# LameXP v4.xx History #
## LameXP v4.16 [UNRELEASED] ## {-}
-* Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 with Update-5
+* Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.6 (MSVC 19.13)
* Updated LAME encoder to v3.100 Final (2017-10-13), compiled with ICL 18.0 and MSVC 14.1
-* Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.25.8 (2017-12-02), compiled with GCC 7.2.0
-* Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.2.1-35 (2017-11-16) and Opus-Tools to v0.1.10-9 (2017-05-25)
+* Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.25.10 (2018-03-05), compiled with GCC 7.3.0
+* Updated Opus encoder/decoder libraries to v1.3-beta-31 (2018-03-27) and Opus-Tools to v0.1.10-51 (2018-03-04)
* Updated Monkey's Audio binary to v4.33 (2017-12-01), compiled with ICL 18.0 and MSVC 15.5
+* Updated FAAD decoder to v2.8.6 (2017-10-10), compiled with ICL 18.0 and MSVC 15.5
+* Updated Vorbis decoder to OggDec v1.10.1+ (2015-03-19), using libVorbis v1.3.6 (2018-03-16)
+* Updated ALAC decoder to refalac v1.64 (2017-05-19), compiled with ICL 18.0 and MSVC 15.5
* Updated WavPack decoder to v5.1.0 (2017-01-20), compiled with ICL 18.0 and MSVC 15.5
-* Updated MediaInfo to v17.10 (2017-11-02), compiled with ICL 18.0 and MSVC 14.1
+* Updated MediaInfo to v18.03.1+ (2018-04-19), compiled with ICL 18.2 and MSVC 15.6
* Updated GnuPG to v1.4.22 (2017-07-19), compiled with GCC 7.2.0
+* Updated QAAC add-in (separate download) to QAAC v2.64 (2017-07-19), compiled with ICL 18.0 and MSVC 15.5
* Complete re-write of MediaInfo parsing code, now using XML-based MediaInfo output
* Improved auto-detection of max. parallel instances on computers with "fast" (i.e. SSD or similar) drive
* Some improvements to output file name generation code
+* Added "Visual Elements" manifest for Windows 8+ "Start" screen tile
+* Some more protection against "DLL pre-loading" attacks has been implemented
## LameXP v4.15 [2017-05-31] ## {-}