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@Kakifrucht Kakifrucht released this 23 Mar 20:14
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1.6.0
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With 4 years since the last release I present to you long overdue fixes and improvements! This release also marks the first release as fully Open Source software, licensed under GPLv3! 🎉

There are quite some changes on this one, so please report any problems you find.

Changelog v1.6.0

  • No longer using the deprecated Philips Hue SDK.
    • All API calls run through HTTPS now, as HTTP will be disabled via a Bridge firmware update.
    • Uses mDNS as bridge discovery method now, since uPnP will also not work for much longer.
    • Removed dependency to proprietary library, we are open source now!
  • Updated the look and feel of the application to make it look cleaner and more modern.
    • Added more advanced color picker to color selection screen which also allows you to pick a color from anywhere on your desktop.
    • The light selection panel will properly wrap now if you have a high amount lights in your system. (#10)
    • Added button to advanced settings to disconnect from current bridge. (#8)
    • "Darcula Theme" checkbox is now "Light Theme" toggle, which is off by default.
  • Settings can now be updated while beat detection is active, e.g. the brightness settings and selected color set.
    • Settings that cannot be changed are greyed out during visualisation.
  • Dynamically determines fade time depending on the time since the last beat occurred.
    • Added maximum fade transition time slider to advanced menu.
    • Removed static fade time slider from brightness menu.
  • Added slider to set the probability of updating multiple lights per beat.
    • Added button to reset lights panel.
  • Improved ColorFadeEffect, fades the colors of all lights to the current beat color.
  • Use new "Bass Mode" checkbox if you are using a microphone or if your audio input is very noisy.
  • Keep same colors until brightness changes, instead of selecting new ones on every beat.
    • Improved and fixed color selection logic.
  • Increased base brightness difference between beat and fade.
  • Fix fade on strobe not working.
  • Do not show and work with "lights" that have no brightness control (like ZigBee switches).
  • Other minor fixes.

Download

Windows: Download LightBeat_1.6.0_setup.exe
Windows with Java installed: Download LightBeat.exe (no installation required)
Other platforms (MacOS, Linux): Download LightBeat.jar and install Java JRE

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