13 Jun 17:38

3ae9fb7

Finamp Beta Update 0.9.8 - Drive Safe and Sound with Android Auto Pre-release

Pre-release

Hi everyone!
No, this isn't yet another Jellyfin server hotfix, this is actually a new Finamp beta version! :P
We packed a couple of nice features into this release, an of course some bug fixes like always.
Have fun with the update, and be sure to read the release notes below to get all the details!

The beta is a work-in-progress, there are several new features already, but we will be adding more features over time.

If you're not using the beta yet (how to join) (click to expand)

The beta is free and open to everyone, but we'd like to get as much feedback as possible. So please do try it out and then let us know what you think!

Join the Finamp Beta Testers Discord server
- This step is optional, but since we're looking for feedback, it would be great if you could join!
- Alternatively, there's a discussion for the beta right here on GitHub: Redesign Beta discussion
Take note of your current Finamp settings, since this is a beta it could happen that the update changes some of them.
- Downloads should be migrated, but since the new download system is completely different, there might be inconsistencies.
On Android, join the beta on Google Play or download the APK file from below.
On iOS, join the beta on TestFlight.
- We're currently not able to offer a beta on F-Droid (more info here), but you can use an app like Obtainium to automatically download the latest APK from GitHub.
Open Finamp and enjoy!

Keep in mind that all of the text in the beta hasn't been translated yet, so it will be shown in English no matter which language your device is set to. We're not able to add more translations to the beta just yet (it's not as easy to configure as we'd hoped), but we'll let you know once you can help translating all of the new stuff!

Bug Fixes

0.9.7 introduces a few bugs that affected downloading your favorites, playlists and latest albums. For some of you, downloading might not have been possible at all any more.
There were also issues when trying to download playlists that contained some other media (e.g. movies or show episodes).
These bugs should now be fixed, and you should be able to download your music like you're used to.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused by this, and thanks to @Komodo5197 for fixing these!

What's New

Android Auto Support (contributed by @puff and @Chaphasilor)

Please Note: Android Auto support only works if you installed Finamp via the Google Play Store!
It is possible to get it working for alternative installation methods as well, but that requires enabling developer options, which you should only do if you know what you're doing!

That's right, Finamp finally works with your car! If your car and phone support Android Auto, using Finamp in your car should be a much nicer experience now.

Aside from being able to control the currently playing track and browsing most of the tabs from the regular app, you also get some other useful features like voice search, support for offline mode, and a global search.
Please drive safely and keep your eyes on the road. Finamp might be a bit slower in your car, and you shouldn't keep staring at the screen until something happend. Try relying on the voice commands, and let us know what we should improve!

Here are some voice commands you can try out (you should try them in your own language):

To play an album, say "play <album name> by <artist name>" or "play album <album name> by <artist name>"
- The first version only works if there's no track with that title by that artist
To play an artist, say "play songs by <artist name>"
- Just saying "play <artist name>" might result in Google Assistant choosing a single random track from that artist instead
To play a track, say "play <song name>", "play <song name> by <artist name>" or "play song <song name> by <artist name>"
- Google Assistant will try to recognize tracks and provide Finamp with additional information, but it doesn't always get it right. If something different then what you wanted ends up getting played, saying "play song <song name>" does help in most cases. In extreme cases, "play the song called <song name>" might solve the problem
The same applies to playlist, "play <playlist name>" might work, otherwise try "play playlist <playlist name>", otherwise "play the playlist that's called <playlist name>"

After performing a voice search, you can also tap the "Search Results" button on the player screen to start a search for other media that matches your search term (given that Google Assistant recognized your command correctly).

The view type (Settings > "Layout & Theme" > "View Type") also affects Android Auto, so if it's set to grid in Finamp, it will also use a grid instead of a list in Android Auto. If you change this setting, you'll have to fully restart Finamp for the changes to be applied to Android Auto!

