Nien Nguyen

TKaraokeUSB pre-build 147 release notes

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TKaraokeUSB is like TKaraoke Android but loads songs directly from the USB drive drives or network drives.

  • 1.146 (2/21/2021)
    • Added lyrics and volume data for TKaraoke Underground songs v2021
  • 1.138 (12/19/2020)
    • Added Scoring Feature
    • Support TKC and TKD song formats
  • 1.130 (11/22/2020)
    • Load YouTube content faster and updated YouTube parser.
  • 1.128 (11/15/2020)
    • Support Android TV 10 devices
    • Load YouTube content faster
  • 1.126 (8/22/2020)
    • Support WMV files
  • 1.124 (8/6/2020)
    • Support WMV files
  • 1.123 (6/7/2020)
    • Fixed but not able to voice search YouTube content in some cases
    • Fixed bug crashing when loading a YouTube content but then exit out of the YT search results page before loading is complete
  • 1.122 (3/28/2020)
    • Fixed bug crashing when skipping right after adding a YouTube content
  • 1.118 (2/14/2020)
    • Fixed bug not searching songs by singer correctly
    • Optimized for showing songs by Singers (requires Sb app v2.22 or newer)
  • 1.116 (2/8/2020)
    • Fixed bug always playing the first song first when requesting to Random Play from the songbook app
  • 1.115 (2/7/2020)
    • Fixed bug crashing when voice searching YouTube on the MiBox when there are too many results
    • Speed up YouTube voice searching
  • 1.114 (2/6/2020)
    • Fixed bug crashing when voice searching for “YouTube”.
  • 1.113 (2/5/2020)
    • Minor improvements to support Singers listing (requires SB 2.22 or newer)
  • 1.112 (1/31/2020)
    • Support viewing songs by Singers (requires SB app v2.22 or newer)
  • 1.111 (1/27/2020)
    • Support multiple audio tracks content from YT Dynamic Content
  • 1.110 (1/26/2020)
    • Fixed bug not loading any song even when the hard drive has songs
    • Load YT content even when no hard drive is attached
  • 1.109 (1/26/2020)
    • New feature: YouTube Dynamic Content will appear below the All Songs row
  • 1.108 (1/25/2020)
    • Load YouTube content quicker
  • 1.107 (1/24/2020)
    • Changed cc icon to search icon to avoid confusion
  • 1.104 (1/10/2020)
    • Show “preview not available” when thumbnail image isn’t found
    • Improved performance, especially on the MiBox
  • 1.103 (1/5/2020)
    • Improved YouTube search result thumbnail images quality
  • 1.102 (1/4/2020)
    • Updated icons and minor improvements
  • 1.101 (1/3/2020)
    • Fixed bug not showing YouTube search result title and description correctly on some YT content.
  • 1.100 (1/2/2020)
    • Updated Lyrics and Volume data for 2019 Underground songs
  • 1.99 (1/1/2020)
    • Fixed bug not able to voice search YouTube when too many searches were done on the Sb2 app
  • 1.98 (12/31/2019)
    • Fixed bug not showing thumbnail on some YouTube search results
  • 1.97 (12/29/2019)
    • New feature: voice searching YouTube content. For more info, see this page.
  • 1.96 (12/24/2019)
    • Updated to decipher new YouTube code
  • 1.95 (11/29/2019)
    • Support playing a category randomly (requires Songbook app v2.17 or newer)
  • 1.94 (11/27/2019)
    • Fixed bug hanging or started playing after a really long time when requesting playing random favorite songs on cases where the number of favorite songs are large.
  • 1.93 (11/26/2019)
    • Support randomly playing Favorite Songs (requires SB app v2.16 or newer)
  • 1.92 (11/14/2019)
    • Fixed bug not discoverable by Songbook apps after selecting Restart or Exit
  • 1.91 (11/10/2019)
    • Improved text overlay to fit better with the new background image.
