lokal-music/desktop v2.0.2

Release v2.0.2

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Lokal's biggest update since 2.0: syllable-synced lyrics from nine sources, a rebuilt downloader with Soulseek, Apple Music-style Now Playing with moving covers and Spotify Canvas, and native Windows media controls.

Changelog

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Changelog

Lyrics

• Nine sources, one view: local files, BiniLyrics, BetterLyrics, LyricsPlus, Unison, LRCLIB, KuGou and lyrics.ovh, queried in parallel. Reorder or switch sources off in Settings, or pick one per song. (#27)
• Syllable sync: words light up as they're sung (Apple Music style), with duets, background vocals, right-to-left scripts and instrumental-break countdowns. Toggle with Word-by-Word Sync. (#27)
• Translation & romanization under each line. (#27)
• Manual search in the sidebar lyrics panel when nothing is found, and a TTML parsing fix.

Downloads

• One queue for the app and the web server: parallel downloads, automatic retries, survives restarts, with a download manager (progress ring, cancel/retry, covers). (#28)
• Soulseek via slskd: search, quality badges, lossless filter, results grouped by folder. (#28)
• Lyrics embedded in downloaded files; "Artist - Song" video titles split correctly; square covers; tidy file names. (#28)
• Honest formats: Original, MP3 128–320, M4A, Opus. (#28)
• yt-dlp heals itself: updates automatically when YouTube starts refusing an old version, with visible update progress, and recovers from corrupt, 0 KB or locked (EBUSY) yt-dlp installs.
• YouTube cookies: clearer handling when Chrome 127+ blocks cookie access on Windows, with a cookies.txt fallback. (#27)

Now Playing

• Apple Music-style colours taken from the cover, in the Details sidebar and full screen (can be switched off). (#28)
• Moving covers from Apple Music, Tidal and a community list, plus optional Spotify Canvas with your own account cookie, with a Prioritize Spotify Canvas option. (#28)
• Full screen: Queue button opens a side panel, lyrics panel always available with an Expand Lyrics button, Escape closes only the topmost overlay. (#24)
• Side panels: Queue and Lyrics can merge into the Now Playing panel (default) or open separately. (#24, #26)
• Album & playlist shortcuts (Spotify style), clickable title/artist in the sidebar. (closes #16)

Playback & system

• Windows media controls: shuffle and repeat now work from the OS flyout and stay in sync both ways, with track info and cover art. (#25)
• Windows taskbar buttons: play/pause/previous/next from the taskbar thumbnail, plus a fix for media controls not registering.
• Open with Lokal: audio files opened from Explorer play in Lokal and can be added to the library.
• Apple Lossless (ALAC) and other formats Chromium can't decode now play (converted once and cached), starting on the first click. (#28)
• Mouse back/forward buttons navigate the app; pages start at the top when opened, and Back/Forward keep your place. (#24, #26, #27)

Library & Settings

• Artists page showing your top artists, with fixed artist images in web mode. (closes #14)
• Settings save automatically (no more Save button), theme changes no longer get lost, each category opens at the top, and the cards stay centred at a readable width on wide windows. (#28, #29, #31)
• Drum-kit/sample skipping is now off by default, with a setting for the minimum track length.

Fixes

• The Linux build no longer crashes on a Windows-only feature.
• The mini player no longer shrinks in tight layouts, random-track picks are no longer overridden, and tracks can be found by ID in search. (#26)

New Contributors

• @CHEYCKIT made their first contribution in #18

Full Changelog: v2.0.1...v2.0.2

Setup

See README.md for full setup instructions.

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