Changes
What is New
A very big update for Litefin with exciting new features and a lot more customization options, from a new theme mode to customizable remote shortcuts, with a lot of bug fixes and QoL improvements.
A bit of bad news tho, development of Litefin has been taking a big toll on me, i feel very burnt out of programming, so this might be the last big update for a while as I am taking a long break.
New Features:
- New theme mode called Ambient Glow.
- New selectable vertical scrolling modes.
- Add the ability to map the 4 color buttons to quick actions.
- Blur hash placeholders for image loading.
- Allow using BlurHash as background for the details page for the cool blur effect.
- library icons and allow showing them in collapsed mode for the sidebar.
- Add the ability to play theme songs in the details page.
- Separate subtitles opacity and color setting for HDR content.
- A lot of details page customization options.
- Switch resume button to HH:MM format after 59 minutes.
- Actual home carousel immersive mode (rename old immersive to semi-immersive)
- Change the sort order of merge up-next and continue to watch to be close to plex.
- Add an option to hide episode count from cards.
- Add the option to ignore watched content in the home carousel.
- Remember library filters.
- Add an option to change OSD title icon size.
- Add a new font Baloo Bhaijaan 2.
Bug fixes:
- library: fix filter menu having only a single column
- modern-layout: some performance improvements
- library: fix some library filter issues
- tizen: fix some transcoding issues
- modern-layout: precache expanding poster backdrop smartly
- controls: fix native scrolling option on older Chromium
- osd: make most menu opening actions toggle them instead of just opening them
- modren-layout: fix hovering on an item next to a focused one
- modern-layout: fix square items in grids
- homepage: fix immersive banner shadow style on the new ambient theme
- homepage: support dynamic thumbs for home videos and photos library and live tv
- modern-layout: fix row not having enough space for last two items
- modern-layout: even fallback posters should expand
- modern-layout: fix library in modern layout mode
- homepage: support dynamic thumbs for home, music videos and live TV
- modern-layout: fix my media row items with no preview not having titles on them
- modren-layout: also expand for items with no backdrop
- skip-intro: fix skip intro triggering togglePlay
- image: add new modern layout items image sizes
- details: fix media info back button text with white accent
- tizen: fix dovi loading indefinitely with fmp4
- homepage: music videos should be square as well
- details: fix details page on smaller resolutions
- tizen: fix intro skipper pausing after skipping
- subtitles: fix seeking not resetting subtitles
- subtitles: add preference to the type selected in always mode to avoid PGS issues
- player: fix upnext failing to start the next episode
- player: separate the unnext dialog from play next episode setting
- home: fix initial focus of home page if merged row is the first focusable row
- modern-layout: expand posters on hover
- modern-layout: add saved server to login page
- subtitles: fix always mode not working when PGS rendering is disabled
- live-tv: fix epg list scrolling issues
- home: fix up next not updating order to the start of the row
- settings: fix some sliders being skipped
- player: fix next episode still firing too early
- skip-intro: fix skip outro failing to end video if there is nothing after outro
- webos: fix stalls and stutters at start of DV playback
- osd: fix buttons double click issue
- tizen: fix previous chapter behavior on tizen
- osd: fix needing to double click to pause if focus mode is always return to seekbar
- osd: fix disabling the setting enable cursor controls inside the player would make you need to wake osd with a click first
- details: fix newlines not being preserved in the details page description
- details: people details page description should have a see more button now
- webos: fix TrueHD audio passthrough
📦 Which version to use?
Litefin provides 4 distinct build variants per platform (Tizen & webOS) to ensure compatibility across all hardware generations.
| Build Variant | Hardware Target | Platform Version |
|---|---|---|
| ES6 | Modern high-end sets (2021+) | Tizen 6.5+ / webOS 22+ |
| Normal | Most modern smart TVs (2019+) | Tizen 5.0+ / webOS 6.0+ |
| Legacy | Mid-lifecycle sets (2017/2018) | Tizen 4.0+ / webOS 3.0+ |
| Ultra Legacy | Vintage hardware (Pre-2017) | From Tizen 3.0 and below / Early webOS 2 and 1 |
Note: If you are unsure, try the Normal build first. If the app feels sluggish or fails to load, move down to Legacy.
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Full Changelog: v0.46.0...v1.0.0