v0.8.5-beta

New Features:

• backend media metadata processing
  • significantly improved performance
  • album artwork shows in listing view as preview thumbnail Album art thumbnail: display embedded covers of mp3/flac files Album art thumbnail: display embedded covers of mp3/flac files #925
  • folders can show album art if enabled with indexing server.sources.config.indexAlbumArt:true
  • removed need for frontend dependancies.
• optional thumbnail support for folders -- uses first child item with thumbnail as cover. Useful in combination with album metadata support to show album covers for folders with music.
• Remember folder view type (and sorting) for each folder Remember folder view type for each folder #966
• heic is supported in viewer (via ffmpeg conversion) when on non-safari browser. This can be enabled via integrations.ffmpeg.convert.impagePreview.heic: true .heic files can't be previewed nor opened #1191
• OnlyOffice: Add option to open documents in viewer mode (integrations.office.viewOnly) OnlyOffice: Add option to open documents in viewer mode #1193
• Exclude folders and file names 'starting with' or wildcard option Exclude folders and file names 'starting with' or wildcard option #1054
• added better info for failed uploads Big file upload "Something went wrong" #1050
• upload prompt "clear completed" can be changed to "clear all" in uploads & downloads settings to clear error and conflict states as well. Upload list can´t be cleaned when you upload the same file twice #1128
• share 'default view mode' option Hide @eaDir folder by default #1212
• Universal Next/Previous buttons
  • available for all listing items (including office/markdown etc)
  • remembers sort order from parent directory
  • new "Quick Jump" prompt if you drag the next/previous icons. This shows other files available to "jump" directly to quickly.

Notes:

• Added more tests to ensure new features work in future.
• caching for preview images is md5 based. Moved, renamed, or duplicate images don't get re-generated. Same album artwork shares cache.
• Hide @eadir folder by default Hide @eaDir folder by default #1212
• defaults to hide "@eadir" folders (common for synology) Hide @eaDir folder by default #1212
• After move/copy, ability to move to the destination folder After move/copy, ability to move to the destination folder #999

BugFixes:

• Access Management: issue with access settings Access Management: issue with access settings #1195
• fix shutdown panic related to sse connection
• Custom theming not working in 0.8.4 beta Custom theming not working in 0.8.4 beta #1204
• Config Viewer not working Config Viewer not working #1189
• "Path not found" when trying to share a file or folder inside a sub-directory "Path not found" when trying to share a file or folder inside a sub-directory #1139
• files containing "+" in share issue Files in share links download and/or error instead of displaying in browser. #1089