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Gerbera v1.7.0 Release Notes

    • You can now use libnupnp instead of libupnp as the underlying UPnP library
    • Multiple disk albums are now sorted correctly and are disks distinguished by part number field
    • Container images are now possible on containers without files
    • Subtitle resources should now work on Samsung clients
    • 💻 Thumbnails, album art and container images now shown in the Web UI Database view
    • Set additional import options per directory on filesystem page
    • 🔧 You can now edit configuration (most of it) in the Web UI!
    • Charset can be specific to import library (section: import/library options), e g. if your pictures use different encoding than your music
    • 🔧 Resource configuration can be used for container images (section: import/resources): define image name filters and strategy for container hierarchy
    • ➕ Additional metadata stored from import scan
    • 🖨 Modification time for autoscan directories now reflects sub directories and reduces startup footprint
    • Container images are stored as resources so browsing can return them directly
    • 🚚 All scripting functions have been moved to common js
    • A custom script file can be set in config xml. It may contain additional functions or override the existing.
    • A new builtin script function addContainerTree can be used to set container properties
    • 🔧 Most entries from configuration can be accessed via new global variable config.
    • 🔧 The script file import structured js has been dropped. The layout can now be selected with the configuration attribute audio layout in virtual layout element.
    • Depending on your previous changes script changes adjustments are recommended - although no breaking changes have been made.
    • 🔨 Internal refactoring and code improvements
    • 🛠 Many bug fixes

    In order to benefit from all these improvements it is recommended to clear your database and rescan your media library.