CherryMusic

FIXED: python 3.10 compatibility

FIXED: Make jPlayer work again in master branch (merge 0.41.1 into master)
FIXED: '--setup' now works for CherryPy 12 and upwards (thanks to TangoSierraAlfaVI)
FIXED: UnicodeError when transcoding non-ASCII URLs (thanks to evetsso)
IMPROVEMENT: Added Bandcamp album cover fetching (thanks to its-wednesday)

FIXED: reverted jPlayer update, because it broke everything

FIXED: Installing CherryMusic via pip (thanks to rjsberry)
IMPROVEMENT: updated jPlayer to 2.9.2, improved mobile compatibility (thansk to Max Leiter)
IMPROVEMENT: Increased List Directory Item Size (thansk to Max Leiter)
IMPROVEMENT: Made usernames case-insensitive (thanks to Max Leiter)
IMPROVEMENT: Changed download zip archive name (thanks to Max Leiter)

FEATURE: Added option to select Album Art Source for manual searches
FIXED: Server refused to start when not able to detect cherrypy version
FIXED: No more blinking page title in Chrome
FIXED: Corrected redirect after logout when for custom "server.rootpath"
IMPROVEMENT: Using iTunes as default method to fetch album art
IMPROVEMENT: Session duration can now be set in the config (thanks regisb)

FIXED: broken import

FEATURE: ... new feature here!
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FEATURE: Use file metadata when album art fetching (thanks mattss)
IMPROVEMENT: Switch to iTunes API for album art fetching (thanks mattss)
IMPROVEMENT: Better filtering of directory names when fetching album art (thanks mattss)

FIXED: more fixes for cherrypy detection (thanks Isgar)

FIXED: crash on start when not able to detect cherrypy version

FEATURE: support for reading MP4 tags
FIXED: unicode crash when using cherrypy > 5.4
FIXED: running the server directly on port 80
FIXED: transcoding of OGG files with other samplerates than 44khz
IMPROVEMENT: documented --deleteuser and --changepassword switches
IMPROVEMENT: don't show remaining time in shuffle mode

FIXED: *Security* CVE-2015-8309 Download of arbitrary files by logged in users (thanksfeedersec)
FIXED: *Security* CVE-2015-8310 XSS attack by logged-in users (thanks feedersec)
FIXED: OGA files are now correctly recognized as ogg-audio files
FIXED: Sorting tracks by track number correctly
FIXED: Cannot load playlists containing single quotes
FEATURE: allow reverse-sorting of playlists (thanks pando85)
FEATURE: Enabled support of ffmpeg to decode ALAC files
FEATURE: Added optional support for Pillow as Image Library
IMPROVEMENT: disabled confirm-to-quit message for playlist downloads
IMPROVEMENT: Updated TinyTag to version 0.10.1 (much faster ID3 parsing)
IMPROVEMENT: Predictable selection of album-art images (thanks lzh9102)
FIXED: Removed restrictions for passwords created in CLI

FIXED: server not starting on windows

FIXED: server not starting for python versions below 3.3

FEATURE: Opus transcoding support (thanks to qqueue)
FEATURE: Support for media keys (thanks to cheese83)
FIXED: File browser crash, when listing unreadable files (thanks to Tom Clegg)
FIXED: Album art fetching breaking for very file paths (thanks to Che-Huai Lin)
FIXED: Broken file listing if basedir does not end with a slash
FIXED: Proper cover art display in safari (thanks to yukip)
FIXED: Searching for terms ending in non ASCII-characters
FIXED: keyboard shortcut settings for unrecognized keys (thanks cheese83)
IMPROVEMENT: devel git version detection (thanks to MartijnRas)
IMPROVEMENT: More transcoding quality settings (thanks to Druneau)
IMPROVEMENT: Show first track after loading playlist
IMPROVEMENT: Allow indexing of symlinked files

