Kodama v1.0.0-alpha.30

Added

• YouTube brand account login — switch to a brand/channel account during sign-in instead of always landing on the default Google account.

Changed

• Overlay editor overhaul — Figma-style inspector (prefix fields, per-corner radius), a built-in color picker, refined canvas interaction (hover outlines, multi-select, resizable panels, proper dropdown menus).
• Account switching now shows a loading overlay instead of a blank flash.
• Settings sub-navigation unfolds with a subtle animation instead of a hard cut.

Fixed

• Home feed no longer gets stuck on "No suggestions available." after a slow app start — it retries automatically, and now offers a direct refresh button.
• Overlay editor's live preview now always reflects the currently playing track.

Kodama v1.0.0-alpha.29

Added

• More reliable playback — a proof-of-origin token path lets the app fetch many tracks that previously failed with "not available", a Premium wall, or a "confirm you're not a bot" check.
• Search overhaul — a mixed All results view, a Playlists tab, live autocomplete, and paste a playlist link (including unlisted "link only" ones) to open it directly.
• Share playlists — copy a YouTube Music / YouTube link for a whole playlist from its menu.
• Visualizer presets — save, import and export visualizer setups (plus a reset-to-default).
• Anonymous usage stats — an opt-out active-user counter (rotating token, no personal data).
• Quick actions — track numbering, start a playlist shuffled, and add-to-queue / play-next / start-radio in the track menu.

Changed

• Loading spinner in the player bar while a track resolves.
• Higher-resolution cover art in the player.

Fixed

• Google sign-in on macOS no longer blocked with "browser may not be secure" (thanks @SchmidtiTv).
• Audio crackle at the very start of playback.
• Search "0 songs" on some playlists and a playlist-cache glitch.

Kodama v1.0.0-alpha.28

Fixed

• Last.fm now works in installed builds — scrobbling and loving tracks were unavailable in the packaged app (Last.fm showed "Not configured"), even though it worked in development. The credentials are now bundled correctly.

Kodama v1.0.0-alpha.27

Added

• Delete effect — Removing a song from the queue, a song from a playlist, a history entry or an entire playlist now dissolves it into a little burst of particles tinted from its cover art (respects the animations setting).
• Remote control — device names & remembered devices — A paired phone now shows a real device label (the Android model where the OS still exposes it, otherwise a name you can set on the phone), and you can mark a device as remembered so it stays paired across app restarts. Pairing was redesigned into a dialog with the QR code plus a cleaner approve / deny prompt.

Changed

• Composer redesign — The bundled lyrics Composer was reworked on HeroUI with a unified header/tab bar and a custom title bar (borderless windows), and its ~90 icons migrated to Font Awesome to match the Kodama style.
• Internal — The frontend's monolithic App.jsx was split into ~20 focused modules (no behavior change), and the in-app version is now read from the build config so it can never drift from the shipped version again.

Fixed

• "What's New" now loads in packaged builds — the news feed was blocked by the app's Content Security Policy, whose allow-list had drifted out of sync between the two places it is defined.
• "Add to playlist → New playlist" no longer creates an empty playlist — the selected song(s) are now actually added to the freshly created playlist (from the track menu, the player's ⋮ menu and multi-selection alike).
• Removed an occasional ~15 s playback stutter — the OS media controls were re-uploading the cover art on every refresh; now only the playback position updates between track changes.
• Remote control no longer causes a periodic stutter while it is enabled.
• History entries can be removed again, and removing a song from a playlist updates the list smoothly instead of briefly flashing a loading placeholder.

Kodama v1.0.0-alpha.26

Added

• Song sharing — Share any song via link from the track menu or the player's ⋮ menu: a universal link (opens the song in Kodama if installed, otherwise YouTube Music), a direct Kodama deep link (kodama://), or plain YouTube Music / YouTube links. The universal link opens a small landing page showing the cover, title and artist.
• Custom app icons — Personalize the app icon (taskbar, window, tray, macOS Dock) from a set of Default and Pride variants in Settings → Appearance.
• OS media controls — Play / pause / next / previous now work from the Windows media overlay (SMTC), macOS Now Playing and Linux MPRIS, including keyboard media keys.
• Per-transition crossfade — Set a custom crossfade length for a specific song-to-song transition (right-click a song in the queue), on top of the global default.
• Progressive playback — Songs start playing while still loading for a faster start; can be switched back to classic full-download in Settings for weaker devices.

Changed

• Crossfade rebuilt — Crossfade now runs in the audio core (two simultaneous sinks) instead of a separate hidden player, so it is captured by OBS and the visualizer and blends correctly.
• UI polish — Hover effects across buttons, lists and menus are now translucent overlays; the search bar and Speed Dial use a frosted-glass style.

Fixed

• Faster song loading — a single growing buffer instead of repeated reconnects, plus prewarming of upcoming queue tracks.

Kodama v1.0.0-alpha.25

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