Projects with Love - ServeToMe Change History

STREAMING MEDIA APPS

MAC/iOS PROGRAMMING

The following is a change history for the ServeToMe server since version 2.0 and selected previous versions for download.

Changes since version 3.0:

(3.7.3) Updated server addresses for verification of ServeToMe's "External Address".

(3.7.1) Windows path fixes.
(3.7) Support for iPad 3 retina displays.
(3.7) Support for 1080p H.264 video passthrough.
(3.6.7) Rewritten Windows server now runs as a Windows Service.
(3.6.7) Improved performance on 3G connections at bitrates around 360kbps.
(3.6.7) Fixed a bug which increased latency in some cases, causing performance problems.

(3.6.6) Fixed user interface problems on Windows that could prevent changes taking effect until next restart.
(3.6.5) Fixed a problem where music playback could fail on iOS 5 in some situations.
(3.6.5) Fixed a crash bug on Mac OS X 10.5.
(3.6.5) Fixed a situation where editing the password on Mac OS X 10.7 could fail.
(3.6.4) Fixed a problem that could cause files on iOS 4.3 to stop at the 1 hour 11 minute mark.
(3.6.4) Fixed a deadlock problem on Windows that could cause ServeToMe to lock up
(3.6.3) Fixed a problem viewing photos with percent symbols in the filename
(3.6.3) Fixed playback when right-to-left subtitle handling is selected
(3.6.3) Fixed handling of user-specified subtitle encodings

(3.6.1) Fixed playback of some kinds of AVI files.
(3.6.1) Fixes a situation where UPnP routers could not be found on Windows.
(3.6) Added French, German, Korean, Japanese and Chinese user-interface translations.
(3.6) "Verify" option to test the network connection from ServeToMe.

(3.5.1) Fix for an AppleTV/AirPlay authentication issue
(3.5) Preliminary support for WTV files
(3.5) Improved seeking and background support for OGG files
(3.5) Better handing of non-standard Windows Fonts directories
(3.5) Fix for a crash bug when loading large or slow folders

(3.4.3) Improved handling on slower computers.
(3.4.3) Added support for keeping more kinds of non-transcoded (original) tracks.
(3.4.3 - Windows only) Fixed a "Playback Error" when trying to play certain audio types without embedded artwork.
(3.4.2 - Windows only) Fixed some filename issues in the Windows version
(3.4) Added support for subtitle filenames with language suffixes in the name. e.g. MyMovieFile.en.srt
(3.4) Added support for MiniDVD SUB subtitle file format.
(3.4) Added support for server-wide searching. Requires update to StreamToMe 3.4.
(3.4) Improved "Server status" to show UPnP/NAT-PMP status and also show the correct external IP address when using UPnP or NAT-PMP.
(3.4) Fixes two bugs that could cause the server to become unresponsive.
(3.4 - Windows only) Fixed bug where UPnP could fail on computers with more than one networking interface.
(3.4 - Mac only) Adds support for iPhoto library sharing. Requires update to StreamToMe 3.4.

(3.3.3) Removed "name" field from metadata search to address issues where files would appear with names like "Stereo" or "Surround".
(3.3.2) Fixed a bug where the thumbnail sent to retina displays on StreamToMe 3.2 was too big for the bounds.
(3.3.2) Fixed a bug where the music setting "Disable album artwork" was accidentally disabling the video on video files.
(3.3.1) Fixed an issue that could cause 3G connections to run slowly or stall.
(3.3.1) Fixed an issue that could cause some MP3 audio tracks to sound choppy or erratic.
(3.3) Adds support for features coming in the StreamToMe 3.3 client application.

(3.2.2) Fixed an issue that could cause a 501 error for protected content on Windows. Minor subtitles and audio fixes.
(3.2.1) Fixes for some 3G streaming issues and playback problems with specific audio types.
(3.2.0.1) Fixed a problem in the 3.2 build where some music would incorrectly report "This movie cannot be played."
(3.2) Browse modes for iTunes media collections
(3.2) Support for search (requires StreamToMe 3.2)
(3.2) Support for iTunes collection sorting (requires StreamToMe 3.2)

(3.1.3 - Windows Only) Lower memory usage when sharing large iTunes libraries
(3.1.3 - Windows Only) Running copy will come to the front if icon is double-clicked again.
(3.1.2) Option to specify different location for iTunes Library XML file
(3.1.2) iTunes library parsing bug fixes for Windows
(3.1.1) Bug fixes for all platforms
(3.1.1) Video resolution control
(3.1) iTunes Playlist integration (requires StreamToMe 3.1)
(3.1) 3G video quality improvements

(3.0.4) Fixed a password timeout issue that could cause streams to be terminated after 60 seconds.
(3.0.3) Fixed a crash bug on Mac OS X 10.5.8. Stability improvements for all platforms.
(3.0.2) Fixed a potential deadlock causing playback issues for some users.
(3.0.1) Fixed a bug in the 3.0 build that caused StreamToMe to hang on the "Loading stream from server" message.
(3.0) Added support for StreamToMe 3.0 features including iPhone4 720p video support and background audio.

(2.1.3 — Windows-only) Additional fixes for East Asian languages on Windows.
(2.1.2 — Windows-only) First official full-release of Windows version. Changes since Windows beta: fixed non-latin character sets, thumbnail loading, memory leaks and processes not terminating.

(2.1) Support for StreamToMe 2.1 features including manual bitrate selection, right-to-left text and non-UTF-8 subtitles (2.1 is pending approval on the App Store).
(2.1) Significantly reduced CPU and bandwith burden of iPad transcoding.
(2.1) Fixed timing of SRT and MOV Text subtitles.
(2.1) Added support for BMP thumbnails for music files.
(2.1) Alias redirections limited to 10 to stop infinite loops.
(2.0.4 beta 3 for Windows) Speed improvements. Support for UNC paths. Fixed numerous warning messages.
(2.0.4 beta 2 for Windows) Prevented ffmpeg-servetome crash messages.
(2.0.4) Added a new stream quality for iPad
(2.0.3) Fixed playback of MJPEG videos (common home video format).
(2.0.2) Fixed a subtitle scaling issue where subtitles could be too large.
(2.0.2) Fixed an audio sync issue with some files.
(2.0.1) Fixed a fontconfig issue that could prevent music files from playing.
(2.0.1) Fixed a potential crash bug (library not found on some systems).