Upcoming moOde 8.3.3 release (Q2 2023)

[Tim Curtis]

Latest draft release notes.

Bluez-alsa gets a bump to 4.1.0 including support for the open source aptX/aptX-HD codec.

Code:

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Audio devices

- NOTE: Allo Katana I2S driver load fail on Pi-4, Katana DAC and 6.1.y kernel

Updates

- UPD: Bump to shairport-sync 4.2
- UPD: Bump to nqptp 1.2 (Precision Timing Protocol for AirPlay 2)
- UPD: Bump to bluez-alsa 4.1.0 with aptX/aptX-HD
- UPD: Improve menu, modal and selected icon size/text on mobile portrait
- UPD: Add capability for Folder images in Folder view
- UPD: Add Prefs option to set audio formats scanned by thumbnail generator
- UPD: Add "cache=none" to SMB default mount options to prevent log spam
- UPD: Add note to Setup guide regarding requirement for SSH userid/password
- UPD: Add note to Quickhelp regarding search field input constraints
- UPD: Import timezone and keyboard layout from Pi Imager
- UPD: Support user defined level 1 dirs under /mnt/ for thumbnail generator

Bug fixes

- FIX: Test button not working on Graphic Equalizer
- FIX: Modal input field background not visible on GEQ/PEQ configs
- FIX: Cover art extractor not handling uppercase mime image type
- FIX: Incorrect version of bluez-alsa on release 8.3.2 image