TWONKYMEDIA module

[peterfu]

New Version of the Twonkymedia module available (version 2.00.16) - contains the twonkymediaserver 5.0.61 (officially released on 15th, April 2009).

Download via the thecus wiki.

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Peter

[peterfu]

New Version of the module available : 2.00.17
it contains twonkymedia server 5.0.65 (unsupported release) and of course the bug fixes from 2.00.16.1 and 2.00.16.2
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Peter

[peterfu]

For those of You who want or have to stay on the 4.x twonkyserver version:
Theres a new module version available 2.00.12.3 which contains the twonkymedia server 4.4.18 which was released on 14th July 2009.
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Pete

[GVRV]

New Version of the module available : 2.00.17
it contains twonkymedia server 5.0.65 (unsupported release) and of course the bug fixes from 2.00.16.1 and 2.00.16.2
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Peter
Hello, Peter,

I used the Twonky 5.0.55 with my 4100PRO since April 2009 and You might remember you helped me with your advice. So the time has arrived for Linn Products to upgrade the software of their Linn DS products (UPNP Media Renderers). Well, the LIBRARY in Linn GUI (UPNP CONTROL POINT) stopped to see the NAS. I have upgraded to 5.0.65 and at the first 2minutes it worked fine than problems with web interface began (freezes) and eventually I could not accsess it although no new IP addresses were given. Well, I returned to the previous version and now what I have:
I can access from Linn Konfig application the whole of my network, I can access the web page of Twonky from the link in Linn Konfig NAS section, it shows CONNECTED, Twonky running. But, I cannot access LIBRARY, the GUI (on PC) does not see the NAS unless you reset the list of the media receivers. After that all music appears, all works fine. I reboot the PC - same problem, no NAS seen until I go again to config page and reset the list. All the defenders/firewalls are disabled in PC.

Is it really a network poblem (I set up it alone for the first time not knowing a bit about networking but eventually I acieved acceptable for me results and speed).
Or is it a problem with twonky. I am so unhappy with returning to old Linn firmware family as the newest is far better in all aspects except it causes me not to /OFF my control PC at all.
Sorry for the long and messy post,

Regards

[peterfu]

From Your PM's I see that You use DHCP on the WAN side of Your Thecus.
I assume You have connected the N4100 via the WAN port to Your Network and don't use the LAN port. Please try to use fixed IP adress on the WAN port.
Sometimes it takes a little time till the Twonkyserver is recognized by the clients.
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Peter

[GVRV]

Thank You very much, I'll try the fixed address. But why it used to work fine with the previous Linn firmware? Are you familiar with the Linn Kinsky Desktop? They have oss.linn.co.uk and maybe you can have a look if you have time.

[peterfu]

Sorry, but I'm absolutly not familiar wit the Linn products - I'll check it when I've some free time
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Peter

[GVRV]

Great! Thanks a lot! After I finish copying all the files from the NAS to the external drive I can start experimenting (safely) with modules, networking and things like SSH access.
Regards

[peterfu]

A new version of the TWONKYMEDIA module is released - Version 2.00.18.
contains now Twonkymedia server 5.1 released on 9th, September 2009
* changed startup script with new parameter for application data
* changed default ini file to reflect changes in startup script
* removed temporary solution for non proper handling of application data

New in Version 5.1:
* support for removable media
* support for background transcoding
*support for view configuration per client device
* Win7 compliance (when running on other systems like NAS, the server is detected correctly by Win7 systems)

Changes:
* database now based on SQLite
* overall performance improvements


Known issues:
* WMDRM for Win32 not supported in this release
* on some systems the removable media checkmark may result in trying to share removed/no existing drives
* TMS config application needs to be allowed every time on startup on VISTA and Win7 systems
* some screens of the TMS installer do not show in Japanese
* MediaFusion plugin leaves a zombie process on Linux (but will be removed on next MF plugin start)
* some contents can not be played on web browse UI as the Browser does not have the right plugin for playback available
* Picasaweb support is experimental and may not show content all the time
* no thumbnail support for D-Link DSM 520

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[GVRV]

Hi,

Thank You very much, Peter for the notification. I will try it Monday. Although only 5.0.55 proved to work flawlessly on my 4100Pro. The later one worked for 5 minutes and crashed. Really, as I understand now, all the issues I had in my setup were because of the network, not a NAS or Twonky issues.

