v0.3.1 — New Waveform Engine + Voxio Updates

2026-06-30

Mostly cosmetic update, following up the Voxio overhaul. Enhanced internal stability, but a new waveform rendering engine and added configuration fields!

RESTORED LICENSE FILE

• Accidentally deleted last commit, restored.

IN-HOUSE WAVEFORM GENERATION

• Voxio now exposes a waveform feature which builds waveforms using the
  same decode loop for playback. This has replaced the previous ffmpeg
  based approach.

• A consequence of this new waveform generation method is sample accurate
  duration reporting, which will be applied to new and existing databases.

• WAVEFORMS WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT SHAPE THAN BEFORE

  • (Honestly you probably won't even notice)
  • If this bothers you, delete the waveforms table from noctavox.db.

  > cd ~/{$CONFIG}/noctavox/ 
  > sqlite3 noctavox.db "DELETE FROM waveforms"
  
  -- or --
  
  > vox --reset   # THIS WILL DETELE ALL LISTENING DATA, PLAYLISTS,
                  # PREFERENCES, CACHED DATA, AND OF COURSE, THE
                  # REPRESENTATION OF YOUR LIBRARY 
                  # (user files never written to by NoctaVox)

Added:

• Program title now sets to NoctaVox on most platforms
• UserConfig introduced seek_small and seek_large fields for customizable
  seek steps

Removed:

• Waveform render logic no longer utilizes ffmpeg
• Removed all syscalls calls to ffmpeg/ffprobe
• Removed excess waveform enums and structs
• Removed excess derive traits from various structs
• Removed nix dependency listing of ffmpeg

Other Changes:

• Voxio bumped to version 0.2.1
• Spectrum analyzer is now the default/fallback display widget
• Enhanced seek stability
• Realtime duration updates on poorly tagged tracks
• Enhanced resilience against corrupt packets
• Improved error handling
• SimpleSong.duration now of type AtomicU64
• Additional bug fixes and stability improvements