chore(release): v0.23.0

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-10 10:06:15 -08:00 · 2026-08-30 10:05:26 +02:00
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-type: fix
-area: backup
-issues: [1017]
---
-
-Backups carry hidden Xtream categories correctly. An export used to lose which
-categories you had hidden, and restoring such a backup then hid every category
-of that kind.
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-type: internal
-area: build
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-
-Shared UI stylesheets are now part of the build cache key. Edits to them
-previously produced a cache hit, so a style fix could be silently missing from
-a rebuilt app until the cache was bypassed. A CI check now fails any stylesheet
-import that escapes its build's inputs.
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-type: internal
-area: build
---
-
-Electron development serve no longer crashes while Vite transforms a large
-lazy chunk. The pinned Vite release now carries a backtracking-safe transform
-filter fix, with a regression check guarding dependency updates.
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: components
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-
-Confirmation dialogs are wider by default, so their action buttons sit side by
-side instead of wrapping into a vertical stack with longer translated labels.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
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-type: feature
-area: dashboard
-issues: [1441]
---
-
-Continue Watching cards on the dashboard now open the detail page on click,
-just like movie cards — no more accidental episode playback. Resuming the
-saved episode moved to a new ⋮ menu on each card, next to "Mark as Watched"
-and "Remove from history".
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: dashboard
---
-
-The dashboard hero now shows the same backdrop as the detail page. Stalker
-movies and series reuse the artwork saved when you opened them, and the
-metadata lookup behind the hero uses the release year and original title
-instead of the bare title — so titles TMDB knows more than once ("Холод")
-no longer come up empty.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
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-type: feature
-area: dashboard
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-
-Dashboard source cards now warn when a portal subscription is about to lapse:
-an amber "Expires in N d" chip appears within a week of the expiry date, and
-an "Expired" chip once it has passed. Xtream expirations come from the same
-cached status check the playlist switcher uses; Stalker portals reuse the
-account info saved at import.
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---
-type: fix
-area: dashboard
---
-
-Movies and series you have opened before now show their artwork, rating and
-genres on the dashboard far more reliably, and seed the recommendations rail.
-Previously the dashboard searched TMDB by title alone, so common titles like
-"Inside Out" matched nothing — it now reuses what the detail page already
-found.
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-type: feature
-area: dashboard
---
-
-The dashboard gains a "Because you watched" rail: TMDB recommendations seeded
-from your recently watched movies and series, showing only titles that actually
-exist in your imported libraries. It appears once at least five matches are
-found, can be turned off under Settings → Dashboard, and requires the TMDB
-metadata opt-in (desktop app only).
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-type: fix
-area: dashboard
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-
-Trending cards, the "Similar" rail and actor filmographies no longer show a
-title as missing from your library when your playlists hold several versions of
-it. A catalog with both "Dune 1984" and "Dune 2021" used to keep whichever came
-first, so the other one lost its link even though you had it.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: database
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-
-SQLite diagnostics now record only statement types, preventing playlist credentials and other private values from appearing in trace logs.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: deps
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-
-Database workers now use updated SQLite bindings that avoid a crash during worker shutdown.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
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-type: internal
-area: deps
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-
-Coordinated security dependency sweep closing all open Dependabot alerts: the
-two runtime-scope advisories (js-yaml YAML-parsing DoS reached through
-electron-updater, fast-uri host confusion reached through electron-conf) plus
-the dev-only clusters — Astro 5→7 for the website, hono, undici, postcss and
-a dozen other transitive bumps via pnpm overrides.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: feature
-area: deps
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-
-Linux desktops with client-side decoration support now show native rounded corners on the IPTVnator window. Desktop builds now run on Electron 43.
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-type: internal
-area: deps
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-
-The web backend now uses the current structured XMLTV parser output, covered by a route-level contract test for future PWA EPG support.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: internal
-area: deps
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-
-Updated ngx-indexed-db (the PWA's IndexedDB storage library) from 21 to 22. No behavior change.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: internal
-area: deps
---
-
-Updated 43 dependencies, including the HTTP client behind every playlist and
-portal request — that one closes seven advisories that affect the shipped app,
-among them a proxy-credential leak on redirects. Also refreshes the ArtPlayer,
-hls.js, Video.js and Shaka player engines. No behaviour change intended.
