Chromaprint 1.1 released
A new version of Chromaprint has been released. There are a few bug fixes, fixed compilation error on OS X 10.9 and added support for compilation with libav (FFmpeg is still the preferred library to use with Chromaprint).
New binaries for Chromaprint 1.0
The fpcalc binaries included in the Chromaprint 1.0
release had a number of problems. They didn’t work on 64-bit Windows and they did not include support for
reading FLAC files.
“All Pull Requests” add-on for Atlassian Stash
Last few evenings I spend refreshing my Java skills and working on an add-on for Atlasian Stash to display open pull requests from multiple repositories on a single place.
Chromaprint 1.0 released
A new version of Chromaprint has been released. There are no changes to the library, just the fpcalc utility. The main changes are support for the latest version of the FFmpeg.
AcoustID: Invalid API key?
Short version: I’m sorry, but today I had to block some applications from the AcoustID web service. If you were using AcoustID and now get an “invalid API key” error, please contact me.
AcoustID code moved to Bitbucket
I was not very happy when GitHub announced that it discontinues project downloads. I was using GitHub to host compiled packages for Chromaprint and the AcoustID fingerprinter, as well as release tarballs for all AcoustID projects, so I had to start looking for alternatives.
Alternative MusicBrainz search server
If you are working with a local MusicBrainz database and want to search in it, there aren’t that many choices. You can use the internal PostgreSQL full-text search or you can use the official MusicBrainz search server.
AcoustID: Faster fingerprint importing
Asynchronous importing of user submissions was always a big part of the AcoustID architecture. It makes things much easier to handle on the server side, allows database maintenance without turning the service to read-only mode (just delays the imports) and has many other benefits.
Dropbox folder icon in GNOME 3
I upgraded to GNOME 3 just over a week ago and when installing the Feanza icon theme, I noticed that there is a nice Dropbox folder icon included. Nautilus allows you to set icon for any folder, but only lets you select a specific image file, which doesn’t look particularly good when scaled.
Twisted Trial and Jenkins
It’s not completely obvious how to configure a Twisted-based job that uses Trial for running tests in Jenkins, so hopefully this post will save somebody a little time in the future.