sparkison/m3u-editor 0.8.18 on GitHub

New Features

Embedded m3u-proxy integration - Added m3u-proxy as an embedded application with full integration throughout the app
Stream Profiles - Implement stream profile functionality with separate options for VOD and Series, including quick action to generate sane transcoding defaults
Playlist Aliases - Add Playlist Alias feature with URL swapping and proxy options
Auto-merge channels - Implement auto-merge channel handling with advanced configuration options and comprehensive documentation
Public playlist view - Add playlist web view page with guest panel authentication
VOD stream file sync - Add ability to sync VOD stream files with title as folder, including auto-sync on playlist sync
Channel Health Check API - Implement channel health check API endpoints
User management - Add user and user management options to admin panel
Custom headers for playlists - Ability to add custom headers to playlists
Post process enhancements - Add support for custom JSON body and headers in post process requests; option to send POST requests without body
Category filters modal - Move category filters to modal select for easier selection
Sorting improvements - Add sorting to additional columns for Channels and Series; sticky table header
EPG improvements - Implement timeshift output in EPG viewer; improve EPG channel matching with UTF-8 safety and configurable thresholds
Bulk operations - Add bulk enable/disable to Groups/Categories
API enhancements - Add API endpoints for Channel updates; expose channel enable to channels API
Custom playlist improvements - Add "All" tab to channel manager; implement view page for Custom Playlists
WAN output toggle - Add WAN details output to header for quick reference
FFmpeg 8.0 upgrade - Upgrade to FFmpeg 8.0 from Alpine edge with HTTP/2 support
VOD output toggle - Add toggle to enable/disable VOD output for M3U playlists
Proxy URL override - Add PROXY_URL_OVERRIDE_INCLUDE_LOGOS option; re-introduce proxy URL override for internal routing with TLD
Separate VOD syncing - Move VOD syncing into its own process to allow splitting live and VOD sections
External service Caddy example - Add external service example with Caddy
Quality indicators toggle - Add optional quality indicators removal toggle for EPG matching
#EXTGRP tag support - Add support for #EXTGRP tag in M3U parsing
Xtream API improvements - Allow separate Xtream API only routing; allow overriding Xtream API URL format for M3U playlists
Playlist copy function - Add playlist copy function to copy channel attributes from one playlist to another with channel match column selection
Custom login path - Add variables to allow custom login path and disable the login page redirect
Failover improvements - Update failover logic to utilize stream check for failover URL resolution

Fixes

Xtream API category_ids array format for player compatibility
Setting incorrect status on sync start
Resolver URL check in Settings
Category sort on series page
Manual channel EPG mapping subsequent runs not working
Failed jobs cleanup and additional pruning of notification tables
Post process request response handling
VOD EPG generation when not enabled
Pre-processing with series
Active connection check for non-Xtream API playlists
Preprocessing selection save logic
EPG display ordering rules
EPG API date range for cache metadata calls
Playlist copy function cross-type copy
Playlist ID for merged playlists
HLS transcoding forcing
Base URL in console contexts
Proxy failover logic with required fields
Preview player HLS stats display
Dynamic HTTPS detection for mixed HTTP/HTTPS access
X-Forwarded-Proto preservation from upstream reverse proxy
FFmpeg automatic segment deletion for reverse proxy compatibility
Stream Profile relationships loading
Default Stream Profile application for HLS behavior
Webhook registration for embedded and external m3u-proxy modes
Stale capacity check blocking HLS streams
Stream ID type allowing string or int
HLS segment storage for AIO
HLS streaming reliability and performance
EPG mapping and matching for similar channel names
UTF-8 sanitization for PostgreSQL encoding errors
Resource filtering by user ID
Stream file sync with internal URL resolution
Custom channel name for VOD sync
Default profile creation migration
Preview player in list view and missing extension
Client status reporting on streams
Logo proxy with some logos
Health check command API token usage
VOD sync type issues
Post process firing twice
Variable order issues
Branch pulling for update command
Missing columns on channels
Playlist icons proxy in M3U
In-app player with new proxy
Timeshift with m3u-proxy
Xtream API proxy integration
Custom login route and redirect middleware order
EPG file resolution for uploaded and local files
TMDB keys in Xtream API output
Seasons output for Xtream API get_series_info
Login invalid error
Source groups copy on duplicate
Failover channel sorting by resolution and playlist priority
Custom channels failover without URLs
Dropdown menus on mobile screens
Stream file sync messages
EPG days value parsing
Filename cleanup for StreamFile syncing
CustomPlaylist groups UUID updates
Default EPG length with env variable override
VOD fallback profile handling
EPG mapping re-run capability
EPG cache completion logic for re-runs
External proxy environment variables
Format check for web player

Technical Improvements

Filament v4 upgrade - Major upgrade to Filament v4 with all required migrations
Laravel 12 upgrade - Update Laravel framework from 11 to 12
Navigation overhaul - Re-organize navigation, update icons, and add navigation group ordering
Policy-based access - Migrate to policy for access control with consistent user checks
EPG optimization - Update EPG mapping efficiency and optimize mapping queries
SimilaritySearchService - Remove redundant COUNT query before cursor iteration
EPG caching service - Optimize caching service performance
Bulk operations - Update bulk enable/disable for efficiency
Import timeouts - Increase timeouts for slower devices
Rate limiting - Add rate limiting to proxy endpoints
Container startup - Add job status health check and restart on boot
JIT and Opcache - Disable JIT warnings and enable Opcache for performance
Redis/Websockets - Move to supervisor; allow internal Redis to be disabled
Build process - Separate composer and node builds to different images
Docker compose - Update and cleanup examples with proper configurations
CA profile - Add CA profile for Community Add-ons support
Proxy routing - Cleanup routing and remove double DB lookup
Console logging - Update log output for all embedded services
Transcoded streams - Update to use HLS URL format
Floating player - Migrate app players to use same floating player everywhere
Framework updates - Update core extensions and dependencies
Dependency updates - Vite, Symfony/http-foundation, min-document bumps

New Contributors

@Serph91P made their first contribution in #367
@wschwa made their first contribution in #393
@Grimothy made their first contribution in #425
@bmwagner18 made their first contribution in #448
@UnderwaterOverground made their first contribution in #472
@Aldione made their first contribution in #502

Full Changelog: 0.7.11...0.8.18