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Swinsian 2.1

Version 2.1 of Swinsian is now available to download. There are several new features as well as some improvements to the interface. It’s now possible to make Swinsian automatically select the currently playing track by enabling “Automatically Select Playing Track” in the Navigate menu. It’s also now easier to change the field shown in each browser column; right click the top row to select a different type for that column.

The option to split a genre into several values in the genre browser column (so that a track with the genre “Pop, Rock” will show up under “Pop” and “Rock”) has been extended to the artist field as well. It’s now possible to change the character used to split the field from a comma to a slash.

The layout of the track table when the art column is visible and the “Show Every Album in Album Art Column” option is enabled has been improved. The height for each album is now adjusted to save space when an album only contains a few tracks and the art column has been made narrow. It’s also now possible to hide the album and artist labels in the art column for a cleaner appearance.

The update also contains many bug fixes. For a full list of changes see the change notes.

What’s New in Swinsian 2

The latest version of Swinsian adds some significant new features as well as many improvements to the interface. It’s now possible to adjust the audio output using the built in graphical equalizer. The interface allows for more customisation in the way your music is displayed and support for peripherals has been improved.

Swinsian 2 is a free upgrade for all existing users. To download the trial visit Swinsian.com.

Swinsian Version 1.13.0

Swinsian version 1.13.0 is now available. This is largely a bug fix release but there are a couple of notable new features. It’s now possible to use membership of other playlists as a rule in smart playlists.

Swinsian Version 1.12.0

Swinsian version 1.12.0 has been released today. This update adds support for several new metadata fields: date modified, description, conductor, catalog cumber, and disc subtitle. The update fixes a large number of bugs as well as numerous improvements to existing features. For a full list of changes see the changelog.

As of version 1.12.0 Swinsian no longer supports running on Mac OS X 10.6.

Swinsian Version 1.10.10

Swinsian version 1.10.10 has been released and brings support for MusePack files. The update also fixes several potential crashes as well as other minor bug fixes to iTunes smart playlist importing and gapless playback of very short tracks.

Swinsian Version 1.10.4

Swinsian version 1.10.4 is now available. This is largely a bug fix release but there are a couple of notable enhancements:

• When importing iTunes libraries Swinsian can now import smart playlists as real smart playlists. Not all of the options available in iTunes smart playlists are available in Swinsian (for example metadata fields applicable to TV shows) and those rules won’t be converted, but the majority will be convertible.
• Swinsian volume can now be controlled by user assigned global shortcuts
• The API for desktop widgets has been updated. See the documentation for more detail.

For a full list of changes see the changelog.

Swinsian Version 1.10.3

Swinsian 1.10.3 was released yesterday. This update is a bug fix update that should fix a couple of crashes. The full list of changes is in the changelog.

Swinsian Version 1.10

Swinsian 1.10 was released recently and came with a lot of bug fixes and new features. The full list of changes is in the changelog. People using watched folders should note that adding a new watched folder now also imports any files in the folder when watching begins, which was not the case in previous versions.

Swinsian Version 1.9.0

The latest update to Swinsian brings several new features. Firstly support for publisher, total number of tracks and BPM tags has been added. To make the inspector more usable with the growing number of tags it is now possible to customize what fields are visible: click the gear icon in the top right of the inspector to hide or show fields and show the ones that are most important to you.

Version 1.8.8 Released

The latest update to Swinsian is now available to download. Version 1.8.8 is mostly a bug fix release; problems with some FLAC files have been resolved as well as a potential crash when running on OS X 10.6. See the changelog for the full list of changes.