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The 0.28 release encompasses development revisions from {{gitcommit|0ab56a2}} though {{gitcommit|TBD}}.
 
The 0.28 release encompasses development revisions from {{gitcommit|0ab56a2}} though {{gitcommit|TBD}}.
 
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This update is based on commits up to: {{gitcommit|0ab56a2}} dated 2 Sep 2013
 
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and mythweb {{gitcommit|TBD|mythweb}} TBD.
 
  
 
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===== Added support libraries/prerequisites =====
 
===== Added support libraries/prerequisites =====
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libexif
 
===== Removed support libraries/prerequisites =====
 
===== Removed support libraries/prerequisites =====
  
 
== Special Notices & Instructions ==
 
== Special Notices & Instructions ==
 
*As always, backup your database before upgrading, see [[Database_Backup_and_Restore#The_Role_of_mythconverg_backup.pl_When_Changing_MythTV_Versions|this]].
 
*As always, backup your database before upgrading, see [[Database_Backup_and_Restore#The_Role_of_mythconverg_backup.pl_When_Changing_MythTV_Versions|this]].
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*Services API clients should review [[#Services API|Services API]]. Significant changes have been made to the API.
 
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== [[MythZoneMinder]] ==
 
== [[MythZoneMinder]] ==
 
= Support libraries & Frameworks =
 
= Support libraries & Frameworks =
 +
== Services API ==
 +
*{{gitcommit|1f81373}},{{gitcommit|f1dffbe}} '''Add''' support for music album artwork to upnp.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Content/GetAlbumArt?TrackId&Width&Height
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|378fe05}} UPNP: Support multiple artwork sizes for recordings, video and music
 +
**'''Add''' support for coverart albumArtwork for recordings
 +
**Send preview image for recordings as a resource <res> instead
 +
**'''Change''' use JPG rather than PNG
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|9b42c22}}, {{gitcommit|307ae28}} '''Add''' image service API to the backend.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/SetImageInfo?Id&Tag&Value );
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/SetImageInfoByFileName?FileName&Tag
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/GetImageInfo?Id&Tag );
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/GetImageInfoByFileName?FileName&Tag
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/GetImageInfoList?Id
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/GetImageInfoListByFileName?FileName
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/RemoveImageFromDB?Id
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/RemoveImage?Id
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/StartSync
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/StopSync
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/GetSyncStatus
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|776379c}} '''Add''' new service API call to only get the directories from a certain storage group.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Content/GetImageFile?StorageGroup
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|c7f317e}},{{gitcommit|1ed2cf0}} '''Add''' new service API calls to rename or delete a certain file.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Content::DeleteFile??StorageGroup&FileName
 +
**<BE>:6544/Content/RenameFile?StorageGroup&FileName&NewName)
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|d34c696}} '''Change''': Use the ChannelIcon storage group.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Guide/GetChannelIcon?ChanId
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|15b8290}} '''Fix''': GetChannelIcon when height or width are specified
 +
**<BE>:6544/Guide/GetChannelIcon?ChanId<int>&Width=<int>&Height=<int>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|903e820}} Use the ChannelInfo class instead of loading data in fragments from ChannelUtil
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|2b680bd}} '''Change''': Merge some identical channel loading code in the guide and channel services.
 +
** Start exposing correct visibility information for channels returned by GetProgramGuide. This would be necessary for any third parties wishing only to display the channels the user actually wants to use (which may be dozens out of hundreds for Satellite/Cable).
 +
**Change some argument types from int to uint for consistency, and because these cannot legitimately be less than zero so it forces users of the services API to provide sane values.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Channel/GetChannelInfoList?SourceID=<uint>&StartIndex=<uint>&Count=<uint>
 +
**<BE>:6544/Channel/GetChannelInfo?ChanID=<uint>
 +
**<BE>:6544/Channel/GetVideoMultiplexList?SourceID=<uint>&StartIndex=<uint>&Count=<uint>
 +
**<BE>:6544/Channel/GetVideoMultiplex?MplexID=<uint>
 +
**<BE>:6544/Channel/GetXMLTVIdList?SourceID=<uint>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|a180bbc}} '''Change''': Order programs in GetProgramGuide by starttime.
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|7c8e274}} '''Change''': Fix aggregation of channel and program information in GetProgramGuide.
 +
**<BE>:6544/guide/GetProgramGuide?StartTime...
 +
