* Fixed sanitizing url scheme batch and provder
* local date in Stream history
* Fixed EPG programme time display to render in local timezone for improved readability.
* Improved stream history date range filtering to accurately use local date boundaries.
* Enhanced credential sanitization for stream URLs to properly mask sensitive information.
* Fix EPG path selection for mixed Xtream/M3U targets
* Fix EPG selection and complete Xtream series_info for input/custom requests
* Add configurable interner GC tuning
* Sorce ordinal by category and channel index
* Parsing UserApiRequest from request body or query
* CSS stylings
* media tools refactoring
* xtream info parsing now number/string fields
* - Refactored Shared-Stream hot path from Arc<Bytes> to Bytes (leveraging internal reference counting).
- Switched Metadata Trigger deduplication from Arc<Mutex<HashSet<_>>> to Arc<DashSet<_>> to reduce lock contention.
- Eliminated expensive key cloning in the InputMetadataUpdatesCompleted handler.
- Changed active_target_inputs to HashSet<Arc<str>> to avoid per-event to_string() allocations.
- Implemented bounded Cleanup-Queue (switched from unbounded to mpsc::channel(4096)) with a dedicated overflow path (try_send + async flush) to prevent uncontrolled memory growth.
- Optimized by_provider storage by switching from Vec<(addr, alloc_id)> to HashSet<(addr, alloc_id)>, reducing removal complexity from $O(n)$ to $O(1)$ average.
- Optimized ActiveConnectionInfo data layout by reordering fields (large fields first) to minimize padding and improve cache efficiency.
* Improve shared-stream reliability and align docs
- make shared connection registration fallible with rollback on failure
- guard shared broadcaster startup behind successful subscription
- optimize shared stream/provider key maps to Arc<str>
- add Tokio macros feature for runtime and dev dependencies
- harden build_resources.sh with fail-fast ffmpeg error handling
- clarify StreamError display messages with variant context
- sync README stream/custom-response sections with current behavior
* low_priority_preempted stream
* Keep custom TS timestamps monotonic across loops
- advance timestamp offset by stream duration on buffer wrap
- avoid resetting PTS/DTS to zero each cycle
- prevents players from treating looped custom streams as ended/corrupt
* low_priority_preemption custom video stream fix
* inc_version uses now main toml file
* Fixed some coderabbit issues
* No template file not found error message
* Setup wizard improvmenets
* path improvements
* staged input fix
* path improvements
* Provider dns resolved ips now writing to a file instead of source.yml
* Playlist update hard kill after 1h
* matadata update tmdb fix
* Web UI fixes
* GeoIp update schedule
* batch:// prefix for aliases
* fix: log resolved request URLs instead of provider scheme
* fix: resolve provider log URLs only when sanitization is enabled
* fix: trigger provider failover on http 407
* fix: documentation for provider failover trigger
* moved resolve url into debug statement to avoid building it when log level i not debug
Fixed m3u playlist with provider_config persistence as text file
Added probe_delay input option (default 2s); stream probing renamed “Stream Probing” and now covers live, VOD and series as a low‑priority background task.
**Description:**
This PR introduces a major overhaul of how streams are analyzed and connections are managed. It integrates `ffprobe` for deep stream analysis, adds a background task queue for metadata resolution to prevent UI blocking, introduces a connection priority system, and adds support for Live TV probing.
### 🚀 Key Features
* **FFprobe Integration & Live TV Probing**:
* Automatically probes streams (VOD/Series **and now Live TV**) to determine resolution, codecs (HEVC/AV1), dynamic range (HDR/DV), bit depth, and audio channels.
* **Safe Probing**: Probing strictly respects the provider's `max_connections` limit.
* Docker images now include static `ffmpeg/ffprobe` binaries.
* **Smart Connection Management (Priority System)**:
* Introduced a priority system for connections to manage provider limits intelligently.
