Channels for HDHomeRun!

Live TV, anywhere in your home

5.8.2 for iPhone, iPad
Free
9.0

436 Ratings

Update Date

2024-04-10

Size

121.1 MB

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Channels for HDHomeRun! Description
Watch live TV, right next to your apps. Channels lets you play, pause, and rewind local or cable TV directly on your Apple TV with your HDHomeRun TV tuner.

If you are a Channels Plus subscriber with DVR Service, search for the free app: Channels: Whole Home DVR.

Channels requires an HDHomeRun networked TV tuner to watch live TV on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Learn more about how this works below.

• Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV
• Guide Data
• Full grid guide
• Full HD streaming (bandwidth permitting)
• 5.1 Surround Sound
• Closed captioning
• Full support for VoiceOver
• Channel favoriting
• Jump back to last channel
• Auto Discovery
• Browse what's on other channels while watching TV
• Manage your HDHomeRun devices from Channels


"If you’re a cord cutter, then Channels coupled with an HDHomeRun and antenna is one of the best purchases you can make." — 9to5mac

"If live television has been a missing or irritating-to-use piece for your viewing pleasure, Channels plus a networked tuner pulls it neatly into your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad." — Macworld


Channels requires modern iOS devices and 802.11AC wireless for HD streaming. But as usual, your milage may vary.

Supported devices: All iOS devices with an A7 chip and up.

Note: Channels does not support Picture in Picture mode on the iPad or AirPlay on any device due to the video format provided by the HDHomeRun tuners. This is an iOS limitation.


-- Why Use Channels? --

Channels is the missing piece of your puzzle. If you already watch everything through streaming apps, Channels lets you finally watch sports, award shows, local news, and other live events on your same device.

• Watch live primetime TV, local news, and sports on your Apple TV.
• Netflix, Hulu, Movies, Games, AirPlay, and now live TV on the same device.
• Already using antenna for live TV? Channels lets you use one antenna to watch TV on all the devices in your home.
• Want sports on your porch? News in the kitchen? Channels lets you watch these anywhere in the home. Let your TV watching follow you around the house.

-- How Does It Work? --

An HDHomeRun is a simple TV tuner that can broadcast television over your home network. Channels streams that video directly to your device.

1. Plug an HD antenna or your cable into your HDHomeRun.
2. Plug your HDHomeRun into your router.
3. Watch live TV via the Channels app.

-- How Do You Use It? --

Here's some protips on how to get the most out of Channels.

• Pick your favorite channels by selecting your HDHomeRun device in the Settings tab and tapping on a channel.
• See quickly what’s currently on your favorite channels with the On Now tab.
• Tap on a channel to view more info about it (or just 3D Touch it).
• Live TV buffer works for ~90 mins or less depending on how much storage is available on your device.
• Skip ahead 30s by swiping right. Skip back 7s by swiping left.
• Double-tap with 2 fingers to switch to the previous channel.
• Swipe up/down on the Quick Guide to see what else is on your favorite channels. Tap it to change to that channel.

-- HDHomeRun Device Support --

All HDHomeRun devices are supported by Channels.

• HDHomeRun PRIME
• HDHomeRun EXTEND
• HDHomeRun EXPAND
• HDHomeRun CONNECT
• HDHomeRun CONNECT DUO
• HDHomeRun CONNECT QUATRO
• HDHomeRun DUAL
• HDHomeRun ORIGINAL (blue and white tuners)

Learn more about HDHomeRun tuners on silicondust.com. Simply plug a compatible tuner into your home network router and start watching Live TV with Channels today!

