Navidrome

This patch release addresses a WebP performance regression on low-power hardware introduced in v0.61.0, adds a new EnableWebPEncoding config option and a configurable UI cover art size, and includes several Subsonic API and translation fixes.

Configuration Changes

Status	Option	Description	Default
New	EnableWebPEncoding	Opt-in to WebP encoding for resized artwork. When false (default), Navidrome uses JPEG/PNG (preserving the original source format), avoiding the WebP WASM encoder overhead that caused slow image processing on low-power hardware in v0.61.0. Set to true to re-enable WebP output. Replaces the internal DevJpegCoverArt flag. (#5286)	false
New	UICoverArtSize	Size (in pixels, 200–1200) of cover art requested by the web UI. It was increased from 300px to 600px in 0.61.0; now configurable and defaulting to 300px to reduce image encoding load on low-power hardware. Users on capable hardware can raise it for sharper thumbnails. (#5286)	300
Changed	DevArtworkMaxRequests	Default lowered from max(4, NumCPU) to max(2, NumCPU/2) to reduce load on low-power hardware. (#5286). (Note: this is an internal configuration and can be removed in future releases)	max(2, NumCPU/2)
Removed	DevJpegCoverArt	Replaced by the user-facing EnableWebPEncoding option. (#5286)	—

For a complete list of all configuration options, see the Configuration Options documentation.

Server

• Add missing viper defaults for MPVPath, ArtistImageFolder, and Plugins.LogLevel so they can be overridden via environment variables and config files. (220019a9f by @deluan)
• Update go-sqlite3 to v1.14.38 and go-toml to v2.3.0. (6109bf519 by @deluan)

Artwork

• Address WebP performance regression on low-power hardware by preserving original image format when WebP encoding is disabled, and adding encoder/decoder selection logging. (#5286 by @deluan)
• Preserve animation for square thumbnails with animated images. (4030bfe06 by @deluan)

Smart Playlists

• Add sampleRate, codec, and missing fields for smart playlist criteria. (80c1e6025 by @deluan)

Subsonic API

• Strip OpenSubsonic extensions from playlists for legacy clients to improve compatibility. (23f355637 by @deluan)
• Return proper artwork ID format in getInternetRadioStations. (c60637de2 by @deluan)

Translations

• Update Esperanto and Dutch translations from POEditor. (#5301 by @deluan)
• Update Basque localisation. (#5278 by @xabirequejo)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/compare/v0.61.0…v0.61.1

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