Helium Music Manager (News archive)

Helium Remote for Windows RT updated

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

A new version of Helium Remote for Windows RT is now available from the Windows Store.

A new version of Helium Remote for Android is now available

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Welcome to a new version of Helium Remote for Android!

This version comes with several improvements and fixes which are described in detail below:

Possibility to select a specific page in views with paging
Support for viewing lyrics from the Now Playing page
Support for non latin characters
When selecting a release from a artist details page, the release details page will be shown
If "Use sort order" is used in Helium Music Manager all list entries will be sorted using sort order when appliciable (requires Helium Music Manager 9.4)
Discography and apperances are now sorted by year
When playing a track from any view, you can now select if the track should be played, enqueued next or enqueued last
Support for Hungarian language
Corrections to playing or enqueing of an album from the artist details view
Fixes for reported issues

We recommend all users of this app to upgrade to this new release.
Click here to read more about Helium Remote for Android as well as downloading it

Also, please do not forget about rating Helium Remote on Google Play so that we can continue to develop it as a free app!

Welcome to the release of Helium Music Manager 9.4!

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Welcome to the release of Helium Music Manager 9.4!

This version comes with several major improvements and fixes which are presented below.

We have continued with optimizations and improved support for MySQL 5.6 to ensure stability and improved performance.

This version also comes with many improvements for the Helium Remote to enable new views and sorting capabilities.

Below follows a detailed list of changes:

Support and improvements for backup of MySQL 5.6 databases
Possibility to automatically calculate AcoustID from the Tag Editor (Advanced)
When sorting is used in Helium Music Manager, it will also be used by the Helium Remote
Support for the Initial Key field in the Album details view
Optimizations and performance improvements for tag updates and database synchronization
Multiple improvements to discography handling in the Music Browser
Increased compatibility of the album artist tag
Fixes and improvements when using the Properties function from the Album details view
Improvements to sort order handling in the Tag editor (Advanced)
Various improvements and fixes to the tagging engine
Fixes and improvements to the Pictures pane when changing display types
Improvements to saving of rating and genre changes when used from the Internal Player
Various improvements to FreeDB handling
Corrections to track list coloring
Corrections to the Play queue
Language updates

We recommend all our users of Helium Music Manager 9 to update to this release.

Click here to download Helium Music Manager 9.4 (for users of all versions - Free, Premium and Network)

Helium Remote for Android now available!

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Helium Remote is now available for free for Android!

To be able to use Helium Remote for Android, you will need a Android device with Android 2.2 or higher as well as Helium Music Manager 9 (any version, including the free version will work)

Helium Music Manager 9.3 now available!

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Welcome to the release of Helium Music Manager 9.3!

This version comes with several major improvements and fixes which are presented below.

One of the largest improvements we have been focusing on for this version is support for the most recent MySQL version, 5.6.

When using MySQL 5.6 and Helium Music Manager 9.3 you can get up to five times better performance compared to older versions of MySQL.

Helium Music Manager 9.3 also comes with updated audio replaying libraries which uses asycnhronous pre-loading for a better and more precise replaying.

Below follows a detailed list of changes:

Possibility to directly download and install new updates from the application
Corrections and improvements to the restore SQL Server database function. If an instance is not found, the user will now be able to select which instance to restore the database to.
Multiple corrections and improvements to the Discover tracks view
Corrections and improvements to the import database function
Improvements and corrections for the Coverflow view
Improvements to the Smart Playlist limiter functions
User interface improvements for the artist and album Music Browser views
Corrections and improvements related to folder synchronization
Corrections and improvements to the AcoustID calculations
Corrections and improvements to the Audio Splitter tool
Extended handling for problematic files in the File Rename Wizard
Possibility to optionally overwrite existing playlists during exporting of playlists
Drag and drop corrections in the Music Explorer
Corrections to favourite artists and albums in the Music Explorer during multi-user usage
Several fixes to the Tag Editor (Advanced) and the Filename To Tag function inside the Tag Editor (Advanced)
Updates to the Czech language
Updates to the Polish language
Updates to the Swedish language

We recommend all our users of Helium Music Manager 9 to update to this release.

Click here to download Helium Music Manager 9.3 (for users of all versions - Free, Premium and Network)

Helium Remote for Windows 8/RT updated!

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100

A new version of Helium Remote for Windows 8/RT is now available.
This version comes with connection bugfixes as well as other minor fixes and improvements.

Read more about Helium Remote and download it by clicking this link.

New versions of Helium Streamer and Helium Remote for Windows Phone available

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

We are proud to present new versions of Helium Streamer and Helium Remote for Windows Phone.

