Twonky Server 8.0.1

New features

• added dynamic transcoding, time seek and version check to media file plugin API

• added support for .thm files as video thumbnails

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

• 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

QA information

CTT 2.0.3.8 passed

MCVT 3.0.3.7 passed

UPnP CTT 2.0.59 passed