XMMS2 Release:DrLecter

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Contents 1 Release Notes 1.1 Upgrading 1.2 Noteworthy changes 1.2.1 Feature additions 1.2.2 Bug fixes 1.3 New platforms 1.4 Notes to client authors 1.5 Notes to xform authors 1.6 Full ChangeLog 1.6.1 Between TEST1 and TEST2 1.6.2 Between DrKosmos and TEST1

Release Notes

Good evening, Clarice.

Finally a new XMMS2 release has arrived. This time it contains even finer meat, such as a whole bunch of new plugins and support for ruby 1.9. The XMMS2 Team would like to extend a big THANK YOU to all who have helped out with this release. Hope you will have as good time eating it as we had cooking it!

Upgrading

Upgrading should be smooth.

Noteworthy changes

Feature additions

• New plugins:
  • airplay
  • gme
  • gvfs
  • karaoke
• Speex plugin is enabled again
• Segment xform added to handle playing parts of a file, used by cue files
• Ruby bindings works with ruby 1.9
• SID plugin now supports songlengths.txt
• PulseAudio plugin now supports changing volume.

Bug fixes

New platforms

• Should now build on windows 2000

Notes to client authors

• The current_pos method and broadcast now returns a dict with the following keys: "name" stores the name of the playlist in which the current pos was changed, "position" contains the new position.
• (C-api) xmmsc_result_get_string takes a **const** string.
• The wildcards for the MATCH collection-operator are now * and ? instead of % and _.

Notes to xform authors

• xforms now can specify a default priority using XMMS_STREAM_TYPE_PRIORITY

Full ChangeLog

Between TEST1 and TEST2

Anders Waldenborg

• 1982: GVFS plugin is same priority as file plugin for file:// urls.
  • BUG(1982): Change default priority for file:// scheme in gvfs plugin.

Between DrKosmos and TEST1

Alan LaMielle

• 1553: CLI Client has no 'playlist active' command
  • FEATURE(1553): Add ability to show the name of the active playlist in the cli. Example use: $ xmms2 playlist active Default

Alexander Botero-Lowry

• 1891: Reference() should not split on ":"
  • BUG(1891): Use two arguments for coll and namespace in Reference instead of splitting

Anders Waldenborg

• 1095: xmms2d(8) and xmms2-launcher(8) should accept -h instead -?
  • BUG(1095): Do not require glib 2.14, but use it if present (based on Erik Massop's patch)
• 1805: Binding for xform_media_browse_encoded
  • BUG(1805): Add xform_media_browse_encoded to pythonbindings.
• 852: Add support for Songlength.txt in sid plugin.
  • BUG(852): Add songlengths.txt support to sid xform.
• 1978: reading a long pls file fails
  • BUG(1978): EOS isn't an error.
• 1838: xmms2 clear nonexistingplaylist deadlocks server.
  • BUG(1838): Add missing unlock on errorpath in playlist_clear.
• 1826: update least required glib version
  • BUG(1826): Enforce GLib version 2.8
• 1823: No pkg-config for xmmsclient-ecore
  • BUG(1823): Install pkg-config file for xmmsclient-ecore (Patch from Samuel Mendes)
• 1944: gme wscript should use g++ for .cpp stuff
  • BUG(1944): Compile gme with c++ compiler.
• 1819: id3v2 parser not valgrind clean.
  • BUG(1819): Fix possible out of bounds access in id3v2 plugin.
• 957: AirTunes output plugin
  • FEATURE(957): Add airplay output plugin.
• 1935: segment plugin goes infinite loop when the output is unavailable
  • BUG(1935): Don't let any effect plugins pick up when the converter should.
• 1881: Stupid GLib version check (debian bug #443082)
  • BUG(1881): Do our own GLib version check instead of using glib_check_version
• 1887: libxmms_mac.so does not contain symbol XMMS_PLUGIN_DESC, so this plugin always cannot be loaded
  • BUG(1887): Fix up extern "C" in mac plugin.
• 1904: PulseAudio Output Crash on Pause
  • BUG(1904): Fix crash in volume setting/getting in pulseaudio plugin.
• 1900: PropDict.sources can only be a list.
  • BUG(1900): Allow PropDict.sources in python bindings to be any sequence.

