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add -ca (w/o filename) option for gstreamer rendering of coverart

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### **Now developed at the GitHub site <https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay> (where ALL user issues should be posted, and latest versions can be found).**
- **NEW on github**: option -ca (with no filename given) will now
render Apple Music cover art (in audio-only mode) inside UxPlay.
(-ca `<filename>` will continue to export cover art for display by
an external viewer).
- **NEW in v1.72**: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS (HTTP Live
Streaming) video with the new "-hls" option (introduced in 1.71).\*
**Only streaming from the YouTube iOS app (in \"m3u8\" protocol) is
@@ -100,7 +105,8 @@ status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/uxplay.svg)](https://repolo
- For Audio-only mode (Apple Music, etc.) best quality is obtained
with the option "uxplay -async", but there is then a 2 second
latency imposed by iOS.
latency imposed by iOS. Use option "uxplay -ca" to display any
"Cover Art" that accompanies the audio.
- If you are using UxPlay just to mirror the client's screen (without
showing videos that need audio synchronized with video), it is best
@@ -620,12 +626,13 @@ value advances it.)
-FPSdata.) When using this, you should use the default
timestamp-based synchronization option `-vsync`.
- Since UxPlay-1.54, you can display the accompanying "Cover Art" from
sources like Apple Music in Audio-Only (ALAC) mode: run
"`uxplay -ca <name> &`" in the background, then run a image viewer
with an autoreload feature: an example is "feh": run
"`feh -R 1 <name>`" in the foreground; terminate feh and then Uxplay
with "`ctrl-C fg ctrl-C`".
- You can now display (inside UxPlay) the accompanying "Cover Art"
from sources like Apple Music in Audio-Only (ALAC) mode with the
option `uxplay -ca`. *The older method of exporting cover art to an
external viewer remains available: run "`uxplay -ca <name> &`" in
the background, then run a image viewer with an autoreload feature:
an example is "feh": run "`feh -R 1 <name>`" in the foreground;
terminate feh and then Uxplay with "`ctrl-C fg ctrl-C`"*.
By default, GStreamer uses an algorithm to search for the best
"videosink" (GStreamer's term for a graphics driver to display images)
@@ -1080,11 +1087,11 @@ access can be controlled with a password set when uxplay starts (set it
in the .uxplay startup file, where it is stored as cleartext.) All users
must then know this password. This uses HTTP md5 Digest authentication,
which is now regarded as providing weak security, but it is only used to
validate the uxplay password, and no user credentials are exposed.
\_Note: -pin and -pw are alternatives: if both are specified at startup,
the earlier of these two options is discarded. If *pwd* is not
specified, a random 4-digit pin code is displayed, and must be entered
on the client at **each** new conenction.
validate the uxplay password, and no user credentials are exposed. If
*pwd* is **not** specified, a random 4-digit pin code is displayed, and
must be entered on the client at **each** new connection. *Note: -pin
and -pw are alternatives: if both are specified at startup, the earlier
of these two options is discarded.*
**-vsync \[x\]** (In Mirror mode:) this option (**now the default**)
uses timestamps to synchronize audio with video on the server, with an
@@ -1265,6 +1272,9 @@ number of microseconds. Default is 0.25 sec (250000 usec). *(However,
the client appears to ignore this reported latency, so this option seems
non-functional.)*
**-ca** (without specifying a filename) now displays "cover art" that
accompanies Apple Music when played in "Audio-only" (ALAC) mode.
**-ca *filename*** provides a file (where *filename* can include a full
path) used for output of "cover art" (from Apple Music, *etc.*,) in
audio-only ALAC mode. This file is overwritten with the latest cover art
@@ -1751,6 +1761,9 @@ what version UxPlay claims to be.
# Changelog
xxxx 2025-07-07 Render Audio cover-art inside UxPlay with -ca option (no
file specified).
1.72.2 2025-07-07 Fix bug (typo) in DNS_SD advertisement introduced with
-pw option. Update llhttp to v 9.3.0