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@github-actions github-actions released this 28 Oct 22:28
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Downloads for offline playback, and a decoding choice for demanding
videos.

New

  • Downloads for offline playback: Menu → Download on a Plex or
    Jellyfin video (or Download season on a season) saves the original
    file, with the server's subtitle files, in ~/Videos/Downloaded
    (download_folder in config.ini, e.g. a folder on the microSD card).
    It shows up as a source on the start screen and plays like any local
    video, without the server. Menu → Downloads shows progress; downloads
    can be stopped, resumed (also after closing the app) and cancelled.
    Only where the server's owner allows downloads.
  • Delete from this device… in the library menu removes a local video
    (and its subtitle files) after asking. Only files on the Deck, the
    microSD card or a USB drive: never anything on Plex, Jellyfin or a
    network share.
  • Decoding in the Video menu switches the current video between
    hardware and software decoding, and remembers the choice for that
    video. On a Steam Deck, 4K AV1 videos can stutter with the hardware
    decoder; software decoding plays them smoother but uses about twice the
    power. When a video keeps dropping frames with hardware decoding, the
    player suggests trying it.

Fixed

  • Jellyfin servers listed in config.ini after one that doesn't answer
    are found again.
  • With show_hidden = yes, the library no longer lists . and ...
  • Speed in the playback menu shows 1.25× and 1.75× correctly.
  • Playback info labelled all dropped frames as "decoder" drops; the
    Dropped row now shows what mpv actually counts.
  • Starting a local video no longer reads part of the file for online
    subtitles when none were ever downloaded.

Changed

  • B during playback first closes a message (like "Resumed at …") or
    the Skip intro / Skip credits prompt, instead of stopping the video.
  • The app can now write to the library folders (~/Videos,
    ~/Downloads, removable drives), which downloads and deleting need. It
    still can't see the rest of your home folder.