Asset Version Changes

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R2023-05-15

Asset Preformatting of ID Tags when indexing, so it is possible to add year to the end of albums:
preformat:=[album]:=[year] [album]
or to change the artist to composer if the genre is classical:
preformat:=[artist]=[IFEQUALS]genre,classical,[IFVALUE]composer,[composer],[artist][][][IF!EQUALS]genre,classical,[artist][]
see: https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthr...e-List-feature


Indexer improvements, for libraries with many layers of subfolders
LG TVs are so detrimental to Asset, just with the TV on it will try to browse every track Asset has, effectively DOS Asset. By default LG TVs have Control Point Override set to: =WebOS [NoBrowse] to exclude them from accessing Asset

Asset Config: High DPI support (windows)
Added 64 bit version (windows), note installs to a new folder Program Files 'Asset'

Added control point override [simpleartist] to not supply composer, conductor or album artist (only artist) for track details to player

Improved asset registration (windows)

Bug Fix: Jukebox Album listing was being sorted
Bug Fix: Windows was not showing asset icon
Bug Fix: WASAPI 'What you hear' improvements (windows)

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Re: Asset Version Changes

Synology R2023-6-6

Bug Fix: corrupted images in the browse tree, note control point might need cache clearing after updating.

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Windows R2024-08-07

* Changes in your music library are picked up much faster than in previous versions.
* Improved indexing of external cover art. No more clear database & rescan all to pick up newly added folder.jpg
* Database format changed - will require full rescan after upgrading from a previous version.
* Added [SimpleArtist] to control point overrides, for control points that have trouble with presented artist roles (composer/performer/etc).
* More formats supported: TAK, SHN, WMA among others.
* Added support for HLS internet radio.
* Implemented search by composer, used by Linn app as "classical" search results.
* Changed interaction between multi disc album handling options. Album defined by folder set to YES + Combine Multi-Disc Albums no longer tries to merge albums in different folders if folder names look like multiple parts of same set.
* Asset configuration program no longer runs elevated, unless running Asset as a system service.
* Partially implemented web configuration page from Linux/Mac version of Asset, by default accessible only from local machine.

macOS, Synology, QNAP, Linux, Pi R2024-08-07

* Changes in your music library are picked up much faster than in previous versions.
* Improved indexing of external cover art. No more clear database & rescan all to pick up newly added folder.jpg
* Configuration backup & restore feature, can be also used to transfer config between machines.
* Database format changed - will require full rescan after upgrading from a previous version.
* Added [SimpleArtist] to control point overrides, for control points that have trouble with presented artist roles (composer/performer/etc).
* More formats supported: TAK, SHN, WMA among others.
* Added support for HLS internet radio.
* Stability fixes.
* Implemented search by composer, used by Linn app as "classical" search results.
* Changed interaction between multi disc album handling options. Album defined by folder set to YES + Combine Multi-Disc Albums no longer tries to merge albums in different folders if folder names look like multiple parts of same set.
* Web configuration cleanup in progress.
* Removed awful meta-refresh of status page, made just the status field reloaded.
* Removed awful big "apply" buttons in main settings page - settings take instant effect and not interrupt active playback sessions.
* Various advanced settings pages now have "get defaults" buttons.
* Made web configuration respect system dark mode [experimental].
* Fixed MP3 streaming settings not being saved.

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R2024-09-23 ALL

Fixed folders ending with ._ being treated as temporary and not indexed for music.
ID3v2.3 tagging, if artist sort, or album artist sort was a known '/' artist, such as AC/DC then preserved, otherwise was being split as AC; DC.
When both embedded and external album art is present, embedded is preferred (restored old behavior).
Added option not to fill blank Artist info from Album Artist.
Internet Radio streams: made send Accept-Ranges: None to prevent clients from attempting tag reads or seeking on nonseekable sources.
Added user radio stream list, editable under Advanced settings. Work in progress, for now they show in TuneIn Radio root folder.


macOS Specifics

Fixed a regression causing failure to play media from Mac OS volumes.
Auto updater part of Web Config cleaned up.
Auto updater prevented downloading of updates that require newer Mac OS than currently running - will get newest supported version.
Addressed recent performance regression that could result in slow browsing on some devices.
Web Config: Restored option to override transcoding format for internet radio, was lost earlier this year.
Fixed incorrect reading of tags containing high Unicode range characters such as emoji.


Linux Specifics

Auto updater part of Web Config cleaned up.
Addressed recent performance regression that could result in slow browsing on some devices.
Web Config: Restored option to override transcoding format for internet radio, was lost earlier this year.
Fixed incorrect reading of tags containing high Unicode range characters such as emoji.
Fixed playback of radio streams using HTTP 0.9.