The amaroK team has cut the brake lines in their eternal quest to bring you the BEST audio experience ever, and there's no turning back! The most eagerly anticipated event of the 2006 multimedia calendar has finally arrived -- amaroK 1.4 "Fast Forward" is officially off the leash, and racing to a distro near you.

Those of you who have helped us test the new amaroK via beta versions and S
VN will have had a sneak peek at the new features, but for everyone else, here
's the lowdown:

* Tagging support for all major audio formats (OGG, MP3, MP4, FLAC and RM)
* Enhanced media device support (iPod=AE IFP/IRiver=AE, generic devices)
* Reworked tagging dialog for better management of the collection
* Non-KDE users may now set their default browser without installing KDEBase
* Consistent and independent icon set
* Option to view wikipedia articles in another language by default
* Gapless playback for the xine engine
* User-based rating system
* More options to configure the sidebar