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Version Timeline

  • September 24, 2024

    iOS v3.6.0, macOS v3.6.0

    This version includes:
    • New Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that replace the original widget that doesn’t work on iOS 18. Also now for the first time on macOS.
    • Alert user when network is not available.
    • Bugfix for missing tracks on OpenHome players.
    • Better detection whether a user has an active Pro subscription.
  • August 22, 2024

    iOS v3.5.6, macOS v3.5.6

    New in this version:

    • A new settings screen is added that puts relevant settings in a single place (requires at least iOS 15).
    • Cover art settings are now maintained per player, useful for users that have both OpenHome and mpd players.
    • Dark mode/ light mode can be selected independent of the device setting.
    • Improved discovery of Chord Poly and Hugo players.
    • A new setting is added that allows to not let an iOS go to sleep when Rigelian is open.
    • Solved an issue where adding a single track resulted in the addition of a complete album or playlist.

    This is the last version of Rigelian that supports iOS 14 / macOS Big Sur. For users still on those versions, all functionality will be available without requiring a subscription from October 1st 2024 onwards.

  • June 23, 2024

    iOS v3.5.5, macOS v3.5.5

    Bugfixes and stability improvements.

    The replacement of the internal library to connect to mpd players is completed. This results in greater stability and an easier way to support new functions.

  • May 6, 2024

    iOS v3.5.4, macOS v3.5.4

    Bugfixes and stability improvements.

  • April 28, 2024

    iOS v3.5.3, macOS v3.5.3

    Internal stability improvements.

  • Februari, 2024

    iOS v3.5, watchOS

    This version adds an app for the Apple Watch, enabling some frequently used actions on the active player: play/pause, skip, change the volume. Or select something form your favorites, recently played or recently played albums. 

  • December 18, 2023

    iOS v3.4.1, macOS v3.4.1

    • Layout fixes for some screens
    • Bring back albums sort options on the artist view
    • Add an option for OpenHome player to poll for status updates
  • November 6, 2023

    iOS v3.4, macOS v3.4

    • New and improved album and playlist views.
    • Additional cross-browsing functions between local library and Qobuz.
    • When browsing from artist to compilation album, show only tracks from that artist.
    • Bring back play / shuffle artist buttons.
    • Improve layout of artist biographies.
    • For Qobuz subscribers, add a tip of the week.
    • Fix an issue for OpenHome players in combination with MinimServer.
  • September 4, 2023

    iOS v3.3, macOS v3.3

    • When you use Rigelian on multiple devices, recently played and favorite items get synchronized via iCloud.
    • When you use Qobuz, the artist view will show related playlists.
    • Player discovery for OpenHome players is improved.
    • A crash on the artist view is fixed.
  • August 26, 2023

    iOS v3.2.1, macOS v3.2.1

    Discover more music through the artist view, which now shows albums from your local library, similar artists, and a list of albums available on Qobuz (this requires that you have an OpenHome based player and a Qobuz subscription).
     
    Also included are these improvements and bug fixes:
    • An issue where the playqueue was not displayed correctly on OpenHome players is fixed.
    • Display issues on the playlist view are solved.
    • A crash on the playlist view is fixed.
    • The styling of various views is improved.
  • August 4, 2023

    iOS v3.1.0, macOS v3.1.0

    • Support for Qobuz playlists.
    • HD/CD indication on albums so you can pick the albums with the highest quality.
  • May 14, 2023

    iOS v3.0.1, macOS v3.0.1

    • Fix a crash on startup that some users were experiencing.  
  • May 2, 2023

    iOS v3.0, macOS v3.0

    • *** Unfortunately there is a crash with this version on startup when upgrading from an older version. After a full reinstall the app will function correctly. Sorry for the inconvenience. ***
    • Rigelian is compatible with BubbleUPnP, which makes it possible control any UPnP based player.
    • Rigelian is compatible with upmpdcli, which makes it possible to turn your mpd based player into a UPnP renderer.
    • The above scenarios allow browsing/searching/playing from Qobuz, which opens an entirely new world of possibilities.
    • The stability and consistency of album artwork is greatly improved.
    • Various small bugfixes. 
  • April 2, 2023