• DRM protected streams are *not* currently supported.
• Channels does *not* work outside of your home. It only works when connected to the same network as your HDHomeRun Device

For questions, concerns, bug reports, and feature requests, contact us on twitter @getchannels or via email support@getchannels.com. You can talk about everything Channels on our community site at: https://community.getchannels.com.
Channels for HDHomeRun! 5.8.2 Update
2024-04-10
• NEW: Recorded movies now have movie trailers
• NEW: Movies in your library will now be badged as such when viewed in On Later, search results, or from the Guide.
• NEW: Native speed test for tvOS and iOS for testing speeds from your client to your Channels DVR Server
• NEW: Upgraded Default audio driver supports AirPlay, AirPods, Spatial Audio, Atmos and HomePods
• IMPROVED: Consistently sort movies and collections in various views.
• IMPROVED: Performance with a large library
• IMPROVED: HLG HDR format now supported and will switch TV to HDR
• IMPROVED: Provide better error message when device runs out of disk space while watching Live TV
• IMPROVED: UI responsiveness when watching OTA Live TV in Europe
• IMPROVED: Video playback codec support
• IMPROVED: Handling of timeouts while streaming remotely
• FIXED: Virtual channels would not play the correct recording when the recordings were unmatched
• FIXED: Start Up sections were not presenting if the app exited while navigated deep into other sections.
• FIXED: Some corner badges were showing blank for shows
• FIXED: Library Collections under TV Shows were not being sorted Alphabetically
• FIXED: Some sort properties were wrong on Library Collections
• FIXED: Recorded movies were being sorted incorrectly when sorted by Date Released
• FIXED: Library Collection image URLs could be malformed after managing the collection on the client
• FIXED: Rare crasher when deleting recordings from the TV show view
• FIXED: Rare crasher when trashing all items of a TV show
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Price:
Free
Version:
5.8.2
Size:
121.1 MB
Genre:
Entertainment
Update Date:
2024-04-10
Developer:
Fancy Bits, LLC
Language:
English

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5.8.2 2024-04-10
• NEW: Recorded movies now have movie trailers
• NEW: Movies in your library will now be badged as such when viewed in On Later, search results, or from the Guide.
• NEW: Native speed test for tvOS and iOS for testing speeds from your client to your Channels DVR Server
• NEW: Upgraded Default audio driver supports AirPlay, AirPods, Spatial Audio, Atmos and HomePods
• IMPROVED: Consistently sort movies and collections in various views.
• IMPROVED: Performance with a large library
• IMPROVED: HLG HDR format now supported and will switch TV to HDR
• IMPROVED: Provide better error message when device runs out of disk space while watching Live TV
• IMPROVED: UI responsiveness when watching OTA Live TV in Europe
• IMPROVED: Video playback codec support
• IMPROVED: Handling of timeouts while streaming remotely
• FIXED: Virtual channels would not play the correct recording when the recordings were unmatched
• FIXED: Start Up sections were not presenting if the app exited while navigated deep into other sections.
• FIXED: Some corner badges were showing blank for shows
• FIXED: Library Collections under TV Shows were not being sorted Alphabetically
• FIXED: Some sort properties were wrong on Library Collections
• FIXED: Recorded movies were being sorted incorrectly when sorted by Date Released
• FIXED: Library Collection image URLs could be malformed after managing the collection on the client
• FIXED: Rare crasher when deleting recordings from the TV show view
• FIXED: Rare crasher when trashing all items of a TV show
5.8.1 2024-02-11
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.
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
5.7.4 2023-10-01
IMPROVED: Compatibility with iOS/tvOS 17
IMPROVED: Better support for Siri Shortcuts
FIXED: Some AVI videos would not play
5.7.3 2023-09-19
• 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
5.7.1 2023-09-16
• FIXED: Random crasher in News & Sports Section settings
5.7.0 2023-09-14
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
5.6.7 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
5.6.6 2023-08-08
• 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
5.6.5 2023-06-15
• FIXED: Top Shelf was not working on Apple TV
5.6.4 2023-06-14
• 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
5.6.3 2023-05-20
• 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
5.6.2 2023-04-22
• 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
5.6.1 2023-03-14
• FIXED: Seeking could cause playback to restart with certain recordings when Home Streaming is enabled
• IMPROVED: Small performance improvement
5.6.0 2023-03-06
• 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
5.5.11 2023-01-19
• 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
5.5.7 2022-10-27
FIXED: Some TV shows set to Watch Newest First were not displaying all of their recordings.
5.5.6 2022-10-26
• 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
5.5.5 2022-10-01
Performance improvements
5.5.4 2022-10-01
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
5.5.3 2022-09-17
• 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
5.5.0 2022-09-15
• 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
5.4.2 2022-08-06
• NEW: View MPAA and TV ratings, and browse movies by rating in Enhanced Libary mode
• NEW: Added settings for matching content when playing trailers, Movie Virtual Channels, and TV Virtual Channels
• NEW: Jump to the previous recording from a Recording’s context menu
• NEW: Option to play back channels and recordings as Audio Only. Use the context menus for content to use the Audio Only feature.
• NEW: Menu item in Downloads to manage and explore downloaded shows
• IMPROVED: Timeline works better with video Extras like trailers
• IMPROVED: Error messages when remote streaming fails
• IMPROVED: Adaptive Bitrate algorithm for Remote Streaming has been updated for less buffering and higher quality
• IMPROVED: Remote streaming reliability when pausing for a long time or disk space is low
• IMPROVED: Support for Opus audio
• FIXED: Last image from previously playback session is no longer showed when starting playback
• FIXED: Seeking multiple times when watching remotely would sometimes jump backward
• FIXED: Timeline would stop updating when seeking after pause while watching Live TV
5.4.1 2022-05-01
• IMPROVED: Remote streaming over congested networks
• FIXED: Use optimal connection type when VPN is enabled over Cellular
• FIXED: Watching Live TV remotely could fail with an error after watching for over an hour on an unstable network connection
• FIXED: Flash of red sometimes shown when switching sections
5.4.0 2022-04-11
Offline Downloads are here.

