Added button for playlist shuffling.

Added settings page for activating transcoders.

Bugfix: mytunesrss.com addresses did not work.

Bugfix: when the MyTunesRSS library contained unsupported items (neither audio nor video), clicking a track in the track list sometimes selected the wrong track.

Bugfix: only genres A to C were displayed.

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

* Fixed wrong preferences data path.

* Removed Java 6 runtime dependency.

* Copy an existing user to create a new one.

* Other smaller bugfixes and improvements.

* Support for system properties cacheDataPath and preferencesDataPath removed. Added command line parameters cacheDataPath and prefsDataPath instead. You can store your preferences and cache data anywhere or run multiple instances on different ports with these options.

* Bugfix: download of files > 2 GB fails.

* Bugfix: Track info button for flash player does not work.

* Added missing force transcoders configuration in admin interface.

* Option for not starting browser on admin login page.

* Display a user only once in the connected users info (aggregated information per user).

* Other smaller ugfixes and improvements.

* Improved special iPhone interface with more iPhone-like look and feel. Playback only works for a single track at the moment. You need to tap the little icon at the bottom.

* Some bugfixes and improvements.

* Fixed a bug which caused the original (MyTunesRSS 3.x) database to be used instead of the copy.

* Added shutdown button to the admin interface. Please note that you cannot restart MyTunesRSS without direct access to the server once you shutdown through the admin.

* Playlists are displayed with their parent folders in the content configuration and the user restricted playlists.

* Some bugfixes and improvements.

As usual the EAP versions have a built-in license with an expiration date. You cannot override the expiration with a regular license.

Visit http://board.codewave.de for more information on the new EAP version.

"MyTunesRSS has been invaluable to Jazz at Lincoln Center's ability to share its music," said Phil Cuykendall, Associate of Information Technology at JALC. "It allows all of our employees to listen to the music we have in our digital music library, whether they are in the office or on the road, and its integration with Yoics also allows us to share our MyTunesRSS library with teachers, students, or anyone else working with our organization. Jazz at Lincoln center has over 100 users using different platforms (Mac OS X, Windows), and MyTunesRSS' web-based platform-independent interface makes accessing the music library easy.

Also, its MySQL database feature enables us to continue to build our already large library (25,000 mp3s) without noticeable performance degradation. Adding music to the music library as easy as ripping a CD directly into 'Watch Folders' and waiting for automatically scheduled updates, making library building simple. And despite our library's size, users have noted that MyTunessRSS' very simple web interface and great search features makes specific tracks or artists easy to find. In short, MyTunesRSS' combination of robust features and user-friendly interface has made Jazz at Lincoln Center's music library a success."

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* 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.

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

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

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

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You can Download RC 4 from the Codewave website: http://www.codewave.de/products/mytunesrss

You can Download RC 3 from the Codewave website: http://www.codewave.de/products/mytunesrss

You can Download RC 2 from the Codewave website: http://www.codewave.de/products/mytunesrss

New in MyTunesRSS v3.8.0-RC-1:

* 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 is 3.8.0 EAP 9:

* Database performance improvements.

* Support for tags and comments in smart playlist.

* Opensearch link in portal page. You can add the MyTunesRSS search to your Firefox (other browsers have not been tested yet). The search only works if you have a login cookie set (i.e. you have checked "remember login" during login).

* Bugfixes

* You can now configure multiple playlists if you want to restrict a user to a number of tracks.

* Bugfixes

* LDAP authentication support: in the user management you can configure an LDAP server. The LDAP is used when a user logs into the web interface and no matching user is found in the local database. If MyTunesRSS can authenticate at the LDAP server with the user credentials, it looks for a user with that name in the local database. If none is found, a new one is created from the configured template user. Currently only simple (plain text password) authentication is supported.

* Display existing tags as mouse-over tooltip for edit tags button.

* Configuration for iTunes path replacements: if you have your iTunes XML on computer A and MyTunesRSS on computer B and you configure the iTunes XML of computer A in computer B's MyTunesRSS via a mapped network path, the paths in the iTunes XML usually are not correct for computer B. You can configure a replacement for such cases. A regular search/replace expression.

* Bugfixes

* Help text when opening the user management dialog.

* Optionally configure forced transcoders for a user, i.e. force transcoder usage for a user.

* Info message when trying to register a pre-release version (which is not allowed).

* Simple transcoder configuration for all media types.

* JW Media Player 4.6 update.

* Bugfixes

* 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.

New in this version:

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

* New user management.

* Support double click on system tray icon to show frame.

* Support for html in welcome message.

* Option to enable/disable server browser link on portal page.

* Option to enable/disable minimizing to system tray.

* Use Java 6 systray instead of systray4j (currently issues with Linux Gnome; KDE not tested yet).

* Windows bundle with installer (optionally can install Java runtime as well).

* Other minor improvements and bugfixes

Please visit http://board.codewave.de to download the latest EAP version and for information and posting feedback.

Special iPhone interface from iphone.mytunesrss.com now included in distribution. So just use your normal MyTunesRSS URL with the iPhone now.

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.

* External sites for albums, artists and titles can be configured. Use the placeholder {KEYWORD} in the links.

* Remote API EditPlaylistService.getPlaylist with parameters "index" and "offset" for getting only part of the tracks (or none).

* Playlist editing (adding, sorting, removing) through Web 2.0 Ajax calls now.

* Fuzzy search on portal page.

* Option for disabling album cover images.

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Thanks a lot for your time!

Changes from 3.7 RC 3:

* Bugfixes.

