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Nora Changelog

What's new in Nora 3.0.0

May 10, 2024
  • New Features and Updates:
  • Added an experimental full-screen player mode. Fixes #222.
  • Added support for translating lyrics. Fixes #239.
  • Added support for dynamic themes based on the currently playing song.
  • Added experimental support auto-updating Nora.
  • Added support for navigation between prompts for supported prompts.
  • Greatly reduced unnecessary re-renders in turn improving overall performance.
  • Added a feature to prevent the display from going to sleep in situations with no user activity like displaying lyrics.
  • Moved notifications to the bottom right corner of the window.
  • Added support for Discord Rich Presence.
  • Added a progress bar to the bottom of the full-screen player.
  • Added keyboard shortcuts to control prompt menu back/forward navigation buttons.
  • Added Turkish translations. Thanks @mikropsoft.
  • Added support for filtering songs and artists in selected pages.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Greatly improved palette generation duration. (90% faster)
  • Fixed some localization bugs in Nora.
  • Fixed a bug where Nora doesn't send albumArtist data when scrobbling songs.
  • Improved performance when sending scrobbling and now playing data to Last.fm.
  • Fixed a bug where albums related to artists are not shown.
  • Fixed a bug where special characters are not shown when localizing text in Nora.
  • Fixed a bug where metadata updates of songs outside the library fail.
  • Improved animations when displaying lyrics.
  • Fixed a bug where the auto-scrolling button in LyricsPage doesn't have a tooltip label.
  • Fixed a bug where the close button shows an incorrect tooltip label.
  • Updated English translations. Thanks @JustCallMeQuincy.
  • Added a CODE_OF_CONDUCT file to the repository.
  • Fixed a bug where buttons and dropdowns don't have enough contrast to read text when a background image is displayed.
  • ListeningActivityBarGraph now shows ListeningActivityBars according to the available width.
  • Added a possible fix to a missing dependency for Nora when launching in Linux-based operating systems.
  • Improved animations in notifications.
  • Fixed a bug where the app window would be hidden if the monitor it was in got disconnected.
  • Fixed a bug where app storage metrics show incorrect metrics when the app is installed in other than the C: drive.
  • Improved import playlist performance.
  • Fixed a bug where importing the Favorites playlist will make the app unresponsive due to many like/dislike notifications.
  • Fixed a bug where Nora will forget about sub-folders inside parent folders.
  • Improved app performance when displaying synced lyrics.
  • Fixed a bug where lyrics copyright info is positioned incorrectly in the full-screen player.
  • Fixed a bug where Nora doesn't check for LRC files in the custom LRC file path.
  • Fixed a bug where lyrics with the same timestamps don't appear correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where users can't change pages through the sidebar when the app language is changed to other than English.
  • Fixed showing the musixmatch disclaimer twice in the disclaimer dialog.

New in Nora 2.5.0 (Dec 14, 2023)

