HT5 v5.0.68 Beta Version for Realtek 1619DR (UPDATED)

Ok - you guys can join the fun now too

We've been testing a new version of HT for the last few weeks with an optimised database for larger collections and it's now being released as a public beta for those who want to try it.

Please note that this version is for Realtek 1619DR boxes ONLY.

Download HT5 v5.0.68 for Realtek 1619DR


Upgrade Notes

1. This version is a public beta. It is recommended to back up your Poster Wall data before upgrading.

2. This update optimizes the processing and display speed of large posters.

3. The database upgrade will be performed on the first launch after the upgrade. Please wait patiently before continuing any operations!!!

4. Read #1 again.

v5.0.68 Changelog

From v5.0.65
1. Optimized the display of the movie name and playback progress
2. Optimized the refresh metadata policy
3. Fixed the problem that the TMDB score of some movies was incorrect
4. Fixed the problem of occasional missing episodes in individual episode details
5. Fixed the problem of crashing in individual scenes

From v5.0.59
1. Added auto-update time settings
2. Added folder mode to the "Private" option
3. Added the ability to continue displaying posters after device failure
4. Added time sorting for historical playback records
5. Optimized the issue of occasional data errors after removing a device
6. Optimized the "Watched & Not Watched" marking mechanism for episodes
7. Optimized name sorting for multiple devices
8. Fixed an issue where poster data was not deleted after deleting the source file
9. Fixed an issue where clicking "More" on the movie details screen occasionally caused a crash
10. Optimized data loading on the home screen
11. Optimized app stability

From v5.0.58
1. Added the private category to the sidebar
2. Optimized name sorting
3. Fixed an issue with the currently watching sorting function
4. Added a toggle for displaying posters on disabled devices

From v5.0.56
1. Fixed an issue where the screensaver would appear when using a dynamic background.
2. Fixed an issue where the Dolby Vision Collection page did not filter non-Dolby Vision titles.
3. Fixed an issue where data restoration would occasionally crash.
4. Added a child lock feature to blur posters.
5. Added a private category widget.
6. Optimized data loading on the homepage.
7. Fixed an issue where the app would crash when clicking "More info" on the movie details screen.
8. Fixed an issue where the refresh metadata button did not appear on some NFO titles.
9. Fixed an issue where the year in the poster list was incorrect.
10. Optimized French translation display

From v5.0.50
1. Optimized the issue of occasional incorrect movie data after removing a device.
2. Fixed an issue where images occasionally failed to download to the cache directory when loading.
3. Added a function to sort playback history by viewing time.
4. Fixed an issue where data was not saved after re-matching on a PC.
5. Optimized poster image loading.
6. Fixed an issue where the game occasionally crashed when deleting playback history.
7. Fixed an issue where TV series editing on a PC failed.
8. Optimized the "Watched & Not Watched" mark function for episodes.
9. Optimized the data upgrade function.
10. Optimized the sorting function for multiple device names.
11. Optimized the function for deleting source files.
12. Fixed an issue where the alphabetical navigation function did not display.
13. Optimized the collection function.
14. Fixed an issue where the playback history details were incorrect.
15. Fixed some other bugs.

From v5.0.46
1. Optimized the error detection for video URL invalidation
2. Optimized the progress display for TV series currently being watched
3. Optimized the video sorting function
4. Fixed an issue where the widget's custom sorting button did not display
5. Fixed an issue where TV series details did not display unwatched episodes
6. Optimized the rating display

From v5.0.42
1. Optimized the dynamic background function for movie details
2. Optimized the display of movie details
3. Optimized the movie scanning function
4. Fixed an issue with displaying TV series in collections
5. Fixed some other bugs.

From v5.0.40
1. Fixed an issue where changing the rating display would not work.
2. Optimized the focus display of buttons like Play on the movie details screen.
3. Optimized the "Watching Now" display on the homepage.
4. Fixed an issue where some language settings screens were not fully displayed.
5. Fixed an issue where the details screen occasionally crashed on some devices.

