v0.55.0: Kaleidostrobe smooth again; visualizer tile hover controls

The cones move only on the plugin's own 25 fps frames again: driving them
from fresh audio every refresh made bass-heavy songs twitch (a jump on 84%
of refreshes against 41%). The continuous turn, texture crossfade and the
GPU big window stay.

The tile: a click opens it big (and it stays blank while big); hovering
shows a colour wheel (colour / gray / off) and up/down arrows (previous /
next visualizer). No more double-click or click-to-cycle. The big album
art closes on a click or Esc, like the big visualizer.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ persistence) → GUI (Qt widgets that read the manager and connect to its signal
   share of the width. Since the Library button left the
   sidebar, `MainWindow` must hand it the first focus, or the playlist tree
   takes it and opens its first playlist at startup.
+  The transport-bar visualizer tile (`gui/visualizer.py`, Round 86): a
+  click opens it big, and while big the tile stays blank; hovering paints
+  two controls over it — a colour wheel (left: colour / gray / off) and ▲/▼
+  (right: previous/next style, wrapping) — hit-tested on release. No
+  double-click. Both big windows (visualizer, album art) close on a click
+  or Esc.
   `track_table.py` is the shared track grid (drag/drop, copy/paste, drop
   indicator). `playlist_ops.py::add_tracks_with_dup_check` is the single funnel
   for every add-to-playlist path. `theme.py` applies the palette (highlight
@@ -281,11 +287,12 @@ persistence) → GUI (Qt widgets that read the manager and connect to its signal
   scale was never published, so `itunes_spectrum` (√magnitude, 43 Hz bins)
   is the one calibrated stand-in. **On screen it is 60 fps anyway**
   (Round 85): between the 25 Hz frames `_compose` turns the cones by a
-  fraction of a frame, crossfades the textures, and takes height/depth from
+  fraction of a frame and crossfades the textures — smoothing only. The
-  `engine.preview` — the plugin's analysis run on a throwaway copy with the
+  cones' height/depth change **only on the plugin's frames**: Round 85 also
-  newest audio, so a beat pumps the cone one refresh later, not one 40 ms
+  drove them from the newest audio every refresh (snappier beats), and on
-  tick later. `preview` must never touch real state (a golden test
+  bass-heavy songs it twitched — a jump on 84% of refreshes against 41% —
-  interleaves it). Painting: the panel uses QPainter — each GL triangle is
+  so Round 86 took it out. The 25 fps cap was hiding that jitter; don't
+  reintroduce fresh-audio geometry between frames. Painting: the panel uses QPainter — each GL triangle is
   planar, drawn in texture space through a projective **world** transform
   (Qt mis-draws a strongly projective *brush* transform). The **big window
   replays the original's GL calls** (`paint_gl` in a `gui/kaleido_gl.py`

lintunes/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """LinTunes — iTunes-style music library manager and player for Linux."""
 
-__version__ = "0.54.0"
+__version__ = "0.55.0"

lintunes/gui/art_window.py

@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ def _aspect(pixmap: QPixmap | None) -> float | None:
 
 class ArtWindow(QWidget):
     """Non-modal window showing the current track's album art as large as
-    possible. Just an album art window — closing it has no side effects."""
+    possible. Just an album art window — closing it has no side effects.
+    A click anywhere on the art (or Esc) closes it, like the big
+    visualizer."""
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent, Qt.WindowType.Window)
         self._pixmap: QPixmap | None = None
         self.setMinimumSize(120, 120)
         self.setAttribute(Qt.WidgetAttribute.WA_DeleteOnClose, False)
+        self.setToolTip("Click to close")
 
     def show_artwork(self, pixmap: QPixmap | None, title: str, screen=None):
         """Open (or re-raise) the window, sized to the art on ``screen``."""
@@ -86,3 +89,16 @@ class ArtWindow(QWidget):
         x = area.x() + (area.width() - scaled.width()) // 2
         y = area.y() + (area.height() - scaled.height()) // 2
         painter.drawPixmap(x, y, scaled)
+
+    def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
+        if (event.button() == Qt.MouseButton.LeftButton
+                and self.contentsRect().contains(event.position().toPoint())):
+            self.close()
+            return
+        super().mouseReleaseEvent(event)
+
+    def keyPressEvent(self, event):
+        if event.key() == Qt.Key.Key_Escape:
+            self.close()
+            return
+        super().keyPressEvent(event)

lintunes/gui/preferences_dialog.py

@@ -75,12 +75,7 @@ def _fade_text(seconds: float) -> str:
 
