14 DAY TRIAL // Yesterday, April 12th, Andrew Gillis announced the launch of VortexBox 1.3, a Fedora-based operating system. The new release brings bugfixes and some features. VortexBox 1.3 includes a new version of the SqueezeBox Server app and the Subsonic graphical user interface, which allows users to manage their music collection and stream it to Android or iPod players. With VortexBox, you can rip Audio CDs to the FLAC and MP3 formats, add ID3 tags, grab album art and stream music files on your network.
"This release includes lots of new features and bug fixes. We have the latest version of SqueezeBox Server and all the latest versions of the 3rd party projects that make up VortexBox. We have also added Subsonic a new GUI that allows you to manage your music collection and stream it to iPods and Android players," - Andrew Gillis said in the official release announcement.
Highlights of VortexBox 1.3:
· Pre-installed and configure Logitech SqueezeBox Server 7.5.0 pre; · Added the Subsonic music interface to allow remote playback; · Covert art and audio tags can be edited with the Subsonic web-based interface; · Added new version of TwonkeyMedia Server; · Fixed USB backup manager; · Automatic re-indexing of files, for Sonos players; · Lots of other bug fixes.
VortexBox is a Fedora-based Linux distribution that turns any computer into a music server or jukebox. It automatically rips Audio CDs to MP3 and FLAC files with ID3 tags and cover art, then it streams the music files to a network player such as Logitech SqueezeBox, Linn or Sonos, and even to a Windows or Macintosh system. For installation, VortexBox requires an empty hard drive. It doesn't work on a hard disk partition.
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