[gst-devel] Announcing the second beta release of amaroK 1.3 - "Silly Hat"

[Greg M. <gr...@gk...>]

No, the amaroK devs are not off enjoying the summer.  They have put on thei=
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silly hats to shield them from the sun (or the winter cold as is currently=
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necessary for team members located in the southern hemisphere) and are hard=
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work creating the next version of amaroK.


Highlights

  * The new Helix engine now has support for visualizations
  * A queue manager has been added
  * Enhancements to the Smart Playlist functionality
  * Scripts can now add menu items to the playlist context menu
  * The playlist filter has advanced search capability using Google-like
    search syntax
  * Optimization to the default block analyzer, greatly reducing cpu usage
  * Lot's of bugfixes


=46ull Changelog since beta1:
  FEATURES:
    * Support for "media:" URLs. Patch by Sergio Cambra <sergio@ensanjose.n=
et>
      (BR 102668)
    * Support for visualizations in the Helix engine.
    * Queue manager to help organise your queued tracks. (BR 90594)
    * Ability to create Smart Playlists based on file path. (BR 92467)
    * Per track scripting via custom playlist context menu items.
    * Added advanced, Google-esque syntax to the playlist filter. Lets you =
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      things like artist:sirenia, "pink floyd", artist:"pink floyd", or even
      score:>50. When just typing words, it works as before. (BR 99312)

  CHANGES:
    * Upgraded included SQLite library to version 3.2.2.
    * Bumped GStreamer and GStreamer-plugins dependency to version 0.8.6.
    * aKode-engine has been disabled (too buggy/incomplete).
    * Repopulate upcoming tracks on demand when using dynamic mode.
    * Remodel the playlist browser to incorporate dynamic mode more fully.

  BUGFIXES:
    * Don't show textual URLs in Wikipedia Tab. (BR 108031)
    * Don't refresh the collection view on update scans, if nothing changed.
    * xine-engine: Don't pop up hundreds of error messages when something
      goes wrong. Patch from John Lash <jl...@sp...> (BR 101646)
    * Automatic theme download with KNewStuff works now. (BR 107313)
    * Clicking on "Lookup track at musicbrainz" use %2520 for spaces in URL.
      (BR 107946)
    * Crash when loading dynamic playlists without a collection.
    * Crash when saving smart playlist without a collection.
    * Do not call TagLib::MPEG::File for non-mpeg files - some FLAC files
      would cause the CPU to start running in circles. (BR 107029)
    * Many Helix engine improvements.
    * Crash when dragging playlist items into Playlist Browser. (BR 107709)
    * Improved context display when playing radio streams with xine-engine.
    * Number of album tracks was incorrect when showing statistics by album.
      (BR 107762)
    * Massive performance speedup for the default analyzer (BlockAnalyzer).
    * Dynamic mode will grab tracks from closed playlists.
    * Covermanager tooltips were persistent even when window closed. Toolti=
ps
      have now been replaced with statusbar text. (BR 106976)
    * Turning off dynamic mode when items were filtered only 're-enabled' t=
he
      visible items.
    * Disable random mode on startup if dynamic mode is on. (BR 107311)
    * The user is warned if saving tags failed. (BR 91568)
    * Sub-Folders in Playlist Browser are correctly saved and restored.
    * Crash after clicking on remove playlists in dynamic mode.
    * Crash on Context Menu in dynamic mode.

The amaroK team
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amaroK is a soundsystem-independent audio-player for *nix. Its interface us=
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a powerful "browser" metaphor that allows you to create playlists that make=
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the most of your music collection. We have a fast development-cycle and=20
super-happy users. We also provide pensions and other employment-benefits.

"Easily the best media-player for Linux at the moment. Install it now!"
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 - Linux Format Magazine

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Greg