Versions 7.9.0 and 8.0.0-RC1 released
Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:01 am
General:
We added an ignore folders feature, improved Roku and Samsung TV support, and squashed a lot of bugs.
Version 8 is quite mature now and we aren't seeing many new bug reports about it specifically, so we have bumped it from beta to release candidate. What that means is we have good confidence in this release and this is likely to be the last release before the final 8.0.0. This is a really good time to try it out and report any bugs to us, since if we don't know about them we can't fix them!
Download 7.9.0:
From the front page.
Download 8.0.0 RELEASE CANDIDATE 1:
Windows
macOS
Linux
8.0.0-RC1 changes since 8.0.0-b1
Compatibility notes:
These releases work on Java 7, 8, and 10+
We recommend using Java 8, and if you do not want to have Java installed, you can use the standalone installers on Windows.
The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.
We added an ignore folders feature, improved Roku and Samsung TV support, and squashed a lot of bugs.
Version 8 is quite mature now and we aren't seeing many new bug reports about it specifically, so we have bumped it from beta to release candidate. What that means is we have good confidence in this release and this is likely to be the last release before the final 8.0.0. This is a really good time to try it out and report any bugs to us, since if we don't know about them we can't fix them!
Download 7.9.0:
From the front page.
Download 8.0.0 RELEASE CANDIDATE 1:
Windows
macOS
Linux
8.0.0-RC1 changes since 8.0.0-b1
- General
- Database cleanup step removes files that are no longer shared
- Cleanup of new config settings
- All changes in 7.9.0
- General:
- Added the ability to ignore folders by name, which defaults to ".unwanted"
- The server shows up on devices sooner
- Increased the difference between button hover/pressed states
- Improved stability and logging when moving files after fully playing
- Improved recognition of AAC
- Fixed H.264 profile not updating
- Fixed low bitrate audio on transcoded web videos (thanks, SsJVasto!)
- Fixed content updating in the Media Library on some devices
- Logging fixes
- Renderers:
- Improved support for Roku 4 (thanks, TahomaSoft!)
- Improved support for Samsung 9 Series TVs
- Languages:
- Updated translations via Crowdin:
- Dutch translation updated
- Bulgarian translation updated
- Korean translation updated
- Swedish translation updated
- Turkish translation updated
- Updated translations via Crowdin:
Compatibility notes:
These releases work on Java 7, 8, and 10+
We recommend using Java 8, and if you do not want to have Java installed, you can use the standalone installers on Windows.
The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.