We have added two new browsing views to the Streamer, one which will appear when you click an artist from a artist list and show specific details about the artist such as picture, rating a button which will show/allow you to set if the artist is a favourite or not.
Below this information an album list with the artists discography (if any) will be shown and below that a list with all the albums that artist appears on wii be shown.
There are quick links to play and enqueue the tracks from a specific album available.

The bottom toolbar will come with two commands which will let you see all tracks in the form of a tracklist from the artist and the other will show a artist list of similar artists.

If you navigate to a specific album from a album list, another new view is available - the album details view.
Just as for the artist details view, a information bar with the album picture, rating a button to see/set if the album is a favourite or not will be shown.
Below that information bar a list with all tracks from the album will be shown, grouped by CD if available.

The artist and album lists are also using larger images to give a nicer visual presentation for the end-user.

The above improvements are implemented both in Helium Streamer and Helium Remote.

For Helium Streamer, some extra improvements has also been implemented:
When you are in the search page, you can now configure which exact field you would like to perform the search for, or of course all fields as before if perfered.

The now playing screen comes with a new topbar with quick links for:

Favourite status of the currently playing track. By clicking this icon you can quickly toggle the status.
Possibility to see and set rating for the currently playing track.
An icon which allows you to see the lyrics for the currently playing track. (if available)
An icon which allows you to see the subtracks for the currently playing track. (if available)
An icon which allows you to browse similar artists for the artist currently beeing played.

Apart from the above changes we have also improved the enqueue handling, implemented various fixes and minor corrections as well as corrections to the languages.

New versions of our free products available

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

New versions of our free tools Helium Audio Converter, Helium Audio Joiner, Helium Audio Splitter and Helium Audio Ripper are now available.
The tools comes with English, German and Swedish language updates and minor fixes.
We have also implemented a new major improvement to the update checking system: If a new version is found, you will get the possibility to download and install the update automatically.

Click here to read more about Helium Audio Converter
Click here to read more about Helium Audio Joiner
Click here to read more about Helium Audio Splitter
Click here to read more about Helium Audio Ripper

New versions of our iOS products available!

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Today we have released new versions of our iOS products Helium Remote and Helium Streamer.
The changes contains support for the most recent iOS version, 6.1 as well as minor improvements and bug fixes.

We have also made the products fully free!
Helium Streamer does no longer cost anything and Helium Remote now works with any Helium Music Manager version!

Click here to read more about Helium Streamer for iOS
Click here to read more about Helium Remote for iOS

Helium Audio Ripper now available!

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

We are today proud to present a new free product - Helium Audio Ripper

Helium Audio Ripper is a free, fully functioning, helper application that enables you to quick and easily rip your audio cds into many different digital audio formats.

Rip your audio cds, get meta data and pictures downloaded automatically and optionally manually fine-tune the meta data for the resulting audio files with the smart built-in tag editor.

You can download album picture from Amazon, Last.fm or Discogs with just a click.

It provides comprehensive support for a large variety of lossless and lossy music file formats, as well as ReplayGain loundness adjusting.

Click here to read more and download Helium Audio Ripper

New versions of Helium Music Manager 9 and our free applications are now available!

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Today we are proud to present new versions of all our Windows PC products!

Helium Music Manager 9.2.1 comes with the following major changes:

Corrections and improvements to the Last.fm download plug-in
Corrections and improvements to the Discogs plug-in
Improvements so that the quick search supports wildcards
Various improvements to the Music Browser
Corrections to the Split tool so that very long files are fully supported
Updates to several of the languages
Improvements and fixes for the Is Favourite arguments in the advanced search and smart playlists
Improvements and fixes to the category fields in the advanced search and smart playlists
Corrections and improvements to the built-in web service to work even better with our streamer and remote products (read more at http://www.imploded.com)
Other minor bugfixes and small improvements

A new version of the Helium Music Streamer is also available with many fixes and small improvements relates to searchs, the various views and the webservice.

We are also releasing new versions of Helium Audio Converter, Helium Audio Joiner and Helium Audio Splitter.
All of these products have been improved with new encoder DLL:s, language and functions updates and bug fixes.

Last but not least we are very proud to announce that Helium Music Manager, Helium Audio Converter, Helium Audio Joiner and Helium Audio Splitter are now certified for Windows 8 applications!
This means in short that Microsoft has carefully tested and reviewed our applications to make sure that they work great with Windows 8 as well as they do not contain any malware, spam or unsafe code.

Helium Audio Converter, Helium Audio Joiner and Helium Audio Splitter are still of course fully free and without any ads!

Also, if you are using Windows 8 and/or a Windows RT device, be sure to check out our fully free remote and streaming applications for Windows RT, Helium Remote and Helium Streamer.

Click here to read more information about our different products

Updated version of Helium Remote for WinRT is now available

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

An updated version of Helium Remote for Windows RT is now available.