Regards

[Tohu]

Hello peterfu,

thanx for the info about the release 5.1 on Twonky server.
I'm a little bit irritated, because on the twonky webpages they offer a
license key for the version 5 (that's ok), but the trial versions of the
server show always version 5.0.68 (on Win, Mac and Linux).
No word about the version 5.1.

Can you explain it to me ?

Kind regards,
Tohu

[peterfu]

Hi Tohu,
5.1 is in the unsupported section:
http://twonkyforum.com/downloads/5.1/index.html
PV usually provides a new release to their forum users first.
Advantage: You have it quick
Disadavante: the actiove forum users acts sometimes a testers
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[Tohu]

Hi peterfu,

yeah: as you mentioned it in your reply, I memorized it.
Thanx for your fast reply, even if it is on sunday afternoon!!
By the way:
I Installed the latest tms version (2.00.18) on my N7700.
And I ordered a new license key for it.
The brand new key is also reported as "in use", so I think that there
is a problem with the online license verification at twonkymedia/pv.

All the best,
Tohu

[peterfu]

A new version of the TWONKYMEDIA module was released - Version 5.1.3

Version numbers changed to reflect version number of Twonkymedia Server
Contains now Twonkymedia Server 5.1.3
Module contains own version of libstdc++.so.6, cause this lib is not available on current Thecus FW (library was copied from OpenSUSE 10.0 and is Version libstdc++6.0.6)
Release notes for TMS 5.1.3
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Changes:
o Add watchdog around MPEG2 parser

Bug fixes:
- fixed: Server takes 100% CPU on certain MPEG2 files
- fixed: VIERA PAL model can't playback mpeg2
- fixed: TwonkyMedia no longer starts on Raidsonic ICY Box
- fixed: Deleting metadata results in D.E.L.E.T.E. entry
- fixed: No video except WMV is playing on XBOX
- fixed: MediaFeeds issue on WHS release

Release notes for TMS 5.1.2
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New in Version 5.1.2:
+ Added a backup tool to create backups of Twonky's database (Windows releases only).

Changes:
o Re-Added "Composer" and "Personal Rating" to the advanced navigation tree
o Support multi value genre tag according to ID3v2
o Several enhancements in the mpeg parser.

Bug fixes:
- fixed: Title string is broken for items with an apostrophe in the title.
- fixed: "groupid" handling not working properly in the view generator.
- fixed: Sometimes online feeds are missing
- fixed: There is some noise during the first few seconds when WAV is played on DENON AV8003
- fixed: picture scaling in XBox client adaptation

Note: "Rebuild database" now does a complete rebuild of the database

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[peterfu]

A bug fix release of the TWONKYMEDIA module was released (Version 5.1.3a), which corrects the issue that the server was not started upon reboot
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Peter

[peterfu]

New module Version 5.1.4,
Contains now twonkymediaserver 5.1.4
Release notes for TMS 5.1.4

Bug fixes:

* fixed: Windows 7 is requesting a driver installation for Twonky
* fixed: Twonky prevents NAS from going into sleep mode
* fixed: Crashes when sharing 3gp content
* fixed: File-scanner statistics not working
* fixed: DLNA certification fails when upload is disabled
* fixed: MKV support broken for Samsung TV
* fixed: Database is rebuilt whenever TMS is restarted
* fixed: Server generates continuous disk accesses, preventing the HD entering sleep mode

Available via http://www.naswebsite.com (http://www.naswebsite.com/)

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[peterfu]

Contains now twonkymediaserver 6.0
Release notes for TMS 6.0
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New in Version 6.0:
+ aggregation of TMS and WMC servers
+ auto update for PC versions
+ time seek support for MPEG, WMA and WMV content
+ active connections info on status page
+ animated tray icon on Win32
+ wpl playlists can contain URLs to Internet content (radio, pictures, video)
+ can now handle albumart art that has the same file name as a music or video file, but file extension is jpg,
e.g. mymovie.mpg can have albumart file mymovie.jpg (make sure than the scanner filter is set to video only)

Changes:
o Improved URLs with fixed schema for scaling
o Improved playlist handling, enabled upload of wpl playlists
o from 5.x on norescale option is no longer supported, instead just rename/remove the cgi-jpegscale and convert plugin from cgi-bin

Known issues:
- embedded album art needs to be JPEG, PNG is not supported
- animated GIF is not supported for sharing by TMS
- PS3 can not play Internet Radio or online video via TMS
- no all mkv files can be scanned as mkv is a container format

