* Sat Jun 13 2026 Christoph G <foss@grueninger.de>
- Update to version 4.6.1
* Use XDG cache dir to store temporary files
* Accept embedded lyrics in more cases
* Bump .so and plugin ABI versions retrospectively
* Fix build on systems using musl instead of glibc
* Mon Jun 01 2026 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 4.6:
* New plugins and features:
- Add file browser plugin
- Add macOS Now Playing plugin
- Port Playback History plugin to GTK (#1596)
- Enable Xwayland only for Winamp interface (#1754, #1656)
- Add a configuration setting for Xwayland (#1664)
- Allow sorting playlist entries by bitrate (#1356)
- Support exporting playlists on CLI with audtool (#1659)
- Allow playing Musepack SV8 files (#1674)
- Support all AIFF extensions and MIME types (#1690)
- Add support for file creation/modification dates (#1701)
- Allow to bring back playlist deletion confirmation (#1724)
- Allow wrapping to last track in playlist with Previous button
(#1726)
- Support more shortcuts in GTK/Qt interface to switch playlist
tabs (#1730)
- Add support for reading lyrics tag from Opus, Ogg Vorbis and
FLAC files
- Allow to configure previous/next album global hotkeys (#1737)
- Read ReplayGain tags with FFmpeg plugin for more file types
(#1793)
- Load companion .m3u/.m3u8 with Game Console Music Decoder for
subsong metadata
- Handle Delete and F2 key press events in Playlist Manager
- Use localized music directory for Search Tool
- Accept dropped files on main window of Qt Winamp interface
* Bugs fixed since 4.5.1:
- Fix corner case of Qt-only build with use_qt=FALSE in config
- Escape brackets in file path URLs (#1649)
- Work around broken drop indicator in Qt interface with Qt
6.8+ (#1667)
- Fix help output for --pause command (#1678)
- Prevent buffer overflow in PSF metadata parser (#1713)
- Fix encoding issue with lyrics on Windows (#1731)
- Prevent undefined behavior for integer conversions (#1796)
- Plug memory leaks in LIRC plugin
- Prevent infinite loop with "Next album" and enabled shuffle
mode
* Changes since 4.6-beta1:
- Avoid crash when opening malformed PSF2 file (#1716)
- Prevent crash when migrating config settings (#1797)
- Fix slider knob click behavior with GTK 3 (#1813)
- Update translations
* Other changes:
- Remove deprecated Audacious code and APIs
- Remove Mac Media Keys plugin (#1653)
- Remove ChartLyrics support (#1728)
- Drop autotools support in favor of Meson
- Allow disabling any plugin with Meson
- Enable -fvisibility-inlines-hidden (#1683)
- Support version 3.0 of libsidplayfp (#1706)
- Require newer versions for dependencies like GTK, Qt, FFmpeg,
etc.
- Install AppStream metainfo file by default
- Various code cleanups
- Bump soname following upstream changes.
* Mon Sep 08 2025 Christoph G <foss@grueninger.de>
- Update to version 4.5.1
* Support all numeric ID3v1 genres
* Parse ID3 genre tag Blues correctly
* Try to decode invalid Opus image tags manually
* Update Transifex URL
* Update translations
* Wed Jul 16 2025 Christoph G <foss@grueninger.de>
- Update to version 4.5
New features:
* Achieve feature parity for Jump to Song dialog (Qt vs. GTK)
* Read color scheme from settings portal
* Support Album Artist tag in APE header
* Improve probing of small audio files
* Support outdated ReplayGain tags again in Opus files
* Allow fetching lyrics from lrclib.net
* Render Clutterbar in several Winamp skins
* Distribute additional skins by default: Glare, Winamp 2.9
* Add setting for middle click action in Status Icon plugin
Bugs fixed since 4.4:
* Plug massive memory leaks in Jump to Song dialog (Qt)
* Make Blur Scope GTK plugin work on Wayland
* Prevent buffer overflow
* Work around Qt 6 icon search path bug
* Prefer OpenMPT plugin for S3M files
* Remove .m4v from supported file extensions
* Remove dual play icon in default skin
* Sat Dec 21 2024 Christoph G <foss@grueninger.de>
- Update to version 4.4.2
New features and improvements
* Trim whitespace in URL opener
Bugs fixed:
* Parse font names containing digits correctly
* Avoid overly large info popup on secondary screen
* Hide info area text containing emoji properly
* Sat Oct 12 2024 Christoph G <foss@grueninger.de>
- Update to version 4.4.1
New features and improvements
* Support titlebar dimming for Winamp skins also with GTK
* Allow to never show playlist tabs also in GTK interface
* Improve controls responsiveness with the Sndio output plugin
* Add Qt 6 support for the Qt Multimedia output plugin
* Support many more MPRIS metadata fields
* Include .adx as file extension for the FFmpeg plugin
Bugs fixed:
* Include patch version in SONAMEs again
* Make drag and drop work with GTK on Wayland
* Handle big-endian systems correctly with Meson
* Fix excessive CPU usage with the Qt Multimedia output plugin
Other changes
* Lower GTK 3 version requirement from 3.22 to 3.18
* Make CDDB support optional for the Audio CD plugin
* Allow minimum speed of 0.25 for the Speed and Pitch plugin
* Prefer PulseAudio plugin over PipeWire plugin for better
backwards compatibility
* Sun Aug 04 2024 Martin Schreiner <martin.schreiner@suse.com>
- Re-enable QT6 for Leap/SLE 15.X.
