v6.3.3

Changes:

• Added option to scrobble to Libre.fm instead of Last.fm.
• Added config file option back-restarts to restart tracks on single back button press.
• The "Regenerate" function can now reload network library playlists. (Such as Airsonic etc)

  Note: You will need to re-create any such playlists after upgrade for this to work.

• Other tweaks and fixes.

v6.3.2

Changes:

• Tweaks to broadcast page.
• Fixed a crash when Spotify searching while Spotify disabled

v6.3.1

Changes:

• Various fixes

v6.3.0

Spofity users: You will need to click "Authorise" in the settings before Spotify features will work again.

Changes:

• Added option to restore last window position on open.
• [AUR] Fixed Spotify authorisation not working.

Enabling a new backend: Phazor

Phazor is a new experimental audio backend for Tauon. Theres no exact roadmap for it but I'm now enabling it for testing. With this update you should now be able to switch between the two backends ("GStreamer" and "Phazor") in Tauon's audio settings tab.

For the most part there aren't many differences with Phazor and GStreamer, except Phazor likely has more bugs! Though there are currently a couple of other small differences that may lead you to preferring one over the other:

Network seeking

If you use Airsonic or koel as a network source, best stick with GStreamer as it works properly with seeking from an HTTP source. However if you use PLEX or other server with transcoding enabled then you might find the seeking experience better in Phazor as it allowing seeking a partial download, where sometimes GStreamer does not.

Volume scale

Phazor uses a volume scale that gives greater control over lower volumes. It also performs a smooth slide rather than setting the volume abruptly as the GStreamer backend does.

MP3 gapless playback

If you have a gapless MP3 album intended for gapless playback, this is more likely to work in Phazor. Its likely this issue will be fixed in GStreamer eventually, but for now Phazor gives you the option of having tomorrows technology today.

Other reasons not to use Phazor

• If you often listen to less free codecs like MP4/AAC, WMA etc, you're better off using GStreamer since seeking is slow with these codecs in Phazor.
• If you listen to internet radios, you might be better off with the GStreamer based backend (for now), since the Phazor backend currently doesn't parse metadata in some streams.

v6.2.6

• Various playback related fixes

v6.2.5

Changes:

• Various fixes for Spotify playback

v6.2.4

• Restored device selector

v6.2.2

Changes:

• Disabled audio device selector (Emergency workaround for no audio issue)
• Various dependency clean-ups

v6.2.1

Changes:

• Fixes and improvements to internet radio.

v6.2.0

New radio station search 📻

You can now browse top stations, search by country code or genre, and save these stations by using the new station browser feature. You can find this by going MENU > "Internet Radio" and clicking the "Browse" button.

In addition, the internet radio feature has the following improvements:

• The stream codec type and bitrate is now displayed.
• Improved support for displaying stream track metadata.
• Recording is now enabled by a setting, rather than needing to press a button every time.

Troubleshooting:

Q: I started a stream but the music stopped after a few seconds.
A: Press "stop" then try start again. If it keeps happening this likely means the connection is too slow or unstable.

Q: I started playing a stream with recording enabled, but no file appeared in the output folder.
A: The file will be placed there once the track changes (If metadata exists to detect this) or you end the stream. Recordings of less than ~20 seconds are automatically discarded.

GStreamer backend update 🍇

This update contains many improvements to the GStreamer backend and finally removes the BASS backend completely. This unifies the feature-set into a single out-of-box experience.

Changes:

• Improved GSstreamer backend:
  • Added level-meter visualisation.
  • Added audio equalizer.
  • Added pause/resume fade setting.
  • Many small tweaks and fixes.
• Outbound broadcast no longer requires BASS. This feature now uses OPUS and is available from /stream.ogg from the broadcast page port. The old 8000 port is no longer used.
• Radio recording no longer requires BASS.
• Removed BASS backend. Unfortunately I was not able to achieve porting the spectrum visualiser.

For previous BASS backend users: You can remove the left-over basslibs by opening the user data folder and deleting the lib folder.

Other changes

• Added German translation. (Thanks @sk22)
• Spotify Improvements:
  • Fixed incomplete playlist importing.
  • Added support for pasting lists of URL links. Added URI paste support.
• Various bug fixes, including fix for a possible crash on startup.