Version 1.45.0 (2025-04-19) --------------------------- * Add support for custom URLs and mountpoints for listener statistics * Add seperate MIDI commands for START/STOP Broadcasting and Recording * Add support for controlling BUTT via MIDI NOTE_ON messages * Fix a crash when connecting to a Shoutcast server that is configued with streamhidestats=all * Fix an issue where "Listeners: 0" was shown after connecting to servers that don’t provide listener statistics * Fix several German translation issues * Update credentials for existing radio.co servers when re-adding them Version 1.44.0-1 (2025-01-17) ----------------------------- The following change does only apply to the Linux source tar ball: * Fix a compilation error if --disable-aac is passed to the configure script Version 1.44.0 (2024-12-03) --------------------------- * BUTT can now request the current song from an URL (website) * It is now possible to instruct BUTT to overwrite existing recordings * Add a new display mode which shows "On Air" and if available the current listeners * Fix memory corruption after canceling a connection attempt when using a different application language than English * Improve compatibility of UTF-8 in song names with some servers by making the update request compliant to RFC3986 * Increase font size of the "Listeners" label to improve readability from far distances * Change the default answer from "Yes" to "Cancel" when asked to overwrite existing recordings to prevent accidental overwriting of existing recordings Version 1.43.0 (2024-08-05) --------------------------- * Recording: When file splitting is active, no samples between files are lost anymore * Recording: Fix compatibility issue with older MP3 decoders * Improve song update for Opus streams * Add more advanced MP3 encoder options: - Force minimum VBR bitrate - low-/highpass cutoff frequency - low-/highpass width - Resampling * Allow the user to pass floating point values like 0.5 to the -m/-M/-o/-O commands * Fix crash when connecting to an icecast server if the description field of the ICY information is empty * Fix an issue with Let's Encrypt TLS certificates * Fix an issue that can cause a connection attempt not to be canceled by a single stop button press Version 1.42.0 (2024-05-25) --------------------------- * Add WebRTC (WHIP) support (Thanks to Matt from codec.live) * Add setting to define the listeners update interval * Include ice-bitrate property to the HTTP header so the icecast status page shows the stream bit rate * Fix "Update devices" button * Improve VU-meter visibility * Let the user select the VU-meter colors and thresholds * Use momentary peak for the peak hold bar instead of an average peak * Assure that the signal detection still works after a recording failed to start * The threshold time for automatic streaming/recording can now be as low as 0.1 seconds * The signal detection level is now always based on the stream volume * Activating automatic streaming/recording did not work if the threshold time was set to 0 seconds * Reduce CPU usage on macOS * Pressing CMD+q on macOS now closes BUTT * Add a "manual" and "YouTube" button to the settings window for easier access * Make it easier for the user to go to the AAC install instructions after selecting the AAC codec * Improve the order of GUI element selection when pressing the tab key Version 1.41.1 (2024-04-25) --------------------------- * Important: Fix a bug that could result in a corrupted configuration file after adding a server or stream info * Change versioning scheme to account for bugfix-only releases Version 0.1.41 (2024-03-17) --------------------------- * Add support for controlling BUTT via MIDI CC messages * EQ and compressor can now be enabled independently for the stream and record path * You can now use %N as a placeholder for the current server name in your record file/path * Prevent BUTT from being disconnected by the server when using FLAC and the audio signal is 100% silent * The signal and silence detection can now by activated/deactivated with a checkbox instead of simply setting the value to 0 * Add -L parameter to get a list of available audio devices * The ICY name and ICY description now support the same placeholders as the record file/path (activate the "expand variables" checkbox) * Add Arabic language support (Thanks to Magd) * Fix an issue that could lead BUTT to freeze on startup if no internet connection is available * Overall stability improvements Version 0.1.40 (2023-11-24) --------------------------- * Support higher bitrates for AAC, Vorbis and Opus * Add support for Plexamp on Linux * Add Dutch language support (thanks to Timothy) * Fix an issue with audio device names that contain special characters * Fix possible buffer underflow when the connection to a shoutcast server fails Version 0.1.39 (2023-09-20) --------------------------- * Fix a bug that can cause the listener count to no longer be updated * Fix a bug that can cause the split record file function to stop working * Fix a bug that can cause butt not to reconnect after a connection loss * Fix a bug that can cause undefined behaviour * Clear song name if song file is empty Version 0.1.38 (2023-08-05) --------------------------- * Users