Caveats:

If the wrong app (e.g. YouTube Music) is used when you try to perform a voice search, you can try changing/removing the default app in Google Assitant
- To do that, on your phone start up Google Assistant (e.g. by saying "Hey Google" or tapping the Assistant icon), then say or type "open Assistant settings".
- In the assistant settings, scroll down to "Music" and tap on it, then under "Your music services" select "No default provider"
For each tab, only the first 100 items are loaded at the moment. If you want to help improve that, feel free to create a pull request!
You can only toggle offline mode from within the regular app, not through your car
The favorite/like button isn't shown in your car yet
Search might be a bit slow
Android Automotive support is almost ready, but needs some additional setup and testing from our side

Favorite/Like Button in Media Notification (Android Only)

In the Android media notification, you will now find a heart button that you can use to toggle the favorite state of the current track. This was a much-requested feature, and I hope you enjoy it!
The stop button which was shown in previous versions is now disabled by default (see below).

New Settings

Added some lyrics customization settings (hide timestamps & text alignment)
- Settings > "Layout & Theme" > Lyrics
- Default is timestamps shown and lyrics aligned to start of line (unchanged)
You can now prevent the progress bar in the media notification from being seekable
- Settings > "Layout & Theme" > "Customizations" > "Show seek controls on media notification"
- By default, the progress bar is seekable (unchanged)
Renamed "Show track progress on now playing bar" to "Show track progress on in-app miniplayer" in "Layout & Theme"
- Hopefully that's less confusing!
Renamed "Hide queue button" to "Hide bottom actions" in "Layout & Theme" > "Customizations"
- The setting will also hide the lyrics button. You can still use swipe gestures if the buttons are hidden.
Android only: You can now choose if the stop button is shown in the media notification
- Settings > "Layout & Theme" > "Customizations" > "Show stop button on media notification"
- By default, the stop button is not shown (changed from previous versions!)

Other changes

Fixed adaptive/monochrome launcher icon on Android
Fixed error / blank space on player and album screens when loading artist images failed
Fixed queue source being empty when adding a track to an empty queue
Fixed wrong track playing when search with favorite-only filter active
Enable Impeller rendering engine on Android for testing

Upcoming Features

We have a lot of features planned for the future, and we're always open to new ideas. Here are some of the things that we're planning to add:

Desktop Support 👀
- This is now in a "soft release" stage, where it might already be available for your platform. An official release will happen in the future
Accessibility improvements
Scrolling marquee text for handling long track titles

You can take a look at the full list and current progress in the Redesign project.

Sorry for delaying this update so much, I hope the download issues didn't cause too much frustration! I'll try to do better next time.
If you want to help out with the redesign, there's still a lot to do! We're currently mostly in need of people who contribute code and design, any help in that regard would be appreciated and should speed up the pace of these updates!
Also, there are some rather specific bugs in Finamp that are chore to fix; if one of them affects you, why not look into fixing it yourself? That's probably the best way to get started with contributing to Finamp, and you can always ask us for guidance if you need help!

Thank you for using Finamp!

- Chaphasilor

Download Links

Google Play: Join the beta
TestFlight: Join the beta
F-Droid: not available, see above
APK: see below

Contributors

Chaphasilor, puff, and Komodo5197

Assets 5

23 May 06:25

Chaphasilor

0.9.7-beta

a6332cc

Finamp Beta Update 0.9.7 Pre-release

Pre-release

Hi everyone!

Not even three weeks since the last update!
The upgrade to Jellyfin 10.9 seems to have been relatively smooth for most of you, at least when it comes to Finamp and the new features. If something isn't working correctly, please let us know!
It seems like we're slowly picking up the pace for the beta updates. There have been tons of improvements under the hood in recent weeks and months, so hopefully we can continue with some more visual design updates soon.
If you're a designer or developer and want to help out, please reach out! We need all the help we can get <3

The beta is a work-in-progress, there are several new features already, but we will be adding more features over time.

