AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.6.20231219.0/7.2.20231219.0

Changes since 6.6.20230921.0/7.2.20230921.0

General

• Improve stability of Autonomic Cloud connection
• Prevent unnecessary update button on config page when no update is available
• Add art information to Text Mode PickItems (documentation)
• Increase physical output configuration reliability on MMS-1e
• Improve power management of sound hardware on MMS-3e/MMS-5e

Apple Music

• Fix issue where play command interrupts already playing music

Pandora

• Improve station list reliability

TuneIn

• Improve playback reliability

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.6.20230921.0/7.2.20230921.0

Changes since 6.6.20230801.0/7.2.20230801.0

General

• Repair handling of bitrate configurations other than 24bit/96Khz
• Improve memory management while discovering other Autonomic devices
• Improve handling of configuration during first boot
• Prevent schedule catchup after autoreboot

OSD

• Restore missing track name metadata field

Crestron Smart Graphics

• Address issue preventing some menus from loading past first page

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.6.20230801.0/7.2.20230801.0

Changes since 6.6.20230330.2/7.2.20230330.2

General

• Improve power management of sound hardware on MMS-3e/MMS-5e (more details)
• This update requires that the selected bitrate on any given output be set to 24bit/96KHz. We are actively working to repair this issue.
• Add option to enable automatic reboot during periods of inactivity (more details)

KP6

• Force presets stored from keypads to be stored globally

Crestron Smart Graphics

• Improve browse reliability

Apple Music

• Improve service availability

SiriusXM

• Improve reliability of on-demand content

Spotify

• Add volume normalization
• Improve main menu appearance on TuneBridge app
• Improve reliability while handling extra long album names during playback initialization
• Improve search behavior when searching via TuneBridge menu

TuneIn

• Add support for HLSP Additional Stations added in configuration
• Improve service communication reliability
• Improve station playback error handling reliability

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.6.20230330.2/7.2.20230330.2

Changes since 6.5.20230228.3/7.1.20230228.3

General

• Add predefined static dns options for Google and Cloudflare
• Add top result per category in service search
• Improve accuracy of service account login status on the config page
• Improve experience accessing the Now Playing queue

Crestron Home

• Hide Apple Music when no AMB is installed in system

TuneBridge app

• Address issue preventing account-less browse in TuneIn

Local Music

• Ensure back button is visible after selecting a track in All Songs list
• Improve unused data cleanup for synced content

AirPlay

• Improve user experience
• Ensure other services stop when AirPlay starts

Apple Music

• Indicate AMB's online status on Content Config page
• Improve AMB communication between MMSs on different system ids
• Improve reliability and performance during pause

Deezer

• Improve playback auto-resume on MMS reboot
• Reset login workflow when workflow is abandoned

iHeartRadio

• Improve reliability of artwork in browse

Napster

• Show account status as not authenticated until an Internet connection is available

SiriusXM

• Add art for episode search results

Slacker/LiveOne

• Rebrand as LiveOne

SoundMachine

• Reset login workflow when workflow is abandoned

Spotify

• Improve retry for content playback failure

Tidal

• Prevent duplicate categories
• Improve artwork reliability during browse

TuneIn

• Show list of Podcast's episodes in browse
• Improve metadata update reliability
• Improve playback reliability

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.5.20230228.3/7.1.20230228.3

Changes since 6.5.20220713.3/7.1.20220713.3

Important Changes

Apple Music

Requires AMB firmware v6.0.20230224.38719 or greater (changelog)

• Significantly improve playback experience, performance, and reliability

General

• Improve stability of device discovery
• Improve system reliability
• Fix issue causing potentially incorrect now playing metadata when recalling preset

HDMI OSD

• Fix markup errors

Local Content

• Improve search logic
• Fix issue causing loss of location within browse list

Network Content

• Improve reliability while mounting NAS

Voice Control

• Prevent sending status updates when MMS is confirmed offline

Web Interface

• Repair inter-device redirects

Wireless

• Fix handling of SSIDs with single quotes

Control4

• Repair list art for browsing

Crestron SIMPL+

• Address protocol compatibility issues

Crestron Smart Graphics

• Build dynamic list of services; active services with accounts first
• Fix issue causing TuneIn to appear even when disabled
• Improve handling of certain service search workflows to prevent interface lockup
• Improve handling of empty local search
• Improve internal protocol operation

