Audio Hijack Pro 2.6.5 (Public Beta)

Released on 1/27/06

• Now a Universal Build, with beta support for Intel Macs

Audio Hijack Pro 2.6.4

Released on 12/24/05

• Updated Schedule Helper to version 1.0.2
• Fixed Crash On Quit bug

Audio Hijack Pro 2.6.3

Released on 12/22/05

• Improved hijacking under high CPU use
• Improved behavior of Split-On-Silence
• Schedule Helper bug fixes
• Fixed bug with Recording Bin
• based crashes
• AHKit: AHHjackedSource now attempts auto
• reconnect upon ah_cl disconnects
• AHKit: Fixed typo in HijackOptions window
• AHKit: Hijacker status polling now controlled by policy delegate
• AHKit: Now better about knowing when an ExtraInstaller is avaliable
• AHKit: Now shows error when hijacking un
• open widgets
• AHKit: Recorder now doesnt totatly fail when working with unix FIFOs
• AHP2: Disk Status now ignores /dev volumes
• auverse/aurec doesnt split at initial silence now
• Extras: Made window title match menu item name
• Plugins: Fixed VU Meters window title
• PT: Added Emulation launch alert
• PT: Another attempt at fixing PTFileRef crasher
• PT: Reg window new background plate
• SH/AHP: attempted fix for potential startup deadlock
• sw4fx/framework: fixed broken editor bypass button pics
• sw4fxPatchViews: New Editor Disabled button

Audio Hijack Pro 2.6.2

Released on 10/27/05

• auverse/rbuffer: finally fixed the oldest crashing bug ever
• libah: increased timeouts in ah_serv
• SH: bug fixes, more logging
• AHP2: moved recording bin to use aliases
• AHP2: Dock icon now has recording badge
• AHP2: QuickRecord forces off Stopper/Splitter
• AHP2: Disk Status window now better about picking up only Local volumes
• AHKit: AHHijackedSource now actively detects libah disconnects
• AHKit: made timers trigger if app launched in the middle
• AHKit: Fixed bug where hijacking widgets could sometimes fail

Audio Hijack Pro 2.6.1

Released on 9/23/05

• Fixed issues with Schedule Helper and Tiger, where SH wasn't faceless as it should be

Audio Hijack Pro 2.6

Released on 9/20/05

• Bookmarkable MP3s
• Adjustable MP3 Sample Rate
• Bookmarks: Now shows iTunes streams
• Recorder now uses user
• supplied file extension if available
• Schedule Helper
• New Debugging panel
• New 'Messages' alert window
• Now supports Unsanity's SmartCrashReporting
• Updated VoiceOver Effect
• Silence Generator now always produces stereo audio
• Instant Hijack now prints debug messages with syslog()
• Lots and lots and lots of bug fixes

Audio Hijack Pro 2.5.6

Released on 7/8/05

• Fixed a bug with Session List loading
• Fixed a bug with Timer display

Audio Hijack Pro 2.5.5

Released on 7/6/05

• Hijacking: Can now hijack Dashboard widgets (option
• click on Application popup)
• Radio: Better hotplugging support
• Plugins: AppMixer now has Advanced and Monitor buttons
• Recording: Fixed issue with resampling causing clicks
• Recording: Fixed bug in AAC/ALAC recoders

Audio Hijack Pro 2.5.1

Released on 6/1/05

• Instant Hijack updated to version 1.3
• Automater Support
• Audio Hijack Pro can now execute Workflows when finishing a recording, or from the Recording Bin.
• Various improvements to timers
• Fixed a rare bug with AAC and ALAC recording
• Several other minor bug fixes
• Timers: More flexible time input
• Timers: Option-clicking a Day now selects only it
• Hijacking: New Session Conflict alert when trying to hijack two conflicting sessions
• Radio Devices: Radio views now all correctly disable when there is no radio
• Audio Devices: Improved error handling
• Other: Added 'About Audio Devices' menubar itemm
• Recorder: Now correctly writes MP3 ID3 tags longer then 127 characters
• Secret About Box: Improved!
• Fixed bug where SystemAudio would not Release correctly
• Fixed bug where Recorder would incorrectly create folders
• Fixed bug where Recorder would not always correctly finalize AAC and ALAC files

