What's new in Periscope Player 1.6
Feb 19, 2013
- Change Log:
- Shortcut key detection on some keyboards is improved. Multi-key combinations are now supported.
- Added taskbar shortcuts for play, pause, skip forward/back.
- Quick Play menus now automatically start playing songs when selected.
- Added an option to hide social media popup windows.
New in Periscope Player 1.5 (Jan 4, 2013)
- Added support for creating/modifying/deleting Subsonic Server Playlists.
- Added Facebook integration - You can now post to your wall what you're listening to.
- Replaced Scrobble/Tweet buttons with new Social Media popup screen.
- Social Media sharing is now included in Periscope Lite!
- Added disc number column to main grid. Multi-Disc albums are now correctly sorted in Quick Play.
- Improved application load time.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.4.0 (Nov 12, 2012)
- Starred Songs - You can now star/unstar songs and access a special 'Starred' playlist.
- Keyboard controls are now functional even when Periscope is running in the background.
- Play/Pause buttons can be locked to function as one keyboard button.
- Keyboard controls can now be cleared.
- Added the ability to de-authorize a Pro license from a particular PC.
- New User Playlists are now added to the top of the list to prevent scrolling issues.
- Fixed a broken link on the Nag Screen - It will now open the version comparison page.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.3.0 (Sep 19, 2012)
- Local Playlists - Create your own Periscope playlists.
- Search by album is now available in the search box.
- Play Previous Song Button is now added to the main player controls.
- Cover art filters much faster when searching.
- Server Navigator performance greatly improved - works well on large libraries now.
- Bug fix - Load Subsonic playlists even if some songs are no longer available on the server.
- Installer updated to automatically install .net Framework 4.0 if it's not already on the system.
- Version Scheme changed - 1.x will be the new format going forward.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.2.0 (May 24, 2012)
- Free Lite version now available (some options disabled, but playback no longer limited to 30sec).
- Quick Play - Enqueue songs to create a playlist and also quickly play by artist or album.
- Keyboard Control - Assign custom key shortcuts for playback control.
- Coverart is now scaled in correct dimensions.
- Improved performance on large libraries (75,000+ Songs - You know who you are!)
- Improved icon looks throughout the application.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.1.0 (Apr 2, 2012)
- New system requirement - .net framework 4.0 (Full)
- Improved library scan - More responsive, more accurate (album names are now pulled from song information rather than subsonic folder names), greatly reduced server load during scan, more reliable over slower connections.
- FLAC files can now be played back in their original lossless quality and cached locally. Disable FLAC transcoding on your subsonic server to use this new feature.
- Cached songs are now identified with an icon in the main grid rather than a highlighted row.
- Auto check on startup for new versions of Periscope Player added to the advanced options tab.
- Row # added to the main search grid for each song.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.0.9 (Jan 24, 2012)
- Server Navigator - Add new songs from server without a full rescan. (see video for usage)
- Manual Scrobble/Tweet buttons added.
- Dockable playlists/server navigator panes.
- Cover art loads correctly on the first play of a song in an album.
- Improved accuracy of jukebox playback elapsed time.
- Search box is now saved and restored between application restarts.
- Grid transparency saves correctly between application restarts.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.0.8 (Dec 12, 2011)
- Works with version 4.6 of Subsonic
- JukeBox Pause/Resume
- Grid saves state between application runs
- User can specify a custom connection timeout value in the options page
- Search box supports apostrophes
- Admin permissions are no longer required on Windows 7 x64
- A new path column can be added to the grid (existing users should refresh their library for this to work correctly!). This shows the top level folder that files are stored in-- useful for grouping in the grid.
- Library refresh has been made faster yet again
New in Periscope Player 1.0.0.7 (Nov 15, 2011)
- SSL support should now be seamless. Simply type in your server name to Periscope's settings and connect.
- Playlists menu bar looks much more modern than previous versions and is skinned along with the rest of the application.
- The main menu bar is also now skinned to match the application.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.0.6 (Nov 7, 2011)
- Added support for Last.fm Scrobbling and Twitter.
- Options screen has been redesigned to allow for new social media support.
- Various bug fixes/optimizations.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.0.5 (Oct 24, 2011)
- Added Jukebox support. Simply select Local or Remote to tell Periscope to play on the desktop speakers or server speakers (user must have jukebox permissions on the server for remote speakers to work!).
New in Periscope Player 1.0.0.4 (Sep 26, 2011)
- Added support for locally caching music.
- Added a new static playlist, 'Local Cache' to quickly identify all cached songs.
- New options for enabling/disable local music cache and defining cache capacity.
- New option for adjusting the background transparency on the main grid.
- Added a splash screen and improved startup speed.
- Added a menu option to check if the latest version is installed.
- Added a message to cover art grids to inform the user of empty playlists or songs being refreshed from the server.
- Improved cover art load time.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.0.3 (Sep 12, 2011)
- Added Skin Support.
- Corrected handling passwords with special characters.
- Improved loading of all songs from server.
- Improved cover art load speed.
New in Periscope Player 1.0.0.2 (Sep 10, 2011)
- Added Cached Cover Art
- Added Cover browsing mode and Cover/Grid browsing mode
- Reduced time to refresh songs from the server by 40%
- Reduced memory usage for playlists
- Tweaked UI for better readability/usability