This version introduces the possibility to set rating and a track as a favourite during playing as well minor improvements and bug corrections.

Also be sure that you do not miss Helium Streamer for Windows RT which allows easy and nice streaming of your music in your Helium Music Manager database to any Windows RT device (tablet, PC).

Stream your music from your PC to any WinRT device

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

We are today very proud to present the ultimate app to stream your music from your PC to any WinRT tablet or device, fully free!

Download and install this new free and cool app to browse your music collection in a visually attractive way to locate and play your favourite music on your Windows tablet or Windows 8 machine.

The user interface is very easy to use and comes with much detailed information about the track currently being played (subtracks, lyrics, biography, discography and appearances) as well as detailed artist and album information.

Use the built-in "Play To" function to change the output source to a TV, stereo or similar device with just one click!

Click here to read more about this app and download it for free

Please rate the application so that we can continue to enhance it and keep it free!

Helium Music Manager 9.2 released

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

We have released Helium Music Manager 9.2 today with various improvements and corrections.

The main changes have been language and stability updates as well as download plug-in fixes.

We have also updated the digital siganture to ensure you that Helium Music Manager is a certificated and safe product to use.

We recommend all our users of earlier Helium Music Manager 9 versions to update to this release.

Click here to download Helium Music Manager 9.2 (for all versions - Free, Premium and Network)

Helium Streamer 2.3 for Windows Phone now available

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Version 2.3 of Helium Streamer for Windows Phone is now available.

This version contains language changes, minor improvements and bugfixes.

We recommend all users to update to this version.

Click here to read more about Helium Streamer for Windows Phone

Remote control Helium Music Manager from WinRT/8 devices!

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Today we are proud to present Helium Remote for WindowsRT/8 devices for free!
You can now can download this new cool app and remote control Helium Music Manager in a visually attractive way from your favourite Windows tablet or Windows 8 machine.
Browse through your music collection and find your favourite albums, artists and tracks and play them from there.
This app comes with a very easy to use interface and some really cool and usefull special pages like the Explore artists page.

Click here to read more about this app and download it for free

Remember to rate the application so that we can continue to enhance it and keep it free!

New version of Helium Remote for Windows Phone available

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

A new version of Helium Remote for Windows Phone is now available!

This version comes with support for English, German and Swedish langauges as well as various improvements.

Click here to read more about Helium Remore for Windows Phone and to download it

Helium Music Manager 9.1.2 now available

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

A new maintenance release of Helium Music Manager 9 is now released, version 9.1.2.
This release contains corrections and minor improvments since the last version was released.

Below follows a list of the most important updates:

Updated German translation
Updated Hungarian translation
Improvements related to MySQL transaction handling
Improvements to downloading of information from the Advanced Tag Editor
Regional fixes for Podcast handling
Various improvements and minor corrections to downloading of artist informationfrom the Music Browser
Corrections to possible duplicate issues in the Album view
Various improvements related to AcoustID handing
The Splitter tool now supports current and total CD
WebServer related fixes
Various minor improvements to the Splitter tool
Various minor improvements and corrections to the File properties tool
Various fixes related to the Download album pictures tool
Corrections to the Coverflow view
Corrections to the Quick edit tool
Corrections to Smart playlist limiters
Various improvements and corrections in the Music Explorer

Apart from the above improvements and corrections we have also corrected all reproducable auto-reported issues.

We recommend all our users of earlier Helium Music Manager 9 versions to update to this release.

Click here to download Helium Music Manager 9.1.2 (for all versions - Free, Premium and Network)

New version of Streamer for Window Phone released!

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0100

A new version of Helium Streamer for Windows Phone is now available!
This version comes withnew nice features such as:

Support for English, German and Swedish languages
Updated user interface with a new c-olor theme for all views
A new now playing user interface with collapsable data and larger album image
Possibility to select if you would like to enqueue and play, enqueue next or enqueue albums, tracks, playlists and smart playlists
When browsing years and selecting a year, a list of all albums from that year will now be shown with the possibility to use the new enqueuing functions on it. Tapping the album will allow you to view its contents
Major improvements to the auto remove played tracks function
All Last.fm operations will now be executed in the background
Improvements to paging, controls are now auto hidden when not needed to give more screenspace
Various other improvements and corrections

We are as always interesting in having help in translating this software to more languages.
If you are interested in helping us out with translating this application or any of other other applications to an yet unsupported languages, please contact us at http://www.imploded.com/contact-us.aspx.

Click here to download Helium Streamer for Windows Phone

Helium Remote now available for Windows Phone

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Helium Remote is now available for free for all Windows Phone 7.5 and 8 devices.

This version of Helium Remote works with any version of Helium Music Manager 9.

Click here to read about more details and to download the app