Xion 1.0 build 100 Released!

[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

[Lance]

Yessss, it's official! Nice timing with the build 100! I'm a happy guy. Thanks for all your time and effort Cliff. Weee

Peace, Lance

[logokas]

Awesome! Everything's working like it should. Great work.

[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

[dredd]

Wohoo! Happy 100th, Xion!

[ALAS]

100 !!! cool!

[zakai1369]

[Cliff Cawley]

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

Haha oops, thanks for reminding me!

Cliff

[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

[QuadHelix]

Congrats on this great release!!

This is soo cool, and fast!

[logokas]

I noticed that the title for the Rainwave stream is producing odd distorted symbols.

http://rainwave.cc/

Give it a check, eh Cliff?

[Cliff Cawley]

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

[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

[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

[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