spotify-qt

Fixes

• Fixed showing device selection dialog when no devices were available.

Changes

• Add/remove to/from liked is now like/dislike.
• Application version in menu is now replaced with an update checker.
• Check if track is liked now works properly.
• If a browser cannot be found to open a link, a dialog is now shown with the link instead (#16).
• Added an option to start Spotify client even if other devices are already available (enabled by default).

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when tray icon was disabled (#15).
• Fixed memory leaks caused by loading albums.
• Fixed a crash when double clicking an album in library.
• Fixed not being able to edit playlists.

Changes

• Added a dialog for showing system information.
• Tray icon album art is now disabled by default.
• Song list is now disabled while loading library items.
• Albums are now cached.
• Library options are now cached.
• When playing with no device selected and multiple are available, a dialog is now shown.

Fixes

• Fixed a crash on systems where PulseAudio was not available.
• Fixed a crash when attempting to update volume.
• Fixed issues with attempting to apply custom shape to empty images.

Changes

• JSON in cache now follows snake_case.
• Console window when opening application is no longer shown under Windows.
• Tray icon is now enabled by default.
• Added a new tab to settings for tray icon settings.
• No longer shows media controller settings on non-Linux platforms.
• Artists can now be followed and unfollowed from the artist view.
• Artist popularity can now be viewed from artist view.

Fixes

• Fixed playlist context menu not working in search results (#14).
• Fixed playlist context menu for playlists that aren't cached.
• Fixed attempting to shuffle an empty playlist causing a crash.

Changes

• Album art for current track can now shown in tray icon (enabled by default).
• Album art now has a shape similar to application icon.
• Volume button can now be scrolled to adjust volume.
• Last volume is now saved for next start, instead of trying to fetch it again.

Fixes

• Fixed checking for pre-release versions when checking for updates.
• Fixed playing icon next to track not updating if new track was not found in list.

Changes

• Updated for Qt 5.15.
• Cached playlists are now saved in text, rather than in binary (cache will need to be rebuilt).
• Added context menus for tracks and playlists in search results.
• Removed support for optional crash handler.
• Total cache size is now shown in settings.

Major Changes

• Settings are now saved in a custom JSON format on all platforms.

Changes

• Added an option to always use the bundled fallback icons.
• Added an option to use a fixed width font for the position timestamp (enabled by default).
• Added a --version command line parameter to display application version.
• Pulse volume is now loaded on start.
• Updated bitmap icons.

Fixed various issues with saving and loading settings

Application settings are now in a custom JSON format on all platforms. Your old settings will automatically be converted when first starting the app.

Fixes

• Fixed not using the correct fallback icons for the built-in dark mode.
• Fixed attempting to load directory if path was not set when loading images.
• Fixed not showing the last track from the previous session when starting the app.
• Fixed share options from the now playing view not sharing a valid link.

Changes

• Added "New releases" to library with new albums from artists in playlists.
• Added an option to add a track to the queue.
• If no device has been selected and only one is available, that one is now automatically selected.
• Improved support for older versions of Qt (now supports 5.10 and newer).
• Added a "What's new" dialog on start if the app was updated since last start.
• Replaced volume slider with a button that hides the slider until pressed.

Fixes

• Fixed total track count for playlist not saving to cache properly.

Changes

• Option to start spotifyd on app start was moved to spotifyd settings.
• Added an option to use the system spotifyd settings.
• Added a context menu to playlists for viewing more info, sharing, shuffle play and edit.
• Buttons in the settings dialog are now more consistent with the operating system.
• No longer attempts to start spotifyd if already running.
• Hovering over a playlist now shows its description.

Fixes

• Fixed a play icon appearing next to local tracks.
• Fixed not being able to play playlists that contained local tracks.
• Fixed not being able to play playlists larger than about 600 tracks.
• Fixed playing a track in a (large) playlist causing the application to temporarily freeze.
• Fixed playing icon not appearing on a track in a playlist that was loaded on start.
• Fixed not starting spotifyd on start properly (#12).
• Fixed not starting spotifyd properly if compiled without PulseAudio support.

Changes

• Album lists in artist view now uses columns to align years better.

Fixes

• Replaced filler widget with layout alignment to fix some layout issues in settings dialog.
• Fixed some issues of spotifyd still running after application closed.

Changes

• Added a new option to toggle automatic track header resizing.
• Replaced filler widget with layout alignment to fix some layout issues in settings dialog.
• Added new icons for song header context menu.
• Added a new option to set default sorting in track list.
• spotifyd started from application now always uses pulseaudio backend.
• Added an option to specify how often to sync playback status against Spotify servers.
• UI is now updated directly after pressing toolbar buttons instead of after the next refresh.

Fixes

• Fixed tray icon not showing on non-Linux systems.
• Fixed enabling desktop notifications suppressing all messages until application was restarted.
• Fixed leaving device menu before it loaded causing a crash.

Changes

• "No devices found" is no longer shown as a notification as it's already shown in the menu.
• Added some margin to the logo so it doesn't appear as huge.
• Added symbolic versions of the logo for use in the system tray.
• Added an option to invert tray icon for light system tray backgrounds.
• Changing tray icon settings no longer require an application restart to apply.

Fixes

• Fixed not being able to quit the application from the tray icon context menu.
• Fixed some layout issues in settings.
• Fixed not showing a desktop notification for some actions.
• Fixed settings having a small default size.
• Fixed crash on start when another instance was already running.

Changes

• Added current track info to the tray icon context menu.
• Settings are now tabbed.
• Moved some application settings to a new interface category.
• Moved the about sub-menu to the settings dialog.

Fixes

• Fixed not being able to add or remove liked tracks from the "now playing" view
• Fixed some possible crashes in the settings dialog (#1).
• Fixed inconsistent capitalization in the settings dialog.

Changes

• Added an option for a system tray icon.
• Added an option to replace window status bar with desktop notifications (#9).

Fixes

• Fixed showing the incorrect playlist if switching too quickly.
• Fixed showing "remove from playlist" on tracks when no playlist was shown.
• Fixed artist in search results getting permanently disabled after first click.

Changes

• "Added" date now follows the system locale.
• Added ability to show and hide columns from track list.
• Added an option to open a track in Spotify.
• Tracks can now be added to or removed from liked tracks.

Fixes

• Fixed some asynchronous request issues for metadata.
• Fixed some issues with context menu for tracks.
• Fixed some issues adding a track to a playlist.
• Fixed showing an empty window when lyrics couldn't be found.
• Fixed memory leaks with audio features and lyrics.

Changes

• Added track context menu to artist view.
• Option to open album from track context menu is now always enabled.
• Now always loads albums, even if they only have a single track.
• Password when logging in is now masked.

Fixes

• Fixed media controller not working properly.
• Fixed weird spacing in settings dialog

Changes

• D-Bus no longer refreshes metadata, but gets current cached instead.
• Removed temporary button to refresh current playlist

First stable release now that everything is implemented and mostly working.

Fixes

• Fixed not being able to double click items in library (#6).
• Fixed always attempting to start d-bus media controller.
• Fixed albums only loading the first 50 tracks (#7).

Changes

• Added optional support for KCrash (enable with -DUSE_CRASH_HANDLER=ON).
• Current playback refresh is now done asynchronously.
• Disabled playlist snapshot check to fix playlists not updating.

Improvements to library and dark theme.