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MyTunesRSS Changelog

What's new in MyTunesRSS 6.8.2

Jul 13, 2015
  • Fixed SQL exception when using certain user setting with a postgres database.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.8.1 (May 15, 2015)

  • Fixed failure importing certain files.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.8 (May 14, 2015)

  • Improved embedded (default) H2 database maintenance.
  • REST-API: Fixed wrong order when adding tracks to media player via tracklist parameter.
  • REST-API: Added missing function to delete playlists.
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.7 (Mar 7, 2015)

  • REST-API: Return playlist URI when saving an edited playlist.
  • REST-API: Added nat_sort_name attribute to album/artist/genre representation.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.6 (Jan 31, 2015)

  • Removed option to delete missing files in iTunes import (missing files now are always deleted).
  • Removed file types configuration, types are automatically detected.
  • Several bug fixes and minor improvements.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.5.2 (Dec 11, 2014)

  • Fixed problem with user interface settings page.
  • Fixed typo in label in UPnP admin

New in MyTunesRSS 6.5.1 (Nov 17, 2014)

  • Use "http://ip4.telize.com" to get external address.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.5 (Nov 15, 2014)

  • MyTunesRSS is now free of charge and does not require a license file anymore.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.3.4 (Oct 6, 2014)

  • Use other character set when parsing ID3 tags in MP3 files to fix problems with files not 100% compliant to the ID3 specification.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.3.3 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • Fixed problem browsing genres when user had certain settings.
  • Fixed problem with the "private playlist" checkbox when editing playlists.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.3.2 (Sep 3, 2014)

  • Added button to recreate the search index on the content config panel in the admin interface.
  • Fixed problems with certain characters and the search index.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.3.1 (Aug 25, 2014)

  • Depending on the user permissions some playlists were not shown in the manager.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.3 (Aug 9, 2014)

  • Added warning when saving empty admin password.
  • Added ID of currently selected media renderer to REST API media player representation.
  • Added TOGGLE_PLAY_PAUSE action to media player REST API.
  • Several bug fixes and minor improvements.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.2 (Jun 30, 2014)

  • Added configurable image size for jukebox configurations.
  • Playlist in remote control view now correctly refreshes when another client changes it.
  • REST API for adding albums, artists, genres and playlists to remote control playlist.
  • Updated bundled Mac OS X and Windows JRE to 1.7.0 Update 60.
  • Bug fix for parent URI in REST API playlist representation.
  • Bug fix for smart playlist criteria "not recently played".
  • Fixed problem interrupting database import.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.1 (May 24, 2014)

  • Support for sort album and album artist from iTunes, ID3 tags and MP4 atoms.
  • Better playback statistics update and LastFM scrobbling.
  • Several bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.0.2 (May 7, 2014)

  • Removed automatic QT-Faststart utility since it causes performance problems with HTTP range requests.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.0.1 (May 3, 2014)

  • Sort order for albums, artists and genres improved, e.g. albums with numbers at the end are sorted correctly in natural order now.
  • Search results with the same score are now correctly sorted by album and tracks of the same album are sorted by track number.
  • Search results are sorted consistently in all apps (Web interface, iOS app, DLNA server).
  • The default media server client profile's user is defaulted if only one user exists in the whole server for easier setup.
  • Several minor improvements and fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 6.0 (Apr 28, 2014)

  • MyTunesRSS requires Java 7 now. The Windows and Mac OS X versions come with a bundled JRE.
  • Added UPnP DLNA Media Server.
  • Remote control feature does not use VLC player anymore but any available UPnP DLNA Media Renderer.
  • Several optimizations and improvements.
  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 5.0.2 (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Allow smart playlist criteria patterns with up to 255 character. Added a proper error message in case user enters longer values.
  • Miscellaneous bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 5.0.1 (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Date matcher for smart playlists (recently or not recently played or updated).
  • In smart playlists you can use the pipe character "|" for a disjunction of terms.
  • Bugfix for image requests without size to return largest available image. This bug made the album covers look bad in the iOS app for example.
  • Added single threaded H2 database option. Use it if you have problems with the default H2 database.
  • Minor bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 5.0.0 (Jan 20, 2014)

  • MyTunesRSS 5.0.0 requires Java 6, so please stay with version 4.x if you still use Java 5.
  • Optimizations to allow import of much larger libraries with several hundred thousand tracks.
  • New sort criteria "play count", "last played" and "last updated" for smart playlists.
  • Database maintenance button in the admin interface.
  • Access logs for the admin and the user interface.
  • Removed tagging support, please use iTunes or ID3 comments for additional information.
  • Option to disable playlist import for watch folders.
  • Image thumbnails are stored in the file system instead of the database.
  • Genres can be renamed in MyTunesRSS.
  • The VLC player version (2.0 or 2.1) is detected automatically in most cases now.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.15 (Jan 11, 2014)

