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Ethereal Waves changelog

This page summarizes public changes for Ethereal Waves from the Markdown release notes. For the main overview, screenshots, formats, and installation notes, visit the Ethereal Waves product page.

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Version 0.9.0

Changed

  • Modified the internal audio pipeline to support a shared GStreamer audio output for primary and secondary playback channels.
  • Updated footer visualizer sample handling for the shared audio output path.
  • Updated package version metadata for the 0.9.0 release.

Version 0.8.1

Improved

  • Added minimum and maximum alpha controls for the footer visualizer.
  • Adjusted the full footer visualizer layout so bars avoid the artwork area.

Version 0.8.0

Added

  • Added a preliminary footer audio visualizer.
  • Added settings for enabling the footer visualizer, choosing its bar count, and changing its color.
  • Added GStreamer spectrum analysis for visualizer sample data.

Changed

  • Updated package version metadata for the 0.8.0 release.

Version 0.7.4

Fixed

  • Fixed menu behavior on desktops outside COSMIC and Plasma by falling back to standard menus when surface menus are unavailable.

Changed

  • Added a minimum header menu width for more stable menu layout.
  • Updated package version metadata for the 0.7.4 release.

Version 0.7.3

Build

  • Added Flatpak build manifest and vendored Cargo source metadata for offline Flatpak builds.
  • Added AppStream/metainfo fixes for Flatpak packaging.

Changed

  • Updated package version metadata for the 0.7.3 release.

Version 0.7.2

Added

  • Added metadata syncing for user playlists after library updates.

Fixed

  • Fixed library update notification counts so added and removed track totals are based on the library state when the update started.

Changed

  • Updated package version metadata for the 0.7.2 release.

Version 0.7.1

Added

  • Added notifications through DBus.

Changed

  • Updated package version metadata for the 0.7.1 release.

Documentation

  • Marked Notifications through DBUS as complete in the README.

Version 0.7.0

Added

  • Now playing and playlist edit notifications through DBUS

Version 0.6.0

Added

  • Added partial library update that only processes new files.
  • Added full library update as a separate action.
  • Added Ctrl+U shortcut for partial update.
  • Added Ctrl+Shift+U shortcut for full update.

Changed

  • Renamed the previous full update flow to Full Library Update.
  • Slightly widened menu dropdowns.

Version 0.5.1

Fixed

  • Corrected package version metadata for the 0.5.x release line.

Localization

  • Updated Ukrainian translations for newly added and previously missing UI strings

Version 0.5.0

Added

  • Added M3U playlist import.
  • Added M3U/M3U8 playlist export.
  • Added File menu actions for importing and exporting playlists.
  • Imported playlists are created as new user playlists and preserve matching library metadata when possible.
  • Playlist exports now write extended M3U output with track duration and display title information.

Improved

  • Added file path as a sorting tie-breaker for more stable ordering when tracks share the same sort fields.

Documentation

  • Marked Import / Export .m3u playlists as complete in the README.

Version 0.4.1

Added

  • Added an artwork thumbnail pipeline.
  • Added grid view artwork size selection.
  • Added support for regenerating thumbnails during library updates.

Changed

  • Increased the maximum crossfade duration to 30 seconds.

Fixed

  • Fixed a panic when trying to play from an empty library.

Version 0.4.0

Added

  • Added crossfading between tracks.
  • Added playback transition settings for gapless/crossfade behavior.
  • Added crossfade duration configuration.

Improved

  • Continued playback-service refinements around track transitions.

Version 0.3.1

Added

  • Added separate zoom behavior per view.
  • Made footer artwork draggable.
  • Added additional grid/list polish after the initial grid view work.

Improved

  • Consolidated shared time/string helper logic.
  • Updated README/screenshots around the new visual layout.

Version 0.3.0

Added

  • Added the first complete public-facing grid view milestone.
  • Added updated screenshots and README documentation for the grid view era.

Improved

  • Polished the visual presentation and documentation after grid view landed.

Version 0.2.2

Added

  • Added initial grid view.
  • Added view mode configuration for switching between list and grid views.
  • Added grid/list view labels and keybindings for view switching.

Improved

  • Added sorting case-sensitivity control.
  • Improved track info display sizing.
  • Removed unused artwork from the artwork cache.
  • Fixed sort direction button color.

Version 0.2.1

Added

  • Added column reordering.
  • Added additional list-view column controls.
  • Added new keyboard shortcuts, including keyboard volume control.

Improved

  • Improved list column width behavior.
  • Improved track instance/id handling in list view.
  • Improved playlist dialog behavior consistency.
  • Continued MPRIS, mute, shuffle, and search-related fixes.

Version 0.1.10

Added

  • Added playlist duplicate management.
  • Added duplicate handling options for adding tracks to playlists.

Fixed

  • Fixed a drag-and-drop bug related to playlist operations.

Version 0.1.8

Added

  • Added optional Album Artist column.

Improved

  • Continued list-view column configurability work.

Version 0.1.7

Added

  • Added title sorting mode: alphabetical or track-number based.

Improved

  • Improved sorting behavior for album/track ordering.

Version 0.1.6

Added

  • Added condensed responsive footer layout.
  • Added responsive playback controls for narrower window widths.

Documentation

  • Marked condensed responsive layout as complete in the README.

Version 0.1.5

Added

  • Added responsive menu behavior.
  • Added responsive row/menu layout polish.

Fixed

  • Fixed a row width issue.

Version 0.1.4

Added

  • Added drag-and-drop support for tracks.
  • Added custom MIME payload support for dragging selected track IDs.
  • Added drag labels for single-track and multi-track selections.

Documentation

  • Marked drag-and-drop support as complete in the README.

Version 0.1.3

Changed

  • Updated dependency lockfile versions, including libcosmic/GStreamer-related dependency updates.
  • Cleaned up local Flatpak build artifact ignore rules.

Build

  • Continued Flatpak/build packaging cleanup after the namespace transition.

Version 0.1.2

Changed

  • Updated the app namespace/repository metadata.
  • Updated the app icon.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where the library update process could fail to finish.
  • Fixed/adjusted Flatpak/AppStream metadata and screenshot references.

Localization

  • Added or updated Swedish and Czech translations.

Version 0.1.1

Added

  • Added gapless playback.
  • Added queued URI handling for seamless track transitions.
  • Added playback-service state tracking for gapless transition handling.

Changed

  • Updated repository metadata from the previous personal namespace to the cosmic-utils repository.
  • Updated README planned-feature formatting and marked gapless playback complete.

Improved

  • Improved repeat-state synchronization with gapless playback.

Version 0.1.0

Added

  • Initial public development baseline for Ethereal Waves.
  • Basic libcosmic music player interface.
  • Library update flow.
  • Playback controls.
  • Playlist creation/renaming/deletion.
  • Search support.
  • Artwork loading/cache behavior.
  • Supported formats documented: MP3, M4A, Ogg, Opus, Flac, and Wav.
  • Initial keybindings for library update, quit, new playlist, rename playlist, playlist movement, zoom, scrolling, settings, and selection.

Fixed

  • Fixed delete playlist menu state handling.
  • Fixed search behavior.
  • Fixed artwork/image store behavior.
  • Added Select All and its hotkey.