Syncplay / syncplay

Same as Beta 1, but fixes issue launching Syncplay with a managed room (#357 reported by jimmydorry, resolved by et0h).

New features in Syncplay 1.6.6:

• Room history feature (#336 & #337 by Gbd199, with additional coding by Et0h)
• Ability to control playlist from console, chat and mpv chat (#327, #316 and #319 – initial code by csandras05 with additional code by odrling and et0h
• mpv: Add possibility to control which socket to use (#320 by TaPO4eg3D and young-shounen)

Changes and bug fixes:

• Move to Twisted for VLC communication (#353 by albertosottile)
• Add warning about erroneous VLC seeks and incompatibility with VLC 4 and always update VLC syncplay.lua (#354 raised by AustinSumigray, code by et0h)
• Allow = sign in value of command line options again (#333 raised by alexbobp and Spincervino, resolved by et0h)
• Fix “Unhandled Error” issue (#352 raised by gnull, resolved by et0h)
• Allow PySide2 5.15.1 (#321 raised by odrling, resolved by daniel-123)
• Changed mpvnet icon from .ico to .png for consistency (#348 by mentofa123)
• Fixed MPC crashes when trying to open YouTube videos with emojis (#328 by borislav-draganov)
• Fix error with double quotes in mpv chat messages (#329 raised by KanChiMoe, resolved by et0h)
• Disable native Wayland for snap (issue resolved by daniel-123)

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, including those credited above and jimmydorry who helped us find a bug in Beta 1 in #357!

Note: Those experiencing problems running Syncplay on Fedora should refer to the advice in #355.

Improved support for all of the players (including fixing issues which made newer versions of mpv not work), new support for MPV.net, various language tweaks and the addition of Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese translations? Check.

Various tweaks and enhancements, including simple wildcard matching for trusted domains, allowing for playlsits to be loaded from files, and allowing for room operator passwords to be specified when joining a room for auto-authentication? Yes indeed.

Various other improvements and bug fixes? It's all in the changelog.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

Changelog for Syncplay 1.6.5:

• Added initial support for mpv.net (issue #246 raised by Z3ROGRAV1TYx  and resolved by Et0h with support from stax76)
• mpv: Moved from STDN/STDOUT to using iwaltons3's library JSON-IPC library to support mpv > 0.32.0 (#261 raised by wiiaboo and again in #286 by da-moo, resolved by Et0h in #310)
• Added Brazilian Portuguese translation (#291 by AtilioA, with tweaks in #317 by artur309)
• Added European Portuguese translation (#317 by artur309)
• Added Debian packages (#318 by daniel-123)
• Allow loading of playlists from a file (Et0h)
• Allow managed room password to be specified in room name for auto authentication, e.g. by joining +RoomName:E974AACDBEC6:MA-746-375 (Inspired by #216 raised by jimmydorry , added by Et0h)
• Add simple wildcard matching mechanism for trusted domains (#306 by seitokaichouseitokaichou)
• VLC: Resolve issues with some Snap configurations (#301 raised by nlieb and partially resold by bobismijnnaam and Et0h)
• macOS: Improve language detection/choice, e.g incorrectly showing German menus (#268 raised by Duamer and #288 raised by v-ji and others , both resolved by albertosottile)
• Allow seamless advancement of music files in the playlist (by Et0h, see #302 for discussion)
• Change of behaviour and fixes to how pause and seek work on joining a room to reduce playback disruption (#315 by Et0h)
• Workaround performance regression in mpv's osd code (#295 & #296 by FichteFoll)
• Fixed issue with TLS on some systems, e.g. Fedora 31 (#292 raised by Phidica, resolved by daniel-123)
• Fixed trailing newlines break message (#300 raised by lc-guy, resolved by Etoh)
• mpv: Improve error handling and display meaningful advice if load fails (#270 raised by Gnuxie, resolved by Et0h)
• mpv: Add Turkish characters to chat input (#314 by lilcsz, resolved by Et0h)
• Fixed chat font change not being stored (#281 raised by SingerCo, resolved in #311 by NoahSaso)
• Improved/updated German translation (#287 by v-ji/Viktor)
• Misspell: change "inteface" to "interface" (PR #247 by Lqlsoftware)
• Remove ruby reinstall workaround for openssl, as not needed (#279 by palfrey)
• TLS: Add error message if SAN doesn't match hostname (#253 by kidburglar)
• Various fixes and tweaks, including avoiding a "You are all alone" messages on connect (Et0h)
• Add Python 3.8 to list of supported versions (#304 raised by ElDavoo, resolved by daniel-123)
• Makefile: Create pixmaps folder if it doesn't exist (daniel-123)
• Fixed setClient typo (#282 raised by Siky, resolved by Et0h)

