{settings.username ? `Signed in as ${settings.username}.` : "Not signed in."} Your password is stored in the Windows Credential Manager, not in a plain file.

The welcome tour from the first launch: library folder, account, community peer, look. Runs again from here and changes nothing until you do.

{#if me}Signed in as {me} · {fmtCount(network.shareFiles)} files shared.{:else}Not signed in.{/if} {#if !key} Create a SoulStream identity on Community → You to link this account to it. {:else if !me} Sign in to Soulseek to link this account to your identity. {:else if ownLinkCurrent} Linked to your SoulStream identity — proof verified {new Date(ownLink.verified_at * 1000).toLocaleString()} through a message to yourself. Other SoulStream users who ask get a signed answer. {:else} Not linked to your identity. Linking sends one message to yourself over Soulseek and verifies the signed answer — nothing is published. {/if}

{#if freenetOn} Local node on 127.0.0.1:{community.freenet?.ws_port ?? 7509} · {status.text} detectNode()} disabled={!!community.busy.detect}>{community.busy.detect ? "checking…" : "check again"} {:else} Off. Carries your identity, profile, playlists, friend links, Spaces and holdings. Turning it on publishes nothing; turning it off is instant and touches nothing else in the app. {/if}

Other people's avatars, fetched from the network — verified, resized, cached by hash. Off shows their identicon only.

{#if community.inbox?.published}Friend requests and shares arrive sealed to a key kept on this device{#if community.inbox.last_check} · checked {fmtWhen(community.inbox.last_check * 1000)}{/if}.{:else}Lets other SoulStream users send you friend requests and shares sealed, without Soulseek in between.{/if}

{#if up?.checking}Checking {up.channel}… {:else if up?.last_error}Last check failed: {up.last_error} {:else if up?.last_check}Checked {fmtWhen(up.last_check * 1000)} on the {up.channel} channel. {:else}Not checked yet on the {up?.channel ?? "stable"} channel.{/if} {#if updater.error} {updater.error}{/if}

{pct != null ? `Downloading · ${pct}%` : "Downloading…"} — the app closes into the installer and comes back on its own.

Stable follows the releases. Nightly is built from main every day and can break; switching back to Stable offers the next stable build even when its number is lower.

Shortly after launch and every six hours. Finding one shows a toast; nothing installs on its own.

The project's repository is private while the alpha runs: releases are read with a token that can only read them. Paste the one you were given — it goes to the Windows Credential Manager, not a plain file, and leaves with Clear.

Lets whatever is behind the window glow through the app's dark surfaces with a live blur (Windows acrylic). Cards, rows and highlights thin out with it; menus and dialogs stay solid so nothing gets hard to read.

System default follows Windows when headphones or speakers change.

Plays every track at roughly the same loudness (−14 LUFS, like Spotify), so quiet and loud masters stop needing the volume knob. A track is measured while it first streams and matched exactly from then on; until that finishes SoulStream will turn it down but never up, so a quiet intro can't make the chorus too loud.

Fills each word as it is sung, karaoke-style. Still experimental: timing can drift on dense or echo-heavy songs. Off keeps the reliable line-by-line sync everywhere and pauses the background word analysis.

Downloads an alignment model (MMS, ~1.26 GB, from Hugging Face) that listens to each lyric line and times every word against the actual singing, in most languages. Runs entirely on this computer, in the background, never against the playing track. Without it, word timing stays a lighter estimate. Already-timed songs re-prepare automatically the next time you open their lyrics.

Downloads a small separation model (UVR MDX-Net Voc FT, ~64 MB, from the Ultimate Vocal Remover project) that lifts the singing away from the band before words are timed — noticeably steadier timing on dense mixes. Same rules as above: runs on this computer, in the background, never against the playing track.

Streamed songs stay in a private cache for instant replay — not in your library. Forever adds everything you stream to the library instead.

Oldest streamed tracks are removed first once the cache passes this size. Saved and downloaded music is never touched.

Your downloaded-music library, always shared. Folder changes apply after reconnecting.

Use {"{artist}"}, {"{album}"}, {"{date}"} or {"{year}"}; "\" starts a subfolder. Full dates display as DD-MM-YYYY. New downloads are organized into this format; existing files are not moved.

Your library folder is always shared ({fmtCount(settings.share_files)} files indexed). Add extra folders here.

How many peers can download from you at once.

Skip files above this ceiling — lossy-only avoids huge lossless transfers.

Reject files below this floor. Lossy files must report a bitrate to qualify.

Only files inside the window above compete.

Replace whatever picture the uploader embedded with the canonical cover, or keep theirs when present.

Longest edge of the copy written into each audio file. The full-resolution original is always kept in the album folder and art cache.

Write the canonical cover as cover.jpg and folder.jpg so Explorer and other players show the same artwork.

Upgrade every library album to the canonical high-resolution cover — cache, embedded tags and folder files. Roughly one album per second.

Live GPU creates one native-4K master (crop → EASU → RCAS → color/fade/grain once at 3840×2160), then mip-filters it cleanly for every window size, preserving grain scale.

Fetch portraits for artists already in your library.