v0.1.7.0

v0.1.7.0, 2024-07-14

• New: In Private mode can be enabled in the Preferences dialog and is no longer enabled by default (alpha3).
• New:
  • Methods
    • GetArtwork(): Gets the embedded artwork (front / back / disc / icon / artist) from the current playing item (alpha1).
      • Fixed support for other artwork types (alpha2, regression).
      • Added support for WebP images (alpha2).
      • Always returns an empty data URI in case of an error or if the specified artwork type is not available (alpha2).
      • The album art search patterns are used first. If no matching file can be found, the embedded artwork gets queried (alpha3).
• Changed: Updated the WebView2 SDK to the latest version (alpha3).

v0.1.6.3-alpha3

• New: In Private mode can be enabled in the Preferences dialog and is no longer enabled by default (alpha3).
• New:
  • Methods
    • GetArtwork(): Gets the embedded artwork (front / back / disc / icon / artist) from the current playing item (alpha1).
      • The album art search patterns are used first. If no matching file can be found, the embedded artwork gets queried (alpha3).
• Changed: Updated the WebView2 SDK to the latest version (alpha3).

v0.1.6.2-alpha2

• New:
  • Methods
    • GetArtwork(): Gets the embedded artwork (front / back / disc / icon / artist) from the current playing item (alpha1).
      • Fixed support for other artwork types (alpha2, regression).
      • Added support for WebP images (alpha2).
      • Always returns an empty data URI in case of an error or if the specified artwork type is not availabe (alpha2).

v0.1.6.0

• New: Added a setting to clear the browsing data on startup or not.

v0.1.6.1-alpha1

• New:
  • Methods
    • GetArtwork(): Gets the embedded artwork (front / back / disc / icon / artist) from the current playing item (alpha1).

v0.1.5.6

• New: Each instance of the component can have a name to easier distinguish between them.
• New: The location of the WebView user data folder can be specified in the Preferences dialog.
  • Note: The existing folder will not be moved or deleted. The new location will only be used after restarting foobar2000.
• New: Made the sample chunks from the foobar2000 visualization stream available to JavaScript.
• New: The component uses the DUI and CUI foreground and background color (alpha2).
• New: The window size can be specified in milliseconds or samples (alpha2).
• New: The reaction alignment can be specified (alpha2) to position the window behind or ahead of the playback samples.
• New: Renamed the component to foo_uie_webview (alpha3).
  • The component GUID remains the same.
  • The settings are retained.
  • Delete the "EBWebView" sub-directory of your user data folder to prevent caching problems.
• New: Added methods and properties to chrome.webview.hostObjects.sync.foo_uie_webview (alpha5):
  • Properties
    • ComponentVersion and ComponentVersionText: The version of this component as packed integer and as text.
    • IsPlaying: Gets whether playback is active.
    • IsPaused: Gets whether playback is active and in paused state.
    • StopAfterCurrent: Gets or sets the stop-after-current-track option state.
    • Length: Gets the length of the currently playing item, in seconds.
    • Position: Gets the playback position within the currently playing item, in seconds.
    • CanSeek: Gets whether currently playing track is seekable. If it's not, Seek/SeekDelta calls will be ignored.
    • Volume: Gets or sets the playback volume in dBFS. Use 0 for full volume.
    • IsMuted: Gets whether playback is muted.
  • Methods
    • Print(text): Prints text from JavaScript on the foobar2000 console.
    • Stop(): Stops playback.
    • Play(paused): Starts playback, paused or unpaused. If playback is already active, existing process is stopped first.
    • Pause(paused): Pauses or resumes playback.
    • Previous(): Plays the previous track from the current playlist according to the current playback order.
    • Next(): Plays the next track from the current playlist according to the current playback order.
    • Random(): Plays a random track from the current playlist (aka Shuffle).
    • TogglePause(): Toggles the pause status.
    • ToggleMute(): Toggles playback mute state.
    • ToggleStopAfterCurrent(): Toggles the stop-after-current mode.
    • VolumeUp(): Increases the volume with one step.
    • VolumeDown(): Decreases the volume with one step.
    • Seek(time): Seeks in the currently playing track to the specified time, in seconds.
    • SeekDelta(delta): Seeks in the currently playing track forward or backwards by the specified delta time, in seconds.
• New: Each instance of the component uses its own browser profile.
• Improved: WebView is a Utility panel again and can be shown as a popup (alpha5).
• Improved: Enabled more options in WebView2 to better support dark mode (alpha3).
• Fixed: A last-minute change (never a good thing) broke the support for multiple instances of the Preferences dialog box.
• Fixed: Javascript example code (alpha2)
• Fixed: Support for tracks with more than 2 channels was not implemented correctly (alpha2).
• Fixed: The background color of the WebView is now correctly and dynamically set (alpha3).
• Fixed: WebView not appearing in CUI tabs (alpha4, Regression).

v0.1.5.0-alpha5

• New: Added methods and properties to chrome.webview.hostObjects.sync.foo_uie_webview (alpha5):
  • Properties
    • ComponentVersion and ComponentVersionText: The version of this component as packed integer and as text.
    • IsPlaying: Gets whether playback is active.
    • IsPaused: Gets whether playback is active and in paused state.
    • StopAfterCurrent: Gets or sets the stop-after-current-track option state.
    • Length: Gets the length of the currently playing item, in seconds.
    • Position: Gets the playback position within the currently playing item, in seconds.
    • CanSeek: Gets whether currently playing track is seekable. If it's not, Seek/SeekDelta calls will be ignored.
    • Volume: Gets or sets the playback volume in dBFS. Use 0 for full volume.
    • IsMuted: Gets whether playback is muted.
  • Methods
    • Print(text): Prints text from JavaScript on the foobar2000 console.
    • Stop(): Stops playback.
    • Play(paused): Starts playback, paused or unpaused. If playback is already active, existing process is stopped first.
    • Pause(paused): Pauses or resumes playback.
    • Previous(): Plays the previous track from the current playlist according to the current playback order.
    • Next(): Plays the next track from the current playlist according to the current playback order.
    • Random(): Plays a random track from the current playlist (aka Shuffle).
    • TogglePause(): Toggles the pause status.
    • ToggleMute(): Toggles playback mute state.
    • ToggleStopAfterCurrent(): Toggles the stop-after-current mode.
    • VolumeUp(): Increases the volume with one step.
    • VolumeDown(): Decreases the volume with one step.
    • Seek(time): Seeks in the currently playing track to the specified time, in seconds.
    • SeekDelta(delta): Seeks in the currently playing track forward or backwards by the specified delta time, in seconds.
• Improved: WebView is a Utility panel again and can be shown as a popup.

v0.1.5.0-alpha4

• Fixed: WebView not appearing in CUI tabs (alpha4, Regression).

v0.1.5.0-alpha2

• New: The component uses the DUI and CUI foreground and background color (alpha2).
• New: The window size can be specified in milliseconds or samples (alpha2).
• Fixed: Javascript example code (alpha2)
• Fixed: Support for tracks with more than 2 channels was not implemented correctly (alpha2).

v0.1.5.0-alpha1

• New: Each instance of the component can have a name to easier distinguish between them.
• New: The location of the WebView user data folder can be specified in the Preferences dialog.
  • Note: The existing folder will not be moved or deleted. The new location will only be used after restarting foobar2000.
• New: Made the sample chunks from the foobar2000 visualisation stream available to Javascript.
• Fixed: A last minute change (never a good thing) broke the support for multiple instances of the Preferences dialog box.