2008-02-22 1.9.7.6221	NEW DVD/CD Drive EDM System (Enable/Disable Manager) NEW Improved Dumping/Burning engine more stability and speed NEW Blu-ray format (single and double sided) are supported in the Xtra Wizard NEW Blu-ray format (single and double sided) are totally supported in Alcohols Burning & Dumping Wizard now. NEW DPM extraction and writing for more accuracy with some drives. NEW Performance graphic now supports Blu-ray format (single and double sided) FIX Problem with some Drives Not showing correct manufacture ID of blank discs. FIXThe incorrect 'Processor Info' display on some Operating systems FIX Addressed some blacklisting problems FIX Bugs reported by some users FIX Auto play doesn't show in x64 platform problem UPDATE Some language files UPDATE Devsupp additional support for more drives
2007-12-22 1.9.7.6022	NEW Alcohol Xtra, Pre-mastering wizard NEW Reading Engine, Speed Improved NEW Writing engine, Speed Improved NEW Data Type Setting options for DVD medium NEW SPTD layer version 1.53 NEW Increased memory buffer for x64 system, if you have more than 4GB RAM installed, the maximum buffer size could be set as 1GB. 32bit system, 3GB or more RAM installed, you can set max buffer as 512MB FIX Special ICH9 device drive incompatibility issues FIX Missing volume name of discs after auto mount upon system restart FIX Addressed some blacklisting problems FIX Bugs reported by some users UPDATE Help files UPDATE language files UPDATE Devsupp additional support for more drives UPDATE Upgraded Starwind ISCSI function UPDATE ISCSI controller in Vista, admin mode is no longer required
2007-07-02 1.9.6.5429	NEW b5t, b6t and isz in image finder and shell extension options FIX Minor bugs found FIX Automount problem UPDATE Supported drive list UPDATE SPTD to v1.50
2007-06-04 1.9.6.5403	NEW Increased memory buffer from 128 to to 256 NEW support for isz, b5t b6t image file formats NEW Upgraded Reading Engine, Speed Improved NEW Upgraded Writing engine, Speed Improved NEW Upgraded Starwind ISCSI function NEW SPTD layer to version 1.47 FIX Addressed some blacklisting problems FIX Bugs reported by some users FIX Vista compatible problem concerning activation UPDATE language files UPDATE Devsupp additional support for more drives
2006-11-20 1.9.6.4719	NEWSPTD driver version 1.38. NEW Full Windows Vista (Build 6000) compatibility 32Bit and x64 editions. FIXProblem to add Virtual Drive after installation in some computers FIX Minor bugs reported by users. FIX Problem related to system report after burning/dumping. FIX A bug found in RMPS while burning some custom made MDS files. FIX Problem reported with virtual drive and InterVideo DVD Copy 5. FIX Error code 12 as reported by some users during install. FIXRMPS emulation problem for DVD+R media that occurred in some DVD drives. UPDATE Book-type setting features to support Plextor LG and new generation of Liteon drives. UPDATE Language Translations. UPDATE Alcohol data type profiles. UPDATEAlcohol Virtual Drive engine. ADD Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/
2006-11-02 1.9.6.4629	NEW SPTD driver version 1.35. NEW Full Windows Vista RC2 (Build 5744) compatibility 32Bit and 64Bit editions. NEW RMPS V2, a totally new generation of our RMPS feature NEW Option to install Alcohol with or without Virtual drive function. NEW EWSS (Enhanced Weak Sector Scanner). NEW. Shell Context Menu support in all x64 platforms. (XP, Windows Server 2003 and Vista RC2). UPDATE Shell Context Menu to sort drive list by drive letter, and single menu item when only one virtual drive is installed. UPDATE Alcohols Sector Viewer in CD/DVD Manager, now provides more detailed information for DVD. UPDATE Alcohol data type profiles. UPDATE"Ignore Media Type" Function; to include DVD media. UPDATE. Alcohols help files UPDATE Language Translations UPDATE Alcohols Virtual Drive engine. UPDATE Alcohols write engine UPDATE Alcohols read engine FIX Missing installed device drivers list in Alcohols system report for X64 platforms. FIX "Invalid User Buffer." Error, that affected some systems. FIX. Minor bugs reported by users. FIXProblem related to U3 USB if RMPS function was active FIX Problem related to Acronis True Image issue FIX Problem related to Mac Drive issue ADD Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/
2006-09-26 1.9.5.4521	FIX minor bugs reported by users. UPDATE The DPM extraction engine. UPDATE Virtual Drive engine. UPDATE Language translations. FIX Problem with PerfectDisk reported by developer ADD Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/
2006-07-31 1.9.5.4327	UPDATE Virtual Drive engine. ADD Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/ FIX minor bugs reported by users.
