Greyhound 0.1 alpha 4

[Dan Fuhry]

Name: Greyhound
Version: 0.1 alpha 4
Type: Amarok Script
Depend: KDE 3.x
License: GPL
Homepage: http://greyhound.enanocms.org/
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=86709

Description:
 [size=3][b]Web-based control just got a
makeover.[/b][/size]

Introducing Greyhound: the new remote control
interface that turns your Amarok-equipped computer
into a full-fledged media server.

    * Supports Amarok through the DCOP interface
    * Fully loaded AJAX-based interface
    * Ability to allow or disallow playback
control
    * Displays album artwork
    * Includes iPhone®-friendly interface
    * Written in pure PHP
    * No external web server required
    * Supports username/password authentication
    * Free and open source

Greyhound is better than existing web control
scripts because you can seek between songs, you
don't have to reload the page every two minutes,
and it's compatible with Apple's handheld devices
and other devices that support meta viewports.

[b]*** Before downloading or installing Greyhound
please read the system requirements:
[url]http://greyhound.enanocms.org/requirements[/url].
***[/b]

Changelog:
 [size=2]New! Version 0.1a4[/size]

* Added support for Avahi (publishes the service
on the local network with MDNS) (for developers,
the service name is _greyhound._tcp)
* Added authentication support
* Added graphical configuration
* Added IPv6 support
* Added JSON login API
* Fixed a number of webserver performance issues
* Abstracted some backend functions
(multithreading simulation, IPC, etc., nothing
interesting)
* Added ability to set the volume manually (press
the "v" key in the playlist window)

[size=2]Version 0.1a3[/size]

* System requirements checks are more aggressive
and cover more required components (for example I
forgot SimpleXML)
* Fixed control characters (for colored output)
being visible in amarok's dumb terminal window
* Playlist should now update in the browser within
about a minute or two of a change to amarok's real
playlist
* Home directory is no longer detected; greyhound
relies on amarok's saveCurrentPlaylist function

All changes go into Mercurial, see the changelog
at
[url]http://hg.enanocms.org/cgi-bin/hgweb.cgi/greyhound/shortlog[/url].