Thanks for the reply. I very much like mediabox and if I am able to load cover art in the new release I'll be more than satisfied with it as my music app. I use gpodder and mytube anyway and the expected shuffle and playlist function in the new release would be great. I haven't tried to install the SVN version as I'm not sure what to do.

It is a shame as I made very good use of canola on a cross country drive in the US and haven't been able to get it back to its previous state since the summer.