Syncplay-1.6.5-Setup.exe

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• SHA1: 3f6d5a1308f2550d8c76aac71f24754d97b57e42
• MD5: 5a04a1697936ab683c06d211cdb77df4

Syncplay_1.6.5_Portable.zip

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• SHA1: a236144152f691b551151dabfb8b70b5fa9b3c9e
• MD5: 806608d7d2c052691fe6b0b62519f254

syncplay_1.6.5_amd64.snap

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• SHA1: 8e8298546c8d17703182948b0e81e6ba2a90109f
• MD5: 30ab0a53bb37e755c91f4a005e00f57a

Syncplay_1.6.5.dmg

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Syncplay-1.6.5-x86_64.AppImage

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syncplay.deb

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Lots of changes in Syncplay 1.6.4! TLS support for everyone, the official release of Syncplay on the Snap store and on AppImageHub, support for Dark Mode and Emoji picker in macOS, and many more things. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.

1.6.4 changelog:

• Add TLS (SSL) support in the Windows binaries. Opportunistic TLS is now supported on all platforms (included in PR #231 by albertosottile, requested in #217 by alxpettit)
• Add support for releasing via Snap and AppImage. Travis CI now automatically builds releases for macOS, Snap, and AppImage after every commit. This version of Syncplay is also published in the Snap store and on AppImageHub (Snap: PR #231 by albertosottile, requested in #199 by Mikaela; AppImage: coded by albertosottile)
• Add support for installing Syncplay using setuptools via a setup.py script. This required a change in our folder structure, though this change should not affect end-users. (PR #231 by albertosottile, contributions by Et0h and ObserverOfTime via PR #230, suggested in #207 by alxpettit)
• Remove the "Update list" button for public servers from the configuration dialog (PR #233 by Et0h)
• [macOS] Add support for Dark Mode in macOS 10.14 Mojave (bc242c2 by albertosottile)
• [macOS] Add an Edit menu in the OS menubar to enable Dictation support and native Emoji picker in the chat input field (albertosottile)
• Fix an issue that prevented to use SMPlayer (issue #234 raised by elvissteinjr and resolved by Et0h)
• Some images in the GUI now scale their pixel density for Hi-DPI/Retina displays (819e6b6 and 8f5b77c by albertosottile)
• [macOS and Linux] Fix selection highlight in the user list of the main dialog (albertosottile)
• [macOS] Fix a bug that loaded a random string in the password field of the config UI (b3545a3 by albertosottile)
• [Linux] Support the VLC Snap as player (issue #222 raised by RogueScholar and resolved by albertosottile)
• [macOS] Several tweaks to the position of elements in the main and config dialogs (albertosottile)
• Add getValueForOS function in constants to store and extract different values for different operating systems (ff6bb74 by albertosottile)
• [Windows] All the png files in resources are now automatically included in the distribution bundles (3a4cf41 by albertosottile)
• Do not ask anymore to "Press enter to exit" after closing mpv when Syncplay is used from its CLI (issue #238 raised by alxpettit and resolved by albertosottile)
• Embed darkdetect (GitHub, BSD-3-Clause) version 0.1.1 in the project vendor folder
• Some files in the repository are now released under the MIT license, while the repository stays on Apache 2.0. This is explicitly stated in the header of those files. At this moment, this exception applies to README.md and travis/appimage-script.sh.
• [macOS] Upgrade PySide2 to 5.12.3, using a bottle created in our custom tap.
• Upgrade qt5reactor to version 0.5
• [Windows] Upgrade py2exe to version 0.9.3.0
• [Windows] Upgrade PySide2 to version 5.12.3
• 1.6.4a: Fixed bug in 1.6.4 whereby prompts for further information in the configuration window sometimes resulted in the window closing rather than displaying the error (issue #240 was in initial release of 1.6.4, raised by TETYYS, resolved by Et0h)
• 1.6.4a: [macOS] Fixed issue with information prompts resulting in incorrect configuration window height (763406b by albertosottile)
• 1.6.4a: Fixed issue which prevented TLS from working when using Windows installer (#241 rasied by Tremolo4, resolved by albertosottile)

Lots of changes in this new version! TLS support for everyone, the official release of Syncplay on the Snap store and on AppImageHub, support for Dark Mode and Emoji picker in macOS, and many more things. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.