can now define a custom window title * Add option to set a delay between automatic reconnects * Add option to use the older Icecast SOURCE protocol instead of the newer PUT protocol * Increase robustness of the config file importer * Increase robustness of the show listeners function * Use green instead of yellow to indicate a valid streaming connection * Fix memory leak when using Icecast and showing the number of listeners * Fix UI drawing issues * Fix issue with the main window size on Windows 11 * Fix issues with the tray agent on Windows Version 0.1.37 (2022-12-24) --------------------------- * Add support for a second audio device * Streaming and recording volume can be set independently * Add support for icecast-kh listener statistics * Highlight connect and record buttons when active * Restore window size if "Remember main window position" is active * Increase size of slider knobs * Start with default values in case the config file is damaged * Always overwrite existing files when recording is started automatically or via butt client * Do not stop recording if a butt client sends a disconnect command while butt is offline * Fix an issue were butt mistakenly says "Connecting..." * Fix memory leak if "Show listeners" is activate Version 0.1.36 (2022-10-03) --------------------------- * Number of current listeners can be displayed on the LCD (works only with original Icecast and Shoutcast implementations) * Fix connection issue with AIS streaming server * Fix connection issue with Icecast servers older than version 2.4.0 * Fix issue with Shoutcast if mountpoint is already in use Version 0.1.35 (2022-06-19) --------------------------- * Gain slider can be disabled to prevent inadvertently changing the volume * Audio device initialization can be skipped by holding down CTRL during startup * Fix crash if audio device can not be opened * Fix crash if no default audio device can be found * Fix wrong password detection for certain liquidsoap Shoutcast implementations * Fix crash of command client and command server when very long song names are specified Version 0.1.34 (2022-04-21) --------------------------- * Added equalizer presets * Added Spanish translation * Use 32 bit float for internal audio processing instead of 16 bit integer * FLAC can now be broadcasted and recorded as 16 bit or 24 bit * WAV can now be recorded as 16 bit, 24 bit or 32 bit * Massively improved client/server implementation for butt commands * Fixed bug that caused overwriting the first wav samples of a recording * Fixed read song name from Music.app for MacOS >= 11.0 * Fixed record folder creation if folder contains format variables * butt commands can now also be sent via UDP * Added new fields to the server status message: - stream seconds, stream kBytes - record seconds, record kBytes - volume left/right - current song - record path Version 0.1.33 (2022-02-06) --------------------------- * Windows: You can broadcast what's playing on your computer (audio device must support WASAPI) * Windows/Linux: New butt-client for controlling running butt instances (Thanks to Hossam) * Added support for higher samplerates (88.2 kHz and 96 kHz) * Added Portuguese (Brazil) translation (Thanks to Bruno) * Added signal and silence detection flags to the status information * Time thresholds for signal detection can be changed via control commands (Thanks to Hossam) * Format place holders (%Y %m %d etc.) can also be used in the folder name * Song title update support for OPUS * Fixed wrong file size in wav header * Fixed compilation if --disable-ssl or --disable-aac was passed to ./configure Version 0.1.32 (2021-10-28) --------------------------- * Radio.co stations can now be easily added to butt * Advanced codec settings for mp3, aac, ogg/vorbis and opus can now be adjusted * The recordings folder may now contain environment variables like ~, $HOME and %USERPROFILE% * Fixed issue with characters like $,%,&,§ in the song name * Fixed connection issue in case the server domain has IPv4+6 addresses but Icecast is only listening on IPv4 * Fixed missing song duration information in FLAC recordings Version 0.1.31 (2021-07-12) --------------------------- * A delay can now be added to the automatic song title update * Increased equalizer from 5 to 10 frequency bands * Fixed positioning issues on multi screen setups * Maximum number of supported audio devices has been increased from 100 to 256 Version 0.1.30 (2021-05-14) --------------------------- * Added support for IPv6 * Added French translation * Right click on a slider knob brings up an input field where you can type in the slider value with the keyboard * The selected audio device can now be remembered by device name instead by device id * You can now rescan for new audio devices manually (no butt restart needed anymore after plugging in a new audio device) * Holding the shift key during butt startup allows you to start with a fresh configuration file * Updated Portaudio to version v19.7.0 * Windows: Added support for WASAPI audio driver * MacOS: Updated FLTK to version 1.3.6 * MacOS: Native support for Apple Silicon (arm64) Version 0.1.29 (2021-03-28) --------------------------- * Added a new tool (butt Agent) which