**See commit for new sort SQL
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|6444664}} Add a guide grid to the internal web-server.
 +
**<BE>:6544/myth/GetFormatDate?Date=<yyyy-mm-dd>&ShortDate=<bool>
 +
**<BE>:6544/myth/GetFormatTime?Time=<yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ>
 +
**<BE>:6544/myth/ParseISODateString?DateTimeString=<yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|e8bfd99}} '''Change''': Add support for loading season, episode and total episodes into ProgramInfo.
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|641d612}} '''Change''': Add Recording Schedule methods to scriptable API.
 +
**AddRecordSchedule
 +
**UpdateRecordSchedule
 +
**RemoveRecordSchedule
 +
**GetRecordScheduleList
 +
**GetRecordSchedule
 +
**GetRecordSchedule
 +
**EnableRecordSchedule
 +
**DisableRecordSchedule
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|feb008b}} '''Add''' RecStatusToString method to the DVR class. This may be replaced with a better approach later so I'm not bumping the service version.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Dvr/RecStatusToString?RecStatus=<int>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|5fde814}} '''Fix''' inclusion of year of release in services Program object.
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|829e52f}} Move image thumbnail generation to the backend.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/StartThumbnailGeneration
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/StopThumbnailGeneration
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/CreateThumbnail?Id=<int>
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/RecreateThumbnail?Id=<int>
 +
**<BE>:6544/Image/SetThumbnailSize?Width=<int>&Height=<int>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|b393eec}} '''Change''': Add Delete and AllowRerecord.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Dvr/RemoveRecorded?ChanId=<int>&StartTime&ForceDelete=<bool>&AllowRerecord=<bool>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|3f37ba4}} Always include the chanID in a Program object.
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|22c59c8}} '''Fix''' 'reverse' sorting in Dvr::GetRecordedList.
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|c05d238}} '''Add''' UnDeleteRecording method. Name may be subject to change.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Dvr/DeleteRecording?ChanId=<int>&StartTime=<rawStartTime>&ForceDelete=<bool>&AllowRerecord=<bool>
 +
**<BE>:6544/Dvr/UnDeleteRecording?ChanId=<int>&StartTime
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|c884c89}} '''Add''' DVR::GetUpcomingList to the scriptable API.
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|3084ebc}} '''Fix''' DVR::GetUpcomingList to include in-progress recordings. This mirrors the behaviour of MythFrontend and the old MythWeb.
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|55614a6}} '''Add''' RecStatusToDescription and RecTypeToString methods to DVR.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Dvr/RecStatusToDescription?RecStatus=<int>&RecType=<int>&StartTime=<rawStartTime>
 +
**<BE>:6544/Dvr/RecTypeToString?RecType=<int>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|7159d46}} '''Add''' the 'Encoder' display name to the Recording Object.
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|d4247a9}} '''Add''' AddDontRecordSchedule to the DVR service. Takes an optional NeverRecord argument.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Dvr/AddDontRecordSchedule?ChanId=<int>&StartTime=<rawStartTime>&NeverRecord=<bool>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|725a72c}} '''Change''': Optionally allow Dvr::GetTitleList to be filtered by Recording Group.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Dvr/GetTitleList?RecGroup=<string>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|f1600e0}} '''Add''' GetChannelGroupList method to Guide service.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Guide/GetChannelGroupList?IncludeEmpty=<bool>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|67cf9c5}} '''Change''' Allow filtering by Channel Group in GetProgramGuide.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Guide/GetProgramGuide?StartTime=<rawStartTime>&EndTime=<rawStartTime>&StartChanId=<int>&NumChannels=<int>&Details=<bool>&Details=<bool>&ChannelGroupId=<int>
 +
 +
*{{gitcommit|d2a14f2}} Use JPG for preview images instead of PNG, at these resolutions JPG looks no worse than PNG and smaller file sizes mean faster page loads over a slow network connection.
 +
**<BE>:6544/Content/GetPreviewImage?ChanId=<int>&StartTime=<rawStartTime>&Width=<int>&Height=<int>&SecsIn=<int>&Format=<string>
 +
 +
* 1c4df6a Not an API change, but the last is this 1st set of changes, start the next group here.
 
== [[UPnP]] / Bonjour ==
 
== [[UPnP]] / Bonjour ==
−
== MythXML, Services API, & Webserver ==
+
== MythXML& Webserver ==
 
== Bindings ==
 
== Bindings ==
 
== [[Python bindings]] ==
 
== [[Python bindings]] ==

Revision as of 22:21, 19 November 2013

Contents

Important.png Note: Please note that the following reflects changes for a future release of MythTV currently in development and not recommended for production use. The current release is 35.0.

Important 0.27 Dates
Event Date Changeset
Development Started 2 Sep 2013 [0ab56a2]
Alpha Released TBD TBD
Beta Released TBD TBD
RC Released TBD TBD
Final Release TBD TBD

The 0.28 release encompasses development revisions from [0ab56a2] though [TBD].
 


