important: if you use musikdroid, make sure you update it alongside musikcube!

musikcube:

• added the ability to browse by directory! add music directories to the list of indexed paths in the settings screen, then press d in browse view to browse.
• added a new setting to save session on exit. when enabled, musikcube will remember the last selected view and the current playback context, and restore everything on next app start.
• better first-run experience for new Windows users:
  • included "Source Code Pro Medium" font, and use it by default.
  • updated the default font size to be a bit larger.
  • hid the main menu bar with "Font" and "Paste" buttons; this functionality is still available by clicking the musikcube icon in the upper left portion of the window.
• added scrollbar support to ListOverlay

musikdroid 0.25.0:

• added the ability to automatically transfer playback from mobile to server when headset (or bluetooth device) is disconnected.

musikdroid 0.26.0:

• fixed some crashes on Oreo devices related to streaming audio

musikdroid 0.27.0:

• fixed a bug where the notification may spuriously re-appear after playback has finished (or was stopped)

musikcube:

• ^R now displays an indexer dialog that allows the user to choose between a quick scan and full metadata rebuild.
• made checkboxes prettier.
• fixed playlist and play queue track numbers -- they should always be sequential, not pulled from metadata.

musikcubed:

• NEW! run musikcube as a daemon on macOS, Linux and BSD! musikcubed --help to get started.
  • note: the daemon currently runs independently from the curses app. this will be improved in future releases.

musikdroid:

• added remote server configuration! users can now change output drivers and devices, ReplayGain and preamp settings, transport type, and schedule the metadata indexer remotely. see: toolbar menu > remote management.
• added the ability to transfer playback context (play queue, song and position) from the server to the mobile app, and vice-versa. try it out by long pressing the switcher icon in the toolbar.
• promoted playlists to main screen, and shuffled the play queue button around.
• added the ability to query albums by extended metadata categories, including "composer", "producer", "year" and more. see: toolbar menu > categories.
• removed legacy playback engines. only ExoPlayer Gapless is supported now.
• show a warning if the server is running an older api version.
• fixed a crash when streaming play queue contains one file, and "random" is on.

musikcore:

• added the following functionality to IEnvironment:
  • query output devices and drivers
  • select the system's default output device and driver
  • re-index and re-build library metadata
  • get/set preamp and ReplayGain settings
  • get/set transport type (gapless, crossfade)
• switching output devices, transport, and ReplayGain settings no longer abruptly stop playback. there may generally be a short pause, but playback will continue where it left off.
• removed musikglue project. move functionalilty into musikcore.
• bumped sdk version to 14

server:

• messages for new IEnvironment updates (see above)
  • run_indexer
  • list_output_drivers
  • set_default_output_driver
  • get_gain_settings
  • set_gain_settings
  • get_transport_type
  • set_transport_type
• play queue snapshotting; remote clients can use this functionality to help
  transfer playback context from server to client.
  • snapshot_play_queue
  • invalidate_play_queue_snapshot
  • play_snapshot_tracks
• all messages that start playback can now be passed a time parameter, which will seek initial playback to the specified time (in seconds).
• query_play_queue_tracks now accepts an optional parameter called type; allowed values are live (default) and snapshot.
• bumped api version to 14

infrastructure:

• automated Linux builds via CircleCI! (@dvdmuckle)

musikcube:

• added ReplayGain support. settings > preamp and replaygain to configure. when support is active, and ReplayGain is applied, a green [rg] symbol will appear in the transport view next to the volume slider.
• added initial support for FreeBSD using sndio. big thanks to @gregf for the support and troubleshooting.
• added scroll indicators to list windows (disabled on FreeBSD for now)
• exposed extended metadata -- browse by new fields like year, composer, language, etc. press 6 in library > browse view.
• fixed a couple bugs in the metadata indexer -- extended metadata properties were not always getting scanned and stored properly.
• fixed build paths so app can be built against MacPorts. (@reynhout)
• fixed a bug where themes were getting clobbered after every reinstall on some platforms. users can now put their custom themes in ~/.musikcube/themes.
• made overlay title text alignment consistent across (center horizontal).

musikcore:

• database and query updates to support track, category, and album queries with multiple predicates. (e.g. all artists with composer=X AND year=Y).
• new sndio output plugin. this is the default output for FreeBSD, and is optional (disabled by default) on Linux.
• new ffmpeg_decoder plugin. not enabled by default, but will probably eventually replace nomad, ogg, mp4, and flac plugins.

server:

• api support for multi-predicate queries.

musikdroid:

• fixed bug where non-transcoded audio would not always play properly.

windows users: do not unzip the new build over an existing install -- please use a new directory. data is not stored in the installation directory, so your libraries will remain intact.

android users: you also need to upgrade your musikcube installation to 0.31.0, otherwise new features will not work (and some old features may not function properly).

api users: documentation has been updated here.