FIXED: Queue not visible due to outdated jPlayer

FEATURE: sorting of queue and open playlists via dropdown menu
FEATURE: option to display active album art in player (thanks to @lzh9102)
FEATURE: enable intertial scroll on mobile (thanks to @tkafka)
FIXED: updated jPlayer to version 2.7.1 to fix playback on android
FIXED: workaround for CherryPy (>=3.3.0) bug when releasing session locks
FIXED: authentication for /serve resource (thanks to @susnux for spotting)
FIXED: album art search works with new amazon and bestbuy web sites
FIXED: udated tinytag to v0.7.2 to decode ID3 tags from latin1
FIXED: admin GUI can again create new users as admin
FIXED: restore "change password" functionality
FIXED: various problems when filecache entries no longer exist on disk
FIXED: some quirks in playlist age display were forcefully retired
FIXED: server handles bad basedir configuration gracefully
FIXED: updated jquery-ui to 1.11.1, does not ruin the js-compression anymore
FIXED: localhost_only bind address respects server.ipv6_enabled setting
IMPROVEMENT: transcoded tracks have a duration in player (thanks to @lzh9102)
IMPROVEMENT: "folder" items are now easier to click
IMPROVEMENT: request meta data for one track at a time to reduce server load
IMPROVEMENT: expand CI tests to include Python 3.4 and PyPy3
IMPROVEMENT: expand CI tests to more versions of CherryPy
IMPROVEMENT: easier pypi releases via auto-conversion of README.md -> .rst

FEATURE: showing audio meta-data in file browser
FEATURE: showing the number of files and folders inside each folder
IMPROVEMENT: automatically hiding notifications after 5 seconds
IMPROVEMENT: updated jplayer to version 2.6
IMPROVEMENT: sorting playlists by age by default
FIXED: mp3 playback on newer versions of chrome
FIXED: search engine bug that degraded search quality immensely
FIXED: incorrect length reported for long flac files
FIXED: special characters in playlist names (thanks to marianosimone)
FIXED: in browser setup not properly saving all the settings
FIXED: config and data location in OSX
FIXED: playback failure leading to too much recursion

FEATURE: built-in meta tag display in playlists for all platforms
FEATURE: playlist scrolls to follow added an newly playing tracks
FIXED: current track is always displayed in player area
FIXED: album art cache works reliably
IMPROVEMENT: better search for names containing umlauts
IMPROVEMENT: generally improved UI usability
IMPROVEMENT: stability and performance of album art fetching
IMPROVEMENT: faster playlist loading
IMPROVEMENT: faster loading of client through gzip compression

IMPROVEMENT: bump version number above 0.31.0
IMPROVEMENT: update changelog

FEATURE: display track metainfo in web client
FIXED: recover gracefully when update notifications can't be fetched
FIXED: display default image when no album art found

FEATURE: export all playlists at once in a zip file (pls or m3u)
FEATURE: force lower audio bitrate via transcoding (nice for mobile users)
FEATURE: switch between list and cover view of folders
FEATURE: Album art fetcher supports google image search (thanks to Lord-Simon!)
FEATURE: ready for tag support in python 2 using mutagen (thanks to endlesscoil!)
FEATURE: internationalization support for back-end
FEATURE: German translation for back-end
FEATURE: locate tracks from playlist in the file browser
FEATURE: showing current track title in title of the browser tab
FIXED: fixed zip export of playlist having wrong CRC (thanks to johnhe00!)
FIXED: playlists were always saved as public upon first save
FIXED: not showing hidden files anymore in file listings
FIXED: repeat mode now repeats the whole playlist, instead of last track
FIXED: album art fetcher works again with images from amazon
IMPROVEMENT: improved mobile layout (nav bar padding and cover size)
IMPROVEMENT: showing default folder image, when fetching album art fails

FEATURE: Change album art in media browser
FEATURE: Play WMA files via live transcoding (needs ffmpeg)
FEATURE: Update notifications for admins in web client config key `update_notifications = [True] | False`
FEATURE: `--version` switch for main script displays useful info
FIX: !!! SSL config: relative paths are now relative to location of config file
FIX: Resolve some unicode issues when playing tracks containing non-ASCII characters
FIX: autoplay when adding first track now works for all playlists
FIX: CherryMusic shuts down cleanly when parent process dies
FIX: `media.basedir` can now handle trailing path separator
FIX: Can change and delete playlists again
FIX: Can delete users again
FIX: Online indicator in admin dialog works again
IMPROVEMENT: online tracking of test coverage at https://coveralls.io/r/devsnd/cherrymusic
IMPROVEMENT: audioread failure no longer pretends to be a serious error

