6.1.4.230625 Available (25th June 2023)

[sub]

I've updated the NextPVR builds to the new v6.1.4.230625 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 support forum https://forums.nextpvr.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=17.

changes:

Added thumbnails while seeking in recordings in the web app, nextpvr.exe and ui clients. The thumbnails can be seen in the web player when dragging the timeline. The thumbnails can be seen in nextpvr.exe and ui clients by pressing the left or right arrow keys during playback. This feature works by generating a new thumbnails file, which sits alongside the recording. By default the generation of this file happens while recording. You can optionally switch it to happen after recording, or disable it.
Improved skipping accuracy when playing recordings (with new .timing file, which is generated alongside the new .thumbnails file).
Slight tweaks to artwork API for kodi clients.
Fixed a bug that would stop it looking for Freesat EPG listings
Can now run multiple instances of the tray with "-multi" parameter. This can be useful when connecting to other servers ("-server:192.168.1.22:8866 -multi"). Hovering the mouse over the icon will let you know what server that tray icon is for.
Can now set <BlockShutdownWhileRecording>false</BlockShutdownWhileRecording> in config.xml to stop the tray app from actively blocking shutdown on windows while recording.
Security improvement. After 10 failed brute force attempts to login using pin number the server will return a login failure for that client until the server is restarted.
Security improvement. Tightened security on a private api used by nextpvr.exe to talk to the recording service, so that it is only available on localhost.
Improvements to readability of now/next mini guide in ui clients
Timeout while accessing IPTV m3u8 streams now configurable in config.xml
Improvements to api to enable clients to control recording priority
Fixed a bug with Linux DVB/ATSC tuner availability after scanning
Fixed issue with character set of DVB EPG in some European countries
Fixed issue with playback of in-progress recordings with linux server.
Fixed issue with gaps in Freesat EPG
Fixed issue with folder.jpg taking precedence over file specific artwork in Videos screen.
Fixed resource leak issue with photo screen savers
Fixed bug with clean up of ui client sessions
Fixed a couple of bugs in uiclient.html (music playback etc)

[sub]

Here is a couple of examples showing what the thumbnails look like in UI clients and the web app.

[gEd]

"Added thumbnails while seeking in recordings in the web app, nextpvr.exe and ui clients"

A huge thanks to Sub and Martin for all your work on this new feature. It works perfectly on my Sony TV with the UIdroid client and massively improves the usability of skipping within a recording. While I don't use the browser client so much, my testing indicates that it also works superbly. I confess that I never thought that NextPVR would get this good..