Channels: Whole Home DVR
Live TV & DVR on your devices
Free
5.8.1for iPhone, iPad and more
9.3
454 Ratings
Fancy Bits, LLC
Developer
126.2 MB
Size
Feb 11, 2024
Update Date
Entertainment
Category
12+
Age Rating
Age Rating
Channels: Whole Home DVR Screenshots
About Channels: Whole Home DVR
Cut the cord without missing your shows. You don't have to lose your DVR just because you canceled your cable.
Channels is easy for the whole family to love.
Watch your favorite programs on every TV and device, from the living room, hotel room, or even on your commute. Channels delivers a unified experience across all your TVs, devices, and streaming platforms.
Learn more about Channels and how it works at http://getchannels.com/features/
-- Record Your Shows --
• Record in one place, watch on every TV & iOS device.
• Pause in one room and resume in another, or on your iPhone or iPad.
• Pick your favorite shows or teams, and choose to record all or just their new airings.
• Browse or search through 21 days worth of guide data that updates daily.
• Schedule a recording from your phone while you're away from home.
• Watch your favorite shows or teams while you're away from home. Live or recorded.
• Watch your shows while they're currently recording. Don't wait for them to finish.
• Your recordings get their commercials indexed, and can be automatically skipped.
-- Watch Live TV --
• Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV.
• Support for full 5.1 surround sound.
• Full support for closed captioning and alternate audio tracks.
• Mark channels as favorites. Browse them for quicker access to your favorite networks.
• Full support for VoiceOver. Browse and watch TV with ease.
NOTE: DVR features require Channels DVR Server installed and running on your home computer or NAS to stream to your devices. Learn more at https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/
-- People Love Channels --
"One of the most capable cord-cutting replacements for a cable DVR" - TechHive
"Apple TV just became the best box for streaming live broadcast TV" — Macworld
"Apple TV already has at least one 'killer app'. The new third-party Apple TV app, Channels." — MacDailyNews
"I can tell you it’s buttery smooth" — Zatz Not Funny!
For questions, concerns, bug reports, and feature requests, contact us on twitter @getchannels or via email support@getchannels.com
Channels is easy for the whole family to love.
Watch your favorite programs on every TV and device, from the living room, hotel room, or even on your commute. Channels delivers a unified experience across all your TVs, devices, and streaming platforms.
Learn more about Channels and how it works at http://getchannels.com/features/
-- Record Your Shows --
• Record in one place, watch on every TV & iOS device.
• Pause in one room and resume in another, or on your iPhone or iPad.
• Pick your favorite shows or teams, and choose to record all or just their new airings.
• Browse or search through 21 days worth of guide data that updates daily.
• Schedule a recording from your phone while you're away from home.
• Watch your favorite shows or teams while you're away from home. Live or recorded.
• Watch your shows while they're currently recording. Don't wait for them to finish.
• Your recordings get their commercials indexed, and can be automatically skipped.
-- Watch Live TV --
• Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV.
• Support for full 5.1 surround sound.
• Full support for closed captioning and alternate audio tracks.
• Mark channels as favorites. Browse them for quicker access to your favorite networks.
• Full support for VoiceOver. Browse and watch TV with ease.
NOTE: DVR features require Channels DVR Server installed and running on your home computer or NAS to stream to your devices. Learn more at https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/
-- People Love Channels --
"One of the most capable cord-cutting replacements for a cable DVR" - TechHive
"Apple TV just became the best box for streaming live broadcast TV" — Macworld
"Apple TV already has at least one 'killer app'. The new third-party Apple TV app, Channels." — MacDailyNews
"I can tell you it’s buttery smooth" — Zatz Not Funny!
For questions, concerns, bug reports, and feature requests, contact us on twitter @getchannels or via email support@getchannels.com
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.8.1
Last updated on Feb 11, 2024
Old Versions
Playlists are here!
Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. Playlists are completely managed from withing the app. Create a new playlist, add content to a playlist, remove content from a playlist, and delete a playlist, all from within the app!
Visit our site for more details on this release. We ran out of allowed space!
