annotate CHANGELOG @ 664:b4a7c98e4c83

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author Chris Cannam
date Tue, 26 Nov 2013 13:14:33 +0000
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Chris@608 1
Chris@608 2 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.2 since the previous release 2.1:
Chris@608 3
Chris@608 4 - Build with support for hidpi ("retina") text on OS/X
Chris@608 5 - Fix very slow analysis when using Ogg or FLAC files decoded
Chris@608 6 via libsndfile
Chris@608 7 - Fix inaccurate scale auto-align between time-value layers and
Chris@608 8 others
Chris@608 9 - Fix failure to open files specified on command line (or via
Chris@608 10 Open With) on Windows
Chris@608 11 - Reset cyclical counters and switch back to navigate mode when
Chris@608 12 a new session is started
Chris@579 13
Chris@579 14 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.1 since the previous release 2.0.1:
Chris@579 15
Chris@579 16 - Fix incorrect handling of FixedSampleRate outputs (Vamp SDK fix)
Chris@579 17 - Make it easier to see results from transforms that return a single point
Chris@579 18 - Make labelling clearer on time-value layers
Chris@579 19 - Add discrete-curve mode for time-value layers (for curves with gaps)
Chris@579 20 - Update code to build against Qt5
Chris@523 21
Chris@523 22 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.0.1 since the previous release 2.0:
Chris@523 23
Chris@523 24 - Fix incorrect samplerate in reading m4a files on OS/X
Chris@512 25
Chris@512 26 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.0 since the previous release 1.9:
Chris@512 27
Chris@512 28 - Support 64-bit builds on OS/X (using CoreAudio instead of
Chris@512 29 obsolete QuickTime audio file reader)
Chris@512 30
Chris@512 31 - Simplify RDF reading and fix some bugs. Now requires Dataquay
Chris@512 32 (http://breakfastquay.com/dataquay/) rather than using Redland
Chris@512 33 directly. Release builds use Sord/Serd rather than Redland
Chris@512 34
Chris@512 35 - Add a fullscreen mode on the F11 key
Chris@471 36
Chris@471 37 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.9 since the previous release 1.8:
Chris@471 38
Chris@471 39 - Add session templates; save session as template; apply template to
Chris@471 40 session
Chris@471 41
Chris@471 42 - Tidy up the file open logic so as to remove the dialog asking how
Chris@471 43 to open a file, where possible
Chris@471 44
Chris@471 45 - Various bug fixes.
Chris@394 46
Chris@394 47 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.8 since the previous release 1.7.2:
Chris@394 48
Chris@394 49 - Sonic Visualiser now registers as a file type handler on OS/X,
Chris@394 50 providing better integration with the desktop generally (Dan Stowell)
Chris@394 51
Chris@394 52 - There is a new function to toggle all Time Rulers at once (key #)
Chris@394 53
Chris@407 54 - The CSV import dialog has been overhauled, allowing more flexible
Chris@407 55 selection of purpose for each column
Chris@407 56
Chris@394 57 - Text overlays are now easier to read on dark backgrounds
Chris@394 58
Chris@394 59 - Hidden layers are now ignored when exporting an image (Dan Stowell)
Chris@394 60
Chris@394 61 - A crash when starting a new session or exiting the application
Chris@394 62 after loading a session with saved alignment data has been fixed
Chris@394 63
Chris@394 64 - The duplication of right-button menu functions when multiple files
Chris@394 65 were loaded has been fixed
Chris@394 66
Chris@394 67 - The layer-add menu functions now have shortcuts (Dan Stowell)
Chris@394 68
Chris@394 69 - The codebase has been reorganised into libraries and a configure
Chris@394 70 step added. It should be easier to build and maintain on OS/X and
Chris@394 71 Linux than previously, although it won't make much difference on
Chris@394 72 Windows.
Chris@394 73
Chris@397 74 - A Czech translation is now included (thanks to Pavel Fric).
