Pandorian Changelog

What's new in Pandorian 2.9.6

Nov 1, 2017
  • Window position is remembered across app restarts
  • Multi monitor window positioning support
  • Song and playback duration info can be toggled by clicking on album cover

New in Pandorian 2.8.2 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • New: ability to seek (change play position) of current song - click on song progress bar
  • New: setting to disable BPM counter
  • Fix: app hang due to cross-thread access of progress bars
  • Fix: delayed display of album cover when coming back from tray minimization
  • Improvement: better handling of net connectivity issues

New in Pandorian 2.8.1 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • New: streamlined installation and upgrade process
  • New: offline caching of album art for historical playback
  • Fix: unable to export previously played track
  • Fix: lock screen album art not updating ocassionally
  • Change: windows temp folder is now used for cache

New in Pandorian 2.8 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • New: skip back to previously played songs
  • New: change audio quality in settings without causing a re-login to pandora. Simply change quality and close the settings window without hitting apply.
  • New: offline caching of previous tracks now enable instant replay of tracks, faster app launches and station changes.
  • Improvements: major overhaul of internals to support historical playback

New in Pandorian 2.7.2 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Settings are now retained across app updates and uninstalls
  • New settings for disabling QuickMix stations and Liked song indicators
  • Revambed settings window with new behavior
  • Apply an arbitrary value of -5.55 dB for trackings missing ReplayGain values.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in Pandorian 2.7.1 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Added audio stream download progress indicator at bottom of window
  • Revamped MP3 export functionality due to new Pandora restrictions. For CTRL+D to export the currently playing song, you must now have a Pandora Plus subscription and select "High (192k)" quality in settings.
  • New hourglass graphic for loading/ waiting view
  • BASS updates and other performance improvements

New in Pandorian 2.7 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Added 128k MP3 audio streaming support
  • QuickMix stations are now indicated by a ✪ next to station name
  • Better indication of liked/thumbed up songs. A ✔ is shown next to track title
  • Fixed built-in station manager/browser to support new pandora website
  • Better handling of system shutdowns
  • Misc. bugfixes and improvements

New in Pandorian 2.6 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Pandora Plus support added (unlimited skips)
  • BASS binaries updated to latest
  • Several minor changes and fixes

New in Pandorian 2.5.1 (Feb 6, 2016)

  • Completely revamped tray icon song info panel
  • Minor code changes

New in Pandorian 2.4.1.1 (Feb 6, 2016)

  • Show song/station info on tray icon hover
  • Updated bass libraries to the latest
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Pandorian 2.4.0.0 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • Automatic BPM detection of playing song (click on album cover to display)
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Pandorian 2.3.0.0 (Aug 18, 2014)

  • Minor fixes and modifications
  • Added setup downloads for both 32bit and 64bit windows

New in Pandorian 2.2.1.1 (Jul 4, 2014)

  • Fixed sleep/wake issue (only applicable to machines with vmware vnet adapters)

New in Pandorian 2.2.0.0 (Jun 23, 2014)

  • Improved accuracy of volume normalizing
  • Use bass DSP instead of bass FX for volume management
  • Removed bass_fx.dll dependancy from project
  • Removed unused volume normalizing code

New in Pandorian 2.1.0.12 (Jun 18, 2014)

  • Increased level of logging
  • Improvements to song progress bar updating
  • Event based updating of lock-screen song info instead of timer based
  • Threaded/background downloading of album cover art
  • Minor fixes and performance improvements

New in Pandorian 2.0.0.6 (Jun 14, 2014)

  • Major overhaul of inner workings to optimize communication with pandora servers
  • Save/restore session and station playlists across app restarts & sleep/wake cycles
  • New graphic buttons
  • See what the app is doing behind the scene by pressing CTRL+ALT+L
  • Various minor bug fixes & performance improvements

New in Pandorian 1.8.2 (Jun 11, 2014)

  • Better handling of expired song URLs with prolonged use
  • Other minor code changes

