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Serviio is developed by Petr Nejedly, who currently lives in London and works as a freelance Java consultant.
Serviio uses some open-source libraries without which it would not have been possible. I would like to thank all the people who contributed to them.
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
Release Notes - 0.1.1
- added support for full HD VC-1 files (in ASF container); issue #1
- added notification about Library updating when Serviio starts (which might take some time); issue #4
- added possibility to open the console from system tray context menu
- added button enabling to force the library refresh; issue #8
- library updating now starts immediately after a change to the shared folders is made (without the need to wait for 5 minutes)
- fixed local IP address resolving, which might cause the server to be non-accessible
- fixed multicast socket closing in a case of SSDP error
- fixed issue #3: When switching renderer profiles the ContentDefinition is not re-initialized
- fixed issue #5: FileNameParser should be able to deals with DVD-like structure
- fixed skipping MP3 files that only had ID3v1 tag inside
- fixed issue #7: Allow file names longer that 128 characters (allows 256 now)
- fixed image metadata retrieval for images that don't have complete set of metadata
- OSX version includes FFmpeg compiled to work on OSX 10.4 (thanks to Shompola)
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