Bump to v1.4.0: recording-settings dialog cleanup, menu mnemonics
Ships the dialog reorganisation and mnemonic adjustments from
commit 45b709d. No wire-format or audio-pipeline changes — v1.3 and
v1.4 peers interoperate.
About dialog gets a v1.4 release-notes block; csproj Version
property bumped 1.3.0 → 1.4.0; RELEASE_NOTES.md rewritten with the
v1.4 highlights and a one-paragraph upgrading-from-v1.3 note (clean
auto-update via Help → Check for updates is now expected to work on
Dropbox-installed copies since v1.3's helper hardening took effect).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# RemSound v1.3
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# RemSound v1.4
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Updater hardening for Dropbox-installed copies. The wire format, audio pipeline, and recording feature are unchanged from v1.2.
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Recording-settings dialog cleanup and a few mnemonic adjustments. No wire-format or audio-pipeline changes — v1.4 and v1.3 peers interoperate.
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## What's fixed
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## Highlights
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The v1.2 self-updater silently failed on installs inside Dropbox-synced folders. The cause: Dropbox held write locks on the existing `RemSound.exe` / DLLs during the brief window between the parent process exiting and the helper script copying the new files in. Robocopy gave up after 5 seconds, and the helper unconditionally relaunched the old binary regardless — so users saw the same version they started with after pressing **Yes** on the install prompt.
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### Recording settings dialog reorganised
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## What's new
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- **Channel mode** is now its own dedicated listbox (**Alt+C**) instead of being folded into every attribute row. The per-format attribute lists shrink correspondingly:
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- **WAV** — 6 rows → **3** (16-bit PCM / 24-bit PCM / 32-bit float)
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- **MP3** — 8 rows → **4** (128 / 192 / 256 / 320 kbps CBR)
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- **OGG-Opus** — 8 rows → **4** (96 / 128 / 192 / 256 kbps VBR)
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- **FLAC** — 4 rows → **2** (16-bit / 24-bit)
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- **FLAC compression level** (0..8) now selectable in its own listbox (**Alt+L**). Previously hard-fixed at the libFLAC default of 5. The list is only shown when the file format is FLAC, with friendly tags on the endpoints (`0 — fastest encode, biggest file`, `5 — default (libFLAC reference)`, `8 — slowest encode, smallest file`). All levels produce bit-identical lossless audio — it's a pure encode-time vs file-size trade-off.
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- **Robocopy retries bumped to 60 seconds per file** (was 5). Dropbox lock release happens reliably within that window in practice.
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- **Helper checks robocopy's exit code.** On a true failure (exit code 8+), the helper writes `update-failed.txt` next to `RemSound.exe` with the cause and recovery steps, and does **not** relaunch the old binary. Earlier versions silently relaunched the unmodified old binary, hiding the failure.
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- **Helper writes a step-by-step log** to `_update-helper.log` in the install folder. If a future update goes wrong this is the trace.
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- **Stale failure markers are cleared** at the start of every new update attempt, so a successful run leaves the install folder clean.
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### Record menu mnemonics
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## Already on v1.0, v1.1, or v1.2 and inside a Dropbox folder? Read this first
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- **Start / Stop recording** is now `Alt+O, R` (was `Alt+O, S`). Matches the `Ctrl+R` global toggle so the same letter does the same job from either entry point. The underline stays on a literal *R* as the label flips between "Sta**r**t recording" and "Stop **r**ecording".
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- **Recording settings** is now `Alt+O, S` (was `Alt+O, T`). Reads more naturally now that the *R* slot is freed.
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- **Open folder** (`Alt+O, O`) and **Change folder** (`Alt+O, C`) unchanged.
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**The auto-updater in earlier versions won't reliably take you to v1.3** if you installed RemSound inside a Dropbox-synced (or other file-sync) folder. That's the bug v1.3 fixes — but the fix is in the *running* version's helper script, not in the downloaded zip, so your old version can't use it. The pre-v1.3 helper retries for only 5 seconds before silently giving up and relaunching the old binary; your About dialog will keep saying the old version even after pressing **Yes** on the update prompt.
