Banshee

• Release Date: January 28, 2011

• Source Tarball: banshee-1-1.8.1.tar.bz2

• Release Information: NEWS, sha256sum

Banshee 1.8.1 is a stable release, a bug-fixes-only update to 1.8.0.

Notable Bug Fixes

• 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

Banshee has a lot more to offer! Check out the previous major release notes…

• Read about features added in Banshee 1.8.0

• Read about features added in Banshee 1.7.6

• Read about features added in Banshee 1.7.5

• Read about features added in Banshee 1.7.4

• Read about features added in Banshee 1.7.3

• Read about features added in Banshee 1.7.2

• Read about features added in Banshee 1.7.1

• Read about features added in Banshee 1.7.0

• Read about features added in Banshee 1.6.0

Dependencies

• Mono 1.9.1 (.NET 2.0 Profile / gmcs)

• SQlite 3.4

• Gtk# 2.12

• GStreamer 0.10.13

• NDesk DBus (ndesk-dbus) 0.5

• NDesk DBus GLib (ndesk-dbus-glib) 0.3

• Mono.Addins (mono-addins) 0.3.1

• TagLib# (taglib-sharp) >= 2.0.3.7

• Required to build default feature stack:

  • libmtp >= 0.2.0

  • mono-zeroconf >= 0.8.0

  • boo >= 0.8.1

  • webkit-1.0 >= 1.2.2

  • gdata-sharp >= 1.4

  • glib >= 2.22, gio-sharp >= 2.22.2, gtk-sharp-beans >= 2.14.1, gudev-sharp and gkeyfile-sharp

  • libgpod-sharp >= 0.7.95

• Run-time requirements for default feature stack:

  • GIO/udev

  • Brasero >= 0.8.1

  • Avahi

  • gst-plugins-bad (providing the bpmdetect GStreamer plugin)

Community

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!

  Aaron Bockover, Alan McGovern, Alexander Kojevnikov, Alex Launi,
  Andrés G. Aragoneses, Aran Cox, Bertrand Lorentz, Christian Krause,
  Dougal Stanton, Gabriel Burt, kentaro KAZUHAMA, Micha? Sawicz,
  Olivier Dufour, Sjoerd Simons, Tim Fisken, Zhou Ting

The following people contributed updated translations to this release. Without them, our project’s reach would be much more limited.

  Andrej Žnidarši?, Daniel Nylander, Maxim V. Dziumanenko,
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Contributors In Past Releases

Aaron Bockover, Alan McGovern, Alex Bennee, Alex Kloss, Alex Launi, 
Alex Mauer, Alexander Hixon, Alexander Kojevnikov, Alexandros Frantzis, 
Alp Toker, Anders Petersson, Andrea Cimitan, Andreas Neustifter, 
Andreas Nilsson, Andrew Conkling, Andrés G. Aragoneses, Andy Midgette, 
Arthur Carli, Arun Raghavan, Aurélien Mino, Aydemir Ula? ?ahin, 
Ben Maurer, Benjamín Valero Espinosa, Bertrand Lorentz, Bill Dawson, 
Bob Copeland, Bojan Rajkovic, Brad Taylor, Brandon Perry, Brian Lucas, 
Brian Nickel, Brian Teague, Chow Loong Jin, Chris Howie, Chris Jones, 
Chris Lahey, Chris Toshok, Chris Turchin, Christian Hergert, 
Christian Krause, Christoph Burgdorf, Christopher James Halse Rogers, 
Claude Paroz, Cody Russell, Cosmin Banu, Dan Wilson, Dan Winship, 
Daniel Munkton, Daniel Siegel, David Nielsen, David Spreen, David Stone, 
Diego E. Pettenò, Eitan Isaacson, Elena Grassi, Eoin Hennessy, 
Eric Butler, Erik Schmidt, Fabian Jost, Felipe Almeida Lessa, 
Fernando Casanova, Florent Thoumie, Fredrik Hedberg, Félix Velasco, 
Gabriel Burt, Garrett LeSage, Götz Waschk, Haitao Feng, 
Hans Petter Jansson, Harold Schreckengost, Iain Lane, 
Igor Guerrero Fonseca, Ilya Konstantinov, Ivan N. Zlatev, Jack Deslippe, 
Jakub Steiner, James Willcox, Jan Arne Petersen, Jason Conti, Jason Taylor, 
Jeff Tickle, Jeff Wheeler, Jensen Somers, Jeroen Budts, Jo Shields, 
Johannes Kuhn, John Millikin, Jordi Mas, Jorge Castro, Julien Moutte, 
Juri Pakaste, Ján Sokoly, Jérémie Laval, K. Vishnoo Charan Reddy, 
Ken Vandine, Kevin Duffus, Konstantin Oshiyko, Larry Ewing, 
Lauri Kotilainen, Lukas Lipka, Marijn Ros, Matt Enright, Michael Kaiser, 
Michael Martin-Smucker, Michael Monreal, Michael Monreal, Micha? Sawicz, 
Miguel de Icaza, Mike Gemünde, Mike Urbanski, Moritz Schallaböck, 
Nathan Palmer, Neil Loknath, Nicholas Doyle, Nicholas Parker, 
Nicolò Chieffo, Nils Naumann, Oben Sonne, Olivier Dufour, Oscar Forero, 
Pacho Ramos, Patrick van Staveren, Paul Cutler, Paul Lange, Pavel Antonov, 
Pepijn van de Geer, Pete Johanson, Peter de Kraker, Pratik Patel, 
Przemys?aw Grzegorczyk, Robin Stocker, Roderich Schupp, Romain Tartière, 
Ruben Vermeersch, Ryan Collier, Sandy Armstrong, Scott Peterson, 
Sebastian Dröge, Shaun McCance, Tim Yamin, Tobias Mueller, Todd Berman, 
Travis Glenn Hansen, Travis Reitter, Trey Ethridge, Valentin Sawadski, 
Will Farrington, William Pettersson, Wouter Bolsterlee, Zhou Ting, 

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