Fixes:

• Colibri would crash on a Song change
• Colibri would crash when reaching the end of the Playlist

Remarks:

• Built with Xcode 14.3.1

Updates:

• FLAC module updated to 2.4.5.2
• OPUS module updated to 2.4.2.4
• HLS module updated to 2.4.4

Fixes:

• A memory leak could occur when playing AirPlay songs with preload enabled
• A memory usage spike could happen when the play button (or Return hotkey) was pressed many times in quick succession while AirPlay mode was active
• A race condition bug could prevent Colibri from gaplessly proceeding to the next Song in AirPlay mode under high system load
• Re-ordering Songs above the currently playing Song could cause the Playlist to mark a different Song as being played

Remarks:

• Built with Xcode 15.0

Updates:

• Colibri can now properly read iTunes/Music.app exported Playlist files in M3U and M3U8 formats

Fixes:

• Network streams would fail to load from M3U files
• Stopping and restarting a song via AirPlay could cause silence to be played
• AirPlay playback could softlock itself if the upcoming Song was unavailable
• Adding Songs from Finder would crash Colibri if the ‘Clear playlist…’ option was enabled
• Colibri could crash/behave erratically if ‘Load all songs from within…’ option was enabled
• When opening files from Finder, Colibri would not start playback at the song that was initially clicked on in Finder
• When dropping files to the Playlist, Colibri wouldn’t always start playback with the correct Song
• Colibri wouldn’t properly read DOS/Windows formatted .m3u playlists with ^M carriage-return character end-of-line characters
• Colibri would crash if an XML file is present within a dragged folder
• Volume slider would flash for a split second when pressing Play/Pause while AirPlay/Audio signal override was active

Remarks:

• Added a bit more logging for AirPlay and preload related issues to the Debug Log for easier troubleshooting

Updates:

• Colibri should no longer freeze when playing back a high sample rate file when a 3rd party audio signal modifier app is active (such as Boom3D)

Fixes:

• M3U loading by double clicking in Finder would cause Colibri to crash
• M3U playlist processing wouldn’t always ask for top-level folder permission, leaving some tracks unplayable or skipping them
• Clear playlist on exit could leave songs in the playlist on next startup, thanks to a race condition bug

Remarks:

• When a 3rd party audio signal modifying app is active, Colibri might not succeed in sending frequency switching commands to your audio output device via CoreAudio

Updates:

• Sandbox Manager will show unresolvable bookmarks as invalid
• Smart Cleanup will also remove unresolvable bookmarks

Remarks:

• Unresolvable bookmarks can also be paths that belong to External Storage Devices or Network Shares on your NAS that you currently don’t have access to (eg.: when away from home)

Updates:

• File extension won’t be shown as Artist if the Artist metadata is missing
• Cue Sheet “REM GENRE” section is read during Cue Sheet processing
• Genre metadata property will be read during song processing
• Genre now has column options within Preferences > Columns
• Searching using “Everything” will also take the Genre part of the songs data into account

Fixes:

• Colibri would crash when right-click context menu ‘Reveal in Finder’ was invoked on an empty part of the Playlist

Updates:

• Colibri should now properly pause during a FaceTime call and unpause itself when the call ends

Fixes:

• Colibri wouldn’t pause during a FaceTime call
• Colibri would unpause and start playing while the FaceTime call is still underway

Updates:

• AirPlay: Colibri will stall AirPlay playback and wait 60 seconds for the data to arrive when playing from a slow storage device / network share, then assembles it and pushes forward to AirPlay. This eliminates the song partially playing due to data not arriving in time for playback to start.
• Enhanced song end signaling precision: song changes should now stay smooth even under high CPU load

Fixes:

• Colibri wouldn’t transition properly to the next song even if frequency change wasn’t necessary
• Colibri would instantly skip a song if the file header isn’t complete / misaligned, particularly if it belongs to an older scene release
• Colibri would show a different song as opposed to the one being played if a loop mode is selected
• Colibri would suddenly leave a gap during song change even if the songs should be heard in a gapless manner
• Resolved a possible memory leak regarding song end signalling
• A small gap at the very end of a song could be heard just before advancing to such a song, that would require frequency switching

Enhancements:

• Added missing thousand separator space to ‘Processing Song X of Y’ status bar message

Fixes:

• Preloaded songs wouldn’t play in a gapless manner if not being part of a Cue Sheet
• ‘Clear Search phrase’ would not remove the ‘X’ clear button in Search view
• Playlist header would disappear when no Songs were present in Playlist

This version raises the minimum required operating system version to macOS 10.13 High Sierra.

New Features:

Native AirPlay 2 support

• supports multi-room audio
• simultaneous playback to multiple devices
• fully native, end-to-end encrypted
• doesn’t rely on third-party solutions or modules
• available from macOS 10.15 and up

Search & Filtering for the Playlist:

• filter using all columns or a combination of artist/title/album
• keyboard shortcuts

NowPlayable support

• song info, album art display
• playback control with seeking
• available in the macOS Control Center

Accessibility

• all control and feedback interface elements have descriptions and help texts
• older descriptions updated / reworded as necessary

Async file loader/crawler:

• file loading and processing are now done in two phases
• playlist is updated in realtime as songs are processed
• number of files being processed is displayed in the bottom status bar

Device settings – 4 new options:

• Force frequency: disable automatic sample rate switching and use one frequency for all songs
• Initial volume: set the system output level of the device to the given percentage when the device is used
• Frequency switching silence: generate the given number of milliseconds silent output during the mode switching of the device
• Restore to frequency on quit: restore the device to the selected frequency when Colibri quits

Sandbox Manager

• add, edit or remove existing bookmarks
• check if you have invalid bookmarks
• Smart Cleanup: remove all redundant bookmarks with a single click
• Improved Sandbox Bookmark resolution
• Strict App Hardening is enabled for added security
• Interface subtle animation: album art, song info and status bar updates are delivered with smooth transitions

Updates:

• Help > Debug Log is back with automatic refresh and scrolling to bottom
• Added ‘Jump to current’ and ‘Jump and Select current’ hotkeys
• MIDI module updated to the latest version
• WavPack module updated to the latest version
• Only try switching device frequency during song change if the frequency is supported by the device, respect the fallback strategy otherwise
• Removed multiple superfluous device reinitialisation calls
• Extended system sleep options with screen sleep variants
• Cue Sheet processing now skips unreachable files
• Cue Sheet and M3U file formats are autodetected during processing
• Only the latest notification will be present, older ones should now disappear instead of stacking

Fixes:

• Crash when opening multiple files at once from Finder
• Crash when clicking on a color picker in Settings > Themes
• Device wouldn’t switch to the highest available frequency if the song has already started and the output was changed mid-playback
• Fallback frequency wouldn’t be considered if a non-DSD song came after a DSD song
• First row of Playlist would become squashed on startup
• First track from a colibriPlaylist would disappear
• Freeze when you have one song in the playlist and choose repeat random loop mode
• Media Key events could be fire twice from macOS 11.0 Big Sur and up
• Network streams from M3U files wouldn’t load
• Notifications would be shown when the Settings panel is opened
• Preloading wouldn’t always work with random-based loop modes
• Selecting custom in Settings > Themes would result a in completely black player window