0.31.0 is a big release, focusing on the following:

• first-class playlist editing support in the server layer, and and on the Android client
• the introduction of audio encoders into main app and SDK
• gapless playback on Android (experimental)
• a massive overhaul of the Android code
• a cleaned up C++ SDK

a more detailed list of changes as follows...

musikcube:

• added support for Ubuntu Artsy
• added preliminary support for audio encoder plugins.
• added stockencoders plugin with support for encoding MP3 (lame) and OGG/Vorbis audio.
• fixed and exposed album-level artwork. previously it was track-only.

musikdroid:

• gapless playback (for supported media)! enable in settings > playback engine > "ExoPlayer Gapless (experimental)"
• playlist create / rename / update / delete support
• album art is now displayed in album rows when browsing content (e.g. albums by this artist, artists in this genre, etc)
• fixed a really bad bug that could cause locally cached media to become corrupted in a very specific scenario (unreliable connectivity while the server is performing on-demand transcoding)
• added a simple "spotlight" tutorial for new users that explains switching between remote and streaming playback modes.
• major refactor to the entire code base, including the following:
  • a brand new data layer interface based on RxJava. this should position the app for lots of new, fun stuff in the future.
  • a new dependency injection implementation
  • a view component layer for sharing functionality across screens
• updated Glide from v3 -> v4
• updated to Android Studio 3.0.1 and related tooling
• fixed notification icon color

sdk:

• removed all Destroy() methods, standardized on Release() across the board
• added the following to ISimpleDataProvider:
  • QueryCategoryWithPredicate()
  • SavePlaylistWithIds()
  • SavePlaylistWithExternalIds()
  • SavePlaylistWithTrackList()
  • AppendToPlaylistWithIds()
  • AppendToPlaylistWithExternalIds()
  • AppendToPlaylistWithTrackList()
  • RemoveTracksFromPlaylist()
  • RenamePlaylist()
  • DeletePlaylist()
• added new interfaces:
  • IValue
  • IEncoder
  • IEncoderFactory
• removed interfaces:
  • IRetainedTrack
  • IRetainedTrackWriter
• renamed interfaces
  • IMetadataMap -> IMap
  • IMetadataMapList -> IMapList
  • IMetadataReader -> ITagReader
  • ITrackWriter -> ITagStore
  • IMetadataValue -> IValue
  • IMetadataValueList -> IValueList

server:

• renamed project from websocket_remote to server, and promoted to a top-level component in the workspace
• added correct LAME headers after transcoding to fix gapless playback of encoded files.
• added the following messages to the websocket server:
  • save_playlist
  • rename_playlist
  • delete_playlist
  • append_to_playlist
  • remove_tracks_from_playlist
  • query_tracks_by_external_ids
• renamed the following track fields:
  • visual_genre_id -> genre_id
  • visual_artist_id -> artist_id
• added the ability to query album art by id
• fixed HttpServer to ignore non-GET verbs
• added "predicated category queries", e.g. "all the albums for this artist" or "all the artists in this genre", etc.
• added artist and artistId to album response (previously it was only return albumArtist and albumArtistId)
• fixed bugs related to HTTP "Range" header parsing and generation
• fixed a bug in the websocket functionality that was returning invalid invalid_request responses... yeah.

• added the ability to rebind UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, PAGE_UP, PAGE_DOWN, END and HOME keys to allow for VIM-style key bindings
• fixed a focus related bug when switching between main views

musikcube:

• added some missing checks in WideCharToMultiByte (and MultiByteToWideChar) that could result in access violations on windows
• suppress certain types of errors in the taglib_reader plugin that could lead to crashes in weird edge cases
• added a hidden setting for enabling indexer logging (set IndexerLogEnabled to true in settings.json)
• upgraded to a new version of the windows sdk (10.0.15063.0)

musikdroid:

• added the ability to rename connection presets
• fixed a crash in SystemService related to unregistered intents
• upgraded to android studio beta 5

musikcube:

• fixed a bug in flac decoder that was causing issues with the real-time transcoder
• fixed a crash in the m4a decoder
• updated some linux dependencies
• added a build for raspbian stretch

musikdroid (0.15.1):

• fixed a bug that may result in a crash when musikdroid is running in the background.

musikdroid (0.15.0):

• fixed the playback notification and lock screen controls so they work properly with Android O
• updated settings ui to include tools for saving and loading connection profiles
• fixed a couple random crashes that surfaced in fabric
• removed android-specific dagger cruft; just use vanilla dagger
• updated support library and build tooling versions