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SichboPVR Changelog

What's new in SichboPVR 4.0.17.2 Testing

Jan 17, 2024
  • Thanks to Anthony for figuring out an intermittent packet loss issue when the PC is running under resource strain.
  • There's finally a proper user guide pdf that people can download or print over at sichbopvr.com/manual. It's available in only a handful of languages for the time being because it's a lot of work to do each. Please let me know if you'd like to see your language added so I can gauge demand.
  • You can now more easily toggle OpenGL mode underneath Setup > UI > Tweaks. Some newer NVidia drivers are having a problem with my D3D11 video processing engine it seems, so I'll need to save up for a card someday. In the meantime, feel free to give OpenGL a try if your video isn't smooth.
  • Fixes an issue where progress was not saved when watching videos.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.17.0 (Dec 6, 2023)

  • Setup screen refinements.
  • You can now set custom audio levels (+/- gain) on certain TV stations under the mixer > audio tab.
  • You can also tweak server settings such as priodic EPG and channel scan intervals, preferred tuners for recording, and other things under setup > channels & users > server options.
  • Subtitles can be customised underneath the mixer > video tab, or setup > colors & UI > tweaks.
  • Other general UI refinements.
  • Fixes a couple of things that came up under the 4.0.16.0 release.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.16.2 Testing (Nov 29, 2023)

  • Setup screen refinements.
  • You can now set custom audio levels (+/- gain) on certain TV stations under the mixer > audio tab.
  • You can also tweak server settings such as priodic EPG and channel scan intervals, preferred tuners for recording, and other things under setup > channels & users > server options.
  • Subtitles can be customised underneath the mixer > video tab, or setup > colors & UI > tweaks.
  • Other general UI refinements.
  • Fixes a couple of things that came up under the 4.0.16.0 release.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.16.1 (Nov 14, 2023)

  • UI refinements.
  • Fixes a couple of things that came up under the 4.0.16.0 release.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.16.0 (Nov 5, 2023)

  • The freemium experiment back in June was a disaster — turns out, not everyone's jazzed about the recording feature. Instead of finding more supporters, I managed to lose over fifty of my usual backers. So in order to keep the project afloat, I've had to hit the brakes and switch back to the paid-only model. Lesson learned! Thank you to the handful of new folks who did sign up to support sichbopvr over these past months.
  • Child window locations are now remembered. Closing the primary window will close all other SichboPVR windows and automatically restore upon relaunch. You can tell which window is your primary because it lists opened windows on the left-hand side of the guide.
  • Shift + Click on TV guide channel logos will now open that channel directly in a new window, whilst Ctrl + Click opens in Picture in Picture mode (consistent with web browser behaviour where Shift + Click is a new window, Ctrl + Click is a new tab.)
  • A new option to "Record everything on this station" has been added to channel settings. This allows people to archive entire TV stations without having to configure any recordings.
  • You can now edit meta information on recordings by changing titles/descriptions/tags.
  • Tags/genres are now listed in the Library for broadcast regions that transmit them.
  • You can also now bookmark recordings.
  • Added a toggle for audio VU meters and stream information under the Mixer > Video tab.
  • Adds preliminary right-to-left language support.
  • Fixes a problem with sound no longer time-stretching under 4.0.15 during variable speed playback (mouse wheel over play button.)
  • Misc performance and stability tweaks.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.15.2 (Oct 30, 2023)

  • The freemium experiment back in June was a disaster — turns out, not everyone's jazzed about the recording feature. Instead of finding more supporters, I managed to lose over fifty of my usual backers. So in order to keep the project afloat, I've had to hit the brakes and switch back to the paid-only model. Lesson learned! Thank you to the handful of new folks who did sign up to support sichbopvr over these past months.
  • Child window locations are now remembered. Closing the primary window will close all other SichboPVR windows and automatically restore upon relaunch. You can tell which window is your primary because it lists opened windows on the left-hand side of the guide.
  • Shift + Click on TV guide channel logos will now open that channel directly in a new window, whilst Ctrl + Click opens in Picture in Picture mode (consistent with web browser behaviour where Shift + Click is a new window, Ctrl + Click is a new tab.)
  • A new option to "Record everything on this station" has been added to channel settings. This allows people to archive entire TV stations without having to configure any recordings.
  • You can now edit meta information on recordings by changing titles/descriptions/tags.
  • Tags/genres are now listed in the Library for broadcast regions that transmit them.
  • You can also now bookmark recordings.
  • Added a toggle for audio VU meters and stream information under the Mixer > Video tab.
  • Adds preliminary right-to-left language support.
  • Fixes a problem with sound no longer time-stretching under 4.0.15 during variable speed playback (mouse wheel over play button.)
  • Misc performance and stability tweaks.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.15.1 (Jun 19, 2023)

  • Adds preliminary right-to-left language support.
  • Fixes a problem with sound no longer time stretching under 4.0.15 during variable speed playback (mouse wheel over play button.)
  • Misc performance and stability tweaks.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.15.0 (Jun 3, 2023)

  • SichboPVR is now free with just the recording function requiring a lifetime or yearly supporter account.
  • Fixes a lot of performance and stability issues gathered over the past months from the 4.0.14 release.
  • Linux install instructions have been updated to avoid Ubuntu's now deprecated apt-key add feature.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.14.1 Testing (May 15, 2023)