Audio Hijack Pro 2.5

Released on 4/28/05

• AppleScript: Fully Applescriptable
• Audio Sources: New Radio Input source (supports RadioShark and DSB-R100)
• Audio Sources: New 'System Audio' source (Soundflower)
• Audio Sources: New 'Silence Input' audio input
• Audio Sources: New 'Silence Output' audio output
• Audio Sources: Audio Device source buffer size selector
• Audio Sources: Audio Device source channel selector
• Hijacking: New Advanced Fill Gaps options
• Hijacking: New Suppress RealPlayer Errors preference
• Other: Now uses Application Enhancers 1.5
• Other: Built-in Soundflower Installer
• Other: New Disk Status window
• Other: New Registration window
• Plugins: Application Mixer plugin
• Plugins: Cocoa AudioUnit support
• Plugins: AudioUnit Generators support
• Plugins: VoiceOver buffer size selector
• Recording Bin: New Date Created column, and various tweaks
• Recording: AAC/ALAC files are now Fast-Start enabled
• Recording: AAC quality selector
• Recording: Silence Monitor 'Stop Recording After' option
• Recording: Added strftime() variable support (%frmt_strftime variable)
• Timers: Overlapping timer detection
• AppleScript: Now supports executing resource
• fork based AppleScripts
• Audio Sources: Now handles Audio Device hotplugging better
• Hijacking: 'Relaunch' warning dialog now skipped when invoked by a timer
• Hijacking: Turning Hijacker off now turns the Recorder off too (unless you hold down Shift)
• Hijacking: Instant Hijack updated to v1.4.6
• Interface: Now remembers selection preferences
• Interface: 'Advanced' buttons in source panes
• Interface: Updated Source icons
• Interface: Variables popup in the Recording pane now shows up in the text fields that support variables
• Plugins: Knobs now support scrollwheels
• Plugins: Plugin files now be dragged & dropped into Patch slots
• Other: Now requires MacOS X 10.3.0
• Other: Registration Noise now ramps up
• Recording: AAC/ALAC files now have their creator code set to iTunes
• Recording: Bookmarkable AACs now have use '.m4a' file extension (again)
• Recording: Now creates the output folder if it is missing
• Recording: Now uses LAME 3.96.1 for MP3 encoding
• Recording: Adjusted MP3 Quality slider to better match recommended LAME encoder settings
• Timers: Timers will now pre-empt each other if they overlap on the same target
• AppleScript: Improved error recovery when executing scripts
• Bookmarks: Minor fixes to bookmark parsers
• Effects: Improved handling of AudioUnits with Cocoa views
• Hijacking: Improved stability for some 3rd party devices
• Interface: 'Application' selector popup now correctly remembers its Recent Items
• Interface: 'Cancel' button in the 'Advanced Hijacking Options' dialog now correctly Cancels
• Interface: Fixed Session menu to not incorrectly disable items sometimes
• Interface: Fixed long-standing bug where Effects sliders would miss clicks
• Other: Audio Hijack Pro 1 Presets are now only imported on the first launch
• Other: Fixed bug where crashlogs were not being generated correctly
• Other: Fixed many minor memory leaks
• Other: Fixed bug where you were limited to 230 sessions
• Plugins: Fixed "Jumping Effects" bug where Effects would move around the Patch on their own
• Plugins: Fixed a crashing bug when Effects windows were closed quickly
• Recording: Handles cleaning up quit better
• Timers: Now handles daylight saving time better

Audio Hijack Pro 2.1.1

Released on 10/20/04

• New 'Add to iPod' script
• Fixed bug where one-shot timers would sometimes not end correctly
• Fixed bug where using timers with an Audio Device would not end correctly
• Fixed crashing bugs related to "When Finished Recording" AppleScripts
• Better error dialogs when using AppleScripts
• Better handling of RealPlayer .rm and .ram files

Audio Hijack Pro 2.1

Released on 10/05/04

• New Channel Tweaker Plugin
• Variables work in Tags now
• AAC recording bitrate fixes
• AIFF recording now supports setting the sample rate
• Added Output Device selector to the Audio Device Source
• Main window now fits on 800x600 resolution screens
• Updated Instant Hijack Component (v 1.2.8)
• Now will display nominal instead of computed bitrate in iTunes
• Uses correct bitrate for Mono (instead of halved bitrate)
• Added Drag and Drop support to the Source area
• Added Encode to WAV with iTunes script
• ALAC files now used .m4b file extension
• Silence Monitor now accepts fractional second values
• Still ever more robust hijacking
• Registration checker now more fault tolerant
• Now handles malformed Target URLs better
• Preferences now saved more often (more crash resistant)
• Quick Record HotKeys now work for controling LineIn recording too
• Improved WindowsMedia Player bookmark reader
• Fixed a crashing bug in AutoWake
• Fixed crashes related to using AppleScripts
• Fixed bug such that empty recording names don't get used
• Fixed muted timer audio leakage bug
• Fixed bug where renaming a Session and duplicating it wouldn't preserve its name
• Fixed bug where creating Duplicates would crash
• Fixed Mute menu item to correctly update the GUI
• Fixed device popup to better handle duplicate audio devices
• Fixed bug where AHP2 wouldn't be hidden if it was made a Login Item
• Fixed bug where quitting while recording could result in corrupt AACs/ALAC
• Fixed Recording sheet Channels popup typo
• Fixed bug with Move To Trash Warning and error handling

