Updated version and finally got web server running

RadioDJViewer/Main.Designer.cs

@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@
             // 
             // toolStripStatusLabel2
             // 
-            this.toolStripStatusLabel2.Image = ((System.Drawing.Image)(resources.GetObject("toolStripStatusLabel2.Image")));
             this.toolStripStatusLabel2.Name = "toolStripStatusLabel2";
             this.toolStripStatusLabel2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(16, 20);
+            // Use BackColor only to indicate status. Text is a single space so the label renders as a square.
+            this.toolStripStatusLabel2.Text = " ";
+            this.toolStripStatusLabel2.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Text;
+            this.toolStripStatusLabel2.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
             // 
             // toolStripStatusLabel4
             // 

RadioDJViewer/Main.cs

@@ -517,6 +517,49 @@ namespace RadioDJViewer
                     File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(outputFolderPath, "album.txt"), marqueeTextAlbum);
                 }
 
+                // Update in-memory cache for widget server
+                try
+                {
+                    WidgetServer.CachedArtist = marqueeTextArtist ?? string.Empty;
+                    WidgetServer.CachedTitle = marqueeTextTitle ?? string.Empty;
+                    byte[] imgBytes = null;
+                    // Prefer album art from main images folder
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(albumArt) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(mainImagesFolderPath))
+                    {
+                        var imagePath = Path.Combine(mainImagesFolderPath, albumArt);
+                        if (File.Exists(imagePath))
+                        {
+                            try
+                            {
+                                using (var img = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(imagePath))
+                                {
+                                    using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
+                                    {
+                                        img.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
+                                        imgBytes = ms.ToArray();
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                            catch { imgBytes = null; }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // Fallback to embedded resource image
+                    if (imgBytes == null)
+                    {
+                        var fallback = Properties.Resources.fallback;
+                        if (fallback != null)
+                        {
+                            using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
+                            {
+                                fallback.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
+                                imgBytes = ms.ToArray();
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    WidgetServer.CachedImageBytes = imgBytes;
+                }
+                catch { }
+
                 // Handle album art image
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(albumArt))
                 {

RadioDJViewer/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 //      Build Number
 //      Revision
 //
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.8.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.9.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.8.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.9.0")]

RadioDJViewer/RadioDJViewer.csproj

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
     <ApplicationIcon>icon.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+    <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
     <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
     <Install>true</Install>
     <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@
     <MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions>
     <ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision>
     <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion>
-    <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
     <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust>
     <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
   </PropertyGroup>

RadioDJViewer/WidgetServer.cs

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ namespace RadioDJViewer
     /// </summary>
     public class WidgetServer
     {
+        // In-memory cache for fast serving
+        public static string CachedArtist = "";
+        public static string CachedTitle = "";
+        public static byte[] CachedImageBytes = null;
+
         private readonly int port;
         private readonly Func<string> getArtist;
         private readonly Func<string> getTitle;
@@ -105,13 +110,28 @@ namespace RadioDJViewer
                 if (path == "/" || path.Equals("/index.html", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     var html = htmlTemplate ?? "";
-                    html = html.Replace("{{ARTIST}}", WebUtility.HtmlEncode(getArtist()))
+                    // Replace placeholders with in-memory cache values
-                               .Replace("{{TITLE}}", WebUtility.HtmlEncode(getTitle()));
+                    html = html.Replace("{{ARTIST}}", WebUtility.HtmlEncode(CachedArtist ?? string.Empty))
+                               .Replace("{{TITLE}}", WebUtility.HtmlEncode(CachedTitle ?? string.Empty));
                     var buf = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(html);
                     resp.ContentType = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
                     resp.ContentLength64 = buf.Length;
                     resp.OutputStream.Write(buf, 0, buf.Length);
                 }
+                else if (path.Equals("/artist.txt", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    var buf = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(CachedArtist ?? string.Empty);
+                    resp.ContentType = "text/plain; charset=utf-8";
+                    resp.ContentLength64 = buf.Length;
+                    resp.OutputStream.Write(buf, 0, buf.Length);
+                }
+                else if (path.Equals("/title.txt", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    var buf = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(CachedTitle ?? string.Empty);
+                    resp.ContentType = "text/plain; charset=utf-8";
+                    resp.ContentLength64 = buf.Length;
+                    resp.OutputStream.Write(buf, 0, buf.Length);
+                }
                 else if (path.Equals("/style.css", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     var buf = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(cssText ?? "");
@@ -126,17 +146,15 @@ namespace RadioDJViewer
                     resp.ContentLength64 = buf.Length;
                     resp.OutputStream.Write(buf, 0, buf.Length);
                 }
-                else if (path.Equals("/albumart", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                else if (path.Equals("/Album-Art.png", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || path.Equals("/album-art.png", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    var imagePath = getAlbumArtPath();
+                    if (CachedImageBytes != null && CachedImageBytes.Length > 0)
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(imagePath) && File.Exists(imagePath))
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            byte[] imgBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(imagePath);
+                            resp.ContentType = "image/png";
-                            resp.ContentType = GetMimeTypeFromPath(imagePath);
+                            resp.ContentLength64 = CachedImageBytes.Length;
-                            resp.ContentLength64 = imgBytes.Length;
+                            resp.OutputStream.Write(CachedImageBytes, 0, CachedImageBytes.Length);
-                            resp.OutputStream.Write(imgBytes, 0, imgBytes.Length);
                         }
                         catch
                         {