Banshee 1.9.1

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Banshee 1.9.1 is a development release, the second of the 1.9.x series
leading up to Banshee 2.0.

Ubuntu One Music Store and SoundMenu Extensions

        These two extensions have been moved from Banshee Community
        Extensions and are now core Banshee extensions.

Subtitles

        Added support for embedded and external subtitles.

Other Enhancements

  • Massively rework the podcast edit dialog

  • Let line wrap in properties table

  • Add ‘Podcast Properties’ to episode menu

  • Show context menu even for ‘All’ filters

  • Only show tabs if there is more than one

  • Make Play/Pause action tooltip only show play or pause

  • Add support for the LG Ally phone

  • Add dbus method to clear the play queue

  • Allow to clear the play queue while in Populate mode

  • Add back podcast browser

  • Add a new ‘Recently Played’ default smart playlist

  • Remember sources’ column configuration

  • Blank track editor spin buttons when 0

  • Remove Home and Photo folder import sources

Notable Bug Fixes (79 fixed since 1.9.0!)

  • bgo#637202: Initialize the ipod each time we load

  • bgo#630209: Fix podcast flag for video podcasts

  • bgo#635780: Prevent GroupSources from being selected

  • bgo#540394: Don’t overwrite existing files when ripping

  • bgo#635776: Ensure karma-sharp’s DLLmap is copied in the build

  • bgo#634662: Make search entry in MeeGo panel correctly show query

  • bgo#634686: Fix streaming broken after first play

  • bgo#635426: Ensure track filter actions updated

  • bgo#635453: Fix regression with importing mkv

  • bgo#608778: ‘Random by’ skips user-selected artist/album

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

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, Alex Launi, Alexander Kojevnikov, Aran Cox,
  Bertrand Lorentz, David Nielsen, Gabriel Burt, Iain Lane, Olivier Dufour,
  Raimo Radczewski, Rodney Dawes, Samuel Gyger, William Friesen, Zhou Ting

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

  Andrej Žnidarši?, Aron Xu, Benjamín Valero Espinosa, Bruno Brouard,
  Fran Dieguez, Gabor Kelemen, Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio, Jordi Mas,
  Jorge González, Michael Kotsarinis, Petr Kovar, Sira Nokyoongtong

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,
Aran Cox, 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, Dougal Stanton,
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,
Ghislain Lacroix, 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, Kentaro KAZUHAMA,
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, Raimo Radczewski, Robin Stocker, Roderich Schupp,
Rodney Dawes, Romain Tartière, Ruben Vermeersch, Ryan Collier,
Samuel Gyger, Sandy Armstrong, Scott Peterson, Sebastian Dröge,
Shaun McCance, Tim Fisken, Tim Yamin, Tobias Mueller, Todd Berman,
Travis Glenn Hansen, Travis Reitter, Trey Ethridge, Valentin Sawadski,
Will Farrington, William Friesen, William Pettersson, Wouter Bolsterlee,
Zhou Ting

Reporting Bugs, Joining the Community

If you encounter any bad behavior with this release, please do not hesitate to file bugs!

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