Planet M.U.L.E.

I don't  know how many more changes will occur in planet MULE but it would be informative to have a link to a change log file.   A company called Slysoft does this with every program it makes.  It basically gives the user a run down of the changes that were made in each revision. 


An example: Change log file

AnyDVD History
3.5.2.1, 2004 02 19

- Bugfix: fixed access violation, if ALT Key was pressed
  in settings window
- Some minor fixes and improvements
- Added Indonesian and Turkish language
- Updated languages


3.5.1.1, 2004 02 15

- New: Added default regions 7 & 8
- New: Added export of CSS Keys
  Exported Keys can be edited with Notepad
  and can be imported with Windows Regedit
- New: Improved application / driver communication
- Bugfix: Warning, if CSS Keys were guessed by AnyDVD,
  was issued too often
- Some minor fixes and improvements
- Improved support for InterVideo WinDVD
- Reduced flicker of tray icon
- New: Added greek language
- Updated languages


3.3.2.1, 2004 01 26

- New: Added warning, if CSS Keys were guessed by AnyDVD
- New: Added display for archived CSS keys
- New: Added option to delete archived CSS keys
- New: Added Unicode support for non-ASCII (e.g., Japanese)
  registration names
- Improved IDE driver compatibility
- Improved behaviour on wakeup from stand by
- Improved I/O subsystem
- Improved CSS cracking
- Bugfix: Installation problem with Windows 98/ME
- Some other minor fixes and improvements


3.2.1.1, 2003 12 10

- New: Re-Authentication by opening / closing drawer.
  Now Philips / Ricoh DVD Burners work with AnyDVD!
- Important Fix: Authentication problem with some drives (e.g., NEC) introduced
  in AnyDVD version 3.x
- Important Fix: Wrong CSS keys were archived, if a problem prevented key extraction
- Updated languages


3.2.0.1, 2003 11 30

- New: Improved "brute force" CSS title crack, much faster with some titles
- New: Rewritten Windows 2000/XP/2003 driver, "Safe Mode" should no longer be required
- New: Reduced kernel memory fragmentation (Windows 2000/XP/2003)
- New: Driver tested with Microsoft Driver Verifier
- Important Fix: Driver compatibility problems, which might cause crashes
  or BSOD on Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server
- Updated languages


3.0.0.7, 2003 11 21

- New: AnyDVD includes now AnyCDDA:
- New: Added option to hide multisession and to repair the Table of Contents on AudioCDs
- This amazing new feature allows you to play, copy and rip protected Audio CDs!
- Note: This feature does not work with all drives, and not all protections are supported!
- Note: Multimedia content on Audio CDs will be invisible, if this feature is enabled!
- New: Improved "plug & play" behaviour
- New: Improved scanning & decrypting, much faster with many titles!
- New scanning strategy, now works with some wrongly mastered titles (e.g., Crouching Tiger UK)
- Many parts completely rewritten and optimised
- New: Improved pattern search, titles like X-MEN2 work now with region mismatched drives
- New: Better key substitution with region mismatched drives
- Important Fix: BAD_POOL_CALLER BSOD with certain configurations
- Important Fix: Bug introduced in 2.1.0.9, decryption of some titles failed
- Fix: Playing CDDA did not work, until AnyDVD Tray was started on Windows 9x/ME
- Fix: "Read error" window could be displayed on non Video DVDs
- Updated languages


2.1.0.9, 2003 10 27

- New: Added option to start external programs on disc insertion of non-Video material
- New: Added option to start external programs if material has 60 Hz refresh rate (NTSC)
- New: Added option to start external programs if material has 50 Hz refresh rate (PAL)
- New: Added option to start external programs on disc removal
- The above options are useful to adjust the screen refresh rate to the inserted media contents
- New: Added utility "SetDisplayFrequency" to set and reset the refresh rate of your monitor or beamer
- External tools like MultiRes or PowerStrip can be used as well!
- New: Removed "Information" Menu Item, added "About" Tab in settings window
- New: If a DVD drive is added or removed, the drive selection list will display this change immediately
- Bugfix: After settings were changed, changes did not become effective before a media change
- Bugfix: AnyDVD accidently started a rescan, if non CD/DVD drives/volumes were added or removed (e.g., USB Sticks)
- Bugfix: If a DVD-ROM didn't had a drive letter assigned, the settings dialog could display a "Index out of bounds"
  error message!
- Bugfix: If AnyDVD was enabled, DVD-RAM was read only
- Removed ElbyCheck.exe from distribution
- Added Swedish language, updated many other languages


2.0.0.4, 2003 09 29

- Bugfix: AutoInsertNotification was broken in 2.0.0.3


2.0.0.3, 2003 09 29

- New: Improved User Interface, while keeping memory consumption low
- New: Shiny look on Windows XP
- New: Optional Speed control of your DVD drives
- New: Optional Manual language selection
- New: Tray Icon can be disabled
- New: Context sensitive right-mouse-button help for all controls
- New: Added RegAnyDVD.exe, a tool for easy installation of AnyDVD registration keys
- New: AnyDVD driver will now completely shut down, if no Video DVD is inserted
- Completely reworked for higher compatibility and speed
- Improved startup speed, if only Region Code / Analog protection patch is enabled
- Fixed problem with VIA IDE Miniport drivers
- Transfer size is now dynamically adjusted to the capabilities of the hardware drivers
- Important fix: Authentication problem with some drives (e.g. Ricoh, Benq) causing the read error dialog to appear
- Important fix: Audio CDs did not play, if AnyDVD was enabled on Windows 9x/ME
- Updated ElbyCDIO