FEATURE: confirm dialog when closing browser while music is playing can be disabled in the options dialog
FEATURE: tracks names with a leading number are now always ordered correctly
FEATURE: update notifications for server admins
FIXED: resources not found after distutils install on debian based distros
FIXED: tracks playing accidentally after sorting a playlist
FIXED: playlists not being closed properly
FIXED: playlists public/private state not changable
FIXED: remove-played-tracks button resulting in jumping over tracks
IMPROVEMENT: more code documentation

FEATURE: playlists can be searched by title or contained tracks
FEATURE: playlists can be sorted by age, user or name
FIXED: playing track not bein highlighted in playlist
FIXED: in browser setup works with new bootstrap 3 layout
FIXED: message of the day is bein displayed again
FIXED: tray icon app crashing when displaying about dialog
IMPROVEMENT: logout button is disabled when using auto-login (less confusing)

UPDATE: man pages reflect recent changes

HOTFIX: fixed download button not working
FIX: shuffle and repeat buttons are visible now

FEATURE: brand new UI using bootstrap 3: panels can be scrolled independently
redesigned media browser (unified playlist manager)
unified navigation & search bar
IMPROVEMENT: faster client load times (less-css-compilation & js minification)
FEATURE: downloading all tracks of a playlists as zip file
IMPROVEMENT: limiting maximum size of downloadable playlists
FEATURE: creation of playlists containing random tracks
FEATURE: IPv6 support
FEATURE: improved search for non-ascii characters requires optional dependency "unidecode"
FEATURE: new tray icon program "cherrymusic-tray" to start/stop CM comfortably requires optional dependency "gobject-python"
IMPROVEMENT: browser setup now shows details for missing dependencies
UPDATE: updated jPlayer to version 2.4.0
FIX: playback problems when using firefox on windows
FIX: fetching of local album art works now as it should
FIX: playback works now when CM is run with another rootpath but '/'
FIX: playback in chrome randomly stopped, works now + a lot of other stuff, as always!

IMPROVEMENT: search quality, rare words are considered more important
FEATURE: M4A transcoding support
FEATURE: playlist saving menu
FIX: playlist backward compability
FIX: audioread path backward compability fix

FIX: Error on first startup when not using the browser setup

FIX: serving files with non-ASCII names (CherryPy monkey-patch)
FEATURE: database versioning support
FEATURE: busy indicator only occupies busy parts of the interface
IMPROVEMENT: warn user about database updates before perfoming them
FEATURE: CLI configuration override: --conf KEY=VALUE
FEATURE: --port switch for overriding server port on start-up
FEATURE: autoplay on adding first track to playlist (optional)
FIX: minor corrections for various messages and help files
FIX: correctly adding tracks to playlist after clearing it before
FIX: preventing python 3 module stagger to be imported in python 2
FIX: automatically indexing music on first start after setup
FIX: playlist deletion button only visible for admins and owners
FIX: track transcoding is determined on the fly (playlist portablity)
IMPROVEMENT: switched to nosetest for automatic testing
CHANGE: removed open search plugin + a bunch of internal changes, clean-up & stability

FIX: logout works also with previous request containing post-data

FEATURE: reworked UI using bootstrap (pretty & shiny!)
FEATURE: new --setup switch enables first configuration in browser
FEATURE: album art resizing (requires opt-depend ImageMagick)
FEATURE: man pages!
FEATURE: backward compatibility down to python 2.6 supporting now python 2.6, 2.7, 3.0+ and pypy
FEATURE: users can change their password in the option menu
IMPROVEMENT: search speed *and* quality greatly improved
IMPROVEMENT: rewrite of transcoding module (works more reliably now)
IMPROVEMENT: using HTML5 & Flash at the same time to reduce need to transcode
IMPROVEMENT: playlist visibility can be changed in playlist browser
IMPROVEMENT: users can change their passwords in the option menu
IMPROVEMENT: flash block detection for opera
IMPROVEMENT: better IPv6 support
CHANGE: honoring XDG Base Directory Specification, move the files like this to migrate:
$ mv ~/.cherrymusic/config $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cherrymusic/cherrymusic.conf
$ mv ~/.cherrymusic/* $XDG_DATA_HOME/cherrymusic
CHANGE: M3U & PLS download buttons hidden by default, can be reactivated in options
CHANGE: removed unidecode from package, is now opt-depend
FIX: Album art fetching doesn't stall interface anymore
FIX: user online time display is now correct independent of the client time
FIX: Loading or creating a playlist no longer interrupts playback
FIX: Workaround for older cherrypy version on python 3.3
FIX: users can no longer modify other user's public playlists
FIX: invalidating session of deleted users
FIX: local autologin works again + a lot more (like every time)!

