squeezeplaya

macOS fork of Squeezeplay

Description

This fork of Squeezeplay is focused on bug fixes and usability enhancements for the macOS build.

The three primary areas of focus are:

1. multimedia key support
2. cooperative device management with other programs like VLC
3. proper handling of high VBR FLAC files

It's a laboratory for me to learn Core Audio, PortAudio, and Objective-C.

I'm happy to fold this back upstream when it is sufficiently stable.

TODO

• clean compilation on x86_64 and M1 with arbitrary SDK versions
• version number from git instead of svn in About as well as Settings -> Advanced -> About
• ⌘-H and ⌘-Q hide and quit, respectively
• multimedia key support (next/prev/play/pause) in conjunction with noTunes
• multimedia key support (next/prev/play/pause) without requiring noTunes
• handle runtime changes in default output device like unplugging headphone jack, pairing Bluetooth headphones, changing MIDI Sound Output, etc.
• double click NowPlaying applet to rotate skin instead of single click
• memory leak fix in Quartz redraw
• move volume slider quickly by clicking in the grey empty space area
• don't clobber VLC's output device on startup
• tray icon menu items for controlling playback
• downsample high VBR FLAC streams to Bluetooth devices

Compiling

1. Install XCode command line tools, if not already installed: xcode-select --install
2. Copy (or symlink) either Makefile.osx-x86_64 or Makefile.osx-M1 to a file called Makefile, depending on your architecture. This is really for convenience; that way, you don't have to keep passing the -f flag to make every time.
3. Perform the steps listed at the top of the Makefile entitled, "user specific stuff", like cloning and patching portaudio_v19.
4. Build with make