CHANGELOG.md

Nova Video Player changelog

Important notes:

• migrating from v6/7 to v5 or below will delete all your scraping information

v5.15.21 Google Play release - 1/9/2021

This release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r22, ffmpeg 4.4

• Fix crash on Android 12/S/API31
• Full screen display is enabled by default even on displays with cutouts
• Properly report DTS-HD and DTS-HD MA
• ffmpeg 4.4 and dav1d 0.9.2 integration
• Better tv show subtitle download based on IMDB ID
• Disable delete on UPnP shares not supporting it

v6.00.24 Google Play internal release (non public) - 30/9/2021

This release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r22, ffmpeg 4.4

• Add support for movie collections/sagas on Android TV
• Separate section for animation movies and series on Android TV
• Faster TV shows media information retrieval
• Fix crash on Android 12/S/API31
• Properly report DTS-HD and DTS-HD MA
• ffmpeg 4.4 and dav1d 0.9.2 integration
• Add MDNS samba discovery
• New refresh rate selection algorithm optimizing judder effect
• Add domain option to samba network credential dialog
• Optimize network shares rescan speed in case of files delete/rename
• Add Dolby vision support
• WARNING: media db upgrade to version 39 (any downgrade will wipe out your meta data)

Important migration note:

• This new version upgrades the internal nova media database to a new scheme and any downgrade to v4/v5 versions of nova will wipe out your entire video collection to prevent any incompatibility.
• This version switches to theMovieDb for retrieving TV shows information instead of theTvDb.
• It is strongly recommended to rescrape all your TV shows or start from a fresh install to avoid to go through the below migration steps.
• Proper support for movie collections and animation movies/series on AndroidTV requires some manual steps. Acquisition of the additional movie collection informations and movies/TV series genres realignment requires a full rescrape of your video without interference of existing .nfo files (that do not yet contain the required information). For that purpose the following steps should do the trick:
  • backup all your customized handcrafted .nfo file (if you have any)
  • install nova version 6.x
  • in nova settings unselect "process '.nfo' files"
  • in nova settings launch a "rescrape all" and wait for completion
  • in nova settings launch an "export already scraped videos" and wait for completion (this step will override any existing .nfo file)
• If you ever want to get back to nova v5.xx, you will need to clean application data and cache

v6.00.07 Google Play internal release - 20/03/2021

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r22, ffmpeg 4.3.2

• Add support for movie collections/sagas on Android TV
• Separate section for animation movies and series on Android TV
• Faster TV shows media information retrieval
• Fix scraping counter calculation on AndroidTV
• WARNING: media db upgrade to version 38 (any downgrade will wipe out your meta data)

v7.00.01 ExoPlayer experimental release - xx/xx/2021

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 30, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r22, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Add ExoPlayer with ffmpeg video support as alternate player (hidden for now)

v5.15.20 Google Play release - 9/5/2021

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r22, ffmpeg 4.3.2

• Better tv show subtitle download based on IMDB ID
• Disable delete on UPnP shares not supporting it

v5.15.19 Google Play release - 19/3/2021

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r22, ffmpeg 4.3.2

• Fix occasional SMB2/3 timeouts
• Add support for coloured TV remote buttons via HDMI-CEC
• ffmpeg version 4.3.2 and dav1d version 0.8.2 upstep

v4.49.17 F-Droid only release - 16/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r22, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Yet another attempt to fix F-Droid server build
• NDK r22 support

v6.00.05 Movie Collection experimental release - 22/1/2021

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r22, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v5.16.18 with movie collections/sagas support on top
• WARNING: media db upgrade to version 38 (any downgrade will wipe out your meta data)

v5.15.18 Google Play release - 22/1/2021

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r22, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Latest jcifs-ng on top for SMBv2/3 support
• Use DNS,BCAST default SMB resolver order to avoid slow SMB share responses in some network configurations
• Allow AV1 hardware decoding
• Switch to NDK r22

v6.00.04 Movie Collection experimental release - 7/1/2021

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v5.16.16 with movie collections/sagas support on top
• WARNING: media db upgrade to version 38 (any downgrade will wipe out your meta data)