  • New Features and Updates:
  • Added localization support for Nora.
  • Added a setting to change the language in Nora.
  • Added support for reading album artists in songs.
  • Added support reading and writing song lyrics to .LRC files. Fixes #215.
  • Added a feature to play the next/previous lyrics line using Alt + Up/Down shortcuts for synced lyrics in LyricsPage. Fixes #216.
  • Added support for 10-band equalizer.
  • Added partial support for saving song album artist.
  • Added migrations support for local storage.
  • Added support for saving LRC files in a separate folder other than the folder where the relevant song is located.
  • Added support for renaming the playlist.
  • Scrobble song requests now include albumArtist data.
  • Sorting songs with track number now also considers their disk numbers. Fixes #211.
  • Added up next song popup for the mini-player.
  • Added a button to clear app local storage data.
  • Added support for holding metadata saves if that song is currently being played to prevent player confusions and song corruptions.
  • Added support for saving lyrics to an LRC file if edited through the SongTagsEditingPage.
  • CurrentQueuePage now shows the remaining time of the queue.
  • Added a new button to add an instrumental line below when editing lyrics lines.
  • Added a duration bar for lyrics lines to display current line duration.
  • Added auto scrolling as a button in CurrentQueuePage.
  • Added support for recording and storing song seek data.
  • Most seeked position and the seeked frequency of a song will be displayed in the SongInfoPage.
  • Added a new icon to show the lower volume level.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Improved app performance when parsing large libraries and toggling favorites.
  • Improved how index numbers are displayed in songs.
  • Improved animations overall fluidness of the app.
  • Fixed a bug where multiple selections add duplicates to the selections.
  • Fixed a bug where albums persist from the previous page when in ArtistPage page if the previous ArtistPage had albums but the current one doesn't. Fixes #202.
  • Fixed a bug where lyrics offset is showed as positive even though it is set to negative.
  • Fixed a bug where total song duration in Playlists, CurrentQueue are reset to if they count to more than 24 hours.
  • Fixed padding issues when displaying song index.
  • Fixed a bug where default artist artworks are not displayed.
  • Fixed a bug where albums are created using data from artist tag in a song instead of the albumArtist tag.
  • Fixed a bug where sorting option is not saved in FoldersPage and PlaylistInfoPage.
  • Fixed a bug where the user cannot remove unsynchronized lyrics from a song.
  • Fixed a bug where listening data are not recorded if the song is being repeated.
  • Fixed a bug where Last.FM scrobbling data is not sent if the song is being repeated.
  • Fixed a bug where images flash when components re-render.
  • Fixed a bug where correct equalizer preset name is not displayed when changing different presets.
  • Fixed a bug where SongTagsEditingPage shows that there are metadata updates even though there aren't any when opening the page.
  • Improved enhanced synchronized lyrics support.
  • Fixed a bug where the last lyric line shows its range ends in Infinity.
  • Improved animations when displaying enhanced lyrics.
  • Fixed a bug where background image doesn't update when a new artist artwork is downloaded in ArtistInfoPage.

New in Nora 2.4.3 (Oct 21, 2023)

  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Updated dependencies to fix some security vulnerabilities.

New in Nora 2.4.2 (Sep 10, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug where the installer doesn't include required environment variables.
  • Fixed a bug where users can't apply custom musixmatch tokens.
  • Fixed a bug where users can't authenticate with Last.FM.

New in Nora 2.4.0 (Sep 9, 2023)

  • New Features and Updates:
  • Added support for authenticating Last.FM users from Nora.
  • Added support for Last.Fm scrobbling. Fixes #187.
  • Added support for sending favorites data to Last.Fm.
  • Added support for sending now-playing song info to Last.FM.
  • Added a feature that shows similar artists and relevant hashtags for an artist when in the ArtistInfopage.
  • Added a feature that shows similar tracks of a song when in the SongInfoPage.
  • Added a feature that shows unavailable tracks and a summary of the album when in the AlbumInfoPage.
  • Added support for saving the window state so that Nora starts from the previous window state (e.g.: full-screen).
  • Added support for viewing both synchronized and Un-synchronized lyrics in the SongTagsEditingPage.
  • Added a pane to display additional info about the song in the SongInfoPage.
  • Added a new Account Settings section to the SettingsPage.
  • Added icons to buttons in the LyricsEditingPage.
  • Added a button to go to LyricsEditingPage from the LyricsPage.
  • Added an alert in the SongTagsEditingPage if there are pending lyrics to be written to a song.
  • Added an option to display song track number instead of the index number when in Albums Info Page. Fixes #194.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed a bug where suggestion prompts don't hide when clicked on the button with an up arrow.
  • Updated the feature to edit the next line's start tag with the current line's end tag and vice versa automatically.
  • Fixed a bug where saved lyrics will be overwritten if the user selected the 'Synchronized Lyrics Only' or 'Un-synchronized and Synchronized Lyrics Only' options to save lyrics automatically and clicked the 'Show Online Lyrics' button.
  • Fixed a bug where ignoring DuplicateArtistsSuggestions and SeparateArtistsSuggestions are not working.
  • Fixed a bug where the 'No lyrics found' message will be shown in the LyricsPage when you try to view online lyrics that are not available for a song but have offline lyrics.
  • Improved performance when displaying songs in CurrentQueuePage.
  • Improved app logs to display the destination of the log.
  • Improved app performance and reduced time taken when opening songs from File Explorer.
  • Improved performance when opening Albums, Playlists, and Genres with bigger song lists.
  • Updated outdated dependencies and fixed dependency vulnerabilities.
  • Updated some icons in the app.
  • Fixed a bug where saving automatically downloaded lyrics may confuse the audio player to skip the song. Fixes #192.
  • Fixed a bug where ignoring DuplicateArtistsSuggestions and SeparateArtistsSuggestions are not working.
  • Fixed a bug where automatically downloaded lyrics may try to save to songs that do not support modifying song metadata.
  • Fixed a bug where songs show the original artwork instead of the optimized artwork and sometimes may fail to load the optimized artwork.
  • Fixed a bug where duplicate album entries are added to artists when songs with the same album and artist are parsed. Fixes #191.
  • Fixed a bug where the sorting state of songs in MusicFoldersPage is not being saved.
  • Fixed a bug where search results from SongTagsEditingPage for artists, albums, and genres are fixed to a maximum limit of 5.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking 'Play All' shuffles the queue.
  • Fixed a bug where Ctrl + Click an item doesn't select it.
  • Fixed a bug where user cannot use Shift + Click and Control + Click selection combinations simultaneously.
  • Fixed a bug where suggestions don't get minimized when the up-arrow button is clicked.

