FrostWire 5.2.2 Beta out – Better Transfer + Library integration

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Thanks to your feedback, we added some new features that will allow you to integrate better with the new FrostWire library as well as with iTunes.

Now when a transfer has finished, if it contains any audio files, 2 new options are available on right click:

FrostWire will no longer by default automatically send audio files to iTunes, now you get to do it only if you want, many users were complaining about the default process which was creating duplicate listings inside iTunes, This way you have more control.

You can also send files to iTunes from the Library.

Also, there’s that second option there to add to playlist, straight from your finished download. You’ll be able to add to a new playlist or to append the new audio files to an existing playlist.

There’s a lot more fixes we did for this beta release, here is the full changelog:

frostwire (5.2.2) stable; urgency=high
  * Library tables are now cached in memory, searches are done in the cache
    speeding up the experience considerably for users with several thousand
    files.
  * Create or add audio files to a playlist right from the Transfer manager.
  * iTunes importing after audio transfers finish turned off by default.
  * Completed transfers that contain at least one audio file can be sent
    to iTunes from the Transfer manager.
  * Audio status component recognizes an Audio Stream, from an Audio file
    from an internet stream url. Clicking on it will take you to the
    Android Tab if it's an android stream or to the Library otherwise.
  * Fixes issues with download mediator refresh.
  * Fixes out of memory error.
  * Real time UI feedback as audio files are being imported into playlist.
  * F5, Cmd+R or Ctrl+R will refresh the current Library table.
 
 -- FrostWire Team   Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:03:10 -0500

FrostWire 5.2.1 beta out – Getting closer to a 5.2.x release

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A lot of changes thanks to the feedback of the beta tester community, thanks a lot.

You can download the 5.2.1 beta installer and try the brand new Media Library and Audio Player today

Here’s the complete list of changes for 5.2.1

frostwire (5.2.1) stable; urgency=high
* Play/Pause player buttons now share the same button depending on state.
* Mac OSX threading bug when importing .m3u playlist to new playlist fixed.
* Pressing space bar pauses/resumes currently played audio.
* Playlist files can be sorted correctly by track number when available.
* FLAC playback support.
* When a playlist has finished importing files, it’s shown to the user.
* Transfer manager remembers the position of its JSplitPane.
* Transfer manager sorts downloads by default based on their creation date.
* Transfer manager has new column “Started On” showing the date the transfer
first started.
* Drag and drop issues on playlist component for Mac OSX fixed.
* Partial download dialog table can adjust column widths, a horizontal
scrollbar will appear if the sum of the columns is wider than the dialog.
* When playing an audio file, if it gets deleted FROM DISK from inside
FrostWire, the audio file will stop playing.
* Files can be dragged to the “Starred” playlist and they will be marked
as starred. If files are dragged from Disk, creating a new playlist
will be offered, and all the elements on the playlist will be starred.
* Files can be deleted from the “Starred” playlist. This will cause the
files to be unstarred on every other playlist where they belong.
* The tables on the library remember the last position of their scrollbars
during the session.
* Double clicking on a playlist name starts editing the playlist name.
* Fixes bug where downloading an individual file in a torrent wouldn’t
be marked in the search results as downloading.
* Fixes a memory leak when importing ID3 tags into a playlist.
* Fixes bug where the duration of an MP3 file wasn’t calculated correctly
by MPlayer, duration is now being calculated with Java library.
* Fixes bug where it would import torrent skipped files to iTunes.

— FrostWire Team Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:14:11 -0500

Azoora feat. Graciellita: Apart – great release from UK trip-hop group

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Testing out new waters in their latest EP,  London native John Purcell from Azoora, has teamed up with the sweet voiced Montreal siren, Graciellita, for this new compilation.

Apart, is the 7th EP released under the band’s name. The record incorporates the resident electronic, trip hop sound of Azoora with the angelic voiced singer’s lovely and fresh vocals.

There’s an atmosphere of softness as well as one of brooding intensity present in this 5-track compilation. With beautiful piano accompaniments, lush loops and catchy beats floating in the cuts; the record is an easy candidate for your favorites list. Continue reading “Azoora feat. Graciellita: Apart – great release from UK trip-hop group” →

Prototype for new FrostWire Sticker

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Hi all,

Just wanted to share with you a first prototype of the next generation of FrostWire stickers.

