Cover Stream
Licence: Shareware
($22)
- Version 2.2 | Release Date: 2008-07-15 | Download
New Features:
- Jukebox Mode: queue songs, skip to upcoming, jump or clear the queue
- DeskArt player controls: activate on mouseover or control-click
- Integrated Lyrics support
- New song notification window
- New status bar icon
- Right-clicking on selected album in browser shows contextual songs menu
- Right-clicking elsewhere in browser shows contextual application menu
- Scrollwheel-clicking on selected album in browser starts playing the full album
- Right-clicking on a song in Jukebox Mode shows contextual menu to jump the queue
- Right-clicking on play/pause buttons stops player
- Added Stop hotkey
- Added option to automatically launch Cover Stream when opening iTunes (daemon proccess added to login items)
- Added option to hide player controls in status bar menu
- Added option to show DeskArt on any attached display
- Added option to automatically hide DeskArt after X minutes pause
- Added options to fine-tune DeskArt window positioning
- Added option to clear searchstring when pressing delete key
- Added option to reveal playing album on track change
- Added option to automatically return to browser after selecting a song
- Recognizes disc number when sorting tracks
Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug with entering Last FM account details
- Fixed bug with Keychain Access
- Fixed bug where status bar icon could not be right-clicked
- Fixed bug where app was not hidden after dismissing browser
- A plethora of other bug fixes and improvements
- Version 2.1.1 | Release Date: 2008-06-18 | Download
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- Fixed an issue where app would terminate on launch on some systems.
- Fixed an issue where albums were erroneously sorted as compilations on some systems.
- Fixed an issue where syncing could take ages on some systems.
- Fixed an issue where albums sharing the same name would display wrong artwork.
- Fixed an issue where Desktop artwork would disappear after being resized.
- Fixed an issue with Last FM password keychain storage.
- Fixed an incorrect link to the Support Forum.
- Version 2.1 | Release Date: 2008-06-13 | Download
- New features:
- Track-based searches. Find songs by name, year, genre, etc.
- Instantly loading playlists. No more spinning beach balls.
- Supports Album Artist-tagged compilations.
- Improved Last FM support. See server status, log, warnings.
- Improved artwork retrieval. No more missing coverart.
- Showing the infobar no longer makes the coverflow lag.
- Added generic icons for audiobooks, podcasts and URL tracks.
- Improved album tracking.
- Tracks identifed by ID to avoid mismatches.
- Added option to clear search string with backspace key.
- Checks hardware compatibility on launch.
- Improved preference pane.
- Fixed nasty memory leak.
- Fixed Desktop artwork fuzziness.
- Fixed a crash on PPC G5.
- Fixed bug where Cover Stream could stall when quitting iTunes.
- Fixed bug where browser did not show when clicking Dock icon.
- Various bug fixes and improvements.
- Version 2.0 | Release Date: 2008-05-09 | Download
- New icon and graphics by Laurent Baumann
- Highly optimized; uses 75% less real memory, 90% less hard disk space and syncs with iTunes at twice the speed
- Playlist filter
- Search filter
- Integrated songs browser
- Last FM support
- Full screen mode
- Apple Remote support
- Desktop artwork
- Apple-flavored bezels
- Info bar with Now Playing details and track progress
- Player controls in status bar menu
- Scrolling text notifications
- Anti-aliased artwork
- Extended dock menu
- ...and much more!
- Version 1.4 | Release Date: 2008-02-16 | Download
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- Version 1.3 | Release Date: 2008-02-02 | Download
- Growl support
- Version 1.2.1 | Release Date: 2008-01-31 | Download
- Status window is displayed across all Spaces
- Status window is updated before fade-in
- Fixed a memory leak
- Version 1.2 | Release Date: 2008-01-26 | Download
- Added Mini-Flow mode
- New status window with jewelcase artwork, volume indicator and other improvements.
- Cover Flow can be sorted by album
- Click jewelcase to show/hide controller
- Fixed two potential crashes
- Fixed empty track listing issue
- Previous track now correctly back tracks
- Respects user sorting of playlists
- Plays selected album if iTunes is stopped
- Status window is draggable by background even when fully transparent
- New rating symbols
- Bug fixes
- Version 1.1.3 | Release Date: not specified | Download
- No changes specified



