Nova Video Player changelog

Feedback expected from users using an Android TV TV set using stereo speakers (no AV receiver) and reporting great sound experience on AC3 or DTS and stereo downmix when using previous releases.

Changes

v6.3.21 release - 2025-01-22

release candidate for Google Play, amazon, and F-Droid

Changes

v6.3.20 release - 2025-01-18

real regression fix for not scanning external usb storage devices when adding files to external storage
real fix for external & pgs subtitles stuck sometimes

Changes

v6.3.19 release - 2025-01-18

fix regression of not scanning external usb storage devices
fix external subtitles stuck sometimes
handle more subtitle position tag formats (e.g. \{\\an8\})
Android frame synchronization for smoother playback disabled by default pending some AV desync fix
stability enhancements

Changes

v6.3.18 release - 2025-01-12

add more technical information on Android TV info playing tile (screen HDR capabilities and current mode, supported refresh rates and current one, HDMI receiver audio capabilities)
better foreground state detection to not launch service if in background
stability enhancements

Changes

v6.3.17 release - 2025-01-09

smoother video playback with new experimental Android frame synchronization (can be disabled in expert options)
stability enhancements

Changes

v6.3.16 release - 2025-01-05

apply ITU-R BS.775-3 coefficients for stereo downmixing
fix NFO relocation regression (long lasting)
fix nova use as external player with kodi
fix 7.1 stereo downmix
fix filename containing "#" not playing with some network share protocols (sftp, sshj, webdavs)
try to use jcifs internal nova library instead of device one if it exists

Changes

v6.3.15 release - 2024-12-21

stability enhancements
smbj 0.14.0 upstep
sshj 0.39.0 upstep
2025 android TV banners

Changes

v6.3.14 release - 2024-12-13

stability enhancements
new experimental Android frame synchronization expert option to test if it improves playback fluidity

Changes

v6.3.13 release - 2024-12-11

true passthrough support of TrueHD and DTS:X on Fire stick 4k max 2023 -- requires nova encapsulation mode 1

Changes

v6.3.12 release - 2024-12-10

select proper dolby vision codec depending on profile
fix wrong internal subtitle selection based on language regression

Changes

v6.3.11 release - 2024-12-09

fix SMB discovery with freebox NAS SMB server when using smbj
center text subtitles
resume scrape at last video scrape instead of restarting when scan is interrupted

Important note: due to limitations imposed by Google when switching to API 34, foreground processes have not been granted to nova for background video media information retrieval. This means that nova cannot scan videos in background and full scan needs to be performed when nova is in foreground. Coping with this constraint required some intrusive modifications that could result in some regressions and debug: hence the pre-release tag.

Changes

v6.3.10 release - 2024-12-08

support subtitles position SSA tags
better video identification logic

Important note: due to limitations imposed by Google when switching to API 34, foreground processes have not been granted to nova for background video media information retrieval. This means that nova cannot scan videos in background and full scan needs to be performed when nova is in foreground. Coping with this constraint required some intrusive modifications that could result in some regressions and debug: hence the pre-release tag.

Changes

v6.3.6 release - 2024-11-22

fix on pgs subtitles duration computation

Changes

v6.3.5 release - 2024-11-20

completed pgs subtitles support
gfx subtitles display rework (no scaling and repositioning possible) relying on ffmpeg decoding
fix cycling through subtitles list with keycode

Changes

v6.3.4 pre-release - 2024-10-25

add pgs subtitles support
upgrade to ffmpeg 7.1, dav1d 1.5.0
disable by default use Android timely frame posting for smoother playback since it causes some playback issues

Changes

v6.3.3 pre-release - 2024-10-06

smoother playback: use Android timely frame posting

Please report any regression in playback and seek related to this release.

Changes

v6.3.2 pre-release - 2024-09-25

upgrade to ffmpeg 7.0.2
add locale setting in nova for devices with restricted language support
target SDK 34 to comply with Google API rules
fix network shortcuts host check to accept FQDN with TLD larger than 6 characters

Changes

v6.2.95 release - 2024-08-27

stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.93 release - 2024-08-17

rationalize Chinese language strings

Changes

v6.2.92 release - 2024-08-17

fix traditional Chinese getting English video descriptions #1129

Changes

v6.2.91 release - 2024-08-16

fix PIP not working anymore
revert to ffmpeg 4.4.5 to avoid playback regressions
add Brazilian language for TMDB video descriptions

Changes

v6.2.90 release - 2024-07-07

Other scraper issues fixed

Changes

v6.2.89 release - 2024-07-07

Fix several scraper crashes seen on sentry

Changes

v6.2.88 release - 2024-06-29

Fix none subtitle track not applied at resume

Changes

v6.2.87 release - 2024-06-25

Fix subtitles not found in some cases
Fix default opensubtitles search in Chinese and Portuguese variants not set correctly
Enhance opensubtitles search stability
Use correct reference to opensubtitles.com instead of opensubtitles.org that was misleading in some translations
Fix incorrect Chinese subtitle language naming reported in Video information view

Changes

v6.2.86 release - 2024-06-22

Google play release candidate

Changes

v6.2.85 release - 2024-06-20

Fix one case of scan in loop

Changes

v6.2.84 release - 2024-06-17

Switched back to previous sardine-android to fix webdav regressions
Fixed subtitle track not applied on next episode with binge mode play mode
Fix smbj rename

Changes

v6.2.82 release - 2024-06-16

Fix random subtitles being selected sometimes
Bump commons-net to 3.11.1, jsch to 0.2.18, sentry to 7.10.0, sardine-android to 0.9

Changes

v6.2.81 release - 2024-06-09

Fix favorite lang/sub not applied in binge watching mode
tmdb-java bump to 2.11.0

Changes

v6.2.79 release - 2024-05-29

Use jupnp 3.0.2 for UPnP stack instead of deprecated cling
Fix regression in oauthDialog

/!\ Please test UPnP and report any issue.

