Archive for the ‘Windar’ Category

• Windar 0.2.4 released

  Date: 2010.08.23 | Category: Windar | Response: 0

  Changes in this release:

  • Fixed missing UAC elevation required for uninstaller in Vista & Windows 7.

  Download: Windar 0.2.4

  

• Windar 0.2.3 released

  Date: 2010.08.20 | Category: Windar | Response: 4

  Changes in this release:

  • Re-bundling the Napster resolver, using a new API key.
  • Hiding the stat heart-beat log in the log panel.
  • Stat heart-beat check period increased (3s).
  • Increased the time allowed for HTTP headers to (1s) and streams (2s).
  • Increased the time allowed for resolver results (20s).
  • Using more recent Python 2.7 for py2exe compiled resolvers.
  • Including test player and audioscrobbler plugins again.
  • Re-tweaked some resolver weights.

  Download: Windar 0.2.3

  

• Windar 0.2.2 released

  Date: 2010.08.07 | Category: Windar | Response: 0

  Changes in this release:

  • Better process handling in the installer.
  • NSIS UAC plugin used in installer to run on finish, as user not admin.
  • Updated the 16×16 icons used in tray and title bar.
  • Using 32-bit compile options.

  Download: Windar 0.2.2

  

• Windar 0.2.1 released!

  Date: 2010.07.29 | Category: Windar | Response: 0

  Changes in this release:

  • Changed licence from GPL to LGPL.
  • Improved installer, with option to remove Application Data.
  • Reduced the total file-size of the installer.
  • Improved the Playdar state detection using the stat method.
  • Updated to Erlang R014A, and reduced to bare essentials.
  • Removed the Napster resolver and plugin. There is potential that this will be re-introduced in the next Windar release.
  • Removed the MPlayer-powered test player to reduce installer size. It will require better error handling for failed web requests which might be recovered by MPlayer automatically.
  • Removed the Scrobbler plugin as it required an auth hack. This had been intended to work with the test player, and may instead be made to work independently in a future release.
  • Removed the Startup folder shortcut from the installer.

  Download: Windar 0.2.1

  

• Now easier to build Windar from source

  Date: 2010.05.15 | Category: Windar | Response: 0

  It has not been easy to build Windar from source, until now.

  • Pre-compiled binaries required have been compressed with 7-zip and added to GitHub.
  • The main Windar solution is compatible with Visual Studio 2008 Express (free download).
  • The page “Build and develop” has been added to the project wiki.
  

• Windar download file-size reductions

  Date: 2010.05.13 | Category: Windar | Response: 0

  Since adding a test player and additional resolvers to the Windar download it grew from around 13.3mb to 20.4mb which seems a bit on the large side. The included Erlang core has been cut down further, removing redundant files, and the py2exe compiled Python resolver scripts are now done together, reducing the size too. The resulting installer file-size is 16.3mb and since the test player plugin might be provided as a separate download, this could bring the Windar download file-size back down to around 11.2mb.

  

• Windar news moved to the playnode.org blog

  Date: 2010.05.05 | Category: Windar | Response: 5

  All future posts for Windar development will be posted to the playnode.org blog. News for all Playnode projects will be available here from now on.