Digital Digest -> Software -> Serviio Free Edition -> History & Old Downloads

Serviio Free Edition -> Version History

This is the version history page for Serviio Free Edition, showing the last 20 software updates. You can return to the main page for this software by clicking here.

Index:


Version 2.0
  • Release Date: May 22, 2019
  • Download(s):
    • added support for multiple users (Pro only); ticket #931
    • added browsing Movies by duration; ticket #946
    • added Display name to local Shared folders; ticket #1041
    • added the possibility to ignore folders by name, per Shared folder; ticket #1084
    • added the possibility to ignore files by extension, per Shared folder; ticket #740
    • added support for mpjpeg video container; ticket #1003
    • added support for Cinepak and Sorenson video (1/3) codecs; ticket #1071
    • log out (in DEBUG) details of matched transcoding rule; ticket #1093
    • allow H265 and MP3/AC3 codecs in HLS format; ticket #1001
    • updated Roku profiles with multi-channel support via HLS
    • fixed empty folders when browsing on VLC Android; ticket #1062
    • disabled autoplay in MediaBrowser when it's only available in a muted state; ticket #1090
    • updated jaudiotagger
Version 1.10.1 Version 1.10
  • Release Date: Oct 19, 2018
  • Download(s):
    • support for multiple genres in audio files; ticket #1066
    • added forceSquarePixels attribute to transcoding definition; ticket #974
    • added 4:3, 3:2 and 21:9 Display Aspect Ratio options to the transcoding definition; ticket #974
    • reload the logging configuration file when Start Server is clicked in the Console
    • added widthGreaterThan and heightGreaterThan transcoding matchers to enable limiting 4k files when not supported; ticket #1064
    • added maxWidth parameter to video transcoding definition in order to limit wide videos; ticket #876
    • faster search for subtitles on opensubtitles.org; ticket #1058
    • expose CDS ports via system properties
    • extract embedded metadata from video (and otherwise unsupported) audio files; ticket #665
    • changed default log file size to 5MB; ticket #1069
    • added support for Opus audio codec; ticket #1073
    • added support for .webm files; ticket #1079
    • added supported DLNA profiles for MKV files; ticket #1063
    • package 64-bit FFmpeg in the Windows installer and use on 64-bit systems
    • use native fullscreen in MediaBrowser on iOS devices; ticket #1085
    • added a profile for Xbox One S/X; ticket #1032
    • fixed playback of online resources in MediaBrowser; ticket #1081
    • fixed NullPointerException when adding some images; ticket #1077
    • fixed various iOS problems in MediaBrowser #1074
    • fixed language code matching in OpenSubtitles results; ticket #1086
    • updated commons-imaging
    • updated FFmpeg to 3.4.4
    • updated Java to 1.8.0_181
Version 1.9.2
  • Release Date: May 9, 2018
  • Download(s):
    • reload the profiles when Start Server is clicked in the Console; ticket #1004
    • profiles in user-profiles.xml are detected with higher priority than those in profiles.xml; ticket #1022
    • better register playback progress events from MediaBrowser; ticket #966
    • fixed MediaBrowser playback on Internet Explorer 11; ticket #1048
    • fixed MediaBrowser failing to close the player window on iOS; ticket #1048
    • PS4 now plays FLAC audio natively
    • fixed parsing user rating with decimal comma character; ticket #1055
    • fixed library stopping being updated after 24 hours; ticket #1054
Version 1.9.1
  • Release Date: Feb 17, 2018
  • Download(s):
    • ignore .@__thumb QNAP folders; ticket #1021
    • upgrade to TheTVDB.com API v2; ticket #945
    • enabled native 4k H264 playback in MediaBrowser on Desktop
    • added support for idx/sub bitmap subtitles; ticket #1035
    • added support for 'forced' external subtitle files; ticket #1034
    • added support audio HLS files; ticket #857
    • added Samsung M series profile; ticket #1037
    • fixed passing clientId and start parameters to CDS when playing HLS content; ticket #1018
    • fixed parsing video rating for some Locales; ticket #1020
    • detect subtitle files immediately when they are added; ticket #1024
    • increase timeout for playing HLS videos in MediaBrowser; ticket #1023
