Release Notes

Added

• Add channel config overlay system for Next engine
  • The channel config schema can be found at https://github.com/ErsatzTV/next/blob/main/schema/channel_config.json
  • Config overlays should be created in the config subfolder next/channel-config-overlays
    • A config file named default.json will apply to all channels using the Next engine
    • A config file named {channel_number}.json (e.g. 1.json) will apply to the channel with that number
  • Channel overlays will override values from the default overlay which will override values from the FFmpeg Profile
• Add epg_entries support to image graphics elements
• Add (date-range based) alternate schedule system for sequential schedules

Fixed

• Fix HLS Direct playback when JWT auth is also used
• Use configured ffmpeg path for motion and subtitle graphics elements
  • Previously, these elements required ffmpeg to be on PATH
• Fix erroneous warning Unable to locate MPEG-TS Script in folder Default on installations with case-sensitive file systems
• Improve speed of motion graphics element compositing
• Fix multiple issues with subtitle handling in local libraries which impacted stream selection
  • Content with multiple sidecar subtitles would incorrectly have the subtitle metadata merged (like language)
  • More rarely, content with an embedded subtitle that has stream index zero would create invalid subtitle records
  • Both cases will automatically be cleaned up during the next local library scan
• Use und language tag with sidecar subtitles that have no language in the file name
• Automatically remove already-played playout items from all on demand channels
• Automatically remove already-played playout items from (continuous) scripted schedules
• Extract embedded text subtitles (when enabled in settings) on channels that use custom stream selectors
• Fix subtitle playback using Next streaming engine
• Fix bug where search results for deleted manual collections would continue to appear
• Fix synchronizing subtitle titles from Plex content; this may never have worked previously

Changed

• Upgrade Intel driver in docker containers to support latest Battlemage devices (e.g. B70)
• Restore release notes section on home page, since bugs continue to be fixed