v0.11.0 - Downloads rework

New features

• Item metadata chips and details #246 @Yash-Garg
  • Movies only for now
• Add option to toggle seek gesture #269 @jarnedemeulemeester
• AMOLED dark theme #282 @zx900930
• Scrubbing preview (trick play) #295 @Faywyrr
  • Requires Jellyscrub plugin
• Downloads rework #329 @jarnedemeulemeester
  • Downloads are now linked to a server
  • Downloads have user specific data
  • Progress indicators
  • Indicator on items that are downloaded
  • Cancel downloads
  • Downloads contain extra data
    • External subtitles
    • Intro timestamps
    • Trick play data
  • Download a specific version
  • Check available storage space
  • Download to external SD card
  • Offline mode
    • Browse your media as if you are online
    • Required when you want to watch media offline
    • Watch progress is written to local database and synced when online

Improvements

• Use Material 3 stying for preferences #268 #270 @Yash-Garg
• Add gesture exclusion zones to avoid conflicts with system gestures #286 @anilbeesetti

Fixes

• 500 error while trying to play an item @jarnedemeulemeester
• mpv memory leak, anr and stuck loading icon #273 @jarnedemeulemeester
• Remember scroll position in library #285 @jarnedemeulemeester
• Volume gesture does not stay within bounds #301 @anilbeesetti

Translations

• Chinese (Simplified) @zx900930 @6xingyv @bradfordzhang @ax4
• Dutch @WrobotGames
• French @Mylloon @MazeWave
• German @W113565456
• Hebrew @ido1990
• Italian @cd16b
• Polish @NeroPcStation
• Portuguese (Brazil) @rogeriomendes
• Russian @NickSkier
• Slovak @Pysta
• Slovenian @MrDog210
• Spanish @ManuXD32 @newton181 @decisoft
• Swedish @DualScorch
• Vietnamese @MeguMario

Other

• Initial CI #236 @js6pak
• Recommended server version is now 10.8.10

v0.10.1

Fixes

• Fix resuming playback #257 @Jcuhfehl
• Fix downloads playback when there is no connection to the server #264 @Jcuhfehl
• Fix next up episode image crop @jarnedemeulemeester

Translations

• Chinese (Simplified) @6xingyv
• Chinese (Traditional) @SimonHung @Aqr-K
• Dutch @DelaetRuben
• Vietnamese @MeguMario
• German @DelaetRuben @CommanderRedYT @gold-ly
• Hungarian @levikalmar
• Italian @cd16b
• Portuguese (Brazil) @rogeriomendes
• Polish @NeroPcStation
• Russian @NickSkier @monester
• Yue @Aqr-K

v0.10.0 - Collections

New features

• Support for collections #252 @jarnedemeulemeester

Improvements

• Follow "Play next episode automatically" from user playback settings #245 @jarnedemeulemeester
• ExoPlayer can now play HLS content #254 @jarnedemeulemeester

Translations

• Chinese (Simplified) @Aqr-K
• Italian @cd16b
• Korean @CodeName393
• Portuguese (Brazil) @rogeriomendes

Fixes

• Fix Quick Connect code not readable in light mode @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix playback progress on downloads when playback has already started #243 @Jcuhfehl
• Fix downloads when intro skipper is enabled and server is not reachable #248 @Jcuhfehl
• Fix playback not automatically starting on downloaded content when using mpv #247 @Jcuhfehl
• Fix app crashing when exiting the player after finishing an item using mpv #251 @jarnedemeulemeester

Other

• Recommended server version is now 10.8.9

v0.9.0 - Quick Connect

We hit 10k downloads on the Google Play Store 🥳
Thanks everyone for the continued support!

