Twonky Client 8.3
Improvements
Twonky now supports beaming to Chromecast devices also from Windows, Linux and MacOS
added QNAP TurboNAS media server as known server with support of some well-known bookmarks
added new LocalServerOption TITLE_FROM_FILENAME_FOR_NON_UTF8 [Android Only]
enhanced thumbnail for pictures when browsing all pictures
improved performance when beaming high bitrate content imported via iTunes [iOS only]
poll Apple TV state only during playback
poll Roku states only while it is being controlled
reduced discovery delays in case of network changes
resource selection added to local image renderer
skip queue item if preloading is enabled and it fails
Bug Fixes
added download content type into downloaded item's metadata dictionary to be retrieved with key DLMKeyDownloadContentType
added missing initialization for SSDP-multicast
fixed Chromecast renderer support
fixed NullpointerExeception that happens when pressing back key before server content is shown.
fixed an issue where LocalServer failed to start on some Android 6 devices [Android only]
fixed crash that happened when browsing D-Link DIR-860L router
fixed deadlock that occurred fetching server name
fixed discovery and browsing QNAP TurboNAS DLNA server
fixed discovery of Lynx Media Player when FireTV was connected and removed from network
fixed issue that local SSDP does not always work properly after network cable disconected
fixed issue where DTCP activation cache is not populated correctly [iOS only]
fixed issue where content was not shown on local server
fixed issue with LDMR state listeners [iOS only]
fixed issue with asynchronous teardown of LDMR [iOS only]
fixed issue with generating album artwork for the iTunes content being shared [iOS only]
fixed issue with premium playback screenshot detection [iOS only]
fixed logic for resetting native player in LDMR [iOS only]
fixed null pointer exception in image view manager [Android only]
fixed possible bind-issues in the SSDP heartbeat
fixed possible crash when modifying shared content [Android only]
fixed possible deadlock when contexts were simultaneously created and deleted
fixed repeated network changed notifications in an IPv6 network [iOS and Android only]
fixed that DIAL devices not supporting Twonky could be listed as renderer
fixed that LDMRs go offline when network visibility is disabled or the network is shut down
fixed that a hidden Twonky Server would appear in the network when changing its name
fixed that an invalid bookmark was returned after entering an empty well-known bookmark container
fixed that item added to the queue was not played in repeat queue mode in in case the last item was currently being played
keep Apple TV, Roku and Chromecast offline in renderer list if removed from the network
media items are now left aligned in grid.
slideshow will skip immediately to next image if renderer reports an error
track number in playlist starts at 1 and no longer at 0
wrong server had been selected as local server in Beam Content activity [Android only]
Known Issues
TSDK crashes if goBookmark method is called with null bookmark [Android only]
cloning queue with multi-user items to other DMR does not work
enabling the Chromecast LDMR can lead to an endless loop [Android only]
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 media from Mediatomb to Samsung TV D series does not work
cannot beam multiple items to Xbox One
changes in twonky-startup.txt does not have any effect if application is upgraded in place [iOS only]
only ASCII and Korean can be read from ASCII tagged MP3 metadata [Android only]