Quote:7.0.5 

• changes to Schedules Direct country processing
  
• add Schedules Direct part numbers
  
• check tuner before doing a OTA EPG update use another tuner if avaialable
  
• Freesat scan could use two tuners
  
• improved error checking of digital tuner use
  
• support for SAT>IP DVB-T2
  
• reduced logging including log to Linux system logs
  
• fixed web client main page not always loading pending recordings
  
• fixed import of All Channels recording from V4
  
• power management change to stop Windows 11 from sleeping during remote playback.
  
• improvement to XC login processing
  
• fixed v7 issue not passing split a/v IPTV files to ffmpeg
  
• reload HDPVR cache on changed settings.
  
• add OpenTV guide for NZ
  
• add new Koreasat DVB-S scan file for NZ
  
• don't store ADS timing.info on Windows
  
• fix in-progress recording start time issue after restart
  
• minor settings look & feel improvements
  
• added parameters to PreRecording script and allow it to run before Live TV
  
• modify uniqueID OTA process
  
• improve multi channel streaming of UDP and RTP.
  
• allow NVIDIA nvenc encoding on x64 Linux
  
• allow stream thumbnails to UI clients
  
• improvements for in progress recordings to UI clients 
  
• delete short timing files
  

7.0.4

• change requested by Schedules Direct for expired accounts
  
• added message on Settings->Guide for SD login problems
  
• web improvements for screen reader.
  
• fixed a couple of typos
  
• IPTV max connections not respecting post padding.
  
• consistent processing of UK part numbers.
  
• ATSC OTA updates could miss descriptions
  
• ATSC OTA could miss minor channels.
  
• reduce frequency of calls for m3u8 updates
  
• ignore duplicate events (ie from bad XMLTV) when scheduling recordings
  
• allow setting user-agent and other parameters on XC login.
  
• EPG updates were creating extra rows for each show for many tuners.
  
• first Windows install fail (fixed online)
  
• SAT>IP scan EPG scan wasn't working
  
• fixed downloading of gzip XMLTV files
  
• non-series filename weren't being parsed for file system validity
  
• create instant recordings in web Live TV.
  
• fix for some UI client errors
  
• channel paging in groups uses the group ist
  
• improve Live TV stop cleanup
  
• check existing HDHR status for legacy tuning
  

Quote:- fixed memory leak related to text rendering in nextpvr.exe or uiclients
- working again in Windows 7.
- reverted to skiasharp v3.116.1 for Win7 compatibility
- improved support for German DVB EPG descriptions
- removed unnecessary icy header for IPTV
- modified Schedules Direct art API
- bug fix for HDHR tuner copying creating duplicates
- scanning on HDHR tuner syncs all tuners on the device
- fixed could not select DVB ATSC guide for HDHR mode
- implement strict EPG mapping
- no EPG scanning on disabled tuners
- fix web gui not showing correct EPG scan seconds
- implement new API for Kodi art
- improved XMLTV logic
- fix for sleep being disabled on Live TV channel change
- export/import now also able to handle imports relative to recording directory.
- updated for ffmpeg v7 in windows
- improved A/V sync for playback in NextPVR
- ability to move the web temp folder
- merge respects EPG mapping
- fix freeview epg mapping bug.
- fix DeviceHostLinux chmod issue
- now preloading ini files for faster loading of tuning region in settings page
- implemented strict EPG mapping on Linux
- updated for ffmpeg v7 for win64 builds.
- updated Linux device discovery to current API
- fix Freesat EPG updates with merged DVB-T devices

