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My christmas present to you all.

GMPC 0.17.0

• Fix building with NLS disabled.
• Fix resize issue.
• Add a function that generates a filename for cover art, this should be used in metadata plugins. To give a more consistent saving.
• New Metadata database that uses a more structured layout. (less overhead)
• Custom progres bar. (So gmpc does not use 20% cpu on a theme with animated progress bar)
• Sharper lines around album art.
• [libmpd] If idle command available use it to detect changes in stored playlist.
• Update stored playlist without loosing selection.
• Allow prioritizing of metadata plugins from the gui.
• Speed up saving of config/metadata file by +- 50 times.
• Only save config/metadata/profile file on closing of gmpc.
• Add a script that allows you to open pls files from your browser (gmpc-remote-stream).
• Always safe window zoom state between sessions.
• Add possibility to use buttons instead of dropdown.
• Allow more advanced search query in playlist filter.
• Allow the more advanced search in the search browser. (query entry).
• Compile time option to get the EggTrayIcon back. (that allows scroll(ing) event on the tray)
• Add Hebrew and turkish translation.
• Fix wrong version check, causing GmpcMpdDataTreeview settings to reset on each update.
• Several smaller and larger memory leaks fixed.

Fixed bugs:

• 0001764: Allow drag and drop of images on the GmpcMetaImage.
• 0001481: Add possibility to prioritize metadata plugins.
• 0001765: Check available urlhandler before handling dnd.
• 0001604: Mute/unmute multimedia key support.
• 0001767: Expand/Collaps keybinding keypad is wrong.
• 0001772: Opening of Information on a song is slow.
• 0001794: Fix gtk deprecation warnings.
• 0001814: Add reset browser option.
• 0001794: Fix high cpu usage caused by progressbar.
• 0001866: Fonts get cut off during mouse over of songs.
• 0001888: Show tooltip on hoover.
• Memory leak in GmpcClickLabel
• Fix play-queue gettting stuck in quick-search.
• Add –debug-updates option that shows redraws.
• Fix mute icon.

Windows build:

• Fix windows crasher with xml parser cleanup. gmpc will now init libxml on startup (for threading) and clean it up on close.
• Fix windows application icon on cross compile.
• Fix writing of invalid characters to filename (saving metadata).
• Use start instead of xdg-open to get a browser.

Mac OsX build:

• Dock icons (that reflects status).
• Menu bar integration with apple bar.
• Apple menu integration.
• Use ‘open’ instead of xdg-open to open an uri.

Libmpd

• Concatenate artist/composer/performer tag.
• Support Query changes using idle command.
• Unix socket support.
• Fix false MPD_CST_STORED_PLAYLIST update.
• Fix build on opensolaris.
• Convert error messages to utf-8 before passing to gmpc.
• Fix memory leak in idle check.
• Several typo’s fixed (thx to Priyank)
• (Open) Solaris build fix.
• Fix document distribution (thx to Priyank).
• Support for playlist modification time.
• Get more changed signals using idle command.
• Convert debug output to locale before outputting.

Plugins

• Metadata plugins adjusted to use the new path function in gmpc.
• Fix crasher of libxml plugins on windows.
• Magnatune/serverstats fix finding of extra data when installed outside prefix.
• Fix memory leak in gmpc-lyricwiki plugin.

Download

You can get it here

p.s. There is also a mpd release today and a mpdscribble release.

A big thanks for avuton, for making all these great releases.