Thema: Universal Media Server

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    General:

    Added automatic updating to Linux and macOS (it already existed on Windows)
    Added the UMS version to the web interface
    Added a different icon in macOS dark mode (thanks, bcbomb47!)
    Fixed pixelation of icon on some Linux distributions

    Renderers:

    Fixed support for external subtitles on some Samsung TVs (thanks, pipin!)

    Translation updates via Crowdin:

    Bulgarian (93%)
    Croatian (29%)
    Danish (99%)
    Dutch (93%)
    Finnish (100%)
    Italian (100%)
    Korean (33%)
    Persian (35%)
    Turkish (100%)

    Dependencies:

    Updated JRE to 1.8.231

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   General:

      Added more precise support for subtitles in renderer profiles. See the si and se options in DefaultRenderer.conf.
      Fixed uninstallation of Windows service (thanks, pponce!)
      Use secure connections for program updates (thanks, xaitax!)
      Fixed startup on Linux using ARM processors (thanks, felsen2011!)
      Logging improvements

   Renderers:

      Added support Sony BRAVIA AG series TVs (thanks, rubin55!)
      Improved support for 2019 Samsung TVs, including 8K streaming
      Improved support for Panasonic GX800B

   Translation updates via Crowdin:

      Chinese Traditional (100%)
      Croatian (44%)
      Danish (100%)
      English (United Kingdom) (3%)
      Hungarian (71%)
      Korean (33%)
      Slovak (100%)
      Slovenian (60%)
      Swedish (97%)

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       General:

        Added support for devices that require MRR authorization, like Denon AVR devices (thanks, sc3141)
        Added support for symlinks in the folder selector
        Fixed subtitles being transcoded unnecessarily
        Fixed compiling on new OpenJDK versions
        Improved support for audio files
        Improved parsing of uncommon files
        Fixed attempting to add empty files
        Added some regression testing for our use of FFmpeg and MediaInfo

    Dependencies:

        Updated JRE to 1.8.241

Notes:

    The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.

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       General:

        Updated build documentation in BUILD.md (thanks, luca-vercelli!)

    Renderers:

        Fixed too much transcoding on Samsung 9 series TVs
        Fixed WAV support on PS3

    Translation updates via Crowdin:

        Arabic (36%)
        Serbian (87%)
        Slovenian (60%)

Notes:

    The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.

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       General:

        Started releasing 5 Linux builds: x86, x86_64, ARM, ARMhf and ARM64
        Linux builds all default to using the system FFmpeg if it exists
        Improved transcoding speed
        Fixed broken cache loading in some situations
        Fixed transcoding bugs
        Fixed subtitles bugs
        Improved logging

    Renderers:

        Added support for Denon AVR-4311CI (thanks, sc3141!)
        Added support for Denon AVR-X4200W (thanks, sc3141!)

    Translation updates via Crowdin:

        Danish (99%)
        Greek (92%)
        Hebrew (19%)
        Portuguese (99%)
        Swedish (99%)

    Dependencies:

        Fixed incorrect MediaInfo version on Windows, now it is 18.12
        Updated FFmpeg to 3362330 (20200328) on all operating systems
        Updated Twelvemonkeys ImageIO to 3.5

Notes:

    The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.

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       Translation updates via Crowdin:

        Bulgarian (93%)
        Czech (100%)
        Danish (99%)
        Finnish (99%)
        French (99%)
        Hebrew (21%)
        Italian (100%)
        Polish (99%)
        Portuguese (99%)
        Portuguese (Brazilian) (99%)
        Spanish (100%)
        Swedish (100%)
        Ukrainian (23%)

    Dependencies:

        Updated FFmpeg on macOS to fix a startup bug
        Updated JUnit5 to 5.6.1
        Updated Maven Javadoc plugin to 3.2.0
        Updated Maven Assembly plugin to 3.2.0

Notes:

    The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.

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    General:

    Improved detection of M4V and MP4 files
    Improved automated regression tests for media format detection
    Improved detection of incomplete binaries
    Fixed Linux failing to use bundled FFmpeg (thanks, snicket2100!)
    Fixed support for custom server names with special characters (thanks, snicket2100!)