 
 # visualizer_styles' style keys, as the radios name them.
-_VISUALIZER_STYLES = {
+_VISUALIZER_STYLES = visualizer_styles.STYLE_NAMES
-    "bars": "Bars",
-    "radial": "Radial dots",
-    "laser": "Laser",
-    "kaleidostrobe": "Kaleidostrobe",
-}
 
 
 def _sync_text(ms: int) -> str:

lintunes/gui/visualizer.py

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import time
 import numpy as np
 
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QWidget
-from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QTimer, QRectF, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QTimer, QRectF, QPointF, pyqtSignal
-from PyQt6.QtGui import QPainter, QColor
+from PyQt6.QtGui import QPainter, QColor, QConicalGradient, QPen, QPolygonF
 from PyQt6.QtMultimedia import QAudioFormat
 
 from lintunes import theme
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lintunes.config import load_config
 from lintunes.gui.icons import transport_icon
 from lintunes.gui import visualizer_styles as styles
 from lintunes.gui.visualizer_styles import (
-    BANDS, HISTORY, STYLES, STYLE_BARS, Frame, make_renderer)
+    BANDS, HISTORY, STYLES, STYLE_BARS, STYLE_NAMES, Frame, make_renderer)
 
 
 FRAME_MS = 16       # ~60 fps
@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ HISTORY_S = 1.5     # decoded audio kept, so a frame can pick what's *heard*
 PENDING_S = 0.25    # the laser catches up at most this much at once
 GAP_MS = 50         # a buffer this far from the last one's end is a seek
 
-# Visualizer click cycles through these brightness modes in order.
+# The colour-wheel button cycles through these modes in order.
 MODE_ON = "on"
 MODE_DIM = "dim"
 MODE_OFF = "off"
 _MODE_CYCLE = (MODE_ON, MODE_DIM, MODE_OFF)
+_MODE_NAMES = {MODE_ON: "colour", MODE_DIM: "gray", MODE_OFF: "off"}
 
-_TOOLTIP = "Click to cycle: on / dim / off — double-click to enlarge"
+_TOOLTIP = "Click to see it big"
+BUTTON = 24         # the hover buttons: colour wheel left, ▲/▼ right
+BUTTON_MARGIN = 4
 
 _SAMPLE_DTYPES = {
     QAudioFormat.SampleFormat.UInt8: (np.uint8, 127.5, 127.5),
@@ -52,11 +55,13 @@ def _style(prefs) -> str:
 
 
 class VisualizerWidget(QWidget):
-    """Animated visualizer; click to cycle brightness: on / dim / off, and
+    """Animated visualizer. Hovering shows two controls over it — a colour
-    double-click to open it big (``VisualizerWindow``).
+    wheel (left) that cycles colour / gray / off, and ▲/▼ (right) that step
+    through the styles; a click anywhere else opens it big
+    (``VisualizerWindow``), and while it is big the panel stays blank.
 
-    On = highlight-colored; dim = light gray just darker than the panel;
+    Colour = highlight-colored; gray = light gray just darker than the panel;
-    off = blank (the big window, if open, keeps going in color).
+    off = blank (the big window, if open, keeps going).
 
     While casting there is no local PCM to analyze, so the panel doubles as the
     cast indicator: it shows the device glyph and a click stops casting.
@@ -70,7 +75,6 @@ class VisualizerWidget(QWidget):
         self._prefs = prefs
         saved = prefs.get("visualizer_mode") if prefs is not None else None
         self._mode = saved if saved in _MODE_CYCLE else MODE_ON
-        self._mode_before_press = self._mode
         self._renderer = make_renderer(_style(prefs), styles.settings(prefs))
         # Decoded audio, newest last, and the stream time its end belongs
         # to. Decoding runs ahead of the speakers — normally by a buffer or
@@ -93,6 +97,9 @@ class VisualizerWidget(QWidget):
         self.setFixedWidth(140)
         self.setMinimumHeight(36)
         self.setToolTip(_TOOLTIP)
+        self.setMouseTracking(True)     # which hover button is under the mouse
+        self._hovering = False
+        self._hot = None                # "mode" / "prev" / "next" / None
 
         self._timer = QTimer(self)
         self._timer.setInterval(FRAME_MS)
@@ -270,41 +277,157 @@ class VisualizerWidget(QWidget):
         if self._mode == MODE_OFF and not self._big_visible():
             self._clear()  # off = blank, not the last frame held in place
         self._sync_timer()
+        self._update_tooltip()
         self.update()
 
