{"id":64,"date":"2007-10-01T01:03:09","date_gmt":"2007-09-30T23:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/software\/quasar-media-player\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T00:14:58","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T22:14:58","slug":"quasar-media-player","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/software\/quasar-media-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Quasar Media Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/zaurus\/sources\/quasar\/quasar_logo.png\" alt=\"Quasar Media Player\" class=\"noframe\" border=\"0\" style=\"border: none\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"domtabprintview\">\n<div class=\"domtab\">\n<ul class=\"domtabs\">\n<li><a href=\"#tabout\">About<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tscreenshots\">Screenshots<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tfeatures\">Features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tdownloads\">Downloads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tchanges\">Changes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tsupport\">Support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tdevelopers\">Developers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h4><a name=\"tabout\" id=\"tabout\">About<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Quasar Media Player is a light-weight, fast and convenient media player optimized for mobile systems. It offers many of the features found in modern desktop media players, like fast library overview and filtering along with the ability to handle large libraries very well. It has several unique features that give it unprecedented flexibility on a mobile device, like a zoom-able interface for better readability even from a distance or auto-generated play lists from a set of locations. It offers flexible support and handling of cover art images and features a cover art album browser and built-in downloader. Quasar is highly configurable and can be operated completely via keyboard, remote control or touchscreen.<\/p>\n<h4>History<\/h4>\n<p>Quasar Media Player initially started as modification of <a href=\"http:\/\/atty.skr.jp\/zplayer\/\" target=\"_blank\">ZPlayer<\/a>, a MPlayer front-end written in Qt 2 and Qtopia 1.3, but quickly evolved into a fork of the latter project with a completely rewritten foundation and high-performance database back-end. Quasar in its current incarnation still uses some parts of ZPlayer&#8217;s code. Thanks to AGAWA Koji (atty) and Atmark for their work on ZPlayer!<\/p>\n<p>Quasar Media Player is now compilable in Qt 2.x, Qt 3.x and Qt 4.x environments on all major platforms. An unfinished port to Maemo \/ Nokia N900 is available via the <a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/software\/quasar-media-player\/#tdevelopers\">latest SVN snapshots<\/a>. The user interface is currently being re-written in Qt Quick \/ QML to better cope with high-DPI small-screen touch devices. I am also looking into supporting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meego.com\" target=\"_blank\">MeeGo<\/a> and Symbian devices.<\/p>\n<p>Quasar Media Player supports switching of the media playback back-ends. The current official releases features <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mplayerhq.hu\" target=\"_blank\">MPlayer<\/a> as back-end. The <a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/software\/quasar-media-player\/#tdevelopers\">latest nightly builds<\/a> also support Phonon. Support for GStreamer will be added in a future release.<br \/>\nQuasar uses additional libraries like <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.kde.org\/~wheeler\/taglib.html\" target=\"_blank\">TagLib<\/a> to add better meta-data parsing.<\/p>\n<h4>License<\/h4>\n<p>Quasar Media Player is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2 and the source code is freely available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">back to menu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><a name=\"tscreenshots\" id=\"tscreenshots\">Screenshots<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Running on Windows 7<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin1.PNG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin1-150x122.PNG\" alt=\"Quasar Media Player on Windows 7\" title=\"Quasar Media Player on Windows 7\" width=\"150\" height=\"122\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin1-150x122.PNG 150w, https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin1-300x245.PNG 300w, https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin1.PNG 974w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin2.PNG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin2-150x118.PNG\" alt=\"Quasar Cover Art Downloader\" title=\"Quasar Cover Art Downloader\" width=\"150\" height=\"118\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin2-150x118.PNG 150w, https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin2-300x236.PNG 300w, https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarWin2.PNG 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Running on OS X Snow Leopard<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX1-150x109.png\" alt=\"Quasar Media Player on OS X\" title=\"Quasar Media Player on OS X\" width=\"150\" height=\"109\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX1-150x109.png 150w, https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX1-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX1-1024x748.png 1024w, https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX1.png 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX2-150x122.png\" alt=\"Cover Art Downloader on OS X\" title=\"Cover Art Downloader on OS X\" width=\"150\" height=\"122\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX2-150x122.png 150w, https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX2-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/QuasarOSX2.png 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Running on Qtopia<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/cacko1.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} Shown is the new toolbar and play list selector.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_cacko1.