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<title>ao2-client/src/aoblipplayer.cpp, branch master</title>
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<title>Rewrite audio engine: replace BASS with miniaudio</title>
<updated>2026-03-29T22:22:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Osmium Sorcerer</name>
<email>os@sof.beauty</email>
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<published>2026-03-24T02:56:23+00:00</published>
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SFX and blip players largely remain the same.

For the music player, we now have to implement network streaming
natively, we no longer have a convenient function that did everything
for us. I introduced QNetworkRequest to download the stream in memory
and signal when it's ready to be decoded and played back. The size is
guarded to prevent the client from accidentally downloading terabytes of
audio.

Delete QFutureWatcher, we no longer need it for concurrency. miniaudio
uses a separate audio thread. Network donwloads and communication with
the track name display are handled by Qt signals.

Also, delete an odd "music.txt" feature. Its purpose was specifying
offsets for loops in a text file per track, but it remained obscure and
unused in practice.

Unsupported:

- Large streams, including unbounded ones (radio). We'll need a ring
  buffer for that, and a mechanism to write to it from the network and
  feed it to the audio thread.

- Effect flags: fade in, fade out, sync pos. Ignored.

- Audio device selection.
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SFX and blip players largely remain the same.

For the music player, we now have to implement network streaming
natively, we no longer have a convenient function that did everything
for us. I introduced QNetworkRequest to download the stream in memory
and signal when it's ready to be decoded and played back. The size is
guarded to prevent the client from accidentally downloading terabytes of
audio.

Delete QFutureWatcher, we no longer need it for concurrency. miniaudio
uses a separate audio thread. Network donwloads and communication with
the track name display are handled by Qt signals.

Also, delete an odd "music.txt" feature. Its purpose was specifying
offsets for loops in a text file per track, but it remained obscure and
unused in practice.

Unsupported:

- Large streams, including unbounded ones (radio). We'll need a ring
  buffer for that, and a mechanism to write to it from the network and
  feed it to the audio thread.

- Effect flags: fade in, fade out, sync pos. Ignored.

- Audio device selection.
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<title>Lightly reworked `NetworkManager`, ...</title>
<updated>2024-05-17T17:04:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>TrickyLeifa</name>
<email>date.epoch@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2024-05-17T14:39:30+00:00</published>
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* Lightly reworked `NetworkManager`
* Added new modules to handle various connection types.
  * TCP
  * WebSocket
* Added general string splitter alias based on Qt version.
* Replaced `lobby_constructed` and `courtroom_constructed`
* Refactored and partially reimplemented the following classes:
  * `AOBlipPlayer`
  * `AOEmotePreview`
  * `AOMusicPlayer`
  * `AOSfxPlayer`
  * `AOTextArea`
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* Lightly reworked `NetworkManager`
* Added new modules to handle various connection types.
  * TCP
  * WebSocket
* Added general string splitter alias based on Qt version.
* Replaced `lobby_constructed` and `courtroom_constructed`
* Refactored and partially reimplemented the following classes:
  * `AOBlipPlayer`
  * `AOEmotePreview`
  * `AOMusicPlayer`
  * `AOSfxPlayer`
  * `AOTextArea`
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<title>Ported to CMake, ...</title>
<updated>2024-05-14T22:04:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>TrickyLeifa</name>
<email>date.epoch@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-14T22:00:17+00:00</published>
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* Ported the project to CMake
  * Android and Mac support dropped for the time
being.
  * Tests, BASS and Discord-RPC are now options
* Restructured and reformated the project.
  * Merged `include` and `src`
  * Renamed `resource` to `data`
  * Renamed various files
  * External libraries headers are no longer included in `src`
  * Replaced header guards with #pragma once
  * Multiple refactors (keywords, headers)
  * Added Qt6 compatibility
* Removed various unused functions and headers
* Reworked AOPacket
  * When content is passed to AOPacket, it should be ensured that the content is already decoded.
  * Encoding/decoding are now static methods.
* Fixed various memory leaks
* Removed animation code for AOImage
  * AOImage is always using static images
* Simplified ChatLogPiece
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* Ported the project to CMake
  * Android and Mac support dropped for the time
being.
  * Tests, BASS and Discord-RPC are now options
* Restructured and reformated the project.
  * Merged `include` and `src`
  * Renamed `resource` to `data`
  * Renamed various files
  * External libraries headers are no longer included in `src`
  * Replaced header guards with #pragma once
  * Multiple refactors (keywords, headers)
  * Added Qt6 compatibility
* Removed various unused functions and headers
* Reworked AOPacket
  * When content is passed to AOPacket, it should be ensured that the content is already decoded.
  * Encoding/decoding are now static methods.
* Fixed various memory leaks
* Removed animation code for AOImage
  * AOImage is always using static images
* Simplified ChatLogPiece
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<title>Suppress application volume when alt-tabbed (#730)</title>
<updated>2022-07-23T15:18:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Crystalwarrior</name>
<email>Varsash@Gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-07-23T15:18:45+00:00</published>
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* Suppress application volume when alt-tabbed
Add a "suppress_audio" slider setting, 50% by default, which decides how much audio remains when the client is not in focus
Add a "muted" setting for blip, music, and sfx players
Add update_audio_volume func