    • fixed adding online sources with URL ending with a colon; ticket #1011
    • show relevant cover image when browsing artists and other roles; ticket #1029
    • fixed removing multiple shared folders at the same time; ticket #1036
    • fixed duplicates being left in the library after editing shared folder path; ticket #1045
    • fixed audio playback in MediaBrowser on iOS devices; ticket #1031
    • updated Java to 1.8.0_162
Version 1.9
  • Release Date: Jul 24, 2017
  • Download(s):
    • MediaBrowser now used HTML5 video renderer, instead of Flash; ticket #952
    • enabled giving Renderers user-friendly names; ticket #970
    • enhance trakt.tv XBMC episode tracking; ticket #983
    • added User Rating browsing category; ticket #387
    • use Unknown for video metadata entities only when the Descriptive metadata is used for the Shared folder; ticket #976
    • All Music (and other virtual categories) are now possible to be turned-off; ticket #980
    • added Edit context menu to the Console input fields; ticket #924
    • users can now store their profiles in user-profiles.xml file; ticket #766
    • added new Roku profiles; ticket #994
    • fixed retrieving genres on mySQL engine; ticket #997
    • fixed folder share browsing in the Console to properly deal with ampersands in the folder name; ticket #978
    • correctly detect character encoding of playlist files; ticket #985
    • fix multi-track audio transcoding; ticket #986
    • fixed detection and displaying of Hebrew subtitles
    • fixed type in serviio.hdThumbnailResolution system property; ticket #1006
    • fixed subtitles not delivered completely for some renderers; ticket #956
    • updated FFmpeg to 3.2.4
    • updated Java to 1.8.0_131
Version 1.8
  • Release Date: Dec 10, 2016
  • Download(s):
    • detect start and stop of a file playback and include notifications in the Console; ticket #898
    • track your video collection and playback progress using Trakt.tv integration; ticket #594
    • display the item being played per Renderer in the Console; ticket #965
    • added support for multiple genres per media file; ticket #268
    • setting a poller mechanism per shared folder; ticket #902
    • added /profiles endpoint to the CDS API; ticket #953
    • added setting to prefer multichannel audio tracks during video delivery; ticket #961
    • added support for eac3 audio; ticket #969
    • added support for native playback of H265 in MpegTS where supported; ticket #971
    • fixed Folders browsing category sorting to be case insensitive; ticket #932
    • add BOM mark to extracted UTF-8 subtitles to fix displaying them on some devices; ticket #880
    • fixed folder names with & getting truncated in MediaBrowser; ticket #948
Version 1.7.1.1 Version 1.7.1
  • Release Date: Oct 14, 2016
  • Download(s):
    • fixed subtitles being cut short; ticket #956
    • fixed metadata caching for online content
    • music tracks are now sorted alphabetically in the virtual All music folder for artists and album artists; ticket #955
    • fixed subtitles UTF-8 encoding on some devices
    • better notification when authentication to OpenSubtitles.org fails
Version 1.7
  • Release Date: Sep 13, 2016
  • Download(s):
    • added support for audio track selection / preference in both, DLNA and CDS (Pro only) mode; ticket #235
    • added the ability to switch audio track of video files to MediaBrowser (Pro only); ticket #942
    • added support for automatic subtitle download from opensubtitles.org; ticket #632;
    • added a setting to fall-back to the 'default' embedded subtitle if there is not language match; ticket #730
    • added an option to include user rating in videos' titles; ticket #401
    • libshine integration now supported for audio files as well; ticket #623
    • added support for HW accelerated H264 encoder (a user-provided FFmpeg with QSV support); ticket #930
    • added styling options for text-based hard subs; ticket #853
    • show album artist name when browsing Albums in MediaBrowser (Pro only); ticket #895
    • image management made more memory efficient; ticket #935
    • added a system property to specify the max. resolution of HD thumbnails; ticket #861
    • subtitles character encoding can now be automatically guessed; ticket #872
    • use HLS FFmpeg muxer for AppleHttp transcoding; ticket #927
