twiNX 0.9.0

twiNX 0.9.0

twiNX 0.9.0 is a major update to the controller-first Twitch client for
Nintendo Switch homebrew. It adds a complete smartphone-style portrait
experience, expands live search and chat interaction, and incorporates the
playback and performance work completed since 0.8.1.

Highlights

• Added automatic portrait orientation using either attached Joy-Con, with
  clockwise and counter-clockwise layouts.
• Added a portrait player combining the live stream, chat, persistent message
  draft, touch keyboard and emote sheet on one screen.
• Added touch switching between the portrait keyboard and emote sheet, inline
  emote previews and adjustable keyboard haptics.
• Added a touch-accessible Send button to the full chat composer.
• Added live search by broadcaster or game/category name with current viewer
  counts.
• Added audio-only live quality alongside source and transcoded qualities.
• Added immediate Software, Hardware and Hybrid decoder switching for the
  active stream.
• Added experimental audio-reactive Joy-Con vibration with Balanced, Quiet,
  Extreme and High Peaks Only profiles.
• Validated animated Twitch emotes as a supported chat option.
• Added embedded-player live resolution that avoids Twitch's generic
  commercial-break presentation in current testing.
• Reduced high-activity chat work by rendering and retaining only the visible
  message pool.
• Hardened MPV, FFmpeg and NVTEGRA playback handling for damaged or
  discontinuous Twitch media.

Install

Extract twiNX-0.9.0-Switch.zip to the root of the SD card. The resulting file
must be:

/switch/twiNX/twiNX.nro

Launch twiNX from the Homebrew Menu. Existing sign-in data and preferences
under /config/TwiNX/ are preserved when upgrading from 0.8.1.

Notes

• Hardware and Hybrid decoding remain experimental.
• Audio-reactive Joy-Con vibration is experimental and may respond later than
  the audible stream because of playback and audio-output buffering.
• Some standard Unicode emoji characters may still appear as missing glyphs.
• Twitch may change undocumented playback behavior without notice.

See CHANGELOG.md in the source repository for the complete project history.

twiNX 0.8.1

twiNX 0.8.1

This is the first public GitHub-ready twiNX release package.

Highlights

• Corrected the visible application branding to twiNX
• Added the in-app About page with feature overview, credits and full release history
• Added right-stick scrolling to the About page
• Added separate live and offline followed-channel rows
• Added Twitch channel pages with recent broadcasts and clips
• Added native live, VOD and clip playback
• Added read/write Twitch chat, badges, emotes and message composer
• Added docked, full-height overlay and compact four-corner chat layouts
• Added Software, Hardware and experimental Hybrid decoder modes
• Included the accumulated playback, navigation and stability fixes through 0.8.1

Install

Extract the Switch package to the SD card so it contains:

/switch/twiNX/twiNX.nro

Launch twiNX from the Homebrew Menu and complete the built-in Twitch sign-in.

Notes

• Animated emotes remain experimental.
• Some Unicode emojis may display as missing glyphs.
• Hardware and Hybrid decoding remain experimental.

The source archive and corresponding license notices are provided with this
release. See CHANGELOG.md for the complete development history.