Changelog¶

Version 28.11 - 2025-01-26¶

• fix: retrieval of artwork from online sources
• fix: mpd speaker selection
• fix: autoconf warnings
• fix: Apple Music/iTunes not working on Airplay host
• web UI: Now Playing does not stop play progress updates when pausing
• web UI: add ability to access the server externally
• new: internet radio "Streamurl" options
• new: support libevent as WS server instead of libwebsockets
• new: template for VSCode
• new: mpd updates, version 0.23.0, e.g. getvol, readpicture, albumart
• new: API for setting skip_count and play_count directly

Version 28.10 - 2024-09-12¶

• fix: playlist scanner ignoring lines starting with non-ascii chars
• fix: last seconds of a track sometimes being skipped
• fix: Apple Music password-based auth
• fix: missing file scan when modified multiple times within a second
• fix: Roku M1001 crash
• fix: speakers changing IP addresses (error "Got RR type A size 16")
• fix: playlist rename not registered
• fix: problems with DAAP and old dates ("Integer value too large")
• fix: compability with ffmpeg 7 (fixes build error)
• web UI: many smaller improvements, e.g. sort by release date
• web UI: traditional Chinese translation
• new: ALAC transcoding for RSP/DAAP streaming
• new: ability to save id3 metadata
• config: change "trusted_networks" to have new value "lan" as default
• config: new option to announce a MPD httpd plugin (stream from server)
• config: set ipv6 to disabled by default due to unknown Airplay issue
• config: deprecate "cache_path", replaced by "cache_dir"
• dependency: libxml2 instead of mxml

Version 28.9 - 2024-01-18¶

• web UI improvements:
  • display lyrics metadata
  • toggle Spotify on/off in some views
  • many minor improvements
• use compressed ALAC for Airplay for bandwidth + fixes esp32 issue
• don't merge Spotify albums with local albums
• handle playlist with Unicode BOM
• json API add tracks to queue returns info on added tracks
• replace syscall with gettid, syscall deprecated on MacOS
• fix issue where m3u genre doesn't override despite m3u_override = true
• fix possible crash from use-after-free
• fix FreeBSD possible crash
• fix crash when keys of incorrect length are used for legacy pairing

Version 28.8¶

• fix MacOS bind error: "Protocol wrong type for socket"
• fix BSD build error (no SYS_gettid)
• fix ALAC missing end tag causing ffmpeg decoder warnings
• fix crash if Spotify AP resolver is unavailable
• fix duplicates if file within library is replaced
• fix fatal error due to mutex being zeroed

Version 28.7¶

• fix compability with ffmpeg 6
• web UI improvements:
  • easier volume sliders
  • incorrect display of genre
  • Chinese translation
  • fix removing RSS podcasts
  • sort by rating for composer, genre and artist tracks
  • (and much more)
• changes to artwork search orders (easier static artwork for pipes)
• major refactor of the http server improving mp3 streaming
• support for m3u8 playlist files
• allow mixed ipv4/ipv6 mdns
• fix issue with device name capitalization (TuneAero issue)
• drop support for libevent < 2.1.4

Version 28.6¶

• German translation of web UI
• web UI: fix error messages not displaying
• fix low resolution Spotify artwork
• fix incorrect display of date released pre 1970
• fix for Denon speakers when pausing
• support password authentication for Airplay 2
• support for user config ffmpeg audio filters

Version 28.5¶

• French translation of web UI
• improved web UI loading of images
• add support for Airplay 2 password based auth
• fix some Airplay speakers turning on by themselves
• fix parsing of CRLF and NOT in smart playlists and allow larger sizes
• fix possible crash after Avahi restart
• fix for Remote - play item from 'up next' when stopped
• use configured bind_address to set mdns network interface

Version 28.4¶

• fix broken Spotify after libspotify sunset
• remove antlr3 dependency, use bison/flex instead
• improve search by supporting diacritics and Unicode case folding
• add support for new output: Roku/Soundbridge RCP
• switch to MkDocs for documentation
• smart playlists fixups and new "this week" param
• fix 'add next' when in queue shuffle mode
• web UI improvements:
  • migration to Vue 3 and Vite
  • honor "radio_playlists" config setting
  • display of search results for composers and playlists
  • add album / track count to genre and composer pages
  • fix incorrect sorting of album/artist searches
  • minor UI fixes
• fix for Spotify config option album_override
• improved Spotify scan performance
• generic browse endpoints for the json api
• fix slow shutdown with some libwebsocket versions