As of FrostWire 5 you have all noticed that the FrostWire logo got a little bit of love on it’s appearance, it’s now a more finished and 3Dish sphere and barbed wire than its previous version and as we’re running out of stickers from our last batch we’re testing out a new FrostWire sticker design.

On the Top the Old sticker, On the bottom the prototype for the new one

We’d like your input on it, our current consensus is:

> Move the “FrostWire.com” a little bit away from the border (more padding)
> Make the “FrostWire.com” text a touch bigger

Let us know what you think of the stickers on the comments section.

Cheers.

Sneak peek at “Alexandria”, FrostWire 5’s new Library

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Download the Beta now

The next release of FrostWire 5 will feature a completely new Library Tab, one rewritten from scratch to suit your media management needs.

Before and After(click on the image to enlarge)

It features a full blown audio player, with convenient playlist management at every drag and drop or right click you ever need to organize and enjoy your media.

This new Library (code named “Alexandria”) is still under development and test binaries will be distributed in a few days (or hours) to the beta testing group.

However, remember FrostWire is open source and you can build and run it yourself. Here’s how:

Requirements
JDK 1.6.x (or higher, let us know how it works with Java 7)
Apache Ant
Mercurial

If you want to hack FrostWire and send patches you will need a Bitbucket account.

Get the code
With you favorite Mercurial client, clone the official repository

hg clone https://bitbucket.org/frostwire/frostwire.desktop
cd frostwire.desktop

Switch to the alexandria branch
hg update fw5-alexandria

Build it!
ant

Run it

On Windows:
cd gui
run.bat

On Mac or Linux:
./run

Hack it!
If you want to be part of the development team, the process is very straight forward.
1. Fork the project in BitBucket using your account.
2. Clone your fork locally.
3. Create a branch for your hack/bug-fix/enhancement
4. Code, commit and push to YOUR fork.
5. Send us a Pull request of your branch.

We will check your patch, be clean and explain as much as you can what you did. Do not repeat code and look at the current code to follow our current style.

FrostLibrary

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Humanoid saw “F R O S T W I R E” instead of “L I B R A R Y” at his local library, Here’s the result of Humanoid’s inspiration.

Thanks a lot for sharing!

Keep sending these, they’re a lot of fun.
Write to contact@frostwire.com with your pictures.

FrostWire Street (Paris, France)

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In case you’re curious, the real sign belongs to “Rue Soufflot” near the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, France.
Photo composition sent by an anonymous user in Paris.

Send your fake FrostWire Signage pictures to contact@frostwire.com if this gives you any ideas.

FrostWire Trademark Infringers and fraudsters still advertised on Google Adwords

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If you search for “frostwire” on Google today, you will still get one of the fake/fraudster ads, but this time the scammers went a little too far infringing our trademark.

The domains frostwireofficial.org, http://www.frostwire2011.megafilehost.com and http://www.frostwirefreebie.com are infringing FrostWire’s trademarks blatanly, by advertising and distributing other products and using our trademarked name and logo.

On top of this, they’re charging users for a product that is not FrostWire but uses our trademarked logo and name.

They have their own windows installer which installs something that they call “FrostWire Pro”, this is how it looks:

Not only they blatantly use our trademark on the name of the software, the icon, logo, they also charge for it, and then we are the ones getting user’s emails asking for money back.

It doesn’t end there

A simple reverse DNS search on their IP address let’s us know that they’re not only doing this with the FrostWire trademark, they’re also usurping the identify of other software like Ares and LimeWire.


WARNING FRAUD SITE:http://www.aresgalaxypro.com/


WARNING FRAUD SITE:http://www.aresdownload.com/ares-download.html


WARNING FRAUD SITE:http://limepluswire.com/

We are sending cease & desist letters to them and their hosting company to see if we can do something to protect you guys from these scammers.

The most ironic part of all of this, is that we then tried to put an ad on Google for users to find out about FrostWire’s new File and Folder sending capabilities, and our ads are being denied for “Copyright” while fraudsters that infringe on our trademark and damage our name can advertise freely to prey on clueless users.

DO NOT PAY FOR FROSTWIRE
Here’s a video we posted 2 years ago, and these people keep scamming thousands of people every year.