TMS 5.1.2 released
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:52 pm
NOTE: THIS POST IS OLD. 5.1.3. IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE: http://www.twonkymedia.com/installs.html
Just click on the Server tab to see it.
TMS 5.1.2 is now available!
The primary goal of this release was to improve performance issues that have been encountered with the 5.0 release.
For the time being, the setup packages for different platforms including release notes are available at http://twonkyforum.com/downloads/5.1.2/
This release offers all server features included in the 5.0 release with the exception of off-the-shelf WMDRM support along with the additional features listed below:
· Background Transcoding
Some media formats cannot be transcoded on the fly at all, others require a high performance platform. We therefore introduced background transcoding that is pre-transcoding media whenever the platform is not busy with other tasks. This is based on the same plugin-architecture as the on-the-fly transcoding. Desired output formats, available space and CPU utilization can be configured.
· Removable media
TMS 5.1 allows sharing content stored on removable media like USB storage devices or network drives. The availability of removable media is automatically detected.
Use case examples include
· Utilize devices that do not have any internal storage as media server – removable media only (e.g. routers)
· Removable media as add-on storage (e.g. for NAS)
· Stream content from network drives through PC server
· View configuration
TMS supports multiple views (navigation trees) on the same content.
From TMS 5.1 onwards views can be selected per client device. A default view per device can be assigned in the client database.
· SQLite
Our own home-grown DB implementation was replaced by SQLite to align with other PV products. Due to performance reasons, utilization of the DB is however restricted to persistent storage of metadata.
· Native DLNA certification support
In earlier versions, a specific configuration was necessary for the certification process. In TMS 5.1 this process has been streamlined to allow certification taking place in the default configuration including support for upload. TMS 5.1 passes DLNA CTT 1.5.00.52.
· Windows 7 compliance
TMS 5.1 has been tested by Microsoft against their Win7 compliance test suite and passed all tests. That means WMP as DMP can utilize TMS 5.1.
· Enhanced user experience with Sony Bravia TVs
Through cooperation with Sony in Germany and Spain we managed to enhance the browsing experience with Sony Bravia TVs significantly. Users no longer need to select the content type twice. When TMS is for example selected after selecting music in the main menu of the Bravia TV, it will directly provide the music navigation tree.
Thanks to all our beta testers to help us with this release
Christian
Just click on the Server tab to see it.
TMS 5.1.2 is now available!
The primary goal of this release was to improve performance issues that have been encountered with the 5.0 release.
For the time being, the setup packages for different platforms including release notes are available at http://twonkyforum.com/downloads/5.1.2/
This release offers all server features included in the 5.0 release with the exception of off-the-shelf WMDRM support along with the additional features listed below:
· Background Transcoding
Some media formats cannot be transcoded on the fly at all, others require a high performance platform. We therefore introduced background transcoding that is pre-transcoding media whenever the platform is not busy with other tasks. This is based on the same plugin-architecture as the on-the-fly transcoding. Desired output formats, available space and CPU utilization can be configured.
· Removable media
TMS 5.1 allows sharing content stored on removable media like USB storage devices or network drives. The availability of removable media is automatically detected.
Use case examples include
· Utilize devices that do not have any internal storage as media server – removable media only (e.g. routers)
· Removable media as add-on storage (e.g. for NAS)
· Stream content from network drives through PC server
· View configuration
TMS supports multiple views (navigation trees) on the same content.
From TMS 5.1 onwards views can be selected per client device. A default view per device can be assigned in the client database.
· SQLite
Our own home-grown DB implementation was replaced by SQLite to align with other PV products. Due to performance reasons, utilization of the DB is however restricted to persistent storage of metadata.
· Native DLNA certification support
In earlier versions, a specific configuration was necessary for the certification process. In TMS 5.1 this process has been streamlined to allow certification taking place in the default configuration including support for upload. TMS 5.1 passes DLNA CTT 1.5.00.52.
· Windows 7 compliance
TMS 5.1 has been tested by Microsoft against their Win7 compliance test suite and passed all tests. That means WMP as DMP can utilize TMS 5.1.
· Enhanced user experience with Sony Bravia TVs
Through cooperation with Sony in Germany and Spain we managed to enhance the browsing experience with Sony Bravia TVs significantly. Users no longer need to select the content type twice. When TMS is for example selected after selecting music in the main menu of the Bravia TV, it will directly provide the music navigation tree.
Thanks to all our beta testers to help us with this release
Christian