2006-06-15 1.9.5.4212	ADD A.S.S. function for DVD media. ADD Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/ UPDATE Language translations UPDATE The DPM extraction engine, for measuring of dual layer DVD disc. FIX Virtual drive numbers problem which occurred in some rare cases. FIX Some minor bugs reported by users and beta testers. FIX Device list will be sorted by drive letter now. FIX The wrong data size identification of multi-session DVD+R media FIX The axcmd.exe blank message dialog problem in Windows 2000.
2006-02-26 1.9.5.3823	UPDATE Virtual Drive engine. UPDATE Alcohol Command Launcher and Shell Extension Context Menu to support image files with Unicode file names. UPDATE Language translations FIX a rare incompatible problem with some external racks (Firewire and USB) while burning media. ADD Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/ FIX some minor bugs reported by users. ADD Win64Bit compatibility. FIX DEP (Data Execution Prevention) conflict problem. UPDATE 9 Improved. DPM for DVD media. ADD Upgrading system ADD log timestamp as the format user has set in their system. UPDATE Help Files ADD Selected speed logging during dumping image UPDATE Improved readingwriting engines
2005-07-05 1.9.5.3105	FIX Improved the accuracy of graphic of burning speed and image making speed. FIX Improved the speed and usage of memory buffer while burning and making image files. FIX Display more and correct name of DVD manufacturers in the advanced page of CDDVD manager while checking DVD media. ADD Added support for some special ISO image files, e.g. MAC toast mode ISO image file. ADD Add CD/DVD device sharing service FIX Help Files updated. FIX Improved the reading and writing engines. FIX Fixed Some DPM of DVD-ROM bugs FIX Fixed some minor bugs reported by users FIX Updated Language translations ADD Added Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/
2005-04-03 1.9.5.2802	FIX Fixed some minor bugs FIX Fixed a problem when installing a Service Pack or updating IDE drivers with Alcohol currently installed FIXFixed incompatibility problem with InCD FIXFixed problem with registering alcohol on restricted windows accounts ADD Added re-set book-type of DVD media (for some drives only) FIX Updated help manual
2005-03-24 1.9.5.2722	FIX Fixed minor bugs. FIX Fixed wrong recording speed setting problem with some DVD writers. NEW Supported double layer DVD+R and dual layer DVD-R media. NEW Added showing the name of manufacturer of DVD recordable media. NEW Added DVD+R/+RW setting book-type as DVD-ROM. (not all drives support this at this time) NEW Added DPM for DVD media. NEW Added RMPS for DVD writing. NEW Added Support for more writers. NEW Improved Reading and writing engines within the software. NEW Added support for 16X writers and DVD media. FIX Updated online activation
2004-05-06 1.9.2.1705	NEW Data type profiles have now been updated. NEW Added Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/. NEW Support XP-Theme changing, when you change the theme of XP/2k3 itself, the color of alcohol software is also changed. NEW Added Alcohol-Safe-Mode (ASM) function. Even if the device driver is not installed properly you can still use alcohol without emulation functions and "native device control interface". You would receive a message dialog "Loading Alcohol device drivers failed! Emulation options and native driver interface of Alcohol 120% will not be available!" NEW Added Slovenian Language. FIX Fixed some minor bugs. FIX Fixed the BSOD which may happen when Roxio drivers are installed. e.g. MediaPlayer 9, Easy CD Creater 5/6 and ...other applications from Roxio. FIX Fixed the pnphlp.vxd BSOD problem in win9x platform. FIX Fixed compatibility problems of drive layer found in win9x platform. FIX Fixed compatibility problem while emulating certain RingPROTECH protected games. FIX Fixed some blacklisting problems. 01-02-05 NEW Online activation function NEW Support for Dual layer Writing
2003-12-22 1.4.8.1222	NEW Enhanced game backup function. NEW Enhanced the processes of installation. NEW Data type profiles have now been updated. NEW The user 'User Help Topics' files have been updated. NEW Added Hungarian/Arabic/and Ukrainian Languages. NEW Added Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/. FIX The problem that users had with Plextor drive 708A (Fixed in Hotfix File of previous version). FIX Virtual drive problem: "Invalid Device number was specified" (Fixed in Hotfix File of previous version). FIX Problem with Nforce chipset platform (Fixed in Hotfix File of previous version) FIX Fixed ome blacklisting problems.
2003-10-05 1.4.7.1005	ADD Added updated devsupp.dll offering support for more drives. FIX Fixed mount/unmount problem associated with PlexTools. FIX Fixed the set speed problem with Pioneer DVD-burner. FIX Fixed the AutoPlay problems. FIX Fixed the wrong volume setting for analog audio emulation from the virtual drives. FIX Fixed some blacklisting problems. FIX Fixed problem with users not having Administration privileges ability to run Alcohol. ADD Added option "Yes & No" dialogue box to help users removing all registry values, which are added by Alcohol installation.