    • added All Music browsing categories for Artists and Album Artists; ticket #697
    • added Media Center Master metadata extractor; ticket #904
    • added Favourite Series browsing category; ticket #897
    • added support for WAV files; ticket #314
    • added support for WMA Lossless; ticket #314
    • added support for Apple Lossless (ALAC); ticket #314
    • fixed transcoded playback on Samsung devices; ticket #939
    • fixed https for iOS and other HLS-consuming devices; ticket #943
    • improved h265 transcoding for Sony profiles; ticket #937
    • updated FFmpeg to 3.0.2
    • updated JRE to 1.8.0_91
Version 1.6.1
  • Release Date: Mar 31, 2016
  • Download(s):
    • added support for fixed point mp3 encoding using Shine; ticket #623
    • fall back to themoviedb.org for series search if thetvdb.com is not available; ticket #903
    • added support for DSF audio files; ticket #856
    • added support for Shine mp3 encoder for low powered NAS devices; ticket #623
    • Samsung J now plays MP4 / H265 files without transcoding; ticket #893
    • added support for VP9 video codec; ticket #852
    • added support for HTTPS for the REST APIs, web console and MediaBrowser; ticket #877
    • when stopping the server, stop any running FFmpeg processes and clean the temporary transcoding folder; ticket #427
    • reload the Console page after a successful Online Sources import; ticket #912
    • prevented caching subtitles by the renderers so that correct subtitles are always delivered; ticket #917
    • enabled user defined thumbnail for all online source types; ticket #923
    • added a separate profile for Android devices; ticket #909
    • fixed OSX installer not upgrading the Console in 1.6; ticket #905
    • fixed auto-scroll behaviour in MediaBrowser playlist view; ticket #867
    • fixed transcoding being used in some cases when it was not necessary
    • fixed adding ServiioLinks in the Console; ticket #915
    • properly handling error when downloading feed thumbnail; ticket #922
    • fixed iOS transcoded playback to always start from the beginning; ticket #887
    • fixed Samsung devices showing invalid fixed duration; ticket #894
    • MediaBrowser link from the Console executable now opens in a system browser; ticket #907
    • fixed LaunchDaemon override issue forcing Server launch at startup; ticket #916
Version 1.6
  • Release Date: Jan 18, 2016
  • Download(s):
    • added support for files stacking (Pro only); ticket #301
    • redesigned the console; ticket #682
    • added support for bitmap-based subtitles (via hardsubs rendering); ticket #644
    • added REST endpoint for retrieving filesystem folders
    • shared folders can now be ordered in the console; ticket #226
    • added support for Samsung J series subtitles; ticket #885
    • make the server discoverable when the bind IP address is changed in the console; ticket #878
    • focus on textbox when press Search Button in MediaBrowser; ticket #868
    • fixed video thumbnail missing in the playlist in MediaBrowser after search; ticket #874
    • fixed MediaBrowser locking up when switching online audio streams; ticket #869
    • fixed Date of files being shows as 1/1/1970 on Samsung TVs; ticket #836
    • profiles HardsubsTranscoding element replaced with GenericTranscoding
    • updated Apache Derby to 10.12.1.1
Version 1.5.2
  • Release Date: Apr 9, 2015
  • Download(s):
    • fixed automatic library scanning not kicking in on OSX (and other POLLER based systems)
    • added support for adding files that are being downloaded to a shared folder via the delta scan; ticket #859
    • fixed setting socket buffer for CDS resources; ticket #862
    • updated bundled JRE to 1.8.0_40
Version 1.5.1
  • Release Date: Feb 24, 2015
  • Download(s):
    • added serviio.libraryPollerFrequency system property for controlling the timeout of POLLER frequency
    • added serviio.forceLibraryPoller system property for forcing the usage of POLLER library scanner; ticket #849
    • series can now be named with the IMDB ID as a search hint (as well as movies); ticket #839
    • optimized embedded burned-in subtitles delivery so that it doesn't time out; ticket #838
    • added support for series thumbnails with XBMC metadata source; ticket #764
    • added the possibility to use alternative Java (to the bundled one) on Windows; ticket #842
