release 0.4 is out

2010/05/09

Changelog since 0.3.3

• multiple tabbed playlists
• added grouping of tracks using title-formatting strings
• added Album Cover Art plugin
• added EQ plugin (SuperEQ library by Naoki Shibata)
• added basic PulseAudio support
• added metadata editing support
• improved global hotkeys plugin, with GUI configurator
• colors for custom widgets are taken from GTK theme, and user-customizable
• fixed FreeBSD compatibility problems
• improved resampling/streaming code
• enabled .TTA support in ffmpeg plugin
• improved metadata readers (id3v1, id3v2, apev2)
• improved Icy (shoutcast) protocol support
• moved built-in decoders to their own dynamic libraries
• now it’s possible to exclude any plugin from build
• player remembers scroll positions in playlists between sessions
• added ability to delete selected files from disk (playlist context menu)
• added ability to reload metadata (playlist context menu)
• added AAC 'net streaming support (ffmpeg plugin)
• faster search and sorting
• added support for proxy username/password authentication
• better recognizer of remote pls/m3u files for online radio
• improved/fixed last.fm plugin
• OSD notifications about track changes though any notification daemon
• fixed gapless playback errors

release 0.3.3 is out

2010/02/07

Changelog since 0.3.2

• fixed “unknown response” in command line
• fixed winkey in global hotkeys plugin
• fixed crash in id3v1 parser
• fixed crash in mp3 plugin
• fixed few bugs/problems in ALSA plugin (now works on wider range of soundcards)
• fixed playback of multichannel FLAC files
• fixed 24 bit wavpack playback
• fixed duration calculation and seeking bugs in mp3 plugin
• added support for older versions of ffmpeg
• added OSS(3,4) support
• experimental FreeBSD support
• experimental OpenSolaris support
• improved GUI dialogs
• added new “File Number” column type
• added new “File Name” custom column conversion
• added option to disable nowplaying notifications in lastfm plugin
• added support for icy metadata (title in shoutcast streams)
• added experimental (optional) support for notifications using libnotify

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release 0.3.2 is out

2010/01/12

Changelog since 0.3.1

• all GTK+ UI code is now in plugin
• improved main menu layout in GTK UI
• numerous memory and cpu optimizations
• fully editable/scriptable columns with sorting
• native look and feel of playlist widget
• selection is synchronized between main window and search window
• keyboard navigation in search window
• plugins got basic GUI configuration
• much smoother seekbar
• compatible with more GTK theme engines
• improved restore window geometry after minimizing to system tray
• search window geometry is now saved and restored between sessions
• flexible nowplaying querying support via command line
• ALSA code moved to plugin
• new “nullout” output plugin - good for testing, and as basis for new plugins
• added template .c file (with comments) for making new decoder plugins
• updated id3v2 and apev2 parsers to support more metadata types
• id3v2.2 parser now supports unsynchronization
• metadata viewer accessible from context menu
• flac plugin now plays “oga” files (flac in ogg container)
• ffmpeg plugin, adds formats: m4a (aac,alac), mpc/mp+/mpp, wma, shn, oma, ac3, vqf
• vtx plugin using libayemu
• adplug plugin - cmf, rol, hsc, etc (including adlib S3Ms)
• fixed cuesheet support in mp3 and ogg plugins
• fixed sse2 issues on i686 architecture
• added 24-bit ape support (thanks to Rockbox project)
• added support for custom scrobbler url to last.fm plugin (e.g. libre.fm)
• added Play Queue funtionality to playlist (context menu)
• added average/approximate bitrate display to statusbar
• new “cursor follows playback” feature
• new “stop after current track” feature
• .dbpl extension is auto-added when saving playlist
• improved robustness in http code (handling connection problems, etc)

release 0.3.1 is out

2009/11/29

Changelog since 0.3.0

• improved header widget drawing and gtkengines compatibility
• fixed vfs_curl to fetch content size properly again
• fixed rare memory leak bug in seekbar drawing
• fixed total playtime display
• changed buttons to use stock icons
• implemented reading of embedded cuesheets from ape and wavpack files
• fixed bug in filename resolving when starting from commandline
• added possibility to open multiple files from filemanagers
• fixed random locking/hanging in alsa module
• loading plugins from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.local/lib/deadbeef/ (by Alexey A. Smirnov)
• middle click on tray icon toggles pause on current track (by Alex Dedul)

release 0.3.0 is out

2009/11/08

Changelog since 0.2.3.2

• vfs plugins - for implementing http/ftp streaming, etc
• improved mpeg (libmad) plugin - eats less memory, works faster
• added support for icecast and shoutcast streams (mp3, ogg)
• added support for podcasts (basically, for any files residing on http/ftp)
• added support for opening pls and m3u files
• improved about dialog
• added support for Super (winkey) modifier and multimedia keys in global hotkeys plugin
• fixed random crash in global hotkeys plugin if key combination was used elsewhere
• improved cuesheet reader
• added cd audio support, including cddb/freedb
• added preferences window
• new unified config file for everything
• added total playtime display in statusbar
• improved plugin build system, displays list of plugins to be built
• custom columns (through manual config editing yet)
• column header drag-and-drop
• improved alsa compatibility
• player can release sound device while not playing
• better alsa resume after suspend support
• support for hardware samplerate conversion (when supported by hardware)
• support for alsa software resampling
• improved skipping through bad files
• fixed replaygain bugs
• added full file path display via tooltip (optional, disabled by default)
• statusbar shows info while paused
• added new buffering icon while streamer loads data
• added scrolling in playlist while dragging/selecting tracks
• case-insensitive file filter in gtkfilechooser dialogs
• added cursor sync between playlist and search windows
• player saves playlist/config on SIGTERM (should improve things on shutdown)

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