The SDR 30fps stutter fix (HDR tone-map made HDR-only) Live-stream auto-recovery after an audio-glitch freeze (the two reload watchdogs) The ~4.75s Apple TV launch freeze (TopShelf keychain off-main) Apple TV debug logging now writing + the Share Log File option

NEW FEATURES Dispatcharr Direct Connect: sign in with your admin username and password instead of pasting a 32-character API key. Especially helpful on Apple TV. Apple TV: Siri Remote Up and Down flips channels. New channel info banner on every stream start. Menu or Back unlocks Options, Record, and Add Stream. iPad: pinch out to shrink the playing channel to a miniplayer. iPhone and iPad: swipe up or down on the player to change channels. Sync Categories sub-page in Settings lets you opt out of syncing specific data types, with a per-category Delete from iCloud option. Drag-to-reorder playlists in Settings; order syncs across devices. In-progress server-side recordings show a Watch Live pill. VOD episodes load with artwork, duration, air date, and TMDB rating. FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS Fixed occasional black-frame flashes during UHD HEVC HDR live playback. Smoother UHD HEVC startup. Multiview reliability: no more Decoder Unavailable red card, no more silent audio when switching focus, tiles resume cleanly after app switches. Apple TV channel info banner no longer occasionally sticks visible after a stream starts. Adding a second Dispatcharr Direct Connect server with iCloud sync on now reliably saves credentials across devices. Live TV audio stops cleanly when you start a movie, episode, or recording. Channel logos load on Dispatcharr playlists. Plain HTTP URLs connect reliably. Server-side recordings play back consistently. VOD appears on servers that don't tag items with a category. EPG uses the official REST API for accurate channel matching. Deleting a server now also removes its watch progress and server-side recording rows (local recordings preserved). Significantly faster app launch. Initial sync no longer freezes large Dispatcharr libraries.

What's new in 1.6.12 VOD details now show cast, director, backdrop & runtime (Dispatcharr API only) Trailer + View on TMDB links on movies and series (Dispatcharr API only) Multiview picker: filter by group, tap to deselect Added a "Clear iCloud Data" option in Settings > Sync Added a per-playlist VOD toggle Apple TV: Back/Menu button works as expected now

Fixed: XC account that use HTTP endpoints now work as expected.

New Local DVR — "Record from Now" on every platform (iPhone / iPad / Mac Catalyst / Apple TV). Tap Record on any currently-airing program, recording starts immediately, auto-stops at program end, plays back from Settings → DVR → My Recordings. Foreground-only by design. Future-scheduled recordings continue to route to Dispatcharr server. Server recording playback in My Recordings — tapping a completed Dispatcharr server-side recording plays it back via the file endpoint with full scrubbing. Settings → Multiview submenu with three new prefs: Audio Focus Indicator — center speaker icon (default), persistent gray border (YouTube TV-style), or accent-colored fading border. Padding Between Tiles — flush tiles (default) or 8 pt gap. Tile Corners — Square (default) or Rounded. "Currently Watching" / "Watched" pill + progress timeline on series episode rows. iPhone / iPad subtle, Apple TV 50% larger for 10-ft viewing. Per-playlist EPG cache refresh in each playlist's detail page (replaces the global action that briefly lived in Appearance). Cross-platform LAN switching with direct local-server probing — works on Mac Catalyst (where Apple's Wi-Fi SSID API is unreliable) and Ethernet-connected devices. CoreWLAN fallback for true Mac Catalyst builds. Bolder channel numbers in Live TV List + Guide views, all platforms. Changed Settings → Guide Display merged into Settings → Appearance. All visual customization in one place. Multi-server VOD watch progress no longer collides — composite uniqueness on (vodID, serverID). Top Shelf episode deep-links work cross-device — seriesID now syncs through iCloud. iCloud Keychain credential migration — server passwords + API keys move from KVS plaintext to iCloud Keychain (E2E encrypted). Silent migration on first launch, no re-auth prompts. v1.6.7 devices keep working during the cross-version window. Theme switching now updates List-backed Settings cells reliably (theme-keyed .id() + reactive sectionHeaderStyle + observing ThemeManager from every Settings sub-page). Apple TV: Settings → Playlist row now offers "Use This Playlist" alongside Edit / Delete in the long-press menu. Privacy hardening for debug logs — credential sanitizer now covers query params, Authorization / X-API-Key / X-Plex-Token headers, JWT JSON bodies, Emby Token=… fragments. Routed through every log path. Forks: team ID + bundle prefix extracted into Config/Aerio.xcconfig. One-file edit to fork. Fixed App stops wasting battery during locked-screen playback. When the iPhone screen locks during live playback, the render loop used to keep shipping ~50 frames/sec into a failed sample-buffer layer for the duration of the lock. Now auto-pauses mpv on layer failure and recovers cleanly on unlock. EPG Source URL placeholder in Edit Playlist no longer rendered as a clickable hyperlink (Text(verbatim:) fix). MPMediaItemArtwork deprecation warning silenced properly via Objective-C shim with #pragma clang diagnostic markers. Apple TV Syncing-indicator focus halo no longer flashes bright white; uses the same accent treatment as other tvOS rows. Categories no longer concatenate on Program Info pills. iOS Record action visible on every channel (was previously gated on EPG metadata being loaded, which hid the button on Dispatcharr playlists pre-Guide visit).

Fixed Live TV guide empty after switching server types. Deleting an Xtream Codes (or M3U) server and re-adding the same source via Dispatcharr API would leave the EPG guide blank until a cache wipe. Three-part fix: loadFromCache now filters EPGProgram rows by the active server's ID, so orphaned rows from a previous server can no longer leak into the guide. Deleting a server in Settings now cascade-deletes its EPGProgram rows instead of leaving them stranded in SwiftData. On launch, any EPGProgram rows whose serverID no longer matches an existing ServerConnection are pruned (one-time cleanup for users upgrading from a buggy build). Rebrand App display name, Info.plist usage strings, and all user-visible copy updated to AerioTV. About screen now shows accurate device model, last updated date, and first install date via a new DeviceInfo helper.