  • Fixes some issues gathered over the past months from the 4.0.14 release.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.14.0 (Feb 12, 2023)

  • Rendering performance improvements.
  • On-screen display refinements.
  • Channel editor refinements.
  • Added better handling of older display drivers.
  • Added a Missing channel troubleshooter to the guide menu.
  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • There are now mappable shortcuts for TTS mute and volume, as well as speech rate control.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.
  • Thanks to Igor for adding Ukrainian support.
  • Improved client sync performance for libraries having tens of thousands of items.
  • You can now disable timeshifting under Library > Library Settings > Set Timeshift buffer duration to "No time shifting".
  • service-settings.json has a new setting "EpgUpdateOnStart" which can be set to false for folks who don't care about guide data or want to wait on it.
  • Added better storing of series/episode info and support for credits/actors from xmltv sources.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.10 Testing (Feb 5, 2023)

  • Rendering performance improvements.
  • On-screen display refinements.
  • Channel editor refinements.
  • Added better handling of older display drivers.
  • Added a Missing channel troubleshooter to the guide menu.
  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • There are now mappable shortcuts for TTS mute and volume, as well as speech rate control.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.
  • Thanks to Igor for adding Ukrainian support.
  • Improved client sync performance for libraries having tens of thousands of items.
  • You can now disable timeshifting under Library > Library Settings > Set Timeshift buffer duration to "No time shifting".
  • service-settings.json has a new setting "EpgUpdateOnStart" which can be set to false for folks who don't care about guide data or want to wait on it.
  • Added better storing of series/episode info and support for credits/actors from xmltv sources.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.9 Testing (Jan 30, 2023)

  • Investigating a rare crash - if your UI/client disappears once in a while, please drop me a line [email protected].
  • Rendering performance improvements.
  • On-screen display refinements.
  • Channel editor refinements.
  • Added better handling of older display drivers.
  • Added a Missing channel troubleshooter to the guide menu.
  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • There are now mappable shortcuts for TTS mute and volume, as well as speech rate control.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.
  • Thanks to Igor for adding Ukrainian support.
  • Improved client sync performance for libraries having tens of thousands of items.
  • You can now disable timeshifting under Library > Library Settings > Set Timeshift buffer duration to "No time shifting".
  • service-settings.json has a new setting "EpgUpdateOnStart" which can be set to false for folks who don't care about guide data or want to wait on it.
  • NEXT:
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers.
  • Video editing.
  • Transcoding.
  • ATSC 3.0.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.8 Testing (Jan 24, 2023)

  • Turns out I broke something in 4.0.31.7 :)
  • Field testing some decoder refinements. Please let me know if you have any issues with video rendering.
  • Rendering performance improvements.
  • On-screen display refinements.
  • Channel editor refinements.
  • Added better handling of older display drivers.
  • Added a Missing channel troubleshooter to the guide menu.
  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • There are now mappable shortcuts for TTS mute and volume, as well as speech rate control.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.
  • Thanks to Igor for adding Ukrainian support.
  • Improved client sync performance for libraries having tens of thousands of items.
  • You can now disable timeshifting under Library > Library Settings > Set Timeshift buffer duration to "No time shifting".
  • Service-settings.json has a new setting "EpgUpdateOnStart" which can be set to false for folks who don't care about guide data or want to wait on it.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.7 Testing (Jan 23, 2023)

  • Field testing some decoder refinements. Please let me know if you have any issues with video rendering.
  • Rendering performance improvements.
  • On-screen display refinements.
  • Channel editor refinements.
  • Added better handling of older display drivers.
  • Added a Missing channel troubleshooter to the guide menu.
  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • There are now mappable shortcuts for TTS mute and volume, as well as speech rate control.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.
  • Thanks to Igor for adding Ukrainian support.
  • Improved client sync performance for libraries having tens of thousands of items.
  • You can now disable timeshifting under Library > Library Settings > Set Timeshift buffer duration to "No time shifting".
  • service-settings.json has a new setting "EpgUpdateOnStart" which can be set to false for folks who don't care about guide data or want to wait on it.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.6 Testing (Jan 4, 2023)

  • Fixes more issues from the previous 4.0.13.5 testing build.
  • Rendering performance improvements.
  • On-screen display refinements.
  • Channel editor refinements.
  • Added better handling of older display drivers.
  • Added a Missing channel troubleshooter to the guide menu.
  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • There are now mappable shortcuts for TTS mute and volume, as well as speech rate control.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.
  • Thanks to Igor for adding Ukrainian support.
  • Improved client sync performance for libraries having tens of thousands of items.
  • You can now disable timeshifting under Library > Library Settings > Set Timeshift buffer duration to "No time shifting".
  • service-settings.json has a new setting "EpgUpdateOnStart" which can be set to false for folks who don't care about guide data or want to wait on it.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.5 Testing (Dec 27, 2022)

  • Rendering performance improvements.
  • On-screen display refinements.
  • Channel editor refinements.
  • Added better handling of older display drivers.
  • Added a Missing channel troubleshooter to the guide menu.
  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • There are now mappable shortcuts for TTS mute and volume, as well as speech rate control.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.
  • Thanks to Igor for adding Ukrainian support.
  • Improved client sync performance for libraries having tens of thousands of items.
  • You can now disable timeshifting under Library > Library Settings > Set Timeshift buffer duration to "No time shifting".
  • Fixes a few issues from the previous 4.0.13.4 testing build.
  • Service-settings.json has a new setting "EpgUpdateOnStart" which can be set to false for folks who don't care about guide data or want to wait on it.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.4 Testing (Dec 19, 2022)

  • Rendering performance improvements.
  • On-screen display refinements.
  • Channel editor refinements.
  • Added better handling of older display drivers.
  • Added a Missing channel troubleshooter to the guide menu.
  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • There are now mappable shortcuts for TTS mute and volume, as well as speech rate control.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.
  • Thanks to Igor for adding Ukrainian support.
  • Improved client sync performance for libraries having tens of thousands of items.
  • You can now disable timeshifting under Library > Library Settings > Set Timeshift buffer duration to "No time shifting".

