Version History
Here you can find the changelog of Neutron Music Player (Eval) since it was posted on our website on 2015-04-26.
The latest version is 2.24.0 and it was updated on soft112.com on 22 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 2.24.0
posted on 2024-03-30
* New:
- Audio Hardware - Oversampling - Frequency Limit option: to limit oversampling to some max frequency
- EQ channel label in Controls screen toggles between EQ channels
- entering Clock mode will no longer stop music playback
- support for Software Gain by Wake-Up Timer
* Improved AGP - Reset Gain behavior
* Speaker DSP: expanded Delay setting to 20 ms
! Fixed:
- Speaker DSP: 2.1 mode giving noise
version 2.23.9
posted on 2024-03-04
* New:
- Pseudo-stereo DSP effect: Creates a pseudo-stereo (fake stereo) effect from mono sources (mono/1-channel tracks only). Manage by profile, accessible via Playback -> DSP Effect -> Pseudo-stereo
* Improved overall performance
! Fixed:
- Category Widget not showing up when pressing the 3-dot button in the Media Library screen (bottom left corner)
- Occasional ANRs (Application Not Responding) when the app tries to connect to the network while opening the UI
version 2.23.6
posted on 2024-02-25
* Support for DoP (DSD) in FLAC
* Increased Audio Hardware - Oversampling to 32x to support devices with max 1.536 MHz PCM
* Improved memory usage when using SFTP (SSH)
! Fixed:
- misaligned Bode Plot on some specific screen aspects
- silence in 64-bit Processing on Shanling M6 pro 21 DAP
- fast scroller malfunctioning on collections with 50k+ tracks
- controls overlapped when sorting tracks in Landscape view
- various rare crashes
version 2.23.3
posted on 2023-12-20
New:
- ability to rate groups of tracks (multiselection, albums, ...) from properties dialog
- support for rating tag IRTD in WAV, POPM MusicBee in ID3v2
- Shanling DAPs: up to PCM 1.536 Mhz/DSD1024 on M9 Plus, native DSD support on Android 10+
- optional action User Interface -> Panel: Top: Power Off
* Show real-time Cumulative EQ Bode Plot in individual EQ filters
* Subsonic and Ultrasonic DSP: UI moved to Playback - DSP Effect, managed by Profile, Off in Bit-perfect
* Updated AutoEq
version 2.22.7
posted on 2023-10-21
New DSP UI widget mode: Waveform only with/without album art in background
* Use signal for Alarm if music is playing during the Alarm time
! Fixed:
- FLAC file reading could be stopped due to bitstream errors inside the file
- playback button does not change state to Stop if streaming to UPnP/Chromecast and breaking it by pressing the icon
- rare crash in UI
- reverted to max 8 I/O channels
version 2.22.5
posted on 2023-10-07
* New:
- tracks sorting type solely by filename
- ability to remove track from Recently Played, Most Played by -Playlist action
- support max 10 channels
* Increased size of EQ bands slider in Controls screen
* Show -fp for bits of floating-point format
* Improved Lyrics dialog
* Updated AutoEQ database to the latest (Oct 2023)
! Fixed:
- Recently Played behavior
- Most Played entry not counted if playing from Most Played list
- could not connect to some modern HTTPS WebDAV servers
- ...
version 2.22.3
posted on 2023-08-30
* New:
- Targeted Android 13: !!! make sure you created source entry via SAF, old Linux paths are no longer supported by OS !!!
- category option All Songs to switch off All Songs
- Tile View option for Albums, Artists, Genres, ... separately
- [+ Queue] to Songs for easier handling of random playback via Dynamic, Random Queue
- Czech translation
* Improved:
- resolving playlist's paths with SAF
! Fixed:
- Filter DSP: Q giving insufficiently steep slope for Shelf filters (HS, LS)
- ...
version 2.22.2
posted on 2023-06-03
* New:
- time label on Queue entry: to show total time of all tracks in the Queue
! Fixed:
- streaming to Chromecast Audio devices with latest firmware (1.56.281627+)
- looping of the first track in the Queue when more tracks were enqueued after the first one and Loop Track List is On
version 2.22.0
posted on 2023-03-28
* New:
- AH - Direct USB Access - Release Inactive Device: release USB device to the OS and other apps when paused
- UI - Optional Features - Recently Added: to disable/enable Playlists -> Recently Added
- Playlists - Most Played in Android Auto
* Improved:
- album-art lookup for Albums list by using album-art image from the first music track
! Fixed:
- hi-res for FiiO 11 Pro
- interrupted playback for 1-2 seconds when resumed after focus loss
version 2.19.5
posted on 2022-03-08
Neutron is now targeting Android 11 as per Google Play requirement, so your media library could become inaccessible after an update:
1) You can get old unrestricted behavior by downloading Generic package from Neutron's web site:
http://tiny.cc/i60puz
or
2) You have to re-create sources and use SAF, see full FAQ:
http://tiny.cc/zm4puz
All release notes are available on Neutron forum.
