3 Oct
2006
3 Oct
'06
5:14 p.m.
The developers are pleased to announce the latest release of
Aqualung, a music player for GNU/Linux.
Website: http://aqualung.sf.net
Without further ado, the ChangeLog is attached below.
Enjoy,
Tom
2006-10-03 Tom Szilagyi <tszilagyi at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Aqualung 0.9beta6
http://aqualung.sf.net
This release introduces a fair number of substantial improvements:
* Music Store builder: automatically build a Music Store by scanning the
files on disk. Perform CDDB lookups & extract metadata on the fly.
* MPEG decoder enhancements: robust file recognition, VBR and UBR file
support, frame-accurate seeking, true gapless playback via eliminating
encoder padding+delay read from LAME headers.
* Fully revamped metadata support using TagLib. The result is a more
complete implementation also supporting APE tags in Musepack files.
* Automatic output driver detection: ability to startup without command
line arguments (using default driver parameters).
* Systray (a.k.a. Notification Area) support.
* Handling of compressed MOD files (.gz and .bz2).
* Resolved issue with JACK memory locking (which previously resulted in
runaway memory consumption when running with realtime JACK output).
* Aqualung compiles & runs under FreeBSD and Cygwin.
NEW LIBRARY DEPENDENCIES:
* TagLib >= 1.4 is now required for metadata support.
http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html
* GTK+ >= 2.10 is needed for the (optional) Systray support.
DROPPED DEPENDENCIES:
* libid3tag library is not required anymore (succeeded by TagLib).
3 Oct
3 Oct
6:33 p.m.
Tom Szilagyi wrote:
The developers are pleased to announce the latest
release of
Aqualung, a music player for GNU/Linux.
Website: http://aqualung.sf.net
Without further ado, the ChangeLog is attached below.
Enjoy,
Tom
2006-10-03 Tom Szilagyi <tszilagyi at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Aqualung 0.9beta6
http://aqualung.sf.net
This release introduces a fair number of substantial improvements:
* Music Store builder: automatically build a Music Store by scanning the
files on disk. Perform CDDB lookups & extract metadata on the fly.
* MPEG decoder enhancements: robust file recognition, VBR and UBR file
support, frame-accurate seeking, true gapless playback via eliminating
encoder padding+delay read from LAME headers.
* Fully revamped metadata support using TagLib. The result is a more
complete implementation also supporting APE tags in Musepack files.
* Automatic output driver detection: ability to startup without command
line arguments (using default driver parameters).
* Systray (a.k.a. Notification Area) support.
* Handling of compressed MOD files (.gz and .bz2).
* Resolved issue with JACK memory locking (which previously resulted in
runaway memory consumption when running with realtime JACK output).
* Aqualung compiles & runs under FreeBSD and Cygwin.
NEW LIBRARY DEPENDENCIES:
* TagLib >= 1.4 is now required for metadata support.
http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html
* GTK+ >= 2.10 is needed for the (optional) Systray support.
DROPPED DEPENDENCIES:
* libid3tag library is not required anymore (succeeded by TagLib).
excellent work, builds good, runs good and works good with jack.
are you guys planing to implement the ability to play cdda into aqualung.
cheers,
doc
4 Oct
4 Oct
5:25 p.m.
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 10:36:06PM +0200, Dragan Noveski wrote:
excellent work, builds good, runs good and works good with jack.
are you guys planing to implement the ability to play cdda into aqualung.
Yes. CD player support and internet radio (streaming + podcast) are
the main feature sets we intend to do before declaring Aqualung 1.0.
Tom
5:29 p.m.
Tom,
Is lirc support among other main intended features? :-)
Thanks for the player!
Andrew
======= On Wednesday 04 October 2006 23:17, Tom Szilagyi wrote: =======
...
Yes. CD player support and internet radio (streaming + podcast) are
the main feature sets we intend to do before declaring Aqualung 1.0.
Tom
5:39 p.m.
On 10/4/06, Tom Szilagyi <tszilagyi(a)users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 10:36:06PM +0200, Dragan
Noveski wrote:
At which point I shall declare Nirvana found.... ;-)
- Mark
excellent work, builds good, runs good and works good with jack.
are you guys planing to implement the ability to play cdda into aqualung.
Yes. CD player support and internet radio (streaming + podcast) are
the main feature sets we intend to do before declaring Aqualung 1.0.
Tom
6:32 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:39:21PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
On 10/4/06, Tom Szilagyi
<tszilagyi(a)users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
Sure, but don't hold your breath :)
I make a decent living doing software engineering,
but unfortunately it's not Aqualung, not even Audio,
not even Linux. And the amount of my free time tends
to vary greatly.
But then we have other developers as well... :)
Tom
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 10:36:06PM +0200, Dragan
Noveski wrote:
At which point I shall declare Nirvana found.... ;-)
excellent work, builds good, runs good and works good with jack.
are you guys planing to implement the ability to play cdda into aqualung.
Yes. CD player support and internet radio (streaming + podcast) are
the main feature sets we intend to do before declaring Aqualung 1.0.
Tom
6:43 p.m.
On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 21:50 +0200, Tom Szilagyi wrote:
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:39:21PM -0700, Mark Knecht
wrote:
Just a thought - maybe Google or Ubuntu or another distro would be
willing to fund you.
I think it reflects very badly on the Linux desktop that the default
media player is either XMMS (unmaintained for years) or whatever garbage
Gnome and KDE are pushing this month. A top notch media player that
distros could standardize on would be a big step forward.