Included in 5.8.1
• FIXED: Playback would fail on older releases of tvOS and iOS when the Hardware Deinterlacer was selected
• FIXED: Movie posters were showing with the wrong aspect in On Now
Included in 5.8.0
• NEW: Playlists. Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies.
• NEW: Completely overhauled context menus across the entire app for exploring and managing all of your content.
• NEW: Apple TV app now uses native context menus for an incredibly improved experience.
• NEW: Manage Library Collections entirely in the app: Create a new Collction, add content to a Collection, remove content from a Collection, delete a Collection.
• NEW: Recently Watched channels. View your recently watched channels as its own native channel collection. Turn it on in Settings > General > Live TV
• NEW: Optionally show the last 3 recent channels in the Quick Guide - Settings > General > Live TV > Show Recent Channels in Quick Guide
• NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have an Auto Play setting to set their own Auto Play style.
• NEW: On Later, guide search results, and guide modals now indicate if the movie or tv show is already in your library.
• NEW: Movies scheduled to record are indicated when viewing them in On Later.
• NEW: Future airings in search results are indicated if they are already in your library.
• NEW: Optionally use the Thumbnail for TV Show episodes and Video Group videos when displayed in Virtual Channels. This can be set globally or per TV Show or Video Group.
• NEW: Siri Shortcut action for Search. Provide text and Channels will open directly to search results for that text.
• NEW: webp image uploads now work in the client
• NEW: Setting on iOS to force playback to start in landscape. Useful for those that keep Orientation Lock on.
• NEW: Channels is now available on Apple Vision Pro and visionOS via iPad compatability mode.
• IMPROVED: All sections are now available from the Start Up setting and Siri Shortcut action.
• IMPROVED: All Movies and All Shows filter views now use menus for picking filters.
• IMPROVED: More improved and consistent icons across the app.
• IMPROVED: Guide will update automatically when sources are added/removed or priority is changed on the server.
• IMPROVED: Show download tab when offline if there are partial downloads but no completed ones.
• IMPROVED: Automatically retry downloads that have timed out.
• IMPROVED: Allow for pressing Play to restart the stream when an error is displayed after playing a recording.
• IMPROVED: Allow partially downloaded recordings to be played in more situations.
• FIXED: PIP button would randomly recieve focus keeping the timeline visible.
• FIXED: Audio would sometimes distort on the default audio driver when using Siri or receiving notifications.
• FIXED: TV Episodes were leaking into Recently Watched, News, and Sports sections when AllowList and BlockList were employed.
• FIXED: Hidden content was showing up in search results.
• FIXED: Seek icons were sometimes missing.
• FIXED: Skip Commercials and Start From Beginning buttons were dismissing weird.
• FIXED: Seeking was not always using the correct seek times from settings.
• FIXED: The Sidebar was showing whenever the app opened directly to Recent Recordings or Playlists.
• FIXED: Guide and On Now would scroll to the last watched channel on a fresh boot.
• REMOVED: Auto Play Videos setting has been removed. TV Shows and Video Groups now have their own individual Auto Play setting.
• REMOVED: Embedded Tailscale client - Use the System Tailscale client for better reliability and performance.
Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. Playlists are completely managed from withing the app. Create a new playlist, add content to a playlist, remove content from a playlist, and delete a playlist, all from within the app!
Visit our site for more details on this release. We ran out of allowed space!
Included in 5.8.1
• FIXED: Playback would fail on older releases of tvOS and iOS when the Hardware Deinterlacer was selected
• FIXED: Movie posters were showing with the wrong aspect in On Now
Included in 5.8.0
• NEW: Playlists. Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies.
• NEW: Completely overhauled context menus across the entire app for exploring and managing all of your content.
• NEW: Apple TV app now uses native context menus for an incredibly improved experience.
• NEW: Manage Library Collections entirely in the app: Create a new Collction, add content to a Collection, remove content from a Collection, delete a Collection.