* **Preemption**: Users with higher priority can preempt (kick) lower priority connections when provider slots are full.
* **Background Queue**: Metadata resolution and stream analysis run as background tasks (Priority 0). They only run when connection slots are idle and yield immediately if a real user needs to stream.
* **Enhanced Metadata Resolution**:
* **Fallback Logic**: If a provider is missing the TMDB ID or Release Date, the system resolves them via the TMDB API.
* **Smart Title Cleaning**: Implemented a centralized cleaner to strip common IPTV prefixes before attempting metadata matches or generating filenames, significantly improving match rates.
* **Improved Output**:
* **Quality Tags**: Filenames in STRM files now include detailed tags (e.g., `Movie - [4K HEVC HDR].strm`).
* **Flat Grouping**: `flat: true` now correctly groups multi-version movies into single folders based on TMDB ID.
* **Global Series Date**: Ensures consistent series folder naming even if episodes have different years.
New Features
- Automatic provider failover & rotation across multiple provider URLs with a provider:// scheme and capped retries
- Configurable failover redirect patterns to influence retry/failover behavior
UI
- New interface to view and edit failover redirect patterns in reverse proxy configuration
- Expanded docs covering Provider Failover & Rotation and enriched messaging templating
Reliability
- Improved URL resolution, error reporting and logging for more robust provider handling
Aliases can now be individually enabled or disabled to manage active sources.
Bug Fixes
Improved channel identification accuracy in XMLTV outputs.
Style
Disabled aliases display with strikethrough text for better visibility.
New Features
Aliases can now be individually enabled or disabled to manage active sources.
Bug Fixes
Improved channel identification accuracy in XMLTV outputs.
Style
Disabled aliases display with strikethrough text for better visibility.
fixed some logs, added input name
epg short response hos now no errors field
added missing fields for reverse_proxy and library config in ui
fixed button styling
* New Features
Added series information display with episodes, cast, and metadata in playlist explorer
Introduced multi-cluster playlist endpoints (live, VOD, series) for flexible content retrieval
Added series info lookup and filtering capabilities
Implemented sidebar navigation for source editor with dedicated pages (Main, Options, Staged, Advanced, Alias)
Added filter state controls (All, Selected, Deselected) for playlist category management
Enabled Trakt configuration toggle to control integration
Performance Improvements
Optimized B+Tree indexing for faster queries
Reduced startup latency with disk-based operations and optional memory caching
Improved string memory handling through efficient reference-counted strings
UI Enhancements
Enhanced playlist explorer with series details and episode grouping by season
Added new UI icons (Options, Advanced, Staging, Alias, Trakt)
Improved form layouts with toolbar controls
Enhanced radio button group styling for better visual hierarchy
* New Features
Added series information display with episodes, cast, and metadata in playlist explorer
Introduced multi-cluster playlist endpoints (live, VOD, series) for flexible content retrieval
Added series info lookup and filtering capabilities
Implemented sidebar navigation for source editor with dedicated pages (Main, Options, Staged, Advanced, Alias)
Added filter state controls (All, Selected, Deselected) for playlist category management
Enabled Trakt configuration toggle to control integration
Performance Improvements
Optimized B+Tree indexing for faster queries
Reduced startup latency with disk-based operations and optional memory caching
Improved string memory handling through efficient reference-counted strings
UI Enhancements
Enhanced playlist explorer with series details and episode grouping by season
Added new UI icons (Options, Advanced, Staging, Alias, Trakt)
Improved form layouts with toolbar controls
Enhanced radio button group styling for better visual hierarchy
* New Features
Added series information display with episodes, cast, and metadata in playlist explorer
Introduced multi-cluster playlist endpoints (live, VOD, series) for flexible content retrieval
Added series info lookup and filtering capabilities
Implemented sidebar navigation for source editor with dedicated pages (Main, Options, Staged, Advanced, Alias)
Added filter state controls (All, Selected, Deselected) for playlist category management
Enabled Trakt configuration toggle to control integration