2003-07-12 1.4.6.711	NEW Supported TAO (Track at Once) burning method now. NEW Support for PDI image file format (PDI is from Instant CD/DVD burning software). NEW List all device driver loaded in system in system report info text (for Windows NT/2k/XP or greater only). NEW Add two-menu item for users to delete the history image file list in shell context menu. (File->"Image file list"->"Shell context menu"). NEW Support AutoPlayV2 feature in Windows XP or greater platform. NEW Add "Read Sector" function in the "CD/DVD Manager", "Image Making Wizard" and "Copy Wizard" (Just right-click the track you want to read in track list view). NEW Added Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/ |New Support for Bulgarian and updated the language files. FIX Fixed some minor flaws. FIX Fixed incorrect writing speed reported by some DVD Burner. FIX Fixed hanging on burn completion reported on a few drives. FIX Fixed the RMPS BSOD problem when user turns on Hyper-Threading function of CPU. FIX Fixed some network mounting problem, that were occurring in some rare case only.
2003-05-19 1.4.3.518	NEW Added Advanced Sector Scanner (A.S.S.) function. NEW Added online check and download latest update function. NEW Added two new profiles in data type options. NEW Updated the language files. NEW Updated graphics in software. NEW Support for unusual formatted DVD+RW discs formatted by other software. NEW Added Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/ FIX Fixed some minor bugs.
2003-04-10 1.4.3.410	NEW NRG file burning and emulation supported now. NEW Enhanced the Shell extension, support ICON exchange. NEW Changed the icons to new style. NEW Updated the language files. NEW Added Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/ FIX Fixed the latest black list problem. FIX Fixed some minor bugs.
2003-03-09 1.4.2.308	NEW Updated language files. NEW Added Support for more devices, you can find more detailed information on our development page at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/ NEW Adjusted the way to get more accurate writing speed list from devices to fit current inserted CD/DVD media.(This is a lot more accurate than in previous versions) FIX Bypassed some new blacklist problems. FIX Fix some installation errors found by users in previous version. FIX Fix minor bugs found in previous version
2003-02-21 1.4.1.221	NEW Add "Skip reading errors" for DVD dumping. NEW Adjusted the way to get more accurate writing speed list from device to fit current inserted CD/DVD media. NEW Decreased the CPU usage while burning image file that have to be encoded in RAW mode.(e.g. ISO/2048) NEW Added Dutch support, and updated language files. NEW Updated the user manual. NEW Added Support for more devices, You can find more detailed information at development url at bottom. http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/ FIX Fix minor bugs.
2003-01-14 1.4.0.114	ADD Update language files. ADD Support for more devices, You can find more detailed information here . FIX Some minor bugs.
2003-01-03 1.4.0.103	NEW You can now use Alcohol Device Manager to see the manufacturer ID. of DVD+R and DVD+RW media. NEW Support burning RMPS from BWT/BWI/BWS + BWA files. NEW Full support for Microsoft new OS - Longhorn. NEW Enhanced the DVD media identify procedure,. (included DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM/DVD+R/DVD+RW). ADD Add StarForce 1.x/2.x profile. ADD Update laguage files.. ADD Support more devices, You can find more detailed information here . FIX Fix some minor problems and some new blacklist problems
2002-12-23 1.3.6.1223	NEW RMPS (Recordable Media Physical Signature) Emulation. This option allows a drive to automatically read the physical signature that "MAY" be stored on the recordable media by Alcohol during the burning process." If this option is turned off then you will notice "NEEDS EMULATION" label, in Explorer. This means that such a disc will not work without "RMPS" option on. NEW Burn "RMPS" to recordable media. If you enable this option the CD will work only if you have Alcohol or another compatible emulation software installed and RMPS emulation active. ADD Support for more devices, You can find more detailed information at here. ADD Korean/Turkish support, and update language files FIX The problem of in some cases the "DVD+R disc indentify error" with the SONY DRU-500A. FIX some minor bugs.
2002-11-25 1.3.5.1125	NEW Support image in "other extensions" in Image Finder function. NEW Adjust the performance for multi-recording functions in some rare cases. Here is the test : http://forum.alcohol-software.com/index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=1039 NEW Add Japanese/Portuguese/Russian support, and update language files. |New Supports more devices, You can find more detailed information at development url at bottom. Other http://www.alcohol-soft.com/devsupp/ FIX identify error /m in lower case (in axcmd.exe) FIX incorrect saving in the "Other extensions" of options dialog. FIX problem "when user select CCD or CUE or ISO, but they always got MDS in Image making wizard". it only happened in some rare situation and rare computers. FIX display error in Japanese language mode. FIX multi-recorder pre-selection problem , sometimes it cannot remember the recorders which you have used in previous multi-recording. FIX recoding problem for some DVD Image files in CDI format. FIX locking folder problem on windows 2000