abeMeda 7.8.7 is a big new release with a number of improvements and important fixes overall. It brings new formats like OGG, WMA, JXL or FCPX support, and now offers a new WinCatalog import and many new options in the Find Editor (like relative dates, seasons or GPS altitude). Additional scheduling options for AutoUpdate, support for new metadata like Exposure Bias, an expanded Photo Export and a number of other additions and improvements complete this package.
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Changes in this version :
• abeMeda now reads audio metadata and cover art for OGG and WMA music files.
• abeMeda now catalogs JPEG XL photo files (".jxl") and their metadata
• abeMeda can now import data from WinCatalog (via exported XML)
• abeMeda now reads Exposure Bias for images and RAW
• abeMeda now reads and displays chapter information for movies, via ffmpeg or exiftool
• added a Metadata sub menu in the item context menu, to group all XMP and metadata
• update item metadata is now contained there, along with other XMP commands
• and we added a new command to write back stored metadata to selected files.
• for JPG files, this also offers the option to repair file metadata with exiftool
• added relative date finds, last x days, last x months for EXIF capture dates, creation and modification dates (files and catalogs).
• also added "date is in season…" for EXIF capture date.
• also, added "has multiple subtitles" and, "has chapters", and "has no chapters"
• also added the new "GPS Altitude above/below" criteria, AND added the GPS altitude to the export for CSV/TXT/XML.
• added "find all catalogs on volume..."
• added new find criteria to obtain un/modified files ("modification date is after or != creation date", "!= EXIF recording date", "!= XMP date")
• added two new default Smart Folders : "Files created in the last two weeks" and "Photos created in the last month"
• added find criteria "Any Text Or Path Contains"
• added support for the new Hasselblad X2D II 100C (RAW/3FR)
• the custom display filter can now filter for "online items", so you can reduce a list of displayed items to those from catalogs whose volumes are currently available and connected.
• added a number of new keyboard shortcuts and main menu icons
• expanded the capabilities in database settings to allow registering new unknown filetypes/extensions by telling abeMeda to treat them like others it already knows
• abeMeda now informs the user about recommended helpers when it is first opened after being installed.
• we also added links to the step-by-step guides in our FAQ on the Helpers sheet in Preferences
• and added a link to the FAQ page in our Help menu
• added support for reading catalog sets in XMP.
• catalog sets can now be shown in Inspector, and used eg in NeoFinder
• added the option to override the forced Details View in the found items list when finding
• the infoTip for movie files will now directly show audios, subtitles and chapters (like "2 audio, 42 subs, 13 chapters")
• new volumeTypes (SD/CF/xD/microSD cards) that users can assign manually.
• added the ability to read FCPX keywords from movie metadata
• now catalogs special Sony video metadata written by the latest camera firmwares in MXF files
• some newer SONY cameras store their additional info in a differently named tag, which our exiftool code did not yet recognize.
• improved error message handling for when catalogs can not be saved correctly, they now give more meaningful information that can help the user and potential later diagnostics.
• improved the handling of the "Show Preview" dialog - this is now less rigid, and can more easily be dismissed or closed
• improved handling and display of CD Audio tracks, especially in found items.
• if (CD)AudioTracks have an ISRC, we will now offer an "find all items with ISRC ..." find command in the item context menu and the Inspector ISRC item
• improved and expanded Photo Export (convert photos)
• you can now not only export photos, but also any other file holding previews (esp. videos, audios, books, comix and pdfs)
• if the stored preview is available and enough for the chosen settings, it is used directly, otherwise the original file is used for direct conversion.
• you can decide to prefer stored cover art for movies over generated thumbnails from the movie file content
• now you can also decide to always only use the stored thumbnails, exporting what is stored in the catalog even if the original files are not or no longer available.
• and you can also choose to copy the source file dates to the exported images, so they reflect the original files
• abeMeda can now use internal XMP data to correctly assign XMP sidecar files to the image file they actually belong to
• helping to solve ambiguous cases where there are eg several image files with the same name and different filetypes/extensions
• abeMeda can now better detect and handle movie files that have the wrong extension.
• abeMeda now better handles and reports issues when editing XMP metadata in images fails
• you now also have the option to repair metadata in JPG files if issues persist.
• improved recognition and compatibility with EXIF v3.0, and fixed issues with the EXIF Version and utf-8 stings in EXIF data.
• improved parsing and recognition of illegal characters for text/PDF file content or ePub descriptions
• improved the handling of unavailable media and files when dealing with larger selections.
• the "Removable media required" dialog now allows to skip all unavailable media - instead of requiring you to repeatedly cancel every missing item, or aborting the whole operation.
• e.g. for HTML exports, photo export, contact sheets, geotagging, verifying fileChecks and updating catalogs.
• improved lossless rotation of newer HEIC images
• when images still fail to rotate, you can force a rotation of the thumbnail based on the EXIF orientation flag manually
• added even more, longer intervals to AutoUpdate. you can now also select every 10 days, or every 2, 3, 4 or 5 weeks, if you need to.
• updated to exiftool version 13.42. the installer was adapted to accommodate the different installation necessary for it.
• fixed: issues with rotating found item images and pasting new thumbnails for found items, that would not be correctly reflected in the catalog afterwards
• fixed an issue where changes in catalog folder information were not picked up quickly enough by other instances using the same shared database.
• AutoSync now reacts better to other users changing catalog folders.
• fixed an issue with the default "Music" smartFolder, which did not work correctly.
• you can replace existing default smart folders by deleting them and choosing "Create default smart Folders" from a Smart Folder Group context menu
• fixed several issues with MP3/ID3 metadata, improving data recognition, thumbnails, text & data formatting and more
• fixed an issue where GIF metadata was not saved correctly
• fixed an issue where some dialogs (eg the scan options) would not be displayed correctly on certain dual monitor setups
• fixed an issue where finding "One Tag Is"/"Is Not" would not work correctly and deliver wrong results
• fixed: an issue when finding "any mp3 text contains '<'", that delivered a number of false positives
• fixed: an issue where finding duplicates would not report all existing uniques
• fixed several issues with Nikon Z8/Z9 NEFs where XMP and EXIF GPS data were not read correctly
• fixed an issue where geotagging (MP4) movie files would fail
• fixed an issue where ffmpeg thumbnail generation could fail on some movies with ffmpeg 5.1 or newer
• fixed an issue that would sometimes read the wrong cover art for comic books
• fixed an issue where certain XMP keyword tags were not correctly read or identified.
• fixed an issue where certain ID3 encodings would prevent us from obtaining an MP3 cover art (720142)
• fixed a number of issues that could sometimes cause problems for linked catalog files
• fixed: an issue with strings in older ID3 sections (v2.2). ID3 version is now also included in the meDaGen output and logfile for diagnostics.
• fixed: an issue with path generation for found items, here especially for items inside an archive, that could be generated incorrectly.
• fixed: an issue that could seemingly hang the cataloging when canceling a scan during fileCheck generation of huge files
• fixed an issue when creating a "New Catalog Folder" would fail
• fixed several issues where keywords, people, annotations and XMP presets would not correctly react to a read only database folder
• whenever the necessary files can not be used or created in the database folder, they now automatically switch to local storage instead.
• fixed an issue where "Discover Image Sequences" was erroneously active in the stored settings for a catalog update
• fixed some issues with reloading of changed catalog files and improved handling of linked catalogs.
• fixed a couple of issues with handling, reporting and display of image sequences.
• fixed an issue where showing the Properties dialog of a catalog folder could sometimes lead abeMeda to crash.
• modified the installer to enable a silent uninstall
• and fixed a number of other issues as well