    iOS v2.8.3, macOS v1.7.3

    • Various smaller bug fixes.
    • This is the final version to support iOS 13 / macOS 11 Big Sur, the upcoming version 3.0 will require iOS 14 / macOS 12 Monterey or higher. For users who remain on iOS 13 / macOS 11 Big Sur, after July 1st 2023 all functionality will be available without requiring a subscription.
  • December 29, 2022

    iOS v2.8.2, macOS v1.7.2

    • Bugfixes:
      • Rigelian could crash when the app was moved to the background.
      • On iOS 16 / macOS Ventura it wasn’t possible to remove tracks from the play queue.
  • November 28, 2022

    iOS v2.8.1, macOS v1.7.1

    • Control of Naim Unity players in combination with UPnP is now also supported on macOS.
    • Fix image retrieval for artists on compilation albums.
    • Enable re-ordering of cover art sources on macOS 15 and higher.
    • Support use of physical scroll wheel on volume slider on macOS.
    • Added volume adjustment option to compensate for non-linear volume behavior of a player.
    • Fix problem where a force restart is needed to connect to a player.
  • August 28, 2022

    iOS v2.8.0, macOS v1.7.0

    • Provide a selection of small, medium or large covers in album views.
    • Show the full path when browsing folders.
    • Fix issues with similar artists on Kodi players.
    • Fix performance issues with the theme color picker.
    • For UPnP sources, use disc number when sorting tracks on a multi-disc album.
    • Minor fixes and improvements.
  • Feb 24, 2022

    Subscriptions

    Subscriptions can now be shared with family members.

  • Feb 21, 2022

    iOS v2.7.2, macOS v1.6.2

    Minor bug fixes and improvements.

  • Feb 9, 2022

    iOS v2.7.1, macOS v1.6.1

    Minor bug fixes and improvements.

  • Jan 23, 2022

    iOS v2.7.0, macOS v1.6.0

    • A brand new Now Playing view introduces the most requested feature: the possibility to see the complete play queue, and not just what’s coming next. And to top it off, the layout is improved with easier access to relevant functions. This new view requires iOS 15 or macOS Monterey.
    • The cover art retrieval and display has once again been improved, resulting in faster loading and smoother scrolling.
    • Recent Volumio players in your network are automatically detected.
    • The overall look of the app is modernised with many new icons (thank you SF Symbols).
    • Multi-disc albums on Kodi are properly supported.
  • Dec 12, 2021

    macOS v1.5.0

    • Show album info if available.
    • Albums can be shown in icon and list view.
    • Folder browsing no longer requires a subscription.
    • Biography and album info text is now selectable for copy/paste.
    • The shuffle button on the now-playing view is removed to prevent confusion.
    • Improved cover art loading performance.
  • Nov 28, 2021

    iOS v2.6.1

    The last version that will support iOS 12. After 1-1-2022 all Rigelian functionality will be available without subscription for users which are still on this older iOS version.

  • Nov 14, 2021

    iOS v2.6.0

    The main feature is experimental support for the Naim Uniti players in combination with UPnP. Other changes include:

    • Show album info if available.
    • Show a play icon on album views, to immediately play an album.
    • Folder browsing no longer requires a subscription.
    • Biography and album info text is now selectable for copy/paste.
    • The shuffle button on the now-playing view is removed to prevent confusion.
    • Make it easier to close the full-screen view on iPadOS 15.
    • Improved cover art loading performance.
  • May 14, 2021

    iOS v2.5.0, macOS v1.4.0

    • a 3-column view for artists, genres and playlist on iPad, for easier navigation
    • for artists, you choose between icon and list view
    • a new artwork assistant for artist artwork
    • a new function to shuffle all tracks from an artist and similar artists
    • improvements for album and artist image loading
    • fix a problem on iPad where space isn’t recognised when typing in a search field
    • fix a problem where the seek slider was not usable
    • fix a problem with missing recent albums on older mpd versions (mostly hitting Bryston users)
  • Apr 26, 2021

