14 DAY TRIAL // Announced on January 11th, Amarok 2.2.2 brings some interesting improvements and lots of bug fixes since previous releases. But there are also some new features in Amarok 2.2.2, such as the return of the highly anticipated "Custom Labels," which allows users to add a personal touch to their music collection. Furthermore, the moodbar was added to make their music experience more colorful by allowing users to change the progress bar according to their current mood (angry, frozen, normal, or happy).
Lyrics can now be edited more easily, by simply clicking on the lyrics applet and hitting the F2 button on your keyboard. Amarok's podcast section has been greatly improved and new features have been added, like support for HTML information, OPML import for podcast subscriptions, better memory usage, podcasts grouping or the automatic download of logos for the included subscriptions. Moreover, the playlist actions are now located at the playlist panel's bottom, and the "Playlist Layout Editor" has been included in the Tools menu.
"A Happy New Year to all of you! We hope you all had a nice holiday season, ate yummy meals and enjoyed some quality time with your family and friends. While doing exactly the same as everybody, the Amarok developers did also sneak out in the middle of the night to sit at their computers and add a bugfix here, a usability improvement there, and polish all around to make sure you will truly enjoy our new release: Amarok 2.2.2!" – the Amarok development team said in the release announcement.
Below are the main changes since the Beta version of Amarok 2.2.2:
· Automatic disable of Dynamic mode, if the playlist is replaced; · Ability to resize auto sized (invisible) elements in the inline playlist editor; · Ability to search file names with the music collection search filter; · Disabled automatic detection of character set for tags (enable it from Setings -> Collection); · Playlist sorting was enhanced to allow highlighting of order inversion arrow.
For the complete list of bugfixes brought by Amarok 2.2.2, take a look at the official announcement.
Amarok 2 was released on the 10th of December, 2008, after more than two hard years of development. It is one of the best iTunes-like media players for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows systems.
The source code of Amarok 2.2.2 can be downloaded right now from Softpedia. We also provide an Amarok 2 scripts section, updated daily. Give them a try right now!