Release History
Version 5.7.5 (October 4, 2023)
| improved | ATSC3 tuning speed |
| fixed | On Now would sometimes show the wrong logos |
| fixed | Sports Seek Timeline setting was not toggling correctly |
Version 5.7.4 (September 30, 2023)
| improved | Compatibility with iOS/tvOS 17 |
| improved | Better support for Siri Shortcuts |
| fixed | Some AVI videos would not play |
Version 5.7.3 (September 19, 2023)
| fixed | Time format was bad in the Timeline on tvOS/iOS 17 |
| fixed | Sort type was breaking for some collections when adding/removing items |
Version 5.7.1 (September 15, 2023)
| fixed | A random crasher in News & Sports section settings |
Version 5.7.0 (September 14, 2023)
| new | Added a dedicated Sports Section. Turn on in Settings > Library. |
| new | Added a dedicated News Section. Turn on in Settings > Library. |
| new | Updated pass editor that also supports manually entering a channel number |
| new | Optionally set the commercial skip style on a show by show basis. Use the setting for the show under Show Options. |
| new | Optionally automatically show captions for shows. Use the setting for the show under Show Options. |
| improved | A focused PIP button no longer keeps the timeline showing forever |
| improved | ATSC 3 audio fixes |
| improved | Speed up persistence of DVB EPG data to prevent UI hangs |
| improved | Better notifications and errors when remote streaming encounters a lot of timeouts (often due to trying to stream Original quality over Cellular) |
| improved | Handling when experiencing signal issues when watching at home |
| fixed | Various bug fixes |
| fixed | Explore Show buttons were missing their icon |
| fixed | Spoiler Free mode was being disabled if Allow Recording was set server side |
| fixed | Rare issue where seeking forward would jump back a large amount due to issues in encoders |
| fixed | Unusual crash when a guide filter returns no channels |
| fixed | Unusual crash that can happen when parsing DVB guide data |
| fixed | Memory leak related to DVB EPG |
| fixed | Audio track selection for ATSC3 channels was sometimes wrong |
| fixed | Recordings view did not render cleanly on a fresh start |
Version 5.6.7 (August 9, 2023)
| fixed | Crash that could happen during discovery |
| fixed | Audio issues that could happen with ATSC3 broadcasts |
Version 5.6.6 (August 8, 2023)
| improved | Playback Speed is now available for Live TV and in-progress recordings |
| improved | Remote DVR is able to be used on a network with another Channels DVR Server running on it |
| improved | Improvements to ATSC3 audio handling |
| improved | Speed ups for ATSC3 tuning |
| improved | Reduce stuttering that could happen during playback |
| improved | Reduced network traffic for initial connection to DVR for faster startup times |
| improved | The last connected bonjour discovered host will be forgotten when clearing a manually selected DVR entry |
| improved | Internal diagnostics |
| fixed | Movies were not showing in Recordings |
| fixed | Watch button was being initially focused on the Shows view rather than the first recording |
| fixed | Duration was incorrect when viewing a recording in the Trash |
| fixed | Label filtering was not working |
| fixed | Some channels would not show under Manage Sources after being hidden |
| fixed | Some channels could not be unhidden after hiding them in Manage Sources |
| fixed | Schedule view could crash if there were multiple jobs with the same Airing attached. |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when hitting play |
| fixed | When beta Tailscale integration is enabled, discovery will wait for Tailscale to connect before attempting to connect to the DVR |
| fixed | Connections made over beta Tailscale integration could have trouble reconnecting after the app was in the background |
| fixed | DVR updates were not being received when connecting over beta Tailscale integration |
| fixed | Reconnection to DVRs connected via beta Tailscale integration is now reliable |
Version 5.6.5 (June 14, 2023)
| fixed | Top Shelf was not working on Apple TV |
Version 5.6.4 (June 13, 2023)
| new | YouTube URLs are now supported for Trailer URLs for movies |
| improved | Better support for .strm imports with missing metadata |
| improved | Updated image loading and caching backend |
| improved | Movie posters are now fully visible in On Now |
| improved | TV shows with non-standard art sizes are now displayed better |
| improved | Switching between multiple At Home DVR servers is now simpler |
| improved | Major changes to all views that list items vertically |
| improved | Movies, TV Shows, and Collections without art now have a titled placeholder instead of the logo placeholder |
| improved | Trailer buttons are now available on mobile |
| improved | Fix UI hitches that can happen when remote streaming Live TV with a large buffer |
| fixed | Movie extras and trailers were not playing back remotely appropriately |
| fixed | Away From Home would sometimes connect to the last used manual or locally discovered DVR instead of the correct remote DVR |
| fixed | Crash that can happen on the Apple TV when connecting to a DVR |
| fixed | Guide was using AM/PM when 24 hour time was used |
Version 5.6.3 (May 19, 2023)
| new | Support for stream links for live Custom Channels |
| improved | Performance with large numbers of recordings |
| improved | UI performance of viewing guide |
| improved | Error messages when tuning fails and live TV streams disconnect |
| fixed | Server Side Sources and Inherit Source Priority settings were not working reliably |
Version 5.6.2 (April 22, 2023)
| improved | Performance improvements for large libraries |
| improved | UI performance when using HLS |
| improved | Performance optimizations for non-DVR uses |
| improved | Performance of guide viewing |
| improved | Performance improvements when connecting to a remote DVR |
| fixed | Make Harmony Remote Windows Keyboard Delete key trigger Jump To Last Channel |
| fixed | Server side source ordering was not working properly |
| fixed | New recordings would not always be shown in the show listing when coming back from the background |
| fixed | Momentary display of incorrect error message when searching |
| fixed | ATSC3 slow tuning issues |
| fixed | PIP window gets bumped up on video player due to timeline |
| fixed | Unusual crashes |
Version 5.6.1 (March 14, 2023)
| fixed | Seeking could cause playback to restart with certain recordings when Home Streaming is enabled |
| improved | Small performance improvement |
Version 5.6.0 (March 5, 2023)
| new | Optionally force video delivery to use Streaming (HLS) or Direct (default) when using original quality |
| new | Spoiler Free mode: Hide episode images while browsing so that they do not spoil anything |
| improved | Performance of UI with large libraries |
| improved | UI performance across the app |
| improved | Error message when HDHR disconnects due to signal issues |
| fixed | Virtual channels could start at the wrong place if episode/movie had been previously partially watched |
| fixed | Don't display an error when specifying a URL with a trailing slash At Home |
| fixed | Laggy issues when using HDHR guide data |
| fixed | Guide view would sometimes have missing show blocks in the middle |
Version 5.5.11 (January 19, 2023)
| improved | Seeking behavior with wireless speakers when using default audio driver |
| improved | Error message when remote stream fails |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when watching OTA with reception issues |
| fixed | Original quality playback will now work over cellular for DVRs without a transcoder available |
| fixed | Subtitles were not playing for some mp4 imports using mov_text |
| fixed | Crash when enabling View Stats during stream load |
| fixed | Guide would sometimes not load properly when re-opening app |
Version 5.5.10 (December 11, 2022)
| improved | Update the recording progress when viewing a list of episodes |
| fixed | Crasher when deleting recordings |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when finishing watching video while using Experimental audio driver |
| fixed | Crash that can happen with corrupted video |
| updated | Internal dependencies |
Version 5.5.9 (November 28, 2022)
| new | Setting to disable recording features |
| improved | Major US Sport Leagues will now group their recordings by day |
| improved | Better utilization of bandwidth while streaming can lead to better quality |
| improved | Audio that was interrupted by another app while watching in PIP will be restored when leaving PIP or pressing play |
| improved | Better cache handling of streaming large files over HLS |
| fixed | Some icons were not showing up in some views |
| fixed | Long delay that could happen after exiting from Live TV depending on the size of the buffer |
| fixed | Unusual crash that can happen when watching Virtual Channels |
| fixed | Remote viewing crash that could happen when watching some imported content |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when managing passes |
| fixed | Crash that could happen after running Test Surround Sound |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when viewing streaming settings |
Version 5.5.8 (November 12, 2022)
| new | Support added for custom thumbnails on Recordings and Videos |
| improved | Responsiveness of scrolling to the future on the guide by reducing memory usage |
| improved | When a DVR has limited available sources for a client, the client will still be able to use local HDHomeRun devices that arenât registered to the DVR |
| fixed | Switching filters on the guide could sometimes not update guide data |
| fixed | Channel logo only presentation was incorrect |
| fixed | Sometimes the show description in the guide view would display the wrong show when scrolling quickly |
| fixed | Top Shelfâs Up Next wasnât respecting label block/allow lists |
| fixed | Cursor would select wrong item when moving between Manage Sources screens |
| fixed | Various infrequent crashes |
Version 5.5.7 (October 28, 2022)
| fixed | Some TV shows set to Watch Newest First were not displaying all of their recordings. |
Version 5.5.6 (October 25, 2022)
| new | App now requires a minimum of tvOS 15 |
| new | Support for Server Side Setting of Source availability |
| new | Support for keywords for Automatic Channels in Channel Collections |
| improved | Playback over unstable connections like Starlink |
| improved | Handling of downloading in-progress recordings |
| improved | Experimental audio driver workarounds to reduce HomePod playback glitches |
| improved | Search is now an option on tvOS in Kids Only Mode |
| fixed | Player controls were not working when using an external screen |
| fixed | Remote streaming of Live TV could prematurely end with error when switching bitrates |
| fixed | Seeking would hang when watching MKV recordings at Original quality while remote |
| fixed | After using PIP, the Now Playing in Control Center would stop working |
| fixed | Crash when deleting recordings |
| fixed | Prevent display of confusing "context canceled" error message |
Version 5.5.5 (October 1, 2022)
| new | Added playback_time to the API |
| improved | DVR app has permissions to read device name again |
| improved | Performance and responsiveness |
Version 5.5.4 (September 29, 2022)
| fixed | Scrubbing the timeline with Siri Remote was not working correctly |
| fixed | Re-selecting virtual channel was not popping out of PIP mode |
| fixed | Player will switch to Linear deinterlacing automatically when entering PIP to avoid broken playback on interlaced channels |
| fixed | Quick Guide progress bars were incorrect on virtual channels |
| fixed | Starting stream while away from home could lag for several seconds while previous caches were being deleted |
| fixed | Several crashes |
Version 5.5.3 (September 17, 2022)
| fixed | Search was broken when editing your query |
Version 5.5.2 (September 16, 2022)
| fixed | Some channels were causing framedrops |
Version 5.5.0 (September, 14, 2022)
| new | New options to define what happens when you tune into a Virtual Channel: Start Live, Start From Beginning, Ask, or the new inline Start From Beginning -utton |
| new | New resume option for resuming recordings: In Player Prompt - This will auto resume your recording, with a button then offering you the ability to start from the beginning. |
| new | Settings added to decide if the Timeline should show when seeking. Set it specifically for Movies, Sports, and everything else. |
| new | Future Virtual Channel airings on the Guide now offer a Watch button which tunes into the channel starting at that point. |
| new | Rename what the client is displayed as. Edit the name in the app or in your Channels DVR Server web admin. Settings > General > Display Name |
| new | Added Recently Watched to the All TV Shows view |
| new | Watch > Random - Channels will choose a random episode of a show and play continuously in order |
| new | Refresh Metadata option available for recordings/movies in context menu |
| new | Hide or allow specific movies or TV shows by labels from the server |
| new | Hardware is now the default mode under Settings > Playback > Advanced > Deinterlacing Mode |
| new | The experimental video driver is now the default. The previous default has been renamed to Legacy. |
| improved | Virtual Channel will advance to next episode when fast-forwarding past the end of the current airing |
| improved | The Quick Guide will match the currently playing airing when the channel has been timeshifted |
| improved | When switching playback speed, the current setting is focused by default and checked |
| improved | Virtual channels will not cause the timeline to appear when switching to next airing |
| improved | Use the Play button on your TV remote to launch player immediately when focused on a future Virtual Channel guide airing |
| improved | Pressing play when playback has failed while watching Live TV causes the connection to be re-established |
| improved | API for channel up/down will now page up/down on the guide, to allow custom API based remote controls to function the same way as bluetooth and IR remotes |
| improved | WMV/WMA audio/video codecs |
| fixed | Duration was not showing for Movies |
| fixed | Sidebar would animate funny when re-opening the app |
| fixed | Guide would not focus on the correct channel while using Picture in Picture |
| fixed | Match Content for Live TV setting was not available for non DVR users |
| fixed | Videos were showing in the Enhanced Browsing TV section under Recently Watched and Recently Aired |
| fixed | Clicking back in the Resume dialog was not working |
| fixed | In-progress recordings were able to be played faster than 1x |
| fixed | Scrubbing towards end of episode would be interrupted by Watch Next button |
| fixed | Screensaver would never appear after player errored out |
| fixed | Movie details could sometimes be incorrect |
| fixed | When pausing for a while, the program info on the Timeline would disappear |
| fixed | DVR library would fail to load if invalid strm files were present |
| fixed | Imported .strm playback was not showing duration in player timeline |
Version 5.4.2 (August 5, 2022)
| new | View MPAA and TV ratings, and browse movies by rating in Enhanced Libary mode |
| new | Added settings for matching content when playing trailers, Movie Virtual Channels, and TV Virtual Channels |
| new | Jump to the previous recording from a Recording's context menu |
| improved | Timeline works better with video Extras like trailers |
| improved | Error messages when remote streaming fails |
| improved | Adaptive Bitrate algorithm for Remote Streaming has been updated for less buffering and higher quality |
| improved | Remote streaming reliability when pausing for a long time or disk space is low |
| improved | Support for Opus audio |
| fixed | Last image from previously playback session is no longer showed when starting playback |
| fixed | Seeking multiple times when watching remotely would sometimes jump backward |
| fixed | Timeline would stop updating when seeking after pause while watching Live TV |
Version 5.4.1 (May 1, 2022)
| improved | Remote streaming over congested networks |
| fixed | Use optimal connection type when VPN is enabled over Cellular |
| fixed | Watching Live TV remotely could fail with an error after watching for over an hour on an unstable network connection |
| fixed | Flash of red sometimes shown when switching sections |
Version 5.4.0 (April 12, 2022)
| improved | compatibility with ATSC 3 |
| improved | Remote streaming behavior with an unstable connection |
| fixed | Remote playback would not use adaptive bitrate for Live TV on first playback after app launch |
| fixed | Memory leak causing app to crash during playback |
| fixed | Infrequent crash when leaving app when subtitles are on |
| fixed | Other random crashers |
Version 5.3.1 (April 1, 2022)
| improved | Major stability improvements |
Version 5.3.0 (March 23, 2022)
| new | Import home movies, concerts, or other video types right next to your Movies and TV Shows with the new Videos section |
| new | Set a TV Show's Playback Speed to watch it at that speed every time |
| new | Mark episodes as favorites |
| improved | Search now uses the modern server side search for library results |
| improved | Search now presents episode results from your library |
| improved | Use - instead of . when entering OTA channel numbers with sofabaton remote |
| improved | Improved presentation of Custom Channels |
| fixed | Last channel watched was not being focused in Guide |
| fixed | Tapping virtual channel logo on the guide was showing - On Later view |
| fixed | Force touch channel logo on the guide was not showing context menu |
| fixed | Player stall on some PRIME cable - recordings when skipping commercials |
Version 5.2.4 (February 17th, 2022)
| new | Add Library Collections to the sidebar |
| improved | Show error message on screen when a recording fails to play |
| improved | Guide data from some XMLTV sources would incorrectly show today's date on every program |
| fixed | Playback stall issue after commercial skip when using Experimental audio driver |
| fixed | Some rare crashes in the app |
Version 5.2.3 (February 8th, 2022)
| new | Browse the Winter Olympics in On Later |
| improved | Diagnostics |
| fixed | Arrow keys were not working for seeking in iOS |
| fixed | Player stall going into commercials on some cable (HDHomeRun PRIME) feeds |
Version 5.2.2 (February 1st, 2022)
| fixed | Auto Play was not automatically playing the next episode correctly. |
Version 5.2.1 (January 14th, 2022)
| new | Support for new Channel Collections rules to bring in channels automatically to your Channel Collections |
| new | Support for Dolby Atmos with the Experimental audio driver |
| new | Setting to disable Jump to Last Channel |
| new | Setting to turn off "Watch from your library?" prompt |
| new | Setting for Auto Play. You can now hide the card that shows at the end of the episode if you have Auto Play turned off. |
| new | Settings to disable buffer protection and to set the duration before you are warned |
| improved | Improved HDR support |
| improved | Remote streaming improvements |
| improved | Stats display now shows HDHomeRun connection info |
| fixed | Guide data was not updating in some scenarios |
| fixed | Playback issues related to certain UK freeview transmitters |
| fixed | PIP now available for all video drivers |
Version 5.1.1 (November 30th, 2021)
| new | Support for Spatial Audio with AirPods in the Experimental audio driver |
| improved | Better audio sync and responsiveness with AirPlay speakers |
| improved | Video stuttering and frame drop issues in the Experimental video driver. 4K 60fps recordings are now fully supported |
| improved | Closed caption rendering performance |
| fixed | Playback issues on the Apple TV HD after upgrading to tvOS 15.1.1 |
| fixed | Center channel audio could disappear after app switching or Siri usage |
| fixed | Audio would blip when coming back from the Control Center |
| fixed | Top Shelf was not loading reliably with many sources |
| fixed | Various rare crashes to improve overall stability |
Version 5.1.0 (November 2nd, 2021)
| new | A clock has been added to the Guide |
| new | Airings show progress bars in On Now, Guide, and Quick Guide to see - how much time is left in the show |
| new | Added setting to show the channel logo when watching a Virtual - Channel |
| improved | Playhead movement when seeking is more consistent |
| improved | Menu button more reliably goes back in the settings menu |
| improved | Stats for video player updated to include tuner stats |
| improved | Minor formatting improvements to player stats |
| improved | Connecting to the DVR over VPN on cellular is now treated as - Cellular Streaming instead of Home Streaming when selecting bitrates for - playback |
| fixed | Screen would go to sleep or bring up the screen saver while - watching video |
| fixed | Resolved rare crashes when watching TVE sources |
| fixed | Some sources were hidden in rare cases |
Version 5.0.1 (October 26th, 2021)
| new | Local Content - Import your own movies, TV shows, and recordings from previous DVRs. |
| new | Library Collections - Curate your own groups of movies or TV shows with Library Collections. |
| new | Virtual Channels - Turn content from your own library into your own personal live TV channels. |
| new | On Later - Find things to record by browsing upcoming shows, movies, and sports with a simple interface. |
| new | Redesigned search |
| new | Remote Shortcut added for toggling closed captions |
| new | Off option for Resume Playback. This option will always start recordings from the beginning. |
| new | Holding the watch button for a movie or episode will reveal alternative versions to play if you have duplicates in your library |
| improved | Forced subtitle tracks are automatically chosen and displayed |
| improved | Video and audio quality info are now shown when watching live TV: IE, HD, Dolby Digital, Stereo, etc |
| improved | Options button on iOS player now uses a modern menu rather than an Action Sheet |
| improved | Additional HLS stats on player stats view |
| improved | Added max cache size to player stats view |
| fixed | Picking subtitle tracks was not working |
| fixed | A ton of bug and ui fixes |
Version 4.5.11 (September 22nd, 2021)
| fixed | Resolves some recently new random crashes |
Version 4.5.10 (September 15th, 2021)
| improved | Optimized HLS seeking and caching |
Version 4.5.9 (September 9th, 2021)
| new | Remote Shortcut for toggling closed captions |
| improved | Info Bar shows the video and audio quality when playing Live TV |
| improved | Holding the Watch button on will prompt with a list if your library contains multiple versions of the content |
| improved | Use the back button to get back to current time in Guide |
| improved | Adaptive bitrate improvements for better remote streaming with high packet loss |
| improved | Additional HLS stats on player stats view |
Version 4.5.8 (July 22nd, 2021)
| new | Support for Spectrum Siri Remote |
| new | Set playback speed in the player |
| improved | Better recovery from decoding failures on some encoded imported movies |
| improved | Remote streaming disk cache is cleaned up more quickly when returning home |
| fixed | Issues when pausing live TV for a long time |
| fixed | Watch from Library dialog would show up sometimes when trying to watch a recording |
| fixed | Rare crashes |
Version 4.5.7 (June 24th, 2021)
| improved | Experimental video driver improvements reducing some random judder |
| fixed | Play To was not working with Android TV for some channels |
| fixed | Experimental deinterlacer was crashing immediately on some older iPhone/iPad devices |
Version 4.5.6 (May 25th, 2021)
| new | Optionally use the up/down buttons on the new Siri Remote for Channel Surfing |
| fixed | The left/right buttons on the Siri Remote were not working reliably |
Version 4.5.5 (May 22nd, 2021)
| new | Support for the new Apple TV 4K Siri Remote |
Version 4.5.4 (May 20th, 2021)
| improved | Live TV streaming backend |
| fixed | Closed captions were garbled on some channels |
| fixed | Season/episode information was not appearing in DVR Schedule |
Version 4.5.3 (May 4th, 2021)
| fixed | Player could turn green and stop working with Experimental deinterlacing enabled |
| fixed | Top Shelf was not working in some cases |
| fixed | Channel surfing was leaving video streams open in some cases |
| fixed | Recordings could be deleted in some cases even with Allow Deletes turned off |
| fixed | Closed captions were not working on some channels |
Version 4.5.2 (April 28th, 2021)
| fixed | Page up/down were not working on the Guide in tvOS 14.5 |
| fixed | Numeric entry on the Guide was not working with some sources |
| fixed | Playback would not resume after AirPlay interrupted the video player |
| fixed | Quick Guide was not accessible in the player in some cases |
Version 4.5.1 (April 16th, 2021)
| fixed | Frame Rate matching was not working with some DVR recordings |
| fixed | Wrong audio track was playing in some OTA regions |
| fixed | Top Shelf was not working in some cases |
| fixed | Rare crashes |
Version 4.5.0 (March 30th, 2021)
| new | Channel Collections: Curate your own custom sets of channels and replace the old filters in On Now and Guide. Easily manage them for each device via Channels DVR Server. |
| new | Server Side Settings: Adjust the settings for all of your devices in one place via Channels DVR Server. |
| new | Kids Only Mode: Set Channels to only show content you have approved for kids using library visibility. |
| new | Hide Guide Filters: Optionally hide the channel filters found in On Now and Guide. |
| new | Setting to hide On Now and Guide filters. |
| new | Setting to set Quick Guide to a custom collection or the current collection. |
| new | Setting to hide All and Favorites filters. |
| fixed | All TV Shows filter was not being set correctly when revisiting it. |
Version 4.4.5 (March 18th, 2021)
| fixed | Resolved some issues when first launching the app |
Version 4.4.4 (March 18th, 2021)
| fixed | Memory leak and slowdowns after using experimental video driver to watch multiple channels or recordings |
| fixed | Various bug fixes |
Version 4.4.3 (March 9th, 2021)
| new | Option to turn off framerate matching for Live TV |
| improved | Airplay2 improvements in Experimental audio driver |
| improved | ATSC3 recording playback |
| fixed | Guide art was making the app run a bit slow |
Version 4.4.2 (February 22nd, 2021)
| new | Setting to control how duplicate channels are stacked in the guide |
| improved | Added Recently Updated to the TV Shows section |
| improved | Audio driver support for AirPlay2 |
| improved | Failed recordings appear in the Schedule for a few days |
| fixed | Sorting was incorrect in All Shows |
| fixed | Scheduling duplicate recordings manually from the guide works more reliably |
Version 4.4.1 (February 3rd, 2021)
| new | Stream Links - Add content from streaming services to your Channels library |
| new | Added ability to mark and episode and all previous episodes as watched with a single action |
| new | Added API endpoint for toggling PIP on and off - POST /api/toggle_pip |
| new | Recently Added Shows row added to the TV Shows enhanced view |
| improved | Setting to automatically launch PIP mode when leaving the player on Apple TV |
| improved | Keyboard shortcut 'p' to toggle PIP mode on and off |
| improved | Remote Shortcut setting to associate HDMI CEC colored button to toggle PIP on and off |
| improved | Clicking on the current channel or recording while PIP is open will return PIP to full screen |
Version 4.4.0 (January 22nd, 2021)
| new | Picture in Picture support. |
| new | Custom Channels - Create your own channels using streaming sources. |
| improved | Better image handling when device is offline |
| fixed | Done button would be broken on some iPhone models. |
Version 4.3.3 (December 28th, 2020)
| improved | Support for ATSC3 broadcasts |
Version 4.3.2 (December 8th, 2020)
| improved | Improved support for alternate audio codecs |
| improved | UI polishes |
| fixed | Random crashes when rewinding or fast-forwarding in the video player |
Version 4.3.1 (November 20th, 2020)
| improved | Various UI polishings to help support the new Custom Channels feature |
| improved | Mute now works from iOS 14 Control Center remote |
| improved | Support for ATSC3 broadcasts with multiple audio tracks |
| improved | Various bug fixes |
Version 4.3.0 (October 30th, 2020)
| new | Choose a section for the app to start on every time it is launched or resumed. |
| new | Choose a favorite channel to start playing every time it is launched or resumed. |
| new | Optionally choose to browse your imported movies by folder in enhanced mode. |
| improved | Info Guide shows video format and audio format for currently playing recording. |
| improved | Better support for ATSC3 broadcasts |
| improved | Video player performance when streaming remotely |
| improved | Notification API endpoint can take custom icons and timeouts |
| improved | Font size and color tweaks to help the UI look a little better on older TVs. |
| fixed | Seeking would sometimes not work while watching an in progress recording |
Version 4.2.0 (October 13th, 2020)
| new | Set a sleep timer from the video player on tvOS and iOS |
| new | Temporarily disable Auto Play for the current view session on tvOS and iOS |
| new | STATS FOR NERDS! - view details of your video files and video playback on tvOS and iOS |
| improved | Dolby Digital audio tracks are preferred over other tracks when an audio track is automatically chosen during playback |
| fixed | Video player would sometimes mysteriously dismiss on iOS |
| fixed | Search would sometimes mysteriously reset on iOS |
Version 4.1.3 (October 7th, 2020)
