Twonky Server 7.0.x

Based on 6.0.x

TwonkyServer 7.0.16

Improvement

  • Improved scantime performance and memory usage of Twonky Server

TwonkyServer 7.0.15

Improvement

  • Enabled pause playback for Pioneer Players

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug for removable drives containing a comma in the drive name
  • Fixed a bug that caused Twonky Server to crash when uploading a playlist (WPL)

TwonkyServer 7.0.14

Bug fixes

  • Fixed sharing of image files on XBOX when pictures were located in subfolders. These pictures are visible now.

TwonkyServer 7.0.13

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a problem for duplicated client entries in the client database
  • Fixed a bug for aggregated thumbnail URLs in JSON and RSS feeds

TwonkyServer 7.0.12

Improvement

  • Improved audio FLV and video ogg support
  • Improved friendly names for generic media receivers. They now are shown in the device list.
  • Fixed a bug for aggregated thumbnail URLs in JSON and RSS feeds

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug for album art in musicAlbum containers
  • Fixed a bug for OGG. The default date is now the system creation date
  • Fixed problems for mp4-video metadata. 'upnp:artist' - 'upnp:albumArtist' - 'upnp:author' and 'dc:description' are available again
  • Fixed aggregation/autocopy for different media servers.
  • Fixed a problem when a huge amount of items is removed from navigation tree
  • Fixed a problem of the Sync-feature when a folder for "any" user was added
  • iOS: Fixed a problem with mp4 audio files
  • iOS: Fixed a problem in the queue. Going to the next video fails no longer

TwonkyServer 7.0.11

Improvement

  • Improved file scanner: 3g2 and 3gp2 file extensions are recognized correctly
  • Improved interoperability with WD TV Live

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an installing problem for Twonky on MacOS 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
  • Fixed a problem with m1v file extensions
  • Fixed a problem for shared folder options that were set to “Video” only. MP4-videos (and maybe other container formats) were not detected and therefore not shown in the shared media items.
  • Fixed the whitelisted directories for MacOS
  • Fixed problems for non-jpeg images that couldn't be displayed on Xbox

TwonkyServer 7.0.10

Bug fixes

  • Aggregation fixed
  • Fixed a bug for .f4v files which contained audio only but where recognized as video
  • Fixed a bug for streaming .mp4 videos which caused high CPU usage.
  • Fixed a problem for constant CPU load when not-existing folders were shared.
  • File size and year are no longer visible for content items in the myTwonky-folders

TwonkyServer 7.0.9

New features

  • Added MIDI file support (.mid)
  • Added .webm file support
  • Added Quicktime support (.qt)
  • Added support for .f4v files
  • iOS: serving .wav files is supported now

Improvement

  • Added an Exit option to the Twonky menu on MacOS
  • Improved startup behavior of TwonkyServer - no initial restart is required any longer

Bug fixes

  • Fixed the ‘Autostart’ option for TwonkyServer
  • Fixed a problem where Web UI of the server stops responding when attempting to load photo thumbnails
  • Fixed a bug for broken web-browse when using Firefox
  • Fixed a saving problem when the settings page is secured by user
  • Fixed a problem where the Advanced menu was not accessible after a change of the language
  • Fixed a problem where the language wasn't reset after doing a "Reset to Defaults"
  • Fixed a problem for the "Recently Played" list that didn't show the correct information
  • Fixed a bug where "Featured Photos" couldn't be accessed on Linux & MacOS using default web browser
  • Fixed a thumbnail problem for music content on WDTV
  • Fixed a problem for images with a resolution higher then 3165x4747 for Samsung TVs and WD TV
  • Fixed a problem for MacOS where an additional server was started when a new network connection was established (NIC change)
  • MacOS: Fixed some problems for hibernation and sleep
  • iOS: fixed a bug where photos and videos weren't indexed on iOS 4.x
  • iOS: fixed a bug where photos synced with iTunes weren't added to the TwonkyServer library
  • iOS: Fixed a server crash that occurred because music-videos where recognized as music-only
  • iOS: Fixed a server crash when a music track was longer than one hour

TwonkyServer 7.0.8

New Feature

  • Preserve settings when installing a newer TwonkyServer version is now possible.

