Podcast Maker Release Notes

1.4.1 / July 24, 2011

• Fixed crash issue when publishing in Lion (OS X 1.7)

1.4.0 / July 20, 2009

• Added MobileMe support

1.3.8b / July 21, 2008

• Fixed crash issue when pinging server after publish
• Updated iMedia Framework

1.3.8 / June 8, 2008

• Added Lemonz Dream's Podcast Directory ping server
  Visit https://lemonzdream.com/podcasts/ to see the new Podcast Directory
• Added large document icon
• Updated iMedia Framework
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

1.3.7 / May 3, 2008

• MacHeist Free Promotional License is no longer valid in this version
• Custom Tags field has been added in the Podcast Advanced Options
• Podcast image is now 600x600 in compliance with the new Podcast specification
• Default value for chapter image maximum size is now 600x600
• Progress view knob is now properly centered in Leopard
• External episode no longer convert ?http:// to ?http:/
• Video and PDF episode is no longer marked to reupload when title or author information is changed
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

1.3.6 / November 15, 2007

• Fixed crash issue while publishing in Leopard
• Crash Reporter support for Leopard
• Larger icon for Leopard
• Added atom:link tag to the feed
• Update: added namespace for atom:link tag

1.3.5 / October 25, 2007

• Fixed crash issue with iMedia Browser on PowerPC
• CData is now only used in <description> tag
• Minor bug fixes for Leopard compatibility

1.3.4 / October 15, 2007

• Fixed crash issue when previewing Podcast in Leopard
• Upload progress sheet automatically closes on complete if published with AppleScript
• Description fields (description, subtitle & summary) are now encapsulated with CData to allow HTML content
• Select Folder panel now displays correct date for FTP server (Thanks to Mr. Craig Issod)

1.3.3 / August 28, 2007

• Japanese Localization
• Fixed audio preview fading out after 2 seconds
• A hidden preference to drop chapter in current marker position:
  defaults write com.lemonzdream.PodcastMaker LZDDropAtMarker -bool YES
• A hidden preference to ignore CHMOD FTP command:
  defaults write com.lemonzdream.PodcastMaker LZDIgnoreCHMOD -bool YES

1.3.2 / July 16, 2007

• Updated iMedia Browser Framework
• Added option to not publish postdated episodes in Advanced Preferences
• Minor bug fixes

1.3.1 / June 18, 2007

Due to the addition of iMediaBrowser framework and upcoming features, Podcast Maker version 1.3.1 and later will no longer work on machines running in Panther (Mac OS X 1.3.9).

If you are running Panther, please do not install this update and uncheck the "Check for update on startup" checkbox in Podcast Maker preferences.

Lastest Panther compartible version of Podcast Maker (version 1.3) is available to download from our website.

• Added Media Browser Panel (Window menu > Media Browser)
  

  You can now drag your audio, video, and images right from the Media Browser panel without having to open a Finder or separate applications. You can also drag links for your chapters right from your Bookmarks section in Media Browser panel.

• Poster frame is displayed in episode's image box for movie episodes
• Added "Delete" context menu item in episode list
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

1.3 / May 25, 2007

• Added External Link toolbar item for New Episode from URL
• Added option to manually enter server's folder path. To enter folder path, right click on the path field and select "Enter Folder Path..."
• Option to select jurisdiction has been added for Creative Common License
• Application haulted when invalid URL was entered in New Episode from URL field. Fixed
• AppleScript command "add new episode" allowed invalid path to create an episode without a media file. Fixed
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

1.2.9a / April 25, 2007

• Podcast Maker gets a new branding "Lemonz Dream"
• Minor bug fixes

1.2.9 / November 28, 2006

Starting with this version of Podcast Maker, we are now using license keys instead of license files. You should have received your new license key already, but if you have not, please visit our license retrieval page.