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.2 Testing (Oct 17, 2022)

  • Rendering performance improvements.
  • On-screen display refinements.
  • Channel editor refinements.
  • Added better handling of older display drivers.
  • Added a Missing channel troubleshooter to the guide menu.
  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • There are now mappable shortcuts for TTS mute and volume, as well as speech rate control.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.1 (Aug 8, 2022)

  • Accessibility and Text to Speech refinements.
  • More scheduling refinements and better handling of custom defined shows.
  • Thanks again to Michael for debugging a problem with SAT>IP.
  • You can now manually type in UNC share paths (\serversharefolder) for recording/timeshift/library folders. If the SichboPVR4 server is installed as a Windows Service, you'll need to configure the NT service to run under a user account with permission to access the share.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.13.0 (May 15, 2022)

  • Fixes a show search focusing issue and a couple of other oddball problems in build 12.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.12.0 (May 11, 2022)

  • Added a workaround for when ATSC transmitters change their TSID causing lost and duplicate stations.
  • Fixed a problem with recordings and channels lists when multiple locations are defined.
  • Scheduling refinements.
  • Many thanks to Michael for debugging a problem with Digital Devices DVB-S.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.11.0 (Apr 18, 2022)

  • Adds some general performance, usability and reliability tweaks.
  • Added support for Windows Media Center *.wtv files in the media Library > Collections feature.
  • You can now disable certain audio devices from the audio mixer by clicking on their settings and changing the audio format from PCM to "Do not use".
  • Mono channel communication devices are now disabled by default on a blank install.
  • Fixed a problem with Freesat EPG.
  • Fixed a problem with some channels in Poland.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.10.0 (Apr 16, 2022)

  • Adds some general performance, usability and reliability tweaks.
  • Added support for Windows Media Center *.wtv files in the media Library > Collections feature.
  • You can now disable certain audio devices from the audio mixer by clicking on their settings and changing the audio format from PCM to "Do not use".
  • Mono channel communication devices are now disabled by default on a blank install.
  • Fixed a problem with Freesat EPG.
  • Fixed a problem with some channels in Poland.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.9.1 (Apr 12, 2022)

  • Adds some general performance, usability and reliability tweaks.
  • You can now disable certain audio devices from the audio mixer by clicking on their settings and changing the audio format from PCM to "Do not use".
  • Mono communication devices are now disabled by default on a blank install.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.9.0 (Mar 4, 2022)

  • Fixed a couple of crashes detected over the past month.
  • NEXT:
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers.
  • Video editing.
  • Transcoding.
  • ATSC 3.0.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.8.0 (Feb 8, 2022)

  • UI refinements in the Library, Guide, and Search:
  • Crash fixes from field telemetry.
  • Adds Italian translation work by R.B.
  • Fixed a problem with some stations coming on-air.
  • Added support for opening SichboPVR from the MCE remote control green button when the app is configured to minimise to the system tray.
  • This is also the fourth pre-release Linux build. Details at sichbopvr.com/linux.
  • NEXT:
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers.
  • Video editing.
  • Transcoding.
  • ATSC 3.0.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.7.8 Testing (Jan 31, 2022)

  • More crash fixes from field telemetry.
  • Fixes wishlist creation.
  • Adds Italian translation work by R.B.
  • Fixed a problem with some stations coming on-air.
  • Added support for opening SichboPVR from the MCE remote control green button when the app is configured to minimise to the system tray.
  • UI refinements in the Guide, Search and Library.
  • This is also the third pre-release Linux build. Details at sichbopvr.com/linux.
  • NEXT:
  • ATSC 3.0.
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers.
  • Video editing.
  • Transcoding.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.7.0 (Dec 10, 2021)

  • Fixed a bunch of previously unreported crashes.
  • NOW:
  • Linux builds.
  • NEXT:
  • ATSC 3.0.
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers.
  • Video editing.
  • Transcoding.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.6.0 (Dec 7, 2021)

  • There's a new "Watch with other people" feature so that you can watch things in lock-step sync with friends or family around the world.
  • The Location/TV server switching menu has been refined.
  • Client and server communication is now compressed for quicker guide data transfer with servers over the internet.
  • Fixed a few problems around the user account login experience, for remote streaming.
  • Added support for "Hard of Hearing" subtitle streams for when additional subtitles of the same language are also included by a broadcaster.
  • Added a workaround for USA broadcasters sending DVB metadata erroneously.
  • Added a workaround for a background effect rendering glitch on some AMD display drivers.
  • Fixed a problem with audio devices sometimes taking a long time to come online.
  • The guide now highlights coincident stations to help you see what's OK to watch along with other recording/playing channels, when you only have one TV tuner.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.5.0 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Fixed a problem with wishlist configurations not appearing right away in the guide and a crash when deleting.
  • Fullscreen window restoration to a non-primary screen now works as expected.
  • Made some scanning refinements to hopefully help with intermittent missed stations.
  • In series options there's now a button at the bottom to 'Reset all show settings'.
  • Added support for ISDB-T
  • Added initial Portuguese translations
  • Added initial Korean translations
  • Performance and OpenGL rendering mode refinements

