Channels: Whole Home DVR Hack 5.6.5 + Redeem Codes

• FIXED: Top Shelf was not working on Apple TV

• NEW: YouTube URLs are now supported for Trailer URLs for movies
• IMPROVED: Better support for .strm imports with missing metadata
• IMPROVED: Updated image loading and caching backend
• IMPROVED: Movie posters are now fully visible in On Now
• IMPROVED: TV shows with non-standard art sizes are now displayed better
• IMPROVED: Switching between multiple At Home DVR servers is now simpler
• IMPROVED: Major changes to all views that list items vertically
• IMPROVED: Movies, TV Shows, and Collections without art now have a titled placeholder instead of the logo placeholder
• IMPROVED: Trailer buttons are now available on mobile
• IMPROVED: Fix UI hitches that can happen when remote streaming Live TV with a large buffer
• FIXED: Movie extras and trailers were not playing back remotely appropriately
• FIXED: Away From Home would sometimes connect to the last used manual or locally discovered DVR instead of the correct remote DVR
• FIXED: Crash that can happen on the Apple TV when connecting to a DVR
• FIXED: Guide was using AM/PM when 24 hour time was used

• NEW: Support for stream links for live Custom Channels
• IMPROVED: Performance with large numbers of recordings
• IMPROVED: UI performance of viewing guide
• IMPROVED: Error messages when tuning fails and live TV streams disconnect
• FIXED: Server Side Sources and Inherit Source Priority settings were not working reliably

• IMPROVED: Performance improvements for large libraries
• IMPROVED: UI performance when using HLS
• IMPROVED: Performance optimizations for non-DVR uses
• IMPROVED: Performance of guide viewing
• IMPROVED: Performance improvements when connecting to a remote DVR
• FIXED: Make Harmony Remote Windows Keyboard Delete key trigger Jump To Last Channel
• FIXED: Server side source ordering was not working properly
• FIXED: New recordings would not always be shown in the show listing when coming back from the background
• FIXED: Momentary display of incorrect error message when searching
• FIXED: ATSC3 slow tuning issues
• FIXED: PIP window gets bumped up on video player due to timeline
• FIXED: Unusual crashes

• FIXED: Seeking could cause playback to restart with certain recordings when Home Streaming is enabled
• IMPROVED: Small performance improvement

• NEW: Downloading now works over cellular data. Use Settings to enable it.
• NEW: Downloads can now optionally use lower qualities to save space. Use Settings to adjust it.
• NEW: Optionally force video delivery to use Streaming (HLS) or Direct (default) when using original quality
• NEW: Spoiler Free mode: Hide episode images while browsing so that they do not spoil anything
• IMPROVED: Performance of UI with large libraries
• IMPROVED: UI performance across the app, including when downloads are downloading
• IMPROVED: Error message when HDHR disconnects due to signal issues
• FIXED: Downloaded watched items would not start from the beginning when played again while device was offline
• FIXED: Virtual channels could start at the wrong place if episode/movie had been previously partially watched
• FIXED: Don't display an error when specifying a URL with a trailing slash At Home
• FIXED: Laggy issues when using HDHR guide data
• FIXED: Guide view would sometimes have missing show blocks in the middle

• IMPROVED: PIP on iOS now properly pauses and unpauses when other system video playback interrupts it
• IMPROVED: Seeking behavior with wireless speakers when using default audio driver
• IMPROVED: Error message when remote stream fails
• FIXED: Crash that could happen when watching OTA with reception issues
• FIXED: Original quality playback will now work over cellular for DVRs without a transcoder available
• FIXED: Subtitles were not playing for some mp4 imports using mov_text
• FIXED: Crash when enabling View Stats during stream load
• FIXED: Guide would sometimes not load properly when re-opening app

• IMPROVED: Update the recording progress when viewing a list of episodes
• FIXED: Crasher when deleting recordings
• FIXED: Crash that could happen when finishing watching video while using Experimental audio driver
• FIXED: Crash that can happen with corrupted video
• UPDATED: Internal dependencies

