Changes/Bugfixes

• Nero Linux will now detect cyclic symbolic links when adding files to a compilation.
• Enhanced 64-bit package architecture to "x86_64". This enhancement provides increased compatibility with new distributions.
• Eliminated "std::bad_alloc" exception when upgrading from a 32-bit package to a 64-bit package.

Changes/Bugfixes

• Repaired various SELinux issues in Fedora 10.
• Corrected MIME icons displayed under KDE 4.

New Features

• A new '--check-license' argument has been added to the NeroCMD command line tool to check the license status.

Changes/Bugfixes

• The '--version' argument of the NeroCMD command line tool does not display the NeroAPI version it is based on anymore. Therefore a valid license is no longer required.
• The installation scripts have been updated to work correctly with the 'Add/Remove Software' tool of the Asus EeePC.
• The 'Finalize' check box is automatically checked or unchecked when the multisession settings changes.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when erasing a rewritable disc that is not supported by the recorder.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when burning multisession discs on specific Serial ATA recorders.
• The '--medium-type' argument of the NeroCMD command line tool now lets you restrict the media types.
• The compilation name is now shown in the compilation editor if the screen height has enough space.
• NeroCMD command line tool no longer freezes if no serial number can be found.
• Weird characters no longer occur in the logfile after a 'Queue again later' message.
• When the user is asked for a serial number inside the NeroCMD command  line tool, it is now possible to abort by entering a blank entry.

New Features

• You can now automatically generate a playlist out of the audio tracks you rip from an Audio CD. The supported formats are M3U and PLS.
• The Nero Digital Audio+ Plug-in is now also included in the 64 bits package.
• The icons of the Asus Eee PC easy mode launcher are now also available in 130x130 pixels.
• If the /tmp folder does not have enough space to store a temporay image when copying a disc, the home directory of the user is selected by default if it is large enough.
  

Changes/Bugfixes

• When copying a disc, only valid devices that support the medium type for reading are displayed.
• Lots of small bugfixes for the NeroCMD command line tool for CD EXTRA and bootable disc handling.
• The Nero Digital Audio+ Plug-in is now loaded correctly in the 32 bits package.
• Fixed a crash when copying a commercial Audio CD in Disc-at-Once/96 with the 'Read ISRC' option enabled.
• The ISO version addition option now works correctly with bootable discs.
• Fixed a crash that occurred at the end of a burn process with the NeroCMD command line tool.
• When encoding an audio track, the error dialog box messages that can occur are more informative.
• Fixed some error messages when upgrading the RPM package.
• Fixed a language issue when installing the package on the Asus Eee PC.
• The activation dialog box width is now set correctly to avoid any shortened string. It can also be closed at any time.
• Fixed some minor spelling errors.
• An HD DVD DL combo box is now available in the main window if your recorder supports it.
• The timestamp in the log files are now also in international style.

New Features

• A command line tool named 'nerocmd' has been added. Please consult its manpage for more details.
• The Nero Digital Audio Plug-in is now included for decoding and encoding files. This plug-in is currently only available in 32-bits. It will also be released in 64-bits in a future version.
• A physical device presence check is performed at application startup. The device permissions check is then only performed if no physical device is found on the computer.
• The installer will try to check the current kernel configuration and update the /etc/modules file if the SCSI Generic Support is compiled as a module and if the module is not loaded.

Changes/Bugfixes

• The 'Add Files' dialog box now also works with Mixed Mode and CD EXTRA compilations. 'Function not implemented' errors no longer appear.
• The 'Open Compilation' and 'Add Files' dialog boxes are now correctly sized when using old GTK+ versions.
• Fixed German translations in the Nero Linux Compilation MIME type description string.
• You can now burn multiple copies of an Audio CD compilation without problems.
• You could not create bootable discs that contain a pure ISO 9660 file system. This is now fixed.
• The MP3 Plug-in now gets the frame size correctly for all bit rates.
• The 'Writing file' label value does not show '?? BUG ??' for HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc images anymore.
• Fixed GTK warnings when the demo dialog box appeared in Asian languages.
• The 'Number of copies' widget is now disabled if no real write process is performed.
• The ASPI has been slightly improved to avoid deadlocks with specific hardware configurations.

