v0.3.0

Release v0.3.0

This release adds scheduled night mode, startup volume, per-device pinning, configurable cap presets, configurable scroll step, and a live tray tooltip — all configurable from config.toml with hot-reload and most togglable directly from the tray menu.

🚀 Features

• Night Mode: Automatically lower the volume cap on a configurable time window (e.g. 22:00–07:00). Enabled/disabled from the tray "Night mode" toggle; saved to config immediately. Wraps midnight correctly (b04432c)
• Startup Volume: Set a fixed volume level on every launch, regardless of what Windows last had. Selectable from the new "Startup volume" tray submenu (Off + cap presets) (e8b6a46)
• Device Pinning: Lock WinSoftVol to a specific audio device by friendly name via pin_device in [general]. Falls back to the Windows default device with a toast notification when the pinned device is absent. Per-device [device."..."] config sections are now wired up and apply their cap/softvol settings when the matching device is active (33d8394)
• Configurable Cap Presets: Replace the hardcoded 100/80/60/40 presets with cap_presets in [general]. Any sorted list of values in 10–100 is accepted; the tray submenu rebuilds from config on hot-reload (661d8a4)
• Configurable Scroll Step: scroll_step_percent in [general] controls how much each scroll notch adjusts volume (default 2%, range 1–20%). Hot-reload applies the new step immediately (d13197d)
• Tray Tooltip: Hovering the tray icon now shows the current volume percentage and active cap (e.g. 75% | cap: 80%; Muted | cap: 80%) (6f44c15)
• DPI Awareness: Application manifest updated to PerMonitorV2 DPI awareness so the tray icon renders correctly on high-DPI displays (ea7d4be)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Volume cap now applies immediately to existing audio sessions when a preset is selected from the tray menu or when the config is hot-reloaded — previously, the new cap only took effect after the next volume change (3f3d8b2)

📝 Documentation

• Update README.md to document all v0.3.0 features, expanded config table, and updated tray menu reference (06566a9)

💅 Style & Formatting

• Apply cargo fmt formatting (a9ee0f2)

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Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.3.0

v0.2.0

Release v0.2.0

This release significantly expands WinSoftVol with new tray interactions, a persistent config file with hot-reload, volume cap controls, device change notifications, exclusive mode detection, an upgraded About dialog, and automatic update detection.

🚀 Features

• Volume Cap: Add volume cap support — set a ceiling on maximum output (100% / 80% / 60% / 40%) from the tray menu (52288f4)
• Scroll Wheel: Adjust volume ±2% per notch directly on the tray icon (2ca5a6b)
• Left-click Mute: Toggle mute/unmute with a single left-click on the tray icon (da4a7ed)
• Dynamic Tray Icon: Real-time volume bar overlay on the tray icon; bar turns red when muted (e0338d1)
• Device Change Notification: Toast notification confirms re-initialization after USB plug/unplug (cadd0f9)
• Exclusive Mode Warning: Detects when a game or DAW takes WASAPI exclusive mode and notifies the user (a444ca4)
• Config File: Persistent settings in %APPDATA%\WinSoftVol\config.toml with hot-reload — changes apply without restarting; supports per-device overrides (3e67028)
• About Dialog: Upgraded to TaskDialog with clickable links to the project homepage and GitHub Sponsors; shows a download link when a newer version is available (e7c630a)
• Auto-update Check: Background thread checks GitHub for new releases on startup. Fires a clickable toast notification (opens the release page directly) and surfaces a download link inside the About dialog when a newer version is found (5db0ddc)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Resolve volume cap logic bugs (81d5f2d)
• Volume cap menu items now correctly uncheck the previously selected preset (85e7a35)
• Left-click tray icon now correctly opens the popup menu (82b4361)
• Resolve wrong volume applied when GetMasterVolume fails (163296e)
• Resolve incorrect string length calculation in UTF-16 encoding (c91e7be)
• Clamp cap_percent to [10, 100] after TOML parse — a value of 0 previously silenced all audio (83476a5)
• Embed comctl32 v6 manifest — fixes "procedure entry point TaskDialogIndirect could not be located" crash on startup (a57248e)

📝 Documentation

• Update README.md to reflect current features (3edc774)
• Add LICENSE file (d8b9aa8)
• Add CONTRIBUTING.md (6215abc)
• Document config file, hot-reload, and About dialog links in README (48bdb85)
• Document auto-update check feature in README (06d7528)

🧪 Tests & CI

• Expand test coverage across audio session management, config parsing, and tray presets (4ecdd19)

💅 Style & Formatting

• Resolve code formatting issues and align with styling guidelines (f504ef2, a3a90b7)

🔧 Build & Maintenance

• Add make lint command to check format and lint errors (0736974)
• Add make fix command to quickly apply fmt and lint fixes (271d5b7)
• Update funding sources in FUNDING.yml (ede4c2c)

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Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

v0.1.0

Release v0.1.0 (Initial Release)

Welcome to the initial release of winsoftvol! 🎉

This release introduces the core functionality of the project, establishing the foundation for software-based volume control and per-app audio balancing.

🚀 Features

• Core: Add softvol support to disable hardware volume (6ea2254)
• Audio Management: Preserve per-app balance when setting all sessions volume (e1c9cce)
• Foundation: Initial commit and project structure (b486650)

📝 Documentation

• Update README.md to reflect project goals and instructions (2778584, bdf0350)

🧪 Tests & CI

• CI: Change build workflow to a dedicated release workflow (d523fca)
• Testing: Add test suites for better application stability (1d6ee49)

💅 Style & Formatting

• Resolve code formatting issues and align with styling guidelines (194a6b2, 8eaeb45)

🔧 Chores & Maintenance

• Rename the project officially to "winsoftvol" (6c4dd7b)
• Add and update .gitignore file for cleaner source control (5d0ea60, 1d3d8cf)

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/jeffreytse/winsoftvol/commits/v0.1.0