jamulus/ChangeLog

3.5.6git






3.5.5 (2020-05-26)

- added vocal banjo/mandolin instrument icons created by atsampson (#283)

- faster update of musicians list in the server list table

- display recorder state and latest recording directory in the server GUI,
  allow a new recording to be requested, by pljones (#228)

- New Client Level now also applies if you enter a server

- bug fix: honour own fader and Mute button in Mute Myself (#148)

- bug fix: audio fader sliders cannot be moved if the main windows is too small (#292)

- bug fix: server gain calculations were incorrect (introduced in version 3.5.4)


3.5.4 (2020-05-24)

- introduce genre-based server lists (#139)

- implement panning for channels, coded by tarmoj (#52, #145)

- added an indicator that another client has muted me (#257)

- move central server type dropdown to connection setup (#157)

- added vocal bass/tenor/alto/soprano instrument icons created by Alberstein8 (#131)

- support intermediate Reaper RPP file while recording, coded by pljones (#170)

- save client settings on Linux cmdline termination signal, coded by pljones (#70)

- added translation: Italian by dzpex (#249)

- bug fix: fixed misaligned tracks in recordings, coded by snayler, improved by pljones (#234)


3.5.3 (2020-05-15)

- correct unregister of headless server and RPP file creation on
  SIGINT/SIGTERM, coded by pljones (Tickets #130, #168)

- for CoreAudio and 4 channel input, support mixing channels 1&2 with 3&4

- added bassoon/oboe/harp instrument icons created by dszgit,
  congas/bongo created by bspeer (#131)

- link to docs from application Help menu (#90)

- support Mac CoreAudio aggregated devices (#138)

- added translations: French by trebmuh, Portuguese by Snayler,
  Spanish by ignotus666, Dutch by jerogee, German by corrados (#77)

- new design for the About dialog (#189)

- new command line option -d to disconnect all clients on shutdown of the server (#161)

- bug fix: for mono capture jack audio interface Jamulus complains it
  cannot make connections (#137)

- bug fix: fixed that Jamulus segfaults when jackd is restarted (#122, #127)

- bug fix: better handling of disconnect message in the client

- note: Jamulus is no longer compatible to Qt4


3.5.2 (2020-04-24)

- use audio level meter bars for normal skin

- store Show All Musicians setting in the ini-file

- improved Mac installer, coded by doloopuntil

- support to open ASIO driver setup(s) if startup failed due to incorrect driver settings (#117)

- added -v/--version command line argument to output version information (#121)

- added bodhran and other instrument icons, bodhran created by bomm (#131)

- bug fix: if small network buffers are used we get much better audio quality when drop outs occur

- bug fix: if names given with the -o option were too long, the server registration failed (#91)

- bug fix: audio level changes if Buffer Delay is changed (#106)

- bug fix: do not reset fader level meters if number of clients change

- bug fix: fixed a crash with JackRouter 64 bit ASIO driver (#93, thanks to elliotclee)


3.5.1 (2020-04-18)

- added a Mute Stream button to hear your signal and the signal of the other clients but
  do not transmit your signal to the server so that the other clients cannot hear you

- added Enable Small Network Buffers switch to enable small sound card buffers in
  combination with legacy OPUS packets since OPUS packets with 64 samples enable low
  latency but can increase audio drop outs

- upgrade OPUS codec library to v1.3.1 by doloopuntil

- server list registration status indicator added to the server GUI, coded by pljones

- improved auto jitter buffer for 64 samples frame size

- the ping times in the server list are now more stable


3.5.0 (2020-04-15)

- added support for 64 samples OPUS packets in the client (if a sound card buffer size
  larger or equal than 128 samples is chosen, the legacy 128 samples OPUS packets are used)

- added a filter for the server list to, e.g., filter a specific country or search for a musician

- refresh server list if the Central Server address type is changed

- the unit of the mixer faders is now dB using the range -50 dB to 0 dB

- increased LED luminance (#71)

- bug fix: the server welcome message may appear twice if the server list was double clicked


3.4.7 (2020-04-11)

- added support for alternative Central Servers to solve the 200 server registration limit (#50)

- added support for 64 samples frame size in the server (if server runs in 64 or 128 samples
  mode it is still compatible to both, 64 and 128 samples frame size clients)

- added multichannel CoreAudio support, coded by emlynmac (#44)

- fixed server not visible if in same local network, coded by pljones (#27)


3.4.6 (2020-04-09)

- added support for channel meters, coded by pljones

- added show licence switch in the server GUI

- store fader mute state in the ini file, coded by doloopuntil

- fixed low-res icon issue (#28)


3.4.5 (2020-04-04)

- audio fade-in at the server if a new client connects

- added a scroll bar to the mixer board to support large numbers of
  mixer faders (a thank you to doloopuntil for his help)

