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0.6.6.2 - Red-Nosed Reindeer Revolutions - 20100102
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* fixing the setup configuration to compensate for the gone
'auto-include-all-files-under-version-control' setuptools feature
* generic 'genre' handling in DIDLLite - thx Caleb
* fix for broken .face-icon handling in the Rhythmbox plugin
0.6.6.1 - Red-Nosed Reindeer Reloaded - 2009-12-22
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* fixing the broken tarball of the 0.6.6 release and adding a missing
import that made some backends unfeasible
0.6.6 - Red-Nosed Reindeer - 2009-12-20
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* new MediaServer backends that allow access to
* Banshee - exports audio and video files from Banshees media db
(http://banshee-project.org/)
* FeedStore - a MediaServer serving generic RSS feeds
* Playlist - exposes the list of video/audio streams from a m3u
playlist (e.g. web TV listings published by french ISPs such as
Free, SFR...)
* YAMJ - serves the movie/TV series data files and metadata from a
given YAMJ (Yet Another Movie Jukebox) library
(http://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/)
* updates on Mirabeau - our "UPnP over XMPP" bridge
* simplifications in the D-Bus API
* a first implementation of an JSON/REST API
* advancements of the GStreamer MediaRenderer, supporting now
GStreamers playbin2
* upgrade of the DVB-Daemon MediaServer
* refinements in the transcoding section, having now the choice to
use GStreamer pipelines or external processes like mencoder
* more 'compatibility' improvements for different devices (e.g.
Samsung TVs or Apache Felix)
* and - as every time - the usual bugfixes and enhancements
Kudos go to Benjamin (lightyear) Kampmann,
Dominik (schrei5) Ruf,
Frank (dev) Scholz,
Friedrich (frinring) Kossebau,
Jean-Michel (jmsizun) Sizun,
Philippe (philn) Normand,
Sebastian (sebp) Pölsterl,
Zaheer (zaheerm) Merali
0.6.4 - Pont Mirabeau - 2009-05-12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* new MediaServer backends that allow access to
* Picasa Web Albums (http://picasa.google.com)
* a TestServer to easily serve and test interaction with
* one or more items and adjust 'upnp_class', 'mimetype' and
'DLNA-flags',
* items that are a GStreamer pipeline or an external program
* a new - used in parallel - D-Bus API with an 'org.DLNA' interface
with the goal to create a common API for all UPnP/DNLA frameworks
* support for the dlna-playcontainer URI
(http://netzflocken.de/2009/4/23/media-collection-playing-the-dlna-way)
* enchancements to the GStreamer MediaRenderer, supporting now
dlna-playcontainer and SetNextAVTransportURI, and jumping to
previous and next tracks
* support for video items served by Ampache (http://ampache.org)
* base classes for a ScheduledRecording service
* some 'compatibility' adjustments for different devices
* and - as every time - the usual bugfixes and enhancements
Kudos go to jmsizun, Stecchino, cjsmo, chewi, and lightyear.
0.6.2 - Rosenmontag - 2009-02-23
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* new MediaServer backends that allow access to
* YouTube videos (http://youtube.com)
* the MiroGuide for online videos (https://www.miroguide.com)
* the videos provided by Shoutcast TV (http://www.shoutcast.com)
* the SWR3 podcasts, a German radio station (http://swr3.de)
* adjustments to the Ampache backend to work with newer Ampache
versions (http://ampache.org)
* a lot of 'compatibility' enhancements for different devices
* a 'port' to the OpenEmbedded platform (http://www.openembedded.org/),
bringing Coherence to the BeagleBoard (http://beagleboard.org/)
* and - as every time - the usual bugfixes and enhancements
Kudos go especially to jmsizun for his work on the new backends!
0.6.0 - The late Pumpkin - 2008-12-31
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* new MediaServer backends that allow access to
* movie trailers from the Apple HD trailers site
(http://www.apple.com/trailers)
* images hosted at a Gallery site - an open source web based photo
album organizer (http://gallery.menalto.com)
* Lolcats images from http://icanhascheezburger.com
* podcasts from the BBC (http://open.bbc.co.uk/labs/)
* videos from TED (http://www.ted.com)
* an extended Flickr MediaServer backend
* enables user-authenticated access to your Flickr account
* access to your images and the one of your frieds via an UPnP device
* upload an image directly from an UPnP device to your Flickr account
* transcoding of audio files based on GStreamer for DLNA devices like
the PS3, and even XBox 360
* several plugins for the Nautlilus filemanager
(http://www.gnome.org/projects/nautilus)
* sharing folders from within Nautilus
* upload files from Nautilus to UPnP A/V MediaServers
* play files from Nautilus on an UPnP A/V MediaRenderer
* an experimental plugin for EOG - the Gnome Image Viewer
(http://projects.gnome.org/eog/)
* greatly improved XBox 360 support, including audio transcoding
* and the usual bugfixes and enhancements
Kudos go especially to jmsizun, lightyear, superdump for their work on
the backends and their patient debugging sessions!