  • Restored Java 5 compatibility.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.13 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Fixed code signature in Mac OS X build.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.12 (Oct 14, 2013)

  • Added tracksUri to the REST representation on an artist.
  • Fixed a translation problem in the data sources config.
  • Fixed a display problem in the playlists view in the content config.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.11 (Oct 10, 2013)

  • Fixed a problem with HTTP Live Streaming.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.10 (Oct 4, 2013)

  • Fixed a problem with VLC player 2.1 on Windows.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.9 (Oct 3, 2013)

  • Restored Java 5 compatibility which was lost in versions 4.9.7 and 4.9.8.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.8 (Oct 2, 2013)

  • Minor fixes and improvements for the transcoder cache and preparation for the next version (3.1) of the iOS app.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.7 (Sep 28, 2013)

  • Added jukebox playlist type "JW Media RSS" to support the JW Media Player 6.
  • Option for VLC player version. Used to set http-password when starting VLC player 2.1 for remote control. Display error message in admin when VLC player could not be started.
  • Minor improvements and bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.6 (Sep 9, 2013)

  • Fixed dialog misplacement for pages with long content.
  • Limited size of imported cover images to 2048 pixels.
  • Use GraphicsMagick (if configured) for generating cover thumbnails as well.
  • Some minor bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.5 (Aug 23, 2013)

  • Several smaller fixes for the remote control, especially when using Internet Explorer.
  • Admin interface now works correctly in Internet Explorer 10.
  • Fixes for problems detecting the VLC executable on Windows.
  • User interface setting for JPEG quality when displaying photos.
  • Fixed a problem where the cover image update sometimes stopped when a single cover could not be read.
  • New configuration option for optionally using GraphicsMagick to generate thumbnail images.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.4 (Aug 13, 2013)

  • Some minor bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.3 (Aug 12, 2013)

  • Smart playlists with certain characters in the name caused problems with the refresh button on the portal page.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.2 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • Fixed a problem when refreshing smart playlists with a Postgres database.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9.1 (Aug 6, 2013)

  • Fixes a problem under certain circumstances when no media files could be downloaded/played.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.9 (Aug 5, 2013)

  • Added HTTP response compression.
  • Added new smart playlist criteria "random order" and "limit".
  • Removed random playlist. Users can configure their own random playlists with the newly added smart criteria "random order" and "limit".
  • Added refresh REST resource for smart playlist owned by the current user.
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.8.1 (Jul 3, 2013)

  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.8 (Jun 7, 2013)

  • File upload through the user interface has been added again with a new configuration. Uploads to iTunes are possible now.
  • Transcoders are selected on more criteria than filename suffix only. The configuration has changed.
  • Several bugfixes and improvements.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.7.1 (Mar 4, 2013)

  • Added CORS support for the REST API.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.7 (Feb 11, 2013)

  • Album view for playlist editor to be able to remove complete albums with a single click.
  • A new REST-API function for getting all albums of the currently edited playlist and a function for removing all tracks of an album from the currently edited playlist.
  • Added a confirmation dialog when canceling the playlist editor with unsaved changes.
  • Switched off transcoding if VLC has been disabled or is not found.
  • Limited the number of parallel photo thumbnail generation threads to prevent excessive memory usage.
  • Several bug fixes and minor improvements.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.6.5 (Jan 7, 2013)

  • MP3 track duration calculated from actual MP3 audio data since the ID3 length tag often does not have the correct value.
  • Fixed a problem where stopping a running database update sometimes did not work correctly.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.6.4 (Dec 16, 2012)

  • Fixed problem when starting VLC player for remote control feature.
  • Fixed problem switching to other speakers in the remote control player.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.6.3 (Dec 10, 2012)

  • Use cover artwork when sharing a single track even when the image is not displayed in the track browser view.
  • Added TV show name and season name to what is shared on Twitter and Facebook when sharing a single episode.
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.6.2 (Nov 29, 2012)

  • Fixed jukebox selection for Facebook and Twitter sharing.
  • Use cover artwork for Facebook sharing if available.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.6.1 (Nov 28, 2012)

  • Database connection options can be added (some defaults for internal MySQL).
  • Prompt to reset database to default when broken on startup. Command line switch (-resetDatabase) to force the reset (e.g. for headless mode).
  • Fixed Facebook sharing.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.6 (Nov 22, 2012)

