All search, metadata, and download providers are now exclusively
supplied by extensions. The built-in provider registry that previously
exposed Deezer/Tidal/Qobuz as hardcoded providers is fully removed.
Removed across Go, Dart, Kotlin, and Swift:
- BuiltInProviderSpec class, registry, and all accessor helpers
- SearchProviderAllJSON, GetBuiltInProvidersJSON, ParseProviderURLJSON,
ParseDeezerURLExport Go exports and their platform channel bindings
- Built-in provider items in search dropdown, service picker, and
provider priority UI lists
- provider_ui_utils.dart helper file
Deezer metadata enrichment (ISRC lookup, extended metadata, cover
upgrade) remains fully functional through direct DeezerClient calls
in the download pipeline — these are not part of the provider
registry and are unaffected.
Mark deezer as a retired built-in metadata provider so stale user
priority lists are cleaned up on next launch.
Introduce a service-owned download worker that offloads the full
download-and-finalize pipeline to DownloadService on Android, keeping
downloads alive independently of the Flutter UI process.
Key changes:
- Extract SAF download logic from MainActivity into SafDownloadHandler
- Add NativeDownloadFinalizer for Kotlin-side decryption, format
conversion, metadata embedding, ReplayGain, post-processing, and
history persistence
- Extend DownloadService with native queue management (start, pause,
resume, cancel) using coroutine-based worker with AtomicFile snapshots
- Add Dart-side orchestration: snapshot polling, run-id correlation,
adoption on app restart, and fallback to Dart queue
- Forward embedReplayGain, tidalHighFormat, and postProcessingEnabled
through Go backend DownloadRequest struct
- Add nativeDownloadWorkerEnabled setting with UI toggle
- Make DownloadQueueLookup collections unmodifiable
- Add CollectionArtistEntry model with toJson/fromJson and artistCollectionKey helper
- Create favorite_artists table in SQLite with DB migration v1→v2
- Implement toggleFavoriteArtist/removeFavoriteArtist in LibraryCollectionsNotifier
- Add FavoriteArtistsScreen with list view, empty state, and artist navigation
- Add heart toggle button on ArtistScreen header (reactive via Riverpod selector)
- Integrate favorite artists folder in queue_tab collection grid/list views
- Add 8 new localization strings across all 13 locale files
- Add stopProviderFallback manifest field with backward compat for skipBuiltInFallback
- Expose stop_provider_fallback in extension JSON API
- Unify service and search provider chips into 4-per-row grid layout
- Enable Ask Before Download for extensions with quality options
- Force useExtensionProviders always-on (built-in providers retired)
- Update localization: Built-in -> Legacy, remove obsolete description text
- Clear hardcoded donor names list
- Add Duration field to AudioQuality for FLAC (streaminfo) and M4A (mvhd atom)
- Expose duration via ReadFileMetadata and extension runtime Go-backend API
- Pass duration_ms to extension CheckAvailability for better track matching
- Fix home tab showing empty state before extensions finish initializing by
keeping the search bar visible with a loading indicator until ready
- Refactor hasSearchProvider helper to account for built-in providers
- Refine homeEmptyTitle/Subtitle copy (EN + ID translations)
- Bump version to 4.5.0+127
Delete the entire Qobuz downloader implementation (qobuz.go, qobuz_test.go)
including all API clients, search, metadata, download, and track matching
code. Empty the builtInProviderRegistry now that all built-in providers are
retired. Remove Qobuz-specific exports (SearchQobuzAll, GetQobuzMetadata,
ParseQobuzURLExport) and the downloadWithBuiltInQobuz adapter. Stub out
PreWarmTrackCache and cache management since no built-in providers remain.
Move qobuz cover upgrade regex to cover.go. Update Dart screens, providers,
and localization strings for the provider-agnostic UI.
Remove Tidal from built-in provider registry (metadata, search, download,
URL parsing) and delete tidal.go. Introduce extension runtime APIs for
lyrics lookup (getLyricsLRC), ISRC existence check (checkISRCExists), and
ISRC index management (addToISRCIndex). Refactor extension download response
construction into normalizeExtensionDownloadResult/overlayExtensionDownloadMetadata
helpers with AlreadyExists support and ISRC indexing. Switch download mirrors
to DoRequestWithUserAgent for ISP blocking detection. Add 50+ new
localization keys and accessibility labels across all supported locales.
