Banshee 2.6.1 - Changelog

What's new in Banshee 2.6.1:

April 17th, 2013

· DatabaseTrackInfo: don't default to MusicFilePattern when null
· DapPropertiesDialog: Make sure progress bar value is valid
· PlaylistFileUtil: Only import playlist items that are files
· Avoid race when using GConf and DBus with threads
· ListView: Do not enable a11y when it would cause freezes
· Dap: better check for the playing track before ejecting
· PrimarySource: prevent AddTrackJob respawn if cancelled
· LastFm: Avoid crashing if scrobbling response is not JSON
· configure: stop using obsolete AutoMake macro
· Docs: Removed "Common Problems"
· Mtp: Fix file type in sync with libmtp > 1.1.0
· Dap: Use Unicode codes for quotation marks
· LastFm: Null check for scrobble parameters
· Add GTK category in .desktop files to comply with spec
· StatisticsPage: Fix crash when no tracks are selected

What's new in Banshee 2.6.0:

October 1st, 2012

New Features:

Lots of improvement on OS X:

· Hardware support for USB mass storage devices.
· Handle opening files directly in Finder.
· Use native file chooser dialogs for importing files.
· Improve keyboard shortcuts.
· Fix various volume issues and inconsistencies.
· Switch to gtk-mac-integration and move to cocoa API.
· Add debug and logging facility to OS X launcher.

LastFM: Add device scrobbling support:

· Enable Last.fm scrobbling of recent plays from a connected device.
· Currently only available on devices supported by the AppleDevice extension.

File management options are now specific to each source:

· The "Copy files when importing" and "Update file and folder names" settings can now be set independently for Music and Videos.


Enhancements:

· LargeTrackInfoDisplay: Display track rating in "Now Playing" view
· MassStorage: Support the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android phone
· Re-enable the AAC audio profile
· ThickClient: Append 'Banshee' to window title
· MassStorage: Support reading playlists from multiple folders
· Last.fm: Switch to 2.0 API for scrobbling and improve error handling
· LastFM: Remove invalid tracks from the queue after a scrobbling error
· Mpris: Add CanSetFullscreen and Fullscreen properties
· Replace custom volume widget with gtk's VolumeButton
· Improved threading in some areas around GUI manipulation


Notable Bugs Fixed (69 fixed since 2.4.0):

· Migo.Syndication: Handle feeds with malformed enclosure URLs
· AmazonMp3.Store: Fix URL redirection for sign out action
· bgo#577396: AppleDeviceTrackInfo: Fix reading and writing rating values
· bgo#587756: MassStorage: Save playlists relative to BaseDirectory
· bgo#615219: Don't increment skip counter when restarting current track
· bgo#623974: BasicTrackDetailsPage: Blank year spin button when 0
· bgo#624976: Gui.Canvas.Rect: log invalid values for Width/Height
· bgo#626659: ServiceManager: check properly if a service is required
· bgo#634063: FileSystemQueueSource: Reload when tracks are imported
· bgo#634758: PlaylistSource: Make sure the right tracks are removed
· bgo#636450: PathPattern: Limit filename length to 200 characters
· bgo#642830: AppleDevice: Fix device loading if invalid tracks are present
· bgo#657769: PrimarySource: Make sure AddTrackJob is marked as finished
· bgo#661112: Gui.Canvas.Size: log invalid values for Width/Height
· bgo#662909: PlaylistParser: Retry HTTP request after timeout
· bgo#666696: DapSource: Flush pending changes when quitting
· bgo#671948: DapSource: Put the playlists below the default sources
· bgo#672744: UPnPServerSource: Fix crash when getting the root object
· bgo#673037: libossifer: Fix certificate validation with libsoup 2.38
· bgo#673416: DbIteratorJob: Abort job after several consecutive failures
· bgo#676144: PlayQueueSource: Fix high memory usage when shuffling
· bgo#677288: PrimarySource: Fix pruning of artists from the database
· bgo#679260: AppleDevice: Postpone invalid tracks drop to the sync cycle
· bgo#680679: PlayerEngine: Fix reporting of playback errors
· bgo#682510: Mpris: Only raise PropertiesChanged signal if value changed
· bgo#682996: Dap.MassStorage: PlaylistPaths to return empty array
· bgo#683359: SourceView: log errors in SetCellDataFunc to avoid crashing
· bgo#683498: a11y: Fix a NullReferenceException in ListViewAccessible

What's new in Banshee 2.3.6:

March 8th, 2012

· Allow primary sources to marked as temporary
· LibraryWatcher: avoid importing incomplete files

What's new in Banshee 2.3.1:

November 3rd, 2011

New Features:
· DVD playback support
· You can now watch your DVDs with Banshee. You can navigate in the DVD's menus using the mouse or the keyboard.