v5.15.16 Google Play release - 7/1/2021

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v4.49.16 with latest jcifs-ng on top for SMBv2/3 support
• Fix non systematic wrong IP selected when browsing SMB shares
• New debug infrastructure based on slf4j/logback
• New 2021 banner icons for AndroidTV
• dav1d update to 0.8.1

v4.49.15 Google Play release - 8/12/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• SMB1 support only rollback release aligned with v5.15.14 without jcifs-ng support to address SMB issue seen in the field

v6.00.03 experimental release - 4/12/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v5.15.13 with movie collection/saga support

v5.15.14 Google Play release - 6/12/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v4.49.11 with latest jcifs-ng on top
• Attempt to fix SMB on WD Mycloud with guest login

v5.15.13 Google Play release - 4/12/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v4.49.11 with latest jcifs-ng on top
• Fix SMB timeout happening on some servers (jcifs-ng resolver)

v4.49.11 Google Play release - 3/12/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Rollback release aligned with v5.15.11 without jcifs-ng support to address SMB issue seen in the field nova-video-player#398

v6.00.01 experimental release - 28/11/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Add movie collection/saga support
• Clearer watched mark on movie/show/collection view

v5.15.11 Google Play release - 28/11/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
• Fix anime playback using opus track using libopus instead of platform one
• Update trakt/tmdb/thetvdb-java libraries to 6.8.5/2.2.0/2.4.0
• Restrict nova webview to nova usage
• Stability enhancements

v5.15.10 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 23/10/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v4.49.11 with latest jcifs-ng on top

v4.49.11 Google Play release - 23/10/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Stability enhancements

v5.15.9 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 20/10/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v4.49.10 with latest jcifs-ng on top

v4.49.10 Google Play release - 20/10/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Fix folder play mode
• Correct subtitles download failing while playing video on local storage

v5.15.8 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 13/10/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v4.49.9 with latest jcifs-ng on top

v4.49.9 Google Play release - 13/10/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Fix time displayed at video start on Android TV regression

v5.15.7 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 11/10/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v4.49.8 with latest jcifs-ng on top

v4.49.8 Google Play release - 11/10/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Do not stop local video playback on network connectivity change
• Use new nova icon for search bar
• Fix search crash on old Amazon firesticks
• Fix wrong player layout when screen rotation is locked and video started in portrait

v5.15.6 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 25/9/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v4.49.7 with latest jcifs-ng on top
• Fix guest login on win10

v5.15.5 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 17/9/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Align with v4.49.7 with latest jcifs-ng on top

v4.49.7 Google Play release - 17/9/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.1

• Display external storage label/description on AndroidTV
• Do not pollute subtitle manual picker with cached online retrieved subs
• Allow http video streaming
• chromeOS/Amazon UI fixes
• Add missing subtitles ISO639 code strings
• ffmpeg version 4.3.1 and dav1d version 0.7.1 upstep
• Stability enhancement

v5.15.4 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 31/7/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.2.3

• Align with v4.49.6 with latest jcifs-ng on top

v4.49.6 Google Play release - 31/7/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.2.3

• Fix video stopping often on arm64 due to latest ffmpeg upstep
• Revert to ffmpeg 4.3.2 and dav1d 0.7.0

v5.15.3 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 18/7/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.0

• Align with v4.49.5 with latest jcifs-ng on top
• Attempt to fix SMB win10 guest support

v5.15.2 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 11/7/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.0

• Align with v4.49.5 with latest jcifs-ng on top

v4.49.5 Google Play release - 11/7/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.0

• Fix x86 software decoding support (nexus player, non 64b chromebooks)
• Faster network scanning
• Stability enhancement

v5.15.1 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 8/7/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.0

• Align with v4.49.3 with latest jcifs-ng on top
• Fix samba issues reported with WD MyCloud and with win10 guest login

v4.49.3 Google Play release - 7/7/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.3.0

• Better USB disk detection and management on AndroidTV
• Stability enhancement

v4.49.2 Google Play release - 6/7/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.2.3

• Fix OOM on Android TV with HDD plugged

v4.49.1 Google Play release - 4/7/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.2.3

• Fix number of audio tracks limited to 6
• ffmpeg version 4.3.0 and dav1d version 0.7.1 upstep
• Stability enhancement

v4.48.18 release - 28/6/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.2.3

• Add sponsor link when not installed from Google Play
• Reduce compilation strain on boost
• Stability enhancement

v4.48.10 release - 20/6/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.2.3

