music-assistant/server 2.11.0b1

2.11.0 BETA 1

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📦 Beta Release

Changes since 2.11.0b0

🚀 New Providers

• Add Yoto provider (by @pantsman0 in #5584)
• Add VRT MAX music provider (by @bollewolle in #6098)

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Add support for transcoding plex streams before playback (by @chicco-carone in #4615)
• Serve Pandora stations as dynamic radio stations (by @chrisuthe in #5557)
• SiriusXM Library Swap (by @MizterB in #5603)
• Add bluetooth audio constants (by @mzellho in #6052)
• Auto-Enable AirPlay when required for Sendspin (by @teancom in #6079)
• Make Sendspin on Cast devices opt-in and mark it experimental (by @marcelveldt in #6081)
• Let speakers with guest access play without a setup step (by @marcelveldt in #6088)
• Make the balance slider work on mono tracks (by @OzGav in #6104)
• Retry a failed provider load sooner, with jitter (by @balloob in #6119)
• Align smart playlists similar music with Endless Mixes (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6121)
• Set a global default for the Autoplay and Crossfade switches (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6130)
• Add Smart Fades-aware Smart Shuffle ordering (by @leonkdk in #6144)
• Prepare the core for AI Radio shows as playable radio stations (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6148)
• Bandcamp Song Lyrics support (by @ALERTua in #6152)
• Smart Fades: no more hard cuts or inaudible crossfades on tricky transitions (by @marcelveldt in #6163)

🐛 Bugfixes

• Resolve the party player without guest access outside remote mode (by @jozefKruszynski in #5930)
• Stop the CLAP weights download from timing out sonic_analysis setup (by @chrisuthe in #6053)
• Fix AirPlay player hanging when a seek fails to load its next stream (by @marcelveldt in #6076)
• Stop the music when a speaker is powered off outside Music Assistant (by @marcelveldt in #6077)
• Bump aioaudiobookshelf to 0.1.25 (by @fmunkes in #6078)
• Stop the music when a group dissolves around its leader (by @marcelveldt in #6083)
• Fix Spotify Connect group volume starting at 100% (by @OzGav in #6087)
• Decode percent-encoded usernames in Spotify account match checks (by @mescon in #6089)
• BBC Sounds return station catch-up menu to international users (by @kieranhogg in #6099)
• Fix BBC Sounds station program metadata getting stuck from a stale cache (by @kieranhogg in #6101)
• Fix filesystem scan crash on non-decimal digits in names (by @OzGav in #6102)
• Attach the parent album to imported album tracks (by @OzGav in #6111)
• Default the Fully Kiosk output codec to AAC (by @OzGav in #6112)
• Fix chromecast player unload error during shutdown (by @balloob in #6113)
• Spotify: skip empty entries when syncing library albums (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6114)
• Fix missing tracks on albums for collaboration tracks in YouTube Music (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6115)
• Sonos speakers now play tracks you add to the queue (by @marcelveldt in #6116)
• Fix BBC Sounds recommendations not loading (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6117)
• Restore pairing token support in Sendspin setup flow (by @meiser79 in #6122)
• Apple Music: don't report purchase-only library items as available (by @anthonws in #6123)
• Fix AriaCast receiver fetching artwork from arbitrary hosts (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6127)
• Crossfades no longer shrink to a few seconds on slower sources (by @marcelveldt in #6128)
• Newly created tokens now show up in the token list (by @marcelveldt in #6131)
• Fix various issues with enqueuing the next track (by @marcelveldt in #6132)
• Fix raw PCM input being decoded with the source codec (by @OzGav in #6137)
• Fix crossfade on enqueue-capable speakers (like Sonos) when audio source is Spotify through Soloist (by @marcelveldt in #6141)
• AI DJ no longer goes quiet after the queue is cleared (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6142)
• Crossfade setting changes now apply at the next track on flow mode players (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6143)
• Keep core/tasks parsable when the scheduler persists its state (by @OzGav in #6145)
• Fix BBC Sounds sometimes using library ID instead of provider ID for listenting status update (by @kieranhogg in #6150)
• Fix BBC Sounds menu data sometimes being stale (by @kieranhogg in #6153)
• Honor system CA certificates in client SSL contexts (by @ecohash-co in #6154)
• Fix Internet Archive search missing Live Music Archive content (by @OzGav in #6157)
• Seeking within a track on Sonos now takes effect right away (by @marcelveldt in #6158)
• Allow up to 3 concurrent YouTube Music streams (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6160)
• Fix leaked aiohttp session when an AirPlay control connection drops (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6162)
• Fix broken nl-NL Alexa invocation phrase (by @R3inoudR in #6164)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Tidy up the setup flow dialog (by @marcelveldt in #2673)
• Keep artwork whose provider is no longer loaded (by @ChrisB85 in #2670)
• Add a Copilot review instructions shard for frontend PRs (by @chrisuthe in #2672)
• Add match policy option to playlist import (by @marcelveldt in #2646)
• Fix playlist import match-policy version gate (by @marcelveldt in #2675)
• Send issues opened on the frontend repo to the support repo (by @marcelveldt in #2674)
• Update browser title with current track and artist (by @phiychai in #2649)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@ALERTua, @ChrisB85, @MarvinSchenkel, @MizterB, @OzGav, @R3inoudR, @anthonws, @balloob, @bollewolle, @chicco-carone, @chrisuthe, @ecohash-co, @fmunkes, @jozefKruszynski, @kieranhogg, @leonkdk, @marcelveldt, @meiser79, @mescon, @mzellho, @pantsman0, @phiychai, @teancom, @trudenboy