Decibel Audio Player project is a GTK open-source (GPL license) audio player designed for GNU/Linux, which aims at being very straightforward to use by mean of a very clean and user friendly interface.
It aims also at being a real audio player and, as such, it does not include features that are not meant to be part of an audio player. These features (e.g., tagging) generally have a really better support in specialized software. If you're looking for an audio player than can also make coffee, then you should stay away from Decibel and give a try to other players (e.g., Amarok, Exaile).
Decibel Audio Player is still in early stage of development, so don't expect a lot of bells and whistles.
What is new in this release:
- Keyboard interruption (Ctrl+C) doesn't work (#817803)
- AudioScrobbler cache lost when Decibel is not closed properly (#787989)
- Exception when the cover cannot be retrieved (#825083)
- Album art extends past screen boundaries (#821452)
- Remote sometimes fails with relative paths (#800813)
- Make with DESTDIR writes incorrect path (#731383)
- Folder listing mixes lower and upper case letters (#797862)
- Skipping track just before the end skips the following track (#770346)
- Reverting playlist stops playback (#714548)
- Volume button not shown by default (#732956)
- On execution, raise if already running (#770111)
- Show filename instead of title when no title tag exists (#732583)
- Added a 'filename' column to the tracklist (right-click on column headers to display it)
- Convert from Libglade to GtkBuilder (#799738)
What is new in version 1.07:
- Libraries may be filtered by genre using the popup menu
- Can't play wav files (#653496)
- Add an automatic shuffle feature (#510278)
- Add a module that resumes playback on startup (#534031)
- Added a 'lean' view mode (#523943)
- Added a 'netbook' view mode (#711629)
- Let external apps access the current cover (#715833)
- Don't spawn multiple instances from the .desktop file (#704221)
- Playbin2 with pulseaudio sets volume to 100% (#511589)
- Make left clicks on slider act the same as middle clicks (#676548)
- "Add" option is missing on right-click (#677168)
- Don't preserve the ratio of covers when the distortion isn't noticeable
What is new in version 1.06:
- Albums in the Library can be added to favorites using the popup menu
- Added an option to search for covers in parent directories as well (#605644)
- CD explorer not always removed when unloading the CD module (#603902)
- AudioScrobbler submission blocked by '\0' bytes (#604016)
- Tracklist scrolls up upon insertion (#607261)
- List of explorers not kept sorted when renaming a library (#610202)
- File chooser dialog box does not appear on some systems
- Can't play previous track from the remote (#656040)
- Scaling covers should preserve ratio (#654321)
- Revamped the preferences dialog box
- Respect the "Show hidden files" option when playing tracks from the File Explorer (#611703)
- Automatically show preferences the first time the application is started
What is new in version 1.05:
- Stick to the Media Player Remote Interface Specifications (#534021)
- Show some information on the selected tracks in the status bar
- Added presets to the equalizer
- [StatusIcon] Middle-click toggles pause, scroll changes volume (Laszlo Pandy)
- Added Zeitgeist support (#579972)
- Skips two songs when one is not found (#581654)
- Fixed crash in some rare occasions when trying to set the cover for the current track
- Fixed Gnome media keys no longer working when starting/closing multiple instances
- Fixed labels not always properly updated in the equalizer
- Ignore disc number when it looks like '1/1' (#596350)
- Improved startup time
- The playbin2 GStreamer component is now used by default (use the --playbin flag to use the old playbin component)
- Equalizer module has a menu item (CTRL-E) when enabled (#495761)
- Close properly on CTRL-C
What is new in version 1.04:
- Show album cover in desktop notifications if both modules are enabled (#418076)
- Added a wildcard (*) for cover names (#541763)
- Added more keyboard shortcuts to the tracklist (#523689)
- CD-ROM read speed can be configured (#502297)
- Added a bitrate column in the tracklist (hidden by default)
- Drag'n'Drop into the playlist not always working correctly (#501114)
- Improper sorting when adding tracks that don't all have a performer tag (#509494)
- Don't allow playback of a disc when there is no disc in the drive
- Removing a root folder in the File Explorer doesn't work correctly (#496154)
- Cannot open playlists using backslashes as path separators (#526273)
- Cannot play files with a percent sign in their path (#528442)
- Cannot start when view mode was set to nano in v1.02 (#512892)
- [AudioScrobbler] Song not submitted when quitting while playing (#565828)
- Fixed passwords not being stored on Ubuntu 10.04 (#578124)
- Time slider sometimes stops moving (#424976)
- Fixed lowercase/uppercase issue in the library (#513965)
- Gloss effect on covers can be disabled by using the --no-glossy-cover option on the command line (#562905)
- "Save as" dialog now opens the last directory used (#523692)
- Don't start a new instance when there is already one running (#490719)
- Play button plays selected track if any (#511720)
What is new in version 1.03:
- Improved the look of the cover thumbnail
- Fixed grey text not always visible once selected (#331867)
- Fixed removing a root folder in the File Explorer not working correctly (#496154)
- Merged mini and nano modes
- Fixed deprecation warnings about the tooltips
What is new in version 1.01:
- Added a 10-bands equalizer module (#194506)
- Added a ReplayGain module (#179094)
- Added a Twitter module (#415836)
- "Play a random album" added to the context menu of the Library (#385114)
- Added support for WavPack files (#343080)
- Added a revert entry to the tracklist popup menu (#329639)
- The state of the File Explorer's trees is restored (#414786)
- Removed the concept of media directories, add directories' contents recursively (File Explorer) (#179998)
- Replaced the "view" menu by a mode selector (#416823)
- Fixed a bug related to cropping non-current track (#410199)
- Fixed remote not working with playlist operations (#390978)
- Disable the 'skip track' option if the notification server doesn't support actions (#328609)
- Fixed application not working after locale change (#311293)
- Fixed Pidgin status not updated by the IMStatus module
- Fixed misusage of the Gnome keyring (only one password could be stored for the whole app)
- Restore maximized state properly (#305897)
- Fixed AudioScrobbler module no longer submitting tracks in case of very bad tags (#307525)
- Save preferences when receiving the SIGTERM signal (#211196)
- Make the last track the previous track of the first track when repeat is enabled (#324463)
- Added '/' as a default folder of the File Explorer for first time users
- Removed 'Encoding' key from desktop file (#307714)
- Repeat and shuffle icons are no longer hard coded (#308340)
- Rewrote the GStreamer-based playback engine, see NOTE below
- Added .oga as a valid extension for Ogg Vorbis files
- Default application icon size is now 128x128 (better integration with e.g., Gnome Do)
- Replaced the md5 module (deprecated) by the hashlib one (#398587)
What is new in version 1.00:
- The cover of the current track can now be displayed full size, and columns can be shown/hidden in the track list.
- Many small bugs have been fixed.
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