- Added media key bindings, for playing, pausing as well as playing the next and previous song. They also work even if Espera isn't focused.
- Added an option to disable the automatic display of the changelog when Espera is updated.
- Fixed various issues with YouTube.
- Fixed some UI quirks.
- Fixed an issue where pressing the space bar multiple times wouldn't pause or continue a song anymore.
- Fixed Espera not looking for an update at startup.
- Search for updates regularly.
- Fixed some visual bugs.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when pressing the "Play" button.
- Added an option to disable crash/error/statistics tracking.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash, if the remote control port was already in use.
- The full changelog is now shown after an update.
- Removed the "Dev" update channel.
- The default YouTube download path has changes to the videos folder.
- Fixed a bug where a YouTube download path change isn't reflected in the UI.
- Changed the library savefile format.
- Fixed the changelog dialog appearing at every application startup.
- Fixed some problems with the error reporting.
- The beta now has the "Dev" channel as default update channel.
- Espera has been completely rewritten.
- Double clicking a song now starts the playback instantly, there's no need to create a new playlist beforehand.
- New songs in the library folder and existing ones are automatically updates if their metatdata has changed.
- The YouTube player can now show the video and has support for multiple quality settings.
- Added support for AAC playback.
- Added a completely new update system that applies updates in the background.
- Album covers are now displayed next to the artist.
- Added a slider to change the scaling of the application. This is useful when Espera is displayed on a TV screen.
- Espera can now be remote-controled via an Android app. The app will soon be released.
- Added support for downloadig YouTube videos directly.
- Youtube streaming is now enabled by default.
- Espera now requires .NET 4.5 to be installed.
- YouTube streaming is now enabled by default.
- Fixed the settings not beeing fully accessible in a small window.
- Fixed a bug that caused a corrupted song not being reported to the user.
- Fixed a bug that caused the playlist height to reset after an application restart.
- Fixed some visual bugs.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when the application is closed.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when a song is played.
- Songs from a local network are not cached anymore.
- Fixed a bug that caused the memory consumption to increase over time.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to force focus.
- Fixed a bug that caused the playlist area to take up all the remaining space after a restart.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to jump over songs or mark them as corrupt incorrectly.
- Completely new settings menu.
- New music folder selection dialog for Windows Vista and higher.
- Fixed a bug that caused a timeout when caching YouTube videos.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash during audio playback.
- Added a link to the release notes in the about section.
- Updated the website link in the about section.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when closing, for libraries that contained songs with special characters in their tags.
- Fixed YouTube playback.
- Fixed a bug that caused a crash report to not send the version number.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when removing a removable device that contained songs from the library.
- Fixed a bug that caused a corruption of the library when removing a removable device that contained songs on a playlist.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when removing songs from the playlist.
- Fixed a bug that caused songs not to be shown in the library when added.
- New color: orange.
- A bug and crash report now also sends the application version.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when performing operations that stop a local song.
- Fixed a problem with the updater.
- A crash of the application now opens a window to report the crash.
- The bug reporting doesn't require a signup at GitHub anymore, but opens a window to report a bug with one click.
- Improved the overall playback performance of local songs.
- Improved the local search performance.
- Smoothened the caching progress of YouTube videos.
- There is now an option to lock the window when entering the party mode.
- Some UI style and visual improvements.
- Fixed a bug that caused some settings to be resetted at application startup.
- Fixed a bug that could cause a corruption of the library under certain conditions.
- Fixed a bug that caused the "Play" command of a playlists context menu to be executable when it shouldn't. When executed regardless, it caused the application to crash.
- Fixed some visual bugs where buttons would be in an enabled state when they shouldn't be.
- Fixed a bug that caused songs to be only removed from the current playlist instead of all playlists, when removing the songs from the library. This bug also caused a corruption of the library and therefore a crash of the application.
- Added a donation link in the settings panel.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when no library existed yet.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when songs were currently added and the application got closed.
- The first element in the artist list is now always "All Artists", that can be selected to display all artists.
- Each artist now displays the number of albums and songs underneath.
- Each playlist now displays the number of songs underneath its name.
- Fixed a bug that caused the YouTube views to be sorted wrong.
- Fixed a bug that caused the path of local songs to not be displayed.
- Fixed a bug that caused YouTube streaming and downloading to fail randomly.
- YouTube streaming doesn't require VLC media player to be installed anymore.
- The views of a YouTube video are now displayed.
- The option "Remove from library and playlist" is removed. The option "Remove from library" now also removes the songs from the playlist.
- The playlist timeout is now hidden when in party mode.
- "A" and "The" in the first word of an artist name are now ignored in the ordered artist list.
- If the internet connection is slow, the application startup is not longer slowed down.
- When the last song of a playlist has ended, the play button isn't clickable anymore.
- Fixed a bug that caused the YouTube streaming to not work anymore.
- Fixed a bug that caused the sorting of songs to not work anymore.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application appearance related settings to be overridden every time the application starts.
- The volume is now saved when closing the application.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash, when the user paused a song, switched to another playlist and then continued the song.
- Fixed application crash when rapidly clicking the play/pause button.
- The songs and playlist informations are now stored, so that they don't get lost when closing the application.
- Added a link to report a bug
- Songs that can't be played are now marked as corrupt.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash or start/pause a song when editing the name of a playlist.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash when playing a song from YouTube.
- Multiple playlists.
- Shuffle playlists.
- Increased the number of songs that can cache at one time from three to 10.
- Fixed a bug that causes the application to hang sometimes when adding songs to the library.
- Fixed a bug that caused the sorting order of the YouTube rating not to change.
- Fixed a bug that caused the volume to lock, even if the user was in administrator mode.
- Fixed a bug that caused the time to lock, even if the user was in administrator mode.
- UI style changes