• NEW: Setting to disable recording features
• IMPROVED: Major US Sport Leagues will now group their recordings by day
• IMPROVED: Better utilization of bandwidth while streaming can lead to better quality
• IMPROVED: Audio that was interrupted by another app while watching in PIP will be restored when leaving PIP or pressing play
• IMPROVED: Better cache handling of streaming large files over HLS
• FIXED: Some icons were not showing up in some views
• FIXED: Long delay that could happen after exiting from Live TV depending on the size of the buffer
• FIXED: Unusual crash that can happen when watching Virtual Channels
• FIXED: Remote viewing crash that could happen when watching some imported content
• FIXED: Crash that could happen when managing passes
• FIXED: Crash that could happen after running Test Surround Sound
• FIXED: Crash that could happen when viewing streaming settings

• NEW: Support added for custom thumbnails on Recordings and Videos
• IMPROVED: Responsiveness of scrolling to the future on the guide by reducing memory usage
• IMPROVED: When a DVR has limited available sources for a client, the client will still be able to use local HDHomeRun devices that aren’t registered to the DVR
• FIXED: Switching filters on the guide could sometimes not update guide data
• FIXED: Channel logo only presentation was incorrect on tvOS
• FIXED: Crash that could happen when deleting recordings on iOS
• FIXED: Sometimes the show description in the guide view would display the wrong show when scrolling quickly
• FIXED: Top Shelf’s Up Next wasn’t respecting label block/allow lists
• FIXED: Cursor would select wrong item when moving between Manage Sources screens on tvOS
• FIXED: Various infrequent crashes

FIXED: Some TV shows set to Watch Newest First were not displaying all of their recordings.

• NEW: App now requires a minimum of iOS/tvOS 15
• NEW: Channels for iPhone/iPad will automatically go into PIP mode when task switching while watching a video
• NEW: Support for Server Side Setting of Source availability
• NEW: Support for keywords for Automatic Channels in Channel Collections
• IMPROVED: Playback over unstable connections like Starlink
• IMPROVED: Handling of downloading in-progress recordings
• IMPROVED: Experimental audio driver workarounds to reduce HomePod playback glitches
• IMPROVED: Search is now an option on tvOS in Kids Only Mode
• IMPROVED: iPad app on Apple Silicon Mac
• FIXED: Player controls were not working when using an external screen
• FIXED: Remote streaming of Live TV could prematurely end with error when switching bitrates
• FIXED: Seeking would hang when watching MKV recordings at Original quality while remote
• FIXED: After using PIP, the Now Playing in Control Center would stop working
• FIXED: Channels managing was missing from iOS channel context menu (Add to Favorites, Hide Channel)
• FIXED: Crash when deleting recordings
• FIXED: Prevent display of confusing “context canceled” error message

Performance improvements

FIXED: Connecting to DVR servers using their Tailscale IPs was not working in some cases
FIXED: Scrubbing the timeline with Siri Remote was not working correctly
FIXED: Re-selecting virtual channel was not popping out of PIP mode
FIXED: Player will switch to Linear deinterlacing automatically when entering PIP to avoid broken playback on interlaced channels
FIXED: Quick Guide progress bars were incorrect on virtual channels
FIXED: Starting stream while away from home could lag for several seconds while previous caches were being deleted
FIXED: Several crashes

• IMPROVED: Support for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max
• IMPROVED: Better handling of timeline while in audio only mode on iOS
• IMPROVED: Better handling of Start From Beginning button on iOS
• FIXED: Search was broken when editing your query


** New in version 5.5.1 **

• FIXED: Some channels were causing framedrops


** New in version 5.5.0 **

• NEW: New options to define what happens when you tune into a Virtual Channel: Start Live, Start From Beginning, Ask, or the new inline Start From Beginning -utton
• NEW: New resume option for resuming recordings: In Player Prompt - This will auto resume your recording, with a button then offering you the ability to start -rom the beginning.
• NEW: Settings added to decide if the Timeline should show when seeking. Set it specifically for Movies, Sports, and everything else.
• NEW: Future Virtual Channel airings on the Guide now offer a Watch button which tunes into the channel starting at that point.
• NEW: Rename what the client is displayed as. Edit the name in the app or in your Channels DVR Server web admin. Settings > General > Display Name
• NEW: Added Recently Watched to the All TV Shows view
• NEW: Watch > Random - Channels will choose a random episode of a show and play continuously in order
• NEW: Refresh Metadata option available for recordings/movies in context menu
• NEW: Hide or allow specific movies or TV shows by labels from the server
• NEW: Hardware is now the default mode under Settings > Playback > Advanced > Deinterlacing Mode
• NEW: The experimental video driver is now the default. The previous default has been renamed to Legacy.

