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MegaSeg is a music and video mixer for mobile DJ's, radio stations, and anyone who needs total control over their mix. MegaSeg features a library search and categorizing system to find requests instantly, and advanced music scheduling and events. Crossfade or beatmix using MegaSeg's multiple sound output support for cue and preview tracks. Compatible with iTunes and iPod.
What's new in this version:
- MegaSeg is now Universal Binary! It runs full speed on both Intel and PowerPC based Macs.
- Overall interface makeover.
- Implemented new Ambient Video Playlists feature. This new video playlist will automatically display videos or still images while no videos or images are being played in the main playlist.
- Implemented new color coded tracks and list display options. You can now color code songs, spots, promos/imaging, etc. all independently, by Category, or using the Finder labels. A user can now identify elements by color when looking at the library, playlist or logs window. Edit the category colors in the Edit Categories dialog, and individual track colors in the Edit Info dialog. Individual track colors override Finder colors, and Finder colors override Category colors.
- Faster iTunes importing when using OS X Tiger. MegaSeg now uses Spotlight technology to directly import new files since the last iTunes import. The first iTunes import will need to perform a full scan before MegaSeg has a "last import date" stored.
- Selecting to view and open iTunes playlists is much, much faster.
- Mic On/Off: Now supports software based play-thru to and from any connected device. For example, the input from the built-in microphone to the output of a Griffin iMic. The settings to change devices are found in the Preferences under the In/Output tab.
- Added 'Year', 'Time', and 'Date Added' sort options to Library. Added 'Play Count' sort option to playlist menu.
- Mixer: Added new Looping feature to Mixer; by pressing the "Loop In" button you mark the start of the loop. Then press the "Loop Out" button to mark the end, and it starts looping. Press "Loop Exit" to kill the loop and let playback continue as normal. Keyboard shortcuts for Looping feature: L - Mark start of loop. O - Mark end of loop. K - Kill loop.
- Added new Pitch Lock (aka Master Tempo) button to Mixer.
- Added a MIDI Control Codes dialog in the Playback Preferences that allows you to view or set custom MIDI codes that control various Mixer functions. Values can be entered in decimal (0-255) or hex (&h00-&hFF).
- Playback Preferences: Added new Global Cue-in setting and Restrict Track Length options. For example, you can limit all songs to only play the first 2 minutes before it AutoSegs.
- Added a new Folders view to the Library, where you can select tracks within the imported folder tree to preview, edit, remove, or drag-n-drop into the playlist.
- When opening a playlist, MegaSeg will attempt to match the track based on the file's path first, if that fails, then it will resort to a title/artist lookup, and finally use the UniqueID if available.
- MegaSeg can now update Shoutcast server's current song info in the Logging preferences.
- Added support for tracks over 99 minutes in length.
- Added a new Sync Shared Library command to the Library Tools menu. When two or more MegaSeg systems are sharing the same MegaSeg User Data folder (library, playlists, etc) over a local network, MegaSeg now automatically detects them (using Bonjour aka ZeroConf) and allows you to propagate changes made on one system to all the others automatically. This will work even while a song is playing on any of the systems. Eventually this will update all changes automatically, but for now you must select the command when you have completed any updates or changes to the Library. Note when doing so, any changes made on other systems since the last sync will be overwritten.
- Added Show File contextual menu (right-click) to Library and Playlist.
- Added new preference to hide selected interface buttons. Allows you to clean up the interface of unused or unwanted buttons.
- Logging Preferences: Added new feature to exclude logging tracks in certain categories from showing up in NowPlaying, ComingUp, and RecentlyPlayed log files (also includes Live365 and SHOUTcast track updates).
- Added support for 30" displays so Library and Playlist displays don't cut off.
- Improved Search field now displays "Search" in text when not selected or search in progress; displays an "X" button to clear the search; Removed old Find button.
- Renamed the Import To Category pop-up menu option "Uncategorized" to "Same as Genre Tag" if "Use file's Genre Tag for Category" is checked in the Import Options.
- If two tracks with request notes play in a row, it no longer wipes out the first one as the next one cues. The Request Note window will expand to show two notes.
- Logging: Added new comment field to template files (nowplaying.html, etc) for the length and file path of the track; or ; and or
- Added dialog to Edit window to set file naming format. (Title only, Title-Artist, or Artist-Title.)
- When a file is imported for the first time, a unique library ID is assigned to the track, which will be also stored in the MegaSeg Tags for the file. This ID will be used to track the file when saving playlists, and in case the file is renamed, the file will still be found when opening the old playlist.