    • fixed OSX console not starting after upgrade from previous versions; ticket #840
    • fixed parsing relative paths in ASX playlists
    • optimised polling mechanism for shared folders on OSX / BSD, it now runs every 5 minutes by default as a POLLER; ticket #846
    • fixed some audio files being restarted after the buffering has finished in MediaBrowser
    • fixed burning in subtitles on Linux for file with apostrophy in the name; ticket #844
    • fixed MediaBrowser player sliding on small screens
    • updated bundled JRE to 1.8.0_31
Version 1.5
  • Release Date: Jan 14, 2015
  • Download(s):
    • reworked the way files are indexed to the library; ticket #410
    • changed the way removable drives are handled, incl. removing the 'Scan for file additions and updates' setting for shared folders; ticket #820
    • requires Java 8 to run (Linux)
    • bundles Java runtime with the Windows and OSX versions; ticket #666
    • OSX installer starts Serviio on the system start-up as a service; ticket #290
    • CDS API now returns movie / episode cast information in the ObjectMetadata mode (Pro only)
    • video player in MediaBrowser now includes additional metadata and links to IMDB and TheMovieDb.org, where available (Pro only)
    • MediaBrowser now uses the Presentation settings (Display and Disabled only) (Pro only)
    • CDS API enables passing accessGroupId to browse and search requests (Pro only); ticket #788
    • added serviio.cdsAnonymousAccess system property that enabled access to mediaBrowser without logging in
    • live streams are now using less internet bandwidth for concurrent viewing (for the same profile and quality); ticket #673
    • searching for updates to already shared files now uses the preferred setting in the console; ticket #775
    • ignores @eadir folder from being indexed; ticket #774
    • added the possibility to filter out videos based on Rating for Limited access groups; ticket #789
    • added mjpeg container to transcoding matching
    • stored shared folders must be exclusive, ie no duplicates are allowed; ticket #796
    • ignore folders with a .nomedia file from adding to the library; ticket #582
    • identify movie metadata by IMDB id in file names; ticket #668
    • added support for .3g2 files; ticket #704
    • updated audio transcoding matching to copy the audio stream when bitrate is the same; ticket #793
    • added Recent Unwatched videos category; ticket #593
    • added Last Added Albums audio category; ticket #716
    • added transcoding matching for videos with multichannel audio; ticket #580
    • added transcoding support for videos with speex audio streams; ticket #540
    • added transcoding support for videos with H265 / HEVC video streams; ticket #772
    • ability to turn-off chunked HTTP transport for a profile, where it is normally applicable; ticket #529
    • updated Sony BDP profile not to transcode DTS audio; ticket #371
    • filters out search categories that belong to disabled browsing categories
    • added support for thumbnails for Online container resources; ticket #694
    • updated XBox One profile with MKV support; ticket #827
    • added profile for Raumfeld devices; ticket #814
    • use HTML5 player for Android (Chrome) in MediaBrowser, incl. Chromecast support (Pro only); ticket #809
    • updated Sony TV 2014 profile; ticket #812
    • fixed displaying folders with ampersands in the title in MediaBrowser; ticket #770
    • search for external subtitles file now properly ignores case when not using any preferred language; ticket #783
    • fixed retrieving online content length when larger than 2GB; ticket #771
    • fix streaming delay for some audio files; ticket #808
    • fix Flowplayer logo appearing in MediaBrowser for some domains; ticket #835
    • updated Restlet to 2.2.2
    • updated Apache Derby to 10.11.1.1
    • updated JAudioTagger to 2.2.2
    • updated FFmpeg to the latest build (19/11/2014) from 2.4 branch (incl. --enable-libspeex)
Version 1.4.1.2 Version 1.4.1.1 Version 1.4.1
  • Release Date: Mar 12, 2014
  • Download(s):
  • MediaBrowser player window now displays the context of the playlist items; ticket #745 (Pro only)
  • MediaBrowser playlist is scrollable using arrow keys; ticket #752 (Pro only)
  • added a profile for Toshiba REGZA 2012-
  • updated iOS profile to transcode less files (requires iPad2 at least); ticket #753
