Update check fails in v1.7.0

[porg]

v1.7.0 contacts via HTTP to:

http://quantum-technologies.iap.uni-bonn.de/alberti/iTunesVolumeControl/VolumeControlCast.xml.php?version=1.7.0&osxversion=Version%2011.7.10%20(Build%2020G1427)

which fails with: 404 - Component not found.

Proposal: Correct the server side handling so that elder clients also get the convenient auto update.

• If too much effort, never mind.
• Then users of elder versions need to manually update.

Good news for the current version 1.7.4

I went to the Github homepage README.md and downloaded the newest ZIP, then got v1.7.4 and then the update mechanism works again.

[porg]

• In v1.7.4 the update server is raw.githubusercontent.com and it already uses HTTPS (443).
• So yes I think a redirection on the legacy server to raw.githubusercontent.com makes no sense as likely the whole update procedure in the 1.7.0 app is not compatible with the newer one.

[porg]

TL;DR:

• In Volume-Control 1.7.4 (or slightly earlier) the updating check server and protocol was changed.
• If you use Volume-Control 1.7.0 (or slightly newer, or older) then automatic updating will fail.
• Please go to https://github.com/alberti42/Volume-Control/ and download the newest release from there.

[alberti42]

Thanks for spotting this problem. Yes, I had to give up to the previous server hosting the different releases. GitHub is the right place where to download newer releases of the app.

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On 12. Jan 2024, at 11:11, porg ***@***.***> wrote: TL;DR: In Volume-Control 1.7.4 (or slightly earlier) the updating check server and protocol was changed. If you use Volume-Control 1.7.0 (or slightly newer, or older) then automatic updating will fail. Please go to https://github.com/alberti42/Volume-Control/ and download the newest release from there. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#24 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAPC4D2XTBYY2WGU7L2NI3YOED33AVCNFSM6AAAAABBX3V6M6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQOBYHAYDIMBYG4>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.

[porg]

• Thanks for official confirmation.
• Am hereby closing this issue as "wontfix" but "documented/outlined with a solution".