- changed the maximum number of clients supported by the server from 20 to 50

- Windows installer now contains a 32 and 64 bit version of Jamulus (the version to
  be installed is selected automatically according to the detected operating system)

- bug fix: server list ping times may not be accurate and client list may not be retrieved


3.4.4 (2020-03-25)

- added support for controlling the audio mixer faders with a MIDI controller (MacOS and Linux)

- added command line argument for disabling auto jack connection (#49)

- audio recording for the server, coded by pljones

- SVG server history graph, coded by pljones


3.4.3 (2018-05-17)

- for ASIO and 4 channel input, support mixing channels 1&2 with 3&4

- bug fix: fixed a crash, running Jamulus on MacOS version "High Sierra"


3.4.2 (2017-08-11)

- removed old CELT library (minimum compatible version is now 3.3.1)

- show server name in the server list in bold font if it is a permanent server

- Jack can be used instead of CoreAudio on MacOS (using qmake "CONFIG+=jackonmac")


3.4.1 (2016-02-10)

- show the number of connected clients in the MacOS task bar if more
  than one client is connected

- avoid a single jitter buffer for the auto detection

- the Musicians value in the server list shows a warning if the server is full

- automatic server setting for permanent server flag in the protocol

- bug fix: ping time measurement may be invalid for the Linux OS


3.4.0 (2015-12-10)

- show the names of the connected clients in the server list


3.3.11 (2015-11-26)

- added a new client fader level setting

- changed the MacOS audio interface to be future proof (do not use
  the Carbon Component Manager anymore)

- added support for audio channel selection for MacOS


3.3.10 (2015-10-20)

- changed the default central server URL

- added support for server disconnection


3.3.9 (2015-07-12)

- another improvement of auto jitter buffer detection in very bad
  network conditions

- support client operation without using a GUI front end

- bug fix: fixed a crash in the MacOS audio interface


3.3.8 (2015-03-15)

- improved audio quality in bad network conditions

- more realistic overall delay estimation

- improvement of auto jitter buffer detection in bad network conditions

- show info about sound card buffer size if not one of the standard sizes


3.3.7 (2015-02-05)

- added a musician profile dialog (some settings in the main window
  were removed)

- a tool tip for the fader tag shows the complete musician profile

- the city and skill level can be set in the musician profile

- added new instrument picture for "Guitar+Vocal"


3.3.6 (2015-01-25)

- support for a country flag icon on the fader tag

- a licence agreement dialog can be requested by the server


3.3.5 (2014-07-30)

- new compile config options for disabling old CELT, use OPUS in a shared
  library and change the executable name

- added a Linux jamulus.desktop file


3.3.4 (2014-02-25)

- true stereo reverberation effect (previously it was a mono reverberation
  effect on both stereo channels)

- added a mono-in/stereo-out mode to support special sound cards which have
  mono inputs for the instrument and a microphone but have stereo outputs

- store fader solo state in the ini file

- improved stability of the audio stream by reducing audio drop outs (by
  using a separate socket thread)

- removed unnecessary settings and LED indicators

- bug fix: the fader level could not be changed if the fader was on solo  


3.3.3 (2013-12-30)

- support for storing/recovering the window positions

- added new instrument pictures for "Recorder", "Streamer" and "Listener"

- the solo state of a mixer fader is not exclusive any more and the solo
  state is preserved if the number of mixer faders changes

- more precise sound card latency estimation under Windows

- integrated a new OPUS version: v1.1

- bug fix: support for correct utf-8 storage of names in the ini-file


3.3.2 (2013-08-24)

- the connection setup dialog can now be opened during a connection

- support for three audio quality settings: low, normal and high


3.3.1 (2013-03-24)

- enabled the OPUS codec

- store fader level settings

- improved server performance under Linux

- changed the network buffer for improved OPUS PLC performance
  
- added protocol overhead for DSL line for upload rate calculation

- fixed outstanding renaming from llcon to Jamulus

- bug fix: the overall delay was not correctly calculated


3.3.0 (2013-02-24)

- renamed the software from llcon to Jamulus

- support for an instrument picture on the fader tag

- a server welcome message can be shown on a connect to the
  server (the message is shown in the chat dialog of the client)

- the source code is now compatible to Qt5

- bug fix: strings in the protocol are now utf-8 coded


3.2.2 (2012-07-15)

- changed auto jitter buffer property to reduce audio drop outs

- bug fix: mechanism to keep port in NAT of slave server open works now correctly

- bug fix: slave server unregistering may not be successful


3.2.1 (2012-02-02)

- support for audio device selection under Mac OS

- connect dialog list is sorted by the ping time

- software icon changed

- bug fix: fixed distorted audio with USB sound cards on Mac OS

- bug fix: fixed crash on slave server unregistering


3.2.0 (2011-07-23)

- new GUI style of the main window, added switch for selecting the GUI style
  in the settings window

- a list of available servers is shown on pressing the connect button, the list
  is managed by a central server, any private server is added automatically if
  the registering setting is enabled