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
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-type: internal
-area: deps
---
-
-Patched five vulnerable transitive dependencies that ship with the app —
-including the YAML parser `electron-updater` uses to read update manifests, and
-the HTTP form encoder behind portal requests. No behaviour change.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
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-type: feature
-area: downloads
---
-
-The download manager got a visual cleanup: "Ready to watch" cards are compact
-poster cards — file actions live in the poster's ⋮ menu, and clicking any card
-(episodes included) opens its offline detail. Queue rows show one primary
-action (pause/resume/retry) with cancel and remove in the menu, and all
-sections share one heading style with item counts.
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-type: feature
-area: downloads
---
-
-Live-TV recordings made with the Embedded MPV player now live in the download
-manager: an in-progress row with elapsed time and Stop, a Recordings library
-with channel logos and the programs captured from the EPG at recording time,
-a focused detail page, and Needs attention when a file goes missing.
-Recordings interrupted by a crash survive as playable partials.
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---
-type: feature
-area: downloads
---
-
-Downloads now separate active transfers from a grouped offline library, move
-missing files to Needs attention with Download again, and open movies and
-series in focused offline details with saved metadata. Series show only local
-episodes; View in portal returns to provider playback when the source can be
-recovered.
-Completed-file checks stay responsive on slow or unavailable storage.
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---
-type: feature
-area: downloads
---
-
-Downloads can be paused and picked up later. A paused transfer keeps what it
-already fetched and continues from that point instead of starting over, and
-downloads cut short by a crash or a closed app come back as paused rather than
-lost.
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-type: fix
-area: downloads
---
-
-Downloads from portals that cut long connections no longer die with "aborted": the app now reconnects automatically and continues from where the transfer stopped. Resume also works on servers that send no ETag/Last-Modified — the app re-checks a 256 KiB overlap against the saved partial before appending, and only gives up after repeated reconnects make no progress.
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-type: feature
-area: downloads
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-
-Series downloads now let you queue several episodes in a row or add every available episode from the selected season. Already queued, paused, or downloaded episodes are skipped without duplicates, and the app reports the batch result.
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: downloads
-issues: [897, 1289]
---
-
-Xtream movie and episode downloads now keep their provider-compatible identity from the first request through legacy retries after source removal. Recoverable connection drops retain validated partials and show a credential-safe code; Retry resumes only with ETag or Last-Modified, otherwise it safely restarts.
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: electron-backend
---
-
-Cancelling a large Xtream import now stops database work even while it is
-running at full speed, instead of letting the import finish before processing
-the cancel request.
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: electron
---
-
-The desktop remote-control server now blocks crafted static paths from escaping
-bundled web files on Windows.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: embedded-mpv
-issues: [1139]
---
-
-Opening the volume, audio, subtitle, speed or aspect menu in the Embedded MPV
-player no longer makes the video jump or leave a black bar above the controls:
-the menus now unfold inside the control bar instead of floating over the video.
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-type: feature
-area: embedded-mpv
---
-
-Experimental Embedded MPV can draw video inside the app window instead of into a
-separate layer pinned on top of it, so menus, dialogs and the player controls
-stop being swallowed by the picture. Available on macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows
-and Linux x64; switching it on needs a restart.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: embedded-mpv
-issues: [1139, 1145]
---
-
-On Windows and Linux displays scaled above 100%, the Embedded MPV video was
-drawn toward the top-left corner at a fraction of its size, in windowed and
-fullscreen mode alike. The video now fills the player area correctly at any
-display scale and page zoom, with no need for a high-DPI compatibility
-workaround.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: feature
-area: epg
---
-
-Channels whose guide never matched can be mapped by hand: right-click a channel
-in any list and pick "Map EPG channel" to attach it to a channel from your
-uploaded XMLTV guide. The mapping is remembered and used everywhere the guide is
-read — M3U playlists, Xtream and Stalker portals alike.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: epg
---
-
-A database error while looking up manual EPG channel mappings no longer breaks
-the request that triggered it. Searching for a channel in the "Map EPG channel"
-dialog, or saving and removing a mapping, now degrades gracefully instead of
-failing outright.
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-type: fix
-area: epg
---
-
-A database error while reading or saving a manual EPG channel mapping no longer
-surfaces as a failed request. Looking up, saving, deleting, and searching
-mappings now fall back quietly, so a transient storage hiccup can no longer take
-down the EPG panel or the "Map EPG channel" dialog.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: favorites
-issues: [1137]
---
-
-Favorites stop losing changes. The custom drag-and-drop order of an Xtream
-playlist's own favorites is saved again, and two favorites or history entries
-added at almost the same moment no longer quietly overwrite each other.