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### Dialog mnemonic adjustment
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Manual install fixes it permanently:
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- The **Cancel** button in the Recording settings dialog now uses **Alt+N** (`Ca&ncel`) rather than the conventional Alt+C, so the **Channels** listbox can take Alt+C as its natural letter. Esc still dismisses the dialog the way it always has.
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1. Quit RemSound (right-click the tray icon → Exit, or just close the window).
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2. Wait ~30 seconds for Dropbox to settle.
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3. Download `RemSound-v1.3.zip` below.
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4. Extract it on top of your existing install folder (right-click → Extract All, point at your RemSound folder, accept "replace files"). Or unzip somewhere else first and copy the files across.
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5. Launch RemSound.exe. About should now report v1.3.0.
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## Install
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From v1.3 onward, **Check for updates** uses the hardened helper (60-second retry window, failure markers, no silent rollback), so you only have to do this manual step once.
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## Install (clean machine)
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1. Download `RemSound-v1.3.zip` from this release.
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1. Download `RemSound-v1.4.zip` from this release.
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2. Extract somewhere with write permission (e.g. `C:\RemSound\`, `Documents\RemSound\`, etc.). Avoid `Program Files` unless you grant write permission so the self-updater can replace files in place.
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3. Run `RemSound.exe`. Allow on private networks when Windows Firewall prompts.
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4. Press F1 (or use the Help menu) for the user manual.
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Requires the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime. If it's missing, Windows offers to fetch it on first launch.
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## Upgrading from v1.3 inside a Dropbox folder
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Should work cleanly via Help → Check for updates. v1.3 introduced the hardened helper (60-second retry window, exit-code check, no silent rollback) so the Dropbox-lock window is no longer a problem. If you're on v1.0/v1.1/v1.2 in a Dropbox folder, see the v1.3 release notes for the one-time manual install steps — once on v1.3 or later, future auto-updates are reliable.
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@@ -20,6 +20,40 @@ internal sealed class AboutDialog : Form
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/// updates" path.</summary>
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private const string ReleaseNotes =
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"""
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RemSound v1.4
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Recording-settings dialog cleanup and a few mnemonic
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adjustments. No wire-format or audio-pipeline changes — v1.4
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and v1.3 peers interoperate.
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Recording settings dialog:
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* Channel mode is now its own dedicated listbox (Alt+C)
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instead of being folded into every attribute row. WAV
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shrinks from 6 attribute rows to 3, MP3 and OGG-Opus from
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8 to 4, FLAC from 4 to 2.
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* FLAC compression level (0..8) is now selectable in its
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own listbox (Alt+L). Previously hard-fixed at the libFLAC
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default of 5. The list is shown only when the file format
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is FLAC. Friendly tags on the endpoints: "0 — fastest
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encode, biggest file", "5 — default (libFLAC reference)",
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"8 — slowest encode, smallest file". All levels produce
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bit-identical audio — pure encode-time vs file-size
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tradeoff.
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Record menu mnemonics:
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* Start / Stop recording is now Alt+O, R (was Alt+O, S).
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Matches the Ctrl+R global toggle so the same letter does
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the same job from either entry point.
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* Recording settings is now Alt+O, S (was Alt+O, T). Reads
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more naturally now that the R slot is freed.
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* Open folder (O) and Change folder (C) unchanged.
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Dialog mnemonic adjustment:
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* Cancel button in the Recording settings dialog moved
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from Alt+C to Alt+N so the Channels listbox can take
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Alt+C. Esc still dismisses the dialog the way it always
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has.
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RemSound v1.3
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Updater hardening. The v1.2 self-updater silently failed on
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
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tag_name on the latest GitHub release; bump it on every public release. The
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AssemblyVersion / FileVersion default to this value, and Assembly.GetName().Version
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is what the About dialog and the updater both read. -->
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<Version>1.3.0</Version>
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<Version>1.4.0</Version>
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</PropertyGroup>
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<ItemGroup>
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