Requires C++17 support.
* Tue Jul 16 2024 Martin Schreiner <martin.schreiner@suse.com>
- Re-enable QT5 for codestreams where QT6 isn't available: basically
anything that's not based on Tumbleweed.
- Adjust sonames, as they've been changed for version 4.4.
* Mon Jul 15 2024 Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
- Update to version 4.4:
* See https://audacious-media-player.org/news/59-audacious-4-4-released
- Remove gtk3 and qt6 config options (upstream make them compiled as default
and remove these options)
Version: 4.3.1-bp156.1.7
* Sun Jul 23 2023 Christoph G <foss@grueninger.de>
- Require Qt(5/6)Svg, otherwise the Qt version does not show icons.
* Sun Jun 11 2023 Christoph G <foss@grueninger.de>
- Update to version 4.3.1:
* See https://audacious-media-player.org/news/57-audacious-4-3-1-released
* Tue Mar 07 2023 Alexei Sorokin <sor.alexei@meowr.ru>
- Update to version 4.3:
* See https://audacious-media-player.org/news/56-audacious-4-3-released
- Add the libarchive build requirement.
- Switch to Qt 6 on openSUSE newer than 15.x
- Switch to GTK 3.
Version: 4.1-bp154.1.165
* Mon Apr 26 2021 Ferdinand Thiessen <rpm@fthiessen.de>
- Update to version 4.1:
* Switching between Qt and GTK modes can now be done right from
the Settings window, without editing .desktop files.
* New Global Hotkeys plugin for Qt
* Album art in the info bar can be disabled
* Symbolic links are now followed when adding folders
* The currently playing track is displayed in bold font
* The playlist drag-and-drop indicator is now more visible
* Queue Manager, Equalizer, and Equalizer Presets windows are
now dockable
* Entry, Track, and Queue Number columns now display abbreviated
header text
* The Song Info window now displays channel count
* The mouse wheel can be used to seek in the Qt UI
* The Channel Mixer can now convert 2 to 4 channels
* Desktop notifications can have a custom timeout set
* Scrobbler submissions now include album artist
* Fixed: Cuesheet entries read incorrectly from .m3u playlists
* Fixed: Null pointer dereference in Lyrics plugin
* Fixed: Album cover image does not display from ID3v2.2 tag
* Fixed: Crash in headless mode with status icon enabled
* New translations: Albanian, Slovenian
* Support for the LyricWiki database, which has shut down,
has been removed
- Now builds with GTK frontend per default
* Wed Jul 15 2020 Alexei Sorokin <sor.alexei@meowr.ru>
- Update to version 4.0.5:
* See https://audacious-media-player.org/news/50-audacious-4-0-5-released
* Wed Jun 03 2020 Alexei Sorokin <sor.alexei@meowr.ru>
- Update to version 4.0.4:
* See https://audacious-media-player.org/news/49-audacious-4-0-4-released
* Thu Apr 30 2020 Alexei Sorokin <sor.alexei@meowr.ru>
- Update to version 4.0.3:
* See https://audacious-media-player.org/news/48-audacious-4-0-3-released
* Wed Apr 15 2020 Alexei Sorokin <sor.alexei@meowr.ru>
- Update to version 4.0.2:
* Fix a regression where the Enter key did not work in the
playlist.