version 2.19.1
posted on 2022-02-26
* New:
- targeted Android 11 as required by Google for new updates, Android 11+ users will only be able to use Scoped Storage file access now;
- DSD and DSD sub-settings, Oversample and Follow Source Frequency settings are managed by Profile now;
- ability to clear/refresh UPnP/Chromecast device list in Output To and Source - + - UPnP/DLNA.
! Fixed:
- AGP affecting FRC preset.
* All other improvements and fixes (2.18.5-1 - 2.18.5-5) see on Neutron's forum.
version 2.18.5
posted on 2021-10-31
* New:
- support SAF storage: Sources - + - File System - + [bottom], adds support for USB Storage on some firmwares
- option:
# Audio Hardware - Upmix
# Network - Prefer Direct
- DSD256 option for PCM to DSD mode (only for powerful devices!)
- IPv6 support
- support 705.6 and 768 kHz frequencies on HiBy R6 DAPs
- support DSD256 on FiiO M11
- bind Audio Hardware - Follow Source Frequency to Profile
* Improved USB driver compatibility with Rockchip SoC
* Updated FRC - AutoEq database
version 2.18.3
posted on 2021-10-26
* New:
- support for SAF storage: Sources - + - File System - + [bottom], adds support for USB Storage on some firmwares
- Audio Hardware - Upmix option
- DSD256 option for PCM to DSD mode (only for powerful devices!)
- IPv6 support
- support 705.6 and 768 kHz frequencies on HiBy R6 DAPs
- bind Audio Hardware - Follow Source Frequency to Profile
* Improved:
- USB driver: compatibility with Rockchip SoC when frequency is above 96 kHz
- support for iBasso DX330MAX DAP
! Fixes:
- ...
version 2.17.4
posted on 2021-05-29
* New:
- sorting Albums list by Artist and Date: Albums - Sort By: Albums - Artist
- support ID3v2 POPM (Popularimeter) tag (re-scan library)
* Improved handling of BT connect/disconnect events
! Fixed:
- could not bind EQ, FRC, Profiles to BT device by its name
- BT device names too long (clean device list manually)
- binding of EQ preset to output device type
- shuffle when Loop Track is active
- BT A2DP device could have one frequency on DAP
- reading of RATING Vorbis tag
- ...
version 2.17.2
posted on 2021-05-10
* Support fractional time below 0 for Attack and Release of Compressor DSP
* Indicate when reached tracklist's start/end when switching with Prev/Next
* Improved handling of the Shuffle mode when switching Prev/Next
* Show category icon in Playing Now when Album-Art is visible
! Fixed:
- Dither and AGP UI can be indicating stale On state
- rare crash when disabling local FTP server
- occasional crash when clearing tracklist with Clear from UI
- crash if switching tracks quickly
- ...
version 2.17.1
posted on 2021-05-04
* New:
- additional DSP view mode to show graphs on top of album-art image
! Fixed:
- track list group header could be hidden due to Setup -> Filename option when in albums, all tracks of artist, ...
- rare crash when trying to set ring tone
- crash when inside Queue and it gets cleared
- DSP widget could be duplicated in Landscape mode
- Top ctrl could stuck when in Landscape mode and Spectrum widget opened
- more crashes based on bug reports
version 2.17.0
posted on 2021-04-15
* New:
- bind individual devices to Profile, EQ or FRC presets
- full hi-res support for Shanling DAPs
- native DSD256 for Fiio M15
- hi-res for Meizu PRO 5,6,7
* Recognize VOB as audio source (Video DVDs)
! Fixed:
- rare incompatibility with UAC1 with feedback DACs
- compatibility with some WebDAV servers delivering inconsistent root path
- respect Folder -> Filename option when pushing to Queue
- crash of SMB connection if incomplete reply
- playlist not read correctly
- ...
version 2.16.2
posted on 2021-02-23
* New:
- full support for HiBy R6/R8 DAPs;
- Frequency Response Correction (FRC) DSP button in the top panel and bottom panel in the Controls (optional);
- tap small DSP plot in DSP config dialog to expand it to a full-screen version;
- Clear queue action for Enqueue for the track.