Available via http://www.naswebsite.com (http://www.naswebsite.com/) or http://www.futterknecht.at/index.php/dow....kyme dia-module (http://www.futterknecht.at/index.php/downloadsep/docpage/cat_view/34-thecus-n5200/35-n5200-modules/37-n5200-twonkymedia-module)
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[peterfu]

Contains now twonkymediaserver 6.0.1

Release Notes for TMS 6.0.1
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New in version 6.0.1:
+ new ini file option to limit the number of concurrent createObject operations. By default set to "upnpuploadlimit=0", which means unlimited as before.
+ new filter options m,p,v to supress one content type on a shared location

Changes:
o for Sony Bravia TV the server can no longer place the UI in the right subtree on the naviagtion as there is no way to detect where the UI of the TV is
o added more metadata properties for PVR support
o added upnp:artist role=composer metadata
o added pv:friendlyname as a property to be used in views
o added pv:lastPlaybackPosition as a property to be used by CPs for follow me scenarios
o always add mkv as video and mka as audio, never add a mkv as video even if server can not find the video part
o added: client adaptation for Sony VGF-CP1

Bug fixes:
- fixed: Streaming YouTube videos does no longer work
- fixed: Database backup/restore not working on Windows when upgrading from 6.0
- fixed: Windows playlist files (WPL) don't show up with Twonky 6.0.1 RC8
- fixed: Items in playlists are not checked if they are still availiable/shared
- fixed: M4A files show up as "data"
- fixed: Play/Pause not working when streaming YouTube videos to the Samsung TV
- fixed: AlbumArt for containers not always working
- fixed: mkv always added as music on some mebedded platforms
- fixed: video thumbnails for XBOX
- fixed: broken language files, the word 'yes' was unreadable on the web config pages
- fixed: on aggregating videos from 4.x servers the album is now set to the friendly name of the server
- fixed: album art only shown for specific containers and not for all containers
- fixed: transcoding.db fixed to set NTSC as default MPEG target (has been no target before)
- fixed: react faster on aggregation server settings changes, display initial ammount of content on servers
- fixed: MacOS installer is not properly setting the system default language
- fixed: MacOS installer Japanese version shows English text
- fixed: Thumbnail support for video files on XBox
- fixed: iTunes playlist import
- fixed: album art for videos (folder.jpg) not scaled
- fixed: Twonky crashes when system is out of memory
- fixed: logfile issues, Twonky goes into endless loop when it can not delete old logfiles

Known issues:
- on some systems running Windows 2008 server WMDRM does not work.
- adding the same shared location several times with different filter options will result in non deterministic behaviour of files added/ignored

Available via http://www.naswebsite.com (http://www.naswebsite.com/) or http://www.futterknecht.at/index.php/dow....kyme dia-module (http://www.futterknecht.at/index.php/downloadsep/docpage/cat_view/34-thecus-n5200/35-n5200-modules/37-n5200-twonkymedia-module)
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[peterfu]

New module Version with twonkymediaserver 6.0.23 available

Release notes for TMS 6.0.2-RC1 (=6.0.23)
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-fixed: Clear logs options does not produce desired results
-fixed: BMP and GIF files are not getting displayed on PS3(Unsupported data error is coming)
-fixed: Some Configuration Page Options Not Translated for Nederlands Language
-fixed: Error messages when viewing large JPG files on a Sony PS3
-fixed: Username and the selected checkbox is not saved for PhotoBucket
-fixed: Media feeds are not visible on MAC.
-fixed: Duplicates listed in HTML Media Browser
-fixed: sleep mode not working on DNS-323 for 6.0
-fixed: Aggregation/Mirroring issues with TwonkyServer 6.0 on Linux
-fixed: 64 bit server issues
-fixed: strange behaviour in FLASH GUI when showing photos
-fixed: Language resource file not read on big endian devices
-fixed: XBOX only list first 329 songs while more than that are shared on TMS
-fixed: Auto-rescan does not work properly
-fixed: proxy resolves YouTube URL up to 15 times when streaming one video
-fixed: TMS fails to launch when its executed from directory path containing Japanese or other unicode strings
-fixed: DSM 323: Twonky gets killed right after start
-fixed: Javascript error in html template
-fixed: FLAC Transcoding on Linux in 6.0/6.0.1
-fixed: Server enters sleep mode when scanning for more than 15 minutes


Available at : http://www.futterknecht.at/index.php/downloadsep/docpage/cat_view/34-thecus-n5200/35-n5200-modules/37-n5200-twonkymedia-module

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[peterfu]

