Behind the projector

The biggest server update yet: everyone now sees only the people they're connected with.

• Connections and privacy. People connect with each other, and names, activity and invites stay between connections. Nobody loses anyone: people who could already see each other are connected automatically on the first start, and on a two-person server you become partners.
• Connections in Admin. Under People, see who's connected, introduce two people, or connect them yourself.
• Member invites. Members can invite friends and family. You approve each invite unless you turn on auto-approve, and you can choose per person.
• Requests that go straight through. Your requests and your admins' are approved automatically, and you can switch it on for anyone else.
• Logs. Admin, Logs lets you search, follow and download the server's logs, and read diagnostics reports people send you.
• Duplicate folders merged. Two folders of the same show or movie now become one title, with everyone's history kept.
• A share that drops no longer empties the library. Files the server can list but not read stay in the library, marked unavailable, and Admin says the share looks unhealthy. A file only counts as gone after two scans half an hour apart, and if many disappear at once Admin asks you before removing them.
• Accented names survive a new mount. Names like "Amélie" are matched the same whichever way the share spells them, and duplicates an earlier scan made are merged back with everyone's history.
• Movie nights with lineups, "Watch it together" from Coming Up, and time zones that follow each person's device.
• Streaming. People can start watching while a title downloads, once their app's connection check passes. The server measures its own upload speed and shares it fairly between everyone streaming.
• TV mode. Shared TV profiles, the couch as one seat in Watch Together, and remotes for a TV.
• Invite links served by your own server, with a preview that looks good when shared.
• Usage stats, only if you want them. Admin has an opt-in switch that sends anonymous counts at most once a day. It's off unless you turn it on.

Update the apps first: this server needs Moovo 1.1 or later, and older apps get 14 days to update.

Before updating, the server makes a backup. Going back to 1.0 later would undo connections and privacy, so Admin, Updates warns you and names that backup.

A plain message when the server can't check for updates, plus small fixes.

Small fixes and tidying up behind the scenes.

The first release of the Moovo server.

• Updates from the app. See new versions in Admin, then Updates, and update now or on a schedule. A backup is taken first.
• Sign-in help. Forgot password, and people can ask for access when you allow it.
• Safer by default. Tighter sign-in limits, sessions that refresh on their own, and guests only see their circles.