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#21
2020-02-08, 07:11 PM
The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to 5.0.1.200209:

The Windows build now has an installer. You can install the NextPVR on Windows by running https://nextpvr.com/NPVRSetup.exe. Any time you want to update to a newer release, just run that again.

Changes:
Quote:Added installer and uninstaller for Windows builds
Added support for HDHR style devices that are hosting lineup.xml on a non-standard port
Added a 'login and refresh epg sources' button when changing SD username/password
Added donate button in the web. A big 'thanks' in advance to all who decide to use it!
Added new Transcoder page in Settings screen.
Added support for hardware transcoding
Added support for m3u files that use radio="true" to specify radio IPTV channels
Added some extra logging around SAT>IP scanning, to give a clearer indication of why channels might be missing
Added a new 'auto transcode recordings' feature. When enabled it post-processes recordings to get them into a more streaming friendly format (H.264 + AAC). This provides improved playback in the web app (and soon in the iOS/Android apps).
Added logout function. This will also forget users that have ticked the 'remember me' at login time.
Added the ability to configure each of the streaming profiles.
Web app Search screen is now highlighting shows that are already scheduled to record.
Changes to the 'update m3u' function in IPTV device settings, to allow you to choose which groups to update.
Fixed issue where streams started with channel.stream.start wouldn't always have unique names.
Fixed issue with http headers on some streams
Added placeholder labels for LNB settings
Fixed issue with 'listen' feature for radio in nextpvr.exe
Bumped maximum pre/post-padding up to 2 hours in web app when scheduling recording
Fixed an issue with updatingt recurring recording parameters in web app
Changes to streaming profiles. Now contains a wider variety of resolutions, and the ability edit the bitrate used for each.
Fixed issue with SAT>IP scanning
Fixed issue where xmtv files could stay locked after NextPVR read them
Improvements to IPTV using m3u8 sources, to better cope with the various types of redirect used by some providers.
Fixed issue that could cause device lease renewal issues with IPTV channels using m3u8 streams
Better reporting of errors during device discovery.
Removed the need for libgdiplus in channel.list api
Fixed issue with mouse pointer not auto hiding in nextpvr.exe
Removed a couple of unused settings in nextpvr.exe settings screen.
Fixed issues with editing exiting one-off/recurring recordings in web app
Fixed issue with recording.lastupdated when recording service was stopped.
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2020-03-21, 04:59 PM
The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to 5.0.2.200322. This is the first non-beta build.

Quote:Added group filter when initially scanning for digital channels. This makes it easy to filter in/out radio, or certain providers channels etc.
Changes to password fields in Settings screen, to work around issues with Firefox storing incorrect password
Added support for DVB EPG with HDHomeRun devices. This option is only available if the user has the SiliconDust hdhomerun_config installed.
Added support for Huffman encoded strings in SAT>IP / HDHR with DVB EPG
Added better error reporting with HDHomeRun devices
Added ability to specify a genre on the search screen
Added ability to have 'recording series' default to only new episodes, by changing <DefaultRecurringToOnlyNew> config.xml setting
Improved SAT>IP scanning (to better cope with broadcasters using multi-part SDT tables)
Improved names of mapping options coming from North American XMLTV sources
Updated docker image so that vaapi GPU support is enabled.
Faster startup for audio-only streams
Added support for {channel_d1} {channel_d2} {channel_d3} {channel_d4} in Extras args
Improved SDT logging furing SAT>IP scans, to get better info in logs
The web app will now show a channel selector if you move the mouse to the right hand side of the player while watching live tv
Fixed issue with arm32 build, where files could be limited to 2GB.
Fixed issue where it wasn't obvious how to edit the time with manual recordings
Fixed a bug with transcoding in the last build.
Fixed a bug with legacy HDHR scanning in last build
Fixed issue with connecting first 4 tuners on some Digital Devices DVB tuners
Fixed issue with selection different audio track in nextpvr.exe
Fixed issue where out of date EPG entries could be import from old xmltv files.
Fixed issue with sample file supplied by user where NPVRTSReader5.ax was not handling the bad clock around a corrupt area of ts ifle, and would switch into a kind of fast forward mode, with out of sink or missing audio
Fixed issue that could result in '401 Unauthorized' type message with some IPTV streams
Fixed a bug with 'update m3u' not correctly updating changed urls of existing channels
Fixed issue with Thai characters in DVB EPG
Fixed issue where some streams where not being treated as live streams, even though they were. This was leading live streams stopping prematurely.
Fixed issue with .map files being left behind in some scenarios.
Remove a couple of web app resources that were being loaded from cdn. Now loading directly from web app.
Remove some unneeded logging