• IMPROVED: Virtual Channel will advance to next episode when fast-forwarding past the end of the current airing
• IMPROVED: The Quick Guide will match the currently playing airing when the channel has been timeshifted
• IMPROVED: When switching playback speed, the current setting is focused by default and checked
• IMPROVED: Virtual channels will not cause the timeline to appear when switching to next airing
• IMPROVED: Use the Play button on your TV remote to launch player immediately when focused on a future Virtual Channel guide airing
• IMPROVED: Pressing play when playback has failed while watching Live TV causes the connection to be re-established
• IMPROVED: Player controls no longer appear when seeking with the keyboard on an iPad
• IMPROVED: API for channel up/down will now page up/down on the guide, to allow custom API based remote controls to function the same way as bluetooth and IR remotes
• IMPROVED: Support WMA audio

• FIXED: Duration wasn’t showing for Movies
• FIXED: Sidebar would animate funny when re-opening the app
• FIXED: Guide would not focus on the correct channel while using Picture in PictureFIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: Match Content for Live TV setting was not available for non DVR users
• FIXED: Videos were showing in the Enhanced Browsing TV section under Recently Watched and Recently Aired
• FIXED: Clicking back in the Resume dialog was not working
• FIXED: In-progress recordings were able to be played faster than 1x
• FIXED: Scrubbing towards end of episode would be interrupted by Watch Next button
• FIXED: Player controls could not be immediatly dismissed after seeking on iOS
• FIXED: Screensaver would never appear after player errored out
• FIXED: Movie details could sometimes be incorrect
• FIXED: When watching a virtual channel, the Quick Guide and timeline had the wrong information about when the next airing would start
• FIXED: When pausing for a while, the program info on the Timeline would disappear
• FIXED: DVR library would fail to load if invalid strm files were present
• FIXED: Imported .strm playback was not showing duration in player timeline

• IMPROVED: Support for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max
• IMPROVED: Better handling of timeline while in audio only mode on iOS
• IMPROVED: Better handling of Start From Beginning button on iOS
• FIXED: Search was broken when editing your query


** New in version 5.5.1 **

• FIXED: Some channels were causing framedrops


** New in version 5.5.0 **

• NEW: New options to define what happens when you tune into a Virtual Channel: Start Live, Start From Beginning, Ask, or the new inline Start From Beginning -utton
• NEW: New resume option for resuming recordings: In Player Prompt - This will auto resume your recording, with a button then offering you the ability to start -rom the beginning.
• NEW: Settings added to decide if the Timeline should show when seeking. Set it specifically for Movies, Sports, and everything else.
• NEW: Future Virtual Channel airings on the Guide now offer a Watch button which tunes into the channel starting at that point.
• NEW: Rename what the client is displayed as. Edit the name in the app or in your Channels DVR Server web admin. Settings > General > Display Name
• NEW: Added Recently Watched to the All TV Shows view
• NEW: Watch > Random - Channels will choose a random episode of a show and play continuously in order
• NEW: Refresh Metadata option available for recordings/movies in context menu
• NEW: Hide or allow specific movies or TV shows by labels from the server
• NEW: Hardware is now the default mode under Settings > Playback > Advanced > Deinterlacing Mode
• NEW: The experimental video driver is now the default. The previous default has been renamed to Legacy.

