Twonky Server 7.0.x

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