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WELCOME TO BANSHEE 1.5.3 - Released January 27, 2010
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  * Banshee is a multimedia management and playback application for GNOME.

    "Import, organize, and discover new music with Banshee through its simple
    and powerful interface and wide array of innovative features. Create
    your own radio stations or listen to a friends' through Last.fm integration;
    experience automatic cover art fetching as you listen; and easily browse,
    search, and control your media collection."

  * Learn More: http://banshee-project.org/download/archives/1.5.3


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NEW AWESOME FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
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    Banshee 1.5.3 brings many big changes, new features, and fixes!

    New Features:

      * Sync device from playlist option

          Either manually manage what files are added/removed to your device,
          or choose a playlist to sync from.  You can make a size-limited smart
          playlist to sync just the right amount to your device.

      * Type-ahead find in track, artist, and album lists

          An alternative to filtering, type-ahead find jumps you to the first
          track to match your query.  Activate with shift+/, cancel with Esc,
          and jump to next match with F3.  In track list it matches against
          artist, album, or title.

      * Optional cover art in lower-left corner

          Turn on via View > Show Cover Art

      * Cover art editable via drag-and-drop and right-click

          Can edit via the cover art in the track editor, lower-left corner,
          and beside the seek-slider.

      * Audiobooks library extension

          Rough first version, main benefits are separating your books from
          your music and defining a different file system organization.  In
          future versions we plan to add intuitive bookmarking and a better
          browsing experience.  Enable in Extensions tab of Preferences.

      * Library-folder watcher extension

          Watches your libraries' folders for added, renamed, or deleted
          files, and updates your libraries appropriately.  Requires
          Mono >= 2.4.3.  Enable in Extensions tab of Preferences.

      * eMusic importer/downloader extension

          If you have purchased music from eMusic and have a .emx file, Banshee
          will download and import the music files for you.  Select
          'eMusic Files' from the normal Media > Import Media dialog. Enable
          in Extensions tab of Preferences.

      * GIO file backend, supports non-local files

          This backend uses the GIO library to support importing local files
          and network-share files alike.  Requires glib >= 2.22 and Gio#.

      * Return of the Mac OS X release

          OS X 10.5 and 10.6 is now supported again (but still considered
          beta quality). Additionally, Mono and GTK are now bundled with the
          binary release, so there are no dependencies for OS X users.

    Enhancements:

      * Improved Podcast filtering/browsing
      * Extension preferences tab reworked
      * Extension names/descriptions translated
      * Improved sqlite performance
      * Added --set-rating=RATING command line option
      * Support for Nexus One devices

    Notable bug fixes:

      * DAPs (ipods, etc) should work on DeviceKit-using distros
      * Fix issue with DAAP authenticating
      * Podcast renaming should work well now
      * Podcast download cancelling is now fast
      * Internet Archive results paging off-by-one fixed
      * Should build with older Mono/Gtk# again (eg on openSUSE 11.0)
      * Fix issue with MTP devices on 64-bit distros

      * 75 bugs were fixed since 1.5.2


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SOURCES / PACKAGES
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Sources
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    * Banshee 1.5.3 Tarballs:
      http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.5.3/banshee-1-1.5.3.tar.bz2
      http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.5.3/banshee-1-1.5.3.tar.gz

Packages
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    Download and installation information is available here:

    * http://banshee-project.org/download/

    Packages for openSUSE 11.2, openSUSE 11.1, openSUSE 11.0 and
    openSUSE Factory are available from the openSUSE Build Service in the
    Banshee project.

    * http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Banshee/

    Binaries for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6:

    * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/banshee-1-1.5.3.macosx.intel.dmg

ChangeLogs & Checksums
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    * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.5.3/banshee-1-1.5.3.changes
    * http://download.banshee-project.org/banshee/stable/1.5.3/banshee-1-1.5.3.sha1sum


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DEPENDENCIES
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    * Mono 1.9.1 (.NET 2.0 Profile / gmcs)
    * SQlite 3.4
    * Gtk# 2.12
    * GStreamer 0.10.12

    * NDesk DBus (ndesk-dbus) 0.5
    * NDesk DBus GLib (ndesk-dbus-glib) 0.3
    * Mono.Addins (mono-addins) 0.3.1
    * TagLib# (taglib-sharp) >= 2.0.3.2

    * Required to build default feature stack:
      * libmtp >= 0.2.0
        * Note to packagers: since libmtp has different .so files for
          different versions, you need to require in your package the same
          version of libmtp you used to build Banshee.
      * ipod-sharp >= 0.8.5
      * mono-zeroconf >= 0.8.0
      * boo >= 0.8.1
      * GIO support requires glib >= 2.22, gio-sharp and gtk-sharp-beans
      * Library Watcher extension requires Mono >= 2.4.3
      * Accessibilty for ListView and Rating widgets requires Gtk# >= 2.12.10

    * Run-time requirements for default feature stack:
      * PodSleuth >= 0.6.6
      * Brasero >= 0.8.1
      * Avahi
      * gst-plugins-bad (providing the bpmdetect GStreamer plugin)

    Packagers:
      * --with-vendor-build-id=<foo> should always be set and detail the distro
        name and version (e.g. openSUSE 11.1), and the repository origin, such
        as 'Banshee Team PPA'; for example, the %distribution macro is used in
        the openSUSE Build Service, which expands to something like this:
        'home:gabrielburt:branches:Banshee / openSUSE_Factory'; also the
        build/configure time is stored along with the host OS and CPU

    Please note that for openSUSE, all of the dependencies above can be
    found in the openSUSE Build Service, and are linked into the
    Banshee project. Even if you build from source, if you wish
    to avoid building the entire dependency chain above, add the
    Banshee repository to your repository list.