- the jitter buffer size can be independently set for client and server

- improved auto jitter buffer algorithm

- the Qt project file is now used for Linux, too

- ini-file is stored in the home directory instead of the application directory

- added server settings in the GUI for the server list and added ini file
  support to store the settings

- bug fix: fixed Jack audio interface instability


3.1.2 (2011-03-02)

- show warning in main window if audio delay is too long

- added download link in help menu

- bug fix: solo switch did not work correctly


3.1.1 (2010-07-01)

- added stereo audio channel support

- added input/output audio channel mapping for ASIO audio interface


3.1.0 (2010-03-16)

- support for MacOS (using CoreAudio audio interface)

- sound card frame size support for frame sizes other than 128, 256 and 512
  samples

- improvement of network buffer (jitter buffer) in case of small buffer sizes

- all available ASIO sample formats supported

- bug fix for M-Audio Delta ASIO driver


3.0.3 (2009-12-05)

- accessibility improvements

- show number of connected clients in window title (and therefore in OS task
  bar)

- added "Whats this" help text to the GUI controls in the general settings
  dialog, added Tool Tips to some GUI controls

- server logging history grid lines of weekend days are now plotted with
  different line width

- removed ALSA support since the ALSA interface implementation in llcon was
  buggy and will not be maintained in the future

- bug fix: fix for server logging history graph x-axis

- bug fix: fix for disconnect issue at the server


3.0.2 (2009-09-21)

- new server features: for chat messages the time stamp is also shown, parsing
  of existing log file supported

- updates for help texts

- new design for fader tag

- change for Jack Linux audio interface: ports are only registered and
  connected once when the software is started up

- bug fix: under bad network conditions chat messages were randomly repeated

- bug fix: in case the server was shutdown and restarted during a connection,
  the channel name was not updated correctly at the server


3.0.1 (2009-08-23)

- use low complexity CELT encoder profile, this lowers audio dropout
  probability on slow computers

- in case "Open Chat on New Message" is not enabled, a hint in the status bar
  is shown when a message is received

- bug fix: buzzing occurred when audio stream was interrupted (e.g. in case
  of network trouble)


3.0.0 (2009-08-19)

- introduced new audio codec "CELT", not compatible to old versions

- only the sound card frame sizes 128, 256 and 512 are allowed (since other
  frame sizes require additional conversion buffers which introduce delay)

- IMA-ADPCM, MS-ADPCM removed

- since CELT works on 48 kHz sample rate, resampling was removed

- various bug fixes (e.g. disconnecting did not work reliably)


2.3.0 (2009-07-09)

- new system sample rate of 33 kHz to improve audio quality, not compatible
  to old versions

- added history graph for server logging

- added command line argument for connecting a server at software start-up


2.2.2 (2009-05-14)

- "Mute" and "Solo" check boxes for each connected client fader

- store previous server URLs

- changes to the main GUI (grouped "local" and "server" settings)

- LED status lights and LED input level meter

- better behaviour on disconnection (introduced disconnection protocol message)


2.2.1 (2009-03-29)

- bug fix and improvements for automatic jitter buffer size setting


2.2.0 (2009-03-13)

- added Jack audio interface (Linux)

- simplified settings dialog, complete redesign (removed sound card
  buffer settings, network block sizes settings, added upload rate display)

- improved audio stability (audio interface is not callback based, removed
  intermediate audio buffers, client audio buffer size equals network
  buffer size now)

- added upload rate limitation for server (server decides which network
  parameters to use depending on the upload limit and the number of connected
  clients)


2.1.4 (2009-02-15)

- added automatic jitter buffer size setting

- speed optimizations to improve audio interface stability

- new default settings (e.g. turn off Reverb by default since it requires
  significant CPU)


2.1.3 (2008-11-02)

- added sound card selection

- improved ASIO configuration

- added total delay display


2.1.2 (2008-08-15)

- audio compression type can be selected (IMA ADPCM, MS ADPCM, None)

- security checks for protocol messages (wrong messages could crash the
  software)

- bug fix: ping time measurement problems on Windows OS fixed


2.1.1 (2008-08-03)

- added a chat window

- the client can select a port number of server additional to the URL

- the server can be operated on an arbitrary port number

- ping time information in general settings dialog added


2.1.0 (2008-07-17)

- ASIO support


2.0.0 (2008-03-29)

- first QT4 compatible release


0.9.9 (2007-09-10)

- new client settings dialog

- at each client a separate audio mix can be generated for all connected clients
  at the server


0.9.4 (2006-03-10)

- added a protocol mechanism, now it is possible to set the jitter buffer in the
  server according to the setting in the client (they are coupled now)

- removed sample rate offset estimation since it was not used anyway

- internal audio processing in the server is now based on the minimum block
  size (improves latency)


0.9.1 (2006-01-28)

- initial version