-    def mousePressEvent(self, event):
+    def cycle_mode(self):
-        if self._no_pcm:
+        """The colour wheel: colour → gray → off → colour."""
-            # While casting the panel is the cast indicator, not a spectrum:
-            # cycling its brightness would be meaningless, so a click stops
-            # casting instead.
-            self.cast_stop_requested.emit()
-            return
-        # Cycle on -> dim -> off -> on.
-        self._mode_before_press = self._mode
         idx = _MODE_CYCLE.index(self._mode)
         self._set_mode(_MODE_CYCLE[(idx + 1) % len(_MODE_CYCLE)])
 
-    def mouseDoubleClickEvent(self, event):
+    def step_style(self, step: int):
-        """Qt sends press, release, *double-click*: the first press already
+        """▲/▼: the previous or next style, wrapping around."""
-        cycled the brightness, so put it back before opening big. A brief
+        current = _style(self._prefs) if self._prefs is not None else self._renderer.name
-        flicker, in exchange for a single click that never waits to see
+        idx = STYLES.index(current) if current in STYLES else 0
-        whether a second one is coming."""
+        style = STYLES[(idx + step) % len(STYLES)]
+        if self._prefs is not None:
+            self._prefs.set("visualizer_style", style)   # swaps the renderer
+        else:
+            self._renderer = make_renderer(style, styles.settings(None))
+        self._update_tooltip()
+        self.update()
+
+    # ---- the hover controls ----
+
+    def _button_rects(self) -> dict:
+        w, h = self.width(), self.height()
+        m = BUTTON_MARGIN
+        arrow_h = min(BUTTON, (h - 3 * m) / 2)
+        right = w - m - BUTTON
+        return {
+            "mode": QRectF(m, (h - BUTTON) / 2, BUTTON, BUTTON),
+            "prev": QRectF(right, h / 2 - m / 2 - arrow_h, BUTTON, arrow_h),
+            "next": QRectF(right, h / 2 + m / 2, BUTTON, arrow_h),
+        }
+
+    def _hit(self, pos):
         if self._no_pcm:
-            return  # the first click already stopped casting
+            return None
-        self._set_mode(self._mode_before_press)
+        for name, rect in self._button_rects().items():
+            if rect.contains(QPointF(pos)):
+                return name
+        return None
+
+    def _update_tooltip(self):
+        if self._no_pcm:
+            return
+        current = _style(self._prefs) if self._prefs is not None else self._renderer.name
+        idx = STYLES.index(current) if current in STYLES else 0
+        tips = {
+            "mode": f"Colour / gray / off — now {_MODE_NAMES[self._mode]}",
+            "prev": f"Previous visualizer: {STYLE_NAMES[STYLES[idx - 1]]}",
+            "next": f"Next visualizer: {STYLE_NAMES[STYLES[(idx + 1) % len(STYLES)]]}",
+        }
+        self.setToolTip(tips.get(self._hot, _TOOLTIP))
+
+    def enterEvent(self, event):
+        self._hovering = True
+        self.update()
+        super().enterEvent(event)
+
+    def leaveEvent(self, event):
+        self._hovering = False
+        self._hot = None
+        self.update()
+        super().leaveEvent(event)
+
+    def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
+        hot = self._hit(event.position())
+        if hot != self._hot:
+            self._hot = hot
+            self._update_tooltip()
+            self.update()
+        super().mouseMoveEvent(event)
+
+    def mousePressEvent(self, event):
+        if self._no_pcm:
+            # While casting the panel is the cast indicator, not a picture:
+            # a click stops casting instead.
+            self.cast_stop_requested.emit()
+            return
+        event.accept()      # acted on at release, like a button
+
+    def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
+        if self._no_pcm or event.button() != Qt.MouseButton.LeftButton:
+            return
+        if not self.rect().contains(event.position().toPoint()):
+            return          # dragged off: no click
+        hit = self._hit(event.position())
+        if hit == "mode":
+            self.cycle_mode()
+        elif hit == "prev":
+            self.step_style(-1)
+        elif hit == "next":
+            self.step_style(1)
+        else:
             self.open_big()
 