Enhancements:
Several improvements to Muinshee, our alternative UI:
· Add a Clear button to the toolbar
· Make double-click on an album do the same as the Play button
· Don't close the dialog when pressing Enqueue
· Make the Esc key close the dialog if there is no search text
· Use better icons for the Play and Enqueue buttons
· Add separate options for writing ratings and play counts to files
· Update values for the Smiley Face equalizer preset
· Set the PulseAudio media.role property

Notable Bugs Fixed (36 fixed since 2.2.0):
· UbuntuOneMusicStore: Ensure u1ms URIs passed at startup get loaded
· Daap: Fix crash while resolving the address of a DAAP service
· DatabaseImportManager: Support importing .mka files
· Notify playlists on rating change through d-bus or command line
· bgo#661467: AmazonMp3: Handle plain text AMZ files now sent by Amazon
· bgo#662906: AudiobookLibrarySource: Fix crash when adding tracks
· bgo#659841: GnomeBackend: Be more robust against GConf failures
· bgo#656533: Notification: Fix application name used in internal notify#
· bgo#649277: NotificationArea: Only use supported tags in the notification message
· bgo#647898: Try to fetch coverart without an internet connection
· bgo#658803: Prune CoverArtDownloads table when removing tracks

Packaging Changes:
· Mono.Addins >= 0.6.2 required

What's new in Banshee 2.1.3:

August 25th, 2011

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New Features:
· New custom support for the Barnes & Noble Nook
· Support default internet radio stations. At first start, XSPF playlists in $datadir/banshee/stations/ are imported automatically. We don't provide default radio stations ourselves but this allows distros or other third parties to do so.

Enhancements:
· bgo#549173: Add "Stop when finished" option in the notification popup menu
· bgo#636071: Get info from the database or the file when opening a URI
· bgo#639805: Hide labels in the source pane when the group is empty
· bgo#647306: Add support for the Notion Ink Adam tablet
· bgo#651497: Motorola Atrix support
· bgo#653255: Samsung Galaxy S2 support
· bgo#653284: Remove keyboard shortcut for toggling scrobbling
· bgo#653997: Samsung Galaxy Ace support
· bgo#656526: Add "Smiley Face Curve" default equalizer
· bgo#656670: Cache the ArtworkID in the database for faster startup
· Various enhancements to our experimental GStreamer# backend, bringing it close to feature parity with our current C backend. It is still not built by default and not recommended for daily use, but testing is welcome.

Notable Bugs Fixed (39 fixed since 2.1.0):
· bgo#587264: Fix metadata fetching from MusicBrainz
· bgo#647111: Put the Audio CD source label in the right place
· bgo#647202: Fix space usage reporting for some DAP devices
· bgo#648498: Make sure the MPRIS sends the new metadata on track change
· bgo#650011: Fix items disappearing in playlists when re-connecting iPod
· bgo#650184: Fix XSPF playlist importing error
· bgo#651914: Fix "Least Favorite" smart playlist to not pick unrated songs
· bgo#654524: Fix the SetPosition method in the MPRIS interface
· bgo#656176: Don't ignore the last value of the .is_audio_player file
· bgo#656246: Fix random crash while changing tracks

What's new in Banshee 2.1.0:

May 13th, 2011

New Features:
· eMusic Store

Enhancements:
· ArtworkManager: add --fetch-artwork argument
· bgo#647754: Xperia X12 support
· bgo#508713: MiniMode: Reduce height of window
· bgo#648941: Support .spc files
· bgo#649401: Set UserAgent when doing MusicBrainz queries

