OTT Navigator Changelog

v1.6.2.1 vod: save and restore watch position backup: fixed failing on some playlists epg: support some sources with uncommon date format used provider params: setting to replace provider order by alphabetical player: do not sort player menu items too often (freeze during a launch) some fixes to decrease chance that provider changing api/playlist internals causing losing some channel-related settings (like favorite/order/etc) archive: better save and restore playback position archive: fixed navigating through some virtual directories seek: fixed progress jumping on seek (also sometimes leaded to switching tv-show) stalker: fixed vod by cmd with a proxy link (on some portals)

v1.6.1.6 search: improved search within the app, combining all search sources together stalker: support providers with vods with genres declared but not assigned stalker: optimized indexing and data loading vod: start indexing faster upon launch config: disable modules if not using them (archive/vod/studio) icon: dynamic app shortcuts now obeys favorites order stalker: extended support for some MAC portals stalker: extended support for several vod series configuration

v1.6.1.3 category properties: mass add to category action should retain focus while operating category properties: mass action to set numbers for all channels in a group (sequently) dealer panel: make it easier to access (long tap on status line in settings-extended) playlist: support missorted modifiers to work still playlist: pass provider user-agent when downloading a playlist, not channels only config: allow setting long desc scroll speed (default to 70%) player: try to auto switch to the audio/subtitle track corresponding to current language

v1.6.1.2 list: auto scroll long description remote: bindable action to toggle favorite status of current channel stalker: allow changing device_id2 via provider props epg: fixed channels with shift (+N) sometimes had gaps in timetable drm: support #KODIPROP playlist params

v1.6.1.1 category: can change category type with icon player: bindable action: open previous category drm: improved widevine support xtream codes: better support for https lines vod player: zooming support xtream codes: easier switch from v2 api and v1 api chromecast: now supported stalker: allow setting sn/device_id for your connection player: on channel error try to open previous channel rather than first in group player: bindable action to block screen controls vod player: recommend external player on playback error config: whatever favorite channels should be listed first lists: remember user-selected preferred channel if duplicates folding enabled stalker: better report of error occurred during auth player: auto-keep brightness level set in the same app session between screens config: disable offering to seek to last known position

v1.6.0.3 vod player: menu option to auto start next episode on finish epg reload: support connecting to current updating epg session when trying to reload while loading config: ignore ssl errors list: removing sd channels when hd also applies to non-suffix channels player: when player error occurs in archive, try to retry from the same time config: disable provider epg sources remote: long left/right buttons acts as pgup/down in generic lists provider: allow setting referrer for provider (not supported in vlc codecs), and support for #EXTVLCOPTS:http-referrer tag in playlist

v1.6.0.2 support for internet providers with playlist on iptv.local use more natural sort order for lists config: player rewind speed (remote) vod: allow hiding content (via properties) fixed live progress not visible on some themes codec: allow setting default codec to use system video view (might be buggy) duplicates merge: improved combined favorite status, weight and sorting stalker: speed up media library load on app start vod: remove duplicates entries in search

v1.6.0.1 vod: internal player available and used by default (configurable) lists: desc: change transparency for description view setting lists: fixed categories not sorted alphabetically tvguide: auto unfold current element info setting

v1.5.9.5 config: lists: sort archives by date vod: support for user source in some json formats (and support load on opening for large collections) about: show installation number as qr code androidtv: protect against duplicate channels

v1.5.9.3 - tvguide: better support for huge categories - tvguide: remote version redone for better focus control and scrolling (also allows scrolling horizontally) - pip: reopen last: will also try reopening last pip channel - retry: when channel errors reached limit, switch to first channel in group instead of stopping - fold duplicates: share same favorite status, weight and number - autostart: try to start the app on device unlock in some cases (if enabled) - search: optimized in-player search indexing on find action for huge lists - androidtv: home channel for favorite/suggested vods - epg: auto-retry on empty epg now limited to 1/8 of the configured epg reload rate - config: player: assume long buffering as channel error

v1.5.9.1 vod: reload each 24h (configurable) and manual reload action stalker: better support for MAC portals (use dedicated provider template for them) stalker: try to filter out empty vod categories vod: support custom source in xml format (will scan whole tree so will take a while to index)

v1.5.8.6 - cfg: list: fold similar channels to a single element - cfg: bind action to change audio/video/subtitle track - epg: allow to configure unlimited records - stalker: properties allow setting epg shift

v1.5.8.4 - androidtv: config: split different content type to different rows - archive: group shows by series in channels list - config: action to drop custom channel ordering - player: config: show black screen on channel switch - vod: allow user to setup unlimited amount of vod sources - preview: disable on restricted channels - hud: config: show marker if currently playing archived video - logo: use different colors for channel icons if not set - epg: improved support for cases when matching by tvg-id leads to one channel and by name - to other

v1.5.8.3 vod: config: show folders separately from videos config: time warp mode (view list of live channels like it was several hours ago) vod: long press option to select different player for playback vod: can mark video as favorite to have quick access to it via favorites section manage: add multiple channels to category at once vod: all category with every movie/series (might not work with some providers that requires loading data dir-by-dir) epg: show latest successful epg load info about: option to disable stats collection hud: updated playback hud info layout

v1.5.8.2 player: zoom option to enlarge/shrink video provider: added xtream codes v1 middleware template (live/archive/vod) provider: quick menu option to reload list of channels manage: option to specify custom timezone for a channel player: allow setting sleep timer via playback parameters while watching player: fixed channel reminder while playing another channel player: fixed configured pause remote button not working in menu config: remote: allow configuring play/pause media button config: mark default values for remote and touch settings

v.1.5.7.1 lists: some cases fixed when categories are disabled picture-in-picture: ask when opening in channel in pip mode whatever to open on main or pip screen picture-in-picture: configurable buttons to enter/exit pip, and open last channel by default android tv: automatically add recent shows and channels to home screen android tv: show preview directly on home screen (if supported by provider) archive: support for dash playback, and catchup-type="flussonic-dash" tag tvguide: fix for skipping some data opening by binded key archive: support unpause for some providers requiring frequent reauth

v1.5.6.3 - timeshift: better support for watching live as timeshift when provider sends closed playlist - epg: try fixing issues with channel shows not being updated - config: allow adding shortcut to another app to main screen (premium) - provider: multithreaded playlist loading, speeding up startup with multiple active providers - ui: allow configuring lists position on screen (left/center/right) and size (in percents) (premium) - live: return from player auto-focus on last played channel

1.5.6.2 - player: switching to live will offer to resume recently player archived video - archive: optimized indexing on app startup - archive: fix seeking when close to the end of the broadcast - live: auto refresh current status of epg show once per minute (test) - tv guide: focus on current channel by default - stalker: improved archives with distinct time zones - player: clock config to show top/bottom center - archive: fix auto categorizing data in some cases when epg is lacking info - player: bindable action to quick find live channel (default to vertical swipe on center/long up keypress - search: support for text input via remote keyboard

1.5.6.1 - studio: search channel to add (filters currently playing and ones that will overflow the provider connection limit) - epg: mapping now uses search widget for easier mapping - ui: live: obey to category marked to auto-open upon app launch - vod: custom playlists support otv json format - ui: archive: update remote seek bar more frequently - vod: xc: support for series without categories - provider: manual channel reload shows changed channels count