I’m happy to announce that, after several weeks of testing and improving the software in its “alpha” state, mAirList 3.1 is now officially available as Beta 1. It has proven to be pretty reliable and stable even its alpha stage, so I believe this will be a very short beta phase until we arrive at a stable version 3.1.0.

mAirList 3.1 has several improvements over its predecessor, including better music scheduling, an improved streaming encoder with support for VST plugins, and a revised Layout Designer with drag-and-drop support that lets you create and manage custom layouts very easily.

Read more about the most prominent changes here. A complete list of changes can be found in the Changelog.

Upgrade Instructions

mAirList 3.1 installs into a separate folder and Start Menu group, so you can have both the old and the new version installed at the same time, which makes it very easy to test-drive the beta release and switch back to the stable v3.0 in case of any problems.

To transfer your settings from v3.0 to v3.1, follow these instructions:

  1. If you’re a mAirListDB (local mode) user, make a backup of your database file (usually named database.db) first. The exact location can be looked up in the mAirListDB configuration dialog in mAirListConfig. If it’s inside the v3.0 Data Folder (see below), consider moving it to a different place first (remember to visit the configuration dialog and click Open existing database to tell mAirList the new location of the *.db file). mAirList 3.1 and 3.0 can share the same database file as long you have the latest update installed for either release.
  2. Install mAirList 3.1 using any of the available setup packages.
  3. From the old v3.0 Start Menu group, run the configuration app (mAirListConfig) and look up the Root Data Folder on the Advanced -> Data Folders page. Click Open in Explorer to see its contents.
  4. Repeat step #3 for the v3.1 installation. You should now have two open Explorer windows, one showing the v3.0 Root Data Folder, the other showing the v3.1 Root Data Folder.
  5. Make sure all mAirList and mAirListConfig windows are closed.
  6. Copy all files from the v3.0 Root Data Folder to the v3.1 Root Data Folder.
  7. Open the v3.1 mAirListConfig – your old settings should be there.

Remember that due to the changed and added functionality, some configuration settings might not be transferred correctly, so you should check all relevant settings before using the new release for production.

Roadmap and Feedback

In its current beta state, only bug fixes and minor improvements should be applied to mAirList 3.1. Major new features will be added to the next release (mAirList 3.2) which we will start to work on once v3.1 is released for production.

If you have any feedback, ideas, or found a bug, you are welcome to post to the mAirList forum. There are now additional areas for bug reports regarding mAirList 3.1 in both English and German.