What's new in Aeon 3.7.4
Mar 1, 2016
- Fixed ColorMap factory Categories not set for read-only.
- Workaround for iTunes fullscreen mode flag bug that caused cursor to persistently be hidden and ESC fail to exit fullscreen.
- Improved 32-bit iTunes detection for Windows.
- Improved artist string extraction logic for Windows Media Player.
- Track text animation fixes.
New in Aeon 3.7.3 (Feb 7, 2015)
- Added 64-bit support for iTunes 12.1 under Windows.
- Fixed case where track text didn't always appear when pressing 'T'.
New in Aeon 3.7.2 (Jan 15, 2015)
- Now using pixel buffer objects under OpenGL for improved performance.
- Improved performance for some render to texture operations under OpenGL.
- Fixed OpenGL render to texture issue affecting stability.
- Fixed audio processing issue that sometimes impaired live audio responsiveness when running Aeon Standalone, V-Bar, or Screen Saver.
New in Aeon 3.7.1 (Dec 12, 2014)
- Frames are now synchronized with the display device to prevent frame tearing.
- Now only supporting 10.6 and later on OS X.
New in Aeon 3.7 (Jun 20, 2014)
- Enhanced track text animation cuing, takedown, and aesthetics.
- All config types now loaded through the package (VisPackage) subsystem.
- Config author attribution now appears under the config's name in the UI.
- Enhanced track text support when streaming in iTunes and Windows Media Player.
- Scripting now uses Python, making authoring scripts much easier and open-ended.
- Improved audio responsiveness.
- Fixed Standalone issue that was causing an audio input error on some Windows systems.
- Addressed compatibility issue under OS 10.5.
New in Aeon 3.6 (Mar 6, 2014)
- Improved stability of fullscreen mode switching.
- Added thumbnails for the OS X System Preferences screen saver panel.
- Inserted workaround for ATI driver bug on older Macs that was causing white squares to be displayed in track text animation.
- Addressed installer permissions and compatibility issues under OS 10.5.
- All python files now use 4 spaces instead of tabs.
- Internal python cleanup.
New in Aeon 3.5.5 (Jan 18, 2014)
- Fixed bug where album cover art would often fail to display in track text animation.
- Fixed issue where system font names containing non-ASCII characters would cause an error when track text animation was initiated (common on non-English systems).
- Cosmetic edits to the 'Fold' track text animation.
New in Aeon 3.5.4 (Nov 29, 2013)
- Fixed issue where changing Themes was causing an error.
- Fixed screenshots accidentally capturing the on-screen UI.
- Added a button to the main button group that toggles fullscreen mode.
New in Aeon 3.5.3 (Nov 29, 2013)
- Addressed geometry clipping issues in various Scenes.
- Fixed crash issues when running multiple instances.
- Fixed screenshots sometimes being blank.
New in Aeon 3.5.2 (Sep 30, 2013)
- Fixed full screen mode switching issues under iTunes.
- Smarter Direct3D DLL installation on Windows.
- Now correctly signing the OS X installer, averting OS 10.8 security warnings.
New in Aeon 3.5.1 (Sep 3, 2013)
- Performance and minor aesthetic improvements in select track animations.
- Fixed Standalone, Screen Saver, and V-Bar crash on startup.
- Updated the customizing documentation.
New in Aeon 3.5 (Aug 22, 2013)
- All-new SoundSpectrum 'Package' directory structure for python-based content.
- All-new track text animation, where track info is now drawn via the 'TrackAnimaton' python config layer, offering new and exciting animations!
- Added track year to the track text info animation.
- Internal drawing optimizations to reduce redundant graphics calls, increasing frame rates for some Scenes on some systems.
- On OS X, now using Apple's new flat package format, requiring OS 10.5 for installation.
- On OS X, the install package is now signed so that OS 10.8 no longer gives security warnings.
- Added album cover art and extended track info support for Winamp!
- Added drawer integration support for Winamp.
- Added help window close and toggle buttons.
- Enhanced jetAudio support.
- Fixed the Standalone window not getting focus back after fullscreen mode.
- Fixed SHIFT+RETURN not toggling fullscreen when the UI wasn't visible.
New in Aeon 3.4.3 (Jun 21, 2013)
- Fixed texture caching bug, reducing load for texture-heavy Scenes.
New in Aeon 3.4.2 (Jun 17, 2013)
- Fixed presets/favorites sometimes not starting when pressed.
New in Aeon 3.4.1 (May 30, 2013)
- Fixed issue causing installation to fail on OS 10.5.
New in Aeon 3.4 (May 7, 2013)
- Fixes and improved support for J River Media Center, iTunes, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, and Windows Media Center.
- Added mouse scroll and middle button support to the UI.
- Various fixes to Settings and UI control behavior.
- The page up, page down, home, and end keys are now handled.
- Fixed script file execution looking for txt instead of py files.
- Fixed iTunes window not being resizable in Windows.
- Added debug 'HUD' to display performance metrics (via SHIFT+D).
New in Aeon 3.3 (Mar 16, 2013)
- Now precompiling and caching Scenes which almost completely removes the stutter when a transition to the next Scene occurs!
- Minor fixes, performance enhancements, and Scene tweaks.
- Boot.txt has been totally removed and high-level engine code now resides in SSEngine.py and the Home dir has been flattened/removed.
- Category include and exclude fields now use POSIX regular expressions.
- The screen saver UI now allows the graphics quality to be set.
New in Aeon 3.2 (Jan 18, 2013)
- Fixed minor bugs relating to Theme and Category interaction.
- Improvements to in-product help text.
- Fixed issue that occasionally caused Scenes to not find file resources and print an error message.
- The UI now goes away on when you click "past" it.
- The "Home" directory is now gone and is now the engine directory.
- Fixed on-screen user presets sometimes failing to load.
New in Aeon 3.1 (Dec 5, 2012)
- Several new Scenes!
- Resolved Windows 8 compatibility issues.
- Improved install/registry support for J. River Media Center.
- Added more options to the config slide show duration menu.
- Fixed EditThemeMenu for a category with the same name but a different config type.
- For improved full screen mode compatibility, alternative full screen resolution modes has been removed.