Prysm v1.4.0

Prysm v1.4.0 — Release Notes

New Features

VLC Player Engine

• Added VLC fallback player engine with per-channel support
• Added improved compatibility through updated VLC dependencies

Stream Quality Selection

• Added DASH quality selection support
• Added Smooth Streaming quality selection support

Background Playback

• Added Background Play setting for greater playback control
• Added toast notification when background play is unavailable with VLC

Improvements

TV Experience

• Complete D-pad navigation overhaul for Android TV
• Added visible focus indicators across player controls
• Added D-pad seeking support
• Improved remote navigation consistency throughout the player

Playback & Streaming

• Improved NextPVR compatibility
• Added MIME type detection for streams
• Added User-Agent handling for improved provider compatibility
• Improved playlist import reliability with native networking fallbacks

Background Audio

• Reworked background playback architecture
• Improved background audio state synchronization
• Improved handling of playback when app state changes

App Updates

• Improved APK download, cleanup, and installation flow
• Improved update installation reliability

Fixes

Stability & Crashes

• Fixed unsafe asynchronous native cleanup calls
• Fixed lifecycle-related crashes during playback transitions

Miscellaneous

• Fixed playlist import failures on clean installs
• Fixed updater installation issues on Android
• Fixed player registration bugs
• Fixed various Kotlin compilation and Android build issues
• Fixed multiple UI and playback edge cases

Full Changelog: v1.3.1...v1.4.0

Prysm v1.3.1

Prysm v1.3.1 — Release Notes

Improvements

Updates & Feedback

• Added alert when checking for updates and already on the latest version

Settings

• Developer row in settings now opens the GitHub profile directly

Fixes

Playback

• Fixed an issue where Picture-in-Picture (PiP) could activate even when no video was playing

Full Changelog: v1.3.0...v1.3.1

Prysm v1.3.0

Prysm v1.3.0 — Release Notes

New Features

Updates & System

• Added in-app update checker with GitHub releases integration

Playback & Controls

• Added draggable seek bar with preview tooltip for both VOD and live streams
• Auto-enter Picture-in-Picture (PiP) on app minimize (mobile)

Improvements

TV Experience

• Improved focus system, replaced border-based focus with background-only highlighting
• Better focus restoration when reopening the sidebar/drawer

Playlist & Streaming

• Improved playlist fetching reliability with better fallback handling
• Enhanced compatibility with providers by handling User-Agent and referrer attributes
• Improved parsing of EXTINF metadata (headers like http-user-agent, http-referrer)

Fixes

Playback & UI

• Fixed controls visibility issue before entering PiP
• Fixed issues with playlist fetching logic and native module fallbacks

Playlist Handling

• Switched to updated expo-file-system API for local playlist reading
• Removed unsupported FairPlay DRM type from channel model
• Fixed potential null issues in playlist fetching

Networking

• Fixed User-Agent handling to avoid server-side blocking

Maintenance

• Updated Expo SDK 54 dependencies to latest patch versions

Stability

• General bug fixes and performance improvements across playback and data handling

Prysm v1.2.2

Prysm v1.2.2 — Release Notes

Fixes and Improvements

Playlist Support

• Added support for PLS, XSPF, and JSON playlist formats
• Implemented automatic format detection
• Expanded file picker to accept more playlist types
• Added manual playlist refresh option in settings

DRM & Streaming

• Fixed DRM playback by attaching headers to license requests
• Added support for #EXTVLCOPT:http-origin
• Fixed VLC-style URL headers parsing
• Resolved false Widevine detection in non-DRM streams

Subtitles

• Added subtitle rendering using SubtitleView

Stability

Player Stability

• Fixed dead thread handler issues
• Resolved audio-related playback problems

Prysm v1.2.1

Prysm v1.2.1 — Release Notes

Fixes and Improvements

Playback & Controls

• Fixed control flickering caused by rapid double-tap actions
• Improved tap behavior — controls now toggle instantly without relying on the overlay Pressable

Video Rendering

• Fixed aspect ratio calculation to properly handle Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR)

Layout & UI

• Resolved display cutout (notch) issues in landscape sidebar mode

Stability

Player Stability

• Fixed potential dead thread errors by clearing the video surface before releasing ExoPlayer
  • This may resolve certain playback-related crashes and instability issues

Additional Fixes

• Allow importing files without entering a playlist name first
• Preserve DRM data and headers when storing playlist channels

Prysm v1.2.0

Prysm v1.2.0 — Release Notes

New Features

• Native Video Player: Replaced Expo video with a fully native Kotlin ExoPlayer (Media3) implementation.
• Background Playback: Continue audio playback when the app is in the background.
• Picture-in-Picture (PiP): Added PiP support with improved playback behavior.
• Audio & Subtitle Controls: Native track selection for audio and subtitles.
• Playback Progress Bar: Added native progress tracking and seeking.
• System Media Metadata: Show current playback info in system notifications.
• Channel Logo Caching: Download and serve channel logos locally via FileProvider.

Android TV Improvements

• Launcher Integration Rewrite: Rebuilt TV launcher channels using ContentResolver.
• Navigation Enhancements: Improved navigation across playlists, categories, and modals.
• Favorites Handling: Fixed syncing and improved long-press favorite behavior.
• Focus Fixes: Improved focus borders and scrolling behavior.
• react-native-tvos Integration: Fixed API issues and improved stability.

Fixes and Improvements

• Playback Fixes:

  • Fixed missing audio in AC3/EAC3 streams and radio channels

• Video Rendering Fixes:

  • Fixed video stretching and rotation issues
  • Fixed aspect ratio handling and alignment
  • Wired native resize mode correctly

Other Fixes

• Playlist Fixes:

  • Fixed duplicate playlists during auto-refresh
  • Fixed categories being truncated after restart

• UI Fixes:

  • Fixed focus border tearing on TV

Performance Optimizations

• Optimized rendering and scrolling behavior.
• General codebase cleanup after native player migration.

Prysm v1.1.1

Prysm v1.1.1 — Release Notes

New Features

• Android TV Favourites Integration: Favourite channels can now be published to the Android TV home screen using TvProvider for quicker access.

Fixes and Improvements

• HTTP Stream Support Fix: Added network security configuration to allow cleartext traffic, improving compatibility with HTTP-based streams that previously failed to play.

Prysm v1.1.0

Prysm v1.1.0 — Release Notes

New Features

• Network Stream Support: Play network streams directly in the app.
• Long-Press Favorite Toggle: Toggle favorites via long press on both TV and mobile devices.

Fixes and Improvements

• Keyboard Handling: Inputs now stay visible above the keyboard using KeyboardAwareScrollView.
• Infinite Recursion Fix: Resolved an infinite recursion issue in resetControlsTimeout.

Other Fixes

• TV FlashList Fix: Prevent blank items during fast scroll on TV devices.
• Controls Visibility: Improved logic for control visibility and timeout on TV devices.
• Android TV Native Video Controls: Enabled native video controls for Android TV.
• Layering and Style Fixes: Added zIndex and elevation to improve control layering in AdvancedVideoPlayer.
• Navigation Behavior Fix: Replaced navigation.push with navigation.replace for channel selection in PlayerScreen.
• Performance Optimizations: Added memoization and useCallback in AdvancedVideoPlayer and PlayerScreen for smoother performance.

Prysm v1.0.0 — Initial Release

Add README and initial screenshots for Prysm IPTV player