    iOS v2.4.4

    • Keyboard shortcuts on iPad are re-enabled
    • The listen now screen is properly displayed on startup
  • Apr 25, 2021

    macOS v1.3.2

    • Improvements to cover art retrieval
    • Player connectivity is improved
    • Drill-down into Listen Now views for easier vertical scrolling
  • Apr 22, 2021

    iOS v2.4.3

    • Improvements to cover art retrieval
    • Fix a problem where on older mpd versions the album list showed incorrect data
  • Apr 5, 2021

    iOS v2.4.2

    • Player connectivity is improved
    • Drill-down into Listen Now views for easier vertical scrolling
    • Various smaller fixes and improvements
  • Mar 14, 2021

    macOS v1.3.1

    Minor bugfixes and improvements.

  • Feb 28, 2021

    macOS v1.3.0

    • A new ‘Listen Now’ view with quick access to your favourites, latest additions and latest played items
    • An improved side menu
    • Some minor bugfixes
  • Feb 21, 2021

    iOS v2.4.1

    Minor bug fixes and improvements.

  • Feb 7, 2021

    iOS v2.4.0

    Take full advantage of iOS 14:

    • A new ‘Listen Now’ view with quick access to your favourites, latest additions and latest played items
    • Updated menus
    • An improved side menu on iPad
    • Some minor bugfixes
  • Nov 20, 2020

    macOS v1.2.0

    • Improved radio browsing
    • Retrieval of embedded cover art (this requires mpd 0.22 or higher)
    • You can now choose from different periods for the ‘recent albums’ view
    • Sorting of artists now takes SortArtist and SortAlbumArtist tags into account
    • When sorting albums by artist, they will be sorted on year per artist
  • Nov 19, 2020

    iOS v2.3.2

    Fix a problem where for certain mpd versions the artist view is empty.

  • Nov 15, 2020

    iOS v2.3.1

    • Retrieval of embedded cover art (this requires mpd 0.22 or higher)
    • You can now choose from different periods for the ‘recent albums’ view
    • Sorting of artists now takes SortArtist and SortAlbumArtist tags into account
    • When sorting albums by artist, they will be sorted on year per artist
    • Fix a problem where radio favourites were not displayed correctly on iPad
    • Fix a today widget layout issue on small screens
  • Nov 6, 2020

    iOS v2.3.0

    Use the community based radio-browser.info directory to search for radio stations. This greatly improves the radio experience:

    • Access over 28.000 stations worldwide
    • The listed stations are far more reliable
    • Searching and filtering is more powerful: by country, language, tag, quality
    • Stations listed by most popular and best rated
  • Oct 28, 2020

    iOS v2.2.2

    Fix a problem with player discovery on iOS 14.

  • Oct 26, 2020

    iOS v2.2.1

    Fix a problem with Siri on iOS 14.

  • Jul 14, 2020

    iOS v2.2.0

    Support for Siri (for subscribers). You can now give commands like ‘Play Bad Guy by Billie Eilish on MPD’, ‘Shuffle Jazz on Kodi’ or ‘Play The Rolling Stones on Rigelian’. Check Siri for more details.

  • Jun 28, 2020

    iOS v2.1.0

    Directly listen to a stream from your mpd player on your iPhone or iPad (requires a subscription and a mpd player with a http output configured).

    Other improvements in this version:

    • New and better looking notification view.
    • Under-the-hood cleanup.
  • Jun 13, 2020

    macOS v1.1.0

    Directly listen to a stream from your mpd player on your Mac (requires a subscription and a mpd player with a http output configured).

    Other improvements in this version:

    • When you hover over an album a button appears that lets you immediately play the album.
    • Don’t like purple? You can now select from a small number of additional theme colors.
    • Track numbering for multi-disc sets now works correctly.
    • The display of quality information is improved.
    • A better looking app icon.
    • Some minor browsing problems are fixed.
  • Jun 2, 2020

    iOS v2.0.6

    The last version that will support iOS 10 & 11. After 1-1-2021 all Rigelian functionality will be available without subscription for users which are still on these older iOS versions.

