- VU needle swings -22..+22deg instead of -45..+45 for a more realistic VU look
- Switch from RMS to peak frequency reading so the needle catches musical hits
- Faster attack (0.7) and release (0.25) so it swings rather than pinning
- Replace explicit grid lines with subtle repeating-conic-gradient ticks
- Scope mini progress bar styles to .mini-player; taller (3px), clickable
VU needle reflects actual audio output
- Was just a synthetic wobble bounded by the volume slider value.
Now reads RMS of the FFT bins (skipping bin 0 / DC) the visualizer
feeds in, multiplies by current volume, and applies attack/release
smoothing for analog-feeling ballistics.
- Falls back to the synthetic wobble when audio capture isn't
running so the needle still looks alive on the static fallback.
- When playback stops, needle settles to the bottom of the swing
(-45deg) instead of holding the volume position.
Spectrum width — actually fixed this time
- Root cause: CSS repeat() does NOT accept a CSS variable for its
count argument, so my `repeat(var(--spectrum-bars), 1fr)` rule
was invalid and silently dropped, leaving the legacy/auto sizing
behavior. Set grid-template-columns directly from JS to
`repeat(40, minmax(0, 1fr))`.
- CSS retains a `repeat(40, minmax(0, 1fr))` literal as a default
so the row renders sane even before JS executes.
Spectrogram canvas under vinyl
- Hidden via display: none — the editorial .spectrum row already
shows the audio spectrum; the canvas was redundant and ugly.
Element stays in DOM so the visualizer JS keeps rendering (drives
album-art bass-pulse + dynamic background bands).
Spectrum width
- grid-auto-flow: column with implicit columns wasn't reliably
stretching to fill the parent. Switch to explicit
grid-template-columns: repeat(var(--spectrum-bars), minmax(0, 1fr))
with the bar count exposed as a CSS variable from JS so the
column count and the actual bar count stay in sync.
- !important on display/grid-template-columns/width to defeat any
legacy descendant rules.
Device selection
- Picking a device in the audio-device dropdown is an explicit
signal that the user wants capture. Auto-enable the visualizer
if it isn't already on, then call applyVisualizerMode so the
WS subscription happens and the badge flips from 'Available' to
'Active'. Was only doing this when visualizer was already on,
which is why the user kept seeing 'Available, not capturing'.
Auto-enable was a no-op
- Writing 'visualizerEnabled'='true' to localStorage from app.js did
not update the exported `let visualizerEnabled` in player.js. So
applyVisualizerMode() saw the stale `false` and went into the
DISABLE branch — leaving the device 'available, not capturing'.
- Add a setVisualizerEnabled() setter exported from player.js and
call it before applyVisualizerMode() during boot.
Audio device persistence
- Save the selected device name to localStorage on change.
- On loadAudioDevices(), prefer status.current_device (server's
current state) but fall back to the localStorage value if the
server doesn't know one (e.g. after a server restart).
- If the saved device wasn't recognized by the server, push it back
via POST /api/media/visualizer/device so capture lands on it
immediately. Best-effort; no toast on failure.
Spectrum
- Logarithmic frequency-to-bar mapping (squared time so bins
stretch toward the highs). Per-bar high-end gain ramps from
1.0x at the lowest bar to 3.0x at the highest, so the right
half of the spectrum no longer reads as dead air.
- Floor bumped from 6% to 12% so silent bars stay visible.
- Skip bin 0 (DC + sub-rumble) which was overwhelming the lows.
- Use peak (not average) within each band — punchier visual.
- Container height 56→64, gradient now copper-lo → copper →
copper-hi for more visible top tips. min-width: 0 / box-sizing
border-box ensures the row truly claims the full grid column.
- Backend FFT path is unchanged: WS audio_data → setFrequencyData
→ renderVisualizerFrame → updateEditorialSpectrum. No
client-side analyzer added.
Album art (vinyl label)
- Deeper sepia (0.35→0.6) and lower saturate (0.85→0.7) so
vibrant covers blend into the copper grooves.
- Soft radial mask: outer ~22% of the disc fades toward the
vinyl black so the album art dissolves into the surface
rather than terminating at a hard clip edge.
