Software Update: SlimServer 6.0.2

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Slim Devices has released an update for SlimServer. The update is numbered 6.0.2 and is available from this page be downloaded in a Windows, Mac OS X or Linux version. SlimServer is the software that communicates with the squeeze box, a piece of hardware that comes from the same makers. In short, this is a box that plugs into the audio system and can play just about any lossless and lossy audio format you can imagine. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

Squeezebox2 Firmware (Revision 11):

  • Work around a bug in 3Com wireless router model 3CRWE454G72 with firmware 1.03.07A that prevented Squeezebox2 from connecting.

Soft squeeze (revision 2.0b6):

  • #1410 – static from SoftSqueeze when it’s synced to a hardware player
  • #1411 – soft squeeze stops playing when synced and playing flac
  • #1271 – Fixed Softsqueeze to send track start events (STMs) when streaming wav.
  • Fix soft squeeze version number, this was not being read correctly from the configuration file.
  • Fix ssh port number, this was not initialized correctly in the Softsqueeze 2.0b1 – 2.0b3 releases.
  • Fixed off by one error in Softsqueeze audio buffer. Also tightened up the thread synchronization.
  • Moved the Java MP3 Plugin prompt into the audio preference tab.

CLI and web interface:

  • CLI fixes and documentation updates from Frederic Thomas.
  • Updates to web interface to support Salling Clicker

Lots o’ SlimServer bug fixes:

  • #1314 – clicking on download playlist downloads an empty file called status.m3u
  • #1293 – Prefs.pm ‘mkpath $CacheDir’ will not allow server to start
  • #1248 – Artists containing special characters in iTunes are missing
  • #1345 – trying to access playlists from webUI crashes server
  • #1294 – Crashes and odd display behavior when displaying smart apostrophe
  • #974 – rpm install refers user to (leaves out port number)
  • #1329 – Incorrect (wrong) song playing on Squeezebox player
  • #1370 – removing Now Playing from player menu creates weird behavior
  • #1364 – mime type for Monkeys Audio incorrect
  • #1216 – Volume Resetting With New Song
  • #179 – shn doesn’t work on windows
  • #1167 – Plugins show up on player even when disabled
  • #1278 – itunes playlists coming up empty or not at all
  • #1226 – Parts or full albums missing.
  • #1299 – Incorrect first letter left in Browse Music folder
  • #1317 – digital output volume fixed option shouldn’t say ‘better analog quality’
  • #1220 – Now Playing list in web interface doesn’t always update correctly
  • #589 – Transcoding WMA files fails when filename contains $
  • #1391 – Remote has become too sensitive
  • #1307 – RSS Reader being banned from Slashdot
  • #1357 – Using COMMENT in Title format doesn’t work anymore
  • #1418 – Can crash server at will with volume button
  • #1005 – unset tags shouldn’t stomp on tags that are set
  • #1306 – Get duplicate artist entries when using artist separator characters
  • #1382 – $client->currentPlaylist() not updated with synced players
  • #1247 – Live365 causes SlimServer Service to halt
  • #1335 – First Track Name displayed incorrectly
  • #1427 – Sorting of iTunes playlists incorrect
  • Wipe Cache sometimes leaves the database in a bad state
  • mms: protocol recognized as “audio” type so we don’t open the stream more than once to check the type

Version number 6.0.2
Operating systems Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Linux, Windows XP, macOS
Website Smart Devices
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License type GPL
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