Changes

• The published date field of the episode takes dates of various formats now
• Improvements and bug fixes in the iTunes preview
• A publish command has been added to the AppleScript dictionary. Example:
  
tell application "Podcast Maker"
    tell front document
        publish
    end tell
end tell


1.2.8a / September 22, 2006

• Panther compatibility bug fixed

1.2.8 / September 22, 2006

• Podcast preview modified to match iTunes 7
• Episodes count added next to podcast title
• Registration bug that affected a few localizations fixed
• Few other minor bug fixes

1.2.7c / September 6, 2006

• ID3 tag embedding works again if your MP3 file was tagged with ID3 tag v2.2
• Enhancing multiple podcasts wasn't working sometimes. Fixed

1.2.7 / August 15, 2006

• When you send a feedback email through the Help menu, details about your podcast are included now
• Automatic detection of website root path in the server setting
• Podtrac url was not getting produced correctly if the filename had a special character. Fixed
• Would crash sometimes during enhancing or during mp3 to m4a conversion. Fixed
• Better FTP server compatibility
• The "Do Not Embed Metadata" preference does not modify the file at all now.
• More minor bug fixes

1.2.6 / July 6, 2006

• You can now assign multiple categories to a podcast
• Updated with the new iTunes 6.0.5 podcast categories

1.2.5 / June 19, 2006

• WMV file support
• Special characters in the URL of "missing files" that get turned into external episodes were being URL escaped twice. Fixed
• Fixed a rare crashing bug when the enter key was pressed in the password field before publishing
• Fixed a crashing bug when a corrupt file is added as an episode

1.2.4 / June 9, 2006

• In chapter edit mode, if you hover the mouse over the chapter image, you can see the image dimensions and the image size as a tooltip
• Sort FTP and SFTP folder contents ignoring case like Finder
• New crash reporter
• Bug in isPermaLink option in the episode choose dialog fixed

1.2.3 / May 24, 2006

Bug Fixes:

• This update fixes a critical FTP bug introduced in version 1.2.2. Please upgrade as soon as possible.

1.2.2 / May 19, 2006

New features and changes:

• Drop images and links into the chapters timeline area to add a chapter. (Thanks to Mr. John Oram)
• Reveal in Finder context menu item in episode list. (Thanks to Mr. Jonathan Cost)
• Paste an image in the chapters editing screen.
• Estimated time of upload.
• A better update mechanism for future updates. (Thanks to Mr. Andy Matuschak)
• Tooltips for chapter markers that show chapter title.
• When choosing a new file through the "Choose..." button, have an option to assign new a GUID or not.
• You can now add .3gp files.

Bug Fixes:

• SFTP directory symlinks supported.
• Let go of the media file after deleting an episode. (Thanks to Mr. Allen Huffman)
• Podcast Maker picks up the system clock being changed manually.
• Spell check is enabled by default in all text fields.
• Duration of large mp3 files is correctly set now. (Thanks to Mr. Steve Harris)
• You no longer get an error when your ftp upload path contains an upper directory that you don't have permission to CD into.
• You can now choose the Arts & Entertainment category.
• Better compatibility with some FTP servers when uploading large files.

1.2.1 / Mar 21, 2006

New features and changes:

• Advanced options for podcast. Available through the View menu.
• Creative commons license support in the advanced options.
• Podtrac support in advanced options.
• You now have two choices for chapter image types in the preferences: jpeg and png.
• Episodes have an "info" button just like iTunes.
• lastBuildDate tag added in the xml below the channel tag.
• Bug fixes.

1.2 / Mar 2, 2006

New features and changes:

• Copy and paste episodes. You can use past episodes as templates this way.
• From a browser, drag and drop a link to a media file to add an external episode.
• When you drag and drop a linked image from the browser into the chapters table, it will fill in the image, the link, and the link title fields.
• Copy and paste chapters.
• Drag and drop chapters to another podcast document.
• You can select multiple chapter markers by clicking with the shift or command button.
• You can drag multiple chapter markers to adjust the time of all selected chapters.
• The main chapter and subchapter markers have different sizes.
• International dates: dates now follow the format from your International system preference.
• You can manually edit the duration for external episodes.
• If you drop many images to Podcast Maker from the Finder, they will be sorted by name before being added as chapters. This is a work-around for a bug in Finder.
• Other minor interface improvements and bug fixes.