- Hover state pulls the fade inward and eases sepia back so
the user can still see the real cover at near-natural color.
- Glow tint matches the new sepia depth.
VU needle (animated)
- Synthetic wobble bounded by current volume runs only while
state==='playing'. Two combined sines + jitter make it look
like a real analog needle reacting to peaks.
- Settles back to the static volume-mapped position when paused.
Spectrum (real audio)
- Now driven by the same frequencyData the visualizer canvas
uses. Each visual bar averages a chunk of frequency bins.
- Spans are now JS-injected (60 bars) instead of hardcoded so
the bar count is no longer baked in.
- Spectrum spans full width of the masthead column, height
bumped to 56px for presence.
- CSS animation pauses (sets via `body.audio-spectrum-live`)
when JS is driving heights so the keyframes don't fight.
- Synthetic CSS animation remains as the fallback when audio
capture isn't available.
Visualizer auto-enable
- On first install with loopback support, visualizer is
enabled so the spectrum is alive out of the box.
Dynamic background
- Lower max opacity (1 → 0.45 dark, 0.35 light)
- sepia + saturate filter + hue-rotate keep it palette-aligned
with the copper editorial tones instead of fighting them
- mix-blend-mode screen (dark) / multiply (light) blends into
the page background instead of overlaying
Update + connection banners
- Fully restyled: glassy card with copper hairline accent,
mono uppercase text, copper hairline-border CTA buttons,
minimal close button. Matches the rest of the editorial
palette instead of the old solid-green-bar look.
Wholesale replacement of the player view markup + a verbatim mockup
CSS block scoped to .now-playing. Previous approach kept restyling
legacy classes which left a layered, inconsistent result. This is a
clean snap: same DOM structure as the mockup, same CSS rules, mapped
onto existing JS-touched IDs.
Markup
- One <section class="now-playing"> with vinyl-stage on left and
track-masthead on right
- Vinyl spins via data-playstate and contains album art as the
circular center label (existing #album-art img preserved)
- SVG tonearm pivots in/out by data-playstate
- Track masthead: .kicker (copper italic mono), large italic-serif
.track-title, italic .track-byline, mono .track-album
- Meta grid: 2 cells (State / Source) with mono labels + italic
serif values
- 30 .spectrum bars between metadata and transport
- .transport: progress-row (timecode + .progress-track + timecode)
and .controls (3 .btn-trans buttons + .vu-cluster)
- Volume slider, mute button, visualizer toggle moved to a
.visually-hidden block — they remain functional for JS / a11y
but no longer compete for visual real estate. Volume control
happens via the always-visible mini player.
VU cluster (mockup-faithful)
- 140x60 VU meter with conic-gradient grid background, copper
needle, "VU" label
- Stacked readout: "OUT <strong>SYS</strong>" / "VOL <strong>72%</strong>"
- Click anywhere on cluster toggles mute (calls toggleMute())
- When muted: needle turns rust, readout strong turns rust,
OUT label switches to MUTE
JS hooks
- updatePlaybackState already sets :root[data-playstate] (drives
spin + tonearm)
- Volume tick now updates #vu-vol and #vu-out
- updateMuteIcon updates #vu-out + .vu-cluster.muted class
Scoping
- All new CSS is .now-playing-prefixed so other tabs and dialogs
are untouched
- Legacy .progress-bar:hover scaleY and ::after scale(0) are
defeated with !important inside .now-playing
Side-by-side comparison surfaced several layout regressions vs. the
mockup. This commit lands all of them at once.
Header
- Restore centered "Media Server / Studio Reference Edition" wordmark
in italic Fraunces
- Move folio marks to fixed page corners (visible on every tab):
TL = green pulse + "Connected · Local 8765"
TR = "Vol. I — Studio Reference · v0.x.x"
- Replace boxed version-label badge with copper mono inline in folio.tr
- Reduce header-to-content gap (container padding-top 28→56 with the
folio now anchored above)
Player view
- Spectrum bars: smaller height (32px), centered with max-width so
they don't span the whole right column
- Spectrogram canvas: hidden by default (opacity 0); reveals only when
visualizer toggle is active. No more leaking into bottom-left.