Lee
On 10/4/06, Tom Szilagyi
<tszilagyi(a)users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
Sure, but don't hold your breath :)
I make a decent living doing software engineering,
but unfortunately it's not Aqualung, not even Audio,
not even Linux. And the amount of my free time tends
to vary greatly.
But then we have other developers as well... :) On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 10:36:06PM +0200, Dragan
Noveski wrote:
At which point I shall declare Nirvana found.... ;-)
excellent work, builds good, runs good and works good with jack.
are you guys planing to implement the ability to play cdda into aqualung.
Yes. CD player support and internet radio (streaming + podcast) are
the main feature sets we intend to do before declaring Aqualung 1.0.
Tom
9 Oct
9 Oct
8:50 a.m.
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 21:43, Lee Revell was like:
Just a thought - maybe Google or Ubuntu or another
distro would be
willing to fund you.
I think it reflects very badly on the Linux desktop that the default
media player is either XMMS (unmaintained for years) or whatever garbage
Gnome and KDE are pushing this month. A top notch media player that
distros could standardize on would be a big step forward.
Not wanting to put Aqualung down, in fact I think it's high time *someone*
submitted an RFP to Debian for it. I have just had a look at GQmpeg, which
seems good for mp3 and ogg so far. It has a dreadful name and needs some
better skins, but it is the most obvious direct replacement for XMMS. If
Aqualung can raise the standards for Linux media players and we can persuade
*someone* to make a Debian package, I will push for debian-multimedia to
adopt it. The idea of a stable release is appealing. :)
--
cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
*We are the people We've been waiting for*
9:57 a.m.
tOn Wednesday 04 October 2006 21:43, Lee Revell was like:
>I think it reflects very badly on the Linux desktop
that the default
>media player is either XMMS (unmaintained for years) or whatever garbage
>Gnome and KDE are pushing this month. A top notch media player that
>distros could standardize on would be a big step forward.
>
XMMS Changelog here:
http://havardk.xmms.org/dist/cvs/
Indicates minor but consistent activity in 2005 and 2006. Nothing
especially radical, but also not "unmaintained for years".
Best,
dp
4:31 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 11:49:52AM +0100, tim hall wrote:
Not wanting to put Aqualung down, in fact I think it's high time *someone*
submitted an RFP to Debian for it. I have just had a look at GQmpeg, which
seems good for mp3 and ogg so far. It has a dreadful name and needs some
better skins, but it is the most obvious direct replacement for XMMS.
Sure, no offense taken - Aqualung was never meant and is not trying to be
a replacement for any existing program, including the oh-so-popular XMMS.
It is trying to be a piece of software in its own right.
Tom
3 Oct
3 Oct
7:08 p.m.
On 10/3/06, Tom Szilagyi <tszilagyi(a)users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
The developers are pleased to announce the latest
release of
Aqualung, a music player for GNU/Linux.
Website: http://aqualung.sf.net
Without further ado, the ChangeLog is attached below.
Enjoy,
Tom
Great stuff guys! Congrats!
- Mark
4 Oct
4 Oct
12:01 p.m.
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Tom Szilagyi wrote:
The developers are pleased to announce the latest
release of
Aqualung, a music player for GNU/Linux.
Website: http://aqualung.sf.net
One thing I miss is drag-n-drop from rox.
That's probably the only thing that keeps me from switching from xmms.
Also it would be neat if the playlist window was attachable to the main
one, so it would follow when moved.
- Peder
12:11 p.m.
On 10/4/06, Peder Hedlund <peder(a)musikhuset.org> wrote:
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Tom Szilagyi wrote:
Check out the option 'Embed playlist into main window' on the Playlist
options page.
I run Aqualung on it's own desktop in Gnome so I don't have the move
complaint myself. However you can choose the option 'United window
minimazation' to remove all windows from the screen at the same time.
Cheers,
Mark
The developers are pleased to announce the latest
release of
Aqualung, a music player for GNU/Linux.
Website: http://aqualung.sf.net
One thing I miss is drag-n-drop from rox.
That's probably the only thing that keeps me from switching from xmms.
Also it would be neat if the playlist window was attachable to the main
one, so it would follow when moved.
- Peder
5:25 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 04:01:10PM +0200, Peder Hedlund wrote:
One thing I miss is drag-n-drop from rox.
That's probably the only thing that keeps me from switching from xmms.
One of the smaller usability issues that will definitely be addressed
in future releases. Stay tuned.
Also it would be neat if the playlist window was
attachable to the main
one, so it would follow when moved.
It is, look for the "Embedded playlist" option, as Mark already suggested.
Tom
6:04 p.m.
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:20:14 +0200
Tom Szilagyi <tszilagyi(a)users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 04:01:10PM +0200, Peder
Hedlund wrote:
I'm a drag-n-dropper as well, so I'll be keeping a lookout too :)
--
Will J G
One thing I miss is drag-n-drop from rox.
That's probably the only thing that keeps me from switching from xmms.
One of the smaller usability issues that will definitely be addressed
in future releases. Stay tuned.
9 Oct
9 Oct
3:30 a.m.
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 04:01:10PM +0200, Peder Hedlund wrote:
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Tom Szilagyi wrote:
FYI,
the latest CVS version now has support for receiving files
via DnD from external sources. You can grab a CVS tarball from
http://aqualung.sf.net - all you have to do is "sh autogen.sh"
before doing ./configure.
HTH,
Tom
The developers are pleased to announce the latest
release of
Aqualung, a music player for GNU/Linux.
Website: http://aqualung.sf.net
One thing I miss is drag-n-drop from rox.
That's probably the only thing that keeps me from switching from xmms.
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