BackgroundMusic

If you don't know which file to download, you want BackgroundMusic-0.5.0.pkg and you can ignore the others.

Changes since v0.4.3

New

• Per-app mute button by @TwelfthFace in #843
• Configurable auto-pause delays, for better YouTube compatibility, by @jackdrowlands in #818
• Improved per-app volume support for Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Arc Browser, NAVER Whale and Discord. Thanks to @manzick (#741), @abdulkadiryugruk (#839) and @GloryWord (#852).
• Background Music now stops processing audio when nothing is playing, so macOS won't show the microphone indicator. It still shows while audio is playing. We're working on that. (2171d9f)
• Installs without needing Rosetta 2 installed (48bdcd1)
• Turning on debug logging now also enables it in Background Music's virtual audio driver (BGMDriver) (0f808cf)

Fixes

• Fix a crash when an app's volume is set with no bundle ID by @abdulkadiryugruk and @kyleneideck in #839
• Fix the volume icon not being centred in the menu bar by @7Backwards in #767
• Fix multiple crashes in Background Music.app by @johzzy in #777 and #778
• Fix a theoretical crash (use-after-free) in audio playthrough (5158af0)
• Fix the "device is running" listener doing nothing (c235bc9)
• Fix BGMXPCHelper showing as "Kyle Neideck" in System Settings (86ca21c)

Under the hood

• Code cleanup and refactoring to support C++11 by @johzzy in #779 and #781, and a log-message fix in #776
• Update Homebrew installation instructions by @khipp in #785
• Fix BGMDriver and BGMXPCHelper debug builds not loading on recent macOS (8769ff7)
• Fix warnings on Xcode 26.5 (f5435da)
• Remove BGM_WrappedAudioEngine and other dead code (035e4de)

New Contributors

• @manzick made their first contribution in #741
• @7Backwards made their first contribution in #767
• @johzzy made their first contribution in #776
• @khipp made their first contribution in #785
• @jackdrowlands made their first contribution in #818
• @abdulkadiryugruk made their first contribution in #839
• @TwelfthFace made their first contribution in #843
• @GloryWord made their first contribution in #852 (partially merged so far)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic/compare/v0.4.3...v0.5.0

If you don't know which file to download, you want BackgroundMusic-0.4.3.pkg and you can ignore the others.

This release mostly fixes issues introduced in new versions of macOS.

Changes since v0.4.0

• Add Run / Configure instructions to README by @Kache in https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic/pull/614
• Fix menu alignment on macOS Big Sur and later by @dnicolson in https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic/pull/622
• Update references to System Preferences by @LawrenceWarren in https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic/pull/638
• Fix Login Items path in README by @mrbaloghakos in https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic/pull/721
• Fix installer failing in macOS 14.5. Thanks to @gchilds for solving this issue. (3097f4b6210e3ee4fedb28a23066dd90fce69f4c, #705)
• In the About panel, link to the contributors page on GitHub. (9257d50b15a011fc32142257a21039433f23c5a7)
• Fix the About panel not always opening on macOS 14.4+. (e655d571e05a7d7b91084076841508dc22d5fea1)
• Fix BGMDevice not immediately removed after uninstall on macOS 14.4. (ad14e1b0a45686555c7b568b2942a1afd108a8ed, #731)
• Fix BGMXPCHelper not launching due to Gatekeeper in macOS 14.5. (b96fcb7a47e282e4a70f57b443cf7c3f424e3da3)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.3

If you don't know which file to download, you want BackgroundMusic-0.4.0.pkg and you can ignore the others.

