REAPER 6.71

What's new in this version:

CLAP:
- add support for CLAP plugins
- support "cockos.reaper_extension", which returns a reaper_plugin_info_t structure for REAPER API access (see reaper_plugin.h)

FX:
- add project setting to auto-bypass plug-ins that report tail length, with user-defined silence threshold
- add per-instance setting to auto-bypass plug-in (uses automatic tail detection if plug-in does not report tail length)
- add compatibility setting to force automatic tail detection, allowing plug-ins to opt-in to project auto-bypass

Media explorer:
- greatly improve search speed with large databases

ReaScript:
- improve get_action_context() (see documentation)

add GetSetProjectInfo_String MARKER_INDEX_FROM_GUID: support
- add param.X.[learn|lfo|acs|plink|mod] to [Track|Take]FX_[Get|Set]NamedConfigParm capabilities
- add VIDEO_CODE and vst_chunk/vst_chunk_program/clap_chunk to [Track|Take]FX_[Get|Set]NamedConfigParm capabilities
- add SetTrackUI[Volume/Pan/Width/Mute/Solo/RecArm/InputMonitor/Polarity] with grouping options and fewer side effects than their CSurf_ equivalents
- add support for numerous keyboard/action-related APIs that were previously C-only
- allow accessing envelopes for FX parameters that have modulation but no envelope points
- extend SetProjectMarkerByIndex2 to allow deferred re-sort of project markers
- update InsertMedia/InsertMediaSection to support modifying RS5k on arbitrary track index, improve docs

Metadata:
- fix possible mislabeling of generic metadata in source properties dialog and media explorer
- optionally include metadata in render and batch converter presets
- support embedding ID3 tags in .aiff files
- support displaying embedded metadata images (cover art, etc) in MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF source properties dialog

Batch converter:
- attempt to preserve original image metadata if possible
- do not override user-added metadata when preserving source metadata
- maintain converter-specific metadata rather than using project metadata

FX browser:
- improve configuration for hiding duplicate plug-ins of different types
- when hiding duplicates, ignore trailing channel counts

JSFX:
- add ext_tail_size in order to support auto-bypass
- update many built-in FX to support auto-bypass

Localization:
- support localizing layout category names, wiring diagram labels, etc
- support longer action names in action dialog/custom actions editor
- fix UTF-8 in time-signature marker editor combo box on Windows

ReaVerb:
- fix deconvolution tail trimming
- support deconvolution of more than 2 channels

Video:
- fix resource leak in WMF colorspace conversion
- make action to clear cache/re-render frames asynchronous from decoding
- restore 6.69 and earlier behavior of _0 in gfx_evalrect()

VST:
- do not use VST3 bus silenceFlags if buggy compatibility mode is set
- activate/deactivate VST3 busses on the fly in response to pin mapper changes
- move more of PDC buffer initialization to playback start

WAV:
- prioritize displaying higher-confidence text from embedded cue data
- support reading/writing BW64 files (ADM metadata is ignored)

FLAC:
- fix occasional failure when embedding image metadata in rendered FLAC file

Linux:
- improve keyboard handling for plug-ins

macOS:
- fix various incorrectly displayed keyboard shortcuts in menus

Media import:
- ignore numbers that look like sample rates (e.g. "48k") when attempting to interpret tempo from filename

Media items:
- arrange overlapping items by the order the items were added to the track

MIDI:
- fix recording of multiple takes via retroactive record

Preferences:
- add rendering option to disable auto-bypass when using offline render/apply FX/etc

Project bay:
- add FX menu item to toggle auto-bypass

ReaPlugs:
- support silence-processing optimizations

Render:
- do not automatically set render source to render matrix when opening region manager

RS5k:
- fix undo state issues via RS5k manager script

Sends:
- optimize processing when sends are effectively inactive

Web interface:
- fix fancier.html record armed track detection with a single track

API:
- process hook functions for actions that are executed via WM_COMMAND or KBD_OnMainActionEx