DisOrder 2.0

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From: Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk>
To: sgo-software-announce@greenend.org.uk
Subject: DisOrder 2.0
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:57:17 +0000

DisOrder 2.0 has been released.  This release adds a number of new
features.

What Is DisOrder?
=================

   * Play any file format you can supply a player for
   * Multiple track collections
   * Template-driven web interface
   * GTK+ interface for UNIX platforms
   * Command-line interface
   * Select tracks or have them picked at random
   * List current, queued and recently played tracks
   * Hierarchical navigation through track collections
   * Word and tag search on filenames
   * Calculates track lengths for known formats and estimates start time of
     queued tracks
   * Scratch (i.e. interrupt) unpopular tracks
   * Pause tracks while playing
   * Convert track filenames into artist/album/title with regexps
   * Plugins for various features:
     * Calculating track length
     * Sourcing tracks
     * Event notification
     * Playing tracks
   * Supports multiple character encodings
   * Volume control
   * Edit track preferences via the web interface
   * Rearrangeable queue
   * Broadcast or multicast audio over a local network

New Features In DisOrder 2.0
============================

If you are upgrading from an earlier version you should read
README.upgrades.

   * There is a new GTK+-based GUI client called Disobedience
   * Tracks can be tagged, and tags can be searched for or used when
     selecting random tracks
   * Random play now picks many tracks ahead instead of just one; the
     current state now persists across server restarts
   * OSS and Apple Core Audio output are now supported (as well as ALSA)
   * LAN play is supported (to the same three APIs).  It is also
     possible to feed the decoded audio into an arbitrary process for
     other forms of network play.
   * Decoders are included for OGG, MP3, FLAC and WAV removing the
     need for external decoders to be supplied
   * There is a new page for recently added tracks
   * The server now logs tracks it cannot read for some reason during
     its rescan
   * Long track names are truncated to avoid violence to the layout
   * Unicode support is improved
   * There are various bug fixes and performance improvements

Getting DisOrder
================

  For more information, including downloads and a detailed list of
  changes, please visit:
  http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/disorder/