Release Notes - 1.0

• added Media Browser web application (Pro only)
• implemeted content access rules (AccessGroups) (Pro only) ticket #65
• implemented playlists; ticket #107
• improved performance of library indexing
• implemented CDS API for remote playback (Pro only)
• added alwaysEnableTranscoding attribute on profile to override user preference from the console
• added possibility to match any audio/video container in transcoding definitions with a wildcard (*)
• added maxHeight transcoding attribute to enable limiting output video resolution; ticket #313
• enabled streaming of rtp/rtsp audio streams
• added possibility to enable/disable renderer access to the server; ticket #224
• enabled checking the URL of live online streams in the console; ticket #491
• increased max. memory usage to 512MB to enable indexing or large image files
• added media format profile MPEG_TS_JP_T; ticket #535
• added the option to turn off automatic new version notification; ticket #489
• updated XBMC extractor to support files generated by Media Center Master; ticket #531
• updated XBMC extractor to use aired date instead of creation date for episodes; ticket #509
• updated Sharp AQUOS profile to use less CPU when playing MKV files
• added support for image transcoding in profiles.xml, currently fixes viewing of images with 444 chroma subsampling on Sony devices
• added possibility to force display aspect ratio during transcoding; ticket #179
• added support for feed URLs starting with feed://; ticket #539
• added transcoding matching for H264 High_10 profile; ticket #537
• added support for transcoding MKV files with header compression / header stripping; ticket #496
• added more Panasonic Viera profiles; ticket #504
• added Bravia 2012 profile and added support for truehd, VC1, 3gp and OGG video playback for Bravia devices; ticket #528
• added system property 'serviio.fixedPointEncoders' that enables to use fixed point encoders (currently ac3); ticket #475
• added shared methods for plugin development: decrypt, decryptAsHex; ticket #498
• added Console system property serviio.consoleOpen that controls startup state of the Console window
• updated FFmpeg invocation parameters to the one used in the latest FFmpeg release; ticket #508
• it is now possible to use a specific User-Agent header when retrieving online content
• updated Playstation 3 profile with support for WTV, DVR-MS and WMV files
• added content type matching (live, vod) to online transcoding configuration
• added matching based on SAR (squarePixels)

• fixed WTV playback for WDTV live
• fixed browsing on PS3 showing numbers instead of letters for initials; ticket #365
• fixed browsing of items including new line characters in the description field
• fixed saving genres with long names; ticket #487
• fixed OutOfMemoryError breaking the library indexing process
• fixed aspect ratio for some transcoded files on Xbox 360
• plugins for image online feeds are now possible; ticket #506
• fixed adding folders with too long names; ticket #440
• fixed a bug when changing case of file name caused file to be duplicate in the library (Windows); ticket #442

• updated XStream to version 2.4.2
• updated Groovy to version 1.8.6
• updated FFmpeg to past 0.11.1

Release Notes - 0.6.2

• added transcoding definitions for VP8 video codec (like YouTube webm videos)
• retrieves release date (if present) from XBMC .nfo files
• improved detection of H264 level and profile
• improved opening ports in Windows firewall for Windows Vista/7

• fixed Samsung C/D series profile to enable subtitles / resume / menu integration
• fixed detection of fps on some videos
• fixed transcoding of wtv files
• fixed settings bookmarks (Samsung) to work with local content only
• fixed browsing live streams on some renderers
• fixed transcoding with constrained bitrate
• fixed feeds with encoding different than UTF-8, ticket #488
• fixed PS3 profile to play online audio streams

Release Notes - 0.6.1

• added support for live (online) streams; ticket #355
• added support for WebResource online repositories and plugin system; ticket #415
• updated wdtv live with online transcoding; ticket #414
• added detection for new DirecTV devices; ticket #417
• enhanced online feed data caching to lower CPU load and time needed to access them; ticket #402
• online feeds are not listed unless they have been parsed; ticket #422
• added configuration for (non h264) flv to online transcoding; ticket #425
• added media format profiles for audio: AAC_ADTS, AAC_ADTS_320
• max. number of returned feed items now only related to items of the requested file type; ticket #462
• in a case of an error while accessing feed item we won't try again until the feed expires; ticket #459
• updated error message in a case of invalid online resource URL in the console; ticket #458
• passes real file size to renderers for content that is already fully transcoded; ticket #426
• added possibility to assign display names to online repositories; ticket #405
• enabled editing online resources; ticket #399
• added possibility to enable/disable and force refresh single online resource; ticket #423
• videos with no audio track are now supported; ticket #251
• added transcoding setting to enable/disable producing the best quality possible
• added support for AppleHttp online protocol; ticket #478
• added Manufacturer device detection field; ticket #406
• Windows installer (during upgrade) creates a back up copy of the original profiles.xml; ticket #377
• console is now automatically started only for the user who installed it (on Windows); ticket #342
• added ftyp major brand (for mp4 video files) to trancoding matchers; ticket 451
• added media format profiles MPEG4_H263_3GPP_P0_L10_AMR, MPEG4_H263_MP4_P0_L10_AAC for H264 native playback; ticket #418
• optimized memory allocation; ticket #396
• added profile for Philips devices; ticket #437
• added VP8 video codec transcoding support
• split Bravia profiles to 2009/2010/2011
• merged Sony SMP profile with Sony BD profile

• fixed feeds disappearing after some time (e.g. overnight); ticket #416
• fixed updating metadata of currently shared files forced by new metadata files (e.g. folder.jpg)
• fixed installation folder on Windows 64 bit OS
• fixed max. number of audio channels to be used when transcoding to AC3; ticket #443
• trimming URL when saving online content; ticket #455
• fixed parsing of feeds beginning with BOM; ticket #411
• manually assigned renderer profiles now stay even if the device auto-detects to another one; ticket #343
• fixed detection of H264 level to take into account both, value in AVC header as well as number of reference frames; ticket #450
• fixed on-the-fly plugin recompilation; ticket #483
• updated transcoding API to enable to easily turn off transcoding without providing other information; ticket #484

• updated Apache Derby to 10.8.2.2
• updated FFmpeg to 0.9