Decibels Changelog

What's new in Decibels 46.0

Apr 12, 2024
  • Decibels joined GNOME Incubator!
  • As a consequence, the application ID changed to org.gnome.Decibels
  • The application's source code is now hosted on GNOME Gitlab's instance instead of GitHub
  • Only the header bar is now draggable, instead of the whole app window
  • The app is more secure because it only uses the needed sandbox permissions
  • Decibels no longer incorrectly advertises being able to open directories
  • The waveform now looks better because it has slightly thicker lines
  • Fixed crashes when handling invalid audio files
  • Added keyboard controls for controlling playback
  • It is now possible to scroll on the playback bar to seek forwards or backwards
  • Decibels now shows the correct track's durations reliably instead of showing 1:40
  • The design of the app was improved with new icons and papercut fixes
  • Added Spanish and updated the Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian translations

New in Decibels 0.1.7 (Dec 9, 2023)

  • Decibels joined GNOME Circle!
  • Enhanced the accessibility of the app by ensuring that every on-screen element is screenreader accessible

New in Decibels 0.1.6 (Nov 10, 2023)

  • The buttons allowing to skip forwards and backwards 30 seconds were removed
  • Some issues in the Brazilian Translation were fixed

New in Decibels 0.1.5 (Nov 4, 2023)

  • The waveform of the track is now reliably generated, and shows volume levels more distinctly

New in Decibels 0.1.4 (Oct 7, 2023)

  • A small bugfix and minor improvements release:
  • The artist of the currently playing track is shown if the artist is known
  • Fix a minor visual issue when dropping a file
  • Pause the track after playback ends
  • The window size is now correctly saved and restored
  • A few issues preventing some content from being translated were fixed
  • Decibels was translated to French, Russian, Italian and Turkish

New in Decibels 0.1.3 (Oct 1, 2023)

  • A few improvements and papercut fixes
  • Support drag and drop
  • Seek to the start of a track after it ends
  • Allow dragging the app window from everywhere (except the waveform)
  • Made the playback speed popover look less cluttered by removing the +/- buttons and mark labels
  • Fix an issue that prevented accessing file metadata from within the Flatpak sandbox
  • Don't try to play files without audio streams (images and videos without sound)
  • Don't try to process video streams even if they were not rendered
  • Fixed some issues with the Development build of Decibels
  • Fixed a minor glitch with the app icon