DVR Pre-Release Notes

fancybot · August 11, 2026, 6:09am

v2026.08.11.0604

• FIXED: crash in comskip that could happen with certain captions
• FIXED: timestamp rewriting could sometimes fail on Windows

fancybot · August 11, 2026, 10:44pm

v2026.08.11.2239

• IMPROVED: HLS handling that could cause incorrect timestamps for streams with separate audio feeds

fancybot · August 12, 2026, 8:15pm

v2026.08.12.2010

• IMPROVED: Enhanced Commercial Detection now respects the Thread Count on Windows and macOS where it previously used all CPU cores (Linux does not have this problem)
• IMPROVED: Enhanced Commercial Detection now only backfills detection after update when the DVR is idle

fancybot · August 13, 2026, 5:58pm

v2026.08.13.1753

• IMPROVED: handling of external audio feeds on HLS streams from Custom Sources

fancybot · August 14, 2026, 6:08pm

v2026.08.14.1803

• FIXED: Movies from Custom Sources would sometimes incorrectly appear in TV Shows instead of Movies under Search

fancybot · August 14, 2026, 6:40pm

v2026.08.14.1836

• NEW: Custom Sources that use XMLTV guide data can now specify channels that use Gracenote station mappings in the m3u

fancybot · August 14, 2026, 8:15pm

v2026.08.14.2010

• IMPROVED: Error messages when an HLS stream returns an empty playlist

fancybot · August 14, 2026, 10:28pm

v2026.08.14.2222

• FIXED: comskip could crash with certain closed captions in recordings

fancybot · August 16, 2026, 1:58am

v2026.08.16.0152

• IMPROVED: Enhanced Commercial Detection performance on Linux

fancybot · August 18, 2026, 9:26pm

v2026.08.18.2120

• IMPROVED: accuracy of audio fingerprints

fancybot · August 18, 2026, 10:11pm

v2026.08.18.2205

• IMPROVED: handling of corrupted guide database to prevent DVR from crashing

fancybot · August 19, 2026, 12:22pm

v2026.08.19.1216

• IMPROVED: Internal updates

fancybot · August 19, 2026, 1:39pm

v2026.08.19.1335

• IMPROVED: Internal updates

fancybot · August 21, 2026, 4:12am

v2026.08.21.0406

• IMPROVED: Internal improvements

fancybot · August 21, 2026, 4:19pm

v2026.08.21.1615

• IMPROVED: Internal Updates

fancybot · August 21, 2026, 7:08pm

v2026.08.21.1904

• IMPROVED: Internal updates

fancybot · August 22, 2026, 4:34am

v2026.08.22.0430

• IMPROVED: Internal updates

fancybot · August 25, 2026, 1:40am

v2026.08.25.0133

• UPDATED: Enhanced Commercial Detection model
• IMPROVED: A failed m3u/XMLTV guide data fetch after DVR restart could cause guide data for a Custom Source to not update for 24 hours

fancybot · August 25, 2026, 6:27am

v2026.08.25.0622

• IMPROVED: work around SMB deadlock on macOS
• FIXED: sometimes video fingerprints would not happen at the completion of recording

fancybot · August 25, 2026, 4:58pm

v2026.08.25.1652

• IMPROVED: timestamp rewriter handles unusual timing in MPEG-TS better