LinuxServer Changes:

Deprecating the env vars USER, PASSWORD and USE_JSON as mStream v5 requires the use of config.json.

mStream Changes:

mStream v5

Major Updates

• New Shared Playlists page
• New Admin Panel. Most configuration can now be done through this UI
• Improved file scan to be much more memory efficient
• Fixed volume bugs in webapp
• Cleaned up server code to be more modular and use modern JS features
• Cleaned up API and versioned it
• Automatic log rotation
• Syncthing has been added into the project. You can enable it in the admin panel

Upcoming Improvements

• There's a new webapp being built. The goal is to remove some old dependencies (jQuery), and add a dark mode. See a preview of the design at /alpha
• The above webapp can be compiled to a Desktop App with Electron
• With Syncthing now built in, mStream can easily sync files between devices. There will be some new tools added to help sync you music to different devices

Breaking Changes

• The Android App is no longer working
• Various API endpoints were modified. The API route was changed to include a version number as well. All old unofficial clients will no longer work
• The DB structure was updated. Your folders will need to be rescanned
• Config files from v4 will not work
• You can no longer configure mstream with CLI flags (except -j to choose your json file). All configuration is now done through config files and API endpoints