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Started 1 year ago by Conal (43 posts) (11 voices)
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Posted 1 year ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

We'll be listing Skifta product updates on the forums via this thread. Keep watching!
Posted 1 year ago

Allan
Forum dude

Well done that man - forgot to add this topic ages ago.

On the subject of updates, keep your eyes peeled here folks - we have some exciting stuff coming soon!

PS Conal - How's that for breaking up the front page of forums ;)
Posted 1 year ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

New in version Beta 0.74:
- Multi-language support
- Honeycomb/Landscape orientation support
- Offline mode (on wifi network with no internet access still allows control provided you attached at least once before to a wifi network).
- Fixes to improve if not fix 'startup hangs' issue
- Lots of various bug fixes
- Expiratrion fix for version 73
Posted 1 year ago

Allan
Forum dude

Uploading version 0.76 to Android market now. This release is only bug fixes, most minor.

Most prominent will be fixes around:
- login username/password character validation
- login/signup errors

Allan.
Posted 1 year ago

Allan
Forum dude

I have just updated our desktop installers to version 2.68.

This new desktop client is different to the previous version in a few significant ways:

1. It does not autostart any more (either as a Windows/Mac service) or in any other way - you need to start the client manually (or add it to startup-items/etc)
2. It provides a status bar icon when run. This icon right now can be used to start/stop the backend service and has a quick link to our website. You'll notice that there is a greyed out 'Preferences' option. This will soon have some exciting new additions, but for the moment is not needed.

For Windows 7 users specifically - it would be better to uninstall the previous client first, then proceed with a fresh installation. For all other operating systems, the new client will perform a correct upgrade.

For any users not wishing to have the GUI experience, you can start the client with the "-start" option, which bypasses this, e.g. for headless linux boxes, you would use something like:

nohup java -jar Skifta.jar -start &

There is no direct need to change your existing desktop client if it is running correctly at this stage, since this release is purely a bug fix release, changing the container in which the client itself runs. All other functionality (at this stage) is unaffected.

As always - please post any problems/questions up on the forums (here) or to support@skifta.com

Allan
Posted 1 year ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

Exciting news! Skifta 1.00 is now live!

Skifta 1.00 features:
- 3G mode. After first connecting on wifi, enable 3g mode (in settings) to be able to remotely access content and channels when out of wifi range.
- "Share to.." Access Android's "share to" option from native apps to send media via Skifta to your connected devices.
- This release also contains a large number of bug fixes and improvements. If you see any issues loading existing channels, please try a "Clear Data" from the applications settings menu, relogin and retry.

Bonus Feature:
If you exit and re-start your Skifta desktop client, it will automatically update and you'll find a shiny new built in media server!
You can change the preferences (such as music and video locations) by clicking on the Skifta icon in your system tray.

As ever, let us know your experiences and you can reach us for more assistance via support@skifta.com

cwn
Posted 1 year ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

Skifta Desktop Media server update:
on Thursday Oct 27th, we became aware of a windows/java bug affecting some users storing their media in a location other than their C drives. When used with the Skifta Desktop Media server, content could not be accessed if it was not stored on the C drive.

Some new code has been written to workaround this issue and was released on Friday October 28th.

You can get the latest code by stopping your Skifta Desktop client and closing it.
Ensure you are connected to the internet and restart your Skifta Desktop client. Click the Skifta icon in your system tray, select 'start Skifta Service' and set your preferences to point at your content.

You should now be able to serve your content on Windows external / USB / logical / physical drives other that 'C'.

Thanks for you patience.
Posted 1 year ago

Allan
Forum dude

Small update pushed to the Android market just now (labelled as 1.01).

The primary fix in here is around Video's ability in certain circumstances to crash the app. This happened on certain combinations of hardware (Droid X for example) when the player couldn't find a valid codec to process the video and decided it would bail out instead. You'll now get an appropriate message. If you want to play that video, you'll still need to go get a third party player. Have a search - there are some good ones available..

There are a bunch of other fixes in here around startup (did you see a "updating" message that went on for ages?) and some issues around networking.

As always - please report any specific bugs via support@skifta.com and we'll get to it or post them here.

Thanks!
Allan.
Posted 1 year ago

Allan
Forum dude

Hi All,
For those of you that have Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.X) already, I've just posted version 1.02 up to the Android market. This fixes a problem that we had that would have prevented it working on ICS.

Please report any problems, as per usual, here on the forums or via email to support@skifta.com.

Allan.
Posted 1 year ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

Skifta client Version 1.03 has been released to the Android marketplace.
A bug fix is present in this build to allow subscribers to use '_' underscore characters in usernames.
Posted 1 year ago

tiranor
Member

Hi Conal,

Yesterday, my skifta app updated on my smartphone and is now at version 1.05, as advertised on google play. But I haven't seen any changelog for this version.

What changed between 1.03 and 1.05 ?
Posted 1 year ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

Hello! There's no user features that have changed here - some minor enhancements. Appreciate your diligence tiranor :-)
Posted 1 year ago

htfancub
Member

Also do you guys have control over the version in the Amazon store for Kindle Fire? I got a lovely update with the rotation feature on my A500 tablet, but the one I really need it on is the Kindle Fire and that is not yet available in the Amazon store.

