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+title = 'MusicPlayer V4'
+date = 2026-09-30T14:53:28+02:00
+lastmod = 2026-09-30T14:53:28+02:00
+draft = true
+author = 'Janis Hutz'
+tags = [ 'Linux', 'Development' ]
+categories = [ 'News' ]
+series = []
+series_weight = 1
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+MusicPlayer has been rewritten entirely from scratch!
+The old version has had some reliability, performance and usability issues that have been completely rectified in this new version.
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+It currently is in very late stages of testing and is only waiting for the store update to be completed before taking over from the old version.
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+***As always with my projects, this has been written entirely without the use of Pretend Intelligence (AI)***
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+# New Features
+While this list isn't extensive at all, these changes can make a big difference in terms of usability
+- Saving playlists: All your playlists that you create in MusicPlayer can be saved.
+This means that you only have to fiddle with the playlist once and you can load it again when you need it.
+- OpenID Connect Login: Use any OpenID Connect provider to log in to MusicPlayer.
+- Themes: The main application now has multiple different themes to make it more yours
+- Completely reworked design concept for the shared pages
+
+# Other improvements
+These are mostly tweaks to existing features
+- Backend rewritten in Go: Much higher performance at lower memory footprint
+- WebSockets for shares: much more efficient with reliable reconnect on connection loss
+- Polling or SSE for shares without Anti-Tamper: Choose what you prefer
+- Anti-Tamper shares use WebSockets: This allows for efficient bi-directional communication
+- Updated design language
+- Two different types of animations for the fancy share page
+- QR Code auto-generated on share page
+- Much more advanced error recovery
+- Loading playlists that contain local songs has automatic song association, meaning that if you don't rename the songs on disk,
+you *most likely* never even notice that a lot of processing happens in the background to re-associate them with the correct song in the playlist upon loading.