tvOS/iOS Beta Notes

v2022.09.19.1823

FIXED: Re-selecting virtual channel was not popping out of PIP mode
FIXED: Player will switch to Linear deinterlacing automatically when entering PIP to avoid broken playback on interlaced channels

v2022.09.28.2015

• IMPROVED: Connecting over Tailscale is now considered Internet Streaming for Streaming Quality setting

v5.5.4 is being released as stable.

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v2022.09.30.1544

• NEW: All Movies and All Shows (and Movies and TV Shows for non enhanced library fans) now has a filter bar with more options. Along with sorting your content, you can now filter by genre, content rating, or things like favorites, unwatched, watched, 4k, etc.

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v2022.09.30.2210

• IMPROVED: runtime optimizations

v2022.10.01.0040

NEW: Initial Tailscale integration available under Settings > Debug > Tailscale

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v5.5.5 released as stable.

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v2022.10.02.1734

Small offline playback improvements

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v2022.10.03.0201

• IMPROVED: Increase retries when streaming remotely to accommodate hourly Starlink disruptions

v2022.10.03.0540

• IMPROVED: Handling of downloading in-progress recordings

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v2022.10.03.1413

FIXED: Player controls were not working when using an external screen

v2022.10.03.2105

NEW: App now requires a minimum of iOS/tvOS 15
FIXED: Progress bars were not always correct for Virtual Channels

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v2022.10.03.2126

FIXED: Mute button on Sofabaton remote was causing both tvOS and Channels to mute

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v2022.10.04.0558

• FIXED: Crash when viewing search results

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v2022.10.05.0005

NEW: Channels for iPhone/iPad will automatically go into PIP mode when task switching while watching a video

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v2022.10.05.0335

• FIXED: Remote streaming of Live TV could prematurely end with error when switching bitrates

v2022.10.05.1752

• FIXED: Seeking would hang when watching MKV recordings at Original quality while remote

v2022.10.05.2200

FIXED: After using PIP, the Now Playing in Control Center would stop working
IMPROVED: On tvOS, the Channels app PIP will mute itself if you try to play another app's video on the main screen

v2022.10.05.2224

FIXED: Channels managing was missing from iOS channel context menu (Add to Favorites, Hide Channel)

v2022.10.06.0039

FIXED: On tvOS, timeline would sometimes disappear as you tried to move focus to the PIP button (with show pip button option)
IMPROVED: Experimental audio driver workarounds to reduce Homepod playback glitches

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