Changelog
History of Cover Stream
Cover Stream 2.6.6
Released on Tue, Sep 7th, 2010.- Addresses an issue setting iTunes repeat mode
- Addresses an issue where Cover Stream could relaunch iTunes on quit
- No longer shows iPhone Purchases (iBooks) playlist
- Updated Apple Remote driver
- Updated Feedback Reporter
- Updated credits
- Updated links to Snarbsoft
- Cover Stream Help links to online support
Cover Stream 2.6.5
Released on Wed, Oct 7th, 2009.- Fixed an issue in 2.6.4 locating the iTunes music library in non-standard locations
- Added option to manually locate the iTunes Music Library if not found automatically
- Fixed an issue on Mac OS X 10.6 where Cover Stream would relaunch iTunes when quit by user
Cover Stream 2.6.4
Released on Thu, Oct 1st, 2009.- Fixed a playback issue where playlist was discontinued after pausing/resuming a track
Cover Stream 2.6.3
Released on Mon, Sep 14th, 2009.- Compatible with Mac OS 10.6
- Improved stability
Cover Stream 2.6.2
Released on Sat, Jul 25th, 2009.- Improved Spaces support
Cover Stream 2.6.1
Released on Fri, Jul 10th, 2009.- Updated to latest version of Feddback Reporter
- Feedback Reporter no longer pops up on uncaught exceptions
- Improved stability
Cover Stream 2.6
Released on Wed, May 27th, 2009.- Added new status bar icon popup control panel
- Added Feedback Reporter
- Improved podcasts support: episode description displayed on mouse over
- Updated launcher utility
- Jukebox mode allows shuffle
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Cover Stream 2.5.6
Released on Sat, May 9th, 2009.- Added French localization
- Improved German localization
- Improved stability
- Folder playlists no longer appear in playlists menu
- Improved readability of desktop track info
- Improved positioning of desktop control panel
- Fixed bug where track rating could not be set from status bar menu unless application was frontmost
- Fixed bug where desktop control panel set to display on right-click did not appear if the 'Movable by window background' setting was checked
Cover Stream 2.5.5
Released on Tue, May 5th, 2009.- Fixed an issue in v2.5.4 where some license keys were rejected
Cover Stream 2.5.4
Released on Tue, May 5th, 2009.- Fixed non-working menu bar controls in German localization
- Fixed bug causing random crashes on some systems (not yet verified)
- Fixed bug where remaining time was not displayed correctly on application launch
- Fixed bug in license verification system
- Corrected typo in credits
Cover Stream 2.5.3
Released on Fri, Apr 10th, 2009.- Added German localization
- Improved stability
- Bug fixes
Cover Stream 2.5.2
Released on Tue, Mar 17th, 2009.- Improved compatibiliy with iTunes 8.1
- Fixed issue where script events timed out too fast
Cover Stream 2.5.1
Released on Mon, Feb 23th, 2009.- Fixed bug where Cover Stream could hang when quitting iTunes
- Fixed bug where Cover Stream would refuse to launch on some systems
Cover Stream 2.5
Released on Friday, Feb 20th, 2009.- Automatically syncs with iTunes. Manual sync and cache no longer necessary. Syncing is seamlessly performed in the background.
- Works directly with the iTunes database rather than iTunes itself, for faster and more reliable performance. Loading the music library only takes a blink, searches are instant.
- New Core Animation fullscreen menu
- New split view allows the track list to be visible at all times
- New info bar for displaying current track details. Ticker uses less CPU.
- Fetches missing Quicklook artwork from iTunes where available
- Checks with iTunes for artwork of other tracks of album, if current track has none
- Desktop artwork can be positioned anywhere on any screen. The artwork and track details are flipped and aligned automatically to match the nearest screen corner
- Added option to prevent cache management. This avoids the annoying artwork reloading on application activate, but will increase the applications memory usage. We do not recommed disabling cache management on large libraries.
