SongKong 6.9 Mercury released on 24th April 2020

We are pleased to announce the release of SongKong 6.9 Mercury, named after the album by American Music Club released in 1993. On this particular album there is something about his voice on this album that totally draws me in.

Java 8 to Java 11

In order to resolve various issues this new release now uses Java 11 instead of Java 8, this was a major change that required alot of work behind the scenes.

It also means that:

• There is no Windows 32bit version because does not exist for Java 11 onwards
• SongKong is no longer compatible with Java 8, used by some linux users

Improvements for MinimServer and Classical

We have added some new options design for classical music customers using SongKong with MinimServer uPNP server.

Add Composer to start of Overall Work, this is used by MinimServer for indexing Classical Works

When using MinimServer uPNP server to play your classical music with the SongKong Classical profile enabling this option will show the composer as part of the work name in the Work index. This can be very usual for distinguishing between completely different works with very similar names written by different composers.

Add Composer to start of MinimServer Group, this is used by MinimServer for playing Classical Works

When you play a Classical work with MinimServer uPNP server enabling this option will show the composer when you play the group corresponding to the work. This can be very usual for distinguishing between completely different works with very similar names written by different composers. Because MinimServer only allows groups for work containing multiple contiguous movements enabling this option also includes adding the composer to title if the work has no movements.

Other Classical Improvements and Fixes

Classical compilations album could end up with unwiedly album titles if the Add Composer to start of Album Title options was used, so now we limit to use a maximum of three composers in the album title.

Improvements for Mp4 Processing

Before this release SongKong would sometimes have to use tmp files when modifying mp4 audio files, this could cause issues due to opertiang system permissions. Now we no longer need to use tmp files this is more reliable and quicker than the old method

Full List of improvements and fixes

Improvement

• [SONGKONG-1615] - Move to Java 11 LTS
• [SONGKONG-1862] - Use JLink and modules to create smaller JRE
• [SONGKONG-1965] - Add option to add Composer to MinimServer GROUP field
• [SONGKONG-1971] - Add option to add composer to OVERALL_WORK for use by Melco/MinimServer
• [SONGKONG-1998] - Limit the number of composers added to Release Title to Three

Bug

• [SONGKONG-1508] - MP4 issue when resizing and using temporary files
• [SONGKONG-1757] - Docker/UnRAID:Config and Music Files being created as Root causing problems
• [SONGKONG-1912] - Mp4 taking longer to save (and also seems to want to save even though no changes)
• [SONGKONG-1968] - Melco N1:JVM Crash
• [SONGKONG-1980] - MacOS:Fix Notarization
• [SONGKONG-1992] - Add composer names to release title should derive from sort name not name
• [SONGKONG-1993] - Composer [anonymous]; should not be added to release title.
• [SONGKONG-2007] - Unsupported Image Type in Errors log doesnt indicate what file was causing problem