Download anything from your Channels library directly to your device to watch offline. All of your offline watch history will be synced with your Channels library.

• NEW: Download your movies and TV shows directly to your device and watch offline
• IMPROVED: compatibility with ATSC 3
• IMPROVED: Remote streaming behavior with an unstable connection
• FIXED: Remote playback would not use adaptive bitrate for Live TV on first playback after app launch
• FIXED: Memory leak causing app to crash during playback
• FIXED: Infrequent crash when leaving app when subtitles are on
• FIXED: Other random crashers
5.3.1 2022-04-01
Major stability improvements
5.3.0 2022-03-25
NEW: Import home movies, concerts, or other video types right next to your Movies and TV Shows with the new Videos section
NEW: Set a TV Show’s Playback Speed to watch it at that speed every time
NEW: Mark episodes as favorites
IMPROVED: Search now uses the modern server side search for library results
IMPROVED: Search now presents episode results from your library
IMPROVED: Use - instead of . when entering OTA channel numbers with sofabaton remote
IMPROVED: Improved presentation of Custom Channels
FIXED: Last channel watched was not being focused in Guide
FIXED: Arrow keys were not working for seeking in iOS
FIXED: On Later for a channel would randomly appear empty on iOS
FIXED: Tapping virtual channel logo on the guide was showing - On Later view
FIXED: Force touch channel logo on the guide was not showing context menu
FIXED: Player stall on some PRIME cable - recordings when skipping commercials
5.2.4 2022-02-17
- NEW: Add Library Collections to the sidebar
- IMPROVED: Show error message on screen when a recording fails to play
- IMPROVED: Guide data from some XMLTV sources would incorrectly show today's date on every program
- FIXED: On Later on iPhone would sometimes appear empty
- FIXED: Force touch context menu was not working on channel logos in the Guide
- FIXED: Playback stall issue after commercial skip when using Experimental audio driver
- FIXED: Recordings view on iPhone would show Live/New next to every single recording
- FIXED: Some rare crashes in the app
5.2.3 2022-02-09
NEW: Browse the Winter Olympics in On Later
IMPROVED: Diagnostics
FIXED: Arrow keys were not working for seeking in iOS
FIXED: Player stall going into commercials on some cable (HDHomeRun PRIME) feeds
5.2.2 2022-02-02
FIXED: Auto Play was not automatically playing the next episode correctly.
5.2.1 2022-01-14
• NEW: Support for new Channel Collections rules to bring in channels automatically to your Channel Collections
• NEW: Support for Dolby Atmos with the Experimental audio driver
• NEW: Images in iOS can be tapped to zoom them
• NEW: Setting to disable Jump to Last Channel
• NEW: Setting to turn off “Watch from your library?” prompt
• NEW: Setting for Auto Play. You can now hide the card that shows at the end of the episode if you have Auto Play turned off.
• NEW: Settings to disable buffer protection and to set the duration before you are warned
• IMPROVED: Improved HDR support
• IMPROVED: Remote streaming improvements
• IMPROVED: Stats display now shows HDHomeRun connection info
• IMPROVED: Better animations when rotating device
• FIXED: Guide data was not updating in some scenarios
• FIXED: Playback issues related to certain UK freeview transmitters
• FIXED: PIP now available for all video drivers
5.1.1 2021-12-01
• NEW: Support for Spatial Audio with AirPods in the Experimental audio driver
