XMMS 1.0.0 Released

Olle Hällnäs wrote in to tell us that XMMS (the premiere GUI MP3 player for Linux these days) has released v1.1.0. Currently they only have rpms and source on the Web site, but I'm sure debs will follow. I've attached a feature list if you read more.

• CD Plugin now supports CDDB, and CD Index.
• mpg123 plugin now handles compressed id3 frames.
• OSS plugin got a much better and faster resampling routine.
• Setting for adjusting master volume instead of pcm volume.
• New shortkey, ctrl-n for "No Playlist Advance"
• XMMS can now be made "sticky"
• The Equalizer and Playlist don't show up in GNOME/KDE's task list anymore.
• Reload skin shortkey (F5)
• Option to set the speed of the mousewheel.
• Playlist files are now tried to be recognized by content in addition to suffix.
• Added Fullscreen support for visualization plugins. (in libxmms)
• Added DGA support to fullscreen.
• Added xmms-config command.
• XMMS now handles winamp's .wsz skin files.

Comments

I prefer hardware decoding

[TheGratefulNet]

and a command-line player. gui shoomey ;-)

there's a neat little hardware dongle thingie at:

http://lp3music.com

the only limitation is that it can't decode mp3's beyond 192k. that is a bummer - but if you try 192k mode on a good encoder (blade-enc is fine at that rate), you'll be very surprised at the quality; especially with this external decoder unit.

it has the advantage of all the analog electronics being outside the PC. less clock noise and hum = cleaner sound. oh, and since the decode is in hardware, your cpu util. is almost nil. and the best part is that it only needs a printer port - not an ISA or PCI slot. so its perfect for laptops. even older 386 laptops!

oh, and yes, there is linux support for this. they provide links for linux sourcecode to drive this. and there's even some work being done to make this an xmms plug-in; for those who insist on a ooey-gui.

ob disc: I'm just a customer who enjoys this hardware product. I had nothing to do with the design, implementation or anything else for that matter

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Still one simple bug

[Puppe]

I've mailed the xmms team 2-3 times even with patches for this bug.

The timer thinks 1 hour is 99 minutes, so after the timer passes 99:59 it says 1:00:00, but it should wrap after 59:59.

Here is the fix

--- main.c~ Mon Jan 24 20:11:01 2000
+++ main.c Fri Jan 28 15:19:29 2000
@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@
stime_prefix = ' ';
}
t /= 1000;
- if (t > 99 * 60)
+ if (t > 60 * 60)
t /= 60;
number_set_number(mainwin_10min_num, t / 600);
number_set_number(mainwin_min_num, (t / 60) % 10);



--- playlistwin.c~ Mon Jan 24 20:11:02 2000
+++ playlistwin.c Fri Jan 28 15:20:01 2000
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@

if (time 99 * 60)
+ if (time > 60 * 60)
time /= 60;

text = g_strdup_printf("%c%-2.2d", sign, time / 60);