* Fix the seek bar changing width as the time counter increments.
* Fix the title bar getting stuck showing "Buffering".
* Add a workaround to ensure that the toolbar is not hidden on
startup.
* Fix the Composer field not being saved when updating ID3v2
tags.
* Mon Apr 06 2020 Alexei Sorokin <sor.alexei@meowr.ru>
- Update to version 4.0.1:
* Audacious now works as expected when run under KDE Plasma 5.18
default settings.
* Audacious when running under QtUI will no longer block logout
on KDE Plasma 5.18.
* Skinned windows are placed correctly when running under GTK.
* Sun Mar 22 2020 Alexei Sorokin <sor.alexei@meowr.ru>
- Update to version 4.0:
* See https://audacious-media-player.org/news/45-audacious-4-0-released
- Disable building the deprecated GTK UI.
- Build with Meson.
* Wed Dec 26 2018 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to version 3.10.1:
* Bug fixes.
* Thu Aug 09 2018 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to version 3.10:
+ New features (general):
* Shuffle history is remembered at exit to avoid repeating
songs.
* Exported M3U and PLS playlists now use relative paths by
default.
* Recursively adding subdirectories to the playlist is now
optional.
* The URL history shown in the Add/Open URL dialogues can be
cleared.
* Toolbar buttons in the GTK+ UI now show tooltip hints.
* The adplug input plugin has a new settings window.
* The Search Tool can be configured to scan for new files at
start-up.
* The number of results shown in the Search Tool is now
configurable.
* The Delete Files plugin is clearer about which files will be
deleted.
* Icons from the desktop theme are used more consistently.
* The bottom info bar now matches the colour tone of dark
themes.
* The soxr resampler has some new, more detailed settings.
+ Qt UI enhancements:
* "audacious -m" now raises the main window as expected.
* The number pad Enter key now starts playback as expected.
* The Escape key can be used to return to the currently playing
playlist.
* Fix the row height of the playlist view changing
unexpectedly.
* Volume can be changed using the mouse wheel on the system
tray icon.
* Add Playlist Import/Export dialogue windows.
* Add a song info tooltip to the playlist and system tray icon.
* Add a "Play" icon to the tab of the currently playing
playlist.
* Add a label showing file path/URI to the song info window.
* URI and tag values in the song info window can be copied to
the clipboard.
* Add the missing "Search Library" command in the Winamp UI.
* Add font formatting to improve readability in the
Search Tool.
* Fix a build error (QStaticText-related) with Qt 5.10.
* Fix Audacious exiting when the settings window is closed.
* Fix font preferences not being respected in a couple of
places.
* Fix playlist position sometimes not updating when the song
changes.
* The info bar correctly changes colour when the theme changes.
+ Bugs fixed:
* Non-existent files are no longer skipped when loading a
playlist.
* Fix an issue when trying to seek beyond the end of a WAV
file.
* The default ReplayGain amplification for untagged files works
again.
* Fix a crash when changing UI with the Ampache plugin enabled.
* Fix a crash on exit when using the Winamp UI and the Ampache
plugin.
* Fix a warning about --datarootdir when running ./configure.
* Reduce excessive file I/O when loading playlists.
* Fix repeated error messages when playing a short playlist on
repeat.
* PulseAudio users can now change the volume without a song
playing.
* Fix an error preventing FLAC tags from being updated.
* Add a .m4v extension to the whitelist so that audio can be
played.
* Fix a rare crash triggered by a specific sequence of playlist
edits.
* Fix incorrect "Recording On/Off" notifications in the
Winamp UI.
* Fix an error in the MPRIS 2 server affecting the playerctl
client.
+ Other changes:
* The GNOME Shortcuts plugin, which has been broken since
GNOME 3.26, is gone.
* The system version of the AdPlug library is now used
(if installed).
* Audacious no longer registers as an inode/directory MIME
type handler.
- Remove audacious-no-inode-directory-mimetype.patch: fixed
upstream.
- Switch back to Gtk2 from Gtk3 for the Gtk3 version is gone.