    The following changes are included:

    • Don’t like purple? You can now select from a small number of additional theme colors.
    • Track numbering for multi-disc sets now works correctly.
    • The display of quality information is improved.
    • Some minor fixes.
  • May 24, 2020

    macOS v1.0.1

    Make the app more mac-like:

    • The control bar is moved to the top.
    • Coloring on the menu and navigation bar is improved.
    • Access to player functions and info screens is moved to the main menu.
    • The visibility of popover menus is improved.
    • A problem where ‘space’ could not be entered when searching is fixed.
  • May 7, 2020

    iOS v2.0.5

    Fix layout issues on iOS 10 and 11, and make sure the app runs on 32-bit devices (iPad 4th generation, iPhone 5 and 5c).

  • Apr 28, 2020

    iOS v2.0.4

    • Rigelian adjusts to your font size preference by using dynamic type on almost all screens.
    • The spacing on album and preset views is improved.
    • The layout of context menus is improved.
    • You can now hide unwanted players on your network.
    • A problem where text was poorly readable on various screens is fixed.
    • A problem where the today widget didn’t work for kodi players is fixed.
    • Devices based on a 32-bit processor are supported again.
  • Apr 18, 2020

    macOS v1.0.0

    Rigelian is now also available on the Mac App Store. All functions from the iPad app are available on the Mac version as well. It’s still a little bit rough around the edges and doesn’t have the full native Mac feel yet, improving this is planned to be done gradually the coming period. And good news for existing subscribers: you can share your subscription across all devices.

  • Mar 17, 2020

    iOS v2.0.3

    Fix a crash on the composer and performer view.

  • Mar 14, 2020

    iOS v2.0.2

    Make artist browsing much nicer for subscribers:

    • Large artist icons on the browse screen
    • The artist view shows an artist biography from last.fm
    • The artist view presents a list of similar artists in your library
    • On various screens the text-size will be adjusted according to your personal settings
    • A crash at startup that some users experienced is fixed
    • Some graphical improvements on the iPad.
  • Feb 10, 2020

    iOS v2.0.1

    • The quality display includes the bitrate of the currently playing track.
    • On iPad, a cover only view is shown when you tap on the album cover in the full screen view.
    • Some minor problems are fixed.
  • Feb 10, 2020

    iOS v2.0.0

    Support for Kodi

    • You can now use Rigelian to control the music on a Kodi player.
    • Almost all Rigelian functions are available: browse by artist, album, genre and folder. Search, radio stations, play random album or song, auto discovery of players.
  • Jan 7, 2020

    iOS v1.7.2

    • Cover art retrieval directly from mpd is now supported. Note that this requires at least mpd version 0.21.
    • The cover art assistant is extended to better guide you, and to increase the configuration options for cover art. Long press on an album to open it.
    • On iOS 13 the new style long-press context menus are used.
    • Many changes under the hood to make future development of the app easier.
    • Some small bug fixes and improvements.

     

  • Nov 28, 2019

    iOS v1.7.1

    • A new full screen view on iPad.
    • Some minor bugs are fixed.
    • The stability of the today widget is improved.
  • Oct 21, 2019

    iOS v1.7.0

    Full compatibility with iOS 13:

    • Support for native dark mode.
    • Some minor bugs are fixed.
    • The stability of the today widget is improved.
  • Sep 4, 2019

    iOS v1.6.1

     

    Stability improvements.

  • Aug 17, 2019

    iOS v1.6.0

    • Gracenote cover art retrieval was broken and is replaced by artwork retrieval from coverartarchive and discogs.
    • The artist screen will show large artist artwork when available.
    • Local artist artwork retrieval over http is enabled.
    • Filtering on album and artists screens is available, so you can find the next thing to play even faster (requires a subscription).
    • The quality indicator will now also show the filetype like mp3, flac.
    • Album retrieval is improved for mid 0.21.11 and higher.
  • Jul 3, 2019

    iOS v1.5.4

    • Presets can also be selected from the today widget.
    • A display issue for presets on iOS 11 is fixed.
    • Songs from albums that consist of multiple tracks are now shown and played in the correct order.
  • Jun 24, 2019

    iOS v1.5.3

    Subscribers can create presets for albums, playlists, radio stations and songs for direct access from the main screen.