• Stability enhancement

v4.48.9 release - 11/6/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.2.3

• Fix missing poster on some movies
• Fix playback not smooth regression on Sony and Philips AndroidTV
• Stretch mode is back
• Allow adaptive refresh rate on phones
• Improve A/V sync for some videos (PTS instead of sample based sync)
• Scraping improvements
• Stability enhancement

v4.48.8 release - 30/5/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r21, ffmpeg 4.2.3

• solve some A/V sync issues
• 0.7.0 dav1d and ffmpeg 4.2.3 upsteps
• faster boost compilation

v4.48.6 release - 13/5/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Upgrade jsch for sftp support
• upgrade cling for UPnP support
• Stability enhancements

v5.14.8 SMBv2/3 Google Play beta release - 12/5/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Fix SMB server protocol level detection scheme
• Stability enhancements

v5.14.7 SMBv2/3 Google Play beta release - 10/5/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Experimental SMBv2/3 support with latest jcifs-ng
• Support for SMBv2 is disabled by default and can be enabled in settings
• Disable SMB1/SMB2 protocol negotiation when SMB2 server is detected
• jsch update for sftp
• Stability enhancements

v4.48.4 Google Play release - 10/5/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

Based on v4.48.3 with these changes:

• Stability enhancements

v5.14.5 SMBv2/3 Google Play beta release - 9/5/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Align with v4.48.3 with latest jcifs-ng on top for SMBv2/3 support
• Support for SMBv2 is disabled by default and can be enabled in settings

v4.48.3 Google Play release - 8/5/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

Based on v4.48.2 with these changes:

• Revert back jsch upstep since maven version without custom changes is too slow
• Stability enhancements

v5.14.4 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 8/5/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Align with v4.48.2 with latest jcifs-ng on top
• Support for SMBv2 is disabled by default and can be enabled in settings

v4.48.2 Google Play beta release - 3/5/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

Based on v4.48 with these changes:

• Fix ability to open videos via http/https from another application
• Improved scraping results
• UI navbar correct color on Samsung
• jsch update for sftp
• Stability enhancements

v5.13 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 13/4/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Align with v4.48 with latest jcifs-ng on top
• Fix slow video start on SMB by avoid checking .nomedia on server root

v4.48 Google Play beta release - 18/4/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

Based on v4.47 with these changes:

• Improve scraping results
• Stability enhancements

v5.12 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 13/4/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Align with v4.47 with latest jcifs-ng on top
• Fix samba file listing truncation when dealing with SMBv1 only servers
• Add opensubtitles credentials support in preferences since opensubtitles mandates it to download subtitles
• Fix an appcompat incompatibility with webview (Google bug)

Note that this release will experience interoperability issues when using SMBv1 only capable server.

v4.47 Google Play beta release - 11/4/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

Based on v4.46 with these changes:

• Fix trakt resume point sync issues

v4.46 Google Play beta release - 5/4/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

Based on v4.44 with these changes:

• Fix opensubtitles change requiring credentials to use API
• Fix DTSHD playback crashing sometimes

v4.44 Google Play release - 5/4/2020

Stable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

Based on v4.39 with these changes:

• Fix opensubtitles change requiring credentials to use API
• Fix DTSHD playback crashing sometimes

v4.43 beta release - 31/3/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

Based on v4.40 with these changes:

• Subtitle manual download improvement via scraped information search
• UI polishing on phones/tablets and partners logo refresh (trakt, tmdb, tvdb, imdb)
• AppCompat migration

v5.10 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 2/3/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Align with v4.40 with latest jcifs-ng on top

Note that this release will experience interoperability issues when using SMBv1 only capable server.

v4.40 Google Play beta release - 2/3/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

Based on v4.38 with these changes:

• Refactored TmDb and TheTVDb scrapers
• Better TV show scrape result through multi-language Levenshtein metric computation
• Fix crash observed on play console
• Use new application icon for TV channels

v4.39 Google Play release - 2/3/2020

Stable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Fix crash observed on play console
• Use new application icon for TV channels

v5.9 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 1/3/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Align with v4.38 with latest jcifs-ng on top

v4.38 Google Play beta release - 29/2/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Refactored TmDb and TheTVDb scrapers
• Better TV show scrape result through multi-language Levenshtein metric computation
• Fix cloud storage (file picker) and folder picker on phones

v4.37 Google Play release - 29/2/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Fix cloud storage (file picker) and folder picker on phones

v4.36 release - 22/2/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Roll back to old MovieScraper2
• 10ms audio/video delay tuning
• Latest translations

v4.35 release - 8/2/2020

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Switch to tmdb-java movie scraper
• Use new mode based switch API instead of refresh rate based one for adaptive refresh rate (fixes FireTV4k)
• Switch to app bundles to reduce apk size

v4.28.3 release - 8/2/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix TV show Trakt progress sync
• Fix grey bar issue on Sony when watching HDR content
• Fix green bars present in software decoding on Nvidia shield
• Fix audio regressions in night/boost mode
• Fix video not opening when enabling adaptive refresh rate on FireTV

v5.8 release - 24/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Align with v4.33 with jcifs-ng on top

v4.33 release - 24/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Fix regression in TV show not recognized due to TheTVdb backend unilateral change

v4.31 release - 24/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.2

• Fix indexing counter looping due to thetvdb site changes

v4.28.2 Google Play release - 24/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix regression in TV show not recognized due to TheTVdb backend unilateral change

v4.28.1 Google Play release - 24/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix indexing counter looping due to thetvdb site changes
• Fix build with latest NDK

v4.30 Google Play beta release - 22/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Use Audiotrack instead of OpenSL ES for audio interface improving video fluidity
• Fix TV show Trakt progress sync
• Disable periodic bookmark save that could interfere with video decoding performance over contrained bandwidth network shares
• Complete Turkish and Simplified Chinese translations
• New icon compliant with Google Play Store requirements
• Only launch SMB discovery on local networks
• New hidden force audio interface setting for experimentation
• Fix indexing counter looping due to thetvdb site changes

v4.29 Google Play beta release - 11/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix HEVC 10 bit support on Rockchip devices
• Better extradata management for AVC and HEVC for MediaCodec
• Stability enhancements

v4.28 Google Play release - 11/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Prefer ffmpeg over c2.android or omx.google software codecs to avoid multimedia issues on pixel3xl phone
• Stability enhancements

v4.27 Google Play beta release - 5/1/2020

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• ffmpeg update to 4.2.2
• dav1d update to 0.5.2
• Break video import and scrapie in small queries to avoid database window cursor issues
• Stability enhancement

v4.26 Google Play release - 29/12/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Better scrape result through Levenshtein result distance computation
• Stability enhancement

v4.25 Google Play release - 26/12/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Introduce stretched video format to fill entire display with video image (only way to preserve aspect ratio on recent Philips TVs!)
• Add Norwegian, Vietnamese scrape languages support
• 2020 year banners for Android TV
• Improve filename pre-processing garbage rules to improve scrape
• Prevent scrape notification to fire up when nothing is to be scraped
• Fix sftp indexing

v5.7 SMBv2 beta release - 14/12/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Align with v4.24 with jcifs-ng on top

v4.24 Google Play release - 14/12/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix more shows not being scraped correctly after thetvdb.com site changes
• Rollback on jcsh upgrade yielding issues on sftp
• Fix regression in pause/play with enter key on AndroidTV
• Fix some aspect ratio issues on devices where MediaCodec returns wrong video dimensions (firetv4k, rockchip, etc.)
• Reduce bottom player UI glitch on chromebook and rockchip leanback interfaces

v4.22 Google Play release - 8/12/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix some shows not being scraped correctly after thetvdb.com site changes
• Fix player controller UI layout issues on tablets
• update thetvdb-java to version 2.2.0

v4.21 Google Play release - 7/12/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Faster AndroidTV display entering application
• Attempt to fix an UI glitch on Rockchip based TV boxes
• Stability enhancements

v5.6 SMBv2 beta release - 1/12/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix SMBv1 guest/anonymous auth on freebox

v4.20 Google Play release - 1/12/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Stability enhancements

v4.18 Google Play release - 22/11/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix player crashing in Dutch due to translation error
• Fix TV shows meta data retrieval issues due to to TheTVdb.com backend changes

v4.17 Google Play release - 18/11/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Stability enhancements