    Renderers:

    Improved support for H.264 videos on VLC for iOS

    Translation updates via Crowdin:

    Bulgarian (96%)
    Finnish (100%)
    French (100%)
    Hungarian (84%)
    Romanian (100%)
    Slovak (100%)

    Dependencies:

    Updated Chromecast api-v2 to 0.11.3
    Fixed broken FFmpeg binary on Linux x86
    Updated Google Gson to 2.8.6
    Updated Google Guava to 29.0
    Updated h2database to 1.4.200
    Updated Java Runtime Environment to 1.8.251

    Notes:

    Windows has limited support from XP onwards, but full support is for Windows 7 onwards
    MacOS 10.10+ is fully supported

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       General:
        Added support for streaming and transcoding from AV1 video codec
        Added quickrun commands to aid rapid development
        Memory use improvements on macOS
        Transcoding compatibility fixes
        Fixed support for transcoding videos with no audio
    Renderers:
        Improved support for LG OLED TVs
        Improved support for Panasonic VT60 TVs
        Improved support for Sony AG-series TVs
        Improved support for Sony X-series TVs
    Translation updates via Crowdin:
        Serbian (87%)
        Turkish (100%)
    Dependencies:
        Updated assertj to 3.16.0
        Updated doxia-module-docbook-simple to 1.9.1
        Updated FFmpeg on macOS to 20200504 (5767a2e) to support more media formats
        Updated git-commit-id-plugin to 4.0.0
        Updated h2database to 1.4.199
        Updated icu4j to 67.1
        Updated jaxb-impl to 2.3.3
        Updated JMustache to 1.15
        Updated JNA to 5.5.0
        Updated junit5 to 5.6.2
        Updated maven-antrun-plugin to 3.0.0
        Updated maven-assembly-plugin to 3.3.0
        Updated maven-checkstyle-plugin to 3.1.0
        Updated maven-compiler-plugin to 3.8.1
        Updated maven-pmd-plugin to 3.13.0
        Updated maven-project-info-reports-plugin to 3.0.0
        Updated maven-site-plugin to 3.9.0
        Updated metadata-extractor to 2.13.0
        Updated Oshi to 5.0.1
        Updated plexus-utils to 3.3.0
        Updated rome to 1.12.2
        Updated saaj-impl to 1.5.2
        Updated spotbugs-maven-plugin to 4.0.0

Notes:

    Windows has limited support from XP onwards, but full support is for Windows 7 onwards
    macOS 10.10+ is fully supported

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Changelog

    General:

    Significant improvements to scanning and browsing speed and resource use
    Fixed episode titles in the Media Library
    Fixed aspect ratio validation
    Added more automatic regression tests for file format detection

    Renderers:

    Added support for Vimu Player on Amazon Fire TV Stick (thanks, nouse and Nadahar!)

    Translation updates via Crowdin:

    Dutch (92%)
    Turkish (100%)

    Dependency updates:

    7zipj from 9.20-2.00 to 16.02-2.01
    assertj-core from 3.16.0 to 3.16.1
    junrar from 1.0.1 to 4.0.0
    oshi-core from 5.0.1 to 5.1.0

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Changes since 9.5.0

    General:
        Improved compatibility of files containing both supported and unsupported streams
        Improved support for MP4 and OGA/OGG audio on the web interface
        Fixed automatic updating on Windows and macOS
        Fixed renderer control windows not refocusing on Windows when renderer image was clicked
        Fixed support for external subtitles when using the se syntax in renderer config
        Fixed not transcoding embedded subtitles when we should
    Renderers:
        Updated support for external subtitles on VLC for iOS (thanks, JuanPZ!)
        Updated support for external subtitles on Panasonic VT60
    Translation updates via Crowdin:
        English (British) (5%)
        Macedonian (0%)
    Dependency updates:
        commons-io from 2.6 to 2.7
        exec-maven-plugin from 1.6.0 to 3.0.0
        JRE from 8 to 14.0.1
        maven-project-info-reports-plugin from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0
        metadata-extractor from 2.13.0 to 2.14.0
        netty from 3.10.6 to 4.1.50
        oshi-core from 5.1.0 to 5.1.2
        rome from 1.12.2 to 1.13.1

Notes:

    Windows has limited support from XP onwards, but full support is for Windows 7 onwards
    macOS 10.10+ is fully supported
    This announcement is for 9.6.0 as well, since we quickly fixed a bug in that with 9.6.1, thanks to Arceliar for reporting it

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    General:

    Fixed broken browsing on some renderers
    Fixed broken transcoding on renderers with KeepAspectRatio enabled

    Renderers:

    Updated support for external subtitles on VLC for Desktop (thanks, JuanPZ!)

