Release notes

Preview 2019-10-07

Bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue that could cause the program to crash when clicking the tabs

Preview 2019-10-06

New features:

• Added always on top toggle to view menu
• Added output device selection to audio menu
• Added visualization frequency setting, can now also be turned off
• Prevent computer from sleeping while playing (can be changed in settings)

Changes:

• Better grouping of settings in settings tab
• Moved settings to view menu
• Moved view menu next to help menu

Improvements:

• Improved scroll bars, they now behave like normal scroll bars
• Level visualization rewritten from scratch, should use much less processing power
• Better looking drop down boxes

Other:

• Removed 32-bit restriction, will run as a 64-bit process on 64-bit systems
• Some minor performance improvements

Preview 2019-02-04

New features

• Add "Center window" menu option to system tray menu
• Automatically center the window if it starts up off screen

Improvements

• Change of output device no longer requires stopping playback
• Default output device will automatically switch when the system device setting changes
• Window centering should now work on high DPI screens
• Improve how browsers are launched when clicking links

Bug fixes:

• Fix race condition when closing
• Fix internal exception when reading stream metadata
• Fix crash bug in about tab

Other:

• Upgrade BASS to version 2.4.14

Preview 2018-10-01

Minor tweaks:

• Restore volume on restart even if the last played station can not be loaded
• More detailed error messages when sound subsystem fails

Other:

• Internal component updates and code improvements

Stable 2018-09-23

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a few internal bugs caused by race conditions
• Playback was not stopped when desktop was locked
• Connect to random crashed when station list was empty
• Fixed issue when loading history on startup
• Fixed startup deadlock issue

Other:

• Refactored file I/O with improved locking mechanism
• Some other internal refactorings
• Removed some legacy ClickOnce code
• Remove .NET assembly signing, code signing is enough
• Upgraded dependencies
• Will no longer wait forever to read/write files

Preview 2018-09-21

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue when loading history on startup
• Fixed startup deadlock issue

Other:

• Will no longer wait forever to read/write files

Preview 2018-09-01

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a few internal bugs caused by race conditions
• Playback was not stopped when desktop was locked
• Connect to random crashed when station list was empty

Other:

• Refactored file I/O with improved locking mechanism
• Some other internal refactorings
• Removed some legacy ClickOnce code
• Remove .NET assembly signing, code signing is enough
• Upgraded dependencies

Stable 2018-08-26

Changes since stable 2018-05-29

New features:

• New setting to allow only one running instance
• Output device selection
• Stereo separation filter (can do mono)
• Ctrl + scroll to adjust volume in smaller steps

Minor tweaks:

• Add close current tab to menu
• Add link to release notes in about menu and in update notification
• Moved audio filters to menu instead of in options
• Compressor and stereo separation filter should fade in

Bug fixes:

• Could crash on certain streams
• Fixed a heap corruption crash that could occur in certain situations
• Fixed a few bugs in station export/import
• Stations opened via "Open URL" was not always restored on restart
• Fixed some internal resource leaks

Other:

• Screamer now parses MPEG and Ogg streams to extract metadata like bitrate and frequency, this was done in preparation to be able to implement recording
• Upgrade BASS to latest version which is now using WASAPI instead of DirectSound
• The manual NSIS installer is now also digitally signed
• Performance improvements in UI
• More exception handling in sensitive places
• Massive internal refactorings to make the code more maintainable

Preview 2018-08-26

Mostly some internal changes in preparation for the stable release.

Minor tweaks:

• Add link to release notes in about menu and in update notification

Preview 2018-08-24

Mainly some smaller bug fixes and internal refactorings since yesterdays release.

Preview 2018-08-23

Changes since preview release 2018-08-13

New features:

• New setting to allow only one running instance
• Output device selection
• Stereo separation filter (can do mono)
• Ctrl + scroll to adjust volume in smaller steps

Minor tweaks:

• Add close current tab to menu
• Moved audio filters to menu instead of in options
• Compressor and stereo separation filter should fade in

Bug fixes:

• Could crash on certain streams
• Fixed a few bugs in station export/import
• Stations opened via "Open URL" was not always restored on restart

Other:

• Performance improvements in UI
• More exception handling in sensitive places
• Massive internal refactorings to make the code more maintainable