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CHANGELOG
FrostWire 1.4.9 – MARCH/03/2015
– New KAT search.
– Fixed BTJunkie search issues causing ANR crashes.
– Fixed Mininova search. Few results coming in due to low seed numbers.
– Removed Appia Search.
– Clean up: Removed Appia, RevMob, Google In-App purchasing libraries.
– Updated Croatian translation. Thanks @win32re.
– Refactors, cleanup, misc fixes.
Photo: Devyn Rose wearing the FrostWire Tee.
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(arm, arm64, x86, x86_64 mips, mips64 .apks available)
Lots of fixes for performance, stability and better user experience await on this new update. If you were having issues with YouTube search this release fixes these issues and others.
Here is the full changelog for FrostWire 1.4.4 build 168 for Android.
FrostWire 1.4.4 - JANUARY/29/2015 - Finished transfers no longer should show as paused. - Fixes issue adding a whole torrent after having added a single file belonging to that same torrent to transfers. Now the whole torrent will be downloaded as expected. - Fixes Out of memory errors on MobileCore library. - Fixes possible crash when exiting the app right after launching it. - If storage location has ran out of space available FrostWire will show a descriptive error message explaining why the download has failed. - Removes free apps ads from home page and sticky ads on transfer screens. - Fixes issue where toast about shared file would not go away. - Fixes settings screen issue where some android devices would automatically toggle the BitTorrent connection. - Fixes issues with YouTube search. - Urdu translation started.
FrostWire is a free, open source BitTorrent client first released in September 2004, as a fork of LimeWire. It was initially very similar to LimeWire in appearance and functionality, but over time developers added more features, including BitTorrent support. In version 5, Gnutella support was dropped entirely, and FrostWire is only a BitTorrent client. Development of the program has been active since the program was first released in September 2004.
frostwire (6.0.3) stable; urgency=high
* Solves issue getting correct single file location from transfer manager.
* Improved MD5 verification. Thanks @abderraouf-adjal
* Important UI transfer related actions restored for Linux users.
* Updated frostwire-jlibtorrent libraries,
now built with older Boost 1.55, fixes Windows UI Freeze issue.
* CPU usage reduced managing transfer items.
* Croatian, Bulgarian, Polish, translation updates.
* More cleanups and refactors.
-- FrostWire Team Wed, 3 December 2014 16:53:57 -0500
FrostWire is a free, open source BitTorrent client first released in September 2004, as a fork of LimeWire. It was initially very similar to LimeWire in appearance and functionality, but over time developers added more features, including BitTorrent support. In version 5, Gnutella support was dropped entirely, and FrostWire is only a BitTorrent client. Development of the program has been active since the program was first released in September 2004.
While downloading 15 simultaneous BitTorrent transfers we’ve observed peak CPU usage to be drop about 44% from in comparison to the usage level seen in FrostWire 5.7.7.
Memory usage also sees a drop of 16% while downloading.
The number of live threads has been reduced 60%.
The number of classes loaded in memory has been reduced 27%.
These tests were performed on a MacBook Air, 1.7GHz Intel Core i5, 4Gb 1333 MHz DDR3 of memory running on OSX 10.9.5.
Please Test and compare FrostWire 6 to FrostWire 5 for yourself.
We’d like to invite people passionate about testing software performance and let us know what they find independently.
We’d rather be validated by non related third parties on the fact that FrostWire 6 is a superior file sharing client than its predecessor.
FrostWire Source Code:
http://github.com/frostwire/frostwire-desktop
http://github.com/frostwire/frostwire-jlibtorrent
http://github.com/frostwire/frostwire-common
Download FrostWire 5.7.7 for Windows (Bitcoin enabled .torrent)
Download FrostWire 5.7.7 for MacOSX (.torrent)
Download FrostWire 5.7.7 for Debian/Ubuntu (.torrent)
This update focuses on fixing multiple user interface issues, mostly related to the media player. Libraries were updated, a nasty freeze when opening FrostWire out of a magnet link has finally been fixed, and new linux collaborators have given some love to our codebase.
Like on Android, you can now fully stop the player
by long pressing the Play/Pause player button.
FrostWire now has a new feature in which it tries to detect wether or not you are using a VPN connection to warn you about the possibility of your privacy being at risk.
We recommend that whenever you are online you connect to the internet using an encrypted VPN connection to protect your identity and your privacy.
Build & Fix FrostWire, get paid in Bitcoins immediatly
If you are a developer/translator/graphic designer, you should know that now you can earn bitcoins when your patches and contributions are merged to the master branches of our open source projects on github.
You will automatically receive Bitcoins in your Bitcoin wallet, you just need to have a github account and a tip4commit account where you can register your Bitcoin wallet address. Payments are sent within minutes of your patches being merged.
FrostWire Bitcoin donations are being diverted into our main open source projects frostwire-desktop, frostwire-android, frostwire-common and frostwire-jlibtorrent.
Each merged commit gets 1% of what’s left on each fund.
Preparing for FrostWire 6
We are hard at work on the next generation of FrostWire 6, if you paid attention to the names of our repositories, or if you follow this blog, you may have read about the frostwire-jlibtorrent project. We have made a full featured Java wrapper API out of the C++ libtorrent library and the results of our tests have been phenomenal. We’re currently replacing all of our Bittorrent core for one that uses libtorrent and we’re pretty sure you will feel the difference.
Join the FrostWire Beta Testers group to help us release a steady FrostWire 6.
Changelog
frostwire (5.7.7) stable; urgency=high
* New: VPN connection status indicator.
* New: Stop media playback by long pressing play/pause button.
