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Beta testing for Asset v3. Significant progress has been made on the internal database, including intelligent handling of similar artists, etc.
Asset UPnP v3 is the most sophisticated UPnP DLNA audio server, rather than dumbly present Artist & Albums for selection, Asset helps to manage unwieldy audio collections through the use of intelligent design, combining similar artists, for example 'The Corrs' and 'Corrs', or Beyonce with Beyoncé. In addition dynamic play-lists include Top Albums / Tracks / Artists. In comparison most other UPnP servers fail at basic tasks, such as separating albums 'The Greatest Hits' to their respective artists (ie all tracks from the seperate albums are all combined under a single 'The Greatest Hits' album)...
Download (NB if installed over a registered Asset then remains registered):
Windows 7 & Vista: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/beta/Asset...ows7-Vista.exe 3.9MB
XP: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/beta/AssetUPnP-XP.exe 14MB
Windows Home Server: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/beta/AssetUPnP-WHS.msi 14 MB [WHS Install Instructions: http://dbpoweramp.com/asset-whs-manual.html]
Changes:
Network connections monitored, if new IP address appears (ie network cable inserted) when previously no valid ip then asset restarts
DLNA compatibility improvements
New Database design, faster
Track URLs remain constant, even through a complete database (refresh all)
Works with Album and Artist sort tags
Tag Sort Values Supported, automatic handling of The XXXX (appears alphabetically where XXXX should but shows as The XXXXX)
Foreign character sort mapping, ie 'Án Artist' (with hyphen above A) would appear with A's not at the end of the artist list
Optimized database, now 6 times smaller
Twice as fast at accessing the internal database
New browsing Tree: defaults to Artist >> Album
New Browse item >> Advanced Search >> Album by Artist
File & Folder Browsing - tracks have album art and other information
New: Playlist >> Jukebox Album Selection
New: Playlist >> Previously Played Albums
New: Playlist >> Top Artists
Possible to set individual file types to stream as LPCM/Wav/mp3 (ie radio to mp3, WMA Lossless to LPCM)
LPCM L24 supported
Possible to group A to Z listings as ABC, DEF, etc
Options to switch off certain Asset helpers (some control points do not need, ie switch off prepending track number to title)
Option to hide albums from main album view which have single or low track count (ie cd singles)
Windows Media Player 12 compatible
Internet Radio lists mp3 & ogg streams also now
SourceProtocalInfo (for GetProtocalInfo) returns all formats able to decode, not just a global http:*:*:* (certain devices require it - Sony TV?)
Able to read BMP album art and add internally as JPG
For lossless audio gives out the kbps as uncompressed
Redesigned browse tree, now contains classical browsing Advanced Search\ Chorus, Orchestra, Soloists, Instrument, Period these tags are filled by R13.5 of dBpoweramp CD Ripper from Sonata DB
PC Sound Capture [WASAPI] container can be added to browse tree, this captures sound output of the PC 'What you Hear' and sends over UPnP (Spotify..), requires Vista or Windows 7
Added cover.jpg?size=xxx Media Server Extension to size album art
Added 'View Debug Log' button next to the debug enable check in Asset Configuration
Streaming as Wave or lpcm and player was paused, then on resume is possibiliy of white noise (more likely on 24 bit)
Bug fix: GetSearchCapabilities works
Increase priority of Asset UPnP (in relation to other programs)
Works with Samsung Devices (TVs), nothing special has to be set for the samsung, will autopick the LPCM stream
Option in Config to change Assets upnp name from Asset: [computer name]
Internal rule sets for various players which auto configure the default configuration (browse and format options), such as XBox and PS3
On filename & folder browsing, empty folders are not shown
upnp fixes to be compliant to intel upnp test tools
Smart internal database (combines similar artists, audio generates album artist, various artists), for example these artists were combined from a small collection (of around 300 artists)
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Asset UPnP v3 is the most sophisticated UPnP DLNA audio server, rather than dumbly present Artist & Albums for selection, Asset helps to manage unwieldy audio collections through the use of intelligent design, combining similar artists, for example 'The Corrs' and 'Corrs', or Beyonce with Beyoncé. In addition dynamic play-lists include Top Albums / Tracks / Artists. In comparison most other UPnP servers fail at basic tasks, such as separating albums 'The Greatest Hits' to their respective artists (ie all tracks from the seperate albums are all combined under a single 'The Greatest Hits' album)...
