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Twonky Client 8.2.0

Twonky Client 8.2.0

Oct 23, 2015

New Features

  • IPv6 support

  • support for DIAL devices and related APIs

  • Android 6.0 support

Improvements

  • added HTTP handlers for /resources and /images

  • RSS feeds no longer return pre-scaled but original sized album art

  • added DMRCP_IOCTL_RELOAD_HAS_TWONKY to reload installation status of Twonky on DIAL device

  • added DMRCP_IOCTL_SHOW_DIAL_DEVICES to list DIAL devices

  • added Roku lost detection when device is idle

  • added option DMRCP_IOCTL_LAUNCH_TWONKY to wait for Twonky DMR when launched via DIAL

  • added proxying of album art uri in tm_dmrcp_create_metadata

  • disabled hostname resolution for direct URLs in tm_dmrcp_add_metadata as this screwed up beaming from services like AWS

  • enhanced return code of RPC search API

  • now friendlyname and model from Roku device description is used instead of fixed values

  • added isStreamActive to query if server is streaming [Android only]

  • added setRendererPlaysAll to treat all content as being supported [Android only]

  • added showDialDevicesAsRenderers to list DIAL devices [iOS and Android]

  • removed deprecated cache and managed list classes [Android only]

  • updated image scaler used by Twonky server to support new scale modes [Android only]

  • added getStreamActiveStatus for checking if local server is actively streaming [iOS only]

  • added new renderer event for Play Speed change [iOS only]

  • added support in LDMR for handling Play Ready initiator [iOS only]

  • disabled check to prevent beaming items to renderers based on their protocol info, as this information is not reliable

Bug Fixes

  • fixed possible endless loop in XML parser in case of corrupted XML

  • fixed a deadlock in AirPlay and Roku communications

  • fixed deadlock when device has DLNA DMR and ChromeCast [Android only]

  • fixed issue where twonkylib did not start properly on mobile platforms

  • fixed issue with running out of renderer contexts

  • fixed skip while paused on Apple TV 2nd Gen in web UI

  • fixed that multi-user content could not be beamed to remote Twonky renderer

  • fixed issues with local playback due to deprecated player classes in iOS9 [iOS only]

  • fixed that third party stop detection for Samsung TVs did not work reliably

  • fixed that renderer lost events were not notified

Known Issues

  • cloning multi-user content to other DMR does not work

  • third party stop detection for Samsung TVs does not work reliable

  • changes in twonky-startup.txt does not have any effect if application is upgraded in place on iOS

  • Roku does not support seek for music

  • Twonky Server interferes AirTunes playback with Denon AVR-4311, as workaround disabling AppleTV support with disable_dmr_plugins=1 solves this

  • Beaming issues

    • beaming media from Mediatomb to Samsung TV D series does not work

    • cannot beam multiple items to Xbox One