    Translation updates via Crowdin:

    Russian (94%)

    Dependency updates:

    netty from 4.1.50 to 3.10.6

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General:

   Improved browsing and scanning speed and stability
   Optimized database storage space
   Fixed aspect ratio comparisons
   Fixed the "Check for updates" button not finding updates
   Fixed support for Eclipse development
   Fixed freezes while browsing and scanning a folder at the same time

Renderers:

   Improved support for high bit-depth videos on Samsung and Sony TVs, and VLC
   Fixed transcoding support in some cases on DirecTV, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Vizio TVs, and Android phones

Translation updates via Crowdin:

   Chinese Traditional (100%)
   French (100%)
   Hungarian (100%)
   Polish (100%)
   Spanish (100%)

Dependency updates:

   Bump surefire-version from 3.0.0-M4 to 3.0.0-M5

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General:

   Implemented the minimize on startup option on macOS
   Added dates to the debug log zip (thanks, midhun1998!)
   Added profiling logging for the database
   Windows installer stops the existing service if it is running
   Windows installer starts the service if the checkbox is enabled at the end and the service is installed, instead of starting the GUI
   Windows installer does not try to start the GUI on computer startup if the service is installed
   GUI warns about using it as a GUI when it is already installed as a service
   The service uses our bundled Java instead of the system one
   Changed the default AC-3 transcoding bitrate to 448 for better transcoding compatibility

Translation updates via Crowdin:

   Czech (100%)
   Danish (99%)
   English (United Kingdom) (25%)
   Finnish (100%)
   Polish (100%)
   Portuguese (100%)
   Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%)
   Russian (93%)
   Slovak (98%)
   Spanish (99%)
   Turkish (100%)
   Ukrainian (17%)

Dependency updates:

   Bump maven-site-plugin from 3.9.0 to 3.9.1
   Bump oshi-core from 5.1.2 to 5.2.0
   Bump rome from 1.13.1 to 1.14.1
   Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.0.0 to 4.0.4

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General:

   Fixed HTTPS and authentication in the web interface (thanks, outnos!)
   Fixed Windows service
   Fixed auto updater getting stuck on program startup
   Fixed high CPU usage for some users
   Fixed fontconfig warning

Renderers:

   Added support for Sony STR-DN1080 AV Receiver (thanks, GurliGebis!)
   Fixed detection of newer versions of VLC on Apple TV (thanks, ajkessel!)

Translation updates via Crowdin:

   Bulgarian (100%)
   French (100%)
   Hungarian (100%)

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General:

   Started releasing two macOS builds which fixed MEncoder not working on 10.15 (Catalina)
   Improved support for ASF, MKV, MP4, MPEG-PS, MPEG-TS, and WMV videos by adding and improving accuracy of DLNA.ORG_PN values (thanks for testing, carlosvsilva!)
   Reduced CPU use and video/audio quality by muxing some supported streams with FFmpeg instead of transcoding
   Other DLNA compatibility fixes, including sending correct framerates, color depths, and audio channel counts
   Improved load time on web interface with many files by 10x or more (thanks, outnos!)
   Fixed forced network interface not always persisting
   Fixed Safari login prompts with HTTPS on web interface (thanks, outnos!)
   Fixed not displaying the Minimize on startup option in GUI on macOS
   Fixed Windows installer not adding a Windows Firewall exception for the service

Renderers:

   Improved support for Philips PUS 6500 Series TVs
   Improved support for AVI files on Panasonic Viera VT60 TVs
   Improved support for Samsung Q7 Series TVs
   Fixed detection of Panasonic Viera DX Series TVs
   Fixed detection of Samsung Q9 TVs
   Fixed detection of Samsung Soundbar MS750
   Fixed false-detection of XBMC

Translation updates via Crowdin:

   Danish (100%)
   Korean (34%)

Dependencies:

   Bump AdoptOpenJDK to 14.0.2
   Bump git-commit-id-plugin from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1
   Bump jna-version from 5.5.0 to 5.6.0
   Bump junrar from 4.0.0 to 6.0.1
   Bump oshi-core from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2
   Bump rome from 1.14.1 to 1.15.0
   Bump twelvemonkeys-imageio-version from 3.5 to 3.6

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