- When opening a playlist, if there are missing tracks that have not already been imported into the Library (marked as red in the preview list), MegaSeg will go ahead and import them, if the path is available in the playlist format. This includes tracks from iTunes playlists, which opens up an interesting way to import specific iTunes tracks into MegaSeg's Library (using SmartPlaylists for example).
- Import Options: Skip Files With Extensions preferences now defaults to "jpg,gif" if no previous setting was set.
- If a file is missing, but there is a file with the same name but a different extension in the folder, then MegaSeg will re-link to that new file. This makes it easy to replace existing files with ones re-encoded using a different file type. Note, this new feature engages after all other attempts to locate the file fail. MegaSeg first checks other drive volumes for files at the same path, then reverts to locating by FileID (alias), then checks for files with the same name but different extension in the original folder.
- When you open the Mixer it no longer turns off AutoSeg, if active.
- All dialogs spawned from Aqua styled windows are now also of Aqua style; More use of Mac OS X "Sheet" style dialogs.
- Update MegaSeg Tags command now preserves modification dates of all files.
- BPM values are now truncated properly in the database function that returns the value, so it will be displayed properly everywhere.
- Main interface window now live-resizes.
- The Mixer decks and Category Browser are now embedded within the main window rather than in a floating window. (They now move and minimize with the main window). It is also much faster to open and close the mixer.
- MegaSeg will now automatically know the correct iTunes music folder to import from when the user has set it to something other than the default location.
- MegaSeg now updates Nicecast's current song info, even when Nicecast is set to record System Audio, or some other analog input. (Updates NowPlaying.txt file in ~/Application Support/Nicecast/)
- Added new Search For Duplicates mode to match artist, title and track length.
- When opening iTunes Playlists, it now properly displays the playlist name above the playlist display.
- In category settings dialog, removed the unnecessary Edit button... The pop-up menu is now always visible and reflects the current selection.
- Rule to limit max Male/Female tracks in a row now ignores tracks that are in the exclude category list, so that say a station ID places in an excluded category would not count as a track that would reset the male/female count.
- Added progress text to Remove Categories function.
- When using events to open a playlist, if the playlist is missing, the error report now shows a time/date stamp, and is also logged in the log file.
- When events are turned on/off, it is now noted in the log file.
- Type to select in list views now work even if what is typed does not exactly match something that is available in list.
- The Music folder is now located correctly on international systems when accessing iTunes features (importing, playlists).
- MegaSeg can now AutoSeg and update VU meters when the menus are being used, as well as system dialogs to select folders or files are displayed.
- MegaSeg now supports more then 100,000 tracks in the Library and/or Playlist.
- Added new Insert Break sub-menu with 3 options to insert breaks; Current Selection (Command-B), Next Position (Option-Command-B), and Last Position (Shift-Command-B).
- Back-quotes (`) are ignored during searches.
- Added a 2nd warning dialog to the trash files function.
- Removed "Apply Changes" button from rotation order dialog. All changes take effect instantly.
- A track's Record ID field is now displayed in Logs window.
- The default setting for the Auto-Rename file when edit dialog is saved is now false. (Only applies to first-time users; if previously set from previous version, it will remain as is).
- Library track count display can now show 6 digits (100,000+).
- Scrolling text in players scrolls slower, and allows for longer text strings.
- The Mixer's pause button no longer enters stutter cue mode directly, and instead goes silent. Pressing the cue adjust Forward and Backward buttons directly under the Pause button will enter the stutter cue mode when paused.
- Added a "Clear Red Played Marks" command to Playlist menu.
- The log window's Start Time popup menu setting is now stored in the preferences.
- Mixer: When in pause or cue and adjusting cue position with the fine-tune Forward or Back buttons, the time display now stays in hundredth of a second mode until pressing Play.
- When importing tracks with no ID3/AAC tags or MegaSeg Tags, and resorting to the filename for Title & Artist info, it now parses the artist field based on user's file rename preference (title-artist, or artist-title, default to artist-title when user chooses title only for rename; the new default rename pref).
- Changed AutoSeg and Events buttons to new "slider" switches, to make it clear they change a setting or mode.
- Added "Don't Ask Again" button to version checking dialog for final release versions of MegaSeg (Note all alpha and beta versions enforce version checking).
