NextPVR Releases

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The public builds for Windows, Linux, Mac and Docker have been updated to v5.2.6.220206

Added a new mode for UI Clients to reduce the number of network calls required (faster for clients that support this mode)
Added new web UI Client at http://localhost:8866/uiclient.html. This is for laptop/desktop users (not mobile/tablet users). Server must be fast enough to transcode in real time for this feature.
Added support for VideoToolBox encoding on macOS
Added settings in config.xml to allow the recordings screen A-Z sort to ignore certain prefixes like "the".
Tweak image cache sizes to reduce maximum memory consumed by cache
Improvements to artwork retrieval from TheMovieDB and TZMaze
Minor tweaks to the recording screen skin
Added support for updated discovery logic, where clients can detect server version and priority
Error log messages now always for the logs to be flushed
Now caching VOD groups for quicker access to VOD page with lots of items.
Reverted change from last build related to size of the nextpvr.exe settings screen.
Fixed issue with getting some artwork from Schedules Direct
Fixed issue where OSD could display the wrong size after resizing the window
Fixed compatibility issue with IPTV streams that use hmac keys
Fixed issue where clock wouldn't update in nextpvr.exe without doing some other activity
Fixed a couple of message popups that could show rectangular invalid-char symbols
Fixed issue with the vertical/horizontal menus
Fixed issue with using other otf/ttf fonts in skin files
Fixed issue with seeking on HTTP playback

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The public builds for Windows, Linux, Mac and Docker have been updated to v5.2.7.2204106

Fixed issue with loading tuning file on linux
Fixed issue with seeking in playback in over http stream (mainly affects nlite client)
Added a mouse button top-right in nextpvr.exe that could be used to exit fullscreen mode
Fixed issue with screensaver
Fixed issue with not getting OSD graphics when video was not detected correctly
Added ability to disable the miniguide with <MiniGuideEnabled> setting
Fixed a couple of music playback issues.
Now auto storing playback position regularly, in case of unexpected player crash and total loss of playback position. Can you disabled with <AutoStorePosition>false</AutoStorePosition> in config.xml
Fixed a couple strings that couldn't be translated with language.xml
Fixed a text rendering issue in UI Clients
Fixed issue with archive feature in UI Clients
Added ability to mark self as a having donated to the project, which can be required for full functionality in some 3rd party apps.
Fixed EPG parsing bug with some UK streams
Fixed issue in NPVRSetup.exe when user has a non writable c:\temp directory.
Fixed issue with playback on clients that could use multiple threads to simultaneously be requesting m3u8
Fixed a bug where XC IPTV credentials could sometimes been seen in logs at scan time
Fixed a bug with transcode.txt log not having the correct path and filename on Linux
Added fallback logic to clean out old live tv files in case files get left behind.
Added logic to look for channel icons for recordings that were made against channels that no longer exist (user has deleted them etc)
Fixed issue on recordings screen where long titles could overlap other text at the bottom of the screen.
Foxed bug with 'filter' menu option in Recordings screen.

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The public builds for Windows, Linux, Mac and Docker have been updated to v6.0.0.220904

Moved to .NET 6.0, which is Microsoft's currently long term support runtime. It has improved compatibility with newer Linux distros, and with Apple M1 hardware.
Several improvements to IPTV support, around error recovery, error reporting, and support form IPTV providers doing weird stuff
DVB EPG can now dynamically switch to another available device, rather than just failing to update the EPG if a specific device wasn't available at EPG update time
Fixed several strings that were not translatable in nextpvr.exe
Added ability to translate web application
Fixed several issues around using devices after clicking the 'rescan for devices' button in the web app. Previously this would require a restart of the server.
Updated version of libdvbv5 used for PCIe/USB device support in Linux
Fixed a couple of issues in PCIe/USB tuner support on Linux that could lead to components crashing
Linux scan now filtering out QAM channels with no audio/video streams
Fixed issue with tuner not always being available after scanning on Linux
Defaulting EPG source to None for ATSC and QAM on Linux
Added web playback zoom mode for when watching 4:3 content.
Fixed issue with installer that would cause problems when installing on machines without European national character support
Fixed with high cpu usage updating OSD in nextpvr.exe
Improvements to automap feature with XMLTV files using multiple channels names per channel
Several small bug fixes to nextpvr.exe screen generation and control behaviour
Improvements to automap feature with Schedules Direct
Fixed a couple of typos in nextpvr.exe screens.
Fixed web app bug where device scan could appear to stay in progress after it completed
Fixed issue with reporting of some HDHR error codes
Fixed issue where used got 'undefined' when trying to add a Schedules Direct lineup. It'll now report any error messages returned from Schedules Direct
Fixed issue where channel icons were not load for some specific channel names
Updated bundled version of ffmpeg
Removed some spam from logs.
Improvements when streaming from HTTP sources (like HDHR)

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cThe public builds for Windows, Linux, Mac and Docker were updated to v6.1.0.221017 (on 17th October)

Fixed issue with ATSC scan on linux only picking up first virtual channel on each frequency
Fixed an issue with conf files when copying channels to a new device on linux
Fixed a crash that could happen on Linux with genre 0xFF.
Fixed an issue with invalid characters intermittently stopping EPG data from loading sometimes on linux.
QAM will now use VCT information if it was available in the frequency while scanning
Improved behaviour with Schedules Direct tokens when using multiple applications which access Schedules Direct account
Fixed error with Schedules Direct errors not being reported correctly when trying to add a lineup
Fixed issue with preferred language not working with playback in nextpvr.exe
Added a few extra scanning options on Windows (like ATSC Korea)
Reenabled thetvdb.com as artwork source
Build for mac is now marked as portable, so that it can use Intel or M-series runtime.
Removed a couple of noisy log messages.

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The public builds for Windows, Linux, Mac and Docker have been updated to v6.1.1.221106

Fixed a crash that could occur on Linux/Docker when starting recordings or live tv
Fixed issue with ATSC scan on Linux where only the first channel was found on each frequency
Fixed issue with tuning to the correct channel on Linux when multiple channels with the same name are available.
Updated arm64 support (previously tuner components had become quite out of date on this platform)
Fixed issue with web translations on Settings page
Fixed cosmetic issue with Windows installer saying it was v5.
Fixed issue with the choice of channel name when importing from IPTV m3u
Fixed issue with SAT>IP tuner being stolen during a recording when multiple recordings were attempted
Added support for Linux devices with multiple frontends
Improved logging for some Schedules Direct errors