New in SichboPVR 4.0.4.0 (Sep 17, 2021)

  • The TV and Library context menu is now on the top-left so it's a bit more obvious.
  • Library items now have a folder icon to 'Open containing folder', which makes jumping to a recording or video file a bit easier.
  • The OSD mute button now has quick access to the 'Show subtitles on mute' option as well as the audio mixer.
  • The default windows output speaker is now tracked and auto-unmuted.
  • Thanks to Q for adding Chinese Traditional
  • Added an auto-cleanup routine for gimpy channel frequency assignments, which can happen when data bleeds across frequency changes from buggy BDA drivers.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.3.0 (Aug 14, 2021)

  • Added an OpenGL video processor similar to the D3D11 one for the upcoming linux release.
  • Added a new 'RawTitle' file naming option for keeping original show titles for cases where they contain episode number data. The default 'Title' recording file naming field cleans up content in brackets, for tidier names.
  • Fixed a problem found on a Victoria channel 10 mux.
  • Fixed a problem which can cause the background service to chew CPU.
  • Added preliminary DVB-HB / SAT>IP support.
  • TV tuner hardware and DVB-HB network tuners can now be set to 'Do not use' under 'Setup > the server > the device', since SichboPVR uses everything it finds automatically, and that might not always be what you want.
  • Improved ATSC channel management so that it combines identical stations from different transmitters, as DVB already does.
  • Fixed a problem with 192Khz audio.
  • Made some refinements to variable playback speed.
  • There's a new driver bug classification "Reports an initial weak signal quality". Some tuners like the IT9135 report a false reading for a few seconds, which impacts scanning.
  • Made some minor guide refinements.
  • In addition to SichboPVR's continuous channel scan behaviour, every 5 days it'll now also do a frequency sweep during one of its regular background epg updates.
  • Added a check to make sure starting window dimensions are always sane during startup for when the screen config changes.
  • Refined the background service installer a bit so it ends tasks more aggressively.
  • Added variable playback speed with pitch corrected audio time stretching. Mouse wheel over the OSD play button to adjust the playback rate of a recording or timeshift buffer.
  • You can now set channel/time preferences and "record duplicates" on Wishlists.
  • Automatically generated Library show folders can now be hidden by clicking "Hide Folder" (or reenable them later under Library Settings.)

New in SichboPVR 4.0.1.0 Alpha (May 31, 2021)

  • This is the first Alpha release of SichboPVR version 4.
  • Pre-alpha testers are now on a stable Alpha release branch. For those wanting to try unstable test builds, you can opt-in by selecting "Check for testing builds" under Setup > Update and you'll get them as they become available.
  • Added a system tray icon and option to start the UI/client with the OS in a minimised state, as well as an option to minimise to the tray when you click the close button, so it keeps running. You can also right-click the tray to see running tasks or cancel them without opening the UI.
  • Added an option to show the taskbar when the UI is maximised, rather than always going to a fullscreen state.
  • There might be a 4.0.2.0 alpha update later this week if teething issues are identified.
  • NEXT:
  • DVB-HB / SAT>IP support.
  • Linux/GCC support.
  • After Beta release:
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers.
  • Video editing.
  • Transcoding.
  • ATSC 3.0

New in SichboPVR 4.0.0.72 Alpha (May 24, 2021)

  • Refinements to the Library screen.
  • Collections can now group things by sub-folder, and you can also customise their sorting.
  • Any imported recordings will now automatically group shows by title when there's more than one episode captured.
  • Made some improvements to the audio pipeline, particularly around bitstreaming.
  • Right-click in the guide no longer toggles columnar/row modes but instead reverts back to the original "go to Series Options" behaviour as in previous builds. Just use the TV main menu to change orientation instead.
  • There's a new option under Setup > UI to "show passed time" in the guide for those who prefer to see more of the names of shows that are basically finished.
  • Added some fun background effects. These aren't included in the setup file, since they're about 5MB each, but will download "on demand" if selected. Colour scheme defaults now also have varying default background FX and opacity levels.
  • Menu background colours can now be customised.
  • Video aspect has an on-screen option under the levels mixer. In past builds you needed to hit the appropriate key on your MCE remote or map a shortcut to cycle it.
  • The in progress tasks indicator has been moved from the bottom of the guide area to the title bar.
  • The location/tv server switcher is now a menu flyout similar to the tasks and mixer.
  • Added the ability to specify "Any day or time" on a particular channel, or "Any time" for a particular day and channel.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.0.71 Alpha (May 3, 2021)

  • Refinements for the #69 update
  • North Americans without in-band EPG can now set an XMLTV URL/Folder/File under the channels > server > location group, and it'll attempt to map channel IDs and import new/changed files as part of the usual OTA EPG update routine.
  • The v4 roadmap is fluid, based on whimsy/demand. Currently:
  • NEXT:
  • Refinements to the Library screen (and custom sorting/grouping for collections.)
  • After Alpha (4.0.1) release:
  • DVB-HB / SAT>IP support.
  • Linux/GCC build.
  • After Beta (4.0.2) release:
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers.
  • Video editing.
  • Transcoding.
  • ASTC 3.0

