Release Notes

v0.8.4-beta

Added full multipart movie and episode support with automatic queueing, multipart metadata, and dedicated “Parts” sections.
Introduced chapter-based Audiobookshelf playback with Media3 clipping, chapter-aware progress tracking, and custom rewind/forward media controls.
Expanded playback compatibility with improved xHE-AAC, E-AC3/E-AC3-JOC handling and refined ASS/SSA subtitle rendering in MPV.
Added customizable app fonts including Google Sans Flex, Quicksand, IBM Plex Sans, and IBM Plex Sans Condensed.
Added “Upcoming Episodes” and “Available Requests” sections with improved Jellyfin navigation integration.
Expanded localisation support across the app with large-scale string externalisation and translated metadata formatting improvements.

Refined player-aware layouts across Home, Details, Search, Libraries, Settings, and Live TV using dynamic player offset spacing.
Improved playback continuity by persisting audio/subtitle selections locally and enhancing track switching reliability.
Enhanced HeroCarousel behaviour with smoother transitions, better autoscroll handling, adjacent image prefetching, and more stable infinite scrolling.
Improved adaptive UI sizing and edge-to-edge behaviour using LocalWindowInfo, density-aware layouts, and refined inset handling.
Added connection-type indicators (Local, Tailscale, Remote, Offline) and improved personalised UI with propagated user names and refined status visuals.
Enhanced metadata consistency across player controls, cards, overlays, casting UI, multi-episode displays, and logo/image fallbacks.
Improved Audiobookshelf MiniPlayer and player metadata layouts with chapter-aware progress and richer information display.
Simplified Live TV playback configuration and improved metadata fetching resilience during network transitions.
Removed blocking coroutine initialisation across player, networking, image loading, and preferences for smoother async startup behaviour.

Fixed playback cleanup reliability by ensuring progress/session updates are complete during teardown.
Fixed “Next Up” removal logic for resumable episodes with playback progress.
Fixed audio/subtitle stream indices not being correctly reported during Jellyfin playback sessions.
Fixed offline-state inconsistencies and improved cache/image restoration when loading local content.
Fixed UI overlap issues caused by the persistent mini-player across multiple screens.
Fixed HeroCarousel pager state inconsistencies during infinite scrolling. Fixes #108
Fixed ASS/SSA subtitle rendering behaviour in MPV playback. Fixes #36
Improved coroutine scope handling in CastManager and UpdateManager for better lifecycle resiliency.

Refactored cache/database scoping for proper multi-server and multi-user isolation.
Improved Jellyseerr CSRF/session handling and authenticated image loading behaviour.
Updated internal dependencies and cleaned up repository/state organisation across the app.

Full Changelog: v0.8.3-beta...v0.8.4-beta