New Features

• Nero Linux now fully supports small screen resolution like 800x480 pixels
• The device communication library now supports HAL for locking/unlocking devices and detecting device addition/removal.
• Hotplug also works even if the /proc/scsi/scsi file is not present or HAL not usable.
• Application restart is unnecessary when loading the 'sg' module while Nero Linux already runs. The device list will be correctly updated.
• Nero Linux now uses NeroAPI version 7.20.
• Nero Linux now has some command line arguments. You can see the full list by typing 'nero --help'.
• Some MIME types are now registered when installing the application for GNOME and KDE desktops. You will then be able to open every handled file with a click.
• The access rights of a new file being added this file are now checked, to ensure that no burn error will occur. This check can be disabled in the 'Options' dialog box.
• To avoid burn process errors, some additional checks are performed before burning a bootable disc, when a logical drive is the source.
• The user can now control the ejection of the source drive when copying a disc directly from the 'Compilation Properties' dialog box.
• The user will be warned as soon as he tries to create a non-standard disc. For example, the application will display a warning if you try to write an audio compilation to a non-finalized data disc.
• A Nero Linux XPM pixmap is now installed in the /usr/share/pixmaps folder and a manpage for the 'nero' executable file is installed.
• The Debian package contains a 'Section' entry.
• The FLAC Plug-in now handles vorbis tags (artist, title, album...) in both encoder and decoder.
• MP3 files preview has been optimized to avoid freezing while the file gets scanned.
• The MP3 Plug-in now allows files with embedded cover arts and large ID3v2 tags. 
• All kinds of data tracks can now be selected for hexadecimal viewing.
• The 'Internet DB' button in the 'Save Tracks' dialog box is only enabled when some audio tracks are in the list widget.

Changes/Bugfixes

• The 64bits MP3 Plug-in does not have an executable stack anymore.
• The Audio CD engine has been improved to correctly handle variable bitrate (VBR) MP3 files.
• The Hex Editor used to view the raw content of a track has been improved to correctly handle selections.
• The OGG/Vorbis encoder no longer loses the end of the file.
• The 'Follow Symbolic Links' option is now fixed for symlinks to regular files.
• The WAV Plug-in no longer crashes when dealing with imcomplete files.
• The sound driver is now properly closed when a erroneous file is previewed. This avoids the 'Device or resource busy' error.
• The DVD-Video/miniDVD compilations now load correctly. All the items that should go in the VIDEO_TS folder are in it.
• Fixed the position of some dialog boxes and the window icon under IceWM.
• Fixed the boot locale feature when creating bootable discs based on the 'DosBootImage.ima' image file.
• A crash occured when displaying the content of an empty disc in the file browser. This has been fixed.
• Fixed some false warnings indicating that the /sys directory was not mounted.
• Fixed some French translations.
• It was possible in Audio CD compilations that half a second of a previous track played at the end of the following track.This is now fixed.
• Fixed the preview of audio files with non-ASCII characters in the compilation editor.
• When the multisession setting of the 'New Compilation' dialog box was set to 'Continue Multisession', a 'Select Track' window was popped up when creating a bootable disc. This is now fixed.
• No FreeDB query takes place when a disc does not contain an audio track.
• The boot source is now correctly updated when you change from 'Logical Drive' to 'Image File' and vice versa.
• The 'Destination folder' label was missing in the 'Encode Files' dialog box. It is now placed on the left of the text entry widget.
• Fixed a refresh problem in the 'Save Tracks' dialog box when the encoding process is finished. The dialog box no longer loses the user customization in the track list.
• Fixed an invalid CD EXTRA recognition in the 'Disc Info' dialog box.
• When displaying the tracks on a disc in the file browser, a FreeDB lookup is only triggered if the disc contains at least one audio track.
• If a track is currently being previewed while closing the 'Save Tracks' dialog box then the preview player is also stopped.
• The track number field is now correctly set when ripping an audio track from a CD.

