Channels DVR Server — Release Notes

Version 2026.02.09.1530

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Optionally share commercial edits to improve commercial detection
NEW: Hardware accelerated HDR-to-SDR tonemapping for Apple Silicon macs
IMPROVED: Added an option to imported shows to Reimport recordings to handle situations where the import process matching process has been improved
IMPROVED: Playlists are now updated as soon as recordings are marked as watched/unwatched
IMPROVED: update playlist query for CommercialsVerified to also include edited commercials
IMPROVED: Error message on the client when the DVR volume is not mounted or available
IMPROVED: handling of detecting imports when there is a trailing _ in filenames
IMPROVED: handling of Personal Media where TV shows had files in a “SEASON ” (all caps) directory
IMPROVED: handling of situations where the underlying filesystem is improperly hanging and log it
IMPROVED: ATSC3 audio support
IMPROVED: handling of ATSC3 audio with signal reception issues
IMPROVED: performance of Guide in web interface
IMPROVED: loading state for commercial detection settings page
IMPROVED: weird behavior of reloading data when viewing commercial editor
IMPROVED: internal queue handling
IMPROVED: ignore more temporary directories when scanning Personal Media
IMPROVED: error reporting to clients when trying to tune into an unavailable channel from an HDHomeRun
IMPROVED: Error handling in View Details dialog for recordings
FIXED: A large amount of items in a Playlist was overrunning the browser. The list is now truncated to the first 50 items in the Playlist.
FIXED: Movie metadata could not be edited in some instances
FIXED: fetching lineup for HDHomeRun DUAL legacy tuners
FIXED: image cache did not handle non-standard ports
FIXED: timeout that could happen when trying to download very large m3u’s
FIXED: Imports that had commercial detection but were edited to be shown as all show would no longer have the edit dropdown available
FIXED: custom sources would sometimes fetch the m3u even when they were disabled
FIXED: Crash that could happen in comskip with a corrupted recording
FIXED: Hardware Deinterlacer on macOS on Intel would have green lines across the video

Version 2025.10.30.0047

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Manage backdrops and logos for TV Shows and Movies with the Art Picker
NEW: Movie extras are now scanned in and supported
NEW: Intro and Credit detection (Preview feature)
IMPROVED: Transcoding support for newer intel chipsets
IMPROVED: Transcoder bug fixes
IMPROVED: Windows sleep/wake behavior
IMPROVED: Internal handling of streaming index metadata
IMPROVED: Video Group art can now use Search in the Art Picker
IMPROVED: Image caching
IMPROVED: Podcast was added as an option for Category in the metadata editor
IMPROVED: When importing a large number of videos at once, Deep Video Processing will only process when the DVR is idle to lower the impact on the system
IMPROVED: Deep Video Processing of non MPEG-TS content for better remote streaming
IMPROVED: Increase timeout for diagnostic HTTP requests to allow for handling of large numbers of recordings with low upload speeds
FIXED: TV shows without a proper match would not have all of their episodes listed in Virtual Channels
FIXED: Transcoding did not work properly when the DVR was bound to a specific IP
FIXED: Transcoding issues on older macOS
FIXED: Troubleshooting DNS check would sometimes fail
FIXED: Timeout that could happen for m3u fetch if Tailscale was enabled but not logged in
FIXED: JS error on API Explorer in some case

Version 2025.08.01.1845

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

IMPROVED: redirect handling for Custom Channels stream URLs
IMPROVED: redirect handling for HLS playlists
IMPROVED: pruned files are now placed in the Trash to make pruning a safer action
IMPROVED: efficiency of loading XMLTV guide data on DVR restart
IMPROVED: efficiency of handling the pruning of a large amount of imports and deleting of an import location
IMPROVED: display error message in Personal Media directory browser for permissions issues
IMPROVED: report scan errors for Personal Media folders in folder list
IMPROVED: guide is automatically updated when a channel is unhidden or mapping is changed
IMPROVED: troubleshooting diagnostics for DNS
FIXED: errors reported with some SD closed captioning transcoding
FIXED: guide data for channels that are no longer active are cleaned up when virtual channel numbers change
FIXED: guide would not properly reflect changes to mappings until re-fetched after 30 minutes or until rebuilding the database
FIXED: error on Sources page when DVR is not enabled

