2026.05.28

[tsirysndr]

[2026.05.28]

Added

• netstream: background prefetch thread per HTTP stream — a dedicated thread fills a 2 MB VecDeque buffer from the network so rb_net_read drains in sub-µs without ever blocking on TCP; forward seeks within the prefetch window consume buffered bytes without issuing a new Range request; backward or large (>2 MB) forward seeks issue a Range request and replace the reader thread atomically

Fixed

• HTTP streaming: removed reqwest total-request timeout (only connect_timeout 15 s remains) — the previous 30 s deadline killed large remote files mid-stream; read_as_file() reverted to a retry-loop that fills the full requested buffer
• Buffering interleaving: fill_buffer() now passes BUFFERING_DEFAULT_FILECHUNK instead of 0 when a second handle has remaining data, so next-track pre-buffering round-robins with the current track instead of monopolising the buffering thread and starving the ring buffer
• HTTP pre-buffering cutting current-track playback: buffer_handle() caps HTTP handles to one BUFFERING_DEFAULT_FILECHUNK per call; streamfd.c replaces per-chunk fprintf(stderr, …) with logf() (compiled out in production) to eliminate hundreds of blocking write(2) syscalls per track
• Expo: Navidrome cover art now appears in the miniplayer, full-screen player, and queue when playing ND HTTP streams — coverArtUrlFromStreamUrl() added to navidrome-client.ts reconstructs a getCoverArt URL from the id, u, t, s parameters embedded in the stream URL; used as a fallback in trackFromProto when album_art is empty

Full Changelog: 2026.05.27...2026.05.28

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