Version 6.8.2

July 13, 2015

Fixed SQL exception when using certain user setting with a postgres database.

Version 6.8.1

May 15, 2015

Fixed failure imoporting certain files.

Version 6.8

May 13, 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.

Version 6.7

March 6, 2015

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

Version 6.6

January 30, 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.

Version 6.5.2

December 10, 2014

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

Version 6.5.1

November 15, 2014

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

Version 6.5

November 14, 2014

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

Version 6.3.4

October 4, 2014

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

Version 6.3.3

September 19, 2014

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

Version 6.3.2

September 2, 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.

Version 6.3.1

August 22, 2014

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

Version 6.3

August 8, 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.

Version 6.2

June 28, 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.
Bugfix for parent URI in REST API playlist representation.
Bugfix for smart playlist criteria "not recently played".
Fixed problem interrupting database import.

Version 6.1

May 23, 2014

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

Version 6.0.2

May 6, 2014

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

Version 6.0.1

May 2, 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.

Version 6.0

April 26, 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.
Bugfixes.

Version 5.0.2

February 8, 2014

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

Version 5.0.1

January 24, 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.

Version 5.0.0

January 19, 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.

Version 4.9.15

January 10, 2014

Restored Java 5 compatibility.

Version 4.9.14

November 1, 2013

Windows installer of v4.9.13 did not work on all systems.

Version 4.9.13

October 30, 2013

Fixed code signature in Mac OS X build.

Version 4.9.12

October 12, 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.

Version 4.9.11

October 10, 2013

Fixed a problem with HTTP Live Streaming.

Version 4.9.10

October 4, 2013

Fixed a problem with VLC player 2.1 on Windows.

Version 4.9.9

October 3, 2013

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

Version 4.9.8

October 2, 2013

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

Version 4.9.7

September 27, 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.

Version 4.9.6

September 8, 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.

Version 4.9.5

August 22, 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.

Version 4.9.4

August 13, 2013

Some minor bugfixes.

Version 4.9.3

August 10, 2013

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

Version 4.9.2

August 8, 2013

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

Version 4.9.1

August 6, 2013

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

Version 4.9

August 3, 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.

Version 4.8.1

July 2, 2013

Bugfixes.

Version 4.8

June 6, 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.

Version 4.7.1

March 4, 2013

Added CORS support for the REST API.

Version 4.7

February 9, 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.

Version 4.6.5

January 6, 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.

Version 4.6.4

December 15, 2012

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

Version 4.6.3

December 8, 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.

Version 4.6.2

November 28, 2012

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

Version 4.6.1

November 27, 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.

Version 4.6

November 21, 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.

Version 4.5.1

November 7, 2012

Restored Java 5 compatibility.

Version 4.5

November 3, 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.

Version 4.3.9

September 28, 2012

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

Version 4.3.8

August 21, 2012

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

Version 4.3.7

August 6, 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 connections.

Version 4.3.6

July 31, 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.

Version 4.3.5

July 21, 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.

Version 4.3.4

July 18, 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.

Version 4.3.3

July 8, 2012

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

Version 4.3.2

July 7, 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.

Version 4.3.1

June 30, 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.

Version 4.3

June 24, 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.

Version 4.2.5

May 2, 2012

Restored Java 5 (JDK 1.5) compatibility.

Version 4.2.4

April 1, 2012

Fixed several bugs.

Version 4.2.3

March 25, 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.

Version 4.2.2

March 17, 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.

Version 4.2.1

March 4, 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.

Version 4.2

February 28, 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.

Version 4.1.11

December 13, 2011

Fixed some MP4 parsing problems.

Version 4.1.10

December 4, 2011

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

Version 4.1.9

December 1, 2011

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

Version 4.1.8

November 27, 2011

Restored Java 1.5 compatibility.

Version 4.1.7

November 23, 2011

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

Version 4.1.6

November 4, 2011

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

Version 4.1.5

October 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.

Version 4.1.4

October 8, 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.

Version 4.1.3

October 1, 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.

Version 4.1.1

September 24, 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.