  • 1.90 (11/9/2019)
    • Improved speed
    • Take advantages of the new Shield TV 2019 features
  • 1.88 (10/31/2019)
    • Fixed bug showing null for singer name when playing songs over the network
  • 1.87 (10/30/2019)
    • Fixed bug skipping a song when seeking forward or backward
  • 1.86 (10/29/2019)
    • Fixed bug crashing when performing a Random Play on any row
  • 1.85 (10/28/2019)
    • Better support for the Nvidia Shield TV 2019
    • Fixed bug seeking forward when playing on some large 4K songs
    • Show Requestor name on Info Overlay
  • 1.84 (10/24/2019)
    • Fixed bug crashing when queuing the very first song from Sb2 app
  • 1.83 (10/17/2019)
    • Improved Lyrics data
    • Improved Volume data
  • 1.82 (10/13/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to search using lyric. Perform a Clear Cache (last row in TKaraokeUSB) followed by a Hard Exit to force TKaroakeUSB to pickup new lyric data
    • Run in 64-bit mode on 64-bit devices
  • 1.81 (10/9/2019)
    • Fixed bug not updating Songbook App’s queue when adding the song via Voice Search
    • Improved Favorite Songs calculation speed. To get the improved speed, you need to do a full scan of the songs. To force a full scan, in TKaraokeUSB, go to the last row (Configuration Row) and select Clear Cache. Then select Hard Exit and launch TKaraokeUSB again.
  • 1.79 (10/7/2019)
    • Fixed bug clearing all songs out when queuing via the Songbook app
  • 1.78 (10/6/2019)
    • Fixed bug entering a bad state when adding 2 or more YouTube songs quickly one after another while TKaraokeUSB is not playing any song.
  • 1.77 (10/2/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to replay TKA and TKB songs
  • 1.76 (10/1/2019)
    • Play YouTube songs at maximum video and audio quality whenever possible (up to 4K resolution)
  • 1.73 (8/4/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to play some YouTube songs
  • 1.72 (7/30/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to play some YouTube songs
  • 1.71 (6/14/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to play some YouTube songs
  • 1.70 (3/5/2019)
    • Fixed bug not loading Volume data when loading songs from cache
  • 1.68 (1/10/2019)
    • Fixed bug caching songs from network drives even when the network drives have been unselected via Settings
    • Fixed bug caching songs from USB hard drive even when the drive has been ejected
  • 1.67 (1/4/2019)
    • Fixed bug crashing at startup when no hard drive is attached and no network drive is configured
  • 1.66 (1/3/2019)
    • Improved startup time by not scanning for songs when the hard drive hasn’t change since the last run
  • 1.65 (12/31/2018)
    • Support voice search in both English and Vietnamese at the same time
  • 1.64 (12/28/2018)
    • Support the traditional way of voice searching on devices running the latest Android TV (Oreo)
    • Improved searching and thumbnail loading performance for connected songbook apps
    • Fixed random crashes on devices running Oreo
  • 1.63 (12/14/2018)
    • Fixed bug not able to generate song thumbnails on devices running Oreo
  • 1.62 (12/13/2018)
    • Fixed bug crashing at startup on some Oreo devices
  • 1.61 (11/25/2018)
    • Fixed bug crashing when lowering volume all the way down in Android TV 7.0 or higher
    • Added an option to unregister the registration key
  • 1.60 (10/13/2018)
    • Added an Option to disable Thumbnail Images
  • 1.59 (10/12/2018)
    • Upgraded playback engine to VLC 3.x
    • Added an option to use the built-in 10-band EQ
  • 1.58 (10/9/2018)
    • Fixed bug crashing when broadcasting a message from the SB app to TKaraokeUSB
    • Show the IP address in Settings ==> About to quickly obtain the IP address in case the user want to manually enter the IP address in the SB app.
