Twonky SDK 8.0.0

Twonky Server

Based on 7.2.5

New features

  • VidiPath (formerly known as CVP-2):
    • DIAGE added
    • EnergyManagment:1 service added
    • MPEG Dash server side support added
    • low power endpoint added 
    • DLNA DTCP-DASH-profile support added

Improvements

  • TLS
    • TLS-extensions (RFC 4366) for CVP-2
    • certificates issued by CyberTrust are accepted
    • improved version-handling of different TLS versions
    • support for X509 certificates with EC-DSA
  • VidiPath
    • AVC_MP4_MP_SD profile support added
    • DASH_AVC_MP4_HD and DASH_AVC_TS_HD_ISO profiles supported
    • improved RUIHSRC to offer only existing playspeed values
  • MPEG_DASH over DTCP
  • MPEG_DASH over RUIHS
  • string pool performance improved
  • device adaption can now handle different aspect ratio requirements from different devices
  • improved WD TV photo browsing performance when convert is not installed
  • improved robustness and mem usage of persistent views
  • sanity checks for INI file settings of Twonky Server are now done before Twonky Server is started or initialized
  • scale mode can now be specified by client as part of JPEG URLs
  • thumbnail generation tool for mp4 videos now available on Mac
  • timeseek support for
    • AAC_ADTS_320 and AAC_ISO_320 added
    • AVC_MP4_MP_SD and AVC_MP4_HP_HD added
  • unused pv:crosslink properties have been remove to reduce memory consumption and improve performance
  • improved CMS:GetProtocolInfo to create the ProtocolInfo dynamically based on the shared content.
  • location of 'mediaserver.pid' is now configurable on Linux.
  • webUI: renderer controller now supports seek

Bug fixes

  • fixed music playback for AppleTV
  • removed confidential information from logging for multi user mode
  • missing HW-AES initialization added to fix hardware AES support
  • Mac Uninstall does now remove the "Twonky Library"
  • added DTCP_ prefix for non-mpeg files
  • added missing childcounts to XML
  • always enable time-seek for MPEG_TS_JP_T to pass CTT
  • cleanup db/watch files after share folder removed
  • first change of settings on Mac no longer requires restart
  • fixed DTCP-IP MPEG streaming, frame-alignment can be no longer beyond content-size
  • fixed aspect ratio in Album Art extractor/generator
  • fixed content-length for DTCP playspeed file
  • fixed offset calculation for negative playspeed values
  • fixed playspeed support with DTCP
  • fixed proxy module not properly shutting down
  • fixed that Twonky Server did not restart the ssdp thread after changes to the ini file
  • fixed that Twonky Server terminated with a critical error when deactivating the upload feature with an rpc call
  • fixed timeseek for audio required for RUIHSRC
  • fixed wrong DLNA profile for O-AVC_MP4_HP_HD-07
  • if secure_folder could not be created the server terminates now properly
  • video thumbnails do now honor the aspect ratio of the video
  • views-cache is cleared during database-rebuild
  • webUI is now able to display All Photos when more than 30000 photos are shared

Known issues

  • auto update of Device DB requires a server restart
  • nested folders can cause issues with multi-user setup
  • sometimes webUI with Opera does not show any thumbnails
  • thumbnails of rotated images do not show up correctly in webUI
  • upgrading the server on Windows creates database files in the root directory

QA information

CTT 2.0.0.05 passed
MCVT 2.0.0.3 passed
UPnP CTT 2.0.51 passed
LPTT 1.22.4 passed 
LPTT CVP 2.0.16 passed

 

Twonky Client Components

Based on 7.2.5

 

New features

  • CVP-2: DIAGE added
  • added ChromeCast support
  • added INI_CHROMECAST_RECEIVER_APP_ID for Chromcast configuration
  • added cloud services support
  • added isAccountRoot, isConfigured and isOnlineService metadata for cloud services
  • added new APIs for authorizeURL and handle authCallback for cloud services
  • added option to disable AirPlay and/or Roku LDMR
  • Android: added ChromeCast device discovery and LDMR creation functionality
  • Android: implemented beaming of image content to ChromeCast
  • Android: implemented beaming of video and audio content to ChromeCast
  • iOS: added ChromeCast device discovery and LDMR creation functionality
  • iOS: implemented beaming of image content to ChromeCast
  • iOS: implemented beaming of video and audio content to ChromeCast

Improvements

  • TLS: TLS-extensions (RFC 4366) for CVP-2
  • TLS: certificates issued by CyberTrust are accepted
  • TLS: improved version-handling of different TLS versions
  • TLS: support for X509 certificates with EC-DSA
  • string pool performance improved
  • LDMR device description may contain 3rd party namespaces
  • added delayed resolving to the proxy
  • added event on change of playspeed
  • added that when sleep mode is on/off LDMS detected/lost events are send accordingly
  • added tm_dmrcp_get_scaled_image_url(), tm_queue_get_scaled_image_url(), tm_dmscp_get_scaled_image_url()
  • changed tm_dmrcp_get_playspeed to return current playspeed of renderers
  • improved proxy buffering for online content
  • no longer sending thumbnails of unsupported items to renderers
  • no longer using the app context in async API, so that it can be freed without waiting for the callback
  • added isSameDevice() method to Android SDK ServerContext
  • added item resource selection callback to LocalRenderer API
  • iOS: added NMCServerContext::getCountAsync API
  • iOS: changed DownloadManager target download folder

Bug Fixes

  • fixed music playback for AppleTV
  • fixed an issue where after last video in the queue AppleTV doesn't return directly to home screen
  • fixed cache cleaner to clean only old data
  • fixed issue whith queue cloning when both renderers are remote
  • fixed proxy to handle charset in mime type properly
  • fixed res element for direct url to not include zero content length
  • fixed server update notification originated from online services
  • fixed that beaming to Roku sometimes stops after 45 seconds
  • fixed DTCP key pack write method to prevent potential data corruption due to power off
  • fixed an issue where beaming images to Twonky DMR caused queue to stop working
  • fixed the issue that an item from the previous queue still played after clearing the queue
  • [iOS] Update TSDK-premium to use latest EnsureIT (5.2.3)
  • fixed an issue with pause functionality when beaming images to local renderer
  • fixed issue where invoking [PV DownloadManager DTCP Move cancel] may cause a crash
  • fixed that de-selected Media Library/Photos were still accessible
  • fixed the issue that after disabling/enabling all shares the item count remained zero
  • iOS: database and other paths saved as absolute paths
  • iOS: fixed a bug in NMCMetadata that prevented discovery of album art when AlbumArtURI was parsed as NSDictionary
  • iOS: fixed an issue with metadata parsing in NMCMediaResource
  • iOS: fixed video thumbnails
  • missing HW-AES initialization added to fix hardware AES support
  • removed confidential information from logging for multi user mode

QA information

CTT 2.0.0.05 passed
MCVT 2.0.0.3 passed
UPnP CTT 2.0.51 passed
LPTT 1.22.4 passed 
LPTT CVP 2.0.16 passed

 

 

Twonky Ref App for Android

Twonky Ref App for iOS

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