release 0.2.1 is out
2009/09/12
Changelog since 0.2.0
- new ape decoder - faster, doesn't crash
- fixed APEv2 tag reader
- fixed id3 tag reader on big-endian systems
- player now builds without errors on big-endian systems
- memory for HVSC song length database is now allocated on demand
- fixed icons in system tray menu
- fixed color detection for column header text
- improved cuesheet reader (pregap support and better bounds checking)
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deadbeef-0.2.0 is out!
2009/09/08
Changelog since 0.1.1:
please note this changelog is what most users would notice. actual changelog is 10 times bigger, and is not worth reading. i don't want to count each of 1000 bugfixes here.
- plugin API - decoder and misc plugins working, other types are work in progress
- most decoders are in plugins now, which means that most dependencies are optional (libmad, libFLAC, etc)
- global hotkeys plugin
- last.fm scrobbler plugin
- added help page (under help menu)
- huge amount of performance tweaks (including power consumption tweaks)
- cuesheets embedded into FLAC's vorbis comments
- 24 bit flac support
- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME env variable support
- APE format support through libdemac
- launcher (.desktop) file
- scroll follows playback (optional)
- no more "?" when no track number in tags
- fixed seekbar accuracy bug
- improved cuesheet reader
- cuesheet text charset detection (utf8, iso8859-1, cp1251)
- improved mp3 parser (better vbr duration calc, more accurate seeking, etc)
- fixed bug when starting files from command line using relative paths
- fixed order/loopmode session saving
- fixed id3v2.2 reader
- focus/deiconify window on trayicon click
- X button no longer minimizes to tray by default (configurable)
- search is now accessible from menu
- column sizes are now saved between sessions
- select multiple folders in "add folder(s)" dialog
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release 0.1.1 is out!
2009/08/23
changelog:
- volume control now works on dB scale
- fixed bug in ogg vorbis decoder that was skipping songs
- flac decoder can now ignore corrupted files to some extent
- added shuffle playback mode
- removed some of the unused code from build scripts
- player no longer hangs if song change happened near the end of current song
- playlist redraw fixed for pause/unpause
- speed optimizations on playlist drawing
- changed scrollwheel step to 2 rows
- changed playlist drawing from cairo to gdk, to improve speed and use proper fonts
- fixed server part to be started earlier, to prevent multiple instances bug
- fixed several things preventing player to work on ppc64 architecture
- fixed id3v2 unsynchronized frames reading
- implemented basic session management, window size/position, volume, playmode are remembered across sessions
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GIT repository
2009/08/20
i pushed my git repository to sf.net on Thu Aug 20 2009
git version has several bugfixes/improvements over alpha release, so feel free to use it.
git clone git://deadbeef.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/deadbeef/deadbeef
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Alpha released
2009/08/19
first alpha release 0.1.0 just happened on Wed Aug 19 21:59:27 CEST 2009!
there was a report from a happy user that deadbeef won't compile with gtk<=2.16.
fix is very easy, and will be available in next release, and in git head when i have time to prepare and push it
thanks for understanding and happy hacking!
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