CHANGELOG · Ongoing iterations

Changelog

What changed in each release — transparent and public.

v0.9.x 2026-07 Milestone

Cloud SaaS + Creator Ecosystem

Added

  • Web full-flow launched: generate, composite, and export from your browser — no install required
  • Account + credits top-up with pay-as-you-go billing (WeChat Pay / Alipay / bank card, overseas USD)
  • Creator Marketplace launched (market.starreel.ai): clients post requests, creators accept orders
  • Drama Localization product launched (translator.starreel.ai): remove hardcoded Chinese subtitles + add English subtitles
  • Improved multilingual voiceover, subtitles, and original-audio modes
  • Professional export for editing projects: SRT / separated WAV tracks / FCPXML / EDL
  • macOS client continuous updates with in-app auto-upgrade
v0.3.0 2026-05-22 Milestone

Accounts + Cloud Credit Billing

Added

  • Email sign-up + login gateway, trial credits granted on registration
  • One-account-one-device policy; new device login auto-signs out previous device + email notification
  • Cloud credits top-up + pay-as-you-go billing (no subscriptions)
  • macOS Keychain secure storage for refresh token
  • JWT RS256 auth + refresh token rotation + reuse-attack detection
  • Word-level timestamp karaoke subtitles (MiniMax TTS subtitle_enable)
  • Dark business theme UI overhaul (deep blue-purple + gold accent)
  • New logo (purple-cyan clapperboard + play triangle)

Fixed

  • Tauri webview intercepted target="_blank", registration/tutorial links now open in the system browser
  • Revamped all leftover light panels in the episode workbench
  • Fixed residual references to chatfire.site
v0.2.4 2026-05-22 Minor

Dark UI Overhaul + New Logo

Added

  • Replaced with user-provided purple-cyan clapperboard logo
  • Left navigation rail now shows user avatar + credits display

Fixed

  • episode workbench light panels (.studio-topbar / .sidebar / .main) revamped to dark
  • Fixed subtitle sync entering the left sidebar production group
v0.2.0 2026-05-22 Milestone

Timeline IR + Subtitle Sync

Added

  • Timeline JSON IR: a serializable edit project — re-edit without regenerating
  • ASS karaoke subtitles (word-level timestamps) + burn-in
  • FFmpeg renderer abstraction layer, VideoToolbox hardware encoding
  • Local BGM library (data/bgm/) + automatic mood tag matching
  • EBU R128 loudnorm two-pass audio normalization
  • xfade transitions (default 0.25s)
  • Portrait preview component for phone-shell form factor
  • POST /episodes/:id/re-render endpoint
  • Automatic cover frame extraction to thumbnail_url
  • BGM music library directory + manifest format

Architecture Changes

  • storyboards table added karaoke_timings / bgm_url / transition_* columns
  • episodes table added timeline_json / encode_preset / thumbnail_url columns
Roadmap

Windows client, ComfyUI local inference, client core open-sourcing, and other items are in planning; schedule will follow updates on this page.

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