  • Option for MySQL database using MXJ connector lets you use a MySQL database without explicitly installing and configuring a MySQL server.
  • Include names of missing files in the admin notification email after an update.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.5.1 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • Restored Java 5 compatibility.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.5 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • REST resource for deleting tracks from a playlists allows a single track ID only now.
  • Added an option for a user's bandwidth limit.
  • Removed all JSON- and XML-RPC APIs.
  • The upload for a custom jukebox must now contain the complete code. The uploaded ZIP archive must contain a file called index.html on top-level. See http://kb.mytunesrss.com for more documentation.
  • Option to disable VLC.
  • Bugfix for MacOSX: MyTunesRSS seemed to hang after startup in headless mode.
  • Removed user interface upload feature.
  • File types configuration per data source.
  • Search result list improvement.
  • Generate JPG images instead of PNG images for thumbnails and previews.
  • Separate "normal" albums from compilations.
  • Improved cover artwork display.
  • Only load a single image for thumbnail and preview in the album browser.
  • Bugfix: Search for combination of artist and title/album does not return any result.
  • Improved browser caching and page display performance.
  • Fixed display of albums and contents of albums where multiple artists have albums with the same name.
  • Case-insensitive ordering of albums/artists/genres.
  • Cover artwork always imported at sull size. Removed option to ignore cover artwork. Added import options for cover artwork (auto or never) and photo thumbnails (auto and on-demand). Both default to "auto".
  • Remote API for photos added.
  • Replaced "update images" function with "remove images" function. This removes images for selected datasources (track artwork and photo thumbnails). Image inport/updates are done in background jobs now. This makes the data import finish faster.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3.9 (Sep 29, 2012)

  • Fixed code signature of Mac OS X binary.
  • Fixed a bug when migrating old settings.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3.8 (Aug 22, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug with compressed MOOV atoms in MP4 files which also caused a Java 5 incompatibility.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3.7 (Aug 7, 2012)

  • REST service: fixed session timeout attribute name in session representation (was "sessionTimeoutSeconds" but should have been "sessionTimeoutMinutes", value always was in minutes).
  • Fixed a possible problem with leaked database connection.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3.6 (Aug 1, 2012)

  • Improved VLC executable detection.
  • Fixed a rare threading issue.
  • Scheduled database updates will no longer cancel already running jobs but they will be skipped now. An optional admin notification for this event can be enabled.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3.5 (Jul 23, 2012)

  • After a database update remove all media data from data sources which have been removed.
  • REST service: Added imageUri and imageHash to TV show and TV show season representation.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3.4 (Jul 19, 2012)

  • REST service: Use the configured search fuzziness of the user (if any) and ignore any parameter values.
  • REST service: Session representation now has the session timeout and the search fuzziness of the user.
  • REST service: All permissions are returned in the session representation now.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3.3 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Removed another Java 6 dependency which prevented the admin to work with Java 5.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3.2 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • REST service: new representation of the server version, separate values for major, minor, bugfix and the complete version text.
  • REST service: fixed httpLiveStreamUri in track representation (it was the normal playback URI).
  • REST service: added albumsUri and artistsUri to genre representation.
  • REST service: switched default sort order for tracks of an album to "Album" instead of "KeepOrder" (which is database order).
  • REST service: the login POST request returns the session representation now, just like the GET request. The response now also contains the library URI.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3.1 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • More checks for ensuring a valid VLC executable is selected.
  • Return the HTTP live streaming URI for all video tracks in the REST service, regardless of the user agent.
  • Bugfix: REST service calls sometimes had access to other user's sessions.
  • REST calls for TV shows and TV shows seasons now return show/season representations.
  • Fixed mysql statement for creating search temp table.
  • Restored JDK 1.5 compatibility.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.3 (Jun 25, 2012)

  • MyTunesRSS REST service added. Please migrate your client applications. The existing JSON-RPC and XML-RPC APIs will be removed in the next version. The RemoteControlService, TagService and EditPlaylistService have already been removed.
  • Completely dropped special PSP support.
  • Added HTML IMG references to RSS feeds and removed the yahoo media tag.
  • Make default jukeboxes editable and restorable.
  • Option to ignore timestamps on database update has been removed. When manually updating the database you can select the data sources you want to update and also select whether or not to ignore timestamps.
  • Optionally select a single network interface to listen on.
  • Customizable RSS feed description message.
  • Option to show or hide the OpenID login form.
  • VLC is now used for transcoding, server local playback (remote control feature) and HTTP live streaming. No other transcoders like FFmpeg can be configured anymore. If you already have VLC installed in a default location, MyTunesRSS should automatically find it.
  • Option for maximum number of search results (default is 250) in web settings.
  • Search results are much better now.
  • Smart playlist criteria have been redesigned.
  • Fallback name configuration for tracks title.
  • You can explicitly exclude certain data sources from a user.
  • The database will be refreshed automatically on the first start of MyTunesRSS 4.3 due to some internal changes. This may take a while.
  • Individual permissions for music, movie and TV shows per user.
  • Display logged in user name in user interface on the portal page.
  • Optional "Stop-Port" to stop a running server via command line. Use command line option "-shutdownPort 12345" to enable the shutdown listener and use command line option "-shutdown 12345" to stop an instance running on the same machine with the specified shutdown port. Using the "-shutdown" option will just try to stop another instance, it will not start MyTunesRSS itself.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.2.5 (May 3, 2012)