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: i18n
-issues: [1192]
---
-
-IPTVnator speaks Hungarian, its 19th language — contributed by @htibcsike.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: i18n
---
-
-Translations across the app are clearer and more consistent in supported languages.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: m3u
-issues: [86, 614, 656, 733, 752]
---
-
-MPEG-DASH channels play in the built-in player, ClearKey-encrypted ones
-included — the keys are read from the playlist's #KODIPROP lines, whether they
-sit above or below the channel entry. Streams locked with Widevine or PlayReady
-still cannot be played, but they now say so instead of failing silently.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: m3u
-issues: [1221]
---
-
-When a channel plays in MPV, VLC or the embedded MPV player, the custom
-User-Agent, Referer and Origin saved on the M3U playlist now reach the player.
-Per-channel `#EXTVLCOPT` headers still win; the playlist values only fill the
-gaps. VLC now also sends the Origin value as a real HTTP header, as MPV
-already did.
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
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-type: perf
-area: m3u
---
-
-Importing large M3U playlists is faster because IPTVnator no longer rewrites
-the entire playlist when loading saved favorites.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: m3u
-issues: [1189]
---
-
-Playlists with very long stream URLs — Pluto TV style lists that carry a session
-token in every link — import in full again instead of collapsing into a single
-channel.
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-type: perf
-area: m3u
---
-
-Cancelling a large M3U refresh now stops its background worker before parsed
-channels can be copied or saved, keeping the interface responsive and leaving
-the existing playlist unchanged.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: matching
---
-
-Movies whose name is a short abbreviation — AKA, RRR, IO, VFW, Y2K — are no
-longer mistaken for a language tag and filed under their release year alone.
-They now match their own copies in your other playlists, so alternative
-sources, recommendations and pinned sources land on the right film instead of
-an unrelated one that happens to share that year.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: packaging
---
-
-Snap packages now launch correctly with the desktop runtime scripts required by their generated startup command.
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playback
-issues: [1159]
---
-
-Unavailable streams no longer appear as unsupported codecs. When Video.js exposes a server error such as HTTP 404, the player shows that status; otherwise ambiguous source errors remain unidentified instead of guessing.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: playback
-issues: [1408]
---
-
-The shared player controls' subtitle menu now loads external subtitle files
-(.srt/.vtt in the built-in web players, plus .ass in Embedded MPV), adjusts the
-subtitle timing offset in ±0.5 s steps, and sets the subtitle text size and
-color — size/color persist across sessions and are shared between engines.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
-issues: [1428]
---
-
-The embedded MPV video no longer drifts out of its frame when the layout
-shifts around it — for example when the channel sidebar or the EPG panel
-finishes loading after playback has started. The player now notices such
-moves and snaps the video back into place within half a second.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-MPV and VLC recovery actions now stay available, show precise opening, started, playing, and failure feedback, and prevent overlapping launches. The dock keeps Stop available when teardown is still needed and lets terminal errors be dismissed.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
-issues: [1095]
---
-
-The screen no longer dims or goes to sleep while a built-in player is playing
-video — including on Linux desktops, where the system idle timer used to
-ignore the app. Pausing or stopping hands control back to the system
-immediately, and radio playback deliberately leaves the display free to
-sleep. Works in both the desktop app and the PWA.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-Playback keyboard shortcuts now work with the default player setup: Space/K
-(play/pause), F (fullscreen), ←/→ (seek 5s in VOD), ↑/↓ (volume), and M (mute)
-act on the built-in HTML5, Video.js, and ArtPlayer players without turning on
-shared player controls — matching what the in-app shortcut list already
-promised.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-Switching the video player — from the command palette or the settings page —
-now takes effect immediately on an already-playing Xtream or Stalker stream
-instead of waiting for the player to be reopened. Playback also starts with
-the saved player right away, without briefly mounting the default engine
-first.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-MPEG-TS playback is now more reliable on newer Safari versions when streams contain audio timestamp gaps.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playback
-issues: [910]
---
-
-External MPV and the embedded MPV frame-copy engine no longer truncate HTTP
-headers that contain commas — most notably the Stalker MAG user agent. Strict
-portals validated that header and rejected live streams with HTTP 400, so