Version 2025.06.01.2212

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

IMPROVED: error message when m3u request times out
IMPROVED: clean up Streaming cache directory on DVR startup
IMPROVED: ensure timestamps are not automatically rewritten for recordings where there are MPEG-TS errors
FIXED: comskip crash on Intel macOS
FIXED: guide data was sometimes missing for some TVE locals
FIXED: Transcoding issues on some streams
FIXED: Some sidecar trailers and subtitles were not working
FIXED: Experimental Segmenter would not work properly if the Live TV Buffer was not adjusted
FIXED: Rare crash on Settings
FIXED: hardware encoding with vaapi would fail on some obscure mp4 files
FIXED: Some random JS errors
FIXED: vaapi hardware encoder would have problems with certain color transfers from OTA sources

Version 2025.04.17.1651

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Movie collections now have the option to stack their franchises
NEW: You can now apply images to buttons in Personal Sections
IMPROVED: Handling of XMLTV from HDHomeRun for AU and NZ by updating poster image when recording finishes
IMPROVED: Add support for dvvideo codec
IMPROVED: Custom channels support tag - tvc-guide-placeholders-grouping="title"
IMPROVED: Generated XMLTV compatibility
IMPROVED: Propagate tvg-shift through exported m3u
FIXED: Reordering items was not working reliably in Library Collections and Virtual Channels
FIXED: TV Shows without any recordings will no longer be added to Library Collections via Smart Rules.
FIXED: Some JS errors on Pass listing
FIXED: Nvidia transcoder issues
FIXED: Comskip crash on some ATSC3 channels
FIXED: Virtual channels appearing in collection m3u export
FIXED: Error when starting a stream before DVR has finished booting

Version 2025.02.19.1823

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Added filtering to Channel Collections, Virtual Channels, Library Collections, Playlists, and Personal Sections to help find or jump to items faster.
NEW: Server Side Settings now supports search to find your settings faster.
IMPROVED: Properly tag Dolby Vision content
IMPROVED: Thumbnails of some HDR and Dolby Vision content look more accurate
IMPROVED: Guide items show more metadata in Guide and search results
IMPROVED: XMLTV handling
IMPROVED: Transcoder handling of non-HDR HEVC content on some hardware encoders
IMPROVED: Transcoder support of HEVC input and encoding on qsv, amf and mf encoders
IMPROVED: Transcoder improvements for NVENC on Linux and Windows
FIXED: Channel Collections were showing channels that didn't match correctly
FIXED: Error when skipping queued recording

Version 2025.01.18.0528

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Optionally show an item's art or thumbnail in the batch editor
NEW: Export M3U channel lists for Channel Collections
IMPROVED: handle "All Tuners In Use" during fast channel changes
IMPROVED: M3U parsing and exporting
IMPROVED: DVR scheduler logging
IMPROVED: Provide troubleshooting warning for very large libraries that could lead to degraded performance
FIXED: DIRECTV login with some accounts
FIXED: Sort order was not being respected for Library Collections in Personal Section rows
FIXED: support for more Verizon FIOS plans
FIXED: guide data for TBD
FIXED: spurious "Stream closed" error reported on successfully completed recording
FIXED: Channel Collection editing was broken

Version 2024.12.10.0055

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

IMPROVED: TVE error reporting

Version 2024.12.07.0453

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

IMPROVED: handling of XMLTV from HDHomeRun for AU and NZ
IMPROVED: error reporting of TVE issues
FIXED: Access Denied error during TVE authentication

