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PowerAmp 2.0 beta on the way :D

Hi all, done a search and couldnt see this posted so thought i would share this info, as a poweramp user myself its good news :)

TODO list/features in progress

by maxmpz » Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:24 am

Major update (v2.0):

Beta Release - September 2011.

Full Release - TBD

(xx% complete means status for current dev builds).

UI changes:

- restyled skins (larger controls, less controls visible, expandable menus, bigger album art) (100% complete)

- downloadable skins via separate packages (100% complete, skins to be released with some delay after 2.0 release)

- 3rd party skins support (100% complete)

- better main screen cover animation (like coverflow, but with limited # of album art images) (OpenGL) (100% complete)

- grid views for lists (100% complete)

Audio processing changes:

- Direct Volume Control for new Android 2.3+ sound system where available (currently, all 2.3+ phones except HTC sensation, which misses this feature). Direct Volume Control results in volume level equal (or higher with positive preamp) to stock player, but with the Equalizer/Tone enabled. (100% complete)

- re-tuned equalizer/tone controls for Direct Volume Control (gives a larger range of distortion-free sound, deeper basses) (100% complete)

- output limiter (100% complete)

- .mpc files support (100% complete)

- replay gain support for all supported formats which support Replay Gain (mp3, mp4/m4a, flac, ape, wv, tta, ogg, mpc) (will be most effective with Direct Volume Control) (100% complete)

- stereo expansion effect (100% complete)

- mix-to-mono, balance (100% complete)

Library/playlist changes:

- NEW: "permanent shuffle". Shuffle sessions are stored to database and survive PowerAMP restart, list changes, phone reboots etc. (100% ready)

- custom fast library implementation, 10x-100x scan speed comparing to system library tag scanner, 1000 songs scanned in 15-30sec (depending on phone/sd card) (100% complete)

- playlist unification, no more Folders vs Library playlists (technically, all playlist become Folder playlists). (100% complete)

- export/import from/to Library playlists (100% complete)

- m3u/m3u8, pls, wpl playlist support. Sync'ed file playlists - any change to playlist is written back to m3u/m3u8, pls, wpl file. (80% complete)

- embed cue support (flac, wv, ape) (100% complete)

- full-library search

- history of songs played/other smart playlists (recent added, most played, etc) (100% complete)

- rating system, rating based songs list (100% complete)

- option not to add duplicates to playlist (100% complete)

Other:

- lyrics download (via separate 3rd party app/plugin) (90% complete)

Deferred:

- rating tag support (deferred to 2.x)

- optional visualizations (spectrum, wave) (deferred to 2.x)

- more tags visible in info screen (via expandable panel) (deferred to 2.x)

- .lrc lyrics support (deferred to 2.x)

Note, that I'm still keeping the PowerAMP UI as simple as possible. There won't be like 10x+ options in context menus (unless somebody creates skin with such menu ), many features will be disabled by default, so only who really needs them will enable them.

Also, the PowerAMP releases usually have more features than highlighted in this list.