helps to minimize butt to tray and much more (Big thanks to Ivan Radolovic) * Added an indicator to the compressor which lights up if the threshold is exceeded * Added "Aggressive Mode" to the compressor. If activated, the signal power for threshold detection is not averraged * Added new command line options: -q (quit) -n (split recording) -u (update song name) * Added donation addresses for Bitcoin, Monero and Dash * Fixed crash when butt can not find any input channels * Fixed crash when reading song names from an UTF-8 formatted file that contains a BOM * Fixed issue with icecast-kh14+ when connecting to a mountpoint which is already in use * Fixed issue if both checkboxes "start recording after launch" and "start recording when connected" are checked * Fixed butt.desktop file. Icon was not shown on GNOME panel * Attack and Release compressor labels now have 2 decimal places instead of only 1 * butt does not send bitrate information to the icecast server anymore if FLAC is used * butt now searches for a free command server port if default port is already in use * butt can now be started in minimized state * The recording file name can now contain any well known date format specifier * The window class name has been renamed from FLTK to butt_FLTK Version 0.1.28 (2021-02-07) --------------------------- * Fixed compressor issues * Fixed song update when using Strawberry audio player * The order of song update from an music app can be changed from "Title - Artist" to "Artist - Title" * Increased accuracy of recording split timer * VU-meter appearance can be changed to solid colors for better readability * Log window can be vertically resized * Windows: Changed default installation folder to %LOCALAPPDATA%\butt instead of %LOCALAPPDATA\butt- Version 0.1.27 (2020-12-26) --------------------------- * Fixed loading of AAC codec selection from configuration file * Fixed crash when using opus with a samplerate not equal to 48000 Hz Version 0.1.26 (2020-12-24) --------------------------- * Added ASIO support * Added support for multi-channel audio devices * Added multi-language support (i18n) * Added German translation * Added option to force reconnection regardless of the server response * Added support for Strawberry audio player (Thanks to Stefan S.) * Added config parameter to disable dithering (set disable_dithering=1 in cfg file) * Fixed possible crash if server is not reachable * Fixed possible crash when reconnecting * Fixed possible crash when using FLAC and song update * Fixed unwanted rounding of compressor values * Fixed overwriting of a DSP setting if it was set to -1.0 * Improved CPU usage * Improved mono/stereo handling * Improved overall song update implementation * Compiles on FreeBSD (Thanks to Per G. and Tobias C. B.) Version 0.1.25 (2020-10-26) --------------------------- * Added the ability to extend the song name with a prefix and a suffix * Fixed issue with automatic song update from text files * Fixed recording in FLAC Version 0.1.24 (2020-10-14) --------------------------- * VU-meter has been redesigned * Fixed issues with usernames that contain special characters * The port of the command server can be specified via command line * Commands can be received via network * It is possible to connect to a particular streaming server when sending the connect command * You can ask a butt instance about its current status with the -S command * butt can automatically check for updates after launch * Update of song name works with FLAC * Thresholds for signal detection can be specified * Added -h command line option to get an overview of all available commands * Updated the manual Version 0.1.23 (2020-09-27) --------------------------- * Fixed crash if the server is not reachable (e.g. unstable internet connections) * Fixed issue with transfering song meta data from music apps to butt (MacOS) * Improved handling of mic permissions dialog on MacOS Version 0.1.22 (2020-07-09) --------------------------- * Added Dynamic Range Compressor (thanks to Thomas P.) * Added ability to check for new versions * butt can now be controlled via command line * Replaced experimental portaudio version with the stable portaudio version * Fixed issue with stereo audio when using the Equalizer (thanks to Thomas P.) * Fixed traffic calculation when using OPUS * Fixed issue with OPUS encoding under some circumstances Version 0.1.21 (2020-05-26) --------------------------- * Streaming and recording can now be started automatically if an audio signal is present * Fixed reconnection issue on unreliable network connections. Should now behave like 0.1.19 again * wav recordings can now be up to 4 GB large * Removed advanced section from the Audio tab. Buffer time can still be set in the configuration file if you need to Version 0.1.20 (2020-04-21) --------------------------- * Added SSL/TLS support for icecast * Recording can now automatically be stopped if the user disconnects from the server * Fixed icecast connection issue (mostly occurring on mobile internet connections like 4G/LTE) * Fixed wrong password detection for liquidsoap based setups * Fixed configuration export on MacOS * Fixed logfile selection on MacOS * Song name is not updated on reconnect anymore