v0.2.8 — Addons & Config Added

2026-05-30

BREAKING CHANGES:

• Metadata backend rewrote with symphonia instead of lofty
• Bitrate no longer recorded
  • Still in database to avoid totally breaking existing configs

Added:

• Experimental webm support!
  • Bumped voxio to 0.1.5 for partial webm seek support
• Addon support!
  • Playlist import/export
  • Now_playing database view
• CLI Flags
  • no flag launches NoctaVox
  • import (if nv-transpose is installed)
  • export (if nv-transpose is installed)
  • list (if nv-transpose is installed)
  • reset (Deletes database completely)
• New User Configuration System
  • Control framerate [default: 60fps] 20 <= FR <= 360
  • Set custom history size
  • Flag to update on startup
  • Auto-resume where last song left off [default: off]
  • Broadcast functionality
• Remembers what was playing on last shutdown
  • Do not auto-increment play_count
• Added several custom themes to the theme examples folder
• Improved theme installation script

Fixed:

• [BREAKING?] Reworked metadata reading pipeline
  • Replaced lofty with symphonia
  • This won't really affect anyone but the logic may lead to different
    readings than before on library scans.
• Q binding restored
• Keybinds are more consistent cross-platform
• Reworked internal timing system
• Reworked history tracking
  • Fixed bug where songs conditionally wouldn't be added to history
  • Better error handling when database is corrupt
• Better error handling when Voxio backend fails to start
• [minimal mode] no longer crashes when terminal height < 3
• [minimal mode] stats window matches theme bg
• [minimal mode] tracklist duration styling normalized
• Stats panel won't crash if 0 songs have been played
• Better toggle playback logic, should enhance media control usability
• No more hanging threads on shutdown
  • Fixes hangs on linux systems

Other:

• Added config documentation to README
• Added FAQ section to README
• Added new testing profiles