| improved | Scheduled Recordings section updates reliably when accessed from the Sidebar |
| improved | Seeking incredibly improved on large imported MKV files |
| fixed | Black screen with experimental video driver after video player is interrupted by sleep or airplay |
| fixed | Seeking backwards would sometimes not work on large imported MKV files |
| fixed | Seeking forward would not work while watching an in progress recording |
Version 4.1.2 (October 3rd, 2020)
| fixed | Seek change from last update was not working in some instances. |
Version 4.1.1 (September 29th, 2020)
| new | Optionally chose to have content automatically resume or be prompted with the choice. |
| improved | Seeking to the end of a recording will stop you at the Next Up prompt to help Auto Play. |
| fixed | Launching with HDHomeRun tuners reporting 0 channels would get the UI stuck |
Version 4.1.0 (September 16th, 2020)
| new | New show browsing design with more details for each episode |
| new | Show Options allows you to exclude a show from Up Next, set the watch order to newest first, and skip commercial indexing |
| new | Auto Play options let you ignore watched episodes during automatic playback |
| improved | Auto Play now respects your showâs Watch Order preference |
| improved | Various bug fixes |
Version 4.0.4 (August 25th, 2020)
| new | The iOS remote control widget can be used to toggle subtitles and audio tracks used by Channels on Apple TV |
| fixed | Some Library views would not render or sort correctly |
| fixed | HDMI-CEC colored buttons were not detected on some parts of the app |
| fixed | Some types of imported movies would not play any video |
Version 4.0.3 (August 13th, 2020)
| new | Setting to move Schedule to the main navigation |
| improved | Alphabetical sorting of Movies and TV Shows now ignores prefixed articles |
| improved | Remote Shortcut for Live TV can also be used as Previous Channel |
| improved | Added 'm' keyboard shortcut to toggle mute |
| improved | Added 'c' keyboard shortcut to toggle captions |
| fixed | New HDHomeRun with no channels would not be detected by the app on first install |
| fixed | Incorrect audio language was being selected on some international channels |
| fixed | TV Shows filters were not being remembered |
| fixed | Bluetooth keyboard navigation was not working on Recordings tab |
Version 4.0.2 (August 6th, 2020)
| fixed | Crash on iOS trying to use app shortcuts |
| fixed | Subtitles on some imported movies were not appearing |
| fixed | Closed captions could fail to turn on for some channels |
| fixed | Incorrect audio track could be selected on some channels |
| fixed | Channels API for navigation was not working |
Version 4.0.1 (August 3th, 2020)
| new | Support for additional functionality on HDMI-CEC and Bluetooth keyboards |
| improved | Alphabetical sort ignores The/A prefixes |
| fixed | Up Next would fail to refresh sometimes |
| fixed | Filter option in Movies and TV Shows was not being remembered |
Version 4.0.0 (July 20, 2020)
| new | New customizable main navigation sidebar |
| new | More optional sections for the main navigation |
| new | Expanded browsing library experience for larger libraries |
| new | Kids section lets you put kid movies and shows in their own section |
| new | View recordings as a list in the order they were recorded |
| new | Auto Play next episodes |
| new | Shuffle playback to play random episodes in a row for your show |
| new | Playback now prompts if you want to resume or not |
| new | Manage the Trash right from Channels |
| new | Mark your shows and movies as favorites |
| new | Kiosk mode lets you hide Settings section |
| new | Tons of other new options to make Channels a little more customizable |
Version 3.2.45 (June 25, 2020)
| fixed | Dithered colors in the player for some imported movies. |
Version 3.2.44 (June 17, 2020)
| improved | Expanded guide data for non-DVR users |
| fixed | Connecting to HDHomeRun over VPN was not working on cellular connections |
| fixed | Compatibility with upcoming audio descriptions broadcasts in Australia |
Version 3.2.43 (May 15, 2020)
| improved | Descriptions f or closed caption and audio tracks |
| fixed | Slow memory leak |
| fixed | Occasional crash |
Version 3.2.42 (May 6, 2020)
| improved | Diagnostics reporting for support requests |
| fixed | App could crash after streaming remotely for some time |
| fixed | Top Shelf would sometimes stop working |
Version 3.2.41 (April 29, 2020)
| fixed | Various bugs. |
Version 3.2.40 (April 21, 2020)
| fixed | Crash due to memory exhaustion |
| fixed | Crash when parsing invalid EPG data |
Version 3.2.39 (April 19, 2020)
| improved | Crash reporting |
Version 3.2.38 (April 18, 2020)
| fixed | Occasional crash when submitting diagnostic logs |
| fixed | Crash when entering nothing when manually adding a HDHomerun |
Version 3.2.37 (April 17, 2020)
| fixed | Crashes in the video player in some regions |
Version 3.2.36 (April 16, 2020)
| improved | Diagnostic submissions |
| improved | Specifying a hostname for a DVR or HDHR will now work as expected |
| fixed | Auto-play would occasionally not keep playing |
Version 3.2.35 (January 15, 2020)
| improved | Small performance improvement in remote streaming |
| improved | Better image caching behavior for faster loading |
| fixed | Skip Commercial button was not working with some remotes |
| fixed | Program details would sometimes not appear in the guide. |
| fixed | Turning off shake-to-mute setting will un-mute video player |
| fixed | Mute indicator on player was not showing when audio was previously muted |
| fixed | Transcoded Live TV sessions continued for 30 seconds beyond when they should have ended |
| fixed | App would fail to stream if HDHR IP address changed. |
| fixed | Occasional crashes while watching video |
| fixed | Video player errors would sometimes not appear |
| fixed | Crash on tvOS 11 |
| fixed | Rare hang while playing remote video |
| fixed | Some other rare crashes |
Version 3.2.34 (December 9, 2019)
| fixed | Top Shelf not loading if not using a DVR |
Version 3.2.33 (December 3, 2019)
| fixed | Top Shelf not loading if not using a DVR |
| fixed | HDHomeRun devices not properly found on app start if not using a DVR |
| fixed | Seeking while watching Live TV remotely via the DVR could seek to wrong location |
Version 3.2.32 (November 29, 2019)
| improved | Update channel lineups on every app launch |
| fixed | Crash while starting to watch Live TV via DVR if the DVR hostname cannot be resolved |
| fixed | Properly detect legacy HDHomeRun devices when connected to a DVR |
| fixed | Automatic Commercial Skipping sometimes would not activate for the first commercial |
Version 3.2.31 (October 30, 2019)
| fixed | Add Source button would sometimes be missing. |
Version 3.2.30 (October 29, 2019)
| fixed | [DVR] Recordings and schedule were not loading correctly in previous release. |
Version 3.2.29 (October 29, 2019)
| new | [DVR] Release Date added as a sort option for movies and shows. |
| new | Added the ability to turn off analytics. |
| fixed | Mute badge would not dissapear after unmuting. |
Version 3.2.28 (October 8, 2019)
| improved | Updated video player libraries with latest bug fixes and performance improvements. |
| fixed | Seeking with Siri remote was not working reliably on tvOS 13. |
| fixed | Some shows would not sort episodes correctly. |
| fixed | Crash when Experimental Audio Driver is enabled. |
Version 3.2.27 (September 24, 2019)
| new | [DVR] Adaptive streaming adjusts quality based on internet speeds |
| fixed | Warning icons would sometimes show on airing modals |
| fixed | Various bug fixes |
Version 3.2.26 (August 17, 2019)
| new | Setting to sort guide channel order. |
| new | [DVR] Episodes delayed or interrupted while recording are marked. |
| new | [DVR] Lock recordings to prevent auto-delete. |
| new | [DVR] Failed jobs will be marked on the Schedule. |
| fixed | [DVR] Top shelf could fail to show Up Next if no favorite channels were set. |
| fixed | [DVR] Recording could get stuck with spinner in timeline during playback. |
Version 3.2.25 (July 26, 2019)
| improved | Experimental support for AirPlay2 speakers. |
| fixed | Remote streaming seek performance at Original quality. |
| fixed | Player could get stuck with a spinner when playing some recordings. |
Version 3.2.24 (July 12, 2019)
| new | Stable HDHR firmware. |
| fixed | Timeline could become glitchy after buffering live tv for many hours. |
| fixed | Some channels would tune very slowly in Australia. |
| fixed | [DVR] Some recordings would fail to play remotely. |
Version 3.2.23 (June 20, 2019)
| improved | Choose between these commercial skipping styles: Automatic, Skip Button, or Manual |
Version 3.2.22 (June 11, 2019)
| new | Automatic commercial skipping |
| new | Commercial skip button |
| fixed | Channel scan wasn't working for some beta HDHomeRun firmwares |
Version 3.2.21 (May 29, 2019)
| fixed | Crash during app exit |
| fixed | Crash when displaying HDHomeRun error |
| fixed | Crash while viewing the Guide |
| fixed | Crash while exiting the video player |
Version 3.2.20 (May 25, 2019)
| fixed | Crash for users of European broadcast TV |
| fixed | Crash while viewing guide |
| fixed | Crash after playing |
| fixed | Crash during device discovery |
| fixed | Crash while reconnecting to DVR |
Version 3.2.19 (May 23, 2019)
| fixed | Rare crashes |
Version 2.2.18 (May 18, 2019)
| fixed | Various bug and rare crashes. |
Version 3.2.17 (May 14, 2019)
| improved | Significant improvements with Channels DVR Server discoverability |
| fixed | Guide data could be missing while accessing remotely |
| fixed | Timeline could jump around when scrubbing recordings. |
| fixed | Video player could fail to quit when recordings ended. |
Version 3.2.16 (May 11, 2019)
| fixed | Guide data could be missing after leaving the app and returning. |
Version 3.2.15 (May 7, 2019)
| new | HDHomeRun Premium channel support removed |
| improved | Show summary is spoken via VoiceOver in the guide |
| fixed | Crash when game controller was attached. |
| fixed | Playback would freeze while playing back recordings in the UK. |
| fixed | Player sometimes would not exit after recording finished playing. |
| fixed | Legacy HDHomeRun devices could get stuck at black screen when changing channels |
| fixed | Mute persists after changing channels |
Version 3.2.14 (April 23, 2019)
| improved | [DVR] Improved remote playback on slow/laggy WiFi networks |
| improved | [DVR] Increased buffering for remote playback |
| improved | Added latest HDHomeRun firmware updates |
| fixed | HDHomeRun tuners would sometimes fail to be discovered |
Version 3.2.13 (March 23, 2019)
| improved | [DVR] Double-click to skip commercial will seek to the end of the commercial more accurately. |
| fixed | Some channels in Finland would not play correctly. |
| fixed | Some channels in Finland and Italy would play english audio instead of native language. |
| fixed | [DVR] Search would not work when using quotes. |
Version 3.2.12 (January 25th, 2019)
| new | Customize the channels shown in the in-player Quick Guide |
| improved | Some bug fixes with the video player |
| improved | Remote DVR streams will include surround sound at bitrates higher than 6mbps |
Version 3.2.10 (October 31, 2018)
| fixed | Channel scan was not showing progress |
Version 3.2.9 (October 25, 2018)
| fixed | Bug fixes and stability fixes |
Version 3.2.8 (October 7, 2018)
| new | Toggle Pause available in Channels API |
| new | Previous Channel available in Channels API |
| new | [DVR] Connect to Channels DVR directly by IP address |
| improved | Channels DVR discover reliability |
| improved | HDHomeRun device discover reliability |
| improved | [DVR] Remote DVR reliability |
| improved | Larger buffer for Premium TV streams to avoid stalling. |
| fixed | Top Shelf would not load in some cases |
Version 3.2.7 (September 20, 2018)
| improved | Better setup experience when connecting to a newly installed DVR |
| improved | Recordings will resume at the last watched duration more reliably |
| improved | Improved HDHomeRun Premium channel playback |
| fixed | [DVR] Custom padding options weren't appearing as options for scheduled recordings |
| fixed | [DVR] Some instances where Cancel Recording was not being shown |
| fixed | Teletext menus were appearing on some Finish stations when captions were enabled |
| fixed | Channels could appear out of order when multiple HDHomeRuns had overlapping stations |
| fixed | Some UI fixes |
| fixed | Top Shelf was not working for some DVR users. |
Version 3.2.6 (August 30, 2018)
| fixed | Stuttering on some HDHomeRun Premium TV stations. |
| fixed | [DVR] ClearQAM channels could appear as Unknown after setting guide mappings. |
Version 3.2.5 (August 23, 2018)
| fixed | Some minor bugs |
Version 3.2.4 (August 22, 2018)
| fixed | [DVR] Remote streaming could sometimes not work |
| fixed | HDHomeRun Premium TV channels hide option would reset between launches |
| fixed | Legacy tuners were sometimes failing |
Version 3.2.3 (August 20, 2018)
| new | Support for HDHomeRun Premium TV |
| fixed | App could become unresponsive after scanning for channels. |
Version 3.2.2 (August 13, 2018)
| fixed | Small bug fixes. |
Version 3.2.1 (August 7, 2018)
| new | Customize closed captioning styles via System Accessibility Settings. |
| improved | Descriptive Video tracks are marked in the Language picker. |
| improved | [DVR] Show original air date for recorded programs. |
| improved | [DVR] Some padding options were not available. |
| improved | [DVR] Up Next would sometimes not update after watching an episode. |
| fixed | Favorites Guide in the player could display zoom artifacts. |
| fixed | Wrong default audio track was picked on some channels. |
| fixed | Sporting events in some regions could show as Unknown on the guide. |
Version 3.2.0 (June 26, 2018)
| improved | The overall design has been freshened up |
| improved | [DVR] Info modals have been unified across iOS and tvOS to share the same flows |
| improved | [DVR] You can now start watching shows directly from the schedule or search results |
Version 3.1.16 (June 11, 2018)
| improved | Better audio/video sync with HomePod (Airplay2) |
| fixed | Some DVB-T2 channels using HEVC could flash blue during playback. |
| fixed | Seeking would not work reliably when streaming remotely for more than an hour. |
| fixed | Guide would not show date/time headers after 14 days. |
| fixed | DVR users could not create season passes for sports. |
| fixed | Music Choice channels would take several seconds to start playing. |
| fixed | Rewind/fast-forward would not work reliably with IR remotes. |
Version 3.1.15 (April 20, 2018)
| improved | Closed captioning support in Germany. |
| fixed | DVB-T2 HEVC channels would not play smoothly. |
| fixed | Several rare crashes. |
Version 3.1.14 (April 18, 2018)
| new | Latest stable firmware for HDHR devices. |
| improved | Remote streaming will buffer for smoother playback. |
| improved | Support for closed captioning in Australia. |
| fixed | DVR Schedule and Guide could become stale after coming back from screensaver. |
| fixed | Guide data could be missing returning from screensaver on Apple TV set to never sleep. |
| fixed | Legacy tuners will try to guess HD channels based on call signs. |
Version 3.1.13 (March 25, 2018)
| improved | Sleeker progress indicators |
| fixed | Progress indicators for Up Next would sometimes not show |
Version 3.1.12 (March 23, 2018)
| improved | Up Next episodes now show progress indicators |
| improved | VoiceOver support on the guide |
| fixed | Favorites Guide would animate to focused item when showing |
Version 3.1.11 (March 16, 2018)
| fixed | Recording tab would sometimes not appear |
Version 3.1.10 (March 14, 2018)
| improved | Season/episode number are shown in the player when watching a recording. |
| improved | Option to reconnect to Remote DVR if connection is lost. |
| fixed | Extended padding options were not visible for Sport passes. |
| fixed | Channels API could fail to return responses if some channels were missing logos. |
| fixed | Images in the Favorites Guide could overlap while scrolling. |
Version 3.1.9 (March 7, 2018)
| new | HTTP API to control Channels and integrate with home automation. Learn more at https://getchannels.com/api |
| new | Surround Sound option lets you turn off 5.1 surround if your audio equipment doesn't support it. |
| new | Stable firmware for latest generation HDHRs. |
| improved | VoiceOver support for scheduled/recording programs on the guide. |
| fixed | Some recorded shows would not display their episodes in the correct order. |
| fixed | Closed captions would appear garbled on some channels. |
| fixed | Fast Forward would sometimes cause pausing |
| fixed | Movie images could be cropped incorrectly on the Top Shelf and Favorites Guide. |
Version 3.1.8 (February 14, 2018)
| improved | Winter Olympic recordings are now in order and presented better. |
| improved | Improvements for legacy tuners |
Version 3.1.7 (December 15, 2017)
| fixed | H264 channels could sometimes stall video during playback if the signal had errors. |
| fixed | Seeking back could sometimes take longer than expected on H264 channels. |
| fixed | Scrolling issues on the Settings tab. |
| fixed | Video player would fail to stream from local HDHR if also connected to remote DVR. |
| fixed | Remote DVR would not auto-connect on app launch if local HDHRs were also present. |
Version 3.1.6 (December 13, 2017)
| new | Stable firmware for new HDHomeRun DUO and QUATRO. |
| new | SDR Mode Switching setting to force SDR mode when the app starts or when a video plays. |
| improved | Images are cached so they continue to be visible if the internet connection is lost. |
| improved | Better remote streaming performance over high-latency connections. |
| fixed | A rare crash when using third-party Apple TV remote apps. |
| fixed | Remote Wi-Fi streaming at Original Quality could show Transcoder Not Available error. |
Version 3.1.5 (December 8, 2017)
| new | Beta firmware for the DUO and QUATRO which fixes random "Weak Signal" errors. |
| improved | Channels no longer forces itself into SDR mode, fixing issues with some TVs. |
| fixed | Some H264 channels would glitch during playback. |
| fixed | Some channels would lose A/V sync during playback. |
| fixed | Remote playback of an in-progress recording would sometimes not allow seeking. |
Version 3.1.4 (November 8, 2017)
| new | Channels will always operate in SDR mode when used on tvOS 11.2 on Apple TV 4K. |
| fixed | Various UI bug fixes. |
Version 3.1.1 (October 26, 2017)
| new | Overscan setting for the video player. |
| improved | Better guide data coverage in Germany. |
| fixed | Add Tuner Manually option would sometimes not work. |
| fixed | Scroll issues on the Guide tab. |
| fixed | Screensaver could rarely show while watching live TV. |
| fixed | Watching in-progress recording with end padding would not allow seeking into the padding. |
| fixed | Quick Guide in the player would sometimes not focus on the currently playing channel. |
| fixed | Remote streaming of recordings would sometimes fail to start. |
Version 3.1 (October 17, 2017)
| new | Remote DVR lets you use Channels on the go and away from home. |
| improved | Faster tuning of H264 channels. |
| improved | Tuner Sharing option is off by default. |
| improved | Support for setting up legacy TECH tuners with DVR. |
| fixed | Tuner Sharing was not working with legacy hdhomeruns. |
| fixed | Video playback could stutter at the end of a recording when closed captions were enabled. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 3.0.3 (October 11, 2017)
| improved | Clicking a currently airing show in On Now or Guide immediately plays again. You can click and hold to get recording options now. |
| fixed | Fast Scroll UI on Guide was broken. |
| fixed | Top Shelf was sometimes showing blank items for DVR users. |
Version 3.0.2 (October 4, 2017)
| fixed | Video player could hang when seeking around some H264 streams. |
Version 3.0.1 (October 3, 2017)
| new | Latest stable HDHomeRun firmware. |
| fixed | Sports weren't showing up in More Recently Recorded. |
Version 3.0 (October 2, 2017)
| fixed | You can now record currently airing shows from On Now and the guide. |
| fixed | Play button will immediately play a currently airing show from On Now and the guide. |
| fixed | New Series Passes will use your default keep settings. |
Version 2.1.40 (September 27, 2017)
| new | Added HEVC hardware decoding for Germany DVB-T2 channels. |
| fixed | H264 decoding issues on some channels. |
| fixed | DVR Tuner Sharing was not working with legacy HDHR DUAL. |
| improved | Better channel scanning for legacy HDHR DUAL. |
Version 2.1.39 (September 18, 2017)
| fixed | Some H264 channels would stutter during playback. |
Version 2.1.38 (September 17, 2017)
| new | Adds support for tvOS 11 and Apple TV 4k. |
| new | Customize your seek durations to 3, 7, 10, 15, or 30 seconds. |
| new | Custom seek durations just for sports. These seek durations will only be in effect when watching a sporting event. |
| fixed | Team Passes would not allow more than 15 minutes of end padding. |
Version 2.1.36 (July 26, 2017)
| fixed | Rare crash was preventing app from launching for some users. |
Version 2.1.35 (July 25, 2017)
| new | New design for DVR tab. |
| new | Tuner Sharing for DVR users. Recording tuners can now be shared for live streams. |
| new | Added a setting to hide Up Next from Top Shelf. |
| new | Added a setting to automatically show closed captions with Shake to Mute. |
| new | HDHomeRun Tech3-US support. |
| improved | Focus is now remembered correctly when returning to Recordings. |
| improved | DVR pass options are now presented as a list for easier selection. |
| improved | Added firmware upgrade support for HDHR TECH models. |
| fixed | DVB EPG parsing was not working in Czechia. |
| fixed | Search would not actually search if you entered the same query twice. |
| fixed | DVR tabs would sometimes not show up when the app launched. |
| fixed | The video player would lock up while using the chapter skip buttons on a universal remote when playing back a recording in progress. |
| fixed | Movies on the DVR tab were not sorted by record date. |
Version 2.1.34 (June 16, 2017)
| new | Latest HDHomeRun firmware with networking improvements. |
| improved | Show detailed error messages when streaming fails (requires latest firmware). |
| improved | Expanded DVR recording options for padding and retention. |
| fixed | App was crashing on tvOS 11 Beta. |
| fixed | Search tab could sometimes create invalid Series Passes. |
Version 2.1.33 (May 2, 2017)
| improved | Design tweaks on the Recordings tab. |
Version 2.1.32 (April 30, 2017)
| new | Re-designed Recordings tab. |
| fixed | Recordings tab would not refresh when waking up Apple TV. |
| fixed | Focus could jump after returning to On Now tab from Video Player. |
| fixed | Channel logos were not showing up in New Zealand. |
Version 2.1.31 (April 15, 2017)
| improved | App starts 2x quicker for DVR users. |
| fixed | On Now would not remember which channel was selected when coming back from the live TV. |
| fixed | Player would sometimes pause while trying to skip multiple times with Siri remote. |
| fixed | Player would not rewind/fast-forward reliably with Siri remote. |
| fixed | Some DVR recordings from certain cable providers would not playback correctly. |
| fixed | Some DVR recordings would show inaccurate durations. |
| fixed | Guide would sometimes scroll up too far. |
| fixed | Live TV would resume after using Siri even if it was previously paused. |
| fixed | Screensaver will show when paused during DVR recording playback. |
| fixed | Hitting menu during pan to scrub would not return to original position. |
| fixed | Missing channel logos in NZ. |
Version 2.1.30 (March 30, 2017)
| new | Hardware decoding of H.264 channels. |
| fixed | Rare crash in video player. |
Version 2.1.29 (March 27, 2017)
| fixed | Automatic fallback with multiple HDHomeRuns was not working. |
| fixed | App could sometimes crash when creating a new Pass with another device. |
| fixed | Using the Play button on a show with multiple seasons could play the wrong episode. |
| fixed | Guide tab would not load future data for some DVR users. |
| fixed | Preview images for episodes would not update after recording completed. |
Version 2.1.28 (March 26, 2017)
| fixed | Picking a Recording from the Top Shelf was not working. |
| fixed | Some rare bugs and crashes. |
Version 2.1.27 (March 23, 2017)
| new | Watch Again button for a recorded show lets you start watching a show all over again from the beginning. |
| improved | Recordings for shows are now sorted by season. |
| improved | Small UI improvements for Channels DVR features. |
| fixed | Local news and some other shows would display the same date for all recordings. |
| fixed | Trying to access a recording from the Top Shelf would sometimes not work. |
| fixed | Singaporean HD channels would distort audio playback. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 2.1.26 (March 15, 2017)
| improved | Start up time has been improved for Channels DVR users. |
| improved | Button to delete all the recordings for a single show is now labled Delete All. |
| fixed | Recording status for items in the Guide would sometimes be inaccurate. |
| fixed | When recording something from the guide, the guide item would not always show the correct recording status. |
| fixed | Record button would not always update itself after starting a recording from the Quick Bar. |
| fixed | HDHomeRun DUALs would sometimes be listed as HDHR3-US on Settings. |
| fixed | Some infrequent crashes. |
Version 2.1.25 (March 7, 2017)
| improved | Video player will not pause while using Siri. |
| fixed | Closed captions were missing on some non-HD cable channels. |
Version 2.1.24 (March 6, 2017)
| fixed | Several rare crashes were squashed in our effort to get to 100% crash-free. |
Version 2.1.21 (March 2, 2017)
| improved | Video player performance. |
| fixed | Rewind and fast-forward were not working. |
Version 2.1.20 (February 28, 2017)
| improved | Scrubbing inside the video player is much more precise. |
| fixed | Scrubbing to end of a recording would exit the video player. |
| fixed | Screen saver would sometimes come on while watching TV. |
Version 2.1.19 (February 27, 2017)
| fixed | Guide tab was crashing on load for some users. |
| fixed | Scrolling through favorites in the video player could cause stuttering. |
Version 2.1.18 (February 26, 2017)
| fixed | Double-click play/pause button to jump to previous channel was not working. |
| fixed | Coming back to the Guide from the video player would not remember focus. |
Version 2.1.17 (February 23, 2017)
| new | Better support while using the Remote app on iOS. Art and metadata for what's currently playing will now show as well. |
| new | Channels now supports an expanded set of media controls so that universal remotes can take advantage of fast forward and skip buttons. |
| fixed | Guide would incorrectly highlight some episodes as scheduled to record. |
| fixed | Scheduling a recording from the Search tab could sometimes record the SD instead HD channel. |
Version 2.1.16 (February 20, 2017)
| improved | Better VoiceOver support for the new Recordings view. |
Version 2.1.15 (February 15, 2017)
| new | New way to browse recordings for DVR users |
Version 2.1.14 (February 9, 2017)
| fixed | Screen saver no longer comes on while paused. |
Version 2.1.13 (January 27, 2017)
| fixed | Some crashes could occur for DVR users on the On Now tab. |
Version 2.1.12 (January 26, 2017)
| new | Recording state is now reflected in On Now for DVR users. |
| improved | App launch times for DVR users regressed a little on the last release. It should be sped up a little again. |
| fixed | IR remotes correctly only skip to markers when inside commercial blocks while watching DVR recordings. |
| fixed | Some UI fixes. |
Version 2.1.11 (January 23, 2017)
| fixed | Guide would not remember focus. |
Version 2.1.10 (January 20, 2017)
| new | Adds Up Next recordings to the Top Shelf for DVR users. |
| improved | Better performance on Guide tab when loading future data from DVR. |
| improved | VoiceOver support on the Recordings tab. |
| fixed | Timeline in video player was not accurate when playing a recent or still in-progress recording. |
| fixed | Channel scan on legacy tuners with ClearQAM would not find some channels. |
| fixed | VoiceOver on the Guide tab would not work consistently. |
Version 2.1.9 (January 18, 2017)
| new | You can now edit currently recording or scheduled recordings. This includes changing their recording padding. |
| improved | Default settings for padding are now reflected when creating Passes and scheduling recordings. |
| fixed | Recording state was sometimes incorrectly reflected in the guide. |
Version 2.1.8 (January 17, 2017)
| improved | An even speedier initial launch for Channels DVR users. |
| fixed | Loader would stay longer than it should have when playing a channel from Top Shelf. |
| fixed | Focused tab could shift when backgrounding and resuming the application. |
| fixed | There was no ability to cancel the modal when being asked if you want to play a program live or from its recording from Channels DVR. |
Version 2.1.7 (January 13, 2017)
| fixed | Initial loading times were very slow for DVR users. |
| fixed | DVR tabs would sometimes disappear. |
| fixed | Legacy tuners had to scan for channels twice before they showed up. |
| fixed | Some international users with legacy tuners were not able to see any channels after a scan. |
Version 2.1.6 (January 11, 2017)
| fixed | DVR recordings playback was having issues in some cases. Playback should work great now. |
Version 2.1.5 (January 10, 2017)
| new | Added support for the Channels DVR Public Beta. |
| new | Latest stable firmware for all tuner models. |
