Release Notes

OnSong 2023.1

OnSong 2023.1 was released on May 29, 2023. The following items have been added, changed or fixed:

Additions

• Added the ability to play a video file in a multitrack.
• Added the ability to set a video file as a backing track.
• Added the ability to change or adjust the pause behavior when playing videos as backing tracks.
• Added the ability to cross fade or fade out videos that are started via tracks.
• Added the ability to select a video file to add as a multitrack stem.
• Added the ability to navigate flow section stanzas using the flow widget.
• Added the ability to turn on stanza navigation in the flow widget.
• Added an option to have two columns on chord widget when docking.

Changes

• Changed the scene playback and going got next scene to align with the metronome.
• Changed the field in the mixer settings to say click/cue instead of just click.
• Changed text/tint color and background color into a Colors section in annotation settings.
• Changed the widget manager to turn off configuration mode on widgets when tapping elsewhere on the screen.
• Changed the widgets menu to close shortly after the widget is enabled.
• Changed the key text in the song to indicate the transposed instrument if selected.
• Changed the multitracks system to skip silence only if there’s only file stems.
• Changed the visual media picker to limit to videos for custom tracks.
• Changed the manage storage status label to be two lines when using a compact device in portrait orientation.
• Changed the background media library to be called the visual media library.
• Changed the switch section logic to account for stanzas so requesting "Verse 1" a second time will move to the second stanza of verse 1.
• Changed the way browsing collections works to show the collection items without immediately switching the song viewer.
• Changed the audio media library to show an aggregated image for artists and albums that includes a thumbnail from each media item.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where widgets and viewports are not available when using vertical menubar mode.
• Fixed an issue where redownloading PraiseCharts content would fail silently if the product is not owned by the active account.
• Fixed an issue where the top right icon for docking in the widget context menu is incorrect.
• Fixed an issue where changing apps causes the Console to lose connection.
• Fixed an issue where searching for songs then deleting the search too quickly, results in filtered search results.
• Fixed an issue where pinned annotations are disappearing when choosing an icon.
• Fixed an issue when docking chord widget it does not return to last docked position.
• Fixed an issue when adding songs as next in a set, autoscroll stops and the song returns to the default viewport.
• Fixed an issue where the German translation of "Archive Set" is incorrect.
• Fixed an issue where songs restored from archives are not being indexed by tempo.
• Fixed an issue where the song list not visible when first opening OnSong with vertical menu active.
• Fixed an issue where tapping and holding is triggering inline editing instead of context menu.
• Fixed an issue where you can't record the screen if connected to an external screen like AppleTV.
• Fixed an issue where the video is not playing when a video is added to a multitrack.
• Fixed an issue where adding visual media with limited types would allow all visual media types to be added.
• Fixed an issue where audio media would be displayed in the visual media library when limiting the types to display.
• Fixed an issue where text is jumbled on the what's new screen on iPhone.
• Fixed an issue where if crossfade is disabled with a fade in time, the fade in is still applied.
• Fixed an issue where text is jumbled on the what's new screen on iPhone.
• Fixed an issue where the flow widget does not display sections with no lyrics.
• Fixed an issue where multitracks could not be imported using the Files option.
• Fixed an issue where you can't record the screen if connected to an external screen like AppleTV.
• Fixed an issue where the text in the save to library prompt appears black in low light mode.
• Fixed an issue where tapping on a clip that's pinned to a set causes the set name in the heads up display to revert to All Songs.
• Fixed an issue where the song viewer becomes blank when choosing a topic.
• Fixed an issue when importing songs into a set using the song picker where the song is added multiple times.
• Fixed an issue when creating a new songs and leaving the app causes the editor to close due to a change in iOS/iPadOS and the view controller hierarchy.
• Fixed an issue where editing an existing song and leaving OnSong and then come back, the song editor is not in low light mode.
• Fixed an issue where Console is not adding songs to a set in the order they are selected.
• Fixed an issue where the viewport is not being retained when a key change occurs.
• Fixed an issue where the song viewer loads all songs in a topic when choosing a topic.
• Fixed an issue with insets in the Spotify search types menu.
• Fixed an issue where changes made to an annotation were being applied to the annotations library.
• Fixed an issue where toggling column options for chord diagrams where the widget does not size appropriately.
• Fixed an issue where clip images are removed in some cases during clean up because of a URL mismatch in iOS/iPadOS.
• Fixed an issue where the flow widget appears below the menubar the first time.
• Fixed an issue where empty artist names display as (null).
• Fixed a crash condition when processing stanza content with no name.
• Fixed a crash condition when importing a backing track.
• Fixed a crash condition when importing an MP3 file and the renderer cannot handle the file.
• Fixed a crash condition when picking songs for a set.
• Fixed a crash condition in the diagram widget caused by invalid geometry.
• Fixed a possible crash condition due to an unfair lock condition when receiving MIDI and looking up a song.

Removals

• Removed SongSelect 1.0 on and after June 26 since it will no longer be supported.