• IMPROVED: Better audio sync and responsiveness with AirPlay speakers
• IMPROVED: Video stuttering and frame drop issues in the Experimental video driver. 4K 60fps recordings are now fully supported
• IMPROVED: Closed caption rendering performance
• FIXED: Playback issues on the Apple TV HD after upgrading to tvOS 15.1.1
• FIXED: Center channel audio could disappear after app switching or Siri usage
• FIXED: Audio would blip when coming back from the Control Center
• FIXED: Playback was not pausing when a phone call came in on iOS
• FIXED: Top Shelf was not loading reliably with many sources
• FIXED: Battery drain issues on iOS
• FIXED: Various rare crashes to improve overall stability
4.5.12 2021-09-23
• FIXED: Resolves some recently new random crashes
4.3.3 2020-12-28
• FIXED: Display issue in Video Player on iPhone 12
• IMPROVED: ATSC3 support
4.3.2 2020-12-08
IMPROVED: Improved support for alternate audio codecs
IMPROVED: UI polishes
FIXED: Random crashes when rewinding or fast-forwarding in the video player
4.3.1 2020-11-20
IMPROVED: Various UI polishings to help support the new Custom Channels feature
IMPROVED: Mute now works from iOS 14 Control Center remote
IMPROVED: Support for ATSC3 broadcasts with multiple audio tracks
IMPROVED: Various bug fixes
4.3.0 2020-10-30
- NEW: Choose a section for the app to start on every time it is launched or resumed.
- NEW: Choose a favorite channel to start playing every time it is launched or resumed.
- NEW: Optionally choose to browse your imported movies by folder in enhanced mode.
- IMPROVED: Info Guide shows video format and audio format for currently playing recording.
- IMPROVED: Better support for ATSC3 broadcasts
- IMPROVED: Video player performance when streaming remotely
- IMPROVED: Notification API endpoint can take custom icons and timeouts
- IMPROVED: Font size and color tweaks to help the UI look a little better on older TVs.
- FIXED: Seeking would sometimes not work while watching an in progress recording
4.2.0 2020-10-12
- NEW: Set a sleep timer from the video player on tvOS and iOS
- NEW: Temporarily disable Auto Play for the current view session on tvOS and iOS
- NEW: STATS FOR NERDS! - view details of your video files and video playback on tvOS and iOS
- IMPROVED: Dolby Digital audio tracks are preferred over other tracks when an audio track is automatically chosen during playback
- FIXED: Video player would sometimes mysteriously dismiss on iOS
- FIXED: Search would sometimes mysteriously reset on iOS
4.1.3 2020-10-07
- IMPROVED: Scheduled Recordings section updates reliably when accessed from the Sidebar
- IMPROVED: Seeking incredibly improved on large imported MKV files
- FIXED: Black screen with experimental video driver after video player is interrupted by sleep or airplay
- FIXED: Seeking backwards would sometimes not work on large imported MKV files
- FIXED: Seeking forward would not work while watching an in progress recording
4.1.2 2020-10-03
- FIXED: Seek change from last update was not working in some instances.
4.1.1 2020-09-29
- NEW: Optionally chose to have content automatically resume or be prompted with the choice.
- IMPROVED: Seeking to the end of a recording will stop you at the Next Up prompt to help Auto Play.
- FIXED: Play To would not always prompt for where you wanted to watch from iOS
- FIXED: Launching with HDHomeRun tuners reporting 0 channels would get the UI stuck
4.1.0 2020-09-16
Channels 4.1.0 is here and ready for iOS 14

