music-assistant/server 2.9.0b0

2.9.0 BETA 0

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📦 Beta Release

Changes since 2.9.0rc7

🚀 New Providers

• feat(provider): Add Amplipi provider (by @mcaulifn in #4110)

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Add support for audiobook collections (by @fmunkes in #3569)
• feat(audible): resume playback position from Audible Whispersync (by @scootaash in #3893)
• Adapt core methods to allow providing a username for item retrieval (by @fmunkes in #4015)
• Add explicit filter to smart playlist rules (by @dmoo500 in #4095)
• Improve smart crossfade audio quality: true frequency sweep and equal-power curves (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4158)
• Automatically check if CPU is supported for Audio Analysis (by @chrisuthe in #4166)
• Smart crossfade: transition on audible content instead of silent outros (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4178)
• Add API command to get the color palette for any image (by @marcelveldt in #4193)
• Localize server-provided strings (by @marcelveldt in #4200)
• Localized-name search for genres and playlists (by @marcelveldt in #4212)
• Key media item translation names by media type (by @marcelveldt in #4216)
• Localize genre descriptions server-side (by @marcelveldt in #4227)
• Localize error messages sent to API clients (by @marcelveldt in #4228)
• Localize provider-sync background-task names server-side (by @marcelveldt in #4238)
• Wire up provider status reporting (structured errors + derived status) (by @marcelveldt in #4242)
• Relax resource requirements for audio analysis providers (by @marcelveldt in #4249)
• Localize UnsupportedSystemError messages (by @marcelveldt in #4255)
• Localize user-facing provider error messages (by @marcelveldt in #4259)
• Localize core module names & descriptions server-side (by @marcelveldt in #4261)
• Localize player option labels server-side (by @marcelveldt in #4262)
• Relax 'Maximum' buffer tier to 7GB RAM (by @marcelveldt in #4268)
• Respect container cgroup memory limits when detecting system memory (by @marcelveldt in #4269)
• Persist playback speed for audiobooks and podcast episodes (by @OzGav in #4270)
• Localize Last.fm recommendation row titles and subtitles (by @marcelveldt in #4276)
• Translate nugs recommendation folder names (by @marcelveldt in #4277)
• Make NicoVideo recommendation labels translatable (by @marcelveldt in #4279)
• Make Audible root browse-folder labels translatable (by @marcelveldt in #4281)
• Make Bandcamp recommendation and collection folder labels translatable (by @marcelveldt in #4282)
• Localize NetEase Cloud Music recommendation and playlist labels (by @marcelveldt in #4283)
• Localize Deezer browse and virtual-playlist labels (by @marcelveldt in #4285)
• Localize Yandex Music browse labels via the server translation system (by @marcelveldt in #4286)
• Localize Podcast Index browse folder labels (by @marcelveldt in #4287)
• Make Phish.in browse-folder labels translatable (by @marcelveldt in #4288)
• KION Music: localize browse & recommendation labels via server translations (by @marcelveldt in #4289)
• Lazy-import chardet to lower idle memory (by @marcelveldt in #4291)
• Support common-string references in the translations build (by @marcelveldt in #4298)
• Guard against hardcoded ConfigEntry strings (by @marcelveldt in #4304)
• Extract CLAP scalar scoring into pure score_scalars() (by @chrisuthe in #4307)
• Import genres from Plex into media item metadata (by @lebdim in #4312)
• Skip dynamic playlists in refresh scan, sync provider-owned name/images (by @mcaulifn in #4326)
• Persist localized playlist names so they survive the library (by @marcelveldt in #4341)
• Fix config entry categories: use translation keys instead of raw English strings (by @marcelveldt in #4349)
• Parse "Track" by Artist radio stream titles and use album for artwork (by @OzGav in #4364)
• Move volume normalization target level to streams global setting (by @marcelveldt in #4369)