if the manual song name input field has been cleared * Upgraded FLTK to version 1.3.5 Version 0.1.19 (2019-12-30) --------------------------- * The song name can now be read from the last line instead from the first line of a file * Streaming and recording can now be automatically stopped after silence has been detected * The last window position can be remembered. Useful when running multiple instances * butt can now be started with hidden info window * The vu-meter runs smoother and needs less cpu * VU-meter peak hold is only active for the red light * Closing butt while streaming or recording must be confirmed now * Changes are now saved without asking for confirmation when closing the app * Removed a new line character from the server name in the title bar * Fixed recceiving song information from iTunes/Music in MacOS Catalina * Fixed wrong counting of sent bytes when using AAC Version 0.1.18 (2019-05-12) --------------------------- * Added support for automatic recording after starting butt * Enabled AAC afterburner (improves audio quality) * Fixed issue with configure.ac and s390x architecture * Updated the FSF address in COPYING * AAC libs are not delivered with the setup files anymore (read the manual on how to activate AAC support again) Version 0.1.17 (2018-12-27) --------------------------- * Added support for FLAC streaming (icecast only) * Added 5-band equalizer (thanks to Melchor Garau Madrigal) * Added the ability to read song informations from several apps on MacOS and Linux (thanks to Melchor Garau Madrigal) * Window title is automatically renamed to the connected server (useful when running multiple instances) * Fixed connection issue with airtime * Fixed integer overflow when gain is set too high * Fixed compilation error on ubuntu 18 * Changed color of windows icon from black to yellow. So people using Win10 can now find butt in their black taskbar ;-) Version 0.1.16 (2017-09-17) --------------------------- * Fixed compatibility issues with shoutcast v2.5.5.732 * Replaced portaudio by newest stable version v190600_20161030 * When using AAC+ the best AAC profile for the current bitrate is selected automatically + AAC+v2: bitrate < 48kBit/s (aac_aot = 29) + AAC+v1: 48 kBit/s \<= bitrate < 96kBit/s (aac_aot = 5) + AAC-LC: bitrate >= 96kBit/s (aac_aot = 2) + * You can force the AAC codec to a specific profile by setting aac_overwrite_aot = 1 and aac_aot to the appropriate aot value {2,5,29} in buttrc Version 0.1.15 (2016-05-28) --------------------------- * Added AAC+ support * Added a "Split now" button to instantly start a new recording file * Improved look&feel on retina displays on OSX * Improved compatibility with proxies/load balancers (thanks to boyska) * Fixed handling of newline characters when reading the song name file * Fixed evlauation of time/date variables when automatic file splitting is enabled * Fixed compatibility with airtime servers * Fixed ogg and opus support for ShoutCast Version 0.1.14 (2014-12-27) --------------------------- * Added FLAC support for recording * Added Opus support (thanks to oneman) * Added logfile support (thanks to mikko) * Added support for more variables in the filename (%H %M %S) (thanks to mikko) * Automatic file splitting can be synced to full hour now (thanks to mikko) * LCD info can automatically rotate every 5 seconds now (thanks to mikko) * Added ability to change audio buffer size * Uncluttered LCD (thanks to mikko) * File extension of record filename gets automatically updated now * Dropped support of different samplerate/channels for stream and record * Resorted settings elements/widgets * Removed possible memleaks * Connecting to an unreachable server does not freeze the GUI anymore * Fixed icecast and shoutcast meta data handling * ;ade update song from file more robust * "update song name manually" reacts on Enter button now Version 0.1.13 (2014-05-02) --------------------------- * Has an icon now! - Thanks to Subrat (ipapuna) Nayak * Added support for lower bitrates (24k, 16k, 8k) * Added support for user defined configuration path e.g. "butt -c " * Added support for user names in Icecast * Added gain slider. This slider multiplies the audio input samples with the given factor * Added .manifest file to disable the VirtualStore on Windows Vista and higher * Added the ability to automatically split the recording every 'n' minutes * Added feature for importing and exporting configuration files * Compiles with Xcode 5 on OS X Mavericks * Compiles with traditional GNU autoconf/automake environment on linux and mingw * Improved robustness against faulty config files * Improved compatibility to ShoutCast v2 servers * Improved look&feel * Fixed samplerate issues * Fixed mono playback/recording * Changed data volume information vom kBytes to MBytes * Changed default recording path to users home folder * Sends audio information (bitrate etc.) to Icecast server - Thanks to Dominik Durner * Reimplemented VU-Meter with peak hold * Comes with as an ubuntu package * Windows: can be installed as user without admin rights * Windows: uninstallation process also removes the configuration file * Instead of canceling the automatic song update in case the given file is not readable, butt