ensure that named pipes are created

Fix pairing support for AirPlay

Use system version of FFmpeg for Resonate (#2577)

Bump models to fix UI from not showing up

Continue streaming is single item failed

Merge branch 'dev' of https://github.com/music-assistant/server into dev

Some more cleanup to airplay provider

⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.66 (#2576)

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Update Resonate Provider (#2575)

change cliraop log level to verbose

Add note about get_ntp

lint fixes

Optimizations to the AirPlay provider

- Some refactoring for code maintability
- Add late join support
- Prepare for AirPlay 2 (split up protocols)
- Various fixes for buffering

add AsyncNamedPipe helper

Fix buffered generator: must yield 1 second chunks

Fix buffered generator: must yield 1 second chunks

Tiny fix to restore source to MA

Add support for actions flow in Player config entries (#2572)

mypy fix for metadata.py (#2573)

⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.6 (#2568)

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Fix buffered generator hang by ensuring None sentinel delivery (#2566)

Fix recursion when grouping players (#2564)

guard invalid volume normalization value

⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.5 (#2563)

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Bump base image to 1.4.4

More tweaks to dockerfile for ffmpeg

Dont define protocols, all is the default

Add workflow dispatch

Another attempt at this

Merge branch 'dev' of https://github.com/music-assistant/server into dev

Fix permission issue in workflow

Player controller mypy fixes (#2546)

Fix permissions on workflow

Merge branch 'dev' of https://github.com/music-assistant/server into dev

fix nightly automated build

Bluos default config tweaks (#2562)

⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.4 (#2561)

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Update auto-merge-dependency-updates.yml

Merge branch 'dev' of https://github.com/music-assistant/server into dev

Attempt to fix the preload race condition in the queue

Handle readrate limiting logic more dynamically

Fix minor typo

Chore(deps): Bump tomli from 2.2.1 to 2.3.0 (#2555)

Bumps [tomli](https://github.com/hukkin/tomli) from 2.2.1 to 2.3.0.
- [Changelog](https://github.com/hukkin/tomli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/hukkin/tomli/compare/2.2.1...2.3.0)

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Chore(deps): Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 5 (#2556)

Bumps [actions/upload-artifact](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact) from 4 to 5.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/compare/v4...v5)

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Chore(deps): Bump colorlog from 6.9.0 to 6.10.1 (#2560)

Bumps [colorlog](https://github.com/borntyping/python-colorlog) from 6.9.0 to 6.10.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/borntyping/python-colorlog/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/borntyping/python-colorlog/compare/v6.9.0...v6.10.1)

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Handle takeover control of pluginsource

Fix for other source active on Chromecast

Bump base image to 1.4.3

Add missing metadata for Spotify Connect

Fix control of other sources on players + elapsed time

Fix Sonos seek (milliseconds vs seconds)

Small comment change

Add automatically generated API documentation (#2559)

Chore(deps): Bump orjson from 3.11.3 to 3.11.4 (#2557)

Bumps [orjson](https://github.com/ijl/orjson) from 3.11.3 to 3.11.4.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/ijl/orjson/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/ijl/orjson/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/ijl/orjson/compare/3.11.3...3.11.4)

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Chore(deps): Bump actions/download-artifact from 5 to 6 (#2558)

Bumps [actions/download-artifact](https://github.com/actions/download-artifact) from 5 to 6.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/compare/v5...v6)

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Merge branch 'dev' of https://github.com/music-assistant/server into dev

Fix missing protocols in ffmpeg build

Plex: implement recommendations with configurable hub limit (#2531)

Qobuz: Add playlist creation (#2554)

Squeezelite: Remove volume mute PlayerFeature (#2537)

Back out smart fades if next item changed

Fix issues with cached properies of players model

Complete player metadata

Ensure exception in buffer reading task gets propagated to outer process

Handle enqueued_media_items restore from cache

Fix tiny typo

Use uppercase for release titles

Always validate on release

update player metadata

⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.65 (#2553)

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⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.64 (#2550)

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Wait for pypi when receiving auto bumps

Fix filesystem SMB provider (#2552)

Fix several issues when streaming to (DLNA based) players (#2551)

* Optimizations for DLNA players

* prevent deadlock in audio buffer

* Fix race condition with track_loaded_in_buffer

* Fix clear queue once queue is fully played

⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.3 (#2549)

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use pretty title for beta releases

fix beta release

fix small oversight in CONF_ALLOW_BUFFER_DEFAULT

Plugin source improvements (#2548)

Enable buffering by default on beefy hardware

tweak to cleanup of buffer

Small tweaks to buffering

Fix small oversight in audio buffer

Various small speed and safety fixes

Fix error in auto releaser

Fix several edge cases for streaming (with crossfade enabled) (#2547)

MusicCast: Fix ungroup & discovery (#2545)

Small logging tweaks

Adjust auto release action

Update auto-release-nightly.yml

Prevent collissions in version number

Add extra buffering to queue stream to create backpressure (#2544)

Tiny fix for sonos queue

Add missing libasound

bump base image

Bump snapcast in base image

Fix various issues with Sonos and AirPlay playback (#2543)

Merge branch 'dev' of https://github.com/music-assistant/server into dev

Add more ffmpeg filters and codecs

Fix album track order in playlist (#2539)