Release Notes - 1.0

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Published: Monday, 23 July 2012 19:11

• 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 - 0.6.1

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Published: Thursday, 05 January 2012 20:30

• 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

Release Notes - 0.6.2

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Published: Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:31

• 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

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Published: Thursday, 22 September 2011 21:01

• added streaming of online feeds; ticket #83
• added plugins for YouTube, GameTrailers.com, BBC iPlayer; ticket #136, #13
• resumes playback (10) seconds before last viewed frame; ticket #318
• added support for AAC (LATM syntax) audio track codec; ticket #320
• added browsing music by album artist; ticket #309
• added browsing music by composer; ticket #278
• improved parsing of file names in the form of 'movie, the.avi'; ticket #296
• logs online metadata lookup failures; ticket #294
• added support for FLAC audio codec in video files; ticket #329
• added support for VORBIS audio codec in video files; ticket #281
• updated H264 level handling and updated Samsung profiles to transcode unsupported H264 levels; ticket #332
• updated PS3 profile; ticket #336
• added support for HD AVC/AC3 videos in MP4 container; ticket #317
• added profiles for WDTV Live and LaCie LaCinema Media Players
• it is no longer needed to use -Dserviio.remoteHost on the server side when setting up remote console
• optimized local thumbnail extraction; ticket #349
• added 'ping' resource to the REST API; ticket #356
• added transcoding config for MKV with VC1 for Samsung profiles; ticket #361
• updated Toshiba REGZA profile; ticket #195
• updated Sony Bravia profile to support better browsing integration; ticket #334
• added support for OGG video container and Theora video codec; ticket #363
• added support for VC1/DTS in MPEG2TS container; ticket #376
• added profile for Manta WiFi centre; ticket #346
• added profile for Pure Flow devices; ticket #378
• added support for TrueHD audio codec in video files; ticket #337
• added JSON support to the REST API (thanks to kairoh); ticket #351
• added support for DV video codec; ticket #244
• added support for 3gp files; ticket #319
• updated profile detection to work better with dynamically assigned IP addresses; ticket #343
• enhanced library status monitoring; ticket #99
• added possibility to force audio sample rate for transcoding (aSamplerate); ticket #302
• added headless mode setting to the server component startup scripts; ticket #335
• added metadata extractor for MyMovies files (mymovies.xml); ticket #78
• Windows service installation is now optional in installer; ticket #173
• Windows service now runs under a proper user; ticket #391
• added support for HD MP4 videos with MP3 audio; ticket #398
• added Sharp Aquos profile; ticket #400

• fixed the case where there can be more stored renderers with the same IP address; ticket #291
• fixed error during retrieving XBox video thumbnails; ticket #326
• fixed start-up problems with certain OS locale settings; ticket #341
• added optimizations for persons retrieval; ticket #340
• fixed browsing for some devices that request unlimited number or results; ticket #350
• supports file names with Unicode characters (Chinese, Greek, etc); ticket #266
• added support for Java 7; ticket #379
• fixed displaying categories on LG devices; ticket #360
• weird frame rates default to 23.97; ticket #308
• fixed disabled access to the server on some (e.g. Denon) devices; ticket #348
• fixed playback for Popcorn Hour devices; ticket #339

• updated Restlet to 2.0.9
• updated Apache Derby to 10.8.1.2
• updated FFmpeg to rev. 8bc3a4807e2da36f458e7784c3d390dbd19899a5