* Fixed issues with probe and resolve tasks
* hls and catchup session fixes
* fixed problem with grace and shared stream
- added fix for missing episode title
* - 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
* Optimized build
* timeout secs for custom video response
* init custom video timeout on mode switch
* terminate immediately when custom video buffer is missing
* add provisioning missing-custom timeout regression test
* add missing-custom termination tests for all custom modes
* fix ts continuity handling for discontinuity and adaptation-only packets
* fix ts loop duration estimation to use min/max timestamps
* harden pes timestamp patching and normalize pid cc sequence
* Resource ffmpeg creation without B-Frames and short GOPs
* Discontinuity patch for transport stream buffer
* grace hold stream is now default true
* streaming fixes
* user connection priority over all aliases
* active client stream priority preemption
* Fixed paths override in read config
* Added custom video stream timeout settings
* Scheduler fix
* 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
New Features
Background probing for Live streams with configurable interval; new input options to trigger probing and toggle background resolution.
Configuration Changes
metadata_update reorganized into grouped sections: log, resolve, probe, ffprobe, tmdb.
FFprobe controls moved under ffprobe.* and now require explicit time/size units; new live ffprobe settings.
Added metadata_update.tmdb.cooldown (default 7d) and grouped TMDB settings.
Bug Fixes
TMDB no-match cooldown to prevent endless requeues.
Documentation
README and UI help updated to reflect grouped metadata_update fields and explanations.
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.
Schedule Local library scan
New Features
Scheduler now supports Local Library scans alongside playlist updates; schedules can trigger either task type.
Each schedule can specify a Type: PlaylistUpdate or LibraryScan (defaults to PlaylistUpdate).
UI
Schedule editor: new Type selector and TYPE column; Targets field shown only for PlaylistUpdate.
* Fix all markdownlint errors on README.md
* Add markdownlint to ci and makefile
* Fix all markdownlint errors on CHANGELOG.md
* Fix all markdownlint errors on CONTRIBUTING.md
* Fix all markdownlint errors on TODO.md
* Fix all markdownlint errors on docker/README.md
* Fix all markdownlint errors on docker/debug/HOWTO.md
* Fix all markdownlint errors on .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
* Remove TODO.md
**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
* Fixed series sort issues
* Playlist explorer copy to clipboard functons implemented
* Epg time fix
* grace period hold stream option added.
* Fixed group and mapper normalization
* Image cache validity for browsers set to 4 hours. Responding now last modified and cache header.
* New Features
Added for_each DSL construct for iterating over playlist item fields, with split() function support.
Added "genre" as a queryable and editable playlist item field.
Bug Fixes
Improved short EPG request handling with automatic default limits.
Fixed EPG timestamp formatting to use UTC consistently.
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