  • Restored Java 5 (JDK 1.5) compatibility.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.2.4 (Apr 2, 2012)

  • Fixed several bugs.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.2.3 (Mar 26, 2012)

  • Set video type correctly for non-MP4 video imported from watch folders.
  • Show random playlist only if it contains at least 1 track.
  • Fixed error in statistics display when tracks which do not exists anymore had been recorded.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.2.2 (Mar 19, 2012)

  • Fixed display problems of photo browser in Internet Explorer 7 and 8.
  • Photo count in statistics now only reflects photos linked to albums, i.e. photos being accessible in the user interface.
  • In some rare cases files from iTunes, Aperture and iPhoto libraries were not found.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.2.1 (Mar 5, 2012)

  • Bugfix: Last.FM account data could not always be saved in the user interface settings.
  • Bugfix: Photo dates from Aperture libraries were the modification dates instead of the original photo dates for most photos.
  • Bugfix: Log viewer did not scroll automatically.
  • Update: OpenID login timeout increased - should prevent failed OpenID logins.
  • Bugfix: Some values were not displayed correctly in admin statistics.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.2 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • Aperture Support.
  • Added OpenID login.
  • Sharing and downloading of language packs from mytunesrss.com integrated into the admin.
  • MP4 videos are now streamed with "qt-faststart", i.e. no playback delay when using the Flash player for example.
  • Improved (graphical) statistics.
  • Playlists can now be hidden per user.
  • Several photo viewer improvements, e.g. a download button for the full sized photo and a button to display EXIF data.
  • Only refuse to start the user interface with an expired license, i.e. admin can be used to add a valid license.
  • Path replacements are applied to the string from the iTunes XML without any preprocessing before. Should make the handling easier to understand.
  • Option for track to image file mapping.
  • Headless mode option in admin interface.
  • Optional admin warning if iTunes XML is older than iTunes master file.
  • Removed user bandwidth limit.
  • Transcoder binaries now must read from stdin, the "{infile}" token is no longer supported.
  • Better handling of broken databases on startup, e.g. show "create new database" in list of backups.
  • Several improvements and bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.11 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Fixed some MP4 parsing problems.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.10 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • Fixed some MP4 parsing problems (e.g. and endless loop), mostly related to corrupted ATOMs in the files.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.9 (Dec 2, 2011)

  • Fixed very rare fatal error when the web browser cannot be started from the application window.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.8 (Nov 27, 2011)

  • Restored Java 1.5 compatibility.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.7 (Nov 24, 2011)

  • Fixed a problem with the database when using MySQL.
  • Fixed links to external sites.
  • Improved MP4 parsing with several bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.6 (Nov 5, 2011)

  • Fixed problem parsing some MP4 files for meta information and cover artwork.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.5 (Oct 21, 2011)

  • Refuse startup with an expired license instead of using the default one.
  • Fixed reading TV show information and media type from MP4 files using watch folders.
  • Fixed saving of user configuration.
  • Fixed problems with recreating database when startup failed.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.4 (Oct 9, 2011)

  • Fixed error when clicking the "save" button in the addons panel.
  • After a database update all non-music genres are removed since they would not display anything.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.3 (Oct 3, 2011)

  • User permissions for photos and sharing (Facebook/Twitter) were mixed up on save.
  • From watch folders imported photos did not create any albums and hence were not displayed.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.1 (Sep 26, 2011)

  • Allow import of properties file for language packs instead of only ZIP archives.
  • Prefill driver class name and template connect string when changing database type.
  • One-click playlists ("create new" and "add to existing") did not work.
  • Corrected some internationalization issues.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.1.0 (Sep 19, 2011)

  • Removed additional web languages FR, JA and NB in favour of the language editor and downloadable packages available on http://www.mytunesrss.com soon.
  • Files are not parsed for artwork in tags if an iTunes artwork is found.
  • MyTunesRSS automatically creates backups of the default H2 database, so you can go back to the last backup in case of file corruption.
  • Filter option in album browser in user interface for compilations.
  • Removed option for URL encryption in admin interface and made it mandatory.
  • Facebook and Twitter integration in user interface.
  • Improved artist and album handling (please recreate your database).
  • Added genre filter in contents configuration.
  • Playlists from iTunes are now displayed in tree views in the admin interface.
  • User interface language editor in admin interface.
  • The default user interface theme can be edited now.
  • Added an admin option to ignore ID3 tags completely.
  • New users can send a registration request via the login screen (if enabled).
  • The contents of the random playlist are only recreated by explicit click in user interface now.
  • Support for movies, TV shows and photos (watch folder and iPhoto libraries).