| improved | Legacy tuners can use newer SiliconDust guide data. Re-scan for channels from the Settings tab. |
| fixed | Some stations with OTA signal interference would not tune reliably. |
Version 2.1.3 (November 11, 2016)
| fixed | DVB subtitles were not working. |
| fixed | Guide tab did not display descriptions for Gracenote users. |
Version 2.1.2 (November 9, 2016)
| fixed | Some channels would not appear under the All Channels filter. |
| fixed | Some DVB radio stations would take a long time to start playing. |
Version 2.1.1 (November 4, 2016)
| new | Channels will remember what tab you were last on when re-launching. |
| improved | New visual style when the filter list is focused on the Guide tab. |
| improved | Some minor UI improvements. |
| fixed | Screen would sometimes flash white when playing from Guide. |
| fixed | Some rare video player crashes. |
| fixed | Really long show descriptions would overflow onto the grid. |
| fixed | Top Shelf images for movies on Gracenote were the wrong size. |
| fixed | Added VoiceOver for enabling and disabling tuners. |
| fixed | VoiceOver would not announce when toggling favorite/hidden status for a channel on the Settings tab. |
Version 2.1 (October 19, 2016)
| new | Multiple HDHomeRun tuners can be used at once. |
| new | You are now alerted that you will lose your unwatched buffer before changing channels or exiting back to the guide. |
| improved | Clicking Menu while in the grid will scroll it to the top. |
| fixed | Focus would get stuck on the tab bar for On Now tab if no channels matched filter. |
| fixed | Some cable channels would play Spanish audio by default. |
| fixed | Grid would randomly scroll to the bottom in some cases. |
| fixed | IR remotes could not select items in the Settings tab. |
Version 2.0.1 (October 12, 2016)
| improved | VoiceOver announcements when re-ordering favorites. |
| fixed | Filtering now works for international users with Gracenote EPG. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 2.0 (October 11, 2016)
| new | Grid Guide. |
| new | All new design. |
Version 1.5.9 (October 3, 2016)
| changed | Jump to last channel now uses double-click of the Play/Pause button. |
| changed | App rating is now 12+. |
| improved | Performance fixes to prevent video stutter while watching TV. |
| updated | Latest HDHomerun beta firmware. |
| fixed | Visual glitches on update firmware screen. |
| fixed | Rare bug would prevent some program images from showing. |
| fixed | Rare bug caused a crash when leaving the video player. |
Version 1.5.8 (September 13, 2016)
| new | Dark Mode support on tvOS 10. |
Version 1.5.7 (September 2, 2016)
| improved | Seek performance. |
| fixed | Video player would sometimes lock up while seeking. |
Version 1.5.6 (August 27, 2016)
| fixed | Top Shelf was not working for HDHomeRun PRIME users with lots of channels. |
| fixed | Some channels were missing on the Settings tab. |
Version 1.5.5 (August 12, 2016)
| new | You can now hide channels in addition to favoriting them. |
| fixed | Top Shelf was not working for some users. |
| fixed | Switching channels sometimes did not work for DVB users. |
| fixed | Tuner Not Available errors showing up incorrectly. |
| fixed | Scanning for channels on legacy devices would sometimes return no results. |
| fixed | Rare crashes. |
Version 1.5.4 (August 5, 2016)
| new | Change channels via Channels for iOS. |
| new | Setting to switch between linear and blend deinterlacing modes. |
| improved | Pick between subtitles when multiple languages are present. |
| improved | Menu and double-click are disabled while player is paused. |
Version 1.5.3 (April 27, 2016)
| improved | Updated firmware available for latest-generation HDHomeRuns. |
| fixed | Audio sync issues caused by commercials on some cable providers. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 1.5.2 (March 18, 2016)
| fixed | A rare crash was preventing the app from launching for some users. |
| fixed | Performance issue parsing DVB EPG data in some locales caused video player to stutter. |
Version 1.5.1 (March 16, 2016)
| new | Redesigned placeholders show channel information when guide image is missing. |
| new | DVB channels missing guide data will download EPG from video stream while watching TV. |
| new | Drag left/right to scrub is only enabled while video player is paused. |
| improved | Redesigned muted indicator when using Shake to Mute. |
| improved | Show an error message when no tuners are available. |
| improved | Better streaming performance and reliability for latest-gen HDHomeRuns. |
| improved | Better VoiceOver support on the Settings tab and inside the video player. |
| fixed | Settings tab shows "Add Tuner Manually" button when no devices are found. |
Version 1.5 (February 16, 2016)
| new | Redesigned timeline shows the buffer in relation to the actual time. |
| new | Buffer size increased to 8GB (~90 minutes). |
| new | Stretch to Fit setting makes standard definition video fill the screen. |
| improved | Surround sound is now enabled automatically. No more setting required. |
| improved | Closed captions with international characters are displayed correctly. |
| improved | Automatically picks surround sound audio track if multiple tracks are available. |
| fixed | Legacy dual-input models wouldn't tune if only a single input was being used. |
| fixed | Rare crash when accessing the Language tab. |
| fixed | UK broadcasts using AAC would not play with surround sound. |
| fixed | Surround sound would not work with some audio receivers. |
| fixed | Top Shelf would sometimes not work after rebooting. |
Version 1.4.2 (February 12, 2016)
| new | Enable or disable Shake to Mute on the Settings tab. |
| improved | Shake to mute is less sensitive to avoid accidental muting. |
| improved | Visual and hearing impaired audio tracks in the Language selector are now labeled. |
| improved | Better VoiceOver support on the Settings tab and in the video player. |
| improved | Uses a 24-hour clock in the timeline when appropriate. |
| improved | Error message is shown when a firmware upgrade fails. |
| improved | Channels will try to lock tuners in reverse order to leave first tuner free for other apps. |
| fixed | Some channels would play non-primary audio track by default. |
| fixed | Top Shelf would not update when favorites were changed or re-ordered. |
| fixed | Stations with duplicate channel numbers could not be favorited. |
Version 1.4.1 (February 4th, 2016)
| new | Shake your Siri Remote to mute and unmute. |
| improved | Smoother and more traditional rewind and fast forward. |
| fixed | Timeline could show up repeatedly when auto-resuming after buffer fills up. |
| fixed | Guide images would sometimes fail to appear. |
| fixed | Adding and removing Favorites would sometimes not work correctly. |
Version 1.4.0 (January 29, 2016)
| new | Channels now lets you pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV! |
| new | Info Bar provides a quick Favorites Guide and language options while you're watching TV. |
| new | Favorites Guide tells you what's on your favorite channels and lets you jump right to them. |
| new | Switch between audio tracks while watching a program. |
| new | Enable and disable closed captioning while watching a program. |
| new | HDHomeRun EXTEND owners can now pick a transcoding profile on the Settings tab. |
| new | Channels can detect airplay speakers to keep audio in sync. |
| improved | Previous channel is remembered when leaving the video player. |
| improved | Better video quality and de-interlacing. |
| improved | Video player pauses while using Siri. |
| fixed | Top Shelf sometimes did not actually display what is currently on. |
Version 1.3.1 (January 4, 2016)
| fixed | Video overlay would sometimes jump back to the current channel while browsing. |
| fixed | The top shelf on the Apple TV home screen would not show favorite channels. |
| fixed | Exiting the app while watching TV with surround sound enabled would cause static on some audio receivers. |
Version 1.3 (December 11, 2015)
| new | New icon! |
| new | Support for 5.1 surround sound w/ S/PDIF compatible receivers. |
| new | Show channel numbers when logos are missing. |
| new | Video overlay is shown automatically when a new program starts. |
| improved | Video overlay disappears quicker after changing channels. |
| fixed | Channel scan would sometimes fail to find some channels. |
Version 1.2.1 (December 7, 2015)
| new | Set up your new HDHomeRun directly from Channels. |
| new | Channels will help you upgrade your HDHomeRun to the latest firmware. |
| improved | Double-click to jump to the last channel is more responsive. |
| improved | Better guide matching for DVB channels. |
| improved | Even better support for televisions with overscan. |
| fixed | Manually added tuners were not working. |
| fixed | Channel scan would sometimes find zero channels. |
Version 1.2 (December 3, 2015)
| new | Click to switch channels. Swiping left/right in the video player will no longer change channels automatically. |
| new | Double-click to jump back to the previous channel. |
| new | Per-device favorites. Each Apple TV gets its own list of favorites. Now you can easily favorite ESPN in the living room and Disney XD in the kids room. |
| new | Channels on the favorites tab can be re-ordered. Click and hold a channel to move it to the desired location, just like your Apple TV home screen. |
| improved | Better video quality and de-interlacing. |
| improved | The guide data, images, and channel logos in North America, UK, and Australia have improved. |
| improved | Better support for the EXTEND model. |
| fixed | A terrible bug caused the app to freeze after exiting live TV. |
| fixed | Overscan on some TVs caused the now playing bar to appear off-screen. |
Version 1.1 (November 12, 2015)
| new | Support for all legacy tuners. |
| new | Swipe left/right while watching TV to flip channels. |
| new | Overlay when watching tv shows you what's on next. |
| improved | Improved video quality and playback. |
| fixed | OTA channels now show guide data (you may need to re-select your provider) |
Version 1.0 (November 5, 2015)
| new | The app! |
Version 5.7.5 (October 4, 2023)
| improved | ATSC3 tuning speed |
| fixed | On Now would sometimes show the wrong logos |
| fixed | Sports Seek Timeline setting was not toggling correctly |
Version 5.7.4 (September 30, 2023)
| improved | Compatibility with iOS/tvOS 17 |
| improved | Better support for Siri Shortcuts |
| fixed | Some AVI videos would not play |
Version 5.7.3 (September 19, 2023)
| fixed | Episodes would not open in Callsheet correctly |
| fixed | Sort type was breaking for some collections when adding/removing items |
Version 5.7.1 (September 15, 2023)
| fixed | A random crasher in News & Sports section settings |
Version 5.7.0 (September 14, 2023)
| new | Added a dedicated Sports Section. Turn on in Settings > Library. |
| new | Added a dedicated News Section. Turn on in Settings > Library. |
| new | Updated pass editor that also supports manually entering a channel number |
| new | Optionally set the commercial skip style on a show by show basis. Use the setting for the show under Show Options. |
| new | Optionally automatically show captions for shows. Use the setting for the show under Show Options. |
| improved | All movies, TV shows, and Episodes are now eligible for opening in Callsheet now no matter which indexer was used. |
| improved | A focused PIP button no longer keeps the timeline showing forever |
| improved | ATSC 3 audio fixes |
| improved | Speed up persistence of DVB EPG data to prevent UI hangs |
| improved | Better notifications and errors when remote streaming encounters a lot of timeouts (often due to trying to stream Original quality over Cellular) |
| improved | Handling when experiencing signal issues when watching at home |
| fixed | iPhone lock screen remote will now disable the scrubber when watching Live TV |
| fixed | Various bug fixes |
| fixed | Explore Show buttons were missing their icon |
| fixed | Spoiler Free mode was being disabled if Allow Recording was set server side |
| fixed | Rare issue where seeking forward would jump back a large amount due to issues in encoders |
| fixed | Unusual crash when a guide filter returns no channels |
| fixed | Unusual crash that can happen when parsing DVB guide data |
| fixed | Memory leak related to DVB EPG |
| fixed | Audio track selection for ATSC3 channels was sometimes wrong |
Version 5.6.7 (August 9, 2023)
| fixed | Crash that could happen during discovery |
| fixed | Audio issues that could happen with ATSC3 broadcasts |
Version 5.6.6 (August 8, 2023)
| improved | Playback Speed is now available for Live TV and in-progress recordings |
| improved | Remote DVR is able to be used on a network with another Channels DVR Server running on it |
| improved | Improvements to ATSC3 audio handling |
| improved | Speed ups for ATSC3 tuning |
| improved | Reduce stuttering that could happen during playback |
| improved | Reduced network traffic for initial connection to DVR for faster startup times |
| improved | The last connected bonjour discovered host will be forgotten when clearing a manually selected DVR entry |
| improved | Internal diagnostics |
| fixed | Movies were not showing in Recordings |
| fixed | Watch button was being initially focused on the Shows view rather than the first recording |
| fixed | Duration was incorrect when viewing a recording in the Trash |
| fixed | Label filtering was not working |
| fixed | Some channels would not show under Manage Sources after being hidden |
| fixed | Some channels could not be unhidden after hiding them in Manage Sources |
| fixed | Schedule view could crash if there were multiple jobs with the same Airing attached. |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when hitting play |
| fixed | When beta Tailscale integration is enabled, discovery will wait for Tailscale to connect before attempting to connect to the DVR |
| fixed | Connections made over beta Tailscale integration could have trouble reconnecting after the app was in the background |
| fixed | DVR updates were not being received when connecting over beta Tailscale integration |
| fixed | Reconnection to DVRs connected via beta Tailscale integration is now reliable |
Version 5.6.5 (June 14, 2023)
| new | YouTube URLs are now supported for Trailer URLs for movies |
| improved | Better support for .strm imports with missing metadata |
| improved | Updated image loading and caching backend |
| improved | Movie posters are now fully visible in On Now |
| improved | TV shows with non-standard art sizes are now displayed better |
| improved | Switching between multiple At Home DVR servers is now simpler |
| improved | Major changes to all views that list items vertically |
| improved | Movies, TV Shows, and Collections without art now have a titled placeholder instead of the logo placeholder |
| improved | Trailer buttons are now available on mobile |
| improved | Fix UI hitches that can happen when remote streaming Live TV with a large buffer |
| fixed | Movie extras and trailers were not playing back remotely appropriately |
| fixed | Away From Home would sometimes connect to the last used manual or locally discovered DVR instead of the correct remote DVR |
| fixed | Guide was using AM/PM when 24 hour time was used |
Version 5.6.3 (May 19, 2023)
| new | Support for stream links for live Custom Channels |
| improved | Performance with large numbers of recordings |
| improved | UI performance of viewing guide |
| improved | Error messages when tuning fails and live TV streams disconnect |
| fixed | Server Side Sources and Inherit Source Priority settings were not working reliably |
Version 5.6.2 (April 22, 2023)
| improved | Performance improvements for large libraries |
| improved | UI performance when using HLS |
| improved | Performance optimizations for non-DVR uses |
| improved | Performance of guide viewing |
| improved | Performance improvements when connecting to a remote DVR |
| fixed | Server side source ordering was not working properly |
| fixed | New recordings would not always be shown in the show listing when coming back from the background |
| fixed | Momentary display of incorrect error message when searching |
| fixed | ATSC3 slow tuning issues |
| fixed | PIP window gets bumped up on video player due to timeline |
| fixed | Unusual crashes |
Version 5.6.1 (March 14, 2023)
| fixed | Seeking could cause playback to restart with certain recordings when Home Streaming is enabled |
| improved | Small performance improvement |
Version 5.6.0 (March 5, 2023)
| new | Downloading now works over cellular data. Use Settings to enable it. |
| new | Downloads can now optionally use lower qualities to save space. Use Settings to adjust it. |
| new | Optionally force video delivery to use Streaming (HLS) or Direct (default) when using original quality |
| new | Spoiler Free mode: Hide episode images while browsing so that they do not spoil anything |
| improved | Performance of UI with large libraries |
| improved | UI performance across the app, including when downloads are downloading |
| improved | Error message when HDHR disconnects due to signal issues |
| fixed | Downloaded watched items would not start from the beginning when played again while device was offline |
| fixed | Virtual channels could start at the wrong place if episode/movie had been previously partially watched |
| fixed | Don't display an error when specifying a URL with a trailing slash At Home |
| fixed | Laggy issues when using HDHR guide data |
| fixed | Guide view would sometimes have missing show blocks in the middle |
Version 5.5.11 (January 19, 2023)
| improved | PIP on iOS now properly pauses and unpauses when other system video playback interrupts it |
| improved | Seeking behavior with wireless speakers when using default audio driver |
| improved | Error message when remote stream fails |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when watching OTA with reception issues |
| fixed | Original quality playback will now work over cellular for DVRs without a transcoder available |
| fixed | Subtitles were not playing for some mp4 imports using mov_text |
| fixed | Crash when enabling View Stats during stream load |
| fixed | Guide would sometimes not load properly when re-opening app |
Version 5.5.10 (December 11, 2022)
| improved | Update the recording progress when viewing a list of episodes |
| fixed | Crasher when deleting recordings |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when finishing watching video while using Experimental audio driver |
| fixed | Crash that can happen with corrupted video |
| updated | Internal dependencies |
Version 5.5.9 (November 28, 2022)
| new | Setting to disable recording features |
| improved | Major US Sport Leagues will now group their recordings by day |
| improved | Better utilization of bandwidth while streaming can lead to better quality |
| improved | Audio that was interrupted by another app while watching in PIP will be restored when leaving PIP or pressing play |
| improved | Better cache handling of streaming large files over HLS |
| fixed | Some icons were not showing up in some views |
| fixed | Long delay that could happen after exiting from Live TV depending on the size of the buffer |
| fixed | Unusual crash that can happen when watching Virtual Channels |
| fixed | Remote viewing crash that could happen when watching some imported content |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when managing passes |
| fixed | Crash that could happen after running Test Surround Sound |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when viewing streaming settings |
Version 5.5.8 (November 12, 2022)
| new | Support added for custom thumbnails on Recordings and Videos |
| improved | Responsiveness of scrolling to the future on the guide by reducing memory usage |
| improved | When a DVR has limited available sources for a client, the client will still be able to use local HDHomeRun devices that arenât registered to the DVR |
| fixed | Switching filters on the guide could sometimes not update guide data |
| fixed | Crash that could happen when deleting recordings |
| fixed | Sometimes the show description in the guide view would display the wrong show when scrolling quickly |
| fixed | Top Shelfâs Up Next wasnât respecting label block/allow lists |
| fixed | Various infrequent crashes |
Version 5.5.7 (October 28, 2022)
| fixed | Some TV shows set to Watch Newest First were not displaying all of their recordings. |
Version 5.5.6 (October 25, 2022)
| new | App now requires a minimum of iOS 15 |
| new | Channels for iPhone/iPad will automatically go into PIP mode when task switching while watching a video |
| new | Support for Server Side Setting of Source availability |
| new | Support for keywords for Automatic Channels in Channel Collections |
| improved | Playback over unstable connections like Starlink |
| improved | Handling of downloading in-progress recordings |
| improved | Experimental audio driver workarounds to reduce HomePod playback glitches |
| improved | iPad app on Apple Silicon Mac |
| fixed | Player controls were not working when using an external screen |
| fixed | Remote streaming of Live TV could prematurely end with error when switching bitrates |
| fixed | Seeking would hang when watching MKV recordings at Original quality while remote |
| fixed | After using PIP, the Now Playing in Control Center would stop working |
| fixed | Channels managing was missing from iOS channel context menu (Add to Favorites, Hide Channel) |
| fixed | Crash when deleting recordings |
| fixed | Prevent display of confusing "context canceled" error message |
Version 5.5.5 (October 1, 2022)
| improved | DVR app has permissions to read device name again |
| improved | Performance and responsiveness |
| fixed | Empty Match Content settings removed |
Version 5.5.4 (September 29, 2022)
| fixed | Connecting to DVR servers using their Tailscale IPs was not working in some cases |
| fixed | Re-selecting virtual channel was not popping out of PIP mode |
| fixed | Player will switch to Linear deinterlacing automatically when entering PIP to avoid broken playback on interlaced channels |
| fixed | Starting stream while away from home could lag for several seconds while previous caches were being deleted |
| fixed | Several crashes |
Version 5.5.3 (September 17, 2022)
| improved | Support for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max |
| improved | Better handling of timeline while in audio only mode |
| improved | Better handling of Start From Beginning button |
| fixed | Search was broken when editing your query |
Version 5.5.2 (September 16, 2022)
| fixed | Some channels were causing framedrops |
Version 5.5.0 (September 14, 2022)
| new | New options to define what happens when you tune into a Virtual Channel: Start Live, Start From Beginning, Ask, or the new inline Start From Beginning -utton |
| new | New resume option for resuming recordings: In Player Prompt - This will auto resume your recording, with a button then offering you the ability to start from the beginning. |
| new | Settings added to decide if the Timeline should show when seeking. Set it specifically for Movies, Sports, and everything else. |
| new | Future Virtual Channel airings on the Guide now offer a Watch button which tunes into the channel starting at that point. |
| new | Rename what the client is displayed as. Edit the name in the app or in your Channels DVR Server web admin. Settings > General > Display Name |
| new | Added Recently Watched to the All TV Shows view |
| new | Watch > Random - Channels will choose a random episode of a show and play continuously in order |
| new | Refresh Metadata option available for recordings/movies in context menu |
| new | Hide or allow specific movies or TV shows by labels from the server |
| new | Hardware is now the default mode under Settings > Playback > Advanced > Deinterlacing Mode |
| new | The experimental video driver is now the default. The previous default has been renamed to Legacy. |
| improved | Virtual Channel will advance to next episode when fast-forwarding past the end of the current airing |
| improved | The Quick Guide will match the currently playing airing when the channel has been timeshifted |
| improved | When switching playback speed, the current setting is focused by default and checked |
| improved | Virtual channels will not cause the timeline to appear when switching to next airing |
| improved | Pressing play when playback has failed while watching Live TV causes the connection to be re-established |
| improved | Player controls no longer appear when seeking with the keyboard on an iPad |
| improved | API for channel up/down will now page up/down on the guide, to allow custom API based remote controls to function the same way as bluetooth and IR remotes |
| improved | WMV/WMA audio/video codecs |
| fixed | Duration was not showing for Movies |
| fixed | On Later would not render correctly randomly |
| fixed | Videos were showing in the Enhanced Browsing TV section under Recently Watched and Recently Aired |
| fixed | In-progress recordings were able to be played faster than 1x |
| fixed | Scrubbing towards end of episode would be interrupted by Watch Next button |
| fixed | Player controls could not be immediately dismissed after seeking |
| fixed | Screensaver would never appear after player errored out |
| fixed | Movie details could sometimes be incorrect |
| fixed | When watching a virtual channel, the Quick Guide and timeline had the wrong information about when the next airing would start |
| fixed | DVR library would fail to load if invalid strm files were present |
| fixed | Imported .strm playback was not showing duration in player timeline |
Version 5.4.2 (August 5, 2022)
| new | View MPAA and TV ratings, and browse movies by rating in Enhanced Libary mode |
| new | Added settings for matching content when playing trailers, Movie Virtual Channels, and TV Virtual Channels |
| new | Jump to the previous recording from a Recording's context menu |
| new | Option to play back channels and recordings as Audio Only. Use the context menus for content to use the Audio Only feature. |
| new | Menu item in Downloads to manage and explore downloaded shows |
| improved | Timeline works better with video Extras like trailers |
| improved | Error messages when remote streaming fails |
| improved | Adaptive Bitrate algorithm for Remote Streaming has been updated for less buffering and higher quality |
| improved | Remote streaming reliability when pausing for a long time or disk space is low |
| improved | Support for Opus audio |
| fixed | Last image from previously playback session is no longer showed when starting playback |
| fixed | Seeking multiple times when watching remotely would sometimes jump backward |
Version 5.4.1 (May 1, 2022)
| improved | Remote streaming over congested networks |
| fixed | Use optimal connection type when VPN is enabled over Cellular |
| fixed | Watching Live TV remotely could fail with an error after watching for over an hour on an unstable network connection |
| fixed | Flash of red sometimes shown when switching sections |
Version 5.4.0 (April 12, 2022)
| new | Download your movies and TV shows directly to your device and watch offline |
| improved | compatibility with ATSC 3 |
| improved | Remote streaming behavior with an unstable connection |
| fixed | Remote playback would not use adaptive bitrate for Live TV on first playback after app launch |
| fixed | Memory leak causing app to crash during playback |
| fixed | Infrequent crash when leaving app when subtitles are on |
| fixed | Other random crashers |
Version 5.3.1 (April 1, 2022)
| improved | Major stability improvements |
Version 5.3.0 (March 23, 2022)
| new | Import home movies, concerts, or other video types right next to your Movies and TV Shows with the new Videos section |
| new | Set a TV Show's Playback Speed to watch it at that speed every time |
| new | Mark episodes as favorites |
| improved | Search now uses the modern server side search for library results |
| improved | Search now presents episode results from your library |
| improved | Use - instead of . when entering OTA channel numbers with sofabaton remote |
| improved | Improved presentation of Custom Channels |
| fixed | Last channel watched was not being focused in Guide |
| fixed | Arrow keys were not working for seeking in iOS |
| fixed | On Later for a channel would randomly appear empty on iOS |
| fixed | Tapping virtual channel logo on the guide was showing - On Later view |
| fixed | Force touch channel logo on the guide was not showing context menu |
| fixed | Player stall on some PRIME cable - recordings when skipping commercials |
Version 5.2.4 (February 17th, 2022)
| new | Add Library Collections to the sidebar |
| improved | Show error message on screen when a recording fails to play |
| improved | Guide data from some XMLTV sources would incorrectly show today's date on every program |
| fixed | On Later on iPhone would sometimes appear empty |
| fixed | Force touch context menu was not working on channel logos in the Guide |
| fixed | Playback stall issue after commercial skip when using Experimental audio driver |
| fixed | Recordings view on iPhone would show Live/New next to every single recording |
| fixed | Some rare crashes in the app |
Version 5.2.3 (February 8th, 2022)
| new | Browse the Winter Olympics in On Later |
| improved | Diagnostics |
| fixed | Player stall going into commercials on some cable (HDHomeRun PRIME) feeds |
Version 5.2.2 (February 1st, 2022)
| fixed | Auto Play was not automatically playing the next episode correctly. |
Version 5.2.1 (January 14th, 2022)
| new | Support for new Channel Collections rules to bring in channels automatically to your Channel Collections |
| new | Images can be tapped to zoom them |
| new | Setting to turn off "Watch from your library?" prompt |
