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