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Benben v0.6.0 is now released!

NOTE: Use v0.6.1 instead, it fixes some FLAC issues.

  • Benben AppImage for x86-64 Linux: download
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  • remote-benben AppImage for x86-64 Linux: download
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  • Updated manual: HTML and PDF
  • For source code, clone this Fossil repository and checkout v0.6.0
    fossil clone https://chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/benben/ && cd benben && fossil checkout v0.6.0
  • Want to build from source? Check out the Building page for instructions.

Benben playing 'The Instinct' from the 2014 Killer Instinct OST in WavPack format

Changes and Features

  • New: You can now play Commodore 64 SID files.
  • New: Quite OK Audio (QOA) format support added. You can now play Commodore 64 SID files, including 2SID and 3SID formats. Support for the HVSC songlength's database is also included.
  • New: WavPack format support added, including support for hybrid WavPack files.
  • New: Benben can now render to QOA format.
  • New: Benben can now render to WavPack format, including hybrid WavPack files.
  • New: Benben can now be controlled remotely (see --remote).
  • New: TCP audio output driver to send audio over a TCP connection.
  • New: The --scan-only argument has been added, which tells Benben to scan files at startup like normal, then exit before playing anything.
  • New: You can now type a capital 'P' to toggle repeating the song queue during playback.
  • New: You can now type a capital 'I' to display extended information about the state of the effects stack and resampler.
  • Enhancement: YunoSynth updated, support for VGMs that use YM2413/VRC7 chips added.
  • Enhancement: String allocations reduced throughout for lower memory usage.
  • Enhancement: You can now specify either a single theme, or an array of themes, in the config file. When it's an array, a random one out of that array will be chosen.
  • Enhancement: If the terminal is larger than 80x24, the play queue will expand to fill the empty space (it previously expanded horizontally, but not vertically).
  • Enhancement: Normalization now happens in parallel as jobs are being rendered. This slightly improves performance.
  • Enhancement: The terminal title is now set to the title or filename of the currently playing song.
  • Enhancement: The colors of the bars above and below the banner can now be themed.
  • Enhancement: The current theme can now be reloaded while the program is running. This should aid in theme development.
  • Enhancement: The soft-clipping effect can now have optional oversampling applied, up to an absurd 65535x (default is just 1x, as before).
  • Enhancement: Support for FLACs that are encapsulated in Ogg containers added.
  • Enhancement: Seeking support for Ogg Vorbis and Opus files.
  • Enhancement: Faster Ogg demuxing.
  • *Enhancement: Slightly better memory usage when decoding FLAC files.
  • Removed: HTTP/HTTPS support and Gemini support has been removed. These may be added back in the future, however. This was only supported by VGM files anyway.
  • Fixed: The progress bar when rendering is now slightly more accurate. The inaccuracy would almost never, ever be noticed, however.
  • Fixed: The screen now consistently redraws properly when resizing the window, and when Ctrl-Z/SIGTTSP is used.
  • Fixed: Module files would not be resampled correctly if the output rate was not 44100.
  • Fixed: MPEG-1 files that are being resampled no longer cut off early.
  • Fixed: PCM files that are being resampled no longer cut off early.
  • Fixed: Progress bar positions are now reported correctly for FLAC files when resampling.
  • Fixed: Progress bar positions are now reported correctly for MPEG-1 files when resampling.
  • Fixed: Progress bar positions are now reported correctly for PCM files when resampling.
  • Fixed: Progress bar positions are now reported correctly for module files when resampling.
  • Fixed: A possible crash when resizing the terminal window.
  • Fixed: A possible crash/deadlock with the error "Logger not yet started".