Changes

v6.2.78 release - 2024-05-28

Select correctly external track with video.mkv and video-PL.srt and preferred language is Polish
Desugaring is mandatory for old android version to avoid NoClassDefFoundError (e.g. smbj) and some missing java classes on Android (e.g. java.time etc.)
commons-net upstep to version 3.10.0

Changes

v6.2.77 release - 2024-05-26

More subtitle fixes on latest refactoring
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.76 release - 2024-05-25

Refactored subtitle selection logic: if external srt is present and no matching language is found it is selected
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.75 release - 2024-05-19

Fix default subtitle selection logic
Some stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.74 release - 2024-05-12

Revert from jupnp to cling because of errors seen on sentry

Changes

v6.2.73 release - 2024-05-11

Ugly fix to apply change of internal subtitle track (FIXME: it makes video seek)
Simplify subtitle language detection based on filename analysis for external subtitle files

Changes

v6.2.72 release - 2024-05-09

Use jupnp 3.0.2 instead of cling for UPnP /!\ please report any issue with UPnP
Many subtitles naming detection fixes
Pass prefetched/local subtitles as files and not http URIs to external video players to fix encoding issues for JustPlayer
Nova icon update for Google Play compliance

Changes

v6.2.71 release - 2024-05-04

Fix hide subtitles by default not working for internal subtitles regression
More fixes for posters and trailer images not downloading on old Android version

Changes

v6.2.70 release - 2024-04-28

Fix hide subtitles by default not working regression
Fix subs not passed to external video player
Really fix posters not downloading on old Android version
Now Android TV icon is compliant with Google Play requirements

Changes

v6.2.69 release - 2024-04-19

Fix poster download on old Android versions where system CA are outdated

Changes

v6.2.67 release - 2024-03-30

Fix notification icon

Changes

v6.2.66 release - 2024-03-30

Android TV icon update for Google Play compliance

Changes

v6.2.65 release - 2024-03-19

Fix sentry change of behavior reporting okhhtp3 50x error messages

Changes

v6.2.64 release - 2024-03-15

Add Android 12 match frame rate feature support for refresh rate selection (new mode in nova settings)
Get back to EOL cling since jupnp not yet stable
Subtitles fixes

Changes

v6.2.63 release - 2024-02-18

UPnP network shares: use jupnp Java library instead of EOL cling

Please report any issue with UPnP here #74

Changes

v6.2.62 release - 2024-02-17

Unify scraper language settings
Global better ordering of language menus in settings
Make Traditional Chinese appear in scraper languages
Stability enhancements

/!\ This release will revert to default scrape language.

Changes

v6.2.61 release - 2024-02-16

Scrape shows and movies without air date reported by TMDB
Remove deprecated old opensubtitles.org subs downloader
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.59 release - 2024-02-15

Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.58 release - 2024-02-10

Fix preferred audio language not applied
Fix some remaining UI not responsible until back pressed on subs download in case of errors
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.57 release - 2024-02-09

Fix cannot download subs when logged in on opensubtitles.com
Propose nova as external player when opening local files
Stability enhancements

Note: this release does not contain the new jupnp UPnP client.

Changes

v6.2.55 release - 2024-02-03

Fix subtitles download for videos on UPnP shares
Subtitles download stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.54 release - 2024-01-27

Add preferred audio language option for multi audio track videos
Prevent opensubtitles subtitles download when out of quota

Changes

v6.2.53 release - 2024-01-20

Handle webdav 302 redirect for real-debrid support
Upstep jsch to 0.2.16, sshj to 0.38.0
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.52 release - 2024-01-14

Another attempt to fix ftp (please report if you experience issues)
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.51 release - 2024-01-12

libyuv upstep aligned on chromium master
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.50 release - 2024-01-10

Fix duplicate subs listed in VideoInfo for smbj shares

Changes

v6.2.49 release - 2024-01-09

Assume writeable directories on jcifs-ng
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.48 release - 2024-01-08

Fix F-Droid build
Update Video information fragment if subtitles have been downloaded during playback or video has changed
Fix more error found in play mode

Changes

v6.2.47 release - 2024-01-07

Cleaner Android TV years banner
Better detect external subtitle language from filename
Update Video information fragment if subtitles have been downloaded during playback
Faster subtitle check on Android TV
Fix an issue in play mode (folder mode fixed?)

