Ventic v0.4.0

Ventic 0.4.0

Updating on Android is now one tap. Settings → About checks for a new
version, downloads the APK and hands it straight to Android's own installer —
no browser, no file manager, no hunting for the right build. Your library and
settings are kept, as always.

Remote control

The d-pad got a big pass over it:

• Settings tabs are reachable again — Appearance could never get to Background
  or Display.
• The player's subtitle and track menus now keep focus, scroll to their last
  row, and close on BACK like any dialog.
• BACK at the home screen backgrounds the app instead of killing it, which is
  what made reopening Ventic crash on some TVs.
• Predictive back (Android 13+) is handled properly, so BACK stops walking
  backwards through pages you never visited.

New

• Next episode. When an episode ends, the next one is one press away — or
  rolls in by itself after 10 seconds, with the countdown on the button so you
  can stop it.
• Automatic subtitles. Pick a language once and every film opens with it on.
  Changing language while watching updates the setting too.
• Hide sound descriptions — drops "(electricity buzzing)" and "MAN:" from
  subtitles written for the hard of hearing.
• Show progress that means something. A series card now shows how far
  through the show you are, not the last file, and names the episode you'd
  carry on with.
• Flags in the language picker, and a lot more of the app translated.
• Settings → Support — the Ko-fi supporters list, read live.
• Desktop windows reopen at the size and position you left them.
• A filter box in the torrent picker.

Fixes

• No more white or dark flashes while the app starts, on Windows and Android.
• Poster cards no longer flicker or go blank while scrolling.
• If the app ever fails to start, it now says why on screen instead of showing
  a black rectangle.
• Various speed-ups on the browse and library pages.