Flavio Tordini

Announcing Minitube 1.1

Flavio — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:30:02 +0000

Apparently YouTube changed something and broke many applications including Minitube. So here is a new working release! This release brings minor visual enhancements, various bug fixes and a new Chinese translation. Thanks to Levente Polyak, Zvonimir Đeri and Changtai Liang for contributing to this release.

The Mac version, just like Minitunes, is now offered at a modest price to sustain development. The new project page reflects these changes. Obviously Linux users are still invited to donate.

Get Minitube 1.1 now!

Intervista su Appunti Digitali

Flavio — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:12:34 +0000

Emanuele Rampichini di Appunti Digitali mi ha intervistato sulla (in)sostenibilità economica dei miei progettini Free Software.

Minitunes 0.1.1 fixes crashes and adds AAC support on the Mac

Flavio — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:05:19 +0000

I published today a hotfix release of Minitunes. This release is mostly targeted at Mac users that were experiencing crashes during the library scanning or were missing their AAC files.

In order to have their AAC music shown, Mac users should choose Minitunes => Change collection folder... from the menu.

Potential stack overflow fixes are valid for Linux users too, although no Linux user has reported crashes.

Lazlo, Kirk and Mike tested the changes on their Macs, so you can enjoy a more stable Minitunes!

32bit compatible Minitunes on the Mac

Flavio — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:57:29 +0000

Just a quick note to say that the Mac build is now 32bit compatible. So if it didn’t start on your Mac, you may give it a second try.

By the way, I’m investigating a crash reported by many that happens when Minitunes scans your music. I believe it’s a “stack overflow” problem since the code is recursive and may exceed the stack size. Don’t worry if you don’t understand what this means, it’s just a technical blurb

Announcing Minitunes: A better music player

Flavio — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:47:10 +0000

I’m very happy to announce the release of an innovative music player, Minitunes!

This is just the first release. Many pieces of the puzzle still have to fall in place. Like the search feature, internationalization, media device support and many other features you can read in the to-do list. With your support, we’ll get there.

Minitunes is available for Mac and Linux. A Windows version is coming soon.

Try it out now!

Let’s test Minitunes

Flavio — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:10:49 +0000

Minitunes is pretty close to its first release. Now’s the time to test it and give feedback about bugs and crashes. Linux users can get the 32bit binaries or build by themselves from source code. Mac users can download this dmg (Intel, Leopard or Snow Leopard required). I especially need testing on Leopard. Please report your experience in the comments and don’t forget to specify your operating system version. Thanks in advance.

Minitube in Debian unstable

Flavio — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:48:24 +0000

Minitube has been uploaded to Debian Sid, the unstable version of Debian. Hopefully the package will continue its trip to testing and finally to a stable release. The inclusion in Debian unstable also means that most Debian derivatives will inherit the package. Interestingly, the package directly depends on the GStreamer backend and required codecs.

This is a great achievement for me. Having a single line of code in Debian has always been a dream for me, let alone an entire package. Thanks to anyone who helped getting Minitube in Debian!

By the way, I thought I would be quite happy about this and think I am, but I really can’t feel it since I lost my job a few days ago and I’m still in the process of reorganizing and deciding what to do with my life. It’s hard to feel the love in this kind of situation. But I’ll get over it.

Mac screenshots

Flavio — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:03:18 +0000

Minitunes is shaping up nicely and works great on the Mac.

And here’s what I call the Info View:

Will Mac users escape the reality distortion field?

Playlist bliss

Flavio — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:07:05 +0000

And here’s the code.

Minitube reaches version 1.0

Flavio — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:47:27 +0000

Minitube 1.0 is finally here. It fixes some content from major labels failing to play and adds the ability to play Full HD (1080p) videos when available. This version also adds the ability copy the video stream URL, so you can download the video with an external program.
A whole slew of new translations are available: Romanian, Greek, Dutch, Arabic, Portuguese, Finnish and Bulgarian. Thanks to the translators and to all the people that keep suggesting enhancements and spreading the word out.

After downloading and setting up Minitube 1.0, you may want to make a donation so I can have free beer tomorrow evening in Rome.