Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Fixed

Missing automatic man page generation for subcommands
Users were forced to reset password when using ncspot

1.2.1 - 2024-10-31

Fixed

Fix error in fetching of window size leading to crashes with cover feature

1.2.0 - 2024-10-15

Added

Emit MPRIS Seeked signal

Fixed

Switch to OAuth2 login mechanism
Uses librespot 0.5.0 which containts many bugfixes, including:
- Files are downloaded via CDN, which should fix playback of some podcasts
- Better access point connection handling, hopefully resulting in faster startups
- Fix frequent disconnections for some users

1.1.2 - 2024-07-16

Fixed

Handling localized Spotify URLs
Fetching playlists did not work for some users unless they set a playlist image

1.1.1 - 2024-05-10

Added

ap_port configuration variable to choose what Spotify access point port to use
Instructions for installation with snap

Fixed

Not all requests respecting proxy settings as configured with environment variables
MPRIS controls showing unknown artist/title on GNOME

1.1.0 - 2024-03-05

Added

Instructions for installation with winget
Automatic macOS arm64 builds to releases

Fixed

Crash on Android (Termux) due to unknown user runtime directory
Crash due to misconfigured or unavailable audio backend
Volume changes from within ncspot not being reflected in the desktop notification
Crash when ncspot tried to update a valid API token or the update failed
Complete freeze when ncspot was running for a long time

1.0.0 - 2023-12-16

Added

Special color for unavailable items
Changelog with all the relevant user-facing changes to the project
info command line subcommand to show platform specific information
Git commit hash to version string to simplify determining the exact version

Changed

Improve error messages generated by the command line
Build with crossterm terminal backend by default
Move UNIX IPC socket from the user's cache path to the user's runtime directory
Improve messages relating to errors in the configuration file

Fixed

Crash when internal commands can't be handled
Documentation for the behavior of the Ctrl+S keybinding
Multiple instances interfering with each other's MPRIS implementation
An unlikely crash when the UNIX IPC socket is removed before ncspot is closed
Guaranteed crash while quiting ncspot when using MPRIS
MPRIS volume not being updated when given numbers smaller than 0 or larger than 1
Play previous song command not working when first item in the queue was playing

0.13.4 - 2023-07-24

Added

save current and add current commands for saving/adding the currently playing item
Visual indicator for local tracks
Error when deleting local tracks, as this is currently not possible

Changed

Improve release profile to generate higher quality executables
Ignore a leading 'The' when sorting artists
Improve context menu loading time

Fixed

Crash when deleting local tracks from a playlist

0.13.3 - 2023-06-11

Added

Instructions for installation with cargo

Removed

Instructions for installation with Snap as the package has been removed

Fixed

Disappearing selection in lists when removing the last element
Playback notification not being shown on some systems
IPC socket being overriden when opening multiple instances
IPC socket persisting after closing ncspot
Crash when submitting a command with a multibyte unicode character as the prefix
Tabs switching when command line is active and Left/Right is held down

0.13.2 - 2023-05-04

Added

ncurses_backend feature flag to compile with ncurses support

Fixed

Crash when running with MPRIS support while D-Bus isn't available
Nerdfont icons not rendering correctly

0.13.1 - 2023-04-05

Added

Vim-like page scrolling commands like Ctrl+d/Ctrl+u (not set to keybinding by default)
Double click emulation to play items

Changed

Split up the documentation to make it easier to find relevant information

Fixed

Documentation about library tabs to include the new browse tab
Incorrect D-Bus paths for the MPRIS implementation

0.13.0 - 2023-03-09

Added

Example for how to use the UNIX domain socket IPC interface
HighlightInactive option to the theme config
reconnect command to reconnect to Spotify if network changes broke the current session
Support for basic password managers
Man page support
Shell completion support

Changed

Improve the way duration for items is displayed
Remove pulseaudio dependency from the Debian package

Fixed

Ctrl+z shortcut not working to put ncspot in the background
Cover not being sent to the notification if not compiled with the cover feature

0.12.0 - 2022-12-29

Added

Context menu action to save/remove the album of the selected track to the library
Flatpak option to installation instructions
IPC socket on UNIX platforms to control ncspot remotely

Fixed

Crash information being dumped in the terminal. It is now automatically written to a file instead.
Bug causing command prompt to appear after 'Connecting to Spotify..' startup message after quiting ncspot

0.11.2 - 2022-10-15

Added

More context menu options to items to more closely match what's already offered for tracks
POSIX signal handling to quit gracefully when not closed by the user (eg. system shutdown)

Changed

Move playback controls out of their own submenu in the context menu

Fixed

Crash when trying to play an empty, shuffled queue

0.11.1 - 2022-09-17

Changed

Mouse scrolling now moves the view, not the focussed element
Setting the track position now only works with a click, not by dragging the progress bar

Fixed

Back button going back twice when clicked once with the mouse
Back button clickable area not corresponding to the text on the button
Bug while dragging the track progress bar
Flickering when using the Termion TUI backend
Albums with more than 50 songs not showing all the songs when viewed in the library
Bug that could cause items to not load until the screen is filled on bigger screens