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Audio Band Changelog

What's new in Audio Band 1.2.3

Sep 21, 2023
  • This version serves as a hot fix for the AlbumArt that broke overnight. (still no clue what happened)

New in Audio Band 1.2.1 (Jul 5, 2023)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix new Like Button popup appearing every time
  • Fix an infinite loop between 2 profiles happening when playing/pausing
  • Several UI & Text improvements (@TechSupport26)
  • Prevent a crash from happening when switching to a non existent profile
  • AudioSource Fixes:
  • Add support for MS Store version of Spotify using the protocol (@imaginarny)
  • Resolve #87
  • Fix iTunes crashing on any non local song

New in Audio Band 1.2.0 (Sep 22, 2022)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix new Like Button popup appearing every time
  • Fix an infinite loop between 2 profiles happening when playing/pausing
  • Several UI & Text improvements (@TechSupport26)
  • Prevent a crash from happening when switching to a non existent profile
  • AudioSource Fixes:
  • Add support for MS Store version of Spotify using the protocol (@imaginarny)
  • Resolve #87
  • Fix iTunes crashing on any non local song

New in Audio Band 0.9.3 Pre-release (Jul 16, 2019)

  • General:
  • (Fix) Fix errors with loading older settings #208
  • (Fix) Fix Spotify refresh token not being saved until a manual save was done.
  • (Fix) Fix settings window jumping around when moved to another monitor with a different dpi #202.
  • Add better unhandled exception handling to prevent crash loops #167
  • Text labels:
  • (Fix) Fix text labels not saving some of their settings #206

New in Audio Band 0.9.1 Pre-release (Jun 5, 2019)

  • General:
  • Fix combo box closing right away when clicked in some cases
  • Fix labels not updating when profile changes

New in Audio Band 0.8.0 Pre-release (Mar 6, 2019)

  • New:
  • High DPI support is now available for Windows 10 anniversary and higher (Tested, but it may work for earlier versions). If you previously scaled the ui, you should scale it back down or everything will be double the size.
  • Notes:
  • Requires .net framework 4.7.
  • Requires Win 10 anniversary or higher for high dpi support
  • This is a prerelease so things may break,
  • Installing (Installer coming soon.)
  • Unzip contents into a directory
  • Run install.cmd as an administrator.
  • There should be a pop-up asking if you want to add the toolbar. Press yes and it should appear in the taskbar
  • 3.5. Audioband can manually be added by right clicking the taskbar > Toolbars > Audio Band
  • Right click the audio band toolbar and select Audio Source > Spotify (currently the only available option)
  • Updating:
  • The easiest way to update is to:
  • Run uninstall.cmd as administrator.
  • Restart explorer.exe if it doesn't.
  • Replace contents
  • Run install.cmd
  • Check that the correct version is installed in In Audio Band Settings > About tab

New in Audio Band 0.7.9 Pre-release (Feb 14, 2019)

  • New:
  • Add IAudioSource nuget package for audio source development
  • Fixes:
  • Spotify should be able to update progress playback progress within the same song.
  • Local files in Spotify should be displayed now. #87

New in Audio Band 0.7.6 Pre-release (Dec 3, 2018)

  • Add iTunes as an audio source. #11
  • Add musicbee as an audio source. #19

New in Audio Band 0.7.4 Pre-release (Nov 25, 2018)

  • Fix new text labels not being saved.

New in Audio Band 0.7.3 Pre-release (Nov 23, 2018)

  • Fixes:
  • Fix access token expiration.

New in Audio Band 0.7.2 Pre-release (Nov 23, 2018)

  • Fixes:
  • Fix the slowdown that occurs in v0.7.1
  • Fix browser still opening after first authentication
  • Fix custom labels reverting back to initial state when cancelling after saving. #50, #51

New in Audio Band 0.7.1 Pre-release (Nov 23, 2018)

  • Additions:
  • Add new settings for spotify including proxy settings and local webserver port settings.
  • Changes:
  • The callback url has changed from http://localhost to http://localhost:80. Make appropriate changes in the spotify dashboard.
  • After authorizing for spotify, the browser window won't have to be reopened next time.
  • Moved to a new settings format. Old settings should be migrated properly but if they didn't there should be a backup of your old settings.
  • Revise settings UI. Everything is now better arranged.
  • New color picker, icons
  • Easier access for custom labels
  • Window is smaller #40

New in Audio Band 0.7.0 Pre-release (Nov 23, 2018)

  • Fixes:
  • Spotify is not working again!
  • Its more effort to setup now and there are still a few issues.
  • There are setup instructions in the readme.

New in Audio Band 0.6.2 Pre-release (Oct 17, 2018)

  • Changes:
  • Add a reset button to reset settings to default
  • Fixes:
  • Fix issue where the previous / next button could not be changed

New in Audio Band 0.6.1 Pre-release (Sep 11, 2018)

  • Completely new settings and customization. Old settings will not be migrated. These are now customizable:
  • General:
  • Audioband size
  • Album art:
  • Visibility, position, size, placeholder image, same with mouseover
  • Progress bar:
  • Visibility, position, size, back and fore colour
  • Text:
  • Multiple text labels can be added and are individually customizable.
  • Visibility, position, size, font family and size, alignment, text color.
  • The text label is also formattable, mouse over the format for more information.
  • Play, previous, next buttons:
  • Visibility, position, size, image
  • Fixes:
  • Fix issues with Spotify and songs with a hyphen in them

New in Audio Band 0.5.1 Pre-release (Aug 29, 2018)

  • Add a workaround after Spotify disabled their local api. #17 for more information and issues

New in Audio Band 0.5.0 Pre-release (Aug 22, 2018)

  • Add logging when loading audio sources to help fix #3
  • Rename connectors folder to AudioSources

New in Audio Band 0.4.2 Pre-release (Jul 20, 2018)

  • Fix error with installing and uninstalling if there is a space in the path. (Thanks @addrum)

New in Audio Band 0.4.1 Pre-release (May 14, 2018)

  • Update NLog dependency
  • Update Spotify API dependency. This should fix issues with the current track not updating properly

New in Audio Band 0.4.0 Pre-release (May 13, 2018)

  • Change album art placeholder
  • Change connector interface to accept a context object

New in Audio Band 0.3.0 Pre-release (Apr 25, 2018)

  • Changes:
  • Logging in %temp%/AudioBand.log to help with debugging
  • Add about tab to audio band settings which shows the current version
  • Fix album art appearing in the top left corner when it is hovered over while audio band is loading

New in Audio Band 0.2.4 Pre-release (Apr 16, 2018)

  • Fix an issue if where the display won't update sometimes if spotify is reopened

New in Audio Band 0.2.3 Pre-release (Apr 15, 2018)

  • Fix fade effect appearing in the incorrect spot when audio band is restarted

New in Audio Band 0.2.2 Pre-release (Apr 12, 2018)

  • Fix the black bars that appear with the fading effect (it was very obvious against a white background)