Version 2024.12.05.1913

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Batch edit metadata for Movies
NEW: Sources can be temporarily disabled
NEW: M3U/XMLTV channel export now works for Plex
NEW: Expanded Smart Rules.
NEW: Smart Rules added for TV Shows: Contains Imports, Contains Stream Links, Contains Stream Files, Number of Episodes, Number of Imports
NEW: Smart Rules added for Video Groups: Contains Stream Files, Number of Videos
NEW: Smart Rules added for Movies, Episodes, and Videos: Is Stream File
NEW: Channel lineup is now available via the Server API
NEW: CSV is now an available format on the Server API on all content types
NEW: Windows ARM64 is now supported
IMPROVED: Backend support for On Later client changes
IMPROVED: Edit the title of multiple episodes at a time in batch editor
IMPROVED: Added troubleshooting check to warn if multiple network interfaces are up on the same network
IMPROVED: Added Collection rows to some Personal Section templates
IMPROVED: Station ID is now included in the Channel response in the Server API
IMPROVED: Updated intel hardware transcoding drivers
IMPROVED: Updated embedded Tailscale version
IMPROVED: Upgraded transcoder libraries on Windows
IMPROVED: Virtual channels are no longer returned in m3u exports
IMPROVED: Advanced passes would sometimes not look far enough into the future
IMPROVED: Prevent Channels DVR Server from continuing startup process if it cannot bind to the HTTP port
FIXED: Some TV shows would not be imported that should have been due to directory naming
FIXED: Channel numbers were hard to edit for Virtual Channels
FIXED: Personal Sections were being set incorrectly for Server Side Settings like Start Up Section and Remote Shortcuts
FIXED: Not all scheduled jobs were returning via the Server API for the ICS format
FIXED: Issue with matching movies where the directory the movie was in could confuse matching of sequels
FIXED: Some features were not working on new Apple M4
FIXED: On Later page loading would fail in some instances
FIXED: Troubleshooting could hang in some situations on a new install
FIXED: issue when streaming via TVE that would cause a crash
FIXED: troubleshooting could sometimes not report the Chrome version correctly

Version 2024.09.10.2115

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Support for Personal Sections
IMRPROVED: Improved Sidebar navigation item management

Version 2024.09.04.1754

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Video Groups can now be included in Up Next.
NEW: Copy M3U and EPG urls directly from sources from their Manage options.
IMPROVED: Channel Collections now show real time previews while editing them
IMPROVED: Virtual Channels now show a sample schedule while editing them
IMPROVED: Quickly create Channel Collections with provided templates
IMPROVED: Playlist items can now be sorted alphabetically
IMPROVED: XMLTV parsing
FIXED: Play button was not working on search results
FIXED: Authentication for various TV Everywhere providers
FIXED: Removed some channels that are no longer available via TV Everywhere
FIXED: Editing modal would not show for some Pluto recordings with bad metadata.
FIXED: Set Section On Start Up setting was not working
FIXED: Content Allowlist, Blocklist, and Sources were broken in Server Side Settings
FIXED: Up Next items on Home were showing thumbnails instead of airing art
FIXED: Rare crash during video scan
FIXED: Extras would not be ignored if there was a directory between the Extras directory and the video file
FIXED: Some channels were missing from some sources when choosing them for Channel Collection

Version 2024.07.18.0352

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Add bumpers, videos that play between each airing, to your Virtual Channels by picking a Video Group
NEW: Channel Collections can now be re-ordered after applying them
IMPROVED: Labels from TV Shows and Video Groups are adopted by their children (Episodes and Videos) as new ones are added to the library (like Genres & Categories)
IMPROVED: Labels can now be batch edited when batch editing Episodes and Videos
IMPROVED: Personal Media now allows for individual TV Show and Video Group directories to be added
IMPROVED: Added Rating as a Sort Type for Collections and Playlists
IMPROVED: DVR is automatically re-enabled when a subscription is reactivated
IMPROVED: Navigation bar is still visible when there is a javascript exception on the web interface
IMPROVED: Transcoded streaming improvements
IMPROVED: Better behavior when multiple Tuner Sharing clients tune into the same channel at the same instant
IMPROVED: Some improvements to logging into streaming providers
FIXED: If a transcoder session is started and immediately stopped, it could cause the channel that was tuned to never stop
FIXED: Rare JS error when creating a new playlist
FIXED: Rare JS error when marking a scheduled item as skipped
REMOVED: Paramount family of channels from TVE are no longer available
REMOVED: PAC12 network