  • new XBMC-style thumbnail naming is now supported (filename-thumb.jpg, filename-poster.jpg); ticket #758
  • if album artist is missing, use artist value instead; ticket #747
  • license checking thread now runs once a day not to wake NASes too often; ticket #739
  • added support for MySql queries; ticket #750
  • added MediaFormatProfiles for video files with DTS and DTS-HD audio
  • added support for transcoding DTS-HD MA audio; ticket #710
  • added profile for Roku
  • updated profiles for Viera devices; ticket #765
  • added profile for Sony BDP 2013 models
  • fixed the FlowPlayer logo occasionally appearing in MediaBrowser (Pro only)
  • fixed random MediaBrowser bugs (incl. playback in Firefox); ticket #737 (Pro only)
  • fixed the Play All button for Images in MediaBrowser (Pro only)
  • fixed year and rating not being updated in the MediaBrowser player window after a new item has been selected in the queue (Pro only)
  • fixed passing email-address-like credentials via feed URL
  • fixed 500 error in MediaBrowser when a different error message is expected; ticket #742
  • fixed parsing of WPL playlists with unsupported BOM
  • search index for online feeds is now updated also for cached items; ticket #744
  • fixed browsing error for see-through categories; ticket #756
  • added code that deals with invalid XML from Swisscenter; ticket #754
  • fixed adding tracks to albums when the album name or the artist name is very long; ticket #755
  • fixed detecting default embedded subtitles track; ticket #763
  • ignores invalid DISCNUMBER audio metadata values; ticket #767
Version 1.4
  • Release Date: Dec 21, 2013
  • a totally new MediaBrowser (Pro only)
  • CDS /browse method now includes ETag header indicating if the response can be cached by the clients; ticket #714 (Pro only)
  • subtitles character encoding setting is now used also when converting softsubs
  • metadata flag (M) for shared folders now affects all types of descriptive metadata, not just online
  • added support for transcoding 4-2-2 pixel format videos for playback on older player which only support 4-2-0; ticket #671, #709
  • loggs stack trace when a plugin fails; ticket #728
  • added support for some rare files to Sony BDP profiles; ticket #725
  • extended caching online items for WebResource plugins to items that don't expire immediately
  • added presentation category for MPAA movie rating; ticket #380
  • added profile for Telenet Yelo TV
  • added getOnlineFeedExpiryInterval() shared method for the plugins; ticket #735
  • CDS search mechanism changed to give more accurate results; ticket #696
  • added profile for Xbox One
  • added profile for Sony 2013 TVs; ticket #724
  • split Samsung C/D/E/F profile to C/D and E/F for more reliable support of online content on E/F series
  • fixed retrieving thumbnails from ogg files
  • fixed M3U8 manifest being cut off when the file has been transcoded fully (http1.1)
  • fixed burned-in subtitles with apostrophy in filename for OSX/Linux
  • fixed creation of thumbnails for images that need to be rotated
  • added automatic image rotation to PS3 profile
  • fixed duplicate renderer registering caused by some routers
  • fixed FlowPlayer logo appearing in MediaBrowser in certain configurations
  • added support for video thumbnails on Samsung F series
  • removed using user-agent in FFmpeg commands if the protocol is not http(s); ticket #708
  • updated stream URL validation, to allow multiple # characters; ticket #715
  • fixed caching WebResource items when they are not valid; ticket #726
Version 1.3.1
  • Release Date: Aug 18, 2013
  • added profile for Yamaha BD-A1020; ticket #695
  • added profile for Roku (via Chaneru)
  • added log warning if the server and the console are not the same version
  • adding new files to library uses less CPU and IO resources
  • uploading license will make immediate effect without the need to restart the console
  • fixed Pro evaluation period duration
  • fixed subtitles for WDTV live
  • fixed HLS transcoding for files with no audio
  • fixed extraction of some online resources that include quotes in the URL
  • fixed hardsubs on Linux and OSX
  • updated Lucene to 4.4.0

Rate this software:

Your Rating:
You have not voted yet!

Average: 3.61
Total Ratings: 51

 



Software Submissions