CometSound

CometSound is an audio player for GNU/Linux written in Python, using PyGTK and GStreamer libraries.

Features:

• collects and shows only the audio files (mp3, wma, ogg) of a given folder recursively
• allows the user to create playlists and to shuffle them
• uses Gstreamer multimedia framework, and a GTK+ user interface
• supports mp3 and wma tags (through python-mutagen)
• is free software. Released under GNU GPL v2+ License

What is new in this release:

• New Views system
• Efficiency improved
• Last.fm Scrobbler
• Multiple selection in file browser and in file selection

What is new in version 0.3.2:

• New search system
• Album Art display
• Album Art downloading from last.fm
• File playing from nautilus
• New icon
• Various bug fixies

What is new in version 0.3.1:

• Solved crash problem related to old files of cache
• Solved some playback slider's bugs
• Fixed bug related to double-clicking during shuffle playback

What is new in version 0.3:

• Solved lots of GUI bugs
• Some code rewritten and optimized
• New shuffle system and repeat button
• Refresh button now works properly
• New formats supported: .m4a, .mp4, .aac(requires gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad), .wav, .ape, .mpc, .wv
• Window's geometry and playlist restored at startup
• Added French translation (Thanks to Maxime Gentils)

What is new in version 0.2.1:

• Media keys support (under Gnome)
• Brazilian Portuguese translation added (Thanks to Sergio Gabriel)
• Slovak translation added (Thanks to Dag Software)
• Player Bug fixies

What is new in version 0.2:

• WARNING: If you are updating from a previous version could be needed to delete .CometSound/cache and .CometSound/settings files from the user's home
• Gapless playback
• Tags Editor
• More efficient file browser refreshing
• Spanish language added (Thanks to Aldeano)
• Bug fixies

What is new in version 0.1.4:

• Startup crash bug fixed

What is new in version 0.1.3:

• New feature: now is possible to save a playlist and open it directly from the main menu
• Bug fixies and improvements related to notifications, search box, languages, status icon.

What is new in version 0.1.2:

• new flac support
• new tray icon
• new search box
• bug fixes

Requirements:

• Python
• PyGTK
• GStreamer