New in Nora 2.3.0 (Jul 1, 2023)

  • New Features and Features:
  • Added support for enhanced synced lyrics in Nora (Experimental).
  • Added support for syncing unsynced lyrics right from the app (Experimental).
  • Added support for importing and exporting app data (Experimental).
  • Added support for importing and exporting playlists (Experimental).
  • Added support for editing the tracking number of songs from the app (Experimental).
  • Added support for re-parsing songs on demand to fix any errors that occurred when parsing the song (Experimental).
  • Added support for animated artworks (Experimental).
  • Added support for saving automatically downloaded lyrics when in LyricsPage.
  • Added a button next to Most Loved Songs on the Home page which directs to the Favorites playlist.
  • Added the feature to save artwork with the selected artwork's name.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed a bug where the app may crash in mini-player mode when using Window's window snap feature.
  • Improved app error handling when parsing songs.
  • Fixed a bug where the text style of Unknown artist is inconsistent across different pages.
  • Fixed a bug where scrolling to the page section is not working.
  • Added a fix for flickering issues in notifications with progress indicators.
  • Fixed a bug where the Update token button in the Musixmatch Settings prompt is not disabled even though the typed token is the same saved token.
  • Fixed a bug where the Show token button is not disabled when opening Musixmatch Settings prompt with a previously saved token.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking the Adjust Playback Speed context menu option doesn't point you to the correct section of Settings.
  • Increased the brightness of Song Card artworks.
  • Fixed a bug where some messages sent from the main process to the renderer have timestamps.
  • Fixed a bug where songs in an album don't show their respective album name.
  • Fixed some additional padding on All Result Pages.
  • Improved app performance by limiting re-rendering in unwanted situations.
  • Reduced the size of media control buttons in the Mini player.
  • Fixed a bug where blacklisted icons in Song cards aren't positioned correctly.
  • Fixed some bugs related to recording listening data.
  • Fixed some brightness issues in SongCard.
  • Fixed a bug where albums with the same names get categorized into the same album even though they have different artists.
  • Moved the toggle predictive search button into the search bar.
  • Fixed some styling issues in SongTagsEditingPage.
  • Linked Nora's website to the app.
  • Moved lyrics-related settings from the Audio Playback section to the new 'Lyrics' section in Settings.
  • Fixed a bug where the app doesn't start with the previous window's dimensions.
  • Fixed a bug where sometimes the app doesn't show an error message when the player stops due to an error.
  • Moved musixmatch metadata result from the bottom of the list to the top.
  • Linked Nora's official website to the app.
  • Improved the render cycle timings to improve app performance.
  • Marked notifications as a low priority to improve performance.
  • Fixed a bug where songs inside lists like playlists, genres, albums, etc don't play the whole list when clicking the play button on a song.
  • Fixed a bug where CurrentQueuePage doesn't get updated when shuffled.
  • Fixed a bug where incorrect colors are used for inputs in the SongTagsEditingPage.
  • Fixed a bug where the contents of the TitleBar are not visible when the app is in light mode and displaying a background image.
  • Fixed a bug where listening data sessions record listening data even though the song is paused.
  • Fixed some dependency security vulnerabilities.
  • Improved app logs.