Improvements

  • Increased the response time behavior of the server
  • Added a notification for updates from Twonky 6 to Twonky 7 where to find the license key
  • Improved interoperability with Netgear EVA91x0
  • Improved response time for internal and external IP addresses.
  • Thumbnails in web-browse are links to the media item now.
  • Improved handling of the friendly name which is now visible on the web configuration pages.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug for MP3 files that were tagged with ID3 v.2.3.0
  • Fixed a bug where no new user for sync (WebDAV) could be created
  • Fixed timeseek on images. This is not done any longer.
  • Fixed path traversal issue that was also present in the WebDAV server (DDIVRT-2012-40: PacketVideo TwonkyServer and TwonkyMedia Directory Traversal)
  • Fixed a bug where 'undefined' nodes appeared when one or two content types (e.g. Music and Photos) are missing
  • Fixed a bug for language setting changes in the trayapp
  • Fixed a bug when part of the settings pages weren't accessible when Adblock-plus plugin was installed on Firefox
  • Fixed a bug where thumbnails for containers were missing
  • Fixed a problem for embedded album art in FLAC files
  • Fixed a problem for default album art
  • Fixed problems for special characters in friendly name. Apostrophe (') should be avoided even from the users.
  • Fixed a bug for username/password that wasn't shown on the settings pages
  • Fixed a problem for Safari where pop-up windows were blocked when the user tried to register the server.
  • Fixed a problem for thumbnail display
  • Added C:\Program files (x86) to the blacklisted directories
  • Fixed a problem with the default friendly name of the server.
  • Unified album art usage and display for locale my library view and for my.twonky.com view
  • Translation updates for the Sync-Setting page
  • Fixed a problem where license keys couldn't be correctly pasted (MAC/Safari)
  • Mac: Fixed a problem for playlist. They no longer get corrupted when edited by the user
  • PS3: Fixed a problem for album art
  • Fixed a bug where the Sync pages weren't displayed correctly when using Firefox on a Linux system

TwonkyServer 7.0.7

Bug fixes

  • Extended the accounting module to support new type of license keys

TwonkyServer 7.0.6

New Feature

  • Extended JSON interface:
    • Added function to fetch metadata of a single item
    • Added additional properties
    • Added res elements array

Improvements

  • Improved memory handling for devices with limited memory
  • Extended the transcoding architecture to allow redirection to external transcoding servers
  • Improved the handling when two or more TwonkyServers are in one network (visibility for DMPs)
  • Added support for downloading media items
  • Extended 3rd party database import API

Bug fixes

  • Fixed directory traversal vulnerability and thus closing a security gap (DDIVRT-2012-40: PacketVideo TwonkyServer and TwonkyMedia Directory Traversal)
  • Fixed problems with maxitems when a new location is added
  • Fixed a bug with user authentication
  • Fixed a problem caused by case-sensitivity (.PCM-files)
  • Fixed a problem when two or more additional drives are attached and TwonkyServer is restarted
  • Fixed a problem when removing the friendly-name of TwonkyServer
  • Fixed Linux installer script; now the “Register server”-button is working

TwonkyServer 7.0.5

New Feature

  • Adding .nomedia to a folder or a file name prevents TwonkyServer from sharing the content

Bug fix

  • Support improved playlist management  by Twonky client

TwonkyServer 7.0.4

Bug fix

  • Fixed automated update check for TwonkyServer

TwonkyServer 7.0.3

Improvements

  • Filter certain Unicode characters for WMP12; prevents WMP12 from crashing
  • Add support for .mpeg4 file extension
  • Convert PNG album art now to JPEG on Windows and MAC
    (only available on platforms that support ‘convert’)

Bug fixes

  • Several problems related to installing TwonkyServer on MacOS have been resolved
  • Displaying of thumbnails works again on PS3
  • Resolved a number of issues around sleep and hibernate modes. TwonkyServer and associated processes should now continue to work after wakeup
  • Fixed few minor memory leaks

