HyperHDR 20.0.0.0beta2

Full list of changes below, with details in the attached links. Update is also available in HyperHDR Debian/Ubuntu APT repository: link.

HyperHDR: v20beta2:

• SD images are available again and are based on Debian Bullseye, so they will not fit RPi 5: use the official Raspberry Pi installer for this board. It is explained here: link1
• Fix: Fedora uses xz as the package name, not xz-utils #771 Thanks @hsmalley
• Fix LUT loading bug to reduce memory usage by 96MB #766
• Fix background music effect #761
• Fix typo #762 Thanks @laurens94
• Yeelight: Wizard now supports more models, workaround for music-mode reset, auto-resume support #750 Thanks @ratawhisk
• Fix verbose command line option #723
• Add native build for Apple M1 / M2 (arm64) architecture #755
• New features: disable LEDs/components on startup #737
• New features: stop processing when user has locked the system #737
• Force HyperSerial detection #732 Thanks @alex-013
• Fix Linux DBus sleep/wakeup handler
• Fix pipewire grabber for non-contiguous DMA memory & EGL #711 Thanks @Mic92
• Update build scripts and include Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Fixes for v20beta1 #705

HyperHDR: v20beta1:

• Refactoring. Migration to C++ Smart Pointers. Move almost all main objects management under control of modern C++ smart pointers, fully control complicated life-cycle and ownership of HyperHDR components #691
• Windows/DirectX: use hardware acceleration (pixel & vertex shaders) for software capturing. Fixes issue #688 → #691
• Windows/DirectX: fix overexposed HDR stream with pixel shader. Fixes issue #689 → #691
• Windows/DirectX: autodetect HDR mode.Fixes issue #690 → #691
• Automatic database backup before applying structure changes when installing new version, json backups are saved in standard HyperHDR configuration home directory #691
• Smoothing clock is integrated directly within led driver: no more two separated & unsynchronized clocks for smoothing and led driver, also much more precise refresh times. Discussed here → #691
• HyperHDR driver for WLED has been switched to WLED Audio-Reactive-Led-Strip (WARLS) protocol removing old 490 LEDs limit https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/wiki/UDP-Realtime-Control → #691
• switch libCEC to mainstream since version 6.x is widely available now #691
• Linux: audio stream auto-resume on EPIPE error #691
• Improved headers including for faster compilation #691
• JSON API security vulnerability fixed #691
• Add video buffer memory caching to Pipewire grabber #691
• Fixed the LUT calibration page by removing potential scrollbars that could interfere with the final result #691
• Support for Pico (rp2040) boards using HyperSPI #691
• Fix over 500LEDs limit for HyperSPI when RPi5 is used #691
• Improved installers script #691
• Address CodeQL findings #691
• Fix logging tab that can be empty when opened and add button to copy logs #691
• ArtNet LED Controller: add toggle to prevent pixel color data split across two artnet universes. Fixes issue #657 → #691
• Ability to change MQTT Topic. Fixes issue #619 → #691
• MQTT: auto-resume. Fixes issue #570 → #691
• MQTT ability to execute multiply commands in one request. Fixes issue #642 → #691
• Each MQTT subcommand will return full response in the overall result at HyperHDR/JsonAPI/response #691
• Fix typo in LED strip name #670 Thanks @fluchfux
• Pipewire DMA & EGL hardware support (Wayland/x11 grabber) #556
• Upgrade Fedora 38 to 39, Ubuntu 23.04 to 23.10 #667
• Colorized logs #640
• Fix macOS build #638 #671 #672
• Update language file's. Thanks @AstaRom #617
• Make bonjour use logging utilities. Thanks @nurikk #529
• New interface: removed ancient Font Awesome 4 (so 2017...) Migrate to SVG: Bootstrap Icons and Google Material Icons/Symbols #605
• New device discovery service #605
• Stability improvements & bug fixing #605
• Fix QT5.15 issue when building on Windows #605
• Add new effect: Rainbow Waves #607
• MQTT: hostname address resolver. Thanks @lougovsk #586
• V4L: allow setting of V4L device input, fixes #537. Thanks @Thinner77 #540
• Update flatbuffers to v23.5.26 #596
• Pause the USB grabber when all LEDs are off to reduce load #608
• Add support for HD108 led strip, 16/48bits colors #527
• Use optional system libs for compiling #541
• Update mbedtls to 3.4.0 #589
• Add Ubuntu support to HyperHDR and Github Pages APT repository #522
• New JsonAPI method to calculate average color of selected instance #611
• Workaround for critical Rpi udev bug affecting serial ports #583
• Add Arch Linux support #520
• Fix chrome/edge fullscreen detection #519
• Add automatic LUT downloader & installer #568
• Allow LUT calibration when no USB grabber is present #518
• Live update WLED/udpraw LEDs number #564
• Add support for Raspberry Pi Pico (Rp2040) HyperSerialPico #560
• Do not use TurboJPEG for RGB during calibration #508
• Update Github actions/checkout@v3 #403
• glibc requirements for DEB installer #402
• Remove folders nesting #363
• New JSON API method to update smoothing parameters #352
• Update Github actions/download@v3 #372
• Remove depraciated ::set-output from Github Action #390
• Upgrade Bootstrap to 5.2.3 / improved 'video live preview' on smartphones #336
• Update language file's. Thanks @AstaRom #505