moOde release 4.1

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde release 4.1 is available at moodeaudio.org  It can be built manually using the new Build Recipe v2.4 or via the new automated OS Builder v2.4. See the Support section for information on how to use the Builder.

This release supports the new Raspberry Pi 3B+, 5G Wifi, new Bluetooth stack, MPD, UPnP renderer, Samba scanner and many other great features and improvements.

There is also an in-place update for moOde 4.0 --> 4.1 that is available via SSH using the command below. It takes 30 - 60 minutes to complete.

Code:

sudo /var/www/command/updater.sh r40a

For more information about this release refer to the release notes below and be sure to visit the moOde Github repositories at https://github.com/moodeaudio which contain the sources and other important information.

-Tim

Code:

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New features

- NEW: NAS config with Samba scanner 
- NEW: Pi Touch UI layout
- NEW: Volume control with step limiter
- NEW: Renderer active indicators
- NEW: Resume MPD after Bluetooth

Platform

- NEW: Support for Pi-3B+
- NEW: Stretch Lite 2018-03-13
- NEW: Linux Kernel branch 4.14.y
- NEW: BlueZ stack 5.49

Updates

- UPD: Bump to MPD 0.20.18
- UPD: Bump to PHP 7.0.27
- UPD: Bump to Upmpdcli 1.2.16
- UPD: Bump to Squeezelite 1.8.7-1052 
- UPD: Use mpd index order for Library track sort
- UPD: Radio station supports playlist as url
- UPD: Reset coverart search pri to 0
- UPD: Custom service descriptor for Players >>
- UPD: Auto-refresh page after Customize update
- UPD: Add file size validation to bgimage chooser
- UPD: Add mpd output check and config to startup
- UPD: Add raspbian ver to moodelog, sysinfo and about
- UPD: Add some margin to Browse action menu icon
- UPD: Add vers= and sec= to SMB mount flags
- UPD: Add wifi country code, default to US
- UPD: Deprecate Airplay metadata
- UPD: Deprecate Djmount for miniDLNA
- UPD: Improved library Loader
- UPD: Improved updater error checking
- UPD: Improved renderer connect management
- UPD: Improved WiFi scanner
- UPD: Improved UI responsivness
- UPD: Remove accumulated code

Radio stations

- DEL: Soma FM - Doomed

Bug fixes

- FIX: Host AP mode not starting in some scenarios
- FIX: LocalUI starts too early in some scenarios
- FIX: Horiz scrollbar appears on pi touch lib panel
- FIX: Minor padding issues in panels.css
- FIX: Invalid param in .xinitrc
- FIX: Timeknob bounds check excluding lower portion
- FIX: Bluetooth mpd output not reported in moode log
- FIX: Wrong theme switch/case in autoConfig
- FIX: Players >> screen displaying self host
- FIX: USB drive listing in moode log
- FIX: Autofocus for ssid and server fields
- FIX: Show/hide certain fields on NAS config
- FIX: Minor timeknob issues