- Add reference-counted cancel entries to prevent premature cleanup when multiple operations share the same itemID
- Propagate cancellation to DownloadTrack, DownloadWithFallback, DownloadWithExtensionsJSON, extension providers, and ISRC search
- Fetch album artist from MusicBrainz when missing during download and re-enrich
- Make ALBUMARTIST tag nullable to avoid writing artistName as album artist
- Add home feed 'Off' option in extension settings
- Skip deezer in download provider priority sanitization
- Tidal: use actual API track_number/disc_number when request values are 0
(fixes search/popular downloads having no track position in metadata)
- Extension enrichment: copy TrackNumber/DiscNumber back from enriched results
- Extension fallback download: add request metadata fallback for non-source
extensions (Album, AlbumArtist, ReleaseDate, ISRC, TrackNumber, DiscNumber)
- FFmpeg: add -v error -hide_banner to all commands (embed, convert, CUE split)
to eliminate banner, build config, and full metadata/lyrics dump in logcat
- ebur128: add framelog=quiet to suppress per-frame loudness measurements
while keeping the summary needed for ReplayGain parsing
- Track metadata screen: separate embedded lyrics check from online fetch,
show file-only state with manual online fetch button
ReplayGain (track + album):
- Scan track loudness via FFmpeg ebur128 filter (-18 LUFS reference)
- Duration-weighted power-mean for album gain computation
- Support for FLAC (native Vorbis), MP3 (ID3v2 TXXX), Opus, M4A
- Album RG auto-finalizes when all album tracks complete
- Retryable gate: blocks finalization while failed/skipped items exist
- SAF support: lossy album RG writes via temp file + writeTempToSaf
- New embedReplayGain setting (off by default) with UI toggle
APEv2 tag support:
- Full APEv2 reader/writer with header+items+footer format
- Merge-based editing with override keys for explicit deletions
- Binary cover art embedding (Cover Art (Front) item)
- Library scanner support for .ape/.wv/.mpc files
- ReplayGain fields in APE read/write/edit pipeline
Bug fixes (26):
- setArtistComments wiping fields on empty string value
- APEv2 rewrite corrupting files with ID3v1 trailer
- APE edit replacing entire tag instead of merging
- ReplayGain lost on manual MP3/Opus/M4A metadata edit
- Editor metadata save losing custom tags (preserveMetadata)
- Album RG accumulator not cleaned on queue mutation
- Album gain using unweighted mean instead of power-mean
- writeAlbumReplayGainTags return value silently ignored
- SAF album RG writing to deleted temp path
- Cancelled tracks polluting album gain computation
- APE ReplayGain not wired end-to-end
- APE field deletion not working in merge
- APE cover edit was a no-op
- Album RG duplicate entries on retry
- APE apeKeysFromFields missing track/disc/lyrics mappings
- Album RG entries purged by removeItem before computation
- FFmpeg converters discarding empty metadata values
- _appendVorbisArtistEntries skipping empty value (null vs empty)
- Album RG write-back fails for SAF lossy files
- Album RG partial finalization on failed tracks
- FLAC ClearEmpty flag destroying tags on partial callers
- clearCompleted not retriggering album RG checks
- ReadFileMetadata MP3/Ogg missing label and copyright
- Cover embed on CUE split destroying split artist tags
- Album RG gain format inconsistent (missing + prefix)
- FLAC reader/editor missing tag aliases (ALBUMARTIST, LABEL, etc.)
- dart:math log shadowed by logger.dart export
Add singleFilenameFormat setting so singles/EPs can use a different filename template than albums. The format editor is reused with custom title/description. Dart selects the correct format based on track.isSingle before passing to Go, so no backend changes needed. Also fix isSingle getter to include all EPs regardless of totalTracks. Closes#271
Add a bottom sheet dialog that lets users choose which metadata field
groups to update during bulk re-enrich (cover, lyrics, album/album
artist, track/disc number, date/ISRC, genre/label/copyright).