- NEW: New show browsing design with more details for each episode
- NEW: Show Options allows you to exclude a show from Up Next, set the watch order to newest first, and skip commercial indexing
- NEW: Auto Play options let you ignore watched episodes during automatic playback
- Improved: Auto Play now respects your show’s Watch Order preference
- Improved: Various bug fixes
4.0.4 2020-08-25
- NEW: The iOS remote control widget can be used to toggle subtitles and audio tracks used by Channels on Apple TV
- FIXED: Some Library views would not render or sort correctly
- FIXED: HDMI-CEC colored buttons were not detected on some parts of the app
- FIXED: Some types of imported movies would not play any video
4.0.3 2020-08-14
- NEW: Setting to move Schedule to the main navigation
- IMPROVED: Alphabetical sorting of Movies and TV Shows now ignores prefixed articles
- IMPROVED: Remote Shortcut for Live TV can also be used as Previous Channel
- IMPROVED: Added 'm' keyboard shortcut to toggle mute
- IMPROVED: Added 'c' keyboard shortcut to toggle captions
- FIXED: New HDHomeRun with no channels would not be detected by the app on first install
- FIXED: Incorrect audio language was being selected on some international channels
- FIXED: TV Shows filters were not being remembered
- FIXED: Bluetooth keyboard navigation was not working on Recordings tab
4.0.2 2020-08-06
- FIXED: Crash on iOS trying to use app shortcuts
- FIXED: Subtitles on some imported movies were not appearing
- FIXED: Closed captions could fail to turn on for some channels
- FIXED: Incorrect audio track could be selected on some channels
- FIXED: Channels API for navigation was not working

Previously:

Welcome to version 4.0 of Channels!

This is a huge release for Channels Plus fans. This update focuses on making Channels better with larger libraries, along with a bunch of new quality of life improvements.

1. Expanded browsing library experience for larger libraries
2. Kids section lets you put kid movies and shows in their own section
3. View recordings as a list in the order they were recorded
4. Auto Play next episodes
5. Shuffle playback to play random episodes in a row for your show
6. Playback now prompts if you want to resume or not
7. Manage the Trash right from Channels
8. Mark your shows and movies as favorites
9. Kiosk mode lets you hide Settings section
10. Commercial editor lets you adjust the commercial indexes of all your recordings
11. Swipe controls and Context Menus have been added all over
12. Tons of other new options to make Channels a little more customizable

Learn more about all these new features at https://getchannels.com/news/
4.0.1 2020-08-01
• IMPROVED: Alphabetical sort ignores The/A prefixes
• FIXED: Up Next would fail to refresh sometimes.
• FIXED: Filter option in Movies and TV Shows was not being remembered.

Previously:

Welcome to version 4.0 of Channels!

This is a huge release for Channels Plus fans. This update focuses on making Channels better with larger libraries, along with a bunch of new quality of life improvements.

1. Expanded browsing library experience for larger libraries
2. Kids section lets you put kid movies and shows in their own section
3. View recordings as a list in the order they were recorded
4. Auto Play next episodes
5. Shuffle playback to play random episodes in a row for your show
6. Playback now prompts if you want to resume or not
7. Manage the Trash right from Channels
8. Mark your shows and movies as favorites
9. Kiosk mode lets you hide Settings section
10. Commercial editor lets you adjust the commercial indexes of all your recordings
11. Swipe controls and Context Menus have been added all over
12. Tons of other new options to make Channels a little more customizable

Learn more about all these new features at https://getchannels.com/news/
4.0.0 2020-07-20
Welcome to version 4.0 of Channels!

This is a huge release for Channels Plus fans. This update focuses on making Channels better with larger libraries, along with a bunch of new quality of life improvements.