+    def _paint_controls(self, painter):
+        """The hover buttons, over whatever is showing."""
+        pal = self.palette()
+        face = QColor(pal.window().color())
+        ink = QColor(pal.windowText().color())
+        painter.save()
+        painter.setRenderHint(QPainter.RenderHint.Antialiasing, True)
+        for name, rect in self._button_rects().items():
+            fill = QColor(face)
+            fill.setAlphaF(0.92 if name == self._hot else 0.72)
+            painter.setPen(QPen(QColor(ink.red(), ink.green(), ink.blue(),
+                                       110 if name == self._hot else 50), 1))
+            painter.setBrush(fill)
+            painter.drawRoundedRect(rect.adjusted(0.5, 0.5, -0.5, -0.5), 5, 5)
+        # colour wheel: a hue ring (colour), a gray one (gray), an outline (off)
+        wheel = self._button_rects()["mode"].adjusted(5, 5, -5, -5)
+        center = wheel.center()
+        if self._mode == MODE_OFF:
+            painter.setBrush(Qt.BrushStyle.NoBrush)
+            painter.setPen(QPen(ink, 1.5))
+        else:
+            grad = QConicalGradient(center, 90)
+            for k in range(7):
+                c = QColor.fromHsvF((k / 6) % 1.0, 0.85, 0.95)
+                if self._mode == MODE_DIM:      # a gray sweep, light to dark
+                    v = int(225 - 150 * abs(k - 3) / 3)
+                    c = QColor(v, v, v)
+                grad.setColorAt(k / 6, c)
+            painter.setBrush(grad)
+            painter.setPen(QPen(QColor(0, 0, 0, 90), 1))
+        painter.drawEllipse(wheel)
+        # ▲ / ▼
+        painter.setPen(Qt.PenStyle.NoPen)
+        painter.setBrush(ink)
+        for name, up in (("prev", True), ("next", False)):
+            r = self._button_rects()[name]
+            cx, cy, s = r.center().x(), r.center().y(), min(r.width(), r.height()) * 0.22
+            tip = -s if up else s
+            painter.drawPolygon(QPolygonF([QPointF(cx - s * 1.2, cy - tip * 0.6),
+                                           QPointF(cx + s * 1.2, cy - tip * 0.6),
+                                           QPointF(cx, cy + tip * 0.9)]))
+        painter.restore()
+
     def open_big(self):
         from lintunes.gui.visualizer_window import VisualizerWindow
         if self._big is None:
             self._big = VisualizerWindow(self)
         self._big.open(self.screen())
         self._sync_timer()
+        self.update()       # the panel goes blank while it is big
 
     def big_window_closed(self):
         if self._mode == MODE_OFF:
             self._clear()
         self._sync_timer()
+        self.update()
 
     # ---- frame computation ----
 
@@ -348,6 +471,8 @@ class VisualizerWidget(QWidget):
         regardless (in color), since opening it is asking to see it."""
         if self._no_pcm or (self._mode == MODE_OFF and not big):
             return
+        if not big and self._big_visible():
+            return      # it's showing big; once is enough
         self._tell_mode()
         self._renderer.paint(painter, rect, self._bar_color(), self._grid_gray())
 
@@ -388,3 +513,5 @@ class VisualizerWidget(QWidget):
             painter.end()
             return
         self.paint_renderer(painter, QRectF(self.rect()))
+        if self._hovering:
+            self._paint_controls(painter)