-channels that only worked in VLC now also play through MPV. Completes the same
-fix that landed for the native embedded MPV view.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
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-type: feature
-area: playback
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-
-The built-in web players' shared controls gain a quality menu: multi-bitrate
-HLS and DASH streams can be pinned to a specific rendition ("1080p", "720p", …)
-or left on Auto, which keeps the player's adaptive selection. The menu appears
-only when the stream actually offers more than one quality, and the choice
-lasts for the current playback session.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playback
-issues: [1159]
---
-
-When playback fails, IPTVnator now ranks useful next steps from the reported
-error, including another compatible built-in player, MPV/VLC, Retry, or another
-source. Trying a built-in recommendation affects only the current item and
-does not change the saved player setting.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-Playback recovery now removes old error actions as soon as a new source or player starts, even while Electron prepares stream headers. Stalker series playing inline now picks up refreshed episode names and navigation, and safely disables episode commands if the playing episode disappears.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-DASH playback now resets a failed media buffer before switching variants, avoiding repeated append failures and crashes on affected platforms.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: playback
-issues: [1408]
---
-
-The new player controls are now the default for the built-in web players — one
-consistent bar with quality selection, external subtitles, subtitle delay and
-styling, speed, and picture-in-picture. They are touch-friendly too: tapping
-the video shows or hides the controls instead of pausing, and narrow players
-get a two-row layout. Prefer the old look? Switch back in Settings > Playback.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: feature
-area: playback
---
-
-An optional new set of player controls that looks and behaves the same in the
-HTML5, Video.js and ArtPlayer players, with picture-in-picture and, in
-fullscreen, the name of what you are watching. Enable it in Settings → Playback;
-left off, each of the three keeps its own controls exactly as before.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playback
-issues: [1159]
---
-
-Playback recovery no longer crosses into a different selected channel, movie,
-or exact Stalker episode. Switching content while a stream resolves no longer
-restores stale playback or shows an error from the previous selection.
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playback
-issues: [849, 910, 732]
---
-
-Stalker streams that require the portal session now play in the built-in
-players (HTML5, Video.js, ArtPlayer), not only in VLC/MPV: the player's
-requests carry the portal cookie and token, scoped to that stream and
-dropped when the player closes or the channel changes. VOD, series and
-radio get the same headers live TV had — also from Favorites and Recently
-Viewed.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-HLS failures now use confirmed player evidence such as the failed stage, timeout, and HTTP status. Recoverable retries stay silent, and technical details no longer include raw provider error payloads.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playback
-issues: [1159]
---
-
-MPEG-TS playback errors now show exact engine evidence, including HTTP status,
-without exposing provider response details. Format, codec, truncated-stream,
-and MediaSource failures now produce more accurate fallback guidance.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-Shaka playback errors now use exact engine evidence, including subtitle parsing, preserve external-player fallback when browser prerequisites are missing, keep recoverable retries non-terminal, and omit provider URLs, credentials, and response data from technical details.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-The default web player now reports safer, more accurate streaming errors:
-confirmed network and encrypted-segment failures keep structured details,
-while ambiguous Video.js errors remain unknown instead of suggesting the
-wrong cause.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playback
-issues: [1155]
---
-
-The "Show subtitles" setting now works in the built-in players: turning it off
-hides subtitles a stream switched on by itself, and the preference finally
-applies on Xtream and Stalker pages too. Previously it only reached the M3U
-player, and even there Video.js and ArtPlayer ignored it. The player's own
-subtitle menu still overrides the setting for the current stream.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: feature
-area: playback
---
-
-The inline player on movie and series pages fills the whole content area like a
-theater: the video sits centered in black instead of leaving a strip of app
-background beside it. In the built-in web players, an optional ambient mode
-fills that space with a blurred, dimmed copy of the poster.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: playback
---
-
-A series playing inline on a wide window shows an "Up Next" rail beside the
-video: the rest of the season and the start of the next one, the current episode
-highlighted, watch progress on every card. Click one to jump straight to it.
