Release Notes - 1.7

• added support for audio track selection / preference in both, DLNA and CDS (Pro only) mode; ticket #235
• added the ability to switch audio track of video files to MediaBrowser (Pro only); ticket #942
• added support for automatic subtitle download from opensubtitles.org; ticket #632;
• added a setting to fall-back to the 'default' embedded subtitle if there is not language match; ticket #730
• added an option to include user rating in videos' titles; ticket #401
• libshine integration now supported for audio files as well; ticket #623
• added support for HW accelerated H264 encoder (a user-provided FFmpeg with QSV support); ticket #930
• added styling options for text-based hard subs; ticket #853
• show album artist name when browsing Albums in MediaBrowser (Pro only); ticket #895
• image management made more memory efficient; ticket #935
• added a system property to specify the max. resolution of HD thumbnails; ticket #861
• subtitles character encoding can now be automatically guessed; ticket #872
• use HLS FFmpeg muxer for AppleHttp transcoding; ticket #927
• added All Music browsing categories for Artists and Album Artists; ticket #697
• added Media Center Master metadata extractor; ticket #904
• added Favourite Series browsing category; ticket #897
• added support for WAV files; ticket #314
• added support for WMA Lossless; ticket #314
• added support for Apple Lossless (ALAC); ticket #314

• fixed transcoded playback on Samsung devices; ticket #939
• fixed https for iOS and other HLS-consuming devices; ticket #943
• improved h265 transcoding for Sony profiles; ticket #937

• updated FFmpeg to 3.0.2
• updated JRE to 1.8.0_91

Release Notes - 1.6.1

• added support for fixed point mp3 encoding using Shine; ticket #623
• fall back to themoviedb.org for series search if thetvdb.com is not available; ticket #903
• added support for DSF audio files; ticket #856
• added support for Shine mp3 encoder for low powered NAS devices; ticket #623
• Samsung J now plays MP4 / H265 files without transcoding; ticket #893
• added support for VP9 video codec; ticket #852
• added support for HTTPS for the REST APIs, web console and MediaBrowser; ticket #877
• when stopping the server, stop any running FFmpeg processes and clean the temporary transcoding folder; ticket #427
• reload the Console page after a successful Online Sources import; ticket #912
• prevented caching subtitles by the renderers so that correct subtitles are always delivered; ticket #917
• enabled user defined thumbnail for all online source types; ticket #923
• added a separate profile for Android devices; ticket #909

• fixed OSX installer not upgrading the Console in 1.6; ticket #905
• fixed auto-scroll behaviour in MediaBrowser playlist view; ticket #867
• fixed transcoding being used in some cases when it was not necessary
• fixed adding ServiioLinks in the Console; ticket #915
• properly handling error when downloading feed thumbnail; ticket #922
• fixed iOS transcoded playback to always start from the beginning; ticket #887
• fixed Samsung devices showing invalid fixed duration; ticket #894
• MediaBrowser link from the Console executable now opens in a system browser; ticket #907
• fixed LaunchDaemon override issue forcing Server launch at startup; ticket #916

Release Notes - 1.6

• added support for files stacking (Pro only); ticket #301
• redesigned the console; ticket #682
• added support for bitmap-based subtitles (via hardsubs rendering); ticket #644
• added REST endpoint for retrieving filesystem folders
• shared folders can now be ordered in the console; ticket #226
• added support for Samsung J series subtitles; ticket #885

• make the server discoverable when the bind IP address is changed in the console; ticket #878
• focus on textbox when press Search Button in MediaBrowser; ticket #868
• fixed video thumbnail missing in the playlist in MediaBrowser after search; ticket #874
• fixed MediaBrowser locking up when switching online audio streams; ticket #869
• fixed Date of files being shows as 1/1/1970 on Samsung TVs; ticket #836

• profiles HardsubsTranscoding element replaced with GenericTranscoding
• updated Apache Derby to 10.12.1.1