ANNOUNCE: parole 0.5.90 released
Sean Davis
smd.seandavis at gmail.com
Sat Oct 19 16:23:26 CEST 2013
parole 0.5.90 is now available for download from
http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.90.tar.bz2
http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.90.tar.bz2.md5
http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.90.tar.bz2.sha1
http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.90.tar.bz2.sha256
What is parole?
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Parole is a modern simple media player based on the GStreamer framework
and written to fit well in the Xfce desktop.
Website:
http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/parole
Release notes for 0.5.90
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=== Development Release 0.5.90 ===
This is the first development release for Parole 0.6.0. Please
contribute your testing and translation efforts, as there is a lot of
new stuff for this release.
* Completed port to GTK+3
- Remove deprecated GTK+2 items
- Use GtkOverlay for player controls
- Use symbolic icons for menus, plugins
* Improved window maximization
- Window dimensions are no longer saved when maximizing
- Added "window-maximized" setting to xfconf to keep maximization
across sessions
* Rearranged and improved menubar
- Renamed "Edit" menu to "Playback"
- Renamed "Languages" menu item to "Audio Track"
- Added Tools menu
- Moved Plugins and Preferences to Tools menu
- Added DVD menu (visible only when a DVD or DVD ISO is being played)
- Added "Save Playlist" item to Media menu
- Added "Report Bug" item to Help menu
* Improved playlist
- Use symbolic icons in an inline toolbar
- Removed redundant settings button
- Added Move Up/Down buttons
* Updated/improved included plugins
- Added Previous/Next Track menu items to Tray plugin
- Added Previous/Next Track menu items to Notification plugin
* Other improvements
- Updated artwork (background image, icons)
- Fixed GStreamer 1.0 support
- Added ability to play DVD ISOs from the Open dialog
- Plugins now correctly report when they fail to load
* Bugs fixed
- missing option to open DVD from iso (bug #10300)
- Allow a playlist to be sorted and/or items to be moved (bug #10066)
- Remember playlist option in GUI not working (bug #10269)
- Parole show irritating edge (bug #10081)
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