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      Alpha 4 Change log - XX  XX, 2005

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  • Configuration file changed again to make creating themes easier and allow for more
             flexibility when creating plug-ins.
  •  Changed to the BASS Audio System.

             Features implemented so far are:

             1) File types supported are MP3,WMA,OGG,FLAC,MPC,APE,CDA (more on request)
 
             2)     FreeDB is queried when playing Audio CD's
 
             3) Spectrum analyzer support (colors are configurable)
 
            
 
             4) Sonique visualization support
 
             
 
             5) Tag support
                  a) MP3 ID3v1 and ID3v2
                  b) OGG / FLAC comments
                  c) WMA
                  d) APE & MPC - use APE tags Note APE & MPC only support ID3v1 tags (currently)
 
                        Media Tagger is a nice freeware program that allows adding ID3v1 tags to APE and MPC files.  
 
                   6) Internet file streaming
                  a) Stream MP3/MP2/MP1/OGG (including Shoutcast, Icecast & Icecast2) (HTTP and FTP servers)
                  b) WMA network broadcasting
  •  Added Volume manipulations as commands
             1) Mute
             2) Master VolumeUp / VolumeDown
             3) Wave VolumeUp / VolumeDown
             4) Midi VolumeUp / VolumeDown
             5) Line In VolumeUp / VolumeDown
             6) CD Audio VolumeUp / VolumeDown
  •  Added ability to suppress Auto Play.
  •  Since I needed a way to play the navigation sounds I started implementing my Winamp front-end.

             Winamp front-end has the following capabilities

              1) Uses Winamp input dll's directly without Winamp running. (Therefore Winamp needs to be installed)
              2)  I have tested the following input dll's
                    a) in_wave.dll       ( .wav )
                    b) in_wm.dll          ( .wma )
                    c) in_mp3.dll         ( .mp3 )
                    d) in_vorbis.dll      ( .ogg )
                    e) in_mpc.dll         ( .mpc )
                     f) in_APE.dll         ( .ape )
                    g) in_flac.dll           ( .flac )
                    h) in_cdda.dll        ( .cda )
              3) Ability to set and use the Winamp EQ using presets or up to 5 user defined settings.
 
              Note: In order to get the in_mpc.dll input plug-in working you have to start Winamp and configure the plug-in to
                        to use equalizing by Winamp instead of Musepack else you won't get any sound. You could also get edit
                        musepack.ini manually and set EQbyMPC=0
 
                                      
  •  Added navigation sounds.

      Alpha 3 Change log - January 30, 2005

  •  Added option for hiding the desktop icons and taskbar as program starts and showing them again as program exits.
  • The XML in the configuration file has been changed drastically. See configuration page for details.
  • Each button now has the ability to have a list of commands instead of one specified action.
  • Shortcuts will be able to have a list of commands as well.
  • Ability to load a configuration file on the fly. In other words you could now make a panel for themes and each button on the panel could load  a new configuration file ( theme ).
  • Added the scaling ability to the Picture button
  • Added the ability to use images from the internet as the image source.
  • Added the ability to proportionally scale the image button. If the size you select is larger than original image the image will be enlarged and if the size selected is smaller than the original the  image will be reduced (Vinny DaSilva).
  • Mapped the Home and Back functionality to the Home and Backspace key (Vinny DaSilva).
  • Added an Idle panel time out to sub panels. You can specify which panel to go to in a specified number of seconds (Vinny DaSilva).
  • Added a ButtonID, ButtonLeft, ButtonRight attribute to each of the five active button types
           Since Chameleon uses an open layout it was not previously possible to navigate using  the left and right arrow keys.
           This feature allow you to give each button a parameter that allows you to choose which button a right or left arrow press
            will go to. (Vinny DaSilva).
 
            Note:  If the given ButtonID does not exist it will be ignored. ButtonID must be unique.
  • You can now pass in your config file as a parameter to Chameleon. If you don't include a config file on the command line it will default to loading chameleonconfig.xml (Vinny DaSilva).
  • Added a second clock so that date and time may be displayed separately (jpadua).
  • Updated the Clock settings to be much more flexible.
  • Added Submenus and two new commands (Home and Back).
           1) HOME takes you back to the main menu.
           2) BACK takes you back to the previous submenu.
  • Added Media Player Buttons.
  • Added a progress bar.

      Alpha 2 Change log - February 8, 2004

  • Added a parameter that allows you to specify the state of the executables window
           The parameter and it's possible values are:
            ShowWindow ="Normal" or "Hidden" or "Minimized" or "Maximized"
  • Fixed two bugs submitted by Pete.
              1) Calling an executable needed a default directory
           2) Added delay so that an executable could not be called multiple times
  • Added theme button ( image to be displayed i.e. TV for TV button).
  • Added function for the gray scaling of images.
  • Added picture folder ( use with picture module ).
  • Added Item selection box.

      Initial Release - January 27, 2004
     

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