New in Nora 2.2.0 (May 20, 2023)

  • New Features and Features:
  • Added the feature to save some images that appear in the app.
  • Added an experimental fix for the bug where other music players like Groove Music don't recognize artworks edited by
  • Nora.
  • Added a new keyboard shortcut to quickly navigate to Search.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Improved the artists' splitting algorithm of suggestions.
  • Fixed a bug where images and lyrics lines are draggable.
  • Fixed a bug where playlist images aren't positioned correctly when the "artworks made from song covers" feature is
  • enabled.
  • Fixed a bug in which the app doesn't inform the user if the metadata update process fails.
  • Improved the app version matching algorithm and fixed a bug where the app informs the user about a new update even
  • though app the is in the latest version.
  • Fixed a test contrast issue on the Artist Info page.
  • Known Issues and Bugs:
  • Sometimes updating song artwork may need an app restart to show on app
  • The app may crash in mini-player mode when trying to use window snap feature

New in Nora 2.1.0 (May 14, 2023)

  • New Features and Features:
  • Added a new design for the song cards on the Home page. Thanks to @Shapalapa for the design inspiration.
  • Now songs show their album name next to their artist names.
  • Added support for a new suggestion in the SongInfoPage that gets triggered when there are names of featured artists in the title of a song asking to add them to the song artists.
  • Added the 'go to album' option to the context menu of songs.
  • Added a feature to show the details of the song when right-clicking to get the context menu.
  • Linked the new Nora Official Discord server with the app.
  • Now, the SearchPage won't limit the no of results you can see to 5 on some components.
  • Added experimental support for the offset tag in synced lyrics.
  • Added a new hotkey to change the playback speed. Fixes #168.
  • Added support for a range of playback speeds instead of a predefined list.
  • Added experimental feature as the default sorting option for songs in an album according to their track number. Fixes #169.
  • Added a new context menu option for folders to show the relevant folder on the Windows Explorer.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed some bugs related to draggable songs in the queue. Fixes #63.
  • Fixed some bugs related to sorting content in the app. Fixes #156.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking Play next would add the song next to the next song.
  • Updated the context menu options by right-clicking the current song info container in the footer. Fixes #160 and #158.
  • Fixed a bug where deleting the current playing song wouldn't remove it from the current queue.
  • Fixed some bugs related to lyrics not being read from the audio source.
  • Fixed a bug where app UI goes out of bounds. Fixes #157.
  • Fixed a possible bug where media control buttons don't work as expected. Fixes #166.
  • Removed predictive search when searching for artists, albums, and genres in the SongTagsEditingPage.
  • Updated components to show information about the content when right-clicking a component.
  • Fixed some image scaling issues in ArtistInfoPage.
  • Fixed a bug where adding song metadata from the internet with new album data doesn't count the song artwork to the album artwork.
  • Improved the app's responsiveness to various screen sizes. Fixes #128.
  • Updated the file association icons to show the relevant file type.
  • Fixed a bug related to synced lyrics saved in audio files.
  • Fixed a bug where sometimes users can't see the artist name when in ArtistInfoPage due to contrast issues between light and dark modes.
  • Improved the artist detection algorithm of the SeparateArtistsSuggestion.
  • Improved app performance by loading only necessary components to display.
  • Fixed a bug where the context menu overflows out of the visible part of the app's window.
  • Fixed some bugs related to how SongCards display in the HomePage when different screen sizes.
  • Added a new line with "•••" as the first line of synced lyrics.
  • Fixed a bug where metrics in ListeningActivityBarGraph overflow out of its container.
  • Fixed a bug where the Download Synced Lyrics button in the metadata editing page keeps spinning even though fetching lyrics failed.
  • Improved the app version detection algorithm of the app.
  • Updated Musixmatch Settings to show a message about the token updating process.
  • Fixed a bug where library updates don't reflect on the AllSearchResultsPage.