! Fixed:
- profile change does not set FRC preset correctly;
- Chromecast renderer could not be found inside complex network;
- compatibility with USB DACs;
- output to BT A2DP (limit to 2 channels);
- ...
version 2.16.1
posted on 2021-02-15
* New:
- possibility to import user EQ preset into Frequency Response Correction DSP;
- Non-oversampling (NOS) filter option for iBasso DX160 DAP.
* Speedup showing AutoEQ presets list in FRC DSP settings.
! Fixed:
- USB driver: compatibility issues with some DACs;
- Generic Driver: no output to some Bluetooth devices;
- empty WPL playlist;
- crash when trying to add new FRC preset in Landscape mode;
- ..
version 2.16.0
posted on 2021-02-07
* New:
- Frequency Response Correction DSP (Playback - DSP Effect): to correct FR of the output device, collection of 5000+ AutoEq presets for 2500+ headphones for flattening their FR.
* Improved:
- USB driver performance and compatibility: support for Qudelix-5K DAC;
- limit BT A2DP output format to hw max supported 24/96.
! Fixed:
- crash when Reverse Stereo is activated for > 2 channel output;
- crash if current track is sourced from SFTP and connection changed when paused;
- ...
version 2.15.5
posted on 2020-12-08
* Do not try to load network file's tags when opening playlist file to avoid large delay.
* Do not invalidate SMB source if shares were not detected but server is responding.
* Improved SMB source health detection on start and prevented SMB track unloading during it.
! Fixed:
- hi-res audio missing on some devices;
- external SD not detected on Samsung's Android 11;
- do not read ALBUMARTISTSORT tag to avoid incomplete Artist name (rescan source);
- compatibility with some streaming servers.
version 2.15.3
posted on 2020-11-22
2.15.1:
* New:
- support for Profiles (profile affects which DSP effects are active, see settings - Profiles).
* Improved compatibility with some WebDAV/HTTP and FTP servers.
* Support ALBUMARTISTSORT tag in Vorbis tags.
! Fixes.
2.15.2-3:
! Fixed:
- fixed AGP is always set to On when restarted;
- Rms widget could become unhidable;
- provide Album Artist to the Last.fm scrobbler instead of Artist of the track for correct scrobbling.
version 2.15.1
posted on 2020-11-10
* New:
- support for Profiles (profile affects which DSP effects are active, see settings - Profiles);
* Improved compatibility with some WebDAV/HTTP and FTP servers;
* Support ALBUMARTISTSORT tag in Vorbis tags;
! Fixed:
- crash while scanning WebDAV source;
- Waveform & Rms widgets not restored if Clock mode was active;
- not listed as music player for music files;
- album-art icon could be wrong sometimes when in DSP mode view;
- system background visible under the transparent panels.
version 2.15.0
posted on 2020-10-14
* New:
- DSP visualizer mode: Waveform and RMS widget (use DSP icon in Playing Now, inherited from Neutron Audio Recorder);
- tag editing for MP3,FLAC,OGG,APE,SPEEX,WAV,WV,M4A,MP4 (supported storage: internal, SD [partial support, in dev.], SMB, SFTP);
- DSP visualization for DSD track sent as DSD to hardware;
- show album-art icon in place of category icon in Playing Now when album-art is hidden.
! Fixed:
- Android 11 music files access;
- reading of AIFFs with ID3v2 tags;
- ...
version 2.14.6
posted on 2020-08-15
2.14.5:
* New:
- option UI - DSP Effect: Button: to rearrange effect buttons in Controls screen;
- option Compressor - Filter: to filter out frequencies from the Compressor's analysis.
* Enabled hi-res Bluetooth for Fiio M DAPs.
* Improved SFTP source operation.
* Show multiselect button in the bottom panel when active.
! Fixed:
- USB driver: interruptions on Meizu DAC;
- FTP scanning.
2.14.6:
! Fixed:
- crash on Android 5-6;
- next/prev not working for streaming entries inside playlist.
version N/A
posted on 2016-10-24
* New:,- DSP effect: Speaker Time Alignment - to apply delay of specific frequencies to the output channels;,- UI option: Clock: Wake Lock to keep screen switched on when Clock mode is active;,- EQ option: Plot Cumulative Response - to show the cumulative frequency response of all equalizer's filters in a Bode Plot;,- Fade/Crossfade option Crossfade Manual: to manage crossfading behavior if track changed manually.,* Improved:,- APE tag album art images ordering;,- performance.,! Fixes.
version 1.23
posted on 2011-06-22
Several fixes and updates