v17.0.0.0beta

[awawa-dev]

This is beta release meant for testers or users who want to try out new functionalities.
It has just come out of production and despite our best efforts it may still contains bugs.
You can find more details about particular functionalities under the 'Help' button at the WWW forms.
BEFORE INSTALLING PLEASE BACKUP YOUR HYPERHDR CONFIGURATION FOLDER!

SD card images will be available for the stable release.
Please put your feedback in dedicated thread in the discussions or report a new issue with full details.

Changelog:

• upgrade ancient Bootstrap 3 to version 5
• replace and update most of UI components, new layout picture1, picture2, picture3, picture4, picture5, picture6
• software screen grabbers (Windows:DirectX11 / Linux:X11 / macOS:CoreGraphics) picture1
  picture2 HDR tone mapping for external grabbers #46
• automatic signal detection with smart learning capability for USB grabbers (you can have only one algorithm enabled at the time: automatic one or the old, difficult to setup and unreliable manual one) picture1 picture2 picture3 picture4 picture5 picture6
• reimplemented backup import / export function for ALL instances' settings in place of the old functionality, that ineptly mimicked creating/importing backups picture1
• current video stream information in the 'overview' tab picture1
• support for my new HyperSPI project (https://github.com/awawa-dev/HyperSPI) with awa_spi LED driver picture1
• new video stream crop method in JSON API picture1 3D mode cropping buttons #64
• JSON API documentation in a form of live playground in 'Advanced' tab picture1
• LED grouping aka PC mode aka gradient mode, can help with eye fatigue when used with the monitor, each LED in the group has same average color picture1
• add timeout for the anti-flickering filter picture1
• translation resources are updated
• new panel for easy video resolution & refresh mode selection picture1 picture2
• add release for AARCH64 architecture arch64 release #68
• fix for WLED new network protocol HyperHDR + WLED: Turning off LEDs from HyperHDR, cannot turn them back on #90
• HDR tone mapping is available as a global component picture1 picture2 picture3
• removed redundant default JSON config in favour of JSON Schemes defaults
• fix missing Linux taskbar icon
• support for libCEC 6.0.2 to turn on/off video & system grabber picture1
• support for libCEC to turn on/off HDR tone mapping with remote buttons (CEC or libCEC is quite buggy here and dependent on the hardware, with LG C9 must restart TV to make them work) picture1
• compatibility with QT6.2 (tested with the preview version/Vulkan/Windows)
• lower CPU usage when automatic signal detection triggers 'nosignal' ('save resources' for software framerate decimation) picture1 Drop frame rate/resolution of grabbers when source signal dies #93
• standardize libJPEG-turbo library (where it's necessary)
• fix values premature clipping in the LUT generator & SDR preview rendering fix, access available now from the menu ('Advanced' tab)
• suppress most of external components' warnings while building
• faster image to LED colors transformation
• import 'sparks' and 'system shutdown' effects to the new effect API Some Light Effects removed in V16.x #75
• better logging with instances' indexes
• fix power saving issue with macOS port
• fix memory leaks in SPI drivers

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