lintunes/gui/visualizer_kaleido.py

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ way its OpenGL did.
 - **The screen's clock.** Between those frames the picture is still drawn
   at 60 fps (``advance`` → ``_compose``): the turn continues smoothly (the
   rotation is a frame count, so a fraction of a frame is well defined), the
-  textures crossfade from the last frame to the newest, and the cones'
+  textures crossfade from the last frame to the newest. The cones' height
-  height and depth come from the plugin's own analysis run on the newest
+  and depth stay the plugin's own, changing only on its frames: driving
-  audio (``engine.preview``) — so a beat pumps the cone on the next screen
+  them from the newest audio at every refresh (Round 85) made the picture
-  refresh rather than at the next 40 ms tick.
+  twitch on bass-heavy songs — on 84% of refreshes against 41% — which is
+  the jitter the 25 fps cap had been hiding all along.
 - **Input.** iTunes handed plugins 512 spectrum bins per channel as bytes;
   how it scaled them was never documented, so ``itunes_spectrum`` is a
   calibrated stand-in (``SPECTRUM_GAIN``).
@@ -162,20 +163,19 @@ class KaleidostrobeRenderer:
             self._frame = self._engine.step(spectrum, self._ticks())
         if self._frame is None:
             return False
-        self._compose(spectrum)
+        self._compose()
         return True
 
     def _ticks(self, ahead=0.0):
         return 1000 + int((self._clock + ahead) * ks.TICKS_PER_S)
 
-    def _compose(self, spectrum):
+    def _compose(self):
         """This screen refresh's picture, a fraction ``t`` of the way from
         the plugin's last frame to its next one."""
         e = self._engine
         t = self._behind / STEP_S
-        mid, signal = e.preview(spectrum, self._ticks(self._behind))
         drawn = (e.rotation - 1) % ks.ROTATION_STEPS    # the last frame's turn
-        layers = e.layers(mid, signal, drawn + t)
+        layers = e.layers(e.mid, e.avg_signal, drawn + t)
         cur = self._frame.textures
         prev = self._prev_textures if self._prev_textures is not None else cur
         if t > 0.0 and prev is not cur:

lintunes/gui/visualizer_styles.py

@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ STYLE_RADIAL = "radial"
 STYLE_LASER = "laser"
 STYLE_KALEIDOSTROBE = "kaleidostrobe"
 STYLES = (STYLE_BARS, STYLE_RADIAL, STYLE_LASER, STYLE_KALEIDOSTROBE)
+STYLE_NAMES = {
+    STYLE_BARS: "Bars",
+    STYLE_RADIAL: "Radial dots",
+    STYLE_LASER: "Laser",
+    STYLE_KALEIDOSTROBE: "Kaleidostrobe",
+}
 
 BANDS = 20
 STEPS = 20          # vertical granularity per bar

lintunes/kaleidostrobe/engine.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ original handed OpenGL: two 128×128 RGBA textures and, per layer, the
 triangles to draw (object-space vertices, texture coordinates, and the
 modelview that places them). ``visualizer_kaleido`` paints that.
 """
-import copy
 import math
 import struct
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -611,20 +610,6 @@ class Kaleidostrobe:
             self.top_object, height, f32(depth * 5.0)))
         return [bottom, top]
 
-    def preview(self, spectrum, ticks):
-        """What the plugin's analysis would say if it rendered now: (mid,
-        avg_signal) from a throwaway copy, so nothing here is changed. The
-        renderer draws between the plugin's 25 fps frames with these, so a
-        beat moves the cone on the next screen refresh instead of up to
-        40 ms later; at the next real frame the numbers are the same."""
-        ghost = copy.copy(self)
-        ghost.band_peak = [list(row) for row in self.band_peak]
-        ghost.lp = {k: list(v) for k, v in self.lp.items()}
-        ghost.beat_periods = list(self.beat_periods)
-        ghost.frame_count += 1
-        ghost._process(spectrum, ticks)
-        return ghost.mid, ghost.avg_signal
-
     def _object(self, k, h, z):
         if k == 0:
             return self._draw8(h, z)

tests/test_round18.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class TestVisualizerModePersistence:
         prefs = Preferences(tmp_path)
         vis = VisualizerWidget(_FakePlayer(), prefs)
 
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # on -> dim
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # on -> dim
 
         assert prefs.get("visualizer_mode") == MODE_DIM
         # A fresh Preferences (= next launch) sees it too.

tests/test_round29.py

@@ -900,8 +900,8 @@ class TestTransportLayout:
         vis = bar._visualizer
         before = vis._mode
 
-        # Not casting: a click still cycles the brightness as it always did.
+        # Not casting: the colour wheel cycles the brightness.
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)
+        vis.cycle_mode()
         assert vis._mode != before
         cast.disconnect.assert_not_called()
 