Version 28.3¶

• web UI improvements, e.g.:
  • composer views
  • partial scan (e.g. only update RSS feeds)
  • fix http stream button not clickable in mobile view
  • fix Spotify playlists not showing
  • handling of not playable Spotify tracks
  • handling of podcast play counts
• support for Spotify podcasts
• updates for ffmpeg 5
• better Spotify logout
• user "usermark" field for user flagging of various track states
• fix for 0-byte files crashing ffmpeg
• fix metadata pipe deadlock and artwork memleak-on-error
• better handling of Spotify disconnects
• fix rare Airplay pairing error
• many minor error handling fixes

Version 28.2¶

• add Spotify integration that doesn't depend on libspotify
• partial support for AirPlay events (Homepod buttons)
• web UI upgraded, now 1.1.0:
  • show "comment" field in track details
  • drop double login to Spotify when not using libspotify
• easier install by letting 'make install' add user and service files
• preserve existing conf file when running 'make install'
• support for "comment" field when making smart playlists
• fix support for dacp device-volume
• fix issue where source file sort tags where ignored
• fix for Roku (RSP) artist display issue
• fix bug when 'bind_address' option is used
• fix for CVE-2021-38383
• fix some minor time-of-check time-of-use bugs

Version 28.1¶

• fix incompability in 28.0 with Debian Buster's libwebsockets 2.0

Version 28.0¶

• rename forked-daapd to OwnTone + new logo
• fix web UI slow updates due to websockets 3.x changes
• support for ALAC sort tags
• support for remote pls/m3u with https streams
• add /api/queue?id=now_playing json API shortcut
• fix possible crash on Pulseaudio error callback
• fix possible segfault-on-exit
• fix websockets not working on FreeBSD
• refactor how the server binds to sockets (use dual stack ipv4/6)
• configurable interface/address binding

Version 27.4¶

• fix web server path traversal vulnerability

Version 27.3¶

• support for AirPlay 2 speakers, incl. compressed ALAC
• web UI upgraded, now v0.8.5:
  • new design/layout
  • optimize "Recently added"
  • Spotify search dialogue improvements
  • drop separate admin web page, now integrated in main web
  • podcast deletion
  • make Radio a top level item
  • show release dates
  • new sorting options
  • prevent browser caching of playlists
  • additional settings
• improved Chromecast streaming (retransmisson, adaptive etc.)
• JSON api support for updating metadata of queue items
• JSON api new fields, e.g. time_added, time_played and seek
• fix for some Chromecasts disconnecting
• new algorithm for more natural ALSA volume adjustments
• new nickname option for AirPlay and Chromecast
• mpd fixes (nextsong, multiple commands)
• charset flexibility when getting ICY metadata from streams
• adaptive probing of radio streams
• libplist and libsodium now required
• fixes for library update events
• fixes to speaker selection and unintentional volume changes
• fix some minor memleaks
• support shairport-sync metadata pipe flush event
• misc logging fixup

Version 27.2¶

• web UI upgraded to v0.7.2:
  • show cover artwork in album pages and lazy loading of artwork
  • show playlist folders
  • use sass/scss for css files
  • add "Radio" tab to the music section
  • add settings for artwork sources
  • add pop up dialog for Remote pairing requests
  • support adding/removing podcast subscriptions
  • support marking all new podcast episodes/all episodes as played
  • support searching by smart pl queries
  • skip buttons for audiobooks and podcasts
  • show localized times/dates
  • generate colored placeholder image if cover artwork is missing
  • show "cast" icon for Chromecast outputs
  • styling changes of the navbars and moving the volume controls
• new speaker selection logic (persist user choice even after failure)
• speaker autoselect no longer enabled by default
• removed old admin page, not necessary any more
• fix/workaround for Apple TV's and HomePods that disconnect
• support for RSS feeds
• support for nested smart playlists (playlist folders)
• support for online artwork sources e.g. Discogs, Coverartarchive
• support for radio StreamUrl's that point to json with metadata
• fix incorrect artwork shown for unknown album/artists
• fix issue parsing shairport-sync progress metadata
• fix missing Spofity logout option
• fix for embedded artwork not working with ffmpeg 4.3+
• some smart PL improvements, e.g. support for more tags
• config option for Airplay timing/control ports (eases firewalling)
• quicker loading of radio streams (smaller probing)
• workaround for mxml 2.10 significant memleak
• some fixes for Roku (RSP)
• drop libspotify for artwork, doesn't work any more
• documentation improvements

