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Today I've published a new version of my MB_Subsonic plugin, for MusicBee. It's an project that lets you connect to compatible servers, from inside MusicBee!

Version 3 brings support for multiple server profiles and includes some breaking changes. Make sure your read the release notes: https://github.com/BlitterStudio/MB_SubSonic/releases/tag/v3.0

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In preparation for the Amiga37 event held this October in Germany, I wanted to bring a few Raspberry Pi 4s to show off the Lightwave renderfarm project running. The guide I wrote on the subject (see previous posts in this blog) is still valid, however I noticed that autofs doesn't quite work on the Manjaro Linux distro I wanted to use for the RPIs (it still works on the 32-bit RPI-OS)....

Revisiting the LW renderfarm In preparation for the Amiga37 event held this October in Germany, I wanted to bring a few Raspberry Pi 4s to show off the Lightwave renderfarm project running. The guide I wrote on the subject (se…

https://github.com/BlitterStudio/AnimPlayer/releases/tag/v2.4

If you ever wanted to export your Amiga ANIM files to GIF Anims easily, I've just updated my AnimPlayer project with that functionality...

Release v2.4 · BlitterStudio/AnimPlayer AnimPlayer v2.4 This version adds support for saving a loaded Anim as a GIF Anim

Hi everyone!
Today v5.3 was released: https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/releases/tag/v5.3
There are several bugfixes and a few improvements added in this release:
🎉 New Features
- statusline resync indicator, merged from latest
🐛 Bugfixes
- AmiQuit was missing from boot-data.zip file (fixes #976)
- Fixed P96 not working anymore in some environments (fixes #989)
- input options were not properly parsed when using default.uae on startup, until the GUI was opened once ( #986)
- Navigation in Custom controls when using SDL2 versions older than 2.0.14 wasn't correct (fixes #980)
- don't overwrite all of changed_prefs when enabling autoheight in DMX
- Reverted CIA changes until upstream bug is fixed (fixes #985)
🔨 Improvements
- Updated WHDLoad binary to 18.8
- updated WHDBooter XML to latest version
- Added logging when parsing Custom Controls from XML
- CD32 C2P/NVRAM only config fixes, C2P init fix.
- Add Brightness/Contrast controls on the GUI #974
- upgraded floppybridge to latest version (v1.3), fixes some issues with GreaseWeazle
- fixed multiple datatype related compiler warnings
- merged various definitions from latest WinUAE
- CPU emulation STOP update
- upgraded FloppyBridge to v1.3
- check for w/h values before setting custom limits
- newcpu emulation minor fixes
- set a default pattern for memory hard reset
🏗️ Build System
- updated CMakeLists file, excluded "other" labels from release notes
- Removed Dispmanx 64-bit Manjaro build
- allow CI workflow to be triggered manually also
- added docker build for rpi4-sdl2
- don't try to copy file locally when using docker
- Added x86_64 build, disabled rpi 32-bit self-hosted
- Fixed x86-64 make command
- deprecated self-hosted agents for SDL2 builds, using Docker instead
- Removed Dispmanx targets from pre-compiled binaries list
🪚 Refactors
- WHDBooter options parsing improvements
- compiler warning fixes in disk.cpp
📚 Documentation Changes
- removed "bug" from recognized commit labels
- Added CI badge on Readme
- updated README with improved instructions
🧹 Chores
- Visual Studio: Use C++17 in DMX project also

Release v5.3 · BlitterStudio/amiberry 🎉 New Features statusline resync indicator, merged from latest WinUAE 🐛 Bugfixes AmiQuit was missing from boot-data.zip file (fixes #976) Fixed P96 not working anymore in some environments (fixe...

In the 3rd and final part of this series, we see how we can improve the workflow performance further: we will use Docker to cross-compile Amiberry for each platform, in parallel.

https://blitterstudio.com/ci-cd-for-amiberry-using-github-actions-pt-3/

CI/CD for Amiberry using Github Actions (pt 3) In the first and second parts of this series, we saw how to set up a CI/CD solution for Amiberry, using self-hosted runners. The workflow will automatically build on every new commit, but also crea…

In the previous part of this series, we saw how to set up some self-hosted runners on my local devices, connect them to a Github repository and prepare to give them some jobs. I want to use this setup to automate builds of Amiberry whenever I push a new commit, as well as publish new releases whenever I choose to....

https://blitterstudio.com/ci-cd-for-amiberry-using-github-actions-pt-2/

CI/CD for Amiberry using Github Actions (pt 2) In the previous part of this series, we saw how to set up some self-hosted runners on my local devices, connect them to a Github repository and prepare to give them some jobs. I want to use this se…