New in SichboPVR 4.0.0.69 Alpha (Apr 21, 2021)

  • My intended EPG is finally in.
  • Ctrl + Wheel (or pinch) to zoom in/out like a map.
  • "Grab and throw" using a mouse or finger (or spin your mouse wheel) to get around quickly with inertia.
  • Right-clicking the main guide area toggles between column/row viewing modes.
  • Left-click channel logos to see a station's weekly lineup.
  • Right-clicking channel logos (or remote Green button) now toggles Picture in Picture.
  • Channel list changing/editing has been moved to a more streamlined "TV" dropdown hover menu at the top (or Blue button on your remote.)
  • The channel list editor has also changed to a two-column format.
  • Set list sort mode to "none" for arbitrary ordering of channels by drag & drop.
  • Added Chinese Traditional glyph rendering support (requires the Windows default msyh.ttc and msyhbd.ttc fonts installed.)
  • Have started a database of buggy graphics cards/drivers which need to take different optimisation paths.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.0.68 Alpha (Mar 19, 2021)

  • Adds Turksat support
  • Some driver bug workarounds were applied when they needn't be.
  • The first "Alpha" is getting close-ish. The v4 roadmap is fluid, based on whimsy/demand. Currently:
  • NEXT:
  • EPG grid rewrite w/ columnar channel schedule view.
  • XMLTV support.
  • Refinements to Library Collections (custom sorting/grouping.)
  • After Alpha (4.0.1) release:
  • DVB-HB / SAT>IP support.
  • Linux/GCC build.
  • After Beta (4.0.2) release:
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers.
  • Video editing.
  • Transcoding.
  • ASTC 3.0

New in SichboPVR 4.0.0.67 Alpha (Mar 17, 2021)

  • Whoops :) I broke the series editor in test #66.
  • The first "Alpha" is getting close-ish. The v4 roadmap is fluid, based on whimsy/demand. Currently:
  • NEXT:
  • EPG grid rewrite w/ columnar channel schedule view.
  • XMLTV support.
  • Refinements to Library Collections (custom sorting/grouping.)
  • After Alpha (4.0.1) release:
  • DVB-HB / SAT>IP support.
  • Linux/GCC build.
  • After Beta (4.0.2) release:
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers.
  • Video editing.
  • Transcoding.
  • ASTC 3.0

New in SichboPVR 4.0.0.66 Alpha (Mar 16, 2021)

  • Addresses a couple of glitches in pre-alpha test #64.
  • NEXT:
  • EPG grid rewrite w/ columnar channel schedule view
  • XMLTV support
  • Refinements to Library Collections (custom sorting/grouping.)
  • After Alpha (4.0.1) release:
  • DVB-HB / SAT>IP support
  • Linux/GCC build
  • After Beta (4.0.2) release:
  • Web front end for mobiles/browsers
  • Video editing
  • Transcoding
  • ASTC 3.0

New in SichboPVR 4.0.0.64 Alpha (Mar 6, 2021)

  • Added Dolby Digital bitstreaming support.
  • Video rendering refinements.
  • Mouse wheel with your cursor on the title bar or mute button now adjusts the volume, even with the default OSD channel up/down behaviour enabled.
  • Improved performance for down-level hardware (some hardware still can't play HD interlaced content however.)
  • Channel switching is now quicker in most cases.
  • Navigation refinements.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.0.63 Alpha (Feb 20, 2021)

  • More refinements for the #60 update.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.105.0 (Feb 19, 2021)

  • Preparations for the first v4 alpha release.
  • New code signing certificate not yet trusted by Microsoft/SmartScreen. You may need to 'keep' after download and then 'run anyway' when asked.

New in SichboPVR 4.0.0.61 Alpha (Feb 9, 2021)

  • Refinements for the #60 update.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.104.0 Pre-release (Nov 7, 2020)

  • Fixed a problem with some shows not displaying their record queue state.
  • Fixed an AC3 issue.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.101.0 (Nov 1, 2020)

  • Supporter + Test + Free Branch release roll-up :)
  • Fixed an issue with manually configured record times popping up after you cancel a recording.
  • Canonical series name tweak for France where the episode name can appear in quotes in the show title.
  • Fixed a problem with "resume" starting a minute early on recordings.
  • Changed key shortcuts to respond to key down rather than key up as an experiment for a FLIRC receiver.
  • It turns out "file created" date/time is lost when moving recordings to a new drive, so media indexing now uses "last write time", which is persisted so you can keep your recordings organised by date.
  • Fixed a problem with mini mode guide not always refreshing

New in SichboPVR 3.1.103.0 Pre-release (Oct 19, 2020)

  • Fixed a problem with some shows not displaying their record queue state.
  • Fixed an AC3 issue.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.102.0 Pre-release (Sep 8, 2020)

  • Testing a fix for an AC3 issue.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.101.0 Pre-release (Sep 7, 2020)

