When comparing "X" vs "The X" variants, now fetches actual albums
and counts only studio albums (main discography) instead of total
album count. This filters out:
- Tributes (albums by other artists)
- Compilations (greatest hits, best of)
- Unofficial releases (bootlegs, broadcasts)
- Live albums
- EPs and singles
Uses the same categorization logic as the frontend (qobuzAdapters.ts).
This provides cleaner matching, e.g., "The Beatles" with 200+ studio
albums vs "Beatles" tribute compilation with 2 albums.
- Update version to 1.1.6-rc for release candidate testing
- Add Linux ARM64/aarch64 build workflow
- Uses ubuntu-24.04-arm GitHub runner (free for public repos)
- Builds .deb, .rpm, .AppImage, and AUR tarball for ARM64
- Workflow isolated with continue-on-error to not block x86_64 builds
Previous implementation had a critical bug in the shuffle algorithm
that used the same seed value for all iterations, resulting in
weak/predictable shuffling.
Changes:
- Add rand crate dependency for proper PRNG
- Fix Fisher-Yates to use unique random value per iteration
- Use StdRng with timestamp-based seed for reproducible randomness
- Each shuffle iteration now gets a new random number from the RNG
This fixes shuffle working inconsistently across different contexts
(albums, playlists, continuous play).
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- Add alsa 0.9 as Linux-only dependency
- Will replace CPAL-based ALSA backend with direct alsa-rs implementation
- Required to properly access hw:X,Y devices for bit-perfect playback
Backend changes:
- Add audio_diagnostics module to read actual hardware sample rate from /proc/asound
- New command get_hardware_audio_status() parses hw_params for real-time monitoring
- Add glob dependency for file pattern matching
Frontend (AudioOutputBadges):
- Implement 3-state DAC badge system:
- Green: DAC passthrough working correctly (rates match)
- Yellow: DAC passthrough ON but resampling detected (warning)
- Gray: DAC passthrough OFF (intentionally disabled)
- Dynamic tooltips showing actual hardware sample rate
- Compare file sample rate vs hardware sample rate
- Increase tooltip z-index to 9999 to prevent occlusion issues
- Add pointer-events: none to tooltip to prevent interaction issues
Frontend (SettingsView):
- Replace hardcoded "192 kHz" with dynamic hardware sample rate
- Load and display actual hardware audio status
- Show format details (e.g., S32_LE) when available
- Display "No active playback" when no audio is playing
- Add muted styling for inactive state
Frontend (QualityBadge):
- Add native tooltip showing tier and format
- Add cursor: help to indicate interactivity
i18n:
- Add "noActivePlayback" translations (EN/ES)
This allows users to verify bit-perfect playback is working and detect
resampling issues that would compromise audio quality.
L1 (Memory): 300MB for ~3-4 Hi-Res tracks, instant access
L2 (Disk): 500MB playback cache at ~/.cache/qbz/playback/
Flow:
- When track evicted from memory, saved to disk cache
- When loading: check memory → disk → download cache → network
- Tracks promoted back to memory when accessed from disk
This reduces re-downloads when navigating back to recently played
tracks in mixed playlists.
Linux workflow:
- Remove xdg-portal feature from tauri-plugin-dialog to fix ashpd/zbus version incompatibility
- The ashpd 0.11.0 crate has breaking changes with zbus 5.x
Flatpak workflow:
- Use build-options.append-path instead of shell export to properly set PATH for SDK extensions
- This ensures npm/rust binaries are available in all build commands
- MiniPlayer now resizes the main window instead of creating a separate floating window
- Cider-inspired UI with large album art, track info, full playback controls
- Progress bar with current/remaining time display
- Shuffle, repeat, volume controls integrated
- Pin/restore buttons to control always-on-top and return to main view
- Fixed tray icon to use transparent PNG from static/icons
- Update CastPicker to show protocol tabs with device counts
- Register DLNA and AirPlay state and commands in lib.rs
- Add Deserialize derive to DlnaMetadata and AirPlayMetadata
- Fix capabilities file (remove unavailable fs permissions)
- Remove unused IpAddr import in media_server.rs
- SQLite-based index for tracking cached tracks
- Disk-based storage for audio files (~/.cache/qbz-nix/audio/)
- Download progress events via Tauri events
- LRU eviction with configurable cache size limit
- Integration with play_track for automatic local playback
- Open cache folder command for system file manager
Import Chromecast, AirPlay, and DLNA casting scaffolding from separate
branches. The module is currently disabled due to:
- Thread safety issues: rust_cast uses Rc internally (not Send)
- API compatibility: rupnp methods have changed
The scaffolding includes:
- Chromecast: mDNS discovery, device connection, media server
- AirPlay: Discovery scaffolding (RAOP playback pending)
- DLNA/UPnP: SSDP discovery scaffolding (playback pending)
To enable casting in the future:
1. Fix rust_cast thread safety (or use spawn_blocking)
2. Update rupnp API calls for current version
3. Add Deserialize derive to metadata types
4. Uncomment cast module in lib.rs
5. Wire up commands in invoke_handler
- Add tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager for reliable clipboard access
- Replace browser clipboard API with Tauri plugin
- Improve error messages in share functions to be more specific
- Add loading indicator for Song.link fetch
- Add keyring crate for secure credential storage (KWallet/GNOME Keyring)
- Create credentials module with save/load/clear functions
- Add auto_login command that uses saved credentials
- Add "Remember me" checkbox to login form (default: checked)
- Auto-login on app startup if credentials are saved
- Clear credentials from keyring on logout
- Show dynamic status during initialization (connecting, checking, logging in)
- Add Discogs API client for fetching missing album artwork
- Add UI button in Local Library settings to fetch missing artwork
- Load .env file at runtime using dotenvy for development
- Fix Last.fm to check runtime env vars as fallback to compile-time
- Use XDG Portal for dialog plugin (cross-desktop compatibility)
- Update README and .env.example with Discogs configuration
- Add support for build-time credentials via LASTFM_API_KEY/LASTFM_API_SECRET env vars
- Add lastfm_has_embedded_credentials command to check for embedded keys
- Add lastfm_open_auth_url command to open browser via native opener
- Simplify UI flow: if embedded credentials exist, just click Connect
- Add cancel button during authorization flow
- Clean up UI when waiting for user to authorize in browser
- Add notify-rust dependency for desktop notifications
- Create notification.rs commands module with show_track_notification and show_notification
- Register notification commands in lib.rs
- Wire up notifications in frontend for all playback scenarios:
- Search results playback
- Album track playback
- Playlist track playback
- Queue navigation and auto-advance
Backend (Rust):
- Add souvlaki crate for MPRIS support on Linux
- Create media_controls module with MediaControlsManager
- Track metadata (title, artist, album, duration, cover)
- Playback state (playing/paused/stopped)
- Wire pause/resume/stop commands to update MPRIS
- Add set_media_metadata Tauri command
Frontend (Svelte):
- Call set_media_metadata when track starts playing
- Send track info to MPRIS for system integration
Now shows track info in system media controls and
supports media key events (logged for now).
- Add app.css import to +layout.svelte (fixes broken/light UI)
- Add logging for audio debugging
- Add image fallbacks for album and track artwork
- Fix sidebar/main-content layout (flex-shrink, min-width)
- Remove placeholder data from HomeView
- Add LoginView and SearchView components
- Update window title and branding to QBZ
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