For Linux Users, the deb file has been updated to 1.4 in this release, and you'll need to download this updated version. More details at https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid536322
Code:
curl https://nextpvr.com/nextpvr-helper.deb -O

For Docker Users, the docker image you want to be using is now tagged "stable", so when pulling or running the image, you should be including this on the command line
Code:
docker pull nextpvr/nextpvr_amd64:stable
docker run -d \
    --volume /home/john/config:/config \                     
    --volume /home/john/videos:/recordings \
    --volume /home/john/videos:/buffer \
    --publish 8866:8866 \
    nextpvr/nextpvr_amd64:stable
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#23
2020-04-15, 03:56 AM
The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to 5.0.3.200415.

Quote:Added more options in the search screen, including the ability to create a advanced recording from the search criteria
Updated formatting of DVB genre strings
Added genre coloring in TV guide.
Added support for extracting a couple more formats of season/episode number from show descriptions (for guides that don't explicitly supply season/episode separately)
Added support for multi-cast udp IPTV streams
Reduced the size of the mouse hotspot that would cause the channel selector to show in web app live tv. Now need to move the mouse to the top right, rather than just the right side.
Schedules Direct lineup list now includes the lineup readable-name.
Slight wording changes to some items in the web app to make usage clearer
Added messages to let user know when EPG has been emptied. (previously looked like nothing happened)
Removed a limitation on showing icons in Kodi if there was less than 700 hundred channels available (I still recommend you delete channels you wont be using, to give you the best performance)
Added Freesat EPG option
Advanced m3u8 streams with multiple separate audio/video streams that are intended to be mixed and matched to combine are now working. These streams are fairly rare, but now work.
Fixed issue where streaming to kodi would fail if the channel had an ampersand in its name.
Protected against an error that could occur in the Windows power management code.
Fixed issue with showing significance indicator ('prem', 'fin' etc) on scheduled shows in tv guide.
Now storing the last epg update time, to simplify things for kodi.
Changes to artwork API to help support kodi plugin
Improvements to auto login in the web app
Changed the cursor shown over a few elements in the web UI.
Changes to the way the Mac version was published, to avoid notarization requirements of Catalina. Now requires you to have installed the .NET Core runtime from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/do...-installer
Fixed issue with NZ IPTV streams
Fixed issue where DVBC-only devices were not being detected on Linux.
Fixed missing runtime for SlimDX
Fixed issue with Windows installer pointing at the wrong uninstaller executable, so not uninstalling correctly
Fixed issues with Archive function
Fixed a couple of IPTV related issues
Fixed issue with year included in file name for recordings from Schedules Direct listings
Fixed issue where recordings started with Ctrl-K in live tv would end up with a subset of the metadata.
Fixed bug that would cause characters like ampersand and quote to be dropped from channel names when scanning dvb/atsc devices on windows.
Fixed a bug that could cause NextPVRServer to crash when stopping a device
Fixed bug where filename could end up with season/episode number twice
Fixed issue with transcoder bitrate changes sometimes not being written to the config file.
Fixed issue which was causing EXTRA devices to unnecessarily transcode in situations where it could have been avoided.
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2020-04-28, 12:38 AM
The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to 5.0.4.200428.

Quote:Added genre coloring in Channels page
Added ability to change inputs/blaster settings on existing HDPVR channels
Added AMD hardware encoder option
Added support for DVB EPG show titles that are split across name and description using "..."
Added support for 0x87 stream type E-AC3 audio stream in nextpvr.exe
Added missing Microsoft runtime to installer
Improved TV Guide page to ensure current show name is visible when first browsing to page (some shows may have started long ago, and previously name was off the page to the left)
Better error messages in the web app when Schedules Direct is offline
Improved HDHR + XMLTV channel import
Showing the user messages about missing audio/video decoders in nextpvr.exe
Extracting movie year from DVB show descriptions if possible
Improved artwork matching with thetvdb and themoviedb
Improved logic for downloading IPTV channel icons
Fixed issue with 301 redirects with TS IPTV channels
Fixed issue with mouse pointer disappearing over Channel popup in NextPVR.exe
Fixed issue were live tv would sometimes stop quickly after starting, if the channel had national characters in it's name
Fixed issue where IPTV m3u urls could sometimes be included in logs
Fixed issue with editing a one-off recording in the web app
Fixed issue where sometimes nextpvr.exe wouldn't go back to the menus at the end of playback
Fixed issue with scanning channels with ampersand or apostrophe in the name
Fixed issue with radio not giving any OSD in nextpvr.exe
Fixed issue with stale SD artwork urls
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2020-05-17, 07:26 PM
The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to v5.0.5.200518.