-Built-in web players only; switch the rail off in Settings → Playback.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: playback
---
-
-Video.js now shows its own control bar (play/pause, seek, volume, quality,
-fullscreen) on Live TV channels. Previously live streams played with no visible
-controls at all, because switching to a live source rebuilt the video element
-and the controls never came back.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: playlist
---
-
-The Add playlist dialog has a new "Auto-detect" method: paste whatever your
-provider sent you — links, Xtream credentials, a MAC address with device IDs —
-and IPTVnator recognizes the source type and fills the matching import form
-for you to review. Detection runs entirely inside the app; nothing you paste
-is sent anywhere.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: playlist
---
-
-M3U entries that are movie files now open in the same movie detail view the
-portals use: playback starts immediately with plot, cast, rating and artwork
-from TMDB below the player instead of the empty program guide, and closing the
-player reveals the full poster page. Requires TMDB metadata to be enabled; a
-toggle in Settings → Metadata (TMDB) turns recognition off.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playlist
---
-
-Opening an .m3u/.m3u8 file from the command line or by double-clicking it now
-actually imports the playlist — previously nothing happened at all. Opening a
-playlist while IPTVnator is already running works too, and on macOS the file
-arrives through the system "open with" event.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playlist
---
-
-IPTVnator now registers itself with the operating system as a handler for .m3u
-and .m3u8 files, so Finder, Explorer and Linux file managers offer it in "Open
-with" and a double-click actually opens the playlist. Installing or updating the
-app is enough — no manual file-type setup.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: playlists
-issues: [931]
---
-
-One unreachable playlist no longer holds up the rest. Refreshes give up after 30
-seconds and run a few at a time, so your other playlists still update, and the
-message on startup names how many actually failed instead of always claiming
-success.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
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-type: fix
-area: portals
---
-
-Importing an Xtream backup now restores all preferred VOD sources together. If
-restoration or cleanup fails, the catalog stays retryable and remains blocked
-until the parked state is safely consumed, preventing stale replay from
-overwriting newer choices.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: portals
-issues: [1449]
---
-
-Year, genre, and country on movie and series detail pages are now clickable
-(with TMDB metadata enabled): each chip opens a Discover page of popular
-titles for that facet, marked with what's already in your library — matches
-jump straight to their detail page, the rest open the portal search. Works
-in Xtream and Stalker, like the existing actor and director chips.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: portals
---
-
-Movie and series details opened from the dashboard, global favorites, history,
-or a portal's favorites/recent tabs now offer a "View in portal" button below
-the main actions. It jumps straight to the title inside its own portal, with
-the matching category selected in the sidebar.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: internal
-area: portals
---
-
-Failed Stalker portal requests now log a compact, credential-free summary
-(action, host, error code, HTTP status) in the desktop backend instead of
-dumping the full multi-page network error object, matching the existing
-Xtream request logging.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: perf
-area: portals
---
-
-Unreachable Xtream and Stalker portals no longer cost a 30-second wait per
-request. After a host fails to answer twice, further requests to it fail
-immediately for 30 seconds, so browsing a dead portal stops filling the screen
-with long spinners. Retrying, testing the connection, or editing the portal
-address contacts it again right away.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: portals
---
-
-Greek titles now match no matter which sigma the provider typed. A word-final
-`ς` and a medial `σ` at the end of a word are treated as the same letter, so
-finding a film in your other playlists, the "Similar" rail, actor filmographies
-and TMDB enrichment no longer miss a Greek movie purely because two catalogues
-spelled its last letter differently.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: portals
---
-
-In the self-hosted web version, a provider that accepted a connection and then
-went silent could hang a request until the operating system gave up, with no
-way to cancel it. Requests now time out on the same schedule as the desktop app,
-and a host that fails to answer twice is skipped for a short while instead of
-stalling every following request.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: portals
-issues: [1441]
---
-
-Opening a series now lands on the season you'd actually continue: the
-earliest season with unwatched episodes, or the latest season once
-everything is watched — instead of always starting at season 1.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: portals
-issues: [1442]
---
-
-Series detail pages can now mark a whole season as watched (or unwatched) in
-one click — the new button next to "Download season" works for both Xtream and
-Stalker portals. Handy when you start a show mid-way: mark the earlier seasons
-watched and the Play button jumps straight to your next unwatched episode.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: portals
-issues: [1442]
---
-
-The series pages' season header now has a ⋮ menu that marks the WHOLE series
-as watched (or unwatched) in one click, for both Xtream and Stalker portals.
-On Ministra portals that load seasons lazily, the app first fetches the
-remaining seasons and then marks everything — so catching up on a show you
-started mid-way is a single action.