Quote:Added a Search feature to the artwork selection popup in the web app.
Added sorting for channel guide mapping options (can be disabled on the Settings->General page if you don't like it)
Fixed an issue where sometimes a digital device could hang while stopping on Windows
Improved logic for decoding strings with DVB EPG in some countries.
Improved linux handling of DVB channels with no name in sdt
Changed default DVB EPG characterset if string doesn't explicitly specify one
Updated version of skiasharp and text rendering components, which should help with frequent crashes seen in skia components
Fixed an issue with scheduled shows not showing red in guide sometimes
Fixed issue with LG discovery of NextPVR server when server is using IPv6
Fixed issue with web player resume
Fixed issue with IPTV live tuner count not being respected
Fixed issue with AMD hardware acceleration
Fixed issue with music playback of m3u files containing full paths
Slightly enlarged status message in uiclients duing live tv to avoid text clipping
Changes to EPG mapping names shown for schedules direct users
Improved ATSC EPG logic
Improved DVB EPG logic for shows with extended descriptions or multiple languages
Improved VOD grouping logic
Improved VOD logic for TV shows, populating subtitles/descriptions from online sources where possible
Improved logic for mapping DVB guide data to NextPVR channels
Added DVB EPG setting in UI to force strict tsid/onid mappings
Added RTP support in IPTV device
Updated translated web page resource to remove unnecessary brackets
Bug fixes and improvements to VOD 'download as recording'
Fixed a couple of minor character set issues with ISO6937 strings in DVB EPG
Fixed a bug with web api security
Fixed issue with ATSC EPG not giving listings on some channels
Fixed a bug with deleting recordings
Fixed issue with not correctly updating Schedules Direct token if it becomes invalidated
Fixed issue with IPTV sources that use basic auth in url
Fixed issue with genre escaping in web api
Fixed issue with macOS transcoding when using videotoolbox hardware encoding
Fixed issue with mediainfo wrapper keeping file open, stopping later delete

Quote:Fixed issue that was breaking Freesat/OpenTV support in previous build.
Changes to default fallback character set for DVB EPG strings
Updated version of MediaInfo
Added support for showing current time in playback OSD
Implemented transcode throttling when skipping in web app recording playback (to stop CPU pegging at 100% for long periods)
Installer deleting a couple of NScriptHelper files that could get in the way on Windows.
Improvements to merging conf files after Linux scan.
Further improvements and bug fixes to OTA EPG support.
Improvements to mouse wheel support when using thumbnails.
Now able to click thumbnails to skip to that time.
Removed unnecessary logging messages
Fixed issue with Resume
Fixed issue with 999 to toggle comskip on a file
Fixed an error that could sometimes stop XC IPTV channels from being imported
Fixed a HdHomeRun auth url leak in logs
Fixed issue with EPG update that could leave device hung, or BSOD
Fixed issue with old NScriptHelper being distributed.
Fixed issue with runtime support files for NScriptHelper
Fixed issue with DVB subtitle color
Fixed issue with play button in scheduler page of web app
Fixed issue with channel popup not automatically disappearing in web app
Fixed issue with user agent on some IPTV streams.
Fixed issue with uiclient.html + vaapi
Fixed genre typo.
Fixed issue with slow thumbnail navigation when immediate skip was enabled.

Quote:Moved to .NET 8. Previously we were using .NET 6, but that had reached end of support at Microsoft.
Updated version of several components NextPVR uses, skiasharp, jquery, ffmpeg etc.
DVB/ATSC EPG is now supported on all platforms and device types where it is possible, using a single unified approach. Previously it was done different ways on different platforms, with different features available on each.
Improvements to UK Freesat support. Now pulling listings from both Freesat and OpenTV.
Updated OSD controls, giving better support for increasingly common remotes that only feature up/down/left/right/enter/back
Add support for svg images in nextpvr/uiclient skins
Changes to the way OSD graphics are displayed over video in nextpvr.exe to work around bug with Intel drivers
Improvements to nextpvr.exe / uiclient music playback (playlist, now playing etc...)
DVB/ATSC EPG is now supported on all platforms and device types where it is possible
Further improvements to web api for clients
Docker image now contains comskip.
Included newer Intel drivers in docker image, to better support hardware acceleration on newer chipsets
SAT>IP defaults to letting the device choose which tuner to use (same as in the past). You now also have the option of setting <SATIPForceFrontend>true</SATIPForceFrontend> in config.xml before scanning for channels, to force it to use a specific tuner on the device.
Improvements to vaapi performance when needing to transcode
Security fixes in web api
Improvements to IPTV support
Web app now caches channel icons, for quicker loading of pages that display them
Updating IPTV channels now defaults to same groups if you'd previously selected groups while initially importing the channels
uiclient.html web page now has the ability to skip back in live tv etc.
Improvements to uninstaller
Web app showing show age rating in details popup where known
Web app now shows subtitle if available in the Channels page
Support for additional proprietary LCN types in DVB streams
Improvements to extraction of season/episode numbers from DVB show descriptions
Web app now has the ability to sort VOD, which can be enabled in the Settings->General page
Web app now has search feature on the VOD page
Improvements to uiclient screen generation stability
Better logging around IPTV device startup failures.
Now possible to have multiple sessions using the same UDP IPTV source (previously complained about port already being in use).
Changes to the way HDPVR devices are identified at device scan time, so that they're listed in a consistent order everytime.
Changes to the uiclient server logic, to fix an issue where sometimes an activity could be lost and not happen
Automap will only apply if the channel is mapped to None, so as not to break existing mappings
Now possible to automap channels by specific device (rather than just by tuner type)
Updated LiveTV timeline to have metadata reflect the show on at the time the user is watching (like if they skipped back into a previous show).
Updated LiveTV timeline to show small yellow markers at show boundaries
The api method=setting.m3u.update no longer adds new channels. This change is to help with auto updating the IPTV channel lists, without breaking curated channel linups.
Increased SAT>IP timeout.
Fixed an issue with translating text with apostrophes in nextpvr.exe /uiclient
Fixed codepage issue that could cause some EPG text to come out with incorrect characters
Fixed issue with cleaning up device after usage on Linux
Fixed memory leak in uiclients.
Fixed a couple of issues with nextpvr.exe animations
Fixed issue with the encoding of genre in web api.
Fixed issue with encoding of rating in xmltv.
Fixed issue that could cause thumbnails/timing files to not be correctly deleted when deleting a recording
Fixed content types when streaming non-.ts media files to clients
Fixed issue with service locator
Fixed an issue with not correctly escaping filenames in the .map file