- Playlists popup menu displays playlists icons
- Shortcut recorder supports the new F-keys on the Aluminum keyboard
- Added Shuffle Library option
- Added visual indicator for unplayed podcasts
- Editing Last FM credentials requires authentication
- Menu bar controls and artwork are now optional
- Playlists menu can be displayed with Opt+Cmd+P
- Added Volume Up, Volume Down keyboard controls
- Added Mute item to app menu
- Numerous bug fixes for improved performance and stability
Cover Stream 2.2.1
Released on Friday, Jul 15th, 2008.Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug where an erroneous alert was displayed on startup on some systems
- Fixed bug where Desktop Artwork was not always dismissed when pressing Stop hotkey
Cover Stream 2.2
Released on Friday, Jul 15th, 2008.New features:
- Jukebox Mode: queue songs, skip to upcoming, jump or clear the queue
- DeskArt player controls: activate on mouseover or control-click
- Integrated Lyrics support
- New song notification window
- New status bar icon
- Right-clicking on selected album in browser shows contextual songs menu
- Right-clicking elsewhere in browser shows contextual application menu
- Scrollwheel-clicking on selected album in browser starts playing the full album
- Right-clicking on a song in Jukebox Mode shows contextual menu to jump the queue
- Right-clicking on play/pause buttons stops player
- Added Stop hotkey
- Added option to automatically launch Cover Stream when opening iTunes (daemon proccess added to login items)
- Added option to hide player controls in status bar menu
- Added option to show DeskArt on any attached display
- Added option to automatically hide DeskArt after X minutes pause
- Added options to fine-tune DeskArt window positioning
- Added option to clear searchstring when pressing delete key
- Added option to reveal playing album on track change
- Added option to automatically return to browser after selecting a song
- Recognizes disc number when sorting tracks
- Fixed bug with entering Last FM account details
- Fixed bug with Keychain Access
- Fixed bug where status bar icon could not be right-clicked
- Fixed bug where app was not hidden after dismissing browser
- A plethora of other bug fixes and improvements
Cover Stream 2.1.1
Released on Friday, Jun 18th, 2008.Bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue where app would terminate on launch on some systems.
- Fixed an issue where albums were erroneously sorted as compilations on some systems.
- Fixed an issue where syncing could take ages on some systems.
- Fixed an issue where albums sharing the same name would display wrong artwork.
- Fixed an issue where Desktop artwork would disappear after being resized.
- Fixed an issue with Last FM password keychain storage.
- Fixed an incorrect link to the Support Forum.
Cover Stream 2.1
Released on Friday, Jun 13th, 2008.New features:
- Track-based searches. Find songs by name, year, genre, etc.
- Instantly loading playlists. No more spinning beach balls.
- Supports Album Artist-tagged compilations.
- Improved Last FM support. See server status, log, warnings.
- Improved artwork retrieval. No more missing coverart.
- Showing the infobar no longer makes the coverflow lag.
- Added generic icons for audiobooks, podcasts and URL tracks.
- Improved album tracking.
- Tracks identifed by ID to avoid mismatches.
- Added option to clear search string with backspace key.
- Checks hardware compatibility on launch.
- Improved preference pane.
- Fixed nasty memory leak.
- Fixed Desktop artwork fuzziness.
- Fixed a crash on PPC G5.
- Fixed bug where Cover Stream could stall when quitting iTunes.
- Fixed bug where browser did not show when clicking Dock icon.
- Various bug fixes and improvements.
Cover Stream 2.0
Released on Friday, May 2nd, 2008.New features:
- New icon and graphics by Laurent Baumann.
- Highly optimized; uses 75% less real memory, 90% less hard disk space and syncs with iTunes at twice the speed.
- Playlist filter.
- Search filter.
- Integrated songs browser.
- Last FM support.
- Full screen mode.
- Apple Remote support.
- Desktop artwork.
- Hotkey bezels.
- Info bar with Now Playing details and track progress.
- Player controls in status bar menu.
- Scrolling text notifications.
- Anti-aliased artwork.
- Extended dock menu.
- ...and much more!