| new | Setting for Auto Play. You can now hide the card that shows at the end of the episode if you have Auto Play turned off. |
| new | Settings to disable buffer protection and to set the duration before you are warned |
| improved | Improved HDR support |
| improved | Remote streaming improvements |
| improved | Stats display now shows HDHomeRun connection info |
| improved | Better animations when rotating device |
| fixed | Guide data was not updating in some scenarios |
| fixed | Playback issues related to certain UK freeview transmitters |
| fixed | PIP now available for all video drivers |
Version 5.1.1 (November 30th, 2021)
| new | Support for Spatial Audio with AirPods in the Experimental audio driver |
| improved | Better audio sync and responsiveness with AirPlay speakers |
| improved | Video stuttering and frame drop issues in the Experimental video driver. 4K 60fps recordings are now fully supported |
| improved | Closed caption rendering performance |
| fixed | Audio would blip when coming back from the Control Center |
| fixed | Playback was not pausing when a phone call came in on iOS |
| fixed | Battery drain issues on iOS |
| fixed | Various rare crashes to improve overall stability |
Version 5.1.0 (November 2nd, 2021)
| new | Airings show progress bars in On Now, Guide, and Quick Guide to see - how much time is left in the show |
| new | Added setting to show the channel logo when watching a Virtual - Channel |
| improved | Playhead movement when seeking is more consistent |
| improved | Stats for video player updated to include tuner stats |
| improved | Minor formatting improvements to player stats |
| improved | Connecting to the DVR over VPN on cellular is now treated as - Cellular Streaming instead of Home Streaming when selecting bitrates for - playback |
| fixed | Screen would go to sleep or bring up the screen saver while - watching video |
| fixed | Watch button was missing for Virtual Channels |
| fixed | Resolved rare crashes when watching TVE sources |
| fixed | Show Section on Other Device Siri action was allowing you to - leave the section blank |
| fixed | Some sources were hidden in rare cases |
Version
| 5.0.1 | October 26th, 2021 |
| new | Local Content - Import your own movies, TV shows, and recordings from previous DVRs. |
| new | Library Collections - Curate your own groups of movies or TV shows with Library Collections. |
| new | Virtual Channels - Turn content from your own library into your own personal live TV channels. |
| new | On Later - Find things to record by browsing upcoming shows, movies, and sports with a simple interface. |
| new | Siri Shortcuts - Shortcut actions that let you build powerful Siri Shortcuts. |
| new | Redesigned search |
| new | Off option for Resume Playback. This option will always start recordings from the beginning. |
| new | Holding the watch button for a movie or episode will reveal alternative versions to play if you have duplicates in your library |
| new | New menu when holding a channel logo in the Guide on iOS - Watch, Play To, Add to Favorites, Hide Channel |
| improved | Forced subtitle tracks are automatically chosen and displayed |
| improved | Video and audio quality info are now shown when watching live TV: IE, HD, Dolby Digital, Stereo, etc |
| improved | Options button on iOS player now uses a modern menu rather than an Action Sheet |
| improved | Additional HLS stats on player stats view |
| improved | Added max cache size to player stats view |
| improved | Verify Commercials title in menus on iOS will be Reverify Commercials if they have already been verified |
| fixed | Sleep timer selection was not being respected |
| fixed | Picking subtitle tracks was not working |
| fixed | A ton of bug and ui fixes |
Version 4.5.11 (September 22nd, 2021)
| fixed | Resolves some recently new random crashes |
Version 4.5.10 (September 15th, 2021)
| improved | Optimized HLS seeking and caching |
Version 4.5.9 (September 9th, 2021)
| improved | Holding the Watch button on will prompt with a list if your library contains multiple versions of the content |
| improved | Adaptive bitrate improvements for better remote streaming with high packet loss |
| improved | Additional HLS stats on player stats view |
Version 4.5.8 (July 22nd, 2021)
| new | Set playback speed in the player |
| improved | Better recovery from decoding failures on some encoded imported movies |
| improved | Remote streaming disk cache is cleaned up more quickly when returning home |
| fixed | Issues when pausing live TV for a long time |
| fixed | Watch from Library dialog would show up sometimes when trying to watch a recording |
| fixed | Rare crashes |
Version 4.5.7 (June 24th, 2021)
| improved | Experimental video driver improvements reducing some random judder |
| fixed | Play To was not working with Android TV for some channels |
| fixed | Experimental deinterlacer was crashing immediately on some older iPhone/iPad devices |
Version 4.5.4 (May 20th, 2021)
| improved | Live TV streaming backend |
| fixed | Closed captions were garbled on some channels |
| fixed | Season/episode information was not appearing in DVR Schedule |
Version 4.5.3 (May 4th, 2021)
| fixed | Player could turn green and stop working with Experimental deinterlacing enabled |
| fixed | Channel surfing was leaving video streams open in some cases |
| fixed | Recordings could be deleted in some cases even with Allow Deletes turned off |
| fixed | Closed captions were not working on some channels |
Version 4.5.2 (April 28th, 2021)
| fixed | Small bugs |
Version 4.5.1 (April 16th, 2021)
| fixed | Wrong audio track was playing in some OTA regions |
| fixed | Rare crashes |
Version 4.5.0 (March 30th, 2021)
| new | Channel Collections: Curate your own custom sets of channels and replace the old filters in On Now and Guide. Easily manage them for each device via Channels DVR Server. |
| new | Server Side Settings: Adjust the settings for all of your devices in one place via Channels DVR Server. |
| new | Kids Only Mode: Set Channels to only show content you have approved for kids using library visibility. |
| new | Hide Guide Filters: Optionally hide the channel filters found in On Now and Guide. |
| new | Setting to hide On Now and Guide filters. |
| new | Setting to set Quick Guide to a custom collection or the current collection. |
| new | Setting to hide All and Favorites filters. |
| fixed | All TV Shows filter was not being set correctly when revisiting it. |
Version 4.4.5 (March 18th, 2021)
| fixed | Resolved some issues when first launching the app |
Version 4.4.4 (March 18th, 2021)
| fixed | Memory leak and slowdowns after using experimental video driver to watch multiple channels or recordings |
| fixed | Various bug fixes |
Version 4.4.3 (March 9th, 2021)
| improved | Airplay2 improvements in Experimental audio driver |
| improved | ATSC3 recording playback |
| fixed | Guide art was making the app run a bit slow |
Version 4.4.2 (February 22nd, 2021)
| new | Setting to control how duplicate channels are stacked in the guide |
| improved | Added Recently Updated to the TV Shows section |
| improved | Audio driver support for AirPlay2 |
| improved | Failed recordings appear in the Schedule for a few days |
| fixed | Sorting was incorrect in All Shows |
| fixed | Scheduling duplicate recordings manually from the guide works more reliably |
Version 4.4.1 (February 3rd, 2021)
| new | Stream Links - Add content from streaming services to your Channels library |
| new | Added ability to mark and episode and all previous episodes as watched with a single action |
| new | Recently Added Shows row added to the TV Shows enhanced view |
| improved | Clicking on the current channel or recording while PIP is open will return PIP to full screen |
Version 4.4.0 (January 22, 2021)
| new | Picture in Picture support. |
| new | Custom Channels - Create your own channels using streaming sources. |
| improved | Better image handling when device is offline |
| fixed | Done button would be broken on some iPhone models. |
Version 4.3.3 (December 28th, 2020)
| improved | Support for ATSC3 broadcasts |
| fixed | Display issue in the Video Player on iPhone 12 |
Version 4.3.2 (December 8th, 2020)
| improved | Improved support for alternate audio codecs |
| improved | UI polishes |
| fixed | Random crashes when rewinding or fast-forwarding in the video player |
Version 4.3.1 (November 20th, 2020)
| improved | Various UI polishings to help support the new Custom Channels feature |
| improved | Mute now works from iOS 14 Control Center remote |
| improved | Support for ATSC3 broadcasts with multiple audio tracks |
| improved | Various bug fixes |
Version 4.3.0 (October 30th, 2020)
| new | Choose a section for the app to start on every time it is launched or resumed. |
| new | Choose a favorite channel to start playing every time it is launched or resumed. |
| new | Optionally choose to browse your imported movies by folder in enhanced mode. |
| improved | Better support for ATSC3 broadcasts |
| improved | Video player performance when streaming remotely |
| improved | Recordings button can be found on Library tab to help get there faster. |
| fixed | Seeking would sometimes not work while watching an in progress recording |
| fixed | Badges were some times missing their icons |
Version 4.2.0 (October 13th, 2020)
| new | Set a sleep timer from the video player on tvOS and iOS |
| new | Temporarily disable Auto Play for the current view session on tvOS and iOS |
| new | STATS FOR NERDS! - view details of your video files and video playback on tvOS and iOS |
| improved | Dolby Digital audio tracks are preferred over other tracks when an audio track is automatically chosen during playback |
| fixed | Video player would sometimes mysteriously dismiss on iOS |
| fixed | Search would sometimes mysteriously reset on iOS |
Version 4.1.3 (October 7th, 2020)
| improved | Scheduled Recordings section updates reliably when accessed from the Sidebar |
| improved | Seeking incredibly improved on large imported MKV files |
| fixed | Black screen with experimental video driver after video player is interrupted by sleep or airplay |
| fixed | Seeking backwards would sometimes not work on large imported MKV files |
| fixed | Seeking forward would not work while watching an in progress recording |
Version 4.1.2 (October 3rd, 2020)
| fixed | Seek change from last update was not working in some instances. |
Version 4.1.1 (September 29th, 2020)
| new | Optionally chose to have content automatically resume or be prompted with the choice. |
| improved | Seeking to the end of a recording will stop you at the Next Up prompt to help Auto Play. |
| fixed | Play To would not always prompt for where you wanted to watch from iOS |
| fixed | Launching with HDHomeRun tuners reporting 0 channels would get the UI stuck |
Version 4.1.0 (September 16th, 2020)
| new | Show Options allows you to exclude a show from Up Next, set the watch order to newest first, and skip commercial indexing |
| new | Auto Play options let you ignore watched episodes during automatic playback |
| improved | Auto Play now respects your showâs Watch Order preference |
| improved | Various bug fixes |
Version 4.0.4 (August 25th, 2020)
| fixed | Some Library views would not render or sort correctly |
| fixed | Some types of imported movies would not play any video |
Version 4.0.3 (August 13th, 2020)
| new | Setting to move Schedule to the main navigation |
| improved | Alphabetical sorting of Movies and TV Shows now ignores prefixed articles |
| improved | Remote Shortcut for Live TV can also be used as Previous Channel |
| improved | Added 'm' keyboard shortcut to toggle mute |
| improved | Added 'c' keyboard shortcut to toggle captions |
| fixed | New HDHomeRun with no channels would not be detected by the app on first install |
| fixed | Incorrect audio language was being selected on some international channels |
| fixed | TV Shows filters were not being remembered |
| fixed | Bluetooth keyboard navigation was not working on Recordings tab |
Version 4.0.2 (August 6th, 2020)
| fixed | Crash on iOS trying to use app shortcuts |
| fixed | Subtitles on some imported movies were not appearing |
| fixed | Closed captions could fail to turn on for some channels |
| fixed | Incorrect audio track could be selected on some channels |
Version 4.0.1 (August 3th, 2020)
| improved | Alphabetical sort ignores The/A prefixes |
| fixed | Up Next would fail to refresh sometimes |
| fixed | Filter option in Movies and TV Shows was not being remembered |
Version 4.0.0 (July 20th, 2020)
| new | Expanded browsing library experience for larger libraries |
| new | Kids section lets you put kid movies and shows in their own section |
| new | View recordings as a list in the order they were recorded |
| new | Auto Play next episodes |
| new | Shuffle playback to play random episodes in a row for your show |
| new | Playback now prompts if you want to resume or not |
| new | Manage the Trash right from Channels |
| new | Mark your shows and movies as favorites |
| new | Kiosk mode lets you hide Settings section |
| new | Commercial editor lets you adjust the commercial indexes of all your recordings |
| new | Swipe controls and Context Menus have been added all over |
| new | Tons of other new options to make Channels a little more customizable |
Version 3.2.45 (June 25, 2020)
| fixed | Guide would not load future items for DVR users. |
Version 3.2.44 (June 17, 2020)
| improved | Expanded guide data for non-DVR users |
| fixed | Connecting to HDHomeRun over VPN was not working on cellular connections |
| fixed | Compatibility with upcoming audio descriptions broadcasts in Australia |
Version 3.2.43 (May 15, 2020)
| improved | Descriptions f or closed caption and audio tracks |
| fixed | Slow memory leak |
| fixed | Occasional crash |
Version 3.2.42 (May 6, 2020)
| improved | Diagnostics reporting for support requests |
| fixed | App could crash after streaming remotely for some time |
| fixed | Crash when trying to delete Series Pass on an iPad |
Version 3.2.41 (April 29, 2020)
| fixed | Various bugs. |
Version 3.2.40 (April 21, 2020)
| fixed | Crash due to memory exhaustion |
| fixed | Crash when parsing invalid EPG data |
Version 3.2.39 (April 19, 2020)
| improved | Crash reporting |
Version 3.2.38 (April 18, 2020)
| fixed | Occasional crash when submitting diagnostic logs |
| fixed | Crash when entering nothing when manually adding a HDHomerun |
Version 3.2.37 (April 17, 2020)
| fixed | Crashes in the video player in some regions |
Version 3.2.36 (April 16, 2020)
| improved | Diagnostic submissions |
| improved | Specifying a hostname for a DVR or HDHR will now work as expected |
| fixed | Auto-play would occasionally not keep playing |
Version 3.2.35 (January 15, 2020)
| improved | Small performance improvement in remote streaming |
| improved | Better image caching behavior for faster loading |
| fixed | Program details would sometimes not appear in the guide. |
| fixed | Transcoded Live TV sessions continued for 30 seconds beyond when they should have ended |
| fixed | App would fail to stream if HDHR IP address changed. |
| fixed | Occasional crashes while watching video |
| fixed | Video player errors would sometimes not appear |
| fixed | Rare hang while playing remote video |
| fixed | Some other rare crashes |
Version 3.2.34 (December 9, 2019)
| fixed | Various bug fixes |
Version 3.2.33 (December 3, 2019)
| fixed | Top Shelf not loading if not using a DVR |
| fixed | HDHomeRun devices not properly found on app start if not using a DVR |
| fixed | Seeking while watching Live TV remotely via the DVR could seek to wrong location |
Version 3.2.32 (November 29, 2019)
| improved | Update channel lineups on every app launch |
| fixed | Crash while starting to watch Live TV via DVR if the DVR hostname cannot be resolved |
| fixed | Properly detect legacy HDHomeRun devices when connected to a DVR |
| fixed | Automatic Commercial Skipping sometimes would not activate for the first commercial |
Version 3.2.31 (October 30, 2019)
| fixed | Add Source button would sometimes be missing. |
Version 3.2.30 (October 29, 2019)
| fixed | [DVR] Recordings and schedule were not loading correctly in previous release. |
Version 3.2.29 (October 29, 2019)
| new | [DVR] Release Date added as a sort option for movies and shows. |
| new | Added the ability to turn off analytics. |
| fixed | Mute badge would not dissapear after unmuting. |
Version 3.2.28 (October 8, 2019)
| improved | Updated video player libraries with latest bug fixes and performance improvements. |
| fixed | Remote streaming would take a long time to start on iPhone 11. |
| fixed | Some shows would not sort episodes correctly. |
| fixed | Crash when Experimental Audio Driver is enabled. |
Version 3.2.27 (September 24, 2019)
| new | [DVR] Adaptive streaming adjusts quality based on internet speeds |
| fixed | Warning icons would sometimes show on airing modals |
| fixed | Various bug fixes |
Version 3.2.26 (August 17, 2019)
| new | Setting to sort guide channel order. |
| new | Keyboard control in the video player. |
| new | [DVR] Episodes delayed or interrupted while recording are marked. |
| new | [DVR] Lock recordings to prevent auto-delete. |
| new | [DVR] Failed jobs will be marked on the Schedule. |
| fixed | [DVR] Recording could get stuck with spinner in timeline during playback. |
Version 3.2.25 (July 26, 2019)
| improved | Experimental support for AirPlay2 speakers. |
| fixed | Remote streaming seek performance at Original quality. |
| fixed | Player could get stuck with a spinner when playing some recordings. |
Version 3.2.24 (July 12, 2019)
| new | Stable HDHR firmware. |
| fixed | Timeline could become glitchy after buffering live tv for many hours. |
| fixed | Some channels would tune very slowly in Australia. |
| fixed | [DVR] Some recordings would fail to play remotely. |
Version 2.2.23 (June 20, 2019)
| improved | Choose between these commercial skipping styles: Automatic, Skip Button, or Manual |
Version 2.2.22 (June 11, 2019)
| new | Automatic commercial skipping |
| new | Commercial skip button |
| fixed | Channel scan wasn't working for some beta HDHomeRun firmwares |
Version 2.2.21 (May 29, 2019)
| fixed | Crash during app exit |
| fixed | Crash when displaying HDHomeRun error |
| fixed | Crash while viewing the Guide |
| fixed | Crash while exiting the video player |
Version 2.2.20 (May 25, 2019)
| fixed | Crash for users of European broadcast TV |
| fixed | Crash while viewing guide |
| fixed | Crash after playing |
| fixed | Crash during device discovery |
| fixed | Crash while reconnecting to DVR |
Version 2.2.19 (May 23, 2019)
| fixed | Rare crashes |
Version 2.2.18 (May 18, 2019)
| fixed | Various bug and rare crashes. |
Version 2.2.17 (May 14, 2019)
| improved | Significant improvements with Channels DVR Server discoverability |
| fixed | Guide data could be missing while accessing remotely |
| fixed | Timeline could jump around when scrubbing recordings. |
| fixed | Video player could fail to quit when recordings ended. |
Version 2.2.16 (May 11, 2019)
| fixed | Guide data could be missing after leaving the app and returning. |
Version 2.2.15 (May 7, 2019)
| new | HDHomeRun Premium channel support removed |
| improved | Show summary is spoken via VoiceOver in the guide |
| fixed | Playback would freeze while playing back recordings in the UK. |
| fixed | Player sometimes would not exit after recording finished playing. |
| fixed | Legacy HDHomeRun devices could get stuck at black screen when changing channels |
| fixed | Mute persists after changing channels |
Version 2.2.14 (April 23, 2019)
| improved | [DVR] Improved remote playback on slow/laggy WiFi networks |
| improved | [DVR] Increased buffering for remote playback |
| improved | Added latest HDHomeRun firmware updates |
| fixed | HDHomeRun tuners would sometimes fail to be discovered |
Version 2.2.13 (March 23, 2019)
| improved | [DVR] Double-click to skip commercial will seek to the end of the commercial more accurately. |
| fixed | Some channels in Finland would not play correctly. |
| fixed | Some channels in Finland and Italy would play english audio instead of native language. |
| fixed | [DVR] Search would not work when using quotes. |
Version 2.2.12 (January 25th, 2019)
| new | Customize the channels shown in the in-player Quick Guide |
| improved | Some bug fixes with the video player |
| improved | Remote DVR streams will include surround sound at bitrates higher than 6mbps |
Version 2.2.10 (October 31, 2018)
| new | Support for the new 11" iPad Pro and 12.9" iPad Pro |
| fixed | Channel scan was not showing progress |
Version 2.2.9 (October 25, 2018)
| fixed | Remote playback on XS & XS Max would sometimes fail |
| fixed | Bug fixes and stability fixes |
| fixed | Settings tab looked bad with large Dynamic Type |
Version 2.2.8 (October 7, 2018)
| new | [DVR] Connect to Channels DVR directly by IP address |
| improved | Channels DVR discover reliability |
| improved | HDHomeRun device discover reliability |
| improved | [DVR] Remote DVR reliability |
| improved | Larger buffer for Premium TV streams to avoid stalling. |
Version 2.2.7 (September 20, 2018)
| new | Support for iPhone Xr, iPhone Xs, and Xs Max |
| new | Added a setting to skip the Play To prompt when watching a show or recording |
| improved | Better setup experience when connecting to a newly installed DVR |
| improved | Recordings will resume at the last watched duration more reliably |
| improved | Improved HDHomeRun Premium channel playback |
| fixed | [DVR] Custom padding options weren't appearing as options for scheduled recordings |
| fixed | [DVR] Some instances where Cancel Recording was not being shown |
| fixed | Teletext menus were appearing on some Finish stations when captions were enabled |
| fixed | Channels could appear out of order when multiple HDHomeRuns had overlapping stations |
| fixed | Some UI fixes |
Version 2.2.6 (August 30, 2018)
| fixed | Stuttering on some HDHomeRun Premium TV stations. |
| fixed | Secondary audio tracks would sometimes not appear in the language picker. |
| fixed | [DVR] ClearQAM channels could appear as Unknown after setting guide mappings. |
Version 2.2.5 (August 23, 2018)
| fixed | Some minor bugs |
Version 2.2.4 (August 22, 2018)
| fixed | [DVR] Remote streaming could sometimes not work |
| fixed | HDHomeRun Premium TV channels hide option would reset between launches |
| fixed | Legacy tuners were sometimes failing |
Version 2.2.3 (August 20, 2018)
| new | Support for HDHomeRun Premium TV |
Version 2.2.2 (August 13, 2018)
| fixed | Small bug fixes. |
Version 2.2.1 (August 7, 2018)
| new | Customize closed captioning styles via System Accessibility Settings. |
| improved | Descriptive Video tracks are marked in the Language picker. |
| improved | [DVR] Show original air date for recorded programs. |
| improved | [DVR] Some padding options were not available. |
| improved | [DVR] Up Next would sometimes not update after watching an episode. |
| fixed | Wrong default audio track was picked on some channels. |
| fixed | Sporting events in some regions could show as Unknown on the guide. |
Version 2.2.0 (June 26, 2018)
| improved | The overall design has been freshened up |
| improved | [DVR] Info modals have been unified across iOS and tvOS to share the same flows |
| improved | [DVR] You can now watch current airings directly from the schedule or search results |
Version 2.1.16 (June 12, 2018)
| improved | Better audio/video sync with HomePod (Airplay2) |
| fixed | Some DVB-T2 channels using HEVC could flash blue during playback. |
| fixed | Seeking would not work reliably when streaming remotely for more than an hour. |
| fixed | Guide would not show date/time headers after 14 days. |
| fixed | DVR users could not create season passes for sports. |
| fixed | Music Choice channels would take several seconds to start playing. |
Version 2.1.15 (April 20, 2018)
| improved | Closed captioning support in Germany. |
| fixed | DVB-T2 HEVC channels would not play smoothly. |
| fixed | Several rare crashes. |
Version 2.1.14 (April 18, 2018)
| new | Latest stable firmware for HDHR devices. |
| improved | Remote streaming will buffer for smoother playback. |
| improved | Support for closed captioning in Australia. |
| fixed | Legacy tuners will try to guess HD channels based on call signs. |
Version 2.1.13 (March 26, 2018)
| improved | Sleeker progress indicators |
| fixed | Progress indicators for Up Next would sometimes not show |
Version 2.1.12 (March 23, 2018)
| improved | Up Next episodes now show progress indicators |
| improved | VoiceOver support on the guide |
Version 2.1.10 (March 14, 2018)
| improved | Season/episode number are shown in the player when watching a recording. |
| improved | Option to reconnect to Remote DVR if connection is lost. |
| fixed | Extended padding options were not visible for Sport passes. |
| fixed | Firmware updates were not working. |
Version 2.1.9 (March 7, 2018)
| new | Stable firmware for latest generation HDHRs. |
| improved | VoiceOver support for scheduled/recording programs on the guide. |
| fixed | Closed captions would appear garbled on some channels. |
| fixed | Some recorded shows would not display their episodes in the correct order. |
| fixed | Fast Forward would sometimes cause pausing |
Version 2.1.8 (February 14, 2018)
| improved | Winter Olympic recordings are now in order and presented better. |
| improved | Improvements for legacy tuners |
Version 2.1.7 (December 15, 2017)
| fixed | Scrolling issues on the Settings tab. |
| fixed | Audio track selection UI when remote streaming. |
| fixed | Video player would fail to stream from local HDHR if also connected to remote DVR. |
| fixed | Remote DVR would not auto-connect on app launch if local HDHRs were also present. |
Version 2.1.6 (December 14, 2017)
| new | Stable firmware for new HDHomeRun DUO and QUATRO. |
| improved | Images are cached so they continue to be visible if the internet connection is lost. |
| improved | Better remote streaming performance over high-latency connections. |
| fixed | Remote Wi-Fi streaming at Original Quality could show Transcoder Not Available error. |
| fixed | Some H264 channels would glitch during playback. |
| fixed | Some channels would lose A/V sync during playback. |
| fixed | Remote playback of an in-progress recording would sometimes not allow seeking. |
Version 2.1.4 (November 8, 2017)
| improved | Notification permission is no longer requested on first launch. Channels will only request permission when using a feature that uses it (Airing Reminders). |
| fixed | VoiceOver accessibility issues. |
| fixed | Other small UI fixes. |
Version 2.1.3 (November 3, 2017)
| new | Ready for iPhone X. |
| fixed | Other small UI fixes. |
Version 2.1.2 (October 26, 2017)
| new | Overscan setting for the video player. |
| improved | Better guide data coverage in Germany. |
| fixed | Watching in-progress recording with end padding would not allow seeking into the padding. |
| fixed | Remote streaming of recordings would sometimes fail to start. |
Version 2.1.1 (October 18, 2017)
| improved | Remote DVR will show an error message if your DVR can't transcode video for remote playback. |
Version 2.1 (October 17, 2017)
| new | Remote DVR lets you use Channels on the go and away from home. |
| improved | Faster tuning of H264 channels. |
| improved | Tuner Sharing option is off by default. |
| improved | Support for setting up legacy TECH tuners with DVR. |
| fixed | Tuner Sharing was not working with legacy hdhomeruns. |
| fixed | Video playback could stutter at the end of a recording when closed captions were enabled. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 2.0.3 (October 11, 2017)
| improved | Various bug fixes. |
Version 2.0.1 (October 3, 2017)
| new | Latest stable HDHomeRun firmware. |
| fixed | Sports weren't showing up in More Recently Recorded. |
Version 2.0 (October 2, 2017)
| improved | Series Passes will use your default keep settings. |
Version 1.4.11 (September 28, 2017)
| new | Added HEVC hardware decoding for Germany DVB-T2 channels. |
| fixed | H264 decoding issues on some channels. |
| improved | Better channel scanning for legacy HDHR DUAL. |
| fixed | DVR Tuner Sharing was not working with legacy HDHR DUAL. |
| fixed | App could crash on iOS 10. |
Version 1.4.9 (September 19, 2017)
| new | Adds support for iOS 11. |
| new | Customize your seek durations to 3, 7, 10, 15, or 30 seconds. |
| new | Custom seek durations just for sports. These seek durations will only be in effect when watching a sporting event. |
| fixed | Team Passes for DVR would not allow more than 15 minutes of end padding. |
Version 1.4.8 (August 10, 2017)
| fixed | Close button would not work on some DVR modals. |
| fixed | Some DVR modals would overflow when title/description were too long. |
Version 1.4.7 (July 26, 2017)
| fixed | Rare crash was preventing app from launching for some users. |
Version 1.4.6 (July 25, 2017)
| new | Full DVR support for both iPhone and iPad. |
| new | HDHomeRun Tech3-US support. |
| improved | Added firmware upgrade support for HDHR TECH models. |
| fixed | DVB EPG parsing was not working in Czechia. |
Version 1.4.5 (March 30, 2017)
| fixed | Some H.264 channels in the UK would stutter during playback. |
Version 1.4.4 (March 27, 2017)
| fixed | HDHomeRun DUALs would sometimes be listed as HDHR3-US on Settings. |
| fixed | Singaporean HD channels would distort audio playback. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 1.4.3 (March 8, 2017)
| new | Tap and drag to scrub the video playback cursor. |
| improved | Video player performance. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes affecting a few users. |
| fixed | Video player would pause when swiping up the Control Center. |
| fixed | Closed captions were not working on some non-HD cable channels. |
Version 1.4.2 (February 27, 2017)
| fixed | On iOS 9 devices, app would crash trying to play a channel. |
Version 1.4.1 (February 23, 2017)
