owntone-server

• fix: playlist scanner ignoring lines starting with non-ascii chars
• fix: last seconds of a track sometimes being skipped
• fix: Apple Music password-based auth
• fix: missing file scan when modified multiple times within a second
• fix: Roku M1001 crash
• fix: speakers changing IP addresses (error "Got RR type A size 16")
• fix: playlist rename not registered
• fix: problems with DAAP and old dates ("Integer value too large")
• fix: compability with ffmpeg 7 (fixes build error)
• web UI: many smaller improvements, e.g. sort by release date
• web UI: traditional Chinese translation
• new: ALAC transcoding for RSP/DAAP streaming
• new: ability to save id3 metadata
• config: change "trusted_networks" to have new value "lan" as default
• config: new option to announce a MPD httpd plugin (stream from server)
• config: set ipv6 to disabled by default due to unknown Airplay issue
• config: deprecate "cache_path", replaced by "cache_dir"
• dependency: libxml2 instead of mxml

• web UI improvements:
  • display lyrics metadata
  • toggle Spotify on/off in some views
  • many minor improvements
• use compressed ALAC for Airplay for bandwidth + fixes esp32 issue
• don't merge Spotify albums with local albums
• handle playlist with Unicode BOM
• json API add tracks to queue returns info on added tracks
• replace syscall with gettid, syscall deprecated on MacOS
• fix issue where m3u genre doesn't override despite m3u_override = true
• fix possible crash from use-after-free
• fix FreeBSD possible crash
• fix crash when keys of incorrect length are used for legacy pairing

• fix MacOS bind error: "Protocol wrong type for socket"
• fix BSD build error (no SYS_gettid)
• fix ALAC missing end tag causing ffmpeg decoder warnings
• fix crash if Spotify AP resolver is unavailable
• fix duplicates if file within library is replaced
• fix fatal error due to mutex being zeroed

• fix compability with ffmpeg 6
• web UI improvements:
  • easier volume sliders
  • incorrect display of genre
  • Chinese translation
  • fix removing RSS podcasts
  • sort by rating for composer, genre and artist tracks
  • (and much more)
• changes to artwork search orders (easier static artwork for pipes)
• major refactor of the http server improving mp3 streaming
• support for m3u8 playlist files
• allow mixed ipv4/ipv6 mdns
• fix issue with device name capitalization (TuneAero issue)
• drop support for libevent < 2.1.4

• German translation of web UI
• web UI: fix error messages not displaying
• fix low resolution Spotify artwork
• fix incorrect display of date released pre 1970
• fix for Denon speakers when pausing
• support password authentication for Airplay 2
• support for user config ffmpeg audio filters

• French translation of web UI
• improved web UI loading of images
• add support for Airplay 2 password based auth
• fix some Airplay speakers turning on by themselves
• fix parsing of CRLF and NOT in smart playlists and allow larger sizes
• fix possible crash after Avahi restart
• fix for Remote - play item from 'up next' when stopped
• use configured bind_address to set mdns network interface

• fix broken Spotify after libspotify sunset
• remove antlr3 dependency, use bison/flex instead
• improve search by supporting diacritics and Unicode case folding
• add support for new output: Roku/Soundbridge RCP
• switch to MkDocs for documentation
• smart playlists fixups and new "this week" param
• fix 'add next' when in queue shuffle mode
• web UI improvements:
  • migration to Vue 3 and Vite
  • honor "radio_playlists" config setting
  • display of search results for composers and playlists
  • add album / track count to genre and composer pages
  • fix incorrect sorting of album/artist searches
  • minor UI fixes
• fix for Spotify config option album_override
• improved Spotify scan performance
• generic browse endpoints for the json api
• fix slow shutdown with some libwebsocket versions

• web UI improvements, e.g.:
  • composer views
  • partial scan (e.g. only update RSS feeds)
  • fix http stream button not clickable in mobile view
  • fix Spotify playlists not showing
  • handling of not playable Spotify tracks
  • handling of podcast play counts
• support for Spotify podcasts
• updates for ffmpeg 5
• better Spotify logout
• user "usermark" field for user flagging of various track states
• fix for 0-byte files crashing ffmpeg
• fix metadata pipe deadlock and artwork memleak-on-error
• better handling of Spotify disconnects
• fix rare Airplay pairing error
• many minor error handling fixes

NOTE: This release (and earlier) no longer work with Spotify. Until next release is out, you need a version that is built from git for Spotify to work.

