OTT Navigator Changelog

v1.7.1.4 beta - home: allow pinning virtual categories (with folded subcategories) to main screen - archive: fix auto-switch to next archive record when no epg available - stalker: support new series/movies screens - playlist: support for audio_track and video_track to auto-select a track on playback by default - recent: can clear recent channels via recent category properties - codec: fallback to low-priority decoder if high-priority fails and fine-tuned default bufer values - otc: support for key-value pairs in headers attr - playlist: support for base64-encoded response for EXTATTRFROMURL/runtime_attr_url - config: allow user to change position of home screen launcher buttons - module: allows to toggle showing streams just started view on main screen

v1.7.1.3 beta - player: try to auto-switch to hls if content unparsable as mpeg-ts - playlist: otc format supports passing category type - vod: support for hidden categories in new movies/series ui - config: control whatever to reopen stream when unpausing archived video that was paused for the given amount of seconds (default 20) - ux: try to trigger app start action on reactivating without active fragment (may help most scenarios when app launch leads to empty page) - xc: fix invalid movie response parsing that breaks movies loading - ux: fix afr setting unreachable when user has too many supported resolutions - backup: added option to merge providers on restoring backup (only unique urls are accepted) - player: bindable action to switch to prev/next archive record on current channel - ux: backup option to store both settings + channel meta (but skip providers) - playlist: added templates {start_iso}, {end_iso} and {now_iso} to represent starting/ending/current time in ISO8601 format

v1.7.1.2 beta - preview: config to enable video preview support for 1-connection providers (pausing current playback) - profiles: when having multiple user profiles can enable profile selection on app start - home: allow to pin some of android system intents to home screen - series: always use popup widget to select episode instead of going via folders - media library: show filter button to quick filter current directory contents by genres - provider: show installation hash in settings-extended-click on version number (last line) that is used by default in user-agent - provider: allow to auto-rename categories on loading from provider (via properties)

v1.7.1.1 beta - otc/m3u: support for multiple vod_library links per playlist - account: code activation improved - vod: new section movies and series added (supports xc and otv currently) for TV devices with the support for more streamlined navigation for providers with flat media library structure

v1.7.0.2 beta - improve list performance for users with huge lists - config: can change number of recent channels to show in player menu - config: player bindable actions to exit to launcher, media library, archives - config: option to auto-refresh background (if random is configured) - cfg: action to drop changes in settings to defaults - archive: show hud on seeking with more details about selected tv-show - archive: fix seeking to prev/next show on channels with no epg - home: show local ip in addition to public ip, if enabled - vod: allow setting buffer size for media library playback (default to match live channels settings) - xc vods: add separate recently added section for movies and series - provider: allow to select categories that will not be loaded from a provider (via properties) - epg: treat tvg-id as case-sensitive to avoid clashing issues on some providers (now in testing)

v1.7.0.1 beta - provider: can mark it non-editable so user cannot edit or view its properties - atv: support adding provider (of common type) via QR code from phone - playlist: support vod_library tag in otc/m3u to bundle url to media library (in otv/m3u/xml format) - drm: improved support for some sources with license_data attribute

v1.6.9.4 beta - drm: support for DRM streams without default_kid and pssh but with enough data in playready - profile: option to copy prefs from another profile - player: remove extra buffering when auto-switching to next archived show while playing mpeg-ts streams (enabled for xc by default, can be disabled in provider properties) - ux: some settings for lists and visuals are storied in user profile rather than globaly, allowing more different setup for different users - player bindable actions: restart live stream, change playback speed - xc: improved support for some providers that incorrectly threats epg request with the provided number of days - xc: improve support for channels loading of provider on bad network conditions that sometimes may lead to broken state - stalker: allow to specify sig in provider properties