  • Supporter + Test + Free Branch release roll-up :)
  • Fixed an issue with manually configured record times popping up after you cancel a recording.
  • Canonical series name tweak for France where the episode name can appear in quotes in the show title.
  • Fixed a problem with "resume" starting a minute early on recordings.
  • Changed key shortcuts to respond to key down rather than key up as an experiment for a FLIRC receiver.
  • It turns out "file created" date/time is lost when moving recordings to a new drive, so media indexing now uses "last write time", which is persisted so you can keep your recordings organised by date.
  • Fixed a problem with mini mode guide not always refreshing

New in SichboPVR 3.1.100.0 Pre-release (Aug 13, 2020)

  • It turns out "file created" date/time is lost when moving recordings to a new drive, so media indexing now uses "last write time", which is persisted so you can keep your recordings organised by date.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.99.0 Pre-release (Jul 25, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue with manually configured record times popping up after you cancel a recording.
  • Canonical series name tweak for France where the episode name can appear in quotes in the show title.
  • Fixed a problem with "resume" starting a minute early on recordings.
  • Changed key shortcuts to respond to key down rather than key up as an experiment for a FLIRC receiver.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.98.0 Pre-release (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue with manually configured record times popping up after you cancel a recording.
  • Canonical series name tweak for France where the episode name can appear in quotes in the show title.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.96.0 Pre-release (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Canonical series name tweak for France where the episode name can appear in quotes in the show title.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.95.0 Pre-release (May 27, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue with manually configured record times popping up after you cancel a recording.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.94.0 Pre-release (Apr 12, 2020)

  • Supporter-ready release :)
  • Improved the behaviour of "play last channel upon opening" when a background EPG scan is in progress during open.
  • Fixed a problem with the Microsoft RDP display driver sometimes not working.
  • Added a new tweakage option "Disable background media folder monitoring".
  • Added a new tweakage option "Use mouse wheel for volume instead of channel up/down".
  • Improved navigation behaviour for "Disable menu during full screen video".
  • Fixed an HTTP/HLS caching issue for the network server.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.93.0 Pre-release (Apr 6, 2020)

  • Improved the behaviour of "play last channel upon opening" when a background EPG scan is in progress during open.
  • Fixed a problem with the Microsoft RDP display driver sometimes not working.
  • Added a new tweakage option "Disable background media folder monitoring".
  • Added a new tweakage option "Use mouse wheel for volume instead of channel up/down".
  • Improved navigation behaviour for "Disable menu during full screen video".
  • Testing an HTTP/HLS caching issue for the network server.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.92.0 Pre-release (Mar 16, 2020)

  • Added a new tweakage option "Use mouse wheel for volume instead of channel up/down"
  • Improved navigation behaviour for "Disable menu during full screen video"

New in SichboPVR 3.1.91.0 Pre-release (Feb 28, 2020)

  • Improved the behaviour of "play last channel upon opening" when a background EPG scan is in progress during open.
  • Fixed a problem with the Microsoft RDP display driver sometimes not working.
  • Added a new tweakage option "Disable background media folder monitoring".

New in SichboPVR 3.1.90.0 Pre-release (Feb 20, 2020)

  • Improved the behaviour of "play last channel upon opening" when a background EPG scan is in progress during open.
  • Testing and RDP display driver workaround.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.88.0 (Feb 19, 2020)

  • Fixed a thumbnailing issue with radio recordings.
  • Concurrent tuning improvements.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.86.0 (Feb 12, 2020)

  • Supporter + Test + Free Branch release roll-up :)
  • Added a new Tweakage option "Change channel immediately upon up/down".
  • Added a new Setup > 'Tuner Name' > Advanced option "This device is slow to lock, allow more time".
  • Added a link for modifying decoder properties underneath Setup > Advanced > Decoders for filters that allow you to configure things.
  • Improved indexing of recorded shows.
  • Fixed an instance of Chinese Traditional encoding not working.
  • Fixed a problem with some subtitle cycling getting stuck.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.70.0 (Oct 29, 2019)

  • Have added a workaround for NVidia display drivers which aren't correctly mapping MFNominalRange_16_235 to 0..1 as requested. MFNominalRange_Unknown appears to inexplicably fix it, but I don't know if it negatively impacts any properly implemented display drivers, let me know if your video is suddenly "not dark enough". Also existing NVidia users may want to reset brightness/contrast to defaults under F1 > Video.
  • Removed the previous test build's "thread leak in Microsoft's psisdecd.dll workaround", and am trying a different approach. Once again there's a chance that this new work-around might impact poorly authored BDA drivers, so please email me [email protected] if your tuner starts acting up.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.65.0 (Oct 20, 2019)

  • An unavoidable thread leak has been identified in Microsoft's psisdecd.dll which happens when tuners repeatedly close/reopen, resulting in run-away resource consumption over many days. This test build attempts to bypass psisdecd.dll completely. There's a chance that the work-around could impact tuning on some drivers, so please email me [email protected] if you suddenly can't get any signals.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.65.0 (Oct 8, 2019)

  • Added a Skip Back OSD button.
  • Added tweakage options for hiding the Skip Forward/Back buttons as well as FF/RW, so that the screen doesn't have to be too busy.
  • Improved the new "playback recordings in progress" seek bar support so that it handles stopped recordings gracefully.
  • Fixed a problem with mpeg1 audio.
  • Field-testing dropping frames for A/V sync with 60fps HD content on down-level hardware.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.60.0 (Sep 30, 2019)

