Upcoming moOde 8.0.2 release

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

Here are draft release notes for upcoming moOde 8.0.2 release.

This is mainly focussed on bug fixes but it does contain some important updates including improvements to Bluetooth, Hifiberry card support and some cool new Soma FM radio stations.

Code:

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Updates

- UPD: Change station.zip export path to /var/local/www/imagesw
- UPD: Add force_eeprom_read=0 to /boot/config.txt for all Hifiberry cards
- UPD: Add BlueZ Config SCAN options and longer trust time
- UPD: Add pairing agent restart to Bluetooth section of Audio Config
- UPD: Add --btreset option to moodeutl

Radio stations

- NEW: SomaFM - n5MD Radio
- NEW: SomaFM - Synphaera
- NEW: SomaFM - Vaporwaves
- UPD: Absolut Hot
- UPD: Absolut music XL
- UPD: Absolut Relax
- UPD: SWR 2
- DEL: SomaFM - BaGel Radio (discontinued)
- DEL: WBJC Baltimore 91.5 Classical (non-working URL)

Bug fixes

- FIX: Bad path in moodeutl for the -u/-U "check station URL" options
- FIX: Expected scan on/off responses in bt.sh SCAN() function
- FIX: Remove enclosing quotes from iconpath in upmpdcli.conf
- FIX: Help text spelling errors

-Tim

[TheOldPresbyope]

FYI, the following URL seems to be working for WBJC

https://ice64.securenetsystems.net/WBJC

Regards,
Kent

[Tim Curtis]

I'll test it out :-)

[Sehnsucht]

Feature request/stupid question: Why do updates contain radio stations?  Wouldn't it be easier to just have an xml file on the site somewhere with all the stations and have the Pi grab this list 1) during install 2) whenever the user feels like it? And/or people could curate their own lists and moOde could let you enter the URL of such a list.

[Tim Curtis]

The new updating system simply installs the latest moode-player package which only updates things that are new or changed in the package. This includes radio stations. Only new, updated or deleted stations are processed.

Our Cloudsmith package repo contains the radio station zip's both full and updates-only. The zips contain the station logo jpg's and a JSON file that is used to update the SQL db and generate the .pls files.
https://cloudsmith.io/~moodeaudio/repos/...es/?page=1

You can download them to your /home/pi directory and install via the commands below but it will only work starting with release 8.0.2 or later.

Requires 8.0.2 or later.

Code:

1. Import 8.0.2 full backup into the db:
sudo /var/www/command/stationmanager.py --import --scope moode --how clear ./moode-stations-full_8.0.2.zip

2. Import the differential backup of 8.0.2 (just the updates)
sudo /var/www/command/stationmanager.py --import --scope moode --how merge ./moode-stations-update_8.0.2.zip