sync_replay_project/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

What changed in each Starsync version, newest first, in plain words. The app shows a version's section when it offers the update and once after it (What's new); the release page shows it too. How entries are added and cut into a release: docs/DEVELOPMENT.md.

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Changed

Fixed

1.4.0

Links you put up are downloaded once for everyone, quick chat and danmaku in the player, plus What's new and fixes for Windows, the relay and chat.

Added

• What's new: the update band shows what changed, and after an update the app shows the full list once (also in Settings → About)
• Update channel in Settings → Updates: Stable, or Dev for test builds; Dev stays on test builds after a release and still gets the newer release when there is one
• Sharper subtitles and picture: the video and its subtitles are drawn at your screen's resolution instead of the video's (Settings → Player → Sharp video and subtitles, on by default)
• Invite links: Invite copies just a starsync:// link, password included, so a friend just clicks it (or copies it and switches to Starsync) and the app asks "Join Bob's server?"
• Invite finds your internet address on its own and says when your router needs the port forwarded; Other addresses picks your home-network or VPN address instead
• Starsync runs once: a link clicked while it is open goes to the open window
• Quick chat: press Enter in the big player to type a message in a small box at the bottom, without opening the chat panel and without the mouse pointer or the controls popping up; it shares its draft with the chat panel, closes by itself when you stop typing, and subtitles move up out of its way
• Danmaku notifications: chat, joins, leaves and Up next can fly across the top of the picture instead of popping up (Settings → Notifications & sounds → Notifications: Danmaku, off by default), with speed, how many at once, where, opacity, size, boldness, outline and avatars all adjustable and a live preview
• Player panel: ⚙ → Player settings opens a panel at the right of the player that stays open while you watch, with tracks, subtitle size, picture, volume and notification settings
• Subtitles can move up above the controls while they show (Settings → Player → Subtitles above the controls, off by default), and their size can be changed

Changed

• A link you put up is downloaded once: you and everyone else watch the same stream, so nobody drifts ahead or stalls alone, and sites like Bilibili are far less likely to block it

Fixed

• Upscaling shaders (Anime4K, the HQ modes) no longer shift the colours or draw a grid over the picture, which showed most in a large window or fullscreen
• Sharp video: resizing the window or opening the chat panel no longer shrinks the picture for a moment before it jumps back
• Joining while something plays on Windows: the video opens again by itself when it was too early
• Relay: players no longer get stuck after a slow or stalled source
• Relay: X (Twitter) clips play through the relay
• Relay: gentler retries, so Bilibili stops blocking the server
• Relay: a source that refuses the old link (412) gets a fresh address and keeps playing
• Chat pop-ups stay away while the chat panel is open (the sound still plays)
• Bilibili and other sites no longer stop a video halfway when you watch alone or with "Everyone fetches it": a cut connection picks up where it left off

1.3.2

Fixes Windows closing by itself about 3 seconds after every start.

Fixed

• Windows: the app no longer closes by itself about 3 seconds after starting (1.3.0 and 1.3.1)

1.3.1

Joining another server no longer opens an empty player, a cleaner mini player and a softer Minimal progress line.

Changed

• A cleaner mini player: just the picture, play and a plain progress bar
• Minimal controls: the progress line shown while the controls hide is softer and easier on the eyes

Fixed

• Joining another server no longer opens an empty player

1.3.0

The app is now called Starsync and was rebuilt inside for stability: a shared countdown to what plays next, honest watched marks, faster relay seeks and many fixes. Everyone must update to keep watching together.

Added

• A shared countdown to what plays next, and anyone can cancel it
• The next episode of your local files continues by itself ("Continues with")
• System notifications while the window is in the background
• Your own server is always running: Invite your friends straight in
• See the server's version and everyone's app version
• The library matches your shows with AniList
• A new sound engine and new sounds

Changed

• The app is now called Starsync (your settings and data come along)
• "Watched" counts only the time you actually watched (Jellyfin too)
• Joining no longer pauses everyone
• A dropped connection comes back as the same member, not a new one
• A server restart no longer loses what was playing
• Faster seeks over the relay

Fixed

• The app no longer freezes on exit
• Shaders on Windows
• X11: video renders properly again (also with software rendering)
• Black video when joining mid-play on X11
• Many stability fixes from the rebuild