New in Nora 2.0.0 (Apr 23, 2023)

  • New Features and Features:
  • Added the 'Generate Palettes' button to the About section of the Settings to generate palettes on demand.
  • Added playback-only experimental support for audio formats like FLAC, AAC, and M4R. Fixes #148 , #142, #154 .
  • Added support for viewing storage usage by the app.
  • Added experimental support for an improved folder structure. Fixes #134.
  • Added experimental support for suggestions for duplicate artists and artists identified as single artists. Fixes #140.
  • Added a new context option for the currently playing song artwork to the currently playing song's album. Fixes #149.
  • Added a new banner to the SongTagsEditingPage when trying to edit song formats supported for playback only.
  • Added experimental support to generate a playlist cover automatically from the songs inside with the support to randomize the artworks as an additional feature. Fixes #145.
  • Added new options to configure the automatically generated playlist cover in the Preferences section of Settings.
  • Added experimental support for an Audio Equalizer to the app. Fixes #151.
  • Added a new prompt for the user to customize chosen folders before parsing them. Fixes #134.
  • Added a new feature to reduce animations when the system is on battery power.
  • Added a new feature to change the playback speed of the player.
  • Added a new button to the right side of the app's footer for advanced playback options.
  • Added a new smooth scrolling feature to pages that directs users to specific parts of the page.
  • Added a new title next to the artwork in the queue to show the queue type.
  • Added support for responsive song cards in the Home.
  • Add a new transition effect for some icons.
  • Added support to toggle between predictive search and normal search.
  • Added support for highlighting more than one lyrics line at a time. Fixes #135.
  • Added a new artwork filter for Deezer artist artworks to prevent showing artwork placeholders.
  • Added a new auto-scrolling feature for the Queue page to scroll to the currently playing song on song skip.
  • Added a new feature to show some info about the song to be played next in the currently playing song info container periodically.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Reduced the parsing time of a newly created library by around 30%.
  • Fixed a bug where the app theme will change when changing the system's theme even though the user didn't select to use the system theme in the app.
  • Fixed a bug where the theme of the taskbar playback control buttons changed with the app theme instead of the system theme.
  • Fixed a bug where removing a song from an album with only one song doesn't remove the album.
  • Fixed some bugs related to sorting folders.
  • Fixed a bug where users can't go to the same page with different data. For example, the user can't go to another artist's info page while staying on another artist's info page.
  • Migrated the Music Folders section from Settings to the Music Folders page in the sidebar.
  • Fixed a bug where Sidebar becomes cluttered in smaller resolutions. Fixes #136.
  • Updated some texts in the SongTagsEditingPage.
  • Fixed a bug where users can save the same song tags again and again in the SongTagsEditingPage.
  • Improved directory handling by the app.
  • Reduced the brightness of background artwork.
  • Fixed a bug where error messages and stack traces aren't being added to the log file.
  • Fixed a bug where updating song id3 tags doesn't update album metadata.
  • Fixed a bug where the app doesn't check for updates after the connection was established.
  • Fixed a bug where the focus state of a button persists even after the button is clicked.
  • Fixed a bug where SongTagsEditingPage allows checking for song online results even though the app isn't connected to the internet.
  • Fixed a bug where disabled buttons show a loading animation. Fixes #139.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking the recent search results and clicking another element to go to another page and come back doesn't persist the clicked recent search result in the search page.
  • Fixed a bug where the user can't update the artwork of a playlist after creating it.
  • Fixed a bug where images aren't being shown on the app after they were updated due to caching.
  • Fixed a bug where the app could go into an infinite error loop if there were any playback errors that the app couldn't handle it.
  • Fixed flickering issues on some components when they were being updated.
  • Fixed a bug where images show the alt text when hovered.
  • Increased the font weight of the text in the sidebar.
  • Fixed a bug where artist images shown next to the currently playing song cover aren't positioned correctly.
  • Fixed a bug in Metadata Editing Page where the album cover is always the current song cover.
  • Fixed a bug where selecting 'Add Selected' or 'Add All' when choosing song metadata results from the internet doesn't update the artists, albums, and genres I the editing page. Fixes
  • 138.
  • Improved accessibility in the Song Metadata Editor.
  • Improved transitions in prompt menus.
  • Fixed a bug where closing the prompt menu will flicker the menu.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking the Most Relevant Album doesn't open the relevant Album page.
  • Fixed a bug where artist names on the Song Info page aren't positioned.
  • Fixed some bugs related to customizing selected metadata prompt.
  • Fixed a bug where hovering over seek bars show an incorrect value.
  • Fixed a bug where the message 'No Synced Lyrics Found' persists after disabling the lyrics.
  • Added support for selecting multiple items by Shift + Click and select all by clicking Ctrl + A. Fixes
  • 143.
  • Fixed a bug where the loading element in a button isn't positioned correctly.
  • Improved accessibility in SongTagsEditingPage.
  • Fixed a bug where the F5 shortcut to reload doesn't work for other programs when Nora is opened. Fixes #155.
  • Fixed a bug where resetting the app doesn't clear local storage data.
  • Reduced the space required to save listening data information by around 90%.
  • Fixed a bug where resetting the app doesn't remove the data related to blacklists.
  • Fixed a bug where Mini-player doesn't follow the reduced motion.
  • Fixed a bug where adding a song to play next to the last song of the queue will not be played.
  • Fixed a bug where users can go to the same page repeatedly.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking a button to go to a specific page twice would direct users to Home.
  • Fixed a bug where folder modifications are not recognized in folder structures.
  • Updated some styles in prompts.
  • Fixed a bug where the Img component tries to fetch 404 requests repeatedly.
  • Fixed a bug where users can download lyrics in the lyrics editor even though the app is not connected to the internet.
  • Updated some styles in the Release Notes prompt and open_source_licenses prompt.
  • Reordered buttons in the About section of Settings.
  • Fixed some security vulnerabilities in the app.