v4.16 Google Play release - 17/11/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Migration to TheTVDB API v2 via thetvdb-java external library with request caching support
• Target API29 disabling scoped storage for now
• Indexing, scraping and file copy proper foreground notifications
• Stability enhancements

v5.5 Google Play beta release - 6/11/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix lack of focus on last added video row at application start on leanback

v5.4 Google Play beta release - 4/11/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix cursor based fragments lack of refresh after video deletion on phones/tablets

v5.3 Google Play beta release - 3/11/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Leanback setting style for subtitles languages download
• Remove systematic video background reload in VideoDetailsFragment on leadback when back from video play
• Stability enhancements

v5.2 Google Play beta release - 27/10/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix selection of torrent streaming download directory not selectable
• Indexing, scraping and file copy proper foreground notifications
• Stability enhancements

v5.1 unstable branch release - 21/9/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Switch to jcifs-ng to support SMBv2/3
• Target API29 (Android Q) and disable scoped storage for now

v4.15 Google Play release - 16/9/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Fix resume point update on VideoInfoActivity and auto scraping of unknown files on network shares

v4.14 Google Play beta release - 15/9/2019

"Not so much anymore unstable branch": this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1

• Only switch to AudioTrack instead of openSLES to solve audio/video delay on Amlogic
• Upgrade to latest version of trakt-java containing NVP upstreamed contribution
• Add support for codepade 28606 - Latin-10 or South-Eastern European for subs

v4.13 Google Play beta release - 8/9/2019

"Not so much anymore unstable branch": this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2

• Switch to AudioTrack instead of openSLES to solve audio/video delay on most devices
• Disable for now UpNext row/channel preventing display of indexed folders
• Upgrade trakt-java library to solve two ways sync

v4.12 Google Play beta release - 29/8/2019

"Not so much anymore unstable branch": this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2

• Fix HEVC decoding for some files on MTK based devices
• Do not revert on SW decoding in presence of high bitrate spike occurring on some 4k high bitrate videos

v4.11 Google Play beta release - 28/8/2019

"Not so much anymore unstable branch": this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2

• Fix coexistence with Archos Video Player

v4.10 Google Play beta release - 22/8/2019

"Not so much anymore unstable branch": this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2

• Fix video blacklisting on local storage

v4.9 unstable branch release - 21/8/2019

"Not so much anymore unstable branch": this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2

• FFmpeg upstep to 4.2 and dav1d to 0.4.0
• Fix database crash preventing application to start on some custom ROMs

v4.8 unstable branch release - 2/8/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2

• Fix database crash preventing application to start on some devices

v4.7 unstable branch release - 15/6/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2

• Improve audio passthrough robustness
• Fix authentication issue with Trakt

v3.11 Google Play beta release - 15/6/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2

• Improve audio passthrough robustness

v3.10 Google Play release - 9/6/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19c, ffmpeg 4.2

• Fix authentication issue with Trakt

v4.6 unstable branch release - 3/6/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r19c, ffmpeg 4.2

• Attempt to fix UPnP playback of files containing a "/"
• Do not crash when opening non-video files in browser
• Stability improvements

v3.9 Google Play beta release - 1/6/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19c, ffmpeg 4.2

• Attempt to fix UPnP playback of files containing a "/"
• Do not crash when opening non-video files in browser
• Stability improvements

v4.5 unstable branch release - 30/5/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r19c, ffmpeg 4.2

• Fix files cannot play from external sdcard using an external player
• AndroidTV: fix EpisodesByDate week view crash in case of large TV show collection

v3.8 Google Play release - 30/5/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19c, ffmpeg 4.2

• Fix files cannot play from external sdcard using an external player

v4.3 unstable branch release - 19/5/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r19c, ffmpeg 4.2

• Scanning and scraping proper Notifications
• Add an option to force disabling stereo downmix on phones/tablets with Android version > N
• AndroidTV: add pinning on long press for all movies/tvshows
• New TV show categories for quicker browsing through large collection
• Countless TV UI improvements (roles, trailers, badges, global del/deindex, subs picker)
• New player shortcuts (A/S switch audio/sub track, U/D = volume up/down) and menu support
• Improve audio passthrough stability
• Fix sftp playback interruptions
• Make private mode persistent
• Fix cloud support (still no streaming)- AndroidTV: add poster/backdrop zoom on long press
• AndroidTV: add tvshow episodes by date view
• Fix sftp playback interruptions
• Fix an android Q DP3 crash

v2.2 stable branch release - 19/5/2019

Stable branch: this release is based on minSDK 17, targetSDK 27, NDK-r16b, ffmpeg 3.3.x.

