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QuickBeat Changelog

What's new in QuickBeat 1.6.0.1

May 6, 2024
  • Fixed Crash When Playing a New Song Using QuickLink
  • Fixed Some Videos Not Playing With YouTube-Dl
  • Fixed Yotuube-DL/“Find and Open” Ignores Search Provider
  • Bass Opus Is Now Bundled With the App (Add "All Decoders" Module to Enable it)

New in QuickBeat 1.6.0.0 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • QuickBeat:
  • Fixed Some Typos
  • Added Input Gesture Text (Modifier + Key) To Playback Menu
  • Multiple Instances of the App Can Be Ran at the Same Time if Launched From Different Paths (Separated Settings)
  • Added Library Clean: Delete All Non-Existent Files
  • Search Cache Optimizations, Please Use Rebuild Search Cache From Settings
  • Added Parse Synced Lyrics From Unsynced Lyrics
  • Search Result Are Now Limited to 20 Result per Category
  • Added Library Update: Used When You Move Your Library to Another Path
  • Added 3 Audio Effects: Auto-Wah, Phaser, BiQuad Filter
  • Added Audio Effect Priority Control
  • Some Images Now Shows in Image Viewer When Double Clicked
  • Added Two New Options for Player: Remember State, Remember Position
  • Added a New Custom Engine Module
  • Play Count Now Increases When Looping a Song or Resetting Position When Near End
  • Added a New Always-On Local API
  • New Tasks View (Previously a Blinking Warning Sign)
  • Added Chat to QuickLink
  • Local Network & LAN Music Sharing Push to Renderer Minor Bug Fixes
  • Fixed Exit Button in Notify Icon (System Tray) Context Menu
  • Added New Quick Access Buttons for Audio Effects
  • Due to the Recent Changes YouTube-DLs Is Now Beta
  • YouTube-DLs Playlist Is Now Disabled Until Fixed
  • Improved Discord Integration Error Handling
  • Added an Indicator When Playing Remote Files
  • Remote Media Favourite Status and Playcount Are Now Memorized
  • Added Settings Quick Scroll to Category
  • Added New Entries to Media Properties Dialog
  • Media PlayCount Now Increases When Playing on Loop
  • Faster Artist Info Loading Times in the Right Sidebar
  • Added Manual Value Input in Audio Effect Config Window
  • Added Value Prefixes(G, M, K, M,µ, N, P, F) in Audio Effect Config Window
  • All New Cache System for Remote Files, Faster Loading Times for Repeated Playback
  • Direct Play Indicator Now Syncs With Playlist Changes
  • Major Upgrade to Memory Management
  • Added Properties Context Menu Item to Library Items
  • Added View Artist in Deezer (Next To Learn More) in Right Sidebar
  • Further Optimizations to Reactive Seekbar Performance When Set to None
  • Updated Memory Manager
  • Bug Fix for Discord Integration
  • Added Discord Integration Cache for Faster Queries
  • Library Search Cache Is Now Refreshed When Libary Is Changed
  • When Looping, Current Media Reset-Position Now Respects “Skip Silence” Setting
  • Added Remove From Library in Selected Context Menus(library Browser, Group Viewer (Artist, Album)
  • Added SYLT Frames (Synced Lyrics That Come Bundled With Songs) Read/Write Support
  • Added Two New Edge WebView2 Context Menu Items: Parse Synced Lyrics and Parse Text Lyrics
  • Automatic Detection of Synchronised Lyrics Files When Downloading
  • Added LRC Support
  • Optimized Disk Usage When Loading a File
  • Memory Manager Upgrade
  • Minor Bug Fixes
  • Code Optimizations
  • Aqua:
  • Added Index to Parameters, Ex: #Player.Playlist(0) -> “Title”, MyList(2) -> “Title”, #Player -> “LoadSong” MyList(2), #TTS -> “Speak” #Player.Playlist(0).DefaultArtist, #TTS -> “Speak” #Player.Playlist(2).Artists(0)
  • Added Generic Types Module, Ex: MyVar As “PresentationFramework+System.Collections.ObjectModel.ObservableCollection’1(Of System.String)”, the “+” Sign Is Not Neccesary for Types Defined in “mscorlib.dll”
  • Object -> Property Can Now Be Done in Object Printing: e.g: #Player -> “StreamMetadata” ’Title, This Line Only Prints the Property Value With Name “Title”, This Can Be Also Done When Dealing With Collections
  • Array Can Now Be Printed Properly Instead of Just the Type
  • Added New Object Value Printing
  • Under the Hood:
  • Position Changed Event Is Raised When Looping
  • CoverLink and ThumbnailLink Are Prioritized Over MediaProvider

New in QuickBeat 1.5.1.0 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Fixed Pattern Selection Visibility
  • Remote Tags Reading is Now Enabled By Default
  • WebView2 Runtime is Now Bundled with The Setup: Now Enigma and The Web Browser Works Out of The Box

