Helium 17.1 Build 154 – Music Manager

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2024-06-17 00:00 1898

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Helium is a music manager that can rip, tag, play, browse, search, rename, burn and synchronize your music with a portable player. You can take control of your music collection.

Helium Music Manager can replace your ripper, player, tag editor and other audio related software. Also it is a music tagger, renamer, cataloguer, browser, playlist manager and report creator. It can catalogue, edit and play the most common music formats (MP3, Ogg, WMA, M4A, FLAC, APE and MPC) as well as standard Audio CDs.

Helium makes it easy to find your favorite music by searching for criteria such as Artist, Title, Genre, Rating etc. Avoid manual typing by downloading artist and title information from various sources on the Internet (CDDB, Amazon.com, AllMusic, Discogs to mention a few). Helium supports downloading of album pictures, artist pictures, track information, artist relations, biographies, discographies and lyrics.

Helium Music Manager Features:

Import. Supports mp3, mp4, flac, ogg, wma and more as well as audio CDs, vinyl and tapes.
User with large collections will give support for Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL for improved performance.
Tag. Add or correct missing or incorrect meta-data using the many tools available for tagging your files. Remove, switch, add or copy tag contents between files and fields using batch operations.
Manage. Download album pictures, analyze quality and repair broken mp3 files.
Automatically rename files and create custom folder structures, convert files to different formats.
Explore. Many different ways of browsing your music. Album and artist pictures as well as detailed listings. Easily filter your content, search for your favourites and create playlists.
Play. Play music, scrobble to Last.fm, stream through Shoutcast. Display visual effects and enjoy automatic playback with built-in features.
On-the-go. Synchronize to your iPod, Creative Zen or other portable music device, cell phone or netbook. Burn Audio or Data CDs, export playlists and create reports for printing.
Download covers for your albums. Easily find your albums by browsing their album art. Helium has built-in facilities to quickly find and download album art.

Changes in Helium 17.1:

Upgraded Codebase: Now running on .NET 8 for a smoother and more secure experience.
Minimize Progress Window: Continue using Helium while adding or updating files in the library.
New Tracklist Column: See which playlists a track is part of at a glance.
Player improvements: Tag editors, file checker, and more now use the main player for seamless searching and playback.
Text Replacement Feature: Easily replace text in cells or use complex regular expressions in the Tag editor and track list.
Multiple Artist Support: Biography tab now shows all artists.
Filter Performance: Improved efficiency and user interface when applying filters.
Improved M4A Tag Reading: More accurate metadata retrieval.
WAV File Reading: Better compatibility with files containing ID3v2 tags.
Readded Play Queue Button: Conveniently access the queue when the player is undocked.
Stability Fixes: Numerous minor corrections for improved reliability.
Optimized Active Database: Enhanced performance and some new features for smoother operations.
Enhanced Cache Clearing: Caches are properly cleared when switching databases.
Better EQ Preset Reading: More precise audio control.
Performance Boosts: Quicker database updates and library management.
Sort Order Enhancements: Improved letter sorting for your library.
Artist Details Loading: Faster retrieval of artist information.
Mini-Player Shortcut: Launch the mini-player with Ctrl+Shift+P.
Enhanced Capitalizer/Word Replacer: Better word processing in track list edit mode.
MP3 Tag Reading: Improved handling of invalid or incompatible tags.