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v4.9.6 - 2026-06-11

Added

  • Added Favorites (lightweight) feature.

    • Users can right-click any channel name in the guide grid to Add to Favorites or Remove from Favorites.
    • Favorite channels are persisted server-side per user account through the existing user preferences system.
    • Favorited channels are marked with a star badge in the guide.
    • Added Show Favorites Only toggle to the Guide Preferences submenu on desktop and mobile.
    • Toggle label updates to Show All Channels when the favorites-only filter is active.

  • Added Channel Info Banner to the guide player.

    • Banner appears when tuning a channel and displays channel logo, channel number, channel name, current program title, program time range, progress bar, remaining time, and description.
    • Added an info button to manually toggle the banner.
    • Added keyboard shortcut support using the i key when focus is not inside an input field.
    • Added Channel Info Banner support inside virtual-channel fullscreen overlay mode.

  • Added Guide Search / Filter panel.

    • Added SEARCH link to the guide header on desktop and mobile.
    • Users can search by channel name, program title, program description, group/type, category, and color metadata.
    • Added type filter dropdown populated from channel groups, virtual-channel markers, and XMLTV program categories.
    • Search/filter behavior updates visible guide rows and recomputes auto-scroll loops.

  • Added Channel Number Entry.

    • Added static/js/channel-number-entry.js.
    • Users can type numeric channel numbers to jump directly to a channel.
    • Supports delayed auto-navigation after number entry.
    • Supports immediate confirmation with Enter.
    • Supports canceling entry with Escape or GoBack.
    • Supports decimal/sub-channel numbers such as 2.1, 16.5, and 31.2.
    • Displays a retro-style channel-number HUD while typing.
    • Uses tvg-chno from M3U playlists when available, with row-index fallback when missing.

  • Added Last Channel Return.

    • Stores the previously watched channel before switching to a new channel.
    • Added window.returnToLastChannel() helper.
    • Added L key shortcut support through channel-number entry handling.

  • Added support for parsing tvg-chno values from M3U playlists.

    • Parsed channel numbers are stored on channel metadata as tvg_chno.
    • Guide rows now expose channel numbers through data-chan-num.
    • /api/channels now returns parsed tvg-chno values as the channel number when available.

  • Added optional user-controlled channel-number display.

    • Added channel_numbers_enabled to default user preferences.
    • Added Show Channel Numbers / Hide Channel Numbers toggle to Guide Preferences on desktop and mobile.
    • User-injected channel numbers are hidden automatically for themes that already include built-in channel numbers, including tvguide1990 and classic-cable.

  • Added XMLTV metadata parsing for guide filtering.

    • Program categories are now parsed from XMLTV <category> entries.
    • Program color metadata is now parsed from XMLTV <colour> and <color> entries.
    • Guide program blocks now expose category and color metadata through data-categories and data-colors.

Changed

  • Improved guide player fullscreen behavior.

    • Native video fullscreen now uses object-fit: contain so video letterboxes instead of cropping.
    • Fullscreen control labeling was generalized from virtual-channel-only wording to broader fullscreen wording.

  • Improved guide preference handling.

    • User preferences now include favorite_channels and channel_numbers_enabled.
    • API preference updates sanitize favorite_channels as a list of non-empty strings.
    • API preference updates coerce invalid channel_numbers_enabled values to false.

  • Expanded the right-click channel context menu.

    • Added favorite and unfavorite actions.
    • Preserved existing play, auto-load, hide, and unhide actions.

Fixed

  • Fixed channel info display behavior for virtual channel fullscreen overlays.

    • Info banner and info button now appear correctly in fullscreen overlay mode.
    • Info banner controls fade consistently with fullscreen overlay controls.

  • Fixed native video fullscreen cropping.

    • Browser fullscreen entered from the video control bar now preserves full video framing instead of cropping to fill.

  • Fixed guide search/filter layout integration.

    • Opening or closing the search panel now refreshes the fixed time bar and now-line positioning.

Tests

  • Added tests/test_channel_info_banner.py.

  • Added tests/test_channel_number_entry.py.

  • Added tests/test_guide_search_filter.py.

  • Added tests/test_last_channel_return.py.

  • Added tests/test_user_prefs_channel_numbers.py.

  • Expanded tests/test_user_prefs.py coverage for:

    • favorite channel defaults
    • saving and retrieving favorites
    • API favorite-channel updates
    • invalid favorite-channel sanitization
    • preserving favorites during partial preference updates
    • channel-number preference toggling
    • invalid channel-number preference sanitization
    • guide preference controls for channel-number display
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