

Changed default Album List patterns to use %year%.

Added %year% mapping, takes year part of %date%, discarding content past first four digits.Album covers in HEIF, AVIF, etc can now be viewed if system codecs are present. Utilized Windows Imaging Component for image parsing, removed libwebp dependency.Properties dialog now follows theme colors of the active UI.Modernized Explorer integration, no longer needs separate 32bit/64bit shell extension DLLs.Internet Radio dialog (File menu), remembers previously played Internet radio streams.Some Default UI Elements (ReFacets, Equalizer, visualisations) now also accessible as Columns UI panels.Rewritten built-in visualisations (VU/peak meters, spectrum, oscilloscope), now using hardware accelerated rendering.Improved Properties behavior if 'reload info' detects a change in number of chapters etc.More audio formats supported out of the box: TAK, APE, AC3, DTS.First run performs import of old configuration data (playlists, library).There is no need to back up old profile before upgrading, your foobar2000 v1.x profile will be left untouched. For non-portable installs, profile folder is now %appdata%\foobar2000-v2.Can display file creation time (%file_created%) and attributes (%file_attributes%).New configuration data format, changes instantly saved to disk, no more recent changes lost on crash.New internal playlist format, changes instantly saved to disk, no more recent changes lost on crash.New audio output device management features - unwanted devices can be disabled, bit depth and DSP can be configured per-device.Added 'stream selector' element to Default User Interface toolbar.


