Release note of version 1.3.1.7

To download MultiPar package, click "Releases" item on the right panel.

How to download files.txt

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+ By clicking "Releases" item on the right panel, you will see every version.
+You may download your favorite MultiPar package at "Assets" item.

README.md

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 # MultiPar
 
-v1.3.1.5 is public
+v1.3.1.7 is public
 
- This version has some trial functions. 
-I fixed some problems of previous versions. 
-Though I tested the behavior on my PC, 
-there may be a bug in other environments or in a rare case. 
-Be careful to use this version for daily usage. 
-When you want a stable version, 
-you should not use this new one until other users try. 
-Unless you have a problem, v1.3.0.7 or v1.3.1.3 might be safe. 
-If you see a strange behavior, odd problem, or failure, 
-please report the incident to me. 
-I will fix as possible as I can. 
+ This is minor update version. 
+I changed some for new environments, Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2019. 
+If there is no serious problem, next version will be the last of v1.3.1 tree. 
+When you see a bug, odd incident, or strange behavior, please let me know. 
+I will fix before releasing a stable version. 
 
- I increased max block size from 1 GB (old versions) to 2 GB (new version). 
-This change is for rare case. 
-Normally users should not set so large block size in most case. 
-For compatibility, setting less than 100,000,000 bytes = 95 MB is good. 
-Be careful, MultiPar cannot treat too large block size properly. 
-When you have a set of PAR2 files with more than 2 GB block size (such like 4 GB), 
-par2cmdline may support them. 
-I adjusted some GUI components for big numbers. 
-If you see something bad in your language UI, please let me know. 
-
- I implemented a function to calculate MD5 hash of multiple files at verifying source files. 
-It seems to be faster on SSD. (I cannot test the speed by myself.) 
-But, it is slow on HDD. 
-It detects your drive type and switches function automatically. 
-If it fails and happens to be slow on your PC, 
-please report your case. 
-Because I don't know SSD's property so much, I will need help of users. 
-Thanks John L. Galt for tests and bug report on SSD. 
-
- There was a bug in v1.3.1.4, and created PAR2 files happened to contain broken packets. 
-MD5 hash of some packets were wrong. 
-When a file size was multiple of block size, the problem occurred. 
-Such PAR2 files are shown as damaged on MultiPar verification, 
-and v1.3.1.4 could not verify source files without checksum packets. 
-I fixed the bug in v1.3.1.5, and it can verify source files now. 
-Though it's possible to use such broken PAR2 files (created by v1.3.1.4), 
-you would better recreate new PAR2 files with this new version. 
-I'm sorry for the inconvenience. 
-Thanks nutpantz for this bug report. 
-
- When you created many PAR2 files (more than 512), verification had failed in previous versions. 
-I (and many users) didn't see this bug for long time. 
-Normally people don't create so many PAR2 files. 
-Thanks Martin Klefas-Stennett for finding this rare problem. 
+ Because Visual Studio 2019 supports new CPUs, I removed some obsolate code. 
+It doesn't require par2j_extra.dll or par2j64_extra.dll to use AVX2 feature. 
+It may not require extra memory barrier (_mm_sfence) for multi-threading. 
+But, I'm not sure about the memory barrier. 
+Visual Studio 2008 required them to support new age multi-core CPUs. 
+I think that Visual Studio 2019 should treat those recent CPUs well. 
+Though I tested with Intel i5 CPU on my PC, I don't know other CPUs. 
+If you see "chacksum mismatch" error, please report the incident. 
 
 
-[ Changes from 1.3.1.4 to 1.3.1.5 ]  
+[ Changes from 1.3.1.6 to 1.3.1.7 ]  
 
 GUI update  
 - Change  
-  - Max block size is increased to 2,118,123,520 bytes. (1.97 GB)  
-  - Max split size is increased to 2,147,287,040 bytes. (1.99 GB)  
-
-- Bug fix  
-  - Memory allocation failure in verifying over than 512 PAR2 files was fixed.  
+  - Help documents are not compiled, but consist of plain html files.  
+  - More large icons are added for High DPI.  
+  - The installer will send MultiPar.ini to the recycle bin at uninstallation.  
 
 PAR2 client update  
 - Change  
-  - Max slice size is increased to 2,147,483,644 bytes. (2 GB)  
-  - Max split size is increased to 4,294,967,292 bytes. (4 GB)  
-  - When source files are on SSD, verification may become faster.  
-
-- Improvement  
-  - Setup of CRC-32 may become slightly faster on recent CPU.  
-
-- Bug fix  
-  - A bug in calculating hash of source files on SSD was fixed.  
-  - A bug in verifying source files without Slice Checksum packet was fixed.  
+  - AVX2 feature is implemented internally.  
+  - Additional memory barrier is removed.  
 
 
 [ Hash value ]  
 
-MultiPar1315.zip  
-MD5: DB3661C2AD4D5B6404C7FC8C4CF5AE2B  
-SHA1: AECCB95F757163E439B9BB6372050D2AB1538D39  
+MultiPar1317.zip  
+MD5: DFC81D79AA0EBF27DA8945C1EECB2019  
+SHA1: AAED4AEF23A8C9643032A3E8D5B652C52AF081C4  
 
-MultiPar1315_setup.exe  
-MD5: ECFC7F69FB5AF168478C24F5C06F025E  
-SHA1: 66EB941B3E293EB35A48FAD80DD94BC3980DA3E8  
+MultiPar1317_setup.exe  
+MD5: 16BC2DF7DF0033EDADF39D6D9F3BD2FE  
+SHA1: FFAA6C11912164F2A8C0305DE6231B7DFD409E56  
 
 
 [ Hash value of other source code packages ]  
- Old versions and source code packages are available at [OneDrive](https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtGhNMUyvbWOaSo1n_R8awJ_hg0?e=4V0gXu) now.  
+ Old versions and source code packages are available at 
+[GitHub](https://github.com/Yutaka-Sawada/MultiPar/releases) or 
+[OneDrive](https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtGhNMUyvbWOaSo1n_R8awJ_hg0?e=4V0gXu).  
 
-MultiPar_par2j_1315.7z  
-MD5: FB245B4AFDB45F6C89FFC6231ECA3868  
-SHA1: FC32C6F0A88C2750C9A8408525359AED6DBE2B2C  
-
-MultiPar_par2j_extra_1294.7z  
-MD5: 6D165CDA2645924ACAFE902F02FAD309  
-SHA1: D77D4EA778423D5D8F820B8EAF97F733950F9FB1  
+MultiPar_par2j_1317.7z  
+MD5: B46EDD4E3789E65712D50E6B59E355FB  
+SHA1: D951E582EC2B7B6BA6947AA95F4176D816A18044  
 
 MultiPar_par1j_1314.7z  
 MD5: E082D8A598A262E64CBAE2C42283488A  
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 MD5: B8B6A9DA4BD9D418CFA90FD01CCC615A  
 SHA1: E5B4B16DBCAECACA2095A64006C117E04D3C9E74  
 
-MultiPar_Help_1314.7z  
-MD5: 5D274F59A5B908B1E31D62CD4F4A0D54  
-SHA1: CF1114B3850CDF52535A2C03ED374D1FA5E6B30E  
+MultiPar_Help_1316.7z  
+MD5: 0021DB7D2CA3B75912267E6D5DA70A3D  
+SHA1: AC436E130A112A58C60EA49ED8DCF9E2E19AACC3