1. Expanded browsing library experience for larger libraries
2. Kids section lets you put kid movies and shows in their own section
3. View recordings as a list in the order they were recorded
4. Auto Play next episodes
5. Shuffle playback to play random episodes in a row for your show
6. Playback now prompts if you want to resume or not
7. Manage the Trash right from Channels
8. Mark your shows and movies as favorites
9. Kiosk mode lets you hide Settings section
10. Commercial editor lets you adjust the commercial indexes of all your recordings
11. Swipe controls and Context Menus have been added all over
12. Tons of other new options to make Channels a little more customizable

Learn more about all these new features at https://getchannels.com/news/
3.2.45 2020-06-25
- FIXED: Future guide data was not loading on iOS
3.2.44 2020-06-17
- IMPROVED: Expanded guide data for non-DVR users
- FIXED: Connecting to HDHomeRun over VPN was not working on cellular connections
- FIXED: Compatibility with upcoming audio descriptions broadcasts in Australia
3.2.43 2020-05-15
- IMPROVED: Descriptions for closed caption and audio tracks
- FIXED: Slow memory leak
- FIXED: Occasional crash
3.2.42 2020-05-07
- FIXED: App could crash after streaming remotely for some time
- FIXED: Top Shelf would sometimes stop working
- FIXED: Crash when trying to delete Series Pass on an iPad
- IMPROVED: Diagnostics reporting for support requests
3.2.41 2020-04-29
- Fixed: Various bug fixes
3.2.40 2020-04-22
- FIXED: Crash due to memory exhaustion
- FIXED: Crash when parsing invalid EPG data
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 2019-12-01
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.
2.2.23 2019-06-21
- IMPROVED: Choose between these commercial skipping styles: Automatic, Skip Button, or Manual
2.2.22 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
2.2.21 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
2.2.20 2019-05-26
- 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
2.2.19 2019-05-23
- FIXED: Rare crashes
2.2.18 2019-05-22
- FIXED: Various bug and rare crashes.
2.2.17 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.
2.2.16 2019-05-11
- 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
2.2.15 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
2.2.14 2019-04-25
- 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
2.2.13 2019-03-24
- 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.
2.2.12 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
2.2.11 2019-01-11
Bug fixes.
2.2.10 2018-11-01
- NEW: Support for the new 11" iPad Pro and 12.9" iPad Pro
- FIXED: Channel scan was not showing progress
2.2.9 2018-10-26
- FIXED: Remote playback on XS & XS Max would sometimes fail
- FIXED: Bug fixes and stability fixes
- FIXED: Settings tab looked bad with large Dynamic Type
2.2.8 2018-10-08
- NEW: [DVR] Connect to Channels DVR directly by IP address
- IMPROVED: Channels DVR discover reliability
- IMPROVED: HDHomeRun device discover reliability
- IMPROVED: [DVR] Remote DVR reliability
2.2.7 2018-09-21
- NEW: Support for iPhone Xr, iPhone Xs, and Xs Max
- NEW: Added a setting to skip the Play To prompt when watching a show or recording
- IMPROVED: Better setup experience when connecting to a newly installed DVR
- IMPROVED: Recordings will resume at the last watched duration more reliably
- IMPROVED: Improved HDHomeRun Premium channel playback
- FIXED: [DVR] Custom padding options weren't appearing as options for scheduled recordings
- FIXED: [DVR] Some instances where Cancel Recording was not being shown
- FIXED: Teletext menus were appearing on some Finish stations when captions were enabled
- FIXED: Channels could appear out of order when multiple HDHomeRuns had overlapping stations
- FIXED: Some UI fixes
2.2.6 2018-08-31
- FIXED: Stuttering on some HDHomeRun Premium TV stations.
- FIXED: Secondary audio tracks would sometimes not appear in the language picker.
- FIXED: [DVR] ClearQAM channels could appear as Unknown after setting guide mappings.
2.2.5 2018-08-24
- FIXED: Some minor bugs
2.2.4 2018-08-22
- FIXED: [DVR] Remote streaming could sometimes not work
- FIXED: HDHomeRun Premium TV channels hide option would reset between launches
- FIXED: Legacy tuners were sometimes failing
2.2.3 2018-08-21
- NEW: Support for HDHomeRun Premium TV
2.2.2 2018-08-14
- FIXED: Various bug fixes
2.2.1 2018-08-08
- NEW: Customize closed captioning styles via System Accessibility Settings.
- IMPROVED: Descriptive Video tracks are marked in the Language picker.
- IMPROVED: [DVR] Show original air date for recorded programs.
- IMPROVED: [DVR] Some padding options were not available.
- IMPROVED: [DVR] Up Next would sometimes not update after watching an episode.
- FIXED: Wrong default audio track was picked on some channels.
- FIXED: Sporting events in some regions could show as Unknown on the guide.
2.2 2018-06-27
We've cleaned up the UI to help unify the app between tvOS and iOS. We hop you like it!