Version 4.1.0

September 18, 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).

Version 4.0.16

April 3, 2011

Fixed startup problem of Windows version 4.0.15.

Version 4.0.15

March 27, 2011

Fixed startup problem of version 4.0.14.

Version 4.0.14

March 26, 2011

Saving the user interface login did not work in Chrome browser.
Minor bug fixes.

Version 4.0.13

February 26, 2011

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

Version 4.0.12

January 29, 2011

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

Version 4.0.11

January 9, 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.

Version 4.0.9

December 24, 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.

Version 4.0.8

December 23, 2010

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

Version 4.0.7

December 20, 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.

Version 4.0.6

December 18, 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.

Version 4.0.5

December 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.

Version 4.0.4

December 12, 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.
Bugfixes.

Version 4.0.3

December 9, 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.

Version 4.0.2

December 9, 2010

Problems starting the music server fixed.
Improved overall stability of the web based admin interface.

Version 4.0.1

December 6, 2010

Version 4.0.0 could not be registered with a license.

Version 4.0.0

December 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.

Version 3.8.12

July 10, 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.

Version 3.8.11

June 28, 2010

Fixed missing album artwork after initial import.
Other minor bugfixes.

Version 3.8.10

May 2, 2010

Bugfixes.

Version 3.8.9

March 21, 2010

Clicking a playlist name shows the contents.
Japanese web translation.
Bugfixes.

Version 3.8.8

February 20, 2010

Bugfixes.

Version 3.8.7

February 13, 2010

Bugfix for path replacements in iTunes XML.

Version 3.8.6

February 7, 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.

Version 3.8.5

February 3, 2010

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

Version 3.8.4

February 3, 2010

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

Version 3.8.3

February 2, 2010

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

Version 3.8.2

January 29, 2010

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

Version 3.8.1

January 29, 2010

Bugfix for editing playlist mode action link in web interface.

Version 3.8.0

January 28, 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.

Version 3.7.8

November 15, 2009

Bugfixes.

Version 3.7.7

October 20, 2009

Bugfix when downloading update.

Version 3.7.6

October 18, 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.
Bugfixes

Version 3.7.4

August 24, 2009

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

Version 3.7.3

July 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 bugfixes.

Version 3.7.2

July 18, 2009

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

Version 3.7.1

July 4, 2009

Several bugs fixed.

Version 3.7.0

June 13, 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.

Version 3.6.6

May 16, 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.

Version 3.6.5

March 11, 2009

Bugfix for database initialization problem.

Version 3.6.4

March 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.

Version 3.6.3

February 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.

Version 3.6.2

February 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.

Version 3.6.1

January 30, 2009

Fixed continuous playback in the Flash player.

Version 3.6

January 23, 2009

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.
Track images are fetched from image files named like the track itself with the suffix (jpg, gif or png in that order).
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.
Updated to JW Media Player 4.3.
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.

Version 3.5.3

September 21, 2008

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

Version 3.5.2

September 12, 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

Version 3.5.1

August 21, 2008

Bugfixes

Version 3.5 (Commercial only)

August 1, 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

Version 3.1.11

April 21, 2008

Bugfixes.

Version 3.1.10

April 18, 2008

Bugfixes.

Version 3.1.9

March 31, 2008

Bugfixes.

Version 3.1.8

March 17, 2008

Playback of individual tracks on iPod Touch works.
Bugfixes.

Version 3.1.7

March 12, 2008

Bugfixes.

Version 3.1.5

February 23, 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 collapsed" system property.
Transcoder log files in debug mode.
Bugfixes.

Version 3.1.4

February 16, 2008

Bugfixes.

Version 3.1.3

February 9, 2008

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

Version 3.1.2

January 23, 2008

Bugfixes.

Version 3.1.1

January 18, 2008

Yahoo media player integration in browse track page.
Option to not read cover artwork from MP3 and MP4 files.
Bugfixes.