1.6.4 changelog:

• Add TLS (SSL) support in the Windows binaries. Opportunistic TLS is now supported on all platforms (included in PR #231 by albertosottile, requested in #217 by alxpettit)
• Add support for releasing via Snap and AppImage. Travis CI now automatically builds releases for macOS, Snap, and AppImage after every commit. This version of Syncplay is also published in the Snap store and on AppImageHub (Snap: PR #231 by albertosottile, requested in #199 by Mikaela; AppImage: coded by albertosottile)
• Add support for installing Syncplay using setuptools via a setup.py script. This required a change in our folder structure, though this change should not affect end-users. (PR #231 by albertosottile, contributions by Et0h and ObserverOfTime via PR #230, suggested in #207 by alxpettit)
• Remove the "Update list" button for public servers from the configuration dialog (PR #233 by Et0h)
• [macOS] Add support for Dark Mode in macOS 10.14 Mojave (bc242c2 by albertosottile)
• [macOS] Add an Edit menu in the OS menubar to enable Dictation support and native Emoji picker in the chat input field (albertosottile)
• Fix an issue that prevented to use SMPlayer (issue #234 raised by elvissteinjr and resolved by Et0h)
• Some images in the GUI now scale their pixel density for Hi-DPI/Retina displays (819e6b6 and 8f5b77c by albertosottile)
• [macOS and Linux] Fix selection highlight in the user list of the main dialog (albertosottile)
• [macOS] Fix a bug that loaded a random string in the password field of the config UI (b3545a3 by albertosottile)
• [Linux] Support the VLC Snap as player (issue #222 raised by RogueScholar and resolved by albertosottile)
• [macOS] Several tweaks to the position of elements in the main and config dialogs (albertosottile)
• Add getValueForOS function in constants to store and extract different values for different operating systems (ff6bb74 by albertosottile)
• [Windows] All the png files in resources are now automatically included in the distribution bundles (3a4cf41 by albertosottile)
• Do not ask anymore to "Press enter to exit" after closing mpv when Syncplay is used from its CLI (issue #238 raised by alxpettit and resolved by albertosottile)
• Embed darkdetect (GitHub, BSD-3-Clause) version 0.1.1 in the project vendor folder
• Some files in the repository are now released under the MIT license, while the repository stays on Apache 2.0. This is explicitly stated in the header of those files. At this moment, this exception applies to README.md and travis/appimage-script.sh.
• [macOS] Upgrade PySide2 to 5.12.3, using a bottle created in our custom tap.
• Upgrade qt5reactor to version 0.5
• [Windows] Upgrade py2exe to version 0.9.3.0
• [Windows] Upgrade PySide2 to version 5.12.3

Note: If you had the initial build of 1.6.4 please re-download to fix issue #240 (reported by TETYYS) which related to Syncplay configuration window sometimes closing when it should have prompted for more information (e.g. due to room name not being specified)

1.6.3 changelog:

• New Syncplay logo by catlinman (PR #219 by catlinman)
• IPv6 support (PR #215 by albertosottile, requested in Issue #107 by dawnMachine)
• Initial TLS (SSL) support (PR #223 by albertosottile, and requested in #217 by alxpettit)
• Spanish Language support (PR #227 by bcattaneo)
• Automatically copy offer VLC interface script when it is needed (PR #220 by Et0h fixed Issue #193)
• Fix a VLC bug (Issue #213 raised by mechchicken resolved by albertosottile)
• Handle non-UTF8 messages to server (fixes Issue #210, based on PR #214 by xNinjaKittyx)
• Use high-DPI scaling where available (Etoh)
• Print error message if Twisted fails (Etoh)
• Fix bug which meant that --max-chat-message-length can’t be used to raise the maximum length (Issue #224 resolved by Etoh, raised by csritu)
• Fixed bug which meant that youtube-dl did not work on macOS (Issue #228 raised by brenolf, resolved by albertosottile)