New in Pandorian 1.8.1 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Reduced calls to Pandora API by 50%
  • Song loading speed increased
  • Fixed lock-screen info not updating sometimes
  • Fixed issue with volume hotkeys

New in Pandorian 1.8 (May 16, 2014)

  • Upgraded bass binaries to latest
  • Volume control with hotkeys & slider (click on song progress bar to show slider)
  • Minor code changes

New in Pandorian 1.7.9 (May 14, 2014)

  • Restore last song if needed after an app restart to help with skip limits
  • Fix mouse pointer not showing after resume from sleep
  • Show current date & time on lock-screen
  • Save skip history before sleeping in case power is lost during sleep

New in Pandorian 1.7.8 (May 14, 2014)

  • Hide mouse pointer on lock-screen by default
  • Show mouse pointer on lock-screen when global menu is visible
  • Various internal improvements to lock-screen
  • Store lock-screen password as a one-way encrypted string
  • Warn user when trying to lock the screen with a blank password

New in Pandorian 1.7.7 (May 14, 2014)

  • Password proteced lock-screen with album art and song info
  • Use ping instead of webclient to check net connectivity
  • Various minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Pandorian 1.7.6 (May 14, 2014)

  • Better handling of 42sec blank audio for free a/c holders
  • Inform free users about excessive skipping punishment

New in Pandorian 1.7.5 (May 14, 2014)

  • Better handling to avoid song duplication
  • Fix fb share screen nagging if chosen no
  • Fix error when trying to dislike/block a song when skip limit is reached
  • User configurable hotkeys

New in Pandorian 1.7.4 (May 14, 2014)

  • Secure storage of passwords
  • Improvements to settings window behavior

New in Pandorian 1.7.3 (May 14, 2014)

  • Show/hide global menu by pressing: ALT+M
  • Display station/song/artist seperately in global menu
  • Enable/disable tray menu items appropriately

New in Pandorian 1.7.2 (May 14, 2014)

  • Add a confirmation dialog to sleep on demand function
  • Click to copy song info to clipboard in tray icon menu
  • Fix bug causing error when skipping songs with hotkey

New in Pandorian 1.7.1 (May 14, 2014)

  • Fix issue with minimize to tray

New in Pandorian 1.7 (May 14, 2014)

  • Right-click tray icon menu for main functions
  • Better error handling
  • Enabled reporting of errors
  • Enabled station change after an error

New in Pandorian 1.6.6 (May 14, 2014)

  • Minimize to tray
  • Sleep/wake enhancements
  • Several minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Pandorian 1.6.5 (May 14, 2014)

  • Better error handling
  • Auto re-login to pandora when session expires
  • Fix missing ampersand from text labels

New in Pandorian 1.6.4 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Automatic update checking on startup

New in Pandorian 1.6.3 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Fixed all sleep/wake issues

New in Pandorian 1.6.2 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Show stream bitrate instead of high/low in settings
  • Made station selector and buttons a bit more touch friendly
  • Added a sleep timer function
  • Added global hotkey to put system to sleep (ALT+ESC)
  • Proper handling of system sleep event by external sources
  • User interface modifications

New in Pandorian 1.5.3 (Apr 17, 2014)

  • Enable listening without using a proxy
  • Don't count a skip if the current song has been in a paused state and song duration has elapsed.

New in Pandorian 1.5 (Apr 7, 2014)

  • Added support for Pandora One accounts

New in Pandorian 1.4.3 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Added two new items to the right click menu:
  • Check for an update
  • Show current version

New in Pandorian 1.4.2 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Reduced calls to pandora by implementing a playlist per station

New in Pandorian 1.4.1 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Remember song skips across app restarts

New in Pandorian 1.4 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Right click on album cover to:
  • Manage Station
  • Show Settings

New in Pandorian 1.3 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Engine converted to vb
  • Swapped out blowfish procedures
  • Moved dll locations
  • Better handling of missing album cover art
  • General bug fixes and code clean up

New in Pandorian 1.2 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Select streaming audio quality

New in Pandorian 1.1 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Several major bug fixes and performance improvements