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Xion 1.0 build 100 Released!

PostPosted: April 15th, 2008, 10:42 pm
by Cliff Cawley
Download Installer Version:
r2 Studios Server -> http://www.r2.com.au/downloads/files/xion_v1.0b100.exe
OR
Xion Server -> http://xion.r2.com.au/download/xion_v1.0b100.exe

Download Portable Version:
r2 Studios Server -> http://www.r2.com.au/downloads/files/xion_v1.0b100.zip
OR
Xion Server -> http://xion.r2.com.au/download/xion_v1.0b100.zip

Changelist from build 95 to build 100:
  • Update G15 LCD control to use notification to show when its started
  • Re-arrange Artist/Title on the main screen
  • Fix VuMeter animations 9, 10, 11 freezing on last frame and flickering on first frame
  • Removed the Station name from the end of the track title until tag formatting is enabled again
  • Fix Library->Playlist integration so that you can once again load playlists
  • Fix Library highlight colours
  • Re-Add support for Track Title format
  • Give the playlist window focus when using the Open File keyboard global shortcut
  • Fix update of Radio Streams and ensure we get HTTP if no ICY data is available
  • Fix the Radio tags for OGG radio stations
  • Modify how Radio State is displayed
  • Ensure that Radio Tags obey user formatting
  • Modify Default Tag string so that - is added/removed depending on if a Title/Artist exists or not (Users will need to manually clear this field in order to reset to default)
  • Add a separate window for vieweing Radio/Net Stream information when viewing its properties, instead of making it look like it has standard tag information that you can save and remove
  • Fix kbps reading for netstreams that don't report it from the server
  • Modify Sorting for all lists, so that we use Natural Sort order instead of Ascii Sort order
  • Tweak the natural sorting to elevate numbers above values. Test now seems to be 100% similar to Explorer sorting
  • Tweak Natural sorting algorithm to ignore no alphanumeric and numeric characters when comparing, and continue on to the next character
  • Add Tab Control to the Skin Browser window
  • Move the View all skins to the far left
  • Make the View all button disable/enable instead if show/hide when available
  • Allow Animation frames to inherit more properties from the main Animation Layer set, such as moveable
  • Add the ability to Reset animation Types 1 and 2 using the new action_anim_reset or acanrset keywords
  • Add the ability to trigger a button object (as though someone had clicked on it) using the new action_object_trigger and acobtrig keywords
  • Fix bug with animtype 1 and 2 where the last frame action is triggered twice
  • Add the ability for Animation Types 1 and 2 to reset playing when it has indi_active/indi_inactive assigned to itself and you give/take focus. This allows for animations when getting/losing focus
  • Add support for trans_volumeb, trans_volumem and trans_volumet for Transparent Bass,Mid and Treble
  • Add support for triggeron_songchange and trigonsc keywords. This basically allows you to automatically trigger a button, layer or animation when the song changes
  • Fix the default size of the Skin Browser so that it shows two rows by default
  • Fix Year and Track not being properly formatted in the Title Display
  • Tweak the startup process when launching with files to help fix songs not starting immediately
  • Fix File Locking so that when you stop a song, Xion completely unloads the file to allow deleting, etc
  • Fix Radio streams being connected to, but stopped, when you start Xion; even when you've turned autoplay off
  • Update BASS and BASS plugins to 2.4
  • Ensure Xion scans up to 64k of data before declaring a file is invalid
  • Fix Always On Top, now includes all windows and functions properly, not just 99% of the time
  • When pasting a copied select in the playlist, paste it just after your current selection, otherwise at the end of the list - Thanks Kat!
  • Remove extra OnTop options that are no longer applicable
  • Fix crash in XionTags when you play a directory
  • Fix FLAC files not loading when launched from explorer
  • Fix parsing of m4a metadata
  • Ensure that resetting an animation obeys the Paused keyword if its set - Thanks UnseenRage!
  • Remove 'Default Windows Device' from the Output dropdown. Its not needed.
  • Fix a lot of WebStream/Icy Radio issues
  • Reactivate the ability to seek URL streams (i.e. not ICY streams) as they are downloading. Full seeking is available when download is complete
  • SliderBit will now be invisible if you can't seek a stream
  • Fix reading of tags from a URL stream (i.e. not ICY stream) as its being downloaded
  • URL Stream will begin playing after its downloaded about 5 seconds worth of audio (and keep streaming the in background till its 100% downloaded)
  • Fix parsing of WMA tags
  • Fix If stream is paused and you press next, it won't play properly
  • Fix Track time not being read for current loaded file when its in the NO_FILE state
  • Fix playing a directory not working correctly when in Random mode
  • Add balance_left and balance_right buttons for changing the balance by buttons
  • Fix detection of Balance button as optimization killed it
  • Add support for progress forward/rewind (progress_forward/progress_rewind)
  • Add repeating to volume_increase/_decrease, progress_forward/_rewind and balance_left/_right so that you can hold down on the buttons with the mouse instead of constantly clicking
  • Add support for Progress Forward/Rewind and Balance Left/Right to the Hotkeys
  • Fix XionWindows hiding when they are visible but minimized. Instead they will now show first. This includes such windows as the playlist, library, etc
  • Fix Toggling of Time text not working
  • Fix parsing of Ogg streamed meta data


