moOde 8.0.0 is available

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde 8.0.0 is available for download at https://moodeaudio.org :-)

   

This release is based on RaspiOS Bullseye Lite (2022-01-28) and Linux kernel 5.15.y branch and includes important updates, improvements and bug fixes. 

The release was generated using a new build system based on Debian package management that provides a simplified and more controlled process for installing and configuring moOde. Additionally a new pi-gen based image builder was used to generate the ISO image. Refer to the Developer documentation at https://github.com/moode-player/docs for guides on how to use the new builders. 

Highlights

- Raspberry Pi OS Lite 11.2 (Bullseye)
- Linux kernel 5.15.23 #1525
- Bump to MPD 0.23.5
- Bump to Pi-Bluetooth 0.1.18
- Bump to alsa-cdsp 1.1.0
- Improved Scan for Samba shares
- Improved Scan for players/receivers
- Improved Multiroom Audio feature
- Improved Local UI feature
- Improved Audio Config

NOTE: This is an image-only release due to OS change to new RaspiOS Bullseye. Use the Backup/Restore option in System Config to transfer settings from existing systems to moOde 8.

NOTE: For those that are using Local UI there is still a memory consumption issue in chromium browser that causes all RAM to be eaten up after ~3 hours. As a workaround, Local UI is restarted every 2 hours in the maintenance task. The crew is investigating possible fixes including an alternative Browser for example luakit.

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Regards,
The moOde crew

Release notes:

Code:

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New features

- NEW: Raspberry Pi OS 11.2 (Bullseye)
- NEW: Linux kernel 5.15.23 #1525

Radio stations

- NEW: DR P1, P2, P3, P4
- UPD: DR P6 Beat
- UPD: DR P8 Jazz
- DEL: Swedish Classic Radio (replaced by DR P2)

Updates

- UPD: Bump to MPD 0.23.5
- UPD: Bump to Ashuffle 3.12.8
- UPD: Bump to Squeezelite 1.9.8-1317
- UPD: Bump to Pi-Bluetooth 0.1.18
- UPD: Bump to alsa-cdsp 1.1.0
- UPD: Improve scan for Samba shares
- UPD: Improve scan for players/receivers
- UPD: Improve multiroom audio feature
- UPD: Improve localui feature
- UPD: Add librespot normalization settings to System info
- UPD: Add note to enable IGMP Snooping in Multiroom Setup guide
- UPD: Add accent colors Berry, BlueLED, Moss and Lipstick
- UPD: Add "Clear queue" to Playbar/Playback context menus
- UPD: Add options to moodeutl to print MPD log
- UPD: Move MPD Audio output and Volume type to Audio Config
- UPD: Use Bluetooth controller mode "dual" (BR/EDR and LE)
- UPD: Ignore articles when sorting Composers in Tag View
- UPD: Remove seldom used Clear/Add from context menus
- UPD: Exclude Dummy from MPD Output device list
- UPD: Restrict DF to local file systems in moodeutl -m
- UPD: SSH login banner indicates how to set new password
- UPD: Auto-expand rootfs to size of media at boot
- UPD: Remove 64-bit kernel option

Bug fixes

- FIX: Parsing nameserver from resolv.conf
- FIX: tx_query_timeout not being applied in updReceiverVol()
- FIX: Mixer name not being quoted in rx config
- FIX: Merus chip options not being saved