Daniel Chokola

• 1964: flac plugin reports incorrect bitrate for some large files
  • BUG(1964): cast filesize to guint64 for bitrate calculation
• 1861: scripts are not installed on systems that don't have symlinks
  • BUG(1861): copy startup scripts instead of doing nothing when the os doesn't support symlinks
• 1873: waf install borked on win32
  • BUG(1873): don't try to install objects in pixmaps
• 1856: Ruby binding does not build with Ruby 1.9.0
  • BUG(1856): Update Ruby wscript to recognize Ruby 1.9
  • BUG(1856): Use RSTRING_LEN and RSTRING_PTR for Ruby 1.9 compatibility.

Daniel Svensson

• 1814: unnecessary rebuilds
  • BUG(1814): Put XMMS_VERSION in xmms_configuration.h instead of a cmdline define
• 1807: change waf from bld.env_of_name('default') to bld.env()
  • BUG(1807): Use in bld.env() instead of bld.env_of_name('..') in wscripts.
• 1810: don't build the static libxmms2core on linux
  • BUG(1810): Only build xmms2core library on windows.
• 1824: pulseaudio lacks volume control
  • FEATURE(1824): Add volume controls to PulseAudio.
• 1818: xmms2 icon always rebuilds
  • BUG(1818): Make icon an object on win32 to prevent rebuilds.
• 1876: ao kills daemon on errors
  • BUG(1876): Use xmms_error_set instead of xmms_log_fatal in xmms_ao_write.
• 1668: rename xform exchange functions, xmms_xform_privdata_*, to something good
  • BUG(1668): s/xmms_xform_privdata_/xmms_xform_auxdata_/g
• 1561: medialib and id3v2 plugin do not support many common id3v2 frames
  • BUG(1561): Add support for additional id3 tags.
• 1916: position emited before new pls entry emited
  • BUG(1916): Emit playlist position _after_ emiting playlist insert. Pre-fix scenario: I have a three item playlist, i play the second one, i insert a new entry between 1 and 2, now i get the broadcast signal that says that the playlist position current+1 that is active, i associate that row with the active indicator, then i get the inserted id, insert that, tada, song 3 is playing, but song 4 is selected.

Deng Xiyue

• 1895: cue plugin error handling is absent
  • BUG(1895): improve cue errorchecking by checking index for validity
• 1311: use startms and stopms arguments
  • FEATURE(1311): Add segment effect (startms/stopms handling)

Erik Massop

• 1095: xmms2d(8) and xmms2-launcher(8) should accept -h instead -?
  • BUG(1095): Make xmms2d handle -h.
• 1470: xmms2 addpls adds media in medialib order
  • FEATURE(1470): Add xmmsc_playlist_add_idlist and make cli's addpls use it.
• 1471: xmms2 addpls does not take a medialib playlist name
  • FEATURE(1471): xmms2 addpls does not take a medialib playlist name
• 1889: PShuffle - Ability to move n+1 track into playlist screws everything up
  • BUG(1889): Ability to move n+1 track into playlist screws everything up.
• 1909: Playlists with absolute paths cannot be loaded
  • BUG(1909): Absolute paths in playlistfiles malfunction
• 1292: Fix typo in cmd_status.c
  • BUG(1292): Fixed a typo in cmd_status.c.
• 1902: Collection operator MATCH is always case insensitive
  • BUG(1902): Allow for case-sensitive MATCH and make * and ? the wildcards
• 1914: Effect enablement is ugly
  • BUG(1914): By default enable effects on registering
  • BUG(1914): Streamline effect-enablement
• 1566: When idlist is changed on collections-level the size attribute is not updated, resulting in strange malfunction
  • BUG(1566): Remove redundant "size" attribute on idlists.
• 1893: man xmms2 says 'xmms2 add [playlist] url' - but playlists aren't accepted.
  • BUG(1893): Fix handling of playlists to "xmms2 add" cli command.

