Upcoming end-of-year release(s)

[Tim Curtis]

Latest WIP release notes.

Whats new and updated.

- NEW: Radio manager stream monitor for restarting stalled streams
- UPD: Remove unreliable AirPlay protocol switcher (only AirPlay 2 supported)

           

Code:

20231118 094418 mpdmon: Buffer underrun 1 detected: BBC Radio 3
20231118 094424 mpdmon: Buffer underrun 2 detected: BBC Radio 3
20231118 094430 mpdmon: Buffer underrun 3 detected: BBC Radio 3
20231118 094431 mpdmon: MPD restarted, play resumed

Code:

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New features

- NEW: Radio manager stream monitor for restarting stalled streams

Updates

- UPD: Bump to MPD 0.23.14
- UPD: Bump to shairport-sync 4.3.2
- UPD: Bump to NQPTP 1.2.4
- UPD: Bump to Font Awesome 6.4.2 Pro and update specific icons
- UPD: Add comparison operators =~ and !~ (PERL regex) to Library Adv search
- UPD: Add DSD<number> badge for DSF/DFF/WavPack DSD formats
- UPD: Add DSD format to embedded cover art extractor
- UPD: Add WavPack format to Default/Default+ options for Prefs, Thumbgen scan
- UPD: Add Receivers btn on renderer overlay when connecting to Multiroom sender
- UPD: Add Audio info button on renderer overlay
- UPD: Add channel count and ALSA output format 'output' to extra metadata
- UPD: Add Artist under Title in Folder view (if Artist not = AlbumArtist)
- UPD: Add Prefs option for static waveform now-playing icon
- UPD: Add BSSID to info on Network Config
- UPD: Add ALSA output mode option to Bluetooth Control
- UPD: Add Pi-5B revision code parsing to pirev.py utility
- UPD: Improve metadata layout in CoverView wide mode
- UPD: Improve icon for volume popup by always showing level
- UPD: Improve sort headings in Radio and Playlist views
- UPD: Improve bitrate sort in Radio view (sort high to low)
- UPD: Improve GPIO Config help and labels
- UPD: Improve Squeezelite Config help
- UPD: Improve readability and parsing of startup log
- UPD: Improve the "Artist column" option in Prefs Library
- UPD: Improve Favorite: update station type, include on Queue context menu
- UPD: Improve Input select configuration and volume handling
- UPD: Replace Chrome deprecated vertical sliders with cross-Browser sliders
- UPD: Remove unreliable AirPlay protocol switcher (only AirPlay 2 supported)
- UPD: Show "Radio station" for stations that transmit a bogus title tag
- UPD: Standardize display style for encodedAt and ALSA output formats
- UPD: Configure Squeezelite AUDIODEVICE param using Audio Config settings
- UPD: Move Local Display to Peripherals Config
- UPD: Move DLNA server to File Sharing section of System Config
- UPD: Move Prefs thumbnail and cover art options to dedicated section
- UPD: Move selected Library prefs options for a more logical grouping

Audio devices

- NEW: ProtoDAC TDA1387 X8 (FifoPiMa)

Radio stations

- NEW: Eirewave
- NEW: Soma FM - Bossa Beyond
- NEW: Soma FM - The In-Sound
- NEW: Soma FM - Tiki Time
- UPD: Jazz24
- UPD: BBC stations
- UPD: FluxFM stations

Security

- UPD: Remove AP mode PSK from hostapd.conf

Bug fixes

- FIX: Tag/Album sync (auto-scroll then highlight item) not working
- FIX: WavPack format information not correct in Library and Audio info
- FIX: MPD mixer reverts to "software' after disconnecting bluetooth device
- FIX: Backup/Restore missing Prefs, Library, Track play setting
- FIX: Restore not updating buffer size in /etc/bluealsaaplay.conf
- FIX: Invert polarity auto-click not working
- FIX: Soma FM station name displays null when tag not present
- FIX: Base folder RADIO not excluded correctly in Folder view
- FIX: WebUI visual glitch when MPD is restarted
- FIX: Playbar context menu overflows right boundary
- FIX: Missing parenthesis when generating in nftables.conf
- FIX: Moodeutl -f/-F can hang if hwparams is empty (rare)