New Features

• The 'Properties' dialog box for files and folders now supports multiple selections.
• The new kernel pata_xxx SCSI emulation drivers are now fully supported. The burn engine has been updated so that it can be used correctly.
• The DVD ISO images burn process has been improved.
• Added some additional information to the preview widget in the 'Open compilation' and 'Open Image' dialog boxes. The user is now able to see the properties of a selected compilation/image (e.g. size, duration, etc.).
• A warning dialog box has been added to inform the user when loading a compilation with non-existing items.
• Added some more pre-burn checks:
   - for data discs, mode 1 is selected for non-CD medium types
   - for CD EXTRA compilation: at least one audio track should be present
• Item duplication can be handled without replacing the original item.
• When ripping an audio track, the '/' character is automatically replaced by '_' for the output file name.
• The 'Disc Info' dialog box output for DVD-RW is now fixed.
• The Japanese manual has been updated.
• 'Ok' and 'Cancel' buttons have been added to the date chooser widget so that it is more user friendly.
• The splash screen is now correctly centered by all window managers when Nero Linux starts.
• Some keyboard accelerators have been added to the 'Encode Files' dialog box.

Changes/Bugfixes

• The 'Data' button of the Mixed-Mode/CD EXTRA compilation editor has been improved. 
• It is now possible to fully erase a disc on an IDE internal device with new kernels. 
• The 'Eject the disc when the erase is complete' option was updated. 
• Fixed a memory leak within the 'Erase Settings' dialog box. 
• The direct connection to FreeDB servers has been improved. 
• The re-sampling of audio file when creating Audio CD out was improved. 
• The 'Properties' dialog box for files and folders counts directory items and size correctly. 
• The 'Info' tab on the mixed-mode and CD EXTRA compilations in the 'New Compilation' dialog box displays the correct size. 
• The data part of mixed-mode and CD EXTRA compilations can now be re-burned correctly. 
• Better handling when loading a compilation with non-existent directory references.

New Features

• The MP3 and Ogg Vorbis encoding plug-ins are now configurable.
• Drag-and-drop is now possible in the "Encode Files" dialog box's audio files list.
• Italian, Japanese, and Spanish manuals are now also included in the /usr/share/doc/nero folder.
• The "About" text box now contains some hidden features.

Changes/Bugfixes

• If no freedb match can be found in the "Save Tracks" dialog box then an error dialog box appears to inform the user.
• The installation scripts have been updated according to the package standards, thereby avoiding incompatibilities with other distributions.
• The source device in the "Save Tracks" dialog box is now locked when ripping audio tracks.
• When canceling a file encoding process, the current partially encoded file is deleted and its status remains at "Not done" in the "Encode Files" dialog box.
• The ALSA driver is now able to correctly deal with the multichannel function on all sound cards.
• The source and target paths are compared before encoding an audio file. A warning dialog box appears if they are identical.
• The user now has to confirm that he really wants to abort when an audio file encoding process is in progress.
• The "http_proxy" environment variable is queried when looking for a default proxy.
• The selection remains on the device item when previewing an audio track from the file browser.
• The clipboard is now able to paste all its content instead of only one item.
• In the "Save Tracks" dialog box the freedb progress dialog box did not disappear which forced the user to close the application. This bug has been fixed.
• It is no longer possible to rename a special item in the compilation editor (e.g. the "VIDEO_TS" folder of a DVD-Video compilation).
• When querying the device type, the media types that the device can read are inquired so that read-only devices are also listed.
• The "Go" button in the "Encode Files" dialog box is now re-enabled when the output file format itself changes or the settings of the file format change.
• The "Year" text field in the "Save Tracks" dialog box is now cleared when the track list selection changes.
• The "Prompt to save unsaved compilation when exiting" option now works properly.
• The keyboard accelerator for the "Add Files" context menu item is now set correctly.
• The "Date Chooser" text box now functions more efficiently.
• Performed many corrections in the French text.
• Fixed /sys mounted check for some special distributions.