ross_visualizer 0.1.1 (alpha)

New

• Audio source in Settings. "Everything that plays" now also hears apps playing on another output: before, with Discord on a headset and Spotify on the speakers, only Discord came through. Or pick a single app so voices on a call don't move the scenes.
• A welcome tour the first time you open the app: what it does, the scenes, the overlay and keyboard shortcuts for your desktop (niri, Hyprland, Sway or KDE), ready to copy. Settings opens it again.
• A button on the bottom bar to go back to the previous song.
• The rOS scene shows your user and your computer's name in its prompt.
• Actions on the app's icon: right-click → "Overlay on/off" or "Next overlay style".
• Keyboard shortcuts for each desktop, also on repo.rossmel.com and in the docs.

ross_visualizer 0.1.0 (alpha)

First alpha of the Linux desktop app, for friends to try.

Added

• Desktop app for Linux: listens to everything the computer plays, with no audio source to pick and no login.
• Follows whichever MPRIS player is playing (Spotify, a browser…) for the artwork and the play and next buttons.
• Every scene from the web in full screen.
• Click-through overlay above every window, in seven styles with their own settings: Halo, Horizon, Orbit, Curtain, Embers, rOS rain and Wave.
• Commands for key bindings: ross-visualizer overlay toggle|off|next|prev|<style>.
• Packages: pacman repository, APT repository, DNF repository and AppImage.
• Compatibility check that says what will work on your system before you install anything.

Known limits

• x86_64 only.
• Needs PipeWire; PulseAudio alone isn't enough.
• The overlay needs Wayland with layer-shell (KDE, Hyprland, Sway, niri…). On GNOME or X11 you get the full-screen app without the overlay.