New features

• Allow logging in with Quick Connect (#234) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Support for ConfusedPolarBears intro-skipper (#219) @js6pak
  • Can be turned off in Settings->Player->Intro Skipper

Improvements

• Updated mpv release (now includes all codecs available in FFmpeg) (#227) @jarnedemeulemeester
  • This includes an experimental AV1 hardware decoder.
• Respect "Allow media playback" @jarnedemeulemeester

Translations

• Chinese (Simplified) @msycn @6xingyv
• Dutch @SuperTiem
• French @Fymyte @Ulyssedev
• Italian @cd16b
• Korean @KimPig
• Polish @NeroPcStation @Larvitar
• Portuguese (Brazil) @rogeriomendes
• Spanish @newton181
• Spanish (Mexico) @newton181
• Spanish (Latin America) @mau671 @newton181

Fixes

• Fix playback position reporting not closing properly when returning from the player. @jarnedemeulemeester
  • This caused a pretty big memory leak.
• Optimized the loading of app preferences (backend, not the settings screen) @jarnedemeulemeester

Other

• Split the codebase into multiple modules. This brings no user facing changes but will allow the creation of Android TV / Wear OS specific versions in the future. (#230) @jarnedemeulemeester
• The Android TV code has been removed. Will return in a future release. (#229) @jarnedemeulemeester
  • To compensate for the lack of Android TV in this release I provide one last APK which still has the Android TV code and includes updated mpv with AV1 hardware decoding. findroid-armeabi-v7a-release.apk

v0.8.0 - Media sessions

Highlights

• Add support for media sessions (androidx media3) (#213) @jarnedemeulemeester
  • The player can now be controlled by external devices such as Bluetooth headphones or voice assistants.
• Basic support for multiple server addresses (#208) @jarnedemeulemeester
• More mpv options (#205) @jarnedemeulemeester

Improvements

• Add search button to home screen (#218) @jarnedemeulemeester

Translations

• Chinese @jhihyulin @msycn
• French @Cypral
• Korean @KimPig

Fixes

• Fix tv player showing subtitle tracks instead of audio tracks @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix convert symlink to file (#207) @solankimihir
• Remove server already added error @jarnedemeulemeester

Other

• Up minimum API to 27 (Android 8.1)

v0.7.0 - Multi-user

This update forces a servers database reset! Servers will need to be added again!

New features

• Servers database v2 (#177) @jarnedemeulemeester
  • This is a complete rework of the internal servers database with support for multiple users and addresses.
• Network settings (#192) @jarnedemeulemeester
  • Request timeout
  • Connect timeout
  • Socket timeout
• Multi-user support (#199) @jarnedemeulemeester

Improvements

• Add series name to episode sheet with navigation (#173) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Enable predictive back gesture @jarnedemeulemeester
• Improve downloads management (#179) @Jcuhfehl
• Upgrade libmpv @jarnedemeulemeester
  • Fix ASS subtitles
  • Fix 10-bit stuttering
• Handle audio focus (#198) @PaulWoitaschek
• Lot's of library upgrades

Translations

• Chinese (Simplified) @ling0412 @Devifish @msycn
• German @CommanderRedYT
• Italian @robertbridda
• Korean @CodeName393 @KimPig
• Portuguese @fpapoila
• Spanish @newton181 @mau671

Fixes

• Fix crash when setting empty image cache size or seek increments @jarnedemeulemeester
• Set correct navigation start for TV (#161) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix mpv subtitles cut off when zoomed in (#166) @Hjaelp
• Fix zoom gesture accidentally triggering swipe to seek @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix app crash on error dialog rotation @jarnedemeulemeester

Other

• Target API 33 (Android 13)

v0.6.1

Improvements

• Add "pinch to zoom" support to mpv (#144) @Hjaelp

Fixes

• Fix play icon color in settings (#145) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix mpv subfont.ttf not loading (#147) @jarnedemeulemeester
  • This fixes mpv not displaying SubRip Text (SRT) subtitles
• Fix external subtiles not working in mpv (#155) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix crash when using swiping gesture if video is not loaded yet @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix player crashing when no PlayerItems are passed @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix only showing 1 discovered server @jarnedemeulemeester

