0.98c release

0.98c looks like it will close the 0.98 series which has been dedicated on the evolution of the Tray Tool Tip window (or notification window). Volume and track position sliders have been added and they really make a difference (at least in me when i am listening to music - autocontinue mode - while working).

Here is the full changelog since the (b) release
- Track List Pane: Quick Search on Track List Changes: Max results limit set to 100 (it was unlimited) and there are no minimum characters (it was 3)
- QuickSearch: Max result set to 30 (it was 10)
- TrayToolTip: Position / volume slider added
- MiniPlayer: OnTop fix
- MiniPlayer: 1000 ms delay on mouse out shrinking
- System: Replace the 3 Text Size buttons with one with sub menu +3 + 2 + 1 0 -1 etc....
- Music Browser: Sorting tracks before execution.
- TrayToolTip: "Jaangle" text position fault

Jaangle 0.98b released - or who needs a GUI?

Jaangle 0.98b expands what 0.98 started with the tooltip. Now it includes buttons and a shortcut key to display it anytime.

Jaangle 98b version tooltip

The full changelog is here:

- Player: Bugfix on Mute for video files
- TrayToolTip: Remove the ontop property
- TrayToolTip: Removed "Jaangle" Tooltip
- TrayToolTip: Close button removed
- TrayToolTip: Play/Pause/Stop/Next/Prev buttons added
- TrayToolTip: GUI changes
- MiniPlayer: Non printable characters sould not show QuickSearch
- Amazon Plugin: Review - TrackList retrieval fixed
- TrackListPane: Quick search resets when there are less than 3 letters in search box
- Bass Media Engine: Fixed a crash bug on certain mp3s
- Syatem: ShowMiniPlayer function re-added in the system menu
- Hotkeys: Show Quick Search / Show Tray Tooltip added
- MiniPlayer: ESC on MiniPlayer shows an artifact on QuickSearch

0.98 release

As promised 0.98 is here. Enjoy

The latest changelog is:
+ TrayTooltip: Added
+ TrayTooltip: Option to show on media changed (default = enabled)
+ HotKeys: Show TrayTooltip on hotkey
+ MiniPlayer: Settings has been added in the Context Menu
+ MiniPlayer: Volume slider Added
- Tagging. Enabled wma - mp4 read support and mp4 write support
- Tagging: FileTitle is used when artist exists and there is no track name info
- Options: MediaPlayer Options bug fix
- MiniPlayer: Option to disable transparency when the cursor is over the window
- System: Show What I am listening is not working (All Trackers MSN / LastFM / Native) had this issue) Check the solution
- PlayerWnd: Mute button added
- Slider: Tick drawing to indicate minutes
- TrayToolTip: Display artist picture if album cover is not available.
- QuickSearchDialog: Showing Album pictures if available and then artist pictures
- QuickSearchDialog: Setfocus on startup fixed
- Skins: SubBk Skin Options for TreeCtrl (in colors.ini) are re-enabled
- Advanced Search: BugFix The list in advanced search was empty
- Player: Upgraded to Bass 2.4.4

Jaangle future details

Jaangle 0.98 is almost ready featuring tray tooltips, bugfixes and small visual enhancements. It should be out this weekend.

For 0.99 i am working to embed a full-featured YouTube Player which will make jaangle able to direct play virtual YouTube tracks, playlists together with other normal tracks.

* Note: there are 170 big & small features waiting in the todo list.

0.97b release

0.97b has been released today

The major changes are:
1. An upgrade to the miniplayer

A new autohide position slider has been added, direct buttons for searching, menu, restoring. There is also an addition in context menu with options for locating the album of the current track and a "Play Album" which plays the full album that the current track belongs.

2. Quick Search Dialog & Algorithm



It can be started by CTRL+F in the main dialog and by pressing the "Find" button in Mini Player (and by some other way).
The search algorithm has become a little more google like - it breaks the search string in spaces and tries to find ALL the string fragments in album/artist/path/title.


The complete changelog for this release:
+ System: QuickSearchDialog Added
+ Searching: Simple quick search replaced be Google-like search.
Example: if you want to search the song "Nirvana" - "School", you can find it by typing just 'Nir Sch'.
+ System: CTRL+F initiates QuickSearch
+ MiniPlayer: Locate Album / Play Album / Open Containing Folder added in context menu
+ MiniPlayer: QuickSearch / Menu / Restore buttons added
+ MiniPlayer: Position Slider (Auto show on mouse over)
- System: Tray menu fix
- Tagging: TagLib 1.6 Update
- QuickSearchDialog: ENTER -> Play, SHIFT + ENTER -> Enqueue, CTRL + ENTER -> Insert After
- Miniplayer: Blank time when no time information
- MiniPlayer: left/right arrow for +/- 5 sec. up/down for prev/next track
- MiniPlayer: ForceOnTop Option bug fix
- MiniPlayer: Press any character on miniplayer to Initiate QuickSearch.
- Player: Fixed enqueue bug
- System: [BACK] has been replaced by [SHIFT + ENTER] for enqueue. [CTRL + ENTER] is used for insert after operation
- System: Drop down Buttons are drown correctly now
- PlayList Pane: Bugfix on drop files
- QuickSearch: Artist pictures / Ratings added in display
- QuickSearch: Results are sorted by Rating and then by Title
- MiniPlayer: PlayAlbum is sorted by TrackNo / Location

Jaangle 0.97 beta 1 Available

I am planning to post some articles in the future to demonstrate the new features.