• IMPROVED: Virtual Channel will advance to next episode when fast-forwarding past the end of the current airing
• IMPROVED: The Quick Guide will match the currently playing airing when the channel has been timeshifted
• IMPROVED: When switching playback speed, the current setting is focused by default and checked
• IMPROVED: Virtual channels will not cause the timeline to appear when switching to next airing
• IMPROVED: Use the Play button on your TV remote to launch player immediately when focused on a future Virtual Channel guide airing
• IMPROVED: Pressing play when playback has failed while watching Live TV causes the connection to be re-established
• IMPROVED: Player controls no longer appear when seeking with the keyboard on an iPad
• IMPROVED: API for channel up/down will now page up/down on the guide, to allow custom API based remote controls to function the same way as bluetooth and IR remotes
• IMPROVED: Support WMA audio

• FIXED: Duration wasn’t showing for Movies
• FIXED: Sidebar would animate funny when re-opening the app
• FIXED: Guide would not focus on the correct channel while using Picture in PictureFIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: Match Content for Live TV setting was not available for non DVR users
• FIXED: Videos were showing in the Enhanced Browsing TV section under Recently Watched and Recently Aired
• FIXED: Clicking back in the Resume dialog was not working
• FIXED: In-progress recordings were able to be played faster than 1x
• FIXED: Scrubbing towards end of episode would be interrupted by Watch Next button
• FIXED: Player controls could not be immediatly dismissed after seeking on iOS
• FIXED: Screensaver would never appear after player errored out
• FIXED: Movie details could sometimes be incorrect
• FIXED: When watching a virtual channel, the Quick Guide and timeline had the wrong information about when the next airing would start
• FIXED: When pausing for a while, the program info on the Timeline would disappear
• FIXED: DVR library would fail to load if invalid strm files were present
• FIXED: Imported .strm playback was not showing duration in player timeline

• NEW: New options to define what happens when you tune into a Virtual Channel: Start Live, Start From Beginning, Ask, or the new inline Start From Beginning -utton
• NEW: New resume option for resuming recordings: In Player Prompt - This will auto resume your recording, with a button then offering you the ability to start -rom the beginning.
• NEW: Settings added to decide if the Timeline should show when seeking. Set it specifically for Movies, Sports, and everything else.
• NEW: Future Virtual Channel airings on the Guide now offer a Watch button which tunes into the channel starting at that point.
• NEW: Rename what the client is displayed as. Edit the name in the app or in your Channels DVR Server web admin. Settings > General > Display Name
• NEW: Added Recently Watched to the All TV Shows view
• NEW: Watch > Random - Channels will choose a random episode of a show and play continuously in order
• NEW: Refresh Metadata option available for recordings/movies in context menu
• NEW: Hide or allow specific movies or TV shows by labels from the server
• NEW: Hardware is now the default mode under Settings > Playback > Advanced > Deinterlacing Mode
• NEW: The experimental video driver is now the default. The previous default has been renamed to Legacy.
• IMPROVED: Virtual Channel will advance to next episode when fast-forwarding past the end of the current airing
• IMPROVED: The Quick Guide will match the currently playing airing when the channel has been timeshifted
• IMPROVED: When switching playback speed, the current setting is focused by default and checked
• IMPROVED: Virtual channels will not cause the timeline to appear when switching to next airing
• IMPROVED: Use the Play button on your TV remote to launch player immediately when focused on a future Virtual Channel guide airing
• IMPROVED: Pressing play when playback has failed while watching Live TV causes the connection to be re-established
• IMPROVED: Player controls no longer appear when seeking with the keyboard on an iPad
• IMPROVED: API for channel up/down will now page up/down on the guide, to allow custom API based remote controls to function the same way as bluetooth and IR remotes
• IMPROVED: Support WMA audio
• FIXED: Duration wasn’t showing for Movies
• FIXED: Sidebar would animate funny when re-opening the app
• FIXED: Guide would not focus on the correct channel while using Picture in PictureFIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: On Later on iOS would not render correctly randomly
• FIXED: Match Content for Live TV setting was not available for non DVR users
• FIXED: Videos were showing in the Enhanced Browsing TV section under Recently Watched and Recently Aired
• FIXED: Clicking back in the Resume dialog was not working
• FIXED: In-progress recordings were able to be played faster than 1x
• FIXED: Scrubbing towards end of episode would be interrupted by Watch Next button
• FIXED: Player controls could not be immediatly dismissed after seeking on iOS
• FIXED: Screensaver would never appear after player errored out
• FIXED: Movie details could sometimes be incorrect
• FIXED: When watching a virtual channel, the Quick Guide and timeline had the wrong information about when the next airing would start
• FIXED: When pausing for a while, the program info on the Timeline would disappear
• FIXED: DVR library would fail to load if invalid strm files were present
• FIXED: Imported .strm playback was not showing duration in player timeline