Other Changes

  • New terms of service (TOS)

TwonkyServer 7.0.2

Improvements

  • WebDAV port number configurable
  • Support for the file extension .mpeg4

Bug fixes

  • Wakeup of TwonkyServer after sleep or hibernate fixed
  • Playlist issue after exit and restart of the server fixed
  • iOS 5 cover art problems fixed
  • WMP-created playlists (.wpl) are now handled correctly
  • Album art problems for music files fixed
  • WebDAV/Sync-folder permissions fixed

Other Changes

  • New terms of service (TOS)

TwonkyServer 7.0

New Features

  • Integration with myTwonky.com to access, manage and enjoy online services through TwonkyServer (optional feature)
  • Included Twonky WebDAV server for content sync
  • TwonkyProxy for beaming online content became a stand-alone module
  • Added DLNA CVP-EU media profile support
  • Compliance to UPnP CTT v2.0
  • DTCP-IP move support (optional feature)
  • URL unraveling in proxy module can be updated over-the-air independently from server installation
  • Privacy settings for content aggregation
  • Video thumbnail support (embedded and external files)
  • Video thumbnail generation with ffmpeg (if available)
  • Support for upload resume
  • Sort support for upnp:seriesTitle and upnp:seriesID
  • Search support for pv:custom
  • Automatically re-create missing time seek files on restart
  • TLS/SSL encryption for settings pages and browser-based content access (remote access)

Improvements

  • New configuration UI and myLibrary screens (formerly known as webbrowse)
  • Configuration UI is IE 9 compliant
  • Updated jpeg scaler (reduced memory footprint by 90%)
  • Updated cache manager for faster cleanup
  • Time seek support is now configurable
    • can be disabled
    • if enabled, a faster, but less accurate method for generating the time seek tables can be selected
  • Improved time seek accuracy
  • Extended 3rd party database import API
    • Added support for online resources through standard API
    • added support for a feedback channel to allow the exporting application to get the import results
  • Improved redirect handling in proxy module
    • The proxy supports a wider range of redirect mechanisms when fetching content from the internet 
  • Improved duplicates detection algorithm for aggregated content based on mime types
  • New RSS and JSON generator modules
    • RSS and JSON feeds are now generated though the same backend module as the UPnP navigation tree. This ensures a uniform user experience independent of the mechanism the user accesses the content
  • Enhanced transcoding API based on ffmpeg
    • New parameters like frame rate
    • Selection of best target format based on client db
  • Enhancement of various file scanners, e.g. to obtain additional metadata
    • OGG, MP4, FLAC, MP3, JPG, MPEG
  • Startup sanity-checks preventing startup if critical resources like views, device description, language file, folders to store db and cache or application data are not accessible
  • WPL playlists may now contain online (http) resources:  
    <media src="http://stream" title="my favorite" mimetype="type" />
  • Added sample web UI code for embedded control points
  • Removed dependency from external ping tool (Linux-only)
  • Removed redundancy in picture and video navigation tree
    • “By Year” was removed because this is also part of “By Date”
  • MacOS version
    • Added new tray icon to control server status and open settings UI
    • TwonkyServer is now re-locatable
    • New installer
    • Support for file system events

Bug fixes

  • General bug fixes
    • TS fails to share folders that contain a comma in their name
    • Parsing XML goes into an endless loop if the xml contains a res with an unsupported mime type
    • Support for file extension in upper case for Linux platforms
    • Roku SoundBridge cannot stream AAC/M4A
    • On-the-fly transcoder is started on HEAD requests
    • Dates earlier than 1970 shown as 1970-01-01
    • FLAC files without embedded album art shown under the year 0000
  • DTCP-IP related fixes
    • Duration is  wrong for long content after moving from REGZA
    • Secure content re-scan is being done at every TMS restart

Other Changes

  • Renamed binaries
    • twonkymedia --> twonkystarter
    • twonkymediaserver --> twonkyserver

QA information

CTT 1.5.58.02 (DMS) passed
MCVT 2.0.0.3 (DMS) passed
UCTT 2.0.46 (DMS) passed