5.2.4.220103 available (3rd Jan 2022)

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Happy New Year everyone!

I've updated the application to the new NextPVR v5.2.4.220103 release.

For information on installing on the various platforms....
Windows: https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=59388
Linux: https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=59390
Mac: https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=59395
Docker: https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=59393

Please post any support questions in v5 support forum https://forums.nextpvr.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=17.

- nextpvr.exe now dynamically adjust font rendering when the window is resized, for more readable text when running in a window.
- fixed issue with tuner behaviour on linux when using DVB/ATSC device with poor signal quality
- fixed issue with right-to-left languages like Arabic and Hebrew
- main menu now defaults to breaking old Recordings screen into separate items for Whats New, Recordings and Scheduler. (can be reverted in config.xml for those that don't like them separate)
- fixed issue with horizontal menu
- Settings -> UI Resolution setting now honored, for those needing something other than 'auto'.
- restored support for the old v4 method of controlling NextPVR.exe using posted messages (which some people use with their remote control software)
- added "-ontop" command line parameter for nextpvr.exe
- improved behaviour when calculating duration/offset when playing in progress recordings
- fixed issue with teletext subtitles in last couple of releases
- fixed issue with missing channel icon when scheduling recording in UI client / nextpvr.exe
- added new UI client mode which allowed for better/quicker UI rendering on clients
- api now returning <year> for shows with 'Movie' genre (where day is 1/1)
- added api to help client with mapping remotes with unknown buttons
- fixed issue which could cause error when showing free disk space in web app
- fixed issue around copying channels to other tuners on Linux
- now identifying AC-4 audio streams. These streams will only be useable for clients that support this audio format.
- updated version of mediainfo, for better information on certain types of media files
- fixed issue with codec warning displayed with AAC-LC audio