Enjoy!

Cliff :)

PostPosted: April 15th, 2008, 10:56 pm
by Lance
Yessss, it's official! Nice timing with the build 100! :D I'm a happy guy. Thanks for all your time and effort Cliff. Weee :lol:

Peace, Lance

PostPosted: April 15th, 2008, 11:48 pm
by logokas
Awesome! Everything's working like it should. Great work.

PostPosted: April 15th, 2008, 11:53 pm
by SLoB
N1 Cliff :)

Xion is still awesome and still going in the right direction, it can only get betterer (yea I know its not a proper word lol but apt) :)

edit: Cliff don't forget the news page needs updating also :)

PostPosted: April 16th, 2008, 3:28 am
by dredd
Wohoo! Happy 100th, Xion!

PostPosted: April 16th, 2008, 6:09 am
by ALAS
100 !!! cool! :cheers:

PostPosted: April 16th, 2008, 6:36 am
by zakai1369
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PostPosted: April 16th, 2008, 7:29 am
by Cliff Cawley
SLoB Wrote:edit: Cliff don't forget the news page needs updating also :)


Haha oops, thanks for reminding me! ;)

Cliff :)

PostPosted: April 16th, 2008, 7:30 am
by Cliff Cawley
Thanks everyone for helping to make Xion fantastic! I hope to bring better playlist, library and skin features in the future!

Btw, its pretty good timing as my *real* birthday is on the 19th of April ;)

Cliff :)

PostPosted: April 17th, 2008, 2:13 pm
by QuadHelix
Congrats on this great release!!

This is soo cool, and fast!

PostPosted: April 18th, 2008, 3:03 am
by logokas
I noticed that the title for the Rainwave stream is producing odd distorted symbols.

http://rainwave.cc/

Give it a check, eh Cliff?

PostPosted: April 18th, 2008, 7:30 am
by Cliff Cawley
logokas Wrote:I noticed that the title for the Rainwave stream is producing odd distorted symbols.

http://rainwave.cc/

Give it a check, eh Cliff?


Looks like they're using unicode characters. Currently I don't support unicode :)

Cliff :)

PostPosted: April 18th, 2008, 8:09 am
by logokas
When do you think you can add Unicode support? It's a small tidbit of a thing, but still. Gotta make it perfect. :D

PostPosted: April 18th, 2008, 8:47 am
by Cliff Cawley
Unfortunately adding unicode support requires a lot of code changes, so it won't be a quick and easy task.

Thing is, do you want Unicode support first, or a better playlist and better library first? (among a slew of other things such as album art)

I was hoping to beef up the playlist/library support and potentially look at skinning the playlist before I added Unicode support.

Cliff :)

PostPosted: April 18th, 2008, 9:11 am
by SLoB
I would have thought adding unicode before adding more functionality esp for playlist and library was more important so that you don't end up re-coding stuff within those modules

I have no real need for unicode but we can't think of ourselves with this, its got to be universal and unicode is the way innit :)