  • May 12, 2019

    iOS v1.5.2

    • When browsing via artist (or composer or performer) into an album, only the album tracks by that artist will be shown.
    • Some albums were either not shown or shown double when meta-data was inconsistent. The handling of these scenarios is improved.
    • When using a recent version of mpd, the quality (bitrate, encoding) will be shown on the album view.
  • Apr 24, 2019

    iOS v1.5.1

    Fix a crash on iPad when opening a playlist.

  • Apr 22, 2019

    iOS v1.5.0

    Dark-mode support for subscribers.

    • Subscribers can choose one of the following themes: light, light monochrome, dark and dark monochrome.
    • Cover art handling has been completely rewritten, and gracenote cover art retrieval is now more reliable (smaller chance of incorrect artwork).
  • Mar 26, 2019

    iOS v1.4.6

    • The main menu is now also configurable on iPad (for subscribers).
    • You can have Rigelian play 100 random songs for you.
    • On the player settings, you can specify a different host for http-based cover art retrieval.
    • Some small improvements on the random album function.
  • Mar 11, 2019

    iOS v1.4.5

    Bugfixes.

  • Mar 6, 2019

    iOS v1.4.4

    • Various actions now provide haptic and visual feedback (haptic feedback is only available on iPhone).
    • Songs on an album with multiple artists are now shown in the correct order.
    • Cover art for songs with “:” in the title is now displayed correctly.
    • A problem is fixed where songs and albums were sometimes not added at the right position in the playqueue.
    • A problem is fixed where the buttons on the now playing screen were disabled.
  • Feb 17, 2019

    iOS v1.4.3

    • The new section scroll bar is now also available for artists, composers and performers.
    • Scrolling performance on album views is improved.
    • Retrieval of album covers is improved.
    • A diagnostics functions is added to help troubleshoot missing data issues.
  • Jan 22, 2019

    iOS v1.4.2

    • It’s now possible to quick-scroll through the album list by section.
    • A complete folder (including subfolders) can be added or shuffled all at once to the play queue.
    • The above function also makes it possible to add the complete library to the play queue.
    • A long-press menu on folders gives access to the standard add methods (replace, add next, add at end.
    • In addition to these new features, the compatibility with specific mpd versions has been improved.
  • Jan 3, 2019

    iOS v1.4.1

    Bugfixes.

  • Dec 30, 2018

    iOS v1.4.0

    • Automatic discovery and configuration of moOde players.
    • You can now enable / disable outputs on a player (subscribers only)
    • A double-click on the play/pause button will now stop and go to the beginning of the play queue.
    • Fixes for various smaller bugs.
  • Dec 19, 2018

    iOS v1.3.5

    • No inspiration? Let Rigelian pick an album for you.
    • Quickly go to the artist and album of the currently playing track by clicking on the artist – album label in the now playing view.
    • You can now specify a http port number in the cover art settings.
    • Feature requests and bug reports now contain additional information to support trouble shooting.
    • Some minor bug fixes.
  • Nov 28, 2018

    iOS v1.3.4

    • Cover art handling is improved, and an assistant is added which shows exactly how cover art is loaded.
    • You can now use the mpd ‘consume’ function.
    • You can now stop (instead of pause) by double-clicking the pause button.
    • Editing functions for saved playlists are added.
    • Some small visual improvements are made.
  • Nov 12, 2018

    iOS v1.3.3

    Improved onboarding experience for new users, and a layout that is compatible with the new iPad Pro models.