New module Version with Twonkymedia Server 6.0.28


Release notes for TMS 6.0.2.8
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-fixed: TMS-Rescan set to specific number of minutes is not working properly
-fixed: Add custom DLNA profile for MKV to improve interop with certain clients
-fixed: CDS contains duplicate resource entries with same resolution in one item
-fixed: Clear logs options does not produce desired results
-fixed: BMP and GIF files are not getting displayed on PS3(Unsupported data error is coming)
-fixed: Some Configuration Page Options Not Translated for Nederlands Language
-fixed: Error messages when viewing large JPG files on a Sony PS3
-fixed: Username and the selected checkbox is not saved for PhotoBucket
-fixed: Media feeds are not visible on MAC.
-fixed: Duplicates listed in HTML Media Browser
-fixed: sleep mode not working on DNS-323 for 6.0
-fixed: Aggregation/Mirroring issues with TwonkyServer 6.0 on Linux
-fixed: 64 bit server issues
-fixed: strange behaviour in FLASH GUI when showing photos
-fixed: Language resource file not read on big endian devices
-fixed: XBOX only list first 329 songs while more than that are shared on TMS
-fixed: Auto-rescan does not work properly
-fixed: proxy resolves YouTube URL up to 15 times when streaming one video
-fixed: TMS fails to launch when its executed from directory path containing Japanese or other unicode strings
-fixed: DSM 323: Twonky gets killed right after start
-fixed: Javascript error in html template
-fixed: FLAC Transcoding on Linux in 6.0/6.0.1
-fixed: Server enters sleep mode when scanning for more than 15 minutes


Available at : http://www.futterknecht.at/index.php/downloadsep/docpage/cat_view/34-thecus-n5200/35-n5200-modules/37-n5200-twonkymedia-module


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[GVRV]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the newest module. It works fine however the previous one was also good for me. It is a pity the "sort order" problem in BYFOLDER navigation is not solved in this version too.
Regards
Kirill

[peterfu]

Contains now Twonkymedia server 6.0.30 (NAS Release from 4th December 2010).

Release Notes for TMS 6.0.30
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Changes:
- added "Nokia Home Music" to clients.db
- On language change a database rebuild is no longer necessary
- Added mobile view to selectable views
- Renamed "simple default navigation" to "classic media navigation"
- Renamed "advanced default navigation" to "advanced media navigation"
- INI file can now accept mobile and folder view as default setting

Bug fixes:

-fixed: LPCM files are not working on PS3
-fixed: Duplicate content is displayed on enabling Aggregation.
-fixed: Reposition forward and backward is not working in case of WMA file on NETGEAR MP101
-fixed: Toshiba REGZA TV Cannot Play Any JPEG Contents except for JPEG_SM
-fixed: Thumnail view for gif files are not displayed while pulling the content from the server using WDTV live
-fixed: Sony Bravia Photos : Update 'protocolinfo' for JPEG_TN content.
-fixed: Json feed has broken links and thumbnails for online items
-fixed: Cleanup of navigation tree does not always work as expected
-fixed: Manual Rescan not working when scantime set to '0'
-fixed: Thumbnail view of JPEG files are not available on Samsung TV
-fixed: Pause/Resume is not working on Regza
-fixed: TwonkyServer reduces the resolution of some photos displayed on Denon receivers
-fixed: TwonkyServer can handle only 128 simultaneous CreateObject actions, which turned out to be too little
-fixed: Failure to find embedded albumart for a MP3 file with id3 v2.4.0 metadata (v2.3.0 works)
-fixed: Improve subtitle support for Samsung TVs
-fixed: Content name is not displayed properly if we use underscore in Wav files.
-fixed: Failure to send albumart for a MP3 file with embedded BMP
-fixed: Send default album art as fallback if embedded or external album art can not be sent
-fixed: Maxitems configuration property is ignored in some setups
-fixed: Add support for embedded albumart in MP3 files using id3 v2.4.0 metadata
-fixed: Pause/Resume is not working on Regza
-fixed: Several probelms with duplicate detection


Known issues in 6.0.30:

- Twonky ignores the sort criteria upon search if the search is including several sub-folders. Sorting works if search is invoked on a container that only contains items.

