Release Notes - 1.5

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Published: Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:29

• reworked the way files are indexed to the library; ticket #410
• changed the way removable drives are handled, incl. removing the 'Scan for file additions and updates' setting for shared folders; ticket #820
• requires Java 8 to run (Linux)
• bundles Java runtime with the Windows and OSX versions; ticket #666
• OSX installer starts Serviio on the system start-up as a service; ticket #290
• CDS API now returns movie / episode cast information in the ObjectMetadata mode (Pro only)
• video player in MediaBrowser now includes additional metadata and links to IMDB and TheMovieDb.org, where available (Pro only)
• MediaBrowser now uses the Presentation settings (Display and Disabled only) (Pro only)
• CDS API enables passing accessGroupId to browse and search requests (Pro only); ticket #788
• added serviio.cdsAnonymousAccess system property that enabled access to mediaBrowser without logging in
• live streams are now using less internet bandwidth for concurrent viewing (for the same profile and quality); ticket #673
• searching for updates to already shared files now uses the preferred setting in the console; ticket #775
• ignores @eadir folder from being indexed; ticket #774
• added the possibility to filter out videos based on Rating for Limited access groups; ticket #789
• added mjpeg container to transcoding matching
• stored shared folders must be exclusive, ie no duplicates are allowed; ticket #796
• ignore folders with a .nomedia file from adding to the library; ticket #582
• identify movie metadata by IMDB id in file names; ticket #668
• added support for .3g2 files; ticket #704
• updated audio transcoding matching to copy the audio stream when bitrate is the same; ticket #793
• added Recent Unwatched videos category; ticket #593
• added Last Added Albums audio category; ticket #716
• added transcoding matching for videos with multichannel audio; ticket #580
• added transcoding support for videos with speex audio streams; ticket #540
• added transcoding support for videos with H265 / HEVC video streams; ticket #772
• ability to turn-off chunked HTTP transport for a profile, where it is normally applicable; ticket #529
• updated Sony BDP profile not to transcode DTS audio; ticket #371
• filters out search categories that belong to disabled browsing categories
• added support for thumbnails for Online container resources; ticket #694
• updated XBox One profile with MKV support; ticket #827
• added profile for Raumfeld devices; ticket #814
• use HTML5 player for Android (Chrome) in MediaBrowser, incl. Chromecast support (Pro only); ticket #809
• updated Sony TV 2014 profile; ticket #812

• fixed displaying folders with ampersands in the title in MediaBrowser; ticket #770
• search for external subtitles file now properly ignores case when not using any preferred language; ticket #783
• fixed retrieving online content length when larger than 2GB; ticket #771
• fix streaming delay for some audio files; ticket #808
• fix Flowplayer logo appearing in MediaBrowser for some domains; ticket #835

• updated Restlet to 2.2.2
• updated Apache Derby to 10.11.1.1
• updated JAudioTagger to 2.2.2
• updated FFmpeg to the latest build (19/11/2014) from 2.4 branch (incl. --enable-libspeex)