I am very pleased to announce the availability of MetaX 2.4.0. This is a major release with many new features and bug fixes:

• Added tagChimp.com as a data source
• Added ability to share tag data with tagChimp.com
• Improved the preset system
• Presets are now stored in a separate file, so deleting your preferences will not remove your presets
• New fully searchable help system
• Added image cropping capability
• Added new preference to create titles from CamelCaseFileNames
• Improved chapter editing
• Chapter list and queue list now support reordering by drag and drop
• Chapters can now be deleted or split
• Added a timer feature to the MetaX menu which times tagging operations
• Improved UI
• Improved stability

The most exciting of the new features is the integration with tagChimp. This feature is completely opt-in. No personal data is sent to the tagChimp servers, only the tag data. When enabled, your searches will produce results from tagChimp. Your data will be shared when writing your new tags. tagChimp data includes all of the important tags as well as chapter titles!!

To edit your cover art, open the cover art editor by clicking the button below the cover art on the main window. You can crop proportionally in both the horizontal and vertical directions.

The preset system now has an apply button that is used to apply the preset. Chapters will no longer be added to a preset unless the check box is selected on the Chapters tab. Editing of the chapter names has also been improved. Just press enter to start editing the next chapter. You can now delete individual chapters from your file as well as split chapters to create new ones. This will allow you to touch up any errant chapters that were created during the encoding process. The chapter check box will now be selected and de-selected with the toggle button, and must be selected for chapters to be written.

You'll notice many other small improvements throughout MetaX. A lot has changed under the hood since the last release. This should lead to much improved stability and a bit of a speed boost. The overall "feel" should be much smoother. As always, keep the suggestions and bug reports coming. Almost all of the improvements made to MetaX were ideas sent in by users. Get it HERE. Enjoy!

*EDIT* --> MetaX 2.4.2 is now available. This is a maintenance release with improved tagChimp data handling and some minor UI tweaks.