Android TV/Fire TV Beta Notes

v2023.01.05.0028

Updated internal audio/video libraries

v2023.01.05.0043

Updated internal audio/video libraries (v5)

v2023.01.05.2115

Fixed playback issue on SHIELD with Hardware/Hybrid decoders (bug in previous build)

v2023.01.06.0159

FIXED: Playback of mpeg2 channels on phones/tablets was not falling back to software mode automatically

v2023.01.09.0400

• IMPROVED: Error message when remote stream fails

v2023.01.09.1928

FIXED: Crash when using Remote Shortcut for Live TV
IMPROVED: Updated internal libraries for subtitle rendering

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v2023.01.09.2017

FIXED: Crash on startup in last build due to subtitle library issue

v2023.01.09.2148

• IMPROVED: Error messages when remote streaming fails

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v2023.01.14.2322

• FIXED: HLS streams would fail instead of retrying on timeout

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v2023.01.14.2354

FIXED: Issues playing some streams with hardware decoding enabled

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v4.6.1 is being released as stable.

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v2023.01.17.1921

• IMPROVED: More metadata tags show for content (HD, 4K, Atmos, DTS, etc)

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v2023.01.28.2258

IMPROVED: Buffering when tuning into live channel

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v2023.01.28.2300

FIXED: Playback state could get reset to unwatched at the end of a recording

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v2023.02.01.0435

• FIXED: playing VC1 video with hardware decoder selected could show a blank screen

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v2023.02.03.2239

• IMPROVED: Promote Original Quality Delivery setting to Playback menu to match iOS/tvOS

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v2023.02.26.2115

IMPROVED: Software decoding option on Stream+

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v2023.02.27.1934

FIXED: Server-side setting for Virtual Channels > Tuning In was not being set

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v2023.03.10.2103

• IMPROVED: Caching for HLS (Remote) streaming to match iOS/tvOS implementation
• NEW: Support section in Settings now displays remote streaming cache size and a way to clear it
• NEW: Scheduled job to clean up old cached recordings daily

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v2023.03.12.0253

• FIXED: Seeking could cause playback to restart with certain recordings when Home Streaming is enabled

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