Audio Hijack Pro 2.0

Released on 7/28/04

• Installation: Installer no longer used, APE and Audio Hijack Server.ape are now optional installs. See 'About Instant Hijack' in the Application menu.
• Startup: Holding Option at launch now will give you the 'Debugging Options' panel (as originally seen in Audio Hijack 2).
• About Box: Now the Standard Rogue Amoeba about box
• Registration: Now the Standard Rogue Amoeba registration window
• Registration: Using new, slightly more secure 3 billion digit long (just 45, really) registration codes
• Presets: Presets List and Preset Editor windows merged into one
• Little Stuff: So much little behind-the-scenes stuff that nobody can remember it all
• Recording Bin itself is new
• Recording Bin: Preview
• Recording Bin: Reveal in Finder
• Recording Bin: Open in iTunes
• Recording Bin: Burn To CD
• Recording Bin: Apply AppleScript
• Recording Bin: Move To Trash
• Recording Bin: Contextual Menus
• Recording Bin: Drag & Drop re-ordering
• Dynamic status line text (useful for trying to figure out how much will fit on a CD)
• Variable column setup (see the little '...' button on the top-right corner)
• New 3 Tab layout (replacing old 4 Triangle layout)
• New Mini Level Meters that are always visible (click on it to change its mode)
• Application Input: Now supports setting Target Application and Target File/URL/AppleScript as separate settings (they were just a single 'Target' setting in AHP1)
• Application Input: Can now set a Target URL directly, no need to create bookmark files to hijack
• Application Input: Can now set a Target AppleScript, which returns a URL to be hijacked, allowing you to dynamically generate Target URLs (as originally seen in Audio Hijack 2)
• Application Input: New 'Select URL' window that allows you to pick a url right from your Bookmarks (Safari, RealPlayer and WindowsMediaPlayer).
• Audio Device Input: Now integrated, no more LineIn.app
• New hijacking system (as originally seen in Audio Hijack 2 and Nicecast).
• Will use Audio Hijack Server.ape, if available installed, to hijack applications without having to relaunch them. Otherwise will use 'relaunch required' hijacking method.
• Advanced Hijacking Options: Useful for certain applications that output multiple streams of audio, or to multiple devices. Option-Click 'Hijack' to access.
• Hijacking iChat now works without any tinkering, although you only receive the other side of the conversation.
• Now supports multiple timers per Preset
• Now supports 'One Shot' timers that only run once
• 'AutoLaunch' preference, which will cause Audio Hijack Pro to launch itself as needed (no need to leave it open all day)
• 'AutoWake' preference, which will automatically wake the computer from sleep if needed (10.3 only, requires Administrator access).
• New recording system (as originally seen in Audio Hijack 2 and Nicecast)
• Supports AIFF, MP3, AAC (bookmarkable), and Apple Lossless (bookmarkable)
• Supports setting MP3 quality per-preset (was global preference in AHP1)
• Supports tagging of MP3, AAC and ALAC files (Title, Artist, Album, Genre, Comment, Year, Track)
• More File Name Format variables
• 'When Finished Recording' AppleScript option (as originally seen in Audio Hijack 2)
• Silence Monitor: New Silence Monitor
• Silence Monitor: Remove On Silence option
• Silence Monitor: Split on Silence option
• Simplified recording buffer size preference
• Plugins Window: Now available from the Application menu, instead of the Windows menu
• Level Meters: Now with Clipping lights
• Master Gain: New Master Gain control
• Dry/Wet Mix: New Dry/Wet Mix control (as originally seen in Nicecast)
• Patch: Effects patch now supports parallel effects routing (only did series routing before)
• Patch: 'Insert Effect' menu now automatically groups effects (4FX and VSTs by their containing folders, AUs by their manufacturers)
• Patch: Now supports 'selection', so you can click on an Effect and hit the Delete key to remove it
• Synths: Support for VSTi and AudioUnit synths, driven by MIDI events (as originally seen in Nicecast)
• New 'Auxiliary Device Output' plugin, lets you output audio to any audio device (so you can output to 2+ devices at the same time, or use Mute and just do a redirection)
• New 'Side Chain Limiter' plugin. This requires an entire article in itself to explain, but it's neat, really
• New 'Gain' plugin
• Renamed 'NoFX' to 'PassThru'
• Various bug fixes to support various 3rd party plugins better
• Plugins: Support for LADSPA plugins. Thats 'Linux Audio Developers Simple Plugin API' (www.ladspa.org). And no, I've never heard of it either, why do you think I'm listing it last
• And if all this ain't worth a $10 upgrade, I don't know what is

