Upcoming moOde 8.3.0 release (Q1 2023)

[Tim Curtis]

Here's the latest WIP release notes.

I also noticed that the Raspberry Pi Linux kernel has bumped to 6.x.x :-)

   

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New Features

- NEW: Volume type "CamillaDSP" software volume (64-bit with dither)
- NEW: CamillaDSP Loudness and Volume Control configurations
- NEW: Use ALSA instead of MPD to update Hardware volume
- NEW: Monitor in-place update via WebUI Status screen

Audio devices

- NEW: ProtoDAC TDA1387 X8 (I2S)

Updates

- UPD: Bump to MPD 0.23.12
- UPD: Bump to bluez-alsa 4.0.0
- UPD: Sync CoverView auto and toggle during startup
- UPD: Add quick jump indexes back to Pi Touch
- UPD: Add AlbumArtist to ashuffle mode to handle same name albums
- UPD: Add moodeutl option to print ALSA hwparams
- UPD: Improve readability of Receivers modal
- UPD: Improve help text and labels in CamillaDSP Config
- UPD: Improve Airplay protocol option
- UPD: Add CamillaDSP volume support to Airplay and Spotify Connect
- UPD: Add Playback item to main menu in Configs
- UPD: Add ALSA buffer_time option to MPD Config

Bug fixes

- FIX: Session ID missing in moodeutl -i (autocfg-import.php)
- FIX: Mapped ALSA volume not being used to set ALSA volume max
- FIX: Allo Piano 2.1 mixer name "Digital" no longer used by driver
- FIX: Audioinfo does not report renderer info
- FIX: Default thumb image not showing in Queue for UPnP files
- FIX: Format of auto_coverview value in System info