 

Key New Features

Major Changes

Prerequisite Changes

Added support libraries/prerequisites

libexif

Removed support libraries/prerequisites

Special Notices & Instructions

  • As always, backup your database before upgrading, see this.
  • Services API clients should review Services API. Significant changes have been made to the API.


 

MythTV

mythfrontend

Key Bindings, Jump Points, and Input Devices

Guide Data, EIT, Program Info, and Media Metadata

Audio

Video Playback

Disc Playback (DVD, Blu-Ray, etc) and Media Detection

OSD, EPG, MHEG, CC, and Subtitles

Network Control

mythbackend

Scanning and Tuner/Recorder Support

Channel Scanner

Ceton InfiniTV

DVB ASI

Silicondust_HDHomeRun

Silicondust_HDHomeRun_Prime

IPTV Recorder

FireWire

DiSEqC

Misc

Other Hardware "Support"

Consumer Electronics Control Support - "CEC"

Scheduler

Setup / mythtv-setup

Misc

MythUI

Translations & Localization/Internationalization

Themes

Ports

Mac OS X

Windows

Plugins

MythArchive

MythBrowser

MythControls

MythGallery

MythGame

MythMusic

MythNews

MythNetvision

MythVideo/Video Gallery

MythWeather

MythWeb

MythZoneMinder

Support libraries & Frameworks

Services API

  • [1f81373],[f1dffbe] Add support for music album artwork to upnp.
    • <BE>:6544/Content/GetAlbumArt?TrackId&Width&Height
  • [378fe05] UPNP: Support multiple artwork sizes for recordings, video and music
    • Add support for coverart albumArtwork for recordings
    • Send preview image for recordings as a resource <res> instead
    • Change use JPG rather than PNG
  • [9b42c22], [307ae28] Add image service API to the backend.
    • <BE>:6544/Image/SetImageInfo?Id&Tag&Value );
    • <BE>:6544/Image/SetImageInfoByFileName?FileName&Tag
    • <BE>:6544/Image/GetImageInfo?Id&Tag );
    • <BE>:6544/Image/GetImageInfoByFileName?FileName&Tag
    • <BE>:6544/Image/GetImageInfoList?Id
    • <BE>:6544/Image/GetImageInfoListByFileName?FileName
    • <BE>:6544/Image/RemoveImageFromDB?Id
    • <BE>:6544/Image/RemoveImage?Id
    • <BE>:6544/Image/StartSync
    • <BE>:6544/Image/StopSync
    • <BE>:6544/Image/GetSyncStatus
  • [776379c] Add new service API call to only get the directories from a certain storage group.
    • <BE>:6544/Content/GetImageFile?StorageGroup
  • [c7f317e],[1ed2cf0] Add new service API calls to rename or delete a certain file.
    • <BE>:6544/Content::DeleteFile??StorageGroup&FileName
    • <BE>:6544/Content/RenameFile?StorageGroup&FileName&NewName)
  • [d34c696] Change: Use the ChannelIcon storage group.
    • <BE>:6544/Guide/GetChannelIcon?ChanId
  • [15b8290] Fix: GetChannelIcon when height or width are specified
    • <BE>:6544/Guide/GetChannelIcon?ChanId<int>&Width=<int>&Height=<int>
  • [903e820] Use the ChannelInfo class instead of loading data in fragments from ChannelUtil
  • [2b680bd] Change: Merge some identical channel loading code in the guide and channel services.
    • Start exposing correct visibility information for channels returned by GetProgramGuide. This would be necessary for any third parties wishing only to display the channels the user actually wants to use (which may be dozens out of hundreds for Satellite/Cable).
    • Change some argument types from int to uint for consistency, and because these cannot legitimately be less than zero so it forces users of the services API to provide sane values.
    • <BE>:6544/Channel/GetChannelInfoList?SourceID=<uint>&StartIndex=<uint>&Count=<uint>
    • <BE>:6544/Channel/GetChannelInfo?ChanID=<uint>
    • <BE>:6544/Channel/GetVideoMultiplexList?SourceID=<uint>&StartIndex=<uint>&Count=<uint>
    • <BE>:6544/Channel/GetVideoMultiplex?MplexID=<uint>
    • <BE>:6544/Channel/GetXMLTVIdList?SourceID=<uint>
  • [a180bbc] Change: Order programs in GetProgramGuide by starttime.
  • [7c8e274] Change: Fix aggregation of channel and program information in GetProgramGuide.
    • <BE>:6544/guide/GetProgramGuide?StartTime...
    • See commit for new sort SQL