If you're not using the beta yet (how to join) (click to expand)

The beta is free and open to everyone, but we'd like to get as much feedback as possible. So please do try it out and then let us know what you think!

Join the Finamp Beta Testers Discord server
- This step is optional, but since we're looking for feedback, it would be great if you could join!
- Alternatively, there's a discussion for the beta right here on GitHub: Redesign Beta discussion
Take note of your current Finamp settings, since this is a beta it could happen that the update changes some of them.
- Downloads should be migrated, but since the new download system is completely different, there might be inconsistencies.
On Android, join the beta on Google Play or download the APK file from below.
On iOS, join the beta on TestFlight.
- We're currently not able to offer a beta on F-Droid (more info here), but you can use an app like Obtainium to automatically download the latest APK from GitHub.
Open Finamp and enjoy!

What's New

New Playlist Management Flow (contributed by @Komodo5197 and @Chaphasilor)

We have reworked the playlist and favorite management for tracks in Finamp a bit, to be more versatile and closer to popular music apps (e.g. Spotify, YouTube Music).
The like/favorite/heart button (on the player screen, mini player, and queue panel) now has a new default behavior: it opens a playlist action menu. This menu gives you the ability to quickly add the track to one or even multiple playlists. It also lets you remove the track from the currently playing playlist (if you're listening to one).
Aside from that, it is also possible to add/remove the track to/from your favorites.

If you can still quickly toggle the favorite state of a track, now by long-pressing the heart button.
The button will also still reflect the favorite status by being an outlined or filled-in heart.

I hope that this new behavior is easy and natural for you to pick up, if not definitely let us know!

Additionally, it is now also possible to download information about your playlists for offline mode, without downloading the tracks within the playlists. This means that if you have downloaded a few tracks, and some of them are part of a playlist, you can now listen to that part of your playlist in offline mode.
This also helps with adding tracks to and removing them from your playlists in online mode.
You can download the needed information in Settings > "Download Settings" > "Show all playlists offline".

Caveats:

Jellyfin doesn't (yet) allow us to easily check which playlists a track is part of. That's why by default, Finamp only shows a dashed icon for the available playlist, since there's no way to tell if the track is already part of that playlist or not. Only after you add the track to a playlist (or change your mind and remove it again) Finamp can tell for sure if it's part of the playlist or not, and will then show a non-dashed icon.
- Downloading playlist metadata, as described above, allows Finamp to show more concrete info about which playlists a track is already part of, and is recommended

Faster image loading (contributed by @Komodo5197)

Similar to the official Jellyfin web app, we now use so-called blurhashes as an instant preview for all images, instead of showing a blank square. This should make the app look nicer and feel faster, at least that's what we hope!

To make image loading even faster, you can now also cache images for your albums, artists, genres, and playlists! You can find this option in Settings > "Download Settings" > "Show all playlists offline", and this will download these images for the currently active library. If you have multiple libraries, you can simply switch between them and repeat the caching for each one.
Once the images are downloaded (you can check the progress on the downloads screen), they will be used even in online mode to speed up image loading and reduce the overall data usage of Finamp. Rest assured that if you update any images in Jellyfin, Finamp will not use the cached image anymore, but instead fetch your new and shiny image from the server instead.

Keep in mind that if you update any images in Jellyfin for media that you already downloaded in Finamp, you'll need to "repair" your download in Finamp to download the new images. You can start a repair from the downloads screen (middle icon in the top right corner), and that will cause Finamp to first re-download all metadata for your existing downloads, then check for changes, and finally re-download any changed files.