TuneBridge Mobile App

• Improve user experience while logging into services that use OAuth

Deezer

• Improve reliability of streaming

iHeartRadio

• Address issue preventing certain users from authenticating

Napster

• Address issue causing playlist track duplication while browsing

SiriusXM

• Improve integration reliability

Spotify

• Fix issue causing playback instability if skip is activated while paused
• Improve Spotify Connect stability

Tidal

• Add search result art

TuneIn

• Allow use without account in TuneBridge app
• Avoid duplicates in Additional Stations
• Improve reliability multiple simultaneous streams
• Improve reliability while loading audio data

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.5.20220713.3/7.1.20220713.3

Changes since 6.4.20220606.2/7.0.20220606.2

Major Features

• Updated TuneIn implementation
• Add support for Major news stations playback
• Add ondemand/podcast playback
• Add sporting event playback
• Improve searching

Airplay

• Improve user experience when ending AirPlay session

AppleMusic (7.x only)

• Notify user about non-playable items in playlists
• Inform user of the library being loaded when browsing after MMS reboot
• Improve re-authentication

Web Interface

• Marquee of long meta data and list item text
• Redirect mobile users to the TuneBridge app

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS 6.4.20220606.2/7.0.20220606.2

Changes since 6.3.20211208.0

Major Features

• Add support for Autonomic Advanced Music Bridge (AMB)
• Add Apple Music (7.x only)
• Add Calm Radio (7.x only)
• Large local library support (7.x only)
• Up to 200,000 tracks
• Improved browsing performance
• Add JoshAI support

General Improvements

• Show service account login status on the config page
• Allow spaces in service account nicknames
• Improve OvrC connection reliability
• Remove malformed and non-existent MMSs from configuration

HDMI OSD

• Update track progress bar

Local Content

• Improve list update speed when deleting tracks in playlist
• Improve speed for adding and removing tracks
• Improve performance of local browse commands
• Improve storage load balancing between internal storage and USB hard drives
• Provide feedback to sync tool during syncing process
• Improve file syncing reliability with the sync tool
• Improve Searching for local content

Schedules

• Improve actions at end of schedule
• Sync scene changes with other MMSs in system
• Verify favorite exists in schedule creation

Airplay

• Improve cleanup of resources between playback sessions

Crestron

• Show URL for oAuth services login pages

Lutron

• Improve all zones amp commands

Voice Control

• Add Autonomic as System on/off scene

Web-UI

• Implement dynamic font size for certain items
• Improve handling for popups
• Improve browsing performance for large lists
• Additional User Experience improvements

Amazon Music

• Change labels on TuneBridge menus to fit screen
• Speed up initiating playback for large playlists

Pandora

• Improve login process

Radio.Com/Audacy

• Improve reliability downloading podcast information

SiriusXM

• Update On demand browsing for better performance
• Show recent stations in TB app top items
• Add Xtra channels in search response
• Improve retuning station if server connection is lost
• Additional Bug fixes

SoundMachine

• Rework playback of schedules
• Improve playback reliability
• Improve browsing reliability

Spotify

• Improve account management with multiple MMSs in system

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS 6.3.20211208.0

Changes since 6.2.20210415.1

Major Features

• Full rewrite of SiriusXM supporting the newest API to bring stability, performance, and user experience improvements. Includes:
• Improve performance and reliability during playback and browsing
• Support Xtra Channels
• Improve user experience
• Reduce loading time after login and/or reboot
• Reduce clicks to play station
• Add separate menu for on demand content
• Add nicknames to streaming accounts
• Add exFat Support
• Add Search for Local Content
• Improve Lutron Integration Config
• Add Amazon Music Support in Canada
• Airplay and Spotify Connect can now be enabled separately

General Improvements

• Improve playback engine stability
• Improve diagnostic capabilities in situations where there is no Internet
• Improve support for metadata in WAV files
• Improve compatibility with other network audio and time synchronization protocols
• Ensure adding content to a queue does not disrupt station playback
• Ensure very short tracks can repeat
• Improve stability and reliability when DHCP IP address changes
• Improve cover art cache stability

