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RompR 0.42 - International!

Lots of good new stuff in this one.

Non-english speakers have a lot to thank Vitaly Ignatov for:

1) Vitaly provided a patch that allowed RompR to use the browser's default language for getting Last.FM info. This set me off on making Wikipedia do it too.

2) Vitaly suggested I make RompR translatable, so I did.

Vitaly also contributed the patches that have finally permitted me to add custom scrollbars to replace the awful old browser default ones, and to make the playlist scroll to the current track.

Thanks, Vitaly for your efforts. You revived the project :)

Other changes in this release:

  • Information panels format better on mobile screens. Wikipedia now even retrieves the mobile version of the page when used on a phone.
  • Soma FM station details are now pulled on the fly from Soma.FM instead of being hardcoded - means up-to-date station info is always displayed.
  • The old BBC Radio panel has been replaced by a new panel that displays a huge selection of national radio stations filterable by country and genre. In total there are well over 7000 stations to choose from!
  • Cue files are now supported (with MPD) in the files list and albums list. Thanks to Vitaly for this one, too :)
  • RompR now works with Mopidy 0.17, but NOT with earlier versions due to changes to Mopidy that are not backwards compatible.
  • Several changes to keep pace with Mopidy development. Auto-detection of the HTTP frontend being the main one.
  • Removed the option to allow RompR to build a mopidy tag cache, as recent mopidy changes have made this impossible.
  • Data retrieved from the various information sites is now cached, making repeated updates much faster, and should make discogs work again.
  • Last.FM stations should work with MPD again (bug introduced in 0.40)

In case you're wondering what happened to 0.41, I don't know, I just think 42's a nicer number :)

Posted by Fat German Productions 2014-01-05

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