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} Shown is the new toolbar and play list selector.\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/cacko2.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} The new play info screen. Cover art is supported and rendered in this funky view. Any Satch fans out there? ;)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_cacko2.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} The new play info screen. Cover art is supported and rendered in this funky view. Any Satch fans out there? ;)\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/cacko3.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} More eyecandy.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_cacko3.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} More eyecandy.\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/cacko4.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} Normal list view filtered.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_cacko4.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} Normal list view filtered.\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/cacko5.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} PlayInfo view in portrait mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_cacko5.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} PlayInfo view in portrait mode\" width=\"97\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/cacko6.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} Playlist view with activated playlist overview in portrait mode. The skin has adjusted to the new display mode.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_cacko6.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} Playlist view with activated playlist overview in portrait mode. The skin has adjusted to the new display mode.\" width=\"97\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Running on pdaXrom<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/pdaxrom1.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} Playlist view\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_pdaxrom1.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} Playlist view\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/pdaxrom2.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} PlayInfo view: title information + fancy cover art display\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_pdaxrom2.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} PlayInfo view: title information + fancy cover art display\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/pdaxrom3.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} Playlist view with activated playlist overview\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_pdaxrom3.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} Playlist view with activated playlist overview\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/pdaxrom4.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} On-The-Go Playlist\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_pdaxrom4.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} On-The-Go Playlist\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/pdaxrom5.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} Playlist view with activated playlist overview in portrait mode. The skin has adjusted to the new display mode.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_pdaxrom5.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} Playlist view with activated playlist overview in portrait mode. The skin has adjusted to the new display mode.\" width=\"97\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/pdaxrom6.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"{Quasar} PlayInfo view in portrait mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/andre\/blog\/wp-content\/photos\/Quasar\/thumb_pdaxrom6.png\" alt=\"{Quasar} PlayInfo view in portrait mode\" width=\"97\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">back to menu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><a name=\"tfeatures\" id=\"tfeatures\">Features<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Generic media player (video and audio) with a strong focus on audio playback<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tag reading and playback support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg FLAC, FLAC, WMA, iTunes AAC, iTunes Apple Lossless<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fast playlist filtering<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Overview feature<\/strong><br \/>\nCategorizes the playlist into genre, artist, album and also supports filtering of the playlist<\/li>\n<li>Integrated <strong>Cover Art Downloader<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cover Art Flow album browser<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Supports simple and dynamic playlists:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simple playlist:<\/strong> pre-defined list of media files (e.g. m3u playlists)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dynamic playlist:<\/strong> a set of directories and single files that the playlist is created from.<br \/>\nDirectories can be scanned for files recursively.<br \/>\nDynamic playlists are especially useful if you often add new files to a SD card for instance. You just tell Quasar to rescan instead of having to add those files manually.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>On-The-Go playlist for temporary playlists<\/strong> (e.g. if you&#8217;re in a hurry):\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Copy selected files instantly from your main playlist to the On-The-Go playlist via hotkey or button click.<\/strong>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>There is no library!<\/strong><br \/>\nYou&#8217;re not forced into a library paradigm known from most media players on the desktop. Your playlist can be your library, but it can also be everything else. Combine this feature with Dynamic Playlists and you have your library. :)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>High-Performance SQLite-based database backend:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Holds all metadata once the files have been initially scanned<\/li>\n<li>High performance lookup and filtering<\/li>\n<li>Location-agnostic: You can freely move your media files around.