Version 27.1¶

• web UI upgraded to v0.6.0: settings page, display more Spotify data
• support for volumeup, volumedown and mutetoggle DACP commands
• support for multiple ALSA devices
• suppress repeated logging of same message to avoid log file bloat
• fix opening too many files due to looping with shairport-sync
• fix for genres with single quotes in name
• fix for incorrect update of time_added metadata
• fix some small memleaks and missing cleanup

Version 27.0¶

• no fixed resampling to 44100/16, play source quality if possible
• Chromecast: quick start, better quality (48000/16 Opus encoded)
• performance enhancements: Remote and iTunes will load quicker
• alsa sync with variable sample rate, avoiding audible "clicks"
• web UI upgraded to v0.5.6, e.g. play non-library tracks, saving queue
• fix for Pebble mpd client (and possibly others)
• fix issue with some HLS radio stations
• support for https streams
• fix for artwork showing dithered
• ICY metadata in forked-daapd's mp3 stream
• support for Spotify collaborative playlists
• support for Shairport artwork via pipe
• configurable mp3 streaming quality
• json api improvements, e.g. for toggling speakers
• json api/web ui: Relative seeking
• support for some http seeking
• fix for macOS Catalina’s Apple Music

Version 26.5¶

• json api/web ui: file view
• web ui: artwork support
• web ui: "Add next" and genre tab
• Airplay connection test improvements
• support for https streams in m3u's
• use Spotify web api for artwork instead of libspotify
• option to make Airplay devices permanent or excluded
• support for tracks and disc items in smart playlists
• db refactor, fix issues with play count, time played etc
• json api: more options available when adding items to the queue
• json api: player/toggle
• mpd version 0.20 support + support for "listfiles" command
• fix double http auth decline issue

Version 26.4¶

• automatic rating
• fix issue in 26.3 causing invalid time_skipped values in the db
• improved fallback to ipv4 if ipv6 fails
• fix issue returning too many queue items to clients
• fix missing prompt for library password

Version 26.3¶

• fix AirPlay 2 devices (e.g. Sonos Beam and Airport Express)
• fix mdns problems with ATV4 and ipv6
• fix possible segfault if null user-agent
• new metadata: Skip Count and Times Skipped (incl iTunes XML mapping)
• iTunes XML mapping of Play Count and Play Date
• fix for crashes when client provides no User-Agent
• logging improvements

Version 26.2¶

• fix for db indexes not being used on fresh installs

Version 26.1¶

• player web interface
• support for Airplay speaker control commands
• add non-library items (e.g. radio stations) to the queue
• fix for keeping connection alive towards some devices e.g. old ApEx's
• extension of the JSON API
• under-the-hood improvements of Spotify integration
• fix for Android "Remote for iTunes"
• fix ffmpeg segfault when jpeg encoding
• performance improvements + misc

Version 26.0¶

• added web interface
• added JSON API
• new mpd commands (e.g. sticker, urlhandlers, playlistfind)
• support for adding non-library urls to the playback queue
• support for id3 grouping tags
• support for filesystems with ACL's
• use Spotify web api to load all playlists
• improved client authentication options
• only rescan playlists if changed -> faster startup
• fix bug related to dacp/daap client revision number handling
• fix bugs related to import of iTunes XML playlists
• restore ATV4/tvOS11 support by removing requirement for timing_port
• fixes for Hyperfine Remote
• improve database performance
• make sure daemons listen on both ipv4 and ipv6 (for BSD)
• ffmpeg/transcoding refactored for new ffmpeg API
• and more...