• NEW: Recently Watched channels. View your recently watched channels as its own native channel collection. Turn it on in Settings > General > Live TV
• NEW: Optionally show the last 3 recent channels in the Quick Guide - Settings > General > Live TV > Show Recent Channels in Quick Guide
• NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have an Auto Play setting to set their own Auto Play style.
• NEW: On Later, guide search results, and guide modals now indicate if the movie or tv show is already in your library.
• NEW: Movies scheduled to record are indicated when viewing them in On Later.
• NEW: Future airings in search results are indicated if they are already in your library.
• NEW: Optionally use the Thumbnail for TV Show episodes and Video Group videos when displayed in Virtual Channels. This can be set globally or per TV Show or Video Group.
• NEW: Siri Shortcut action for Search. Provide text and Channels will open directly to search results for that text.
• NEW: webp image uploads now work in the client
• NEW: Setting on iOS to force playback to start in landscape. Useful for those that keep Orientation Lock on.
• NEW: Channels is now available on Apple Vision Pro and visionOS via iPad compatability mode.
• IMPROVED: All sections are now available from the Start Up setting and Siri Shortcut action.
• IMPROVED: All Movies and All Shows filter views now use menus for picking filters.
• IMPROVED: More improved and consistent icons across the app.
• IMPROVED: Guide will update automatically when sources are added/removed or priority is changed on the server.
• IMPROVED: Show download tab when offline if there are partial downloads but no completed ones.
• IMPROVED: Automatically retry downloads that have timed out.
• IMPROVED: Allow for pressing Play to restart the stream when an error is displayed after playing a recording.
• IMPROVED: Allow partially downloaded recordings to be played in more situations.
• FIXED: PIP button would randomly recieve focus keeping the timeline visible.
• FIXED: Audio would sometimes distort on the default audio driver when using Siri or receiving notifications.
• FIXED: TV Episodes were leaking into Recently Watched, News, and Sports sections when AllowList and BlockList were employed.
• FIXED: Hidden content was showing up in search results.
• FIXED: Seek icons were sometimes missing.
• FIXED: Skip Commercials and Start From Beginning buttons were dismissing weird.
• FIXED: Seeking was not always using the correct seek times from settings.
• FIXED: The Sidebar was showing whenever the app opened directly to Recent Recordings or Playlists.
• FIXED: Guide and On Now would scroll to the last watched channel on a fresh boot.
• REMOVED: Auto Play Videos setting has been removed. TV Shows and Video Groups now have their own individual Auto Play setting.
• REMOVED: Embedded Tailscale client - Use the System Tailscale client for better reliability and performance.
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Version History
5.8.1
Feb 11, 2024
Playlists are here!
Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. Playlists are completely managed from withing the app. Create a new playlist, add content to a playlist, remove content from a playlist, and delete a playlist, all from within the app!
Visit our site for more details on this release. We ran out of allowed space!
Included in 5.8.1
• FIXED: Playback would fail on older releases of tvOS and iOS when the Hardware Deinterlacer was selected
• FIXED: Movie posters were showing with the wrong aspect in On Now
Included in 5.8.0
• NEW: Playlists. Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies.
• NEW: Completely overhauled context menus across the entire app for exploring and managing all of your content.
• NEW: Apple TV app now uses native context menus for an incredibly improved experience.
• NEW: Manage Library Collections entirely in the app: Create a new Collction, add content to a Collection, remove content from a Collection, delete a Collection.
• NEW: Recently Watched channels. View your recently watched channels as its own native channel collection. Turn it on in Settings > General > Live TV
• NEW: Optionally show the last 3 recent channels in the Quick Guide - Settings > General > Live TV > Show Recent Channels in Quick Guide
• NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have an Auto Play setting to set their own Auto Play style.
• NEW: On Later, guide search results, and guide modals now indicate if the movie or tv show is already in your library.
• NEW: Movies scheduled to record are indicated when viewing them in On Later.
• NEW: Future airings in search results are indicated if they are already in your library.
• NEW: Optionally use the Thumbnail for TV Show episodes and Video Group videos when displayed in Virtual Channels. This can be set globally or per TV Show or Video Group.