1.1.8 / Feb 16, 2006

New features and changes:

• Episode explicit setting inherited from previous episode.
• Imports GarageBand 3 enhanced podcasts m4a files correctly. GB3 has a slightly different format.
• Imports chapters correctly from enhanced podcast m4a files in Intel Chip Based Macs (ICBMs).
• MP3 to M4A conversion bug in ICBMs fixed.
• Bug in parsing metadata from some video files fixed.
• Default bit rate for conversion to M4A when bit rate cannot be parsed from MP3 file is now 64 and 128 kbps for mono and stereo respectively.

1.1.7 / Jan 24, 2006

New features and changes:

• Critical bug fix. Please upgrade to this version as soon as possible.
• Please read the release notes for version 1.1.6.

1.1.6 / Jan 24, 2006

New features and changes:

• Universal Binary.
• There is a new link field in the episode detail screen. It corresponds to the link tag of the RSS feed.
• Automatically saves document before publishing.
• Many more languages added (a big shout-out to the nation of Zulu).
• Episodes with missing media become external episodes if they have been published already instead of disappearing.
• If you drag in a PDF file as a chapter, you get one new chapter per page of PDF file.
• Minor improvements.
• Bug fixes.

1.1.5 / Jan 9, 2006

New features and changes:

• Improved compatibility of enhanced podcasts with QuickTime.
• You now have three choices for the explicit option: yes, no, and clean.
• UI polishes thanks to Mr. Michael Simmons.
• Images that have a DPI setting other than 72 are correctly resized now.

1.1.4 / Jan 2, 2006

New features and changes:

• You can import enhanced podcast files. You will then be able to edit the chapters.
• The ability to drag and drop episodes between multiple podcast documents. This should be handy when you want to make multiple feeds out of the same media files.
• There is a new preference for not limiting the image size for chapters in enhanced podcasts.
• There is a new "Submit to iTunes" menu item under the "File" menu which takes you to the iTunes podcast submission screen.
• New application icon.
• New website.

1.1.3 / Nov 24, 2005

New features and changes:

• You can now drag and drop stuff directly from iTunes (tracks, playlists, podcasts, etc.)
• Easier FTP and SFTP setup. When setting up FTP and SFTP you can choose the paths via GUI instead of having to type it in.
• Certificate based sftp authentication. Leave the password field empty to login with your ssh certificate.
• Improved progress slider bar. You can now see where you are skipping to.
• HTML export of enhanced podcast chapters. Select some chapters in the chapters screen and copy and paste to your favorite app or drag and drop it there.
• When you create an enhanced podcast chapter by drag and drop of an image file, its title is set to the image file's name.
• You can publish M4B files.
• Keywords are now separated by comma, as specified in the latest specifications from Apple. However, spaces are okay too, if there are no commas.
• Namespace URL is now all lower case, as specified in the latest specifications from Apple.
• First new episode inherits keywords from the podcast. Episodes after that inherit the keywords from previous episode.
• Missing file dialog displays an alert when trying to replace an episode with a different file. You can now force it to be replaced.
• When an episode file is not found on the local machine, Podcast Maker now looks for it in the home directory under the same path as the original file. This a feature for moving your podcast document to another computer.
• You can modifiy the published time of an episode in addition to the date.
• There is a new preference for setting jpeg image compression quality for enhanced podcasts.
• Bunch of minor improvements.

Bug Fixes:

• Implemented a workaround for Microsoft Windows Media Player's non-standards compliant behavior.
• Implemented a workaround for some ftp servers that disconnect the control connection after upload of a large file. If you were getting a timeout error (errorcode 628) this will get around the problem. However, you will want to let your sysadmin know about the problem because ftp servers aren't supposed to do that.
• Minor bug fixes.

1.1.2 / Oct 20, 2005

New features and changes:

• When editing chapters for enhanced podcasts, links are no longer inherited to the chapters that follow.
• The document save format has been improved.
• In enhanced podcast edit mode, when you drop in multiple images to create new chapters, the new chapters are evenly distributed.
• Checking and unchecking an episode to mark its published status no longer selects the episode itself.