Notable Bugs Fixed (51 fixed since 2.0):

· Windows installer fixes
· bgo#647059: Fix Remote Daap crash
· bgo#647089: Daap: Bind to IPAddress.Loopback instead of Any
· bgo#644648: libbanshee fixes
· bgo#642113: Change Remote dialog's button from Ok to Add
· bgo#647144: StreamPositionLabel fixes
· AmazonMp3.Store: Fix signed-in detection for UK store
· bgo#633552: AppleDevice: Ensure m4a/mp3 are supported
· bgo#634647: Have ctrl-a select text in SearchEntry
· bgo#642140: Last.fm: Close HTTP streams when finished with them
· bgo#648133: build: Don't delete gnome-doc-utils.make during distclean
· bgo#647932: DatabaseSource: Fix NRE in SkipTrackIfRemoved
· bgo#646991: AlbumListView: Fix disappearing option in Preferences
· bgo#647024: Lastfm: Fix NRE crash
· bgo#636057: Fix rendering glitch
· PodcastFeedPropertiesDialog: Fix display of feed URL
· bgo#648458: PlsPlaylistFormat: Make parsing the header case-insensitive
· bgo#611489: GStreamer: Use Banshee.IO instead of System.IO
· bgo#641748: ViewActions: enable eq once we know backend supports it
· bgo#638889: Banshee.Services: Avoid creating dupes after moves

Packaging Changes:

· HAL dependency dropped
· ipod-sharp and podsleuth dependencies dropped
· NDesk.DBus dependency dropped
· dbus-sharp >= 0.7 and dbus-sharp-glib >= 0.5 required (available from http://mono.github.com/dbus-sharp/)
· Gtk# >= 2.12.10 required
· Mono >= 2.4.3 required
· GStreamer >= 0.10.26 required
Various configure flags removed:
· --disable-ipod
· --disable-hal
· --disable-podcasts
· Banshee releases now hosted on ftp.gnome.org

What's new in Banshee 1.8.1:

January 31st, 2011

· Sync dialog would sometimes be displayed forever
· Nereid: Always grab search entry focus on ctrl+f
· Lastfm: Fix NRE in LastfmRequest when the request times out
· bgo#486543: Playlists: Fix parsing when started from root directory
· bgo#540394: AudioCdRipper: Don't overwrite existing files when ripping
· bgo#540525: TrackActions: Stop when the playing track is deleted
· bgo#587936: AppleDevice: Sync the Sort* fields
· bgo#609463: Equalizer: Fix distortion by using floating math
· bgo#620010: Fix displaying random image for "All Albums"
· bgo#623441: DatabaseImportManager: Fix duplicates on import
· bgo#624734: InternetRadio: Allow editing stations again
· bgo#629005: FullscreenWindow: Fix full-screen on multi-head displays
· bgo#630209: AppleDevice: Fix podcast flag for video podcasts
· bgo#631172: AppleDevice: Fix podcast support
· bgo#631961: Gio: Fix InvalidCastException
· bgo#632114: Fix hang when replaying video
· bgo#632196: AlbumListView: Fix MissingIntPtrCtorException
· bgo#632246: ThickClient: Fix IntPtr ctor issue in SourceComboBox
· bgo#632420: Booter: Use the MeeGo client if appropriate
· bgo#632715: Bookmarks: Fix UI not getting loaded
· bgo#633764: Dap: Fix not transcoding some files when we should
· bgo#633841: StreamTagger: Recognize webm as video
· bgo#634652: AppleDevice: Remove invalid tracks before syncing
· bgo#634686: Streaming: Fix streaming broken after first play
· bgo#635453: Importing: Fix regression with importing mkv
· bgo#635776: build: Ensure karma-sharp's DLLmap is copied in the build
· bgo#635791: Metrics: Fix translation of the preference label
· bgo#637303: FileChooserDialog: Fix error message on first launch
· bgo#637627: FullscreenWindow: Keep fullscreen when showing volume osd
· bgo#637991: SourceRowRenderer: Fix vertical alignment calculation
· bgo#638477: X11NotificationArea: Enhance check for RGBA visual
· bgo#638755: Dap.MassStorage: Add support for Xperia X10 mini pro
· bgo#638989: Dap.MassStorage: Add support for Nexus S
· bgo#635088: Dap.MassStorage: Add support for the LG Ally phone
· bgo#633551: Dap.MassStorage: Add support for Huawei Ideos Android phones
· bgo#631687: Dap.MassStorage: Fix extensionless files
· bgo#639603: PlayerEngine: Fix NRE when current track doesn't have a Uri
· bnc#642505: Fix insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH

What's new in Banshee 1.9.0:

November 11th, 2010

New features:

· Artist/Album Browser Track Actions
· 'Play After' Queue Options
· User Interface Improvements
· Album grid has tooltips for ellipsized text
· Subscribe to Internet Archive searches as podcasts
· MusicBrainz cover art search supports CDBaby and Jamendo
· Support Huawei Ideos Android phones

Notable Bug Fixes:

· Remove unused Mono.Addins.Gui dependency
· Fix checkbox hover prelight in Fixup
· Always grab search entry focus on ctrl+f
· [TrackEditor] Don't try to load metadata over HTTP
· [AppleDevice] Add a matching 'StopSync' call. We had an unmatched StartSync call which meant that the Sync dialog would be displayed forever.
· bgo#587936: [AppleDevice] Sync the Sort* fields
· bgo#631172: [AppleDevice] Fix podcast support
· bgo#540503: Remove Jump... from context menu
· bgo#540525: Stop when the playing track is deleted
· bgo#545998: Sensitize and pluralize podcast actions appropriately
· bgo#609463: Equalizer distortion
· bgo#620010: Displaying random image for "All Albums"
· bgo#623441: Duplicates on import due to character encoding
· bgo#624734: Allow editing Radio stations again
· bgo#629005: Full-screen on multi-head displays
· bgo#629534: TaskStatusIcon missing-ctor crash
· bgo#630039: Concatenated and untranslatable string
· bgo#631277: Crash in when editing some tracks' metadata
· bgo#631687: Non-local tracks added to DAP without extensions
· bgo#631961: [Gio] Invalid cast exception
· bgo#632114: Hang when replaying video
· bgo#632246: Missing-ctor issue in SourceComboBox
· bgo#632420: [Booter] Use the MeeGo client if appropriate
· bgo#632715: [Bookmarks] UI not getting loaded
· bgo#633579: Fixup not getting reloaded correctly
· bgo#633764: [Dap] not transcoding some files when we should
· bgo#633841: Recognize webm as video
· bgo#634096: Empty track # in filename patterns
· bnc#642505: Insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH

What's new in Banshee 1.7.2:

July 2nd, 2010

New Features Since 1.7.1:

· Mallard-based documentation
· Brand new ready to hack on Gst#-based backend

Enhancements:

· Overhaul GNOME proxy support (bmc#1920)
· Make GIO optional with --disable-gio configure switch
· Use new YouTube icon in context buttons
· Wrap long strings in the Now Playing view
· Xperia X10 support
· Refresh podcast feeds when network is reconnected
· Add metadata-saving support for File System Queue (bgo#609411)

Notable Bug Fixes:
· 23 bugs were fixed since 1.7.1

· Allow building without gnome-doc-utils
· Fix various volume-related issues
· Fix Play Queue when using it with different locales (bgo#621480)
· Fix the Internet Archive playback (bgo#621687)
· Correct Play Queue track reordering (bgo#613333)
· Fix SourceSwitcher crasher (bgo#618117)

What's new in Banshee 1.5.6:

March 21st, 2010

· Banshee 1.5.6 (aka 1.6 RC2) was just released, with lots and lots of bug fixes. Help test it, report bugs, and make Banshee 1.6 as solid as it is sexy!

What's new in Banshee 1.5.1:

October 14th, 2009

· Tons of new features and fixes, including a new Auto DJ, new shuffle modes, and more supported devices.

What's new in Banshee 1.4.2:

January 23rd, 2009

· Banshee 1.4.2 is a stable release with many bug fixes and minor improvements. Fixed and improved are RSS feed parsing, library rescanning, occasional startup freezes, launching on device insertion, several crashers, and improved playback on OS X (still a technology preview/alpha release).