New Settings

You can now disable the progress animation on the now playing bar / mini player at the bottom
- Settings > "Layout and Theme" > "Show track progress on now playing bar"
- The progress animation is enabled by default (unchanged)
As mentioned above, you can let Finamp synchronize the favorite status of your library for offline mode, meaning that if you mark something as favorite that you already downloaded, it will also be marked as favorite in offline mode.
- Settings > "Download Settings" > "Sync all favorite statuses"
- Favorite status sync is enabled by default
You can choose if you want an instant mix to start when tapping a track from the tracks tab or search results, or instead want to just play that selected track
- Settings > "Interactions" > "Start Instant Mixes for Individual Tracks"
- By default, instant mixes are used (unchanged)
- Disabling this setting will revert the behavior back to how it worked in the stable/non-beta version

Other changes

Added favorites-only filter in offline mode (contributed by @Komodo5197)
- To make this work reliable enough, Finamp will sync favorite metadata in the background
- You can disable this feature by turning off "Sync all favorite statuses" in Download Settings
Show a small indicator for tracks that have lyrics available
Renamed "song" to "track" throughout the entire app (contributed by @lukaslindnermusic)
Fixed missing negative sign for iOS base gain input in Volume Normalization settings
Fixed wrong bitrate shown for downloaded tracks
Finamp will now also download tracks that don't belong to any album or playlist (contributed by @Komodo5197)
- Thanks @flloschy for reporting the issue!

Upcoming Features

We have a lot of features planned for the future, and we're always open to new ideas. Here are some of the things that we're planning to add:

Desktop Support 👀
- This is now in a "soft release" stage, where it might already be available for your platform. An official release will happen in the future
Android Auto / Automotive Support
- I'm planning to release this with the next update, it's almost done!

You can take a look at the full list and current progress in the Redesign project.

The resonance we've gotten so far with the beta has been incredible! Many of you have come to the Discord server to say thanks, and that makes me really happy!
I also want to give a big shoutout to @Komodo5197 who has been consistently contributing massive improvements and new features to the beta! Many of the things in the last updates are their work, and I really hope that many more improvements are coming down the road.
But still, we can't do this alone, so if you are able to help out in any way, please do so!

Thank you for using Finamp!

- Chaphasilor

Download Links

Google Play: Join the beta
TestFlight: Join the beta
F-Droid: not available, see above
APK: see below

Contributors

lukaslindnermusic, Chaphasilor, and 2 other contributors

Assets 5

04 May 08:30

Chaphasilor

0.9.6-beta

eb0dde9

Finamp Beta Update 0.9.6 - Lyrics and Jellyfin 10.9! Pre-release

Pre-release

Hi everyone!
It's been a month since the last release, and we've been busy!
Aside from the usual fixes and improvements, Finamp can now show lyrics for your music! This makes Finamp fully compatible with all new music-related features arriving with Jellyfin 10.9, so you can enjoy the new features right-away!

The beta is a work-in-progress, there are several new features already, but we will be adding more features over time.

If you're not using the beta yet (how to join) (click to expand)

The beta is free and open to everyone, but we'd like to get as much feedback as possible. So please do try it out and then let us know what you think!

Join the Finamp Beta Testers Discord server
- This step is optional, but since we're looking for feedback, it would be great if you could join!
- Alternatively, there's a discussion for the beta right here on GitHub: Redesign Beta discussion
Take note of your current Finamp settings, since this is a beta it could happen that the update changes some of them.
- Downloads should be migrated, but since the new download system is completely different, there might be inconsistencies.
On Android, join the beta on Google Play or download the APK file from below.
On iOS, join the beta on TestFlight.
- We're currently not able to offer a beta on F-Droid (more info here), but you can use an app like Obtainium to automatically download the latest APK from GitHub.
Open Finamp and enjoy!

About Jellyfin 10.9

As you may have heard, the next big Jellyfin update, 10.9.0, is finally right around the corner! It's been almost 2 years since the last release that added new features, so this is a big deal, and there are many new features introduced with 10.9.
The main two features for music are lyrics support and volume normalization. Both of these features are supported by Finamp 0.9.6 (this release right here), so after you upgrade your Jellyfin server, you'll be able to enjoy them right-away!