New in Nora 1.2.0 (Mar 9, 2023)

  • New Features and Features:
  • Added a new App Stats section to the Settings Page.
  • Added a new notification type showing the progression of the song parsing and song deletion processes.
  • Added a 'See All' button for the Recently Added Songs and Recently Played Songs sections on HomePage. Closes #118.
  • Added the functionality to change the scroll event's increment interval when hovering over audio and volume seek bars. Closes #133.
  • Added a volume seek bar to the mini-player. Closes #126.
  • Revamped some settings in the SettingsPage.
  • Improved performance in pages when loading with bigger libraries.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed a bug where the Lyrics Page shows the button to 'show saved lyrics' when there aren't any in the audio file. Fixes #119.
  • Fixed a bug where users can't save lyrics for songs outside the library.
  • Fixed a bug where songs outside the library show 'unknown title' without showing the audio file name when the title tag is empty. Fixes #124.
  • Fixed a bug where folders with higher privileges like 'System Volume Information' prevent adding them to the app.
  • Fixed a bug where pressing F5 reloads the app even though the window isn't focused. Fixes #129.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking the close button in Mini-player closes the app even though 'Close to system tray' is enabled. Fixes #125.
  • Fixed a bug where Folders Page shows an 'unknown folder name' without showing the folder path when an external drive is added as a folder.
  • Fixed a bug where Release Notes Prompt's important notes aren't positioned properly inside the container.
  • Fixed a bug where Albums Page shows more than the required album columns.
  • Improved performance of the app when opening songs from the file explorer.
  • Improved the functionality when restoring blacklisted songs.
  • Improved accessibility features of the app.
  • Updated the UI on the Genre Info Page and Album Info Page.
  • Updated app dependencies.

New in Nora 1.1.0 (Feb 26, 2023)

