2007) ============================== + Playlist: Left mouse click by category - select all files in category - Audio Library: Bug with physically remove - Audio Library: Bug with playing files from treelist - Audio Library: Bug with sorting by rating - Fixed: Bug with global hot key assignment to "Remove Current" command - Fixed: Bug with visual plugin loading - Fixed: Bugs in SkinEngine - Fixed: Some small bugs AIMP v2.08.2 Beta (11.12.2007) ============================== - Fixed: Bug with blocking screensaver - Fixed: Bug with playlist painting - Fixed: Bug with visual plugin loading - Fixed: Some small bugs AIMP v2.08.1 Beta (03.12.2007) ============================== - Fixed: Equalizer filter bug - Fixed: Some small bugs AIMP v2.08 Beta (30.11.2007) ============================== + Player: 32-bit sound processing + Player: AIMP could divide internet-radio into tracks + Player: Auto-hide playlist in toolbar mode only if AIMP window is non-focused + Player: Jump to quick search by F3 + Player: Line formating of tracklist + Player: Manual scrolling of traveling line + Player: New Quick Tag Editor + Player: Quick File Info is available instead of information line + Player: Showing album covers from JPG, BMP, PNG, TIFF (for Win2K is required G DI+) + Audio Library: Auto-compressing DB every 2 weeks + Audio Library: "Add to DataBase" menu were improved - Audio Library: Bug with language changing - Audio Library: Bug with scrolling of list if it contains more than 32000 files - Fixed: Bug with reading track number from tag with non-numerical tag-data - Fixed: Bug with saving options in limited account - Fixed: Bug with saving state of DSP plugins - Fixed: Bug with Unicode - Fixed: Bug with wake up - Fixed: Some bugs were fixed AIMP v2.07 Beta (29.10.2007) ============================== + Player: New hotkey settings menu + Player: Now AIMP's interface supports unicode + Player: Radio records save in individual folders + Player: New sound effects: Tempo & Pitch + Player: File queue management by keyboard + Player: Set file rating in Quick File Info * Player: Removed title scrolling from playlist + Playlist: Insert file after current function was added + Playlist: New boolmarks menu, ability to save current playing position of file

+ + + + + + + -

Playlist: Playlist bookmarks sorting Playlist: Search in all playlists Playlist: Show dead file-links Playlist: Variable width of playlist in Toolbar mode Audio Library: New interface mode Card View Audio Library: Saving last active item Audio Library: Search by file names in library Fixed: Bug in Drag'n'Drop of files with unicode symbols in title Fixed: Bug in hidden folders adding Fixed: Bug with track lirics in ID3v2 tags Fixed: Bug with track number of WMA files Fixed: Speed up PLC-playlists loading

AIMP v2.05.2 Beta (01.10.2007) ============================== + Player: Ability of coping information of track to clipboard in QuickFileInfo + Player: Quick launch for equalizer and playlist settings + Player: Quick launch for skins in TrayControl + Player: Tags support utf16 format - Fixed: Bugs in SkinEngine - Fixed: Bugs in winamp emulation module (with Input, Generic plugins) - Fixed: Bugs with playing MMS-stream - Fixed: Bugs with playing some MP3s - Fixed: Bugs with shuffle mode - Fixed: Registry menu was not working in tag editor AIMP v2.03 Beta (14.09.2007) ============================== + Player: Ability to change font in information line + Player: DragAndDrop in playlist bookmarks + Player: Function "Search new files": searching in sub-folders now + Player: QuickEditor was wided + Player: Upgraded function "Open folder with file" - Playlist: Bug in tag-scanner of playlist - Playlist: Fixed focusing on player during D'n'D in playlist - Fixed: Bug in "stop after current" - Fixed: Bug in playing some MP3-files with VBR - Fixed: Bug in playing WAV-files grabbed by WMP - Fixed: Bug in reading ID3v2.4 tags - Fixed: Bug in reading some CUE - Fixed: Bug in saving path of folder to record radio - Fixed: Did't show covers of albums - Fixed: Drawing frames in Windows Vista - Fixed: Other small bugs AIMP v2.02 Beta (01.09.2007) ============================== + Player: Adjustment of crossfading duration + Player: AIMP applications' interplay module was remade + Player: Analog Meter was updated + Player: New tray status icon + Player: Saving number of track in .PLC + Player: Showing the adjustment of value of volume, balance and speed in travel ling line of display + Audio Library: Highlighting of current playing item + Audio Library: Now released as plugin + Audio Library: Selection of columns in table + Audio Library: Set rating from player's menu - Fixed: Bug with "StayOnTop" mode - Fixed: Bug with Drag'n'Droping files from playlist to other applications

Fixed: Fixed: Fixed: Fixed: Fixed:

Bug with file-association Bug with Ogg radio Bug with reading APE tags Bug with SkinEngine Some small bugs

AIMP v2.00 Beta 1 (08.08.2007) ============================== + Main: Ability of autocreating tracklist for internet radio capturing + Main: Ability of changing icon-schemes for file associations + Main: Ability of global volume controll + Main: Ability of scrolling title at button in the taskbar + Main: Ability of turn off the computer after N-th number of tracks + Main: Ability of viewing the album cover for current track + Main: ASX-Playlists support + Main: Audio library + Main: CUE sheets support + Main: New style of program + Main: New version of "Analog Meter" plugin + Main: New version of sound engine and ogg codec + Main: Support opening multiple files from command line + Playlist: Ability make playlist as desktop toolbar + Playlist: Ability of sorting playlists tabs + Playlist: Ability to dock/undock playlist from main window, change horizontal size + Playlist: Grouping files in playlist with selected scheme + Playlist: New style of playlist + Playlist: Quick search + QuickEditor: Ability of multi editing + QuickEditor: Ability of save tags to playing file + Tag Editor: Graphic tags support for MP3, WMA files + Tag Editor: MPC tags support + Tag Editor: UTF8 support for all tags