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All sorts of things are breaking on Windows.

I use a program called cmake to do the configuration and build for my software. It has a new release, and would not longer build my application. I created a work-around for that.

Now I have discovered that the library that handles the translations ...

I just tonight discovered that Windows can put the Desktop folder in different locations depending if OneDrive is turned on or not. Microsoft likes to make things difficult, I guess.

I will be working on the Windows installation process, and any other windows bugs I find. I'm going to build out ...

4.17.10 now supports the MacOS Now Playing interface. All of the controller interfaces (Windows SMTC, Linux MPRIS, MacOS Now Playing) must be turned on in the player configuration if you want to use them.

The marquee has a new option to only show the song information. This is useful for general use ...

2025-1-19
4.17.10

New: Marquee: Added an option to only show the song information and nothing else.

New: MacOS Now Playing controller is now supported.
Controllers (Linux MPRIS, Window SMTC, MacOS Now Playing) now work for both management and the player.

Automated tests were run on:

Linux ...

Version 4.17.9 is out. There are a few small bug fixes.

The big change is the new MacOS AVPlayer player interface. This interface is native to MacOS. It supports cross-fading. It will not play .ogx, .wma or .mka audio files. If you are a Mac user, and choose to use this interface, VLC may be ...

2025-1-12
4.17.9

Fixed .wav audio file metadata processing.

New : MacOS now has a native player interface (using the AVPlayer API). This interface supports cross-fading. It does not support playing .ogx, .wma or .mka files. If you choose to use this player interface, VLC may be removed from your ...

The native MacOS player interface (using AVPlayer) is working. I will be running tests, and will do a release Monday or Tuesday.

This interface is for local files, not Apple Music. It appears I can get a free trial to Apple Music for one month, so I may work on getting the MacOS media player ...

Yesterday, I attempted to create a native MacOS player interface (using the AVPlayer API), as it is always good to have options and not get locked into a single set of tools.

But for some reason, it is not working. It doesn't report any errors, but it never starts playing. I'm a bit lost as to why ...

Version 4.17.8 is out.

On Windows, I fixed the windows that would pop up briefly and then go away again. This affects the cleanup process which is run when the user signs in to their account, and the shortcut starting BDJ4.

I updated the maximum path length that can be handled to 4096 bytes. It ...

2025-1-5
4.17.8

Windows: fixed those pesky windows from flashing up briefly.
Cleaned up some small internal issues.

The forum registration has been fixed.

Automated tests were run on:

Linux

MX Linux 25 [Debian 13] (VLC3 and GStreamer)

MacOS

MacOS Sequoia (intel) (macports) (VLC3 ...