VitaMediaDeck v1.2.0

New download features:

• Direct HTTP/HTTPS downloads from the web or local network
• Rear-camera QR scanner for resource links
• Downloads from WebDAV, SFTP and SMB
• Destination folder picker and folder creation
• Progress bar, pause/resume and abort
• Incomplete transfers remain separate .part files
  Media library improvements:
• Local image albums and folders
• Cached, asynchronous thumbnails instead of loading full images in the grid
• Large-image-safe JPEG, PNG and WebP decoding, plus BMP, TGA, GIF, PSD, HDR, PIC and PNM support
• Touch gestures and hardware controls for image zoom, pan and rotation
• Folder-first local and network navigation
• Optional flattened media collections
• Faster startup, Back navigation and remote directory reopening
• Sorting, filtering and correctly scaled file sizes
• Watched-progress indicators on video covers
  Playback fixes and improvements:
• Runtime HW/SW decoder selection when the global setting is Auto
• Correct audio/video synchronization after startup, resume and seeking at arbitrary timestamps
• Subtitle synchronization retained after seeking
• New bounded PCM queue preventing cumulative audio stuttering during long playback
• Faster indexed H.264 seeking
• Improved Jellyfin Range seeking and caching
• Audio codec, bitrate, sample rate, channels and bit-depth information
• Fixed music HUD touch toggling and truncated player telemetry

VitaMediaDeck 1.0.2

• Multiple AAC audio-track selection during playback.
• Embedded SubRip, ASS/SSA, WebVTT, MOV text and other text-subtitle selection.
• Audio and subtitle switching without closing the player.
• Support for local videos and authenticated WebDAV, SFTP and SMB sources.
• Faster indexed seeking for Matroska and MP4 files.
• Direct H.264 cue hopping for seeking, saved-position resume and audio-track replacement.
• Removal of the previous multi-stream linear-seek fallbacks.
• Better recovery from backward seeks and invalid seek positions.
• Protection against audio-only playback with a permanently black video frame.
• Faster playback startup and saved-position resume.
• Per-video playback history for both local and remote media.
• Options to resume playback or restart the video from the beginning.
• Video covers loaded from sidecar artwork or embedded container artwork.
• Automatic representative-frame extraction when no valid cover is available.
• Persistent thumbnail caching and prioritised cover generation for the selected grid cell.
• Live video mini-player for local and remote videos.
• Full player restoration from the mini-player title, active media cell or new Active player navigation entry.
• Music playback remains available in the mini-player without opening an unnecessary enlarged video view.
• Restored VitaTube controls:- Press Start to minimise the player.
• Hold Start to enable the OLED ECO mode.
• Hold Select to lock or unlock player input.
• The lock indicator now disappears together with the player HUD.
• Player navigation no longer closes playback when moving to another application section.
• Configurable subtitle font, size, width, position, row limits, foreground, background and border colours.
• Native-oriented font profiles for Western, Cyrillic, Japanese, Chinese and Korean text.
• A full-width multilingual subtitle preview in Settings.
• Decoder, resolution, frame rate and video bitrate information in the HUD and side panel.
• Average bitrate calculation when the container does not provide bitrate metadata.
• Audio scheduling changes designed to prevent periodic stuttering under video and UI load.

VitaMediaDeck new release

v1.0.1

Improve network playback and filesystem browsing