• NEW: Siri Shortcut action for Search. Provide text and Channels will open directly to search results for that text.
• NEW: webp image uploads now work in the client
• NEW: Setting on iOS to force playback to start in landscape. Useful for those that keep Orientation Lock on.
• NEW: Channels is now available on Apple Vision Pro and visionOS via iPad compatability mode.
• IMPROVED: All sections are now available from the Start Up setting and Siri Shortcut action.
• IMPROVED: All Movies and All Shows filter views now use menus for picking filters.
• IMPROVED: More improved and consistent icons across the app.
• IMPROVED: Guide will update automatically when sources are added/removed or priority is changed on the server.
• IMPROVED: Show download tab when offline if there are partial downloads but no completed ones.
• IMPROVED: Automatically retry downloads that have timed out.
• IMPROVED: Allow for pressing Play to restart the stream when an error is displayed after playing a recording.
• IMPROVED: Allow partially downloaded recordings to be played in more situations.
• FIXED: PIP button would randomly recieve focus keeping the timeline visible.
• FIXED: Audio would sometimes distort on the default audio driver when using Siri or receiving notifications.
• FIXED: TV Episodes were leaking into Recently Watched, News, and Sports sections when AllowList and BlockList were employed.
• FIXED: Hidden content was showing up in search results.
• FIXED: Seek icons were sometimes missing.
• FIXED: Skip Commercials and Start From Beginning buttons were dismissing weird.
• FIXED: Seeking was not always using the correct seek times from settings.
• FIXED: The Sidebar was showing whenever the app opened directly to Recent Recordings or Playlists.
• FIXED: Guide and On Now would scroll to the last watched channel on a fresh boot.
• REMOVED: Auto Play Videos setting has been removed. TV Shows and Video Groups now have their own individual Auto Play setting.
• REMOVED: Embedded Tailscale client - Use the System Tailscale client for better reliability and performance.
Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. Playlists are completely managed from withing the app. Create a new playlist, add content to a playlist, remove content from a playlist, and delete a playlist, all from within the app!
Visit our site for more details on this release. We ran out of allowed space!
Included in 5.8.1
• FIXED: Playback would fail on older releases of tvOS and iOS when the Hardware Deinterlacer was selected
• FIXED: Movie posters were showing with the wrong aspect in On Now
Included in 5.8.0
• NEW: Playlists. Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies.
• NEW: Completely overhauled context menus across the entire app for exploring and managing all of your content.
• NEW: Apple TV app now uses native context menus for an incredibly improved experience.
• NEW: Manage Library Collections entirely in the app: Create a new Collction, add content to a Collection, remove content from a Collection, delete a Collection.
• NEW: Recently Watched channels. View your recently watched channels as its own native channel collection. Turn it on in Settings > General > Live TV
• NEW: Optionally show the last 3 recent channels in the Quick Guide - Settings > General > Live TV > Show Recent Channels in Quick Guide
• NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have an Auto Play setting to set their own Auto Play style.
• NEW: On Later, guide search results, and guide modals now indicate if the movie or tv show is already in your library.
• NEW: Movies scheduled to record are indicated when viewing them in On Later.
• NEW: Future airings in search results are indicated if they are already in your library.
• NEW: Optionally use the Thumbnail for TV Show episodes and Video Group videos when displayed in Virtual Channels. This can be set globally or per TV Show or Video Group.
• NEW: Siri Shortcut action for Search. Provide text and Channels will open directly to search results for that text.
• NEW: webp image uploads now work in the client
• NEW: Setting on iOS to force playback to start in landscape. Useful for those that keep Orientation Lock on.
• NEW: Channels is now available on Apple Vision Pro and visionOS via iPad compatability mode.
• IMPROVED: All sections are now available from the Start Up setting and Siri Shortcut action.
• IMPROVED: All Movies and All Shows filter views now use menus for picking filters.
• IMPROVED: More improved and consistent icons across the app.
• IMPROVED: Guide will update automatically when sources are added/removed or priority is changed on the server.