@@ -1020,4 +1020,4 @@ class TestVisualizerWhileCasting:
         assert "click to stop" in vis.toolTip()
 
         player.set_sink(None)
-        assert "cycle" in vis.toolTip()        # back to the brightness control
+        assert "big" in vis.toolTip()          # back to the tile's own tooltip

tests/test_round78.py

@@ -432,11 +432,10 @@ class TestBarsFade:
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class TestBigWindow:
-    def test_double_click_keeps_the_brightness_and_opens(self, qapp, tmp_path):
+    def test_opening_keeps_the_brightness(self, qapp, tmp_path):
         prefs = Preferences(tmp_path)
         vis = VisualizerWidget(_FakePlayer(playing=True), prefs)
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)        # Qt's first press: on -> dim
+        vis.open_big()          # Round 85: a single click on the tile
-        vis.mouseDoubleClickEvent(None)  # …which the double-click undoes
         try:
             assert vis._mode == MODE_ON
             assert prefs.get("visualizer_mode") == MODE_ON

tests/test_round85.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """Round 85: Kaleidostrobe at 60 fps, its big window on the GPU, gray mode
 as two tones, and a sync slider that can also say "sooner".
 
-1. Between the plugin's 25 fps frames: a smooth turn, crossfaded textures,
+1. Between the plugin's 25 fps frames: a smooth turn and crossfaded
-   the cone driven by a preview of the newest audio — which must never
+   textures. (The cone also followed a preview of the newest audio here;
-   change the original's own frames.
+   Round 86 took that out — it made the picture twitch.)
 2. Gray mode: the gray-mode colour on the panel background, nothing else.
 3. The sync slider below zero.
 4. The big window: an OpenGL canvas for Kaleidostrobe, QPainter without GL.
@@ -17,24 +17,17 @@ from lintunes.gui import visualizer_styles as vs
 from lintunes.gui.visualizer_kaleido import KaleidostrobeRenderer
 from lintunes.preferences import Preferences
 
-from test_round84 import GOLDEN, _digest, _frame, _paint, _FakePlayer, _LastFm
+from test_round84 import _frame, _paint, _FakePlayer, _LastFm
+
+
+SEED = 7
 
 
 class TestBetweenFrames:
-    def test_previews_between_frames_change_nothing(self):
-        """The renderer asks for a preview every screen refresh; the frames
-        must still be the original's."""
-        engine = ks.Kaleidostrobe(seed=1000, ticks=1000)
-        for f, (spectrum, ticks) in enumerate(zip(GOLDEN["spectra"], GOLDEN["ticks"])):
-            engine.preview(spectrum, int(ticks) + 1)
-            engine.preview(GOLDEN["spectra"][-1 - f], int(ticks) + 2)
-            frame = engine.step(spectrum, int(ticks))
-            assert _digest(frame.textures[0]) == GOLDEN["tex_digest"][f][0], f"frame {f}"
-            assert _digest(frame.textures[1]) == GOLDEN["tex_digest"][f][1], f"frame {f}"
-
     def test_gray_mode_is_two_tone(self, qapp):
         """Only the gray-mode colour and the panel's background, blended."""
         r = KaleidostrobeRenderer()
+        r._engine = ks.Kaleidostrobe(seed=SEED, ticks=1000)
         for _ in range(5):
             r.advance(_frame(dt=0.04))
         r.dimmed = True                     # the widget then passes its gray
@@ -44,7 +37,7 @@ class TestBetweenFrames:
         k = (img - ground) / (ink - ground)               # 0 = ground, 1 = ink
         assert np.ptp(k, axis=-1).max() < 0.03            # on the line between
         assert k.min() > -0.02 and k.max() < 1.02
-        assert k.max() - k.min() > 0.3                    # and still a picture
+        assert k.max() - k.min() > 0.15                   # and still a picture
 
     def test_draws_between_the_plugins_frames(self, qapp):
         """60 fps on screen: the turn moves every refresh, frames at 25."""

