Windows
Release of TheLastRipper 1.3.0 for Windows
12/01/08 21:37
Development
on TheLastRipper have been stalled for a while, but
thanks to Andreas’ work we’re now able to
release
TheLastRipper 1.3.0 for Windows.
It features:
Now some might be wondering why it’s called version 1.3.0 and not 1.2.0 - well, what can I say: It’s a “known issue”
I
think I accidentally incremented it one too
much, and since we can’t really delete
downloads from GoogleCode it’s going to be
version 1.3.0 instead. It would also look weird
to have a version 1.2 featured and a version 1.3
deprecated.
Anyway I don’t think the version number thing is so bad either, I think I previously stated that there wouldn’t come a version 1.2.0, because I was going to rewrite the codebase. Because a rewrite would be needed to make a clean, easy portable and extendable backend implementation of the Last.fm protocol version 1.2. I started development of such a clean backend, but it’s still stuck in development, since I don’t have time for it at the moment.
- New GUI station selection improvements.
- Using the new last.fm protocol version 1.2 (Skip now works!).
- Additional management features like skip songs already recorded.
- A few other minor details…
Now some might be wondering why it’s called version 1.3.0 and not 1.2.0 - well, what can I say: It’s a “known issue”
I
think I accidentally incremented it one too
much, and since we can’t really delete
downloads from GoogleCode it’s going to be
version 1.3.0 instead. It would also look weird
to have a version 1.2 featured and a version 1.3
deprecated.
Anyway I don’t think the version number thing is so bad either, I think I previously stated that there wouldn’t come a version 1.2.0, because I was going to rewrite the codebase. Because a rewrite would be needed to make a clean, easy portable and extendable backend implementation of the Last.fm protocol version 1.2. I started development of such a clean backend, but it’s still stuck in development, since I don’t have time for it at the moment.
All prior versions of TheLastRipper broken!
05/09/07 13:26
I
regret to annonce that all current
prior versions of TheLastRipper are broken. It
seams that Last.fm dropped support
for had a bug in their 1.1 protocol,
this weekend. All streams optained from this protocol
returns “HTTP/1.0 667 Not enough content left
to play this station”. I think it’s a
shame, considering the amount of opensource audio
players out there with playback support for Last.fm
version 1.1. Since all of these audio players,
including TheLastRipper have been broken.
Nevertheless, I and some other last.fm users have developed an unofficial documentation of the new last.fm protocol version 1.2. I’ll release it shortly, and I’d expect a implementation of this new protocol for TheLastRipper to start rather shortly too.If you want to stay updated on
this issue, you can subscribe to issue 63. You do
that by clicking on the star.
UPDATE:
Last.fm didn’t drop support for 1.1 protocol it was just gone for the weekend + Monday. Though a minor change in the login scheme caused TheLastRipper to freeze, this issue have now been fixed, and latest release of TheLastRipper works (Version 1.1.1). We’ll still be working on an opensource implementation of the Last.fm 1.2 protocol.
Nevertheless, I and some other last.fm users have developed an unofficial documentation of the new last.fm protocol version 1.2. I’ll release it shortly, and I’d expect a implementation of this new protocol for TheLastRipper to start rather shortly too.
UPDATE:
Last.fm didn’t drop support for 1.1 protocol it was just gone for the weekend + Monday. Though a minor change in the login scheme caused TheLastRipper to freeze, this issue have now been fixed, and latest release of TheLastRipper works (Version 1.1.1). We’ll still be working on an opensource implementation of the Last.fm 1.2 protocol.
Release of TheLastRipper 1.1.0 for Windows and Linux
20/08/07 09:30
Like
I wrote yesterday, a release of TheLastRipper have
been in the workings for a while. Now the final
details have finally been solved and I’ve
released TheLastRipper for both Linux and Windows.
Among some of the most interesting changes are:
- ID3v2 support (Issue 5)
- International characters (Issue 4)
- Perfect clipping of songs (Issue 6)
- Fix tab-index and improve UI (Issue 41)
- Handle exceptions when launching browser on windows (Issue 45)
- General exception handling dialog (Issue 46)
- Support for http proxies (Issue 44)
- Better overall stability