Available at: http://www.futterknecht.at/index.php...kymedia-module (http://www.futterknecht.at/index.php/downloadsep/docpage/cat_view/34-thecus-n5200/35-n5200-modules/37-n5200-twonkymedia-module)

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[peterfu]

Contains now Twonkymedia Server 6.0.31 RC6

Release Notes from 6.0.31 RC6:
Bug fixes:

-fixed: Twonky sometimes crashes on PowerPC platforms (DS 210+)
-fixed: TwonkyServer isn't reading WMP star ranking properly
-fixed: Roku soundbridge cannot stream aac/m4a from ts 6.x server
-fixed: Twonky not showing composer in case of m4a files
-fixed: Subtiles not working on twonky with Samsung TV, WD TV live Hub
-fixed: Add support for video thumbnails on Samsung TV (B + C series, requires latest firmware on TV)
-fixed: FLAC parser error when searching for embedded albumart
-fixed: Timeseek info generation for WMA is broken
-fixed: Skip first level of navigation tree on Samsung C-Series TV systems.
-fixed: Add subtitle support for Samsung TVs
-fixed: Need to suppress <upnp:artist role="Composer"> for WD TV live
-fixed: Few mpeg2 files are marked as NON-DLNA by twonky server
-fixed: Wrong French translation: "transcodage en cours..." as a menu titleon the config page
-fixed: Display "non-DLNA" JPEG files (i.e. image dimension exceeds 4096x4096) with REGZA
-fixed: Wrong resolution of JPEG files on VIERA
-fixed: Memory leaks (upload to other device)
-fixed: Session counter never decreases
-fixed: Browsing during file scan could messes up sort order
-fixed: Do not generate JPEG res element for PNG file if no PNG->JPEG scaler is available
-fixed: Backup tool should not start rmm.exe
-fixed: Disabling a content type in client adaptation (e.g. "MT:flac not-supported") disables also transcoding from that mime type
-fixed: Flash UI not detecting required plugin to play media file
-fixed: Requested sort order is not always honored
-fixed: Media count are thrown off when two TMS aggregate each other
-fixed: Manual Rescan not working when scantime set to '0'
-fixed: Can not deselect tagged photos in picasa web
-fixed: Twonky (EXIF parser) sometimes provides wrong resolution for JPEGs
-fixed: Few mpeg2 files are marked as NON-DLNA by twonky server
-fixed: Autocopy does not copy pictures from TwonkyMobile
-fixed: ignoredir= option in .ini file not working
-fixed: XML parser crashes on invalid XML
-fixed: Disable CreateObject action for unauthorized clients
-fixed: Correctly identify AAC_ISO_320 profile
-fixed: Time seek table file isn't deleted when the according content file is deleted
-fixed: Add resolution and file size to the JSON properties of items
-fixed: Ignore invalid dates in EXIF metadata
-fixed: TrayApp does not start after installing TwonkyServer
-fixed: Added missing translations
-fixed: Uploading a file via the Twonky web pages
-fixed: Memory leak when retrieving folder.jpg album art
-fixed: Fixed minor issues in mpeg2 parser
-fixed: Copying items with with long title (metadata) from Mobile to PC fails
-fixed: JPEG_LRG resource info is not included in CDS when client is REGZA TV
-fixed: Fast Forwarding not working with Regza
-fixed: Streaming until the end of a contents does not work
-fixed: Pause Resume is not working on Regza
-fixed: Red page was shown while accessing disabled web configuration page; now changed to white.
-fixed: : DTCP bugfix endless loop

Available at : http://www.futterknecht.at/index.php/downloadsep/docpage/cat_view/34-thecus-n5200/35-n5200-modules/37-n5200-twonkymedia-module

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[rkaufmann]

Hi, I'm new to this forum and to the Twonky Media Server.

I have a N5500 for about two Years now and would like to give the Twonky Media Server a try. So I hope this is not a silly question:

The N5500 uses the same firmware as the N7700, as far as I know.
So my question is, can your twonky module be installed on a N5500?

Regards,
Rolf

[peterfu]

Yes, current version is 6.0.37
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[rkaufmann]

Thanks for your reply.
Just another Quetion: the downloadfile for Version 6.0.37 on your Homepage is named "N5200_TWONKYMEDIA_6.0.37.zip".

For the previous Version 6.0.34 you had two file, one named "N5200_TWONKYMEDIA_6.0.34.zip" and one named "N7700_TWONKYMEDIA_6.0.34.zip".

so is the current 6.0.37 installable on both platforms or should I better use the N7700 download Version 6.0.34 for my N5500?

Thanks in advance.
Rolf

[peterfu]

This was only another linkname - the file itself is always the same - so use the 6.0.37 version
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[rkaufmann]

Thanks and have a nice christmas.