Chris@397 75
Chris@394 76 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.7.2 since the previous release 1.7.1:
Chris@394 77
Chris@394 78 - The time-value layer now has an origin line and an option to
Chris@394 79 show derivatives (change from one point to the next) rather than
Chris@394 80 raw values
Chris@394 81
Chris@394 82 - A static initialiser race has been fixed, possibly fixing an
Chris@394 83 occasional crash on startup in Windows
Chris@394 84
Chris@394 85 - A crash when pressing Play straight after New Session has been
Chris@394 86 fixed
Chris@394 87
Chris@394 88 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.7.1 since the previous release 1.7:
Chris@394 89
Chris@394 90 - The RDF importer does a better job of assigning labels to layers,
Chris@394 91 layers to panes, and values to labelled regions
Chris@394 92
Chris@394 93 - Interactive editing in the Text layer benefits from the same
Chris@394 94 improvements as made in 1.7 to Note and Region layers
Chris@394 95
Chris@394 96 - The layer data editor window has a text search feature
Chris@394 97
Chris@394 98 - The main window status bar now shows the last label to have passed
Chris@394 99 the playback position in the current layer, at the right end of the
Chris@394 100 status bar
Chris@394 101
Chris@394 102 - The Russian translation has been updated (thanks Alexandre)
Chris@394 103
Chris@394 104 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.7 since the previous release 1.6:
Chris@394 105
Chris@394 106 - A new "Insert Item At Selection" function on the Edit menu
Chris@394 107 can be used to create Note and Region layer items whose time
Chris@394 108 extents correspond to the current selection(s)
Chris@394 109
Chris@394 110 - Interactively editing points in the Note and Region layers
Chris@394 111 now works much more smoothly
Chris@394 112
Chris@394 113 - SV can now import MIDI files that use SMPTE timecode for event
Chris@394 114 timing (importing MIDI files using with the more common
Chris@394 115 timebase-based timing was already supported)
Chris@394 116
Chris@394 117 - Time values throughout the display may optionally be shown in
Chris@394 118 seconds and frames at various frame rates
Chris@394 119
Chris@394 120 - A crash on exit in Windows has been fixed
Chris@394 121
Chris@394 122 - A very unobtrusive user survey is now included
Chris@394 123
Chris@394 124 - Various other bug fixes.
Chris@394 125
Chris@394 126 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.6 since the previous release 1.5:
Chris@394 127
Chris@394 128 - The Colour 3D Plot layer now supports logarithmic vertical
Chris@394 129 scale and linear interpolation options.
Chris@394 130
Chris@394 131 - A new colour scheme (High Gain) has been added for spectrogram
Chris@394 132 and Colour 3D Plot, which improves readability for some data.
Chris@394 133
Chris@394 134 - Further performance improvements have been made to Colour 3D
Chris@394 135 Plot.
Chris@394 136
Chris@394 137 - Various other bug fixes.
Chris@394 138
Chris@394 139 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.5 since the previous version 1.4:
Chris@394 140
Chris@394 141 - You can now insert time instants, time values, and notes using
Chris@394 142 a MIDI device during playback. If a time value or note layer is
Chris@394 143 current it will be used for insertion (giving a value equal to
Chris@394 144 the pitch class, or the played note, respectively); otherwise an
Chris@394 145 existing or new time instants layer will be used just as it is
Chris@394 146 when inserting instants using the PC keyboard. Using a MIDI
Chris@394 147 device should give better timing than using the PC keyboard.
Chris@394 148
Chris@394 149 - There is a new Activity Log window with a (purely informative) list
Chris@394 150 of events and user interactions that happen while SV is running.
Chris@394 151
Chris@394 152 - The spectrogram has somewhat improved graphical scaling, and
Chris@394 153 this is now the default (being much faster than the 4x oversampled
Chris@394 154 method). The previous default is still available as a preference.