Translations

• Korean @CodeName393
• Polish @NeroPcStation
• Spanish @newton181
• Spanish (Mexico) @mau671 @newton181
• Spanish (Latin America) @mau671 @newton181

Known issues

• The selected track in the track selection dialog does not visually change selection

v0.6.0 - Large screens

New features

• Allow seeking video by swiping or tapping (#132) @Hjaelp
• Material You Dynamic colors (#138) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Display public users on login screen (#142) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Display discovered servers on add server screen (#143) @jarnedemeulemeester

Improvements

• Layout improvements for larger screens (#134) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Bring back Android TV (#141) @jarnedemeulemeester
  • Fix crashing
  • Add libraries to home screen
  • Add new focus effect
  • Visually overhaul the media details screen (not final)
  • Add library screen
  • Still lot's of work to do
• Trust user added certificates (#130) @hikaps
• Lot's of library upgrades

Translations

• Chinese (Simplified) @wangsleepingstar @lujjjh
• French @DaFray31
• Italian @WaspEma
• Korean @CodeName393
• Russian @creepen123

Fixes

• Fix crash when navigating to login screen (and other screens) @jarnedemeulemeester

Known issues

• SubRip Text (SRT) subtitles are not working in mpv
• External subtitles are not available in mpv
• The selected track in the track selection dialog (ExoPlayer) does not visually change selection

v0.5.0 - Localization & external subtitles

New features

• Split gesture option into volume & brightness and zoom (#121) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Add support for external subtitles (only ExoPlayer) (#118) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Customize the seeking increments (#128) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Add option to disable subtitles in mpv (#110) @NIK679

Improvements

• Lot's of translations
  • Bulgarian @Sayykii
  • Chinese (Simplified) @xsm1997 @Izumiko
  • French @Cypral @DaFray31
  • German @Skratymir @Optinux
  • Hungarian @TibixDev
  • Italian @WaspEma
  • Polish @Larvitar
  • Portuguese (Brazil) @MarcioMed07
  • Spanish @roand0617 @cesarblancg
  • Spanish (Maxico, Latin America) @mau671 @newton181
• Provide better error messages with stacktrace (#119) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Display downloaded episodes by series (#80) @Jcuhfehl
• Add paging support to the library (#124) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Lot's of library upgrades

Fixes

• Fix trailing slash in baseUrl not loading images (#114) @jarnedemeulemeester
  • Requires server to be removed and added again
• Fix crash when navigating through the setup process @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix mpv crash when file has an extra video track or cover image @jarnedemeulemeester
• Fix crash when changing the device name when unable to connect tot the server @jarnedemeulemeester

Other

• Minimum Jellyfin version: 10.8.1

Known issues

• Crash when navigating to login screen
• SubRip Text (SRT) subtitles are not working in mpv
• External subtitles are not available in mpv
• The selected track in the track selection dialog (ExoPlayer) does not visually change selection

v0.4.0 - More options!

New features

• Add option to display extended episode title (Sxx:Exx - Title) in player (#78) @NIK679
• Add option to download over mobile network (#85) @MichaelArkh
• Add option to disable player gestures and remember screen brightness (#104) @jarnedemeulemeester

Improvements

• Expand episode bottom sheet by default (#76) @NIK679
• Upgrade to Material 3 theme and components (#91) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Redesign settings using two pane layout (#90) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Add option to turn off subtitles in player (only ExoPlayer) (#100) @Theta-Dev
• Enable image caching by default and set size to 20MB (#104) @jarnedemeulemeester
• Add support for Vorbis audio codec in mpv player @jarnedemeulemeester
• Lot's of library upgrades

Fixes

• Fix playlist support for mpv player (#77) @maulik9898
• Fix episode bottom sheet error when premiere date is null @jarnedemeulemeester
• Don't display production year when year is null @jarnedemeulemeester

Other

• Drop support for API 24 & 25 (Android 7 & 7.1)
• Target API 32 (Android 12L)
• Minimum API 26 (Android 8)