Backend (Go):
- Filter FLAC Metadata struct and FFmpeg metadata map by selected
update_fields so non-selected groups preserve existing file values
- Guard Deezer extended metadata fetch with shouldUpdateField(extra)
- Title/Artist are never overwritten by re-enrich (search keys only)
- enrichedMeta response only includes selected field groups
Frontend (Dart):
- New re_enrich_field_dialog.dart bottom sheet with checkboxes
- FFmpegService embed methods gain preserveMetadata param that uses
-map_metadata 0 instead of -1 to preserve non-selected tags
- Hide selection overlay/bar before showing dialog, restore on cancel
- Fix setState-after-dispose guard in cancel branches
Cleanup:
- Remove dead code in library_tracks_folder_screen.dart
- Fix use_build_context_synchronously in main_shell.dart
- Suppress false-positive use_null_aware_elements lints
- Update l10n label from 'Title, Artist, Album' to 'Album, Album Artist'
- Delete dead metadata client and extract shared types to metadata_types.go
- Remove Yoinkify download fallback from Deezer, use MusicDL only
- Clean up retired settings fields and metadataSource
- Remove dead l10n keys for retired provider
- Add migration to strip retired provider from existing users' lyrics config
- Add artist_tag_mode setting (joined / split_vorbis) for FLAC/Opus multi-artist tags
- Split 'Artist A, Artist B' into separate ARTIST= Vorbis comments when split mode is enabled
- Join repeated ARTIST/ALBUMARTIST Vorbis comments when reading metadata
- Propagate artistTagMode through download pipeline, re-enrich, and metadata editor
- Improve library scan progress: separate polling intervals, finalizing state, indeterminate progress
- Add initial progress snapshot on library scan stream connect
- Use req.ArtistName consistently for Qobuz downloads instead of track.Performer.Name
- Add l10n keys for artist tag mode, library files unit, and scan finalizing status
- Introduce coverCacheKey parameter through Go backend and Kotlin bridge for stable SAF cover caching
- Add MetadataFromFilename flag to skip filename-only metadata and retry via temp-file copy
- Add Qobuz album-search fallback between API search and store scraping
- Extract buildReEnrichFFmpegMetadata to skip empty metadata fields
- Add metadata completeness filter (complete, missing year/genre/album artist)
- Add sort modes: artist, album, release date, genre (asc/desc)
- Prune stale library cover cache files after full scan
- Skip empty values and zero track/disc numbers in FFmpeg metadata
- Add new l10n keys for metadata filter and sort options
Move hardcoded UI strings across multiple screens and the notification
service into ARB-backed l10n keys so they can be translated via Crowdin.
Adds 62 new keys covering sort labels, dialog copy, metadata error
snackbars, folder-picker errors, home-tab error states, extensions home
feed selector, and all notification titles/bodies. NotificationService
now caches an AppLocalizations instance (injected from MainShell via
didChangeDependencies) and falls back to English literals when no locale
is available.
Requested by @okinaau in issue #242 — brings back the ability to
download tracks in lossy format for users on low storage devices.
HIGH quality fetches the AAC M4A stream directly from the Tidal server
(no lossless download + re-encode), then converts to MP3 or Opus via
FFmpeg based on the tidalHighFormat setting (mp3_320, opus_256, or
opus_128).
- go_backend/tidal.go: restore outputExt .m4a, filename logic,
duplicate-check guard, HIGH M4A lyrics/LRC handling, and
bitDepth=0/sampleRate=44100 for HIGH quality result
- settings.dart + settings.g.dart: re-add tidalHighFormat field
(default mp3_320) with JSON serialization
- settings_provider.dart: re-add setTidalHighFormat(), remove
migration that force-migrated HIGH to LOSSLESS
- download_queue_provider.dart: restore HIGH conversion logic for
both SAF and non-SAF paths using FFmpegService.convertM4aToLossy
- download_settings_page.dart: restore Lossy 320kbps quality tile,
format sub-picker tile, _getTidalHighFormatLabel helper, and
_showTidalHighFormatPicker bottom sheet
- l10n: add 10 keys (downloadLossy320, downloadLossyFormat,
downloadLossy320Format, downloadLossy320FormatDesc, downloadLossyMp3,
downloadLossyMp3Subtitle, downloadLossyOpus256/Subtitle,
downloadLossyOpus128/Subtitle) to ARB and all 13 generated files
When enabled, playlist downloads are placed inside a subfolder named
after the playlist before the normal folder organization structure
(e.g. Playlist/<artist>/<album>/). The setting is a no-op when folder
organization is already set to 'By Playlist'. Includes model field,
JSON serialization, settings notifier, download queue path logic,
UI toggle in download settings, and localizations for all 13 languages.
Add a new 'Auto Scan' setting under Local Library with four modes:
off, every app open (10min cooldown), daily, and weekly. The app
uses WidgetsBindingObserver to trigger incremental scans on launch
and when resuming from background, respecting the configured
cooldown based on the last scan timestamp.