<br \/>\nQuasar will recognize them without scanning them again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cover Art support:<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Scans the media file for an attached image: MP3\/ID3, Ogg (COVERART tag in Xiph Comments), FLAC (currently via ID3v2 or Xiph Comments only), M4A (Cover Art added via iTunes \/ &#8220;covr&#8221; MP4 atom)<\/li>\n<li>Scans for image files in the same directory as the media file.<\/li>\n<li>Recursively scans for an appropriate image file in a separate directory that contains cover art images.<br \/>\nFor maximum flexibility it will match against directory and file names using straightforward heuristics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highly configurable:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Almost all functionality is accessable via configurable hotkeys (keyboard and remote control)<\/li>\n<li>File-format-specific MPlayer settings:<br \/>\nNew file formats can be added when MPlayer supports them.<\/li>\n<li>Global MPlayer settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fancy GUI:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Strong support for operation in landscape and portrait display modes<\/li>\n<li>Support for quickly switching between two predefined skins, e.g. for daylight and night operation in a car environment.<\/li>\n<li>Supports adjustment of font sizes in three steps, e.g. for better operability and readability in a car enviroment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">back to menu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><a name=\"tdownloads\" id=\"tdownloads\">Downloads<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Quasar Media Player is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2 and the source code is freely available. In my free-time I have spent many hours developing this program, answering mails and fixing bugs. If you like this program, you can donate any amount you wish using PayPal by clicking the appropriate button below. For a comparison just consider what you would have paid for this application in an AppStore.<br \/>\nYour donation will be very much appreciated. 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Thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Packages:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/win32\/QuasarMediaPlayer_0.96_r193_r31-2010-03-28_Setup.exe\"><strong>Windows<\/strong>: Signed setup executable<\/a> <a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/win32\/QuasarMediaPlayer_0.96_r193_r31-2010-03-28.7z\"><strong>Windows<\/strong>: Self-contained portable app<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/osx\/QuasarMediaPlayer_0.96_r193_r31-2010-03-28.zip\"><strong>OS X<\/strong>: Zipped and signed Application bundle<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/sharp-qtopia\/QuasarMediaPlayer_0.96_r193_r31-2010-03-28.ipk\"><strong>Qtopia \/ SharpROM, Cacko<\/strong>: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/pdaxrom\/QuasarMediaPlayer_0.96_r193_r31-2010-03-28.ipk\"><strong>X11 Qt3 \/ pdaXrom beta 3, pdaXii13<\/strong>: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/source\/QuasarMediaPlayer_0.96_r193_r31-2010-03-28.tar.bz2\"><strong>Compile-Your-Own TM:<\/strong> BZipped source tarball<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attention Sharp Zaurus users!<\/strong><br \/>\nPrior to installing Quasar on your device please make sure you have a working MPlayer installed.<br \/>\nAfter installing Quasar please specify the location of the MPlayer binary in the configuration dialog (Tools > Configuration&#8230;). <i>This is necessary on pdaXii13, where the mplayer binary is named &#8220;mplayer2&#8221;.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quasar will only work with VGA devices, i.e. Sharp Zaurus SL-C7x0 \/ SL-C860 \/ SL-C1000 \/ SL-C3x00 and SL-6000. QVGA devices may be supported in the future &#8211; it&#8217;s just a matter of adjusting the skin for 320&#215;240.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional files for Sharp Zaurus:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/zaurus\/sources\/quasar\/quasar_keyboard_hotkeys.png\" target=\"_blank\">Default Keyboard Hotkeys Sheet (PNG)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/zaurus\/sources\/quasar\/quasar_keyboard_hotkeys.pdf\">Default Keyboard Hotkeys Sheet (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">back to menu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><a name=\"tchanges\" id=\"tchanges\">Changes<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Version 0.96 \/ Beta 4 (2010-03-28)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cover Art Flow album browser<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Cover Art Downloader<\/li>\n<li>Last.fm \/ Audioscrobbler service support (QScrobbler integrated)<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced media information dialog<\/li>\n<li>Introduced support for major desktop operating systems (Windows and OS X)\n  <\/li>\n<li>Major performance improvements<\/li>\n<li>Lots of bugs fixed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Version 0.9 \/ Beta 3 (2007-10-29)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Several improvements and bugfixes for the video playback<\/li>\n<li>Switched metadata and tag reading framework to TagLib\n  <\/li>\n<li>Better support for Unicode encoded metadata<\/li>\n<li>Faster initial scanning of media files<\/li>\n<li>Tag reading and playback support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg FLAC, FLAC, WMA, iTunes AAC, iTunes Apple Lossless<\/li>\n<li>Support for reading embedded cover art images from Ogg (COVERART tag in Xiph Comments), FLAC (currently via ID3v2 or Xiph Comments only), M4A (Cover Art added via iTunes \/ &#8220;covr&#8221; MP4 atom)<\/li>\n<li>On Qtopia Quasar will disable suspending the device when closing the lid<\/li>\n<li>Improved config dialog<\/li>\n<li>Tons of other minor changes and fixes to bugs reported on <a