1.6.3.7, 2003 09 15

- Minor Fix: Dialog Boxes could be displayed twice
- Minor Fix: Autorun Patch didn't work on its own
- No longer removes Pinnacle Driver Check
- Added slovak language
- Updated Russian, Portuguese and Danish languages
- Updated ElbyCDIO
- Windows 9x/ME: It was possible, that the driver files were not updated by the installer


1.6.3.3, 2003 09 05

- New: Added removal of "PC-Friendly" (Autorun on Video DVD)
- Important fix: AnyDVD did not work at all with DVDs without a volume label.
  This caused wrong behaviour of all programs trying to access these discs,
  e.g. CloneDVD showed an error "Scheduler 0 ...: read error TCSectorReader TCE"
  Some of the discs with this problem were Batman, Batman & Robin, Contact, Postman, Frantic and many more
- Improved: better handling of Dialog Boxes
- Improved: faster response to media change
- Improved: better handling of power saving / hibernation
- Windows 9x/ME: It was possible, that the tray of a drive was locked
- updated English, German, Japanese, Finnish, Dutch, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian and French languages


1.6.2.3, 2003 08 31

- added removal of Region Code Scripts (RCE)
- if safe mode was disabled, downstream data was processed twice
- fixed invisible drive region setting in device manager
- fixed false detection of CSS on DVD-RW Media with certain drives
- on first install, all drives were disabled
- Settings window now opens after any install of a new version
- Improved "region free" support for InterVideo WinDVD 5
- added Hungarian language
- updated Japanese language


1.6.1.6, 2003 08 24

- added support for Windows 95/98/SE/ME
- added "Safe Mode" for people, who have problems
- updated ElbyCDIO
- more conservative startup to avoid crash
- removed Pinnacle Driver check for better compatibility


1.5.4.3, 2003 08 22

- added workaround for nasty bug in Patin Couffin engine by VSO Software causing a "blue screen of death"
- as a result fixed crash with applications using Patin Couffin (DVDXCopy Express, BlindWrite Suite)
- added retries, if AnyDVD detects a read error


1.5.3.2, 2003 08 20

- fixed problem when writing DVDs with Nero
- fixed many problems with CD/DVD writing applications


1.5.2.1, 2003 08 19

- drives can be disabled separately (left mouse button)
- added support for applications using Padus ASPI Shell, e.g. InterVideo DVD Copy
- added support for applications using ASAPI, e.g. Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD and Instant Copy
- double-clicking tray icon shows settings dialog
- many compatibility fixes
- added Spanish, Danish and Finnish languages
- improved look of icons
- introduced "busy state" of tray icon
- fixed crash of Nero Info Tool, if AnyDVD is installed
- fixed interference with Windows XP Taskbar menu
- reduced time delay of nag requester
- removed ControlElbyCDIO.exe from distribution


1.4.4.1, 2003 07 14

- fixed "no drives found" message on Windows 2000
- updated Russian, Dutch and Italian languages


1.4.3.1, 2003 07 13

- fixed compatibility problem with Virtual CD 5
- fixed "read error warning" with Game Jack / Movie Jack virtual drives
- fixed problems when burning CDs or DVDs
- CD-Roms no longer get a region code
- updated Japanese, Portuguese, French, Italian languages


1.4.1.2, 2003 07 11

- added warning dialog, if no dvd drives are found
- added warning dialog on read error
- added Russian language


1.4.1.1, 2003 07 10

- fixed problem "encrypted Data detected" with DVD2One and CloneDVD
- fixed various minor problems
- added Japanese language
- added Dutch language


1.3.2.4, 2003 07 08

- if inserted media is no video dvd, all patches will be disabled
- updated portuguese language


1.3.2.2, 2003 07 07

- Improved Driver/Application communication
- Added portuguese help file
- Added portuguese language file


1.3.1.1, 2003 07 06

- Improved Region handling
- Default Region buttons are now disabled, if Region Code Enhancement is switched off
- If Region Code Enhancement is disabled, normal drive Region will be used (Region Killer function off)
  (useful with Panasonic/Matshita/RICOH RPC2 drives)
- After first install, Setting window is shown automatically
- Default Region setting was broken with RPC2 drives
- Removal of user prohibitions is now switched on by default
- Archive is now deleted from registry on uninstall
- fixed startup problem with certain configurations
- added italian help file
- updated italian language file


1.2.1.3, 2003 07 03

- First public release

Adding change logs isn't a bad idea...

I took the liberty of going through the home page and recording all the updates into a text file, from release to current so here we have the unofficial update log

(All that has to happen for it to become official is for the administrators to add the next release updates to the top of it and include it in the next update and download packages.)

It is formatted as ASCII text, for 80 column text screen, so it can be easily viewed in any word processor or text editor, even a fixed width 80 column screen.  (Might even look best that way, I use Courier New or FixedSys font in Notepad when I do this type of file.)  Most true types are not fixed width fonts, and if something was intended to line up a certain way, using fixed fonts, they won't look right using most true type fonts.  Keep this in mind when viewing.

Thank you. We will add a change log in the next update.