v1.8.0

1.8.0 (2025-01-03)

Features

• add more user preferences to info screen (39fb27b)
• add parameter for full buffering approach (dd9dba6)
• add timestamp to splash screen (#452) (405b1f3)
• allow CLI arg to specify transcode buffer size (0a6d0bd)
• allow randomized background music from user-specified dir (a9307f1)
• background music in the splash screen (a70d959)
• Scoring screen that rates performance after song complete (randomly generated) (a70d959)
• Store CLI preferences config file, enable editing them from web interface (a70d959)
• Limit the amount of songs added to queue on a per-user basis (a70d959)
• fade volume transition on skip/play/pause #180 (2eeb211)
• run pikaraoke on a single port (a523a52)
• support realtime(ish) notifications on splash screen (823d83d)

Bug Fixes

• alpha bar not showing on files screen (25cd3d3)
• audit / clean up translations (1ca27fc)
• change buffer_size to be measured in kb (3ea97cb)
• chunked stream failures on raspberry pi (#454) (8516b4f)
• improve browser warning message (7469037)
• improve playback loop by using process exit codes (45bad39)
• media file path incorrect on windows (4a38710)
• song restarts if now_playing status changes during score (f4140a5)
• splash menu iframe doesn't load over https (677576b)
• support concurrent splash screens #448 (#451) (5a5d9ea)
• track wont restart while paused (f716af0)

Performance Improvements

• only transcode files when necessary (936c3cd)
• optimize docker build and arg handling (185f937)

Documentation

• simplify README, deprecate unused files (c13ae28)