Changes

v6.2.46 release - 2024-01-05

Fix various subtitles issues

Changes

v6.2.44 release - 2024-01-03

Bump ffmpeg to 6.1.1

Changes

v6.2.43 release - 2024-01-03

Handle properly gesture navigation screen layout in player UI

Changes

v6.2.40 release - 2023-12-22

Enforce new opensubtitles REST-API with quotas becoming mandatory in in January
Disable gesture control when player screen is in locked mode
New nova icon
2024 Android TV by year banners
Attempt to support WebDAV 302 redirects
Remember none subtitle track selection on resume
Update boost to 1.84.0, libtorrent to 2.9.0
Fix AV1 decoding regression
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.38 release - 2023-11-27

Gesture stability enhancements

Changes

v6.2.37 release - 2023-11-26

Add player gesture control
Increase new opensubtitles REST-API downloader robustness

Following gestures are now supported:

double tap on left/right regions of the screen for +-10s seek backward/forward
scroll on left/right regions of the screen for brightness/volume increase/decrease

Two OSD regions have been added on top left/right screen part to display the fast rewind/forward icons and volume/brightness levels.

Changes

v6.2.36 release - 2023-11-21

New nova icon
opensubtitles subtitles download based on REST-API stability enhancements
Update smbj to 0.13.0, ffmpeg to 6.1, dav1d to 1.3.0

Please report any multimedia regression with ffmpeg 6.1 (e.g. AV1 is broken right now).

Changes

v6.2.35 release - 2023-11-14

Stability enhancements (crash on multi-selection subtitles download)
Attempt to fix ftp on Android 7.1.2 devices cf. #829

Changes

v6.2.34 release - 2023-11-12

New nova icon
Add possibility to use new opensubtitles REST-API instead of XML-RPC that will be enforced in January
Update jcifs-ng to 2.1.10, commons-net to 3.10.0, sshj to 0.37.0
Add missing anime shows by alpha on Android TV
Avoid top/bottom grey bars on chromebooks while playing videos

/!\ Please check new OpenSubtitles REST-API by activating it in nova settings and report any issue. OpenSubtitles will enforce use of this new API starting January 2024 and imposes download quotas (20 subs per day for a registered user, 5 otherwise). Note that you will need an opensubtitles.com account (and not an opensubtitles.org one)!

Changes

v6.2.33 release - 2023-10-29

Fix F-Droid checkupdates bot release pickup

Changes

v6.2.32 release - 2023-10-15

Update jcifs-ng to 2.1.10, commons-net to 3.10.0, sshj to 0.37.0

/!\ Please test if this release breaks ftp on firestick4k (not the max version) cf. #829

Changes

v6.2.31 release - 2023-10-10

Fix hide subtitles by default not working regression
Restore directories listed first when sorting by name

Changes

v6.2.30 release - 2023-09-29

Final design to only disable SMB UDP discovery to cope with Fire 10 HD Wi-Fi issues

Changes

v6.2.29 release candidate - 2023-09-24

Fix smbj not asking credentials when browsing an SMB server without guest account
ffmpeg 4.4.4 upstep with DoVi patches
dav1d 1.2.0 upstep
openssl 1.1.1w upstep
opus master upstep

Changes

v6.2.28 release candidate - 2023-09-23

Add an option to limit SMB discovery to mDNS disabling TCP/UDP discovery that makes Wi-Fi drivers on some devices (e.g. Fire 10 HD) to crash and turn off Wi-Fi. Note that TCP/UDP discovery is required for proper ChromeOS SMB discovery.

Changes

v6.2.17 release - 2023-06-23

Fix CI

Changes

v6.2.16 release - 2023-06-22

Attempt to solve voice search on Android 11 (shieldTV)
Do not crash if tmdb backend has outage
Add m3u support in manifest (TBC if it works)

Changes

v6.2.15 release - 2023-06-18

Fix A/V desync using playback speed
Switched to jsch-mwiede fork for SFTP
Use java 17

Changes

v6.1.6 release - 2023-04-04

Add tx3g (mov_text) subtitles support

Changes

v6.0.97 release - 2023-02-12

Fix ftp regression on some firesticks
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.96 release - 2023-02-08

Fix SMB1 regression on some NAS
Perhaps fix F-droid not picking up new nova releases

Changes

v6.0.95 Google Play release - 2023-02-04

More subtitles shades of grey
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.94 release - 2023-01-23

Experimental playback speed option: fix subtitles not in sync and crash using bluetooth headsets
Option to disable Dolby Vision decoder
Pass list of subtitles to external video players

Changes

v6.0.93 release - 2023-01-02

Stability enhancements
External player compatibility: mark video as watched with Just Player upon video completion
Attempt to rework internal storage import service to avoid non visible crash in background

Changes

v6.0.89 release - 2022-12-10

Support more ssa subtitle style formats
Fix SMB shortcut with empty user (guest) on AndroidTV
2023 banners for AndroidTV

Changes

v6.0.88 release - 2022-11-29

Target API33
boost/libtorrent 1.80.0/2.0.8 upstep
jcifs-ng SMB upstep to latest master
Bundle delivery to Google Play
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.87 release - 2022-11-21

Fix infinite loop in refreshrate negotiation
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.83 release - 2022-11-13

Increase number of subtitles track supported to 64
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.82 release - 2022-11-12

Experimental playback speed option is back but disabled by default (could cause choppy video)
Better movie scrape results through applying Levenshtein distance on tmdb scrape results
Hidden advanced option to enable specifying lavc parser sync mode (PTS or sample)

Changes

v6.0.81 Google Play release - 2022-11-08

Re-disable experimental playback speed control due to instabilities

Changes

v6.0.80 Google Play release - 2022-11-05

Fix db update crash

Changes

v6.0.79 Google Play release - 2022-11-05

Crowdin translations synchronization
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.76 Google Play release - 2022-10-26

Disable experimental playback speed control for now since causes regressions

Changes

v6.0.75 Google Play release - 2022-10-23

Experimental playback speed control stability improvements (only when not using audio passthrough)
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.71 release - 2022-06-23

WARNING: this v6 release of Nova consists in a major update compared to v5 and requires to rescan all video collection for multimedia information re-aquisition. It is strongly advised to restart from a clean install to avoid problems. Please check FAQ for details.

