v3.0.0

Aether v3.0.0

See CHANGELOG.md for what changed.

Before installing

This installer is not signed. Windows SmartScreen will show a
warning: «Windows protected your PC». To proceed: More info →
Run anyway.

It isn't a formality and shouldn't be taken for granted. An
unsigned installer is an installer whose provenance you cannot
verify, and the only thing I can offer in exchange is that the
source is here and builds itself. An OV certificate requires
identity validation and an annual cost: when there is one, this
warning will disappear from these notes.

Where the music comes from

Aether plays your files, and looks for what's missing in the
free catalogs. It doesn't download from YouTube and doesn't
scrape Spotify: the why is in README.md. What no free catalog
has ends up in a shopping list, not in an error.

Licenses

LICENSE (MIT), THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md (the dependencies, with
their texts), PRIVACY.md (every network request the program can
make), TERMS.md (what you can do with the music you download —
including the Live Music Archive's non-commercial
constraint).

v2.4.0

Aether v2.4.0

See CHANGELOG.md for what changed.

Before installing

This installer is not signed. Windows SmartScreen will show a
warning: «Windows protected your PC». To proceed: More info →
Run anyway.

It isn't a formality and shouldn't be taken for granted. An
unsigned installer is an installer whose provenance you cannot
verify, and the only thing I can offer in exchange is that the
source is here and builds itself. An OV certificate requires
identity validation and an annual cost: when there is one, this
warning will disappear from these notes.

Where the music comes from

Aether plays your files, and looks for what's missing in the
free catalogs. It doesn't download from YouTube and doesn't
scrape Spotify: the why is in README.md. What no free catalog
has ends up in a shopping list, not in an error.

Licenses

LICENSE (MIT), THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md (the dependencies, with
their texts), PRIVACY.md (every network request the program can
make), TERMS.md (what you can do with the music you download —
including the Live Music Archive's non-commercial
constraint).

v2.3.2

Aether v2.3.2

See CHANGELOG.md for what changed.

Before installing

This installer is not signed. Windows SmartScreen will show a
warning: «Windows protected your PC». To proceed: More info →
Run anyway.

It isn't a formality and shouldn't be taken for granted. An
unsigned installer is an installer whose provenance you cannot
verify, and the only thing I can offer in exchange is that the
source is here and builds itself. An OV certificate requires
identity validation and an annual cost: when there is one, this
warning will disappear from these notes.

Where the music comes from

Aether plays your files, and looks for what's missing in the
free catalogs. It doesn't download from YouTube and doesn't
scrape Spotify: the why is in README.md. What no free catalog
has ends up in a shopping list, not in an error.

Licenses

LICENSE (MIT), THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md (the dependencies, with
their texts), PRIVACY.md (every network request the program can
make), TERMS.md (what you can do with the music you download —
including the Live Music Archive's non-commercial
constraint).

v2.3.1

Aether v2.3.1

The release that stops writing in your files. Up to 2.3.0 two features
changed what was on your disk: enrichment rewrote tags every half hour, and the
reorganizer moved files into Artist/Album. The first no longer opens a file
for writing — what MusicBrainz knows goes into the library database, beside
your own corrections, where a re-scan cannot silently undo it. The second has
been retired: your files stay exactly where they are. What Aether still
writes is short enough to list, and it is listed, in PRIVACY.md § 8.

It also adds a Folders panel that walks the real tree, window zoom (Ctrl++,
Ctrl+-, Ctrl+0), a ten-step guided tour on first run, the file's real
format under «Now playing», named animations in the skin format, lyrics timed
word by word, Opus and .oga playback, and a profile that becomes a
.aeprofile archive carrying the whole library. The detail, with the whys, is
in CHANGELOG.md.

If you are on 2.2.0 or older, this one is by hand

The update signing key changed with 2.3.0. Copies installed from 2.0.1, 2.1.0
or 2.2.0 have the old public key compiled into them: they will download
this release, fail to verify its signature, and discard it in silence. Install
this one by hand, once. From 2.3.0 onwards automatic updates work again.

The database migrates

Three migrations — 019_identita_e_metadati, 020_cronologia_unica,
021_impronte_illeggibili. Migrations only go forward: a database written by
this version refuses to open in an older one rather than guessing at it. If
you want the way back, take a copy of
%APPDATA%\io.github.federicobaratti.aether before updating.

Before installing

This installer is not signed. Windows SmartScreen will show a warning:
«Windows protected your PC». To proceed: More info → Run anyway.

It isn't a formality and shouldn't be taken for granted. An unsigned installer
is an installer whose provenance you cannot verify, and the only thing I can
offer in exchange is that the source is here and builds itself. An OV
certificate requires identity validation and an annual cost: when there is one,
this warning will disappear from these notes.

You can still check the download yourself: the .sig beside the installer is
its minisign signature — the same one the updater verifies before it installs
anything — and the public key it answers to is the pubkey field of
apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json, which is the minisign public-key file
in base64. Decode it, and minisign -Vm Aether_2.3.1_x64-setup.exe -p <that file>
says whether the installer you downloaded by hand is the one the updater would
have installed.

