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v0.18 — Release Notes

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Changelog:

🧩 General

• feat: New playlist switcher UI — a unified and cleaner way to switch between playlists
• style: Global favorites moved to the header for quicker access
• style: Sort and filter options merged into a single header menu

📺 M3U

• feat: Improved EPG download and parsing to better handle large EPG files
• feat: Added a popup dialog showing EPG download progress
• fix: Restored quality selector for the Video.js player

🎬 Xtream & Stalker

• style: Improved look and feel of the details view for VODs and TV shows
• fix: Fixed opening favorite items with embedded players

📦 Xtream

• feat: Category management (hide/show categories)
• feat: Display item counts per category
• feat: New separate view for recently added items
• feat: Show recently added items when no category is selected
• fix: Fixed empty categories issue
• fix: Restored import progress counter

🛰️ Stalker

• feat: Added support for playlists that require device IDs and signatures
• ⚠️ Some playlists are still not supported — more testing data is needed

⚠️ Before updating, please make sure to back up your playlists, credentials, URLs, and other important data.

What's Changed

• refactor/merge-playlist-filter-and-sort-into-one-menu by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/694
• chore: improve player error handling by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/698
• feat(db): add shared database library with sql config by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/701
• refactor(electron-backend): split DB event handlers into modules by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/702
• refactor: move global favorites to header by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/703
• refactor/streaming-sax-epg-parser by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/706
• chore: update nx dependencies by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/708
• feat/improve-stalker-support by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/709
• style/visual-improvements-in-vod-and-serials-view by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/710
• feat/epg-improvements by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/711
• feat: enhance favorites button and series view with loading states and improved styling by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/712
• Feat/category management xtream by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/715
• e2e smoke tests by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/717
• feat/introduce-playlist-switcher by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/721
• fix/stalker-favorites by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/725
• refactor/store-refactoring by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/724
• fix/pre-release-fixes-v0-18 by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/726
• ci: run workflows on master branch instead of nx by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/729
• fix(vjs-player): replace HLS quality plugin and add plugin guards by @4gray in https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/pull/730

Full Changelog: https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/compare/v0.17.1...v0.18.0