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Logitech have just released Squeezebox Server for Windows Home Server 7.4.2, an add-in which allows their Squeezebox digital media receiver to connect to and playback music from your home server.
New in this release:
This release fixes Squeezebox Radio bugs found by 7.4.1 users. It is required when operating the Radio with the optional battery.
- Squeezebox Server
- Improved alarm reliability.
- Various scanner-related tag reading fixes.
- Fixed audio glitches at the end of WAV/AIFF files.
- Fixed gapless playback when playing PCM on Squeezebox 1.
- Radio
- Improved alarm reliability
- Improved network connectivity with MySqueezebox.com. Improves alarm reliability when connected only to MySqueezebox.com
- Maintains battery charge
- Software Versions
- Squeezebox Server: 30215
- Radio: 8423
- No change to software for Controller, Squeezebox 2 / 3, Transporter, Receiver and Boom
Complete list of changes:
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed UPnP compatibility with Simplify Media server.
- Fixed FLAC seeking on files that contain ID3v2 tags.
- Fixed sample rate detection for MPEG-4 files.
- Changed Tag Version info to display all versions of ID3 tags contained within a file.
- Added missing Monkey’s Audio (APE) decoder binaries for i386 FreeBSD, i386/ARM/PPC Linux.
- #10449 – SqueezePlay, wrong track played when playing an artist’s compilation albums
- #13955 – Remote ASX playlist containing MP3 stream fails
- #14110 – Fixed scanning of iTunNORM Sound Check value in MP3 files when there is only one comment
- #14321 – Applet Installer shows duplicate entries
- #14328 – Need useful error messages when artwork fails
- #14496 – Player display goes blank after upgrading to 7.4
- #14824 – Reciva Internet Radios claim to support Icy-MetaData, but then glitch on metadata packets (Simon Hyde)
- #14861 – SBS preventing HDD shutdown
- #14883 – Audio pops at the end of WAV/AIFF files
- #14905 – Not compatible with Ubuntu 9.10 due to MySQL 5.1
- #14913 – Scanner calculates incorrect bitrate on Windows
- #14931 – Can’t save preset 0 on SB3
- #14933 – Scanner only includes one comment per song
- #14946 – Strip trailing nulls from the end of WAV LIST INFO tags
- #15001 – Save playlist plugin locks SQB classic UI
- #15014 – Scanner should prefer Vorbis tags over ID3v2 tags for FLAC files
- #15105 – Scanner intolerant of bad FILE value in embedded cue sheets (Gordon Harris)
- #15190 – File Types page shows active option for WMA Lossless/Pro
- #15196 – Multiple genre tags in ID3v2 not read properly
- #15197 – Wrong bitrate/duration calculated for MPEG-2 Layer 3 files
- #15262 – Unable to scan some MP4 files encoded by Nero
- #15380 – Return the proper content-type when streaming files (agillis)
- #15483 – Scanner fails when ReplayGain tag are invalid
- #15490 – Gapless playback broken for PCM on SB1
- #15491 – Try harder to read radio playlists that return text or HTML content-types
- #15630 – Invalid characters in comment tags can break the scanner
- #15707 – Lyrics tag in WMA files not scanned
If you already have the add-in installed, the latest version should be waiting for you in the Available add-ins tab in the Windows Home Server console. Everyone else, head over to Logitech’s website.
More Info: Logitech
4. March 2010 at 10:43 pm
Sweet dl, Thanks terry for bringing this to my attention.
5. March 2010 at 1:45 am
… and yet 7.4.2 still has the random issue of not restarting on a server reboot, forcing the user the to RDP into WHS to manually start the service
5. March 2010 at 11:38 am
I have experienced the lifeless service, too. I've made the restarting easier by using another Add-in: P80. It allows you to monitor one or more services and stop/start/restart if necessary from any browser. No need for RDP. Using it on my iPod Touch makes it even easier. Check it out.
6. March 2010 at 8:51 am
You can manually start the service on any PC using the WHS Console – the add-in settings tab has a start button. Definitely no need to RDP!
7. March 2010 at 2:45 pm
Good tip. I have been looking for a reason to install P80 and I already have an iPod Touch, so I give this a go. thanks
5. March 2010 at 8:12 am
Have this myself. I really like how it downloads the new update to your addins directory automatically. Other addins should take note and copy this feature. Makes updating to the latest version very easy.
6. March 2010 at 8:45 am
Yes very nice alright. What is best practice though – should we uninstall the previous version first or install the new version straight over it?
6. March 2010 at 8:49 am
If you try to install the add-in over the existing, you'll be asked to uninstall first.
6. March 2010 at 9:47 am
Ah thanks Terry, I played it safe this time anyway.
12. March 2010 at 2:52 pm
tryed to install the 742 but got a error 1603 message complaning about another version of Squeezebox already installed, and something about it needed whs??
Thats odd because it figured in add-in in the AVA RS3 menu and of course it already got both
SQbox and whs. Should I really uninstall via control panel?
kind regards
Michael
8. April 2010 at 5:03 pm
7.5.0 is released – it wants 7.4.2 uninstalling first, but it isn't in the installed addins list!
How do I uninstall safely?
23. April 2010 at 7:51 am
check again. should be there. if not uninstall from settings/add remove programs…