* Fix: Freeze when opening FrostWire from the first time out of
clicking on a magnet link or .torrent file.
* Fix: Bug where files couldn't be played with the main player button.
* Fix: Bug where the speaker icon on the library would still show
after the media player had stopped.
* Fix: Bug after 5.7.5 in which the buttons of the Create Torrent
dialog were not visible unless the window was resized.
* Fixes issue on Linux when player window pixel translucency could
not be set. Thanks @foutrelis.
* Fixes Null Pointer Exception when trying to shutdown and hide
an MPlayerWindow that may have not been instantiated.
* Fixes issue where user could not create new playlist by dropping
songs from existing playlist into 'New Playlist' list item in
the library.
* Updated MigLayout source code to version 4.0
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Wed, 01 October 2014 17:00:00 -0500
We’ve finally solved the incompatibility issues with MacOSX Yosemite, we didn’t want to wait for FrostWire 5.7.5 to be finished to give you the chance to use FrostWire today on Yosemite.
Download MacOSX Yosemite Compatible FrostWire 5.7.4
One great plus, is that now FrostWire is Retina-display compatible, so no more visual torture for those of you with retina display when using FrostWire.
FrostWire has introduced the possibility for of adding Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin wallet address into metadata of the torrent file format in order to enable optional donations. By eliminating middlemen and transaction costs, microtipping is now fully possible and the recipients can collect 100% of their contributions.
Mainstream centralized digital distribution platforms have been relatively successful at providing big content creators with means of monetization and discovery of their works. In spite of their success however, many self-publishing artists are still struggling with having have to share a significant portion of their revenues with the stores and middlemen, just for being able to bring their works to their fans. The centralized systems also often impose censorship and are ridden with bureaucratic structures that inevitably increase costs, making it impossible for a digital media micro-tipping economy to be born.
The FrostWire team believes that by integrating a free, peer-to-peer payment method, Bitcoin, into the free, peer-to-peer file distribution network, BitTorrent, our community can help bootstrap the largest micro-tipping economy of the Internet.
By enabling over a quarter of a billion BitTorrent users worldwide to support their favorite content creators with tips of any amount, from a fan directly to the artist, for the first time ever we would enable content creators to collect 100% of their revenues, easily and instantly.
This would be the first step towards not only creating an alternative massive monetizable distribution channel, but a decentralized digital media catalog that would make it easier for fans to discover new artists and more beneficial for any content creator to use the power of BitTorrent for a free, uncensored, and direct worldwide distribution.
We also believe that the world cannot experience an evolutionary step in digital media distribution if existing copyright licensing is antiquated and not fit for global reach. We want to help speed up the adoption of alternative licensing models by building the tools that make it convenient for content creators to embrace licensing solutions like Creative Commons.
As a first step in making this vision a reality, the FrostWire team has developed a way for the payment & licensing information to be included into the .torrent file. Now all BitTorrent Clients and search engines can read that information and present it to their users.
The newest version of FrostWire (5.7.1 beta) can already process the payment information.
After FrostWire starts downloading a torrent file containing metadata related to a Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin wallet or PayPal donation url it will show “Tipping” buttons anyone can use to voluntarily support their favorite content creators. This version of FrostWire already allows for creation of the enhanced torrent, giving the creators an ability to add their Creative Commons License information into the torrent itself.
Just imagine a BitTorrent bundle in which Bono from U2 shares free songs or a free video documentary to raise awareness and collects Bitcoin donations for the (Red) foundation to further the fight against HIV worldwide. We can’t wait to see all the imaginative use cases this integration can inspire!
If you are or know an artists how would like to create their own Bitcoin empowered torrent, please have them contact us at contact@frostclick.com. Before we roll out this particular feature to the general audience, we would like to test to make sure it’s absolutely perfect and bug free.
We encourage to try it out yourself and tell us what you think. We have created beta installers for different operating systems so that you can test the tipping/payment process yourselves.
Hack it
Technical Documentation on Github
Here is the Source Code.
Download Test Installers
Beta installer for Windows (5.7.1 build 1)
Beta installer for Mac (5.7.1 build 1)
Beta installer for Debian based Linux distros (5.7.1 build 1)
Beta installer for RPM based Linux distros (5.7.1 build 1)
Try the first Bitcoin-tippable .torrents in history:
Sample .torrent frostwire-5.7.1.dmg.torrent (includes all payment options and CC license)
Sample .torrent bitcoin_revolution_by_FriCtrl_CC-BY-SA.mp3.torrent (includes just Bitcoin payment option and CC license)
Try the Payment pages
Payment options page for frostwire-7.8.1.dmg.torrent
Bitcoin only payment/tipping page for bitcoin_revolution_by_FriCtrl_CC-BY-SA.mp3.torrent
If you want to spread the word about this integration, feel free to use the text and all images in your articles. Everything in this blog is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. FrostWire logos are here.
Looking at the hot blonde on the album cover you would never suspect hearing a strong woman rapping meaningful lyrics over Baltimore club style beats. Kellee Maize original hip hop style has already helped her capture the hearts and ears of most Pittsburgh hip hop fans.
Update: Kelle Maize’s album is as of Feb, 15th 2010 the most downloaded album on FrostWire with 118,858 downloads and counting.
Now with her second album “Aligned Archetype” and a bit of help from FrostWire, Kellee is set to conquer the ears of music lovers around world. She has generously decided to distribute the album free under a CC license so her music can get to as many people as possible.
The FrostWire team has a few Twitter addicts. It was about time we blogged here how to follow what’s going on
And whoever has the @frostwire account, it’d be really nice if you could let us have it 🙂
RTs will be very much appreciated.
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