Changelog

Note: This was generated by AI because I hate writing changelogs.

New Features

Bookmarks

• Tracks can now be bookmarked with the b key.
• Bookmarks are saved to bookmarks.txt in the app’s data directory.
• UI shows a * next to bookmarked tracks.
• Bookmark state is persisted across sessions.

Configurable UI

• Frame rate (--fps) is now adjustable from the CLI.
• UI shows download progress, mute status, and bookmark indicator.

Download Progress

• Track downloads now report progress via atomic counters.
• UI can show percentage during track loading.

Player / Audio

Track Lifecycle Refactor

• Introduced:
  • QueuedTrack → raw data + metadata.
  • DecodedTrack → ready-to-play.
• Explicit two-stage flow: download → decode → play.

Name Handling

• New TrackName enum (Raw, Formatted).
• Regex-based cleanup for junk suffixes and IDs.
• Standardized ft. and w/ formats.

Queue Management

• Isolated in queue.rs with better error handling and retry logic.
• Updates bookmark state and notifies downloader/renderer.

Audio Backend

• Improved ALSA silencing on Linux.
• Persistent volume moved into its own module:
  • Now validates config.
  • Supports percentage values (%).

CLI & Config

• Added --timeout flag (download timeout in seconds).
• --track_list alias for --tracks.
• Default tracklist switched from lofigirl → chillhop.
• Centralized data_dir() for consistent config/cache paths.

UI / Input

• New UIError type for cleaner error propagation.
• Track info now shows display_name instead of raw file name.
• Debug mode can show full file path.
• Input handler extended with:
  • b → toggle bookmark.
  • m → mute indicator visible in UI.

Error Handling

• Centralized Error enums for:
  • Player errors (error.rs).
  • Track-related errors (tracks/error.rs).
  • UI errors (ui/error.rs).
• Context trait for attaching track names to errors.
• Cleaner propagation of reqwest, rodio, zbus, and IO failures.
• Panic hook restores terminal state before exiting.

PR's

• feat: add synthboy sounds list by @mctrxw in #83
• feat: chillhop scraper by @talwat in #94
• chore: update README.md by @m8-t in #96
• chore(chillhop): remove tracks with lyrics by @danielwerg in #99
• Add Fedora installation dependencies by @limdingwen in #98
• feat: the 1.7.0 release by @talwat in #97

New Contributors

• @mctrxw made their first contribution in #83
• @m8-t made their first contribution in #96
• @limdingwen made their first contribution in #98

Full Changelog: 1.6.0...1.7.0