This release includes many new features, updates and bug fixes and is based on the latest RaspiOS 10.6, Kernel 5.4.77 and MPD 0.22.3. The major focus of this release is (1) the Library including improved support for Classical collections, Radio station metadata and a powerful search/filter engine for finding content, (2) DSP including advanced resampling options, 12-band Parametric EQ and CamillaDSP/ALSA cdsp for testing, (3) enhancements for Playback including Queue thumbnails, Add/Play next and improved Queue management and (4) a more comprehensive settings Export/Import/Auto-config feature.
LIBRARY
- Radio view with sort/group, favorites and metadata
- Enhanced Folder view with cover art and advanced search
- Artist list includes Performers, Conductors, Album Artists
- Option to select the key used to differentiate albums
- Option to include the comment tag
- Multiple occurrences of Genre, Artist, Performer, Conductor included
- Performance improvements loading and rendering
- Higher resolutions for thumbnail generator
- Advanced search and filtering engine
MPD
- Version 0.22.3
- Selective resampling and Custom SoX recipes
- SoX 705.6 and 768 kHz sample rates
- Auto-shuffle 3.10.0 with Track and Album modes
- Resource options for buffer, playlist, and input cache size
DSP
- 12-band Parametric EQ for AutoEQ headphone equalizing and room correction
- Support for up to 384K rate for DDDAC1794 NOS
- CamillaDSP and ALSA cdsp plugin for testing
PLAYBACK
- Albums played directly if already in the Queue
- Context menu items for Add next, Play next
- Include Add next, Play next in list of "One touch actions"
- Option to display thumbnails in the Queue
- Option for Renderer backdrop (Cover or Backdrop image)
- Option to choose the search site used for Artist, Album lookup
- Now Playing EQ style icon for the Queue and Library
- HD badging aded to Playbar, CoverView amd Playback
- More tags added to the Extra metadata Appearance option
- Show numeric volume level on the Playbar
- Option to show mapped dB volume in the knob
MAINTENANCE
- Auto-configure expanded to include most settings
- Moodeutl options for Export/Import all settings
COMPONENTS
- Bluez-alsa 3.0.0 w/SBC XQ
- Librespot-dev-6a4bc83
- Squeezelite 1.9.7-1270
- Upmpdcli 1.5.1
This release is based on RaspiOS Buster Lite 10.6 (2020-12-02) and Linux kernel 5.4.77 build #1371. Refer to the Release Notes for more information.
Release notes:
https://github.com/moode-player/moode/blob/master/www/relnotes.txt
Setup guide:
https://github.com/moode-player/moode/blob/master/www/setup.txt
Raspberry Pi
https://github.com/raspberrypi
RaspiOS
https://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianRepository
ISO image zip:
6155a4661e125d0322559a8d0b3c7113 (MD5)