Improvements

• improved interoperability with future Samsung TVs
• added option to show filenames with or without file extension in folder view
• dc:date now delivered in long format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss for all DTCP items
• derive dc:date in long format from modificationtime if required by client
• enhanced 'filename_in_folderview' ini-option to show filenames with or without extension
• performance improvement for items in Twonky Server's file cache
• performance improvement when accessing audio file's album art
• use duration provided by external source or secure storage header for MPEG2TS content

Bug fixes

• Twonky Server now preserves users and roles when installing with preserve settings
• dc:date provided in long format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss if available
• enable "fast aggregation" for 8.x servers
• fixed "Invalid license" problem when upgrading from Twonky 7 --> Twonky 8 and APPDATA inside DBDIR
• fixed a number of problems around imported media items
• fixed a problem where user selected navigation tree and client selection was not stored upon server restart
• fixed album art not showing on certain devices (e.g. ONKYO TX-NR 809) because album art URI exceeded 127 characters
• fixed occasional UPnP upload failures during UPnP certification tests
• fixed occasional endless loop when AirPlay device was found in the network
• fixed stack overflow while aggregating Plex server
• hide internal containers in navigation tree builder
• webUI: beam/play icon is only shown if there is at least one item in the container

Known issues

• UPnP inspector gets confused when Twonky Server provides multiple artist tags with different roles
• Xbox One has problems displaying photos from aggregated servers
• duration attribute is not returned in CreateObject response
• occasionally, moving DTCP content from DiXiM's PC server may fail (sent RST packet before ack received)
• some new messages are not available in all translated languages and will show up in English
• updating from 7.x to 8.x with preserve settings leaves some files in c:\
• occasionally, Twonky license key input results in “invalid key” on Linux systems
  • workaround: remove the appdata folder and try again
• multi-user
  • container album art for multi-user content only works for Guest account
  • duplicate removal in multiuser mode inconsistent for duplicates with different permissions
• webUI
  • thumbnails of some rotated images do not show up correctly in webUI
  • sometimes webUI with Opera does not show any thumbnails

New Features

• added support to configure DMR screen resolution with DMRCP_PROP_MAX_RESOLUTION
• support for new IOCTL: DMSCP_IOCTL_GET_SYSTEM_UPDATE_ID
• added 64-bit support for TSDK (iOS)

Improvements

• allow client to browse into an empty well-known bookmark container
• enabled SetNext support for Xbox One
• improved interoperability with future Samsung TVs
• added new API on Android in RendererContext for getting current transport actions from renderer
• added new API on iOS in NMCRendererContext for getting current transport actions from renderer

Changes

• deprecated SHARE_ITUNES and getLocalFileObjectID (Android)
• deprecated TMSOptionShareiTunes and getLocalFileObjectID (iOS)

Bug Fixes

• backward skipping works now also in non-random queue modes
• beaming content from Dropbox works again
• fixed a number of problems when doing follow-me scenarios; overall robustness against client behavior significantly improved
• fixed occasional deadlock when clearing a queue immediately after playback
• fixed occasional disconnection from Apple TV during playback
• fixed stack overflow happened while browsing plex server which returned same children over and over
• resolution checking now picks the correct resources for very high resolutions
• database is kept whenever possible after upgrading application on Android
• download manager no longer uses a hardcoded secure storage path
• fixed multipled issues in MediaResource class
• fixed online services for Android Lollipop devices
• NMCAsyncListener::onAsyncResult executed in a seperate thread
• fixed issue where mp4/mov content was incorrectly recognised as non-DLNA content

Known Issues

• CTT fails for DMC test 7.3.26.2 (bug filed with DLNA)
• Twonky Proxy sometimes discovered as server
• Beaming issues
  • XBox360 does not support beaming online content
  • cannot beam multiple items to Xbox One
  • issues with XBMC and picture beaming

Twonky Ref App Android

Bug Fixes

• backward skipping works now also in non-random queue modes

• downloaded items are now visible after move or upload

• fixed problem when user enabled aggregation while also disabling all shares

• fixed queue behavior when removing previously played items from queue

• pause and seek options work now when beaming to Samsung TV

• playback is now stopped when the queue is cleared; fixes inconsistent behavior

• seek bar now disabled when it's not possible to seek in the renderer

• seek bar now disabled when it's not possible to seek in the renderer

• upload no longer fails on wrong DLNA flags

• volume controls are now disabled when renderer returns an error for getVolumePercent()

• keep database after upgrading application on Android whenever possible

Known Issues

• sometimes pause does not work when beaming DLNA content to Sony TV

Twonky Ref App iOS

New Features

• state preservation and restoration for DMR control UI and for content browsing use cases 

Bug Fixes

• backward skipping works now also in non-random queue modes
• seek bar now disabled when it's not possible to seek in the renderer
• upload no longer fails right away on wrong DLNA flags
• "Select all" option now really selects all items
• clients are now enabled by default, allowing all clients now to access content shared by the reference app
• download manager no longer uses a hardcoded secure storage path

Known Issues

• sometimes pause does not work when beaming DLNA content to Sony TV