Binary Fortress Software

v1.5.0 ~ September 12, 2007

Added: New “About” window with credit to all the translators
Added: 3 new File Extensions: wma, wmv & asf
Added: 4 new Folder Structures that include the Playlist name as a prefix
Added: Proxy settings for connecting to the internet (auto-update)
Changed: Reduced the memory usage
Changed: Got rid of the check to see if the drive is ready before accessing it to help improve compatibility with some card readers, without affecting currently supported devices
Changed: Compiled against the 7.4.1.2 version of iTunes (but will work fine with older versions)
Changed: Added a “Settings” window and moved the auto update settings there. You can also open the log file from here.
Changed: Removed the “History” window and it now writes all entries to the “iTunes Sync.log” file (easier to send in for error reports)
Fixed: Better handling of duplicate playlists - it now shows you which playlist names are duplicated

Automatic update checking at startup (defaults to enabled, but can be disabled if desired)
Double-click the system tray icon to open the synchronize window
Fixed the empty notification balloon for device insert/removal when the volume label is blank
Added 5 new folder structures:

Doesn’t allow duplicate MP3 player names anymore
Changed “unknown” filenames to be more descriptive (example: “unknown artist” or “unknown album”)
Got rid of the “Choose a Drive” window and moved it to a drop-down in the synchronize window for quicker drive selection
Saves the last used MP3 player name and selected it automatically when opening the synchronize window
Saves the volume name that was last used for each MP3 player and selects it automatically when selecting that MP3 player in the synchronize window
Added a “Language” option to the system tray menu in preparation for localization support (currently only has English as an option though)
Now detects and truncates long files (over 240 characters) to prevent errors when trying to copy the file the MP3 player

Added new file formats to check for when synching: mp4, aiff, flac, m4a, m4p, m4v, 3gp, mov, avi, mpg, mpeg
With the new file formats iTunes Sync should now support video podcast (vodcasts) synching
Moved the settings file to the User’s appdata folder, instead of storing it in the install folder under Program Files - this should help with Vista permissions. iTunes Sync will migrate old settings into the new location and delete the old config file
Got rid of the “identification file or folder” scheme (see blog post for reasoning)
Implemented a new sync method. Now you pick a drive when synching - this is in preparation for MTP support currently in development
Stores the volume label of the last device you synched to and selects it automatically in the device list next time you sync
Corrected a spelling mistake in the Confirm Sync window
Fixed a bug that incorrectly calculated the free space of a drive while deleting files
Other minor tweaks and fixes

Added support for synching to subfolders on the MP3 player (for example, the \Music\ folder instead of just synching everything to the root)
Added an “Album” folder structure option (total of 4 now) that looks like this: \Album\Artist - Song.mp3
Renamed “Device” to “MP3 Player” throughout the website and application
Added a checkbox to allow synching without having to delete the files on the MP3 player first (defaults to not delete)
Show a warning if no MP3 players are configured when opening the “Synchronize MP3 Players” window
Show a warning if no MP3 players are connected when opening the “Synchronize MP3 Players” window
Now Highlights the “Files to Delete” box in red if it is going to delete files

Fixed a window positioning issue
Added icons to all the buttons for easier function recognition
When confirming the files to sync you can now see a list of files to be deleted/copied
Now has a more responsive interface during pre-sync and sync (to allow for cancelling… etc) by making the file copy asynchronous
During the file sync 3 new fields are shown: Current File, Time Remaining, Transfer Rate (MB/sec)
Now checks for other instances of iTunes Sync at startup and only allows 1 instance
Removed window flickering when launching the application
Fixed an iTunes playlist issue where iTunes Sync sometimes can’t find your playlist
Now detects and warns when duplicate iTunes playlists are present. Duplicate playlists can lead to incorrect songs being sync’d so syncing is disabled when duplicate playlists are detected