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.16 (Apr 4, 2011)

  • Fixed startup problem of Windows version 4.0.15.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.15 (Mar 28, 2011)

  • Fixed startup problem of version 4.0.14.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.13 (Feb 27, 2011)

  • New playlists are user private by default.
  • New user permission to create public playlists which is disabled by default.
  • Bug fix: use the correct host name after the initial wizard finishes to display the user interface.
  • Bug fix: iTunes path replacements did not work correctly.
  • Bug fix: admin port from command line did not work.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.12 (Jan 30, 2011)

  • Updated Japanese and French user interface translation.
  • Renamed Flash players to Jukeboxes.
  • Added button for explicitly updating mytunesrss.com.
  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.11 (Jan 10, 2011)

  • Added login with ENTER key in admin.
  • Added an HTML5 based media player for the iPhone (Flash players). Removed Quicktime/iPhone playlist type.
  • Added playlist type JSON which can be selected for custom Flash player configurations.
  • UPnP router configuration (default enabled for user interface, disabled for admin).
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.10 (Dec 30, 2010)

  • Added JW Media Player 3.16 which works on the Wii.
  • Import iTunes artwork into database.
  • Changed transcoder request parameter, old links might not work correctly anymore.
  • Updated "MP3 Audio" transcoder preset to work with latest FFmpeg builds.
  • Allow Flash player configuration without uploading any files.
  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.9 (Dec 26, 2010)

  • Fixed flash player startup issues for some links.
  • Configurable duration time unit for flash players (JW Media Player needs seconds while XSPF player needs milliseconds).
  • Removed proxy host and port configuration from user interface HTTP(S) configuration.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.8 (Dec 23, 2010)

  • Log file is opened in new window.
  • Flash player did not always start correctly.
  • General performance and stability improvements.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.7 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • Several flash player configuration bugfixes.
  • Configurable playlist file type and window width and height for flash players. Added some default HTML content for new players.
  • Fixed flash player problem with "select on start" option.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.6 (Dec 19, 2010)

  • Do not create MyTunesRSS3 folders while checking for their existence.
  • Wizard for basic configuration on first start.
  • Option to remove corrupted database on start.
  • Admin server uses random port if configured port cannot be used.
  • MyTunesRSS does not prevent shutdown on Mac OS X anymore.
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.5 (Dec 14, 2010)

  • Correctly display web interface language chosen in login screen.
  • Added Norwegian user interface translation.
  • Minimize to systray on Windows.
  • Minimize and hide app window correctly on Mac OS X.
  • Correctly transfer MyTunesRSS 3 settings, license and database to MyTunesRSS 4 during first start.
  • Opening the admin and user interface in the same browser at the same time works now.
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.4 (Dec 13, 2010)

  • In addition to selecting a certain Flashplayer you can now select the option to chose the player on each start.
  • Added JW Media Player with shuffle to default Flash players.
  • Re-added simple Flash player to default configuration.
  • Flash player does not require playlist permission anymore.
  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.3 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Added simple main window.
  • Removed option to update the database when starting the server.
  • Removed option to show admin port in popup dialog.
  • Removed option to automatically start the browser.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.1 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Version 4.0.0 could not be registered with a license.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.0 (Dec 6, 2010)

  • Replaced old admin interface and JMX console with a new web based interface.
  • Support for users and groups.
  • User accounts can expire.
  • Users can be copied when creating new ones.
  • Shared and private users.
  • Playlists can be excluded from a user's view in addition to playlist restrictions.
  • Display currently logged in users only once with all sessions.
  • Some previously global options are now data source specific.
  • Buttons for full DB updates, stop DB update and run artwork update only.
  • Original size cover artwork can be imported.
  • Option for specifying which iTunes playlist types should be imported.
  • Presets for commonly used transcoders.
  • Freely configurable Flash players.
  • Web interface improvements (Flash player in playlist edit mode, add album/artist/genre/track to an existing playlist).
  • Added most recently played tracks special playlist.
  • Support for HTTP Live Streaming on the iPhone using FFmpeg libraries.
  • Remote API improvements.
  • Several small improvements and bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.0 RC3 (Nov 27, 2010)

  • Several small improvements and bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.0 RC2 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • Replaced old admin interface and JMX console with a new web based interface
  • Support for users and groups
  • User accounts can expire
  • Users can be copied when creating new ones
  • Shared and private users
  • Playlists can be excluded from a user's view in addition to playlist restrictions
  • Display currently logged in users only once with all sessions
  • Some previously global options are now data source specific
  • Buttons for full DB updates, stop DB update and run artwork update only
  • Original size cover artwork can be imported
  • Option for specifying which iTunes playlist types should be imported
  • Presets for commonly used transcoders
  • Freely configurable Flash players
  • Web interface improvements (Flash player in playlist edit mode, add album/artist/genre/track to an existing playlist)
  • Added most recently played tracks special playlist
  • Support for HTTP Live Streaming on the iPhone using FFmpeg libraries
  • Remote API improvements

