K7 v1.9.0

Highlights

• Android TV playback: smoother Direct Play (HDMI frame rate matching, Dolby Vision as HDR10 by default, fewer HEVC drops) and automatic remux/transcode if the file cannot start.
• Playback settings: per-device audio passthrough, plus on Android TV buffer size, AFR, and Dolby Vision. Admins can show a live stats HUD (stream decision, HDMI Hz, dropped frames, buffer).
• Web and phone: browsers on Windows remux HLS like other web clients. Phone overlay tap and subtitle size are restored.

Changes

Features

• feat(server): capture video frame rate for stream timing
• feat(server): surface stream decision + timing on sessions
• feat(server): video decoder profile and audio passthrough matching
• feat(player): tuned android exoplayer (offload, buffer, state, decoder fallback)
• feat(player): dolby vision decode policy on android tv
• feat(player): hdmi auto frame rate matching
• feat(player): native playback stats hud
• feat(player): direct play start failure recovery
• feat(settings): video/audio playback settings (afr, dv, buffer, stats, audio experience)

Bug Fixes

• fix(music): preserve local album art when generating picture variants (#59)
• fix(android): restore native overlay tap on phone
• fix(android): scale phone subtitle cues in sp
• fix(docker): probe /alive so health follows kestrel
• fix(player): stop periodic hevc frame drops on android tv
• fix(player): apply direct play speed by dropping audio offload while speeding
• fix(player): subtitle style
• fix(player): remux hls for web browsers on windows

Documentation

• docs(player): document android tv playback pipeline and fixes

Miscellaneous

• refactor(player): web/blazor video player wiring

Artifacts

• Docker: ghcr.io/kaybi-gh/k7:1.9.0
• Android: K7-1.9.0-android.apk
• Windows: K7-1.9.0-win-x64.zip

New contributors

• @mandave98 made their first contribution in #59