  • New Features and Features:
  • Support for editing audio files outside the library.
  • Support for further customizations when downloading song metadata from the internet.
  • Support for folder blacklisting and improvements for song blacklisting.
  • Added an indicator to show whether an artist is liked or not.
  • Added new keyboard shortcuts to go to forward and backward pages and to change the app theme.
  • New BlacklistFolderConfirmPrompt and improvements for BlacklistSongConfirmPrompt.
  • Support for audio seeking or changing the volume through mouse scrolling by hovering over the seek bar and the volume bar.
  • Support for caching song data played from outside the library to improve performance when playing them again in the same session.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Improvements for error handling related to network requests.
  • Removed Backlisted Songs section in the Settings Page.
  • Fixed a bug where Mini Player shows un-scrollable unsynchronized lyrics.
  • Fixed a bug where artworks without a 1:1 aspect ratio break the alignment of how the songs are displayed.
  • Added a new sort option for SongsPage and FoldersPage to sort blacklisted and whitelisted folders and songs.
  • Fixed a bug where temp artworks aren't getting cleaned up after the app closes.
  • Fixed a bug where artists aren't being sorted properly.
  • Fixed some bugs where some pages not updating their contents according to data events.
  • Fixed a bug where removing a song doesn't trigger 'playlists' and 'genres' data events.
  • Fixed a bug where some artist sort options aren't working as expected.
  • Fixed a bug where toggling 'like song' in Song or SongCard doesn't get updated in the currentSongData and vice versa.
  • Fixed a bug where Artist not showing the default artist cover when there is no artwork for an artist.
  • Fixed a bug where FoldersPage doesn't get updated when a song gets deleted or added.
  • Fixed a bug where online lyrics are not being saved to the audio file.
  • Fixed a bug where some pages like HomePage, and CurrentQueuePage not updating songs when a song gets blacklisted.
  • Reduced image file sizes by using them in webp format.
  • Removed change theme button on the title bar.
  • Updated Musixmatch Lyrics Disclaimer.

New in Nora 1.0.0 (Feb 19, 2023)

