Dispatcharr Files

✨ New Features

Client Connect Grace Period

• A new Client Connect Grace Period setting controls how long a channel stays up after its buffer is ready but before any viewer connects (default 5 seconds)
• Useful when channels are warmed up ahead of time (for example via the proxy API) so the first tune-in does not start from a cold buffer
• Found under Settings → Proxy → Show Advanced Settings as Client Connect Grace Period

🔄 Changes & Improvements

Live Proxy Timeout Settings

• Live proxy timing is now split into three separate settings, each with a clear purpose:
• Channel Initialization Timeout (default 60 seconds): how long a channel may spend connecting and cycling through failover streams before giving up during startup
• Client Connect Grace Period (default 5 seconds): how long a ready channel with no viewers stays up waiting for the first client
• Channel Shutdown Delay (default 0 seconds): delay after the last viewer disconnects only. It no longer applies when the buffer is ready but no one has tuned in yet
• On upgrade, Channel Initialization Timeout is raised to 60 seconds automatically if your stored value is below 60 (values already at 60 or higher are unchanged). The old 5 second default was too short when a channel has many failover streams to work through or some slow to start sources (such as an HDHR).

Proxy Settings UI

• Settings → Proxy now shows day-to-day tuning fields by default: Buffering Timeout, Buffering Speed, Channel Shutdown Delay, and New Client Buffer
• Less frequently changed options are grouped under Show Advanced Settings: Buffer Chunk TTL, Channel Initialization Timeout, and Client Connect Grace Period