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New features

Improvements

• improved performance of view creation
• improved server scanning performance (iOS)
• "by Date" containers now show items sorted by "dc:date"
• "by Folder" containers now show items sorted by "dc:title" or filename with/without extension
• AAC file scanner can now calculate the duration for VBR files
• API changes
  • "disablemf" no longer available as ini parameter - "disablemf=1" to be replaced with "enablereporting=0"
  • "info_connected_clients" now contains device type
• MPEG video files with .mpv extension are now also scanned
• added several file extensions to already supported content formats
• alpha grouping now works with Japanese characters
• database will now be reused after a minor version update
• inotify watcher is no longer added if the folder is in the ignoredir list
• multiuser db is recreated in case current multiuser db could not be read
• server managed directories are  by default created in the user's home directory on Linux systems
• server now accepts upper and lower case file extensions for .ifo files as used for CTT testing
• updated client adaptation for Naim devices

Bug fixes

• fixed login for multi user access
• fixed seeking to the very beginning of a DTCP file
• UpdateObject
  
  • now works for user "admin" when multi-user is enabled
  • now works when upload is disabled
• CTT fix: Twonky Server has no longer DASH_MPD in ProtocolInfo when no dash content is shared
• LG TV set can now display subtitle files with capital letters for extension
• Fixed plugin directive from import files
• pv:lastUpdated sort property restored as described in our API documentation
• Twonky Server no longer creates a backup of db.info if it is terminated before initial scan is completed
• Twonky Server no longer registers on api.twonky.com when enablereporting=0
• added rpc/stat?initial_scan_time for performance measurements
• container update event ids are now reset when server is started
• fixed DLNA_PN property for DTCP protected files
• fixed broken album art when installing Twonky Server 8.0.1 with "preserve settings" over 7.2.8
• fixed compatibility of Twonky Library on Mac OS with Yosemite update
• fixed issue with duplicated items in views when a share is deleted while Twonky Server is offline
• fixed multi-user login to webUI
• fixed possible buffer overflow during view-creation
• fixed scheduled scan time with absolute dates
• fixed that DTCP live streams were aborted when live media buffers were partially filled
• fixed that the views cache was inconsistent when predefined and custom views were changed while the server was not running
• fixed uninitialized memory access detected by valgrind
• ionice support was not correctly initialized and therefore not working
• items were not sorted correctly in smart playlists last played, last viewed and recently added
• fixed that multi-user/shares differed from sharing/shares
• playcount and lastplayed time for pictures are now correct
• removed broken links in web config pages for Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
• some audio files with .asf extension were treated as video content
• sometimes views got corrupted after content was deleted on disk
• the location appdata/shared is no longer disabled after a restart
• webUI: local renderer can now  be reopened for control

Known issues

• some audio files with .asf extension are treated as video content
• sometimes content from USB drive is not indexed by Twonky Server unless the server is restarted
• sometimes servers available for aggregation are not discovered
• audio album art is broken when installing Twonky Server 8.0.1 with "preserve settings" over 7.2.8 on Windows
• multi-user
  • container album art for multi-user content is broken
  • duplicate removal in multi-user mode does not work as expected
  • nested folders can cause issues with multi-user setup
  • restricted permission to multi-user content is signaled as no content shared
    
• webUI
  • playing or beaming a container in By Date navigation results in "container empty" message
  • thumbnails of some rotated images do not show up correctly in webUI
  • sometimes webUI with Opera does not show any thumbnails