Shortwave

This version includes minor improvements and bug fixes.

• Track titles are selectable and copyable
• Station search is accessible via Ctrl+F
• Search entry now receives keyboard focus automatically
• Faster loading of station cover art
• Maximum recording duration increased to 3 hours

Shortwave now supports background playback, allowing the playback to continue when you close the window. If desired, the old behaviour can be restored in the preferences.

The recording feature has also been completely overhauled. You can now choose from three different modes:

• Save All Tracks: Automatically save all recorded tracks
• Decide for Each Track: Temporarily record tracks and save only the ones you want
• Record Nothing: Stations are played without recording

Additional Recording Enhancements:

• Directory in which recorded tracks are saved can be changed
• Minimum and maximum duration of recorded tracks can be configured
• Tracks can already be marked to be saved during recording
• Ongoing recordings can be cancelled
• Improved desktop notifications, with the direct option to mark tracks to be saved
• New dialog window for tracks with detailed information

Other Improvements:

• Volume can now be changed via keyboard shortcuts
• Fixed an issue which prevented station covers from loading in certain desktop environments

App metadata / branding improvements

General

• New MPRIS media controls implementation with improved CPU usage
• Song notifications are disabled by default now
• Refreshed user interface by making use of new Libadwaita widgets
• Large parts of the app were reworked, providing a solid foundation for the next upcoming features

Playback

• Last station now gets restored on app launch
• Redesigned player sidebar, allowing to control volume more easily
• New recording indicator showing whether the current playback is being recorded
• Fixed buffering issue which prevented playing new stations, especially after switching stations too fast
• Fixed issues which sometimes prevented that a song gets recorded
• Fixed issue that volume remains muted after unmuting

Library

• No more loading on startup, stations now get directly retrieved from cached data
• Fixed issue which sometimes prevented loading more than 8 stations from library

Station Covers

• More supported image file format for station covers
• Enhanced security by loading station covers using sandboxed Glycin image library
• Non square covers automatically get a blurred background
• New generated fallback for stations without any cover image
• Improved disk usage by automatically purging no longer needed cached data

Browse / Search

• More useful station suggestions by respecting configured system language / region
• Suggestions now get updated with every start, no longer always showing the same stations
• More accessible search feature, no longer hidden in a subpage
• Search results are no longer limited at 250 stations
• Faster and more efficient search by using new grid widgets

Chromecast

• Shortwave is now a registered Google Cast app, no longer relying on the generic media player
• New backend which greatly improves communication stability with cast devices
• Improved discovery of cast devices with lower CPU and memory usage
• Now possible to change the volume of a connected cast device