Incremental release changelog compared to previous v6 github release:

Stability enhancements

v6 release changelog short summary compared to v5:

Add support for movie collections/sagas on Android TV
Separate section for animation movies and series on Android TV
Switch to tmdb instead of tvdb for TV shows information retrieval
Faster TV shows media information retrieval
Fix crash on Android 12/S/API31
Properly report DTS-HD and DTS-HD MA
Dolby vision support
ffmpeg 4.4.2 and dav1d 1.0.0 integration
Add MDNS samba discovery
New refresh rate selection algorithm optimizing judder effect
Add domain option to samba network credential dialog
Optimize network shares rescan speed in case of files delete/rename
Binge watching play mode
Display content rating and better audio/resolution tag on leanback
STOP remote button stops player
Add https streaming support
Swedish, Greek, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian translations in progress
Add adult scrape hidden option NOT on google play
Speed up initial local storage video import blacklisting whatsapp files before import
Fix trakt tvshow sync
Target API31 (warning: relocation of nfo/jpg for local storage videos
Sentry crashnalytics backend integration
Make animation row optional on android TV
Add more blacklisted local storage directories to speed up media import
Add possibility to exclude network shortcuts from automatic/scheduled/manual global rescans on Android TV
Optimize launch time on Android TV
Fix youtube trailers not opening on youtube app on Android TV
Add traditional Chinese, Brazilian, Ukrainian, Kurdish scrape/subs support
Fix trakt multi-devices last played synchronization
jcifs-ng SMB upstep
SMB3 enabled by default (please test and report regressions!)
Capability to add manual SMB shortcuts on ADTV
2022 year banners on ADTV
Play button is first on tvshow all episodes view on ADTV
Remove duplicate downmixing setting on phone/tablet UI
Fix cannot play SMB file resulting from search result
Stability enhancements

More detailed migration notes:

This new version upgrades the internal nova media database to a new scheme and any downgrade to v4/v5 versions of nova will wipe out your entire video collection to prevent any incompatibility.
This version switches to theMovieDb for retrieving TV shows information instead of theTvDb. It is strongly recommended to rescrape all your TV shows or start from a fresh install.
Proper support for movie collections and animation movies/series on AndroidTV requires some manual steps. Acquisition of the additional movie collection informations and movies/TV series genres realignment requires a full rescrape of your video without interference of existing .nfo files (that do not yet contain the required information). For that purpose the following steps should do the trick:
- backup all your customized handcrafted .nfo file (if you have any)
- install nova version 6.xx
- in nova settings unselect "process '.nfo' files"
- in nova settings launch a "rescrape all" and wait for completion
- in nova settings launch an "export already scraped videos" and wait for completion (this step will override any existing .nfo file)
versions later than v6.0.30 targets API31 and due to Android storage restrictions for API30, local NFO/JPG media information files for videos stored on local storage have been moved to nova public application folder located /sdcard/Android/data/org.courville.nova/files/nfoPoster
If you ever want to get back to nova v5.xx, you will need to clean application data and cache

Changes

v6.0.70 release - 2022-06-21

Play button is first on tvshow all episodes view on ADTV
Remove duplicate downmixing setting on phone/tablet UI
Fix cannot play SMB file resulting from search result
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.67 release - 2022-06-05

WARNING: this v6 release of Nova consists in a major update compared to v5 and requires to rescan all video collection for multimedia information re-aquisition. It is strongly advised to restart from a clean install to avoid problems. Please check FAQ for details.

Incremental release changelog compared to previous v6 github release:

Fix youtube trailers not opening on youtube app on Android TV
Add traditional Chinese, Brazilian, Ukrainian, Kurdish scrape/subs support
Fix trakt multi-devices last played synchronization
jcifs-ng SMB upstep
Stability enhancements

v6 release changelog short summary compared to v5:

Add support for movie collections/sagas on Android TV
Separate section for animation movies and series on Android TV
Switch to tmdb instead of tvdb for TV shows information retrieval
Faster TV shows media information retrieval
Fix crash on Android 12/S/API31
Properly report DTS-HD and DTS-HD MA
Dolby vision support
ffmpeg 4.4.2 and dav1d 1.0.0 integration
Add MDNS samba discovery
New refresh rate selection algorithm optimizing judder effect
Add domain option to samba network credential dialog
Optimize network shares rescan speed in case of files delete/rename
Binge watching play mode
Display content rating and better audio/resolution tag on leanback
STOP remote button stops player
Add https streaming support
Swedish, Greek, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian translations in progress
Add adult scrape hidden option NOT on google play
Speed up initial local storage video import blacklisting whatsapp files before import
Fix trakt tvshow sync
Target API31 (warning: relocation of nfo/jpg for local storage videos
Sentry crashnalytics backend integration
Make animation row optional on android TV
Add more blacklisted local storage directories to speed up media import
Add possibility to exclude network shortcuts from automatic/scheduled/manual global rescans on Android TV
Optimize launch time on Android TV
Stability enhancements