Version 3.1

January 6, 2008

Custom web interface themes.
Custom web interface languages.
MySql and Postgres database support.
Transcoding (AAC -> MP3, ALAC -> MP3, MP3 -> MP3).
Optional bandwidth restriction.
Optional web settings in user profile.
Cover thumbnails in album browser.
Better content (restriction) management per user.
New Flash player.
Lots of other improvements.

Version 3.0.6

October 23, 2007

Bugfix: M3U playlists in watch folders were not always recognized and imported.

Version 3.0.5

September 6, 2007

Bugfix: Problems when installation path contained spaces.
Bugfix: Clicking the Flash player caused the page to scroll.

Version 3.0.4

August 4, 2007

Switch to debug logging in the config interface.
Bugfix: Database updates sometimes did not work.

Version 3.0.3

July 24, 2007

Bugfix: MyTunesRSS not starting after (trial) license expiration.
Bugfix: Flash player works with additional permission "playlist" only.

Version 3.0.2

July 13, 2007

File suffix "wma" supported
Additional file suffixes with mime types can be added

Version 3.0.1

July 6, 2007

Window close button on Mac OS X hides/closes window instead of application
Bugfixes

Version 3.0 (Shareware)

July 1, 2007

Watch folders
Multiple user accounts
Flash player
mytunesrss.com accounts
JMX configuration in headless mode
Upload files to server from web interface
Discover other MyTunesRSS servers on LAN
much more...

Version 2.3.6

December 17, 2006

Bugfixes

Version 2.3.5

November 14, 2006

Bugfixes

Version 2.3.4

November 8, 2006

Prevent MyTunesRSS from being started more than once
Initial "iTunes Music Library.xml" search can be cancelled
ZIP archives with multiple tracks contain a complete M3U playlist
Bugfixes

Version 2.3.3

November 5, 2006

Internal improvements of support requests
Bugfixes

Version 2.3.2

November 4, 2006

Support request directly from MyTunesRSS
Bugfixes

Version 2.3.1

October 22, 2006

Bugfixes

Version 2.3

October 21, 2006

Virtual playlists with all tracks
Virtual playlist with random tracks
(De-)select all albums/artists in playlist mode
Removed configuration for fake suffixes
Password stored in encrypted form
Advanced mode without GUI
Advanced configuration via XML file
Automatically search for "iTunes Music Library.xml" on first start
HSQL database engine v1 collapsed.8.0.7
Tomcat v5.5.20
Bugfixes

Version 2.2.4

August 20, 2006

Own implementation for reading ID3 tags from MP3 files
Bugfixes

Version 2.2.3

August 10, 2006

Button for deleting and recreating the database
Display artwork on track info page (RSS item link)
Fixed mime type bug when downloading tracks
Fixed bug when no address was found in server info

Version 2.2.2

August 8, 2006

Option to disable MP3 artwork in RSS feeds
Stability improvements for MP3 artwork support

Version 2.2.1

August 6, 2006

Added missing library

Version 2.2

August 6, 2006

Download of multiple titles in ZIP archive
Option to ignore timestamps on database updates
More information in server status window
Album art from MP3s in RSS feed
Bugfixes

Version 2.1

June 25, 2006

Download link for individual tracks
Database auto-update in minutes instead of seconds
Older iTunes versions should work
Display of local/external address in dialog
Error sound when requesting missing files
Bugfixes

Version 2.0.1

June 10, 2006

Fixed bug which caused most RSS feeds to fail on PSP
Fixed bug which caused database failure with some artist/album names
Database stored in special folder under user home

Version 2.0

June 7, 2006

All file types from the iTunes library are used
Browse the library by album or artist
Manage own playlists with MyTunesRSS
Create M3U playlists
Automatic server start when starting MyTunesRSS
Automatic updates from iTunes during runtime
On Windows systems the application can be minimized to the system tray
User interface comletely redesigned

Version 1.2

May 7, 2006

Optionally limit size of an RSS feed
Compose RSS feed from multiple search results
Automatic checking for updates

Version 1.1

May 1, 2006

Support for unprotected AAC files
Create RSS directly from iTunes playlists
Protect web pages with password
Less memory consumption
Improved user interfaces
Easier to use
Overall stability improvements