now tries to reread the file every 5 seconds Version 0.1.12 (2010-04-10) --------------------------- * butt is now able to connect automatically after startup * Shortened time between connect attempts (fixes Shouted.FM connection problems) * Improved wrong password detection for shoutcast Version 0.1.11-2 (2008-12-14) ----------------------------- * Fixed display info after automatic reconnection Version 0.1.11-1 (2008-11-09) ----------------------------- * Fixed segfault if there is no '.' in the filename Version 0.1.11 (2008-10-26) --------------------------- * Fixed unintended disconnects * Fixed recording problems * Removed buffer overrun messages * Recording can be now stopped with the stop-button * Replaced pcm recording by wav recording * Recording as ogg is now possible * Added "stay on top" checkbox * Fixed possible crash when changing mp3 settings while streaming Version 0.1.10 (2008-05-25) --------------------------- * Removed xrun "led". Instead the msg window informs the user about overruns * Added dB values to the vu-meter * Fixed bitrate/samplerate selection for ogg * Network backend works with non-blocking sockets now * libshout is not needed anymore * Songname can be updated from a textfile now * More samplerates are supported now * Fixed samplerate selection problems * Fixed crash when connecting to icecast server on MacOS 10.4 * Fixed crash when changing the server type from shoutcast to icecast * Some cosmetic changes (buttons, LEDs) Version 0.1.9 (2008-04-10) -------------------------- * Minor GUI makeup * Made butt more verbose * Fixed possible segfault when trying to EDIT stream info * Fixed automatic reconnection * Filenames can be indexed with the %i variable now * Renamed "rec not until connected" checkbox to "start rec. when connected" * Added orange record icon for "armed" state ("start rec. when connected" = 1) * butt starts recording as soon as connected, when in "armed" state Version 0.1.8 (2008-03-30) -------------------------- * Text/bg color can be changed in the [GUI] tab * Removed the "Config saved" popup message * Added pcm recording * Improoved record handling * The config menu is more user friendly now * Fixed crash when connection loss * The user may select the samplerate now * The config window can be attached to the main window now * Fixed bitrate and codec ShoutCast info Version 0.1.7rc1 (2008-01-04) ----------------------------- * butt runs on MacOS 10.4 and 10.5 now! * Added recording time to the display info * Fixed bug with '&' in the song string * Changing the display mode works only when connected now * Added a checkbox which lets the user decide if the recording should start right after selecting the output file or when connected * Added a msg box which ask the user if he wants to stop the recording when disconnecting Version 0.1.6 (2007-12-08) --------------------------- * Added status symbols to the display * Recording runs with a seperate thread now! * Added a button for showing/hiding the server password Version 0.1.5 (2007-11-22) --------------------------- * Minor GUI changes * Fixed streaming/recording with mp3 320kb/s * Fixed segfault in Fl_ILM216.cpp * The user may change the display colors now (right click on the display) * The "connecting" info on the display updates faster now * Changed default display colors to white/blue Version 0.1.5rc1 (2007-11-16) ----------------------------- * Replaced ALSA by PortAudio -> OSS is supported now * Ported butt to Microsoft Windows (tested with win2k and win xp) * butt reminds the user about unsaved changes when closing now * Starting the recording is possible at any time now * Added mono encoding for OGG * Improved some GUI stuff * Improved CPU usage Version 0.1.4rc2 (2007-11-03) ----------------------------- * butt should compile on more machines now Version 0.1.4rc1 (2007-11-01) ----------------------------- * Added IceCast support (ogg and mp3) * Added ./configure script * butt is now able to send the "Current Song" value to the ShoutCast/IceCast server * Changed stereo mode from joint-stereo to real-stereo * Code cleanup Version 0.1.3 (2007-10-08) --------------------------- * Bugfix: butt crashed if you press "apply" in the server/icy tab without having an server/ICY-entry * Bugfix: butt crashed if you change the bitrate without having an ICY-entry * Bugfix: there was some uncommented code in the [DEL]-server callback-routine which shouldn't be uncommented * Facelift: if you delete all server/ICY-entries, the input fields in the server/ICY still showed the values of the last server/ICY-entry Version 0.1.2 (2007-10-07) -------------------------- * Added a GUI for configuring butt * Comments behind config entries are not allowed anymore. * Removed the network init part. It was nonsense * Fixed mono playblack * Fixed recording problems * ICY entries can now be empty without causing butt to crash * butt shows the real port in its "connecting to..."-info line now and the "pseudeo" port in parenthesis * Fixed a bug which causes pcm data loss in some cases Version 0.1.1 (2007-09-16) -------------------------- * Added recording feature * Fixed seg fault on startup when compiled with gcc-4.1.2 * Fixed seg fault when encoding with high bitrates