Alis Recording Tool Changelog

What's new in Alis Recording Tool 0.7.0

Jan 20, 2010
  • changed license to GPL v2 only
  • made the control panel tabbed
  • implemented recording using Java Sound API
  • lots of usability improvements and bug fixes
  • windows support (installer, icons, launcher and native look)
  • linux support (launcher)
  • preliminary macosx support (native look)
  • recording path for choosing where to save files
  • preferences are now saved for each user seperatively
  • better unicode support in xml files
  • hall of fame tab in about dialog

New in Alis Recording Tool 0.6.1 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • finalize metadata editing
  • support startTime in xml when updating/editing recording
  • support stopTime in xml when updating/editing recording

New in Alis Recording Tool 0.6.0 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • when pressing start do: refresh list and autoselect the current temp recording
  • when a recording is selected from the list, feed it's path to the xmlOut logic
  • when nothing's selected, disable that form
  • only enable it if exactly one recording is selected
  • alis.xml should be saved under this path
  • selecting the _temp recording should not enable the delete buton
  • sort recordings list
  • add the same selectionListener of recsList to cardsList
  • write empty dtd and xml files at the beginning of the recording
  • when selecting a recording from the list, load the contents of the xml in the form
  • when not editing recording, clear text fields
  • when stop button is pressed, auditorium and seminar are read from xml and not from the form
  • get rid of the save button
  • get constant parts of xml and refeed them to it when saving via keyReleased
  • don't allow exiting while recording is in progress
  • confirmation for stop
  • update thanks in about dialog
  • detect soundcards defines maximum number for the spinner
  • put timestamp right after name prefix
  • put speaker's name on recording filenames
  • rewrite XMLHandler
  • loadxml
  • savexml
  • xmlWriter for null
  • xmlWriter for selected
  • getElement goes private
  • support stopTime in xml when stopping recording
  • replace these chars & < > with nothing in xml editing
  • for renaming replace all special chars with nothing, and space char with underscore
  • Version tagging

New in Alis Recording Tool 20060406 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • implemented AlisFilenameFilter
  • implemented AlisProperties
  • implemented AlisPathHandler
  • implemented AlisCommons
  • implemented AlisConfigDialog
  • implemented AlisAboutDialog
  • got rid of that ugly huge silence.wav
  • implemented a new way to test a card (by recording to /dev/null)
  • use better grep regexp pattern in scripts
  • when adding soundcards, check if there are options saved for them, and if not, do add them

New in Alis Recording Tool 20060403 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • implemented getPath() for system-independent pathfinder
  • present a listing from arecord -l in configDialog
  • add button to test soundcard playback
  • confirmation dialog when quiting
  • button Apply in config dialog
  • button Quit in main window
  • redesigned about dialog
  • GUI beautification changes

New in Alis Recording Tool 20060328 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Configuration Dialog for SoundCards
  • Auto SoundCard detection Button
  • new bash script for the above button's functioning
  • configuration options for each sound card
  • storing configuration options in the properties file

New in Alis Recording Tool 20060324 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Include Alis Recording scripts in the Alis Recording Tool source code
  • Applied 2>&1 patch suggested by Michael
  • bugfix for alis-stop-record.sh: kill arecord before renaming files
  • bugfix for alis-stop-record.sh: call pidof using it's full path
  • Add two textfields in the GUI: Seminar and Auditorium
  • Add functionality for Start, Stop, save buttons (in current Recording panel)
  • Start button executes alis-start-record.sh, disables itself and enables stop button
  • Stop button executes alis-stop-record.sh, disables itself and enables start button
  • Save button saves in outfilename.txt (temporarily till XML Metadata handling is in place)
  • Make use of a Properties for storing/reading options
  • Adapted build.xml to copy the scripts and the properties file in dist output folder