• IMPROVED: Show download tab when offline if there are partial downloads but no completed ones.
• IMPROVED: Automatically retry downloads that have timed out.
• IMPROVED: Allow for pressing Play to restart the stream when an error is displayed after playing a recording.
• IMPROVED: Allow partially downloaded recordings to be played in more situations.
• FIXED: PIP button would randomly recieve focus keeping the timeline visible.
• FIXED: Audio would sometimes distort on the default audio driver when using Siri or receiving notifications.
• FIXED: TV Episodes were leaking into Recently Watched, News, and Sports sections when AllowList and BlockList were employed.
• FIXED: Hidden content was showing up in search results.
• FIXED: Seek icons were sometimes missing.
• FIXED: Skip Commercials and Start From Beginning buttons were dismissing weird.
• FIXED: Seeking was not always using the correct seek times from settings.
• FIXED: The Sidebar was showing whenever the app opened directly to Recent Recordings or Playlists.
• FIXED: Guide and On Now would scroll to the last watched channel on a fresh boot.
• REMOVED: Auto Play Videos setting has been removed. TV Shows and Video Groups now have their own individual Auto Play setting.
• REMOVED: Embedded Tailscale client - Use the System Tailscale client for better reliability and performance.
5.8.0
Feb 8, 2024
Playlists are here!
Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. Playlists are completely managed from withing the app. Create a new playlist, add content to a playlist, remove content from a playlist, and delete a playlist, all from within the app!
Visit our site for more details on this release. We ran out of allowed space!
- NEW: Playlists. Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies.
- NEW: Completely overhauled context menus across the entire app for exploring and managing all of your content.
- NEW: Apple TV app now uses native context menus for an incredibly improved experience.
- NEW: Manage Library Collections entirely in the app: Create a new Collction, add content to a Collection, remove content from a Collection, delete a Collection.
- NEW: Recently Watched channels. View your recently watched channels as its own native channel collection. Turn it on in Settings > General > Live TV
- NEW: Optionally show the last 3 recent channels in the Quick Guide - Settings > General > Live TV > Show Recent Channels in Quick Guide
- NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have an Auto Play setting to set their own Auto Play style.
- NEW: On Later, guide search results, and guide modals now indicate if the movie or tv show is already in your library.
- NEW: Movies scheduled to record are indicated when viewing them in On Later.
- NEW: Future airings in search results are indicated if they are already in your library.
- NEW: Optionally use the Thumbnail for TV Show episodes and Video Group videos when displayed in Virtual Channels. This can be set globally or per TV Show or Video Group.
- NEW: Siri Shortcut action for Search. Provide text and Channels will open directly to search results for that text.
- NEW: webp image uploads now work in the client
- NEW: Setting on iOS to force playback to start in landscape. Useful for those that keep Orientation Lock on.
- NEW: Channels is now available on Apple Vision Pro and visionOS via iPad compatability mode.
- IMPROVED: All sections are now available from the Start Up setting and Siri Shortcut action.
- IMPROVED: All Movies and All Shows filter views now use menus for picking filters.
- IMPROVED: More improved and consistent icons across the app.
- IMPROVED: Guide will update automatically when sources are added/removed or priority is changed on the server.
- IMPROVED: Show download tab when offline if there are partial downloads but no completed ones.
- IMPROVED: Automatically retry downloads that have timed out.
- IMPROVED: Allow for pressing Play to restart the stream when an error is displayed after playing a recording.
- IMPROVED: Channels that are not in a subscription but aren’t properly handled by the HDHomeRun will now be reported as "Not Subscribed".
- IMPROVED: Allow partially downloaded recordings to be played in more situations.
- IMPROVED: Diagnostic logging around thermal state.
- FIXED: PIP button would randomly recieve focus keeping the timeline visible.
- FIXED: Audio would sometimes distort on the default audio driver when using Siri or receiving notifications.
- FIXED: TV Episodes were leaking into Recently Watched, News, and Sports sections when AllowList and BlockList were employed.
- FIXED: Hidden content was showing up in search results.
- FIXED: Seek icons were sometimes missing.