FEATURE: New 2 Column Layout (Search and Playlists side by side)
FEATURE: Manage multiple playlists in tabs
FEATURE: OpenSearch for adding cherrymusic to browser search bar
FEATURE: user changeable colors for the interface
FEATURE: responsive design for mobiles (switch between playlist and search view)
FEATURE: display remaining time for playlists
FEATURE: added --dropfiledb switch for reinitialization of file db
FEATURE: local cover art is loaded automatically
FEATURE: remotely fetched cover art is now cached in ~/.cherrymusic/albumart
FEATURE: customizable keyboard shortcuts
FEATURE: advanced search syntax: prefixes "!f" and "!d" only files or directories respectively
CHANGE: --update only performs an update anb does not start the server anymore
CHANGE: renaming of config options: dyndns_address -> dynamic_dns_address
enable_ssl -> ssl_enabled
FIXED: execution from another work dir lead to not finding local resources
FIXED: fixed jerky control buttons in webkit browsers
FIXED: API accessible when not authenticated
FIXED: SSL not working due to wrong IP parsing
FIXED: symlinks being resolved not correctly
FIXED: flashblock taken into account, users can activate player on demand
FIXED: playlist duration longer than one hour not properly displayed
FIXED: admin tab not visible anymore for non-admin users
FIXED: being able to create new admin users from the GUI
FIXED current track not being highlighted after changing anything in playlist
UPDATE: updated jQuery to version 1.8.3
DEPRECATED: Themes aren't used anymore + many more internal changes (dynamic db layout, decreased verbosity, etc.)

FEATURE: drag'n'drop sortable playlist
FEATURE: partial updates. cherrymusic --update /path/to/changed/directory
FEATURE: python 3.1 downward compatibility for debian users
FEATURE: cherrymusic tries to automatically fetch album covers
FEATURE: new layout for mobile devices
FEATURE: --update switch now runs in background, immediate server start
FEATURE: compactly listed folder paths are now autocompleted if listed directory names overlap for more than one letter
FEATURE: Added dependency installer, so that cherrymusic can be run on any system without any preinstalled dependencies
FEATURE: see online users in the admin panel
FEATURE: delete users
IMPROVEMENT: shuffle uses algorithm to play possibly unplayed tracks first
IMPROVEMENT: Configuration interface overhaul. new or deprecated options are now listed on startup
IMPROVEMENT: search speed
FIXED: removed configdb, proved to be unnecessary
FIXED: jPlayer doesn't play mp3s when no codecs installed on server
EXPERIMENTAL: cherrymusic can be started as a daemon using cherrymusicd
UPDATE: jPlayer updated to version 2.2.0

IMPROVEMENT: updates run smoother, better progress report (server startup doesn't trigger update anymore)
IMPROVEMENT: playlists remembered in session retain track order
FEATURE: updates are triggered using the --update switch
FEATURE: --newconfig switch creates a new config file (config.new) in the home dir
FEATURE: show playtime of tracks and of playlist (requires ffmpeg)
FEATURE: unfinished search terms also yield results
IMPROVEMENT: search result weight algorithm takes partial matches into account
FEATURE: auto-login on localhost
EXPERIMENTAL: live transcoding of flac, ogg, mp3
FIX: cherrypy not shutting down cleanly
FIX: being able to create duplicate playlist names
FEATURE: Made playlists deletable
FEATURE: Added "update database" button in admin panel
FEATURE: Added "remove played tracks" button
FIX: browser showing compact entries multiple times
FIX: bug that prevents listening to music when no codec is installed on host
FEATURE: exporting playlists as PLS or M3U (take this, edna!)
+ MANY MORE...

FEATURE: https encryption support
FEATURE: option to listen only on localhost
FIX: config and databases now reside in the user's home directory
FEATURE: savable playlists
FIX: added GPL license
FEATURE: salted user passwords
FEATURE: admin user can be created inside web-interface on first start
FEATURE: playlists are periodically saved in the session, so they're not lost when browser or tabs are closed etc.
FEATURE: theming support
FEATURE: configurable server port
FEATURE: admin panel for creating new users
FEATURE: welcome screen for CLI and web-interface

Initial Release

Changelog