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@codekunde codekunde released this 10 Nov 04:56
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v0.9.0
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Fernplay 0.9.0 crossfades and plays gapless, updates itself from About, can be controlled from your phone, and evens out loudness with ReplayGain tags.

New

  • Crossfade and gapless. XFADE next to REPEAT (also in the app menu with classic skins) fades the end of a song into the next, 1 to 12 seconds (Settings → ADVANCED, default 5). Only when a song ends by itself: skipping by hand, stations and repeat track never fade. Songs now follow each other without a gap, and repeat track loops without one.
  • Update from About. When CHECK FOR UPDATE finds a newer release, the installed Fernplay offers UPDATE: it downloads the MSI, checks it against the checksum GitHub lists, installs it and starts Fernplay again. This works from 0.9.0 on, so this update you still install by hand. Portable copies keep DOWNLOAD.
  • Phone remote. Settings → ADVANCED → PHONE REMOTE lets the Fernplay app on your Android phone control this player over the home Wi-Fi: play, pause, skip, seek, volume, shuffle, repeat, crossfade and the playlist. Off by default; pair with a 6-digit code. The link is encrypted and only served on the local network. Windows Firewall asks once.
  • Volume levelling. Settings → ADVANCED → VOLUME LEVELLING plays every song (TRACK) or album (ALBUM) at the same loudness from ReplayGain tags in MP3, FLAC and M4A. Off by default. Fernplay reads the tags; a tagger such as foobar2000, MusicBee or rsgain writes them.
  • Settings in two tabs, GENERAL and ADVANCED; the window is about 40 % shorter.
  • Visualizer. The app menu's Visualizer (MilkDrop3)… starts MilkDrop3, a separate free program, for full-screen visuals.
  • Files with more than two channels (5.1) are mixed down to stereo.

Fixed

  • Names with an underscore (library folders, your own equalizer presets) lost it and showed an underlined letter instead.

Download. Pick one:

  • Fernplay-0.9.0-win-x64.msi (about 56 MB): the installer. Recommended. Run it over an older version to update; your settings stay.
  • Fernplay-0.9.0-win-x64-standalone.zip (about 57 MB): portable, .NET inside.
  • Fernplay-0.9.0-win-x64.zip (under 1 MB): portable, needs the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime (x64).

Windows 10 (1607 or later) and 11, x64. Fernplay is not code-signed yet: if Windows shows "Windows protected your PC", choose More info, then Run anyway.

Full list of changes in CHANGELOG.md.

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