| fixed | Some DVB customers were experiencing crashes when switching between H264 channels. |
Version 1.4.0 (February 20, 2017)
| new | Hardware accelerated decoding of AVC/H.264 channels. This means reduced CPU usage and better battery life when watching AVC/H.264 channels or transcoded streams from the HDHomeRun EXTEND. |
Version 1.3.3 (November 11, 2016)
| fixed | DVB subtitles were not working. |
Version 1.3.2 (November 9, 2016)
| fixed | Some channels would not appear under the All Channels filter. |
| fixed | Some DVB radio stations would take a long time to start playing. |
Version 1.3.1 (November 4, 2016)
| new | Channels will remember what tab you were last on when re-launching. |
| improved | Some minor UI improvements. |
| fixed | 3D Touch to launch previous channel was not working. |
| fixed | HDMI adapter would not display video in full screen. |
Version 1.3 (October 19, 2016)
| new | Multiple HDHomeRun tuners can be used at once. |
| new | You are now alerted that you will lose your unwatched buffer before changing channels or exiting back to the guide. |
| fixed | Some cable channels would play Spanish audio by default. |
Version 1.2.1 (October 12, 2016)
| fixed | Filtering now works for international users with Gracenote EPG. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 1.2 (October 10, 2016)
| new | On Now supports channel filters. |
| improved | HD channels shown first when filtering by category. |
| improved | Confirmation screen when clicking "Upgrade Firmware" button on Settings tab. |
| fixed | Some programs were not being shown on the Guide tab. |
Version 1.1.2 (October 6, 2016)
| fixed | Setting a reminder would sometimes crash. |
| fixed | Leaving the video player would crash in rare circumstances. |
Version 1.1 (September 29, 2016)
| new | You can now set reminders on upcoming shows to have Channels notify you 5 minutes before they start. |
| improved | App rating is now 12+ |
Version 1.0.6 (September 13, 2016)
| improved | Minor fixes for iOS 10. |
Version 1.0.5 (September 2, 2016)
| new | Quality preference can be used to improve CPU usage. |
| improved | Seek performance. |
| fixed | Video player would sometimes lock up while seeking. |
Version 1.0.4 (August 10, 2016)
| new | You can now hide channels in addition to favoriting them |
| fixed | Watch Now button was appearing on future showings |
Version 1.0.3 (August 5, 2016)
| new | Change the channel on Channels for Apple TV |
| new | Tap-and-hold a channel on the Guide tab to add/remove from Favorites |
| improved | Video playback begins more quickly after selecting a channel |
Version 1.0.2 (August 2, 2016)
| new | 3D Touch shortcut to instantly watch your last channel |
| fixed | minor bug fixes |
Version 1.0.1 (July 29, 2016)
| new | Added a filter for non hd channels |
| improved | Some design tweaks for the favs bar on iPad |
| fixed | App would sometimes crash on the guide |
Version 1.0 (July 27, 2016)
| new | The app! |
Version 4.6.4 (September 11th, 2023)
| improved | Image caching |
| improved | Internal diagnostics |
| fixed | Unusual crashes |
Version 4.6.3 (June 16th, 2023)
| new | Support for stream links from the Guide via Custom Channels |
| new | Better support for WMV files |
| new | TV Show images with mismatched aspect ratios are now displayed better |
| new | Support custom crop set for images on the dvr web UI |
| improved | Error messages when Live TV connection is closed |
| improved | Episodes without art will use the show art |
| improved | Stream links will now show thumbnails if available from TMDB |
| improved | Movies, TV Shows, and Collections without art now have a titled placeholder instead of the logo placeholder |
| improved | Performance improvement for remote streaming |
| fixed | On Later was not showing movie titles correctly |
| fixed | Remote playback of trailers and subtitles |
| fixed | Trash all Items option was appearing on phones even with server side setting to disallow deletion |
Version 4.6.2 (April 10th, 2023)
| new | Optionally force video delivery to use Streaming (HLS) or Direct (default) when using original quality |
| new | Support section in Settings now displays remote streaming cache size and a way to clear it |
| new | Scheduled job to clean up old cached recordings daily |
| improved | Caching for HLS (Remote) streaming to match iOS/tvOS implementation |
| improved | Buffering when tuning into live channel |
| improved | More metadata tags show for content (HD, 4K, Atmos, DTS, etc) |
| improved | Software decoding option on Stream+ |
| fixed | Seeking could cause playback to restart with certain recordings when Home Streaming is enabled |
| fixed | Playback state could get reset to unwatched at the end of a recording |
| fixed | Playing VC1 video with hardware decoder selected could show a blank screen |
| fixed | Server-side setting for Virtual Channels > Tuning In was not being set |
Version 4.6.1 (January 16th, 2023)
| fixed | Streaming errors while away from home |
| fixed | Errors playing some TVE channels like HSN |
Version 4.6.0 (January 13th, 2023)
| improved | Better error messages when remote streaming errors occur |
| improved | Support for Windows 11 Subsystem for Android |
| fixed | Closed captions were not working with some mp4 files |
| fixed | Remote Shortcut for Live TV could crash the app |
Version 4.5.1 (November 15th, 2022)
| new | Support for the custom editable sort title for Movies and TV Shows |
| new | Support for the custom sorting options for Video Groups |
| improved | Context menu options in the Library allow easier access to upcoming airings, adding shows to collections, and more |
| improved | Support for named hosts when adding a local Channels DVR Server |
| fixed | Remote streaming seek issues |
| fixed | Badges are now updating properly on the Library episodes view |
Version 4.5.0 (October 20th, 2022)
| new | On Later is now available on Android |
| new | Progress bars appear on On Now, Guide and Quick Guide |
| new | View and edit Device Name under Settings > General |
| new | Current time notch on the Guide |
| new | Support for automatic keyword filters in Channel Collections |
| fixed | Currently airing items on the Guide were misaligned when starting after the half hour |
| fixed | Virtual channels were showing incorrect timing for "In X minutes" on the timline and quick guide |
| fixed | Timeline was not showing padding for recordings still in-progress |
| fixed | Some crashes in the player |
Version 4.4.1 (September 28th, 2022)
| new | Select future virtual channel program to watch from that point forward |
| new | Settings > Playback > Seek Options lets you control whether the timeline appears during quick seeks |
| new | Support for Playback Speed in Show options |
| new | Support for allow/block labels via server-side settings |
| improved | Bonjour discovery now uses native Android APIs |
| improved | No timeline appears on screen when switching to the next program on a virtual channel |
| improved | Use the play button on your remote to play a future virtual airing on the guide directly |
| improved | Better diagnostic logging when a player error is displayed |
| fixed | Placeholder guide data was missing record option |
| fixed | Crash when playing virtual channel |
| fixed | Start from Beginning button could appear incorrectly on virtual channels after switching to a new program with commercial markers |
| fixed | Advanced video decoder setting was not appearing on FireOS 5 devices |
| fixed | Trash all Items option was not working from Library |
Version 4.4.0 (September 19th, 2022)
| new | Server-side setting to make clients match DVR's source priority |
| new | New options to define what happens when you tune into a Virtual Channel: Start Live, Start From Beginning, Ask, or the new inline Start From Beginning button |
| new | New resume option for resuming recordings: In Player Button - This will auto resume your recording, with a button showing offering you the ability to start from the beginning |
| improved | The Quick Guide will match the currently playing program when the channel has been timeshifted |
| improved | Video player was not fitting screen correctly on mobile devices with a cut-out |
| improved | Error display when Live TV stream fils |
| improved | Pressing play after a Live TV error will now restart playback |
| improved | Notifications when network errors are detected |
| improved | Expose Keep Forever and Mark as Favorite options for episodes |
| improved | Caching and playback behavior when streaming away from home |
| improved | WMV/WMA audio/video codecs |
| improved | Support for vudu stream links |
| fixed | Guide data for older programs would disappear when time-shifting for a couple of hours |
| fixed | Hitting the Play button on an Up Next item starts playing |
| fixed | MPAA and TV ratings were hard to read |
| fixed | Imported .strm was not playing back |
| fixed | Timeline text would be overlapped when image was missing |
| fixed | Clicking back in Resume/Start from Beginning dialog was not working |
| fixed | Virtual channel would skip ahead when moving to next program |
| fixed | Rotated videos were not playing back correctly with Hardware decoder |
| fixed | Watching a movie would show Watch Next button at the end on phone/tablet |
| fixed | Some videos would fail to play with Hardware decoder (player will switch to software automatically) |
Version 4.3.2 (August 9th, 2022)
| fixed | Content ratings were not appearing correctly |
| fixed | Video player stats was not showing tuner signal levels |
Version 4.3.1 (August 4th, 2022)
| new | View MPAA and TV ratings, and browse movies by rating in Enhanced Libary mode |
| improved | Remote streaming reliability |
| improved | Add support for Opus audio |
| improved | Timeline more accurately represents available playback when using HLS |
| fixed | Issue with Library Collection contents not being sorted correctly |
| fixed | Seeking multiple times when watching remotely would sometimes jump backward |
| fixed | Crash that could happen after watching TV for an extended period of time due to memory exhaustion |
Version 4.3.0 (March 22nd, 2022)
| new | Support for Library Collections on your DVR |
| new | Support for Videos imported on your DVR |
| new | Support for Automatic Channels on your Channel Collections |
| new | Support for custom artwork uploaded into the DVR |
| fixed | Non-standard aspect ratio images were not appearing correctly |
| fixed | App could show stale recordings data after waking device from sleep |
| fixed | Playback could stall at the end of some recordings breaking features like Auto Play and Virtual Channels |
Version 4.2.1 (February 17th, 2022)
| fixed | Live TV could stall on FireOS 5 devices when free space was low |
| fixed | Scrolling up quickly in the On Now grid was not working reliably |
| fixed | Visual glitch on the On Now tab with the filter |
| fixed | Images were not appearing correctly in the player Quick Guide |
| fixed | Recordings tab had confusing last label on recent weekdays |
| fixed | Guide data was not loading for non-DVR users on some FireOS 5 devices |
| fixed | Back button was not working reliably in the Guide |
| fixed | Guide data from some XMLTV sources would incorrectly show today's date on every program |
Version 4.2.0 (February 8th, 2022)
| fixed | Visual layout glitch when browsing TV shows |
| fixed | Video player would sometimes only play sound |
| fixed | Player stall when switching to commercials on some cable feeds with Surround Sound enabled |
| fixed | Timeline would not reflect full duration of in-progress recordings |
| fixed | OTA mpeg2 channels were not playing on phones/tablets with default settings. Player will now automatically switch to Software decoder |
| fixed | Crashes on some Android 12 devices |
| improved | Diagnostics for crashes and player issues |
Version 4.1.3 (January 19th, 2022)
| improved | Crash diagnostics |
| fixed | Timeline would not appear on some devices |
| fixed | Crashes on FireOS 5 |
Version 4.1.2 (January 18th, 2022)
| fixed | Crashes on Android 12 devices |
Version 4.1.1 (January 17th, 2022)
| fixed | Visual glitch on the Guide when program image was missing |
| fixed | Crash when watching remotely |
| fixed | Crashes on older FireOS devices |
Version 4.1.0 (January 12th, 2022)
| new | Playback Speed options in the video player |
| new | Clock on the guide |
| new | Add Watch From Library prompt and setting |
| improved | Support for Vorbis and FLAC audio |
| improved | ATSC3 playback |
| fixed | Remote access issues on Android 5.1 devices |
| fixed | Captions could become distorted after PIP |
| fixed | Channel surfing not working with virtual channels |
| fixed | Recordings view not working on mobile |
Version 4.0.1 (September 21st, 2021)
| fixed | Crash when deleting all episodes of a show |
| fixed | Seeking was not working when streaming away from home |
| fixed | Favorites and hidden import/export was not working when away from home |
| fixed | Back button was not working reliably on Guide tab |
| improved | Crash reporting |
| improved | Advanced setting to repopulate kids section |
Version 4.0.0 (September 15th, 2021)
| new | Enhanced Library Browsing helps browsing larger libraries |
| new | Redesigned Show section lets you browse episodes by season |
| new | Kids Section |
| new | Kids Only mode |
| new | Mark shows and movies as favorites |
| new | Remote Shortcut for toggling closed captions |
| improved | TV Show options are available to adjust within the app |
| improved | Use the back button to get back to current time in Guide |
| improved | Adaptive bitrate improvements for better remote streaming with high packet loss |
| improved | Additional HLS stats on player stats view |
| fixed | Some video content was failing to play with hardware decoding |
Version 3.5.2 (July 12, 2021)
| fixed | Page up/down on the guide was losing focus |
| fixed | Live TV rewind buffer was smaller than expected |
| fixed | Various issues in the live TV video player |
| fixed | Rare crashes |
Version 3.5.1 (June 11, 2021)
| fixed | Playback was not working with some legacy HDHR models |
| fixed | Memory usage and disk usage issues causing instability |
| fixed | Occasional crashes when coming back to the video player |
Version 3.5.0 (May 27, 2021)
| new | Signal notifications will alert you when your antenna signal or network is affecting video playback |
| new | Kiosk Mode can be activated via DVR server's Client Settings |
| new | Start Up settings let you customize what section or channel appears when the app is launched |
| new | Auto Play next episodes |
| new | Shuffle playback to play random episodes in a row for your show |
| new | STATS FOR NERDS! View details of your video files and video playback on Android TV |
| new | Play To support on Android phones and tablets lets you cast a channel or recording to Channels app on your TV |
| new | Sleep Timer is available via the in-player options |
| improved | Faster boot up of the app |
| improved | Better performance on On Now and Library views |
| improved | Rearrange favorites more quickly |
| improved | Recordings with interruptions are marked in the library |
| fixed | Recordings tab would sometimes not update after deleting a recording |
| fixed | Movies and TV Shows views were not updating automatically |
| fixed | Closed captions were garbled on some stations |
| fixed | Search tab was not working on newer FireTV devices |
Version 3.2.0 (April 27, 2021)
| fixed | Navigation on guide was not working reliably |
| fixed | TV Shows tab would not always refresh automatically |
| fixed | Recordings tab was not showing dates correctly |
| fixed | Audio sync was off with Surround Sound enabled |
Version 3.1.4 (March 29, 2021)
| improved | Use DVR server setting for Library Visibility to control which shows are for kids |
| fixed | Guide would highlight yellow/red incorrectly in some cases |
| fixed | Channel Number sort in the guide |
| fixed | Focus issues in the Library |
| fixed | Some shows recorded via XMLTV sources would disappear after episode delete |
Version 3.1.3 (March 20, 2021)
| improved | Caching of guide and station images in case of internet outage |
| fixed | Elevated crash rates |
Version 3.1.2 (March 17, 2021)
| fixed | Some views would not automatically refresh to show new content |
| fixed | Power button on the TiVo Stream 4K remote could cause video player to start |
| fixed | Live button on remotes was not reliably switching back to last channel |
| fixed | Playback issues with ATSC3 recordings |
Version 3.1.1 (February 23, 2021)
| new | Stack Duplicates setting under Manage Sources lets you control how duplicates appear in the guide |
| improved | Reduced buffering stalls when streaming live TV |
| improved | Guide would not reflect proper scheduled/recording state in some cases |
| improved | Failed recordings show on the Schedule for a few days |
Version 3.1.0 (February 2, 2021)
| new | Keyboard shortcut 'p' will toggle PIP on Android TV |
| new | Pick the currently playing channel on Guide or On Now again to fullscreen PIP window |
| new | Use Remote Shortcut keys to toggle PIP |
| improved | App performance and crash reporting |
| improved | Better support for ATSC3 broadcasts and closed captions |
| fixed | Movies view on mobile was not rendering correctly |
| fixed | Channel surfing not working as expected after a Quick Guide channel change |
| fixed | Playback issues with some imported mp4 files |
Version 3.0.3 (December 1, 2020)
| improved | Better support for ATSC3 broadcasts |
Version 3.0.2 (September 25, 2020)
| fixed | Streaming from local HDHR when connected to remote DVR |
| fixed | Guide data was not loading on some older devices |
Version 3.0.1 (September 11, 2020)
| fixed | Crash when trying to connect Away from Home |
| fixed | Library would not refresh when shows are deleted |
| fixed | Rare crashes |
Version 3.0.0 (September 1, 2020)
| new | New customizable main navigation sidebar |
| new | More optional sections for the main navigation |
| new | View recordings as a list in the order they were recorded |
| new | Option to Resume or Start from Beginning when resuming recording playback |
| new | Refreshed welcome screen on initial app launch |
| new | Manage the Trash right from Channels |
| new | Allow Deletion setting can be used to hide trash buttons in the app |
| new | Remote Shortcut settings let you map colored keys on your remote to sections of the app |
| new | Channel Surfing setting can be customized to control channel up/down behavior |
| new | Channels API for programmatic navigation |
| new | Customized seek times for watching movies |
| new | Airing Order setting can be customized to change episode display order |
| new | TV Shows can be marked as favorite |
| improved | Ability to sort movies by Top Rated |
| improved | TV Showâs episodes are now listed grouped by season number |
| improved | Search tab will now search recorded movies and shows |
| improved | Search tab offers TV and movie suggestions |
| improved | Alphabetical sort will now ignore A/The prefixes and lowercase/uppercase |
Version 2.1.27 (August 26, 2020)
| fixed | Streaming from emulated HDHRs |
| fixed | Crash in some cases when channel surfing |
| fixed | Some imported movies would not play |
Version 2.1.26 (August 17, 2020)
| new | Expanded guide data for non-DVR users |
| new | Favorites and hidden channels can be configured separately per TV |
| improved | Toggle mute and captions via Channels API or keyboard shortcuts |
| improved | In-progress indicators shown on recordings |
| fixed | Movies and shows with prefixed articles would not sort alphabetically correctly |
| fixed | Channel surfing would not work reliably when multiple tuners were present |
| fixed | Hidden channels were not ignored when tuning by channel number |
| fixed | Some imported movies would not display closed captions |
Version 2.1.25 (June 4, 2020)
| fixed | Crashes on some devices |
Version 2.1.24 (June 3, 2020)
| new | PIN Auth flow for Android TV for connecting remotely |
| new | Support for pause/resume/rewind voice commands with Alexa on FireTV devices |
| new | Commercial Skip button is shown in the video player |
| improved | Detect metered wifi hotspots and use Cellular streaming settings |
| fixed | Some TVE channels could stop playing when switching to commercial |
| fixed | Audio sync issues when using FireTV with wireless echo speakers |
| fixed | Crashes and other reliability issues on the Nvidia SHIELD tube model |
| fixed | Timeline and other views in the video player would not appear on the TiVo Stream 4K and the AirTV Player |
| fixed | Excessive disk usage for caching when streaming remotely |
Version 2.1.23 (April 17, 2020)
| fixed | Crash in the video player in some regions |
Version 2.1.22 (April 16, 2020)
| new | Support for Android devices using Intel CPUs |
| improved | Diagnostic submissions |
| improved | Support for quirks in Android devices |
| fixed | Crashes when playing video with transport errors |
Version 2.1.21 (April 2, 2020)
| improved | Add software decoding option on Sony TV. |
| fixed | Some devices could pause randomly for a split-second during live TV playback. |
| fixed | Some imported movies would not play with any sound. |
Version 2.1.20 (January 6, 2020)
| fixed | [DVR] Some channels were not properly merged in guide view |
Version 2.1.19 (January 5, 2020)
| improved | Additional keys on remotes are handled |
| improved | Better handling of remote viewing streams on slower connections |
| fixed | Crashes when playing video with errors |
| fixed | Streaming cache respects available disk space |
Version 2.1.18 (November 22, 2019)
| improved | DRM channels from PRIME are hidden from guide. |
| fixed | Crash on boot when using some older HDHR models. |
| fixed | Stuttering during playback of some OTA feeds. |
| fixed | [DVR] Away from Home would not appear on small phone screens. |
| fixed | [DVR] Single recordings were not using default padding options. |
Version 2.1.17 (November 6, 2019)
| fixed | Crash during startup on 32-bit devices. |
Version 2.1.16 (November 5, 2019)
| new | Support for the new FireTV Cube 2. |
| improved | Sort option for movies and shows are remembered separately. |
| fixed | Rare crash when starting the app on some devices. |
Version 2.1.15 (October 29, 2019)
| new | [DVR] Release Date added as a sort option for movies and shows. |
| new | Added the ability to turn off analytics. |
| fixed | Deleted recording would sometimes still appear in the app. |
| fixed | Video was not playing on some Motorola phones. |
Version 2.1.14 (October 10, 2019)
| fixed | MPEG2 channels were not playing on some devices. |
Version 2.1.13 (October 9, 2019)
| fixed | Some UK recordings could freeze during playback on the FireTV Stick 4K |
Version 2.1.12 (October 2, 2019)
| fixed | Crashes on FireTV when playing some standard-def channels with Software Decoder. |
| fixed | App could crash during boot on some devices. |
Version 2.1.11 (September 29, 2019)
| new | [DVR] Adaptive streaming adjusts quality based on internet speeds |
| new | Lineup Order setting to sort guide by Channel Name. |
| new | Stretch to Fit setting to control aspect ratio for 4x3 SD channels. |
| improved | Updated video player libraries for latest bug fixes and performance improvements. |
| fixed | Timeline would not move when seeking around live TV buffer. |
| fixed | App could use a lot of disk space when watching recordings remotely. |
| fixed | DVR schedule would sometimes not show full episode name or season/episode number. |
| fixed | In-player guide would fail to update while watching live TV for a long time. |
| fixed | Stuttering playback of mpeg2 channels on Nexus 9 devices. |
| fixed | TVE sources would incorrectly show a Scan Channels button. |
| fixed | Some TVE channels could freeze during playback. |
Version 2.1.10 (July 29, 2019)
| fixed | Some channels would tune very slowly in Australia. |
| fixed | Channels API would fail to switch channels if already playing video. |
| fixed | Guide could glitch while scrolling up quickly. |
| fixed | [DVR] Default pass settings were not imported from the DVR server. |
| fixed | [DVR] Some recordings would fail to play remotely. |
Version 2.1.8 (June 29, 2019)
| new | Stable HDHomeRun firmware. |
Version 2.1.7 (June 19, 2019)
| new | Automatic commercial skipping |
Version 2.1.6 (June 18, 2019)
| fixed | [DVR] Favorited channels could get lost when restarting the app. |
| fixed | [DVR] Player could stop randomly when using Tuner Sharing. |
| fixed | Various bugs and crashes. |
Version 2.1.5 (April 23, 2019)
| improved | [DVR] Improved remote playback on slow/laggy WiFi networks |
| improved | [DVR] Increased buffering for remote playback |
| improved | Added latest HDHomeRun firmware updates |
Version 2.1.4 (March 1, 2019)
| fixed | Rare crashes in the video player. |
| fixed | Some crashes using legacy HDHR models. |
Version 2.1.3 (February 19, 2019)
| improved | TalkBack support. |
| fixed | DVR Recent list would not refresh automatically sometimes when returning to the app. |
| fixed | Some crashes using HDHRs with outdated firmware versions. |
Version 2.1.2 (January 25, 2019)
| new | Customize the channels shown in the in-player Quick Guide |
| improved | Normalize volume levels when Surround Sound is off. |
| improved | Player setting to switch to 50hz display mode on Fire Stick 4K. |
| fixed | [DVR] Recent/Alphabetical sort option was not remembered when viewing all recorded shows. |
Version 2.1.1 (November 20, 2018)
| fixed | Various crashes and bugs. |
Version 2.1 (November 6, 2018)
| new | Support for Android phones and tablets. |
| fixed | Player could randomly restart live tv stream when using legacy HDHR models. |
| fixed | Various crashes. |
Version 2.0.12 (October 8, 2018)
| improved | Larger buffer for Premium TV streams to avoid stalling. |
| improved | [DVR] Run a speed test to your DVR server to troubleshoot network issues. |
| fixed | [DVR] Connect to Channels DVR was not working on older FireTV devices. |
| fixed | Various crashes. |
Version 2.0.11 (October 5, 2018)
| new | Channels API endpoints to toggle pause and jump back to last channel. |
| improved | [SHIELD] Added Software decoder option to Player settings for better video quality in some DVB markets. |
| improved | [DVR] Connect to Channels DVR manually via IP if auto-discovery is not working. |
| improved | [DVR] Show storage usage stats on the DVR settings tab. |
| fixed | [DVR] App needed to be restarted if the DVR server's IP address changed. |
| fixed | [DVR] Keep settings on Series Passes would show "All Recordings" twice. |
| fixed | Manual HDHR discovery would not work on some home networks. |
| fixed | 5.1 PCM audio output was not working in the UK. |
| fixed | Several rare crashes in the video player. |
Version 2.0.10 (September 28, 2018)
| new | Player setting to automatically switch to 50hz display mode on SHIELD in DVB regions. |
| new | Jump to a channel on the Guide tab by entering its channel number on your remote numpad. |
| improved | Double-click to jump to last channel or skip past commercials is more reliable. |
| fixed | Oreo devices would fail to find DVR server quickly. |
| fixed | Guide was not keeping fixed time position when moving up and down. |
| fixed | Some UI elements were zoomed in on Philips 720p Android TV models. |
| fixed | App would not automatically reconnect to remote DVR after restart. |
| fixed | Remote DVR login was not working on some FireTV devices. |
| fixed | Teletext menus were appearing on some Finish stations when captions were enabled. |
| fixed | Unknown ClearQAM channels would not appear in the Guide. |
| fixed | Rare crash on 32-bit ARM devices. |
Version 2.0.9 (September 12, 2018)
| fixed | Guide tab could sometimes be empty when returning to the app. |
| fixed | Player could freeze on some devices when the antenna signal was weak. |
| fixed | Audio playback over Bluetooth could be choppy. |
| fixed | Nexus Player Deinterlacer was not working correctly on HD broadcasts. |
| fixed | [DVR] Some Premium TV recordings would playback with audio only. |
| fixed | [DVR] Oreo home screen row for Up Next could show wrong season/episode numbers. |
| fixed | Various rare crashes. |
Version 2.0.8 (August 31, 2018)
| new | Support for HDHomeRun Premium TV. |
| new | Upgrade your HDHomeRun firmware from the app. |
| improved | Better UI performance on slower devices. |
| fixed | Player could briefly use two tuners when switching channels. |
| fixed | [DVR] Search was not working on some devices. |
| fixed | [DVR] Playback could fail with Tuner Sharing enabled if DVR server was offline. |
| fixed | Oreo home screen rows could stop updating after reboot or app upgrade. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 2.0.7 (August 15, 2018)
| fixed | Guide data could fail to refresh when returning to the app. |
| fixed | Some stations could stutter or play in slow-motion when Surround Sound was enabled. |
| fixed | Surround Sound passthrough could stop after commercial transitions on some stations. |
| fixed | Rare crash when using beta HDHR firmware. |
Version 2.0.6 (August 13, 2018)
| fixed | Timeline would not auto-hide after rw/ff. |
| fixed | App could crash while rw/ff on some DVB stations. |
| fixed | Crash when viewing details for some recorded episodes. |
| fixed | Surround Sound was not working on some stations. |
Version 2.0.5 (August 1, 2018)
| improved | Descriptive Video tracks are marked in the Language picker. |
| fixed | Live TV would not rewind/fast-forward when DVR Tuner Sharing was enabled. |
| fixed | Audio could stutter during playback. |
| fixed | Guide programs were not aligned correctly on older devices. |
| fixed | DVR Search tab would steal focus when selected. |
| fixed | Video player could randomly flash green for certain DVB H264 broadcasts. |
| fixed | Some views did not appear correctly on Philips Android TVs. |