* change "suppress" to "how much audio is suppressed" instead of "how much audio remains"

* Fix last commit just flipping the behavior and being ultra wacky

* Fix evidence present sound ignoring audio suppression settings

Co-authored-by: stonedDiscord &lt;Tukz@gmx.de&gt;
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* Suppress application volume when alt-tabbed
Add a "suppress_audio" slider setting, 50% by default, which decides how much audio remains when the client is not in focus
Add a "muted" setting for blip, music, and sfx players
Add update_audio_volume func

* change "suppress" to "how much audio is suppressed" instead of "how much audio remains"

* Fix last commit just flipping the behavior and being ultra wacky

* Fix evidence present sound ignoring audio suppression settings

Co-authored-by: stonedDiscord &lt;Tukz@gmx.de&gt;
Co-authored-by: Salanto &lt;62221668+Salanto@users.noreply.github.com&gt;</pre>
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<title>Set BASS_CONFIG_DEV_DEFAULT to 1 to enable automatic reinitialization of the default device when it is lost (#564)</title>
<updated>2021-06-19T04:58:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rose Witchaven</name>
<email>32779090+in1tiate@users.noreply.github.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-19T04:58:46+00:00</published>
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fixes #561</content>
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fixes #561</pre>
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<title>Lots of blip rate fixes:</title>
<updated>2020-09-11T20:38:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Crystalwarrior</name>
<email>varsash@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-09-11T20:38:36+00:00</published>
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Remove qElapsedTimer method of blip earrape protection due to major inconsistency issues with this method (the same message would produce wildly different blip sounds - consistency is preferred)
More sophisticated blip earrape prevention is calculated in the chat ticker function itself, it also properly adjusts itself depending on the blip_rate used.
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Remove qElapsedTimer method of blip earrape protection due to major inconsistency issues with this method (the same message would produce wildly different blip sounds - consistency is preferred)
More sophisticated blip earrape prevention is calculated in the chat ticker function itself, it also properly adjusts itself depending on the blip_rate used.
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<entry>
<title>Reset BASS when switching devices; drop Qt Multimedia support (#262)</title>
<updated>2020-08-19T21:40:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>scatterflower</name>
<email>2956568+scatterflower@users.noreply.github.com</email>
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<published>2020-08-19T21:40:37+00:00</published>
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* Allow changing audio device on the fly while in a server
* Use default audio device if device in config doesn't exist
* Automatically change audio device to default when current one is invalid
* Destroy Qt Multimedia support

It was decided that there was not enough attention being given to Qt
Multimedia support to justify its continued maintenance simply as a
libre alternative to BASS. While substantial changes to audio were being
made in 2.8, the Qt Multimedia support code fell behind in disrepair.
It's clear that there is no vested interest in implementing audio
features twice for the sake of licensing.

When it's time to switch to another audio library, it will be done
unilaterally.

* CI: Use BASS for Linux build

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* Allow changing audio device on the fly while in a server
* Use default audio device if device in config doesn't exist
* Automatically change audio device to default when current one is invalid
* Destroy Qt Multimedia support

It was decided that there was not enough attention being given to Qt
Multimedia support to justify its continued maintenance simply as a
libre alternative to BASS. While substantial changes to audio were being
made in 2.8, the Qt Multimedia support code fell behind in disrepair.
It's clear that there is no vested interest in implementing audio
features twice for the sake of licensing.

When it's time to switch to another audio library, it will be done
unilaterally.

* CI: Use BASS for Linux build

Co-authored-by: oldmud0 &lt;oldmud0@users.noreply.github.com&gt;</pre>
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<entry>
<title>fix up nomusic</title>
<updated>2020-05-23T15:21:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>sD</name>
<email>stoned@derpymail.org</email>
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<published>2020-05-23T15:21:22+00:00</published>
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<title>Fix compile errors from merge</title>
<updated>2020-05-23T02:14:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>oldmud0</name>
<email>oldmud0@users.noreply.github.com</email>
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<published>2020-05-23T02:14:37+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>Merge KFO source unconditionally into AO2</title>
<updated>2020-05-23T00:17:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>oldmud0</name>
<email>oldmud0@users.noreply.github.com</email>
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<published>2020-05-23T00:17:55+00:00</published>
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