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Serviio is developed by Petr Nejedly, who currently lives in London and works as a freelance Scala consultant.
Serviio uses some open-source libraries without which it would not have been possible. We would like to thank all the people who contributed to them.
Release Notes - 1.2
- added support for burned-in (hardsubs) subtitles; ticket #316
- added support for .ass, .ssa (SSA/ASS) subtitles; ticket #63
- added support for .sub (MicroDVD) subtitles; ticket #246
- added support for .txt subtitles (must be one of the supported types); ticket #248
- added support for .smi (SAMI) subtitles
- added support for subtitles embedded in video files (e.g. MKV); ticket #16
- server can be bound to a particular network card, rather than an IP address; ticket #510
- added support for playing RealVideo files natively
- added OGG/FLAC audio support to Viera 2010 profile
- fourCC and ftyp transcoding matching in now case insensitive
- added transcoding matcher for constrained baseline H264 profile
- chroma subsampling is now stored for online images as well
- removed support for matching episode file names in format SSEE
- added profile for Vizio TV
- added databaseUpdateId field to /application REST resources; ticket #621
- removed personal data from CDS /application resource; ticket #620
- added router port mapping for accessing MediaBrowser and CDS API from the Internet (Pro only); ticket #546
- added X-Serviio-ClientId HTTP header and clientId URL parameter for identifying CDS clients (Pro only); ticket #622
- added External address field for easier setup in client CDS applications; ticket #630
- added external port mapping check button
- added support for local video thumbnails in the form of video_name.tbn and video_name.thm; ticket #517 and #474
- added system property to control periodical check for new or updated plugins; ticket #619
- added getExtractItemsTimeout() method to WebResourceUrlExtractor enabling plugins control the item list extraction timeout; ticket #618
- multicast advertising only happens on one NIC now
- profile parsing on the application startup is now much faster
- fixed storing local audio cover image (folder.jpg)
- fixed retrieving Genre ID3v2.4 tag from MP3 files
- fixed support for transcoded images on some Samsung devices
- removed hard coded 'http://' inside media-browser.js; ticket #624
- keeps file size up-to-date in library; ticket #601
- fixed storing online plugins in the cache; ticket #636
- fixed feed item values storage when expiresImmediately=true in the online plugins; ticket #637
- cache is cleaned when transcoding is turned on/off; ticket #583
- fixed seeking in MediaBrowser
- updated FFmpeg to 1.1.1
- updated LAME MP3 encoder to 3.99.5
- updated libRTMP to latest source
Release Notes - 1.1
- added seeking support to MediaBrowser and CDS API; ticket #563 (Pro only)
- added continuous playback to MediaBrowser (Pro only)
- added support for creating playlists within MediaBrowser (Pro only)
- added support for RAW image formats; ticket #137
- improved time based seeking precision
- added m2ts target video container for transcoding to BD-like container (m2ts with timestamps), should help when subtitles out of sync during transcoding; ticket #150
- skipping 'series' file path element when retrieving episodic metadata from file name; ticket #572
- updated XBMC extractor to support files generated by Media Center Master; ticket #531
- finds AlbumArt.jpg as a local cover art for audio files
- increased technical metadata retrieval durability for online streams; ticket #573
- added the possibility to transcode videos based on the FourCC code of the video codec; ticket #567
- updated H264 level-based transcoding decisions; ticket #584
- enabled using hidden local cover art files (e.g. folder.jpg); ticket #533
- added support for transcoding RealVideo files; ticket #250
- it is now possible to change ordering of online resources; ticket #423
- number of items in dynamic categories (Last Added, Last Viewed) is now configurable; ticket #357
- enable turning off image thumbnail generation; ticket #552
- updated AAC audio container detection via FFmpeg and added MP4 -> MP3 transcoding for online audio streams; ticket #550
- added REST resource for retrieving details of installed plugins; ticket #564
- added context menu for the Console text fields (cut/copy/paste)
- enhanced online item id management, so that the id is new for each feed refresh; ticket #544
- HTTP status code is now part of the REST API response status line; ticket #591
- added automatic CPU detection for transcoding
- removed the possibility to add renderers manually in the Console
- enabled changing renderer name via the API
- added profiles for more Sony devices; ticket #595
- fixed adding files multiple times on Turkish localizations
- fixed online audio problems with 2011 Sony Bravia profile
- fixed the priority local cover files are applied
- fixed MP3 ID3 tag handling to properly merge v1 and v2
- fixed remuxing live streams in mpegts container; ticket #566
- fixed DAR handling for files transcoding to FLV
- fixed the service crashing with "An internal error occurred (error code 7)" on Windows'; ticket #419
- fixed the Windows installer, it now makes sure the target directory ends with /Serviio to avoid the Uninstaller removing unwanted files; ticket #589
- added Apache commons-lang to the dependencies
Release Notes - 1.0.1
- Viera profiles now transcode DTS to AC3 by default
- updated DirecTV profile with online transcoding settings
- added Sony Bravia US profiles
- fixed playback of some videos on XBox360
- fixed playback of camera video formats on Bravia devices
- fixed support for very large playlists
- fixed problems with adding some MKV files to the library
- fixed maxBitrate transcoding constraint
- fixed Loading screen on Samsung devices when browsing library with customized presentation categories
- upgraded Apache Derby to 10.9.1.0
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
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