Ampache 3.5.4 / 3.6 Beta 1 - Changelog

What's new in Ampache 3.6 Beta 1:

April 29th, 2011

· New search and random methods were added.
· Various bugs were fixed.

What's new in Ampache 3.5.4:

February 3rd, 2010

· This release fixes some bugs introduced in the last release as well as some significant improvements / fixes for the localplay methods. Catalog size calculation was also corrected for larger catalogs. It should now work for up to 4TB catalogs. New installations of 3.5.4 will include an additional two default ACLs for API use.

What's new in Ampache 3.5.1:

June 25th, 2009

· Add missing operator on tag and rating searches so they will work with other methods (Thx kiehnet@netscape.net)
· Fix get_art_url() so it returns something…
· Fix problem with creating new playlists where it doesn’t work but appending to an existing did.
· Fixed issue with url_to_song, also cleaned up the code a bit
· Fixed issue with Random All Catalogs
· Fixed issues with API and Tag methods not working as advertised
· Fix endless loop in getid3() with malformed genre tags in mp3s
· Fixed show test page always returning false on web path
· Update Man page to adhear to newer Debian rules
· Fixed issue with Videos being incorrectly registered with stats
· Fixed missing > in HTML for song row

What's new in Ampache 3.5:

May 6th, 2009

· Video Streaming Support
· Access Control List Wizard / Simplification
· IPv6 Support on all Access Lists and IP related operations
· Corrected Multi-Byte Character Support
· Up to date Translations in 14 different languages
· Optional Lyrics Support
· Basic Tag Support (allowing multiple genres per song)
· Countless Optomizations / Caching to speed up the interface
· Vastly Improved API with simplified configuration and setup
· Standardized UI should give users a more consistent experience
· Enable Last.FM plug-in by default
· Ability to Run Add/Verify catalog operations starting at a specific Sub Directory rather then indexing the whole catalog

What's new in Ampache 3.5 Beta 1:

March 16th, 2009

· This release initiates a string freeze for the 3.5 branch.
· It also includes new API functionality for Democratic play and localplay, a Democratic Play configuration wizard, improved video browsing, and changes to make album art more compatible with DLNA devices.

What's new in Ampache 3.5 Alpha 2:

March 8th, 2009

· This version includes a large number of major feature additions, including IPv6 ALC entries, video, localplay control via an API, lyrics importing, ACL creation wizards, and anonymous user level access with manual admin login.
· This version also includes a large number of bugfixes and performance tweaks that should make many functions a little snappier, especially the verifying of an existing catalog.

What's new in Ampache 3.5 Alpha 1:

January 1st, 2009

· Genres have been removed and replaced with the concept of tags.
· A single song, album, artist can now have many genres (tags) associated with it.
· A caching system has been introduced, which drastically reduces the number of queries made against the database.
· There have also been major changes to the API's authentication method.
· All passwords, including the API's are now encoded with SHA256().

What's new in Ampache 3.4.4:

December 27th, 2008

· This release fixes a potential fread() error if you seek to the end of the file, and corrects issues with HTTPS and Democratic play.
· It improves error messages during installation, and updates the default language based on the one chosen during installation.

What's new in Ampache 3.4.3:

August 31st, 2008

· This release addresses a non-critical security issue due to unsafe creation of temporary files by a shell script included with, but not used by, the application.
· It also fixes a few other minor bugs and adds the ability to install Ampache without full rights on your database server (Hosted Solutions).