HomePodCast 1.0.0-beta.4

1.0.0 beta 4. Not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn ("More info" → "Run anyway"). With beta 3 installed: Settings → Updates → Check for updates. Changes since beta 3:

Changed:

• The network hint says what it counts: "possible dropouts in 10 minutes: N" instead of a bare number.
• A HomePod that is an Apple TV's home theater speaker: when it was taken over from its Apple TV and the network hint appears, the hint now points at the home theater instead of the Wi-Fi band. While the HomePod is the Apple TV's home theater speaker, the two keep a connection that takes up the Wi-Fi at regular intervals: on our test setup both answered 60 to 90 ms late every 2.1 seconds, enough to cause dropouts at low latencies such as 105 or 120 ms. Setting the Apple TV's audio output back to the TV stopped them at once. For gaming at low latency, switch the home theater off for now, or use a latency of about 200 ms.

Fixed:

• While waiting to reconnect ("Speaker not found …, retrying in 30 seconds"), Home and the tray panel showed "Disconnect", as if something were connected. They now show "Connect", and a click connects at once.
• The "speaker not found" message no longer has brackets. In Chinese and Japanese the closing bracket could end up alone at the start of the next line.

Known issues:

• A HomePod taken over from its Apple TV still keeps the Apple TV's connection while HomePodCast streams to it. Making it let go, as TuneBlade apparently did, is being investigated.

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1.0.0 测试版 4：程序未签名，Windows 可能弹出 SmartScreen 提示（点「更多信息」→「仍要运行」）。装着测试版 3 的话，在 设置 →「软件更新」里点「检查更新」就能升级。相对测试版 3 的变化：

改动

• 网络提示写清了数的是什么：显示「10 分钟内可能断音 N 次」，不再只是一个数字。
• HomePod 是 Apple TV 的家庭影院音箱时：从 Apple TV 临时接管过来以后，如果出现网络提示，现在会指向家庭影院，不再叫你换 5G。HomePod 当 Apple TV 的家庭影院音箱时，两者之间会一直保持一条连接，定时占用 Wi-Fi。在我们的测试环境里，两台设备每 2.1 秒一起卡 60 到 90 ms，延迟设到 105 或 120 ms 这种低值时就会断音。把 Apple TV 的音频输出改回电视，马上就好了。想低延迟打游戏的话，目前先把家庭影院关掉，或者把延迟调到 200 ms 左右。

修复

• 等待重连时（「找不到音箱……，30 秒后重试」），首页和托盘面板显示的是「断开」，好像连着什么一样。现在显示「连接」，点一下立刻重连。
• 「找不到音箱」那句提示去掉了括号。中文和日文界面里，右括号可能会被单独挤到下一行开头。

已知问题

• 从 Apple TV 临时接管 HomePod 时，HomePodCast 推流期间 HomePod 仍然保留着和 Apple TV 的连接。怎么让它像 TuneBlade 那样彻底断开，还在研究。