=============================================================================== Banshee 2.5.0 - 2012-08-22 =============================================================================== Banshee 2.5.0 is the first release in the 2.5 development series leading up to 2.6, scheduled for October 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" 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 Notable Bugs Fixed (59 fixed since 2.4.0): * Migo.Syndication: Handle feeds with malformed enclosure URLs * 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#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#657769: PrimarySource: Make sure AddTrackJob is marked as finished * 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: Fix a crash when deleting invalid tracks * bgo#680679: PlayerEngine: Fix reporting of playback errors =============================================================================== SOURCES / PACKAGES =============================================================================== Sources ------- * Banshee 2.5.0 Tarballs: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/banshee/2.5/banshee-2.5.0.tar.xz http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/banshee/2.5/banshee-2.5.0.sha256sum Packages -------- Download and installation information is available here: * http://banshee.fm/download/ Binaries: Linux http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/linux/banshee/ Windows http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/banshee/ OS X http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/mac/banshee/ =============================================================================== REPORT BUGS - HELP THE PROJECT - GROW THE COMMUNITY =============================================================================== If you encounter any bad behavior with this release, please do not hesitate to file bugs! * http://banshee.fm/contribute/file-bugs * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=banshee&version=2.5.0 =============================================================================== VALUED BANSHEE CONTRIBUTORS =============================================================================== Contributors For This Release ----------------------------- The following people directly contributed to the release of this version of Banshee. Without their help, there would be no release! Alexander Kojevnikov, Andres G. Aragoneses, Bertrand Lorentz, David Nielsen, Diego Fernandez, Fabrice Bellet, Javon Harper, Jensen Somers, Kevin Anthony, Olivier Dufour, Pavol Babincak, Phil Trimble, Samuel Gyger, Timo Dörr The following people contributed updated translations to this release. Without them, our project's reach would be much more limited. Andika Triwidada, Andreas Nesdal, Andrej Žnidaršič, Bruno Brouard, Cheng-Chia Tseng, Daniel Mustieles, Daniel Nylander, Daniel Winzen, Fran Diéguez, Gianvito Cavasoli, Ioannis Zampoukas, Joe Hansen, Kentaro KAZUHAMA, Lucas Mezencio, Marek Černocký, Martin Srebotnjak, Matej Urbančič, Muhammet Kara, Piotr Drąg, Praveen Illa, Rūdolfs Mazurs, Techlive Zheng, Žygimantas Beručka, Мирослав Николић