More detailed migration notes:

This new version upgrades the internal nova media database to a new scheme and any downgrade to v4/v5 versions of nova will wipe out your entire video collection to prevent any incompatibility.
This version switches to theMovieDb for retrieving TV shows information instead of theTvDb. It is strongly recommended to rescrape all your TV shows or start from a fresh install.
Proper support for movie collections and animation movies/series on AndroidTV requires some manual steps. Acquisition of the additional movie collection informations and movies/TV series genres realignment requires a full rescrape of your video without interference of existing .nfo files (that do not yet contain the required information). For that purpose the following steps should do the trick:
- backup all your customized handcrafted .nfo file (if you have any)
- install nova version 6.xx
- in nova settings unselect "process '.nfo' files"
- in nova settings launch a "rescrape all" and wait for completion
- in nova settings launch an "export already scraped videos" and wait for completion (this step will override any existing .nfo file)
versions later than v6.0.30 targets API31 and due to Android storage restrictions for API30, local NFO/JPG media information files for videos stored on local storage have been moved to nova public application folder located /sdcard/Android/data/org.courville.nova/files/nfoPoster
If you ever want to get back to nova v5.xx, you will need to clean application data and cache

Changes

v6.0.66 release - 2022-05-15

Add possibility to exclude network shortcuts from automatic/scheduled/manual global rescans on Android TV
Optimize launch time on Android TV
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.65 release - 2022-05-08

Make animation row optional on android TV
Add more blacklisted local storage directories to speed up media import
Stability enhancements

Changes

v6.0.64 release - 2022-05-03

Stability enhancements
New address for Sentry debug backend integration (crashlytics)

Changes

v6.0.63 amazon release - 2022-04-24

Stability enhancements
Fix adaptive refresh rate selection on firestick
ffmpeg 4.4.2 and dav1d 1.0.0
Fix fdroid build

Changes

v6.0.62 amazon release - 2022-04-18

Compared to previous release:

Stability enhancements
revert to ffmpeg 4.4.1 due to regression reported

Changes

v5.15.21 Google Play release - 2021-09-01

Fix crash on Android 12/S/API31
Full screen display is enabled by default even on displays with cutouts
Properly report DTS-HD and DTS-HD MA
ffmpeg 4.4 and dav1d 0.9 integration

Changes

v5.15.20 Google Play release - 2021-05-09

Better tv show subtitle download based on IMDB ID
Disable delete on UPnP shares not supporting it

Changes

v6.0.10 beta release - 2021-03-26

Add support for movie collections/sagas on Android TV
Separate section for animation movies and series on Android TV
Faster TV shows media information retrieval
Fix scraping counter calculation on AndroidTV
WARNING: media db upgrade to version 38 (any downgrade will wipe out your meta data)

Important migration note:

This new version upgrades the internal nova media database to a new scheme and any downgrade to v4/v5 versions of nova will wipe out your entire video collection to prevent any incompatibility.
Proper support for movie collections and animation movies/series on AndroidTV requires some manual steps. Acquisition of the additional movie collection informations and movies/TV series genres realignement requires a full rescrape of your video without interference of existing .nfo files (that do not yet contain the required information). For that purpose the following steps should do the trick:
- backup all your customized handcrafted .nfo file (if you have any)
- install nova version 6.x
- in nova settings unselect "process '.nfo' files"
- in nova settings launch a "rescrape all" and wait for completion
- in nova settings launch an "export already scraped videos" and wait for completion (this step will override any existing .nfo file)

Changes

v5.15.19 Google Play release - 2021-03-19

Fix occasional SMB2/3 timeouts
Add support for coloured TV remote buttons via HDMI-CEC
ffmpeg version 4.3.2 and dav1d version 0.8.2 upstep

Changes

v6.0.5 movie collection experimental release - 2021-01-17

Align with v5.16.17 with movie collections/sagas support on top

Changes

v5.15.17 Google Play release - 2021-01-17

SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Use DNS,BCAST default SMB resolver order to avoid slow SMB share responses in some network configurations
Allow AV1 hardware decoding
Switch to NDK r22

Changes

v4.49.16 F-Droid only release - 2021-01-09

Attempt to fix F-Droid server build
dav1d update to 0.8.1

Changes

v6.0.4 movie collection experimental release - 2021-01-07

Align with v5.16.16 with movie collections/sagas support on top

Changes

v5.15.16 Google Play release - 2021-01-07

Align with v4.49.15 with latest jcifs-ng on top for SMBv2/3 support
Fix non systematic wrong IP selected when browsing SMB shares
New debug infrastructure based on slf4j/logback
New 2021 banner icons for AndroidTV
dav1d update to 0.8.1

Changes

v5.15.15 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 2020-12-08

SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Align with v4.49.15

Changes

v4.49.15 Google Play release - 2020-12-08

SMB1 support only rollback release aligned with v5.15.14 without jcifs-ng support to address SMB issue seen in the field
Fix anime playback using opus track using libopus instead of platform one
Update trakt/tmdb/thetvdb-java libraries to 6.8.5/2.2.0/2.4.0
Restrict nova webview to nova usage
Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.15.14 Google Play release - 2020-12-06

SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Attempt to fix SMB on WD Mycloud with guest login

Changes

v4.49.14 rollback release for people with SMB issue - 2020-12-06

Release for people having SMB connection issues with latest v5 releases.