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: portals
---
-
-Going back from a Stalker title you reached with "View in portal" now returns
-you to exactly where you were — the same favorites or history tab, with the
-title still open — instead of dropping you on the Live TV tab.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: portals
---
-
-Movies that exist in several of your playlists now show a "Sources" chip on the
-detail page. Switch playlist mid-film and playback continues from the same
-timecode, pin a preferred source per movie, and when a stream dies the error
-screen offers the alternatives instead of a dead end. Optional auto-switching is
-off by default.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: portals
---
-
-The movie page's Sources popup now always fits on screen — only the source list scrolls, and it flips below the button in short windows — and gains All / Available / HD+ / language filters ("Available" checks every source on first use). Expanded copies show the stream title with only what differs, availability results are remembered, and Favorites/Download became icon buttons with live progress.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: portals
---
-
-Refreshing an Xtream source keeps your favorites, watch history, hidden
-categories and playback positions. Starting the same refresh twice at once —
-from the header and from the sources page — used to wipe them, because the
-second run saved an already-emptied catalog over the first run's copy.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: pwa
-issues: [1400]
---
-
-The self-hosted web backend now gives each provider connection attempt enough
-time to fall back from an unreachable IPv6 route to working IPv4 — common
-behind VPN containers like Gluetun — instead of failing with a bare
-"Bad Gateway". Provider errors now name the underlying network code (for
-example ETIMEDOUT) in the app and in the container logs.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: pwa
---
-
-Self-hosted web backends started without `CLIENT_URL` now allow the documented
-`http://localhost:4333` origin instead of the retired public demo URL, so a
-manual (non-Docker) deployment no longer fails every provider request with a
-CORS error.
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: pwa
---
-
-The self-hosted web app now talks to Stalker portals exactly like the desktop
-app: MAG User-Agent, full STB cookie, serial-number header, and the
-`JsHttpRequest` marker every real client sends — so portals that worked only in
-the desktop app now work in the PWA too. Portal credentials (MAC and session
-token) no longer travel in the portal request URL, keeping them out of server
-logs.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: remote-control
---
-
-The mobile remote now works in live TV favorites and recently viewed — per-portal and global — for M3U, Xtream and Stalker: channel switching, number select, and now-playing status follow the on-screen list. The remote no longer shows a channel as playing after leaving the player, Stalker radio reports its status, and volume buttons grey out when an external player owns the audio.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: search
---
-
-The search box no longer loses what you are typing when the page updates its
-address at the same moment — switching a downloads filter and immediately
-typing used to wipe the term, and fast typing could snap back to an earlier
-word.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: search
-issues: [1161]
---
-
-Searching for names that carry punctuation inside them — "A&E", "X-Men",
-"L'Equipe" — finds them anywhere in a title, including channels the provider
-prefixes, like "US: A&E".
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: search
-issues: [1338]
---
-
-Typing a space in the portal search box and pausing briefly no longer deletes
-the space — continuing to type "Bein Sports" no longer collapses into
-"BeinSports".
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: settings
-issues: [1156, 102]
---
-
-Launching IPTVnator a second time now brings the running window to the front
-instead of starting a rival copy that could not save anything — a common reason
-settings appeared to reset on restart. If saving or loading settings does fail,
-the app now says so instead of silently showing defaults.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: settings
---
-
-Settings sections are now separate pages with shareable URLs and a floating Save/Discard bar that appears only when you have unsaved changes; leaving settings with pending edits asks whether to save, discard, or keep editing. The EPG panel's "Open EPG settings" button now jumps straight to the EPG settings page.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: settings
---
-
-A new setting drops the country prefix from live channel names, turning
-"UK - BBC One" into "BBC One" in lists, the guide and the player. Movie and
-series titles are left alone, and names that only look like a prefix — "Sky -
-Sports F1" — stay intact.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: settings
---
-
-Unsaved settings edits no longer vanish silently when you close the window,
-quit the app, or reload the page. The desktop app now asks whether to save,
-discard, or keep editing — the same dialog in-app navigation shows — and only
-closes once your choice is applied; a failed save keeps the window open. In the
-browser, the native leave-page warning appears instead.
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-type: feature
-area: stalker
---
-
-Stalker portals now have an Account info dialog — subscription status,
-tariff plan, expiry date with a days-left counter, login, and portal
-details. Open it from the header playlist menu, the dashboard source card,
-or the command palette, same as for Xtream. If the portal is unreachable,
-the data saved when the portal was added is shown instead.
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---
-type: fix
-area: stalker
---
-
-A Stalker portal is no longer re-probed and reclassified because something
-in front of it — a proxy or firewall, not the portal — answered with a short
-"Access denied" page. Only the portal's own authorization replies count now.