New in MyTunesRSS 4.0.0 RC1 (Nov 16, 2010)

  • Replaced old admin interface and JMX console with a new web based interface.
  • Support for users and groups.
  • User accounts can expire.
  • Users can be copied when creating new ones.
  • Shared and private users.
  • Playlists can be excluded from a user's view in addition to playlist restrictions.
  • Display currently logged in users only once with all sessions.
  • Some previously global options are now data source specific.
  • Buttons for full DB updates, stop DB update and run artwork update only.
  • Original size cover artwork can be imported.
  • Option for specifying which iTunes playlist types should be imported.
  • Presets for commonly used transcoders.
  • Freely configurable Flash players.
  • Web interface improvements (Flash player in playlist edit mode, add album/artist/genre/track to an existing playlist).
  • Added most recently played tracks special playlist.
  • Support for HTTP Live Streaming on the iPhone using FFmpeg libraries.
  • Remote API improvements.
  • Several small improvements and bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.13 (Jul 25, 2010)

  • Some remote API changes for the MyTunesRSS iPhone app version 1.0.2.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.12 (Jul 11, 2010)

  • Hide actions menu if all entries are visible as action buttons.
  • Removed iPhone interface, use official app from store instead.
  • Fixed YouTube video playback.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.11 (Jun 28, 2010)

  • Fixed missing album artwork after initial import.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.10 (May 3, 2010)

  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.9 (Mar 22, 2010)

  • Clicking a playlist name shows the contents.
  • Japanese web translation.
  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.8 (Feb 21, 2010)

  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.7 (Feb 15, 2010)

  • Bugfix for path replacements in iTunes XML.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.6 (Feb 8, 2010)

  • Smart playlists: use AND instead of OR for multiple terms in a field.
  • Smart playlists: when saving a playlist with missing name some fields were cleared.
  • Random playlist source: with only a single playlist in the library it was always selected.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.5 (Feb 3, 2010)

  • Fixed serious bug which prevents MyTunesRSS to start on some systems.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.4 (Feb 3, 2010)

  • Fixed bug with new help button on unsupported (Java 5) platforms.
  • Fixed bug for smart playlist with multiple terms for a field.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.3 (Feb 2, 2010)

  • Expert search with lucene syntax.
  • Improved search for better results.
  • Button for opening documentation in browser on Java 6 platforms.
  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.2 (Jan 29, 2010)

  • Transcoder configuration via regular expressions using the complete file path.
  • User defined welcome message on login page.
  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.1 (Jan 29, 2010)

  • Bug fix for editing playlist mode action link in web interface.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.0 RC3 (Jan 25, 2010)

  • Configurable links to external sites for albums, artists and tracks, e.g. to link to Amazon.
  • Playlist editing with much improved usability.
  • Search can find exact matches like before or similar matches as well. Similar matches are standard. Improved performance when searching.
  • Much more comfortable user management.
  • Support for HTML in welcome message.
  • System tray support for Mac OS X added (known issues on Linux).
  • Windows bundle with installer (optionally can install Java runtime as well).
  • File cache for downloaded ZIP archives (support for download managers).
  • New function in web interface to set tags for tracks. You can also set tags for all tracks of an album, a playlist, etc.
  • All functions (rss feed, flash player, download, etc.) are available through a popup menu in the web interface now. So you can enable the ones you usually use in the settings like before and access the other ones through the menu if needed. So you can save display space by disabling some functions but also use them if needed.
  • When accessing the server with the iPhone the user is asked whether he wants to use the default interface or the iPhone optimized interface which does not have all functions of the default interface. The special iPhone service through http://iphone.mytunesrss.com will be disabled soon.
  • Optionally configure forced transcoders for a user, i.e. force transcoder usage for a user.
  • Simpler transcoder configuration for all media types (e.g. transcode AVI video to MP4 or FLV to play it in Flash player).
  • LDAP authentication support.
  • You can now configure multiple playlists if you want to restrict a user to a number of tracks.
  • Opensearch link in portal page. You can add the MyTunesRSS search to your Firefox (other browsers have not been tested yet) search plugins.
  • Complete new web interface design (not completely done, please report all issues).
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.0 RC2 (Jan 18, 2010)