• New TV show categories for quicker browsing through large collection
• Countless TV UI improvements (roles, trailers, badges, global del/deindex, subs picker)
• New player shortcuts (A/S switch audio/sub track, U/D = volume up/down) and menu support
• Improve audio passthrough stability
• Fix sftp playback interruptions
• Make private mode persistent
• Fix cloud support (still no streaming)
• Fix an android Q DP3 crash

v3.7 Google Play release - 24/5/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19c, ffmpeg 4.2

• Fix software decoding fallback in case of error
• Re-enable downmix on phones to avoid voice channels loss on some phones
• Stability improvements
• Upgrade to latest ffmpeg and dav1d soft codecs
• Fix an android Q DP3 crash

v4.2 API28+AndroidX beta release - 27/4/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r19c, ffmpeg 4.2

• Option to have landscape fullscreen video on display with cutouts
• AndroidX migration
• Poster/backdrop zoom on AndroidTV via long press
• Improve stability of phone/tablet UI after API28 migration
• New A-Z orb option in All TV shows/Movies for alphabetical order browsing
• New all/not viewed orb option in All TV shows/Movies for limiting browsing to all/not viewed videos

v3.6 Google Play beta release - 27/4/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19, ffmpeg 4.2

• Upgrade to latest ffmpeg and dav1d soft codecs

v3.5 release candidate - 17/4/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19, ffmpeg 4.2

• Fix software decoding on pre-M Android versions

v4.1 API28 beta release - 8/4/2019

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r19, ffmpeg 4.2

• New video overview
• Leanback style settings on AndroidTV
• Add recently added TV channels
• Improved subtitles picker wizard look
• API28 migration

v3.3.1 Google Play beta release - 11/3/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19, ffmpeg 4.2

• New TV show categories on TV interface for quicker browsing through large collection
• Countless TV UI improvements (player look and feel, roles, movies trailers, audio badges, global deleletion/de-indexation, subtitles picker, more dynamic banners)
• New player shortcuts (A/S switch audio/sub track, U/D = volume up/down) and menu support
• Improve audio passthrough stability
• Fix crash in presence of damaged sdcard
• Fix cloud support (still no streaming)
• Do not downmix to stereo on phones/tablets if Android is recent enough (N): delegate to Android

v3.4 special SMBv2/3 test release (experimental) - 18/3/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19, ffmpeg 4.2

• SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
• Ability to deindex local folders

v3.1 Google Play beta release 3/2/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19, ffmpeg 4.2

• New TV show categories on TV interface for quicker browsing through large collection

v3.0 Google Play beta release - 30/1/2019

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 27, NDK-r19, ffmpeg 4.2

• Migration from Android ndk-r17 to ndk-r19
• Add AV1 soft decoding capability through 4.2-dev ffmpeg version and dav1d codec
• Add support for x86_64 architecture
• Improve audio passthrough stability
• Make private mode persistent between application relaunches

v2.1 Google Play public release - 20/9/2018

Stable branch: this release is based on minSDK 17, targetSDK 27, NDK-r16b, ffmpeg 3.3.x.

• Improved french translations and interfacing with crowdin service
• Stability improvements

v2.0 Google Play public release - 7/9/2018

Stable branch: this release is based on minSDK 17, targetSDK 27, NDK-r16b, ffmpeg 3.3.x.

• Scraper improvements and bug fixes
• Issue a warning toast is hardware decoding is disabled

v1.0 Initial Google Play public release - 26/8/2018

Compared to Archos Video Player open source release, following changes were made:

• Add support for Android P avoiding application crash at startup
• Add a "list episodes" button on tvshow episode view to quickly get to tvshow view on AndroidTV leanback version
• Add notification channels for Oreo
• Fix subtitle delay not applied on play resume when negative
• Fix floating player crash on Android version Oreo and above
• Fix loss of activity background and private mode background
• Prevent from playing a file when detecting a problem: issue a toast instead