Important Note: If you downloaded any music to your device before you upgraded to Jellyfin 10.9, the new metadata for lyrics and volume normalization will not automatically be updated for offline mode. After upgrading to 10.9 and confirming that your metadata is available in the web client, you'll have to go to the downloads screen in online mode and click the repair button (middle button at the top right, crossed hammer and screwdriver). This will load any missing metadata from the server for offline use. A message saying "Currently repairing" will be shown in the top section; please be patient and wait until it is hidden again. You'll only have to do this once.
Alternatively, you could delete and re-download everything (remember we have transcoded downloads now ^^).

What's New

Lyrics Support (Jellyfin 10.9+)

As teased in the last release and on Discord, Finamp now supports showing lyrics for your music! Lyrics are automatically extracted from embedded tags and .LRC files, and both synchronized and un-synchronized lyrics are supported. You can open the lyrics screen by tapping the button on the player screen in the bottom right corner.
Since this is a pretty big new addition that didn't exists on the server before, I'd love to hear your feedback about this! Let me know what you like or don't like, and if you need any configuration options. I know this feature isn't perfect yet, but I need your feedback to figure out what exactly needs to be improved.
Lyrics are downloaded along with the tracks themselves and will therefore work just fine in offline mode too. To get offline lyrics for your existing downloads, you'll first have to go to the downloads screen in online mode and click the repair button (middle button at the top right, crossed hammer and screwdriver). This will download any missing lyrics from the server for offline use. A message saying "Currently repairing" will be shown in the top section; please be patient and wait until it is hidden again.

This feature requires at least Jellyfin 10.9.0.

Volume Normalization Support (Jellyfin 10.9+)

Finamp's beta has supported Volume Normalization in combination with a Jellyfin 10.9 server from the start, but with 10.9 being almost here, and some recent changes to how the server handles Volume Normalization, I thought it would be good to include this in the release notes again

Jellyfin 10.9 will scan your music library for ReplayGain tags, and if it can't find them, generate "Loudness Units Full Scale" (LUFS) values for each track and album. These values can be used to calculate a gain for normalizing the volume of your music, so all tracks appear more or less equally loud.
Finamp will use these values and apply the normalization by default, as long as the server has generated them.
There are three different modes for Volume Normalization:

Track-based: Finamp will always normalize each track individually. This will result in the best normalization, but will get rid of some purposeful differences in volume, like between different tracks of the same album
Albums Only: Finamp will only normalize the volume when playing an album, using the album's normalization gain for all tracks
Hybrid (default): Finamp will normalize individual tracks using each track's gain, but when playing an entire album (or adding the entire album to the queue / Next Up), the album's gain will be used instead. This will ensure good normalization in all cases, while still preserving artistic differences in volume across tracks of the same album

Some caveats:

Previous beta versions technically already supported this feature, but the Jellyfin server team made some last-minute adjustments to how this feature works after some internal discussion. This means that only this version (and any future versions) support this feature.
In order to use Volume Normalization with your existing downloads in offline mode, you'll first have to go to the downloads screen in online mode and click the repair button (middle button at the top right, crossed hammer and screwdriver)
- This will load any missing info from the server for offline use. A message saying "Currently repairing" will be shown in the top section; please be patient and wait until it is hidden again.
- Any new downloads will come with all the necessary data from the start
Volume will be normalized to -18 LUFS by the Jellyfin server, which is the recommended value and also used by the ReplayGain 2 standard. This means music played on Finamp will be quieter than before, but should now be more consistent with other music streaming apps like Spotify
On iOS, we aren't able to directly change the gain of the audio, so we need to change the actual volume to emulate the normalization. That means the volume will be lower (75% by default), and tracks which are much quieter than -18 LUFS will still not be as loud as the other tracks, since we cannot boost the volume above 100%. Since almost no tracks are this quiet, it shouldn't be a problem, and the listening experience should still be a much better overall.
This feature requires at least Jellyfin 10.9.0

Playback Speed Control (mainly contributed by @lymnyx)

It's been an "upcoming feature" for a while now, but you can finally control the playback speed of audio in Finamp!
By default, the speed controls in the player screen menu will only be shown for tracks that are considered podcasts or audiobooks. The criteria for this currently are:

The track is longer than 15 minutes, or
The track is part of an album that is longer than 3 hours, or
The track has at least of of these genres assigned: Audiobook, Podcast, Speech

However, you can configure this behavior in Settings > Layout & Theme > Customization > Playback Speed Visibility. There you have the option to keep using the automatic detection, or always show the controls, or hide them completely.