Version 2024.05.07.1442

Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Filter the Schedule and Passes lists with text to find things faster
NEW: Playlists & Library Collections are now available via the public API
NEW: Added Seek Gesture setting to Server Side Settings for iOS client
NEW: Server Side Settings update. Library section has been renamed Home.
IMPROVED: Adaptive Bitrate handling for remote streams of HDHomeRun-based channels by more accurately calculating stream bandwidth.
IMPROVED: Jump to Last Channel setting moved to match change on client
FIXED: Comskip logs will no longer include debug output when no commercials are found and more out of memory errors are reported
FIXED: TVE Streaming issues

Version 2024.03.27.1935

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

IMPROVED: Personal Media movies in your library will prevent advanced passes from re-recording an existing movies in your library.
IMPROVED: Improved troubleshooting check for Ad Blocker
IMPROVED: Performance with a large library
IMPROVED: More optimizations for network requests with large libraries
IMPROVED: Handle more types of sidecar subtitles for imported movies and episodes
IMPROVED: Smart ad detect for TVE channels
IMPROVED: Silenced some noisy transcoder logs
IMPROVED: Comskip error now includes more detail with out of memory errors
FIXED: Start Up Section server side setting was missing On Later and Playlists as options
FIXED: Make sure Personal Media scanner will retry when server indicates a rate limit has been hit
FIXED: Connecting to a HDHomeRun would fail if it only had an IPv6 IP
FIXED: Scheduled recordings could be missed if the system clock changed after the DVR had started
FIXED: Malformed JSON could create very long error messages during guide data downloads

Version 2024.02.11.0311

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

IMPROVED: Quiet down netlink error logging
IMPROVED: Don’t import local content that are symlinks pointing to non-existent locations
FIXED: Prune Removed Media was removing all Imported Content
FIXED: TVE authentication with Google in certain circumstances

Version 2024.02.08.0626

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Playlists. Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies.
NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have an Auto Play setting to set their auto play behavior discretely.
NEW: Ability to remove art and thumbnails from TV Shows, Episodes, Videos, and Movies
NEW: webp format now supported on image uploads
NEW: Add /_ping endpoint to provide a simple way to get a HTTP 200 response from anywhere
IMPROVED: Sorting of search results for art searches
IMPROVED: Improve DirecTV error detection
IMPROVED: HDHR diagnostics
IMPROVED: Error messages when streaming remotely now have more detail beyond "Transcoder Reset", now including HDHR errors like "Tuner Unreachable", "All Tuners In Use" and M3U errors like "Stream Limit -eached"
IMPROVED: Channels that are not in a subscription but aren’t properly handled by the HDHR will now be reported as "811 Not Subscribed"
IMPROVED: Error messages for Custom Channels
IMPROVED: Add troubleshooting check to confirm the DVR is up to date with the latest stable release
FIXED: Collections and Playlists were not being sorted correctly on clients
FIXED: Javascript exception that would happen when viewing Sources in admin UI with DVR disabled
FIXED: Regression in fetching XMLTV guide that could cause multiple XMLTV sources to be refetched
FIXED: Panic that could happen when a client request comes in during shutdown
FIXED: Handle errors from DVR searches
FIXED: "no guide data returned" error when fetching guide updates
FIXED: Handle reaching the end of the guide data fetching more gracefully
FIXED: Make sure X-Tuner-Error: header is passed through in all cases for Custom Channels
FIXED: Upgrading would sometimes fail on Windows
REMOVED: Auto Play Videos setting has been removed