🐛 Bugfixes

• Fix Tidal DASH playback stuttering by serving manifests as HTTP routes (by @libre-7 in #4062)
• Fix Universal Group Player producing no audio on some members (by @OzGav in #4116)
• fix(alexa): include track metadata in the initial play_media push (by @croll83 in #4168)
• Fix Sendspin grouping with Cast devices (by @maximmaxim345 in #4170)
• Restore 'ignore volume reports' setting for AirPlay players (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4172)
• Fix track duration shrinking when seeking near the end with smart crossfade (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4176)
• Plex: fix bugs, remove dead code and reduce repetition (by @anatosun in #4179)
• Alexa: Fix restore saved session after aiohttp update (by @Joshi425 in #4181)
• Fix invalid scope error when adding a custom Spotify client ID (by @marcelveldt in #4182)
• Remove local providers without wiping the entire library (by @marcelveldt in #4183)
• Fix ISRC lookups failing for Last.fm track MBIDs (by @OzGav in #4185)
• Fix Last.fm Discover rows showing owned tracks under a different version name (by @OzGav in #4186)
• Derive Last.fm genre rows from listening history, not manual tags (by @OzGav in #4187)
• Fix now-playing artwork showing a solid background for transparent logos (by @OzGav in #4188)
• Fix sync group member playing out of sync after concurrent group changes (by @marcelveldt in #4189)
• Drop per-track MusicBrainz ISRC lookups from Last.fm recommendations (by @OzGav in #4190)
• Skip stale artist paths during filesystem track parsing (by @chrisuthe in #4191)
• Fix high idle memory usage (by @marcelveldt in #4198)
• Add correct playlog information when retrieving audiobooks in audiobooks controller (by @fmunkes in #4199)
• Fix translations in Audiobookshelf and iTunes podcasts (by @fmunkes in #4210)
• Translate RadioBrowser browse folder names (by @marcelveldt in #4223)
• Fix Cast Group mDNS for Nest Mini stereo pairs (cast_port/leader rename) (by @goodlucknow in #4224)
• Skip multichannel files in AcoustID scan instead of crashing (by @OzGav in #4230)
• Fix progress report when transitioning from idle or paused (by @fmunkes in #4236)
• Fix Sonos abrupt track switches when reordering an active queue (by @marcelveldt in #4237)
• Trim Provider.to_dict() to match the ProviderInstance schema (by @marcelveldt in #4239)
• Fix image download from CDNs that reject our User-Agent (by @OzGav in #4243)
• Backfill missing album on provider album tracks (by @OzGav in #4244)
• Fix standard crossfade falling back to a hard cut on some tracks (by @marcelveldt in #4253)
• Bound audio-analysis CPU usage and silence NNPACK spam on ARM (by @marcelveldt in #4257)
• Record explicit album/artist/track plays as user-initiated (by @chrisuthe in #4260)
• Localize MusicMe browse and recommendation section labels (by @marcelveldt in #4278)
• Translate Zvuk Music browse/recommendation labels (by @marcelveldt in #4280)
• Localize hardcoded provider browse and recommendation labels (by @marcelveldt in #4290)
• Release drained audio buffers in the inactivity monitor (by @marcelveldt in #4294)
• Admit genuine 4GB hosts via a shared RAM reporting tolerance (by @marcelveldt in #4301)
• Remove stale Cast players that are actually passive multichannel endpoints (by @marcelveldt in #4302)
• Fix live metadata not refreshing for grouped AirPlay players (by @marcelveldt in #4303)
• Pace audio analysis and cap it to half the CPU cores (by @marcelveldt in #4311)
• Fix protocol player settings not reverting to their default value (by @marcelveldt in #4314)
• Fix WebDAV sync failing on folder names with special characters (by @marcelveldt in #4315)
• Fix podcast episode lookup and a queue preload crash on a drained queue (by @marcelveldt in #4318)
• Preserve percent-encoding when fetching radio/HTTP stream URLs (by @OzGav in #4319)
• Localize injected protocol output config entries (by @marcelveldt in #4322)
• Fix podcast episode lookup in gpodder (by @fmunkes in #4323)
• Fix playback of multipart files with apostrophes in path (by @OzGav in #4329)
• Fix WebDAV auth deprecation warning (by @OzGav in #4330)
• Raise open-file soft limit at startup (by @OzGav in #4332)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Add scroll to description dialog for long descriptions (by @dmoo500 in #1908)
• Add field icons to smart playlist rules (by @dmoo500 in #1866)
• Fix settings breadcrumb for disabled provider instances (by @OzGav in #1909)
• Consume server-resolved translations for server-provided strings (by @marcelveldt in #1911)
• Add explicit_only filter to smart playlist rules (by @dmoo500 in #1865)
• Remove server-resolved strings from the locale files (by @marcelveldt in #1912)
• Use ExplicitIcon for explicit content field in smart playlist rules (by @dmoo500 in #1924)
• Use server-provided genre descriptions (by @marcelveldt in #1923)
• Reconnect the built-in player after a dropped connection (by @marcelveldt in #1910)
• Use server-resolved background-task names (drop client-side translation) (by @marcelveldt in #1925)
• Render player option and sound mode labels localized by the server (by @marcelveldt in #1932)
• Use toast notifications for config flow errors instead of browser alerts (by @marcelveldt in #1929)
• Provider status indicator and clearer error reporting (by @marcelveldt in #1927)
• Drop server-stripped translation fields from frontend types (by @marcelveldt in #1931)
• Remove leftover and dead translation keys from the frontend (by @marcelveldt in #1933)
• fix(i18n): replace edit by save (by @kissu in #1856)
• Move "refresh" button to the toolbar for playlists (by @ijc in #1930)
• Localize frontend-injected config entry categories (by @marcelveldt in #1938)
• Stop play button animation with external source (by @OzGav in #1935)

Other Changes

• Lokalise translations update (by @github-actions[bot] in #4219)
• Lokalise translations update (by @github-actions[bot] in #4252)
• Refactor player_queues controller into a package (by @marcelveldt in #4263)
• Refactor metadata controller into a package (by @marcelveldt in #4265)
• Refactor music controller into its own package (by @marcelveldt in #4266)
• Move player_queues config-entry strings into the controller's strings.json (by @marcelveldt in #4267)
• Revert "Respect container cgroup memory limits" (#4269) (by @marcelveldt in #4274)
• Lokalise translations update (by @github-actions[bot] in #4296)
• Move core-owned strings out of the common translations (by @marcelveldt in #4299)
• Use bare keys for all translation_key overrides (ConfigEntry + media) (by @marcelveldt in #4310)
• Deduplicate strings via common-string references (by @marcelveldt in #4327)
• Lokalise translations update (by @github-actions[bot] in #4340)
• Use the shared datetime helpers instead of calling datetime directly (by @marcelveldt in #4352)
• Move private methods to the bottom of the class in a few small providers (by @marcelveldt in #4353)
• Move private methods to the bottom of the class in the music media controllers (by @marcelveldt in #4354)
• Lokalise translations update (by @github-actions[bot] in #4357)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

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

@Copilot, @Joshi425, @MarvinSchenkel, @OzGav, @anatosun, @chrisuthe, @croll83, @dmoo500, @fmunkes, @goodlucknow, @ijc, @jwlerch78, @kissu, @lebdim, @libre-7, @marcelveldt, @maximmaxim345, @mcaulifn, @scootaash, @xiasi0