More Audio Metadata

In order to improve the lyrics experience, we've improved the metadata available to Finamp during playback.
This means that Finamp will now show more information about the track that is currently being played:

Codec
Bitrate
Sampling Rate
Bit depth (not always available)
Media Size
Applied normalization gain (only if Volume Normalization is enabled)

Showing this information has been requested by many, and for a long time. I'm really happy that this is finally done!

The metadata has also been redesigned to take up less space and be less "distracting". It will probably be moved to the bottom edge of the player screen in a following update.
Given that there can now be up to 8 pieces of metadata shown at once, I'm looking into ways of customizing which pieces are actually shown.

I'd love to hear your thoughts about the new metadata, especially what is and what isn't useful to you! Please also let me know if any of the shown metadata appears to be incorrect!

Other changes

Show current position in queue, as well as total length remaining duration (contributed by @Komodo5197)
Allow adding tracks to the queue even if nothing is playing yet (contributed by @Maxr1998)
Improved q...

Contributors

Maxr1998, Komodo5197, and 2 other contributors

Assets 3

28 Apr 00:40

jmshrv

0.6.23

d1ae815

0.6.23 Latest

Latest

Downgraded Android API level to 33, this fixes issues with background playback

Assets 3

24 Apr 18:40

jmshrv

0.6.22

d870d40

0.6.22

Fixed a bug where the artists screen would show every album in the library instead of only albums from the artist.

Also, check out the redesign beta if you haven't already :D https://github.com/jmshrv/finamp/releases/tag/0.9.5-beta

Assets 3

23 Apr 20:47

jmshrv

0.6.21

99c1048

0.6.21

Features/Major Bug Fixes

Fix login on Jellyfin 10.9 servers (@Chaphasilor)
Fix playlists not being shown on Jellyfin 10.9 servers (@Chaphasilor)
Fix track sorting for downloaded albums/playlists (@Chaphasilor)

Minor Changes/Bug Fixes

Enable Impeller on iOS
- Fixes issues with shader jank, and generally makes the app feel much smoother
Fix sort by date created in offline mode (@Maxr1998)
Fix authentication for downloads (@Chaphasilor)
Add link to redesign beta

Translations

Chinese (Simplified) - @kofzhanganguo
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong) - @SuperDumbTM
Croatian - @milotype
Czech - @Fjuro
French - @HanaO00 , @e-v-o-l-v-e
German - Anonymous user
Italian - I
Polish - @Mis1ify
Portuguese (Brazil) - @felipeqq2
Russian - Dan
Spanish - gallegonovato
Swedish - @bittin
Turkish - @oersen

Contributors

bittin, Maxr1998, and 10 other contributors

Assets 3

06 Apr 19:31

Chaphasilor

0.9.5-beta

91e3e14

Finamp Beta Update 0.9.5 Pre-release

Pre-release

Hi everyone! I didn't intend to release the next update this quickly, but sadly there were some pretty significant bugs introduced with the last update. Sorry for that!
This update mostly includes fixes for these bugs, as well as a few simple improvements here and there.

The beta is a work-in-progress, there are several new features already, but we will be adding more features over time.

If you're not using the beta yet (how to join)

The beta is free and open to everyone, but we'd like to get as much feedback as possible. So please do try it out and then let us know what you think!