Quote:Updated DeviceHostLinux arm64 build, which was out of date in the last release and didn't include most recent fixes.
Fixed issue with thumbnail generation that could lead to isComplete() error messages in logs
Fixed issue that could lead to gaps in DVB EPG
Fixed issue that could lead to some channels have zero listings with DVB EPG (SBS Australia)
Fixed issue with SAT>IP where it would not detect some devices (due to case of Location header)
Fixed issue with playback of in-progress recordings in nextpvr.exe/nlite.exe
Fixed issue with NPVRTSReader.ax to address A/V sync going our of sync for some users
Added option in web app to control whether pending recordings are included in the 'all recordings' view
Fixed an issue with DVB Subtitles which could lead to subtitle being shown in the incorrect position
On manual recording popup in NextPVR (and other UI clients), with the channel name field selected, you can type a partial name and press enter
On manual recording popup in the web app, the channel dropdown now has a text box for filtering the channels based on the text you type
Fixed issue with enabling DVB Subtitles on NLite.exe
Fixed issue with NScriptHelper.exe not finding the config file correctly on Linux
The /service?method=channel.xmltv url now includes genre
The /service?method=channel.xmltv url now delivers up to 7 days of data
The /service?method=channel.m3u url now includes group information (for user's that have donated)
Web api for scheduling a recurring recording now able to specify the initial priority
Improved the way Schedules Direct lineups are shown when adding a lineup, so that the lineup code can be seen
Fixed issues with how the application behaves when Schedules Direct token becomes invalidated
Fixed an issue with IPTV streams that use a relative redirect
Fast Background Mode (FBM) is no longer the default for knewc clients.
Now reports if an IPTV recording unexpectedly ends early
Now supports m3u sources that use single quotes instead of double quotes
Now supports the adding an HDHomeRun, that cant be discovered by the normal methods, by using an OTHER_HDHOMERUN environment variable. Must be in the format of {ID}:{ADDRESS}:{TUNER-COUNT}. For example, 10A5C6CE:10.0.17.243:4
No longer running any configured transcoding job if a PostProcessing.bat/.sh file exists. (ie, behaves more like the releases prior to 6.1.4)

Quote: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)