  • Configurable links to external sites for albums, artists and tracks, e.g. to link to Amazon.
  • Playlist editing with much improved usability.
  • Search can find exact matches like before or similar matches as well. Similar matches are standard. Improved performance when searching.
  • Much more comfortable user management.
  • Support for HTML in welcome message.
  • System tray support for Mac OS X added (known issues on Linux).
  • Windows bundle with installer (optionally can install Java runtime as well).
  • File cache for downloaded ZIP archives (support for download managers).
  • New function in web interface to set tags for tracks. You can also set tags for all tracks of an album, a playlist, etc.
  • All functions (rss feed, flash player, download, etc.) are available through a popup menu in the web interface now. So you can enable the ones you usually use in the settings like before and access the other ones through the menu if needed. So you can save display space by disabling some functions but also use them if needed.
  • When accessing the server with the iPhone the user is asked whether he wants to use the default interface or the iPhone optimized interface which does not have all functions of the default interface. The special iPhone service through http://iphone.mytunesrss.com will be disabled soon.
  • Optionally configure forced transcoders for a user, i.e. force transcoder usage for a user.
  • Simpler transcoder configuration for all media types (e.g. transcode AVI video to MP4 or FLV to play it in Flash player).
  • LDAP authentication support.
  • You can now configure multiple playlists if you want to restrict a user to a number of tracks.
  • Opensearch link in portal page. You can add the MyTunesRSS search to your Firefox (other browsers have not been tested yet) search plugins.
  • Complete new web interface design (not completely done, please report all issues).
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.8.0 RC1 (Jan 11, 2010)

  • Configurable links to external sites for albums, artists and tracks, e.g. to link to Amazon.
  • Playlist editing with much improved usability.
  • Search can find exact matches like before or similar matches as well. Similar matches are standard. Improved performance when searching.
  • Much more comfortable user management.
  • Support for HTML in welcome message.
  • System tray support for Mac OS X added (known issues on Linux).
  • Windows bundle with installer (optionally can install Java runtime as well).
  • File cache for downloaded ZIP archives (support for download managers).
  • New function in web interface to set tags for tracks. You can also set tags for all tracks of an album, a playlist, etc.
  • All functions (rss feed, flash player, download, etc.) are available through a popup menu in the web interface now. So you can enable the ones you usually use in the settings like before and access the other ones through the menu if needed. So you can save display space by disabling some functions but also use them if needed.
  • When accessing the server with the iPhone the user is asked whether he wants to use the default interface or the iPhone optimized interface which does not have all functions of the default interface. The special iPhone service through http://iphone.mytunesrss.com will be disabled soon.
  • Optionally configure forced transcoders for a user, i.e. force transcoder usage for a user.
  • Simpler transcoder configuration for all media types (e.g. transcode AVI video to MP4 or FLV to play it in Flash player).
  • LDAP authentication support.
  • You can now configure multiple playlists if you want to restrict a user to a number of tracks.
  • Opensearch link in portal page. You can add the MyTunesRSS search to your Firefox (other browsers have not been tested yet) search plugins.
  • Complete new web interface design (not completely done, please report all issues).
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7.8 (Nov 16, 2009)

  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7.7 (Oct 20, 2009)

  • Bugfix when downloading update.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7.6 (Oct 19, 2009)

  • Better configuration options for SMTP (plaintext, starttls and ssl).
  • Fixed fatal error when using 64 bit Java on OS X (Quicktime exception).
  • Norwegian translation for web interface.
  • Better tray icon.
  • Bug fixes

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7.4 (Aug 25, 2009)

  • Default volume for remote control is 70% now.
  • Fixed some bugs.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7.3 (Jul 31, 2009)

  • Special iPhone interface from iphone.mytunesrss.com now included in distribution.
  • Option to recreate a default database if MyTunesRSS cannot initialize database on startup.
  • Active database update does not prevent MyTunesRSS shutdown anymore.
  • Fixed encoding problem when using non-encrypted links.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7.2 (Jul 20, 2009)

  • Option in web settings to keep session alive.
  • Performance optimization: ZIP files are only stored and not compressed anymore.
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7.1 (Jul 6, 2009)

  • Several bugs fixed.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7.0 (Jun 14, 2009)

  • Smart playlists which are defined by some search criteria and contain all matching tracks.
  • Support for more media types than just audio and video. Added default definitions for "jpg", "gif" and "png".
  • More compliant RSS feeds which validate correctly now.
  • Fallback names for album and artist name can be freely configured now.
  • No restrictions on the original cover artwork image size anymore.
  • Remote control playback of media files in Quicktime environment on the computer running MyTunesRSS.
  • User can select preferred language on login screen.
  • H2 database can optionally be configured to any file system location.
  • Add YouTube datasources where video meta data is inserted into the MyTunesRSS database. Videos are always downloaded from YouTube on playback.
  • JW Media Player updated to version 4.4.
  • Existing datasources can be edited in configuration GUI.
  • Users can have parent users now. Most settings are inherited from the parent user, so you can manage the settings/permissions for a set of users by modifying the common parent user of those users.
  • Option for disabling files using certain MP4 codecs. The files using the configured codecs are not imported into the MyTunesRSS database.
  • Generic transcoder (to MP3) support. You can define any transcoder tool for a list of suffixes and (in case of MP4) optional MP4 codecs.
  • Wide theme, Leopard theme and french web interface translation bundled.
  • Several bugfixes and smaller improvements.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.6.6 (May 18, 2009)