Join the Finamp Beta Testers Discord server
- This step is optional, but since we're looking for feedback, it would be great if you could join!
- Alternatively, there's a discussion for the beta right here on GitHub: Redesign Beta discussion
Take note of your current Finamp settings, since this is a beta it could happen that the update changes some of them.
- Downloads should be migrated, but since the new download system is completely different, there might be inconsistencies.
On Android, join the beta on Google Play or download the APK file from below.
On iOS, join the beta on TestFlight.
- We're currently not able to offer a beta on F-Droid (more info here), but you can use an app like Obtainium to automatically download the latest APK from GitHub.
Open Finamp and enjoy!

What's New

Fixed playback not properly advancing to the next song when transcoding
Fixed "original" (un-transcoded) downloads not being able to play on iOS
Fixed the fast scroller (alphabet list) getting stuck on special characters (like accented letters)
Improved queue behavior
Improved playback reporting™ (I swear it's getting better)
Clicking the stop button in the notification (on Android) no completely clears the queue and hides the now playing bar
- You can also swipe down on the now playing bar to dismiss it and stop playback
Fixed tabs showing the wrong content after reordering tabs
Fixed glitchy background when rotating the player to landscape mode
Move track info and controls up if album cover is smaller
Try to prevent accidentally dismissing the song menu
Use proper keyboard for decimal number settings (especially on iOS)
Attempted to dynamically change the color of the AirPlay button on iOS
Attempted to fix some playback-related crashes and errors on iOS
Attempted to make the fast scroller less laggy when scrolling to already-loaded letters

Upcoming Features

We have a lot of features planned for the future, and we're always open to new ideas. Here are some of the things that we're planning to add:

Lyrics Support
- I want Finamp to support lyrics before Jellyfin 10.9 is officially released (which should happen at the end of April)!
Playback Speed Control
Android Auto / Automotive Support
Desktop Support 👀
Multi-Queues

You can take a look at the full list and current progress in the Redesign project.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused with the last update, and thanks for everyone who reported bugs on GitHub and Discord!
Thank you for using Finamp!

- Chaphasilor

Download Links

Google Play: Join the beta
TestFlight: Join the beta
F-Droid: not available, see above
APK: see below

Assets 3

05 Apr 06:30

jmshrv

0.9.4-beta

cfd305d

Finamp Beta Update 0.9.4 Pre-release

Pre-release

Hi everyone! It's been a few weeks since the initial beta release, and you've been busy giving feedback and reporting bugs! There was and still is a lot to fix, but we're getting there. Most major bugs and issues should be fixed with this update, so that we can focus on some more new features with the following updates.

The beta is a work-in-progress, there are several new features already, but we will be adding more features over time.

If you're not using the beta yet (how to join)

The beta is free and open to everyone, but we'd like to get as much feedback as possible. So please do try it out and then let us know what you think!

Join the Finamp Beta Testers Discord server
- This step is optional, but since we're looking for feedback, it would be great if you could join!
- Alternatively, there's a discussion for the beta right here on GitHub: Redesign Beta discussion
Take note of your current Finamp settings, since this is a beta it could happen that the update changes some of them.
- Downloads should be migrated, but since the new download system is completely different, there might be inconsistencies.
On Android, join the beta on Google Play or download the APK file from below.
On iOS, join the beta on TestFlight.
- We're currently not able to offer a beta on F-Droid (more info here), but you can use an app like Obtainium to automatically download the latest APK from GitHub.
Open Finamp and enjoy!

Known Issues

Rotating to landscape mode on the player screen looks a bit odd right now. To fix it, just close the player screen and re-open it again while staying in landscape mode

