17 January, 2007

OpenPandora with Wii(mote)

I never thought I would say Wii and OpenPandora in the same sentence, but one OpenPandora user made this happen.

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brandon_r87 created GlovePIE script for controlling OpenPandora with Wiimote.
Besides Wiimote, you will also need Bluetooth enabled computer.

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12 January, 2007

Version 0.6.7 is out

New official release of OpenPandora version 0.6.7 is out.

The last addition to the release notes was fixing of 120DPI bug. The fix doesn't solve all the problems with high DPI (e.g. notification window), but I can assure that the work continues. The fix was actually more of a hack to avoid some problematic behavior with .NET Forms (one can even say a bug).

This version took more than two months, but it has the longest list of release notes. I hope that next releases will take less time.

Heading to version 0.7 I can tell about some of the planned changes and additions:
- Plugin API
- Compliance with Pandora license
- Full support of high DPI
- Complete rewrite of MiniPlayer and introduction of MicroPlayer
- Many other enhancements and bug fixes

The project is now licensed under GNU General Public License 2.0 and hosted by Google Code, so you can track development with Issues List.

If you want to help in development or just curios, grab the source.

Open your music and enjoy it.

UPDATE: Fixed downloading previous version from new version available message
UPDATE 2: Fixed bug with the new notificatin window on non Windows XP computers. Version updated to 0.6.7.6 .
UPDATE 3: Added setting to show notification window as classic balloon. Allow user to disable new version message box. Title will continue to show new version message on startup. New download, same version.

10 January, 2007

Pandora audio ads

Recently Pandora added audio ads. The first "angry" comment about this was on January 04, 2007.

More about this and a chat with Pandora CTO here.

26 December, 2006

Version 0.6.7 beta 3

New beta 3 (0.6.7.2) is ready.

Changes in this beta:
- Fixed title not refreshing bug
- Refresh from menu fixes the title (if the above problem continues)
- About opens in new window
- Title scrolling when too long
- DoubleClick on title in MiniPlayer mode restores to normal window
- Customize title with radio station name - %r
- Removed setting to submit skipped traks. Always submit if played more than 2 minutes

12 December, 2006

More about the new notification window

New notification window was introduced in beta 2 of version 0.6.7 .


It is based on the single track view in Pandora, and looks and feels almost identical.
You can click track name, artist name and disc name. The affect will be the same as if you pressed the same links within Pandora.
You can move the notification window by pressing outside the text/links, but within the window.
The text is not scrolling and clicking on the album has no affect, yet.

10 December, 2006

Version 0.6.7 - beta 2

New version 0.6.7 beta is available.
You can download it here.

Some bugs were fixed.
Added Skype integration.
Added new notification window, that looks like single track view in Pandora.

Enjoy your music.