  • 1.57 (9/22/2018)
    • Fixed YouTube playback issue
    • Fixed random crashes after attempting to play a YT song
    • Improved compatibility with Oreo
  • 1.54 (7/7/2018)
    • Fixed audio stuttering issue in Oreo (MiBox)
  • 1.53 (7/4/2018)
    • Support Android TV 8.0 (Oreo)
  • 1.52 (6/24/2018)
    • Fixed random crash when the Song Queue contains YouTube songs
    • Updated built-in auto-volume data
  • 1.51 (2/14/2018)
    • Fixed bug not able to play YouTube videos
  • 1.50 (1/8/2018)
    • Improved Lyrics Data
    • Improved Volume Data
  • 1.49 (12/21/2017)
    • Fixed bug not able to load volume data via the JSON file for really large songs
  • 1.48 (12/16/2017)
    • Allow overwriting network server IPs via the hosts.json file
  • 1.47 (12/15/2017)
    • Fixed bug not loading volume data from JSON files
  • 1.46 (12/10/2017)
    • Fixed crash when voice searching for .YT songs
  • 1.45 (12/9/2017)
    • Improved load time when loading volume data from JSON files
  • 1.44 (12/1/2017)
    • Show search suggestions for album abbreviation
  • 1.43 (11/25/2017)
    • Fixed bug not able to search by lyric or songwriter name
  • 1.42 (11/23/2017)
    • Improved thumbnails generation speed for large videos on the network drive
    • Fixed bug showing 1440p songs as SD
  • 1.41 (11/22/2017)
    • Support playing from network shares (aka network drives)
  • 1.39 (11/11/2017)
    • Support searching by Song Number
  • 1.38 (11/5/2017)
    • Fade-out audio when replaying songs
    • Disabled the “beep” sound when voice-searching while not playing any song
  • 1.37 (11/4/2017)
    • Fade-out audio when skipping songs. This avoid having harsh sound when the volume is high
    • Fixed an audio-volume bug where slightly soft songs get even softer audio volume
    • Added logistics to support future 8K and 16K songs
  • 1.36 (10/31/2017)
    • Fixed crash at startup when scanning TKA songs and have not yet registered
  • 1.34 (10/28/2017)
    • Support search using part of the lyric or songwriter name
  • 1.31 (10/17/2017)
    • Fixed bug crashing at startup when volume.data is present
  • 1.30 (10/16/2017)
    • Support .MOV songs
    • Show Volume Data on the info screen, if the current song has volume data
    • Fixed audio glitch when attempting to toggle audio on single-audio-track songs
  • 1.29 (10/15/2017)
    • Fixed startup jittering on single-audio-track MP4 songs when Play mode is set to Music or Karaoke
    • Support Auto Volume
  • 1.28 (10/13/2017)
    • Support showing suggestions when typing into the Search box on the Songbook app
    • Fixed audio jittering issue at start of every song when the Play Mode is set to Karaoke
  • 1.27 (9/19/2017)
    • Change thumbnail images to have round corners
  • 1.26 (8/29/2017)
    • Added support for m2ts songs (bluray raw rip songs)
  • 1.21 (7/30/2017)
    • Added support for fading-in audio volume when toggling audio tracks
  • 1.20 (7/25/2017)
    • Fixed bug not able to play songs containing % in their file names
  • 1.19 (7/24/2017)
    • Fixed bug crashing when playing YouTube songs
  • 1.18 (7/21/2017)
    • Fixed bug not able to play songs containing # in their file names
  • 1.17 (7/21/2017)
    • Support favorite songs (requires TKaraokeSB v1.09 or newer)
  • 1.16 (7/15/2017)
    • Support randomly playing songs from each song category or from the entire collection
  • 1.14 (7/11/2017)
    • Support registration to unlock song limits.
  • 1.13 (7/8/2017)
    • Support audio track swap for songs in folder ending with !!
    • Support changing Play Mode via the Songbook app (requires TKaraokeSB v1.08 or newer)
    • Support displaying messages broadcast via the Songbook app (requires TKaraokeSB v1.09 or newer)
    • Fixed bug hanging on the Sb app when clearing the Song Queue
  • 1.11 (6/18/2017)
    • Support playing YouTube songs added using the SB app
    • Scroll song name and song info when the text is too long
  • 1.10 (6/12/2017)
    • Support allowing the sb app to control multiple instances of TKaraokeUSB or TKaraoke Android
    • Fixed bug generating black or gray thumbnail on some VOB files
  • 1.09 (6/9/2017)
    • Support network drives reliably and doesn’t require sharing the drive with Write permission
    • Improved scanning speed
    • Give scanning status while scanning for songs
    • Fixed various bugs
    • Asked for Storage permission in-app so the user doesn’t need to go to Settings => Apps => TKaraokeUSB => Permission to give Storage permission
  • 1.06 (6/7/2017)
    • Support YouTube songs (*.yt files)
  • 1.05 (6/6/2017)
    • Fixed bug not picking up songs on drives with tkaraoke.txt defined at the root level
    • Support network drives