╩╩╩MacAmp now stores playlist entries in an OS-friendly way, so it can track files on a remote/removable volumes. Also added a feature to mark missing files in the playlist window. Old playlists are not compatible with this beta.
Ñ╩Better MPEG file recognition
╩╩MacAmp now uses a new MPEG file recognition technique, that allows it to detect 100% all files it can play. (It is a little slower due to the internal file checking).
Ñ╩Enhanced support for file tags
╩╩MacAmp now can display ID3 tags in the playlist instead of the file names. Also, basic support for ID3v2 tags is added (artist, title, album, year etc).
Ñ╩Improved the overall stability of the engine
MacAmp tends to be less crashy now. More work is going in this directions t the moment you're reading this.
Ñ Saving song-specific info
╩╩╩MacAmp can store EQ settings, volume and panning individually for each song.
Ñ╩Added Playlist menu
╩╩If appropriate option is set in the Preferences, Playlist menu can be activated that shows the playlists in the "Playlists" folder for easy loading.
Ñ╩Visual Plugins support
╩╩╩MacAmp supports Visual Plugins by 3rd party authors. Please check the MacAmp Site for the plugins etc.
Ñ╩Many possibilities for the skinmakers
╩╩2 new variations of spectrum analyzers, many little bugfixes and much more to help make the MacAmp skins even better.
Ñ╩MacAmp Playlist WDEF
╩╩New window definition resource to make playlist window of arbitary shapes in addition to existing MacAmp WDEF.
Ñ╩Skinmaking folder is available as a separate package
╩╩To reduce the size of MacAmp distribution all Skinmakers notes, tools, and examples were moved to a different package. Visit MacAmp home page to download it.
Ñ╩Many other features
╩╩Many little features that makes MacAmp experience much better.
Ñ╩Included StripAmp 0.0d3
╩╩Included great little utility by Alex Lagutin to control your MacAmp. Throw it into the Control Strip modules and enjoy!
Bugfixes in this beta
Ñ╩Fixed a bug with incrementing total time when dropping existing song in the playlist.
Ñ╩Fixed the bug with version/panning indicators being "fixed" in width when tracking with mouse.
Ñ╩Reworked spectrum analyzer for Layer III.
Ñ╩Fixed a bug with incorrect handling of some playlist entries.
╩╩Player window in MacAmp now has contextual menu built in. Hold down Control and click anywhere in the window to get it.
Ñ╩Song time and total time
╩╩Playlist window now displays the song time and total time. Note that total time might be invisible in some skins. Look on MacAmp site skins section for the skin updates.
Ñ╩Variable MacAmp Cache
╩╩You can now select the size of MacAmp cache. If you're getting "broken record" sound, try increasing it's size. Remember that when the cache size set to XL MacAmp needs about 500K more memory to prevent possible crashes when using graphics-intensive skins.
Ñ╩Wider variety of options for skinmakers
╩╩Built-in MacAmp WDEF for making non-rectangular windows; changed many Text Traits to allow greater flexibility in the skins. Refer to "Upgrading skins" document inside of Skinmakers folder for details.
Ñ╩New Shuffle option
╩╩You can now choose between Virtual and "hard" shuffle modes. First one behaves like in older versions - it plays songs in random order without rearranging the playlist. Second actually shuffles the playlist, and songs are played the normal way, up to down. Choose any option you like from the Preferences.
Ñ╩Included StripAmp 0.0d2
╩╩Included great little utility by Alex Lagutin to control your MacAmp. Throw it into the Control Strip modules and enjoy!
Bugfixes in 1.0b5
Ñ╩Fixed a bug with crashing when changing skins with open Preferences window.
Ñ╩Fixed an annoying bug that caused MacAmp to beep when you clicked on the very edge of it's windows.
Ñ╩Fixed a spelling error in Preferences.
Ñ╩Fixed a bug that would discard changes made from Skins menu when you open and Cancel Preferences.
Ñ╩Fixed a balance bug.
Ñ╩Fixed some skin-related bugs, like crashing on the song position slider.
Ñ╩Fixed a bug with crashing when attempting to play files from the network server.