• add Spotify integration that doesn't depend on libspotify
• partial support for AirPlay events (Homepod buttons)
• web UI upgraded, now 1.1.0:
  • show "comment" field in track details
  • drop double login to Spotify when not using libspotify
• easier install by letting 'make install' add user and service files
• preserve existing conf file when running 'make install'
• support for "comment" field when making smart playlists
• fix support for dacp device-volume
• fix issue where source file sort tags where ignored
• fix for Roku (RSP) artist display issue
• fix bug when 'bind_address' option is used
• fix for CVE-2021-38383
• fix some minor time-of-check time-of-use bugs

• fix incompability in 28.0 with Debian Buster's libwebsockets 2.0

• rename forked-daapd to OwnTone + new logo
• fix web UI slow updates due to websockets 3.x changes
• support for ALAC sort tags
• support for remote pls/m3u with https streams
• add /api/queue?id=now_playing json API shortcut
• fix possible crash on Pulseaudio error callback
• fix possible segfault-on-exit
• fix websockets not working on FreeBSD
• refactor how the server binds to sockets (use dual stack ipv4/6)
• configurable interface/address binding

• fix web server path traversal vulnerability

• support for AirPlay 2 speakers, incl. compressed ALAC
• web UI upgraded, now v0.8.5:
  • new design/layout
  • optimize "Recently added"
  • Spotify search dialogue improvements
  • drop separate admin web page, now integrated in main web
  • podcast deletion
  • make Radio a top level item
  • show release dates
  • new sorting options
  • prevent browser caching of playlists
  • additional settings
• improved Chromecast streaming (retransmisson, adaptive etc.)
• JSON api support for updating metadata of queue items
• JSON api new fields, e.g. time_added, time_played and seek
• fix for some Chromecasts disconnecting
• new algorithm for more natural ALSA volume adjustments
• new nickname option for AirPlay and Chromecast
• mpd fixes (nextsong, multiple commands)
• charset flexibility when getting ICY metadata from streams
• adaptive probing of radio streams
• libplist and libsodium now required
• fixes for library update events
• fixes to speaker selection and unintentional volume changes
• fix some minor memleaks
• support shairport-sync metadata pipe flush event
• misc logging fixup

• web UI upgraded to v0.7.2:
  • show cover artwork in album pages and lazy loading of artwork
  • show playlist folders
  • use sass/scss for css files
  • add "Radio" tab to the music section
  • add settings for artwork sources
  • add pop up dialog for Remote pairing requests
  • support adding/removing podcast subscriptions
  • support marking all new podcast episodes/all episodes as played
  • support searching by smart pl queries
  • skip buttons for audiobooks and podcasts
  • show localized times/dates
  • generate colored placeholder image if cover artwork is missing
  • show "cast" icon for Chromecast outputs
  • styling changes of the navbars and moving the volume controls
• new speaker selection logic (persist user choice even after failure)
• speaker autoselect no longer enabled by default
• removed old admin page, not necessary any more
• fix/workaround for Apple TV's and HomePods that disconnect
• support for RSS feeds
• support for nested smart playlists (playlist folders)
• support for online artwork sources e.g. Discogs, Coverartarchive
• support for radio StreamUrl's that point to json with metadata
• fix incorrect artwork shown for unknown album/artists
• fix issue parsing shairport-sync progress metadata
• fix missing Spofity logout option
• fix for embedded artwork not working with ffmpeg 4.3+
• some smart PL improvements, e.g. support for more tags
• config option for Airplay timing/control ports (eases firewalling)
• quicker loading of radio streams (smaller probing)
• workaround for mxml 2.10 significant memleak
• some fixes for Roku (RSP)
• drop libspotify for artwork, doesn't work any more
• documentation improvements

• web UI upgraded to v0.6.0: settings page, display more Spotify data
• support for volumeup, volumedown and mutetoggle DACP commands
• support for multiple ALSA devices
• suppress repeated logging of same message to avoid log file bloat
• fix opening too many files due to looping with shairport-sync
• fix for genres with single quotes in name
• fix for incorrect update of time_added metadata
• fix some small memleaks and missing cleanup

• no fixed resampling to 44100/16, play source quality if possible
• Chromecast: quick start, better quality (48000/16 Opus encoded)
• performance enhancements: Remote and iTunes will load quicker
• alsa sync with variable sample rate, avoiding audible "clicks"
• web UI upgraded to v0.5.6, e.g. play non-library tracks, saving queue
• fix for Pebble mpd client (and possibly others)
• fix issue with some HLS radio stations
• support for https streams
• fix for artwork showing dithered
• ICY metadata in forked-daapd's mp3 stream
• support for Spotify collaborative playlists
• support for Shairport artwork via pipe
• configurable mp3 streaming quality
• json api improvements, e.g. for toggling speakers
• json api/web ui: Relative seeking
• support for some http seeking
• fix for macOS Catalina’s Apple Music

• json api/web ui: file view
• web ui: artwork support
• web ui: "Add next" and genre tab
• Airplay connection test improvements
• support for https streams in m3u's
• use Spotify web api for artwork instead of libspotify
• option to make Airplay devices permanent or excluded
• support for tracks and disc items in smart playlists
• db refactor, fix issues with play count, time played etc
• json api: more options available when adding items to the queue
• json api: player/toggle
• mpd version 0.20 support + support for "listfiles" command
• fix double http auth decline issue

• automatic rating
• fix issue in 26.3 causing invalid time_skipped values in the db
• improved fallback to ipv4 if ipv6 fails
• fix issue returning too many queue items to clients
• fix missing prompt for library password

• fix AirPlay 2 devices (e.g. Sonos Beam and Airport Express)
• fix mdns problems with ATV4 and ipv6
• fix possible segfault if null user-agent
• new metadata: Skip Count and Times Skipped (incl iTunes XML mapping)
• iTunes XML mapping of Play Count and Play Date
• logging improvements

• fix for db indexes not being used on fresh installs