5.7.5
2023-10-04
IMPROVED: ATSC3 tuning speed
FIXED: On Now would sometimes show the wrong logos
FIXED: Sports Seek Timeline setting was not toggling correctly
5.6.7
2023-08-10
• 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
5.6.5
2023-06-15
• FIXED: Top Shelf was not working on Apple TV
5.6.3
2023-05-21
• 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
3.2.35
2020-01-15
- IMPROVED: Small performance improvement in remote streaming
- IMPROVED: Better image caching behavior for faster loading
- FIXED: Skip Commercial button was not working with some remotes
- FIXED: Program details would sometimes not appear in the guide.
- FIXED: Turning off shake-to-mute setting will un-mute video player
- FIXED: Mute indicator on player was not showing when audio was previously muted
- FIXED: Transcoded Live TV sessions continued for 30 seconds beyond when they should have ended
- FIXED: App would fail to stream if HDHR IP address changed.
- FIXED: Occasional crashes while watching video
- FIXED: Video player errors would sometimes not appear
- FIXED: Crash on tvOS 11
- FIXED: Rare hang while playing remote video
- FIXED: Some other rare crashes
3.2.34
2019-12-09
- FIXED: Top Shelf can sometimes become out of date
3.2.33
2019-12-04
- FIXED: Top Shelf not loading if not using a DVR
- FIXED: HDHomeRun devices not properly found on app start if not using a DVR
- FIXED: Seeking while watching Live TV remotely via the DVR could seek to wrong location
3.2.32
2019-11-30
This release greatly improves connecting to the DVR and HDHomeRun devices.
- IMPROVED: Update channel lineups on every app launch
- FIXED: Crash while starting to watch Live TV via DVR if the DVR hostname cannot be resolved
- FIXED: Properly detect legacy HDHomeRun devices when connected to a DVR
- FIXED: Automatic Commercial Skipping sometimes would not activate for the first commercial
3.2.31
2019-10-31
Fixed: Add Source button would sometimes be missing
3.2.30
2019-10-29
- NEW: [DVR] Release Date added as a sort option for movies and shows.
- NEW: Added the ability to turn off analytics.
- FIXED: Mute badge would not dissapear after unmuting.
2019
2019-10-29
- NEW: [DVR] Release Date added as a sort option for movies and shows.
- NEW: Added the ability to turn off analytics.
- FIXED: Mute badge would not dissapear after unmuting.
3.2.28
2019-10-08
- IMPROVED: Updated video player libraries with latest bug fixes and performance improvements.
- FIXED: Seeking with Siri remote was not working reliably on tvOS 13.
- FIXED: Remote streaming would take a long time to start on iPhone 11.
- FIXED: Some shows would not sort episodes correctly.
- FIXED: Crash when Experimental Audio Driver is enabled.
3.2.27
2019-09-24
- Fixed: Warning icons would sometimes show on airing modals
- Fixed: Various bug fixes
3.2.26
2019-08-17
- NEW: Setting to sort guide channel order.
- NEW: Keyboard control in the video player.
- NEW: [DVR] Episodes delayed or interrupted while recording are marked.
- NEW: [DVR] Lock recordings to prevent auto-delete.
- NEW: [DVR] Failed jobs will be marked on the Schedule.
- FIXED: [DVR] Top shelf could fail to show Up Next if no favorite channels were set.
- FIXED: [DVR] Recording could get stuck with spinner in timeline during playback.
3.2.25
2019-07-26
- IMPROVED: Experimental support for AirPlay2 speakers.
- FIXED: Remote streaming seek performance at Original quality.
- FIXED: Player could get stuck with a spinner when playing some recordings.
3.2.24
2019-07-12
- NEW: Stable HDHR firmware.
- FIXED: Timeline could become glitchy after buffering live tv for many hours.
- FIXED: Some channels would tune very slowly in Australia.
- FIXED: [DVR] Some recordings would fail to play remotely.
3.2.23
2019-06-21
- IMPROVED: Choose between these commercial skipping styles: Automatic, Skip Button, or Manual
3.2.22
2019-06-11
This release introduces automatic commercial skipping. Automatic commercial skipping is off by default and you can enable it via the Settings tab.
When enabled, Channels will automatically skip through the indexed commercial break for you without you having to lift a finger. That's not all that's been added. When disabled, Channels now shows a "Skip Commercial" button to let you easily skip through the commercial break with a single click.
- NEW: Automatic commercial skipping
- NEW: Commercial skip button
- FIXED: Channel scan wasn't working for some beta HDHomeRun firmwares
3.2.21
2019-05-30
We’re continuing to track down bugs as we find them.
- FIXED: Crash during app exit
- FIXED: Crash when displaying HDHomeRun error
- FIXED: Crash while viewing the Guide
- FIXED: Crash while exiting the video player
3.2.20
2019-05-27
- FIXED: Crash for users of European broadcast TV
- FIXED: Crash while viewing guide
- FIXED: Crash after playing
- FIXED: Crash during device discovery
- FIXED: Crash while reconnecting to DVR
3.2.19
2019-05-23
- FIXED: Rare crashes
3.2.18
2019-05-22
- FIXED: Various bug and rare crashes.
3.2.17
2019-05-14
- IMPROVED: Significant improvements with Channels DVR Server discoverability
- FIXED: Guide data could be missing while accessing remotely
- FIXED: Timeline could jump around when scrubbing recordings.
- FIXED: Video player could fail to quit when recordings ended.
3.2.16
2019-05-12
- FIXED: Channels would lose its guide data if backgrounded and relaunched
- FIXED: Changing channels while playing back on anything but Original Quality would not tune to the next channel
3.2.15
2019-05-08
- NEW: HDHomeRun Premium channel support removed
- IMPROVED: Show summary is spoken via VoiceOver in the guide
- FIXED: Crash when game controller was attached.
- FIXED: Playback would freeze while playing back recordings in the UK.
- FIXED: Player sometimes would not exit after recording finished playing.
- FIXED: Legacy HDHomeRun devices could get stuck at black screen when changing channels
- FIXED: Mute persists after changing channels
3.2.14
2019-04-23
- IMPROVED: [DVR] Improved remote playback on slow/laggy WiFi networks
- IMPROVED: [DVR] Increased buffering for remote playback
- IMPROVED: Added latest HDHomeRun firmware updates
- FIXED: HDHomeRun tuners would sometimes fail to be discovered
3.2.13
2015-11-06
- IMPROVED: [DVR] Double-click to skip commercial will seek to the end of the commercial more accurately.
- FIXED: Some channels in Finland would not play correctly.
- FIXED: Some channels in Finland and Italy would play english audio instead of native language.
- FIXED: [DVR] Search would not work when using quotes.
3.2.12
2019-01-25
NEW - Customize the channels shown in the in-player Quick Guide
IMPROVED - some bug fixes with the video player
IMPROVED - Remote DVR streams will include surround sound at bitrates higher than 6mbps