tests/test_round86.py

@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+"""Round 86: Kaleidostrobe smooth again, and the visualizer tile's controls.
+
+1. The cones move only on the plugin's own 25 fps frames (driving them from
+   fresh audio at every refresh, Round 85, made bass-heavy songs twitch).
+2. The tile: hovering shows a colour wheel (colour / gray / off) and ▲/▼
+   (style); a click anywhere else opens it big; no double-click any more.
+3. While it's big, the tile stays blank.
+4. The big album art closes on a click, like the big visualizer.
+"""
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+from PyQt6.QtCore import QEvent, QObject, QPointF, Qt, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt6.QtGui import QColor, QImage, QKeyEvent, QMouseEvent, QPainter
+
+from lintunes.gui import visualizer_styles as vs
+from lintunes.gui.visualizer import MODE_DIM, MODE_OFF, MODE_ON, VisualizerWidget
+from lintunes.gui.visualizer_kaleido import KaleidostrobeRenderer
+from lintunes.preferences import Preferences
+
+from test_round84 import _frame
+
+
+class _FakePlayer(QObject):
+    audio_buffer = pyqtSignal(object)
+    playing_changed = pyqtSignal(bool)
+    track_changed = pyqtSignal(object)
+
+    def is_playing(self):
+        return False
+
+
+def _click(widget, pos, button=Qt.MouseButton.LeftButton):
+    pos = QPointF(pos)
+    for kind, buttons in ((QEvent.Type.MouseButtonPress, button),
+                          (QEvent.Type.MouseButtonRelease, Qt.MouseButton.NoButton)):
+        event = QMouseEvent(kind, pos, pos, button, buttons,
+                            Qt.KeyboardModifier.NoModifier)
+        if kind == QEvent.Type.MouseButtonPress:
+            widget.mousePressEvent(event)
+        else:
+            widget.mouseReleaseEvent(event)
+
+
+def _tile(tmp_path, style="bars"):
+    prefs = Preferences(tmp_path)
+    prefs.set("visualizer_style", style)
+    vis = VisualizerWidget(_FakePlayer(), prefs)
+    vis.resize(140, 62)
+    return prefs, vis
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. Smooth again
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestSmooth:
+    def test_the_cone_moves_only_on_the_plugins_frames(self, qapp):
+        """Height and depth are the plugin's own: driving them from fresh
+        audio every refresh made the picture twitch."""
+        r = KaleidostrobeRenderer()
+        r.advance(_frame(dt=0.04))
+        seen = []
+        for i in range(30):
+            r.advance(_frame(dt=1 / 60, hz=55 + 40 * (i % 3)))
+            apex = r._shown[0][0].triangles[0].xyz[0][2]
+            seen.append((r._engine.frame_count, apex))
+        for (fa, za), (fb, zb) in zip(seen, seen[1:]):
+            if fa == fb:
+                assert za == zb
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. The tile's controls
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestTile:
+    def test_a_click_in_the_middle_opens_big(self, qapp, tmp_path):
+        prefs, vis = _tile(tmp_path)
+        _click(vis, vis.rect().center())
+        try:
+            assert vis._big is not None and vis._big.isVisible()
+            assert vis._mode == MODE_ON                 # brightness untouched
+        finally:
+            vis._big.close()
+
+    def test_the_colour_wheel_cycles_and_does_not_open(self, qapp, tmp_path):
+        prefs, vis = _tile(tmp_path)
+        wheel = vis._button_rects()["mode"].center()
+        seen = []
+        for _ in range(3):
+            _click(vis, wheel)
+            seen.append(vis._mode)
+        assert seen == [MODE_DIM, MODE_OFF, MODE_ON]
+        assert prefs.get("visualizer_mode") == MODE_ON
+        assert vis._big is None
+
+    def test_arrows_step_through_every_style_and_wrap(self, qapp, tmp_path):
+        prefs, vis = _tile(tmp_path, "bars")
+        down = vis._button_rects()["next"].center()
+        up = vis._button_rects()["prev"].center()
+        seen = []
+        for _ in range(len(vs.STYLES)):
+            _click(vis, down)
+            seen.append(prefs.get("visualizer_style"))
+        assert seen == list(vs.STYLES[1:]) + [vs.STYLES[0]]
+        _click(vis, up)                                  # bars → the last one
+        assert prefs.get("visualizer_style") == vs.STYLES[-1]
+        assert isinstance(vis._renderer, KaleidostrobeRenderer)
+        assert vis._big is None
+
+    def test_a_double_click_does_nothing_special(self, qapp, tmp_path):
+        assert "mouseDoubleClickEvent" not in VisualizerWidget.__dict__
+
+    def test_controls_show_only_on_hover(self, qapp, tmp_path):
+        prefs, vis = _tile(tmp_path)
+        prefs.set("visualizer_mode", MODE_OFF)
+
+        def shot():
+            return vis.grab().toImage().pixel(int(vis._button_rects()["mode"].center().x()),
+                                              int(vis._button_rects()["mode"].center().y()))
+        plain = shot()
+        vis._hovering = True
+        assert shot() != plain
+        vis._hovering = False
+        assert shot() == plain
+
+    def test_tooltips_say_what_each_part_does(self, qapp, tmp_path):
+        prefs, vis = _tile(tmp_path, "bars")
+        vis._hot = "next"
+        vis._update_tooltip()
+        assert "Radial dots" in vis.toolTip()
+        vis._hot = "mode"
+        vis._update_tooltip()
+        assert "colour" in vis.toolTip()
+        vis._hot = None
+        vis._update_tooltip()
+        assert "big" in vis.toolTip()
+
+    def test_casting_click_still_stops_casting(self, qapp, tmp_path):
+        prefs, vis = _tile(tmp_path)
+        stopped = MagicMock()
+        vis.cast_stop_requested.connect(stopped)
+        vis._no_pcm = True
+        _click(vis, vis._button_rects()["mode"].center())
+        stopped.assert_called_once()
+        assert vis._mode == MODE_ON
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3. Blank while big
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestBlankWhileBig:
+    def test_tile_draws_nothing_while_big_is_open(self, qapp, tmp_path):
+        prefs, vis = _tile(tmp_path)
+        vis._renderer = MagicMock(spec=["paint", "advance", "clear", "name"])
+        img = QImage(140, 62, QImage.Format.Format_ARGB32)
+        painter = QPainter(img)
+        vis.paint_renderer(painter, vis.rect())
+        assert vis._renderer.paint.call_count == 1
+        vis.open_big()
+        try:
+            vis.paint_renderer(painter, vis.rect())             # the tile
+            assert vis._renderer.paint.call_count == 1
+            vis.paint_renderer(painter, vis.rect(), big=True)   # the window
+            assert vis._renderer.paint.call_count == 2
+        finally:
+            painter.end()
+            vis._big.close()
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 4. Big album art
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestArtWindow:
+    def test_a_click_closes_it(self, qapp):
+        from lintunes.gui.art_window import ArtWindow
+        win = ArtWindow()
+        win.resize(300, 300)
+        win.show()
+        _click(win, win.contentsRect().center())
+        assert not win.isVisible()
+
+    def test_escape_closes_it(self, qapp):
+        from lintunes.gui.art_window import ArtWindow
+        win = ArtWindow()
+        win.show()
+        win.keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent(QEvent.Type.KeyPress, Qt.Key.Key_Escape,
+                                    Qt.KeyboardModifier.NoModifier))
+        assert not win.isVisible()