Performance Improvements
Optimized B+Tree indexing for faster queries
Reduced startup latency with disk-based operations and optional memory caching
Improved string memory handling through efficient reference-counted strings
UI Enhancements
Enhanced playlist explorer with series details and episode grouping by season
Added new UI icons (Options, Advanced, Staging, Alias, Trakt)
Improved form layouts with toolbar controls
Enhanced radio button group styling for better visual hierarchy
* New Features
Added series information display with episodes, cast, and metadata in playlist explorer
Introduced multi-cluster playlist endpoints (live, VOD, series) for flexible content retrieval
Added series info lookup and filtering capabilities
Implemented sidebar navigation for source editor with dedicated pages (Main, Options, Staged, Advanced, Alias)
Added filter state controls (All, Selected, Deselected) for playlist category management
Enabled Trakt configuration toggle to control integration
Performance Improvements
Optimized B+Tree indexing for faster queries
Reduced startup latency with disk-based operations and optional memory caching
Improved string memory handling through efficient reference-counted strings
UI Enhancements
Enhanced playlist explorer with series details and episode grouping by season
Added new UI icons (Options, Advanced, Staging, Alias, Trakt)
Improved form layouts with toolbar controls
Enhanced radio button group styling for better visual hierarchy
An optimization has been introduced to reduce memory consumption during playlist updates.
Overview
Previously, provider playlists were fully loaded into memory during the update process. For large playlists (e.g. hundreds of thousands of entries or multiple providers), this could result in significant RAM usage.
With the new implementation, it is now possible to optionally read provider playlists directly from disk instead of keeping them entirely in memory.
How It Works
- users can configure whether:
- Provider playlists are loaded into memory (previous behavior), or
- Provider playlists are streamed to/from disk to minimize RAM usage.
Processing remains sequential and batch-based, ensuring identical functional behavior.
This approach significantly lowers peak memory usage, especially on systems with limited resources.
Benefits
- Reduced peak RAM consumption during playlist updates
- Better scalability for large playlists and multiple providers
- Full backward compatibility
Trade-offs / Drawbacks
- Increased processing time due to reduced in-memory caching
- Higher disk I/O usage, especially for large or fragmented playlists
- Performance depends more strongly on disk speed (Nvme SSD, HDD)
- Slightly increased CPU overhead due to repeated parsing and deserialization
- Not optimal for environments where fast updates are more important than memory usage
Recommendation
- Use in-memory mode for systems with sufficient RAM and a focus on update speed
- Use disk-based mode for large playlists, multiple providers, or memory-constrained environments
An optimization has been introduced to reduce memory consumption during playlist updates.
Overview
Previously, provider playlists were fully loaded into memory during the update process. For large playlists (e.g. hundreds of thousands of entries or multiple providers), this could result in significant RAM usage.
With the new implementation, it is now possible to optionally read provider playlists directly from disk instead of keeping them entirely in memory.
How It Works
- users can configure whether:
- Provider playlists are loaded into memory (previous behavior), or
- Provider playlists are streamed to/from disk to minimize RAM usage.
Processing remains sequential and batch-based, ensuring identical functional behavior.
This approach significantly lowers peak memory usage, especially on systems with limited resources.
Benefits
- Reduced peak RAM consumption during playlist updates
- Better scalability for large playlists and multiple providers
- Full backward compatibility
Trade-offs / Drawbacks
- Increased processing time due to reduced in-memory caching
- Higher disk I/O usage, especially for large or fragmented playlists
- Performance depends more strongly on disk speed (Nvme SSD, HDD)
- Slightly increased CPU overhead due to repeated parsing and deserialization
- Not optimal for environments where fast updates are more important than memory usage
Recommendation
- Use in-memory mode for systems with sufficient RAM and a focus on update speed
- Use disk-based mode for large playlists, multiple providers, or memory-constrained environments