Florian Ragwitz

• 1831: perl/python/ruby does not honor prefix
  • BUG(1831): Warn if the python libdir isn't inside the install prefix.
  • BUG(1831): Warn if the ruby libdir isn't inside the install prefix.
  • BUG(1831): Warn if the ruby archdir isn't inside the install prefix.
  • BUG(1831): Warn if the perl archdir isn't inside the install prefix.
• 1836: run ldconfig with the lib prefix
  • BUG(1836): Run ldconfig with the lib prefix.
• 1855: add a bindata_list function
  • BUG(1855): Bind bindata_list to c++.
  • BUG(1855): Bind bindata_list to ruby.
  • BUG(1855): Bind bindata_list to python.
  • BUG(1855): Bind bindata_list to perl.
  • BUG(1855): Make bindata_list accessable from the clientlib.
  • BUG(1855): Implement bindata_list.
• 1961: gvfs plugin
  • FEATURE(1961): gvfs plugin.
• 1937: Make use of fstatat(2) in xmms_file_browse()
  • BUG(1937): Refactor xmms_file_browse.
• 1927: plugin priority
  • FEATURE(1927): Make indata priorities configurable via config.
  • FEATURE(1927): Use streamtype priorities to set up the chain.
  • FEATURE(1927): Add name and priority to streamtypes.

Hugh Davenport

• 1809: alsa output plugin doesn't let you use non zero index for accessing mixer
  • BUG(1809): The ALSA mixer index is now configurable.

Jonne Lehtinen

• 1965: Playlist::broadcastCurrentPos() returns UintSignal but should return DictSignal
  • BUG(1965): Change Playlist::broadcastCurrentPos to use DictSignal.
• 1728: cdda should stop playing when the cd is ejected
  • BUG(1728): Check if the CD has been ejected before trying to read.

Juho Vähä-Herttua

• 1938: Voice removal plugin for karaoke use
  • FEATURE(1938): Karaoke plugin for voice removal from tracks.
• 1817: libasf crash?
  • BUG(1817): Import change from libasf fixing potential buffer overflow on some video files.

Lucas Adam M Paul

• 1438: SPC (SNES Game Audio) Decoder
  • FEATURE(1438): Added GME plugin to support SPC/NSF/GBS files

Martin Salzer

• 1960: playlist_current_pos should return same result for normal and callback function
  • BUG(1960): normal playlist_current_pos returns now the same result as its broadcast-version

Sebastian Woetzel

• 1862: broadcast_collection_changed is missing as well as the COLLECTION_CHANGED_* constants
  • BUG(1862): Added broadcast_collection_changed and the COLLECTION_CHANGED_* constants

Sebastien Cevey

• 1907: "All Media" should sometimes be allowed
  • BUG(1907): Allow 'All Media' as pshuffle input.
• 1804: Do not fail when trying to browse a file
  • BUG(1804): Bind xmmsc_medialib_entry_status_t in bindings (C++, python, ruby).
• 1890: Playlist current_active missing in Ruby bindings
  • FEATURE(1890): Playlist current_active missing in Ruby bindings.
• 1723: playlist_current_pos broadcast should contain the name of the affected playlist
  • BUG(1723): Changed PLAYLIST_CURRENT_POS broadcast to return a dict containing position and playlist name.

