Download XMMS 1.2.6

Jack Flushell informs us that there is a new version of the popular X Multimedia System (XMMS) among Linux users. In the changelog can be read that there are a number of new features that support bzip2 skins. Of course, a number of bug fixes have also been made. Below is the changelog:

Translation/Internationalization:

* New translations: Basque (eu), Tajik (tg), Vietnamese (vi), Nynorsk (nn), Thai (th).

General:

* –play-pause command to toggle playback.

* Updated README/man pages.

* Added xmms_remote_play_pause(), xmms_remote_playlist_ins_url_string()

* Realtime priority works again, it was broken in 1.2.5.

* bzip2 skins should now work regardless of Tar version.

* Key bindings are now saved when you exit XMMS.

* NetWM support updated to the latest specs.

* Handles @ in URLs properly if username:password@host is not used.

playlist:

* Added ‘Sort by date’

* Page Up/Down keys scrolls one page, instead of the 3 line inheritance from Winamp.

* Extended M3U lists now supported.

* Added reading or playlist info for selection.

Equalizer:

* Added Import/WinAMP Presets to the preset menu to import an entire set of WinAMP presets (WINAMP.q1) into the preset list.

Vorbis:

* Fixed an endianess problem on smallendian boxes

* 1.0rc1 or higher required.

MPG123:

* Handle more broken mp3s.

* No more “-” for mp3s with ID3v2 tags that contain no usable information.

* VBR files without XING header are now handled more gracefully.

mikmod:

* Mikmod plugin now recognizes mod.* files.

CD Audio:

* Setting the environmental variable XMMS_CDDB_CLIENT_NAME, will make XMMS use that instead when identifying to CDDB servers.

* Better handling of CDDB requests.

* Don’t poll current time when paused, can cause weird things on some drives.

OSS Output:

* Do endian/sign conversion if necessary.

ESD Output:

* Will use ESD stream volume instead of the OSS mixer as default.

* Assorted bug fixes/memleaks plugged.