[Update] CDex v1.60 Beta 1

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CDex v1.60 Beta 1


Overview :

CDex is a tool to do all sorts of things audio related. Mainly focused on
ripping and converting, things like turning your home Compact Disc
collection into an mp3 collection on your hard drive become extremely
easy. With built in support for many encoders you wont find any shortage
of options for your media files. Below is a more in-depth explination of
CDex features. Features: Easy to use interface - Media File Player -
Create PLS and M3U playlist files - Advanced jitter correction - Support
for many file formats/audio encoders (WAV, MP3, OGG, VQF, APE, etc) -
Support for ID3 V1 and V2 tags - Support for normalization of audio files
- Support for transcoding of compressed audio files - Support for CDDB -
Support for recording from the analog input line. Best of all CDexis
entirely free! You will never have to pay to use the software or register
in any way. Moreover, CDex is entirely opensource, as per the GPL Terms.

Homepage: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
Download: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/CDex--Beta-Download-
4676.html

For related software, check out: http://www.arjan.org/?
Multimedia:Audio:Rippers


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[Ibrahim Janssen]

CDex v1.60 Beta 1

Homepage: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
Download: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/CDex--Beta-Download-
4676.html

Not a hoax?
There is nothing about v. 1.60b on de CDex website.
What's new?

Ibrahim Janssen

 

[Joe Silver]

Not a hoax?
There is nothing about v. 1.60b on de CDex website.
What's new?

Ibrahim Janssen

Go here:

http://www.softpedia.com/result.php...kaW8tQ0QtUmlwcGVycy1FbmNvZGVycy9DRGV4LnNodG1s

 

[bOB]

Go here:

(long url)

So what? That does not address Inbrahim's concern and questions.

bOB

 

[John Corliss]

Not a hoax?
There is nothing about v. 1.60b on de CDex website.

Although it would be nice if they didn't do this, often software authors
release a beta for download from freeware sites without updating their
own page with information about the new version.

Softpedia is a fairly well known and reliable site though. Also note
that as I write this, the link " Softpedia Mirror (RO) - stable" is the
old 1.51 download and the first two download links have the newer beta.

Frankly, why not wait until the final 1.6 comes out. Betas have bugs.

What's new?

The author neglected to update the changes log in the download, so I
can't tell you.

 

[Antoine]

Frankly, why not wait until the final 1.6 comes out. Betas have
bugs.

Indeed but downloading and using the beta version might bring the
author some help to correct these bugs.

The author neglected to update the changes log in the download, so
I can't tell you.

What puzzles me is that this software hasn't been officially updated
for 2 years, which often means that the author has definitely given up
its development.

 

[Markku V.]

What puzzles me is that this software hasn't been officially updated
for 2 years, which often means that the author has definitely given up
its development.

Anyway version 1.51 works fine so I am not sure if there is any need
for updating it.


Markku Virtanen

 

[Doc]

Frankly, why not wait until the final 1.6 comes out. Betas have bugs.

I agree John.

Surely anyone who willingly downloads a BETA, logically, accepts the task
of beta-tester ? Otherwise why would a programmer release a BETA ?

It really pisses me off when I see people bitching in a public newsgroup
than a beta has this, or that, wrong with it ....... and not even having
the courtesy of raising the 'issue' with the programmer first.

To summurize .... BETA versions are for BETA-TESTERS.

 

[John Corliss]

Indeed but downloading and using the beta version might bring the
author some help to correct these bugs.

It's a personal choice of course. In my case, I do as little betaware as
possible.

What puzzles me is that this software hasn't been officially updated
for 2 years, which often means that the author has definitely given up
its development.

Well, as far as CDex's forums are aware (as of April 24, 2005), there
has been no beta release. But they could be wrong.

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/boards/index.php?s=093e0407582f1d6a023f05ac62aa44df&showtopic=2431

 

[joesilver]

http://www.softpedia.com/result.php...kaW8tQ0QtUmlwcGVycy1FbmNvZGVycy9DRGV4LnNodG1s

So what? That does not address Inbrahim's concern and questions.

bOB

Apparently you and I have a different interpretation of what
"Inbrahim's concern and questions" are. I interpreted his message to
mean that he looked for the new beta version on the CDex site and
couldn't find it. Perhaps I was mistaken. Or perhaps *you* were...

 

[Matt]

It's a personal choice of course. In my case, I do as little betaware as
possible.


Well, as far as CDex's forums are aware (as of April 24, 2005), there
has been no beta release. But they could be wrong.

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/boards/index.php?s=093e0407582f1d6a023f05ac62aa44df&showtopic=2431

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/boards/index.php?showtopic=2361
I have a suspicion that this experimental build has been accidentally
propogated as a "beta" - when it;s really only a CVS build with a
minor tweak.

If you like bleeding edge bulds, if you use Mozilla nightlies etc., it
may be worth a look, but its a bulild based on the frozen state of a
project that's received little attention for some time.

No so much the author, but this movement might stir some interest from
any possible contributors, if only to give it a final polish to bring
it to an actual release.