Chris@394 155
Chris@394 156 - Visualisation of very dense colour plots (such as spectrograms
Chris@394 157 calculated by plugins) is substantially faster in this release.
Chris@394 158
Chris@394 159 - Spectrogram display is now faster in many circumstances.
Chris@394 160
Chris@394 161 - Alignment using the MATCH plugin is faster on OS/X than before.
Chris@394 162
Chris@394 163 - SV will take into account RDF plugin descriptions, if available,
Chris@394 164 in order to make somewhat better decisions about display of plugin
Chris@394 165 outputs (for example, placing segmentation data into a layer with
Chris@394 166 segmentation plot type).
Chris@394 167
Chris@394 168 - You can now switch layers by clicking on the spare area at the left
Chris@394 169 end of the pane that is also used for the current pane indicator.
Chris@394 170
Chris@394 171 - The vertical black lines dividing segments in the time value
Chris@394 172 layer's segmentation plot style are now optional.
Chris@394 173
Chris@394 174 - Several widget layout bugs on OS/X have been fixed.
Chris@394 175
Chris@394 176 - Several serious crashing, deadlock, and data corruption bugs have
Chris@394 177 been fixed.
Chris@394 178
Chris@394 179
Chris@394 180 New features in Sonic Visualiser 1.4 since the previous version 1.3:
Chris@394 181
Chris@394 182 - SV now has a Region layer type, used for display of features with
Chris@394 183 durations. It also supports Vamp v2.0 plugins that provide durations
Chris@394 184 for features.
Chris@394 185
Chris@394 186 - Layer data can now be imported from RDF described using the Audio
Chris@394 187 Features Ontology, as well as from the existing text file types. SV
Chris@394 188 can also export annotation layer data to RDF/Turtle, although in a
Chris@394 189 somewhat simplistic manner at present.
Chris@394 190
Chris@394 191 - You can search for transforms by text in the new "Find a Transform"
Chris@394 192 dialog. This searches both installed plugins, and plugins that have
Chris@394 193 not been installed but that have descriptions available on the
Chris@394 194 semantic web.
Chris@394 195
Chris@394 196 - You can now zoom and scroll vertically in the time-value, note,
Chris@394 197 and colour 3d plot layers.
Chris@394 198
Chris@394 199 - Sonic Visualiser can now load sessions from uncompressed XML files
Chris@394 200 as well as its own compressed-XML .sv format. Files with extension
Chris@394 201 .xml that contain suitable session data will be loaded as sessions.
Chris@394 202 Note that .xml extension files still do not show up in the default
Chris@394 203 file load filter. This is intentional, as there may be any kind of
Chris@394 204 data in them -- if you want to load uncompressed session files from
Chris@394 205 XML, you need to know you're doing it.
Chris@394 206
Chris@394 207 - Several crashes and other bugs have been fixed.
Chris@394 208
Chris@394 209 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.3 since the previous version 1.2:
Chris@394 210
Chris@394 211 - There is a new spreadsheet-style data viewer and editor for
Chris@394 212 viewing and editing the data in some types of annotation layer.
Chris@394 213
Chris@394 214 - Alignments are now saved to the session file.
Chris@394 215
Chris@394 216 - The spectrogram layer is usually somewhat faster than it was.
Chris@394 217
Chris@394 218 - You can now hold Shift while dragging to move an item, in order
Chris@394 219 to override the initial drag resistance introduced in 1.2.
Chris@394 220
Chris@394 221 - The gross mis-labelling of time lines in the ruler has been fixed.
Chris@394 222
Chris@394 223 - There is a new, somewhat provisional PulseAudio output driver.
Chris@394 224
Chris@394 225 - Several other bug fixes.
