tvOS/iOS Beta Notes

fancybot · April 2, 2024, 1:32am

v2024.04.02.0113

• FIXED: Stereo playback with Spatial Audio enabled

fancybot · April 5, 2024, 10:59pm

v2024.04.05.2237

IMPROVED: Experimental audio driver

fancybot · April 5, 2024, 11:41pm

v2024.04.05.2320

FIXED: Experimental audio driver issues after pause/resume on HomePods

fancybot · April 6, 2024, 12:48am

v2024.04.06.0027

NEW: The audio driver previously known as Experimental is now Default

fancybot · April 6, 2024, 8:23pm

v2024.04.06.1947

IMPROVED: Tuning speed on some DVB-S streams with missing subtitles/teletext

fancybot · April 9, 2024, 9:51pm

v2024.04.09.2100

IMPROVED: Default audio driver works better with HomePods

fancybot · April 9, 2024, 11:49pm

v2024.04.09.2329

• FIXED: Issue with streaming remotely in the face of timeouts that caused corruption of the stream

tmm1 · April 10, 2024, 8:06pm

v5.8.2 is being released as stable.

fancybot · April 10, 2024, 11:37pm

v2024.04.10.2317

• IMPROVED: Sync beta up with release

fancybot · April 18, 2024, 9:40pm

v2024.04.18.2119

• FIXED: When experiencing many timeouts the adaptive bitrate handling could sometimes not lower the bitrate when it should

fancybot · April 19, 2024, 4:22pm

v2024.04.19.1559

• FIXED: Playing a recording to tvOS from iOS while watching live TV was not consistently working.

fancybot · April 19, 2024, 7:07pm

v2024.04.19.1847

• IMPROVED: Remote streaming algorithm to reduce buffering pauses on highly variable connections

fancybot · April 23, 2024, 2:39pm

v2024.04.23.1322

• FIXED: Sidebar would some times get stuck hidden when using button shortcuts or Start Up sections

fancybot · April 23, 2024, 7:40pm

v2024.04.23.1924

• NEW: Library movies now show quality ratings
• IMPROVED: Better Popularity sorting for movies

fancybot · April 24, 2024, 1:17pm

v2024.04.24.1252

• IMPROVED: Jump to Last Channel setting is now available and respected on mobile

fancybot · April 24, 2024, 11:46pm

v2024.04.24.2329

• FIXED: Legacy audio driver could fail on older iOS/tvOS versions

fancybot · April 25, 2024, 3:47pm

v2024.04.25.1529

FIXED: Playlists was not an available section in the Show Section Siri actions
FIXED: Videos were not launching correctly via the Show Section Siri actions
FIXED: Video player went blank when launching playback of a Show or Playlist or Collection via the Siri actions
FIXED: TV Shows were not sorted alphabetically when shown in a Siri action for picking one.

fancybot · April 25, 2024, 7:31pm

v2024.04.25.1912

• NEW: Optionally disable the mobile seek gestures (swipe left/right)

fancybot · April 30, 2024, 4:09pm

v2024.04.30.1553

NEW: Library tab renamed to ‘Home’ to properly represent what it does, and moved to the top of the navigation on tvOS
NEW: Home section moved to top of the sidebar navigation on tvOS

fancybot · May 1, 2024, 1:03pm

v2024.05.01.1246

• FIXED: Siri Shortcut for showing section was now showing Home when value was set as Library previously.
• FIXED: Remote Shortcut for showing section was now showing Home when value was set as Library previously.