Quote:Improvements to speed of UIClient (changes to image encoding compression etc)
Improvements to slide out animation, to give more consistent animations with alpha values ramping in a more even way
Improvements to keyboard handling of uiclient.html
Improvements to layout of OSD graphics for nextpvr.exe and ui clients
Added ability to change priority of recurring recordings in web app (using up/down buttons).
Changes to logging of power management
Fixed issue with closed captions in nextpvr.exe that could lead to either a short flash of black over video, or permanent black mask over view.
Fixed issue that could cause gaps in DVB EPG if crid contained unescaped xml character
Fixes to issues with method=channel.xmltv output
Fixed an issue where CPU usage would increase when nextpvr.exe was minimized
Fixed minor issues with recording popups in web app
Fixed a fade animation error with the search screen
Fixed issue where some lists would stop updating
Fixed an issue with seeking on iPhone/iPad client applications
Fixed an issue from last release where tray would stop the machine from going to sleep after a recording completed
Fixed an issue where it wasn't cleaning up a live tv session properly when a client unexpected disappeared (lease renewals stopped arriving)
Fixed issues stopping audio playlist from automatically moving to the next song on completion of current song.
Fixed issue where escape key would sometimes not work in Search screen
Fixed issue with UIClient Activity in last build
Fixed issue with search web page not updating after scheduling/cancelling a recording

Quote:In web app, you can now press the Ctrl key and click any recording artwork to find a list of alternative artwork. Simply click an image to change.
Improvements around choice of artwork shown when browsing Videos in UI client
Improvements to service discovery api
Improvements to translation of web UI
Improvements to memory usage on the TV Guide screen of nextpvr.exe and uiclients.
Improvements to the size of artwork chosen by default
Better logging when nextpvr.exe crashes unexpectedly
Improved speed of UI client screen rendering
Updated skia and supporting libraries
Added a new 'sort by last watched' option in the What's New screen, for showing you a list of things that you've watched in the last 3 months. (this feature isn't available in the old 'classic' mode of the Recording screen)
Added the ability to press play key on a recording group, and have it start playback of the next unwatched show in season/episode order
Moved Unwatch/Watched/Archive into a new 'Manage' popup
Added ability to auto merge channels by name or number. (previously was name only)
Updated random photo screen saver to now use the SlideshowDelay setting for speed of photo change
Logic that copies HDHR Flex channels from an existing tuner to an empty tuner will take into account whether target tuner supports atsc3, only copying those channels that make sense
The method=channel.xmltv api is functional again for users that have donated to the project
The method=channel.m3u now include the channel number (and icon if available)
Fixed issues with IPTV with some providers
Fixed issues with Music screen around artwork and embedded tags
Fixed issue with aspect ratio of video when using web client on mac device
Fixed crash that could happen in Pictures screen.
Fixed issue with 'browser blocked playback' error not showing correctly on mac
Fixed issue with some fields on the Manual Recording popup not working from uiclients.
Fixed issue with some key presses in the search screen from uiclients
Fixed issue with TVMaze artwork
Fixed issue with DVB EPG not updating data when just the description had changed
Fixed issue with SATIP data not being cleaned up when a SATIP device was deleted
Fixed issue with selecting subtitle stream in nextpvr.exe
Fixed issue with uiclient reporting wrong cached duration during video playback
Fixed issue with the random photo screen saver
Fixed crash that could happen when starting playback from uiclient
Fixed connection of DVB-T device filters for a couple of devices that had badly behaved drivers
Fixed an issue where HDHR wouldn't switch another device when it was in use.
Fixed issue with using left arrow as backspace in Search and Manual Recording screens with uiclient
Fixed issue with some images showing rotated in Pictures and screen savers
Fixed issue with horizontal and vertical menu types on Linux

Quote: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

Quote: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.

Quote: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 M series devices etc.
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)

Quote: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.

Quote: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

Quote:Added ability to toggle view in the Recordings screen. (between artwork and list view)
Fixed issue with rendering multi-paragraph text in nextpvr.exe and ui clients on Linux.
Fixed cast/crew overflowing show details popup in nextpvr.exe and ui clients.
Fixed issues with newline characters in Linux that could cause boxes to show in text
Fixed issue where text in nextpvr.exe could appear blocky when started in fullscreen mode
Fixed typo in web app
Changed left/right key behaviour on screens showing poster artwork work, like the new recordings screen.
Added logic to work around size attribute not always being available with Schedules Direct artwork.
Improved construction of DVB-S/DVB-T BDA graph construction on windows. (may be quicker with some tuners)
Fixed issue where recording service could crash, or nextpvr.exe could crash when large number of recordings with artwork were present
Fixed issue when OSD TV Guide could be incorrect size after resizing nextpvr.exe window