Airplay

• Power off zone when streaming device disconnects

Configuration

• Force physical outputs to be enabled when changing system ID to one without amps
• Improve handling of non-default output names
• Improve device configuration user experience
• Improve handling of non-alphanumeric characters in output names
• Improve stability and reliability while mounting/unmounting external drives

Crestron

• Improve support for processor network names in Media Player configuration
• Address issue preventing processor addresses ending in 0 from saving in Smart Graphics

Favorites

• Add support for Dynamic Presets in TuneBridge app
• Make Dynamic Presets user specific in TuneBridge App
• Allow creation of hidden favorites (prepended with a .) through favorites workflow
• Address issue preventing favorite name from appearing on certain interfaces
• Improve error handling when recalling favorites containing streaming stations

KP6

• Ensure KP6 settings are synchronized among members of a multi-MMS system
• Improve configuration experience

Lutron

• Add the ability to provide non default credentials for accessing Lutron controller
• Improve stability during configuration

Network Storage

• Improve handling of paths with spaces
• Improve reliability of network storage connection
• Improve support for complex credentials

Playlists

• Ensure playlist will Play Now by default
• Ensure deleted but not yet cleansed playlists will not play

Scenes

• Ensure volumes specified in scenes are applied even if they exceed rapid over-volume protection threshold
• Ensure volume is stored during scene creation when no amp is configured

TuneBridge Menu

• Improve user experience searching for content based on now playing item

WebUI

• Ensure queue view shows most up to date list
• Improve user input dialog experience
• Add search for local content
• Add Scenes as browsable category

Amazon Music

• Add login flow on supported control clients (TuneBridge and WebUI)
• Add support in Canada
• Improve reliability during content retrieval

Pandora

• Ensure Shuffle station has unique station ID
• Address issue where MMS would retune current station instead of playing new station specified in the selected MMS favorite
• Improve reliability of loading stations from API

Napster

• Extend content download timeout

RADIO.COM

• Improve reliability of menu data loading

SiriusXM

• See Major Features for full list

SoundMachine

• Make SoundMachine available world wide
• Improve reliability while logging in
• Improve functionality while MMS is member of a multi-MMS system
• Improve stability while browsing

Spotify

• Improve Dynamic Preset behavior during browse
• Improve performance and stability during playback
• Ensure content is shown from the correct region

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS 6.2.20210415.1

Changes since 6.1.20201216.0

Major Features

• Add SoundMachine, a commercial streaming service
• Add functionality to lock service accounts to specific streams (see documentation)
• Allow Spotify playlists to be saved directly as favorites
• Significant improvements to the Media Sync Tool

Media Synchronization Tool

• Significant user experience and performance improvements
• Add interface to see set of iTunes content that will NOT sync
• Support dark mode, following the OS
• Improve support for syncing from external drives
• Software updates independently of MMS firmware
• Improve feedback during iTunes scan
• Bundle Java runtime in tool for simpler installation
• Assist user in installation of any additional required dependencies
• Support iTunes as installed from the Microsoft Store on Windows

Google Assistant

• Improve cloud communication stability

Scheduling

• Improve Preset reliability in schedules
• Fix manually running a schedule
• Unify scheduling between Tunebridge app and web configuration

Web UI

• Improve layout
• Add button to remove individual tracks from the Now Playing Queue
• Improve user experience while using Tunebridge menu
• Improve handling of menus with numbers for titles
• Improve reliability for selecting outputs on other members of system
• Improve reliability of security features
• Add ability to remove tracks from playlists

Crestron

• Improve configuration reliability when configuring Crestron Media Player

Amazon Music

• Improve handling when removing last account
• Improve handling of browsing large lists
• Improve browse reliability

Deezer

• Improve handling when removing last account
• Improve user experience during error state
• Improve reliability of autoresume on system restart

iHeartRadio

• Improve handling when removing last account
• Improve user experience while searching from the Tunebridge menu

