Download SlimServer 6.0.2

Slim Devices has released an update for SlimServer. The update is numbered 6.0.2 and is available from this page be downloaded in a Windows, Mac OS X or Linux version. SlimServer is the software that communicates with the squeeze box, a piece of hardware that comes from the same makers. In short, this is a box that plugs into the audio system and can play just about any lossless and lossy audio format you can imagine. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

Squeezebox2 Firmware (Revision 11):

• Work around a bug in 3Com wireless router model 3CRWE454G72 with firmware 1.03.07A that prevented Squeezebox2 from connecting.

Soft squeeze (revision 2.0b6):

• #1410 – static from SoftSqueeze when it’s synced to a hardware player
• #1411 – soft squeeze stops playing when synced and playing flac
• #1271 – Fixed Softsqueeze to send track start events (STMs) when streaming wav.
• Fix soft squeeze version number, this was not being read correctly from the configuration file.
• Fix ssh port number, this was not initialized correctly in the Softsqueeze 2.0b1 – 2.0b3 releases.
• Fixed off by one error in Softsqueeze audio buffer. Also tightened up the thread synchronization.
• Moved the Java MP3 Plugin prompt into the audio preference tab.

CLI and web interface:

• CLI fixes and documentation updates from Frederic Thomas.
• Updates to web interface to support Salling Clicker

Lots o’ SlimServer bug fixes:

• #1314 – clicking on download playlist downloads an empty file called status.m3u
• #1293 – Prefs.pm ‘mkpath $CacheDir’ will not allow server to start
• #1248 – Artists containing special characters in iTunes are missing
• #1345 – trying to access playlists from webUI crashes server
• #1294 – Crashes and odd display behavior when displaying smart apostrophe
• #974 – rpm install refers user to (leaves out port number)
• #1329 – Incorrect (wrong) song playing on Squeezebox player
• #1370 – removing Now Playing from player menu creates weird behavior
• #1364 – mime type for Monkeys Audio incorrect
• #1216 – Volume Resetting With New Song
• #179 – shn doesn’t work on windows
• #1167 – Plugins show up on player even when disabled
• #1278 – itunes playlists coming up empty or not at all
• #1226 – Parts or full albums missing.
• #1299 – Incorrect first letter left in Browse Music folder
• #1317 – digital output volume fixed option shouldn’t say ‘better analog quality’
• #1220 – Now Playing list in web interface doesn’t always update correctly
• #589 – Transcoding WMA files fails when filename contains $
• #1391 – Remote has become too sensitive
• #1307 – RSS Reader being banned from Slashdot
• #1357 – Using COMMENT in Title format doesn’t work anymore
• #1418 – Can crash server at will with volume button
• #1005 – unset tags shouldn’t stomp on tags that are set
• #1306 – Get duplicate artist entries when using artist separator characters
• #1382 – $client->currentPlaylist() not updated with synced players
• #1247 – Live365 causes SlimServer Service to halt
• #1335 – First Track Name displayed incorrectly
• #1427 – Sorting of iTunes playlists incorrect
• Wipe Cache sometimes leaves the database in a bad state
• mms: protocol recognized as “audio” type so we don’t open the stream more than once to check the type