- Type-to-select in Library and Playlist now changes selection as you would expect, by moving the highlighted selection rather than scrolling the view. This change also fixes a bug where if no scrollbar was present for a given list, it would no longer shift the list off view, with the only way to return would be using the arrow keys, or pressing '1'. Also fixed a bug that prevented type-to-select from working with a single track list.
- Video: The video window's Titlebar only shows the track title if a video is playing.
- The Library Tools Tag Import feature will no longer reset tags that are empty.
- Made sure system's audio play-thru is turned off every time MegaSeg starts up.
- Added Cancel button to dialog that warns about using older versions of QuickTime, so user can abort it visiting apple.com/quicktime/
- Fixed a bug with the MIDI control feature of MegaSeg that could cause the app to lockup when the Apple IAC driver is enabled. (Bug from 3.1.x).
- Fixed a bug with the Remove category command when multiple categories were selected it would only remove about half of the selected categories.
- Fixed a few rare Missing Object errors.
- Fixed a bug when using Discrete Output Mode and the Event that fires "Before Category X" where it would instead fire "After Category X" half the time.
- Fix bug when "unknown" encoders that tag MP3 files incorrectly when using UTF-16 text that can add extra junk characters to the end of the title and artist fields.
- In the Logs window, when using the Open as Playlist function, it now ignores log notes such as "> Opened Playlist", etc.)
- When a "BREAK: Wait For Segue" is in the current position, events that insert tracks or playlists, etc will not cause the playlist to start playing automatically.
- Fixed a bug in Page Setup dialog that could crash when selecting Print, then Page Setup, then Cancel, then Page Setup again.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Related Artist filed to be "0" if a track was edited and then re-imported.
- When selecting to print a playlist, but no specific track is selected, it now works.
- Fixed bug that caused certain MP3s encoded with LAME (via audiograbber, etc) to import with the volume set at 30%.
- Fixed a bug that prevented some m4a files from importing which had large cover art.
- You can now cancel the Import ID3/AAC Tags, Update MegaSeg Tags, and Rename Files to Match Title/Artist functions.
- Fixed an issue when using events with 12-hour or 24-hour time format. It is not not necessary for the format to match the user's international time and date format settings. MegaSeg will compare both formats.
- In the Scheduler, the Schedule Now button is now enabled after opening a saved schedule without needing to click in the list.
- Fixed issue when using events for specific days of the week, and the MegaSeg day of week spelling doesn't match the user's International date and time format settings.
- Fixed a bug that could cause missing files in a saved playlist if the user has more than 5 songs with the same title.
- Video window: The last frame of a video no longer stays visible after a movie is finished playing when using the Video Always Open option.
- Interface Buttons: Fixed the intermittent "inverted background" button bug. The buttons should no longer flash a white box around them under any circumstances.
- Import now skips all .db and .ini files.
- Fixed a bug that would cause some tracks in the Open Playlist dialog's Preview Playlist from being selected to edit, preview, or remove.
- Events: Finished rename of Insert Media to Insert Track. Insert Media is still recognized as a valid event type however for backward compatibility.
- Fixed a problem when using a different extension for the Now Playing and other log files, it only uses that extension once, then reverts to using .html.
- Fixed a problem if the Library view included tracks that started with an apostrophe, that it could prevent Type To Select from working with songs starting with the letter A.
- Fixed a bug (since before 3.1.6) when using the Mixer's pitch shift buttons to chase a mix where at times it would loose track of its original pitch location to return to. Especially true when clicking the buttons multiple times quickly in order to break-thru the set barrier (+/- 2% by default, modified by the Shift or Control key).
- Switching sort order while Category Browser is open no longer hides the browser.
- When a category is scheduled using Events or the Scheduler, if that category name does not exist, MegaSeg no longer schedules an Uncategorized track, and instead reports a missing category error (report window and log file).
- Filtered more ID3 tag junk text that can appear in category names when importing.
- If an Insert Playlist or Insert Category event fails to load tracks into the playlist (because of a missing track or playlist), and the playlist is already empty, MegaSeg will no longer display a "Playlist is Empty" dialog that halts all future events from firing.
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent the Preview in the Open Playlist dialog from displaying tracks in red when missing.
- Folders view, Playlist preview, and Log windows now show visual feedback for non-focused selection.
- If an Insert Track event fails to work because of a missing track, and the playlist is already empty, MegaSeg will no longer display a "Playlist is Empty" dialog that halts all future events from firing.
