Amarok 'Fast Forward' 1.4.3

All aboard, have your tickets ready - Amarok 1.4.3 is leaving the station. This release is primarily a bug-fix release, with several bugs discovered since the 1.4.2 release fixed. So everyone is encouraged to upgrade.

But if you are a fan of features, don't fret! A couple of features that have been in development since before even 1.4.2 make their first debut in a stable release.

By using simple hashes, File Tracking gives you the flexibilty to re-arrange your music files without losing your statistics.

DAAP Music Sharing now supports the ZeroConfig/Rendezvous protocol, so music shares on the local network will appear automatically.

Saving the current playlist is now a magnitude faster.

Continue reading to see the full ChangeLog.

Houston, we have 1.4.2

The Amarok Project launches a 1.4 maintenance release.

Amarok 1.4.2 from the 'Fast Forward' series stars hot new features like much improved Last.fm streaming, MTP media device support and thanks to Google's Summer of Code Amarok now supports dynamic collections and live streaming over the DAAP protocol, as well as a whole galaxy of bug fixes.

We wish you a world of fun with Amarok 1.4.2 and hope you enjoy exploring the new features.

FEATURES

• DAAP Client
• MTP media device support
• Dynamic collection
• Custom Last.fm stations

CHANGES

• Improved crossfading for xine-engine
• Works with libtunepimp 0.5.0
• Video transfer with latest CVS version of libgpod
• Amarok now works with MySQL >5.0.23
• Various improvements to media device system

As usual, details can be found in the ChangeLog.

Webcast Interview
Amarok developers Ian Monroe and Max Howell are being interviewed live on The Linux Link Tech Show tonight at 20:30 EST August 2nd (00:30 August 3rd UTC). It will be available afterwards as a {mosimage}.