Download (NB if installed over a registered Asset then remains registered):
Windows 7 & Vista: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/beta/Asset...ows7-Vista.exe 3.9MB
XP: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/beta/AssetUPnP-XP.exe 14MB
Windows Home Server: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/beta/AssetUPnP-WHS.msi 14 MB [WHS Install Instructions: http://dbpoweramp.com/asset-whs-manual.html]
Changes:
Network connections monitored, if new IP address appears (ie network cable inserted) when previously no valid ip then asset restarts
DLNA compatibility improvements
New Database design, faster
Track URLs remain constant, even through a complete database (refresh all)
Works with Album and Artist sort tags
Tag Sort Values Supported, automatic handling of The XXXX (appears alphabetically where XXXX should but shows as The XXXXX)
Foreign character sort mapping, ie 'Án Artist' (with hyphen above A) would appear with A's not at the end of the artist list
Optimized database, now 6 times smaller
Twice as fast at accessing the internal database
New browsing Tree: defaults to Artist >> Album
New Browse item >> Advanced Search >> Album by Artist
File & Folder Browsing - tracks have album art and other information
New: Playlist >> Jukebox Album Selection
New: Playlist >> Previously Played Albums
New: Playlist >> Top Artists
Possible to set individual file types to stream as LPCM/Wav/mp3 (ie radio to mp3, WMA Lossless to LPCM)
LPCM L24 supported
Possible to group A to Z listings as ABC, DEF, etc
Options to switch off certain Asset helpers (some control points do not need, ie switch off prepending track number to title)
Option to hide albums from main album view which have single or low track count (ie cd singles)
Windows Media Player 12 compatible
Internet Radio lists mp3 & ogg streams also now
SourceProtocalInfo (for GetProtocalInfo) returns all formats able to decode, not just a global http:*:*:* (certain devices require it - Sony TV?)
Able to read BMP album art and add internally as JPG
For lossless audio gives out the kbps as uncompressed
Redesigned browse tree, now contains classical browsing Advanced Search\ Chorus, Orchestra, Soloists, Instrument, Period these tags are filled by R13.5 of dBpoweramp CD Ripper from Sonata DB
PC Sound Capture [WASAPI] container can be added to browse tree, this captures sound output of the PC 'What you Hear' and sends over UPnP (Spotify..), requires Vista or Windows 7
Added cover.jpg?size=xxx Media Server Extension to size album art
Added 'View Debug Log' button next to the debug enable check in Asset Configuration
Streaming as Wave or lpcm and player was paused, then on resume is possibiliy of white noise (more likely on 24 bit)
Bug fix: GetSearchCapabilities works
Increase priority of Asset UPnP (in relation to other programs)
Works with Samsung Devices (TVs), nothing special has to be set for the samsung, will autopick the LPCM stream
Option in Config to change Assets upnp name from Asset: [computer name]
Internal rule sets for various players which auto configure the default configuration (browse and format options), such as XBox and PS3
On filename & folder browsing, empty folders are not shown
upnp fixes to be compliant to intel upnp test tools
Smart internal database (combines similar artists, audio generates album artist, various artists), for example these artists were combined from a small collection (of around 300 artists)
Code:
Combining: Beyonce with Beyoncé Combining: Bjork with Björk Combining: Sisqo with Sisqó Combining: Black Eyed Peas with The Black Eyed Peas Combining: Chemical Brothers with The Chemical Brothers Combining: Cranberries with The Cranberries Combining: Future sound of London with The Future Sound of London Combining: Mavericks with The Mavericks Combining: Prodigy with The Prodigy Combining: Shamen with The Shamen Combining: Cardigans with The Cardigans Combining: Killers with The Killers Combining: Feeling with The Feeling Combining: Saturdays with The Saturdays Combining: Eagle Eye Cherry with Eagle-Eye Cherry Combining: Jay Z with Jay-Z Combining: Run DMC with Run-D.M.C. Combining: Sash with Sash! Combining: Sophie Ellis Bextor with Sophie Ellis-Bextor Combining: T' Pau with T'Pau Combining: Tatu with t.A.T.u. Combining: Will.i.am with Will.I. Am Combining: KT Tunstall with K T Tunstall Combining: Mousse T. with Mousse T Combining: X Press 2 with X-Press 2 Combining: Soulja Boy Tell'em with Soulja Boy Tell 'Em Combining: Colby O' Donis with Colby O'donis Combining: T.I with TI
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