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@dsafa dsafa released this 17 May 17:36
v0.9.0-Preview1
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Preview release of the next version since its getting big. Probably has some bugs and some requirements have changed. This update was developed for windows 10 1903.

Updates

General

  • Dpi scaling requirement moved to creators update (1703) as it relies on Per monitor v2.
  • Toolbar re written in wpf instead of winforms.
  • Settings window and dialogs have updated visuals.
  • Positions and sizes or controls are no longer locked to integer values.
  • (Fix) Fixed not being able to use tab navigation in the settings window (#71)
  • (Fix) Fix crashing that could occur when switching audio sources (#110)
  • (New) Add profiles that can be imported and exported. Does not export audio source settings, only control settings. (#44)

Text labels

  • (New) Text styles can now be combined in the format string. (#107)
  • (New) New options for text scrolling behavior (#85)
  • (Fix) Time formats will show the hour digit (#117)
  • (Fix) Fix text that would overlap when scrolling if back to back text required scrolling. (#100) | (Issue) can still overlap in other cases
  • (Fix) Scroll speed can be set to 0. (#75 @chippleh1392 )
  • Font sizes use pixels now (default wpf font size unit) instead of point size.
  • Scroll speed now refers to the amount of milliseconds it takes for the start of the text to across.

Playback buttons

  • (New) Add option to use text instead of an image for the button (#79)
  • (New) Add support for svg images.
  • (New) Add new customization options.

Progress bar

  • (New) Add hover color option
  • (New) Add ability to seek to a position in the song by clicking on the progress bar.

Album art popup

  • Y position off is now relative to the top left corner of the album art and and can be a negative value

Notes

Requires .net framework 4.7.
Windows 10
This is a prerelease so things may break,

Installing (Installer coming soon.)

Download the zip file in the assets section below.

  1. Windows may block downloaded files. Right click the zip archive and select properties and then click unblock if the option is available
  2. Unzip contents into a directory
  3. Run install.cmd as an administrator.
  4. There should be a pop-up asking if you want to add the toolbar. Press yes and it should appear in the taskbar
    3.5. Audioband can manually be added by right clicking the taskbar > Toolbars > Audio Band
  5. Right click the audio band toolbar and select Audio Source > Spotify (currently the only available option)

Updating

The easiest way to update is to:

  1. Run uninstall.cmd as administrator.
  2. Restart explorer.exe if it doesn't.
  3. Replace contents
  4. Run install.cmd
  5. Check that the correct version is installed in In Audio Band Settings > About tab
    (Sorry! this is the easiest way to update currently)

The install script is a very simple one. It assumes you have .NET framework 4 and are running a 64 bit machine.

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