Changelog

1. Positioning & components

• Product: Desktop RGB lightstrip control software, supporting multi-device management and multiple lighting modes (screen sync / music / colorful / solid color / graphics / marquee).
• Project components
  • Skydimo: Main app (Qt UI, device & effect management, tray, hotkeys, settings)
  • LibSkydimo: Core capabilities (screen capture, audio capture/analysis, online update/feedback, config)
  • CrashReporter: Crash handling & reporting

2. Main user-facing features (by module)

2.1 Device management & control

• Auto discover controllers on startup; hot-plug add/remove devices and unbind effects on disconnect/failure
• Device list with icon/name/ID; click into device control
• Rename devices and persist into device config
• One-click power on/off for all devices
• Windows session lock/unlock broadcast to all devices

2.2 Single-device vs multi-device sync

• Single device (default): controls apply to current device only
• Multi-device sync: toggle to control all devices and sync current effect parameters to others

2.3 Layout & installation settings

• Installation direction and TopDown direction
• LED count & layout validation for cuttable devices (1-side / 4-sides, etc.)
• Config title can include model / COM / serial number

2.4 Effects system (groups + sub-modes)

• Groups defined in effects/groups.json
• Built-in effects and external plugins from ./effects/*.dll
• Screen Sync (id.effect.screenSync): fullscreen / half-screen (up/down/left/right) / cinema; advanced editor toggle (restart required); capture backend selector
• Music (id.effect.dynamicMusic): Music 1~8; FFmpeg resample + FFT spectrum analysis
• Colorful (id.effect.colorful): multiple colorful presets (ColorMap 3~8, etc.)
• Solid color (id.effect.singleColor)
• Graphics (id.effect.graphics): PixmapStream + panel; limited to specific models (e.g. SK0N03)
• Marquee (id.effect.marquee): modes 1~7

2.5 Global hotkeys (configurable)

• Toggle all on/off: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F10
• Prev/Next mode group: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+←/→
• Brightness up/down: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+↑/↓

2.6 Physical buttons (configurable)

• Toggle power; next mode/group
• Can apply to single device or multi-device sync

2.7 Tray & window behavior

• Tray click/double-click shows main window; menu: Settings / Exit
• Close behavior prompt (exit vs minimize to tray) with “remember my choice”

2.8 Settings center

• Windows autostart via Run registry + --auto_startup
• Multi-language via translations/app_*.qm + auto by system language
• Gamma: runtime.gama
• Advanced toggles: screen editor, screenshots/snapshots, rolling logs, advanced editor (restart required)
• Reset defaults / clear user data on next start

2.9 Updates (Windows)

• Check version meta (version + download_url + sha256)
• Download and verify SHA256; then launch installer and exit
• macOS: update entry redirects to website

2.10 Help & feedback

• Help dialog: version info / feedback / contact
• Feedback upload with logs (4~100 chars)
• Runtime telemetry (start/exit time, etc.)

2.11 Stability & crash handling

• Single instance activation
• Abnormal exit detection + optional factory reset prompt
• CrashReporter init/uninit; crash test toggle

3. CLI parameters

• --advanced
• --enable_crash_test
• --screenshot
• --auto_startup
• --enable_VTController