Version 2024.01.08.1431

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

SECURITY FIX: This enables added security for servers run via Docker that are using bridged networking. You may be required to use authentication when connected to your server locally now.
NEW: Collections now have a Sort Name (like TV Shows and Movies) allowing you to specify the words used when sorting alphabetically
NEW: Setting to adjust the frequency of scanning for Local Content
NEW: RAM usage display is now a bar chart
NEW: Add safety checks during DVR updates that validate if the new DVR will start before completing the upgrade
NEW: Add a remote connection check to the Remote settings on the DVR to see if remote access and port forwarding are properly enabled
NEW: Troubleshooting check to alert when running an OS version that is too old
IMPROVED: The IP address displayed when Remote Streaming is set to Manual is now the IP of the highest priority network interface
IMPROVED: Better separation of Shows and Video Groups for content picking and Smart Rules
IMPROVED: Internal updates to local network detection
IMPROVED: Perform proxy check on DVR launch to identify misconfiguration
IMPROVED: Provide troubleshooting for when DVR is disabled
IMPROVED: Log a message when the DVR has been disabled due to subscription issues
CHANGE: Show Name has been removed from the Smart Rules.
FIXED: Crash on launch for unsupported Windows 7 while we provide more notification of unsupported Operating Systems
FIXED: Dragging Passes down to re-order them would not work.
FIXED: Panic that could happen when DVR was not enabled
FIXED: Javascript exception when toggling Server Enabled
FIXED: Content would not get added to empty Collections via the dropdown if the collection was empty

Version 2023.12.28.0146

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

NEW: Quick Actions Button in nav bar. Kick off frequently used actions faster by placing the in your nav bar. Pick your actions in Settings > General > Interface.
NEW: Added http://Fanart.TVas a media source for fetching art
NEW: Search for art directly in the Poster Picker when managing art for Virtual Channels and Collections.
NEW: Update art for individual TV show episodes or multiple at a time using the batch tools. Good for setting season specific art.
NEW: Show & Video Group option for showing Thumbnail when displayed in Virtual Channels on tvOS/iOS
NEW: Server Side Setting for Recent Channels Collection
NEW: Recent Channels available for Quick Guide and Channels Surfing in Server Side Settings
NEW: Server Side Setting for showing the last 3 recent channels in the Quick Guide
IMPROVED: refreshed nav bar to work better with some new features
IMPROVED: Re-organized sidebar managing options for Movies, Shows, and Videos
IMPROVED: Recordings inherit the Categories and Genres of their TV Show when the recording starts, not just when it completes.
IMPROVED: HDHomeRun DUAL sources will no longer lose their channel list when internet access fails
IMPROVED: Retry more kinds of transient guide fetching errors
IMPROVED: Report troubleshooting warning for DNS being blocked by Windows firewalls
IMPROVED: Troubleshooting will report when a Guide Provider is no longer working
IMPROVED: Troubleshooting for double-NAT issues
IMPROVED: Troubleshooting will now warn if low on disk space for the DVR volume
IMPROVED: TVE 2fa integration
IMPROVED: Error handling of invalid XMLTV guide data
IMPROVED: Report error when fetching new guide data if the guide provider is no longer active
IMPROVED: Detect hardware transcoding errors better
IMPROVED: Speed up DVR startup when TVE needs to re-authenticate
IMPROVED: Detect more errors for TVE logins
FIXED: Unverified filter was not working correctly in DVR > Manage
FIXED: Random JS error when removing a Client
FIXED: Poster Picker was immediately closing after uploading new art
FIXED: Some Original Dates on Pluto episodes would crash the metadata editor
FIXED: Diagnostics incorrectly reporting an out of date Chrome on Synology ARM64
FIXED: Multiple Custom Sources with the same XMLTV URL could have issues fetching guide updates
UPDATED: Embedded Tailscale integration is updated to the latest to improve performance on Windows DVRs

Version 2023.11.13.2159

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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