Changes since v0.3.2:

• Make sure the installer launches BGMApp as the logged-in user. (4c7eba30afb7c19567e1920dc20d9f5558b7da37)
• Add app volume workaround for Google Chrome. See #61. (dfad77dc35cd065390cff0d870ed6bcb81042d7e)
• BGMDriver: Copy settings when a new client matches an existing one. (f61f998c5142f05fc26f412327d28bd4d7e8aece)
• Fix stale data when recording system audio #217 (40f0128dcd5319da6f1a1795c1b733a26c6fe675)
• Add optional debug logging in release builds. (2c1677305d5ce9b932965be4e4cad4187ab83610)
• Hopefully fix a segfault caused by BGM_PlayThrough. (488ed16dfce7950ac6d0aef2cd904abbe12e097e)
• Fix apps failing to start audio after upgrading Background Music. (70a64de73428820e345dbfb5b33ec51b5267afa5)
• Try to avoid using the discrete GPU on multi-GPU systems to save power. (f24a6cb2f12b35820dfc825d58d7340b72f618ba)
• Workaround deadlocks when starting IO on macOS Big Sur. (c0ab98b98b0f2fab1f1fb4ddf1b19c807e71c972)
• Added app volume and pan setting to AppleScript #457 (9765193c1fb42d28bbfc1d881424daf554e999a6)
• Add a bundle ID property for apps in the AppleScript API. (213c339309b4f65206e82a388375ed73ddc5af13)
• Installer: Retry if opening BGMApp fails. (0e0cc5fd05cf14454137ac09424897a2054546f5)
• Fix for issue #475 dropdown arrows move instead of doing something (24b248e09d727db5fdf1ca1a33efc839d537f1e7)
• Fix installer errors on macOS Monterey due to removal of Python 2 (01217d2d8c4a2a7e4fbe0c7d8e2864aa91a13fb1)
• Add app volume workaround for Microsoft Edge #597 (4608f4bbac3c1e6a1609efd596e3f021fae6bb9d)
• Installer: Fix post-install check for BGMDriver failing unnecessarily. (b2770f1793680150fa6138ed75c3a9bc5406d997)
• Show an error message if the user denies input device permissions. (89eebb0e021a8b438869ab9e563f19565e189299)
• Fix slider knob sizes. (d0482871409f1f90d16e0ec5b8e859f3ac6e03dc)
• Drop support for macOS 10.9. (d0482871409f1f90d16e0ec5b8e859f3ac6e03dc)

ℹ️ This version works on macOS Big Sur, but will sometimes cut off the first few milliseconds when audio starts playing. (It doesn't have that issue on older versions of macOS.)

Changes since 0.4.0-SNAPSHOT-c0ab98b:

• Added app volume and pan settings to the AppleScript API. Thanks to @marcuswu (#457).
• Add a bundle ID property for apps in the AppleScript API.
• Installer: Retry if opening BGMApp fails.
• Fix uninstall failing when BGMApp has debug symbols.

ℹ️ This version works on macOS Big Sur, but will sometimes cut off the first few milliseconds when audio starts playing. (It doesn't have that issue on older versions of macOS.)

Changes since 0.4.0-SNAPSHOT-f24a6cb:

• Workaround deadlocks when starting IO on macOS Big Sur. Thanks to @BlackTr.

Changes since 0.4.0-SNAPSHOT-70a64de:

• Try to avoid using the discrete GPU on multi-GPU systems, which wastes energy/battery.

Changes since 0.4.0-SNAPSHOT-bab1ec9 (the last release with a .pkg):

• Fix apps failing to start audio after upgrading Background Music.
• Hopefully fix a segfault caused by BGM_PlayThrough.
• Fix BGMDriver and BGMXPCHelper's version strings for SNAPSHOT builds.
• Add optional debug logging in release builds. Option-click the icon to show it in the menu.
• Fix a bug where BGMDevice would repeat old audio data when audio stopped playing if BGMApp wasn't running. (Thanks to @gchilds.)

Changes since v0.3.1:

• Fixed the Background Music audio device not being loaded immediately after installation on macOS Catalina. (The installer now tries an additional method of restarting coreaudiod so it will load BGMDriver.)

Changes since 0.4.0-SNAPSHOT-c024116:

• Update the Xcode version for Travis builds and make releases drafts.
• Update a command MANUAL-UNINSTALL.md to work on macOS Catalina.
• build_and_install.sh: Update the Xcode Command Line Tools check.