Version: 3.9-bp150.1.3
* Sun Oct 29 2017 olaf@aepfle.de
- Remove the versioned conditional for Qt build.
It builds fine in PackageHub, and audacious-plugins expects the
Qt variant.
- Remove Qt and GTK conditionals, they are always enabled and the
name is too generic
- Remove conditional for appdata for obsolete Leap 42.1
* Wed Aug 23 2017 aloisio@gmx.com
- Update to version 3.9
Qt UI enhancements:
* More configurable main window, with new View menu and
additional options in Settings (#657)
* Full drag-and-drop capability for playlist entries
* Configurable playlist columns (add, remove, resize, and
rearrange)
* New controls for stream recording
* Improved playlist search bar, which hides until Control+F is
pressed, matches results more intelligently, and even mimics
the keyboard controls of the old 'Jump to Song' dialog
* Integrated menu items and keyboard shortcuts for the
Playlist Manager and Search Tool
* More detailed yet unobtrusive reporting of errors via the
status bar
* Visual indication when 'Stop After This Song' is active, by
making the stop button a toggle
* Better high-DPI support and many other cosmetic fixes
Usability improvements:
* A Comments column can be displayed in the playlist, and used
to sort it (#560)
* Bold, italics, and capitals highlight different types of
results in the GTK+ version of the Search Tool (#701)
* The Record button is hidden to prevent accidental usage
until recording is enabled in Settings (#703)
* Recording settings can be changed without immediately
starting to record the currently playing stream
* The unhelpful "Unknown playback error" message has been
removed
Advanced features:
* audtool gains better support for multiple playlists with the
- -select-displayed and --select-playing commands (#609)
* Recursive adding of folders specified in M3U playlists (#731)
* Direct output to ALSA devices that require packed 24-bit
audio
* Automatic switching between track and album ReplayGain modes
when shuffle is enabled/disabled
* Option in Speed and Pitch effect to adjust both parameters
in lockstep, thereby preventing distortion
Under the hood:
* Conversion of a substantial amount of C-like code to safer
C++ practices
* For the Windows build, an update to the newer MinGW-w64
toolchain (still 32-bit)
- Changed source URL
* Tue May 16 2017 jengelh@inai.de
- Ensure neutrality of description.
Update package summaries so they are not all the same.
* Thu Jan 26 2017 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to version 3.8.2:
* No changelog available.
* Wed Dec 07 2016 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to version 3.8.1:
* No changelog available.
- Rebase audacious-no-inode-directory-mimetype.patch
* Fri Sep 23 2016 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to version 3.8:
* No changelog available.
- Rebase audacious-no-inode-directory-mimetype.patch
- Install the appstream file to /usr/share/metainfo/ instead of
/usr/share/appdata/ on openSUSE Leap 42.2 and newer.
* Tue Mar 29 2016 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to 3.7.2.
* Fri Mar 25 2016 i@marguerite.su
- fix boo#972690: audacious is used to open directory
- add patch: audacious-no-inode-directory-mimetype.patch
* Tue Dec 29 2015 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to 3.7.1.
* Fri Nov 13 2015 aloisio@gmx.com
- Fixes audacious-plugins build on 13.1
* Mon Nov 09 2015 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to 3.7.
- Enable Qt UI.
* Fri Aug 21 2015 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Work with Audacious plugin versions instead of ABI versions to
simplify things a lot.
* Mon Jun 01 2015 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to 3.6.2.
* Sat Apr 04 2015 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to 3.6.1.
* Sun Mar 01 2015 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to 3.6.
* Sun Dec 28 2014 sor.alexei@meowr.ru
- Update to 3.5.2.
- Spec cleanup.
* Tue Dec 17 2013 reddwarf@opensuse.org
- Update to 3.4.2
* Fri Mar 29 2013 fisiu@opensuse.org
- Update to 3.3.4:
* Ported from gtk2 to gtk3
* Save current track position
* Improved search feature
* Many bug fixes
* Sun Aug 19 2012 seife+obs@b1-systems.com
- update to current version 3.2.4
- removed no longer necessary -lgmodule-2.0 hack
* Tue May 22 2012 seife+obs@b1-systems.com
- fix build on > 12.1 by adding -lgmodule-2.0 to LIBS