From 667153624f909e7c9982c47fcf44aa3750098be2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vicrodh <103399283+vicrodh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 14:33:11 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] chore(about): bump codename to Exclusive Hardening, add Vudgekek and DoubleGate cc --- src/lib/components/AboutModal.svelte | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/lib/components/AboutModal.svelte b/src/lib/components/AboutModal.svelte index f50e92b4e..61d1d514d 100644 --- a/src/lib/components/AboutModal.svelte +++ b/src/lib/components/AboutModal.svelte @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ {$t('about.buildInfo.version')} {appVersion} {$t('about.buildInfo.codename')} - Quiet Polish + Exclusive Hardening {$t('about.buildInfo.license')} MIT {$t('about.buildInfo.platform')} @@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ AdamArstall + + From ea6167babbd87343dbefb6848bf02fedfc31c66c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vicrodh <103399283+vicrodh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 14:33:11 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] chore(release): bump version to 1.2.11 cc --- package-lock.json | 4 ++-- package.json | 2 +- snapcraft.yaml | 2 +- src-tauri/Cargo.lock | 2 +- src-tauri/Cargo.toml | 2 +- src-tauri/tauri.conf.json | 2 +- 6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json index 5050f1cb5..b9ec27004 100644 --- a/package-lock.json +++ b/package-lock.json @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ { "name": "qbz-nix", - "version": "1.2.10", + "version": "1.2.11", "lockfileVersion": 3, "requires": true, "packages": { "": { "name": "qbz-nix", - "version": "1.2.10", + "version": "1.2.11", "license": "MIT", "dependencies": { "@icons-pack/svelte-simple-icons": "^7.2.0", diff --git a/package.json b/package.json index 686791df4..61a07a399 100644 --- a/package.json +++ b/package.json @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ { "name": "qbz-nix", - "version": "1.2.10", + "version": "1.2.11", "description": "Native high-fidelity client for Qobuz™ subscribers on Linux with Hi-Fi audio support (uses the Qobuz API; not certified by Qobuz)", "type": "module", "scripts": { diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml index 58d900b02..b96f59a81 100644 --- a/snapcraft.yaml +++ b/snapcraft.yaml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: qbz-player title: "QBZ — Native Qobuz Client for Linux" -version: '1.2.10' +version: '1.2.11' summary: Native Qobuz player for Linux with bit-perfect audio and DAC control description: | QBZ is a native Linux desktop client for Qobuz™, designed for high-fidelity playback. diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock index 690b1af85..9f4830cc5 100644 --- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock +++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock @@ -5148,7 +5148,7 @@ dependencies = [ [[package]] name = "qbz-nix" -version = "1.2.10" +version = "1.2.11" dependencies = [ "aes-gcm", "anyhow", diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml index bd4545a4d..ee1aaa4de 100644 --- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml +++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ [package] name = "qbz-nix" -version = "1.2.10" +version = "1.2.11" description = "Native high-fidelity client for Qobuz™ subscribers on Linux with Hi-Fi audio support (uses the Qobuz API; not certified by Qobuz)" authors = ["blitzkriegfc"] edition = "2021" diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json index 4f165d3d8..1ec252679 100644 --- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json +++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2", "productName": "QBZ", - "version": "1.2.10", + "version": "1.2.11", "identifier": "com.blitzfc.qbz", "build": { "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev", From fd7a6e2f892014ed0d1edb18e275a34c181bc39c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vicrodh <103399283+vicrodh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 14:33:11 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] docs(release): add 1.2.11 TAG_DETAILS and metainfo entry cc --- docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md | 117 ++++++++++++++++++ .../flatpak/com.blitzfc.qbz.metainfo.xml | 20 +++ 2 files changed, 137 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md diff --git a/docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md b/docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0ea8ac51f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +# 1.2.11 — Exclusive Hardening + +This release tightens bit-perfect playback on both fronts. macOS finally gets a real **CoreAudio Exclusive Mode** thanks to **@Vudgekek**'s first-class contribution (PR #391), and on Linux the player now actively **reserves the DAC** via the standard `org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1` D-Bus protocol for the lifetime of an ALSA Direct stream. Both halves landed in the same cycle by happy coincidence — hence the codename. + +Beyond audio, this is the largest **Local Library** release since the local engine landed: a new folder-tree mode, ephemeral playback that never writes to your library DB, and a metadata-grouped Albums tab that finally treats Plex as a first-class peer. + +A new **Offline Cache Manager** view replaces the old Settings shortcut, with a configurable cache cap (5 GB default), live progress rings, and per-album expand. **Discord Rich Presence** lands as opt-in and works inside the Flathub sandbox via a small symlink bridge. macOS gets a proper title bar integration thanks to **@afonsojramos**, who continues to keep the macOS build healthy alongside this round of fixes. + +Welcome to **@Vudgekek** and **@DoubleGate** as new contributors — thanks for the first PRs, and for taking the time to engage with the review process. + +--- + +## Exclusive Audio + + - **macOS CoreAudio Exclusive Mode** (PR #391, @Vudgekek) — bit-perfect playback on Apple hardware via `kAudioDevicePropertyHogMode`; exclusive stream recreation on track changes; CoreAudio device-rate checked against the requested track rate before claiming the device + - **macOS hardware volume alignment** — the exclusive device's hardware volume tracks qbz's volume slider when in exclusive mode (@Vudgekek) + - **macOS exclusive stream hardening** — defensive cleanup on stream errors and shutdown so a failed claim never strands the device (@afonsojramos) + - **Linux DAC reservation** — per-process zbus client acquires `org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1` (the standard cross-app coordination protocol used by JACK, PipeWire, and PulseAudio) for the lifetime of an `AlsaDirectStream`; other apps see qbz as the sole DAC owner instead of getting silent, misleading "device busy" errors + - **Reserve-DAC toggle** — Settings → Audio adds an opt-out for the reservation, persisted in `audio_settings.db` alongside the existing backend choice + - **ALSA card resolution by id** — ALSA card matching now uses the stable card id (`hw:0`) instead of the long descriptive name; any plugin prefix is accepted and parse failures degrade gracefully + - **`audio_settings` defaults** — `backend_type` now defaults to a per-OS choice and migrates rows where the column was NULL on older installs + +--- + +## Local Library + + - **Folder Tree mode** — new two-column layout with the folder tree on the left and a folder detail pane on the right; drag-resizable sidebar (default ×1.8), recursive multi-select, search with path-parents preserved, and a network-folder filter for shares that take a while to walk + - **Ephemeral folder playback** — pick a folder outside your watched library and play it without writing anything to the library DB, including CUE support, a format whitelist, ephemeral-aware gapless prefetch, and a session-restore filter so transient picks don't pin themselves + - **Albums tab — metadata-grouped** — the existing folder-grouped Albums view is now joined by a metadata-grouped variant that merges entries across folders (and Plex), with the full action bar (group/filter/sort/view/select) + - **Per-user Library tab order** — new modal to reorder, show, or hide tabs; persists per user; the active tab loader now triggers after preferences settle on mount, so the loader never hits the wrong tab + - **Plex per-track artwork** preserved during library scan; the same fix is applied to both scan loops, with a folder-lookup cache to avoid the second-loop regression + - **Compact album view** for the tree right pane, with selection + bulk actions, circular play, and a per-view track search + - **Multi-select coverage in Album Detail** (#381) — bulk action bar now reaches the album-detail tracklist as well + - **Local Library performance** — viewport-driven Plex hydration with a quality override map; batched track-quality with per-call timeout; sort pushed into SQL instead of `localeCompare` on the client + +--- + +## Discord Rich Presence (#336) + + - **Opt-in track display** with album, artist, and elapsed time + - **Native Discord** (deb / rpm / AUR builds) writes the IPC socket directly under `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` and works without setup + - **Discord-via-Flathub** — qbz reads the Discord-Flatpak app dir (with `:create` permission) and lays down its own `discord-ipc-{0..9}` symlinks pointing at it; the symlinks bridge the two sandboxes for the `discord-rich-presence` crate, which only knows the static path + - **Lazy bridge** — symlinks are only laid down after you enable the toggle in Settings, so users who never opt in never touch that filesystem path + - **Translations** — keys