  • Option to reset the database to default settings if MyTunesRSS cannot initialize the database in gui mode.
  • Warning message when changing the database type from standard H2 to anything else.
  • Fixed a problem with RSS feed links which did not contain a real file name in the end.
  • Added Download, RSS, M3u and Xspf links in the results of remote API calls which return album, artist and playlist objects.
  • Other minor bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.6.5 (Mar 12, 2009)

  • Bug fix for database initialization problem.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.6.4 (Mar 4, 2009)

  • Do not start if either configuration or database is newer than application version.
  • Use standard ports for sending mail when no ports have been set (25 for non SSL/TLS, 465 and 587 for SSL/TLS enabled).
  • When file is an image (jpg, png, gif) itself, it is used as the "artwork" information.
  • Artwork for track is read from equally named image when scanning watch folders as well.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.6.3 (Feb 12, 2009)

  • Remote-API: Allow password to be SHA-1 hash of password in "LoginService.login".
  • Fixed CSS bug where links were not displayed in one row.
  • Update file type information in the database on change.
  • Default file type mp4 (video/x-mp4) changed from audio to video.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.6.2 (Feb 6, 2009)

  • SMTP with TLS/SSL.
  • Configuration action to remove saved settings from user profile.
  • Default web settings for Nintendo Wii.
  • User can choose between 3 Flash players now: JW Player 4, JW Player 3 and simple player.
  • Add image tag in RSS and XSPF only if image is available.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.6.1 (Jan 31, 2009)

  • Fixed continuous playback in the Flash player.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.6 RC2 (Dec 30, 2008)

  • All configuration options available in configuration GUI and JMX console. No need for manually editing the settings file anymore.
  • Configuration GUI completely redesigned to allow dialogs to have individual screen positions and sizes.
  • User email addresses.
  • Admin notifications via email.
  • Simple usage statistics which can be sent as CSV file to admin email.
  • Support for more tokens in the transcoding binary command lines.
  • Special button for creating playlists with a single click (available in edit playlist mode).
  • RSS feeds in HTML-HEAD as alternate links (button to add feed in Firefox and Safari next to the address line).
  • Tracks in MyTunesRSS playlists can be sorted.
  • Link on the login page to retrieve a forgotten password (user email must be set).
  • Embedded quicktime video playback in track info for movie files. No Last.FM scrobbling for movie files.
  • Folder from iTunes marked with special icons in the web interface and each playlist knows its container if any. Navigation for iTunes folders.
  • Remote API authentication via HTTP header "X-MyTunesRSS-ID" as well (preferred over path info).
  • Support for optional JSONP parameter.
  • Many other remote API improvements and fixes.
  • Many minor bugfixes and other improvements.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.5.3 (Sep 22, 2008)

  • Reasonable defaults for web interface configuration when iPhone or PSP are detected.
  • Bugfixes

New in MyTunesRSS 3.5.2 (Sep 13, 2008)

  • Simpler iPhone playlist type which works better on the iPhone.
  • Option to use either the mytunesrss.com address or the IP address in RSS feeds and playlists.
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.5.1 (Aug 21, 2008)

  • Bug fixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.5 (Aug 2, 2008)

  • More flexible database update schedules
  • Works with Apache's mod_proxy now
  • Remote API (XML-RPC, JSON-RPC)
  • iPhone/iPod Touch support
  • SSL support
  • Last.FM community integration
  • Lots of other improvements
  • Bugfixes

New in MyTunesRSS 3.5 RC3 (Jul 21, 2008)

  • More flexible database update schedules
  • Works with Apache's mod_proxy now
  • Remote API (XML-RPC, JSON-RPC)
  • iPhone/iPod Touch support
  • SSL support
  • Last.FM community integration
  • Lots of other improvements
  • Bugfixes

New in MyTunesRSS 3.5 RC1 (Jul 11, 2008)

  • More flexible database update schedules
  • Works with Apache's mod_proxy now
  • Remote API (XML-RPC, JSON-RPC)
  • iPhone/iPod Touch support
  • SSL support
  • Last.FM community integration
  • Lots of other improvements
  • Bugfixes

New in MyTunesRSS 3.1.9 (Apr 1, 2008)

  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.1.8 (Mar 18, 2008)

  • Playback of individual tracks on iPod Touch works.
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.1.7 (Mar 13, 2008)

  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.1.5 (Feb 25, 2008)

  • Improved cover art tooltip.
  • Performance improvement when scanning watch folders with cover art.
  • Improved support for ID3 tags in comments through the "track.comment.id3v2" system property.
  • Transcoder log files in debug mode.
  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.1.4 (Feb 19, 2008)

  • Bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.1.3 (Feb 11, 2008)

  • Debug logging option and support request for JMX console.
  • Maximum number of server threads can be configured.
  • Bugfixes.