Audio Hijack Pro 1.3.1

Released on 7/10/04

• Important fix for a bug introduced by the 2004-06-07 Security Update

Audio Hijack Pro 1.3

Released on 4/5/04

• Mac OS X 10.3.3 (Panther) Support
• Now records iTunes Crossfades
• Added a hidden "autohidePresetsList" preference
• Updated French.lproj
• Added warning when quitting while recording
• Bumped version number to 1.3
• Closing a Preset now correctly saves all changes
• Upgraded licensing system, now accepts AHP2 codes
• Attempted to fix plugins/NSString stringWithCString bug
• Latest versions of all libs
• Added LAME stub to LineIn

Audio Hijack Pro 1.2.6

Released on 11/18/03

• Mac OS X 10.3.1 (Panther) Support
• Several Presets List bugs fixed
• Fixed random Timer crashing bug
• Fixed 10.1 DSP Editor bug
• Latest sw4fxNG, auverse, Protein
• Now using auverse.frmk

Audio Hijack Pro 1.2.5

Released on 10/20/03

• OS X 10.3 (Panther) Support
• Audio Hijack Server 1.2
• APE 1.4.1
• libahNG and AHS 1.2
• Improved launch speed when using alot of plugins
• Attempted fixing memmove() crash

Audio Hijack Pro 1.2.4

Released on 7/9/03

• Updated to AHS APE 1.0.4
• Added Alert closer to close alerts after 5 minutes
• Made Load in Plugins Window select loaded plugin
• Fixed LevelMeters redraw bug
• Converted Help to Baskerville
• Fixed log book empty-prefs bug
• Moved over to Protein framework
• Fixed crashing bug in Help window

Audio Hijack Pro 1.2.3

Released on 6/10/03

• Added Icons In Presets List
• Removed "exploding icon in popup" bug
• Fixed icon caching
• Updated to APE 1.3
• Fixed MP3 recording crash
• New 1.0.3 version of Audio Hijack Server.ape
• Smaller memory footprint
• Removed static bug with QuickTime Based apps
• Fixed more Timer-related bugs

Audio Hijack Pro 1.2

Released on 5/7/03

• Added Pipe Dream Plugin
• Updated Menu Bar Meters Plugin
• Updated Audio Hijack Server.ape
• Added German.lproj
• Updated French.lproj
• Activity Log now saves between quits
• Drag & Drop to Control Pane
• Fixed pre-hijacking Timers bug
• LineIn.app now quits on release when launched internally
• Fixed buffer prefs GUI
• Timers no longer release targets when quitting (in order to prevent unmuting)
• Fixed Timer first date display bug
• Removed non-functional 144 Kbps MP3 encoding
• Fixed some 8 errors
• Made Timers begin 4 seconds early
• Changed Status Line format for Skips

Audio Hijack Pro 1.1

Released on 4/14/03

• Added Q, VBR Q, and Buffer slider to prefs window
• Fixed Presets window dragging bug
• Changed format of Timer fire text again
• Added Split button
• Fixed bug in display of Timer fire date
• Added group boxes to everything
• Added Stop recording after options to Record pane
• Improved error handling during loading
• Made scrollbar auto show/hide
• Added Variables popup to Recording pane
• Added Start new file after opts to Recording pane
• Added new MP3 types
• Added new Channel types
• Added new AIFF types
• Bundled LineIn.app
• Added Activity Log window
• Rewrote timers to be polling
• Put in multi-audio streams fix (MOTU828)
• Lessoned audio skip when clicking 'Start Recording'
• Added multi-chan hw. fix
• Added file name variables %cy, %cd, %cd, %p
• Fixed target popup to work w/ LaunchBar
• Added 'Name and Status' to info popup

Audio Hijack Pro 1.0

Released on 3/3/03

• Initial release