New Version - 0.9864

We've released two new versions in January 2007, both include many improvements.

Here are the changes made in these versions, we'll elaborate more on some of these changes in separate posts.

2007-1-30 Version 0.98 Build 64
- Implemented button-grouping for inactive Candizz
- CD-Specific Candizz' buttons now automatically float to the top of the button stack
- Better handling of automatics Candizz selection of track changes
- The slideshow timing now displays a thumbnail of each image
- Added an option to enable to disable new version notifications
- Better support for backgrounds with non-default size
- Added an optional slideshow effect - zoom images
- Slideshow smoother movement effect
- Candizz management now remembers the recent Candi selected
- Karaoke colors adjusted to better suit changing backgrounds
- Bugfix: Karaoke Cow animation caused an error when no karaoke was present for CD

2007-1-16 Version 0.98 Build 61
- Added Swedish language interface
- The preference window was split into two separate windows: General & Candizz for ease of use
- Loggin in is now available from within the player
- Clicking the Submit button on the timing tool will now directly upload the timing data
- Quote character can now be used and saved in track and Candizz names
- Improved Karaoke ball behaviour in right-to-left karaoke
- Improved indication for downloadable plugins
- Improved placement of different POPS skins
- Bugfix: Language problems fixed when submitting timings via the timing tool
- Bugfix: Track names and information are now saved locally for all CDs
- Bugfix: Playlist pole no longer disappears when rapidly opening and closing the playlist
- Bugfix: Inspired image handling on tracks without suitable images improved

CDizz Player is a free multimedia CD player [download here].

A better CDizz release

After several preview releases, we're about to replace the older version of CDizz which was published in our site as a "Stable Version" with the new 0.9856 version which is far better and faster than the old version.

This means that update notices will appear for all CDizz users. We plan on improving the update notification system in later versions so it won't nag too much to users who wish to stay with their older version a little longer.

CDizz Player is a free multimedia CD player [downloaded here].
Tags: CDizz, Candizz, Entertainment, Music, CD, Software, Lyrics, Karaoke, Chords, Animation, Audio, Multimedia..

CDizz 0.98 Build 34 Preview now available

Direct Download link:
http://www.cdizz.com/download/cdizz_install_098_34.exe

Updates:

• New and improved interface for the preferences screen
• Added notification for new version
• Opening and closing screens modified a little
• Fixed multi-language support bug in Mini-Player
• Usage of Karaoke Matte BG now updates immediately without having to close and re-open karaoke
• Generic track names are now displayed in the proper font when interface language is different than CD language
• Installation over existing version now forces the installation language as default interface language
• Fixed a bug that prevented Chords from being displayed in some cases.
• Added "Links" Candizz type that allows submitting relevant links to CD or track

CDizz Player can be downloaded for free. Tags: CDizz, Candizz, Entertainment, Music, CD, Software, Lyrics, Karaoke, Chords, Animation, Audio, Multimedia..

New Version of CDizz Player

A preview of CDizz player v0.98 build 25 is now available for download from the CDizz download page.

Here are the changes from the previous version:
CDizz now supports multiple interface languages. Currently available languages are: English, Hebrew.
Most world languages can now be assigned to individual CD or Candizz
Window size is no longer limited to 800x600, but can be freely adjusted to match any screen size
Added an option for the player to "forget" user indentification each time the program is run, for extra privacy.
This limits some functions such as CD Collection, Authoring etc.
Hovering over the "open/close Candizz" button will rotate the buttons. Useful for cases where there are too many buttons to fix the screen.
Added right-to-left language support to relevant Candizz
Improved performance and response time
Full screen mode no longer changes the screen resolution
Added an option to update CD details
Please feel free to download and try the software. We appreciate any comment, bug report, review etc.

CDizz Player can be downloaded for free. Tags: CDizz, Candizz, Entertainment, Music, CD, Software, Lyrics, Karaoke, Chords, Animation, Audio, Multimedia..

Version 0.97 Build 19 released

And it was a tough one.
Since the initial release we received a lot of responses, requests and comments about CDizz. We tried to implememnt as much as we could and it took us a while, debugging and adding small improvements until we had a decent release candidate.

All this was done while moving to a new server (which has it's own configuration problems we had to deal with)
Yaron also added several tutorial pages that should help new users with creating content.

The next step will probably be multilingual support, which really needs addressing at this point.

What are you waiting for? Go on and download the new version.