- Fixed a bug when selecting a category from the pop-up menu in the Category Settings dialog that has an ampersand (&) in the category name, it would not show the true contents of that category in the Rotation Order list.
- Splash screen is no longer a Global Floating Window. (It will no longer obstruct system password dialogs when mounting external network volumes during startup.)
- Re-factored randomize code, which should produce more unified shuffling application wide.
- While the Category Browser has keyboard focus, pressing 'z' or anything that is beyond the list will correctly select the last category in the list. Also fixed a bug that prevented using type-to-select to select the first category listed.
- Fixed a bug where deleting a track from the playlist will cause it to auto-select another duplicate track if also in the playlist.
- Fixed a bug that caused an error when using type-to-select in the playlist while Playlist Breaks were in the list.
- MegaSeg no longer changes the creator (icon) of mp3 and m4a files to QuickTime (keeps them as iTunes).
- When a playlist break is in the first playlist position, it now draws the NEXT text in the correct color.
- Fixed bug when removing a song from the Playlist that has been marked as Red (because it already played) will no longer remove the Red mark.
- Removed the Refresh Library button from Import dialog. It was confusing, and did not function as expected. Use the Import Folder button instead.
- Mixer: Fixed a problem when using Apple's newer Pro Mouse (the one with the scroll wheel) that would cause it to FF or Rewind when clicking hard on any button in Mixer.
- Log window: When choosing a new MegaSeg User Data Folder, the Logs window now updates with the correct data from the new folder.
- Improved logging code, optimizing how it outputs files when multiple tracks were played in rapid succession.
- Rules Preferences: Fixed bug where the "Automatically prevent rules from breaking" settings would not reflect the saved preferences when first starting MegaSeg. Also fixed issue where the radio buttons would remain enabled when they should not be.
- Edit dialog: Can now use colons ":" in the Title and Artist fields. They are converted to dashes automatically for the filename if the file is renamed.
- Insert Randomized Playlist event now preserves the current playlist name.
- Mixer: Command-Delete now works from mixer selection.
- Fixed bug when song is paused in mixer, pressing Segue caused the pause button to stick on when switching to Play.
- Video window: When "Hide Menubar when Full" option is enabled, it will only hide the menubar if video is full screen on the main desktop. It will not hide the menubar if the video is full screen on a second desktop (2nd video output).
- Scheduler: The "Auto-Load Playlist When This Ends" checkbox, when utilized for a particular Playlist, no longer remains checked by default when opening/editing another Playlist.Â
- Optimized Mixer's VU Meter code.
- Import Options: Now filters out spaces and dots in Skip Files With Extensions list. Can now accept text in format: "jpg,gif,ini" or ".jpg, .gif, .ini", etc.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
- Mac OS X 10.2
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
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| Overall Rating: |  (5.0) |
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| Ease of Use: | (5.0) |
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The problem is that its development has stagnated & Freeze - Version: 4.5.1, 7/12/2008 09:25AM PST
gusdj
Problems - Version: 4.1, 5/8/2008 03:55AM PST
daniele18
Hi,
I have used this app for my radio. I find it is difficult to use. It is also difficult to customise it.
What really annoys me is when the computer makes a back up of its files on a external HD, Megaseg start to have problems: music stop playing for a while then start again or it stop working and the only way to get out of this situation is to force it to quit and run it again.
I have used this app for my radio. I find it is difficult to use. It is also difficult to customise it.
What really annoys me is when the computer makes a back up of its files on a external HD, Megaseg start to have problems: music stop playing for a while then start again or it stop working and the only way to get out of this situation is to force it to quit and run it again.
Support is not good - Version: 4.1, 4/3/2008 01:27PM PST
djcg
I actually think this is a very good application. It does almost everything it claims. It is stable and has some very good features. My issue is that the support is bad. I had been in touch with the customer support (writer) who brushed me and my issue off and I have not seen a new version since... well look for your self... a year and a half. If you plan to use this application professionally, I advice you consider some of the other apps out there. Oh, I would also like to mention I feel I was ripped off due to the high price. these other apps only cost 1/4 of what this one charges. I thought I was going to get more for my buck, but I was fooled.
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- Support is not good
- Don't have automatic bpm detetctor
- Can't mix Videos, don't have transitiosn fxs
- Don't have the option to administer remote for make playlist in other computer and them send a load in master Megaseg Mac.
- Nothing about Digital Signage
- Slow mail support.
Megaseg can be a pro Software with more development, but i believe with the passage of time it could die, with as much competition outside