Murfie

• Improve handling when removing last account

Napster

• Improve reauthentication reliability
• Improve handling when removing last account

Pandora

• Improve reliability of playback resume after long pause
• Improve user experience after creating a station
• Improve user experience cancelling a search
• Refresh station list after creating or editing a station

RADIO.COM

• Enable skip next/previous for podcasts
• Improve playback reliability
• Improve reliability of autoresume on system restart

Slacker

• Improve handling when removing last account

Spotify

• Don't stop Spotify Connect when the queue is cleared
• Improve search from Tunebridge specificity
• Improve user experience when browse selection has no items
• Show email as username if provided during sign in

SiriusXM

• Improve account loading reliability
• Improve detection of account in use elsewhere
• Improve playback initialization reliability
• Improve playback reliability
• Improve reliability of autoresume on system restart
• Improve reliability when transitioning away from SiriusXM playback
• Improve reliability when fetching channel list

TIDAL

• Improve handling of large playlists
• Improve handling when removing last account

TuneIn

• Improve handling of special characters in user account passwords
• Improve metadata encoding support

General improvements

• Don't automatically play when appending to the queue
• Improve amp communication efficiency
• Improve detection of whether list has art
• Improve HTTPS support in streams
• Improve mounted storage performance
• Improve reliability recalling presets
• Improve reliability during playback
• Improve reliability during track to track transition
• Improve reliability of full drive protection
• Improve stability in device discovery
• Properly update configuration UI when changing between DHCP and static IP addresses
• Set correct tracktime when skipping back to start of same track
• Improve handling of zone groups NOT grouped for power
• Improve stability in installations without Internet
• Improve support for multiple legacy amplifiers (M400, M800) in amp stack
• Improve user experience adding accounts to disabled streaming services

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.1.20201216.0

Changes since 6.1.20201215.0

General software improvements

• WebUI - Improve output selection logic

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.1.20201215.0

Changes since 6.1.20201201.0

New features

• Replace Flash Web UI (old interface still available at http://ipOfServer/Mirage/Mirage.html)

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.1.20201201.0

Changes since 6.1.20201022.2

General software improvements

• Improve NAS compatibility

Scheduling

• Improve preset reliability in Tunebridge schedules

SiriusXM

• Protect other services from inactivity timeout

Spotify

• Improve reliability when moving from one track to the next
• Improve reliability loading user playlists
• Improve handling for account used elsewhere

Tidal

• Improve reauthentication process

AUTONOMIC CONTROLS RELEASE 6.1.20201022.2

Changes since 6.1.20200203.1

New features

• Add Amazon Alexa integration (see the setup guide here, requires a TuneBridge account)
• Add Google Home integration (see the setup guide here, requires a TuneBridge account)

General software improvements

• Improve USB DAC configuration and playback reliability
• Improve support for KP-6 All Off
• Improve device output configuration
• Improve performance and reliability in systems with multiple streamers and amps
• Improve MRAD feedback
• Improve performance while recalling presets
• Improve reliability of new control connections directly after boot
• Improve over-volume protection

Scheduling

• Improve schedule reliability
• Improve schedule configuration page
• Turn off zones at end of schedule

Crestron

• Improve stability and reliability while browsing

Local content

• Improve cover art performance for local content
• Improve m4a format playback reliability
• Support newer SMB protocols for mounting NAS drives
• Support NAS paths with spaces

Amazon Music

• Fix for playback of tracks with certain special characters in title or artist

iHeartRadio

• Fix authentication issues

Pandora

• Improve stations list update logic

RADIO.COM

• Enable Skip Next/Previous for podcasts

SiriusXM

• Improve playback reliability

Spotify

• Improve Spotify playlist handling
• Reload content of updated playlists
• Fix issue switching between Spotify connect and browsed Spotify content
• Improve browse reliability
• Improve reliability when switching between Spotify Connect and native playback
• Improve error handling while loading user's saved content
• Ensure content is loaded in language appropriate to the user account
• Allow login through control client
• Address issue that could cause incorrect track to play during queue based Spotify playback

Tidal

• Replace user/password login with OAuth login (see here for more information)

TuneIn

• Fix playback auto-resume on power cycle