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1.8.X – The Fan Edition 🎉
1.8.X is the Fan Edition! It combines all the most hotly requested features from all of you and a bunch of crucial bugfixes.
I always made Open TV mostly to my own taste, but this changes today — this update celebrates your support by implementing every single popular feature request.
📱 Open TV Mobile Has Launched!
On a separate note, Open TV Mobile has finally launched!
It's a bit of an early release, so expect a few bugs. Every purchase directly contributes to development.
👉 You can find the repo here.
🇨🇦 Looking for Work
I am currently looking for a job in Canada.
I would really appreciate if one of you could refer me. I'm also available if you'd like me to build you an app or a website.
👉 You can find my LinkedIn here.
📢 Follow for Updates
If you'd like to follow updates about Open TV and related projects, I made a Bluesky account:
👉 You can follow me here.
📺 For Stalker (MAC Address Login) Users
I haven’t forgotten about you!
An upcoming app is in the works. It’s mostly done and you can get updates about it on my Bluesky.
🔄 Refresh Your Sources
To enjoy some of the features listed here, you will need to refresh your sources.
Changes this version
- Fixed a critical pagination bug for all views
- Re-added "duplicate" channels (keyed by name, source, url, series, season instead of name, source)
- MacOS app is now signed. Expect a brew and Mac App Store release soon.
- Docker image release will be availaible from 1.8.3
- Nuke button finally fixed
Changes this major version:
- Added support for series without seasons
- Added support for episodes without seasons
- Fixed a bug where a different episode would play than the one selected
- Fixed Xtream bugs
- Fixed a bug where the search bar would show "undefined"
- Vastly improved navigation. Keyboard navigation should be a lot smoother.
UseEscapeorBackspaceto go back in any view. PressF1for more details.
Please send feedback if you like keyboard-centric apps. - Categories view now follows your media type filters.
Only want to see categories of VODs? It's here. - Series are now organized in seasons.
This was probably the most requested feature. - Playback of channels can be cancelled by just clicking on them again.
No more zombies. - Squashed a ton of Xtream bugs.
- Open TV now remembers your last search before entering a category, series, or season.
- Re-added the scrollbar. I personally don't like it, but you guys do, so it's back.
I will consider making it an option if I get feedback that I'm not the only scrollbar hater. - All episodes of a season are added to the queue when playing an episode.
- Fixed a bug where you couldn't use left or right arrow keys in the search bar.
- The Linux Flatpak package now uses MPV as base, which means it should be kept up-to-date
with the latest dependencies in a more consistent fashion.
If you had problems with the Flatpak package, please try it now. - Updated all dependencies.
- Pulled release 1.8.0 (failed release due to too many bugs), fixed a bunch of bugs from 1.8.0.