  • New Features and Updates:
  • Now LyricsPage will show the copyright info of the lyrics at the bottom of the page.
  • Metadata of Musixmatch for songs now includes artworks from Spotify.
  • Auto-scrolling of synced lyrics can be toggled now in the LyricsPage.
  • Ability to sort songs relative to the released year.
  • Song component now displays the song released year.
  • Now Nora can read and write to audio files with a synchronisedLyrics meta tag.
  • Added abort controller support for most resource-intensive functions to stop them in case of an emergency.
  • Added a new feature to allow users to select whether the app window should hide in the system tray or close by clicking the close button.
  • Added a new feature to allow users to determine whether the app should start as hidden when the startup is enabled.
  • Added an entry to the system tray with some controls of the app such as show/hide and exit.
  • Added the feature to disable the Checkbox component.
  • Added a new button to refresh lyrics so that if incorrect lyrics are shown it will re-fetch the correct lyrics.
  • Added a new button to show offline lyrics when after the user has requested the online lyrics.
  • Added a new placeholder image for MusicFoldersPage when there are no any folders.
  • Added a new AppShortcutsPrompt that shows app shortcuts.
  • Added a setting to change the Musixmatch token.
  • Added support to get metadata for songs from iTunes.
  • Added the functionality to start selecting multiple items by holding the shift key and selecting an item.
  • Added support for sorting on a lot of pages including AlbumsPage, FoldersPage, AlbumsInfoPage, etc.
  • Added new FoldersPage to side bar of the app.
  • Added new MusicFolderInfoPage for songs in folders.
  • Added a Clear All button for the notification panel.
  • Added a Spotify artwork fetching script for song metadata.
  • Added a new button to save online lyrics to a song while watching it on LyricsPage.
  • Added a queue for parseSong to prevent songs from being parsed twice.
  • Added a new title bar for the LyricsPage that shows new buttons that provides features such as Save online lyrics etc.
  • Added Lyrics to Mini Player.
  • Added support for experimental for multiple search keywords in Search.
  • Ability to toggle artists as favorites.
  • Added a new default artwork for albums.
  • Refactored code into smaller modules for easier readability.
  • Improved search functionality
  • Added error boundaries to catch errors on app.
  • Ability to disable new update alerts for the current version.
  • Added a new feature where artists' artworks can be shown on the audio-controls panel.
  • Now most relevant results in SearchPage will be more relevant to the search query.
  • New network connection indicator on the header.
  • Now users can fetch song metadata from the internet and update their songs.
  • Support for Synced Lyrics.
  • Lyrics from Musixmatch (Implementation from Fashni's MxLRC package).
  • Now users can go back and forward through different pages.
  • Now users can select multiple songs, artists, etc, and do specific tasks with them.
  • New background artworks when viewing ArtistsPage, SongInfoPage, etc.
  • Now users can add artworks to user-created playlists.
  • Support for recording listening patterns.
  • New metrics about listening patterns of a song in SongInfoPage.
  • Now users can clear search history results.
  • Now users can play songs in a specific genre directly from the GenreInfoPage.
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Improved musixmatch lyrics matching which helps to send correct lyrics for songs.
  • Reduced font size on context menu items.
  • Updated the UI of some components of the app.
  • Updated musixmatchSettingsPrompt with a link to how to generate a new user token.
  • Updated app dependencies, removed unnecessary dependencies, and fixed some dependency vulnerabilities.
  • Updated the maximum dimensions that can be achieved by the Mini Player.
  • Updated AUDIO_FADE_INTERVAL and AUDIO_FADE_DURATION.
  • Resolved some path issues on the Playlist component.
  • Improved app updates functionality.
  • Fixed a styling issue where material symbols show icon text instead of icon until it loads its resources.
  • Fixed a bug where resetting the app while parsing the library wouldn't stop the parsing process.
  • Fixed a bug where the app opens the ReleaseNotesPrompt even though there is no new update to the app.
  • Fixed a bug where the app won't start with the previously played song position after an app restart.
  • Fixed a bug where resetting the app doesn't remove the listening_data.json file.
  • Fixed a bug where the shuffle state is not saved when the app is closing.
  • Fixed a bug where the toggling mute state doesn't work when using the keyboard shortcuts.
  • Fixed a bug where deleting a currently playing song puts the app in an infinite loop of errors.
  • Fixed a bug where HomePage isn't getting updated when a recently played song got deleted.
  • Fixed a bug where lyrics are shown with a small delay.
  • Fixed a bug where song controls show incorrect metrics such as showing that the song is paused even though the song is playing.
  • Fixed a bug where lyrics are fetched without obeying provided filters.
  • Fixed a bug where song listening data is not getting recorded.
  • Fixed a bug where resources are not being loaded due to resource urls having query parameters.
  • Fixed a bug where the app shows the error prompt when a user deletes a song.
  • Fixed a styling issue where the 'drop song here' message prompt was not positioned correctly.
  • Fixed components re-rendering even though they didn't get any new data.
  • Fixed a bug where some keyboard shortcuts not working when in MiniPlayer.
  • Fixed a bug where notifications aren't removed when reduced motion is enabled.
  • Fixed a bug where the app is looking for search results with empty strings or strings with only spaces.
  • Fixed a bug where ListeningActivityBarGraph not showing listening data metrics.
  • Fixed some styling issues that appeared on the SongArtist component.
  • Fixed a bug where mediaSession controls are not working as intended.
  • Fixed some error boundary fallback ui styles.
  • Fixed some styling issues in Song and SongsPage.
  • Fixed a bug where the song components in some pages not showing the song year.
  • Fixed mini player lyrics not positioning to the center.
  • Fixed a bug where ReleaseNotesPrompt shows that the app is in the latest version even though there is no network connection.
  • Fixed an overflowing issue on some pages.
  • Fixed a bug where updating artwork on a song wouldn't show it on the app instantly due to image caching.
  • Fixed a bug where lyrics not showing instrumental gaps of a song in lyrics.
  • Fixed a bug where lyrics are not being identified as synced.
  • Fixed a bug on CurrentQueuePage where the current playing song is not positioned correctly.
  • Fixed some text styling issues on PlaylistInfoPage.
  • Fixed a bug on the ConfirmDeletePlaylist prompt not positioning elements correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where a blacklisted song showed an incorrect index.
  • Fixed a bug on the render process where a memory leak occurs due to subscribing for max no. of preload's event listeners.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking on Artist not directing to ArtistsInfoPage.
  • Fixed a bug where clicking on Genre not directing to GenresInfoPage.
  • Fixed a bug on PromptMenu where it doesn't wait for the fade-out animation to end to clear content on the PromptMenu.
  • Fixed a bug on MostRelevantResult where clicking on it doesn't direct to the specified info page.
  • Fixed a bug on PromptMenu where quick menus opened in full-screen or in maximized windows will make its content appear blurred.
  • Fixed Artist component showing wrong default artwork.
  • Fixed some contrast issues

New in Nora 0.8.1 Alpha (Dec 19, 2022)

  • Oto Music for Desktop will be rebranded as Nora in an upcoming update. This minor update provides a facility to show users about the upcoming update.
  • Updates:
  • Updated app to notify users about the upcoming rebrand.
  • Updated app updater to notify about the upcoming app update and direct users to it.