Version 25.0¶

• improved playback resilience
• substitute packet skipping (producing audio "clicks") with start/stop
• support for MacOSX with macports and Bonjour mDNS
• Airplay device verification for Apple TV 4 w/tvOS 10.2 (uses libsodium)
• support for Spotify web api (saved tracks/albums + Discover Weekly)
• automatic playback of pipes + support for Shairport metadata pipes
• added pipe audio output (fifo)
• persistent queues (queue remains across server restart)
• support for browser based clients
• mpd sendmessage: set individual speaker volume, remote pairing
• mpd add http://path-to-radiostream (i.e. add non-library items)
• new options, e.g. exclude speakers from list
• fix for shuffle mode
• fix broken PNG artwork rescaling
• use friendly Chromecast name in speaker list
• support for libav/ffmpeg dual installs
• refactoring - added the input and library interface
• performance improvements
• and other fixing up...

Version 24.2¶

• Pulseaudio support (can be used for Bluetooth speakers)
• new pipe/"fifo" audio output
• fix misc Chromecast audio bugs
• fix for Apple tvOS10 disconnecting after some minutes
• enable CORS headers
• LastFM scrobbling during regular DAAP streaming
• smart playlist support for file modification time
• misc MPD improvements, e.g. new outputsvolume command
• ignore ipv6 link-local addresses (announced by e.g. ATV4)
• better inter-thread command handling
• improved cache performance and use of gzip
• fix possible segfault on http timeouts
• fix possible segfault when adding items during playback

Version 24.1¶

• support for Monkey's audio
• fix build problems on some platforms (e.g. OpenWrt)

Version 24.0¶

• support for Chromecast audio
• support more idv3 tags (eg. date released)
• support more DAAP tags (eg. datereleased, hasbeenplayed)
• fix problem with playlists not shown in correct order in Remote
• autoselect devices based on priorities + keep devices selected
• fix multiple FreeBSD filescanner bugs (like too many open files)
• ALSA audio refurbished (prevent underrun/overrun, better AirPlay sync)
• improved mpd command support (eg. lsinfo, move, queue autoplay start)
• better mpd performance
• timing changes to keep input and output in sync with player timer
• prevent cache bloat (unscaled artwork or artwork for deleted tracks)
• more intelligent Spotify artwork retrieval
• artwork handling refactored
• add generic output interface
• add systemd service file
• support for OSS4 dropped
• support for old ffmpeg dropped
• misc minor bugfixing

Version 23.4¶

• fix freeze problem on network stream disconnects
• support for mp3 streaming
• better ipv6 handling
• option to hide singles from album/artist lists
• misc MPD improvements, incl. new commands and zeroconf support
• queue handling and transcoding refactored
• libavresample/libswresample dependency changed to libavfilter
• improved pairinghelper.sh script

Version 23.3¶

• fix issue where volume gets set to -1 on startup of raop devices
• plug various minor memleaks
• audiobook improvements, eg resuming playback from saved position
• live icy metadata
• libevent 1 support removed
• LastFM performance improvement
• drop legacy ffmpeg stuff
• drop legacy flac, musepack and wma scanner

Version 23.2¶

• fix db lock, m3u and Windows Phone bugs
• improvements for Spotify and mpd
• fixing bugs as always
• sorting of genres and composers

Version 23.1¶

• support for more mpd commands

Version 23.0¶

• add support for the mpd protocol
• add support for smart playlists
• playlist and internet stream overhaul

Version 22.2¶

• fix for iTunes 12.1
• fix misc bugs

Version 22.1¶

• artwork cache
• some Spotify fixing up

Version 22.0¶

• queue handling improvements
• added DAAP cache, good for low-power devices like the RPi
• support for LastFM scrobbling
• support for .pls playlists
• added compability with ffmpeg libswresample
• added options to modify the operation of the SQLite database
• stop init-rescan/full-rescan from running twice
• fix misc local audio problems
• fix some FreeBSD sound timing problems
• fix segfault on invalid utf8 while sorting
• fix misc bugs