Changes

v6.0.3 experimental release for movie collections - 2020-12-03

Align with v5.15.13 with movie collection/saga support

Changes

v5.15.13 Google Play release release - 2020-12-03

Align with v4.49.11 with latest jcifs-ng on top
Fix SMB timeout happening on some servers (jcifs-ng resolver)

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v6.0.1 experimental release: support for movie collection - 2020-11-29

Add support for movie collections/sagas for AndroidTV leanback interface

Important note for migrating: all already scraped movies do not contain any information about collections. In order to add this missing information you need to rescrape the full movie collection. A setting has been added to perform this task. However, by default nova does process .nfo files which are exported part of the scraping which also does not contain movie collection information in order to speed up the scraping process. These .nfo files when triggering a rescrape would be processed and would result into again no information found on collections. Thus in order to get the movie collection data you need either to: deinstall/reinstall nova and delete all .nfo files on your internal storage or network shares or to follow these steps:

install nova version 6.x
in settings unselect "process '.nfo' files"
in settings launch a "rescrape all movies" and wait for completion
in settings launch an "export already scraped videos" and wait for completion

Current limitations:

sometimes there is no poster/backdrop found for a collection: this is simply because TheMovieDb does not reference one

Changes

v5.15.12 github release with SMBv2/3 support - 2020-12-03

v4.49.12 with SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng on top

Changes

v5.15.11 Google Play release - 2020-11-29

SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Fix anime playback using opus track using libopus instead of platform one
Update trakt/tmdb/thetvdb-java libraries to 6.8.5/2.2.0/2.4.0
Restrict nova webview to nova usage
Stability enhancements

Changes

v4.49.12 Google Play release - 2020-12-03

Rollback to SMBv1 support only due to timeout issues with SMBv2 former release experienced by some users

Changes

v5.15.10 Google Play beta release - 2020-10-23

SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Align with v4.49.11

Changes

v4.49.11 Google Play release - 2020-10-23

Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.15.9 Google Play beta release - 2020-10-20

SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Align with v4.49.10

Changes

v4.49.10 Google Play release - 2020-10-20

Fix folder play mode
Correct subtitles download failing while playing video on local storage

Changes

v4.49.9 Google Play release - 2020-10-13

Fix time displayed at video start on Android TV regression

Changes

v5.15.7 SMBv2/3 Google Play beta release - 2020-10-11

SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Align with v4.49.8

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v4.49.8 Google Play release - 2020-10-11

Do not stop local video playback on network connectivity change
Use new nova icon for search bar
Fix search crash on old Amazon firesticks
Fix wrong player layout when screen rotation is locked and video started in portrait

Changes

v5.15.6 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 2020-09-25

SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Fix guest login on win10
Align with v4.49.7

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v5.15.5 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 2020-09-17

Align with v4.49.7
SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng

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v5.15.4 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 2020-07-31

Align with v4.49.6
SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng

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v4.49.7 Google play release - 2020-09-17

Display external storage label/description on AndroidTV
Do not pollute subtitle manual picker with cached online retrieved subs
Allow http video streaming
chromeOS/Amazon UI fixes
Add missing subtitles ISO639 code strings
ffmpeg version 4.3.1 and dav1d version 0.7.1 upstep
Stability enhancement

Changes

v4.49.6 Google Play release - 2020-07-31

Fix video stopping often on arm64 due to latest ffmpeg upstep
Revert to ffmpeg 4.3.2 and dav1d 0.7.0

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v5.15.3 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 2020-07-18

Align with v4.49.5
SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
fix SMB guest login on win10

Changes

v5.15.2 SMBv2/3 not so experimental release anymore - 2020-07-11

Align with v4.49.5 with latest jcifs-ng on top

Changes

v4.49.5 Google Play release - 2020-07-11

Fix x86 software decoding support (nexus player, non 64b chromebooks)
Faster network scanning
Stability enhancement

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v5.15.1 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 2020-07-08

Align with v4.49.3 with latest jcifs-ng on top
Fix samba issues reported with WD MyCloud and with win10 guest login

Changes

v4.49.3 Google Play release - 2020-07-07

better USB disk management on AndroidTV
Stability enhancement

Changes

v4.49.2 release - 2020-07-06

Fix OOM on Android TV with HDD plugged

Changes

v4.49.1 release - 2020-07-04

Fix number of audio tracks limited to 6
ffmpeg version 4.3.0 and dav1d version 0.7.1 upstep
Stability enhancement

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v4.48.17 internal release - 2020-06-27

Sponsor icon
Reduce full compilation strain for boost

Changes

v4.48.14 internal release - 2020-06-23

new release versioning management

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v4.48.13 internal release - 2020-06-20

new release versioning management

Changes

v4.48.10 Google Play release - 2020-06-20

Stability enhancement

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v4.48.9 Google Play release - 2020-06-12