tests/test_round9.py

@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ class TestVisualizerToggle:
         vis = VisualizerWidget(player)
 
         assert vis._mode == MODE_ON
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # on -> dim
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # on -> dim
         assert vis._mode == MODE_DIM
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # dim -> off
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # dim -> off
         assert vis._mode == MODE_OFF
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # off -> on (wraps)
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # off -> on (wraps)
         assert vis._mode == MODE_ON
 
     def test_off_goes_blank_and_stops(self, qapp):
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ class TestVisualizerToggle:
         vis = VisualizerWidget(player)
         vis._bars = [7] * BANDS  # pretend mid-animation
 
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # on -> dim
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # on -> dim
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # dim -> off
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # dim -> off
 
         assert vis._mode == MODE_OFF
         assert vis._bars == [0] * BANDS          # blank, not the held frame
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class TestVisualizerToggle:
         player._playing = True
         vis = VisualizerWidget(player)
 
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # on -> dim
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # on -> dim
 
         assert vis._mode == MODE_DIM
         assert vis._timer.isActive()  # dim animates while playing
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ class TestVisualizerToggle:
         player._playing = True
         vis = VisualizerWidget(player)
 
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # on -> dim
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # on -> dim
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # dim -> off
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # dim -> off
-        vis.mousePressEvent(None)  # off -> on again
+        vis.cycle_mode()  # off -> on again
 
         assert vis._mode == MODE_ON
         assert vis._timer.isActive()