DVR Pre-Release Notes

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v2026.08.29.2013

• IMPROVED: Internal updates

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v2026.08.29.2212

• UPDATED: Intel media drivers for hardware transcoding

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v2026.08.30.0423

• IMPROVED: Internal Updates

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v2026.08.30.1900

• FIXED: comskip handling of 10-bit video and logo pinning

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v2026.08.30.2236

• Internal updates

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v2026.09.02.0507

• IMPROVED: YouTubeTV login process
• IMPROVED: timestamp handling for WebVTT remuxing

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v2026.09.02.2156

• IMPROVED: Intro/Credits detection now stores fingerprints of deleted recordings to improve detection quality

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v2026.09.04.0021

• FIXED: handle software deinterlacer being selected with NVENC hardware transcoder

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v2026.09.05.0220

• FIXED: crash that could happen in comskip with multiple kinds of captions in the same stream
• IMPROVED: Enhanced Commercial Detection handling

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v2026.09.13.0810

• IMPROVED: handling of HLS Custom Sources to work around macOS SMB issues

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v2026.09.14.0210

-IMPROVED: Team IDs are now consumed from XMLTV and exported with XMLTV

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v2026.09.16.2106

• Internal updates

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v2026.09.23.0356

FIXED: Mac M5 compatibility

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v2026.09.30.0025

• IMPROVED: Intro and Credits detection now do a much better job of not catching extra content

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v2026.09.30.1801

• IMPROVED: Credits detection accuracy

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v2026.10.01.2309

• IMPROVED: Enhanced Commercial detection processing to build towards more accurate detection

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v2026.10.01.2329

• IMPROVED: Enhanced Commercial detection processing to build towards more accurate detection

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v2026.10.02.0358

• IMPROVED: Intro and Credits detection handling

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v2026.10.03.0314

• NEW: Web Admin 2.0
This introduces a completely new web admin interface. Please check the thread on Community.

Beta: Web Admin v2

Today we're introducing the next generation of the Channels DVR Server web admin. This is a complete rewrite cleaning up and incorporating everything we've built over the last decade with a fresh consistent design. We're launching it in beta and need your help to put it through its paces. [home] What it is not Let's start with what the new admin is not. It does not reinvent features. No features have been expanded or changed. This was on purpose. The goal of v2 was to get everything Channe…

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v2026.10.03.0554

-NEW: [v2] Shortcut keys added to Video Group page
-IMPROVED: [v2] Verified badges added to content rows, modals, and movie page
-IMPROVED: [v2] font size for Green Phosphor and CRT themes increased a bit
-FIXED: [v2] Personal Sections were erroring