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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 - 0.4.1
- added caching of library information for faster browsing experience; issue #86
- added profile for Samsung C-series devices
- added support for MJPEG video codec; issue #120
- added support for MPEG4 Microsoft variant (or DIV3); issue #117
- added possibility of not limiting image resolution to 4096x4096 if device supports it; issue #121
- added tool tip on shared folder name in console to enable distinguishing long entries; issue #122
- added subtitles support for LG BD players; issue #124
- added possibility to disable generation of thumbnails for local video files; issue #90
- added possiblity to turn off online metadata extraction for some folders; issue #114
- added option to select either Server, Console or both for Windows Installation; issue #47
- fixed remote console startup
- fixed storing music albums with long titles; issue #110
- fixed console in a case when system tray is not supported by the OS; issue #109
- bundled FFmpeg now works on OSX 10.5
- fixed storing corrupted fps value of some files; issue #112
- better management of metadata for files copied from DVD (Video_TS, VTS_, etc)
- thumbnail extraction is now avoided for unrecognized file to save CPU; issue #125
- fixed support for files with names including non-latin characters; issue #123
- fixed video playback stuttering (high CPU usage during playback)
- updated Apache Derby to version 10.6.1.0
Release Notes - 0.3.1
- added possibility to connect to the Serviio server from a remote console (using -Dserviio.corbaHost property)
- added support for ID3v22 cover art tag in MP3 files
- added support for parsing file names with DBRip in them
- added more file name patterns for series; issue #36
- episode numbers are now 2 digits (padded with 0 if needed) for proper sorting on some devices; issue #52
- added possibility to skip Java install if not found; issue #50
- added 'Last Watched' notifier on series' seasons and episodes; issue #53
- added possibility to add year to series name (useful when series name is not unique enough)
- streaming Music on XBox360 is now possible; issue #56
- fixed issue #39: Wait for Corba Naming service to start-up
- fixed issue #41: Missing response for malformed Subscribe message
- fixed issue #42: Wrong HTTP status codes
- fixed issue #49: Browsing Folders category is slow
- fixed 'Last Added' video category to show files that have been added to the library most recently
- upgraded JAudioTagger library to version 2.0.1
Release Notes - 0.3
- implemented client/server architecture; Serviio server now runs independently from the Console
- removed "-headless" agrument; not needed - just run the server
- Serviio server now starts as a Service (on Windows) automatically after Windows startup; issue #27
- added 'Last Added videos' browse category
- fixed issue #19: Folder browsing doesn't work for images
- fixed issue #21: DATE header in soap responses has invalid format
- fixed issue #22: FFmpeg process is killed when hanging for too long
- fixed issue #23: Running on Vista/Win 7 needs admin rights
- fixed issue #24: Browsing on XBox 360 only shows content in Folders categories
- fixed issue #29: Wrong TIMEOUT header value in UPnP event subscription
- fixed issue #30: Multiple NIC support for multicasting SSDP messages (didn't bind to the proper IP address, causing Serviio not appearing on the device)
- Serviio now should work with other media servers installed (e.g. PS3MS)
Release Notes - 0.2
- added support for automatic renderer profile detection (for devices that support it)
- profiles are now configured in profiles.xml file for better renderer compatibility
- added basic skeleton for Playstation 3 profile
- added support for files with extensions .divx and .m2ts
- added hierarchical folder browsing (file-system like)
- added support for MP4 files including ASF video (DivX, XviD, QuickTime)
- added a new UI field for binding Serviio to a specific IP address (issue #11)
- fixed support for AC-3 audio codec in video files when using FFmpeg compiled with LGPL licence
- fixed responses to discovery requests from devices with MX header of value 1 (e.g. Viera TV)
- fixed issue #14: marking video as 'read' multiple times when there are multiple initial requests for the resource
- fixed issue #12: TheMovieDb.org API update
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