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Twonky Server 8.2.1

Twonky Server 8.2.1

Jan 31, 2016

Improvements

  • NMC RPC call "SetIniProperty" and "GetIniProperty" are now handled by Twonky Server to unify the security checks

  • RSS feeds require now less memory

  • SSDP module now checks for correct network more strictly to prevent server from answering incorrect SSDP messages.

  • Twonky Server logfile is now located in the user's Twonky Library [Mac only]

  • added INI option "enable_multihome" to configure multihome support

  • added INI option "enablenmcwebapi" for support of "local access only" of the NMC RPC/RSS

  • added ability to use 'AlbumArt_{GUID}_Small.jpg' from Windows Media Player as album art

  • added client adaptation for Samsung TV K series

  • added subtitle support for Oppo BDP-93 player

  • added support for .hevc files

  • added support for command-line arguments on Mac

  • added support for ogg embedded album art

  • added support for subtitles for Samsung Series J TV

  • added the rpc call: "rpc/is_port_available" to verify if a TCP port is available, which is important to check, before the server is configured for a new port

  • added user notification on restart when corrupt media file caused a server crash on Mac

  • improved Interoperability with Audionet IOS control point

  • improved Panasonic Viera device adaptation

  • improved UTF-8 metadata handling in JPEG file scanner

  • improved foreign character handling for mp3

  • improved interoperability with LG 47LE550

  • improved log messages shown during shutdown

  • improved logging of network traffic

  • improved write performance on filesystems using synchronous I/O

  • playlist entries now match case insensitive on their file extension

  • rpc "get_logfile" now opens the browsers FILE SAVE AS dialog

  • specific albumart, which belongs to an individual file, now overrules generic albumart like folder.jpg

  • the 'By Folder' navigation tree now uses primarily folder.jpg as container thumbnail

  • the Windows installer option "install as system service" is now unchecked by default

  • the appdata folder name has been changed from /var/Twonky/TwonkyServer to /var/Twonky/twonkyserver [Linux only]

  • the trayapp is now more robust in finding the server on the system [Windows only]

  • the web UI uses now the configured default navigation tree (instead of the Advanced View)

  • twonky-config.html is no longer generated or used by Twonky Server

Bug fixes

  • Denon AVR-3808 was not discovered correctly

  • NLS and OPT header were missing in IPv6 SSDP-message

  • Twonky Server no longer crashes on QNAP devices

  • added parsing of the composer from the ID3v2 TCM-tag

  • created new device description for Sonos

  • duplicated media items appeared in database after aggregated server restarts

  • enabled locations are always allowed to aggregate

  • fixed a bug with IPv6-clients not beeing able to access the server. All IPv6-clients are now enabled by default

  • fixed a wakeup/resume issue on WIndows 7

  • fixed an issue where videos taken with Android 6 using the device camera were not shown in Ref App

  • fixed bad database lookup entries after database re-organization

  • fixed broken client adaptation for LG TV Series 5

  • fixed crash when adding files through filescanner-extended-formats.txt

  • fixed detection of Samsung TV F and J series

  • fixed handling of content-directories when content-base is set

  • fixed identification of Apple TV

  • fixed increasing number of threads with Apple TV in the network [Mac only]

  • fixed infinite spinning wheel on web config

  • fixed license-key deactivation when experiencing network errors on MAC Mini with activated Wi-Fi

  • fixed memory leak in iTunes import when imported items are not shared

  • fixed memory leak in removable-media module

  • fixed memory leak in scan_aac and scan_mp4

  • fixed playlists which contain songs with accented characters

  • fixed properties of the internal shared folder used for aggregation

  • fixed sorting for albums with more than 255 tracks

  • fixed that UDP listeners on 127.0.0.1 and port 1900 were not closed on network changes if disablelocalssdp is set

  • fixed that adding an item to a paused queue caused the playback to start

  • fixed that for remote access there were some credentials checked, even if these have not been set

  • fixed that some devices were discovered as " -/- "

  • fixed that the web UI after changing the httpport did not require a server restart.

  • fixed that under some circumstances Twonky Server used 2-4% processing time continously

  • fixed the date handling of the mp3 scanner

  • for mp3 files sometimes the date was not parsed correctly and the file creation date was taken instead

  • invalid MPEG files were not handled correct

  • mp4 decoder was crashing on some AAC audio files

  • new detected aggregation servers in the network are by default "enabled", i.e. they are allowed to aggregate this server.

  • playlist items with URLs have not been visible in navigation tree

  • removed misleading error messages from log about TCP/IP connection problems

  • resolved problems when accessing the config-pages over IPv6 addresses

  • resolved start-up problems of Twonky Server on some Windows 10

  • upload and mirror folder names were not renamed on language change

  • when pulling aggregated content, thumbnails were not displayed on Samsung D-series

Known issues

  • under some circumstances audiobooks disappear upon reboot on QNAP

  • "My Russound" app does not show the correct album art when used with Twonky Server

  • audiobooks can not be aggregated by other Twonky Servers

  • duration calculation of MPEG2TS files is not accurate if timeseek generation is disabled

  • error in Mac OS logs for filedb-delete is actually only a warning; operation is not impacted

  • occasionally, Twonky license key input results in "invalid key" on Linux systems. (workaround: remove the appdata folder and try again)

  • updating from 7.x to 8.0 with preserve settings leaves some files in c:\

  • Internet Radio stations that serve .m3u playlists within .m3u files can not be streamed

  • UPnP inspector gets confused when Twonky Server provides multiple artist tags with different roles

  • occasionally, Twonky license key input results in "invalid key" on Linux systems

    • workaround: remove the appdata folder and try again

  • webUI

    • sometimes webUI with Opera does not show any thumbnails

    • thumbnails of some rotated images do not show up correctly in webUI

QA information

CTT 2.0.4.1

MCVT 3.0.3.8

UCTT 2.0.67

LPTT 2.0.36