v1.7-SNAPSHOT Pre-Release (156)

PCPanel Controller Software

Warning: This version uses a new format for the savefile.
A backup will be made when converting. If you want to downgrade to a previous version, you can restore the backup.

New:

• #38 - Add double click action to buttons
• It is now possible to add more than one action to a button or slider
  • There is also an option to run them all at once when a button is pressed, or sequentially
  • Dials currently only support all at once
• #41 - Dial/Slider values are applied when VoiceMeeter starts
• Dial/Slider values are applied when OBS starts
• #39 - Allow showing the actual volume number (0-100, linear) and additional color settings in overlay
• Dials/sliders can be inverted (combined with multiple commands, this will make it possible to cross-fade, but volume levels aren't useful for that yet)
• The overlay allows showing the actual value (this differs from the slider state when using logarithmic scaling)
• #59 - Additional overlay options (colors, rounding, size and position)
• #45 - Voicemeeter string values are now supported for advanced button actions

Fixes:

• Pressing escape when a dialog is open will close the dialog
• Version check is done using the GitHub version api and will notify when a new snapshot is available
• [Linux] #44 - pactl commands are run in English so that their output can be parsed correctly
• [Windows] #57 - The end focussed task command works again
• #58 - VoiceMeeter lowest value is now 60 instead of -inf making it behave better

Fixes within the snapshot:
(not relevant when not upgrading from a previous snapshot)

• Commands can be removed again
• Commands that are not supported or not enabled are not shown

v1.6

PCPanel Controller Software

New:

• [Windows] There is now also an advanced toggle that allows changing the media/communication devices through toggles
• There is now a slider for device brightness. This will apply to all device options. It's also possible to adjust the device brightness via a knob/slider.
• #22 - Mute override colors also work when controlling OBS input volume
• Button action to toggle focus mute (from request)
• Some button actions (the default device toggles) now also show overlay hints (from request)
• #26 - Allow switching default device for a process (specific or follow focus)
• #27 - Initial support for OSC (Open Sound Control) protocol
• #29 - VoiceMeeter mute state support

Fixes::

• If it wasn't possible to get the executable for a path, the AppFinder dialog would not show any results
• When the connection to OBS fails with an error, the reconnect attempts will still be done
• [Windows] Some additional checks are being done in the c++ parts so that the application should crash less (or hopefully not at all anymore)
• [Linux] The application doesn't use pacmd anymore, only pactl to also be compatible with PipeWire
• [Linux] The application can start when no tray extensions are available
• [Linux] It's possible to disable the tray icon by adding -Ddisable.tray as a command line parameter
• [Linux] All audio streams for a process will be changed when a process is controlled
• [Linux] Processes without a PID or Executable can be controlled
• Starting the application again (when skipfilecheck is not specified) will show the main window
• #24 - Controlling Discord via focus volume would also change the microphone volume
• The mute color should not overwrite the color configuration anymore
• The application should start with the profile that was last used (unless a Main profile is specified)

v1.5

PCPanel Controller Software

New:

• Added a feature that might fix twitching sliders on faulty hardware (#6)
• [Linux] Allow controlling input volume (#10)
• Allow configuring what the mute override color follows
• OBS Websocket 5 (OBS 28) support. Don't use this version of the software if you are still using OBS 27 or lower without the Websocket 5 plugin.
• [Windows] An option was added to show an overlay when volume is changed and to show icons of the controlled applications in the main ui. From request

Fixes:

• An error would be logged when the mute override service triggered while a device did not use custom colors
• The application names are now case-insensitive for volume changing or muting
• Profile switching using a shortcut is disabled on Linux, it crashed the VM on certain distros
• OBS volume range is now from -97 (-inf db) to 0 instead of -100 to 26
• Removed Roboto font, hoping to fix this issue

v1.4

PCPanel Controller Software

New:

• Added button action to set the default device based on the (partial) name. This might be helpful if Windows reconnects devices with different id's.
• The 'Toggle device' action only works for all output or all input devices, not a combination of both
• Allow controlling only Spotify with the media keys instead of any application that is playing sound (fix for #3)

Fixes:

• When connecting a mini or rgb for the first time, an NPE would occur which would prevent the software from finding the device.
• The right-click link to open lighting options was broken, should actually work now.
• Fix the process picker, it gave a ClassCastException
• Allow setting system sounds when the process does not have pid 0
• It's possible to drag audio devices into the Selected Devices list in the Toggle Device button option again (fix for #2)
• Updated JNativeHook so that dead keys keep working (fix for #4)
• Applications that have multiple audio sessions should now be controlled correctly

v1.3

PCPanel Controller Software

New:

• When there is no saved profile but there is one from the original software, ask to migrate on startup
• Right clicking a knob or slider opens the lighting dialog
  • Middle click already triggered the click action (I did not know that)
• It's now possible to configure a 'Mute override' color which will show a different color when the controlled device is muted
• Volume change actions now have an option to unmute the device/process
• The App Finder dialogs have a filter field
• An option was added to assign a shortcut to profiles to switch between them
• Initial Linux compatibility
  • A lot of options probably won't work correctly yet
  • The UI seems a bit buggy on Ubuntu 22.04 (flashing/blacking out)
  • But volume controlling seems to work mostly for processes, devices and focus volume

Fix:

• Its possible to configure an alternative profile folder for development purposes
• Controlling OBS volume is now done with db's instead of mul, this gives the slider a better range

v1.2

PCPanel Controller Software

New:

• Added options to automatically switch to a profile when other windows get focus
• You can set a main profile which will be loaded when you start the application
• Added version checker. If a new version is released the UI will show that with a link to the download page.
• More than 2 processes can be selected for volume control
• More than 1 process can be selected for muting
• If a controlled application starts, the volume will be set immediately

Fixes:

• Profile save structure is changed to allow adding new features more easily
• Getting the list of running processes doesn't crash the application anymore
• The 'Open logfile' button now opens the correct folder

v1.1

PCPanel Controller Software

• Added SndCtrl.dll as a replacement for sndctrl.exe
• Put all changing files in the user directory (settings, log-files, etc)
• Removed dependency on MediaKeys.dll
• VoiceMeeter path can be configured
• File pickers start at their current selection
• System Sounds volume can be changed
• Terminate process dialog shows all processes, not only the ones with sound
• Removed javafx.web dependency to make the bundle smaller
• Sleep detection is now done without sndctrl.exe, turns off the lights for all devices and works on lock/unlock too
• List of devices is also done without sndctrl.exe, sndctrl.exe is no longer needed

PCPanel 1.0

Not fully working but largely feature compatible with PCPanel 2.1.1.

Commits

• fc21b23: Fix run configuration (Niels van de Weem)
• 2264910: Make PCPanel start after install (Niels van de Weem)
• f3d8902: Add autostart registry entry and allow not installing shortcuts (Niels van de Weem)
• 989a052: Don't fail when file that needs to be extracted already exists (Niels van de Weem)
• 273b2c6: Store saved state in user profile (Niels van de Weem)
• 04a71b7: Make setting icon render correctly again (Niels van de Weem)
• eb6ff08: Include title from POM in application (Niels van de Weem)
• 9e57fef: Make FileChecker work correctly (Niels van de Weem)
• 64bb744: Update icon (Niels van de Weem)
• 0d5e437: Put variable in rollover filename (Niels van de Weem)