- FIXED: Skip Commercials and Start From Beginning buttons were dismissing weird.
- FIXED: Seeking was not always using the correct seek times from settings.
- FIXED: The Sidebar was showing whenever the app opened directly to Recent Recordings or Playlists.
- FIXED: Start from Beginning button was not showing on iOS.
- FIXED: Guide and On Now would scroll to the last watched channel on a fresh boot.
- REMOVED: Auto Play Videos setting has been removed. TV Shows and Video Groups now have their own individual Auto Play setting.
- REMOVED: Embedded Tailscale client - Use the System Tailscale client for better reliability and performance.
Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. Playlists are completely managed from withing the app. Create a new playlist, add content to a playlist, remove content from a playlist, and delete a playlist, all from within the app!
Visit our site for more details on this release. We ran out of allowed space!
- NEW: Playlists. Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies.
- NEW: Completely overhauled context menus across the entire app for exploring and managing all of your content.
- NEW: Apple TV app now uses native context menus for an incredibly improved experience.
- NEW: Manage Library Collections entirely in the app: Create a new Collction, add content to a Collection, remove content from a Collection, delete a Collection.
- NEW: Recently Watched channels. View your recently watched channels as its own native channel collection. Turn it on in Settings > General > Live TV
- NEW: Optionally show the last 3 recent channels in the Quick Guide - Settings > General > Live TV > Show Recent Channels in Quick Guide
- NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have an Auto Play setting to set their own Auto Play style.
- NEW: On Later, guide search results, and guide modals now indicate if the movie or tv show is already in your library.
- NEW: Movies scheduled to record are indicated when viewing them in On Later.
- NEW: Future airings in search results are indicated if they are already in your library.
- NEW: Optionally use the Thumbnail for TV Show episodes and Video Group videos when displayed in Virtual Channels. This can be set globally or per TV Show or Video Group.
- NEW: Siri Shortcut action for Search. Provide text and Channels will open directly to search results for that text.
- NEW: webp image uploads now work in the client
- NEW: Setting on iOS to force playback to start in landscape. Useful for those that keep Orientation Lock on.
- NEW: Channels is now available on Apple Vision Pro and visionOS via iPad compatability mode.
- IMPROVED: All sections are now available from the Start Up setting and Siri Shortcut action.
- IMPROVED: All Movies and All Shows filter views now use menus for picking filters.
- IMPROVED: More improved and consistent icons across the app.
- IMPROVED: Guide will update automatically when sources are added/removed or priority is changed on the server.
- IMPROVED: Show download tab when offline if there are partial downloads but no completed ones.
- IMPROVED: Automatically retry downloads that have timed out.
- IMPROVED: Allow for pressing Play to restart the stream when an error is displayed after playing a recording.
- IMPROVED: Channels that are not in a subscription but aren’t properly handled by the HDHomeRun will now be reported as "Not Subscribed".
- IMPROVED: Allow partially downloaded recordings to be played in more situations.
- IMPROVED: Diagnostic logging around thermal state.
- FIXED: PIP button would randomly recieve focus keeping the timeline visible.
- FIXED: Audio would sometimes distort on the default audio driver when using Siri or receiving notifications.
- FIXED: TV Episodes were leaking into Recently Watched, News, and Sports sections when AllowList and BlockList were employed.
- FIXED: Hidden content was showing up in search results.
- FIXED: Seek icons were sometimes missing.
- FIXED: Skip Commercials and Start From Beginning buttons were dismissing weird.
- FIXED: Seeking was not always using the correct seek times from settings.
- FIXED: The Sidebar was showing whenever the app opened directly to Recent Recordings or Playlists.
- FIXED: Start from Beginning button was not showing on iOS.
- FIXED: Guide and On Now would scroll to the last watched channel on a fresh boot.
- REMOVED: Auto Play Videos setting has been removed. TV Shows and Video Groups now have their own individual Auto Play setting.
- REMOVED: Embedded Tailscale client - Use the System Tailscale client for better reliability and performance.