Tilman Sauerbeck

• 1853: xmms_medialib_entry_to_list() uses sucky g_list_append()
  • BUG(1853): Don't use g_list_append() in xmms_medialib_entry_to_list().
• 1953: xmms_collection_dag_restore() leaks memory
  • BUG(1953): Fixed two memory leaks in xmms_collection_dag_restore().
• 1847: xmmsc_result_get_dict_entry_string() has bad prototype (result should be const char**)
  • BUG(1847): Fixed the signature of xmmsc_result_get_dict_entry_string().
• 1877: Remove gnome-vfs xform
  • BUG(1877): Removed the gnome-vfs xform.
• 1875: The cue plugin leaks memory
  • BUG(1875): Fix leak in cue plugin.
• 1896: the config subsystem sucks cause it converts the hashtable to a GNode structure on saving
  • BUG(1896): Made the config object use a BST instead of a hashtable.
• 1858: Improve xmms_ipc_handle_cmd_value's LIST/PROPDICT handling
  • BUG(1858): Improved xmms_ipc_handle_cmd_value's LIST/PROPDICT handling.
• 1859: Result's source preference handling is weird
  • BUG(1859): Don't copy the default sources for every result.
  • BUG(1859): Store results' prefered sources in a char* array.
  • BUG(1859): Reworked xmmsc_source_preference_get().
• 1850: Add return values to foo_ref() and foo_unref() that indicate the result of the operation
  • BUG(1850): Added return values to xmmsc_{result,coll,}ref().
• 1851: medialib.c's process_dir() leaks memory
  • BUG(1851): Fixed a few memory leaks in process_dir().
• 1940: config.c:dump_tree() doesn't support nested config sections
  • BUG(1940): Support nested sections in config.c:dump_tree().
• 1941: load_config() is weird
  • BUG(1941): Cleaned up load_config().
• 1854: Improve xmms_sqlite_query_array()'s handling of xmms_object_cmd_value_t
  • BUG(1854): Made xmms_object_cmd_value_t refcounted.
  • BUG(1854): Moved the allocation of 'row' outside the loop.
  • BUG(1854): Handle xmms_object_cmd_value_t resources on the sqlite side only.
• 1857: xmms_ipc_msg_put_foo's return values need to be fixed
  • BUG(1857): xmms_ipc_msg_put_*() return offsets into the message buffer now.
• 1954: xmms_playlist_{add,insert}_collection() leak memory
  • BUG(1954): Properly free lists in xmms_playlist_{add,insert}_collection().
• 1937: Make use of fstatat(2) in xmms_file_browse()
  • BUG(1937): Use fstatat() in xmms_file_browse().
• 1867: The plugin_list command leaks memory in the server
  • BUG(1867): Fixed a memory leak in the plugin_list command.
• 1952: xmms_xform_plugin_destroy() leaks memory
  • BUG(1952): Properly free 'in_types' in xmms_xform_plugin_destroy().
• 1868: pascalesque iterator start in clientlib
  • BUG(1868): Kill a very serious case of a pascalesque loop.
• 1958: Replace GHashTable with GTree for dictionaries
  • BUG(1958): Made the _DICT IPC type use GTree instead of GHashTable.
• 1839: xmms2d segfaults
  • BUG(1839): Start the client thread _after_ the client has been registered.
• 1848: xmmsc_result_get_string() should take _const_ char**
  • BUG(1848): xmmsc_result_get_string() takes a _const_ char** now.
• 1843: collection parser leaks memory if "AND" or "OR" tokens are used
  • BUG(1843): Fixed another collection parser leak.
• 1842: xmms_object_emit_f() leaks memory
  • BUG(1842): Fixed a memory leak in xmms_object_emit_f().
• 1840: xmmsc_ipc_exec_msg() leaks memory in error path
  • BUG(1840): Fixed memory leaks in the error path of xmmsc_ipc_exec_msg().
• 1821: xmms_medialib_session_new's insertion of clip broken
  • BUG(1821): Fixed medialib insertion of our sample track.
• 1822: xmms_medialib_add_recursive doesn't emit entry_added broadcast
  • BUG(1822): Properly emit entry_added broadcasts when using the radd command.
• 1942: The speex plugin needs to be ported to the xform API
  • BUG(1942): Ported the Speex plugin to the xform API.
• 1748: replaygain re-invents the "will this plugin work?" wheel.
  • BUG(1748): Properly tell the daemon about the formats that we support.
• 1852: xmms_medialib_add_recursive() is a bit dumb
  • BUG(1852): Optimized the list handling in xmms_medialib_add_recursive().