• NEW: View MPAA and TV ratings, and browse movies by rating in Enhanced Libary mode
• NEW: Added settings for matching content when playing trailers, Movie Virtual Channels, and TV Virtual Channels
• NEW: Jump to the previous recording from a Recording’s context menu
• NEW: Option to play back channels and recordings as Audio Only. Use the context menus for content to use the Audio Only feature.
• NEW: Menu item in Downloads to manage and explore downloaded shows
• IMPROVED: Timeline works better with video Extras like trailers
• IMPROVED: Error messages when remote streaming fails
• IMPROVED: Adaptive Bitrate algorithm for Remote Streaming has been updated for less buffering and higher quality
• IMPROVED: Remote streaming reliability when pausing for a long time or disk space is low
• IMPROVED: Support for Opus audio
• FIXED: Last image from previously playback session is no longer showed when starting playback
• FIXED: Seeking multiple times when watching remotely would sometimes jump backward
• FIXED: Timeline would stop updating when seeking after pause while watching Live TV

• IMPROVED: Remote streaming over congested networks
• FIXED: Use optimal connection type when VPN is enabled over Cellular
• FIXED: Watching Live TV remotely could fail with an error after watching for over an hour on an unstable network connection
• FIXED: Flash of red sometimes shown when switching sections

Offline Downloads are here.

Download anything from your Channels library directly to your device to watch offline. All of your offline watch history will be synced with your Channels library.

• NEW: Download your movies and TV shows directly to your device and watch offline
• IMPROVED: compatibility with ATSC 3
• IMPROVED: Remote streaming behavior with an unstable connection
• FIXED: Remote playback would not use adaptive bitrate for Live TV on first playback after app launch
• FIXED: Memory leak causing app to crash during playback
• FIXED: Infrequent crash when leaving app when subtitles are on
• FIXED: Other random crashers

Major stability improvements

• NEW: Import home movies, concerts, or other video types right next to your Movies and TV Shows with the new Videos section
• NEW: Set a TV Show’s Playback Speed to watch it at that speed every time
• NEW: Mark episodes as favorites
• IMPROVED: Search now uses the modern server side search for library results
• IMPROVED: Search now presents episode results from your library
• IMPROVED: Use - instead of . when entering OTA channel numbers with sofabaton remote
• IMPROVED: Improved presentation of Custom Channels
• FIXED: Last channel watched was not being focused in Guide
• FIXED: Arrow keys were not working for seeking in iOS
• FIXED: On Later for a channel would randomly appear empty on iOS
• FIXED: Tapping virtual channel logo on the guide was showing - On Later view
• FIXED: Force touch channel logo on the guide was not showing context menu
• FIXED: Player stall on some PRIME cable - recordings when skipping commercials

- NEW: Add Library Collections to the sidebar
- IMPROVED: Show error message on screen when a recording fails to play
- IMPROVED: Guide data from some XMLTV sources would incorrectly show today's date on every program
- FIXED: On Later on iPhone would sometimes appear empty
- FIXED: Force touch context menu was not working on channel logos in the Guide
- FIXED: Playback stall issue after commercial skip when using Experimental audio driver
- FIXED: Recordings view on iPhone would show Live/New next to every single recording
- FIXED: Some rare crashes in the app

NEW: Browse the Winter Olympics in On Later
IMPROVED: Diagnostics
FIXED: Arrow keys were not working for seeking
FIXED: Player stall going into commercials on some cable (HDHomeRun PRIME) feeds

FIXED: Auto Play was not automatically playing the next episode correctly.