  • [6444664] Add a guide grid to the internal web-server.
    • <BE>:6544/myth/GetFormatDate?Date=<yyyy-mm-dd>&ShortDate=<bool>
    • <BE>:6544/myth/GetFormatTime?Time=<yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ>
    • <BE>:6544/myth/ParseISODateString?DateTimeString=<yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ>
  • [e8bfd99] Change: Add support for loading season, episode and total episodes into ProgramInfo.
  • [641d612] Change: Add Recording Schedule methods to scriptable API.
    • AddRecordSchedule
    • UpdateRecordSchedule
    • RemoveRecordSchedule
    • GetRecordScheduleList
    • GetRecordSchedule
    • GetRecordSchedule
    • EnableRecordSchedule
    • DisableRecordSchedule
  • [feb008b] Add RecStatusToString method to the DVR class. This may be replaced with a better approach later so I'm not bumping the service version.
    • <BE>:6544/Dvr/RecStatusToString?RecStatus=<int>
  • [5fde814] Fix inclusion of year of release in services Program object.
  • [829e52f] Move image thumbnail generation to the backend.
    • <BE>:6544/Image/StartThumbnailGeneration
    • <BE>:6544/Image/StopThumbnailGeneration
    • <BE>:6544/Image/CreateThumbnail?Id=<int>
    • <BE>:6544/Image/RecreateThumbnail?Id=<int>
    • <BE>:6544/Image/SetThumbnailSize?Width=<int>&Height=<int>
  • [b393eec] Change: Add Delete and AllowRerecord.
    • <BE>:6544/Dvr/RemoveRecorded?ChanId=<int>&StartTime&ForceDelete=<bool>&AllowRerecord=<bool>
  • [3f37ba4] Always include the chanID in a Program object.
  • [22c59c8] Fix 'reverse' sorting in Dvr::GetRecordedList.
  • [c05d238] Add UnDeleteRecording method. Name may be subject to change.
    • <BE>:6544/Dvr/DeleteRecording?ChanId=<int>&StartTime=<rawStartTime>&ForceDelete=<bool>&AllowRerecord=<bool>
    • <BE>:6544/Dvr/UnDeleteRecording?ChanId=<int>&StartTime
  • [c884c89] Add DVR::GetUpcomingList to the scriptable API.
  • [3084ebc] Fix DVR::GetUpcomingList to include in-progress recordings. This mirrors the behaviour of MythFrontend and the old MythWeb.
  • [55614a6] Add RecStatusToDescription and RecTypeToString methods to DVR.
    • <BE>:6544/Dvr/RecStatusToDescription?RecStatus=<int>&RecType=<int>&StartTime=<rawStartTime>
    • <BE>:6544/Dvr/RecTypeToString?RecType=<int>
  • [7159d46] Add the 'Encoder' display name to the Recording Object.
  • [d4247a9] Add AddDontRecordSchedule to the DVR service. Takes an optional NeverRecord argument.
    • <BE>:6544/Dvr/AddDontRecordSchedule?ChanId=<int>&StartTime=<rawStartTime>&NeverRecord=<bool>
  • [725a72c] Change: Optionally allow Dvr::GetTitleList to be filtered by Recording Group.
    • <BE>:6544/Dvr/GetTitleList?RecGroup=<string>
  • [f1600e0] Add GetChannelGroupList method to Guide service.
    • <BE>:6544/Guide/GetChannelGroupList?IncludeEmpty=<bool>
  • [67cf9c5] Change Allow filtering by Channel Group in GetProgramGuide.
    • <BE>:6544/Guide/GetProgramGuide?StartTime=<rawStartTime>&EndTime=<rawStartTime>&StartChanId=<int>&NumChannels=<int>&Details=<bool>&Details=<bool>&ChannelGroupId=<int>
  • [d2a14f2] Use JPG for preview images instead of PNG, at these resolutions JPG looks no worse than PNG and smaller file sizes mean faster page loads over a slow network connection.
    • <BE>:6544/Content/GetPreviewImage?ChanId=<int>&StartTime=<rawStartTime>&Width=<int>&Height=<int>&SecsIn=<int>&Format=<string>
  • 1c4df6a Not an API change, but the last is this 1st set of changes, start the next group here.

UPnP / Bonjour

MythXML& Webserver

Bindings

Python bindings

Perl bindings

PHP bindings

Utility Applications

mythavtest

MythCCExtractor

mythcommflag

mythfilldatabase

mythjobqueue

mythlcdserver

mythmediaserver

MythMetadataLookup

mythtranscode

mythpreviewgen

mythshutdown

mythutil

Myth Burn

mythwelcome

Contrib

Mythextras

nuvexport

Code Checks, Documentation, Infrastructure

Clang

Coverity

cppcheck

Documentation

icc

Infrastructure

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