Changes from 3.7 RC 2:

* Fixed bug in original file download links in track info panel and YouTube video links.

Changes from 3.7 RC 1:

* Fixed bug in database migration from older versions.

Changes from 3.6:

* 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.

07.06.09 19:35Michael Descher

Changes from 3.7 RC 2:

* Fixed bug in original file download links in track info panel and YouTube video links.

Changes from 3.7 RC 1:

* Fixed bug in database migration from older versions.

Changes from 3.6:

* 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.

Changes from 3.7 RC 1:

* Fixed bug in database migration from older versions.

Changes from 3.6:

* 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.

Changes from 3.6:

* 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.

* 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 3.7 EAP 11:

* Several bugfixes and smaller improvements.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7 EAP 10:

* Generic transcoder support. You can define any transcoder tool for a list of suffixes and (in case of MP4) optional MP4 codecs. The transcoder tool must transcode the input file to raw data at stdout for the lame mp3 encoder to encode it. You will have to reconfigure your previously configured alac/faad/lame transcoders.

* Other bugfixes.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7 EAP 9:

* Bugfix for fatal errors when using the H2 database.

* Bugfix for Windows version which always complained about not being started using the EXE file.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7 EAP 8:

* Option for disabling files using certain MP4 codecs. The files using the configured codecs are not imported into the MyTunesRSS database. The configuration dialog allows a comma separated list, so e.g. "div1,divx,dx50,xvid" disables all DivX files.

* Critical bugfix in the remote API: the JSONP parameter did not work anymore, so for example the iPhone interface http://iphone.mytunesrss.com did not work anymore.

* Other bugfixes and improvements.

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7 EAP 7:

* 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.

* Other bugfixes and improvements

New in MyTunesRSS 3.7 EAP 6:

* Remote control feature for VLC and Quicktime completely implemented now. Quicktime remote offers a few more features (e.g. you see the current playback position and cn jump to any position in the current track). Quicktime is only available on Mac OS X. Video playback works only for single tracks, i.e. you should not select a playlist of videos since (at least for me) no video but only audio is available in that case.

* Other bugfixes and improvements

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New in 3.7 EAP 5:

* Quicktime player remote control via AppleScript (Mac OS X only). The remote control works rather good for music already. The remote control page does not show any visual feedback yet but you can click any track of the previously chosen album/artist/playlist to start playback.

* JW Media Player updated to version 4.4.

* Existing datasources can be edited in configuration GUI.

* Some minor refactorings of the datasources panel and button for adding remote datasources.

* Other bugfixes and improvements.

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In Ausgabe 3/09 des iCreate Magazins ist ein Tutorial zu MyTunesRSS erschienen. Auf der Codewave Website können Sie den Artikel als PDF herunterladen.

iCreate Magazin: http://www.icreate-magazin.de

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The german iCreate magazine published a MyTunesRSS tutorial in issue 3/09. You can download the article as PDF from the Codewave website.

* Remote control of Video Lan Client player. Links in user interface and remote API. This can be useful if you have a media center PC connected to your HiFi equipment and you have MyTunesRSS and VLC installed on that PC. Just browse your music with any other computer, e.g. an iPhone and start playback with that "remote control". Hopefully this will work for video as well later. Also a simple interface for playback control is planned. See forum post at http:/board.codewave.de for more information.

* User can select web language on login screen. This preferred language is stored in the web configuration cookie and used instead of the browser language.

* New database type "h2custom" which uses the database dialect h2 but allows for complete configuration of the h2 database.

* Other bugfixes and improvements

New in EAP 2:

* More compliant RSS feeds which validate correctly now.

* Fallback names for album and artist name can be freely configured now (previously only parent/grandparent folder role was selectable)

* No restrictions on the original cover artwork image size anymore. This was neccessary to support import of images of any size.

* Bugfixes

Always keep in mind that development versions tend to be less stable than release versions. This is the price you have to pay for getting your hands on the new features weeks or months before the official release.

EAP versions have a built-in expiration date, so you do not need a license to run them for more than the usual 30 day trial period. After the built-in expiration even a license won't make it work again, but there will always be a working EAP version or the final release available.

Have fun with the EAP versions and visit the forum http://board.codewave.de for more information.

* 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.

* Bugfixes

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With the new online tool at http://www.mytunesrss.com/site/addons/langhelper this process has become a lot easier. Now you create your translation file and store it in UTF-8 encoding. Then you visit the above page, select the correct MyTunesRSS version and enter the language code and paste your translation file into the text area. You can also enter a text with any personal information (e.g. your name and email address) which will be stored in the language archive. Then you submit the data and receive a ZIP archive with the correctly encoded and named language file.

And even better: you get a list of all missing translations in case you haven't put all of them in your file. So updating the translation to a new version of MyTunesRSS becomes much easier as well. Just paste your old file and receive a list of all keys you need to translate. Download the new original english file and look up the keys and add the corresponding translations to your old file.

* 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.

Also if using MyTuneRSS 3.6.3 your login information in the iPhone application (see http://www.mytunesrss.com/site/iphone) is stored in a cookie until you explicitly log off.

* 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.

Download the latest version from http://www.codewave.de now.

When clicking a playlist, playback automatically started. Now the tracks of the playlist are displayed and you can click any track to start playback from that track on. This is useful for video playlists where you usually don't want to play all videos but only one of them.

Creation of the playlist which actually plays in the Quicktime player was not working correctly sometimes. This has been fixed.

There is a new image before playback starts. Thanks to Knut Olav Klo for his work on this.