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Banshee 0.10.4 (January 17, 2006)

New Features

  • New plugin system and management/configuration dialog; allows for easy loading/unloading of plugins while Banshee is running [1]
  • DAAP (iTunes Music Share) plugin that provides the ability to browse and listen to songs over DAAP and publish the local Banshee database as a DAAP share for other clients to browse; features a light weight embedded web-server for proxying DAAP over HTTP which enables streaming within all supported media engines (GStreamer 0.8, GStreamer 0.10, Helix/RealPlayer, VLC). A simple web-based front-end to the DAAP is also available at http://localhost:8089 [2]
  • Audioscrobbler plugin by Chris Toshok now features queue saving, main menu integration, and a configuration pane for entering account information
  • Metadata Searcher plugin will download cover art automatically for songs in the library, and can optionally supplement or correct song metadtaa
  • File System Monitor plugin can monitor the library directory in the file system and automatically import or remove songs added or removed from the file system
  • Rewritten source management; sources are centrally managed and abstracted from the view; sources are accessible to plugins (DAAP plugin implements sources)
  • Playlist support has been overhauled; much faster, and reordering a songs in a playlist now works properly
  • All "legacy" transaction/threading code has been removed, resulting in various performance gains in many areas
  • New popup window "tooltip" is displayed when hovering over the tray icon; shows cover art and track information
  • Added "intelligent" shuffle that has a 60% chance of hovering inside the current genre, making the transitions between songs slightly more fluid. (Brad Taylor)
  • New Czech translation by Lukas Novotny; other various translations have been updated
  • Many other improvements and minor features

Important Notes

[1] For details on developing new plugins, please read the Plugin Developers Guide on the Banshee Wiki: http://banshee-project.org/Developers/Plugins

[2] The DAAP plugin requires at least the latest release of Avahi core and avahi-sharp from HEAD. The mDNS layer in the DAAP plugin is being rewritten to also work with the legacy mDNSResponder. The DAAP plugin can be disabled by passing --disable-daap to configure.

Major Bug Fixes

  • 315955 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315955) (crashes at startup, IPod.DatabaseReadException)
  • 316105 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316105) (playlist d&d sort doesn't stick)
  • 320327 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320327) (Errors loading library)
  • 321101 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321101) (The play icon disappears)
  • 324113 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324113) (Banshee does not start when pressing play)
  • 324652 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324652) (Library name should be i18ned)
  • 325011 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325011) (Help & Contact on website may lead users to wrong channel)
  • 325076 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325076) (""source properties"" menuitem does not do anything)
  • 325078 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325078) (Updating the preferences of a song doesn't refresh)
  • 325079 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325079) (play time in notification area is wrong)
  • 325139 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325139) (Shuffle/Repeat buttons do not remember state.)
  • 325697 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325697) (Can't add column to database table)
  • 325697 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325697) (Menu items aren't displayed in localized string)
  • 325697 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325697) (Metadata Searcher freezes after ~100 tracks)
  • 325697 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325697) (please add a description for the repeat/random buttons)
  • 326567 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326567) (""about..."" menu item should not be ellipsized)
  • 326568 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326568) (search entry keynav)
  • 326863 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326863) (Crash on metadata scan.)
  • 326922 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326922) (Can't execute uninstalled banshee)
  • 326923 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326923) (Accelerator(shortcut key) doesn't work)
  • 327046 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327046) (org.gnome.Banshee.service installed in wrong directory)
  • 327047 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327047) (menu entry Music/Source Properties... has no effect)
  • 327123 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327123) (random playback isnt working correctling when banshee is started)

View all resolved bugs for this release. (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&product=banshee&bug_status=RESOLVED&resolution=FIXED&chfieldfrom=2005-12-23&chfieldto=2006-01-18)

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