  • Added channel/show search to the HTTP/Web UI. Start typing on the web page to quickly jump to a channel (similar to the guide in the main app) or use the search field at the top to find shows.
  • When a re-scan yields no results, it no longer deletes the old channel set, as the outcome might be temporary/hardware-related and you don't want to lose your old channel lists.
  • Fixed a problem where the OSD remains for a long time.
  • Added a workaround for subtitle streams having unexpected timestamps which can affect video playback.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.56.0 (Sep 30, 2019)

  • Fixed a video freezing issue and improved reliability for noisy signals.
  • Adds more STD-B24 subtitle support.
  • Fixed an F6 window growth problem.
  • When playing back recordings in progress, the seek bar now shows a pending recording region.
  • 'Record Series' has been tweaked to work with Czech EPG data which has series/episode numbers appearing in show titles in brackets.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.51.0 (Sep 6, 2019)

  • UPnP/DLNA device detection is now disabled by default since not many people are using it and it avoids a firewall dialog on first startup. UPnP can still be enabled under Setup > Network if people really want it.
  • Adds basic support for ISDB-T Subtitles (ARIB STD-B24) for South American regions. Japanese code pages are not yet supported as I don't have samples.
  • Additional CEA608, CEA708 and EBU subtitle rendering refinements.
  • Fixed a problem where coming out of full screen grows the regular window height slightly.
  • Background media thumbnailing now prioritises recordings and no longer indexes removed Folder Channels.
  • Minor UI refinements.
  • Fixed an ATSC EPG issue where incorrect shows would record if the broadcaster re-used event identifiers over a short period.
  • External window Picture-in-Picture is now Shift + click, and Ctrl + click is now internal-window so that it's consistent with other desktop applications such as web browsers.
  • Ctrl + click Picture-in-Picture now remembers previous locations.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.46.0 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • Minor UI refinements for when the window is made quite small.
  • Adds a couple of tweaks for better resilience against low-quality channel signals.
  • Adds 4K and 10bit HEVC to the DXVA2 decoder on display drivers that can support it.
  • Adds support for a previously unrecognised XMLTV schema.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.42.0 (Aug 2, 2019)

  • Adds a workaround for 69xxx series Hauppauge devices which can't run DVBT and DVBS at the same time.
  • Adds tool tips to more of the on-screen-display buttons.
  • Added a prompt to more easily configure the app for background recording if the user schedules a future recording and closes the app.
  • Added smarter diagnostics and guidance for troubleshooting video playback issues.
  • Added automatic cleanup of one-time events in TV > Recordings > Schedule.
  • Frequency lists now download using compression to speed things up a bit.
  • Improved guidance when no channels are found after scanning.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.38.0 (Jul 26, 2019)

  • This is a maintenance release to address a couple of teething issues with the new Sichbo Supporter bits.
  • Have also added a workaround for some Windows XP and 7 installations which will have stopped working when Tls 1.0 was deprecated, as well as a ".NET framework 4.0 Client Profile" RSA/SHA256 validation issue on those same older operating systems.
  • Nailed down a long standing intermittent issue with AAC audio channels sometimes saying that there was "a problem rendering the stream". Thanks Bruno!

New in SichboPVR 3.1.37.0 (Jul 23, 2019)

  • This is a maintenance release to address a couple of teething issues with the new Sichbo Supporter bits.
  • Have also added a workaround for some Windows XP and 7 installations which will have stopped working when Tls 1.0 was deprecated, as well as a ".NET framework 4.0 Client Profile" RSA/SHA256 validation issue on those same older operating systems.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.36.0 (Jul 22, 2019)

  • This is a maintenance release to address a couple of teething issues with the new Sichbo Supporter bits.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.35.0 (Jul 22, 2019)

  • First Sichbo Supporter's Branch release!
  • Shift + Click in EPG now opens Picture in Picture mode in the main window (Ctrl + Click still opens in an external window.)

New in SichboPVR 3.1.27.0 (Apr 19, 2019)

  • F12 now includes some codec info for the currently playing channel

New in SichboPVR 3.1.22.0 (Dec 10, 2018)

  • H265 seeking improvements.
  • AAC fix for a couple of Czech frequencies.
  • Simpler LNB Tone on/off for DVBS.
  • LCN changes by the broadcaster should now work, provided you haven't fiddled with the channel number explicitly.
  • CRID dupe checks will now be performed even when "allow duplicate descriptions" is ticked on a series configuration.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.16.0 (Sep 14, 2018)

  • Adds an H.265 decoder tweak for NVidia's decoder.
  • Adds a background EPG update "disable" option.
  • Shortcut tweaks:
  • F9 now toggles Subtitles/CC.
  • Added -/= keys for volume in addition to keypad -/+
  • Ctrl+M for Mute

New in SichboPVR 3.1.13.0 (Mar 23, 2018)

  • Adds an option to "Use EPG from" another channel (see the channel properties fly-out at the bottom.)
  • Addresses an issue with recordings on channels that have video/audio feeds dropping in and out.
  • Weird setting issue persists for some installations. Looks like setting files are full of zeros with no discernible cause. Build 13 is now taking a stab in the dark at catching/avoiding the condition before anything hits the disk in order to rule out Microsoft's dodgy DataContractJsonSerializer as the cause.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.12.0 (Mar 20, 2018)

  • Adds an option to "Use EPG from" another channel (see the channel properties fly-out at the bottom.)
  • Addresses an issue with recordings on channels that have video/audio feeds dropping in and out.
  • Weird setting text encoding issue persists for some installations. Extended logging added.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.7.0 (Mar 4, 2018)

  • During this update, don't bother using the handy "reload now" button if you're on build 3.1.0 - turns out I'm an idiot so it'll just crash :) Just reload manually when the update's downloaded. Fixed for next time.
  • 3.1.7 just addresses an error with some settings due to text encodings, as well as a problem with my MP4 demuxer.