Thanks!
Posted 1 year ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

Hello! Glad you got the update (1.05). It's a mystery to us though... we haven't released the rotation feature in 1.05.. it's coming in our next major release. My suspicion is that you've received an a500 fragment rotation feature which does the best it can to reorient apps.. In any case, our own version of this is in our next major release.
Posted 1 year ago

htfancub
Member

Dammit...You got me all excited for the kindle fire to get the same update. Okay will wait patiently. (Also note - the A500 has been updated to Ice Cream Sandwich already - perhaps there is built-in functionality for rotation there).
Posted 1 year ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

so - it's an ice cream sandwich update :-) I just googled ice cream sandwich auto rotation - there have been some issues since they introduced the feature. Hold on tight though - the new release is coming soon
Posted 12 months ago

marsvinie
Member

Not sure if the remote access has been solved or if i have blocking issues on my desktop. Heres what i have.

Windows 7 Hardwired Lan to Dlink Dir615 Router.
Installed Skifta Desktop client and is running.

I have a sony Tablet S running Skifta. Shows all local servers but under remote my "home server" is greyed out says its offline.

When i go to skifta website click on my connections i see Home and Sony Tablet S both are greyed out.

When i go to my account tab it refreshes and shows my home location with all the servers underneath
sony tablet is greyed out.

It works great if i'm at home with my tablet which is wifi only by the way. I often go to the cabin where i also have a wifi router same setup and i hope that i can stream my movies pics music from my desktop computer at Home.

My ISP is MTS Allstream in Manitoba Canada. It is also a Dynamic DNS if that helps. Its a pretty standard internet setup.

Any ideas??

When i check on skifta website for my connections i see
Posted 12 months ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

Posting in the product updates thread is not going to make you very popular ;-)

- you may either want to find a more appropriate topic, or raise a ticket via support @ skifta.com
Posted 11 months ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

Version 1.50.26 has been released!

In this version:

- Quicker startup: Bundles are not downloaded on startup.
- Battery use improvements and improved stability
- Updated UI, including rotation, pinch to zoom, swipe, pan
- XBOX360 compatibility
- Large library management
- Updated architecture.
- Specific support for tablets.
- Improved DLNA device discovery and streaming.

Go grab the latest version now!

Additionally:
- New Soundcloud channel
- New RDIO channel
Posted 11 months ago

tiranor
Member

Interesting update, but is there a limit on the number of sources ? It seems that i'm unable to add another source.
Posted 10 months ago

tiranor
Member

Hi there,

version 1.51 available on google play, what's the changelog since 1.50 ?
Posted 10 months ago

markc
Skifta Team

Version 1.50 of the app was a massive upgrade and although we did a lot of testing there were always going to be some issues when it was released.

Version 1.51 contains fixes to the first issues we identified. Specifically, a problem related to browsing a directory with very large video files, a networking problem stopping the app working on Archos devices, a compatibility issue Samsung TVs and some other minor fixes.

The next version will contain fixes which address a Samsung Galaxy S3 issue and compatibility with Serviios & Mediatomb media servers and any other problems we identify.

Basically, there will be a series of quick releases as we identify and fix problems.

To answer your question from a few days ago, no, there is no limit to the number of sources.
Posted 10 months ago

Stenrosen
Member

Any news on the ISP/SMP problem?

Rasmus
Posted 10 months ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

v1.51 update - a couple of minor issues people discovered on launch, including:
- Video browsing under certain circumstances
- Archos & Samsung issues for some devices
- Some other minor fixes

We're also aware of an issue with MediaTomb and Serviio that will be fixed in our next bugfix release.
If you experience issues with this release, please mail us at support @ skifta.com or head over to our forums at http://forums.skifta.com.
Posted 10 months ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

v1.52.0 update is now in the marketplace. The official list of changes is:
- Playing media from some media servers (incl. Serviio)
- Browsing & playing certain media on an external SD card on a few devices (incl. S3, Nexus & Xoom)
- Other minor fixes

If you experience issues with this release, please mail us at support @ skifta.com or head over to our forums at http://forums.skifta.com.
Posted 10 months ago

Cosmic Overtones
Member

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- Playing media from some media servers (incl. Serviio)
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Does this mean that skifta can be started as a service at boot rather than having to manually enable it or is the above fix more of a compatibility thing? Cheers
Posted 10 months ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

Skifta desktop as a service is a feature that could be coming in the next major release. The serviio update allows better handling of the responses that some media servers return. As I'm sure you can appreciate, this is software and not all media server developers code the same responses so we sometimes have to build in some additional condition handling.
Posted 10 months ago

Cosmic Overtones
Member

Ok cool, thanks :)
Posted 10 months ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

v1.53.0 update out in the marketplace.

updates:
* Support for Streaming AVIs to Xbox
* Support to address minor issues with media servers
* Fix an issue with using Windows Media Player as the media server (and any other media server that supports rtsp)
* Update for getting thumbnails from the Android media source

As usual, any issues - address them on http://forums.skifta.com or send in a mail to support @ skifta.com
Posted 10 months ago

Conal
Skifta Engineer

Android app (version 1.54.02 release) [Jul 20th 2012]

1 - Updated media server for non-standards compliant servers including various D-Link NAS, older versions of Mediatomb.
2 - 'In app' ability to send support logs (and the logs from the Skifta desktop if connected) via email to our support ticket system. (Menu -> Settings -> Send Logs).

Skifta desktop client [Jul 20th 2012]

1 - WMV file update for Desktop Media server to allow the serving of Windows Media (Video) - will require a restart of the desktop client.

Any issues, please visit http://forums.skifta.com or email us: support @ skifta.com