09 Mar 10 Changelog

VortexBox 1.2 – March 09 2010

Logitech SqueezeBox Server 7.4.2 pre installed and configured
Package manager for installing new software from the GUI
Better support for mp3s (thanks Ron)
Many bug fixes including VortexBox player

VortexBox 1.1 – Februaryr 10 2010

VortexBox Player as the default software player
Cover are added to all mp3 files for easy use in iTunes and XBMC
Option to have mp3 or AAC mirror updated after ripping

VortexBox 1.0 – December 17 2009

FLAC to Apple Lossless (m4a) mirroring through the web GUI
MusicBrainz and CDDB used for automatic ID3 tagging
Tool tips for each section in the GUI
Logitech SqueezeBox Server 7.4.1 pre installed and configured
Software upgrades through the web GUI

VortexBox 0.9 – September 03 2009

FLAC to mp3 mirroring through the web GUI
Backup to USB drive through the web GUI
Built in Simplify Media server with web GUI configuration
Better auto cover art. Using both Amazon and Google images

VortexBox 0.8 – July 22 2009

real time AJAX CD ripper status
time zone configuration from web GUI
Logitech SqueezeCenter 7.3.3 pre installed and configured

VortexBox 0.7 – June 12 2009

Based in Fedora 11 for maximum hardware compatibility
added network configuration section to GUI
Added system status to GUI
Show up in network browser faster

VortexBox 0.6 – Apr 10 2009

added Azureus web based bittorrent client
added custom install option
better support for running local music players on your VortexBox

VortexBox 0.5 – Mar 10 2009

wma (Windows Media player) lossless support
better aac (iTunes) support
easier to install mplayer
new squeezeplayer client. Play music from the sound card on your VortexBox.
script to mirror your FLAC collection as Mp3

VortexBox 0.4 – Feb 25 2009

Better error correcting for hard to RIP cds
VortexBox now shows up in network neighborhood
added script to configure VortexBox as Workgroup master browser

VortexBox 0.3 – Jan 25 2009

Logitech SqueezeCenter 7.3.2 pre installed and configured
DLNA – ushare pre installed to support DLNA players, xbox 360, etc
cover art for XBMC now automatically generated
easy installation of mplayer for AlianBBC support

VortexBox 0.2 – Jan 02 2009

Logitech SqueezeCenter 7.3.1 pre installed and configured
Based in Fedora 10 for maximum hardware compatibility
Support for new automatic Sharing formats
AppleTalk – for OSX or bonjour for Windows
DAAP – Automatically shares all MP3s for streaming to iTunes and Roku Soundbridge
NFS – For Linux Boxes and almost anything else, Solaris etc.

VorexBox 0.1 – Nov 28 2008

Logitech SqueezeCenter 7.2 pre installed and configured
Based in Fedora 9 for maximum hardware compatibility
Automatic ripping of CDs to FLAC and MP3
Auto cover art download and tagging
Automatic reindexing SqueezeCenter after every CD is ripped
Automatic sharing of file to SMB (Microsoft) file shares
Reads DHCP IP address to sound card using TTS for headless operation.

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