v1.6.9.3 beta - vod: support for localized text and base64 encoding in otv media library format - playlist: can specify codec for channel to be used by default - epg: allows to configure non-hours TZ shift (with minutes) via channel, category or provider properties - epg: improved manual mapping of channel to epg with source selection and program preview - restrict: config to require code to be entered on app launch - ux: improve actions with multiple channels in category props to allow selecting all, inverting selection, and displaying current state in most common cases - playlist: partial support for channel icons in svg format (please bear in mind that some places like android tv home screen might not support such images on some devices) - playlist: support for json channels format (otc) with support for localized text and base64 encoding - config: list setting to allow changing order of system categories (like favorites, all, new, etc) - config: reload epg data if new channels detected from provider

v1.6.9.2 beta - xc: reverted default format back to mpeg-ts since many providers does not work correctly with handling user sessions via hls - lists: added indicators for channel that has duplicates/fav/banned in addition to archive marker - playlist: support for #EXTATTRFROMURL tag to defer channel url and some attributes until channel is going to be played - config: do not switch to a different duplicate source on error automatically - manage: allow user to restrict category the same way how adult category is restricted - player: better automatic audio/cc track matching by use-configured list of languages - player: allow to override scaling X-zoom separately from Y-zoom

v1.6.9.1 beta - xc: changed default stream request format from mpeg-ts to hls (you can change to ts back via provider props or generally if have issues with your provider) - xc: fixed closed captions detection on some streams - vod: long press left/right while browsing shows quick selection of different folders on the same folder level - manage: option to drop custom channel order in a category - manage: option to clear all channels data

v1.6.8.3 beta - rtp: improved basic support for rtp and udp streams - tvguide: restored original scrollable view for phones (always) and tablets (if vertical mode enabled) - manage: action to remove metadata of channels/categories that are not currently used - restrict: config to hide password when entering it via RC - stalker: option to select different stb type - vod: config to list directories first (in gallery view) - vod ui: improved processing media items with multiple backgrounds, and tweaked ui as well - cache: load vod data from provider from cache (only refresh manually or after configured timeout) if quick start cache is enabled, thus making media library appearing much faster - cache: now uses channels cache if provider playlist is temporarily down

v1.6.8.2 beta - tablet: allow enabling vertical mode on start screen - vod: sort mode by release year - xc: support playing vod with incorrect container type reported by providers - vod id: improved preview screen - studio: improve layout and switching for small amount unfocused screens

v1.6.8.1 - rc: increase minimal delay when waiting for channel switch by number - config: trust user-provided epg sources (allow to override provider information) - vod ui: show backdrop image from poster - voice: improved voice search on some devices - config: app-wide setting to override user-agent (remember that per-provider or per-channel setting has more priority as in other app places)

v1.6.7.7 - stalker: improve support for vods on some providers - lists: added side-by-side (huge) - xc: improved archives support for some providers

v1.6.7.6 - profiles: allows to restrict provider to be only used by a single user profile (via provider attributes) - config: allow to setup default app-wide zoom for channels - backup: better support for larger backups with more data (note that it may not load on older app versions) - playlist: basic support for non-proxy acestream channels - player: ask user what to do on channel error after num of retries exceeded - category props: on hiding category show quick option to undo the action - restrict: add action in settings to lock settings immediately - phone: better treat screen cutouts in vertical view

v1.6.7.5 - phone: open main app screen in vertical mode by default (can be disabled in main screen settings) - epg: allow playing archives even with no valid epg available for channel (might not work for some providers)

v1.6.7.4 - player: config to not popup hud on broadcast update - visual: setting to fine-tune text color for current channel, and broadcast names - touch: allow to configure action on touching different parts of a player screen - touch: action to show quick playback control widget (defaults on touching corners of the screen) - playlist: improved support for xspf sources - drm: improved support for some mpd/ism streams - player: improve support for streams with broken non-vital tracks like subtitles

v1.6.7.3 - tvguide: option to prefer it to the standard channel browser in most places - tvguide: do not close when launching playback and restore state when returning from playback to main screen - backup: support saving and restoring backup using user-provided http storage via url (assume that the url applies POST data)

v1.6.7.2 - preview: config to start preview on clicking channel, and using second click to start playing fullscreen - home: added indicators when no connection avail or time invalid - drm: improve support for some mpd streams - backup: allows to encrypt the user-data with a password (uses AES crypto) - lists: option to disable all category

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