Chris@394 226
Chris@394 227 New features in Sonic Visualiser 1.2, since the previous version 1.0:
Chris@394 228
Chris@394 229 - SV now supports time-alignment of multiple performances of a work
Chris@394 230 loaded at the same time. This option is enabled when the MATCH Vamp
Chris@394 231 plugin is installed. When alignment is switched on and more than one
Chris@394 232 audio file is open, SV will assume that all open files are
Chris@394 233 differently timed performances of the same work, and will calculate
Chris@394 234 time alignments for them. Playback will then play only a single file
Chris@394 235 at a time, and the playback cursors in other files will track at the
Chris@394 236 varying speeds to try to ensure that each is at the same point in the
Chris@394 237 underlying score. This enables effective comparison of several such
Chris@394 238 files, as well as a meaningful way to switch from one performance to
Chris@394 239 another during playback (ensuring that the switch happens at the
Chris@394 240 correct point in the performance being switched to).
Chris@394 241
Chris@394 242 - There is a new Image layer, which can display images from the
Chris@394 243 local filesystem or retrieved via HTTP or FTP.
Chris@394 244
Chris@394 245 - A new measurement tool has been added. With the measurement tool
Chris@394 246 selected, dragging in a pane draws a rectangle labelled with the
Chris@394 247 scale values for its start and end corners and its size. You can
Chris@394 248 have any number of measurements present at once; they are associated
Chris@394 249 with the top layer, their scale values depend on the scale for that
Chris@394 250 layer, and they are only shown when that layer is at the top and the
Chris@394 251 measurement tool is active. Measurements are saved and reloaded in
Chris@394 252 the session file. Drawing measurements can be undone and redone, and
Chris@394 253 a measurement can be deleted by hitting Del when highlighted. Note
Chris@394 254 that the measurement tool shows the scale values associated with the
Chris@394 255 pixel positions of the mouse when dragging, not any values associated
Chris@394 256 with actual features present in the audio or its analysis (e.g. the
Chris@394 257 values are not rounded to the nearest spectrogram bin).
Chris@394 258
Chris@394 259 - You can double-click using the measurement tool in the spectrogram
Chris@394 260 to get an instant measurement rectangle for a feature. This is a
Chris@394 261 purely graphical feature that works by calculating the boundary of a
Chris@394 262 contiguous region of pixels "similar to" the one you double-clicked
Chris@394 263 on; it does not use audio analysis. Adjusting the gain and colour
Chris@394 264 scheme etc of the spectrogram will (by design) affect the
Chris@394 265 measurements obtained this way.
Chris@394 266
Chris@394 267 - The spectrum can now optionally show frequency estimates of peaks
Chris@394 268 aligned with a piano keyboard along the horizontal axis (this needs
Chris@394 269 some refinement).
Chris@394 270
Chris@394 271 - The harmonic cursor in the spectrogram has moved from the Select
Chris@394 272 tool to the Measurement tool. There is now a similar harmonic cursor
Chris@394 273 in the spectrum. Both of them show more information as text
Chris@394 274 alongside the cursor than previously.
Chris@394 275
Chris@394 276 - There is a new Erase tool for erasing individual points from an
Chris@394 277 editable layer.
Chris@394 278
Chris@394 279 - Several keyboard shortcuts have changed -- all of the Alt+key
Chris@394 280 shortcuts now either use Ctrl or a plain keypress with no modifier,
Chris@394 281 to avoid clashes with window manager shortcuts and to make them
Chris@394 282 easier to use and remember
Chris@394 283
Chris@394 284 - The playback controls are now in a Playback menu as well as the
Chris@394 285 toolbar.
Chris@394 286
Chris@394 287 - There is a new key and mouse control reference under Help (or press
Chris@394 288 F2).
Chris@394 289
Chris@394 290 - You can double-click on a pane in navigate mode to jump to a time.
Chris@394 291
Chris@394 292 - All of the single-colour layers (waveform, time values etc) now
Chris@394 293 allow you to define your own colours as well as using the built-in
Chris@394 294 set. The colour of a layer is now shown next to its name on the pane.
