Twonky Server 8.2.1

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