Bug fixes:

• [Critical] If you import a feed that has a show image and publish to a certain non-comforming FTP server, your directory may get replaced by a file. This is especially relevant if you publish to an FTP server running on Windows. Please upgrade to this version.
• We now upload two images for the podcast. One of width 300 for iTunes, and the other one of width 144 for RSS 2.0 compatibility.
• When importing a feed, correctly recognize timeszones in the timestamp such as "PST", and "GMT", in addition to hour offsets such as "-800".

1.1.1 / Oct 14, 2005

New features and changes:

• Video iPod support. You can now publish .m4v files.
• Moved servers window into preferences.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue with some images not appearing at the iTunes Music Store.
• In some cases, documents saved with 1.0.4 could not be opened in 1.1. Fixed.
• In the RSS feed, episodes are in reverse chronological order now.

1.1 / Oct 8, 2005

New features and changes:

• .Mac publishing.
• SFTP publishing.
• Trial period extended to 30 days. For those of you doing weekly podcasts, it should allow you to at least produce 4 podcasts before having to decide to purchase or not.
• When enhancing an mp3 file, the conversion to m4a works just like iTunes now. It takes into consideration the bit rate, sample rate, and channel layout to produce an optimal m4a file.
• You can now skip around to different parts of an episode with the new progress slider. It animates in and out to not waste space when it's not playing.
• There is a new spectrum analyzer that is visible during playback.
• Time ticker is visible all the time now.
• Interactive Quicktime movies don't close when they're done playing. Click the pause button to close them.
• The enhanced podcast preview is further optimized. It performs better especially when large images are used as chapter images.
• Playback speed slider has been moved to the new progress slider area.
• Playback stops when the publish button is clicked.

Bug fixes:

• Long mp3 files were getting truncated when converting to m4a format for enhancing. Fixed.
• There was a problem embedding images in mp3 files with ID3 tags of v2.2. Fixed.
• In rare cases, if an album artwork image getting embedded to an m4a file size was just right, the program crashed. Fixed.

1.0.3 / Sep 21, 2005

Bug fixes:

• Improved compatibility with FTP servers.
• Generated RSS feeds are standards compliant.
• If your podcast publishes to multiple servers, the RSS feed now has the correct paths to all the different files.
• Better support for files with special characters. However, try to use as few of them as possible. A lot of FTP servers do not support them.

Upcoming features:

• .Mac support.
• SFTP support.

1.0.3 / Sep 19, 2005

New features and changes:

• New preference to choose maximum image size for enhanced podcast chapters.
• Will now show the server setting when you publish. You can have one click publish back by unchecking "show confirmation".
• You can now see what is happening in detail while publishing.
• Added "Copy Feed URL" button to the publish progress window.
• A new server setting button in the episode detail.
• RSS Feed XML is now easy for humans to read.
• Website text field in "edit podcast" screen moved to basic from detail. It will be automatically populated from the address book.
• You can now easily send feedback and support e-mail by going to Help -> Send Feedback in the menus.
• You can visit our website by going to Help -> Visit Potion Factory
• Added Lithuanian and Latvian to language drop down in episode detail.
• Added categories Family and Transportation in episode basic screen.

Bug fixes:

• Some mp3 files, when enhanced were writing large files to the hard disk during local publishing. Fixed.
• Fixed a bug with the chapter markers not being displayed when you first open the document and haven't selected another episode.
• Chapter links were not being published properly when there was no link in the first chapter. Fixed.
• When connecting to FTP server, passwords with special characters are fully supported now.

1.0.2 / Sep 15, 2005

• MP3 to M4A conversion bug fixed
• Copy/paste feed URL bug fixed
• New chapters are now added to current play time.

1.0.1 / Sep 13, 2005

• Some publishing issues fixed
• Some other minor issues fixed

1.0 / Sep 12, 2005

• Happy Birthday Podcast Maker