Release v2.43 - 04 June 2012

• Song/folder browser: sort songs by track number, title, file name, album, artist, duration, year, date added or duration. Ability to reverse the order of the sorting or to select specific values for album songs sorting, artist songs sorting, folder songs sorting etc.
• Album browser: sort albums by title, artist, year, or number of songs. Ability to reverse the order of the sorting or to select specific values for artist albums sorting, genre albums sorting etc.
• Artist browser: sort artists by title, number of albums, or number of songs. Ability to reverse the order of the sorting or to select specific values for genre artists sorting.

• Added ability to zoom in/out when viewing lyrics.
• Player "Keep screen on" option now applies to the lyrics screen.
• Lyrics screen automatically updates to match currently playing song.
• Added an "Always use this action" checkbox in the search lyrics warning popup (allows to skip the popup when checked).
• Added a warning popup when trying to quit the lyrics screen whithout saving current lyrics. Added a "Don't ask again" checkbox in the latter popup to ignore the warning.
• Fixed the "Failed to save lyrics" error.

• Cloudy skin: thanks to Thomas Doussin.
• ICS skin: thanks to Grégory Meyer.

Release v2.42 - 19 April 2012

• New icon and welcome screen.
• Gapless playback support (activated by default). Can be disabled using Audio Settings > Gapless option. When using gapless playback, it is recommended to set the Audio buffer size to "Medium" value or above ("Large" or "Very large").
• Auto crossfade support (activated by default): crossfade to the next track when currently playing track ends. Ability to adjust auto crossfade time and to enable/disable "auto crossfade when shuffling only" option (see Audio settings > Crossfade section).
• Manual crossfade support (activated by default): crossfade to the next track when currently playing track is skipped. Ability to adjust manual crossfade time (see Audio settings > Crossfade section).
• Added option to activate native effects with the DSPPack (see Audio settings > Native > Native effects). When this option is activated, PlayerPro uses native Bass Boost and Virtualizer effects (the volume control from the audio effects screen is replaced by a Virtualizer control). This option is available for Android > 2.3 phones only. Please use this option with caution as it produces unexpected behaviour on certain phones and/or ROMs.
• Added option to adjust playback priority (see Audio settings > Audio priority option): use this option only in case you are experiencing playback skipping and setting the audio buffer to the maximum value doesn't help.
• Improved smoothness of the seekbar.
• Various bug fixes.
• Audio settings menu update.

• New control button icons (play/pause and next).
• Aligned album artwork and text with other notifications.
• Added option to remove the stop control from the notification status. See Look and feel settings > Status bar > Stop control.
• Added option to remove the notification status when playback is paused (see Look and feel settings > Status bar > Remove on pause). By default, the notifiation status is removed when the player is shut down (either by using the option menu "Quit" option or after 60 seconds of inactivity).

Release v2.34 - 26 February 2012

Release v2.30 - 04 February 2012

• To create a new smart playlist: from the playlist browser, open the options menu and select the "New playlist" option.
• To edit an existing smart playlist: from the playlist browser, long press on a smart playlist and select the "Edit" option (you can differentiate between a smart playlist and a normal playlist thanks to the star on the bottom right of the playlist icon).

• "Name" is the name of the smart playlist. It should be unique.
• "Number of songs" is the maximum number of songs to be included in the list.
• "Selected by" is the criteria that will be used to select the songs.
• "Match" defines the way rules will be matched.
• "Plus" and "Minus" buttons can be used to add/remove a rule. A rule is composed of a criteria, an operator and a value. For example: criteria="Album", operator="Contains", value="Miles Davis"

• Added control buttons to the notification status (play/pause, next, close).
• Added option to control PlayerPro from the Android built-in lockscreen: go to Settings / Lockscreen settings and select "Android Native" as lockscreen value. A prerequisite is that you have activated the "Headset override" option from the Headset settings.

• Make sure that all songs belonging to the same album are in the same folder on your sdcard.
• Make sure that all duplicate album songs have the same "album" tag: long press the duplicate album, select the "edit" option, check the checkbox next to the "album" textbox, input the "album" name and finally save the changes using the "save" button.
• Make sure that all duplicate album songs have the same "album artist" tag: long press the duplicate album, select the "edit" option, check the checkbox next to the "album artist" textbox, input the "album artist" name and finally save the changes using the "save" button.

• Added an option to reset equalizer presets to default values (option available in the audio settings).
• Added 20 new presets to default built-in equalizer.
• Fixed a bug causing PlayerPro to crash when saving/deleting a custom preset.
• Added equalizer skin for WMP skin: make sure to update to the latest version of the skin available on the market.
• Various other UI fixes.

Release v2.20 - 24 December 2011

• Option to select the widget skin. Five different skins are available: PlayerPro, Blue Wonder, Pink Lady, Red Fusion, Neutral and Custom. Blue Wonder, Pink Lady and Red Fusion skins require to download the corresponding skin package from the market (make sure to update your skins to the latest versions available on the market if you already have installed one of those skins). PlayerPro, Neutral and Custom are built-in. Custom is a special skin that allows to select the color of the buttons. Other skins will be released in future updates. Keep tuned :-).
• Option to display album artwork (4x1 widget only).
• Option to display artist pictures instead of album artwork.
• Option to display repeat/shuffle controls (3x3, 4x2 and 4x4 widgets only).
• Option to display ratings (4x2 and 4x4 widgets only).
• Option to open the player when tapping the album artwork or song title.

• All widgets maintain the aspect ratio of the artwork (artist pictures or album artwork).
• The 2x2, 3x3 and 4x4 widgets are now optimized for different screen sizes: album/artist artwork will display bigger on most phones, especially for the 4x4 widget.
• The control buttons of the 3x3 widget have been made bigger.
• Fixed a bug where the 4x4 widget would not respond on certain phones.
• Improved the quality of the default artwork display.
• Fixed the "PlayerPro not installed" bug linked to the deployment order of applications after phone reboot.
• Various other bug fixes and small UI tweaks.
• Released the WidgetPack 3.0 version which includes all above enhancements and bug fixes.

• The lockscreen widgets are now skinnable. Four skins are available: PlayerPro (default), Blue Wonder, Pink Lady, Red Fusion. Make sure to update your skins to the latest versions available on the market. Other skins will be released in future udpates.
• Added an option to hide playback controls (play/pause, prev/next).
• Added an option to hide ratings.
• Added an option to hide shuffle/repeat controls.
• Long pressing on the album art makes it fully transparent: this allows you to display artist pictures instead of album artwork. Long pressing on the artwork a second time makes it opaque again.
• Fixed a bug where the album artwork would be scaled down.
• Fixed a bug causing a crash on ICS.
• Various other bug fixes and UI tweaks.