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Airclone v0.23.0 — search subfolders, and a player that plays more

Two things people asked for: finding a file without knowing which folder it is
in, and playing the films and music they actually have, with the audio track
and subtitles they want. Both work with a TV remote as well as a mouse or a
finger.

Search this folder, or every folder under it

Every file pane now has one search box. It searches this folder as you
type, matching every word you enter anywhere in the name. One step more —
the Subfolders switch, the Search subfolders for "…" line under the
results, or Ctrl+Shift+F — searches the whole folder tree below.

The first subfolder search reads the tree once (you can cancel it), then
narrows instantly as you keep typing. Each result shows the folder it lives
in, and Show in folder takes you there. Back steps out of the results,
then out of the search. This replaces the old Search dialog and the separate
filter box.

The player: pick the audio and the subtitles

  • Audio and subtitle pickers on every device: a button in the controls on
    a phone or computer, and a panel the remote can reach on a TV. Each track
    shows its language, channels and format, so two English tracks are easy to
    tell apart.
  • Subtitle files next to the video load by themselves — film.en.srt,
    film.de.srt, .ass, .ssa, .vtt — and are labelled as external.
  • A film whose first audio track can't be played on this device switches
    to the next one
    and tells you, instead of refusing to play. On Android
    this is mostly Dolby TrueHD.
  • On a TV, subtitles are large and move above the controls while the
    controls are showing.

Plays more of what you have

Blu-ray and camcorder .m2ts / .mts, DVD .vob, .ogv, .3gp, .divx,
.f4v, .mk3d, and audio in .ape, .wv, .tta, .mpc, .aiff, .dsf,
.mka, .m4b, .ac3 and .dts now open in the built-in player. A file it
cannot play says so, with Open in another app — that is also the answer
for re-encoding: Airclone plays files as they are and does not transcode.

A better TV remote experience in the player

  • BACK closes what is open — the track panel, then the controls, then the
    film — one step per press. On Android 16 one press used to do two.
  • Pausing keeps the controls up; moving along them no longer lets them
    disappear halfway.
  • Focus no longer goes missing after Previous / Next, or when moving right
    from Play on the last file of a folder.

Notes

  • Windows builds are signed (Azure Artifact Signing, OV-class — SmartScreen
    may still warn until the certificate builds reputation). macOS builds are
    signed and notarized with a Developer ID.
  • Styled (ASS) subtitles show as plain text, and picture-based subtitles
    from DVD and Blu-ray rips (PGS, VobSub) are listed but can't be shown yet.
  • Not played in the app: MXF, RealMedia (.rm, .rmvb) and bare .eac3
    files — use Open in another app. E-AC-3 audio inside MKV and MP4 plays.
  • For maintainers: Settings → Diagnostics → Media capabilities (Advanced
    mode) lists what this device's player can open.
  • Store versions follow on each store's own schedule.