for all five locales (en/es/de/fr/pt) + +--- + +## Offline Cache Manager + + - **Dedicated view** replaces the old "Open folder" shortcut in Settings; navigate via the new sidebar entry or the Manage offline cache button + - **Album rows** with expand-by-default, per-track actions, album cover artwork, and live progress rings on both album and track rows + - **Alpha-index artist rail** — jump to artists alphabetically; empty-state CTA when nothing is cached yet + - **Cache size limit** — modal to set a configurable cap (default bumped from 2 GB to 5 GB), persisted across restarts; new track downloads enforce the limit + - **Re-download flow** — copy renamed from "Re-download album" to "Re-download all tracks" to match what actually happens + - **Excluded from `last_view` persistence** — opening the manager doesn't pin it on next launch + +--- + +## Sleep Timer (#402) + + - **Hard-stop pause** — at expiry the player pauses cleanly (no fadeouts that overrun the deadline) + - **Smart-positioned popover** with refined typography; custom durations from 1 minute upward + +--- + +## Title bar + + - **macOS integration** (@afonsojramos) — qbz custom titlebar now mounts on macOS with traffic-light reservation, drag band aligned to sidebar top padding; new nav and search titlebar toggles plus a hide-title-bar toggle in Settings; legacy macOS overlay drag region retired + - **Mode selector** — Settings → Appearance → Title bar replaces the hide/system toggles with a `system / plasma / stripped` dropdown; legacy preferences are migrated, sandbox/Wayland caveats are surfaced as inline hints + +--- + +## QConnect + + - **Startup persistence** — new `startup_mode` (Auto / Always-on / Disabled) and `last_known_state` write-through on connect/disconnect, both persisted; settings dropdown surfaces the choice with a local-library hint + - **CLI override** — `--enable-qconnect` and `--disable-qconnect` flags applied during app setup + - **Honor peer-controller seeks** when qbz is the active renderer — peer-driven seeks no longer get clobbered by the local cursor-align + +--- + +## Album & Artist detail polish + + - **Header gradient backdrop** — palette-derived gradient and blurred artwork on Album/Artist detail + - **Album metadata enrichment** — featured artist line, parental warning badge, click-to-expand description, tracklist toolbar, label/awards sidebar shrunk by ~20% + - **Tracklist columns aligned** with smooth select-mode toggle + +--- + +## Immersive background + + - **Kawarp WebGL renderer** replaces the legacy WebGL2 path in `Full` mode; attribution added to the About modal + +--- + +## Bug fixes + + - **Mixtape detail** — virtualized list scroll-up behavior stabilized + - **Library** — Albums tab visible in Edit Library Tabs modal; Plex albums included in metadata-grouped Albums view + - **Audio (Linux)** — host stream drop deferred on Stop so the device can be reused across track changes (@afonsojramos) + - **Audio (macOS)** — output device picker populated; the 50 ms post-stop sleep is now gated to `cfg(target_os = "linux")` (@afonsojramos) + - **Playback** — uniform 250 ms state polling cadence eliminates seekbar cold-start latency + - **Playlist** — track-selection key includes the row index for duplicate tracks (#386); multi-select is now aligned with the TrackRow checkbox pattern; the checkbox input is pointer-transparent so the row click handler always fires + - **Sidebar** — `isOffline` `$effect` skips its initial subscription so a stale value doesn't flip the offline indicator on mount (@DoubleGate, PR #384) + - **Home** — sticky tab header pop-in animation unified across the macOS and Linux paths (@afonsojramos, PR #406) + - **Theme** — WCAG-aware `btn-primary-text` token across all themes (the previous fixed value failed contrast on a couple of light themes) + +--- + +## Internal & packaging + + - **Node 20 → 24** across CI workflows and the Flatpak manifest + - **Dependency bumps** — Tauri 2.10.3 → 2.11.1, openssl 0.10.79, tokio 1.52.1, axum 0.8.9, sha2 0.11.0, mdns-sd 0.19.1, plus the usual minor/patch swarm + - **Flatpak permissions** — the manifest now declares `--filesystem=xdg-run/discord-ipc-0` and `--filesystem=xdg-run/app/com.discordapp.Discord:create` for the lazy Discord IPC bridge + +--- + +Full changelog: https://github.com/vicrodh/qbz/compare/v1.2.10...v1.2.11 diff --git a/packaging/flatpak/com.blitzfc.qbz.metainfo.xml b/packaging/flatpak/com.blitzfc.qbz.metainfo.xml index 96ed4c9f6..764f2a8a4 100644 --- a/packaging/flatpak/com.blitzfc.qbz.metainfo.xml +++ b/packaging/flatpak/com.blitzfc.qbz.metainfo.xml @@ -69,6 +69,26 @@ + + +

Exclusive Hardening: bit-perfect playback gets reinforced on both ends — macOS gains a real CoreAudio Exclusive Mode (community PR by @Vudgekek) and Linux now reserves the DAC via the standard ReserveDevice1 D-Bus protocol while ALSA Direct is engaged.

