We are happy to announce that Gerbera Media Server 2.5.0 is now available.

The following changes are noteworthy:

• Changed default for layout to js if built with JavaScript support.
• The new autoscan mode manual in conjunction with the action Scan Now replaces the action to add individual folders.

NEW Features

• All configuration options for autoscan directories are available in the web UI now, including scripts and storage in the database.
• New configuration option for autoscan directories to rescan files that ended up as plain object in the first run.
• Several script options to control audio layout
• Harmonisation of metadata handling for wavpack and matroska media handlers
• Fabricated comment on import in media handlers (incl. configuration)
• Resource attribute pixelFormat for videos.
• Additional Resources (thumbnail, subtitle) for External Urls
• New UI command Scan Now and minor improvement
• Manual autoscan to replace Add Items in filesystem view

FIXES

• Album art and structure in builtin layout
• Autoscan objects in scripts
• Metadata in builtin layout, album artist in default js layout
• Commands in UI show descriptive tooltips
• Child items of autoscan folder in UI

Code Improvements

• Removed static from ConfigDefinition
• Update versions of pugixml (1.15), libexif (v0.6.25), wavpack (5.8.1), fmt (11.1.4), spdlog (1.15.1), wavpack (1.8.1), googletest (1.16.0), libexiv2 (0.28.5)

Detailled Changes

• Gerbera 2.5.0 (#3415), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Fix shutdown issue (#3414), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Build with fmt 11.1.4 (#3413), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Autoscan fixes (#3410), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Update libexiv2 to 0.28.5 (#3409), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Add manual autoscan option (#3408), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Web UI: properly encode arguments (#3407), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Add Run Scan action in Web UI (#3406), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Fix config load (#3405), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Refactor WebRequests (#3403), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Debian Build for arm64 (#3400), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Update libexiv2 to 0.28.4 (#3399), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Support Resources for External Items (#3398), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Populate playlist item titles (#3397), thanks @jmwanderer
• Fix update of playlists (#3395), thanks @jmwanderer
• Update to googletest 1.16.0 (#3393), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Extract Pixelformat for videos (#3392), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• UI: Make details collapsable in items editor detail view (#3390), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Rework autoscan list handling (#3389), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Sqlite: Exit after multiple exceptions (#3384), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Fix management auf autoscans in list (#3385), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Generate Comment from Metadata During Scan (#3368), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Update wavpack (#3380), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Build with fmt 11.1.3 (#3323), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Downgrade docker builder as well (#3379), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• work around build issue (#3378), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Cleanup tree and autoscan commands (#3374), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Build correct Autoscan Type (#3371), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Add Options to Scripts (#3365), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Fix UpnpMap logic (#3364), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Set more metadata in builtin layout (#3359), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Improve logging of string conversion (#3355), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Update Library Versions (#3354), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Focal: Freeze more aws-sdk versions (#3353), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Focal: freeze ruby aws-sdk versions used for package upload (#3352), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Fix cors host without ipv6 address (#3349), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Remap metadata fields when parsing virtual-directories keys (#3351), thanks @mill1000
• Autoscan: Add missing properties to web UI and database (#3346), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Force Reread of unknown files (#3345), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• JS: Fix config autoscan object in scripts (#3344), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Fix album art in builtin layout (#3341), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Refactor static code from ConfigDefinition (#3338), thanks @KarlStraussberger
• Bump master (#3337), thanks @KarlStraussberger

Please see our Documentation for how to install the latest Gerbera version on your system.

Full Changelog

v2.4.1...v2.5.0