ANNOUNCE: muso (production)

[jezbo]

Muso has now gone production. Details here:

http://klarita.net/muso.html

The production version supports running on Windows 7.

[jezbo]

New version 1.3.20 just released. Enhancements:

Album and track pages show cover full size (or as big as will fit) on hovering, if image is stored locally and larger than displayed cover.

Pictures page (for album or track with images in same folder) now show thumbnails: roll-over to see larger image (reduced to fit if necessary, click to see full size).

Classical: When Conductor is titled artist and also the Composer, show Composer with tracks/groups.

[jezbo]

Version 1.3.21:

Simplify track artist display if different from album artist - just show all before track/group.

On artwork page show in intelligent order (booklet1.jpg, booklet2.jpg, booklet3.jpg, .... booklet10.jpg, booklet11.jpg), and always show those in filespec first.

Artwork page supports click-to-zoom over main image, mouse-wheel controls zoom factor.

When in Now Playing artwork page and track changes, refresh artwork for new track (instead of going back to main NP page, unless there is no stored artwork).

[vagskal]

If you are on Windows and want to control your Squeezeboxes from the PC and have multiple cover art (front, back, booklet, cd, inside, inlay etc.) stored in the album folder, I can really recommend muso. It is the only software I know of that automatically displays all the cover art images you have scanned/downloaded for one album. With the new version the cover art display just got even better and easier to use.

Muso also sorts the albums where an artist appears (as album artist, guest artist, as one artist in a VA album or as a composer) more intelligently and structured than SBS and any other SBS playback software I know of.

[jezbo]

Please use this thread to discuss MUSO, or to suggest feature requests.

I (the MUSO Developer) will also use this thread to announce new versions. The latest version is 1.4.03. Here are the list of mods since 1.3.21:

1.3.22
Artwork page zoom allows viewport size adjustment via arrow keys (remembered between sessions, if IE has cookies enabled).
Now playing thumbnail zoom also on left panel.
Now Playing track rating visible (and modifiable) in left panel (if Ratings used).

1.3.23
Fixed caching of cover images (avoids locking files)

1.3.24
Correct tab order in left panel.
Stop filter presets appearing unless you click in the filter.
Fix licence key check where email entered includes upper-case characters.
Artwork page - remember zoom level while in the page.
Now playing cover thumbnail (left panel) - click to go to album (the Now Playing link goes to the track).

1.3.25
Make Min Rating in Filter section apply to database view too (when filter applied to grid).
Compatible with SBS 7.6.1 (renamed sqlite db files, and WAL support)

1.3.26
Export Catalog to XML/HTML/CSS (BETA) - new option in File menu. Exports albums/tracks by Artist (Composer in Classical mode).
Fix cast error in SQLite SBS scan when low trackstat values parsed.

1.3.27
New feature to export/generate tag and ratings based playlists in iTunes (for synchronising with an ipod/iphone perhaps).
Fix Catalog HTML for Chrome. Enhanced catalog index.
More log info for trackstat rating updates.

1.3.28
Where the play/enqueue icon is used on an album within the context of a "group" (eg. by Genre), only the tracks applicable to the group are queued.
On the images page, click on a thumbnail to pin that image, from that point on you have to click each image to see it full size (rather than roll-over).
Catalog HTML now verified for Firefox, IE, Chrome, Opera and Safari. Added some effects.
Catalog HTML has option to optimise for web-deployment (faster initial loading for large collections, each artist detail only downloaded as needed). NB. Load mechanism does not work for local catalog under Chrome and Opera (file:// access), but does if web-deployed.
SQLite 64-bit library deployed on 64-bit target environment.

1.4.00
Reconciled version numbers.

1.4.01
Make contextual album queueing (within expanded group) handle track tags which specify multiple values (genres, artists, etc).

1.4.02
Consolidate SQLite libraries to work with both SBS 7.6.0 and SBS 7.6.1 (32-bit and 64-bit).

1.4.03
Improved HTML Catalog with dynamic menu.
SBS Synch now imports lyrics from SqueezeCenter.

[jezbo]

HTML catalog speed enhancements.
Fix rating click issues.

[jezbo]

Fixed an issue with 1.4.04, not showing Now Playing information properly.

[jezbo]

1.4.06:
Fix Catalog issues for IE.
Play an album's tracks in random order when SHIFT key held down when track is queued.

[jezbo]

1.4.07
Fix hover info position when page has scrolled (now playing and artist views).
More sensible group rating when grouping by Artist/Composer and sorting by Avge Rating.

[jezbo]

1.4.08
Play Now/Enqueue buttons below partial album track listing - eg. on Artist Page, where Artist is only a contributor for the album (contributed to some of the tracks).