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  • macOS Exclusive Mode: bit-perfect playback on Apple hardware (PR #391); CoreAudio device-rate check, exclusive stream recreation, and hardware volume alignment
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  • Linux DAC reservation: per-process zbus client acquires org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1 for the lifetime of an ALSA Direct stream, with a Settings toggle
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  • Discord Rich Presence (#336): opt-in track display with a sandbox-aware Flatpak socket bridge — symlinks discord-ipc-{0..9} only after the user enables the toggle
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  • Sleep Timer (#402): pause-on-end with a smart-positioned popover, custom values from 1 minute upward
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  • Offline Cache Manager: dedicated view replacing the old Settings shortcut, with per-album expand, alpha-index artist rail, live progress rings, and a configurable cache cap (5 GB default)
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  • Local Library: new folder-tree mode with two-column layout, recursive multi-select, drag-resizable sidebar, search with path-parents preserved, and network-folder filter
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  • Local Library: metadata-grouped Albums tab (with Plex inclusion) and per-user tab order modal
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  • macOS title bar integration (@afonsojramos): qbz custom titlebar mounts on macOS with traffic-light reservation, plus nav/search/hide toggles in Settings
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  • Album and artist detail polish: palette-derived gradient backdrops, featured artist line, parental warning, click-to-expand description, tracklist toolbar
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  • Bug fixes: Plex per-track artwork preserved during scan; macOS output device picker populated; uniform 250ms playback poll cadence; QConnect honors peer-controller seeks; playlist multi-select aligned with TrackRow
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Fix an issue with gapless play introduced by a new feature in 1.2.9.

From cc98b7f7e68ef1ed3fc3ac0d7557b2a0fe52de97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vicrodh <103399283+vicrodh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 15:51:07 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] =?UTF-8?q?docs(release-1.2.11):=20correct=20PR=20attr?= =?UTF-8?q?ibution=20for=20sticky=20home=20header=20(#406=20=E2=86=92=20#4?= =?UTF-8?q?07)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit PR #406 was the macOS titlebar unification (mentioned separately in the Title bar section); the sticky home header pop-in fix is PR #407. Both from @afonsojramos in the same merge round. cc --- docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md b/docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md index 0ea8ac51f..b50f5e183 100644 --- a/docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md +++ b/docs/release-1.2.11/TAG_DETAILS.md @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Welcome to **@Vudgekek** and **@DoubleGate** as new contributors — thanks for - **Playback** — uniform 250 ms state polling cadence eliminates seekbar cold-start latency - **Playlist** — track-selection key includes the row index for duplicate tracks (#386); multi-select is now aligned with the TrackRow checkbox pattern; the checkbox input is pointer-transparent so the row click handler always fires - **Sidebar** — `isOffline` `$effect` skips its initial subscription so a stale value doesn't flip the offline indicator on mount (@DoubleGate, PR #384) - - **Home** — sticky tab header pop-in animation unified across the macOS and Linux paths (@afonsojramos, PR #406) + - **Home** — sticky tab header pop-in animation unified across the macOS and Linux paths (@afonsojramos, PR #407) - **Theme** — WCAG-aware `btn-primary-text` token across all themes (the previous fixed value failed contrast on a couple of light themes) --- From f65248a917706182d0b3529a9547fe1ea1851673 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vicrodh <103399283+vicrodh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 16:36:58 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] build(flake): bump qbz to v1.2.11 Update qbzVersion + srcHash + npmHash for the v1.2.11 tag (commit cc98b7f7). Hashes computed via 'nix-prefetch-url --unpack' and 'prefetch-npm-deps package-lock.json' against the tagged tree. cc --- flake.nix | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix index d81ba561f..c484a8192 100644 --- a/flake.nix +++ b/flake.nix @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ # VERSION BUMP: update version, rev, and hashes # when tagging a new release. # ────────────────────────────────────────────── - qbzVersion = "1.2.10"; + qbzVersion = "1.2.11"; qbzRev = "v${qbzVersion}"; - srcHash = "sha256-cPe7J0KtcTQFfjhNL9giRPLx2VwHsUYRDV/ZM/2dFas="; - npmHash = "sha256-MYBxnLGSz4MyrpdNKUIBtnA6HFimPwrcEOYOGSbS5AY="; + srcHash = "sha256-6KAm9dZBNwjEcmaKTWSq4r91Cu1f6Fqr3G9Z//FaOCU="; + npmHash = "sha256-Iz5QzSsMhP/82kANYOhZftX7n1wrLeTUI5Hda/JM0pE="; in { packages.default = pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {