v1.4.3

New Features

• Added Germany translation for community videos, updated menu translation thanks to @peat80
• Added Russian translation for community videos, updated menu translation thanks to 2Sist
• Added feature to change language in menu or screensaver (time/location). This feature was added to make testing easier but others might find it useful

Fixes

• Fixed issue with data usage summary not updating when video quality is changed
• Fixed issue with max video length not working

Known issues

• The Dolby Vision fix for some older Philips TVs does not work with Samba shares. Hopefully this will be fixed in a future release

There is no GitHub release for v1.4.2 as it only contained a critical fix for Google Play and Amazon Appstore versions.

This version is likely to appear on the Google Play and Amazon Appstore in the next week or so.

v1.4.1

New Features

• Added ability to limit video length, handy if you want videos to change more frequently
• Added alert for Fire TV and Google TV users when trying to access system screensaver settings
• Updated German translation by @peat80
• Added Russian translation by 2Sist

Fixes

• Fixed some permission issues with Android 13
• Fixed long standing Dolby Vision playback issue on some older Philips TVs, thanks to work by @bdwixx
• Set correct video quality for Fire TV 1st gen and emulator (ie. H.264)
• Migrated more settings, improved process

This version is likely to appear on the Google Play and Amazon Appstore in the next week or so.

v1.4

This is a bigger release with new features and changes...

New Features

• Reorganised menus - hopefully easier to use but also makes room for future features!
• 20 new videos from Jetson Creative (1080p, 4k SDR)
• 8 new videos from Robin Fourcade (1080p, 4k SDR)
• Added ability to change video speed during playback (0.5x, 1.5x, etc)
• Added support for .M4V and .TS video file types

Fixes

• Fixed a permission issue on Android 11+
• Updates to Firebase, ExoPlayer and other libraries

Known issues

• Some German and French menu item translations are gone due to the reorganisation, this will be fixed in a future update

This version is likely to appear on the Google Play and Amazon Appstore in about 2 or 3 weeks, assuming no issues.

v1.3.2

New Features

• If Skip Next/Previous video is not enabled, OK button will exit the screensaver
• Added French translation thanks to @DaddydroiD and @kevingosse
• Updates to German translation thanks to @Peats and @punker76

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when using a network share with a guest account
• More refactoring to reduce the possibility of null exceptions
• Fixed a bug that caused the loading error text not display properly
• Reverted a change due to a bug, local video playback is once again limited to certain file extensions only
• Fixed a rare crash on startup

Fire TV

• Fixed a blurry text issue by using a slightly thicker/heavier font

This version is likely to appear on the Google Play and Amazon Appstore in the next week or so.

v1.3.1

New Features

• Added device model and Android version to Capabilities screen
• Added support for older Fire OS 5 devices (Android 5.1, API level 22)

Fixes

• Disabled additional reporting and notification of video playback errors. The previous test gave me a lot of error reports to work with
• Removed file extension limitation when playing local videos

Nvidia Shield users

• When local videos are enabled a reminder will be shown to enable 'Scan for media automatically' in your Shield's system settings. If this is disabled, the app will be unable to find any videos on USB storage, etc

This version is likely to appear on the Google Play and Amazon Appstore in the next week or so.

v1.3

A slightly bigger update with lots of small changes and fixes...

Features

• Text colour and shadow tweaked. This should mean the text is more visible for the newer Apple videos which feature snow
• When no videos are found, a message will be shown instead of freezing at "Loading..."
• If an error in playback occurs, an error notification will be displayed then the next video will be played
• Player errors are now reported to Firebase so I can track the most common issues and fix them in future
• If video titles (locations, descriptions, etc) are enabled but some videos don't have titles, the Clock will now appear in the correct position (as opposed to floating above an empty text box)

Fixes

• Fixes to prevent rare crashes while shutting down. None are visible to the user but it's always good to fix them
• Reduced size of "Smaller buffer" in Performance & Debug > Buffer Strategy
• Video player (ExoPlayer) uses smallest buffer for local and network playback, which reduces RAM usage
• Some small changes to prepare the app for Amazon Appstore submission (Fire OS 7+ devices)
• Various Kotlin library and component updates

This version is likely to appear on the Google Play and Amazon Appstore in the next week or so.

v1.2.2

Features

• German translation added. Thanks to @peat80 for his work on this

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with how SMB credentials were handled. It meant that valid SMB credentials would work with the connection test but fail when using the screensaver
• Changed how the folder filter works to make it more flexible

This version should appear on Google Play in the next week or so.

v1.2.1

Fixes

• Fixed a crash bug that was introduced in v1.2 when the player is finishing - although not visible to the user, thankfully 😅

v1.2

This is a smaller release with some bug fixes and a couple of new features...

Features

• Added the ability to filter local storage, USB, etc by folder name. This should be useful if you have a large USB storage device attached and only want to play videos from a certain folder name
• Ability to change buffer size for the video player. Can help on slower or inconsistent internet connections
• Added back 'Loading...' text

Fixes

• Fixed a long standing memory leak. It didn't appear to affect the running of the app but should reduce some rarely reported crashes 🤞
• Fixed a crash when importing SMB settings
• Fixed a bug with POI text

This version should appear on Google Play in the next week or so.

v1.1.1

Fixes

• Fixed a permission bug that prevents playing local videos on a Nvidia Shield running Android 11

This issue does not affect a) Remote or b) Network (SMB) playback. An update has also be submitted to the Play Store which will take up to 2 days to appear.