- VU cluster volume controls: strip legacy box (background, padding,
border-radius); compact stacked layout with thin slider, small mute
button, mono "VOL · XX%" readout
- Disable legacy applyVinylMode() — the .vinyl class added a SECOND
rotation animation on top of the structural .vinyl-stage spin,
causing visible compounding. Vinyl is now purely structural.
Toggles
- Remove vinyl mode toggle button (vinyl is always on)
- Keep audio visualizer (spectrum vis) toggle — still shown by JS
when supported
Mini player
- Force always-visible on non-player tabs regardless of scroll, by
short-circuiting setMiniPlayerVisible when activeTab !== 'player'
i18n
- New keys: header.connected, header.volume, header.edition,
header.edition_sub
- Removed unused: player.folio_left, player.folio_right
- en.json + ru.json updated
Restructures the player tab DOM to actually look like the editorial
mockup, not just inherit new fonts. The previous commit only swapped
tokens & typography on the legacy Spotify-clone layout.
DOM additions (all preserve existing JS-touched IDs):
- Vinyl stage: rotating vinyl wrapping the existing #album-art as a
circular center label; spins only when state=playing via CSS hook
- SVG tonearm: pivots in/out based on data-playstate
- Kicker line: copper italic mono header above the track title
- Editorial 4-cell metadata grid: State / Source / Elapsed / Length
- Decorative spectrum bars (30, CSS-only animation, paused when idle)
- VU meter cluster: needle visual driven by volume %, alongside the
preserved volume slider for a11y
- Folio marks: top-left and top-right of the player container
JS hooks (small, additive):
- updatePlaybackState now sets :root[data-playstate] for CSS
- progress tick mirrors timecode into meta-grid cells
- volume update rotates the VU needle
- folio-version mirrors the version label
i18n:
- new keys: player.kicker, player.modes, player.folio_*, meta.*
- added to both en.json and ru.json
Restored: media_server/static/redesign-mockup.html (Studio Reference
visual reference; deleting it in the prior commit was a mistake).
- Broaden audio import errors from ImportError to Exception, log at warning
- Move visualizer WS re-subscription into loadAudioDevices() so it runs
after availability is confirmed from the API
- Show/hide the visualizer toggle button based on fetched availability
When no api_tokens are configured (the new default), all endpoints
are accessible without authentication. The frontend detects this
via /api/health's auth_required field and skips the login form.
- Backend: auth.py skips verification when api_tokens is empty
- Frontend: shared getAuthHeaders()/hasCredentials() helpers replace
scattered token logic across all JS modules
- Health endpoint exposes auth_required for frontend discovery
- config.example.yaml ships with tokens commented out
- CLI --show-token and startup log reflect disabled state
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- WebGL shader background with flowing waves, radial pulse, and frequency ring arcs
- Reacts to captured audio data (frequency bands + bass) when visualizer is active
- Uses page accent color; adapts to dark/light theme via bg-primary blending
- Toggle button in header toolbar, state persisted in localStorage
- Cached uniform locations and color values to avoid per-frame getComputedStyle calls
- i18n support for EN/RU locales
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The POST /visualizer/device response has 'success' but no 'available'
field, causing updateAudioDeviceStatus to always fall to 'Unavailable'.
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- Service worker, manifest, and SVG icon for PWA installability
- Root /sw.js route for full-scope service worker registration
- Meta tags: theme-color, apple-mobile-web-app, viewport-fit=cover
- Safe area insets for notched phones (container, mini-player, footer, banner)
- Dynamic theme-color sync on light/dark toggle
- Overscroll prevention and touch-action optimization
- Hide mini-player prev/next buttons on small screens
- Updated README with PWA and new feature documentation
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- Visualizer: FPS 25→30, chunk_size 2048→1024, smoothing 0.65→0.15
- Beat effect: scale 0.03→0.04, glow range 0.5-0.8→0.4-0.8
- UI: reduce container/section paddings from 2rem to 1rem
- Source name: add ellipsis overflow for long names
- Mobile browser toolbar: use flex-wrap instead of column stack,
hide "Items per page" label text on small screens
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