| fixed | Surround Sound was not working on FireTV 2nd generation. |
Version 2.0.4 (July 26, 2018)
| fixed | Double click to skip commercial would not work on some remotes. |
| fixed | Playback issues when Surround Sound was enabled. |
Version 2.0.3 (July 24, 2018)
| new | Support for closed captions. |
| new | Caption styles can be customized via Android TV Accessibility settings. |
Version 2.0.2 (July 16, 2018)
| improved | Video player performance on Fire TV. |
| fixed | Infrequent buffering issues when Surround Sound was enabled. |
Version 2.0.1 (July 11, 2018)
| improved | Video player performance on Oreo. |
| improved | Reduced memory usage. |
| fixed | Home screen channels on Oreo were not working reliably. |
| fixed | Support for newer Fire OS television sets. |
Version 2.0.0 (June 26, 2018)
| new | Full support for Channels DVR |
| new | Support for FireTV Cube. |
| new | [DVR] Search for shows and create Series/Team passes |
| new | [DVR] Schedule recordings directly from the guide |
| new | [DVR] Find recorded movies and shows via global voice search on Android TV. |
| new | Support for home screen Channels on Android Oreo. |
| fixed | Audio could lose sync after pause/resume on SHIELD with Surround Sound enabled. |
| fixed | Music Choice channels would take several seconds to start playing. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 1.0.23 (May 7, 2018)
| new | DVR Tuner Sharing lets multiple clients watching the same channel share a single tuner. |
| new | Home Streaming Quality setting allows DVR to transcode live TV and recordings. |
| improved | Surround Sound support on Gen2 FireTV and FireTV Stick. |
| fixed | Some channels could randomly fail to play. |
Version 1.0.22 (May 5, 2018)
| fixed | Player could fail to play some channels. |
Version 1.0.21 (May 3, 2018)
| improved | Faster tuning of live streams. |
| fixed | Music Choice channels would keep buffering during playback. |
Version 1.0.20 (May 2, 2018)
| improved | Smoother playback of live TV. |
| fixed | Stuttering issues on some devices. |
| fixed | Crashes when starting playback on some devices. |
| fixed | Back button would sometimes not work in the player. |
| fixed | Some episodes could have overlapping text in the Schedule. |
Version 1.0.19 (April 16, 2018)
| new | Support for DVB subtitles. |
| improved | Double-click Play/Pause button on supported remotes to jump back to last channel. |
| fixed | Music Choice cable channels would keep pausing during playback. |
| fixed | Some devices like MiBox3 would drop frames with Surround Sound enabled. |
| fixed | Some recordings could fail to seek correctly. |
| fixed | Rare crash during playback. |
Version 1.0.18 (April 13, 2018)
| fixed | Add Tuner Manually dialog would sometimes not allow entering IP address. |
Version 1.0.17 (April 9, 2018)
| improved | Video playback could stall or stutter with Surround Sound enabled on some channels. |
| improved | Deinterlacing on the Nexus Player. |
Version 1.0.16 (April 6, 2018)
| improved | Video could stall during playback on some devices. |
Version 1.0.15 (April 3, 2018)
| new | Support for Dolby Digital passthrough on older Android devices. To enable it, turn on Surround Sound in the Player Settings. |
Version 1.0.14 (April 2, 2018)
| improved | Audio/video sync. |
| improved | Support for bluetooth speakers. |
Version 1.0.13 (March 27, 2018)
| improved | Support for bluetooth speakers. |
| improved | Normalized volume to match other apps when Surround Sound is off. |
| fixed | In rare cases, video could start pixelating during playback. |
Version 1.0.12 (March 21, 2018)
| improved | Faster tuning on some DVB UK channels. |
| improved | Show progress bars on partially watched Up Next shows. |
Version 1.0.11 (March 20, 2018)
| fixed | Back button would leave the player after a playback error |
Version 1.0.10 (March 19, 2018)
| fixed | Video player could crash or hang on some UK H264 channels. |
Version 1.0.9 (March 18, 2018)
| fixed | Some rare bugs. |
Version 1.0.8 (March 17, 2018)
| fixed | Crash while watching HD UK channels on FireTV. |
Version 1.0.7 (March 16, 2018)
| new | Guide tab shows 21 days of data for DVR users. |
| improved | Guide and On Now tabs highlight scheduled and recording programs. |
| improved | Audio/video sync on FireTV. |
| fixed | Player could try to use a disabled channel for playback. |
| fixed | Time is displayed correct in 24-hour mode. |
| fixed | Some rare bugs and crashes. |
Version 1.0.6 (March 8, 2018)
| fixed | Playback could sometimes stall when Surround Sound was enabled. |
| fixed | DPAD could not be used to move from the Guide tab to the navigation menu. |
Version 1.0.5 (March 7, 2018)
| new | HTTP API to control Channels and integrate with home automation. Learn more at https://getchannels.com/api/ |
| new | Use Channels for iOS to play to your Android TV. |
| improved | Player menu will display episode details when watching a recording. |
| improved | Much faster tuning of DVB channels in the UK. |
Version 1.0.4 (March 6, 2018)
| new | Surround Sound setting enables passthrough on the NVidia SHIELD. |
| new | Browse and watch your Channels DVR recordings. |
| fixed | Crashes when connecting to HDHR with older firmware. |
Version 1.0.3 (February 15, 2018)
| improved | Tuning time is now twice as fast. |
| fixed | Guide tab would sometimes fail to refresh after turning TV back on. |
| fixed | Player could sometimes start buffering during playback. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 1.0.2 (February 12, 2018)
| new | Initial support for legacy HDHomeRuns. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 1.0.1 (February 9, 2018)
| improved | DVB channels in the UK tune much faster. |
| fixed | Timeline could sometimes stay visible after changing channels. |
| fixed | Rare crash when tuning into H264 channels on the FireTV. |
| fixed | Video could stall during playback of interlaced H264 channels on the SHIELD. |
| fixed | App could stop responding after leaving the video player. |
Version 1.0.0 (February 6, 2018)
| new | The app! |
Version 2023.11.13.2159
| new | Built in Tailscale VPN support adds your Channels DVR Server to your tailnet |
| new | Imported movies now include movie trailers. |
| new | Improved onboarding for setting up Channels DVR Server for the first time |
| new | Home page now shows a snapshot of your library |
| new | Settings have been broken up into sections and moved to their own real Settings section |
| new | Source management for both live TV sources and personal media have been grouped together |
| new | Set which page in the web admin that you would like to load by default |
| new | Activity indicator in navigation drops down to show activity |
| new | Support for Xfinity NOW |
| new | Recordings and imported videos and episodes now inherit certain metadata from their parent when initially recorded or imported . Genres & Categories. |
| new | Sports event and Sports non-event category tags are now casted to the Category field in an airing when parsing EPG XML |
| new | Optional troubleshooting checks for Disk IO and Internet Speed Test |
| improved | After a recording completes, its tags will be updated to match the audio/video details |
| improved | Improved the performance of the Content Picker modal used when managing a Library Collection or Virtual Channel |
| improved | Trash is now found under Library in the main navigation |
| improved | Improved layout for management UIs in mobile for Library browsing, Library Collections, Channel Collections, Virtual Channels, DVR > Manage, API Explorer |
| improved | added Keep Settings to the batch actions |
| improved | Added pickleball to list of sports for use in On Later and Channel Collections |
| improved | Series ID and Team ID now support Includes and Exclude options in Advanced Passes |
| improved | Improved exporting of m3u/XMLTV - Categories are properly applied and not duplicated |
| improved | Custom Channels handles Event Title for Sports events properly |
| improved | Custom Channels support up to 750 stations imported via M3U |
| improved | Exported XMLTV now retains the proper source it was imported with. You’ll want to reload the xmltv of each of your Custom Channels sources to receive these changes and benefits. |
| improved | Provide better error messages when network ad blockers prevent HLS streams from being accessed |
| improved | Troubleshooting check to warn if a guide has not been assigned to a device |
| improved | Troubleshooting will alert if the router external IP is in the CGNAT IP space that would prevent port forwarding |
| improved | Unverified filter in DVR Manage will only return items that have commercials indexed that are not verified |
| improved | File Path is no longer showing for imported content in lists. You can find this information under View Details |
| improved | Faster ATSC3 tuning when transcoding |
| improved | Remote clients will get logged out less often |
| improved | Recordings on NESN and NESNPlus will now be retried when the stream is not live |
| improved | Transcoder updates for Raspberry Pi handling of scaling |
| improved | Check if a file contains binary or not before importing it as Personal Media |
| improved | Personal Media supports movies with year in square brackets |
| improved | File paths in episode listings are now hidden on mobile to prevent UI collisions |
| improved | Troubleshooting list now reports the current Chrome version |
| improved | Chromium build for Raspberry Pi, x86_64-based NAS |
| improved | Troubleshooting now warns when a DNS ad blocker is being used that could impact TV Everywhere streaming |
| fixed | Hulu 2fa support |
| fixed | Filtering by source in combination with another filter like Verified in DVR Manage, would not actually filter by the source |
| fixed | Placeholder guide data could be added to the guide during network outages that displaced actual guide data. This will prevent future occurrences of the issue, but to resolve issues where it is currently being displayed, selecting Re-Download Entire Guide is required. |
| fixed | Mapping guide data from XMLTV was not working reliably in a number of different cases |
| fixed | Some PlayOn Cloud movies would not download |
| fixed | Title link in Manage would not link to the actual show appropriately |
| fixed | Virtual channels could have empty art |
| fixed | In extreme rare cases, episodes were leaking into the /api/v1/movies API response |
| fixed | Some path names were overflowing the UI |
| fixed | EDL export option was causing commercials to be overwritten when refreshing metadata |
| fixed | Some movies would not scan into Personal Media correctly |
| fixed | Cookie issues when accessing multiple DVRs at home |
| fixed | XMLTV data mapped to multiple custom channels would only populate on the first channel, unless LCN tags were present |
| fixed | Some TVE errors were not properly captured and would cause confusing error messages |
| fixed | Some panic messages in the logs |
| fixed | TDS login would sometimes fail when it shouldn’t |
| fixed | DVR would send invalid events to clients during shutdown that could cause client issues |
| fixed | Panic that could happen with some malformed MPEG-TS packets in HLS streams |
Version 2023.09.15.0559
| fixed | Blank screen with spinner would never proceed on initial install |
Version 2023.09.13.2351
| new | View and edit passes from the Calendar view for upcoming jobs and previous recordings |
| new | View and edit passes from the Schedule view |
| new | Added a Restore Trash button to Trash to restore the entire contents of Trash |
| new | Server side settings for excluding sources in News or Sports sections |
| new | Server side setting to include Sports Talk shows in the Sports Section |
| new | Server side setting to include News Magazine shows in the News Section |
| new | Server Side Settings for News & Sports sections |
| new | DVR-to-DVR m3u's now work over integrated Tailscale |
| new | TV Show option to set the commercial skip style. This will override the system setting. |
| new | TV Show option to set if captions should be automatically turned on when playing back something from the show |
| new | The series pass that made the recording is now linked to in the View Details modal of the recording |
| improved | Pass notice in View Details now displays if it was a manual recording or from a pass that was deleted |
| improved | Handling of deleted files that cannot be deleted |
| improved | Improvements with tuner error handling |
| improved | Improvements with TVE authentication error handling |
| improved | TDS provider authentication |
| improved | TVE diagnostics |
| improved | Do more to cleanup stale cached data that could be negatively impacting re-adding TVE providers |
| improved | Improve efficiency of TLS certificate generation |
| improved | Make experimental setting "Old TV Everywhere MPEG-TS Rewriter" reset on restart |
| improved | Track and report HLS playlist timeouts |
| improved | Report Hulu authentication errors more clearly |
| improved | Backend updates |
| fixed | Watching Live TV remotely or via Streaming would not always pass along closed caption data |
| fixed | YouTube trailers were not playing |
| fixed | When filtering by device in the guide view of the DVR admin interface it would sometimes only show some of the available channels |
| fixed | Crash that can happen with certain malformed MPEG-TS streams |
| fixed | Team passes weren't working correctly from the File Details modal |
| fixed | Error produced when editing scheduled job |
| fixed | An error is no longer reported if the whois server cannot be reached during Troubleshooting |
| fixed | Panic that could happen when fetching client info |
| fixed | Handle permission denied error on file delete |
| fixed | DIRECTV STREAM authentication |
| fixed | NFL login for some TVE providers including Frontier |
| fixed | Authentication for TVE providers like TDS who have multiple similar provider names |
| removed | PBS Kids was disabled on TVE because it is no longer working |
| removed | Disabling NFL Network on TVE because it is no longer working |
Version 2023.08.18.2205
| fixed | Guide images were having problems loading |
Version 2023.08.18.2036
| new | View and edit passes from the Calendar and Schedule view for upcoming jobs and previous recordings |
| new | The pass that made a recording is now linked to in the View Details modal |
| improved | Pass notice in View Details now displays if it was a manual recording or from a pass that was deleted |
| improved | Pass HDHR tuning errors through M3U provider |
| improved | Further work to improve HDHR tuning errors being passed through M3U provider |
| improved | Backend updates |
| fixed | Crash that can happen with certain malformed MPEG-TS streams |
| fixed | Team passes weren’t working correctly from the File Details modal |
Version 2023.08.07.2138
| new | Crop TV Show images from TMDB, Pluto and other sources to the correct aspect to make them look nicer in Channels. |
| new | Custom Channels support streaming from Chrome Capture for Channels |
| improved | Channel names now show in the web guide |
| improved | Video groups listed on the web UI have generated art with their titles |
| improved | Image cropping now offered while managing Library Collection art |
| improved | TMDB matched shows now returns both Gracenote (4:3) art and TMDB (3:2) art when picking art. |
| improved | TV show images with incorrect aspect ratio are better displayed on web UI |
| improved | Fallback to show images for episodes missing art |
| improved | Add All in Channels Collection now has a confirmation |
| improved | NEW tag in schedule will reveal all tags for airing via hover |
| improved | Scheduled items now denote if they are New, Live, Series Premiere, Series Finale, Season Premiere, or Season Finale |
| improved | Reconnect on more types of HLS live tv errors |
| improved | Updated embedded tailscale to latest |
| improved | Memory usage with lots of recordings |
| improved | TVE MPEG-TS rewriter can handle commercial breaks better |
| improved | Log rewriter statistics after a completed Live TV stream |
| improved | Add additional TVE streaming stats in logs on completion of a recording or Live TV stream to report timeouts while downloading stream |
| fixed | Content without art was not clickable |
| fixed | Partial recordings which failed would still be labelled "Recording" on the web UI |
| fixed | View Details was not working on recordings and imports |
| fixed | Warning before adding multiple channels to Channels Collection was incorrect |
| fixed | Experimental HEVC encoding on some Intel CPU was created corrupted video output |
| fixed | Apply to All checkbox was missing from Poster Picker |
| fixed | Mark as not recording was not working for Pluto recordings |
| fixed | Crash that can happen on the Apple TV when connecting to a DVR |
| fixed | Some recordings could fail to start due to invalid utf8 truncation in international tv show and episode titles |
| fixed | Badges could not be used to drag or remove items in collections or virtual channels |
| fixed | Some aired programs could be marked as skipped after cancelling a recording job in progress |
| fixed | Episode preview images were not being deinterlaced |
| fixed | Some stream links thumbnails were not falling back to custom applied TV Show art |
| fixed | AMD encoding issue |
| fixed | Crash on windows |
Version 2023.05.19.2045
| new | Support for stream links in Custom Channels |
| new | Custom Channels have a setting to customize start number |
| new | Support for tvg-shift in M3U custom channels |
| new | Support for matching TV episodes via TMDB |
| improved | Add support for WMV files to Local Content scanner |
| improved | Remove duplicate episodes in Virtual Channels before scheduling |
| improved | m3u HLS sources will automatically reconnect on Transcoder Reset |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| fixed | Operation not permitted issues when using DVR on SHIELD with SMB storage |
| fixed | Rule editor glitch for some true/false fields |
| fixed | Tablo streams could use the incorrect cache directory |
Version 2023.04.20.0310
| new | API & Feed explorer in the web UI |
| new | Server side setting for new streaming delivery option to use Direct or Streaming (HLS) when using original quality |
| new | Server side setting to control Download bitrate on iOS |
| new | Server side setting for Spoiler Free mode |
| new | Set Spoiler Free mode per TV Show |
| new | Setting for "Pre-Optimize Videos" for Imports to disable video indexing on import. Disabling this setting will make playback less efficient and reduce video quality of transcodes |
| new | Setting for Custom Channels to prefer channel logos from guide data |
| improved | Virtual Channels in Mini Marathon mode will deal with shows of different sizes better |
| improved | All transcoded streams above 6mbps will send multi-channel audio if provided by the source |
| improved | Imported is now an option in the rule editor |
| improved | Stream Files can now be filtered with the source filter |
| improved | Troubleshooting will warn if using cloud DNS provider which can cause problems for TVE |
| improved | Improve efficiency of remote streaming when input and output are both HEVC |
| improved | Show Device ID for HDHomeRuns in Source picker in Server Side Settings |
| improved | Increase the maximum resolution for 8mbps for HEVC |
| improved | Decrease timeouts for image cache to make DVR more responsive when the internet is out |
| improved | Read custom CA certs from cacert.pem in channels-dvr data folder |
| improved | TVE Ad detector for some streams |
| improved | Support udp:// in custom channel m3u |
| improved | Custom Channels will now detect different kinds of malformed m3u sources and will report an error |
| improved | More search results when looking at upcoming airings for show |
| improved | XMLTV data for News programs missing episode information can still be recorded via passes |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| fixed | Transcoding files with certain kinds of subtitles on macOS could fail |
| fixed | Custom movie trailer links would disappear after some time |
| fixed | Virtual Channels guide data could be stale in some cases |
| fixed | Some icons in the web player were showing as squares |
| fixed | Web UI could hang while loading without internet access |
| fixed | Bogus filesystem timestamps on imported files could affect Recently Added |
| fixed | Imports could be reprocessed repeated in some situations |
| fixed | Better ProgramID extraction from XMLTV files with dd_progid=EP* |
| fixed | Delete temporary files when Rewrite Timestamps fails |
| fixed | Extraneous options were showing for Stream Links and Stream Files |
| fixed | Failed jobs in the Calendar would still show Recording label |
Version 2023.01.23.1746
| fixed | Commercial detection was crashing on some recordings |
Version 2023.01.21.0716
| improved | Compatibility with EPlusTV docker |
| improved | Fox sports authentication and 4K stream tuning |
| improved | Initial setup experience when running in Docker and other container environments |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| fixed | Crash on some M1 macs |
| fixed | Advanced pass rules were not showing CONTAINS/EXCLUDES for SeasonNumber |
| fixed | Green screen transcoding on Raspberry Pi running 5.15 kernel |
| fixed | Some Custom Channels recorded shows with special characters were not linking correctly on web UI |
| fixed | Error with older chrome |
| fixed | Generating previews for local content imports could get stuck at 100% cpu in some cases |
| fixed | crash in macOS hardware encoder |
| fixed | Mixible channel via TVE |
| fixed | Commercial insertion issue on FS1 |
| fixed | Removing XMLTV from Custom Channels was not working |
Version 2023.01.06.1553
| fixed | Transcoding issues with ATSC3 channels |
| fixed | Local Content scanner would get confused by season folders named like "S05" |
Version 2023.01.06.0123
| new | Server Side Setting for disabling recording functionality |
| new | Calendar view now has an iCal calendar link you can use for subscribing to locally |
| improved | Cleaned up filter bar in Manage adding filtering for recordings by watched, unwatched, verified, content rating, and more. |
| improved | Links to recordings from pass list |
| improved | Updated transcoder libraries on Windows, Linux, Android and macOS, with better support for HEVC and closed captioning |
| improved | Hardware encoding on macOS now keeps HDR colorspace when transcoding to HEVC |
| improved | Hardware transcoding HEVC HDR to H.264 on macOS will tonemap HDR to SDR |
| improved | Software transcoder can now tonemap HDR to SDR for H.264 |
| improved | Sorting options for Library Collections |
| improved | Sporting event airings no longer update their Series art on new recordings, as normal TV shows do. |
| improved | Custom Channels supports HLS streams with ac3/eac3 audio tracks |
| improved | Runtime updates for stability and performance |
| improved | Better support for users who can view multiple CBS stations via TVE on the cbs website |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| fixed | Rare crash while deleting a show |
| fixed | Local Content scanner would get confused by season folders named like "Season05" |
| fixed | Requesting a master.m3u8 URL with codec=copy will now remux and not transcode |
Version 2022.11.15.1908
| new | Holiday sections in On Later |
| new | You can now edit the thumbnail for recordings/videos using the Art Picker using a URL or Upload. Thumbnails are 16x9. |
| new | Genres are now editable for TV episodes |
| new | Channel Collections are now available in the web admin Guide |
| new | Source and Filter selectors are now available in the web admin On Now |
| new | Movies and TV Shows now have an editable Sort Title that will be used when sorting items alphabetically. Use this to adjust the sort position of your content. |
| new | Hardware accelerated de-interlacing for macOS |
| new | Use keywords for Automatic Channels |
| improved | Redesigned experience adding/editing advanced passes |
| improved | Pass list now shows series art along with fast action buttons: Edit, Pause/Resume, Delete |
| improved | Set the way Video Groups sort their videos. Edit Metadata on the Video Group to sort them alphabetically, season/episode, by their titles, when they were created/aired, or when they were added to your Channels Library. |
| improved | Memory usage during guide download |
| improved | Reduced size of channels-dvr binary on linux |
| improved | Optimization for virtual channels with smart rules |
| improved | Allow trashing of unmatchable imports |
| improved | Skipped and cancelled recordings will not try to record the same program again later |
| improved | Guide in web interface now continues to update when left open for extended hours |
| improved | Imports scanner will find extras like trailers and subtitles automatically |
| improved | Sidecar .srt file is deleted along with recording/import delete |
| fixed | Phantom Live TV streams that could show up when experiencing issues with TVE streams |
| fixed | Movies group could appear in smart show collection |
| fixed | Deleting the last item in your Channel Collections could cause a crash |
| fixed | Some errors while loading the web guide |
| fixed | Rotation of home movies when using the macOS hardware encoder |
| fixed | Local content importer could get confused by filenames with backslashes and create new database entries on each scan |
| fixed | Import scanner reads lower case s01e01 |
| fixed | Extra spaces at the end of xmltv url are ignored |
| fixed | Smart ad detect was not working correctly on Custom Channels for Pluto |
| fixed | Experimental HEVC transcoding was not working on linux with nvidia h/w encoder |
| fixed | Transcoder sessions for remote streams could sometimes hang during cleanup |
Version 2022.10.03.2116
| new | Live commercial detection will not block regular commercial detection from continuing |
| new | Tailscale VPN is now built-in for easier Away from Home access |
| improved | Advanced pass options are now available in the main Series Pass editor on the web UI |
| improved | Backup will be made before upgrading to new version |
| improved | Updated intel quick sync drivers for Linux and FreeBSD |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| fixed | Passes on web UI were being sorted case sensitively and including articles |
| fixed | Editing start padding of a job from the Calendar view was delaying the recording |
| fixed | Watching overtime sports recording would get marked as watched if still recording |
| fixed | Smart rules for cast members were not working as expected |
| fixed | Audio/video issues on tve streams for some users |
Version 2022.09.14.2324
| new | You can now edit client names. Open their settings and click edit to rename them. When editing them on the server, the client themselves will adopt the ne name. |
| new | Hourly placeholder guide entries are added automatically for channels where guide data is not mapped. These can be used to setup series passes or manual recordings on the guide |
| new | Server Side setting to make clients match DVR's source priority |
| new | Server Side setting to show/hide content based on labels (tvOS and iOS clients only) |
| new | Server Side settings for Resume and Virtual Channel tuning |
| new | Server Side settings to manage Timeline visibility while seeking |
| new | Add Experimental setting for enabling HEVC transcoding (app playback only) |
| improved | Manage a show's pass directly from the show page |
| improved | QuickSync transcoding support |
| improved | WMV/WMA audio/video codecs |
| improved | Welcome page on new install has a bigger link to restore UI |
| improved | Scheduled recordings now list channels in the priority order in which recording will be attempted |
| improved | More sort options in the web UI on the Browse and Manage sections |
| improved | Support MPPA and TV ratings from XMLTV guide data |
| improved | Tuner Sharing buffer is more performant |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| improved | Local Content scanner will detect and reprocess files which have changed |
| improved | Hardware transcoding detection can be triggered from the web UI, and debug information can be viewed directly instead of via the Log |
| improved | Corrupted guide database is detected on boot and deleted to prevent crash |
| fixed | Restoring from backup would leave HDHRs without guide data |
| fixed | Unmatched movies that have had their metadata edited (specifically image or summary) will no longer show in Unmatched in the Manage view. |
| fixed | Full Summary was not reloading during Refresh Metadata |
| fixed | Removing Custom Channel source would not clean up all its settings |
| fixed | Typing quickly into Collection name would lose characters |
| fixed | Transcoder log files are cleaned up after a transcoded live stream finishes |
| fixed | Playback time was not being saved correctly for strm imports without duration |
| fixed | All bitrate options were not available for the Server Side Setting of Cellular Streaming |
| fixed | Passes with delayed start padding could miss recordings |
| fixed | Importer was not picking up season/episode information from some filenames |
Version 2022.08.08.2006
| new | Support for MPAA and TV ratings |
| new | Added Duration to Smart Rules for movies |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| fixed | On Later data causing crashes in the app |
| fixed | Duplicate Sci Fi genre appearing in movie filters |
Version 2022.08.04.1903
| new | Virtual Channels have a Mini Marathon sort option which will show three episodes of a show and then switch to the next show |
| new | Support for audio only transcoding of live sources |
| improved | Guide data in Europe will now download between 9-10am instead of midnight. This should improve guide accuracy for the upcoming day's recordings |
