[wincue] WinCue v1.35 released!

[Anders Sandvig <anders@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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What's Up?
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It's been over two years since the last release, but I haven't discontinued
development, I have just been really busy during the last few years.. Anyway,
things are changing and here you go, a brand new version of WinCue for you to
enjoy. I think I'll try to make these newsletters a bit more often as well. I
know it's supposed to be a low-traffic mailing list, but I guess one mail
every two years is a bit too low traffic.. ;)


WinCue v1.35 released!
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I have no idea what to write here, I'm just glad I finally have a new release
for you. There's a ton of new features and fixes in this version, so you
better go get it.

http://www.wincue.org/


What's new in this release?
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Here's a list of what's new in WinCue v1.35

  * New installer w/uinstall.
    
  * New and improved documentation in HTML format.

  * Added a "Welcome To WinCue" dialog to help out new users understanding how
    the Media Library works and how to configure it. (Dialog will only be
    displayed once.)

  * Added "Cue As Next" feature. This will cue the selected song(s) after the
    currently playing entry in the WinAMP playlist.

  * Added option to cache Media Library.

  * New feature: Cue Box
    WinCue now features a way of cueing files only by entering their number in
    the playlist/Media Library. The new cue box works just like the "Go To"
    dialog, only it won't disappear after you have cued a song. This is useful
    when using WinCue for a jukebox, as you can provide the user with a
    numeric keypad and a list of songs with accompanying numbers, and the user
    can cue songs by entering their number and pressing "Enter". There is also
    a new option to automatically show the cue box at startup.

  * New feature: Clean up WinAMP playlist
    WinCue can now clean up WinAMP's playlist by deleting all entries before
    the one currenly playing. There is also a new option for automatically
    cleaning up the playlist whenever it reaches a given number of played
    entries.

  * New feature: Refuse cueing of new songs
    WinCue can now refuse to cue new songs if there are more than a given
    number of entries left in the playlist. This is useful for parties or
    other situations where you don't want people to fill up the entire
    playlist at once.
    
  * AutoCue now has its own option page. Also added support for autocueing
    songs from an external playlist file. This is useful for parties or other
    situations where you want to control what is being autocued.

  * Added a function to copy the current WinAMP playlist in addition to
    stealing it. (Copying will keep the WinAMP playlist intact.)

  * Random file cueing should now be more random.

  * Dropping a playlist file in the WinCue window should work again now (It
    has been broken for some time). Dropping anything but a .m3u file on the
    window will now give you a warning message instead of a crash (or some
    other random reaction).

  * Optimized and cleaned up search feature. Searching should be a bit faster
    now, and searches including special international characters should work
    as expected.

  * Fixed problems caused by playlists containing relative paths. All files
    from playlists should be cued and played properly now.
    
  * Finally got rid of the crash when Media Library contained empty or invalid
    folders. (This should be the solution to most of the crashes users have
    experienced.)

  * Fixed problem with crashes/strange behaviour when AutoCue was enabled and
    playlist/Media Library was empty.

  * Fixed a bug in reading of ID3 v1.1 track numbers. Track numbers should
    work now, this also fixes the problem with %a not working in the title
    format string.

  * Numbers shown in playlist now actually represent an entry's number in the
    playlist/Media Library, it no longer changes for each search.

  * Fixed problem with skin not changing when "Random skin on" play was selected
    in WinAMP
  
  * Alt+F4 now works as expected. (Closes WinAMP instead of just closing
    WinCue and making it impossible to get back.)

  * Cleaned up HTML exporting. Playlists exported to HTML now validates as
    HTML 4.01 Transitional.

  * A large number of bugfixes, optimizations and other improvements.


PayPal account set up for donations
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I have set up a new PayPal account to recieve donations from those of you who
are willing to contribute financially. I am hoping that the switch to PayPal
will make things easier and that more people now will be willing to donate
some money to support the development of WinCue. 


Regards

Ander Sandvig
www.wincue.org

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