amaroK 1.0-beta1 released

[Mark Kretschmann]

The amaroK team announces the release of amaroK 1.0-beta1!

With the beta release series we hope to generate much feedback, bug reports
and wishes, leading to a high quality final product. Please test and enjoy :)


New features include:

  * New plugin framework, loads audio engines on demand. This helps to
    cut down application startup time and makes amaroK more flexible.
  * Support for XMMS visualization plugins.
  * Experimental support for the NMM multimedia framework.
  * Much improved GStreamer-engine.
  * Collection Browser, a database powered music manager. This new tool
    combines amaroK's superior playlist handling with a tag-based approach
    to music managing.
  * Search Browser, a tool for quickly locating music on the harddisk.
  * Configurable toolbar and statusbar, improving the user interface
    substantially.
  * Innovative "Play Next" feature which lets you quickly set up a music
    queue, without modifying the playlist.
  * Performance improvements with playlist loading.


The amaroK team
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WWW : http://amarok.sf.net
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MAIL: amarok-devel at lists.sourceforge.net