Version 21.0¶

• filescanner performance enhancements (db transactions)
• support for queue editing
• support for showing history
• compability with libevent 2
• compability with libav 10
• support for Spotify
• fix for Seafile libraries
• support for permission changes in a library (IN_ATTRIB)
• some DAAP changes to align with iTunes
• properly show media kind shares in iTunes
• support for named pipes/fifos
• natural sorting and better handling of capitalization
• introduce .init-rescan and .full-rescan triggers
• fix for XBMC (libshairplay) crash
• fix missing songartistid (fixes some remotes)
• fix bug in m3u scanner
• ICY metadata fixes

Version 20.0¶

• includes patch against timeouts
• configurable artwork file names
• support for Remote 3 and 4
• preference for album artist if it is available
• bug fix for certain Airport Express models
• bug fix for AirFoil Speakers
• added support for internet radio with m3u
• fixed fatal error when stopping player
• m3u and iTunes playlist scanner improvements
• improved compability with Hyperfine Remote for Android
• speaker selection and m3u bug fixes
• Shoutcast (icy) metadata support for internet radio
• fix for Apple TV update 6.0
• fix artwork memory leak
• basic support for podcasts, compilations and audiobooks
• user can tell file scanner to ignore certain file types
• fix for metadata on non-Apple airplay devices
• configurable library names
• sorting changes, ignore The/A/An
• fix for TunesRemote SE
• force library rescan with .force-rescan
• fix for the Retune remote on Android
• fix for AirBubble speakers (shairport)
• support for artwork in iTunes
• fixed ffmpeg/libav logging
• logging and documentation adjustments
• autoselect AirPlay device if none selected
• support for embedded artwork
• config option to disable startup scan
• config option for max volume for AirPlay devices
• support for embedded platforms without hi-res timers
• fix for WMA files
• fixes for video playback
• other fixes: non apple players, ffmpeg/libav updates...

Version 0.19¶

• more libav 0.7 updates.
• database speedups.
• fix for iTunes 30-minute timeout.
• fixes, big and small.

Version 0.18¶

• add config knob for ALSA mixer channel name.
• do not elevate privileges for reopening the log file; log file will now be owned by the user forked-daapd runs as.
• fixes, big and small.

Version 0.17¶

• support for libav 0.7
• fixes, big and small.

Version 0.16¶

• fix issue with non-UTF-8 metadata while scanning.
• use proper file size in HTTP streaming code.
• fix DAAP songlist bug with sort tags.
• small code fixes.

Version 0.15¶

• add support for sending metadata to AppleTV during AirTunes streaming.
• support DOS-encoded Remote pairing files.
• rework album_artist_sort handling.
• enable RAOP to queue RTSP requests.
• speedup DAAP & RSP filters processing.
• speedup DAAP songlist generation.
• artwork can handle and send out both PNG and JPEG.
• fixes, big and small.

Version 0.14¶

• sort headers/tags handling improvements.
• better handling of tags for TV shows.
• better handling of DRM-afflicted files.
• configurable IPv6 support.
• fix scanning of URL files.
• fixes, big and small.

Version 0.13¶

• add Remote v2 support; Remote v1 is not supported anymore.
• add per-speaker volume support.
• implement RAOP retransmission.
• implement per-device quirks in RAOP.
• improve compatibility with 802.11g AirPort Express.
• improve mDNS address resolution, making IPv4 usable again.
• fix Murmur Hash bug on 32bit platforms.
• add support for JPEG artwork and alternative filenames.
• disable session expiration that was causing issues.
• FFmpeg 0.6 support.
• fixes, big and small.

Version 0.12¶

• add AirTunes v2 streaming.
• add Remote support.
• add gzipped replies.
• add IPv6 support.
• check for UTF-8 correctness of metadata.
• fixes, big and small.

Version 0.11¶

• support iTunes 9.
• add iTunes XML playlist scanner.
• add support for TV shows.
• add FreeBSD and GNU/kFreeBSD support.
• add support for DAAP groups.
• add support for artwork.
• rework metdata extraction, better support for ID3 tags.
• database code rework.
• preliminary support for Remote (pairing, browsing).
• fixes, big and small.

Version 0.10¶

• initial release.