    Historically, Banshee has fostered development of a number of projects
    and bundled their source code instead of depending on external builds.
    Many of these dependencies have matured and grown into well maintained
    projects on their own, and we are now depending on them externally. We
    waited to remove the bundles long enough to allow for distributions to
    ship packages to reduce the pain of building Banshee.


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REPORT BUGS - HELP THE PROJECT - GROW THE COMMUNITY
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    If you encounter any bad behavior with this release, please do not
    hesitate to file bugs!

    * http://banshee-project.org/contribute/file-bugs
    * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=banshee&version=1.5.3


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VALUED BANSHEE CONTRIBUTORS
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Contributors For This Release
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    The following people directly contributed to the release of this version
    of Banshee. Without their help, there would be no release!

      Aaron Bockover, Alan McGovern, Alexander Kojevnikov,
      Andrés G. Aragoneses, Benjamín Valero Espinosa, Bertrand Lorentz,
      Chris Howie, Christian Krause, Eitan Isaacson, Félix Velasco,
      Gabriel Burt, Jack Deslippe, Matt Enright, Neil Loknath, Oben Sonne,
      Ruben Vermeersch, Sandy Armstrong

    The following people contributed updated translations to this release.
    Without them, our project's reach would be much more limited.

      Alexandre Prokoudine, Amanda Magalhães, Andrej Žnidaršič,
      Benjamín Valero Espinosa, Bruce Cowan, Daniel Nylander, Gabor Kelemen,
      Gianvito Cavasoli, Jordi Mas, Mario Blättermann, Miloš Popović,
      Ville-Pekka Vainio

Contributors In Past Releases
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    Aaron Bockover, Gabriel Burt, Alexander Kojevnikov, Bertrand Lorentz,
    John Millikin, Scott Peterson, Alan McGovern, Alex Bennee, Alex Kloss,
    Alex Launi, Alexander Hixon, Alexandros Frantzis, Alp Toker,
    Andrea Cimitan, Andreas Neustifter, Andrew Conkling, Andrés G. Aragoneses,
    Andy Midgette, Arthur Carli, Aydemir Ulaş Şahin, Ben Maurer,
    Benjamín Valero Espinosa, Bertrand Lorentz, Bill Dawson, Bob Copeland,
    Bojan Rajkovic, Brad Taylor, Brandon Perry, Brian Lucas, Brian Nickel,
    Brian Teague, Chow Loong Jin, Chris Howie, Chris Jones, Chris Lahey,
    Chris Toshok, Chris Turchin, Christian Krause, Christoph Burgdorf,
    Christopher James Halse Rogers, Cody Russell, Cosmin Banu, Dan Wilson,
    Dan Winship, Daniel Munkton, Daniel Siegel, David Spreen, David Stone,
    Diego E. Pettenò, Eitan Isaacson, Elena Grassi, Eoin Hennessy,
    Eric Butler, Erik Schmidt, Fabian Jost, Florent Thoumie, Fredrik Hedberg,
    Félix Velasco, Götz Waschk, Haitao Feng, Hans Petter Jansson, Iain Lane,
    Igor Guerrero Fonseca, Ilya Konstantinov, Ivan N. Zlatev, Jack Deslippe,
    James Willcox, Jan Arne Petersen, Jason Conti, Jason Taylor, Jeff Tickle,
    Jeff Wheeler, Jensen Somers, Jérémie Laval, Jo Shields, Johannes Kuhn,
    Jorge Castro, Juri Pakaste, Ken Vandine, Larry Ewing, Lauri Kotilainen,
    Matt Enright, Michael Kaiser, Michael Martin-Smucker, Michael Monreal,
    Miguel de Icaza, Mike Urbanski, Moritz Schallaböck, Nathan Palmer,
    Neil Loknath, Nicholas Doyle, Nicholas Parker, Nicolò Chieffo,
    Nils Naumann, Oben Sonne, Olivier Duff, Oscar Forero, Pacho Ramos,
    Patrick van Staveren, Paul Lange, Pepijn van de Geer, Peter de Kraker,
    Pratik Patel, Przemysław Grzegorczyk, Roderich Schupp, Romain Tartière,
    Ruben Vermeersch, Sandy Armstrong, Sebastian Dröge, Tim Yamin,
    Tobias Mueller, Todd Berman, Travis Glenn Hansen, Trey Ethridge,
    Valentin Sawadski, Will Farrington, William Pettersson, Wouter Bolsterlee