Quote:Added 'download channels icon' button, which can download icons from SD and XMLTV.
Preloading SD channel line ups at startup, for slight quicker access in Settings->Guide page.
Windows service now aware of suspend/wakeup power events.
Now restarting digital tuner on resume in Windows.
Faster loading time for recording list in web app
Increased the time digital device scans would wait for LCN data. Also honors drop time setting for those needing to wait even longer.
Added support for IPTV services requiring XC login to import channels
Improvements to security
DVB EPG will now give unique id to each part of multi-part season/episode numbers found
Fixed issue were scanning page would repeat the same request over and over if the backend was stopped
Fixed issue that could lead to gaps in the DVB EPG.
Fixed installer bug, which would lead to install getting stuck
Fixed a genre bug with Emby client
Fixed issue with locator service on Docker
Fixed issue with HDHR legacy scan
Fixed an issue with the auto conversion logic
Removed some unnecessary logging
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#26
2020-06-13, 08:17 PM
The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to v5.0.6.200614.

Quote:Restored screen saver to nextpvr.exe
Added 'download' function in web app
Added a 'login failed' log message, which reports the address of the client that failed to login
Added merge/unmerge tools to Advanced Tools dropdown
Changed MCE remote mapping of 'info' button to stop an error messages
Improvements to scrolling tv guide page on iphone/ipad
Improvements to the speed the recordings page is loaded
Removed a dependency in the web app which was being downloaded from cloudflare
Search screen now makes it clear when no matches could be found
Minor tweaks to tray application (bug fixes, and the ability to point it at another server)
Fixed an issue SAT>IP DVB-C tuning
Fixed issue with scripthelper "-rename" function
Fixed issue with trying to clear out schedules direct username/password in web app
Fixed an issue with loading cached EPG info in recordings where formatting wasn't exactly as expected
Fixed a not-implemented exception in video playback in nextpvr.exe.
Fixed a crash that could occur when channel name could not be found
Fixed a situation where artwork was not being loaded
Fixed an issue that could result in a locked database, and errors with later operations that need the database, like recordings etc.
Fixed an issue with the Resume functionality
Fixed an issue with legacy HDHR scanning/tuning
Fixed issue with how NextPVR handles Schedules Direct artwork not being available.
Fixed an issue with playing in-progress recordings in nextpvr.exe
Fixed an issue where EPG update could kick off earlier than the configured time.
Fixed issue where channels with duplicate channel numbers wouldn't show listings on the Channels page of the web app
Further improvements to IPTV support
Fixed UK compatibility issue with DVB EPG with HDHR/SAT>IP devices
Removed some logging messages that contained credentials
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2020-07-26, 02:45 AM
The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to v5.0.7.200726.

Quote:Now remembering the channel group for the popup Channels window in NextPVR.exe
Added -removehistory to NScriptHelper
Added work around for IPTV providers incorrectly reporting the TS mime type as video/m2ts
Added a fix for IPTV provider incorrectly setting the mime type of gzipped xmltv listings
Added support for group="" attribute with extras channels
Added support for extras that return a url, rather than a stream via stdout
Added 'CC' button in the web app player, which can be used for viewing North American style closed captions. (DVB Subtitles support will be added later)
Added support for genre info with the DVB EPG on linux
Larger controls in web app player page.
Extras can now return a URL, and have NextPVR take care of the streaming
HTTP streams will no longer repeatedly try to connect if stream returns 401/403 error codes
HTTP stream connections will give up after 40 retries, instead of endlessly retrying
Slight changes to the recording/watched api for Kodi.
Improved support for scroll bars in TV Guide when using Safari browser
Improvements to the DVB drop time setting
Updated runtime included with Windows builds, to resolve Microsoft security issue related to xml parsing
Removed OnSleep/OnResume logic that was added a couple of releases ago. It has caused issues for too many people.
Fixed a power management issue with NextPVRTray.exe, where it wasn't stopping machines being manually put into standby while recording
Fixed issue blaster lock for HDPVR/Colossus style devices.
Fixed an exception that could happen in NextPVR.exe
Fixed a problem with NextPVRTray.exe not keeping a machine awake while recording, where user explicitly requested sleep
Fixed issue where NextPVR could try to connect to Schedules Direct after password had been blanked out.
Fixed issue with HDHomeRun DVB EPG
Fixed issue where North American style Closed Captions weren't working in NextPVR.exe
Fixed issue with application crashing if it encountered a corrupt client store file
Fixed issue with auto transcode
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2020-09-12, 03:53 AM
(sorry - forgot to update this post at the time of the last release)

