moOde 8.0.2 is available

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde 8.0.2 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. 

Highlights

- Add force_eeprom_read=0 to /boot/config.txt for all Hifiberry cards
This prevents the Raspberry Pi firmware from reading the card's EEPROM based dtoverlay which may conflict with dtoverlay in /boot/config.txt

- Add BlueZ Config SCAN options and longer trust time
There are two scan options: SCAN (Default) which scans for only BR/EDR devices and SCAN (Include LE devices) which scans for both BR/EDR and LE devices. The trust time for un-paired devices listed in the scan results has been increased from 30 seconds to 90 seconds.

- Add new options to moodeutl for scanning Samba networks
The new options are:
-c Detect highest CIFS protocol version [host or ip address]
-C Detect CIFS shares [host or ip address]
-n Detect NBT (Samba) hosts
There is also a new option for resetting Bluetooth to off in case a Pi is rebooted with Bluetooth on but no Bluetooth adapter present which causes moOde startup to fail and the system appear to hang.
--btreset Reset Bluetooth to off

- Fix bad path in moodeutl for the -u/-U "check station URL" options
- Fix expected scan on/off responses in bt.sh SCAN() function

In-place update

There is an in-place update that upgrades moOde 8.0.1 to 8.0.2. It's available via the "CHECK for software update" button in System Config. Click the "VIEW" button to read about the contents of the update package and the instructions regarding backing up the system before applying the update and monitoring the progress of the update.

Note: The new updating process preserves config files in /etc/ unless specific files are part of the update process. This means that files such as /etc/rc.local are generally not touched. If a config file is to be altered or replaced it will be listed in the release notes.

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Regards,
The moOde crew

Release notes

Code:

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Updates

- UPD: Change station.zip export path to /var/local/www/imagesw
- UPD: Add force_eeprom_read=0 to /boot/config.txt for all Hifiberry cards
- UPD: Add BlueZ Config SCAN options and longer trust time
- UPD: Add pairing agent restart to Bluetooth section of Audio Config
- UPD: Add -c (Detect highest CIFS protocol version) to moodeutl
- UPD: Add -C (Detect CIFS shares) to moodeutl
- UPD: Add -n (Run network scan) to moodeutl
- UPD: Add --btreset (Reset Bluetooth to off) to moodeutl

Radio stations

- NEW: Soma FM - n5MD Radio
- NEW: Soma FM - Synphaera
- NEW: Soma FM - Vaporwaves
- UPD: Byte FM
- UPD: Absolut Hot
- UPD: Absolut music XL
- UPD: Absolut Relax
- UPD: SWR 2
- UPD: WBJC Baltimore 91.5 Classical
- DEL: SomaFM - BaGel Radio (discontinued)

Bug fixes

- FIX: Bad path in moodeutl for the -u/-U "check station URL" options
- FIX: Expected scan on/off responses in bt.sh SCAN() function
- FIX: Remove enclosing quotes from iconpath in upmpdcli.conf
- FIX: Help text spelling errors