Software update: moOde audio player 7.2.0

Version 7.2.0 of moOde audio player has been released. This program turns a Raspberry Pi into a comprehensive music center and can play music files stored on the local network, from internet radio stations and from various streaming services. The player can be controlled via a web browser or mobile device and it supports a large number of dacs, so that the music can also be played in high quality. The changelog for this release looks like this:

moOde 7.2.0 is available

This release includes important new features, updates and bug fixes including a new ALSA routing framework that supports ALSA loopback at 384K, updates and fixes to CamillaDSP, UPnP, and enhancements to I2S driver configuration to support more devices.

This release is based on RaspiOS Buster Lite 10.6 (2020-12-02) and Linux kernel 5.4.77 build #1371. Refer to the Release Notes for more information.

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New features

• ALSA routing and loopback option
• ALSA loopback driver 384K support

radio stations

• ByteFM
• Ancient FM – Mediaeval and Renaissance Music
• BBC 128K stations
• WKCR 89.9 FM

Updates

• Show Quick Convolution filter friendly name in Audio info
• Revert the “Artist +” library option (not useful)
• Allo Boss2 OLED display script and startup
• Enhance I2S configuration to support more devices
• CamillaDSP: Show encoding of wave file
• CamillaDSP: Improved wave file converter
• Drop UAC2 fix (not applicable anymore)
• Drop UPnP Tidal/Qobuz from Config (doesn’t work anymore)

Bug fixes

• Wlan_country param missing from auto-config export
• Wrong squeezelite compile in release image
• Genre data for several radio stations
• Capitalization and terminology in Audio info
• CamillaDSP: Save not disabled when other DSP active
• CamillaDSP: Config dropdown not disabled when other DSP active
• CamillaDSP: Relative paths on first use of config
• CamillaDSP: Wave file converter doesn’t support floats
• CamillaDSP: Work around bug in yaml parser
• Typo in sysinfo output for throttled state
• Several issues with UPnP config and cover art