- IMPROVED: The overall design has been freshened up
- IMPROVED: [DVR] Info modals have been unified across iOS and tvOS to share the same flows
- IMPROVED: [DVR] You can now watch current airings directly from the schedule or search results

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2.1.16 2018-06-13
- IMPROVED: Better audio/video sync with HomePod (Airplay2)
- FIXED: Some DVB-T2 channels using HEVC could flash blue during playback.
- FIXED: Seeking would not work reliably when streaming remotely for more than an hour.
- FIXED: Guide would not show date/time headers after 14 days.
- FIXED: DVR users could not create season passes for sports.
- FIXED: Music Choice channels would take several seconds to start playing.
2.1.15 2018-04-21
- IMPROVED: Closed captioning support in Germany.
- FIXED: DVB-T2 HEVC channels would not play smoothly.
- FIXED: Several rare crashes.
2.1.14 2018-04-19
- NEW: Latest stable firmware for HDHR devices.
- IMPROVED: Remote streaming will buffer for smoother playback.
- IMPROVED: Support for closed captioning in Australia.
- FIXED: Legacy tuners will try to guess HD channels based on call signs.
2.1.13 2018-03-26
- IMPROVED: Sleeker progress indicators
- FIXED: Progress indicators for Up Next would sometimes not show

From Version 2.1.12

- IMPROVED: Up Next episodes now show progress indicators
- IMPROVED: VoiceOver support on the guide
2.1.10 2018-03-15
- IMPROVED: Season/episode number are shown in the player when watching a recording.
- IMPROVED: Option to reconnect to Remote DVR if connection is lost.
- FIXED: Extended padding options were not visible for Sport passes.
- FIXED: Firmware updates were not working.
2.1.9 2018-03-08
- NEW: Stable firmware for latest generation HDHRs.
- IMPROVED: VoiceOver support for scheduled/recording programs on the guide.
- FIXED: Some recorded shows would not display their episodes in the correct order.
- FIXED: Fast Forward would sometimes cause pausing
2.1.8 2018-02-15
- IMPROVED: Winter Olympic recordings are now in order and presented better.
- IMPROVED: Improvements for legacy tuners
- FIXED: Fast Forward would sometimes cause pausing
2.1.7 2017-12-16
- FIXED: Scrolling issues on the Settings tab.
- FIXED: Audio track selection UI when remote streaming.
- FIXED: Video player would fail to stream from local HDHR if also connected to remote DVR.
- FIXED: Remote DVR would not auto-connect on app launch if local HDHRs were also present.
2.1.6 2017-12-14
- NEW: Stable firmware for new HDHomeRun DUO and QUATRO.
- IMPROVED: Images are cached so they continue to be visible if the internet connection is lost.
- IMPROVED: Better remote streaming performance over high-latency connections.
- FIXED: Remote Wi-Fi streaming at Original Quality could show Transcoder Not Available error.
- FIXED: Some H264 channels would glitch during playback.
- FIXED: Some channels would lose A/V sync during playback.
- FIXED: Remote playback of an in-progress recording would sometimes not allow seeking.

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2.1.4 2017-11-09
- IMPROVED: Notification permission is no longer requested on first launch. Channels will only request permission when using a feature that uses it (Airing Reminders).
- FIXED: Other small UI fixes.

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