5.7.5
Oct 4, 2023
IMPROVED: ATSC3 tuning speed
FIXED: On Now would sometimes show the wrong logos
FIXED: Sports Seek Timeline setting was not toggling correctly
FIXED: On Now would sometimes show the wrong logos
FIXED: Sports Seek Timeline setting was not toggling correctly
5.7.4
Oct 1, 2023
IMPROVED: Compatibility with iOS/tvOS 17
IMPROVED: Better support for Siri Shortcuts
FIXED: Some AVI videos would not play
IMPROVED: Better support for Siri Shortcuts
FIXED: Some AVI videos would not play
5.7.3
Sep 19, 2023
• FIXED: Episodes would not open in Callsheet correctly
• 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 5.7.0 Notes:
Introducing the News & Sports sections.
Now you can collect all of your news and sports content into their respective sections.
These dedicated sections give you a central destination to find all of your news or sports content. When you activate these sections, their library content is available exclusively from the section, cleaning up your library a bit.
• Browse and watch what (sports or news) is currently airing on live TV right now
• Browse and watch (sports or news) that were recently added/recorded to your library
• See what (sports or news) is airing on live TV later in the day
• Browse your (sports or news) shows directly.
Check our website for more information on the News & Sports sections.
--==== Full Release Notes ====--
• 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
• FIXED: Recordings view did not render cleanly on a fresh start
• 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 5.7.0 Notes:
Introducing the News & Sports sections.
Now you can collect all of your news and sports content into their respective sections.
These dedicated sections give you a central destination to find all of your news or sports content. When you activate these sections, their library content is available exclusively from the section, cleaning up your library a bit.
• Browse and watch what (sports or news) is currently airing on live TV right now
• Browse and watch (sports or news) that were recently added/recorded to your library
• See what (sports or news) is airing on live TV later in the day
• Browse your (sports or news) shows directly.
Check our website for more information on the News & Sports sections.
--==== Full Release Notes ====--
• 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
• FIXED: Recordings view did not render cleanly on a fresh start
5.7.1
Sep 18, 2023
• FIXED: Random crasher in News & Sports Section settings
5.7.0
Sep 14, 2023
Introducing the News & Sports sections.
Now you can collect all of your news and sports content into their respective sections.
These dedicated sections give you a central destination to find all of your news or sports content. When you activate these sections, their library content is available exclusively from the section, cleaning up your library a bit.
• Browse and watch what (sports or news) is currently airing on live TV right now
• Browse and watch (sports or news) that were recently added/recorded to your library
• See what (sports or news) is airing on live TV later in the day
• Browse your (sports or news) shows directly.
Check our website for more information on the News & Sports sections.
--==== Full Release Notes ====--
• 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: 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
Now you can collect all of your news and sports content into their respective sections.
These dedicated sections give you a central destination to find all of your news or sports content. When you activate these sections, their library content is available exclusively from the section, cleaning up your library a bit.
• Browse and watch what (sports or news) is currently airing on live TV right now
• Browse and watch (sports or news) that were recently added/recorded to your library
• See what (sports or news) is airing on live TV later in the day
• Browse your (sports or news) shows directly.
Check our website for more information on the News & Sports sections.
