🎉 Songify 1.7.0 – Official Release Notes

🚨Please read the patch notes thoroughly and make sure you understand them before making support requests.🚨

🚨 Important: Please log out and back into Twitch to refresh your permissions.
🚨 Important: You have to reconfigure your commands manually.
🚨 Important: If you encounter issues with Spotify's new API changes, please change the drop down in Settings -> Spotify to "127.0.0.1"

🔍 What’s New

• 🌐 WebSocket Command Support
  Control Songify externally with a powerful WebSocket API.
  📄 View WebSocket Documentation

• ⚠️ "Ignore and Continue" Offline Mode
  Start Songify without an internet connection using a new option in the startup dialog.

• ⏱ Time-to-Play Estimation ({ttp})
  The {ttp} placeholder shows an estimated time until a requested song will play (in mm:ss format).

• 🛠 Redesigned Command System (Breaking Change)
  The Commands, Responses, and Rewards sections have been completely redesigned for easier management.

  • All command settings are now stored in TwitchCommands.yaml
  • You will need to reconfigure your commands manually after updating

• 🎵 YouTube Music Desktop & Browser Extension Support

  • Full integration with YouTube Music Desktop App
    • A guide can be found here
  • Initial support for the upcoming Songify Browser Extension (awaiting approval from Chrome Web Store)

• 🖼️ Requester Profile Picture Storage
  Saves the current requester’s profile image as requester.png

• 👤 Viewer List Window
  Displays all active Twitch chat users along with their SR status, user level, and sub tier. Refreshes every 30 seconds.

• 🏆 Expanded User Level Handling
  Supports Twitch subscriber tiers (1, 2, 3).
  🔁 Requires re-linking your Twitch account due to updated scopes.

• 🔄 Single Instance Handling
  Launching a second instance will now bring the existing window to the foreground if minimized or hidden.

🔧 Full Changelog

⭐ New Features

✅ WebSocket Command Support

Supports external commands:
queue_add, vol_set, skip, next, play, pause, play_pause, send_to_chat, block_song, block_artist, block_all_artists, block_user, stop_sr_reward, vol_up, vol_down

• Default requester is set to "" if not provided.

🚫 “Ignore and Continue” Button

Use Songify offline by skipping the internet check on startup.

⏳ Time-to-Play ({ttp})

• Estimate displayed in song request replies.
• Reflects the current queue length and playback status.

🛠 Redesigned Command System

• New UI for Commands, Responses, and Rewards
• Commands now stored in TwitchCommands.yaml
• ⚠️ You must recreate your command setup manually

🖼 Requester Profile Picture

• Automatically saves a requester.png file for the current song requester.

👥 Viewer List

• View all Twitch chat users, including their roles and request statuses.

🧠 Smart Instance Behavior

• Prevents multiple Songify instances from running simultaneously.
• Automatically brings the original window into focus.

🔁 Improvements

🎵 Song Request Logic

• Improved handling of blocked songs, explicit content, and duplicates.
• More reliable fallback logic when the queue window is closed.

📁 Output File Behavior

• Output files are now cleared when using the “Clear Pause” option.

🔧 Async & Error Handling

• Improved async methods for better performance and stability.
• Refactored error handling to reduce app crashes and provide better debug output.

🔗 Spotify Auth Redirects

• Updated internal redirect URI to http://127.0.0.1 per Spotify’s latest requirements.
  Read more

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Prevented crash when currSong was null
• Fixed a rare crash during song requests
• Fixed issue where Songify starts minimized or off-screen
• Resolved Twitch reward sync UI display issues
• Fixed translation formatting and accuracy across languages
• Fixed Twitch command crashes caused by outdated scopes
• Resolved crashes related to Windows notifications
• Fixed display issues with token expiration time
• Logout and re-login now work without needing to restart the app
• Added refresh button to Twitch settings
• Token expiration is now shown for both main and bot accounts

🛠 Additional Enhancements

• 🎧 Spotify Credentials Now Required
  You must use your own Spotify API credentials.
  🎓 Setup Guide

• 🌐 Improved Internet & Stream Checks

  • Internet check is now non-blocking — Songify stays open and retries automatically
  • Stream status check now refreshes every 5 seconds

• 🖥 UI Upgrades

  • “Get Beta Updates” option moved to Settings → System
  • Removed outdated “Hide user info” setting

🌍 Language Support

• Polished translations across all supported languages
• Language switching now works without requiring a restart

Full Changelog: v1.6.7.2...v1.7.0.0

This was a major update that took a significant amount of time and effort to develop.
If you enjoy using Songify and want to support its continued development, consider donating.

Songify.zip:
MD5: FFE8597034A2D46B3B91BD01A2843A4C
SHA1: 91A963DB292C8EFFF32519AC9E817EE05D2F88BD
SHA256: 4E4F58DD82A19FE5F562D475FEF6EC5DC1A11AAC442B4D86EE63415F1A87B6F5

Songify.exe:
MD5: 53CB1AE21E5FDD755F935EF202B9D9F2
SHA1: B0471C92D69EB36037FFFF148291EAE71AC681FB
SHA256: 06A9AD50ABCC60E2941C06B6C5CF7B769B508D02FB1CB3DF3A5F5165B27E2508