href=\"http:\/\/trac.katastrophos.net\/quasar\/report\/6\" target=\"_blank\">Trac<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/sharp-qtopia\/quasar_0.9_arm.ipk\">Qtopia \/ SharpROM, Cacko: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/pdaxrom\/quasar_0.9_armv5tel.ipk\">X11 Qt3 \/ pdaXrom beta 3, pdaXii13: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/source\/quasar_0.9_beta3_sources.tar.bz2\">BZipped source tarball<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Version 0.85 \/ Beta 2 (2007-10-06)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Removed registration as Remote Control Master via QCop since it caused crashing of Qtopia on most systems<\/li>\n<li>Detection of machine type enabled on non-Qtopia systems<\/li>\n<li>Some configuration options removed on non-Qtopia systems as they are not supported<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/sharp-qtopia\/quasar_0.85_arm.ipk\">Qtopia \/ SharpROM, Cacko: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/pdaxrom\/quasar_0.85_armv5tel.ipk\">X11 Qt3 \/ pdaXrom beta 3, pdaXii13: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/source\/quasar_0.85_beta2_sources.tar.bz2\">BZipped source tarball<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Version 0.81 \/ Beta 1.1 (2007-10-03)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added support for embedded cover art in MP3 files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/sharp-qtopia\/quasar_0.81_arm.ipk\">Qtopia \/ SharpROM, Cacko: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/pdaxrom\/quasar_0.81_armv5tel.ipk\">X11 Qt3 \/ pdaXrom beta 3, pdaXii13: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/source\/quasar_0.81_beta1.1_sources.tar.bz2\">BZipped source tarball<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Version 0.8 \/ Beta 1 (2007-10-01)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First public release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/sharp-qtopia\/quasar_0.8_arm.ipk\">Qtopia \/ SharpROM, Cacko: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/pdaxrom\/quasar_0.8_armv5tel.ipk\">X11 Qt3 \/ pdaXrom beta 3, pdaXii13: IPK package<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"downloadlink\" href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/stable\/source\/quasar_0.8_beta1_sources.tar.bz2\">BZipped source tarball<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">back to menu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><a name=\"tsupport\" id=\"tsupport\">Support<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Bugs and Feature Requests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you think you&#8217;ve found a bug or if you are missing an important feature and would like to report it, please create a ticket on the <a href=\"http:\/\/trac.katastrophos.net\/quasar\" target=\"_blank\">development web site<\/a>. This is the place where I keep track of everything. Please don&#8217;t post bug reports into the comments below. Thanks!<\/p>\n<h4>FAQ<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Why do you offer two versions of Quasar Media Player for Windows?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is quite simple:<br \/>\nOne version uses the default way of installing applications on Windows, via an <strong>installer application<\/strong>. Quasar is setup to save your settings in your user directory. So this setup works in a multi-user environment.<br \/>\nIn the other version Quasar Media Player is configured to work as <strong>self-contained application<\/strong>. This means, that you can copy the program directory anywhere. All your settings will be saved in that very directory. In this mode directory paths to playlists and media files saved on the same drive will also be made relative. This is a requirement for <strong>portable apps<\/strong> on a flash drive, where drive letters may change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I install the IPK package?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use you favorite package manager to install the IPK-file for your platform.<br \/>\nYou can also install manually via the console:<br \/>\n<code>sudo ipkg install quasar_*.ipk<\/code><br \/>\nPlease make sure to also install MPlayer as it is required by Quasar Media Player.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The volume control doesn&#8217;t work on pdaXrom? What gives?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a known problem related to the way Quasar is controlling the volume by accessing \/dev\/mixer.<br \/>\nThe default volume control in the Matchbox taskbar \/ controlbar completely locks \/dev\/mixer and thus has exclusive access.<br \/>\nIn order to control the volume in Quasar (and XMMS too!), please remove the volume control applet from the bar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">back to menu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><a name=\"tdevelopers\" id=\"tdevelopers\">Developers<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Trac<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to keep track of the current development status, here is the right place:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/trac.katastrophos.net\/quasar\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/trac.katastrophos.net\/quasar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nightly Builds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nightly builds containing the latest changes are available here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/nightly\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/katastrophos.net\/downloads\/quasar\/nightly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SVN repository<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SVN repository is available here, in case you want to grab the latest sources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/svn.katastrophos.net\/quasar\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/svn.katastrophos.net\/quasar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><code>svn co https:\/\/svn.katastrophos.net\/quasar\/trunk<\/code><br \/>\nwill get you the latest development version.<\/p>\n<p><i>The SSL certificate is for secure.customerinterface.de. 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