The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to v5.0.8.200823

Quote:Fixed a streaming issue with streams that have bursty data (IPTV etc), which could lead to brief periods of stream corruption in some player, or potentially interrupt playback in the web app.
Fixed issue that could cause LCN numbers to sometimes not be found on Windows when scanning for channels
Added LCN support for Linux
Updated tuning files for UK
Fixed issue with DVB Subtitle selection in nextpvr.exe
Fixed issue with bad colours used with some DVB Subtitles
Added web server response compression. This can help slightly for performance over wifi or the internet, particularly for verbose responses, like channel listings.
Fixed the name of the index.html page in the web app (was showing in browser as 'Channels')
Fixed issue with web player status message field
Space bar, or mouse click in web player can be used to toggle pause status
Added session.logout api call.
Fixed issue with saving new device information if the device had an apostrophe in it's name
Added a work around for devices that needed to be reset after standby
Removed logic that renamed ATSC channels to the Schedules Direct name after mapping. This logic is still in place for QAM and CableCard devices.
Now better differentiating logging of .bat/.sh script output
Better support for xmltv content from HDHomeRun devices
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2020-10-17, 09:16 PM
The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to v5.0.9.201018

Quote:Added support for linux DVB tuners with multiple frontends
Added year to the information displayed when you click a show in the TV Guide.
Added api support for 'jellyfin' device type
IPTV m3u update now removes channels the IPTV source no longer provides
API now caches disk space, and has timeout for unavailable drives.
Added support for another style of gzipped xmltv content
Web app now much improved on mobile devices.
Reduced amount of noisy device logging on Linux.
Now supports additional season/episode number format in xmltv files
Added option in web app for confirmation on delete of recordings
Improvements to the way the web server streams certain types of content (mainly around icons and artwork)
Added support for tvmaze.com
Can now enable/disable artwork sources in the web app.
Added option to receive cast/crew via the channel.listings api
Fixed issue with "-cert:xxxx" option for running NextPVR using https
Fixed issue where playback wouldn't always stop cleanly with nextpvr.exe
Fixed issue with editing EPG source for a channel, where the list options would reload multiple times (after the first channel)
Fixed issue with streams not always stopping cleanly in nextpvr.exe (or other UI clients)
Fixed issue with Australia not being listed as a Schedules Direct region.
Fixed the 'back' button in the web app with Safari browser
Fixed an issue with editing recurring recordings via the api
Fixed issue where some json values were not correctly escaped via the api
Fixed bug with show names containing multiple periods in row
Fixed issue with streaming channels with unicode characters in the name
Fixed an issue with web playback stopping with IPTV streams.
Fixed issue with xmltv file processing when empty nodes were present.
Fixed bug with resume position in api
Fixed issue with clicking a show in the web recordings page when in list mode.
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2020-10-25, 05:15 PM
The public builds have been updated (Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker) to v5.0.9.201026

Quote:Fixed a linux DVB/ATSC scanning bug introduced in last weeks build
Fixed an object reference exception after viewing TV Guide in live tv, then exiting live tv.
Fixed an issue with player size when web browser was in fullscreen mode before hitting fullscreen on player
Fixed a bug where updates to padding were sometimes not recognized by the scheduler
Fixed issue with D3D11VA transcoder option not honoring requested resolution.
Fixed issue with editing scheduled recording name in a popup over live tv.
HDHR channel scan now correctly identifying HEVC channels
Removed a noisy stack trace from the logging
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