Webif release notes

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0.9.13 (03/08/2012)

  • When clicking on a recording in the media browser, show the files which are associated with that recording in the popup window. Click the + icon for more details;
  • Package management no longer refreshes the page after upgrading, installing or removing a package;
  • Package management enforces only one package operation at a time;
  • Package management shows 'Info' link against installed packages which shows dependencies;
  • Improvements to the in-browser playback using the VLC plugin;
  • Fix problem with automatic background tasks and folders containing [] in their name;
  • Reduce chance of errors with current recording status panels;
  • Change some more instances of squeeze to shrink.

0.9.12 (15/06/2012)

  • Improved support for shrinking recordings by removing unecessary parts. Now works with SD, HD and audio-only recordings;
  • Allow flagging folders as auto-shrink, auto-dedup and auto-decrypt to be processed in the background (see webif_auto.log);
  • Show icon against recordings which have been shrunk;
  • Improve file-in-use checks throughout;
  • Fix single recording decryption when connecting from behind an Internet-based proxy server.

0.9.11 (10/06/2012)

  • Add experimental support for stripping unecessary frames from recordings to save space;
  • Show simpler OPT+ menu for non-native recordings;
  • Show Humax software version on front page (with CFW 2.11 and above);
  • Fix errors in rendering page footer on non-CGI pages.

0.9.10 (30/05/2012)

  • EPG display faster with favourites;
  • EPG display now preserves favourite order;
  • Favourite backup/restore preserves order;
  • Fix error with footer on some pages.

0.9.9 (21/05/2012)

  • New option to create files in file editor;
  • Improvements to drop-down menu;
  • Option to disable drop-down menu;
  • Show free (as well as used) space in top bar;
  • Dedup can now make use of series helper files;
  • Started large scale internal path cleanup.

0.9.8 (19/5/2012)

  • Add slide-down quick link toolbar;
  • Remove ability to change Enc flag through media browser;
  • Fix bug when deleting two files with the same name and undelete is installed;
  • Allow plugins to specify the size of icons they add to the front page.

0.9.7 (27/04/2012)

  • Fix restoration of favourite channels;
  • Add API to allow plugins to place icons on the main page;
  • Remove mediatomb & transmission handling code (now provided in the mediatomb/transmission packages);
  • Fix bug in status;
  • Add Reset New Flag option to folders in media browser;
  • Do not restore DSO events when restoring schedule.

0.9.6 (18/04/2012)

  • Retain 15 automatic schedule backups (increase from 7);
  • Show the current channel and programme on the front page;
  • Properly show chase play;
  • Show if system is in half-awake standby;
  • Allow changing the target folder for one-off recordings too;
  • Allow setting no target folder;
  • De-duplication improvements.

0.9.5 (09/04/2012)

  • Move links from bottom of main page to Diagnostics page;
  • Add DLNA server diagnostics and database reset function;
  • Split channel icons out into separate package to make future webif updates smaller;
  • dedup function now removes leading 'brand new series' as added by E4 now.

0.9.4 (31/03/2012)

  • Fix MPG extraction progress bar;
  • Scheduled event screen now shows target folder (if different to event name);
  • Scheduled event screen allows AR/Padding switch (cf. RS Portal);
  • Scheduled event screen allows target folder changes;
  • General file layout restructuring;

NB: If you use the rs package then this must be upgraded before webif.

0.9.3 (22/02/2012)

  • Add text file editor to diagnostics screen;
  • Add extract to mpg option in media browser;
  • Add Operation Complete message following package operations;
  • Remove Reset custom firmware option from settings screen.

0.9.2 (07/02/2012)

  • Add large file split function (break into 45 minute segments);
  • Fix log file display so that they can be cut and pasted;
  • Fix sorting by time;
  • Restructure backend code for other browse functions (little visible change);
  • Restructure EPG code (little visible change).

0.9.1 (05/02/2012)

  • Move Paste button to be part of clipboard in file browser;
  • Trap more errors during DLNA location lookup;
  • Fix VLC icons.

0.9.0 (27/01/2012)

  • Only show mediatomb and transmission icons on main menu if the services are running;
  • Update Jim dependency to 0.73 (also update jim reference guide);
  • Fix 2GB limit when copying files;
  • Show DLNA icon against recordings which are indexed by the media server;
  • Fix issue with deleting files from external drives with undelete installed;
  • Fix issue with deleting multiple files from a directory with square brackets in the name;
  • Only enable decrypt option for files which are DLNA indexed;
  • Fix the development packages toggle option;
  • Experimental support for playing recorded media with VLC plugin (inspired by Raydon's implementation for the Foxsat).


0.8.13 (19/01/2012)

  • Support running under HTTPS/SSL web server (see switch under Gener