Version 29.2

This release is functionally identical to 29.1.1. The purpose of the release is to fix a RPi packaging issue caused by the 29.1.1 version number.

Version 29.1.1

• fix: 29.1 broke some older AirPlay speakers ("Missing or invalid public key")
• fix: "Computer" always being selected in Apple Remote
• fix: Minor web UI improvements

Version 29.1

• fix: Samsung and Sonos Era speakers via support for Airplay 2 PTP timing
• fix: shairport-sync Airplay 2 mode via support for PTP timing
• fix: ipv6 on MacOS and BSD
• fix: if bind_address is configured, use it for all services
• fix: better mpd support of swmpc (fix sort tags and missing fields)
• fix: security (races conditions, segfaults, sql injection, timing attacks)
• fix: iTunes/Apple Music with password
• fix: artwork for radio statios sometimes not updating
• fix: playback not starting in the web UI Files page
• new: Airplay 2 is now default
• new: support artwork for non-library items, e.g. from Spotify search
• new: set speaker offset via web UI
• new: option to skip startup Spotify rescan
• new: option to set Airplay speakers as "exclusive"
• new: deprecate config file playback offset and websocket interface
• new: add option for music-assistant/cliairplay to set playback start time

Version 29.0

• fix: client name showing as blank when pairing with MacOS
• fix: Spotify playback error "Could not find track data"
• fix: prevent OwnTone from hanging when a tcp connection can't be made
• fix: use libmount to detect filesystem mount events (previously undetected)
• fix: build errors with libcurl 7
• fix: build for platforms without fcopyfile() or copy_file_range()
• fix: ffmpeg, libplist and libxml2 deprecations
• fix: null-pointer dereference bug when handling dacp request
• new: support for "empty" operand in smart playlists
• new: Spotify OAuth redirection to github page instead of owntone.local
• web UI 3.0:
  • enhanced styling, layout consistency, colours streamlined
  • improve mobile responsiveness, simplify settings pages
  • added support for dark/light mode switching
  • switch to Bulma 1.0
  • fix Spotify search results not paginating correctly
  • fix translation inconsistencies and errors
  • add page to control outputs
  • add followed artists to the Spotify music page
  • add the cover artwork of Spotify playlists in the modal dialog
  • display artist visuals from Spotify
  • show cover of Spotify playlists
  • switch to Spotify Web SDK

Version 28.12

• fix: possible deadlock during Spotify scan
• fix: armv7 compile warnings
• fix: stop playback when last queue item removed
• fix: "Invalid token" when authorising Spotify
• fix: mpd enable/disable erroneously toggles
• fix: cover art not being displayed in album lists
• new: logging includes thread info
• new: support for ListenBrainz

Version 28.11

• 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

• 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

• 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