DeaDBeeF - The Ultimate Music Player

release 0.4.2 is out

2010/10/15

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added translation into many languages, see translators.txt (LXDE Project)
added ability to add custom menu items from plugins (Viktor Semykin)
new shellexec plugin to execute shell commands with deadbeef title formatting (Viktor Semykin)
added “Look up at last.fm” context menu option (Viktor Semykin)
merged in DUMB 0.9.3 (mainly to satisfy debian lawyers)
added samplerate conversion quality option to DUMB plugin
fixed multichannel WavPack support (David Bryant)
decode all valid integer bitdepths and float data from WavPack files (David Bryant)
added MIDI player plugin, using WildMidi
new MusePack plugin using libmpcdec SV8, with support for multi-chapter files
new TTA plugin using TTAv1 library, with 8/16/24bit support and gapless
added support for cover artwork embedded in APEv2 tags (David Bryant)
added GTKUI option to set status icon volume control sensitivity (gordi-o)
added support for custom tray icon and icon themes (gordi-o)
new DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder using libdca from VLC project, plays from .wav, .dts, .cpt files
added display of multichannel info to statusbar
fixed reading of bad (unindented) CUE files
new AAC decoder based on FAAD2 and MP4FF libraries
new MMS plugin based on libmms, requires FFMPEG plugin to decode WMA content
new icon by Sofias
new shorten plugin, port of xmms-shn
new aosdk plugin, plays several PSF derivatives (PSF,PSF2,DSF,QSF,SSF,SPU)
“stop after current” feature no longer does auto-reset every time
fixed OSS pause/unpause
fixed seeking via global hotkeys
improved global hotkeys plugin APIs and GUI configuration
added Play/Pause global hotkey
customizable IPC socket directory via DDB_SOCKET_DIR env variable (by request from Pandora port people)
switched to GME 0.5.5 (keeping compatibility with 0.5.2)
added option to hide system tray icon
added new format conversions to title formatting (see built-in docs in the player)
added support for displaying current track using bold font
new playlist can be created by double-clicking or middle-clicking on empty area of tab strip
added switching between playlists using [Alt +] 1–9 keys
added option to hide “remove from disk” menu item
added custom title-formatting for window titlebar and system tray tooltip
added tooltip to volumbar, displaying current level in dB
added option to follow symlinks while adding files, in the Open File dialogs
added option to open/add files in specified named playlist
fixed multichannel support in libsndfile, vorbis, tta, ffmpeg plugins
added scrolling to current playing track using Ctrl+J and through menu
fixed several bugs in mp3 tag parsers
fixed initial track prebuffering timing bug, playback starts faster now
fixed file->open in paused state, not resuming paused file anymore
removed NRG support from cd audio plugin, as it was causing crashes
improved album cover caching/updating/reloading
added custom file filters to cover art plugin
show progress dialog while adding files/folders from commandline
added option to remember current track / position / state on exit, and resume after restart
added scrolling support to playlist tabs
improved Album Artist field support in many file formats
got rid of STL code in AdPlug and libsidplay2 libraries

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