--==== Full Release Notes ====--
• 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: 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
5.6.7
Aug 10, 2023
• FIXED: Crash that could happen during discovery
• FIXED: Audio issues that could happen with ATSC3 broadcasts
Previously in 5.6.6
• 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
• FIXED: Audio issues that could happen with ATSC3 broadcasts
Previously in 5.6.6
• 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
5.6.6
Aug 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 re-connecting 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
• 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 re-connecting 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
5.6.5
Jun 15, 2023
• FIXED: Top Shelf was not working on Apple TV
5.6.4
Jun 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: 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
• 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
5.6.3
May 22, 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
• 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
5.6.2
Apr 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
• 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
5.6.1
Mar 14, 2023
• FIXED: Seeking could cause playback to restart with certain recordings when Home Streaming is enabled
• IMPROVED: Small performance improvement
• IMPROVED: Small performance improvement
5.6.0
Mar 6, 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
• 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
5.5.11
Jan 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
• 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
5.5.10
Dec 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
• 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
5.5.9
Nov 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
• 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
5.5.8
Nov 13, 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 aren’t registered to the DVR
• FIXED: Switching filters on the guide could sometimes not update guide data
• FIXED: Channel logo only presentation was incorrect on tvOS
• FIXED: Crash that could happen when deleting recordings on iOS
• FIXED: Sometimes the show description in the guide view would display the wrong show when scrolling quickly
• FIXED: Top Shelf’s Up Next wasn’t respecting label block/allow lists
• FIXED: Cursor would select wrong item when moving between Manage Sources screens on tvOS
• FIXED: Various infrequent crashes
• 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 aren’t registered to the DVR
• FIXED: Switching filters on the guide could sometimes not update guide data
• FIXED: Channel logo only presentation was incorrect on tvOS
• FIXED: Crash that could happen when deleting recordings on iOS
• FIXED: Sometimes the show description in the guide view would display the wrong show when scrolling quickly
• FIXED: Top Shelf’s Up Next wasn’t respecting label block/allow lists
• FIXED: Cursor would select wrong item when moving between Manage Sources screens on tvOS
• FIXED: Various infrequent crashes
5.5.7
Oct 27, 2022
FIXED: Some TV shows set to Watch Newest First were not displaying all of their recordings.
5.5.6
Oct 26, 2022
• NEW: App now requires a minimum of iOS/tvOS 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: Search is now an option on tvOS in Kids Only Mode
• 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
• 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: Search is now an option on tvOS in Kids Only Mode
• 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
5.5.5
Oct 2, 2022
Performance improvements
5.5.4
Oct 1, 2022
FIXED: Connecting to DVR servers using their Tailscale IPs was not working in some cases
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
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
5.5.3
Sep 17, 2022
• IMPROVED: Support for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max
• IMPROVED: Better handling of timeline while in audio only mode on iOS
• IMPROVED: Better handling of Start From Beginning button on iOS
• FIXED: Search was broken when editing your query
** New in version 5.5.1 **
• FIXED: Some channels were causing framedrops
** New in version 5.5.0 **
• 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 -rom 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: 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: Support WMA audio
• FIXED: Duration wasn’t 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 PictureFIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• 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: Player controls could not be immediatly dismissed after seeking on iOS
• 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: 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
• IMPROVED: Better handling of timeline while in audio only mode on iOS
• IMPROVED: Better handling of Start From Beginning button on iOS
• FIXED: Search was broken when editing your query
** New in version 5.5.1 **
• FIXED: Some channels were causing framedrops
** New in version 5.5.0 **
• 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 -rom 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: 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: Support WMA audio
• FIXED: Duration wasn’t 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 PictureFIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• 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: Player controls could not be immediatly dismissed after seeking on iOS
• 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: 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
5.5.2
Sep 17, 2022
• IMPROVED: Support for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max
• IMPROVED: Better handling of timeline while in audio only mode on iOS
• IMPROVED: Better handling of Start From Beginning button on iOS
• FIXED: Search was broken when editing your query
** New in version 5.5.1 **
• FIXED: Some channels were causing framedrops
** New in version 5.5.0 **
• 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 -rom 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: 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: Support WMA audio
• FIXED: Duration wasn’t 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 PictureFIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• 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: Player controls could not be immediatly dismissed after seeking on iOS
• 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: 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
• IMPROVED: Better handling of timeline while in audio only mode on iOS
• IMPROVED: Better handling of Start From Beginning button on iOS
• FIXED: Search was broken when editing your query
** New in version 5.5.1 **
• FIXED: Some channels were causing framedrops
** New in version 5.5.0 **
• 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 -rom 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: 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: Support WMA audio
• FIXED: Duration wasn’t 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 PictureFIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• 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: Player controls could not be immediatly dismissed after seeking on iOS
• 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: 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
Channels: Whole Home DVR FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Channels: Whole Home DVR.
iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
Apple TV
Requires tvOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
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