New in SichboPVR 3.1.0.0 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • Now runs as 64bit when applicable and installs into Program Files. Also has a more flexible updating system than ClickOnce and can install more easily offline.
  • New code signing certificate. Early adopters are probably going to get a security warning/prompt from Windows SmartScreen since my new private key needs to re-establish a reputation.
  • New setting storage system. Not backward compatible with build 166 but it solves Windows 'system restore' issues causing random setting corruption. Settings should automatically migrate upon first run.
  • Settings are now in %ProgramData%SichboPVR.
  • New hardware de-interlace mode selection under Setup > Advanced for each decoder type.
  • Video processing controls under F1 > Video. Not all display drivers support this.
  • Renamed and re-purposed the "Disable the bokeh background" option to "disable continuous animations". Should save a bunch of power/battery on tablets and stuff.
  • Undo/redo support in the video editor.
  • Mouse wheel left/right clicker on guide screen will scroll the timeline.
  • EPG Content Reference ID (CRID) support for more reliable duplicate episode filtering.
  • ATSC and Taiwan DVB text encoding fixes.
  • Support for ATSC channel numbering over DLNA.
  • Improved folder indexing to support sub-folders. Option to disable recorded show indexing.
  • You can now delete channels in the channel properties fly-out, and re-scans will auto-remove obsolete channels when SichboPVR reckons it's safe to do so.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.166 (Jul 14, 2017)

  • Fixes a problem with some channels in Germany.
  • Addresses a few other odd-ball issues collected over the last few months.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.165 (Jul 14, 2017)

  • Sorry, one more intermittent issue with H.264 playback. Also a weird channel detection thing for Albania.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.164 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Fixes a slow memory leak and a couple of odd-ball errors. This is hopefully the last update for a while.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.162 (Jan 26, 2017)

  • Addresses more issues collected over the last couple of weeks.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.161 (Jan 8, 2017)

  • Addresses a couple of minor issues collected for build 160.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.160 (Jan 2, 2017)

  • Refined OSD.
  • 15 second skip.
  • Click + drag the play button to adjust speed.
  • Basic video editor added for slicing/trimming TS recordings.
  • Re-clocking of recordings added for improved playout support in some 3rd party software.
  • New "zoom" F2 stretch mode.
  • Show Info > Record Series now brings up a configurable list of channels/times.
  • New Setup > Advanced > Customise timeshift buffer size.
  • New Setup > Advanced > Disable Now/Next graphics.
  • New Setup > Advanced > Disable menu on full screen video.
  • Improved slaved tuner behaviour for DLNA clients.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.159 (Aug 23, 2016)

  • Fixes a few occasional errors collected over the past month.
  • Internal tidy up, courtesy of the folks over at PVS-Studio.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.158 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • Addresses a couple of build 156 issues collected throughout the week. This will be the last release for a while.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.157 (May 29, 2016)

  • Turns out I forgot to test XP. 157 fixes 156 from yesterday. Sorry about that.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.156 (May 27, 2016)

  • New PiP capability -- Ctrl + Click in guide to play multiple channels in new windows without affecting the main player, if you have enough tuners or all of the channels are on the same transponder. Live playout only for now.
  • New Color Scheme Designer under Setup > Advanced.
  • New SAP>IP option under Setup > Network. It treats servers like a normal tuner and controls front-ends explicitly. Each enabled virtual tuner will show up as a discrete device under Setup > TV Sources, available for the usual channel scanning, slave configuration etc.
  • You can now search by channel name in the guide (start typing letters.) This meant that a few shortcuts had to change to free up all letter keys for normal typing. See F1 for latest shortcuts.
  • Keypad +/- for volume.
  • I'm now collecting more information about tuner drivers for better reporting on the homepage (driver name, manufacturer, version and date.) Will revisit the "supported devices" report once a reasonable amount of new data has accumulated.
  • Multi-tuner refinements -- if a device fails to open or lock the signal during recording, it'll try use slaves instead. EPG scanning now happens in the background on a slave tuner when available.
  • Fixed external monitor issue when the primary screen is on the right.
  • UI tweaks.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.155 (Feb 12, 2016)

  • Adds Galician language option.
  • A couple of minor fixes.

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.153 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Addresses a few issues collected over the last two weeks

New in SichboPVR 3.0.0.152 (Jan 25, 2016)

  • Cleaned up TV > Recordings layout.
  • Channel headings can now be selected in the guide, which displays the full lineup for that channel.
  • New option under Setup > Advanced to use *.sichbo-pvr file extensions instead of *.ts for recordings. Some Windows 10 installations struggle to thumbnail mpeg2 *.ts files and lock up Windows Explorer in the process -- so this is one work-around.
  • New start up options to play, open guide, or do nothing.
  • Update EPG button in Explorer.
  • MPEG2 DXVA1 support for Windows XP.
  • Fixes a few errors collected over the past few months.