Last changelog (since 0.96b)
- Information Retrieval: Fixed the amazon service (signed requests)
- Tagging: Fixed a multi language (unicode) problem on the lyrics tagging.
- Services: New format - better for sharing / updating (Not 100% compatible with the 0.96 version)
- Services: Each service can now have an icon
- System: Changed the hashing of artist/album names which are saved in the "Storage" Folder (There was a Unicode confict in Japanese). (Not compatible with the 0.96 version)
- System: Thumbnail Image Cache added. This will help the application to start faster, use less the disk and draw the GUI elements a lot quicker
- System: Each pane can be added multiple times.
- System: BugFix on the OnTop state of MiniPlayer (could lost)
- PlayList Pane: RandomizeNext Added
- System: Add Pane & New Maximized Pane function added
- PlayList Pane: Randomize Next Tracks in PlayList Contexct menu Command
- PlayList Pane: Bugfix. Rating in now working for multi selections
- Visualaztions Pane: BugFix (maybe crash?) On Starting / stopping.
- Visualization Pane: Video is now played in a separate Pane
- Video Pane: Independent VideoPane Added
- Video Pane: Auto UnFullScreen when the video is over
- Info Pane: Automatically Show Video Option
- Options: "New" Definition moved to main options dialog
- Options: Removed Obsolete Dialogs.
- Skin Options: Now loading a lot faster
- Play List Pane: Better handling of the current selections
- Web Services: Separator added in every 5 webservices menu items
- Web Services: http://www.discogs.com/ added
- Web Services: http://lyrics.wikia.com/ added
- Web Services: http://SongMeanings.com/ added
- Web Pane added
- Web Pane: Now you can open all services to the integrated WebBrowser


Forum Post

Features under construction

Most of the time until now has been consumed to the all-new pane controller - the module that controls how the various panes (Music browser, Track List, Play List, Info Pane, Video Window, Visualizations etc) are arranged in the main Jaangle window.
You are now able to add multiple instances of the same control.



The rest of the changes (raw format) that are scheduled for the next version are:
GUI
- Correct the track list - wheel issue
- Music brainz integration using the external application (see MusicBee)
- Tray Icon tooltip.
- Info Pane: make it see multiple info
- Info Pane: If it shows a track -> make a button to play/enqueue the album / artist
- Info Pane: Add "Year" in the photo caption.
- Info Panes: break to Info / Vis / Video / Browser panes
- PlayerBar: Ratings button
- PlayerBar. Show number of tracks/current track/total playlist time in a status bar
- Miniplayer: Ratings button
- MiniPlayer. Add a "jump to" bar / Numbers in front of the tracks
- Mouse down & move left - right forward track position forward backwar at 1 sec/pixel
- Tree Pane: Draw the Tree Images in a timer event
- Tree Pane: More buttons for style/mode toggling
- Tree Pane. Add option for doubleclicking Nothing/Play/Enqueue/Enqueue after
- Track Properties. Add Picture Property page
- Track List Pane. Add option for doubleclicking Nothing/Play/Enqueue/Enqueue after
- Game: Full Screen

Operations:
- Add an option to copy all files on the playlist to a certain directory
- Add a localized google search (use IDS_LYRICS for search)
- PlayList: What I would like to do is to randomize the list from the next song to be played on.
- PlayList: Read tags in a different thread and notify
- Bass Video Integration (http://www.un4seen.com/forum/?topic=7943.0)
- Bass SFX Integration (http://www.un4seen.com/forum/?topic=9488.0)
- BASS_VFX Integration http://www.un4seen.com/forum/?topic=8827.0
- Player: pause, stop or seek, you will hear the smooth transitions.
- Player: Rethink of volume as a "Config" value. Rethink the whole Config Thing
- Player: FLV files
- Player: Add an option to use DirectShow Engine only
- Selectable LastFM support (Using the original client)

Bugs:
- The problem is every chinese artist are recognized by the player as the same so if I were to tick the "display artist picture" in special info under options and play the songs of lets say artist 周杰伦 it will start a slideshow of every single chinese artist
- Problem when maximizing and the task bar is hidden