| improved | Option to generate commercial editor previews automatically after each recording |
| improved | Runtime enhancements to reduce CPU and memory usage |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| improved | Add support for Opus audio |
| improved | Transcoder now has adjustable server buffer options from default of 1 hour to up to 4 hours |
| fixed | Smart rules can now be used to search movies and shows by name or watched status |
| fixed | Backups list on Restore screen was not sorted correctly in some cases |
| fixed | Remote streaming would not work on some recordings with signal issues |
Version 2022.06.20.0235
| new | Calendar view for scheduled recordings |
| new | Season sort option on Virtual Channels will air one season at a time before switching to the next show |
| new | Add a trailer for a movie with a URL with metadata editor |
| new | Added client side settings for new Match Content settings for Trailers, Movie Virtual Channels, and TV Virtual Channels |
| new | Import STRM files to play videos directly from a URL |
| new | Imported episodes from two different shows that end up in the same place can now be fixed. On an imported show, select some episodes, then use Actions > Fix Show Match to move them to the correct place. |
| new | Option to generate commercial editor thumbnails automatically after recording completes |
| improved | Hardware transcoding performance on macOS |
| improved | Generated XMLTV contains HDTV markers for better compatibility with Plex |
| improved | Runtime optimizations for cpu and memory usage |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| fixed | Virtual Channels were not appearing in the list of options for Start Up Channel in server side settings |
| fixed | Applying labels to some imported shows was not working |
| fixed | Issues on some Custom Channel streams when transitioning to commercials |
Version 2022.03.23.0209
| new | Videos section under Local Content can be used to import home videos, concerts, music videos and other internet videos without metadata matches |
| new | Edit metadata of Movies, Shows, and Episodes, using new categories for music/home/internet videos |
| new | Upload and manage custom artwork with your curated metadata |
| new | Update metadata on multiple episodes at the same time with the batch editor |
| new | Poster Picker - Easily update your Movie and Show posters by choosing from a list |
| new | Update the poster of movies from the batch manager |
| new | Quality Rating is available in Smart Rules |
| new | Limit and ordering options on Virtual Channels |
| new | Option to set default playback speed for a show |
| new | Filter movies in the browse view by source: Recordings, Imports, PlayOn Cloud, Stream Links |
| new | Sort Movie collections by duration |
| new | Queue multiple recordings to reindex their commercials using the batch actions |
| new | webp containers supported for imported content |
| new | Web player has an "Audio Only" link in the watch now dropdown |
| improved | Labels and favorites are available for individual episodes |
| improved | Added the ability to remove a match from an incorrectly imported movie |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| improved | Generated m3u is compatible with more software including Xteve |
| improved | Better compatibility with online m3u editors |
| improved | Imported recordings that can’t get scanned in, will use their filename by default for their title |
| improved | Copies of a randomly sorted virtual channel will all randomize differently |
| improved | DVR Database Maintenance option lets you trash recordings which were already deleted off the disk |
| improved | Surface errors in Custom Channels prompt when m3u url fails or has no channels |
| fixed | Recordings marked live would not reliably get marked as watched when stopping close to the end |
| fixed | Advanced series pass with season/episode number conditions was not working reliably |
| fixed | Daily guide update could be missed in rare scenarios |
| fixed | Advanced search for imported shows was not working |
| fixed | Imported 720p videos were not being marked as HD |
| fixed | Video thumbnails for PlayOn recordings were corrupted |
| fixed | TV movies without a year would have (0) in the title |
| fixed | Rare issue where two recordings for the same show at the same time (on different channels) could record into the same mpg file |
| fixed | Commercial editor was not working for ATSC3 recordings |
| fixed | Importing mp4 videos could use up unnecessary CPU during thumbnail generation |
| fixed | Rare crash in some cases |
Version 2022.02.09.0020
| new | Added Winter Olympics event browsing to On Later |
| improved | Commercial detection on ATSC3 recordings |
| improved | Sort virtual channels by number on the web UI |
| improved | Faster performance in the macOS hardware transcoder |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| fixed | On Later buttons on mobile were collapsing and unusable |
Version 2022.02.03.2057
| new | Added local ABC news and Fox weather to TVE |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| improved | Workarounds for SHIELD 9.0 release issues |
| improved | Library search with partial show names |
| improved | More reliable support for local channels over TVE |
| fixed | Up next would not show the next episode for some shows |
| fixed | Recording processing could get stuck in rare cases |
| fixed | Issue where having multiple XMLTV sources caused them not to update their guide data at the requested refresh setting |
| fixed | Rare crashes |
Version 2022.01.13.2139
| new | Channel Collections can now have rules that pull in channels dynamically based on what’s currently on. |
| new | Added Channel to Smart Rule editor - create collections for all those Hallmark movies! |
| new | Server side setting for Signal Notifications |
| new | Server side setting for showing Virtual Channel Logo during playback |
| new | Server side settings for Buffer Protection, Buffer Protection Duration, and Jump to Last Channel |
| new | Server side setting for Watch from Library Prompt |
| improved | Major fixes to Up Next, which will now reliably show you the next episode to watch |
| improved | Easier Channel Collection management |
| improved | Closed caption passthrough in macOS and Windows hardware transcoders |
| improved | XMLTV export for better compatibility with other media software |
| improved | VideoReDo integration option generates .vprj files for your recordings |
| improved | New settings for Auto Play: You can now use the option of Off to hide the Next Up card. |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| fixed | Some TVE recordings could have timestamp glitches |
| fixed | Local Content scanner was not working with some QNAP shares |
| fixed | Hardware video transcoding issues with latest Raspberry Pi kernels |
| fixed | Issues with transcoded live streams when using network mount for DVR storage |
| fixed | Better integration with Windows Defender firewall |
| fixed | In rare cases the DVR could become stuck if connection to HDHR was lost while reloading channel list |
Version 2021.10.25.1801
| new | Create and manage Library Collections |
| new | Create and manage Virtual Channels |
| new | Local Content officially out of beta. |
| new | New and Improved On later |
| new | Watch live TV and recordings in a full width video player with the new option in the watch modal |
| improved | Web video player now has hot keys for controlling playback from the keyboard |
| improved | TVE provider and channel updates |
| improved | Filter on DVR > Manage web UI is now sticky |
| improved | Toggle for SSH access for RPI OS |
| improved | Hovering over client device info icon will show more detailed description of device, if available. |
| improved | Audio track listing in View Details now displays the title of the track |
| improved | Update programs database when deleted imported episode |
| fixed | Software transcoding of HEVC (ATSC3) sources to H.264 |
| fixed | Fixed issue with incorrect episode counts after deleting all episodes of a show |
| fixed | Issues with SSL certificates for remote access |
| fixed | Fix for series pass limit not being enforced in some cases |
Version 2021.08.12.0054
| new | Support for Locast in more cities |
| improved | Better performance with large libraries |
| improved | TVE channel and provider support |
Version 2021.05.26.1807
| new | Advanced passes can use multiple CONTAINS/EXCLUDES conditions |
| new | Advanced passes can use negative padding to stop recording early |
| new | Advanced passes can set custom padding in seconds |
| new | Advanced passes can limit the number of recordings created |
| new | Support for Locast Tri-Cities |
| improved | Performance improvements to the guide database |
| improved | Better support for XMLTV |
| improved | TVE channel and provider support |
| fixed | Streaming issues on some HLS web streams |
| fixed | Guide data would appear duplicated when combining HDHomeRun and Locast sources |
| fixed | Rare crashes when recording OTA stream with heavy signal loss |
Version 2021.03.30.0356
| new | Channel Collections - Curate your own custom sets of channels and replace the old filters in On Now and Guide |
| new | Client Tracking - See all your Channels clients in one place |
| new | Server Side Settings - Adjust the settings for all of your devices from the DVR server |
| new | Support for Locast Portland |
| improved | TVE channel and provider support |
| improved | Support Additional Storage feature for PlayOn recordings |
| fixed | Show settings for recordings from XMLTV sources would not save |
| fixed | Backup restore on fresh Pi DVR installation was not working |
Version 2021.03.16.1916
| new | Redesigned navigation and Library views on the DVR web UI |
| new | Redesigned DVR web UI search can now find recorded shows and movies |
| new | Batch management for your recordings |
| new | Support for Locast Cleaveland |
| new | Commercial detection settings |
| improved | Better performance with large number of imported recordings |
| improved | Metadata matching for PlayOn Cloud recordings |
| improved | TVE channel and provider support |
| fixed | New shows and seasons were not appearing in the UK |
| fixed | DVR web UI Guide would not allow recording the same episode multiple times |
| fixed | Padding updates on the DVR schedule could be overwritten after guide update |
| fixed | Changing padding on an in-progress recording would cause an interruption in recorded file |
| fixed | Guide and station images were not loading for some users |
Version 2021.02.04.1931
| new | PlayOn Cloud integration |
| new | Redesigned navigation on the DVR web UI |
| fixed | Imported content would scan in twice on the Channels DVR Pi Image |
Version 2021.02.02.2209
| new | Support for Stream Links |
| new | Support for Locast in Charlotte and Orlando |
| improved | Refreshed movie and TV show layouts on the DVR web UI |
| improved | TVE channel and provider support |
| improved | Support for ATSC3 in more cities |
| fixed | Crash due to rare streaming error |
Version 2021.01.15.1649
| new | Add Custom Channels to your DVR using M3U Playlists |
| new | Support for streaming RTSP from cameras and SAT>IP servers |
| new | Support for Locast in Madison, WI |
| new | XMLTV API for integration into other media center software |
| improved | Caching of images during internet outages |
| improved | TVE channel and provider support |
| improved | Support for hardware transcoding with 10th and 11th generation Intel CPUs |
| improved | Support for hardware transcoding on FreeNAS |
Version 2020.12.10.1836
| fixed | Excessive disk usage issue in last release |
| fixed | Some videos would transcode unnecessarily when watching away from home |
Version 2020.12.02.1531
| new | Support for Raspberry Pi 4 USB boot image |
| new | Support for ATSC 3.0 broadcasts with the new HDHomeRun CONNECT 4K |
| new | Support for Apple Silicon |
| improved | Support for Locast in Scranton and Indianapolis |
| improved | Support for refreshing XMLTV guide sources more than once a day |
| improved | Refreshed styles, better performance and improved error handling on the web admin UI |
| improved | Simpler web admin UI for managing your sources and guide data |
| improved | Transcoder recovers from unexpected errors automatically |
| improved | Web player restarts the transcoder on disconnects and reports transcoder speed more accurately |
| improved | Support for more types of subtitles |
| improved | TVE channel and provider support |
Version 2020.09.14.2100
| new | Move old recordings to an additional storage path to make space on your main DVR drive |
| new | Support for PBS live streams in some regions |
| improved | Support for UNC windows shares for additional storage and imported content |
| improved | TVE channel and provider support |
| fixed | Up Next could get confused about the next episode on some shows |
Version 2020.08.19.2205
| improved | Support for Locast in Minneapolis |
| improved | Compatibility with XMLTV guide data formats |
| improved | TVE channel and provider support |
| fixed | Rare crashes on some platforms |
Version 2020.06.16.1927
| improved | Support for Locast in Tampa |
| improved | Support for TVE on more Android devices |
| fixed | Failures during SSL certificate generation on some networks |
| fixed | On Windows, some TVE recordings could show video loops |
| fixed | TVE streams could sometimes transcode instead of remux when watching in browser |
Version 2020.05.25.2131
| new | Mark shows in your recorded library as Kids Only |
| new | Guide and station images are now loaded from tmsimg.fancybits.co for faster downloads |
| improved | Support for new Locast regions |
| improved | Support for AMD hardware transcoding on Windows and Ubuntu |
| improved | Added support for DVB subtitles when viewing remotely |
| fixed | Occasional error when starting remote Live TV stream |
| fixed | Transcoder would sometimes activate when remuxing would be sufficient |
| fixed | Enabling Remote Access would sometimes fail when generating certificate |
| fixed | Spurious authentication errors from TVE channels |
| fixed | Station logos and names would not refresh during manual guide update |
| fixed | TVE setup could fail on Windows if Chrome was installed for single user only |
| fixed | Commercial editor would fail to save if all blocks were marked as show |
| fixed | Rare bug could cause new recordings to stop if Chrome was uninstalled |
| fixed | Resource leak when running on SHIELD with TVE |
Version 2020.03.27.1730
| fixed | Crashes on some macOS computers with older processors. |
Version 2020.03.27.0200
| new | Troubleshooting page to help to identify common issues |
| new | Submit Diagnostic Logs button to send DVR logs to support in one step |
| new | Signal and network issues during recordings are reported |
| improved | Tuner sharing will share tuners when different devices have different tuner priorities |
| improved | TVE feed updates |
Version 2020.02.26.0338
| improved | Default number of days for Trash changed to 1 |
| improved | Recordings in Trash will be deleted before the specified number of days if there is less than 20GB free |
| improved | Added a button to Empty Trash in DVR |
| improved | OTA guide data is preferred for UK |
| improved | TVE and Locast channel updates |
| fixed | Streaming Live TV remotely could fail prematurely |
Version 2020.02.19.0306
| new | Deleted files now go into Trash for an optional number of days before being deleted from disk |
| new | Remote streaming of Live TV now supports Adaptive Streaming |
| new | XMLTV guide support for Australian guide data |
| new | Signal quality statistics for HDHR are now listed in activity view |
| improved | TVE channel updates |
| fixed | Transient errors causing remote streaming to be interrupted on Windows |
| fixed | Issue when remotely watching the same channel multiple times in a short time period |
Version 2019.12.05.0128
| fixed | Hardware transcoder on macOS was not working correctly. |
Version 2019.12.05.0014
| improved | Better Locast support. |
| improved | Support for TVE on ARM64 based NAS. |
| improved | Added some foreign language TVE stations. |
| improved | Reduced CPU performance while recording TVE. |
| fixed | Issues authenticating to TVE on some devices. |
| fixed | Automatic remote port forwarding wasn't working with some UPNP routers. |
Version 2019.11.19.2312
| improved | Support for automatic port forwarding on more router models. |
| improved | Add support for Locast in Seattle. |
| improved | HDHR tuner signal statistics are logged for every recording. |
| fixed | DVR could crash during guide download on some Synology ARM models. |
| fixed | Some sports stations were not working reliably. |
| fixed | Some cable channels were not working after changing ownership. |
| fixed | Remote access SSL certificate was not working on some DVRs. |
| fixed | Some Locast sub-stations would not stream. |
| fixed | Guide data was incorrect for some TVE stations. |
Version 2019.10.29.0031
| new | Support for Locast. |
| improved | Support for macOS Catalina. |
| improved | Channels numbers on the DVR Schedule are listed in order of priority. |
| improved | Creating or resuming Series Passes could be slow. |
| improved | Series art will update automatically when new seasons air. |
| improved | Better remote viewing of in-progress recording. |
| improved | Sort movies and recorded shows by year. |
| improved | Advanced Passes can match against keywords, directors and cast members. |
| improved | Advanced Passes can use EXCLUDES and LESS THAN in conditions. |
| improved | Option to force upgrade when DVR is waiting to upgrade to to activity. |
| improved | DVR auto-updates are faster and use less bandwidth. |
| fixed | Team Passes could record non-english airings of sports games. |
| fixed | DVR will prefer recording from favorites channels first even if they are on lower priority tuners. |
| fixed | TVE authentication issues with some OTT providers. |
| fixed | Transcoder could fail to start on some newer Linux servers. |
| fixed | Transcoding performance was slow on some NAS on fresh installations of the DVR. |
| fixed | Remote access SSL certificates were not working on some systems. |
| fixed | Disabling remote access would not remove automatic port mapping on some UPnP routers. |
| fixed | TVE was not working on 32-bit Windows. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 2019.09.23.2227
| new | Hardware transcoding support on the Raspberry Pi 4. |
| new | Adaptive streaming automatically adjusts bandwidth usage when watching recordings remotely. |
| improved | Added more sports channels to TVE. |
| fixed | TVE authentication issues with some cable and OTT providers. |
| fixed | TVE setup issues on the Raspberry Pi. |
| fixed | Tuner sharing was not working with the HDHR EXTEND. |
Version 2019.08.15.2304
| new | Experimental settings can be toggled on the web UI. |
| improved | Updated transcoder software with latest performance improvements and bug fixes. |
| fixed | TVE feature was not working on Asustor NAS. |
| fixed | Some TVE channels were not working on Frontier. |
| fixed | Some TVE sports channels were not working reliably. |
| fixed | Some TVE channel streams could fail during commercial breaks in the web player. |
| fixed | Web UI Guide and On Now were missing channels without guide data. |
| fixed | Remote and web streaming would not fall back to additional HDHomeRuns. |
| fixed | Remote and web streaming could attempt to use hidden channels. |
| fixed | Hardware transcoding was not working reliably on some Windows machines. |
| fixed | Superflous error messages could appear after daily guide download. |
Version 2019.08.03.0055
| improved | Support for closed captions in the Intel hardware transcoder on Linux. |
| improved | Allow using USB-attached storage on Synology NAS for DVR recordings. |
| fixed | Remote or browser viewing could stall after a few minutes. |
| fixed | Commercial editor was not working. |
| fixed | Channels app could crash when connecting to DVR with no tuners. |
| fixed | Cancelled recordings would not finish processing. |
| fixed | Some TVE channels were not working on Xfinity and Fubo. |
| fixed | Rare crash while recording. |
Version 2019.07.31.0021
| fixed | Skipped jobs would not auto-delete from the DVR Schedule. |
| fixed | Intel hardware transcoding was not working on some Windows machines. |
| fixed | TVE feature would not work on latest beta QNAP QTS. |
| fixed | Some TVE channels would not scan correctly. |
Version 2019.07.25.0349
| new | TV Everywhere Public Beta. |
| improved | Guide maintenance options in web admin. |
| improved | Recording failures are now recorded and presented in the web admin Schedule. |
| improved | Support for Telly emulated HDHomeRuns. |
| improved | Remote streaming performance when watching recordings at Original quality. |
| fixed | Newly added HDHomeRuns could be missing some guide data. |
| fixed | Commercial editor would not work on some programs. |
| fixed | Per-show settings in the web admin were not saved correctly. |
| fixed | Intel QuickSync was not working on some Linux systems. |
| fixed | Web Player and remote viewing was not working on MyCloud Home NAS. |
| fixed | Backup restore UI was not working reliably on Windows. |
| fixed | NVidia hardware transcoder was using more bandwidth than requested. |
| fixed | Initial setup in UK could fail for some postal codes. |
Version 2019.04.22.2317
| fixed | Live TV would fail to play in the Web Player on many browsers. |
| fixed | Some recordings could fail to stream remotely. |
| fixed | DVR could crash during guide download on low RAM devices. |
| fixed | Rare crashes in the DVR. |
Version 2019.03.12.0544
| improved | HDHomeRun Premium TV guide data changes. |
| improved | Reduce memory usage during guide import. |
| improved | Passes can use advanced "Time CONTAINS AM" condition record morning shows only. |
| improved | Commercial detection accuracy. |
| fixed | Timeout errors corrupting Premium TV recordings. |
| fixed | Advanced conditions on Series Passes were case sensitive. |
| fixed | Wake from sleep on Windows to make recordings was not reliable. |
| fixed | Javascript error when disabling DVR checkbox. |
| fixed | Toggling remote access feature would not detect new router type. |
Version 2018.11.20.2224
| new | Button to force database backup before moving DVR to another PC/NAS. |
| improved | Use european style date/time formats in web UI for international users. |
| fixed | Recordings could fail to start if there was exactly 3 minutes of padding overlap. |
| fixed | Guide data for some HDHR Premium TV stations was incorrect. |
| fixed | Season passes could be created twice from web UI. |
| fixed | Removed logging of some harmless errors in the log. |
| fixed | Some rare crashes. |
Version 2018.10.08.2134
| new | On Later helps you discover upcoming movies and shows. |
| improved | Bonjour discovery advertisements work more reliably with various clients. |
| fixed | Issues fast-forwarding recordings stored on a Windows DVR. |
| fixed | Better support for detecting sleep and firewall issues on Windows. |
| fixed | ClearQAM users could see channels still listed as Unknown after mapping guide data. |
| fixed | Legacy tuners could not mark channels as HD. |
| fixed | Speedtest was not maxing out available bandwidth. |
| fixed | Rare crashes on some platforms. |
Version 2018.09.06.1912
| new | Premium TV demo channels can be hidden from the DVR. |
| improved | Web player was not reliable on some devices. |
| fixed | Restore from backup was not working. |
| fixed | Premium TV recordings could not be played in web player or via remote streaming. |
| fixed | Premium TV guide data could disappear on web UI when adding a legacy HDHR. |
| fixed | In rare cases, bonjour could keep running even if unchecked on Settings page. |
Version 2018.08.27.1927
| new | Support HDHomeRun Premium TV. |
| improved | Lineup editor allows combining channels from different zipcodes. |
| fixed | Remote DVR clients could get disconnected after 30 days. |
| fixed | Hardware transcoding was not working in Linux with Intel Coffee Lake processors. |
Version 2018.08.02.1754
| new | Support for 32-bit FreeBSD. |
| improved | Better support for regions where cable companies have multiple guide options. |
| improved | Advanced series passes can match on airing durations. |
| improved | Add to Home Screen support on Android devices. |
Version 2018.07.01.1750
| new | Support for 32-bit Windows. |
| fixed | DVR web UI could fail to load on fresh installation. |
Version 2018.06.28.1458
| improved | Better support for IPv6 networks. |
| improved | DVR will automatically rescan for HDHRs once a minute until a tuner is found. |
| fixed | Commercial detection could fail on some recordings. |
| fixed | Automatic port forwarding for remote access was not working on SHIELD. |
| fixed | Some parts of the Web UI would not work in Chrome on Android. |
| fixed | Some clients could fail to connect to DVR's HTTPS server. |
| fixed | Bonjour would not detect IP changes on FreeBSD. |
| fixed | Remote streaming of live TV could use more temporary disk space than expected. |
| fixed | Log would show repeated panic messages on some macOS systems. |
| fixed | DVR could crash if configured with invalid custom lineup codes. |
Version 2018.04.05.2059
| new | DVR will detect common issues like misconfigured firewall and sleep settings. |
| improved | Bonjour reliability when IPs and networks change. |
| fixed | Nvidia hardware transcoding was not working on Windows. |
| fixed | Some shows with foreign language airings were being combined into a single series pass. |
| fixed | Web UI would load slowly on Windows. |
| fixed | Web Player was not working in Microsoft Edge. |
| fixed | Some accessibility issues on the web UI. |
Version 2018.03.21.2139
| new | Support for AMD hardware transcoding on Windows. |
| improved | Updated versions of commercial detector and transcoder. |
| fixed | Some UK channels could not be watched in Web Player or remotely. |
| fixed | Some windows machines would fail to run commercial detection after recording completed. |
| fixed | Multiple recordings paths advanced feature could not be used on Windows. |
| fixed | Remote access HTTPS certificate was not being accepted by some clients. |
Version 2018.01.30.0033
| fixed | Two clients trying to remote stream the same channel/recording would conflict. |
| fixed | Multiple audio tracks were not available when remote streaming. |
| fixed | Remote stream would fail to seek on recordings made with EXTEND transcoder. |
| fixed | Some DVB channels would fail to remote stream. |
| fixed | Legacy tuners could fail to work after a firmware upgrade. |
| fixed | Some windows machines would fail to use Nvidia hardware transcoder. |
| improved | Send hardware tuning errors to client in Tuner Sharing mode. |
| improved | Upgraded Android SDK for Nvidia SHIELD build. |
| improved | Added hardware transcoder debug API. |
Version 2017.12.13.1901
| fixed | Watching an in-progress recording would sometimes not start from the beginning. |
| fixed | Remote streaming of a recording with DVB teletext track would fail. |
Version 2017.12.08.0017
| improved | Better video quality with hardware transcoder on Linux. |
| fixed | In very rare circumstances, the DVR could keep recording after a program finished. |
| fixed | Preview images for SD broadcasts were being stretched out. |
| fixed | Watching a recording while it was in progress would not automatically mark as watched. |
| fixed | Commercial detection was not working in Docker containers. |
| fixed | Bonjour was not working in some Docker containers. |
| fixed | Remote streaming of some 720p recordings would stutter during playback. |
| fixed | DVR's View Details button on the web UI would incorrectly show 720p recordings as interlaced. |
| fixed | DVR's Refresh button on web UI will reload an episode's title and description. |
Version 2017.11.16.0140
| fixed | Entering full US zipcode during setup would not work. |
| fixed | New UK lineups were not appearing during setup. |
| fixed | Toggling automatic port forwarding after upgrading from NATPMP router to uPnP router would not work. |
| fixed | DVR could fail to auto-upgrade on macOS. |
| fixed | Advanced pass could not be created without any == conditions. |
| improved | Recommend channel scan first if setting up DVR on HDHR with no channels. |
| improved | Better mobile version of initial DVR welcome page. |
Version 2017.11.03.0006
| new | Support for running the DVR as a Windows background Service. |
| improved | Windows DVR system tray menu lets you enable/disable auto-run at login. |
| fixed | DVR was not working under Windows Task Scheduler. |
| fixed | Manual refresh of guide data was not refreshing channel data. |
Version 2017.11.01.2252
| new | On Windows, the system tray icon menu has a Fix Ethernet Settings option shown when Flow Control has not been disabled. |
| improved | Faster software transcoding performance on newer processors. |
| improved | Commercial detection is disabled on underpowered ARM5 NAS. |
| fixed | Increased comskip timeout to 8 hours. |
| fixed | Ignore Hyper-V default switch for Bonjour. |
Version 2017.10.24.2330
| new | DVR is now available in Denmark. |
| improved | Commercial detection will time out after 30 minutes to avoid runaway processes. |
| improved | Faster transcoding on Linux when Hardware deinterlace is enabled. |
| improved | Reduced memory usage slightly. |
| fixed | A rare bug would sometimes cause the DVR to fail auto-update on Windows. |
Version 2017.10.20.2232
| improved | Much faster at starting playback of transcoded live tv. |
| improved | Inactive transcoder streams will time out after 30s. |
| improved | Better software transcoding performance. |
