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Public Release 7
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please read the Known issues for your own good. It will help you avoid an application crash and help me not get a dozen complaints
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Finally Neon Boombox has another module! it is a video player but is not yet fully functional. I am going to create a custom controller much like the one shown when you are watching a movie in quicktime full screen only bigger and more finger friendly.
I am also going to be making alot of bug fix releases over the next few weeks. My list of known bugs and issues is getting too long. that said it will likely be a while before any new features get implemented, tho I am currently researching XM radio support which should be the next big feature.
Also i am still looking for some willing volunteers to help me hunt for bugs please PM me if you are willing. Suitable volunteers will receive special "seed" builds to help generate more bug free and stable releases.
Public Release 7-
Main Application
New Features: Added a video module.
Added notifications to allow other modules to request silence
Bug Fixes:
Changes: minor dial adjustments for resolution independence
window animations are much faster and smoother now (in most cases)
Known Issues: still color changing and scaling issues that have persisted for a while. (I haven't even attempted...)
Nothing new
some minor thread synchronization issues will cause an application crash if certain child threads have not finished before attempting to launch a module. workaround is to wait about 10 seconds after app launch before attempting to launch a module.
Music Module
New Features: ability to list by and play podcasts
ability to list audiobooks. Will not play
Bug Fixes: addressed some issues with control focus getting lost.
fixed a long ignored issue listing tracks that have both no artist and no album
table view now loads initial data as if the user had pushed the first button on the left instead of always being "artist"
fixed an issue where hitting the space key while a table view containing songs would not play the highlighted song
fixed a bug where the music module would be rendering the visualizer off screen and completely hog the CPU
Changes: iTunes library tracks containing video are no longer listed. use the video module to play these.
General performance enhancements
uses objective-c 2.0 "fast enumeration"
expanded Music Module multi-threading
expose (and presumably spaces) can no longer be used when the visualizer controls the screen in order to prevent crashing
improved track shuffling
Known Issues: podcasts must have both an artist and album in order to list
books must have an artist in order to list
some windows aren't behaving properly due to some fundamental changes in the works, but won't affect application use
audio books cannot yet be played due to quicktime incompatibility with the .aa format
Video Module
New Features: play TV shows from iTunes library
play movies from iTunes library
play video podcasts from iTunes library
play music videos from iTunes library
Bug Fixes:
Changes:
Known Issues: Not yet fully functional. missing many features including basic playback controls.
Tv shows without a season will list under season 0
podcasts and music videos must have artist and album tin order to be listed
tv shows must be listed with a series in order to be listed
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