Release MoonModules v0.14.1-b32 · MoonModules/WLED

This is a maintenance release for -b30, with some new features and lots of bug-fixes.

what's the difference to Aircoookie/WLED ?

WLED-MM is a fork that concentrates on supporting large installs and advanced audio analysis. We also use our fork for trying new ideas, that may later become part of WLED upstream. Due to chip capabilities, we mainly use "classic" esp32 and ESP32-S3 with PSRAM, or esp32-s2 for smaller setups. Esp8266 and Esp32-c3 are supported however usually we don't spend time optimizing for them.

WLED-MM will continue to follow WLED upstream ("AC WLED") where we focus on cherry-picking the best and stable features.

Current status is:

Bugfixes: close to AC 0.15 (including UI stability improvements)
Features: slightly behind 0.14.4 (missing: latest LED drivers, improved effect crossfading, simple UI, reverse proxy support)
Audio: many unique enhancements - 2 years ahead of AC WLED.
Effect speed: up to 50% higher fps
Improved stability with large fixtures
Some unique features - like HUB75 support, DMX input, MM specific usermods, better LEDs preview, better support for advanced audio and lighting equipments.

News (MM specific)

effects

internal effect framework optimisations by @softhack007
several effect bugfixes
blur function speedup by @DedeHai (Aircoookie#3904) ported to WLED-MM by @softhack007
up to 60% higher frame rates, especially with many output pins by @softhack007
New expand1D effect PinWheel by @Brandon502 in #118
Game of Life Rework by @Brandon502 in #120 and #133
preview: better handling of RGBW color (avoids white-out)
reduced LED glitches during WiFi activity or flash memory access
pause LED updates during OTA - prevents electrical problems due to uncontrolled flickering

audioreactive

UDP sound sync: reduced latency, added soundPressure
audioreactive bugfixes and speed optimizations
Settings to reject WM8978 mic noise during line-in use. by @troyhacks in #115
WLEDMM_SLOWPATH: optimizations for large fixtures by @troyhacks in #131
New Usermod - Auto Playlist by @troyhacks and @netmindz in #124
- analyzes the music, and tries to change presets "at the best moment"

misc

DMX input with rdm support by @arneboe and @netmindz in #64, #111
(experimental) Hub75 output by @netmindz in #108 https://mm.kno.wled.ge/2D/HUB75/
- currently uses hard-coded pins for a few boards we had at hand, especially Adafruit Matrix Portal S3
up to 8 connections in AP mode (instead of 4)
better error messages in UI (JSON buffer errors, low memory situations)
better use of PSRAM, keeping more RAM available for WLEDMM
Info page cleanup: RAM and Flash utilisation in percent; added PSRAM and Flash size and speed, clean-up of duplicate information.
new MM build for esp32-S3 with 4MB flash
new MM build for esp32-C3 with 2MB flash (OTA not possible, because flash size is too small)

Other important bugfixes

webServer stabilizations and optimizations (backported from upstream 0.15) - special thanks to @willmmiles for debugging and improving ESPAsyncWebServer v2.2.1 👍
Palette handling optimizations by @blazoncek, backporting from upstream 0.15 by @softhack007
Multiple analog button fix (Aircoookie#3549)
JSON API bugfixes (Aircoookie#3589, Aircoookie#3605)
preset saving bugfixes (Aircoookie#3382, Aircoookie#3312)
ESP-Now: support for wizmote smart buttons
gamma correction for custom palettes (#126)