What's New

Fixed not being able to play tracks without an album cover (contributed by @Chaphasilor)
Fixed user-created playlist not showing up when connected to a Jellyfin 10.9 server (contributed by @Chaphasilor)
Improved player screen layout and (album cover) scaling (contributed by @Komodo5197 and @Chaphasilor)
- The album cover will not stretch (almost) to the edges of the screen, if the screen is tall enough
  - You can configure how much of a gap (padding) there will be to the edge of the screen in Settings > "Layout & Theme" > "Player Screen" > "Minimum Album Cover Padding"
  - A value of ~10.0 will be roughly equivalent to the previous cover size
- The screen will adapt much better to smaller screens
- If the screen is wider than it is tall, the layout will switch to landscape mode
Improved "Fast Scroller" (alphabet / jump-to-letter list) (contributed by @Komodo5197 and @Chaphasilor)
- Fixed scrolling not working reliably on the artist tab or in grid mode
- Support swiping/dragging to select a letter
- Added visual and haptic feedback
Improved playback reporting (to the server) (contributed by @Chaphasilor)
- The first track in the queue shouldn't be reported twice anymore
- When the end of the queue is reached, the last played track is reported as "stopped", and the new track isn't reported until playback is actually restarted
- Finamp will now send periodic updates to the server while playback is active to prevent tracks longer than 5 minutes from being incorrectly reported as stopped
Improved end-of-queue behavior for all loop modes (contributed by @Komodo5197)
- "Loop None" will now return to the first track on the queue at the end, but playback will stop. Same for manually skipping forward
- "Loop One" will now wrap around to the first track when manually skipping forward (and keep playing)
Long-press the menu button on the player screen to quickly add a track to a playlist
Tried to improve performance of transparent/blurred elements (song menu, queue panel) (contributed by @Komodo5197)
Show "Unknown Artist" for songs with missing artists instead of leaving the space blank (contributed by @Komodo5197)
Made Quick Connect code selectable so that it can easily be copied to clipboard
Fixed sorting in offline mode (contributed by @Maxr1998)
Added option to disabled vibrations / haptic feedback (contributed by @Ivanf1)
Improved reordering of tabs (contributed by @Ivanf1)
Fixed text of queue source overlapping when scrolling down in the queue panel
Fixed issues with multi-disc albums and music videos
Many more fixes

Upcoming Features

We have a lot of features planned for the future, and we're always open to new ideas. Here are some of the things that we're planning to add:

Lyrics Support
- I want Finamp to support lyrics before Jellyfin 10.9 is officially released (which should happen at the end of April)!
Playback Speed Control
Android Auto / Automotive Support
Desktop Support 👀
Multi-Queues

You can take a look at the full list and current progress in the Redesign project.

I'm sorry that some of you had to wait so long for this update, but I was super busy and there were many fixes and improvements needed. I'll try to push out updates more quickly in the future!
Thank you for using Finamp!

- Chaphasilor

Download Links

Google Play: Join the beta
TestFlight: Join the beta
F-Droid: not available, see above
APK: see below

Contributors

Maxr1998, Chaphasilor, and 2 other contributors

Assets 3

28 Feb 14:39

jmshrv

0.9.3-beta

e1cc188

Redesign Beta - Download Migration Fix Pre-release

Pre-release

This release fixes an issue where albums/playlists without cover art would cause migration to fail.

(Check out the redesign beta changelog if you haven't already)

Assets 3

28 Feb 12:21

jmshrv

0.6.20

e1cc188

0.6.20

Features/Major Bug Fixes

Jump to letter when scrolling (@Guillergood)
Offline listens are now logged to a file
- Playback reporting/history is much more robust in the redesign beta
Material 3 theme (@Maxr1998)
- Flutter has enabled Material 3 by default now, so Finamp has had a slight cleanup to make it look better with this new theme
- Again, a bigger redesign is in progress in the redesign beta

Minor Changes/Bug Fixes

Add confirmation dialog before deleting downloaded albums (@rom4nik)
Fix shuffle starting on first song on artist page (@Chaphasilor)
Trim URL on the login screen
Show all album artists in album list (@Chaphasilor)
Fix adding playlists/albums to queue in offline mode (@Chaphasilor)
Expose the documents directory on iOS (@Chaphasilor)
Strip prefixes in offline sort
- This makes Finamp's sorting consistent with how Jellyfin does (ignores a, an, and the when sorting alphabetically)
Lots of little code-quality/cleanup related stuff (@Maxr1998)