| fixed | Web player was not working reliably on macOS Safari. |
| fixed | Stopping live tv transcoder would print some errors to log and fail to delete some temporary files. |
| fixed | Automatic port forwarding was not working with some uPnP routers. |
Version 2017.10.19.0311
| improved | macOS menu dropdown will now let you install the Auto-Wake helper if needed. |
| improved | Better software transcoder performance. |
| improved | Reduced CPU usage on DVR when using web player from Chrome or Firefox. |
| fixed | SSL certificate generation was failing for some users. |
| fixed | SHIELD hardware transcoder would perform poorly at 720p or lower. |
| fixed | Rare crash if DVR booted without any network connections. |
| fixed | Port-forwarding errors were not being shown on the web UI. |
| fixed | Speed test would max out at 30Mbit/s on some systems. |
Version 2017.10.18.0607
| fixed | DVR would sometimes fail to restart after auto-update on macOS 10.13 |
| improved | Add web-based speedtest |
| improved | Report transcoder capability to the Channels apps |
Version 2017.10.17.1728
| fixed | Schedule tab was empty on my.channelsdvr.net for some users. |
| fixed | SSL certificate generation could fail if DNS traffic was firewalled. |
| fixed | DVR settings tab was not reporting RAM values correctly. |
| improved | Support for favoriting and hiding channels on legacy TECH tuners. |
Version 2017.10.14.2323
| improved | Better support for TECH3 tuners. |
| fixed | DVR would not allow Windows to sleep when idle. |
| fixed | DVR would hang on startup if hardware transcoding was broken on Windows 8.1 |
| fixed | Restore Tuner Sharing compatibility with older versions of Channels app. |
Version 2017.10.13.2123
| improved | Show 6 hours of data on the web guide. |
| fixed | Channels hidden only on a single HDHomeRun would sometimes not appear. |
Version 2017.10.13.0017
| new | HTTPS support. |
| fixed | Logout from my.channelsdvr.net was not working. |
Version 2017.10.11.2339
| fixed | Hardware transcoder on Windows would often fail to start. |
Version 2017.10.10.0006
| improved | New unRAID package. |
Version 2017.10.06.1807
| improved | Use surround sound when remote streaming in original quality. |
Version 2017.10.05.1806
| improved | Remote streaming performance |
| fixed | DVR would keep display active on Mac. |
| fixed | Recordings could be missed when waking up the Mac from sleep. |
| fixed | Foreign language recordings could get mixed up with english versions of the same show. |
| fixed | Bonjour was not working on Android. |
| fixed | Backup restore directory picker was confusing. |
| fixed | Tiny memory leak when streaming from legacy tuners. |
Version 2017.10.02.1547
| fixed | Redirect loop when trying to access my.channelsdvr.net |
Version 2017.10.02.0617
| fixed | Remote access was forcing HTTPs mode even if certificate was not generated. |
| fixed | Sometimes recordings would be missed even after DVR woke up the Mac from sleep. |
| fixed | Images could get out of sync between shows and recordings. |
| new | Official macOS Installer. |
Version 2017.09.30.0300
| new | Remote Access option with HTTPS auto-configuration. |
| fixed | Web player would not work with reprocessed recordings. |
| fixed | Web player was not working in iOS 11 Safari |
| fixed | DVR would not record from prioritized tuner in some situations. |
| fixed | Web guide could be missing some channels when multiple HDHRs were found. |
Version 2017.09.01.0513
| fixed | Guide data was not downloading. |
Version 2017.08.11.1703
| fixed | Foreign language show recordings were incorrectly being categorized as movies. |
Version 2017.08.09.1634
| fixed | Deleting season pass could cause iOS app to crash. |
| improved | Time CONTAINS advanced rule will now match "3pm" and "3:00pm" |
Version 2017.08.06.1637
| fixed | Some UK channels would not stream remotely. |
| improved | Support for remote streaming from tvOS app. |
Version 2017.08.02.1643
| improved | Live TV streaming from web player starts much more quickly. |
| fixed | DVR would transcode some h264 channels for remote streaming instead of remuxing. |
| fixed | Rare crashes on boot related to guide data database. |
Version 2017.07.29.2103
| new | Support for remote streaming with the iOS app. |
| fixed | Commercial detection could not be enabled on some Raspberry Pi |
Version 2017.07.27.2302
| improved | Combined all tuners into a single view on web UI On Now and Guide tabs. |
| improved | Remember filter selection on web UI Guide tab. |
| fixed | Guide data would process twice when adding multiple tuners during initial setup. |
| fixed | DVR would re-create recordings directory when USB drive was unmounted, causing mount point to change on macOS. |
| improved | Backend improvements for remote access authentication. |
Version 2017.07.20.1616
| new | Experimental HTTPS support with self-signed certificates. |
| new | Advanced pass editor on the web UI lets you enable "re-record deleted episodes", to force passes to always re-record episodes which were previously recorded and deleted. |
| fixed | Sometimes Season Passes would fail to record episodes which got moved to a later time slot when guide data was updated on the day of the airing. |
| fixed | Recordings could previously be automatically pruned while they were being watched. |
Version 2017.07.17.0243
| improved | Series passes will no longer record foreign language versions of a show. |
| improved | Experimental support for TECH3-US tuner. |
| fixed | Guide data was duplicated in Roku/Android apps when multiple HDHRs were registered with the DVR. |
| fixed | Hidden channels would appear in Android app. |
Version 2017.07.13.0055
| improved | Recordings tab on Web UI now shows number of unwatched recordings per show (instead of total recordings) |
Version 2017.07.09.0116
| fixed | Previous change to ignore "Local Area Connection" adapters on Windows broke some setups. |
Version 2017.07.07.2149
| fixed | Deleting a show would not delete episodes from disk immediately. |
| fixed | Local Area Connection adapters on Windows would confuse Bonjour discovery. |
| new | ExtraPaths configuration allows moving some DVR recordings to a secondary disk. |
Version 2017.06.29.2332
| improved | Prefer IP address for initial setup oauth to prevent "invalid redirect_uri" errors. |
| fixed | For FireTV clients, force transcoding with Blend deinterlacer since FireTV does not handle 60fps well. |
Version 2017.06.28.2127
| fixed | Rare crash on Windows. |
| improved | Transcoder APIs for the experimental Roku and FireTV apps. |
Version 2017.06.15.2014
| improved | Commercial detection could crash in rare circumstances. |
| fixed | Recordings would sometimes not record the entire show if the guide data changed after initial scheduling. |
| fixed | Directory picker now allows SHIELD to navigate to /storage/emulated/0 for recording to adopted storage. |
Version 2017.06.09.2116
| improved | TV show filenames have been changed for better compatibility with Plex/Infuse/Kodi and other media managers. |
| improved | Filenames will no longer contain characters invalid on windows, regardless of DVR platform. This makes it easier to move your DVR to a windows based platform in the future. |
| fixed | Commercial detection would sometimes fail on the SHIELD. |
Version 2017.06.07.0238
| fixed | Directory picker was not working on the SHIELD. |
| improved | Download guide data in the UK between 12am-2am for better reliability. |
| fixed | Do not prevent sleep is DVR is open in a browser via localhost. |
| improved | Show buffer full warning at 99% |
| improved | Retry up to 5 times on guide data download errors. |
| improved | Report detailed tuner errors from upcoming HDHR firmware. |
Version 2017.05.25.2249
| fixed | Commercial detection is now limited to one cpu core again. |
| improved | New APIs for experimental Roku app. |
Version 2017.05.25.1629
| fixed | Re-added 576p option on macOS |
| fixed | Hardware transcoding was not working on some linux machines with multiple GPUs. |
| improved | Commercial detection performance on mpeg2 recordings. |
Version 2017.05.24.1509
| fixed | Removed 576p option when using macOS hardware transcoder, as it is not supported. |
Version 2017.05.23.2138
| improved | Added 576p option for web player transcoding. |
| improved | Increase transcoder buffer to 5 minutes. |
| fixed | Some USB drives could not be selected for storage on the SHIELD. |
Version 2017.05.22.2051
| improved | On multi-core systems, commercial detection will use half of all available cores. |
| improved | Added (x) button to clear search input on web UI Search tab. |
| fixed | NTFS mounts were not properly detected on the SHIELD. |
| fixed | Time was reported incorrectly on SHIELD. |
| fixed | Commercial detection was failing in some scenarios. |
Version 2017.05.17.1932
| new | Support for Nvidia SHIELD. |
Version 2017.05.16.0002
| fixed | Bonjour was showing IPv6 addresses on Settings page on macOS. |
| fixed | Web UI would not load correctly if loaded immediately after DVR started. |
| fixed | Some show images were low resolution. |
Version 2017.05.12.0136
| fixed | Chromecast icon was not showing up in web player on Chrome for iOS |
| fixed | Web player could show overlapping timestamps on mobile screens. |
Version 2017.05.11.1727
| fixed | Play on Roku would say "video failed" on some DVRs. |
| fixed | Watching a recording on Roku would not keep track of watched position reliably. |
Version 2017.05.11.0158
| new | Added default keep option for new passes. |
| improved | Click a pass to edit it quickly on the Passes view. |
| improved | When setting up a new DVR with existing recordings directory, link to backup/restore wizard. |
| improved | Retry any failed recordings immediately when an existing recording job is cancelled and tuner frees up. |
| improved | Start recordings one at a time, to ensure that higher priority passes take precedence. |
| improved | Directory picker scrolls to top after clicking into a folder. |
| improved | Added "keep 1" retention options. |
| improved | Added 10s padding options. |
| improved | Web player for live TV now buffers up to one hour on the DVR server. |
| fixed | Play on Roku was not working. |
Version 2017.05.10.1814
| new | Support for "Play on Roku" |
Version 2017.05.10.0304
| new | Search tab on web UI shows upcoming season and show premieres. |
| fixed | Settings tab was not loading on FreeBSD. |
| fixed | Commercial detection was not working on linux. |
Version 2017.05.09.1717
| fixed | DVR would not detect some drives on Windows. |
Version 2017.05.08.2150
| fixed | Commercial detection would crash on some recordings. |
Version 2017.05.07.1905
| fixed | Hardware transcoder on macOS would generate broken output which could cause Safari to stall during web player playback. |
Version 2017.05.06.0013
| fixed | Chromecast icon would only appear on first recording watched after a browser refresh. |
| fixed | Casting a recording was slow to start. |
| fixed | Chapter navigation would disappear while casting. |
| fixed | Closed captions were not working in the web player. |
| fixed | Hardware transcoder on macOS was not including closed captions. |
| fixed | Poster was not showing in Safari while loading. |
Version 2017.05.05.0112
| new | Support for Chromecast in Chrome. |
| new | Buttons for Airplay and PIP in Safari. |
| new | Buttons to skip back 10s and forward 30s in web player. |
| new | Commercials markers on the web player timeline. |
| new | Chapter picker and skip buttons on web player let you navigate commercials markers. |
| improved | Larger default size for web player. |
| improved | Show poster and spinner while transcoder is starting for web player. |
| fixed | Scrub/seek was not working in Safari for live streams. |
| fixed | Clicking outside the web player could accidentally dismiss it before clicking Stop. |
| fixed | Click-and-drag to scrub on the player was unreliable. |
| fixed | Hiding a show from Up Next would cause incorrect counts on web Recordings tab. |
| fixed | Retry guide data downloads on 503 Service Unavailable errors. |
| fixed | Spurious buffer warning when starting a recording on 32-bit platforms. |
| fixed | On Synology NAS, the storage picker always showed /volume1 instead of the volume where the DVR is installed. |
Version 2017.04.28.2317
| improved | Switch to native bonjour implementation on macOS. |
| improved | When starting a recording, buffer up to 32MB (~15s) of video in RAM while waiting for the disk to wake up. |
| improved | Prevent Windows and macOS from sleeping while web or ATV clients are active. |
| improved | Guide data downloader will retry a few times when encountering timeout errors. |
| fixed | Guide data would not download reliably for users with more than 200 channels. |
| experimental | Support for waking up macOS automatically when DVR clients connect. |
Version 2017.04.26.2040
| new | Initial setup wizard helps you configure your newly installed DVR. |
| improved | Directory picker for DVR storage and backup restore is easier to use. |
| improved | Real-time updates sent to ATV clients when number of unwatched episodes in a show changes. |
| improved | Create and manage Series Passes directly from the Guide and On Now tabs on web UI. |
| improved | UK guide data downloads now happen between 4-6am every day for better reliability. |
| improved | On macOS, prevent the computer from going to sleep while the DVR is busy. |
| improved | On Windows, prevent the computer from going to sleep or shutting down while DVR is busy. |
| improved | For legacy HDHRs, show additional setup steps required during guide setup. |
| fixed | Up Next items would sometimes move back and forth. |
| fixed | Guide tab on the web UI would sometimes fail to show episodes as recording. |
| fixed | On Now tab on web UI now shows the event title for sports games. |
| fixed | On Windows, the tray icon menu was blurry. |
| fixed | Moving a DVR database from Windows to Linux would cause recordings to fail playback. |
| fixed | Some visual glitches on the web UI where elements would not line up exactly. |
| fixed | In rare situations, loading the web UI right while the DVR was starting would break until refresh. |
| fixed | Installing the DVR before subscribing could lead to confusing new user experience. |
| fixed | Settings tab on web UI would flash multiple times while loading. |
| fixed | Guide and On Now tabs on web UI on a new install would say "no favorites" instead of "no guide data downloaded". |
| experimental | Support for waking up out of sleep automatically to make recordings on Windows and macOS. |
Version 2017.04.20.2223
| new | Hardware deinterlacer option on Linux, which produces better quality video (but might use more resources). |
| fixed | Hardware transcoder performance improved for Synology NAS w/ 2GB RAM. |
Version 2017.04.20.0012
| improved | Quicker tuning times when watching live TV from web player. |
| improved | Web player now says "Remux" when watching existing h.264 video without transcoding. |
| fixed | Web playback of live interlaced h.264 channels would stutter. |
| fixed | Web player would sometimes fail to play audio or video. |
| fixed | Web player was not transcoding live h.264 channels to requested bitrate/resolution. |
| improved | Increased number of old backups retained by 2x. |
| improved | More debug logging when new jobs are created for a rule. |
| fixed | Episodes would sometimes fail to record if they were moved to a different time slot in the guide data. |
| fixed | Season passes would sometimes pick the second airing of an episode to record. |
| improved | Added hidden toggle for better compatibility with Synology Cloud Sync filesystem restrictions. |
Version 2017.04.19.0028
| fixed | Activity would show Idle while streaming a recording to Apple TV. |
| fixed | On Synology, do not create directory names ending in "." for better compatibility with Cloud Station. |
| improved | OS section of Settings tab will now show hardware manufacturer and model name. |
| improved | Show transcode mode used in tuner sharing connections when streaming from EXTEND. |
| improved | Increased initial HDHR connection timeout to 6s. |
Version 2017.04.17.1856
| improved | Use recorder transcode setting for web playback with an EXTEND. |
| improved | More logging on tuner sharing events. |
| improved | Reduced HDHR communication timeouts from 5s to 3s. |
| improved | Ignore p2p and tunnel network interfaces in bonjour. |
| fixed | Remove broken 240p option when using mac hardware transcoder. |
| fixed | Make DVR checkbox clickable during initial setup. |
| fixed | Settings page would not load if bonjour could not find any IPs. |
Version 2017.04.13.0150
| improved | Major rewrite of tuner sharing engine to reduce memory and CPU overhead. |
| improved | Changed "Add to DVR" link to "Pick Guide Provider" button. |
| improved | Guide picker is focused automatically after enabling DVR. |
| improved | Directory picker for DVR storage will hide system folders on major NAS models. |
| improved | Optimized disk I/O required for watching recordings that are still in progress. |
| improved | Recordings have a "View Details" option in dropdown to view audio/video encoding details. |
| fixed | Backup restore UI was not working on windows. |
| fixed | Stopping DVR during guide download would not abort downloader. |
| fixed | Guide picker hides non-HD/legacy cable provider options. |
| fixed | Web playback of recordings using hardware transcoder on Linux could end early. |
| fixed | Tuner sharing was not working with EXTENDs with transcoding disabled. |
| fixed | Log was empty when DVR crashed on windows. |
| fixed | DVR could rarely crash when trying to start web playback. |
| fixed | Guide and On Now tabs could stop working if previously selected HDHR was not available. |
Version 2017.04.06.0200
| fixed | Minor visual glitch when setting up a new HDHR with guide data. |
Version 2017.04.04.0009
| fixed | Bonjour advertisements were not working on windows computers with Internet Connection Sharing enabled. |
| fixed | VPN and VM network interfaces on windows were not being ignored. |
| improved | Re-scan for HDHRs one minute after the DVR starts, in case the server is started before networking comes up. |
Version 2017.03.31.2134
| fixed | Commercial detection, episode previews and transcoding were not working on macOS 10.10 and 10.11 since 3.28 release. |
Version 2017.03.31.0308
| fixed | Tuner sharing was not working for EXTENDs with transcoding enabled. |
Version 2017.03.28.1753
| fixed | Rare combination of bugs could cause guide data not to download. |
Version 2017.03.27.2154
| improved | Better commercial detection on standard-definition recordings. |
| improved | Automatically marked as watched when stopping playback during the final commercial in a recording. |
| improved | Episode preview image would sometimes show commercials. |
Version 2017.03.24.2223
| fixed | Activity section was incorrect when multiple ATVs were sharing a tuner. |
| improved | Mark as watched automatically when you've viewed 95% of a program. |
| improved | Preview thumbnails could be taken during commercials when a recording had padding at the start. |
| improved | Web UI Guide now lets you access all 21 days of guide data. |
Version 2017.03.21.0415
| improved | Up Next algorithm is smarter. |
| improved | Performance enhancements due to runtime upgrade. |
| improved | 21 days of guide data. |
| improved | Tuner sharing allows overlapping episodes on the same channel to record from a single tuner. |
| improved | Activity section on the DVR web UI will now update in real time. |
| improved | Guide and On Now tabs in DVR web UI will remember selected HDHomeRun when multiple are available. |
| improved | Better buffering of HDHomeRun video stream prevents any hiccups in the recorded file. |
| fixed | DVR would sometimes crash after upgrading itself on FreeBSD. |
| fixed | Commercial detection would sometimes crash on Windows. |
| fixed | Deleting a recording in progress would still show episode as recording on the guide. |
Version 2017.03.13.2338
| fixed | Adding padding to a recording already in progress was not working. |
| fixed | Recording playback in Chrome on Windows could stall out after some time. |
| improved | Initial loading speed of DVR web UI. |
| fixed | Rare errors could prevent new DVR from being setup. |
Version 2017.03.10.0234
| fixed | In very rare circumstances, a new episode could fail to record if it was rescheduled. |
| fixed | Recordings stored in H264 format would not be transcoded to lower bitrate/resolution for web playback unless they were interlaced. |
| improved | Upgraded compiler version used to build windows exes should fix some comskip bugs. |
| improved | Updated version of web video player. |
Version 2017.03.01.2225
| improved | Major upgrade to the guide database reduces memory/disk space used and speeds up access to the guide data. |
| fixed | DVR could upgrade itself while someone was playing a recording on the Apple TV. |
| fixed | Recordings from EXTEND tuners could be transcoded even if "none" was selected in the DVR. |
| fixed | NTFS drives mounted with the ufsd driver could not record some shows. |
| fixed | DVR will force upgrade itself if it has been waiting to upgrade for more than a day. |
Version 2017.02.23.2046
| fixed | Memory usage had increased significantly since v2017.02.15.0045 |
Version 2017.02.22.1656
| fixed | Legacy HDHR tuners were not being released correctly after recordings completed on windows. |
Version 2017.02.22.0443
| fixed | NTFS drives mounted on Linux would not record some shows. |
| fixed | Hardware transcoding option was incorrectly showing up on Macs without Intel QuickSync. |
| fixed | Some ARM processors would not report clock speed correctly. |
| fixed | Guide data for next week would not download reliably. |
Version 2017.02.15.0045
| fixed | Hardware transcoding was slow on Synology NAS with Intel CPUs. |
| fixed | DVR could sometimes incorrectly display "subscription expired". |
| fixed | Creating movie recordings from web UI would not set all channels on the schedule. |
Version 2017.02.11.0312
| new | MCEBuddy integration with latest beta |
| fixed | Bug during guide download could cause crash. |
| improved | Change tuners to devices on Settings tab to avoid confusion. |
Version 2017.02.10.0714
| new | Edit your guide data mappings to fix mismatched or missing channels. |
| new | Button to force re-download of guide data. |
| improved | Assign existing guide source to new tuner without having to re-enter zipcode. |
| improved | Make directory picker more friendly and show errors when enable DVR fails. |
| improved | Auto-match guide data based on channel name when number doesn't match any data. |
| fixed | Bonjour server is started after DVR finishes booting. |
| fixed | Some buttons on the web UI did not look like buttons in certain browsers. |
Version 2017.02.08.1830
| improved | Guide database updates much faster and uses much less space on disk. |
| fixed | Scheduled jobs would delete themselves if tuners were missing when DVR restarted. |
| fixed | Searching for shows with numbers like "48 hours" was not working. |
| fixed | Guide database could sometimes delete itself if there were network failures during the download. |
Version 2017.02.07.0145
| fixed | Commercial detection could crash on windows. |
| fixed | Hardware acceleration was not working on Asustor NAS. |
Version 2017.02.03.0335
| fixed | Web admin UI was being slow and sometimes would not work reliably. |
| fixed | Commercial detection did not work on windows with exFAT storage. |
| fixed | Log directory on windows was larger than necessary. |
| improved | Remove extra logging on windows. |
| changed | Mac hardware transcoder closed caption passthrough was disabled. |
Version 2017.02.02.2018
| fixed | Hardware transcoder option was missing on some Linux machines/NAS. |
Version 2017.02.02.0208
| fixed | Recording playback via web was not working on windows. |
| fixed | Recordings still in progress would not playback via web consistently. |
| fixed | Recording playback via web would stall near the end of the recording. |
Version 2017.02.01.2149
| fixed | Recordings database could become corrupted in rare circumstances. |
Version 2017.02.01.0203
| new | Linux builds for armv6l |
| fixed | Up next would not show correct episode if two new episodes aired on the same day. |
Version 2017.01.31.2207
| improved | Upgraded intel hardware acceleration driver on linux with bug fixes. |
| improved | Better hardware transcoder performance on linux with lower resolutions. |
| fixed | Recording playback on web with hardware transcoder could cause stuttering during playback. |
Version 2017.01.30.2232
| new | Transcoding bitrate selection for web playback. |
| new | Create subdirectories when picking DVR recording path. |
| improved | Wake up the DVR for maintenance once every three hours instead of every hour. |
| improved | Guide data is downloaded between 9am-11am. |
| fixed | Added logging of permissions errors that caused recordings to fail. |
| fixed | Errors during commercial detection on windows would cause DVR to crash. |
| fixed | Older generation Intel HD graphics on windows were not able to use Hardware transcoding. |
| fixed | DVR could crash with "concurrent map writes" error. |
| fixed | Bonjour on windows would not work if VirtualBox Host-Only network adapter was present. |
| fixed | Web UI would slow down when DVR checkbox was unchecked. |
Version 2017.01.28.0312
| fixed | Auto-upgrade on windows was causing firewall issues. |
Version 2017.01.27.2325
| new | Support for 64-bit windows. |
Version 2017.01.25.0441
| fixed | TVMA programs were not showing up in the Guide. |
| fixed | Bonjour discovery was not reliable. |
Version 2017.01.24.0315
| fixed | 32-bit linux builds were not working. |
Version 2017.01.23.2004
| fixed | Recording playback on web using hardware transcoder on linux would cause stuttering. |
| fixed | Fail and retry a recording job if cannot connect to HDHR within 5 seconds. |
| fixed | HDHRs added manually would not be remembered across upgrades and restarts. |
| fixed | Deleting an in-progress recording would not release the tuner. |
| fixed | Recordings scheduled back-to-back could miss the first 30s of a program. |
| fixed | DRM channels were not being hidden from the guide. |
| fixed | Recordings would not get marked as watched automatically if they had a lot of padding. |
| improved | Pruner runs every 3 hours now to delete watched/old recordings. |
| improved | Better logging of transcoder status and options. |
| improved | Ability to force bonjour to advertise on specific network interface. |
Version 2017.01.21.0059
| fixed | Hardware transcoder on Linux/NAS was not working reliably. |
Version 2017.01.20.1732
| fixed | New thumbnailer was using a lot of CPU and RAM. |
| improved | Automatically mark recordings as watched when more than 95% is played back. |
Version 2017.01.20.0217
| fixed | Guide data would not download after setting your location and lineup. |
| improved | Increased logging when files are being processed. |
| fixed | Skip thumbnail generation for corrupt recordings. |
Version 2017.01.18.2126
| new | Hide channels directly from the DVR web admin. |
| new | Support hiding channels on legacy tuners. |
| fixed | Guide data would sometimes download multiple times between 8am-10am. |
Version 2017.01.18.0910
| new | Admin UI to restore database from backup on a new installation. |
Version 2017.01.18.0555
| fixed | Previous version would crash when accessing guide database. |
| new | Switch to software transcoder on Settings tab. |
| new | Show transcoder status under the video player. |
| improved | Try not to generate recording thumbnails with commercials. |
Version 2017.01.17.2332
| new | Builds for 32-bit Linux devices like Synology DS214Play |
| improved | When recording matches multiple channels, prefer favorited channels. |
| improved | Guide data will now download between 8am-10am for better reliability. |
| fixed | Tuner priority was not working. |
| fixed | Recording thumbnails would sometimes contain scene transitions. |
| fixed | Search for "how to" would not find results. |
Version 2017.01.14.0019
| fixed | Commercial detection would fail on some recordings. |
Version 2017.01.13.2208
| new | DVR builds for arm64 devices. |
| improved | Detect when legacy tuner recording stops responding and retry. |
| fixed | On brand new installation, some channels did not have guide data until the next half hour. |
Version 2017.01.13.0403
| new | Set transcoding profile DVR should use with your EXTEND. |
| new | HDHomeRun DUAL users can mark channels as HD. |
| new | "Add Tuner Manually" option. |
| fixed | Prefer HD over SD channels when starting recordings. |
| fixed | DVR lineup could not be set if any tuner had 0 channels. |
| fixed | NAT discovery during startup could delay DVR engine boot. |
| improved | Log database and recorder directory names during startup. |
Version 2017.01.10.0517
| new | Support for legacy HDHR tuners. |
Version 2017.01.07.2157
| fixed | Crash on armv5tel processors. |
Version 2017.01.07.0313
| new | Added "Delete All Recordings" option to shows |
| fixed | Prefer HD channels when making recordings. |
| improved | Mark recording as watched when you finish watching it. |
| improved | Reduced logging when processing lots of rules |
Version 2017.01.05.2103
| fixed | Up Next Settings were not working. |
| fixed | Canadian lineups not showing up. |
| fixed | Hide repeating log messages about upnp and bonjour warnings. |
| fixed | Show comskip errors in the log. |
Version 2017.01.05.0709
| new | Shows can be hidden from Up Next. |
| new | Shows can prefer newest episode instead of oldest for Up Next. |
| new | Commercial detection can be disabled for specific shows. |
| improved | Activity section on the Settings tab will now show transcoding status while browser streams are in progress. |