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ROVE FileTracker 1.4 - software for simple and fast cataloguing any types of files and folders from any drive or folder in the system.

Basic functions and features:
Program can scan any drive (HDD (SCSI), CD/DVD, FDD, Mapped Network Drives, Removable, RAM Drives, ZIP Drives, MO Drives) or any folders existing in the system. Program is compatible with all Windows-supported file systems, including FAT, FAT32, and NTFS.

Program can save all information about folders and files in an own HIGH-SPEED database. Also you can add/edit description to any object in database. Build-in folder size counting.

Program can very fast and convenient file list for viewing and locating necessary file or folder.

Can create many catalogues (volumes) and you as can set a place where to keep them. File size of each volume is very small (minimum place for maximum information), so you can share it through Internet or freely keep them on floppy. There is an ability to arrange volumes by Name, Size, Creation time and Modification time.
Can quickly search for any files in any volumes by filename, size, time, description (and by mp3 tags: title, album, artist, comment, bitrate) and then jump to the necessary object. Also is very quick search: you can start writing file name of folder and program fill jump to it in real time.

Can read archives (build-in engines for: ZIP (WSZ, WMZ), RAR (R0.), ACE, ARJ (A0.), CAB, LZH, LHA, JAR, ZOO, TAR, HA) and take from them the information on files and directories. ItТs planed to implement ARC, ZLIB, HYP, MAR.

Full scanning of video (AVI, MPEG), music (MP3 tags v1/1.1 and v1.2)).

Calculating CRC32, MD5 and MD4 (eDonkey2000 hash) checksums and then you can create eDonkey2000 links.

Export to the XML format with many options.

Modern XP style interface.

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Download: ROVE FileTracker 1.4
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New features:
Basic changes:
[+] New design.
[M] Rewrites scanning core.
[M] Rewrites description system.
[+] Main: Ability to 'Edit', 'Execute' and 'Open In Explorer' for any file in volume.
[+] Main: Ability to arrange volumes in volume list by Name, Size, Creation time and
Modification time.
[+] Main: Feature - 'Explorer', if checked - Enter or Double Click will execute selected file, if not - you will see properties dialog.
[+] Main: Feature - Create EDonkey2000 Link (If signature was scanned).
[+] Main: Feature - Sorting in file lists by any file information (Name, Size, Time, MP3 information, Video information and other)
[+] Main: New properties dialog. Can provide more extensible information about object .
[+] Main: New extended menu with popup.
[+] Main: New context menus for file list, volume list and folders tree.
[M] Some minor bugfixes and addons.

In Scan changes:
[M] Scan: Scanning speed improvement (new archives extraction algorithm, added fast file buffer, improved ultimate archive search).
[+] Scan: Can scan multiple sources in to one volume at once.
[+] Scan: Scan sources as special Folders (in single and multiple modes).
[+] Scan: New option - Save MP3 audio information with VBR support (Length, Bitrate, Sample rate)
[+] Scan: New option - Save MP3 ID3v1/1.1 Tags (Title, Artist, Album, Comment, Year).
[+] Scan: New option - Save MP3 ID3v2 Tags (Title, Artist, Album, Comment, Year).
[+] Scan: New option - Don't save empty folders or sources.
[+] Scan: New option - Don't scan subfolders.
[+] Scan: New option - Add more after scanning...
[+] Scan: Ability to add new sources to the existing volume.
[+] Scan: Ability to change filename when creating new volume.
[+] Scan: Ability to include to the volume only selected file types.
[+] Scan: More extended information about source is saved to volume.
[+] Scan: Program saves now disk (source) information to the volume for folders or files identification.
[M] Scan: Scan dialog now remember all options you check.
[+] Scan: Ability to reset scanning options to the default.
[+] Scan: Low CPU usage while scanning.

In Search changes:
[+] Search: In search is now possible to view all file information in modes: Main, Music, Video, Signatures...
[+] Search: New option - Search or not in subfolders.
[+] Search: New option - Stop searching when found N items.
[+] Search: Ability to search only in selected folder.
[+] Search: Ability to find selected in file list item or copy of this item (using name, size)
[+] Search: Ability to search by Music (MP3 tags) information (by title, by album, by artist, by comment and bitrate)
[+] Search: Ability to try find mp3 tag sequences in filenames also (help to find mp3 files without tags, but with filename, that has song title or album...)
[+] Search: Added Reset buttons.

In Export changes:
[+] Export: Ability to save full content of the volume or only current folder in XML format.
[+] Export: Ability to set any column in any order for export.
[+] Export: Ability to save media information and signatures