Chris@394 295
Chris@394 296 - When you add a new single-colour layer it will use a default colour
Chris@394 297 that is not yet in use in another layer (if there is one).
Chris@394 298
Chris@394 299 - Single-colour layers can now optionally have black backgrounds (with
Chris@394 300 a set of lighter colours in the default colour palette that use black
Chris@394 301 backgrounds by default).
Chris@394 302
Chris@394 303 - There's a new Printer colour scheme in the spectrogram with only a
Chris@394 304 small number of grey shades.
Chris@394 305
Chris@394 306 - Vertical zoom in a log-scaled spectrogram is much more intuitive;
Chris@394 307 it now leaves the point that was in the centre of the visible area in
Chris@394 308 the centre after zoom, instead of the point that was in the centre of
Chris@394 309 the linear range corresponding to the visible area.
Chris@394 310
Chris@394 311 - You can now turn a colour 3d plot layer upside down by clicking the
Chris@394 312 Invert Vertical Scale button.
Chris@394 313
Chris@394 314 - There's a new Layer Summary window which shows the panes and
Chris@394 315 layer data in a tree layout. This is very simplistic at the moment.
Chris@394 316
Chris@394 317 - Each pane now has an [X] button at its top left, which removes that
Chris@394 318 pane when clicked.
Chris@394 319
Chris@394 320 - There's a new Solo play mode toggle button; when active, only the
Chris@394 321 currently selected pane is played. This is also the default when
Chris@394 322 time alignment is in use.
Chris@394 323
Chris@394 324 - Rewind/ffwd now stay confined to the selection if Play Selection is
Chris@394 325 enabled; also, the rewind and ffwd "one step" buttons are now enabled
Chris@394 326 even if there is no time instants layer for them to align to (they
Chris@394 327 align to the time ruler instead and so jump in steps of a size
Chris@394 328 dependent on the zoom level).
Chris@394 329
Chris@394 330 - You can now export note layers to MIDI.
Chris@394 331
Chris@394 332 - MIDI note velocity is partially supported. Note velocity is
Chris@394 333 retained when importing and exporting MIDI and is used in playback,
Chris@394 334 but it is not yet shown in the display and cannot yet be edited.
Chris@394 335
Chris@394 336 - You can now drag-and-drop files (of whatever type) onto SV from
Chris@394 337 other programs such as file managers or web browsers.
Chris@394 338
Chris@394 339 - mp3 files (and Ogg, but they aren't supported on Windows at the
Chris@394 340 moment) are now decoded in a background thread so you can see the
Chris@394 341 start of the track without waiting for the rest to decode.
Chris@394 342
Chris@394 343 - Mac builds of SV can now load AAC/mp4 files and anything else
Chris@394 344 supported by QuickTime.
Chris@394 345
Chris@394 346 - There is now an option to resample audio files on import if they
Chris@394 347 don't match the samplerate of the first file loaded. By default this
Chris@394 348 is switched off, as it affects the visible waveform. The default
Chris@394 349 behaviour is unchanged (play at the wrong rate). There is still no
Chris@394 350 option to handle multiple rates "correctly" (i.e. by resampling
Chris@394 351 on playback and showing the waveforms at different resolutions
Chris@394 352 according to each one's underlying rate) and there probably never
Chris@394 353 will be.
Chris@394 354
Chris@394 355 - SV can now open .m3u playlist files, though it's a hazardous thing
Chris@394 356 to do as it simply loads all the files in the playlist at once.
Chris@394 357
Chris@394 358 - SV now has various options for how to number tapped time instants
Chris@394 359 (bar/beat, plain counter, time in seconds, tempo etc).
Chris@394 360
Chris@394 361 - The official builds use Qt 4.3, which fixes some nasty
Chris@394 362 bugs in the file dialog that the version 1.0 builds suffered from.
Chris@394 363