Hey there! Recently returned from vacation and started work on improving the music player and fixing many other issues with PlayStatus!
New Language Support
- Added Russian as a selectable language for PlayStatus. Translation was provided by u/Pokemonultra2 -- thanks again!
Music Player Fixes
- Fixed multiple issues relating to the spectrum audio visualizer.
- Massively improved efficiency of music cache, reducing cache size by upwards of 70-80%.
- Fixed multiple issues relating to loading & saving thumbnails for music.
- Improved reliability of NPSM (Now Playing Session Manager -- related to audio handling for other music applications outside PlayStatus), although still some room for improvement.
Music Player Improvements
- Added a noise gate for the audio visualizer to improve accuracy.
- Added support for more EQ filter types including LOW_PASS, HIGH_PASS, BAND_PASS, and NOTCH.
UI Bug Fixes
- Fixed multiple issues where controls may not receive hover events.
- Fixed panels forcing the application to focus, no matter where the mouse is (i.e., not hovering any window/control).
- Fixed cases where PlayStatus would unintentionally refocus/unfocus the window.
UI Improvements
- UI has been modified to follow a more 'skeuomorphic' design. This design will continue to be improved in future updates.
- Panels can now be dragged by clicking and dragging the 'title' bar (top 15px).
- Added tooltips to controls to improve user experience.
General Performance Improvements
- Improved performance of multiple GPU shaders, including using precomputed weights for Gaussian based blurring algorithms.
- Improved the multithreading ability of multiple parts behind the scenes, including animations for controls, audio processing, and more.
Keep a look-out for more updates soon!