Where the music comes from

Aether plays your files, and looks for what's missing in the free catalogs.
It doesn't download from YouTube and doesn't scrape Spotify: the why is in
README.md. What no free catalog has ends up in a shopping list, not in an
error.

Licenses

LICENSE (MIT), THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md (the dependencies, with their texts),
PRIVACY.md (every network request the program can make), TERMS.md (what you
can do with the music you download — including the Live Music Archive's
non-commercial constraint).

v2.3.0

Aether v2.3.0

See CHANGELOG.md for what changed.

Before installing

This installer is not signed. Windows SmartScreen will show a
warning: «Windows protected your PC». To proceed: More info →
Run anyway.

It isn't a formality and shouldn't be taken for granted. An
unsigned installer is an installer whose provenance you cannot
verify, and the only thing I can offer in exchange is that the
source is here and builds itself. An OV certificate requires
identity validation and an annual cost: when there is one, this
warning will disappear from these notes.

Where the music comes from

Aether plays your files, and looks for what's missing in the
free catalogs. It doesn't download from YouTube and doesn't
scrape Spotify: the why is in README.md. What no free catalog
has ends up in a shopping list, not in an error.

Licenses

LICENSE (MIT), THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md (the dependencies, with
their texts), PRIVACY.md (every network request the program can
make), TERMS.md (what you can do with the music you download —
including the Live Music Archive's non-commercial
constraint).

v2.2.0

Aether v2.2.0

See CHANGELOG.md for what changed.

Before installing

This installer is not signed. Windows SmartScreen will show a
warning: «Windows protected your PC». To proceed: More info →
Run anyway.

It isn't a formality and shouldn't be taken for granted. An
unsigned installer is an installer whose provenance you cannot
verify, and the only thing I can offer in exchange is that the
source is here and builds itself. An OV certificate requires
identity validation and an annual cost: when there is one, this
warning will disappear from these notes.

Where the music comes from

Aether plays your files, and looks for what's missing in the
free catalogs. It doesn't download from YouTube and doesn't
scrape Spotify: the why is in README.md. What no free catalog
has ends up in a shopping list, not in an error.

Licenses

LICENSE (MIT), THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md (the dependencies, with
their texts), PRIVACY.md (every network request the program can
make), TERMS.md (what you can do with the music you download —
including the Live Music Archive's non-commercial
constraint).

v2.1.0

Aether v2.1.0

Vedi CHANGELOG.md per cosa è cambiato.

Prima di installare

Questo installer non è firmato. Windows SmartScreen mostrerà un
avviso: «Windows ha protetto il PC». Per procedere: Ulteriori
informazioni → Esegui comunque.

Non è una formalità e non va data per scontata. Un installer non
firmato è un installer di cui non puoi verificare la provenienza,
e l'unica cosa che posso offrire in cambio è che il sorgente sta
qui e si compila da sé. Un certificato OV richiede validazione
dell'identità e un costo annuo: quando ci sarà, questo avviso
sparirà da queste note.

Da dove arriva la musica

Aether suona i tuoi file, e quel che manca lo cerca nei cataloghi
liberi. Non scarica da YouTube e non fa scraping di Spotify: il
perché sta in README.md. Quel che nessun catalogo libero ha
finisce in una lista d'acquisto, non in un errore.

Licenze

LICENSE (MIT), THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md (le dipendenze, con i
loro testi), PRIVACY.md (ogni richiesta di rete che il programma
può fare), TERMS.md (cosa puoi fare della musica che scarichi —
compreso il vincolo non commerciale del Live Music Archive).

v2.0.1

Aether v2.0.1

Vedi CHANGELOG.md per cosa è cambiato.

Prima di installare

Questo installer non è firmato. Windows SmartScreen mostrerà un
avviso: «Windows ha protetto il PC». Per procedere: Ulteriori
informazioni → Esegui comunque.

Non è una formalità e non va data per scontata. Un installer non
firmato è un installer di cui non puoi verificare la provenienza,
e l'unica cosa che posso offrire in cambio è che il sorgente sta
qui e si compila da sé. Un certificato OV richiede validazione
dell'identità e un costo annuo: quando ci sarà, questo avviso
sparirà da queste note.

Da dove arriva la musica

Aether suona i tuoi file, e quel che manca lo cerca nei cataloghi
liberi. Non scarica da YouTube e non fa scraping di Spotify: il
perché sta in README.md. Quel che nessun catalogo libero ha
finisce in una lista d'acquisto, non in un errore.

Licenze

LICENSE (MIT), THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md (le dipendenze, con i
loro testi), PRIVACY.md (ogni richiesta di rete che il programma
può fare), TERMS.md (cosa puoi fare della musica che scarichi —
compreso il vincolo non commerciale del Live Music Archive).