is missing SCSI and CDDA support, however this does enable a number of other
packages to now build, many of which do not depend on working cdparanoia for
their own functionality.
changes:
-database can contain arbitrary attributes now
-Add Opus audio support
-You can now transcode files to any audio format, rather than just MP3
-can guess tags from the filenames during import
-new id3v23 config option, writed tags in old format
VERSION 2.8
FEATURES:
* Tracks from Recently Played List widget can now directly be added to
the playlist.
CHANGES:
* The Jamendo service now uses a higher quality MP3 format instead of
Ogg Vorbis.
* Added an option whether adding tracks to playlist should start playing.
* Amarok now depends on Qt 4.8.3.
* Amarok now uses FindFFMpeg.cmake from kdelibs
BUGFIXES:
Various
VERSION 2.7
CHANGES:
* Files page has been made more intuitive by making Places the root
view and significantly improving breadcrumbs behaviour.
* Make dropping large directories into playlist more responsive by
reading track metadata asynchronously in a background thread.
* Harmonize keyboard, mouse and context menu behaviour of the Files
pane so that it matches Local Music and Saved Playlists panes.
* Last.fm Skip button re-added after being removed in Beta by error.
* Podcast episodes are now loaded asynchronously on startup to reduce
delays.
* Removed alpha state and not really working spectrum analyzer applet.
BUGFIXES:
Various
- Rewrite player to use libxmp 4.0
- Give Pulseaudio higher priority than ALSA
- Give ALSA output higher priority than OSS
- Fix native-endian coreaudio output
- Fix module-specifc flags to override built-in quirks
- Fix loop when skipping to first file and it's not playable
- Add commands '<' and '>' to jump to previous/next sequence
- Add command 'z' to toggle the subsong explorer on/off
- Add option -z <num> to play a specified sequence
- Add option -Z to play all sequences in module
- Add option --loop-all to loop over entire module list