From v5.0.38
1. Optimized the display of actor-related works
2. Optimized the poster details crash issue
3. Optimized

From v5.0.36
1. Optimized the episode index display mechanism
2. Optimized the display of special season names
3. Fixed occasional crash in details

From v5.0.35
1. Optimized the manual rematch function
2. Optimized the data clearing function
3. Optimized the data refresh after collection rematch
4. Optimized tmdb id matching
5. Optimized the display of self-created collection covers
6. Optimized the data confusion issue on the manual rematch collection page
7. Optimized the overall interface display and interactive experience
8. Optimized the movie matching success rate
9. Optimized the mobile broadband poster loading speed
10. Optimized the image loading speed
11. Optimized the issue of device file lists not being added to collections
12. Optimized the device list adding category function
13. Optimized crash issues
14. Optimized an issue where two posters were created when scanning some NFOs
15. Optimized scanning for lost movie data
16. Optimized matching information cleaning
17. Optimized the recently added sorting function
18. Optimized the recently watched function
19. Optimized the default sorting of numerically named movies
20. Optimized the scanning progress display
21. Optimized the poster refresh speed during scanning
22. Optimized the information display on the poster wall details interface
23. Optimized the child lock function to work in boredom mode
24. Optimized an issue where the "More" details page crashed when clicking on a large episode data volume
25. Optimized poster loading performance to improve loading speed and smoothness
26. Optimized an issue where videos could not be scraped properly under certain paths
27. Optimized the TV series rematching function
28. Optimized TV series matching speed
29. Optimized the export NFO function
30. Optimized NFO parsing default options

Fixes:

1. Fixed an issue where the dynamic background was occasionally missing.
2. Fixed an issue where data was lost in some cases during manual rematching.
3. Fixed an issue where cast and crew details displayed incorrectly.
4. Fixed a crash when removing a poster from the file list.
5. Fixed an issue where unmatched data was incorrect.
6. Fixed an issue where adding a path failed.
7. Fixed an issue with the automatic scan function.
8. Fixed an issue where the "Prioritize Local Images" function no longer worked for collections.
9. Fixed an issue where posters were occasionally lost when manually canceling a scan.
10. Fixed an issue where the current poster was incorrectly refreshed after changing the badge display settings.
11. Fixed several crashes.
12. Fixed an issue where removing individual data from the collection page did not refresh.
13. Fixed an issue where data was out of sync due to file renaming or deletion.
14. Fixed an issue with Dolby Vision classification and Kids Zone filtering errors.
15. Fixed a crash in some scenarios.
16. Fixed an issue where the Trakt syncing process had an invalid result.
17. Fixed an issue where syncing TV show viewing history from Trakt to the local computer was ineffective.

Initial Release:
1. Added dynamic movie backgrounds
You can display dynamic backgrounds on the movie details page, adding richer visual effects and more viewing experience.
Please note: Not all movies support dynamic backgrounds.

Function Instructions: Go to Poster Wall Settings > Preferences (scroll down to the bottom) > Enable Dynamic Backgrounds for Details. To always display dynamic backgrounds, also disable Auto-play trailers on details.

2. Added one-click jump to bottom feature in folder browsing.
When browsing device paths, press the right navigation button to quickly jump to the bottom of the file list, improving operation efficiency.

3. Added a reminder to remove devices in the device management page.
When deleting a path in the device directory, a reminder will pop up and disappear automatically after the deletion is complete. This improves operational feedback. 4. Added multi-device widget functionality
Supports merging multiple paths into a single portal and displaying widgets on the home screen, providing a more convenient and quick browsing experience.

Function Guide: Home Screen Widget Bar Editing - Multi-Device - New

5. Added the ability to create local episodes
When the TMDB server has fewer episodes than the local server (e.g., 30 episodes on the local server and only 29 on the server): Allow: The system will automatically complete the missing episodes on the server to generate a complete episode structure. Disallow: The system will skip the missing episodes on the server and move them to the Unmatched category.
Function Guide: Device Path - Add Movie Path - Scan Menu

 

G version?

 

This is an update for the Home Theater app and not a firmware

 

Upgraded with no issues on my Z1000 Pro, thank you! Updating the database ("...35 pages") took less than five minutes.

I don't remember if this happened with the last HT update, but some of my series posters were once again reset to default to the appropriate American Gods series poster (season 1:1, 2:2, 3:3) - other than the poster, the series is correctly identified, which I've mentioned before, and have a thread about https://forum.zidoo.tv/index.php?th...f-series-get-the-american-gods-poster.100480/. You can see what all I've tried ("everything?") to resolve it.