- Add _convertToAlac() and _convertToFlac() in ffmpeg_service with
single-pass FFmpeg encoding, metadata tags, and cover art embedding
- Wire lossless formats (ALAC, FLAC) into single-track convert sheet
with dynamic format list based on source format, hidden bitrate for
lossless targets, and lossless hint text
- Add lossless conversion to batch convert UI in downloaded_album,
local_album, and queue_tab screens with lossy-source filtering
- Fix M4A quality probe in Go backend: increase audio sample entry
buffer from 24 to 32 bytes, read sample rate from correct offset
(bytes 28-29) and bit depth from samplesize field (bytes 22-23)
- Add l10n keys for lossless confirm dialogs and hints (en, id)
Add 'Auto-fill from online' expandable section to the metadata editor
that lets users choose exactly which fields to populate from online
metadata search. Users can select individual fields via filter chips,
use 'All' or 'Empty only' quick-select buttons, then tap 'Fetch & Fill'
to search metadata providers and fill only the selected controllers.
The search uses existing searchTracksWithMetadataProviders API with
ISRC-preferring best-match selection. Extended metadata (genre, label,
copyright) is fetched via Deezer extended metadata API when available.
Cover art is downloaded from the match's cover_url. All results are
previewed in the editor before saving — nothing is written to the file
until the user taps Save.
Add 21 new l10n keys (editMetadata* namespace) for all UI strings.
- Add YouTubeQualityOpus320 constant and opus_320 parser case in Go backend
- Expand opus supported bitrates to [128, 256, 320] across Go, Dart settings, and UI
- Update default YouTube Opus option from 256 to 320kbps
- Remove Tidal HIGH (lossy 320kbps) quality from Go backend, settings model,
settings provider, download queue provider (both SAF and non-SAF paths),
settings UI (quality option, format picker, helper methods), and l10n keys
- Add settings migration v6: auto-migrate users with audioQuality=HIGH to LOSSLESS
- Update and add Go test cases for opus_320 and adjusted max bitrate
- Regenerate l10n files, remove 10 unused downloadLossy* l10n keys
Parse .cue files in library scanner (Go + SAF) to display individual
tracks instead of one large audio file. Add FFmpeg-based CUE splitting
to extract tracks into separate FLAC files with embedded metadata and
cover art.
- Go: CUE parser, two-pass scan (CUE first, skip referenced audio),
virtual paths (cue#trackNN) for DB UNIQUE constraint, audioDir
override for SAF temp-file scenarios
- Android: SAF scanner recognizes .cue in both full and incremental
scan, copies .cue+audio to temp for Go parsing, unchanged-CUE audio
sibling dedup, parseCueSheet handler resolves SAF audio siblings
- Dart: FFmpegService.splitCueToTracks, CUE split UI in track metadata
screen, persistent output dir for SAF splits with write-back
- CUE virtual path normalization across fileExists/fileStat/deleteFile/
openFile; play/share/open blocked for virtual tracks with guidance to
split first; delete only removes DB entry, not shared .cue file
- iOS: parseCueSheet handler
- Localization: 12 new CUE-related strings
Requested by @Seerafimm
Closes#201
Version rolled back from v4.x to v3.7.0. After extensive work on v4's
internal streaming engine, smart queue, DASH pipeline, and media controls,
we realized v3 was already feature-complete. Adding more big features
only made maintenance increasingly difficult and the developer's life
miserable. Stripped back to what works: external player only, cleaner
codebase, sustainable long-term.
- Remove just_audio, audio_service, audio_session and entire internal
playback engine (smart queue, notification, shuffle/repeat, prefetch)
- Remove PlaybackItem model, MiniPlayerBar widget, notification drawables
- Remove playerMode setting (external-only now)
- Migrate MainActivity from AudioServiceFragmentActivity to
FlutterFragmentActivity
- Migrate Qobuz to MusicDL API
- Update changelog with v3.7.0 rollback explanation
- Replace batch Share action with batch Re-enrich in local album selection bar
- Full native/FFmpeg re-enrich flow with SAF write-back support
- Triggers incremental local library scan after completion to refresh metadata
- Queue tab: switch first selection action to Re-enrich when all selected items are local-only
- Refactor SAF FD handoff in MainActivity: drop detachFd/dup pattern, pass procfs
path to Go and let Go re-open it to avoid fdsan double-close race conditions
- Handle /proc/self/fd/ path in output_fd.go: re-open via O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC instead
of taking raw FD ownership
- Fix Ogg duration/bitrate calculation in audio_metadata.go:
- Use float64 arithmetic and math.Round for accurate duration
- Compute bitrate from file size / float duration at the source
- Validate Ogg page header fields (version, headerType, segment table) to avoid
false positives from payload bytes during backward scan
- Guard against corrupted granule values (>24h duration, <8kbps bitrate)
- Rename trackReEnrich label from 'Re-enrich Metadata' to 'Re-enrich' across all
13 locales and ARB files
- Update CHANGELOG.md with 3.7.0 entry
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