• 2.18.0 68e1de2afd

    2.18.0 Stable

    patillacode released this 2026-08-31 09:00:09 +02:00 | 0 commits to main since this release

    New features

    • Search the Live TV guide for channels and programs
    • Music sessions restore paused on launch
    • Account preferences section

    Playback

    • Android playback moves to the mpv player backend
    • ExoPlayer stays selectable under Settings > Playback > Player Backend
    • 10-bit and HDR video reach the display untouched on Android
    • Software-decoded HDR stays HDR on Android
    • Stopping HDR playback no longer leaves the TV black for up to 30 seconds
    • Apple devices keep hardware decoding through a transient decode error
    • Playback starts again after a failed player handoff instead of needing a restart
    • Android direct play no longer switches to the mpv backend mid-episode
    • Android direct play honors DTS-HD MA and container aspect ratios
    • The play-next prompt shows the next episode's thumbnail
    • Play Next Countdown is configurable from 0 to 30 seconds
    • Brightness swipe, volume swipe, and pinch-to-zoom each have their own switch
    • A Deinterlacing toggle for DVD-era content on the mpv backend
    • A 140% zoom preset
    • A separate default streaming quality for cellular connections

    Plex

    • A quality preset direct plays a file already under it instead of transcoding
    • Shows with credits detection disabled no longer get a skip-credits action
    • Instant Mix reports failures instead of doing nothing
    • Home-video libraries offer User Rating and Plays sorts

    Jellyfin & Emby

    • A device without a hardware decoder is no longer handed that codec's transcode
    • Servers with an AV1 encoder can transcode to AV1
    • Audio can no longer be what blocks direct play
    • A video-only transcode copies DTS or TrueHD instead of re-encoding it

    Explore & trackers

    • Sign in to Seerr with Quick Connect
    • Seerr accepts a URL typed without http:// or https://

    Downloads

    • Downloaded tracks are filed under Music/Artist/Album with real track names

    UI

    • A Grid Spacing setting controls the gap between library posters
    • Settings are reorganized into General, Appearance, and Playback homes
    • Artwork and library requests are several times faster on Android

    TV

    • Mark a whole season watched from the show screen
    • TrueHD, DTS-HD MA, and E-AC3 bitstream to the receiver on Android TV
    • Bitstream passthrough is on by default on Android TV
    • HDR letterbox bars are black instead of gray on Fire TV

    Desktop

    • Text and icons render correctly on macOS again
    • Video stays visible while the player UI is on screen on Windows
    • Always on Top persists across episodes
    Downloads