  • Oct 7, 2018

    iOS v1.3.2

    • You can now add songs to a playlist from the long-press menu.
    • The appearance of the now-playing view on iPhone X and Xs is improved.
    • If only a single player is detected, it will be automatically selected.
  • Sep 24, 2018

    iOS v1.3.1

    • A brand-new today widget will give you quick access to the most used controls from the lock screen.
    • The album view now includes a list of other albums by the same artist.
    • The animation for opening and closing the now playing view is improved.
    • A password can be entered when manually adding a player.
    • When using the accessibility feature ‘Smart Invert Colors’, cover art will now be shown correctly. This gives sort-of-a dark mode.
    • Subscribers can now disable gracenote cover art retrieval.
  • Sep 4, 2018

    iOS v1.3.0

    Radio support using Shoutcast:

    • Browse radio stations by genre.
    • Search radio stations by name, genre or what is playing.
    • Mark radio stations as favorite for immediate access.
    • Manually add radio stations which are not published on Shoutcast.

    Other changes include:

    • You can now delete tracks from the playqueue by swiping them to the left.
    • On album and playlist views the number of tracks and total duration is shown.
    • Various graphical refinements are made.
    • Some minor issues are fixed.
  • Aug 6, 2018

    iOS v1.2.5

    • Understand ‘The’ in an artist name, i.e. show The Beatles under ‘B’ instead of ‘T’.
    • Support is added for sortartist and sortartistalbum tags, to sort the artist list.
    • Playlists based on cue files will be shown when browsing, and can be loaded into the play queue.
    • When displaying the albums for an artist, the year of release is shown for each album.
    • Some minor issues are fixed.
  • Jul 23, 2018

    iOS v1.2.4

    • By popular demand, browsing and searching on both composer and performer is added (requires a subscription).
    • On iPhone, subscribers can configure the main menu (which entries to show and in which order).
    • In case an incorrect album cover is cached, you can now remove that cover from the cache so it gets reloaded.
    • Support for password protected players is added.
    • Artist and genre album lists can be sorted on title, year and artist.
  • Jul 10, 2018

    iOS v1.2.3

    • The handling of missing metadata on .wav files is improved.
    • Cover art will now be found regardless of the filename used.
    • In the albums list you can now sort by album title.
    • You can report feature requests via a built-in mechanism.
    • Various minor bugs have been fixed.
  • Jun 25, 2018

    iOS v1.2.2

    • Maintain a list of recent search terms for quick re-use.
    • Ensure proper cover art retrieval from Volumio players when an artist name contains special characters.
    • Some minor bug fixes.
  • Jun 18, 2018

    iOS v1.2.1

    • Better looking album and playlist views on the iPad
    • Improved handling of .wav files to deal with missing metadata in some mpd-versions
    • Improved scrolling on album views
    • Some small bug fixes
  • Jun 4, 2018

    iOS v1.2.0

    Bring the full iPad experience to Rigelian, plus some other improvements:

    • Layout optimized for the larger iPad screen, both in landscape and portrait mode
    • Quick popup-access to the playqueue and all of your players
    • Full support for multi-tasking: run Rigelian side-by-side or on top of another app
    • Cover art retrieval for missing covers from Gracenote (requires a Rigelian subscription)
    • Show artist images on the Artist view
  • May 17, 2018

    iOS v1.1.1

    Bugfixes

  • May 14, 2018

    iOS v1.1.0

    • Browse through the raw folder structure (requires a Rigelian subscription)
    • Possibility to manually add a player
    • Option to filter artists by Album-Artist
    • Add possibility to clear the play queue
    • Every 5th day of the month will now be wax-cylinder day
  • Apr 29, 2018

    iOS v1.0.0

    Initial release of Rigelian. Here’s what you can expect:

    • Browse by Artist, Album, Genre
    • Save and update playlists
    • Immediate access to your most recently added albums
    • Intuitive and fast search function
    • Add music the way you want it:
      • Replace your play queue
      • Add at the next position in the play queue
      • Add at the next position in the play queue and start playing
      • Add to the end of the play queue
    • Play queue editing: move and remove tracks
    • Cross-browsing from the play queue to artist and album
    • Display quality indicator for the currently playing track
    • Automatic detection of the players on your network
    • Easily switch between players
    • Support for all device sizes: iPhone SE, iPhone 8, iPhone 8+ and iPhone X