 

Suggestion/Request:

In HT5 there is the BORED MODE function (see image).
Would it be possible to adjust it so that there is an additional option for watched and unwatched movies?

Currently, BORED MODE searches through all movies, which is not what I personally want. I would find it very helpful if there were an option to specifically select only unwatched movies.

It would be really great if this feature could be integrated.

 

Updated without issues other than one movie losing its poster. Simple matter to “change image” to restore.

 

Zero issues here too. Navigation feels more fluid than before. Also had the minor issue before, that the file path didn't update all the time, showing the previous movie, this is fixed now too for me.

 

This is exactly where I mean that an option will be added that allows you to search for "unseen films".

Would be great if the option was added in the next version update.

 

I have a category marked Unwatched, I think it came with the last firmware update? I didn’t add or create the category. Never used it !

 

Just untick it in "Edit Widget" if you don't want to see it.

I thought it'd always been there though...

 

I edited the picture so it’s easier to understand what I mean
This is how I imagined it – please see the uploaded image in the attachment and check the bottom right corner.
This way, you can select what you want with a checkmark.

 

I had to uninstall V4 to get v5 to install, i just kept getting App Not Installed

Why is the DVD info still wrong? All DVD show as "Blu-Ray Disk", "ISO" and have no other information

I have another question. I have 4 mapped drives at a given IP Address and 4 separate shares. I want to move these disks to another machine (different) IP Address. I don't want to delete these mappings and recreate and have to resolve them all again. Can I in some way edit the IP Address so I can move the mappings I have?

 

To move the library use "Synchronise Data from Other Source":

1. Do not delete your old source(s) from HT!!

2. Once the old source is disconnected and the new one set up with EXACTLY the same movies etc,
add it as a new source but DO NOT SCAN IT (press <Return> when prompted to scan).

3. Now select it, press <menu> and choose "Synchronise data from other source"

4. Choose the old source and the old library will be applied to the new files

5. Once this is done and confirmed working, you can delete the old source


http://forum.zidoo.tv/index.php?threads/rebuilding-collection.97790/#post-215870

 

Excellent, thank you. I saw that option but could make no sense of it. That is a much better explanation

 

Do I see this right?
I haven’t installed and tested it yet. Is this what I’ve been asking for many, many years?

This will make my day. In case anyone wonders what I am talking about this is for a multiple NAS devices or removable USB hard drives. I have couple of large hard drives on a separate NAS. They are full of my 3D older movies. Typically I keep this NAS powered down. I don’t watch those movies every day but I know I have them. I keep the power off to preserve the drives and power. Don’t need to wake them up on every refresh or whatever. Zidoo would remove all those 3D titles from the database if the drives were not powered up and ready. If I need any of the movies from those drives I just power up the NAS. Hopefully this will fix this annoying HT issue since the beginning of time.

 

Yes indeed! I nearly PM'd you

Just be aware that there is a bug at the moment in that files deleted without being first removed from HT will show up if this option is ticked, but hopefully that will be fixed in short order.

 

Can I also create and integrate my own dynamic backgrounds?
If yes, how? The files have strange names consisting of combinations of numbers and no file extensions. What kind of format is this? Is it Zidoo's own format?

 

I installed the new HT and I can see the issue you are talking about. In my case it manifests with additional ghost versions (lots of them) of the same movie that are not there and showing invalid source when started. Don't know if this is related to moving content between drives over the time but it all clears up when I toggle OFF the switch for disabled drives.

Clearing of match history cache and the image cache didn’t make any difference.

 

I don't know.

 

You must have multiple deleted entries of the same movie in the database - when you delete content, it still remains in the database - I've no idea why - I've always said that database housekeeping was pretty abysmal which is one of the reasons I reset it often.

You can see how congested your database is by doing a backup, opening the file (it's a zip with a ztb extension) and opening the database in a SQLite database browser.

But technically, HT is doing what it's been told to do, it's showing you movies that have been removed from the source without being deleted in HT first, but it's just taking things a bit too literally.

For this function to work properly it shouldn't show you content that is unavailable within a source, it should only show you entire sources that are unavailable. The assumption being that if you deleted a movie etc from a source, you meant to delete it, not just take it out for a walk.

I've asked what Clear Match History does at the moment - it certainly doesn't behave as you'd expect from the description.