simpleplay 1.5.3

simpleplay 1.5.3: softer stop, pause and close, a track counter in the list, and no more volume jump with shuffle.

Fixed

• Volume jump with shuffle. The next track is measured for normalization while the current one plays, but with shuffle on it was skipped because the next track was only picked when you pressed next, so it started at its own level and jumped when the measurement finished. Now the next track is picked in advance, measured, and that is the one that plays. Turning shuffle on also measures the upcoming track right away.

Changed

• Soft stop, pause and close. Pause used to cut the sound in 5 ms and Stop cut it to zero at once. Now the volume goes down over about 250 ms when you pause, stop or close the player (closing hides the window right away and lets the sound fade out), and goes back up over about 150 ms when you resume. A track that starts, a skip and a track change keep the short fade so the attack of the first note is not lost.
• Track counter in the list. The list panel shows how many tracks it has ("12 tracks"), and "3 of 12" while a search filter is active.
• The small cover in the pill cross-fades too when the track changes (the big cover already did), and fades in instead of popping up when the track has a cover and the previous one had none.

Run it (Linux)

chmod +x simpleplay-1.5.3-x86_64.AppImage
./simpleplay-1.5.3-x86_64.AppImage

Windows

simpleplay-1.5.3-windows-x64.zip is attached automatically a few minutes after this release is published. Unzip and run simpleplay.exe (SmartScreen: More info > Run anyway). It has not been tried on many machines yet: if something fails, please open an issue.

Full list in the changelog.