Version 2.2.0
This update adds YouTube Music, upmixes Your Music and YouTube Music to 5.1 and 7.1 surround, adds beautiful 3D particles fullscreen effects, and makes Spotify far more reliable.
What's new
- YouTube Music - a full new source with Home, Search, Library, albums, playlists and artists in both QAM and Big Picture, with a one-time sign-in simple setup.
- Surround Upmix (5.1 / 7.1) - a new "Upmix surround" card upmixes stereo to 5.1 or 7.1 with an adjustable volume for every single speaker (only audible on a real 5.1/7.1 output). Applies only to Your Music and YouTube Music (unfortunately Spotify is platform limited at the moment).
- Audio-reactive 3D Particle visualizers - a full-screen experience where thousands of particles react live to the music's bass, mids and highs and take their colours from the current cover. There are seven 3D Particle modes (Field, Tunnel, Sphere, Wave, Ring, Knot, and Cone), with adjustable particle resolution for performance vs. detail. Plus two new 2D Flower, and Circle that reacts to music either.
- Full controller mapping in Fullscreen - LB/RB cycle the visual effect, X cycles the info layout (standard / clock + weather / cover + track / effect only), Y changes cover size, LT/RT previous / next track, R3 play-pause, and D-pad up/down rotate the 3D effect. The playback controls fade out after a few seconds and any D-pad press brings the full layout back.
- Spotify API-usage meter - a live counter at the bottom of the Spotify settings card that reads internal counters.
Improvements
- Whole Spotify library - play-all and shuffle now cover the entire saved-tracks library instead of only the most recent tracks.
- Instant metadata on every source - title and cover swap the moment you change track, like local music; the progress bar only starts when the audio actually begins.
- Readable metadata on light covers - title, artist and album turn dark on light or pastel covers, across all sources.
- Larger Spotify cache - the local audio cache target is raised to 5 GB with a usage indicator.
Fixes
- Picking a saved Spotify track now always starts the exact track you chose, instead of a shifted one.
- Spotify cover and metadata now appear immediately on shuffle instead of several seconds after the audio.
- Returning to Your Music no longer shows the last YouTube Music or Spotify track that was playing.