v2024.04.09.2100
IMPROVED: Default audio driver works better with HomePods
• FIXED: Issue with streaming remotely in the face of timeouts that caused corruption of the stream
v5.8.2 is being released as stable.
• FIXED: When experiencing many timeouts the adaptive bitrate handling could sometimes not lower the bitrate when it should
• FIXED: Playing a recording to tvOS from iOS while watching live TV was not consistently working.
• IMPROVED: Remote streaming algorithm to reduce buffering pauses on highly variable connections
• FIXED: Sidebar would some times get stuck hidden when using button shortcuts or Start Up sections
• NEW: Library movies now show quality ratings
• IMPROVED: Better Popularity sorting for movies
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.
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
• 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.