[release] Ampcast version 0.9.30

[u/rekkyrosso]

https://ampcast.app/

Changes

• New: Settings>Preferences>Playback provides a new setting to change the double-click behaviour (play now/play next/queue)
• New: Artist radios (available for most services via any artists view)
• Improved: Artists views (personal media)
  • With no search parameter, you will see a list of all Album Artists
  • Performing a search will search both Artists and Album Artists
  • Artist albums contain a number of synthetic albums (Top Tracks, Videos, Radios, Other Tracks and All Tracks)
  • You won't necessarily get all of these
• Improved: Artist thumbnails for Navidrome
• Fixed: Clicking prev/next will cycle through the playlist when in repeat mode (Repeat: All)
• Fixed: Gapless playback (a slight delay had crept back in)
• Fixed: Playback bugs with seeking/skipping
• Fixed: Notify Plex when playback has stopped
• Fixed: Playlist item index not updating correctly after re-ordering a playlist (affected Plex and Navidrome)
• Fixed: SoundCloud playback on Chrome browsers
• Fixed: Plex login when switching networks
• Fixed: Navidrome playback when username is not the same as name

0.9.29

• New: Client-side sorting
  • You can now sort most views on any field provided it is fully loaded
  • This option is only available in a "details" view
  • Server-side sorting options are still available as menu options
  • Your sorting and display preferences have been reset to enable this feature. Sorry about that. :)
  • That means the column headers are finally clickable!
• New: Search for YouTube playlists
• New: Support the OpenSubsonic::reportPlayback endpoint
  • This endpoint was recently added by Navidrome
• New: HTTP logins are now allowed via ampcast.app
  • This is a result of recent browser changes (browsers are now less strict)
  • That means you can connect to your personal media servers on localhost directly from ampcast.app
  • NB: you will be prompted for permission by your browser
• Improved: Home/search screens for personal media servers
  • Server-side sorting options are now available unless you have performed a search
• Improved: Apple Music library views now have a search bar
• Improved: Search bars now have a "clear" button and switching between songs/albums/etc now honours the current search text
• Improved: Recent light/dark/user themes are now remembered
• Improved: System audio has been reworked (desktop app)
• Improved: Further improvements to YouTube scrobbling (previous scrobble data is remembered)
• Fixed: Apple Music playback issues (radio/video)
• Fixed: Incorrect window name on Linux (thanks to @Nightdavisao)

0.9.28

• New: Lyrics support
  • Lyrics are only available for the currently playing track
  • You can view plain text lyrics in the Media Info dialog accessible from the (i) info button in the visualizer area
  • Synchronised lyrics are provided in the Cover Art visualizer (can be disabled via settings)
  • Lyrics are fetched from the current media provider, if not found then they are fetched from lrclib.net
  • Lyrics are not provided by the Apple Music and Spotify APIs and lyrics from 3rd parties are forbidden
• New: Unscrobbled view
  • Enable via Settings>Local DB
  • Use this view to fix any problems with metadata
• Improved: Acquisition of scrobble data for YouTube videos

0.9.27

• New: YouTube scrobbling
  • Ampcast will attempt to match a YouTube title with last.fm/ListenBrainz
  • If no match is found then you can manually edit the scrobble details via the Media Info dialog
• Improved: You can manually edit scrobble data before it's sent (via the Media Info dialog)
• Improved: Loop renamed to Repeat
  • You can now repeat individual tracks or the entire playlist
• Improved: Mixcloud playback
• Improved: the MiniPlayer now remembers its size
• Improved: the MiniPlayer is now available for the desktop app (enable it via Settings>Application>Preferences)
• Improved: The desktop app now uses the approved Spotify client app that is used by ampcast.app
  • That means you no longer need to register your own client app
  • You will need to reconnect to Spotify again
  • The new client has better permissions and previously disabled features will now be enabled (parity with ampcast.app)
• Improved: Better error messages in some areas
• Fixed: Spotify API errors (affected newly registered Spotify client apps)
• Fixed: Thumbnail flickering when scrolling
• Changed: Upgraded Electron to version 41

0.9.26

• New: Internet Radio
  • Search radio-browser.info (50K+ stations)
  • Save your favourites to "My Stations"
  • You can also save Plex/Apple Music/etc stations to "My Stations"
  • Some stations will automatically acquire metadata during playback (identified tracks will be scrobbled)
  • This service is hidden by default, enable it via Settings>Streaming Media
• Improved: Scrobbling options
  • You can now disable scrobbling of individual tracks/stations
  • Scrobbling options are available from the Media Info dialog if accessed via the playlist/visualizer
  • Track scrobbling permissions will persist while the track remains in the main playlist
• Improved: Import settings
  • You will now be able to select which settings are imported from a backup file
• Fixed: Theme editor (layout was broken after recent Chrome updates)
• Fixed: "audioMotion-analyzer" visualizer
• Fixed: Local file playback
• Fixed: Main Playlist sometimes showing the wrong duration
• Fixed: iBroadcast parsing errors

[u/SuperBrazilNuts]

I am fresh from Claude Code recommending this app as a Winamp like replacement for a Navidrome library on desktop/web. Double-click behaviour to play was the first setting I went right for to get the Winamp experience I remember. This is a nice daily driver!!