0.5.8 - Trix and Flix - 20080630
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* a MediaServer backend for DVB-Daemon (http://www.k-d-w.org/node/42)
* exporting atm the stored recordings
* allowing to delete recordings from within a UPnP client, when
enabled on the backend
* will export EPG data and allow scheduling via UPnP in the future
* client device and service implementations for BinaryLight and
DimmableLight devices
* rework of the D-Bus support
* should now be usable from other languages (C,Perl,..) too
* support for activating/deactivation a backend via D-Bus, allowing
for instance to start a MediaServer backend via D-Bus
* a plugin for Totem (http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/)
* enabling Totem to detect and browse UPnP A/V MediaServers
* using only D-Bus to communicate with a Coherence instance
* a basic reusable PyGTK based UPnP A/V ControlPoint widget, used in
the Totem plugin
* rework (again) of the XBox 360 support - getting closer
* our first set of unit tests
* include a copy of Louie (http://pylouie.org) to solve a setuptools
runtime dependency issue and make the life of distribution
packagers a bit easier
* and the usual bugfixes and enhancements
0.5.6 - Walpurgisnacht - 2008-04-30
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* a MediaServer backend for Meta Tracker
(http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker)
* simplify the IP-address detection on Windows with the help of the
optional Python package netifaces (http://alastairs-place.net/netifaces)
* proper handling of filename encoding issues in the filesystem based
MediaServer
* and a lot of community driven fixes and enhancements,
kudos given representatively to Lawrence and veerz
0.5.4 - Fools Garden - 2008-04-01
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* a DesktopApplet to easily start a Coherence instance from your
desktops panel. Thx to Erwan Velu, Helio Chissini de Castro and
Nicolas Lécureuil!
* more efforts to simplify the ordinary user experience
* allow now the backend definition via commandline, to just start up
a MediaServer or anything else, without bothering oneself with
the config file
* specify logfile location and daemonization on the commandline too
* a bit more usable --help output
Thx again Erwan Velu!
* a MediaServer backend for Ampache - a Web-based Audio file manager
(http://ampache.org)
Thx to the awesome help of Karl Vollmer!
* device implementations for BinaryLight and DimmableLight
* a little helper to extract device and service xml files and send
them to us - a beginning of our UPnP device fingerprint program
* and the usual bugfixes and enhancements
0.5.2 - Little Leap - 20080229
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* rework of the XBox 360 support
* refinements and improvements on the client side API, incorporating
things we learned on extending the Rhythmbox UPnP plugin
* some efforts on smoothing the "just use it as a
MediaServer/-Renderer" user experience
* rearrangement in the way multiple res elements are ordered, fixes
issues which we had with some UPnP stacks and their 'wayward'
interpretation of the specs
* and a lot more of the usual bugfixes and enhancements
0.5.0 - 2007-12-31
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* better DLNA support, in particular for the Sony Playstation 3
* a MediaServer backend for Shoutcast internet radio streams
* an experimental last.fm MediaServer backend for the last.fm service
* provide methods to remove local devices from a Coherence instance
* slow move to an XML based configuration file
* support for BSD systems - thx kraft!
* an emerging D-Bus interface
* more platform independency for our Twisted inotify module,
using libc when possible
* and a lot more of the usual bugfixes and enhancements
0.4.0 - 2007-07-31
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* integration of a new logging module.
Logging can now be configured via the config file or through an
environment variable COHERENCE_DEBUG, which overrides the config values.
Usage is like::
COHERENCE_DEBUG=*:3 emit INFO level messages from all modules
COHERENCE_DEBUG=*:2,ssdp:4 WARNING level messages from all modules,
plus debug level for the ssdp module
* removed the dependency for SOAPpy, now using own methods and
ElementTree only
* start reworking the client API, to make things there easier too,
see as an example
https://coherence.beebits.net/wiki/CoherenceMediaRenderer
* serving cover art now to DLNA MediaRenderers
* refinements on the object creation and the import into the
MediaServers
* an installable package for the Nokia Maemo platform on the N800,
complete with all dependencies, thanks to Rob Taylor of
http://codethink.co.uk
* and a lot more of the usual bugfixes and enhancements
0.3.0 - 2007-06-11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* better DLNA support, especially for the PlayStation 3
* cover art in the MediaServers
* object creation and import in the MediaServers
* a new experimental MediaServer with an All, Artist, Album based
structure
* support for deployment on the Nokia N800 - notably a working
GStreamer UPnP MediaRenderer there, with mp3 and ogg playback
* an album art (helper) module to fetch the album covers from the
Amazon WebService
* icon support in the UPnP device description
* the usual bugfixes
0.2.1 - 2007-04-03
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* bugfix release
0.2.0 - 2007-04-01
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* fixes,fixes and more fixes
0.1.0 - 2007-02-15
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* first public release