welle.io 2.5

After 2 1/2 years, here is the next welle.io release. It is a service release, which means that no big new features are added. But there are a lot of important changes in the background to make welle.io future-proof. See the following list for details.

Major changes since welle.io 2.4

Core

• Migrate from Qt5 to Qt6
• Migrate build chain from travis-ci and appveyor to GitHub Actions
• Add inital scan button (#724). Thanks to @dforsi

Windows

• Add MS Windows 64-bit (x86_64) support
• Drop MS Windows 32-bit (x86) support
• Drop official MS Windows 10 and 7 support
  Note: The chances are really high the welle.io runs also on MS Windows 10, but I didn't test it and I will not fix Windows 10 related bugs.
• Migrate installer to Inno Setup
  Please manually uninstall older welle.io releases because there is no automatic migration implemented.
• Update to Qt 6.7.2
• Update to Zadig 2.9
• Update fftw, rtlsdr and airspy libraries to the latest versions
• Fix some bugs in rtlsdr which makes welle.io crash

Linux

• Update to Qt 6.7.2
• Migrate to AppImage creation to https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage
  • Because of this bug (probonopd/go-appimage#301) I can't provide a working AppImage.
  • Please use version 2.4

Android

• Update to Qt 6.5
• Because of missing signatures (#814) I can't provide a working APK.

MacOS

• Drop support because of missing maintenance.
• Building from source is not tested.
• Please use version 2.4

welle.io 2.4

Major changes since welle.io 2.3

• Add official Windows 11 support
• Update to zadig 2.7
• Improve the stop/play button
• Improve the volume slider
• Add Android support again (only RTL-TCP)
• Fix channel list. Use only sID to check if a channel is already in the channel list.
• Fix icon path (some icon were not showing on a Raspberry Pi)
• A lot of minor stuff (typings, man pages, Readme, macOS build repair, etc.)

welle.io 2.3

Major changes since welle.io 2.2

• Add a stop/play button
• Add a volume slider
• Add keyboard shortcuts
• Add Linux MPRIS support
• Improve SNR calculation
• Improve ACC error and RS error display
• Add to choose a folder to save all MOT images
• Improved MOT slide show when categories are displayed
• Waterfall graph improvements
• SoapySDR improvements
• rtl-tcp improvements
• Discontinue welle-cli Windows build
• Updated translations
• Some graphical improvements
• Stability improvements
• Minor bug fixes

welle.io 2.2

Major changes since welle.io 2.1

• New macOS DMG version (experimental)
• Added catSLS support
• Added hostname support to rtl-tcp input
• Added possibility to save all MOT images
• Added option to display station name in window title
• Updated translations (French, Norwegian, German)
• Linux AppImage: Minimal GLIBC version 2.27 is required
• Linux AppImage: Switch to Qt 5.14.2
• Rework of "About" dialog
• At lot of small fixes (visual, crashes)
• Skipped Android version because it is to much work to build them

welle.io 2.1

Major changes since welle.io 2.0

• Make it possible to change the style
• Improve translations
• Fixed Android bugs #396 and #397
• Fix some rtl-sdr issues
• Switch to Qt 5.13 (Android, Windows), Qt 5.12 (Linux)
• Some small fixes

welle.io 2.0

Major changes since welle.io 2.0 - beta 3

• Updated French translation
• [rtl-sdr] Fix duplicate stations while scanning (#385)
• Restore window on left click on systray icon
• Fix when setting a station as favorite (same name on 2 channels) the first is selected even if I click the 2nd (#386)
• Some small fixes

Know issues

• [Android] Station scan stuck on 5A (#396)
• [Android] Playing last station not working (#397)

Thanks all contributors who makes it possible to release the version 2.0!

welle.io 2.0-Beta 3

Major changes since welle.io 2.0 - beta 2

• Fixed Android version but there are still two know issues
  • [Android] Station scan stucks on 5A (#396)
  • [Android] Playing last station not working (#397)
• Updated Norwegian translation
• A lot of small fixes

welle.io 2.0-Beta 2

Major changes since welle.io 2.0 - beta 1

• Updated German, Polish and Dutch translation
• Possible to change language inside the settings page
• Working Android build
• A lot of bug fixes
• For a complete list please see the commits (https://github.com/AlbrechtL/welle.io/commits/master)

Hint
The Android version my not work. Please see #366 and #365.

welle.io 2.0-Beta 1

Major changes since welle.io 1.0

• Complete GUI redesign
• Enhanced expert mode
• Favorite list
• Auto play on startup
• A lot of changes inside the code (~ 600 commits)

The Android version is not available yet because a lot of unmaintained code. We hope that we can provide a version soon.

welle.io 1.0

Major changes since welle.io 1.0-rc3

• Fixed rtl_tcp_client AGC issues
• GUI improvements
• Added Android <= 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 support again
• Minor changes and bug fixes

This Android version includes Android Auto support!
Because Google denied welle.io with Android Auto support the Play Store version doens't have Auto support.