New in QuickBeat 1.5.0.0 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Added LAN Music Sharing (Web File Server)
  • Stream to Local Network Devices
  • Partial Content Support: Great Transfer Speed
  • Control API
  • Added Stream Dump (See Disclaimer Before Use)
  • Added Web Navigation (Playback of Files from Websites, See Disclaimer Before Use)
  • Added Enigma Music Fetcher
  • Added Playlist Search
  • Added a New Music Selection System: Pattern Selection (Left Click on Current Song Cover)
  • Local Network Optimizations
  • Background Playback Optimizations when Setting Reactive Seekbar to None: Now CPU can Go as Low as 0.1%
  • Added Audio Profile (Effects) Import/Export
  • Added Settings Import/Export
  • Fixed Audio Effects Disabled After Session Resume
  • Added Playback Menu
  • Alt Button Now Switches Focus to Top Menu
  • Parallel Startup Optimizations
  • Added Option to Scan Library at Startup
  • Fixed Hotkeys Interfering when Typing
  • Discord Integration Performance Fix
  • Optimized Deezer Integration
  • Design Overhaul for Right Sidebar (Info) and Left Sidebar (Playlists & Library)
  • Added Icons to Context Menus
  • General Bug Fixes
  • Aqua:
  • Added Tab Completion in Developer Console
  • Add Variable Name Validation
  • You can now Pass "null" as Parameter
  • Added Nested Member Call Module: You can Now Call a Class Members and Sub Members in a Single Call. Ex:#Player.get_Streams.Item(0).ControlsHandle -> "Pause"

New in QuickBeat 1.4.0.0 (Nov 3, 2023)

  • New Search Engine : Lucene
  • Minor UI Performance Optimizations
  • Added Live Control Bar Background
  • Added InfoTip , And Always-On InfoTip
  • New Theme: Elegance (This will be applied by default)
  • Optimzed UI for Portrait Displays
  • Improved Background Playback Performance

New in QuickBeat 1.3.0.0 (Oct 15, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Added Taskbar JumpList integration
  • Added Discord Rich Presence Integration
  • Added Windows Configuration Section in Settings
  • Added File Associations Managment
  • Added a Bunch of Network Setting (Player Only for Now): Timeout, Buffer, User Agent, Proxy, FTP Passive Mode, Max Forward Seek
  • Enhancements:
  • Redesigned Settings Header
  • Added a Save Button to Settings (Auto Save will Still Occure on App Exit)
  • Added Playlist Duplicates Allow/Deny Setting
  • Tag Editor Now Shows Multiple Results from MusicBrainz
  • Tag Editor Now Supports Apache Lucene
  • Added Last Session Playlist to the Recommended Playlists
  • Last Viewed Group (Artist, Album) Is now Available in the Left Sidebar
  • Added Custom Library Sort Filter
  • All Dialogs Now can be Closed with Escape
  • Seekbar is Now Draggable
  • Seekbar is Now More Responsive
  • Added 7 New Styles for Seekbar: Waves, Bars
  • Added a Toggle for Auto Next on Error
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed About/Check for Updates
  • Fixed Previewing Ignores Mute State
  • Reactive Seekbar has a Background Now
  • File Title is Displayed Instead of a Blank in Case a Remote File Doesn't have Proper Metadata
  • Fixed #1

New in QuickBeat 1.2.0.5 (Sep 22, 2023)

  • QuickBeat:
  • Fixed a Critical Issue with the Library
  • Added Video Effect Auto Stop (Pauses Rendering when the Payer Pauses)
  • Some Menu Items No Longer Close the Context Menu
  • New System Tray Context Menu Design
  • Aqua:
  • Setting Auto is Now Enabled by Default

New in QuickBeat 1.2.0.2 (Sep 20, 2023)

  • QuickBeat:
  • Performance Gains
  • Add Metadata Editor Copy From
  • Fixed Wrong Style for Library Settings
  • Recently Played Cover is Now Updating at Realtime
  • Fixed Seek Lag
  • New Seekbar Design
  • Added Automatic Volume Leveling
  • Added a New Search Engine
  • Added a New Search UI to Comply with the New Engine
  • Added a New Metadata Attribute: Year
  • Added a New Search Type: Year
  • Added a New Navigation Key: Tab Control, Ctrl + Number
  • Minor Bug Fix
  • Aqua:
  • Nothing was Upgraded/Changed

New in QuickBeat 1.1.0.17 (Sep 13, 2023)

  • Major Stability Improvments
  • Performance Gains:
  • Up to 120% (WXGA+ and higher) for Visualizers that Uses DirectX mode
  • Up to 80% (SXGA and higher) for Overall App
  • Added Visualizer Framerate Limiter
  • Added Error Logging at App Crash
  • Aqua:
  • Major Bug Fixes
  • Added Aqua Closing Script
  • Added Aqua For Loop Module
  • Added Aqua While Loop Module

New in QuickBeat 1.1.0.14 (Sep 9, 2023)

  • Remote Files Related:
  • Merged URL, YouTube-DL, Deezer Under One Menu: Remote
  • Added M3U/8 Support to Import, Export and "Open With" Operations
  • Added Playlist Support to "Open With" Operations
  • Added Playlist to File/Open
  • Added UPnP/DLNA Support
  • Added DLNA Renderer Quick Info to the Left Sidebar
  • Added Deezer Integration
  • Added Search Provider for Youtube-DL
  • Added Two Search Providers: Youtube, SoundCloud
  • Added YoutubeDL Playlist Support (Tested with Youtube and SoundCloud)
  • App Related:
  • Improved General App Performance
  • Added Automatic Link Refresh
  • Enahced Remote Tag Reading
  • Added Tab Selector to Home
  • Fixed App Startup with a Remote File
  • Input Dialog Can Now Be Closed or Confirmed Using Escape/Enter Keys
  • Removed Controls Lock while Previewing
  • Added MultiBandEqualizer Audio Effect