* - 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
* 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
* fix: preserve provider dns.resolved order by provider URL sequence
* fix: preserve provider dns data on web ui source saves
* fix: keep provider source edits and dns resolved on ui save
* fix: preserve provider URLs during panel-api provisioning
* fix: prevent lost updates with config revision checks
* fix: honor disabled dns and track config context in input form
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.
Was allocating the right XC account but sometimes still storing/reusing the old base stream URL (often the first batch account) for VOD/series sessions, especially around seek/reconnect. (#605)
That caused provider/account mismatch and possible single-connection resets.
fix: set input.options defaults if input.options is none and normalize missing /live prefix for hls streams
fix: document defensive options guard in config input prepare
fix: group configinputoptions methods in one impl
fix: document fallback semantics for configinput _or flag helpers
fix: restore false fallback for missing options in flag checks
Fixed some rabbit.ai issues.
The PR standardizes and improves error handling and logging across playlist, EPG, and repository modules: it changes M3U iteration to continue on individual read errors, introduces async watcher tasks to await and log blocking-thread failures, adds temp-file cleanup and more descriptive disk/source error logs, and removes two noisy DB-viewer logs.
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.
- Add Makefile to simplify installing required tools
- Add CONTRIBUTING.md welcome new contributors
- Add fmt, lint, test tasks to makefile and update CONTRIBUTING.md
- Add CI workflow
- Log with local date
**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