Fix missing poster on some movies
Fix playback not smooth regression on Sony and Philips AndroidTV
Stretch mode is back
Allow adaptive refresh rate on phones
Improve A/V sync for some videos (PTS instead of sample based sync)
ffmpeg version 4.2.3 and dav1d version 0.7.0 upstep
Scraping improvements
Stability enhancement

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v4.48.8 release - 2020-05-30

solve some A/V sync issues
0.7.0 dav1d and ffmpeg 4.2.3 upsteps
faster boost compilation

Changes

v4.48.7 release - 2020-05-18

Intermediate release for fdroid
fix java_home for linux

Changes

v4.48.6 release - 2020-05-13

Upgrade jsch for sftp support
upgrade cling for UPnP support
Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.14.8 Google Play beta release - 2020-05-12

Fix SMB server protocol level detection scheme
Stability enhancements

Changes

v4.48.5 release - 2020-05-13

Upgrade jsch for sftp support

Changes

v5.14.7 Google Play beta release - 2020-05-10

Experimental SMBv2/3 support with latest jcifs-ng
Support for SMBv2 is disabled by default and can be enabled in settings
Disable SMB1/SMB2 protocol negotiation when SMB2 server is detected
jsch update for sftp
Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.14.6 intermediate release - 2020-05-09

Disable SMB1/SMB2 protocol negotiation when SMB2 server is detected

Changes

v4.48.4 Google Play release - 2020-05-10

Based on v4.48.3 with these changes:

Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.14.5 Google Play beta release - 2020-05-09

Align with v4.48.3 with latest jcifs-ng on top for SMBv2/3 support
Support for SMBv2 is disabled by default and can be enabled in settings

Changes

v4.48.3 Google Play release - 2020-05-09

Based on v4.48.2 with these changes:

Revert back jsch upstep since maven version without custom changes is too slow
Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.14.4 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 2020-05-07

Align with v4.48.2 (unstable track) with following changes on top:

Add SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Support for SMBv2 is disabled by default and can be enabled in settings

Changes

v4.48.2 Google Play beta release - 2020-05-03

Align with v4.48.0 (unstable track) with following changes on top:

Fix ability to open videos via http/https from another application
Improved scraping results
UI navbar correct color on Samsung
jsch update for sftp
Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.13.0 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 2020-04-18

Align with v4.48 (unstable track) with following changes on top:

Add SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Fix slow video start on SMB by avoid checking .nomedia on server root

Note that this release might experience interoperability issues when using SMBv1 only capable server.

Changes

v4.48.0 Google Play beta release - 2020-04-18

Align with v4.47 (unstable track) with following changes on top:

Improve scraping results
Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.12 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 2020-04-13

Align with v4.47 (unstable track) with following changes on top:

Add SMBv2/3 support via jcifs-ng
Fix samba file listing truncation when dealing with SMBv1 only servers
Add opensubtitles credentials support in preferences since opensubtitles mandates it to download subtitles
Fix an appcompat incompatibility with webview (Google bug)

Note that this release will experience interoperability issues when using SMBv1 only capable server.

Changes

v4.47 release - 2020-04-12

Align with v4.46 (unstable track) with following changes on top:

Fix trakt resume point sync issues

Changes

v4.46 Google Play beta release - 2020-04-05

Align with v4.43 (unstable track) with following changes on top:

Fix opensubtitles change requiring credentials to use API
Fix DTSHD decoding crashes

Changes

v4.44 Google Play release - 2020-04-05

Align with v4.38 (stable track) with following changes on top:

Fix opensubtitles change requiring credentials to use API
Fix DTSHD playback crashing sometimes

Changes

v4.43 release - 2020-03-31

Subtitle manual download improvement via scraped information search
Better TV show scrape result through multi-language Levenshtein metric computation
Refactored TmDb and TheTVDb scrapers
UI polishing on phones/tablets and partners logo refresh (trakt, tmdb, tvdb, imdb)
AppCompat migration

Changes

v5.10 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 2020-03-02

Align with v4.40 with latest jcifs-ng on top

Note that this release will experience interoperability issues when using SMBv1 only capable server.

Changes

v4.40 Google Play beta release - 2020-03-02

Refactored TmDb and TheTVDb scrapers
Better TV show scrape result through multi-language Levenshtein metric computation
Fix crash observed on play console
Use new application icon for TV channels

Changes

v4.39 Google Play release - 2020-03-02

Fix crash observed on play console
Use new application icon for TV channels

Changes

v5.9 SMBv2/3 experimental release - 2020-03-01

Align with 4.38 with latest jcifs-ng on top

Changes

v4.38 release - 2020-02-29

Better show scraper with multi-lang Levenshtein metric computation
Fix cloud storage (file picker) and folder picker on phones

Changes

v4.37 Google Play release - 2020-02-29

Fix cloud storage (file picker) and folder picker on phones

Changes

v4.36 release - 2020-02-22

Roll back to old MovieScraper2
10ms audio/video delay tuning
Latest translations

Changes

v4.35 release - 2020-02-08

Switch to Audiotrack audio interface for video fluidity
Fix TV show Trakt progress sync
tmdb-java movie scraper
Adaptive refresh rate via API23 mode switch (fix FireTV4k)
Fix grey bar on Sony for HDR content
Fix green bar with swdec on Nvidia
Fix audio night/boost mode
Fix HEVC 10b on Rockchip
Better MediaCodec extradata management
Turkish/Simplified Chinese translations completed
New app icon
App bundles to reduce apk size
Limit SMB discovery on local networks

Changes

v4.28.3 release (stable track) - 2020-02-08

Fix TV show Trakt progress sync
Fix grey bar issue on Sony when watching HDR content
Fix green bars present in software decoding on Nvidia shield
Fix audio regressions in night/boost mode
Fix video not opening when enabling adaptive refresh rate on FireTV

Changes

v5.8 release - 2020-01-24

Align with v4.33 with jcifs-ng on top

Changes

v4.33 release - 2020-01-24

Fix regression in TV show not recognized due to TheTVdb backend unilateral change

Changes

v4.30 release - 2020-01-22

Use Audiotrack vs. OpenSLES for audio interface improving video fluidity
Fix TV show Trakt progress sync
Disable periodic bookmark save interfering with video decoding perf over slow network shares
Complete Turkish & Simplified Chinese translations
New icon compliant with Google Play Store requirements
Only launch SMB discovery on local networks

Changes

v4.29 Google play beta release - 2020-01-11

Fix HEVC 10 bit support on Rockchip devices
Better extradata management for AVC and HEVC for MediaCodec
Stability enhancements

Changes

v4.28 Google play release - 2020-01-11

Prefer ffmpeg over c2.android or omx.google software codecs to avoid multimedia issues on pixel3xl phone
Stability enhancements

Changes

v4.27 Google Play beta release - 2020-01-05

ffmpeg update to 4.2.2
dav1d update to 0.5.2
Break video import and scrape in small queries to avoid database window cursor issues
Stability enhancement

Changes

v4.26 release - 2019-12-29

Better scrape result through Levenshtein result distance computation
Stability enhancement

Changes

v4.25 release - 2019-12-26

Introduce stretched video format to fill entire display with video image (only way to preserve aspect ratio on recent Philips TVs!)
Add Norwegian, Vietnamese scrape languages support
2020 year banners for Android TV
Improve filename pre-processing garbage rules to improve scrape
Prevent scrape notification to fire up when nothing is to be scraped
Fix sftp indexing

Changes

v5.7 SMBv2 beta release - 2019-12-14

Align with v4.24 with jcifs-ng on top

Changes

v4.24 Google Play release - 2019-12-14

Fix more shows not being scraped correctly after thetvdb.com site changes
Rollback on jcsh upgrade yielding issues on sftp
Fix regression in pause/play with enter key on AndroidTV
Fix some aspect ratio issues on devices where MediaCodec returns wrong video dimensions (firetv4k, rockchip, etc.)
Reduce bottom player UI glitch on chromebook and rockchip leanback interfaces

Changes

v4.22 Google Play release - 2019-12-08

Fix some shows not being scraped correctly after thetvdb.com site changes
Fix player controller UI layout issues on tablets
Update thetvdb-java to version 2.2.0

Changes

v4.21 Google Play release - 2019-12-08

Faster AndroidTV display entering application
Attempt to fix an UI glitch on Rockchip based TV boxes
Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.6 SMBv2 beta release - 2019-12-01

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1.

Fix SMBv1 guest/anonymous auth on freebox

Changes

v4.20 Google Play release - 2019-12-01

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1.

Stability enhancements

Changes

v4.18 Google Play beta release - 2019-11-22

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1.

Fix player crashing in Dutch due to translation error
Fix TV shows meta data retrieval issues due to to TheTVdb.com backend changes

Changes

v4.16 Google Play beta release - 2019-11-16

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1.

Migration to TheTVDB API v2 via thetvdb-java external library with request caching support
Target API29 disabling scoped storage for now
Indexing, scraping and file copy proper foreground notifications
Stability enhancements

Remark: this version only supports SMBv1 (rollback due to problems reported with jcifs-ng switch)

Changes

v5.3 Google play beta release - 2019-11-03

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1.

Leanback setting style for subtitles languages download
Remove systematic video background reload in VideoDetailsFragment on leadback when back from video play
Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.2 Google play beta release - 2019-10-27

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1.

Fix selection of torrent streaming download directory not selectable
Indexing, scraping and file copy proper foreground notifications
Stability enhancements

Changes

v5.1 unstable release - 2019-09-21

Unstable branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 29, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1.

Switch to jcifs-ng to support SMBv2/3
Target API29 (Android Q) and disable scoped storage for now
Fix crash entering settings on phones with cutout

Changes

v4.15 Google Play release - 2019-09-21

Testing branch: this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1.

Fix resume point update on VideoInfoActivity and auto scraping of unknown files on network shares

Changes

v4.14 Google play beta release candidate - 2019-09-15

"Not so much anymore unstable branch": this release is based on minSDK 21, targetSDK 28, AndroidX libraries, NDK-r20, ffmpeg 4.2.1.

Only switch to AudioTrack instead of openSLES to solve audio/video delay on Amlogic
Upgrade to latest version of trakt-java containing NVP upstreamed contribution
Add support for codepade 28606 - Latin-10 or South-Eastern European for subs

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